Infinity: Our Zhongzhou team is really amazing!

Chapter 496 Enhancement, Zhongzhou Team's First S-Rank Enhancement (23)

To be honest, Zhuang Boshi has high hopes for Haotian himself.

The three enhancements just now were, first a regular enhancement, and third a trial.

The second one is the trap.

Haotian choosing the first option means he's pretending to be clueless and trying to get away with it.

Of course, even with the enhanced Holy War Angel bloodline, his combat power would still be insufficient to cause any damage to the Central Continent team.

Choosing the second option, which strengthens the remnants of the Three-Eyed Clan and significantly enhances their computing power, indicates that Haotian desires to access cultivation rune technology.

Choosing the third option means that Haotian knows his situation in Zhongzhou and that he also wants to show his loyalty, even if the curse sounds very unreliable.

Although there was an element of performance involved, Zhuang Boshi was willing to give Haotian a chance.

After all, talented people are always given preferential treatment, no matter where they are.

If Adam hadn't been caught in the middle, Bosch would have already fully invested in Haotian, significantly boosting its capabilities.

After all, in the original work, Haotian was an absolute genius who entered the cycle of reincarnation in the later stages, but grew into a fourth-order powerhouse in just a few worlds.

Haotian awakened his superpowers before entering the Main God Space and was copied into the Demon Team. Even in the treacherous environment of his copy Chu Xuan, he was able to improve rapidly, so his potential is beyond doubt.

It's important to know that at that time, the Zhongzhou team was far weaker than the Demon team.

Haotian has experienced far fewer worlds than the Zhongzhou team, yet he has rapidly grown to the fourth rank, a talent that is almost on par with Luo Yinglong and Zheng Zha.

Haotian was even able to survive the final battle and live to become the ultimate "Pigeon Spirit" of the third generation.

He is impeccable in both intelligence and ability.

If he could join the Central Continent Team, then in just a few worlds, the Central Continent Team would have another fourth-tier powerhouse.

Therefore, he really couldn't bear to kill Haotian with a single shot like Chu Xuan did in the original novel.

That would be such a waste of talent.

The original story states that the gods of Zhongzhou were weaker than the gods of the heavens.

To reduce the chances of things going wrong, Chu Xuan killed him outright. However, the Demon Team must have known about the relationship between Haotian and the Heavenly God Team, yet they tolerated Haotian's existence.

Do you think the current Zhongzhou is less magnanimous than the Demon Team?
The fact that the main god is constantly accelerating the elimination of the remaining teams means that the final battle is just around the corner.

Despite the fact that the Zhongzhou team has been pushed to its limit by the God of War, they are suffering in silence.

Of the three fourth-tier individuals, Chu Xuan was half-crippled.

They can only rely on Zheng Zha and him to keep going.

Fortunately, Li Yingkong's inner demons have been resolved. Including Zhao Ruikong, one person can be as good as two and a half fourth-tier beings.

The other teammates are fully upgraded, but there is still a lack of a Tier 4 who can stand alone.

Most importantly, we're missing a fourth-tier high-level fighter to anchor the team.

The clone Zheng Zha will definitely be a fourth-tier high-ranking warrior at the end of the battle, and it is very likely that he will reach the level of a near-saint.

If the Central Plains team doesn't have a fourth-tier expert who can rival him, then the tide of battle will turn, and they will have to engage in a war of attrition.

It won't be as simple as it was in Resident Evil 2.

"Zheng Zha, how are you?" Zhuang Boshi asked.

Zheng Zha said in a low voice, "My Dragon-Slaying Blade is likely to be scrapped soon."

He raised the Dragon-Slaying Blade in his hand.

"He's been with me for so long, it's my fault for not taking good care of my old brother."

His expression was very complicated.

A fine, dense crack ran from the hilt of the Dragon-Slaying Blade in his hand to the blade.

The already exaggerated and ferocious aura has now become even more violent.

It was like a ferocious beast on its deathbed, with the madness of choosing its prey to devour.

The Dragon Slayer Blade was originally just a basic B-grade amber weapon. In The Hobbit, it was burned by Smaug's dragonfire, fused with the Dragon Slayer Black Arrow, and absorbed Smaug's blood essence and dragon soul. With the right timing and location, it was nurtured into a divine weapon close to A-grade.

This knife has made a great contribution.

Even when facing the clone of Zheng Zha's A-rank divine sword, it held its own, slashing monsters, chopping down demons, battling the first god, and even fighting Yama, the King of Hell.

However, it was, after all, a near-A-grade weapon synthesized later, not a weapon forged by the main god from the ground up, and therefore not perfect. After a series of battles, it is now nearly destroyed, but it has died a worthy death.

