Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

Chapter 95 The Purple Righteous Sword (Seeking monthly votes!)

Xiao Yu spent an hour.

A total of 10 Suspended Eye Demons were eliminated.

[Soul Essence +2200, Suspended Eye Crystal +15, Advanced Spiritual Power Crystal +5, Blue Forging +1, Green Soul Stone +25!]

[Soul Essence +2200, Advanced Spirit Crystal +12, Advanced Spirit Dew +6, Blue Forging Stone +1, Blue Deep Sea Stone +1, Green Soul Stone +10!]

【————】

[You have collected the following loot: Soul Essence +2200, Gaze Crystal +12, Advanced Spirit Crystal +6, Heroic Soul Crystal: Death Gaze, Green Soul Stone +10!]

The harvest of soul essence alone reached 22,000.

The rare materials include 6 blue forging stones, 5 blue deep-sea stones, and over 30 green forging stones and deep-sea stones.

The ordinary materials include over a hundred pieces of Suspended Eye Crystal and dozens of pieces of Advanced Spiritual Power Crystal.

The former refers to high-quality refining materials that are widely used in forging equipment with spiritual attributes.

The latter is a medicinal material that can be used to refine highly effective recovery medicines. It can also be broken down into multiple portions of high-grade mental dew for direct use. Each portion can slowly restore 100 mental energy and is quite valuable.

These high-quality materials are also quite valuable. In addition, they also obtained more than two hundred green soul stones and eight blue soul stones.

As a deep-sea monster, the drop rate and output of the Eye-Hungry Demon are lower compared to other corrupted historical bosses of the same level.

Its advantage lies in its large quantity.

Therefore, the harvest was very considerable!

Xiao Yu only gets about three sets of blue rare materials from daily challenges when running level 9 dungeons like the Kuaiji Altar. Most of the time, he gets them from Goujian and treasure chests.

In addition to the materials and soul stones, one of the Suspended-Eye Demons even dropped a Soul Crystal with the "Death Gaze" skill.

"I didn't expect to get a Soul Crystal."

"Although it's just a green soul crystal, Death Gaze is of very high quality, not only possessing considerable power but also exhibiting great growth potential."

Xiao Yu was very satisfied and said, "Xi Shi, you are most suitable for cultivating spiritual attribute skills. You can use this soul crystal."

"Thank you for the gift, Master!"

Xi Shi immediately bowed and thanked her.

She already possesses powerful offensive skills like Crimson Lightning, but she is still more suited to cultivating mental skills.

Death Gaze is not high-grade at present, but if it can be broken through once or twice in the future through the Enlightenment Stone or other opportunities, it will become very powerful!

[Mental Strength -300!]

You have comprehended the "Death Gaze" through the spirit of the "Fairy Xi Shi"!

The maximum level for Death Gaze is 4.

Green-grade skills are not difficult to cultivate, and Xiao Yu directly spent 400, 600, and 900 points of soul essence to cultivate them to the maximum level.

Your "death stare" has reached its maximum level!

[Permanently increase Spirit attribute by 5, Permanently increase Spirit power by 5, Permanently increase Spirit attribute attack by 2!]

This was also very useful to Xiao Yu.

Mental attribute skills are very rare, and skills that directly attack the mind are even rarer and more precious.

The only drawback.

The distance is too short.

Xiao Yu can currently only be used on targets around 30 meters away, while Xi Shi can be used on targets over 100 meters away.

Even so, it can still have a surprising effect in close combat, since mental attacks ignore armor and most defensive measures.

If the target's mental attribute is too low and they do not have strong mental resistance, no matter how good their equipment or how high their defense is, it will be useless.

There are still 20,000 units of vital energy remaining.

Xiao Yu used a portion of the materials to upgrade Zheng Dan's skills.

【Soul Essence - 14000!】

Your Heroic Spirit "Zheng Dan, the Stunning Washerwoman" has leveled up; her current level is 10!

The third max-level Servant has been successfully trained!

Zheng Dan clearly felt that with the improvement of his cultivation, not only did his strength increase significantly, but his understanding of swordsmanship and movement techniques also became more profound.

"I never expected to have such cultivation in such a short time—" Zheng Dan seemed somewhat excited, "I have no way to repay your great kindness, I only wish to be driven by my master!"

With the blessing of the Saint's Physique, Xiao Yu not only experienced rapid growth in his own cultivation, but also cultivated heroic spirits at an astonishing pace.

Other Juyang Chosen Ones haven't even nurtured a single Level 10 Heroic Spirit yet, while he has not only nurtured three, but all of them are of extremely high quality.

