novelraw Chapter 453: First Tier-Five Domain — Abyssal Echo Domain!
Chapter 453: First Tier-Five Domain — Abyssal Echo Domain!
Chen Qi instantly became fully alert.
Mastering a domain meant his strength would increase dramatically, stepping onto an entirely new level.
Moreover, this also meant the Rift Workshop officially possessed the ability to forge rift weapons.
The Book Saint's efficiency far exceeded his imagination.
Let Fen sleep a little longer... Chen Qi straightened his clothes.
"Let's go! An!"
Chen Qi was extremely excited, heading towards the Rift Workshop at the very center of the island.
……
Chen Qi and An walked along the stairs, arriving underground on the island. Looking ahead, they saw the high-tier Rift Workshop they had built with all their might, using massive resources and inviting the Saint from the Book Tower.
The Rift Workshop had completely changed its appearance.Its volume had expanded a full four times. On the walls, it was no longer just simple Magic-Banishing Crystals.
Behind the semi-transparent crystals, one could see numerous gears inscribed with runes.
The gears turned continuously, emitting dull rumbles, instantly plunging the entire space into absolute darkness.
The rune gears combined with the Magic-Banishing Crystals made the Rift Workshop's walls resemble a massive black hole, instantly absorbing any spiritual energy that touched them.
Chen Qi reached out and touched it, a strong chill washing over him.
The core of the Rift Workshop lay in its absolute defensive power.
Even the Release of a fourth-tier Transcendent, striking the wall, would only create a small ripple.
Attacks below fourth-tier Release wouldn't even make a tiny splash on the wall.
In the corners of the Rift Workshop, piles of complex machinery were stacked together.
Clang! Clang!
Behind the mechanic Burry, two mechanical arms danced as he continuously manufactured special parts needed for the unique structure 'Inspiration Library.'
Chen Qi had sensed Burry's spiritual energy before.
Now, with the help of Palu's exploration fleet, Burry had also digested a fourth-tier profession card, advancing to become a fourth-tier great mechanist, gaining powerful high-tier mechanical affinity.
Chen Qi asked excitedly:
"Burry, how are things on your end?"
Seeing Chen Qi, Burry took a deep breath, his eyes filled with respect.
If not for Chen Qi, their team wouldn't possibly have a Hammer-affinity fifth-tier Transcendent!
"Everything's going great, the Book Saint is too powerful!
Recently, I've also been planning to build a steam mecha. But, unfortunately, I don't have the ability to pilot one."
Burry glanced towards the Book Saint on the side.
Meanwhile, the Book Saint was sprawled haphazardly, lying directly on a pile of documents, closing her eyes contentedly.
Beside her, Water Spirit Number Seven, holding the Whip of Agony, was timing with a pocket watch.
She could still rest for two more hours!
At first, the Book Saint liked to pretend to work while secretly slacking off.
But her schemes were quickly and mercilessly seen through by the Ice Witch!
The Ice Witch had established an extremely strict set of rules.
Then, under the flogging of Water Spirit Number Seven, the Book Saint had become the ultimate tool among tools.
Her diligence was beyond imagination!
Chen Qi said with a smile:
"Burry, if you build a mecha and need a pilot, you can look for Water Spirit Number Three."
A water spirit piloting a mecha... A flicker of surprise crossed Burry's eyes.
Chen Qi didn't elaborate further, directly asking the question he cared about most:
"Burry, where is the Abyssal Spark?"
Burry's lips curled into a smile. He walked to the wall and pulled a lever.
Instantly, all the gears in the Rift Workshop began spinning wildly!
Amidst thunderous roars, a transparent black cube slowly descended from the ceiling, hovering in mid-air.
This was the 'Sealing Cube' created by the Rift Workshop, specifically for dangerous forbidden creations.
Inside the pitch-black cube, a spark burned fiercely, constantly impacting the cube's walls.
Burry took a step back:
"We can't touch it. Contacting it instantly causes immense mental damage."
Is that so? Chen Qi ignited the Daylight Lantern, slowly reaching his hand through the semi-transparent cube, then opening his palm to grasp the Abyssal Spark—
Instantly, an intense, piercing pain spread throughout his entire body.
He felt as if he had been doused in gasoline and ignited, bursting into massive phosphorescent flames.
And before Chen Qi's eyes, unprecedented prompts abruptly appeared.
【You are making contact with the Abyssal Spark—】
【Your mind is suffering massive corruption!】
【You are being eroded by the Abyssal Mutation Disease!】
This immense abyssal power directly corrupted Chen Qi's mind.
Fortunately, Chen Qi's own talents, combined with the light of the Daylight Lantern, could resist this corruption.
Chen Qi's gaze turned cold.
Unlike ordinary weapons, one could say this was a weapon born specifically for rifts.
