Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 355 Frank Communication
"Is this... the surprise the veterans were talking about?"

Zhao Yingkong read the monster information aloud again, and inexplicably, the name of a cultivation technique appeared in her mind.

"Bodhi Proof of the Divine Power - Revised"

The golden light emanating from her body was the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Form that would only appear after this technique had been cultivated to the fifth level.

"However, if it's a divine skill, why is there a 'modification'?"

Zhao Yingkong couldn't help but mutter to herself.

The word 'change' was particularly noticeable.

"Because this cultivation technique is stronger than the one from the main god."

Xu Feng's voice suddenly appeared in her mind: "You've conquered all the demon cities in just twenty-seven days and cultivated this technique to the fifth level. You have excellent talent."

Zhao Yingkong looked around.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy.

When they reappeared, they found themselves in a sea of ​​bright red flowers.

The captain of the East Sea Reincarnation Squad stood on a gigantic hill in the center of the flower sea. The twin priestesses among the veterans sat with their eyes closed in front of him, and streams of black energy flowed into the samurai swords in front of them.

Ghostly soldiers, arrayed in battle formations, would occasionally emerge from the giant hill.

However, these ghostly soldiers were immediately shredded into a mass of air by the sword energy emanating from the longsword and absorbed into the sword.

Zhao Yingkong guessed that these two veterans were using the power of the Black Mountain Demon to cultivate.

Just as she cultivated herself by relying on the demons and monsters in those demon cities.

The difference is that the Black Mountain Demon is far stronger than the monsters in the mortal world.

Zhao Yingkong focused her gaze on the captain of the East China Sea team and asked, "This kind of technique, and this kind of cultivation method... did you create it?"

"Ah."

Xu Feng nodded: "This should be the most suitable cultivation method for you."

“The most suitable…” A figure appeared in Zhao Yingkong’s mind, and she asked with some excitement, “Have you met Zhao Zhuikong?”

"A defeated opponent."

Xu Feng answered very frankly: "Just like the Celestial Team this time, Zhao Zhuikong was the East Sea Team's last team fight opponent."

He had no intention of hiding the fact that he was the other party's brother's killer.

"Is he... dead?" Zhao Yingkong opened her mouth.

She immediately realized that the question was completely unnecessary.

Killing a member of another reincarnation squad means you can earn reward points.

As a newcomer, Zhao Yingkong was unaware of the purchasing power of reward points, but the person in front of her had mentioned when introducing the God Space that with enough side quests and reward points, one could grow from an ordinary person to his current level.

After the East Sea team captured four members of the Heavenly God team, three members of the Heavenly God team had died in succession during this period, and the last one was also likely to die.

Furthermore, Zhao Yingkong had heard from a veteran that they could gain something from members of another team. The team leader had been discussing whether they could obtain an enhancement like 'Animal Spirit' from the black man in the Celestial Team.

The Celestial Team was completely wiped out by the East Sea Team.

Zhao Zhuikong, much like the current Celestial Team, is one of the stepping stones for this person to grow to his current strength.

Zhao Yingkong's expression was extremely complicated.

She deeply hated Zhao Zhuikong. When she heard the news of Zhao Zhuikong's death, she thought she should be excited, but now she couldn't help but want to cry.

He even... wanted to avenge him.

Suppressing the inexplicable emotions welling up inside her, Zhao Yingkong asked again, "Why did I see him in the real world?"

She wouldn't have set foot there if she hadn't known that Zhao Zhuikong had appeared in the Japanese region.

“Zhao Zhuikong’s abilities are very special. I have gained a lot from his genes, and that special robot is one of those gains,” Xu Feng said.

He waved.

Ten Zhao Zhuikong figures made of materials such as mithril appeared before the two.

Zhao Yingkong frowned. Killing Zhao Zhuikong was one thing, but creating a robot that looked like him was too disrespectful to the dead.

Xu Feng scrutinized the girl in front of him and said, "Zhao Zhuikong is a complete madman. At the start of the team battle, he killed fourteen of his own teammates. The Donghai team clearly had a chance to gain more, but because of that madman, the Donghai team accidentally got a negative score in that game."

“I was surprised that you came to the Donghai team. However, you and Zhao Zhuikong have the same genetic defect. That defective gene gives you the ability to quickly unlock your genetic lock, but it also makes you uncontrollably fall into madness after reaching a certain level. One day, you may become a hidden bomb in the Donghai team.”