The spirits of the fallen all held him in high esteem.

"This level of cultivation is nothing; we have a long road ahead of us."

Zheng Dan immediately perked up and said, "As long as my master needs me, no matter how long the journey, I am willing to follow you to the death and be the sharpest sword in your hand."

Each Heroic Spirit has a different personality and emotions, but precisely because of this, it is not uncommon for them to develop feelings for their chosen ones that go beyond mere partnership.

Although Zheng Dan had only been following Xiao Yu for a month, she had already developed a strong admiration for her master.

She has a straightforward and outspoken personality.

He never hides his emotions.

The environment here was extremely harsh, so the group only rested briefly before continuing their operation.

Xi Shi asked, "Master, are we about to enter a nightmare?"

"No rush."

Xiao Yu glanced across the open riverbed and continued, "Although the Suspended-Eyed Demon brought considerable gains, it was just an appetizer. Before entering the nightmare, there is still a main course."

Xi Shi asked curiously, "What is the main dish?"

"The highly toxic silt in the riverbed contains a large number of Demon Eye Tide Spirits. Before they are activated, they can completely blend into the environment, making them difficult to detect with ordinary reconnaissance spells."

Xiao Yu explained, "These are highly dense and dangerous traps; if you accidentally trigger one, it will be difficult to escape."

Xi Shi couldn't help but feel shocked and sighed, "This place is shrouded in blood mist, limiting perception to only a few meters. Above, there are demonic spirits with piercing eyes, and below, there are a vast number of demonic eye tide spirits. It's definitely not a place that ordinary people can handle."

Sun Tzu calmly said, "My lord's divine eyes are discerning, and evil spirits have nowhere to hide. No matter how well these deep-sea monsters hide, it's meaningless."

Xiao Yu nodded slightly: "These monsters possess the characteristic of fusing with their own kind. What we need to do now is awaken them, cause them to coalesce, and thus create the strongest Demonic Tide Spirit!"

Next.

The troops were divided into four groups.

Add a level 5 wind spell.

Sun Wu, Xi Shi, and Zheng Dan followed the route planned by Xiao Yu, awakening hundreds of demonic spirits.

These mud-like monsters merged with each other, first evolving into the Hundred-Eyed Tide Spirit, and then into the Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirit.

At this point, he already possessed the strength of a top-tier lord. Although his mobility was relatively weak, he was exceptionally large in size and had the ability to launch mental attacks.

not enough.

At this moment, Xiao Yu led the two Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirits and the three Heroic Spirits to meet at the agreed location, which ultimately led to the meeting of the five Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirits.

"It's done!"

The five mud-eyed monsters, each the size of a small mountain, merged and devoured each other, their already enormous size expanding out of control.

It eventually transformed into an indescribable fluid over three or four hundred meters long, resembling a giant pool of slime or a surging tide.

[Ten Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirit], a level 10 overlord unit —

As the Kuroshio Current surged forth.

Eyeballs of all sizes rolled around.

This scene is so spectacular that just one glance at it would make your SAN value plummet.

A single Deep Sea Overlord unit is stronger than one or two thousand ordinary monsters of the same level combined, which is why Xiao Yu wanted to hunt it down.

The black tide surged in, its roar like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts, containing a wide-ranging, indiscriminate mental attack.

—0!

—0!

Its scope of application is large.

However, the individual results are generally poor.

It was useless against someone like Xiao Yu, who had extremely high attributes and resistances. He immediately drew his bow and fired an arrow.

"Gale Strike!"

The arrow, gleaming with white light, was as fast as lightning, but it vanished without a trace as soon as it entered the rolling black tide.

—10!

Xiao Yu's most powerful archery skills, coupled with a level 5 fire spell, only caused this little damage?

The black tide was not shaken in the slightest, and surged forward with an overwhelming force.

"Master, be careful!"

Zheng Dan immediately threw her left-hand short sword, which, though it was like a mud ox sinking into the sea and caused no damage, quickly activated the skill attached to her weapon.

"Frost Domain!"

The power of extreme cold erupted.

The Kuroshio Current's speed has noticeably slowed down.

Sun Wu then unleashed a sword aura with his Spring and Autumn Sword, tearing a gash in the Black Tide on the spot, but it only caused a few dozen points of damage, and the tide quickly repaired itself and merged back to normal.

"This monster is extremely difficult to deal with."

Even Sun Tzu rarely gave such an evaluation, which shows the special nature of Wanyan Chaoling.

It is less a monster than a monster.

It was more like a minor natural disaster.

