Scourge Messenger

Chapter 377 Supernatural Power: Candle Tears Red
"Candle Tears Red"

"Affinity: Skill 10, Defense 0, Fate 0"

Suitable token: Conquest

"Basic effect: Creates a wall of candle tears. Any unit that passes through the wall will be stained with 1 to 10 drops of candle tears (if the unit stays for more than one second, it will definitely be stained with 10 drops of candle tears; large-sized demons are not subject to this restriction), causing intense burning for at least 5 seconds. Defensive barriers cannot provide immunity. Each wall of fire deals 4 times the Divine Soul value as burning damage, each drop of candle tears deals 0.05 times the Divine Soul value as burning damage, and the duration of the candle tears wall is 0.5 times the Divine Soul value."

"Comment: Candle tears piled red, how many people sing and play music?"

This is a very pure and ordinary offensive magical technique, with no room for expansion. Even when paired with different tokens, the effect will only be to release the Candle Tear Fire Wall in different ways. However, being pure and ordinary does not mean it is weak. On the contrary, precisely because it has no room for expansion, its initial value is designed to be exceptionally high!

The Bunny Girl's current Spirit Points are 106, Fire Wall damage is 424, and Candle Tears damage is 5.4. It doesn't seem like much, does it? After all, Bingzi Jiaolin's [Overturning Heaven] has a maximum single-hit damage of over 800.

However, it is clear from the description of the supernatural power that the damage from Fire Wall and Candle Tears can all be stacked!

The bunny girl raised the Bingzi Pepper Forest and activated [Overturning Heaven], shattering all eight wolf-biting daggers in Yaoshiyuan's bag. Yaoshiyuan felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this. These wolf-biting daggers were obtained by Yan Qing from the Cliff Secret Realm yesterday. Yan Qing was too lazy to sell such ordinary items and directly refined them all into offerings for the Bingzi Pepper Forest. He didn't lack spirit jade right now.

As soon as the bunny girl stepped onto the ground, she used her "Ronin's Rain Boots" to glide and leap nearly a hundred steps into the air, leaving the buildings on either side in the dust. This feeling was similar to first-person games like Ghostrunner and Dishonored, where the extreme speed caused the screen content to change instantly, making it difficult for many players to keep up with the character's speed and even causing dizziness.

But then the screen suddenly zoomed out, allowing Yan Qing to clearly see the bunny girl's movement path. It was like switching from an RPG game to a MOBA game, and then the camera quickly caught up with the bunny girl. This ensured Yan Qing's operating experience while minimizing the discomfort caused by rapid movement.

This is why The Messenger can still thrive in the MMORPG era of decline: it truly provides game characters with 'extraordinary' performance and allows players to experience and master this 'extraordinary' level of gameplay!

"Children, being mischievous, need to—"

With a wave of his sleeves, Master Suolong shot out eight golden locks, which resembled eight golden dragons biting at the Rabbit Heroine.

"Give me a good spanking!"

The bunny girl leaped high into the air, extending the [Overturning Heaven] blade aura to its extreme. Candle Tears transformed the invisible blade aura into a blazing fire blade. She swung it far towards Master Locking Dragon, unleashing a fan-shaped wall of candle tears fire with a radius of thirty meters, as if to set the sky ablaze!

The golden lock that had previously subdued the Pharmacist Rabbit Heroine so easily was quickly broken and dissolved by the burning of the candle tears.

Master Suolong's expression remained unchanged. If it were her previous legendary token, the 'Dragon-Locking Chain,' it would not have been burned so easily. However, the 'Dragon-Locking Chain' had already been refined into her Dao foundation. What she was using now was merely the fifth-rank rare token, the 'Evil-Repelling Chain.' Although it had been refined into water and fire, it did not offer much advantage other than raising her rank. Unless she suppressed her target, it was easily destroyed and shattered in battle.

She flicked the golden lock onto the stone on the ground, and as the chain tightened, she, at the end, was flung away, flying at high speed around the wall of candle tears and fire! She didn't use any teleportation tokens, but the golden lock alone was enough for her to move freely through the sky, soaring through the heavens without wings!

Yan Qing watched in awe. This was a gameplay style that could never be seen in the game. It was both admirable and pitiful. He admired it because the local Foundation Establishment cultivators' research on divine communication items far surpassed that of the players. He pitied it because the Dragon Locking Immortal probably didn't have a suitable mobile item, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to develop such acrobatic skills...

The bunny girl descended slowly through the air. Even a Foundation Establishment messenger cannot fly without a flying token. However, the Foundation Establishment can support the messenger's body, allowing her to freely adjust her descent speed and even continue fighting in the air by leveraging the air.