"It must have been because I repeatedly used the Primordial Chaos technique to create heaven and earth, and fought against that sage several times, that this sword exceeded its limit," Zheng Zha said regretfully.

"I can sense that if he continues to fight at high intensity for another world, he will be completely worn out."

"Unfortunately, the main god doesn't offer weapon repair services." Zhuang Boshi asked, "Are you planning to get a different weapon?"

"Ordinary divine weapons below grade A simply cannot withstand the explosive power of the creation of the world."

"Even divine weapons of grade A or above will not be of much help to me."

Zheng Zha shook his head: "Unless it's a weapon of double A level."

"Let the Dragon Slayer Blade accompany me for one last world. Whether to change weapons or not, we'll talk about it in the next world."

Ordinary divine weapons are indeed of little use to Zheng Zha in his current state.

His attack power is now absolutely beyond what is expected.

However, the attack methods and sustainability are not satisfactory.

"So, will you strengthen the vampire prince, or save up money to directly exchange for the vampire emperor?" Zhuang Boshi continued to ask.

"too expensive!"

Zheng Zha said with distress, "After I mastered the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, with the enhancement of the Hidden Dragon Transformation, my body is no less than that of ordinary double B-grade divine weapons and armor."

"And having just been fortunate enough to be pushed to the Golden Core stage, I don't need the Primordial Desolation to worry too much about energy."

"I'm not sure what to strengthen either."

While thinking, Zhuang Boshi said, "Zheng Zha, I think you can enhance a special type of skill or killing move."

"Your current tactics against the enemy are still too simplistic."

"And the enemies we face are getting stronger and stronger, and many times you can't even hit your opponent with your full power."

Zheng Zha's next step is also quite simple.

He is now almost the same as he was at the end of the war. If he were to be further strengthened, he could either directly upgrade his bloodline to S-level Blood Clan Emperor or his internal strength to S-level Innate Qiankun Skill.

Either get a new S-rank weapon. Any other upgrades are just decorative.

Even if an S-class bloodline can enhance his energy circulation, it would be a waste of an S-class magical talent for a vampire emperor to carry a knife and self-destruct every day.

Vampires are invincible in the early to mid-game, but they become just so-so after reaching the fourth tier.

Cain, the progenitor of the vampires, was ranked only around 200th in the prehistoric world, while werewolves, ancient beastmen who could revert to their ancestral forms, were ranked around 50th in the prehistoric world.

When Zheng Zha becomes a saint, even Cain will have to bow down before him.

Therefore, it would be better to maximize his strengths.

Zheng Zha scratched his head: "Doctor, which skill do you think would be better to strengthen?"

"The direction of strengthening needs to be targeted, for example, what are the weaknesses, and what kind of enemy is it aimed at?" Zhuang Boshi said.

Zheng Zha was silent for a moment: "Even after so long, I still believe that the clone Zheng Zha is the most terrifying enemy I have ever encountered."

Zhuang Boshi nodded and said, "That's right. His fiery flames have characteristics such as extremely high temperature, energy absorption, continuous compression and destruction, and the induction of negative emotions."

"If you encounter him again, do you now have a way to break through the Li Yan barrier?"

"My primordial energy should be able to handle it."

Zheng Zha pondered, "But I can't activate the Primordial World for long. If the clone fights a protracted war with me, I'm afraid I'll be worn down to death."

“Therefore, you need a conventional method to break through the Li Yan,” Zhuang Boshi said.

"Three swords, three blades, and three divine skills, worth 15,000 points (equivalent to two A-rank characters)."

“It comes from a divine weapon of extraordinary origin.”

"Although it's an enhancement, it has nine moves, which is very worthwhile."

"The three swords and three blades are relatively ordinary moves, but the three divine skills, the Vast and Boundless Shattering of Heaven and Earth, are moves that involve spatial changes, which can make up for your weakness."

"Furthermore, for Li Yan, you can also break through the infinite defense feature and bypass Li Yan to attack the clone's main body."

Of course, being able to break through the Li Yan doesn't mean you can break through Yuan An, that's an ancient technique.

Zheng Zha was somewhat tempted: "Then should I exchange for another sword?"

"There is another martial art, the God of Slaughter's One-Slash Slash, which cultivates the mind and accumulates killing intent, and when the sword is drawn, it is unleashed with a sure-hit strike."

“Regardless of whether the opponent is within the domain barrier or not, and regardless of whether the opponent possesses the ability to transfer damage by taking their place, as long as they are not far stronger than you, your strike will definitely hit,” Zhuang Boshi explained.