Generally, the more concentrated the attack, the higher the energy density, and the stronger and more powerful the attack.

However, when facing an opponent with no stable structure, no weaknesses or vulnerabilities, and an extremely large size, this attack will be weakened.

The other level 10 overlord units, though strong, were like grown men being struck by a red-hot flying needle when faced with Xiao Yu's full-force arrow.

As long as it hits.

Even if it's not fatal, it will certainly cause injury.

If it were to penetrate the eye, major artery, or heart, it could pose a significant threat.

Xiao Yu's reaction to the Thousand-Eyed Demon Tide was like throwing a red-hot steel needle into a swimming pool; although a little water would evaporate, the impact on the overall pool would be negligible.

The heroic spirits immediately realized this.

Only area-of-effect attacks can stop it.

Zheng Dan then released hundreds of bronze knife-shaped coins. Due to the fire spell, each of these hidden weapons could cause fire damage.

The throwing knives darted swiftly through the tide.

It continuously shatters the eyeballs inside.

This can cause some harm.

Xi Shi then unleashed a bolt of crimson dark evil divine lightning, which struck the raging black tide. The crimson lightning immediately scattered, slowing its flow once again.

"A volley of arrows!"

Sun Tzu summoned a rain of arrows.

—5!

—6!

—5!

—4!

Each arrow deals negligible damage, but the sheer number of arrows adds up to a considerable amount.

They were subjected to this fierce attack.

At least three thousand lives were lost.

Two to three thousand health points were lost on the spot!

Its enormous, exaggerated size has shrunk slightly, but although its vital energy has been somewhat damaged, it is far from being destroyed.

Although we could win if we continued fighting at this rate, such attacks would take at least several rounds and would consume too much of the Heroic Spirits' power.

"That's enough."

Xiao Yu ordered the three men to only provide support and not to launch a full-scale attack.

"I'll handle the rest!"

Xiao Yu decisively switched to the Corpse-Slaying Whip and the Elemental Sword, activating the additional skill of the Shadow Assassin's Cloak.

"Shadow Leap!"

Xiao Yu transformed into a black shadow and teleported to the front of the vast, sweeping black tide, appearing so small compared to the colossal creature before him.

The closer you get to the Kuroshio Current.

The stronger the psychological attack, the better.

However, Xiao Yu was still able to withstand it. His left hand, wielding a corpse-striking whip wrapped in baleful energy, charged head-on at the enormous creature before him, without a doubt.

The Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirit is immune to single-target attacks, so even a million attacks cannot cause effective damage to such a small area.

The issue is.

This is not a conventional attack.

Xiao Yu activated the Soul Summoning Technique.

—3221 (Soul Critical Strike!)

A stunning damage attack appeared, not only useful but also extremely effective!

The Thousand-Eyed Tide Spirit can ignore any small-area attacks, and it is skilled in mental attribute attacks and has extremely high mental resistance.

but.

There are no perfect monsters.

Its soul can be described as extremely fragile!

Although it was countered by the Corpse Whip, one strike was clearly not enough to eliminate it.

Xiao Yu was too close; he had no time to retreat and was instantly engulfed by the black torrent. "Master!"

Xi Shi and Zheng Dan were greatly surprised.

Sun Tzu remained calm: "No need to worry, my lord can handle this level of attack perfectly well."

After being devoured by the Tide Spirit.

Xiao Yu felt as if he had been dragged into an abyss filled with poison and curses. All around him were countless eyes filled with malice, and the mental attacks he suffered were nearly ten times stronger than a storm!

Moreover, even with the blessing of the Forest Curse and the Mountain Curse, various negative states and highly poisonous curses still relentlessly erode the physical body.

Over time.

He couldn't handle it either.

"A spirit of righteousness!"

Xiao Yu activated his protective skill.

An invisible barrier appeared around him.

The Righteous Sword Technique is a combination of offense and defense. As long as the Righteous Qi remains intact, evil cannot approach and all spells cannot penetrate it. It can resist mental damage and various curses and evil arts.

"To sacrifice one's life for righteousness!"

Xiao Yu increased the intensity again.

His abundant life force began to evaporate rapidly, with 25% of his life force being transformed into righteous sword energy, which he then unleashed with a single, powerful strike.

Sun Wu, Xi Shi, and Zheng Dan clearly saw a dazzling sword light bloom from the center of the black tide, instantly splitting the hundreds of meters of black tide in two!

What terrifying sword energy!

What an amazing range!

—2021 (Critical Hit!)