Xu Feng said calmly, "Coincidentally, the Bodhi Proof Divine Skill can suppress the demonic nature in your heart a little."

The original version of "Bodhi Proof Divine Skill" is not very effective and requires the use of special props to achieve this.

However, the revised version of the divine skill includes some essence of the seventh contemplation of the Sixteen Contemplations of Pure Land, which enhances the effect of suppressing inner demons and evil spirits.

"Now you can focus on becoming stronger."

"So... that road was prepared specifically for me?" Zhao Yingkong raised an eyebrow.

"It's less of a deliberate experiment and more of a coincidence," Xu Feng said bluntly. "Incidentally, it also slightly strengthened the team's burdens, even though they are still burdens now."

"drag?"

Zhao Yingkong was a little flustered.

"Admitting that you are weak is not shameful," Xu Feng said with a smile.

"Or... you can test your strength against the Black Mountain Demon who isn't quite dead yet."

Having lived through three installments of A Chinese Ghost Story, the Black Mountain Demon, who had suppressed the characters in the storyline with just his clones, was now in a very miserable state.

This powerful demon became the source of strength for Mei and her sister.

The core of the Castle of the Dead is constructing a small underworld within the 'Murasame', making the storage space for this Imperial Arms even larger.

Hector of the Celestial Team is the fifth captain in the Murasame team.

The third outside hitter after Park Chang-ho and Stone Giant.

The Black Mountain Demon is the sixth.

It will strengthen the body of this Imperial Arm from the level of Murasame's Necromancer's Space, increasing its maximum capacity.

Twenty-seven days.

With the help of the 'flower sea ecosystem', Mei has absorbed most of the source of this biggest BOSS.

Only one blow remains. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow will be the day the Black Mountain Demon dies.

Of course, even if the Black Mountain Demon is completely annihilated today, it won't affect the heights Mei can ultimately reach.

Moreover... having Zhao Yingkong kill the Black Mountain Demon might earn more reward points, as newcomers often receive some preferential treatment from the main god.

Zhao Yingkong charged towards the Black Mountain Demon.

Immediately, she couldn't help but frown, the towering Skull Mountain leaving her at a loss.

This monster is too big.

Even Mount Everest looks short compared to it.

Moreover, this enormous mountain range is no ordinary creature; the skeletons covering its body are extremely lethal. Ordinary people who touch it will have their energy absorbed, and even cultivators are no exception... In the original story, Yan Chixia had his magical power absorbed by it.

Climbing from the foot of this monster to the top is difficult enough, let alone killing it.

She was just an assassin; she could take down those short, sharp creatures, but this kind of monster with extremely thick skin and flesh... was a bit too difficult.

Zhao Yingkong pondered for a moment, then immediately flew high into the sky.

She unleashed the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma Image cultivated through the "Bodhi Proof Dharma Divine Skill," and the sixteen-foot-tall golden body radiated light, suppressing the Black Mountain beneath her feet, causing it to scream in agony.

Strands of pure white blade energy slashed out from the dagger, landing on the Black Mountain Demon's skull mountain, carving out a crater over a hundred meters deep... The strength of this skull mountain far exceeded that of ordinary matter; if it were to deal with ordinary matter in the mortal realm, the crater it created would be ten times larger than it is now.

Compared to the enormous size of the Black Mountain Demon, the deep pit that was 'smashed' out now is like a small pimple scar, at most a superficial injury.

Furthermore, the 'external injury' healed quickly.

The suppressive effect of the light attribute energy released by the sixteen-foot golden body was very small. Although the Black Mountain Demon was in great pain, it was only in pain, and its 'health bar' remained unchanged.

Furthermore, after displaying her sixteen-foot golden body for an extended period of time, Zhao Yingkong felt that this world was suppressing her!

This place is, after all, the underworld, and the home ground of the Black Mountain Demon.

While solar energy can certainly subdue the Black Mountain Demon, it is greatly affected in this region unless... solar energy can suppress the entire underworld, which would probably require the power of a god.

Subsequently.

Zhao Yingkong then attempted to find the core of the Black Mountain Demon.

Completely destroying the Black Mountain Demon's entire body is impossible, but just as killing someone only requires piercing the vital point, finding the Black Mountain Demon's vital point, even with insufficient attack power, could potentially kill it.

But after searching for a long time, she couldn't find anything crucial.

The Black Mountain Demon is a mountain, and its entire body seems equally important.

