Chapter 7: Qingyun Sect
[Flowing Cloud Step: Proficient 1/200]
[Water Dragon Song: Proficient 1/300]
[Current experience value: 50]
As the skill levels of 'Flowing Cloud Step' and 'Water Dragon Song' reached the proficiency level, Lucious felt that there were many more insights about these two skills in his mind.
This feeling was very mysterious, as if he had been practicing these two skills for a long time, and he couldn't explain it clearly.
"With these two skills, I should be able to have a try with those Greenstone puppets now."
With this thought, Lucious stood up and walked out of the passage.
Ancient mausoleum, inside the underground tomb.
When Lucious returned here again, he no longer felt the nervousness from before.
He looked at the Greenstone puppets not far away and slowly raised the magic sword in his hand.
"Come again."
As he finished speaking, he was greeted by the cold eyes of the Greenstone puppets and the ever-approaching sense of oppression.
But unlike the first time when he was embarrassed, Lucious seemed much more at ease this time.
Facing the first Greenstone puppet attack, Lucious easily dodged it.
Then his face turned pale, and he instinctively performed the 'Water Dragon Roar.'
He saw that the sword body of the magic sword began to vibrate continuously. The high-frequency vibration not only brought amazing shock force to the magic sword but also made a dull sword sound.
And this... is the Dragon Roar!
Looking at the nearest Greenstone puppet, Lucious swung his sword!
Stab!
The magic sword with the power of sharp metal easily broke through the Greenstone puppet's hard body and directly cut off its neck.
The second after Lucious eliminated the Greenstone puppet, several other Greenstone puppets slightly further away had also surrounded him.
In response, Lucious dodged smoothly and kept a relatively safe distance from the nine Greenstone puppets.
And just where he had just dodged, the iron fists of several Greenstone puppets suddenly fell.
Boom!
The hard ground immediately shattered into a crater under the heavy punches of the puppets, with cracks all around.
Looking at this scene, Lucious said with lingering fear: "It seems that my first death was not unjust."
With this power, it's no wonder they could break through his body-protecting divine light and beat him to death with random punches.
After some reflection, Lucious immediately calmed down and focused on the battle in front of him.
Although the first Greenstone puppet who was left alone was already in pieces, the remaining Greenstone puppets kept a relatively close distance to each other.
If Lucious rashly attacked one of them, he would definitely be besieged by the rest.
Therefore, to defeat them, he needed to kill one Greenstone puppet and avoid the attacks of other Greenstone puppets at the same time.
Just like the situation when he had just killed the first Greenstone puppet.
But this was easy to say, but difficult to do.
It was simply hellish difficulty to dodge and maneuver around the attacks of nine puppets in the already small catacombs.
And with his current mana, he could only cast Purple Glow Divine Light Body Protection twice at most while maintaining the Sharpness Technique.
In other words, he could withstand two Greenstone puppet attacks at most.
In other words, he only had two chances to be hit by the Greenstone puppets.
If he was still hit after two times, with his current physical condition, even if he did not die, he would still be seriously injured and unable to continue fighting.
With this thought, Lucious once again started fighting with the Greenstone puppets.
One minute later...
Lucious, who was forced into a corner by Greenstone's puppets, gasped for air.
Not far from him were three broken Greenstone puppets.
That's right, one against ten and there is a gap in levels.
Lucious relied on Water Dragon Song, Flowing Cloud Step, and Purple Glow Divine Light to take down three Greenstone puppets.
Such a record is actually enough to be proud of when compared to other monks on the second level of Qi training.
But Lucious was still a little dissatisfied with his performance.
Mistakes, too many mistakes.
Whether it was the timing of Flowing Cloud Step or Water Dragon Song, there were many areas where he could improve and do better.
This minute of fighting seemed short, but it made Lucious's understanding of Flowing Cloud Step and Water Dragon Song improve a lot.
The essence of Water Dragon Song is actually to use spiritual power to produce vibrations in the sword body.
In this way, when the magic sword emits a sword sound similar to a dragon's roar, it can also produce high-frequency damage like a 'water wave.'
This is the 'dragon roar' in the Water Dragon Song.
Theoretically speaking, the faster the vibration frequency of Water Dragon Roar is, the more powerful the sword will be.
But these only exist in theory.
Because neither the quality of the magic sword itself nor Lucious's own physical body and cultivation level could support him to add more concussive effects of Water Dragon's Roar.
Right now, he could add up to five concussive powers in one second.
This was the limit of what he could do.
And every time after performing Water Dragon Song, he needed to spend a certain amount of time to adjust the turbulent spiritual power in his body.
Although this time was not long, it was particularly deadly in battle.
That is to say, the water attribute spiritual power is the softest among the five elements.
If this were replaced by other attributes of spiritual power, Lucious might have had his own meridians shattered by the concussive spiritual power before he could use Water Dragon Roar.