This sword strike was not a soul attack, but due to its large range and power, it still caused considerable damage!

"Ash Release!"

After Xiao Yu cleaved through the black tide, he immediately used his escape technique to break free, and the three heroic spirits immediately came to his aid and provide cover.

This sword energy was extremely powerful.

It took Kuroshio several seconds to fully recover.

Xiao Yu's Corpse Whip skill had finished its cooldown, and another Soul-Slaying Strike landed, instantly annihilating all remaining life.

—3623 (Soul Critical Strike!)

Although this terrifying monster, which is like a natural disaster, is tenacious, it immediately falls into irreversible collapse when its life force is completely exhausted.

Its massive body evaporated rapidly.

A light purple orb of light burst forth.

Xi Shi and Zheng Dan both showed admiration; it was truly a breathtaking battle.

"Master's strength is growing stronger and stronger—" Xi Shi couldn't help but say, "It's a pity that such a magnificent battle was not witnessed by other spectators, otherwise Master's reputation would have reached even greater heights."

It's finally done.

Xiao Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Based on his experience, there are almost always some extremely powerful and difficult-to-deal-with monsters near every core nightmare dungeon.

Wanyan Chaoling is still considered good.

After all, the triggering conditions are quite difficult.

However, once triggered, this is the most powerful and terrifying hidden BOSS in the past of Juyang, which no single chosen one can deal with alone.

It is not fast and its attack power is actually average, but due to its special form, it is extremely difficult to eliminate. Challenging this kind of monster often requires multiple teams to cooperate to defeat it successfully.

However, the rarer the monster, the harder it is to deal with, and the better the loot it drops.

Dominant-level unit.

It can drop at least blue quality items.

There is a chance to obtain purple-quality items.

The fact that the Myriad-Eyed Tide Spirit exploded with a purple orb indicates that there are at least one or two purple loot items, whose value will certainly not be low.

Pick up the loot immediately.

[You have collected the following loot: Soul Essence +21000, Blue Deep Sea Stone +5, Blue Forging Stone +5, Purple Forging Stone +1, Purple Enlightenment Stone +1, Purple Soul Stone +5!]

really!

A large shipment has been shipped!

Not only did it drop purple forging stones.

Another purple Enlightenment Stone has appeared!

When Xiao Yu was clearing the land at the Kuaiji Altar, he opened a treasure chest and found a Divine Stone of Enlightenment. This means that he now has two Divine Stones of Enlightenment. This one gain alone is enough to make him feel pleasantly surprised, and all the effort he put in was worthwhile.

There are two purple Enlightenment Stones.

You can then try to break through the blue skill level.

For a skill to break through its quality, two conditions must be met: first, a high-quality enlightenment stone must be used; and second, the skill must be cultivated to its perfect state.

Xiao Yu's Haoran Sword, Ash Escape, Crimson Evil Lightning, and Gale Arrow have all been trained to the maximum level and are all of blue quality.

A purple Enlightenment Stone can reliably turn a green skill into a blue skill, but it cannot turn a blue skill into a purple skill.

Two pieces are enough to gamble!

So, which skill should we try to improve upon?

Actually, there's nothing to hesitate about. Among the blue skills Xiao Yu is currently cultivating, the one with the most potential and the most valuable breakthrough is the Righteous Sword. Why do I say that?

This brings us to two hidden conditions that can affect the success rate during the skill breakthrough process.

The first is the potential of the skill itself. Every skill has a growth limit, and the higher the upper limit and potential, the higher the success rate of breaking through.

Secondly, the hero's ability is important. The more compatible the hero is with the skill, the higher the hero's aptitude and understanding will be, which will significantly increase the success rate.

The Haoran Sword has an extremely high potential!

Although Sun Tzu was not a Confucian scholar, he was a top-tier epic-level hero, so it was entirely possible for him to master the higher level of the Righteous Sword Technique.

Give it a try.

Failure is nothing to be ashamed of.

Enlightenment stones will not be wasted.

Even if you don't succeed in comprehending it, the progress of your comprehension will be retained, and if you try again in the future, you will basically have a 100% chance of breaking through.

[You used the Enlightenment Stone on the spirit of "Sun Tzu, the Sage of Military Strategy"!]

[World Luck - 25!]

[Your "Sun Tzu, the Sage of Military Strategy" spirit has deepened its understanding of "The Righteous Sword Technique (Blue)," increasing its level cap by 1!]

Burning the world's destiny.

The first Enlightenment Stone was activated.

Unsurprisingly.

No change in quality occurred.