Like the Rift Blade, it took root directly within his body.
However, to subdue it, he needed to put in even more effort.
Inside this Rift Workshop, it had to give its all.
Without hesitation, Chen Qi erupted with his massive spiritual energy, pressing down on the tiny Abyssal Spark.
Under the pressure of spiritual energy, the Abyssal Spark rapidly expanded, engulfing the entire Rift Workshop!
Boom!
If not for the Rift Workshop's special walls, the power of the Abyssal Spark at this moment would be enough to burn the entire island and the surrounding sea.
"Wow!"
"So this is a fifth-tier Saint's weapon..."
An and Burry behind Chen Qi couldn't help but marvel, sweat streaming down their bodies.
Fortunately, inside the Rift Workshop, there were plenty of weapons that could withstand attacks.
At this moment, Aslina, who had been sleeping on the documents, was also startled awake by the flames.
"Damn it! Which bastard is disturbing this Saint's sleep!!!
Do you not want your mother anymore?"
The sleep-deprived Aslina had completely lost the elegance of the Book Saint. She cursed violently, springing up to look at the person in the center.
Today, no one could stop her anger!
It's that Little Black Hair again!
"You!!"
Aslina felt her blood surge.
You have to understand, her total sleep time was only two hours!
Two hours!
She hadn't even settled the score yet for when that damn couple, Little Black Hair and An, kidnapped her!
She fiercely rolled up her sleeves.
Perfect timing, while the Ice Witch isn't here, to teach Little Black Hair a lesson.
However, in the next instant, a pair of beast-like eyes within the black flames looked towards her.
The essence of the Abyssal Spark was an abyssal weapon that enhanced all stats. Anyone contacting this power would inevitably be affected by the abyssal energy.
Simply put, they'd become a Berserker.
That beast-like gaze seemed ready to devour the Book Saint whole!
The Book Saint adjusted her round-framed glasses.
Forging rift weapons consumed massive amounts of spiritual energy. Combined with the subtle influence of the Black Blood Poison, the Book Saint at this moment couldn't possibly unleash her true strength.
The Book Saint seemed to have shrunk a little, muttering quietly:
"Black Hunter, you shouldn't have disturbed my sleep."
"But this time, I'll forgive you first."
However, Chen Qi, amidst the roaring flames, seemed completely unable to hear her voice.
Just then, Water Spirit Number Seven beside her also said quietly:
"Waku waku (Book Saint! Arguing also counts as rest time!)"
"You all..."
Book Saint Aslina chose to retreat.
In a flash, she moved An, Burry, and Water Spirit Number Seven all to the entrance of the Rift Workshop.
"Teacher, what does this mean?"
An looked confused.
At that moment, the Book Saint raised her head high:
"If you don't want to die, leave quickly. A fifth-tier domain activated for the first time is indiscriminate in its attacks."
Neither An nor Burry could withstand Chen Qi's assault.
At this moment, only she could withstand Chen Qi's violence!
"Let's go."
"Don't disturb him."
The Book Saint didn't hesitate, taking important items and having everyone move far away from the Rift Workshop.
At this moment, only the walls of the Rift Workshop could withstand this power.
Then, she forcefully closed the entrance to the Rift Workshop's underground chamber.
An's eyes widened.
The moment the entrance closed, she saw Chen Qi amidst the abyssal flames, the tentacles on his back expanding several times over, endless fire completely covering everything.
……
Boom! Boom!
Two full days passed, with continuous, earth-shaking roars coming from the Rift Workshop!
Finally, amidst a thunderous sound, the fiercely burning flames finally ceased.
【You have mastered the fifth-tier domain "Abyssal Echo."】
Chen Qi's mind trembled slightly, the raging flames on his body slowly dissipating.
"Intense!"
Chen Qi stretched his limbs, his body cracking with popping sounds of bones shifting.
【Having undergone the baptism of Abyssal Flames, your constitution increased by 30 points, your strength increased by 30 points, your agility increased by 30 points.】
After absorbing the Abyssal Spark, his own stats had grown rapidly.
Chen Qi opened his eyes wide, his gaze fixed straight ahead.
He saw that the walls of the entire Rift Workshop were shattered and broken, covered in massive cracks.
When he first activated Abyssal Echo, his will couldn't overcome the abyssal power either. He was like a frenzied monster.
Destruction, attack—
Fortunately, the talents of his third-tier profession, Lamp Keeper, and his fourth-tier profession, Deep Sea Monster, both timely suppressed this uncontrollable madness.
Chen Qi now felt confident that, after activating his domain, he could maintain a certain level of sanity.
"Hah..."
Chen Qi exhaled a black breath, checking the specific effects of Abyssal Echo.
