novelraw Chapter 158-2: Falling Starlight, Supernova Burst! (2)
Chapter 158-2: Falling Starlight, Supernova Burst! (2)
[You used Scroll of Speed Reading (Legendary Item)!]
[Countless intricate and profound characters emerged from the scroll, merging into your body…]
[The casting speed of your Shell increased drastically!]
[Short-cast spells became instant-cast! Long-cast spells had their casting time greatly reduced!]
[The Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration stirred and resumed its assault on the Knowledge Barrier…]
According to Rona, the Veiled Aberration had consumed numerous eyeballs, filling its consciousness with chaotic, disordered knowledge.
In plain terms, its mental strength was extremely high.
The fact that Pleasure-Hazed Sight had immobilized it long enough to use even one item had already exceeded Lin Xun’s expectations.
No time to waste on the flailing behemoth, he activated another item.
[You used Falling Starlight (Legendary Item)!][Skill being comprehended…]
[Your Shell successfully comprehended the Shell Skill: Falling Starlight (Legendary Skill)!]
[Falling Starlight (Legendary Skill): The light released when a star falls possesses devastating power. Activating this skill unleashes a ray of destructive starlight imbued with the force of a falling star. This spell requires a long casting time.]
Without hesitation, he activated the skill.
[You raised your staff and began chanting…]
[…]
[Endless radiant starlight began to gather before you, golden lightning flickering and coiling around it…]
[The starlight, containing annihilating power, rapidly compressed, then burst forth in an eye-searing flash, like a supernova erupting, unleashing the boundless might of a fallen star!]
[The Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration was utterly vaporized within the infinite light!]
[You defeated the Knowledge-Seeking Veiled Aberration. Experience greatly increased!]
[You obtained Fading Chunk Spirit Essence of Insight ×1]
[You obtained Crystalline Core of the Veiled Aberration (Rare+ Item)]
[You feel somewhat fatigued…]
The power of a Legendary Skill far surpassed that of an Epic+ one.
The Veiled Aberration was directly vaporized by Falling Starlight, leaving not even a Shell behind.
Granted, even if a Shell had remained, Lin Xun couldn’t have possessed it, but this served as a valuable reminder.
In the future, if he encountered humanoid Shells worth possessing, he must not use this skill.
It might just obliterate the Shell entirely.
He also noticed that the President had only used three skills, Knowledge Spear, Pleasure-Hazed Sight, and Falling Starlight, and the system had already displayed, ‘You feel somewhat fatigued.’
This fatigue likely referred not to physical stamina but to depleted mental strength, i.e., mana was running low.
He surmised that the biggest drains were probably Pleasure-Hazed Sight and Falling Starlight.
[Beside you, Bennett cowered with his hands over his head, eyes wide in shock. It had just personally witnessed your complete destruction of the behemoth.]
[It exclaimed in awe, praising that the divine might of the True God’s Apostle was like a prison of judgment…]
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
He immediately activated Pleasure-Hazed Sight on Bennett to test his theory about mana consumption.
After all, the skill was a control-type ability, it wouldn’t cause any real harm.
[You opened a pink eye and fixed your gaze on Bennett.]
[Special skill Pleasure-Hazed Sight activated!]
[Bennett’s words abruptly stopped. Its eyes rolled back repeatedly, as if it had lost consciousness…]
[…]
[You stepped forward and shook Bennett, trying to wake it. But it remained stiff, eyes rolling back continuously…]
[…]
Lin Xun waited for a full minute before the text finally continued.
[Bennett suddenly snapped awake, staring wide-eyed at you and asking whether that was a reward from the True God’s Apostle for its courage in facing the behemoth.]
[It swore on the Almighty True Knowledge that it had never experienced such overwhelming pleasure in its entire life.]
[This sensation was a hundred, no, a thousand times more intense than any unspeakable act of carnal joy.]
[Bennett shamelessly licked its lips and humbly asked whether it could receive that reward again.]
???
Lin Xun was speechless, face full of question marks.
“What the hell is all this?!”
Resolutely ignoring Bennett, he figured it’d be better to test his skills on Rona later.
In his inventory, he already had three Crystalline Cores of the Veiled Aberration. They could be fused into a complete Epic-level spiritual item.
[Do you wish to fuse three Crystalline Core of the Veiled Aberration (Rare+ Items)? Fusion will yield Crystalline Core of the Veiled Aberration (Epic Item).]
[Fusing…]
[Fusion successful!]
[You obtained Crystalline Core of the Veiled Aberration (Epic Item)!]
Lin Xun checked the item description, and sure enough, it stated that using it would grant 1 point of Divine Power.
He attempted to activate the item.
[Apostle, you cannot use this item!]
[Your soul talent: Ten Thousand Faces, Ten Thousand Forms (Unique), has already been upgraded to +3. Further upgrades require a Legendary-grade Divine Power item.]
“So it’s just as I thought. Looks like I can only trade this item for resources.”
Most Divine items within the organization had circulated for the same reason, to be exchanged for needed resources.
Lin Xun wasn’t short on gear or skills at the moment. The real problem was that his talent affinity had been stuck at +45%, preventing him from possessing powerful non-human Shells. And his Shell slots were currently maxed out.
He was eager to upgrade his talent again.
“Maybe if I farm more Veiled Aberrations and gather a few Epic-grade Divine items, I can trade them with the organization for a Legendary-grade one?”
“I’ll have to ask Team Leader Li about it in detail.”
At present, the President’s Shell had a Legendary-tier offensive skill, a control skill, and the defensive Knowledge Barrier.
By staying within the barrier, he could simultaneously control and dish out damage, soloing a Veiled Aberration should be totally feasible.
If his knowledge reserves proved insufficient and the barrier’s defense too weak, he could let Valkyrie draw the monster’s aggro while he chanted in the back for a finishing move.
As this thought occurred to him, Lin Xun had a sudden realization, the President still had two Stored Spell Treasure Rings, perfect for storing long-cast spells like Falling Starlight.
He acted immediately, clicking on the two items.
[This item currently has no stored spell. Please choose the spell you wish to preload…]
The mechanism required the Shell to first chant the incantation, channel the spell, and then the ring would absorb it. Later, when activated, the ring would cast the spell instantly.
Without hesitation, Lin Xun chose Falling Starlight.
[Unable to preload this skill!]
[Falling Starlight is a Legendary spell skill with immense power. This item is only Epic-grade and can store up to Epic+ spells.]
[Please select a different spell to preload.]
“…”
His mouth twitched. He was speechless.
With no other choice, he resumed preloading Knowledge Spear.
[You raised your staff and began chanting…]
Thanks to the Scroll of Speed Reading, the President’s casting time was greatly reduced, and the spell was quickly stored.
As for why he didn’t choose to store Knowledge Barrier… well, that skill had already become instant-cast under the scroll’s effect!
[You ignored Bennett’s request for another ‘reward’ and instead questioned why the clinic clearly had three floors, yet he had only allowed you access to two.]
[Bennett stammered in response, explaining that it wasn’t trying to deceive the True God’s Apostle, but the third floor of the clinic was extremely strange…]