But against the Dragon-Locking Immortal, who had been at the Foundation Establishment stage for a hundred years and had developed his own unique style of aerial combat, this trick was like a small animal being hunted and toyed with by a ferocious bird. She could only passively struggle and resist, futilely slashing out one wall of candle tears and fire after another to cut off the golden lock.

After only a few rounds, the sky above Yaoshi Mountain City was already covered by candle tears, with only the golden lock occasionally breaking through the candle tears.

The mortals below watched the Foundation Establishment battle, their faces flushed red by the light. This scene would be an unforgettable memory for them.

"Namo Suolong Bodhisattva, with great compassion and mercy, saves people from suffering. With boundless spiritual power, you protect mountains and rivers, and manifest your holy virtues to guide people through the world."

The people knelt on the ground, clasped their hands together, and chanted in unison the praises of the Dragon-Locking Immortal, overjoyed to have witnessed the Bodhisattva subdue the demons.

However, as Master Suolong looked at the Candle Tears Fire Array that surrounded the Rabbit Girl like a fiery tree of silver flowers, his expression grew increasingly grim, and he became more and more alarmed as the battle progressed.

How could she possibly have so much spiritual energy?

Master Suolong has studied the [Dragon-Locking Well] supernatural power for many years and can now control it at will. In addition, this supernatural power is of a type with low energy consumption, so Master Suolong is least afraid of prolonged battles.

On the contrary, Bunny Girl's Fire Wall ability was clearly an offensive ability that consumed a lot of energy. Therefore, Master Lock Dragon devised a strategy after a little probing: to wear down Bunny Girl's spiritual energy through taunting and guerrilla tactics, and then grab this little girl who had exhausted her spiritual energy and give her a good spanking.

She's advanced to Foundation Establishment, but instead of hiding away to gather her fortune and nourish her foundation, and exploring secret realms to obtain tokens, she dares to mess with me... She's really arrogant now that she's achieved some success. If I don't beat her up now, she'll be killed by other Foundation Establishment cultivators in a few years.

Back then, my uncle was chased around by the Divine Martial Emperor, but even after achieving Foundation Establishment, he still had to endure for several years before emerging from seclusion. This little girl is even more outrageous than my uncle; she achieved Foundation Establishment before she was even fully grown. Even the major powers and families in the outer regions don't have such examples, right? If it weren't for the connection with the Pharmacist, Master Suolong would have wanted to kill her on the spot.

But now, where is the sign of the Bunny Girl's spiritual energy depletion?
She brandished her longsword wildly, constructing a castle of candle tears out of thin air. Layer upon layer of fire walls acted as defensive lines, and the chains that Master Suolong shot into them would vanish before even reaching the Bunny Girl. The Bunny Girl might not pose a threat to Master Suolong, but if she wanted to act recklessly, Master Suolong would be helpless against this raging little brat!

What kind of foundation is this? What profession? What supernatural power? How could there be such an exaggerated newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator in this world!

Suddenly, a hole appeared in the Candle Tears Castle, and the Bunny Girl jumped out. She seemed tired of this meaningless attack and defense and wanted to close the distance and decide the outcome!

madness!

Master Suolong had already realized that Bunny Girl didn't have any defensive tokens that allowed her to move in the air; she was now a sitting duck.

The chains shot out with a clang, and Master Suolong activated the 'Evil-Repelling Chains' to the maximum extent. In an instant, sixteen golden chains attacked the Bunny Girl, with a large gap between them, covering all directions of the Bunny Girl.

There is no way to avoid it!

However, the Bunny Girl strangely didn't swing her sword. Like a bird that had flown into a trap, she gave up all resistance. Just as the first chain was about to seize her, her figure suddenly blurred, and she dodged the chain with no leverage!
A chill ran through Master Suolong's chest, and his fair, slender neck trembled as if it had been licked by a snake's tongue.

Despite the blazing sun and the shimmering candlelight, the Bunny Girl seemed to be bathed in a dark downpour, all warmth swallowed by her. While the fourth-tier class's unique characteristics may not possess the divine powers to alter the laws of heaven and earth, its abilities, derived from the life force and soul of a Foundation Establishment Messenger, are equally wondrous. If divine powers are about 'doing as one pleases,' then its unique characteristic is about 'following the will of heaven,' where even the heavens and earth seem to resonate with the Foundation Establishment Messenger!

[Rain falls in torrents!]
Although it seems similar to "Rainstorm", just like the ability to move objects more than 500 times one's own weight, the difference between an ant and an ordinary person is like heaven and earth.

