Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 504 Outer Sect Senior Brother

The golden scroll is naturally the [Level One Sword God Certificate]. This thing looks quite impressive, with a lot of text inside. The issuing authority is the Sword God Academy of the Holy God Palace, the specific project is the Cosmic Sword God, and it even has the seal of the "Holy God Treasure".

Lei Chi's inheritance token also became different, with the mark of "First-Level Universe Sword God" appearing on it, and he also had the identity of "Outer Sect Senior Brother".

"Am I now the senior disciple of the outer sect?"

Lei Chi narrowed his eyes as he studied his inheritance token. He discovered that the outer sect senior brother seemed to be able to manage the outer sect disciples and enjoy many privileges. However, the Holy God Palace was now loosely organized and the sect system no longer existed. His status as senior brother was just a title; he had no real power or privileges.

Lei Chi didn't seem to care much about this.

As for the long, black stone, it is naturally the Sword God's whetstone.

This thing can be considered a rare treasure of the soul. It comes with a written description, and its main function is to hone sword intent, which can be absorbed into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Lei Chi cannot use this rare treasure for the time being, because it is difficult for the Azure Flame Avatar to transfer items to its main body through prayer rituals within this Holy Divine Palace, and the Azure Flame Avatar cannot absorb this whetstone.

The Angel King Asmi approached Lei Chi, his face filled with surprise. He said, "You've actually mastered the Cosmic Sword Technique! I never imagined you possessed such talent. Join our Temple of Light! As the current Angel King, I assure you that if you join, the Holy God of Light will personally baptize you, granting you the body of an Angel King. You'll enjoy abundant cultivation resources, further enhancing your strength. Moreover, the Temple of Light will spare no effort to protect you, ensuring your ascension to godhood."

The avatar of the Azure Flame chuckled and said, "The conditions you've offered aren't very appealing to me. Forget it!"

He put away the Level 1 Sword God certificate and the Sword God whetstone, and glanced at the Sword God statue that had lost its luster. He knew that he had "barely" passed the Level 1 Sword God assessment. To pass the Level 2 assessment, he would probably have to master the Meteor Sword Intent. As for the Level 3, Level 4, and higher levels of Sword God assessment, he would probably have to learn more cosmic sword techniques and moves.

"I didn't obtain the inheritance of the Divine Sword Manual and the Heaven-Shattering Sword Technique, so there's no point in staying here. Let's retreat!"

The avatar of Azure Flame bowed to the Angel King Asmi again, then strode toward the exit of the Sword God Academy.

Asmi hurriedly caught up, saying, "Reconsider my suggestion. Joining the Temple of Light won't do you any harm. We can help you avoid the War of Faiths, allowing you to become a chief god peacefully. With your talent, it would be such a pity if you were to perish in the War of Faiths!"

"Can't you help me without joining your Temple of Light?" The Azure Flame avatar continued, his steps unwavering. "I think it's best not to bring this up again. Let me introduce myself once more: I am the Light of Beasts, the Lord of Bliss! If joining your temple means stripping me of my lordship, frankly, that's a huge loss, and I cannot accept it! But I am still very willing to cooperate with your Temple of Light. If possible, wouldn't it be a good thing if we cooperated and helped each other?"

"You, alas, you lack understanding of the Temple of Light... There are many things I cannot explain to you."

The Angel King Asmi looked troubled, but he also became very talkative, continuing to invite Lei Chi to join the Temple of Light, to the point that Lei Chi suspected that the Temple of Light was extremely short of people.

A moment later, the avatar of Azure Flame left the Sword God Academy and arrived at the gate of the "Great Immortal Academy" next to it.

Asmi also followed the avatar of the Azure Flame here. She said, "There's nothing worth exploring in this Great Immortal Academy. Let's not waste our good fortune points here."

"You went in?" the avatar of the Azure Flame asked. "How so?"

Asmi said, "This Great Immortal Academy is similar to the Sword God Academy. It is a testing ground for Great Immortals. There are three statues inside, named Turtle Flow Great Immortal, Atomic Great Immortal, and Returning Origin Great Immortal. They correspond to three inherited techniques, namely [Turtle Flow Qi Gong], [Atomic Qi Gong], and [Returning Origin Qi Gong]. Since you haven't practiced these three techniques, there's no need for you to go in and waste your time."

"Even immortals need to take a grading exam?" Lei Chi's mind stirred, and he controlled his Azure Flame avatar to take out the inheritance token and press it against the gate in front of him.

"I'll go in and take a look!"

After leaving those words, the Azure Flame incarnation strode into the Great Immortal Academy.

Asmi frowned, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Why won't you listen to advice?"

Lei Chi entered the Great Immortal Academy, but she could not enter because she had already entered nine buildings in the outer disciple activity area, spending 9 points of luck, leaving her with only 201 points in total.

If the total score is below 200, you will be "discouraged". So theoretically, Asmi only has one last chance to enter the outer building to explore. She cherishes this last chance and will definitely choose a suitable building to enter and explore.

However, although this Angel King would not enter the Great Immortal Academy, she did not leave either. She stood in front of the Great Immortal Academy, waiting for Lei Chi to come up with some more important things to him, hoping to pull him into the Temple of Light.