Water Dragon Song seems simple, but this swordsmanship... has a universe within it.
And just when Lucious lowered his head and meditated, the remaining seven Greenstone puppets had already arrived in front of him.
Lucious wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and raised his head to look at them.
If he loses, he will not lose, even if it means death, he will keep his words to the end.
"Wait, I will come back."
Boom!
As the fists fell, Lucious's voice disappeared.
The second catacomb challenge failed!
After being resurrected, Lucious didn't even pause for a moment about his failure. He immediately threw himself into the next battle.
Just like what he had said, he would come back!
The third catacomb challenge failed!
The fourth catacomb challenge failed!
The 102nd Catacomb Challenge.
"Flowing Cloud Step and Water Dragon Song have reached the proficiency level, and it's almost time to end it."
Just like the Purple Glow health-preserving function, skill proficiency can be improved through practice.
The same goes for Flowing Cloud Step and Water Dragon Song.
Perhaps it is because they have been used in actual combat, or perhaps because they do not have the harsh conditions of the Purple Glow health-preserving skills, which can only be practiced when Purple Glow is born.
As a result, Lucious practiced these two skills very quickly.
Originally, Lucious was able to defeat the ten Greenstone puppets in the fifty-second challenge.
But when he discovered that these ten guys were excellent sparring partners, Lucious was not in a hurry to defeat them, but used them as tools to practice Flowing Cloud Step and Water Dragon Song.
In this process, not only Water Dragon Song and Flowing Cloud Step, but also the Sharpness Technique he continued to perform, have been greatly improved.
Fighting is indeed the best teacher.
[Flowing Cloud Step: Mastery 1/800]
[Water Dragon Song: Mastery 1/1200]
[Sharp Technique: Dacheng 100/1000]
[Current experience value: 50]
If possible, Lucious actually wanted to continue playing with these Greenstone puppets and raise the levels of the three skills as much as possible.
However, perhaps it was because these ten Greenstone puppets could no longer bring pressure to him.
As a result, in a recent battle, his proficiency in the three skills could no longer be improved.
When Lucious saw this, he naturally stopped his challenge.
In the catacombs, this was the one hundred and second time Lucious saw the ten Greenstone puppets.
But this time, he was so calm that he seemed to be attending an ordinary party.
There is no way, he has fought against these guys more than a hundred times.
Now he can accurately predict the movements of these guys even with his eyes closed, and he has completely seen them through.
Let alone ten, even if the number doubled again, Lucious felt that he would not feel any pressure now.
Although his cultivation level has not improved at all, he is now... indeed stronger!
Boom!
As the door behind him closed again, the ten Greenstone puppets in front of him started to move again.
Lucious looked at them and bowed politely.
"Thank you for your help, this... should be over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lucious turned into an afterimage and rushed in front of a Greenstone puppet.
Before the Greenstone puppet could react, the sound of swords echoed in the quiet underground tomb.
Although this sound was fleeting, it was very clear and loud, like the roar of a dragon!
The moment the sword sound disappeared, Lucious's figure passed by a Greenstone puppet.
"First."
The moment Lucious stopped, there was a gust of fist wind behind him.
Lucious seemed to have foresight and immediately moved sideways to avoid the sneak attack of the Greenstone puppet behind him.
At the same time, the magic sword in his hand made a clear sword cry again, and the sword fell on the Greenstone puppet.
"Second."
Lucious didn't even look at the situation behind him and strolled into the circle surrounded by Greenstone puppets.
"Third, fourth, fifth..."
At this moment, the sturdy body that Greenstone Puppet was proud of was as fragile as paper in front of Lucious.
Whenever the sound of a sword echoed, a Greenstone puppet would fall to the ground.
Even though the Greenstone puppet had amazing strength and was not afraid of pain, it wanted to trade injuries with Lucious.
But in front of Lucious's flowing movements, they couldn't even touch him.
One minute later...
"Tenth."
As the tenth Greenstone puppet fell to the ground, the originally crowded underground tomb immediately became empty.
Lucious looked at the remains of the puppets lying on the ground, feeling a little dazed for no reason.
Who would have thought that he, who could only last ten minutes in the hands of these ten Greenstone puppets at the beginning, could now defeat these guys in one minute without any injuries.
Without the obstruction of these guys, Lucious couldn't help but look at the coffin not far away.
He remembered the name of this dungeon, Ancient Repair Mausoleum.
According to the description of the dungeon, the most dangerous thing about this place was not the Greenstone puppet who acted as a guard.
It was a group of corpses of ancient practitioners who had unexpectedly awakened.
The so-called Dharma Corpses were actually a group of monks who had turned into zombies.
Such zombies were undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than ordinary zombies.
Because in addition to having the invulnerable bodies of zombies, they also had some magic skills during their lifetime.
And Dharma Corpses were not only found in dungeons; there were also many Dharma Corpses in the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance.