The only change is that the sword skill level cap has been increased by 1 level, from the original maximum of 5 levels to the maximum of 6 levels.

【Soul Essence - 8000!】

Your Righteous Sword has reached the maximum level!

Xiao Yu consumed his vital energy to directly cultivate his sword technique to level 6, and then consumed the world's fortune to activate the Enlightenment Stone.

[You used the Enlightenment Stone on the spirit of "Sun Tzu, the Sage of Military Strategy"!]

[World Luck - 25!]

[Your "Sun Tzu, the Sage of Military Strategy" spirit's "Righteous Sword Technique (Blue)" has broken through to become "Righteous Sword Technique (Purple)"!]

Become!

It really worked!

Although it consumed two priceless purple-quality enlightenment stones, it resulted in the acquisition of a purple-grade skill.

Worth it!

This is a huge win!

Without hesitation, Xiao Yu continued to expend his spiritual energy, practicing the Righteous Sword Technique through Sun Wu's methods to further enhance this powerful skill that combined offense and defense. [Soul Essence - 15000!]

[Your Righteous Sword Technique has been trained to level 7. Permanently increase sword attack power by 20, permanent health by 30, and permanent all four attributes by 10!]

Not bad!

The Haoran Sword technique has been upgraded to a purple-grade sword technique.

The highest level has been changed to level 9.

The consumption and difficulty of cultivation have increased sharply.

But its upper limit and power have also more than doubled!

This round of battle.

The gains were truly enormous.

Zheng Dan was upgraded to the maximum level, Xi Shi gained Death Gaze, and Sun Wu's level 5 Righteous Sword was upgraded to level 7 Righteous Sword.

Xiao Yu's overall strength has increased significantly, which is enough to make the challenges ahead more manageable!

This is the end.

Near the River Eye Purgatory.

The monsters were almost all wiped out.

In the past, no believers in Suiyang built a Nightmare Altar that could resurrect monsters, and such high-level monsters will become extinct in the future due to the Nightmare Contamination.

In other words.

The chosen ones of the future will come to challenge the River Eye Purgatory.

While it would be much safer and easier, you would also completely miss out on these treasure monsters.

Soon after.

Xiao Yu arrived at the center of the riverbed.

He could clearly sense that the crimson mist that permeated the entire riverbed originated from a huge whirlpool ahead.

The vortex felt like a malevolent eye staring at me, or a rift connecting nightmares and reality.

It constantly releases a terrifying aura that sends chills down your spine; if your cultivation level and attributes are insufficient, you won't even be able to get close.

You have entered the sphere of influence of the deep-sea nightmare, "River Eye Purgatory."

[The Nightmare mode is currently off; it can be activated by consuming four Lesser Nightmare Embers.]

We've finally arrived here.

Xiao Yu took a deep breath, then took out one Nightmare Ember each. All four Nightmare Embers were absorbed into the vortex in front of him.

An even more oppressive aura swept out, and at the same time, a new notification appeared.

You have unlocked "River Eye Purgatory". Do you wish to challenge it immediately? Yes/No!

[Please note that once you enter the Core Nightmare, there is no way to escape. If the chosen one dies, they will lose all their cultivation!]

The core nightmare challenge is extremely difficult.

The cost of death is also extremely high.

However, Xiao Yu was full of confidence at this moment, so without any hesitation, he immediately chose to start this nightmare challenge.

next moment.

A familiar feeling of suffocation washed over me.

Every time I enter the Gomeng instance, I have this feeling of being submerged by seawater and falling into darkness, but this time the feeling of suffocation is stronger, and the process of falling into darkness seems to be longer and deeper.

When Xiao Yu opened his eyes.

He was transported to a completely unfamiliar environment, where the whole world seemed to be soaked in blood.

Xiao Yu hadn't had time to observe the surroundings yet.

First, notice the enormous, striking blood-red sun high in the sky, which almost obscures half of the sky.

If you look more closely, you will find that...

This is not the sun at all, but a strange, burning eyeball, looking down down at the entire world.

Xiao Yu immediately thought of the intelligence he had gathered.

He knew that the blood-red sun's eyeball in the Jiangyan Purgatory was Wu Zixu's own eye, and that it contained the patterns and mechanisms of that nightmare.

Each closing of this giant, blood-red eye has a tremendous impact on the nightmare world, and is also a long-range game between the Chosen One and Wu Zixu.

Only by completely cracking the mechanism.

Only by withstanding all challenges can we succeed.

Only then will Wu Zixu himself truly descend!

Only the chosen ones have the chance to challenge him and completely sever the core source of pollution in this world!

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