In reality, joining the Temple of Light is not easy. It requires a series of complicated rituals, and Asmi, as the introducer, also has to pay a certain price. So, if Lei Chi's performance hadn't been so outstanding, she wouldn't have bothered to beg for his invitation.

However, this wait lasted for a whole day.

When the Azure Flame avatar emerged from the Great Immortal Academy the next day, the Angel King was somewhat puzzled and asked, "Why have you been here for so long? Aren't you just wasting your time?"

The avatar of Azure Flame smiled and said, "Yes, we have indeed stayed for quite a while, but it can't be considered a waste of time."

What Asmi didn't know was that although the Azure Flame Avatar only stayed in the Great Immortal Academy for one day, Lei Chi had been in seclusion for another ten years.

During his ten years of seclusion, Lei Chi achieved a high level of mental freedom, which allowed him to make a breakthrough in the cultivation of the [Turtle Flow Qi Gong]. This enabled him to pass the first-level assessment of the [Turtle Flow Great Immortal] and obtain a [First-Level Turtle Flow Great Immortal Certificate] and a Great Immortal Qi Refining Stone.

Lei Chi felt there was no need to tell Asmi these things.

As Asmi had said, the Great Immortal Palace did indeed have assessments for the [Atomic Immortal] and the [Returning to Origin Immortal], but unfortunately Lei Chi did not receive the inheritance of [Atomic Qigong] and [Returning to Origin Qigong].

As for the Great Immortal Qi Refining Stone, it is a treasure that can increase one's Qi cultivation level.

The Great Immortal's Qi Refining is a process of refining cosmic energy. Qigong is a method of converting cosmic energy into energy within the body. The foundation of the Thunder Pool's original body is the Thunder Pool in the Dantian. It is estimated that if the Thunder Pool's original body obtains the Great Immortal's Qi Refining Stone, it should also be able to use it. At that time, its own Thunder Pool in the Dantian will probably become stronger.

Lei Chi didn't chat with Asmi for long; he continued exploring and soon arrived at the "War God Academy" again.

Asmi's total assessment score was limited, so he naturally wouldn't enter the War God Academy. He still had quite a few luck points in Lei Chi, so he treated it as a visit and used up some more luck points to enter.

Similar to the Sword God Academy and the Great Immortal Academy, the War God Academy is also an assessment venue. Inside, there are three huge statues, named [King of War God], [Invincible War God], and [Second War God]. These three statues correspond to the inheritance of [King of War Divine Fist], [Invincible Golden Body], and [Second Divine Skill].

Lei Chi was naturally useless here and quickly came out. In doing so, he learned that the cowardly Great Emperor of the Holy Divine Palace had left behind a total of nine inherited cultivation techniques, namely [Cosmic Sword Technique], [Divine Sword Manual], [Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique], [Turtle Flow Qi Gong], [Atomic Qi Gong], [Returning to Origin Qi Gong], [King Overlord Divine Fist], [Invincible Golden Body], and [Second Divine Fist].

Therefore, there should be nine giant beasts carrying steles inside that gate hall. As for whether those giant beasts left the gate hall of the Holy God Palace due to a problem with the inheritance or if it was originally set up this way, Lei Chi did not know.

Lei Chi continued to explore and later discovered places such as a martial arts training ground and a lotus pond, but nothing particularly noteworthy.

A moment later, he turned around and returned to the central square.

He had already explored the area on the right side of the plaza. Next, he would explore the area on the left side. The weapon-refining pavilion and the scripture pavilion, which Lei Chi was very interested in, were probably located in the left side area.

Sure enough, the first building on the left was the library.

Lei Chi used some of his luck points to enter, but the Angel King didn't wait for him any longer and went to explore on his own.

As Lei Chi had expected, the Sutra Repository contained a large number of books, including manuals on cultivation techniques, weapon crafting, alchemy, travelogues, and scriptures.

However, these books cannot be read; they can only be exchanged for merit points, tokens, etc. Without these items, players entering the library can only view the names and brief descriptions of the books.

The Azure Flame incarnation stayed here for three whole days.

Lei Chi scanned the names of most of the books in the library. Based on the brief descriptions, he felt that the books were relatively low-level and common. The techniques contained therein were not comparable to inherited techniques like the [Cosmic Sword Technique], and even seemed inferior to something like the [Star River Hundred Refinements Technique].

However, Lei Chi discovered the [Starry River Gazing at the Moon Technique] here, and ultimately exchanged it for the technique using the exchange tokens he received as a reward from the blacksmithing quest.

The Star River Gazing at the Moon Technique is an essential method for controlling the Moon-Raising Furnace. Lei Chi possesses the Moon-Raising Furnace and has also taken in the Moon-Gazing Beast from the ruins of the Star Palace, making it suitable for him to cultivate this technique.

This technique is not difficult to cultivate. After entering the stone disc passage from the Thunder Pool, he completed it in ten years of seclusion. At this moment, he arrived in front of the Molten Fire Temple in the Other Shore World. He shook the Moon Gazing Bell, and the giant Moon Gazing Beast that was raised in the Other Shore World flew over.

