109: Chapter 109 Fighting your way from the Central District to the Advanced District
When Yun Zhuo felt the danger behind him, he subconsciously wanted to perform a parting shot to give the opponent a surprise.
But as soon as he raised his hand, he realized that he was currently holding a corrosion energy gun, not the lance-like great spear that Little Teacher Su used.
Unable to perform the parting shot, he directly executed a lazy donkey roll and lunged forward.
Only then did Big Teacher Su's voice ring out in his mind.
"Be careful, it's a level thirty-three Mutated Beast."
Yun Zhuo had no time to talk to her; while pulling away with a forward roll, he instantly activated the Martial Skill, Soul-Aweing Spear Aura - Might.
The rolling Yun Zhuo was suddenly enveloped in a faint golden halo, and an invisible ripple instantly emanated from him as the center.
The Mutated Beast chasing closely behind him suddenly stiffened.
It wasn't for long, at most about a second.
But in that second, Yun Zhuo had already pulled away and performed a clean turn, raised the gun, aimed, and fired, all in one smooth motion.
To outsiders, it looked like he turned and shot instantly.
The Cloud-Piercing Bullet was like a white meteor, hitting the Mutated Beast's head and splitting it in two like a sharp blade.
Then, immediately after splitting the Mutated Beast, it exploded.
The resulting shockwave was originally meant to reduce the defense of surrounding targets, but at this moment, it directly ground the Mutated Beast into meat paste.
"How can this be?" In the monitoring hall, everyone looked at the scene in shock.
"That kid just used the Soul-Aweing Spear Aura - Might Formula, didn't he? Isn't that move only supposed to reduce speed? How did he freeze the Mutated Beast directly?"
In the hall, many people knew this move, but for a moment, no one could truly explain why.
At that moment, an arrogant voice rang out from the crowd, "Don't be upset when I call you frogs in a well; the Soul-Aweing Spear Aura emphasizes the word 'awe'."
"As long as your Killing Intent is strong enough, let alone freezing the opponent for a second, it wouldn't be strange even if you scared them to death directly."
"Killing Intent? You're telling me that kid has Killing Intent?"
"Do you want to see how old he is?"
"He probably hasn't been Awakened for more than three months, hasn't taken the Grand Exam, and hasn't taken the placement test. How many Mutated Beasts could he have killed?"
Those present were all sophomores who had participated in the Grand Exam and the freshman placement test, and had spent their freshman year hunting Mutated Beasts in the wild and the Underground City.
But even so, among those present, very few could gather Killing Intent.
In the training field.
After Yun Zhuo blasted the Mutated Beast to death, he subconsciously ran over to look for a corrosion crystal.
At this time, Big Teacher Su's voice rang out, filled with shock, "You actually accumulated Killing Intent?"
"How did you know?"
"Your Soul-Aweing Spear Aura has only just reached the entry level, yet it froze a level thirty-plus Mutated Beast for a second."
"Didn't you notice just now?"
"Yeah, I was wondering about that too. Isn't the Might Formula in the Soul-Aweing Spear Aura used to slow down enemies? Why was that guy frozen by me?"
"Are you saying this effect was caused by the Killing Intent on me?"
"Yes. Aura is composed of Qi and Force; you must have the Qi before you can form the Force. Killing Intent, Sharp Qi, Righteous Qi, Anger Qi, and Hostile Qi, etc., can all form a Force."
"A Force propped up without Qi is like an unsharpened blade; it has almost no power other than being intimidating."
"And what's stronger than Force is Intent. To comprehend your own Intent, you must also have Qi first."
"Some people can't comprehend their own Intent their whole lives because they were wrong from the very beginning."
After hearing Big Teacher Su's words, Wu Song's value in Yun Zhuo's heart rose a few more points.
Being able to gather Killing Intent was thanks to him staying with Yun Zhuo in the Temple of the God of Wealth, hunting Mutated Beasts day and night.
Although he didn't say anything to him, and of course, Yun Zhuo hadn't asked.
Having just stepped onto the path of martial arts, how could he have thought of these things?
But he had prepared everything for him.
If this really was just a favor for a pack of cigarettes, then that pack of cigarettes was truly worth it.
Yun Zhuo picked up the Mutated Beast's corrosion crystal from the ground; a level thirty-plus Mutated Beast actually only dropped one light purple corrosion crystal.