After a full day of relentless attacks, the Black Mountain Demon was unable to retaliate.

Despite her great reluctance, Zhao Yingkong had to admit that the Black Mountain Demon was a very powerful monster.

This great demon was not even in the same league as the demons and monsters she had encountered in those demon cities. Even with all her strength, she could only inflict some superficial injuries on the Black Mountain Demon.

Moreover, it's a superficial injury that can heal in the blink of an eye.

The damage she inflicted on the Black Mountain Demon was far less than that of those 'delicate red flowers'—the sea of ​​flowers was constantly draining the Black Mountain Demon's life force.

"What a pity." Xu Feng casually crushed the monster that he had weakened to its limit.

The towering mountain range instantly turned into a cloud of black powder, collapsing like an avalanche. Then, this gray bone powder was completely covered by countless blood-red flowers.

Xu Feng couldn't help but sigh again: "Sigh... There's only one B-level side quest, even though this monster isn't weak."

The main god also unlocked a B-level side quest after defeating the Celestials, but even Hector, the strongest member of the Celestials, was a level below the Black Mountain Demon, and their combat power was not on the same level at all.

—If Hector hadn't witnessed just how powerful the Black Mountain Demon was, he wouldn't have been so confident when Tifa was suppressing him that everything would be alright as long as he could stall until the Black Mountain Demon could invade the mortal realm.

"The main god is getting stingier and stingier!"

Xu Feng couldn't help but mutter a curse in his heart.

Among the Reincarnation World BOSSes encountered by the East Sea Team, the Black Mountain Demon is definitely in the top three.

Second only to Quetzalcoatl and the Curse.

In The Hobbit world, Sauron's power level is no less than that of the Black Mountain Demon, but he is not at his peak and has lost the advantage of timing and location compared to the Black Mountain Demon.

Sadako in the world of "The Ring" had the right timing and location, but she could only rival the Black Mountain Demon after she had conceived hundreds of millions of Sadako and all of them merged into her main body. Xu Feng didn't give her any time to develop at the time.

If other reincarnation teams were to defeat a powerful enemy like the Black Mountain Demon, the main god would undoubtedly award them countless reward points and side quests!
"Captain." After the Black Mountain Demon was completely annihilated, Mei opened her eyes with a joyful expression. She had gained a lot this time.

"Murasame has improved a lot this time. Now it seems that my basic ability is limiting my combat power."

She glanced at the sea of ​​flowers.

Xiangzi's body is currently merging into the sea of ​​flowers, undergoing its second reincarnation.

This time, her strength will increase significantly.

She glanced at the assassin girl beside her, focusing on the girl's enormous breasts, and said with her head down, "Captain, I guess I also need to reincarnate once."

During her second pregnancy, her strong spirit could slightly influence her physical development, naturally causing certain parts to enlarge.

"Yes, I will reincarnate you when I return to this world."

Xu Feng then looked at Zhao Yingkong and said with a smile, "To be honest, I am a very calculating person. You may not realize how much help you have received from me right now, but you will understand how expensive the enhancement you have received is when you return to the Main God Space."

Simply strengthening the "Bodhi Proof of Dharma Divine Skill" requires an A-level side quest. The "Bodhi Proof of Dharma Divine Skill" that has just been strengthened is only the beginning. Even a genius would need time to accumulate energy to cultivate this divine skill to the fifth level and cultivate the Great Sun Dharma Form.

"The previous enhancements were a free gift... but you'll have to pay a price for the next items."

"The price?" Zhao Yingkong didn't seem to care.

She doesn't like owing people anything; this kind of transaction actually makes her more comfortable.

The premise is that the other party's request is not too unreasonable.

"Yes, everyone will get a lot of reward points this time, and I need your reward points," Xu Feng said without any politeness.

“These reward points are earned because of you,” Zhao Yingkong said.

Most of the reward points for the East China Sea team came from killing members of the Heavenly God team, and all the members of the Heavenly God team were killed by Xu Feng and his henchmen. Zhao Yingkong did not think that others should feel at ease receiving these reward points.

"The rules among the gods are not fair," Xu Feng said with a smile, shaking his head.

The credit for defeating the Celestial Team mainly went to him, but the reason he was able to do so was largely due to his significant first-mover advantage, being among the first reincarnators of the East Sea Team.

This advantage is very unfair to the new players of the Donghai team.

"I proposed the deal in order to maintain some fairness, although... the significance of such maintenance is not very great."

(End of this chapter)