Even if Master Suolong had the ability to dodge, it would be too late!
In an instant, the candlelight spread like wildfire, turning the place into a burning house and engulfing the Bodhisattva!

……

...

Gardenia field.

Because he needed to repair the defensive tokens, Master Winter Hunt increased the frequency of his conquests of the Mountain Temple Secret Realm to obtain resources.

At this moment, the secret realm is digging deep pits to set traps. Although Foundation Establishment demons can escape the traps by climbing or jumping, if someone stands in a suitable position to knock the demons back and then fills the traps with oil, even a second-tier messenger can burn the Foundation Establishment demons to death little by little.

Of course, not all demons can be dealt with in this way, and accidents are inevitable. However, the secret realm of the mountain temple has been controlled by the Helan family for a hundred years and has been thoroughly studied. Even if there is only one Foundation Establishment cultivator, Dongshou Zhenren, the secret realm can be conquered without any damage. However, it takes a long time and causes considerable damage to the Dao foundation.

The Winter Hunting Master was alone in the quiet hall, with all the windows, which were ten feet long, open, leading to a field of gardenias with a strong fragrance.

He held a list in his hand, which contained transaction orders that appeared on the Chang'an City trading board yesterday, and the Helan family of Chang'an delivered them to him immediately today.

Master Dongshou possessed a treasure-hunting token, which allowed him to check the trading board in real time. However, six days ago, the trading board only had one transaction left: exchanging the Earthly Fiend Spirit-Driving Bell. It hadn't been updated since. Master Dongshou wasn't too surprised. Let alone Foundation Establishment cultivators, even mortals would go into seclusion to cultivate. He thought the trading board would be dormant for a few months, and he wouldn't check it often. He didn't expect it to be updated so quickly.

"The Yaksha Mask, the Golden Spear... these are all tokens of the Qi Kingdom's Hundred Guards." Master Dongshou stroked his chin. "It's highly likely that he wasn't from within Qi Kingdom, but rather someone who stole from the Hundred Guards. But who would want to provoke that madman Ying Le? Wait, there was indeed a 'Yaksha' in Qi Kingdom who dared to attack Ying Le before. Could it be that the Treasure Pavilion Master is related to him? But the 'Yaksha' was only at the third stage, and it's said that he was also killed by Ying Le... However, apart from the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, the Treasure Pavilion Master's goods have never included any immortal materials. Could it be that he really isn't a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

"Sigh, if the Treasure Pavilion Master were willing to cooperate with me, why would I need to sell this junk? Even simple reselling would be enough to obtain resources for the fifth or even sixth level."

People like Master Dongshou, trying to guess the identity of the Treasure Pavilion Master, are everywhere. The Treasure Pavilion may seem like just a trading platform, but it possesses two major characteristics: 'distance-insensitive trading' and 'anonymous trading'. Whoever controls this platform can truly utilize all the resources in the world, and all messengers will have to work for them!
Therefore, Master Dongshou was furious to see that Jubaoge was still only selling ordinary resources. It was like seeing a child owning a shop in a prime location but using it for playing house. If you're poor, come and cooperate with me! Let's grow bigger and stronger together and create new glories!

Just as Dongshou Zhenren was filled with resentment, he suddenly trembled and turned his head to see a gap appear in the white and gray circle drawn next to him.

The "Drawing Dungeon" of the "Spirit Pivot Suppressing Fortune Formation" has been broken?
Outsiders often think that the "Drawing a Dungeon" is just a magical image, but only the Winter Hunting True Man knows that the "Drawing a Dungeon" combines the wonders of magic and destiny. When combined with the "Spiritual Pivot Suppressing Fortune Array" which can enhance one's own fortune, the Winter Hunting True Man can immediately sense any calamity that threatens him. As the saying goes, "Drawing a dungeon on the ground restricts one's body, regardless of spring or autumn outside the dungeon."

Who wants to harm me?

Lock Dragon Master?

Is it the owner of the Treasure Pavilion? Could it be that I really have clues about him? So he wants to strike first?

It's not that I'm afraid of the old woman with antlers or the cowardly Treasure Pavilion Master; it's just that my defensive tokens aren't repaired yet, so it's not suitable for a magical duel!

Let's go to Chang'an to lay low for a while!
When it was time for dinner, the maid knocked on the door every fifteen minutes. After three knocks, there was no response. She asked the steward to open the door, only to find that the quiet hall was empty. There was a letter on the prayer mat that read, "I am going out to visit friends. If any fellow Daoists come to the door, please tell them the truth."

(End of this chapter)