Calamity Messenger

Chapter 218 - 172: The Five-Day Pact

Before choosing the loot, Yan Qing first looked at the messages that popped up from this battle.

"You liberated an Eternal Sinner."

"In this battle, you successfully liberated one Eternal Sinner with a challenge level >10, your total contribution is 68%, exceeding the 50% doubling line."

"You absorbed 2 points of Celestial Calamity Karmic Force!"

"You comprehended Secret Technique: Left Curve and Right Return, current level is 8"

"You comprehended Secret Technique: Flying Star, current level is 1"

"Your Qi Blood increased by 2.4"

"Your Divine Soul increased by 1.8"

"Your Dexterity increased by 2.4"

"You leveled up to level 27!"

Because back then Yan Qing only invested in the Secret Technique talent of Left Curve and Right Return for Rabbit Heroine, she thought she’d surely have to comprehend a new set for the third turn, she didn’t expect that after two battles, the secret techniques would be completely gathered. It seems the experience of fighting second turn against third turn is indeed abundant, Rabbit Heroine might become the first third-turn small account.

"Flying Star (Level 1): Consumes 10 points + 2% of maximum life value, increases the speed of your next sword attack by 50%. Exists for 10 seconds cooldown, if activated again during cooldown, consumes life value +5, accumulates with no limit."

"Evaluation: As fast as a flying star, invisible to the eyes."

Compared to the functionality of Left Curve and Right Return, Flying Star is undeniably for bursts. For a small account, as long as the defense token doesn’t explode, the health bar is just an energy slot to be utilized. If Flying Star is continuously activated during a storm, Rabbit Heroine’s instant output will reach an extremely astonishing level.

Even now, without Bingzi Pepper Forest, she can rebel against the third turn—though she’s almost at the third turn herself.

Indeed, Yan Qing thought Rabbit Heroine’s combat contribution would reach 100%, after all, all output was made by her. Unexpectedly, the game even counted Si Wuxie’s attack from a century ago, although it makes sense, there’s always a kind of indescribable grass feeling, it feels either Rabbit Heroine or Si Wuxie is just a lying dog winner.

Besides, the red-clothed demon fiend also dropped two items, respectively, "Earth Demon·Wind Leaf" and "Secret Technique Mastery Book: Spider Walk," but the price was that the accompanying white-clothed demon fiend had no drops.

If you kill the white-clothed demon fiend first and then the enhanced red-clothed demon fiend, you might maximize the drops, but Yan Qing didn’t have the opportunity to verify this guess.

"Wind Leaf"

"Grade: Earth Fiend"

"Absorb: Absorb the Wind Leaf can increase 50 Divine Soul points, and gain Wind Technique, your speed in any aspect will increase by 10%, you can hover briefly when jumping, and even shuttle back and forth in the air. Ineffective after Foundation Establishment."

"Injection: Inject Wind Leaf into the token to enhance mobility capabilities."

"Refinement: Refine Wind Leaf with the token, players can obtain more desired mobility capabilities."

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"Secret Technique Mastery Book: Spider Walk"

"Learning Conditions: Advanced Steps MAX/Advanced Finger Technique MAX"

"Effect: Allows you to master Spider Walk."

"Spider Walk (Level 10): You can crawl and even walk on walls and eaves, your legs can stick firmly without falling. Activate Spider Walk, every step consumes 5 life points, if activated continuously, life consumption +5, accumulates with no limit, resetting when Spider Walk stops."

"Evaluation: A secret technique of Jianghu Wonders, walking on walls and eaves as if on flat ground using finger strength and toe strength."

Leaving Earth Fiend aside for the moment, this secret technique is too subtle, even if Yan Qing can instantly third turn, he won’t want it, for heaven’s sake, being polluted with such a secret technique might turn into some weird profession, maybe it can be left for Ye Si and Jiang Shi, they can choose one out of three qualifications at least won’t randomly have a terrible profession.

Rabbit Heroine crossed the central courtyard and arrived at the inner hall, finding everyone gathered around a corner chest in the inner hall. After she arrived, Pharmacist’s Wish and Prajna together poured out everything from the chest.

However, unlike the front hall, this chest contained only four items and fifty thousand Spiritual Jade, it’s obvious the unlucky bastard who chooses last will only get fifty thousand Spiritual Jade.

Everyone looked at Rabbit Heroine, even Pharmacist’s Wish was no exception, Rabbit Heroine did not stand on ceremony, she reached out and took the most precious loot "Celestial Spirit·Whip Mountain and Move Stone Seal"!

Like the Life Reviving Wood, absorbing the Whip Mountain and Move Stone Seal can also increase Qi Blood by 50 points, but the ’Skill of Whipping Mountains and Shifting Stones’ it provides is a very vague trait, allowing the messenger to easily shake hard objects like mountains and stones. From the literal meaning, it should be a special attack on mountains and stones, but the applicability seems too narrow.

However, with this, Yan Qing now has one Celestial Spirit and two Earth Fiends. If Dao Foundation compatibility is not considered, he is already equipped to impact Foundation Establishment!

