Liu Qing guessed that Lu Yu would have such a question and said, “Do you really believe that we are the only intelligent life in this world, even in this entire universe?”
“I didn’t believe it before, and now I believe it even less!” Lu Yu replied.
“I’m just like you; I unintentionally chose that room, and then the old man chose me. The only difference is that I have the ability to distort. Using this distortion ability, I was able to converse with the old man for a longer period of time. I discovered that the old man was seeking a successor and learned what these people are meant to do. The Unified Demon Realm predates even the Demon Race. Our abilities, and even those of low-level demons, are merely branches or possibly just small fragments of certain abilities that once existed there.”
Liu Qing hesitated for a moment and then said, “An elder once told me that they would definitely open the Domain of Unified Demons, which was how I learned about this place’s existence.”
“You mean there’s a more powerful ability here!” Lu Yu’s heart was shaken, but he quickly calmed down and asked, “I remember you mentioned that one qualification means one entry slot. Exactly what kind of slot is it?”
Liu Qing shook her head and said, “I don’t know much about that. My time interacting with the old man was very brief. However—I seemed to detect from his tone that they had gone through a very dark period.”
Lu Yu frowned.
This is far less than the information he wanted to obtain.
He could tell that Liu Qing wasn’t lying to him; Liu Qing indeed knew nothing more than that!
Lu Yu no longer had any doubts, and continued forward with Liu Qing.
Lu Yu walked while calculating the distance.
He tried, and found that while teleportation was also forbidden here, he could still use the warehouse.
The passageways here are so numerous that you can’t even count them all; it’s just like a maze with no end.
Since going outside is not an option, he resolutely decided to continue exploring forward, perhaps a way out could be found.
Lu Yu later stopped calculating the distance altogether and focused solely on the time. After about two hours, the two of them entered a cave.
Around this cave, there are at least more than ten passages leading to other places.
“Finally arrived at such a place!” Liu Qing sighed, feeling quite helpless.
Lu Yu also frowned.
It all started by moving forward continuously, so as long as you look back, you will never get lost.
But turning around once in this cave, there would certainly be another cave ahead, and continuing this way, perhaps one would really never be able to get out again.
Liu Qing took out a lipstick from the pocket of her jacket and made a small mark at the bottom of the passage where they had entered. She said, “I used to play maze games often and have visited several famous mazes around the world. I never expected my little bit of experience would come in handy here. Making different marks at different locations helps me accurately remember the path back. As long as there’s a passage that crosses, there’s a chance to return to the first branch and start over.”
Liu Qing looked at Lu Yu and said, “Next, we need to choose a path to take. Which one do you think we should choose?”
“Maybe we can stop here for a moment,” Lu Yu said, pointing upward. “Let’s see what’s above us.”
Liu Qing raised her head, her cold expression turning into one of surprise and excitement. “How could this be? The old man was right; there really are many opportunities here.”
On the cave wall above the two people’s heads were inlaid more than thirty grade-three star spirit stones!
Moreover, at the center of these Spirit Crystals, two crimson mutated Spirit Beads were flickering with energy.
Lu Yu didn’t hesitate; he jumped up and forcefully pried two crimson, mutated Star Spirit Beads from the cave wall, then handed one of them to Liu Qing.
He didn’t use the Eye of Truth; it was a completely fair distribution.
Even if one of the mutated Xingling Beads contains a skill, it’s merely a matter of who gets lucky enough to obtain it.
“There are also grade-three Star Spirit Stones,” Liu Qing said, staring at the cave ceiling. Then, with an easy leap, he reached up and pried off two more Star Spirit Stones.
Liu Qing still dressed the same as the first time they met.
When she jumped, her pink little underwear became visible beneath her shorts.
“What did you see?” Liu Qing’s face turned red when she realized she was wearing a dress as she landed.
“Next time, please wear different pants when you jump. Do you think I can’t see anything?” Lu Yu spread his hands and shrugged helplessly.
“Next time, you come!” Liu Qing’s face turned even redder as she shoved a Star Spirit Stone into Lu Yu’s hand.
“Without saying anything else, at the very least, enhance your strength first and remove the attribute limitations of the third-level star soul,” Liu Qing said bluntly. Without hesitation, he closed his eyes and immediately began to activate his star soul, rapidly starting to absorb energy.
Lu Yu’s attack power was still three hundred thousand points short. Therefore, during this time, he removed all the Star Spirit Stones, gave half of them to Liu Qing, and placed the other half into the warehouse.
The crimson mutated Star Spirit Pearl held no secrets from Lu Yu’s eyes!
However, when he saw this attribute, he was still taken aback!
“Hiss! This, this skill also exists!”
Lu Yu couldn’t even believe it a little!