Therefore, Lucious was actually no stranger to the so-called Dharma Corpse.
Looking at the coffin in the center of the tomb, Lucious did not approach it directly but cautiously swung his sword.
The rotten coffin was immediately split in half under this sword, revealing the situation inside the coffin.
"Empty?"
Looking at the empty coffin, Lucious frowned.
He originally thought that the Greenstone puppet in the tomb was a monster and the corpse in the coffin was the BOSS.
But now there was nothing in the coffin.
Either there was nothing inside the coffin.
Or something inside had escaped.
Lucious looked at the open stone door on the other side of the tomb, and he was more inclined to the latter.
However, Lucious was not in a hurry to leave the room and look for answers.
Instead, he began to pick up the scattered light spots on the corpse of the Greenstone Puppet.
[You have obtained a fragment of Greenstone Puppetry and 35 experience points. The current number of fragments is 1/10]
[You have obtained a fragment of Greenstone Puppetry and 35 experience points. The current number of fragments is 2/10]
[...]
After picking up all ten fragments, these fragments were quickly combined into a complete Greenstone Puppet Technique.
[Greenstone Puppet Technique]
[Effect: After learning, you can refine the Greenstone puppet. The strength of the puppet depends on the materials used]
[Learning requirements: Wood Spiritual Root, Golden Spiritual Root]
In addition to gaining a puppet technique, ten Greenstone puppets also brought him a lot of experience.
[Current experience value: 400]
One Greenstone puppet is worth 35 experience points; ten of them are 350 points.
If you don't have to kill them all before you can get the experience points of the dungeon, Lucious might just stay here and keep gaining experience.
By then, let alone Water Dragon Song and Flowing Cloud Step, he might even be able to max out the Purple Glow health-preserving skills in a short period of time.
It's a pity, it's such a pity.
"Forget it, greed is not enough. I already have the help of real immortal cultivation, so there is no need for me to ask for more."
After sighing, Lucious noticed the stone tablet next to him.
On the stone tablet, there is information about the owner of the tomb.
[Qingyun Sect, the 72nd generation official disciple, the tomb of Shang Zhiliang]
Qingyun Sect?
Lucious looked at the few lines of words on the stone tablet and was very surprised.
He did not expect that this so-called Ancient Repair Mausoleum was actually the place where Qingyun Sect disciples were buried.
Looking at it this way, the time in the copy and the Qingyun Sect in the game should not be the same period.
After all, with the strength of the Qingyun Sect in the game, they will definitely not let their disciples transform into corpses after their death.
This can only mean that something happened to the Qingyun Sect during the copy period, resulting in the inability to manage its own sect tombs.
Or it has simply disappeared into the long river of history.
This has led to the current state of desolation of the mausoleum to the point of causing corpse transformation.
"No wonder I was inexplicably familiar with these puppets before. I think they are made of the Greenstone wood from the outer gate of Qingyun Sect."
"Even the Qingyun Sect, which has a strong man in the God Transformation stage, can be so lonely. What happened to the world outside the copy..."
"Forget it, these have nothing to do with who I am now. I'd better concentrate on the copy at hand."
"It would be okay if this tomb only buries formal disciples. If it also buries Qingyun Sect's true disciples, elders, and even the peak masters of each peak, then even if the dungeon is refreshed only once every three months, it will be difficult for me to complete this copy before it refreshes."
"After all, the weakest true disciples of the Qingyun Sect are in the Foundation Establishment stage, the elders are also in the Golden Core stage, and the peak master started in the Nascent Soul stage."
"If they transform into corpses, how can I, a small Qi-training monk, be their opponent?"
"But since this dungeon is a place that can be accessed during the Qi training stage, there must be no such terrifying existence as the Golden Core Stage Dharma Corpse or the Nascent Soul Stage Dharma Corpse. Otherwise, if you want to enter here, you have to start in the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"Besides, existences like elders and peak masters are unlikely to be buried with other people."
"So this should be just a disciple's mausoleum."
Thinking of this, Lucious stopped thinking about it.
After confirming that there were not many useful things in the tomb, he walked directly towards the stone door that opened in front of him.
He was resurrected hundreds of times in the first tomb room, and there was no telling how many times he would have to die before he could completely clear this dungeon.
After walking out of the tomb, what came into view was a complex underground palace.
Before Lucious could clearly see the complicated environment in the underground palace, he suddenly felt a cold wind coming from above his head.
After a burst of severe pain, Lucious's vision instantly turned dark.
Inside the catacombs room.
"I...died again?"
Lucious, who was resurrected again, looked at the remains of the Greenstone puppet scattered around with a very ugly expression.
When he died before, he still knew how he died.
But this time he died without even seeing the enemy clearly.
Is the enemy too strong for him to react, or is there some special trap outside the stone gate?
If you can't guess it, just try again.
He can be resurrected infinitely in the dungeon, so what else is there to be afraid of?
That's it!