Blood Phase undoubtedly took the "Earth Fiend·Mountain-Bearing Bamboo". He stared intently at the Rabbit Heroine, obviously thinking about how to obtain the Celestial Spirit that Rabbit Heroine had taken. Just from the name, it is clear that the Whip Mountain and Move Stone Seal and the Mountain-Bearing Bamboo can form a specific Dao Foundation combo. If he gets the Whip Mountain and Move Stone Seal, he could attempt Foundation Establishment tonight.

As for the third person choosing the spoils, it was Pharmacist’s Wish. She had already set her eyes on her target and was closely watching a handwritten book on the ground named "Dao Foundation Explanation," but before she could reach out, Rabbit Heroine stopped her and shook her head.

Though puzzled inside, Pharmacist’s Wish heeded Rabbit Heroine’s advice and took the "Secret Technique Research Manual," then Beiyou took the "Dao Foundation Explanation," and Prajna took the consolation prize of fifty thousand Spiritual Jade.

With the distribution of spoils complete, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Except for Prajna, everyone hurried back to tally their gains, but no one took the first step or mentioned leaving. The ten eyes of the five people looked at each other, just like crossing swords and spears, an indescribable atmosphere filled the hall, a tension mixed with a trace of helplessness.

Beyond the hall lies the demon king’s back forest.

If Si Wuxie or his spirit beast has been hiding in the secret realm, the back forest is the only possibility.

Thinking further, is there really a demon king in the back forest? Could the demon king already be killed by Si Wuxie, leaving only his spirit beast inside?

If that’s the case, the battle in this secret realm is completely over, and they just need to go in and obtain Si Wuxie’s inheritance, at most dealing with a third-turn spirit beast.

But the problem is, how should the Foundation Establishment inheritance be distributed?

The Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends can be divided since having them is a plus, but not having them doesn’t make it impossible to establish the foundation directly, at worst the Dao Foundation might not be ideal.

But the Foundation Establishment Pill is crucial. Without the Foundation Establishment Pill, even with the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, there’s only a thirty percent chance of success; but solely relying on the Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate can rise to sixty percent.

So how many Foundation Establishment Pills would Si Wuxie’s inheritance contain?

One, or perhaps none at all, is possible.

Foundation Establishment Pills are produced by very few secret realms, such as the Divine Marquis Mansion, a third-turn secluded secret realm, but these secret realms often have a characteristic: Foundation Establishment Messengers find it hard to enter.

Therefore, even Foundation Establishment Messengers find it hard to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills. Even if Si Wuxie has Foundation Establishment Pills, they must have been obtained when he was young, and the quantity can’t be much. No matter how you look at it, there aren’t enough to share.

But it’s more likely there are no Foundation Establishment Pills at all, only Si Wuxie’s Fourth-Turn Token, Foundation Establishment Log, Celestial Spirits, Earthly Fiends, etc., but just these are amazing enough that no one would want to give up.

So everyone is stuck here awkwardly.

After the previous two battles, the three Great Guardians all know that Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine’s strength gap with them isn’t large, and this is under the premise that the girls have no trump cards—how is that possible. If a fight breaks out, one of them might die, while the girls could still use their trump cards to escape.

Moreover, facing Si Wuxie’s legacy, can the three Great Guardians really cooperate as sincerely as before? Prajna and Blood Phase have both obtained Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, but Beiyou still doesn’t have a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object. Can he be content?

Nobody has the assurance of victory, no one dares to start a war, and no one is willing to leave the secret realm.

"Let’s take a look inside." Beiyou broke the deadlock: "Standing here is not a solution either."

Everyone nodded silently, leaving the hall and heading into the back forest. In the desolate and withered garden, a gigantic Corpse King stood in the clearing of the back forest, sitting cross-legged with its head bowed, looking like a massive corpse mountain from a distance.

Upon seeing the massive Corpse King from afar, Yan Qing seemed to hear the sound of them heaving a sigh of relief through a screen. It’s uncertain whether to feel lucky or disappointed, but Si Wuxie didn’t kill the secret realm’s demon king. This is the ultimate test left by a Demonic Messenger from a hundred years ago, simultaneously delaying the eruption of their conflicts.

"Wolf Demon, Donor Rabbit," Prajna suddenly said, "this humble monk has a suggestion."

"Five days, we have five days to conquer this Corpse King. After all, we’ve been the local tyrants of Shu Dao Mountain for so many years; we should have some privileges. If we can’t solve the Corpse King in five days, we are willing to share this inheritance with you," suggested Prajna.

Pharmacist’s Wish replied, "How will it be distributed? Any distribution plan you propose here is meaningless; even if you’ve always kept your promises, the Foundation Establishment inheritance is enough to make one betray all moral principles of the world."

"Then let’s be open and honest," Beiyou said calmly, "allocate by strength. If by then your side is stronger, naturally you’ll take more; if we have more survivors, we should take the bigger portion. So these five days are worth your wait. What if one of us dies? For instance, if Blood Phase accidentally falls and gets trampled to death by the demon king?"

Pharmacist’s Wish and Rabbit Heroine exchanged glances and said to the three Great Guardians:

"Five days."

"It’s a deal!"