The skill is named “Heart of Flame,” which is originally a level-three skill, but it is indeed upgradable.
But the damage of the skills is really trash, only dozens of points.
And it’s even a level 3 skill!
The Flame Heart is considered junk, but to him, it was the most useful. Unlike the Venomous Dragon’s Touch, the Undead’s Body, or the Silver Dragon’s Armor, it didn’t completely lack hints for advancement.
He figured out that the Silver Dragon’s Armor would only break through when subjected to more attacks. As for the Venomous Dragon’s Touch, he speculated that it must be related to poison. However, he had never quite understood what the Undead’s Body had to do with.
Now is not the time to think about these things.
Lu Yu didn’t even think twice before learning this seemingly useless skill, and even used a level-three Star Spirit Stone to upgrade Flame Core to level four.
After seeing the attributes of the Level 4 Flame Core, it was at least twice as strong compared to Level 3.
Lu Yu laughed.
For others, this skill is too weak. But for him, this skill is the ultimate divine technique!
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Flame Heart:
Level: Four
Attribute: None.
Effect:
Adds fire damage to each of your attacks. Deals damage ignoring armor’s protection against flesh and bone to unarmored targets. Deals 30 damage instantly to armor. Whenever your attack hits anything, it triggers the skill “Blazing Soul Explosion.”
Skills:
Soulflame Burst: Any weapon or attack that deals fire damage will trigger an explosive effect when striking an enemy. The explosion has a radius of three meters and deals twenty points of damage that ignores armor or physical resistance.
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The effect of “Promotion through Slaughter” is activated.
Deals bonus damage equal to the base attack power to unarmored targets. An additional 30 points of damage are instantly dealt to armor.
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The ability “Promotion through Slaughter” activates.
Skill – Blazing Soul Explosion: The explosion radius increases to three meters. The explosion will ignore enemy armor or bones, dealing an additional 20 points of damage.
…
Under the effect of the Killing Promotion, Lu Yu acquired new skills and found himself getting excited as well.
The Flame Core is trash; in terms of power alone, it’s not even in the same league as the Blazing Flame Spirit Weapon.
At first, when he obtained the Flame Soul Weapon, he believed he had acquired a divine technique.
Now it seems that Flame Heart is truly the divine technique!
Looking at the damage value, this skill’s damage is pathetically low, and anyone who comes into contact with it would probably consider it junk.
However, for Lu Yu, the Flame Core is now a divine technique!
The skill “Heart of Flames” can be used at will, without requiring a Spirit Pearl or even a Mutated Spirit Pearl to activate.
Moreover, all attacks have armor and tendon-piercing damage bonuses!
A single strike might cause minimal damage. But what if the damage accumulates hundreds or even thousands of times in an instant?
The effect of Carnage combined with the innate effect of the soul can instantly deal 40 points of damage. However, when it comes to armor penetration, the additional damage isn’t just 40 points—it becomes a total of 110 points of damage.
Such skills combined with Huang Quan’s tremor ability… this…
When Lu Yu thought of it, even he himself felt a bit of tingling on his scalp.
Judging solely by this skill, the damage from a single strike isn’t high. In fact, even an ordinary level-three skill nowadays can deal more damage—dozens or even hundreds of times more.
However, what Lu Yu valued was not the damage value, but its effect and function.
One attack explosion won’t do it. But don’t forget, Huangquan’s trembling attack isn’t just a single strike—it’s eight thousand blows in an instant.
He can now control up to eight thousand blades of the Yellow Spring.
All eight thousand blades of the Yellow Spring will carry the effect of Blazing Soul. When they strike a target, each will trigger the skill “Crimson Soul Explosion.” What would happen if all eight thousand blades of the Yellow Spring simultaneously strike a single target?
An explosion attack deals forty points of damage.
If all eight thousand blades of the Yellow Spring strike their target, it would deal 320,000 points of damage—instantly draining 300,000 life points. Combined with a six-meter explosion radius, this attack can instantly kill any third-level demon within its range.
Don’t forget, if the armor damage value is even three times higher, defense values in the millions would still be reduced to nothing in an instant.
“Damn, I just remembered,” Lu Yu recalled that at the time of attacking Fantian, all the feedback data came back as unknown.
Lu Yu slapped his head, who knows how much blood the Demon Lord has.
But at least 320,000 damage in an instant, if this number were to increase further, what would it become?
Moreover, ignoring armor and bones is the very asset he possesses when facing the Demon Lord.
At this moment, Liu Qing had just finished absorbing the energy from the Grade Three Star Spirit Stone and opened his eyes.
“Let me take a look at that mutated Spirit Star Pearl of yours!” Lu Yu stared at Liu Qing with excitement, saying, “I think perhaps we have a chance to even severely wound the Devil King!”
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