Scourge Messenger

Chapter 388 The Legend of the Fourth Transformation: Double Bright Eyes

"But are you really confident you can steal this secret realm?"

Master Suolong asked, "It is said that Si Wuxie spent several months testing various methods before and after stealing the secret realm, but you only stayed in this secret realm for a day and found the trick?"

“If it doesn’t work out, consider the thousand True Spirit Jade I’m giving you as an advance payment. Even if you don’t steal it tonight, you’ll come back to steal it later,” said the bunny girl. “But I’m very confident.”

After burning the swarm of ravenous bats blocking their way, they arrived at the cave hall where the Thunder Eagle was located. The Bunny Girl removed her "Horizontal Autumn Sword" and put on an ordinary whip instead.

"Heavenly Whip"!
This whip is just a fourth-tier ordinary item with very low attack power. In terms of output, it is even inferior to Bingzi Jiaolin. It has only one effect: "Frenzied Boiling"!
"Raging Boiling: The Heavenly Whip's attacks generate Raging Poison Gas, which has a 1% chance to infect the target with Raging Dragon Venom. If the target is infected with Raging Dragon Venom and then exposed to the poison gas again, it will cause Blood Boiling, dealing 1 to 100 points of true damage depending on the severity of the infection."

Although it involves true damage, this relic is a true fourth-tier ordinary item, with effects so poor it's practically useless. With a 1% infection probability, even if infected initially, it only deals 1 point of true damage. This means that in the first hundred attacks, you can only inflict an extra 1 point of true damage, a rather comical situation reminiscent of a corpse being brutally beaten and then suddenly coughing up true damage.

If this token had been revealed in any other situation, Yan Qing would have thought it was just a toy. But since it was dropped by the Chongming Bird, and given the background information of this secret realm, if Yan Qing still didn't realize this, his IQ could basically say goodbye to 4399's brain-training games.

The Heavenly Whip struck the ground, sending up crimson candle tears that billowed into thick purple smoke. This was the most powerful aspect of the divine power: it could combine with any token to create new power, changing unpredictably at will. Even if millions of players spent years researching the game, they could only develop various 'strongest' builds, yet every single day, every moment, players discovered 'even more fun' ways to play!

The bunny girl set up the Dragon Lock Master and shot out the chains to start the monster. However, unexpectedly, the Thunder Eagle did not fly over as usual. Instead, it stopped outside the Candle Tears area, seemingly afraid to cross the Purple Smoke area.

Yan Qing acted decisively, scattering the candle tears and rushing forward to strike with his whip. The raging purple flames instantly ignited the thunder eagle. The thunder eagle leaped wildly like a madman, its health bar visibly increasing at an alarming rate. Simultaneously, a karma bar appeared above its head, rising at an equally rapid pace!
"Cough!"

The Thunder Eagle raised its head and spat out a deadly attack, the Crimson Thunder Pulse Ball, right at the start of the battle! Fortunately, the Pharmacist had been watching closely, and the [Dragon Snake] skill struck first, deflecting the Crimson Thunder Pulse Ball with a rock. But at that moment, the Thunder Eagle suddenly flew up and pounced on the Bunny Girl, an attack move it had never shown before!

A golden snake hidden in the sleeve!

Master Suolong shot out six golden locks from his sleeve, locking the wingtips, middle wing, and wing root of the Thunder Eagle respectively. He pulled it down, forcefully slamming the elite demon to the ground!

This was yet another special application of supernatural power; Master Locking Dragon had never displayed such a move before. Still hiding, still hiding, Yan Qing thought to himself, this old woman with deer antlers is simply a huge treasure trove; if I were to pick her up and shake her, she'd surely reveal many of her trump cards.

As the karma bar rises, the Thunder Eagle's attack methods become increasingly unpredictable. Killing moves, normal attacks, and flying pounces will appear randomly, and the attack frequency will also increase. In the end, the Bunny Girl is basically only responsible for standing aside and adding fire, relying entirely on the Dragon Locking Master to control and the Pharmacist to intercept the killing moves.

As the karma bar reached its maximum, purplish-red cracks appeared all over the Thunder Eagle's body, with lightning leaping within them, clearly preparing to unleash a powerful attack. But at that moment, Master Locking Dragon unleashed all his chains, forcefully restraining it within the purplish-red candle tears, suppressing this frenzied beast with absolute restriction!
The Thunder Eagle roared indignantly, but ultimately turned to ashes under the burning of the candle tears and the erosion. At the same time, the game displayed the message that Yan Qing had been eagerly awaiting:

"You have freed a criminal from the deepest abyss."

"In this battle, you successfully freed a criminal with a challenge level greater than 10. Your overall contribution was 95%, exceeding the 75% champion threshold but not reaching the 100% perfect threshold."

"You have absorbed 3 points of karmic force from natural disasters!"

Although this was only a fourth-tier dungeon, its high difficulty meant the elite demons' challenge level was increased by 10. However, Yan Qing hadn't expected his overall contribution to be 95%. While Suolong Zhenren's contribution was at least 30%, if not 50%, it seemed the only quantifiable standard for combat contribution in the system's assessment was output?

The Thunder Eagle's corpse was gone, but the True Spirit Jade it dropped was everywhere. Yan Qing picked it up and found that there were a full three thousand True Spirit Jade, which was fifteen times the normal drop rate of the Thunder Eagle!
In addition, there are four other drops, namely:
Tiangang · Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations Disc;

Tiangang - Master of the Five Thunder Book;
"The Tribulations of Thunder" is an introductory book for masters of the Thunder Dao school.
Rare Treasure: Thunder Spirit Orb!
The first three need no further explanation; the most valuable drop from the Thunder Eagle is actually the last item, the Thunder Spirit Orb.