"receive!"

Lei Chi made a hand seal, took out the [Moon-Raising Furnace] and tossed it into the air. The small furnace spun slowly in mid-air, and the giant moon-gazing beast miraculously shrank rapidly, flying into the [Moon-Raising Furnace] with a joyful expression.

"Come!"

Lei Chi waved his hand again, and the [Moon-Raising Furnace] flew back. Lei Chi casually hung it on his waist as a pendant.

"With this Moon-Raising Furnace, the heavy mist exhaled by the Moon-Gazing Beast will not be wasted. The Moon-Gazing Beast has great potential and can still grow, but it is unknown when it will be able to grow and break through."

Lei Chi was in a good mood. He sat down cross-legged in front of the stone plate and was just about to refocus his consciousness into Qing Huohua's body when he suddenly sensed something and looked down at a small courtyard.

"That idiot's gotten too cocky!"

Lei Chi smiled wickedly, stood up again, and walked on air. After two or three breaths, he arrived at Qiukas's secluded courtyard.

In the small courtyard, Qiukas laughed loudly, crushing the golden headband on his head, and asked Lei Chi with a smug look, "Who are you?"

Lei Chi had achieved a state of perfect inner peace, yet his body remained that of a child. He made no attempt to conceal his true nature, simply looking quietly at Qiu Kasi and saying, "Disciple, don't you even recognize your master?"

"You're Lei Chi?" Qiu Kasi scrutinized Lei Chi carefully, then nodded. "You look about seven or eight parts similar... How did you become such a grotesque figure? Did you suffer a qi deviation during cultivation, or did you transform using a system item?"

Lei Chi said calmly, "You little brat, how dare you speak to your master in such a tone?"

"Haha, you think I'm afraid of you? I've figured out all your tricks. In this other world, you can't use the Lotus of the Other Shore!" Qiukas laughed heartily. "You've come at the right time, saving me the trouble of looking for you!"

"My disciple, you've been naughty again!"

Lei Chi remained calm. He noticed that Qiukas's level was not high, only 500, but his rank had been raised to that of a high-level god.

Given such attributes, Lei Chi doesn't even consider them a threat.

"And thank you so much for giving me the Fruit of Wisdom and the Immortal Peach!" Qiukas narrowed his eyes, a smile playing on his lips, and slowly put on his mask of truth. He added, "Of course, and this treasure too!"

Once he put on the real mask, it immediately began to wriggle and change, adapting to his face shape.

Lei Chi said, "So, you're confident enough to challenge me?"

"Not bad! You gave me confidence! Considering how good you've been to me before, I'll give you two choices. First, become my disciple, obey my orders, and serve me well; I won't mistreat you! Second, be killed and devoured by me; I will take everything from you! Make your choice, first or second!"

"I choose option three!" Lei Chi said calmly.

There is no third option!

"If I say it exists, then it exists! This third option is to beat you until you're crawling on the ground, begging for mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lei Chi opened his mouth and spat out a black longsword. The longsword was like a black lightning bolt, quickly moving around Lei Chi.

Qiukas took a step back and said, "I have a mask of truth that shields me from the system's power. Do you still dare to fight me?"

"You little brat, you've really gotten too big for your britches! I pulled you out of the river of time, not so you could repay me like this!"

After saying that, Lei Chi had a thought, and the black longsword that was jumping and swirling around him flew towards Qiu Kasi.

This longsword is incredibly fast!

Qiukas immediately raised his fist to meet the punch, but suddenly felt his body sink and a sense of fear arose for no reason. The punch he wanted to throw with all his might was only three-tenths of its power.

Before he could react, the black longsword, like a serpent, snaked around his fist and silently pierced through his chest.

"what?"

Qiukas was shocked, but he gritted his teeth and, ignoring his injuries, leaped up and threw a punch at Lei Chi.

Lei Chi raised his right hand, seemingly casually, but with perfect accuracy, and punched the crazed Qiu Kasi.

With a loud bang, Lei Chi remained motionless, while Qiu Kasi was forced to stagger backward.

Lei Chi casually threw another punch, and with a series of crackling sounds, a [Great Tiger] composed of blue lightning materialized and pounced straight towards Qiukas.

Qiukas was greatly shocked and wanted to transform into the form of the Primordial Dragon, but the next moment, the Great Tiger pounced on him and pressed him to the ground with its two front claws made of blue lightning.

"what……"

Qiukas let out a scream, feeling as if he were being crushed by a mountain, unable to move at all. His transformation was interrupted and he could not continue.

Why bother?

Lei Chi smiled, stepped forward, and pressed his hand on Qiukasi's head. With a flash of light, a brand-new golden hoop appeared and was firmly placed on Qiukasi's head.

Since obtaining the stone disc, Lei Chi has never missed a ten-year seclusion, once a day. He is diligent enough that his number of thoughts has now reached 110,000. He has mastered the first level of the Great Mighty Divine Art and has many methods. Suppressing a mere Qiukasi can be said to be effortless.

(End of this chapter)