"Also valued at 2A, I suspect this move is a causality-level sword technique."

"However, the martial arts skills of the internal energy system are ridiculously expensive. The Cloud Ladder Leap requires an A grade, and the Ten Steps One Kill requires two A grades." Zhuang Boshi complained, "These two skills combined can be exchanged for an EVA and a divine bloodline."

"Hahaha." Zheng Zha laughed awkwardly, "It's okay, we have money."

Zhuang Boshi even discovered Ananda's Breaking the Precepts Knife Technique here, and almost thought he had become the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

If it weren't for concerns about Ananda breaking the precepts with his sword technique and incurring karmic consequences, and the fact that Zheng Zha was a man with all five poisons, Zhuang Boshi would have also wanted him to try exchanging it and see if he would be tainted by karma.

Zheng Zha thought for a moment and said, "Let's go with the second move. It has a cool name, and it's a causal attack, so it's harder to dodge!"

"It's decided, I'll enhance the God of Slaughter's One-Slash Slash!"

Zheng Zha actually thinks the three swords, three blades, and three divine skills are also very cool, but with nine moves, they are too complicated. He usually goes straight for the kill and defeats the enemy in one move.

If the God of Slaughter's One-Slash were combined with Destruction or Primordial Chaos, guaranteeing both a hit and a kill, its combat power would undoubtedly increase exponentially.

"Doctor, what do you plan to enhance next?" Ming Yanwei asked with concern.

"Right now, like Zheng Zha, even S-level enhancements will only have limited impact on us. The most urgent thing now is to accelerate our progress to the fourth tier."

"I still can't figure it out." Zheng Zha was also somewhat confused.

"Advancing to the fourth level of the Gene Lock is actually the Light of the Mind reaching maturity and completely merging with the body," Zhuang Boshi explained, though he didn't quite understand.

"There is a way to advance to the fourth level: the fusion of spiritual light."

"If you have a fourth-tier Heart Light to nourish you, then you should be fine."

"Of course, it has to be voluntary."

Once the Light of the Mind is merged, it will greatly enhance the original Light of the Mind. Even if it is just an incomplete prototype of the Light of the Mind, it can greatly enhance the complete Light of the Mind. It may be able to directly push a Level 4 Light of the Mind to Level 4 High.

In the original story, Zheng Zha advanced to the fourth level by consuming the Heart Light of the Obsidian Sakura during the final battle.

"There is another possibility, which is the limit of spiritual growth, which may be due to external or internal factors."

If we say that those at the fourth tier are merely comprehensible strong individuals...

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Four Highs to be harmed by those below the Four Highs in the cycle of reincarnation.

"I'm still in the Nascent Soul stage, so I'll probably need to focus on improving my cultivation to reach the Primordial Spirit stage as soon as possible, and eventually the Integration Tribulation," Zhuang Boshi said.

In orthodox cultivation, the Nascent Soul stage is equivalent to the initial stage of the fourth rank.

Seeing one's true nature and transforming from an infant to a god, advancing from a nascent soul to a primordial spirit, is to materialize the light of the mind through runes, which is similar to the fourth-order gene lock illuminating the light of the mind.

Rather than orthodox
Those who are not orthodox have no human rights.

Currently, in the Main God Space, it's estimated that only myself, Chu Xuan, and the clone Chu Xuan are following the orthodox path of cultivation.

Others, like Luo Yinglong, learned cultivation techniques in the Shu Mountains but did not master rune technology.

Cultivators without rune technology.

He could never become a true immortal.

However, at this stage, outside of the Primordial Continent, in the Main God Space, a place that purely emphasizes destructive power, even those who do not follow the orthodox path of cultivation can still put up a fight.

After all, most experts also spend their time hanging around under the level of a Saint.

Aside from the most special Nine Palaces runes, immortals who deduce the Eight Trigrams and master the Five Elements reach the level of Celestial Immortals/High Saints, while those who deduce the Four Symbols become Golden Immortals/Imperial Saints.

Above that, Yin and Yang and Chaos involve the inner universe and the ultimate.

Zhuang Boshi's current deductions of runes are mostly at the nine-palace level. Although he could still reach the ultimate level by extending the nine palaces infinitely, Zhuang Boshi didn't think he could do that.

If I could become an immortal, I'd be burning incense in gratitude.

No, we should be grateful if we can even be near a holy site.

After touring around for a while, Zhuang Boshi decided, "I plan to enhance an S-rank Bagua Rune Body."

These words greatly excited everyone.

This is the first S-level enhancement that the Zhongzhou team directly obtained from the main god.

(End of this chapter)