In terms of currency, that was only five yuan.
He really missed the days of farming Runes with Little Teacher Su in the Temple of the God of Wealth, where even a level five Mutated Beast could drop a twenty-yuan corrosion crystal.
The difference between having Runes and not having Runes was actually this large.
He felt that selling a Rune with a 54% drop rate for only a million was a loss.
If it were taken to Phoenix City, the price would at least double.
"Teacher Su, let's go try the Middle Zone."
"Go now?"
Big Teacher Su wasn't like Little Teacher Su, who was already used to hunting Mutated Beasts with Yun Zhuo.
Not to mention the Middle Zone only had level thirty-plus Mutated Beasts; even if they were level fifty-plus, as long as Yun Zhuo said to go, she wouldn't hesitate.
On the other hand, the one Big Teacher Su just killed was the first she had hunted in her life.
The moment the Mutated Beast jumped out, she was truly startled. Fortunately, her body wasn't under her control; otherwise, she would have been crawling away in fear.
Now hearing that Yun Zhuo wanted to go to the Middle Zone to hunt Mutated Beasts, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Teacher Su, do you know what the best way to lose weight is?"
"What?"
"Exercise."
"Hmm, I think so too... wait, are you calling me fat?"
"Where are your thoughts going? I meant to say that after that commotion just now, I feel like a lot of my combat power redundancy has been cleared. I can't go to Central Heaven City today, so I might as well practice more here."
"Then what about Little Yuan? It would be very dangerous for her to follow along like this. I don't have any Martial Skills yet, so I can't act as your wingman."
"Dropping hints, are we? Don't worry, I'll give you Martial Skills."
"Didn't you say so yourself? Before giving you Martial Skills, I have to help you clear your meridians; otherwise, you won't be able to use them even if I give them to you."
"What meridians? Did I say that? I was talking about Compatibility, right?"
"Isn't it the same thing?"
Then Yun Zhuo used the contract to send a voice transmission to Little Teacher Su, telling her to wait in the Rest Area, where there was an energy shield to ensure her safety, while he went to the Middle Zone to farm monsters with her sister.
As soon as he arrived at the Middle Zone, Yun Zhuo started killing.
Compared to melee, long-range attacks were much faster for killing monsters.
Without any pause, he killed all the way from the Middle Zone to the Advanced Zone. There were more Mutated Beasts here, and with Flowing Wind - Dual Instant Shot, the killing was even more satisfying.
As for the consumption of Psionic Energy, Yun Zhuo had already upgraded all his Martial Skills to Major Achievement, which not only significantly reduced the Psionic Energy cost but also greatly increased their power.
As for the Return to Truth Realm, there was no need for Earth Rank High Grade Martial Skills.
First, the cost to upgrade this set of Martial Skills from Major Achievement to Return to Truth was at least ten times the total cost of the previous Realms.
Although the System balance was still twenty billion, Big Teacher Su's talent upgrade to Imperial Rank would cost eleven billion.
Second, he now had Heaven Rank Martial Skills and Cultivation Techniques waiting for him; he might change his Martial Skills any day, so it really wasn't necessary.
At the same time, after learning the Sky-Splitting Art, his Psionic Energy recovery base increased from two points to eight points.
[Name: Yun Zhuo]
[Rank: 23]
[Age: 18]
[Talent: Imperial Rank]
[Strength: 179 × 12.5 (Cultivation Technique boost 35%)]
[Physique: 206 × 12.5 (Cultivation Technique boost 35%)]
[Agility: 179 × 12.5 (Cultivation Technique boost 35%)]
[Spirit: 220 × 12.5 (Cultivation Technique boost 35%)]
[Psionic Energy: 1520 × 12.5 (Recovers 8 × 12.5 per second) (Cultivation Technique boost 65.22%)]
[Cultivation Technique: Six Harmonies Dragon Python Strength, Sky-Splitting Art]
[Skills: Six Harmonies Great Spear (Return to Truth), Breaking Delusion and Seeing Truth (Advanced Version), Monarchs Charm, Gravity Manipulation, Mountain-Splitting Cloud-Piercing Bullet (Major Achievement), Flowing Wind - Dual Instant Shot (Major Achievement), Wind Treading Step - Floating Light (Major Achievement), Soul-Aweing Spear Aura (Major Achievement)]
[War Princesses: Su Qingyuan, Su Qingtang]