【Abyssal Echo:
Affinity: Blade, Phantom, Shadow
Description: The Abyssal Spark gently touches the earth, igniting into roaring flames.
Activation Condition: Suffer a sufficiently high level of mental corruption.】
Chen Qi looked at its description.
Almost all fifth-tier domains had strict activation conditions.
For example, Blood Lion's 【War Meat Grinder Mountain】 required the heat of the battlefield;
Invisible Hand's 【Hayer's Invisible Hand】 required making oneself disappear from everyone's sight or consuming Phantom Affinity rift unique items;
the Book Saint's library required consuming large quantities of high-tier books.
Abyssal Echo's activation condition wasn't difficult.
The simplest method was directly consuming the Flower Witch's potions.
Besides that, in the current Dimensional Tide-filled sea, forbidden weapons that reduced mental fortitude were countless.
One could say Chen Qi could completely activate this domain anytime he wished.
Chen Qi then checked its specific effects.
【Domain Expansion: When the domain expands, with you as the core, a massive abyssal rift 'Eye of the Abyss' will tear open beneath your feet.
Within the abyss, gain 'Domain Rule': All continuously suffer unstoppable mental corruption, and those covered by 'Abyssal Flames' gain 500% strength, constitution, and agility enhancement, and 200% Spiritual Core enhancement.
Furthermore, all items and skills capable of causing 'mental corruption' receive an additional 100% boost.】
Chen Qi examined its core effect.
Fifth-tier domains all possessed extremely strong rule-based properties.
Only domains clashing could block their effects.
Abyssal Echo's domain rule wasn't particularly strong.
It had two points. First, the mental corruption effect.
Mental corruption could interfere with enemies, a basic function.
The second effect was the core ability: enhancing the effects of mental corruption items and skills!
Chen Qi's Ember's Touch, Crimson Form, Flesh Cleaver Bone Breaker, and others could all receive the domain bonus from Abyssal Echo.
Besides that, the Sage-Level potions crafted by Fen were also tailor-made for Chen Qi, possessing extremely strong negative effects!
Within the domain, whether it was his Ember's Touch or Crimson Form, they would all receive a hundred percent enhancement.
One could say, within the domain, his stats would grow at a terrifying rate, reaching a horrifying level!
Combined with the domain itself also providing extremely terrifying stat bonuses.
Within this domain, he was an invincible stat monster!
Thus, his monster build could be considered fully realized.
Chen Qi took a deep breath. He could feel his blood boiling throughout his body, becoming heavy and resilient.
Chen Qi then checked the remaining effects of the Abyssal Echo domain.
【Echo: After the domain expands, every minute, an Echo will occur within the domain, dealing massive mental damage to all enemies within.
All those who suffer Echo mental damage will briefly gain a 50% strength boost.
If the mental corruption you suffer reaches a certain value, you can unconditionally activate a 'Release' that has already been activated within the domain (this Release must be of one of the three affinities: Blade, Shadow, or Phantom).】
Chen Qi looked at its effect.
This was like a bonus effect of the Abyssal Echo domain.
His strongest Release currently was undoubtedly the Blade-affinity Crimson Form.
Combined with this skill, he could activate two Releases consecutively, further enhancing himself!
And Crimson Form itself provided terrifying attribute bonuses.
A super stat monster among stat monsters!
"Hah..."
Chen Qi slowly took a deep breath, wondering just how high his attributes would reach in actual combat within the Abyssal Echo domain.
"Not bad, not bad."
Chen Qi clapped his hands.
Now, he could be considered to have his own trump card.
Even if he detected other fifth-tier Transcendents on the high seas showing signs of activating their domains, he wouldn't need to flee into the deep sea. Instead, he could choose to face them head-on!
Chen Qi retracted all his spiritual energy and strode towards the entrance.
Just then, the entrance slowly opened.
The Ice Witch slowly floated down from the entrance, looking at Chen Qi.
The Ice Witch at this moment wore a light blue witch's gown, her white hair cascading down.
She rested her chin on her smooth, fair hand, a faint, knowing smile in her eyes as she looked at Chen Qi.
He's grown stronger again... The Ice Witch smiled slightly:
"Congratulations, Little Black Hair, on mastering a fifth-tier domain."
Chen Qi also smiled:
"Long time no see. Has anything else happened on the sea?"
He hadn't seen the Ice Witch for these two weeks.
Not seeing the Ice Witch for these days made her seem even more beautiful... Chen Qi was momentarily stunned.
The Ice Witch thought for a moment and said:
"What a coincidence. While you were practicing your fifth-tier domain, I just received two pieces of news."
The Ice Witch took out a teapot and cups from her Wormhole Backpack, pouring a cup of soothing Transcendent black tea.
She handed a cup of tea to Chen Qi, saying softly:
"One good news, one bad news."