"Thunder Spirit Orb"

"Usage conditions: Only for tokens of fourth job advancement or below"

"Effect: Increases the rank of tokens of level 4 and below by one level, up to a maximum of level 4. If it is a weapon token, it grants additional lightning damage bonus; if it is another type of token, it grants lightning damage resistance."

"Evaluation: According to ancient legend, by collecting the five spiritual pearls of wind, thunder, water, fire, and earth, one can fuse them into a supreme spiritual treasure, allowing the token to transcend the boundaries between immortals and mortals."

A rare item that can unconditionally upgrade a token without any loss; a legend remains a legend! More importantly, a supreme spiritual item synthesized from the Five Elemental Pearls can probably unconditionally upgrade a sixth-rank token to a seventh-rank token!
A seventh-level token is a true treasure of heaven and earth; though called a token, it is in reality an authority!

Therefore, the Thunder Spirit Orb is of immense value, whether for personal use or collection. Although the Thunder Eagle didn't drop any legendary items, the Thunder Spirit Orb's value is in no way inferior to a fourth-tier legendary item!
Yan Qing happily collected his spoils, shared the treasure chests with Master Suolong, and continued deeper into the game. After burning the last wave of bats, the game, as Yan Qing had expected, popped up a notification:
"The milestone of 'Path of Flame' has been achieved."

Based on your level, you can currently obtain the following milestone information

「炎道仙途：每以炎道妙法击杀100只70级以上的敌人，增加0.001%炎道技艺领悟概率，最多增加10%，目前击杀数为0/1000000。」

"You have mastered the 'Advanced Fire Control' technique, and your current level is 10."

"You have mastered the Secret Technique: Shiranui, and your current level is 1."

Yan Qing was already satisfied with achieving the 'Path of Flame' milestone. He had absolutely no interest in the 'Immortal Path of Flame' milestone, which was clearly designed to be grindy to the point of exhaustion; he couldn't even be bothered to count how many zeros it had. He had already seen players complaining on the forums that the Master Realm was the normal level for most players, the Grandmaster Realm was basically only achievable by sixth-tier high-level players or seventh-tier Immortal Lords, and as for the Great Grandmaster Realm, there were probably only one or two in the entire server. The Supreme Realm hadn't even appeared before he transmigrated. The maximum 11% comprehension probability seemed tempting, but in reality, it was just a carrot offered by the developers; no matter how hard you chased it, you couldn't get it, and you would only waste your youth meaninglessly in this game.

Upon reaching the depths of the cave, Master Suolong looked at the Chongming Bird and said, "Will this demonic bird also act violently like the Thunder Eagle?"

"That's possible," said the bunny girl. "I'll have to trouble Aunt Yue to keep a close eye on things later."

"Now you know to call me Aunt Yue? I never thought it would be this complicated."

"Otherwise, why would I give you a thousand True Spirit Jade?"

"Isn't that just the price of this cave? Hiring me would cost more."

Master Suolong grumbled, but still followed the Rabbit Girl deeper into the cave. The passage behind them was already crowded with over a hundred beasts. Even before they reached the Chongming Bird, they opened their eyes and stared at the Heavenly Return Whip in the Rabbit Girl's hand. The blood pool beneath it seemed to boil over at that moment, continuously pouring fresh blood into the Chongming Bird!

Before the bunny girl even made a move, a karma bar had already appeared above its head. The Chongming Bird is no longer just a boss in the fourth-tier hard dungeon. With its karma activated, its challenge level has increased another notch. It is now equivalent to a boss in the ultimate dungeon, perhaps it can be called the 'Ultimate Eclipse Chongming Bird'!
……

...

Two and a half hours later, the 'Extreme Eclipse Double Bright Bird' collapsed.

Although it can use various deadly moves such as linked executions, water wave executions, and eight-directional water wave executions in a complex and unpredictable manner, making it difficult to defend against.

Although it can continuously regenerate health during battle, greatly extending the battle time and increasing its margin for error.

Although it unleashed a devastating attack when it had only 5% health left, using both the Chain Death Sentence and the Eight Directions Water Wave Death Sentence, the blood-red light from its double pupils almost set the entire depths of the cave ablaze.

But it still died.

Unlike the thunder eagle, it did not turn to ashes. In the final moments of its life, the bloodlust in its double pupils dissipated, giving it a sense of relief and liberation.

"You have freed a criminal from the deepest abyss."

"In this battle, you successfully freed a criminal with a challenge level greater than 20. Your overall contribution was 89%, exceeding the 75% champion threshold but not reaching the 100% perfect threshold."

"You have absorbed 6 points of karmic force from natural disasters!"

"Your Dragon Blood Thrush Dao Foundation has been upgraded to level 44!"

"Your Spiritual Energy Mastery has increased to 1.20!"

"The [Crimson Candle Tears] supernatural power has been upgraded!"

"You have entered the realm of Master of Flame Dao, currently at level 1!"

With 3 points from the Thunder Eagle, 6 points from the Chongming Bird, and 7 points from Yan Qing's original karma, his karma now reaches 16 points. He can now use his true damage to slit a person's throat through a defensive barrier.

But at this moment, Yan Qing's attention was completely drawn to the orange glow of the screen, and he couldn't pay attention to any other information.

"You have obtained 9999 True Spirit Jade".

"You have obtained materials such as 'Double-Eyed Bird Eye' and 'Crimson Gold Feather'..."

"You have obtained the Heavenly Gang Inverted Yin-Yang Mirror"

"You have obtained 'The Blood-Spitting Manual of the Alluring Dance of a Nation'"

"You have obtained the rare item, the Essence of the Black Bird!"

"You have obtained the fourth-tier legendary item, Double Bright Eyes!"

(End of this chapter)