Chapter 100 Divine Ultimatum (5)
“Well, I have a favor to ask.”
When he asked what brought her here, Namgoong Soso said that. Yoon-seok tilted his head. A favor? The awkwardness went away after talking for a while, and that was all. They weren’t close enough to be asking favors. Still, Yoon-seok decided to listen.
“What is it?”
“It’s not that big of a deal… but if you meet Namgoong Chul again, could you ask him where he hid the original version of the Azure Dragon Energy?”
Azure Dragon Energy, the Unique Skill obtained from Namgoong Chul. She continued that 500 years ago, the Sect’s vision, Azure Dragon Energy, was destroyed at the hands of Namgoong Chul, and as a descendant, she wanted to restore it somehow.
“…But there’s no guarantee we’ll see each other again.”
“Yes, that’s true. But could you do that if you happen to meet him?”
She wasn’t asking him to find Namgoong Chul and ask him. Just that if they happened to meet, could he ask him that? It wasn’t like Namgoong Soso asked him with expectations of it working out, so Yoon-seok nodded.
“Well, if that happens, I’ll ask.”
“Thank you.”
As if that’s all she had to say, Namgoong Soso went back to the waiting room to resume her meditation. Accordingly, Yoon-seok stopped paying attention to her and organized what he had gained from the duel.
‘Let’s check the skill first.’
{Blood Pact}
Rank B — Opens the passageway connected to the blood system.
Rank C — The absorption of blood restores physical strength and magic.
Rank C was straightforward; this was where he used the summoned creatures’ blood to recover. But he didn’t know what Rank B meant.
‘Is it talking about the magic circle?’
He thought so, but he wasn’t sure. He did think it might be a Unique Skill since he didn’t chant a command, but it could also be a power from the admins.
‘We’ll find out after trying.’
Seeing was believing. It was more effective to give it a try than trying to wrap his head around it. Yoon-seok controlled the blood flowing from his fingertips and made it into a magic circle as he saw earlier. It wasn’t too difficult because he was used to dealing with different powers and materializing energy. Of course, he couldn’t make the same one from his memory alone, but it wasn’t an issue.
‘So this is how it works.’
The details changed on their own as soon as the mold was set. Six circles were drawn, with geometric shapes and texts packed in. But that was all.
‘So, what am I supposed to do next?’
The passageway to the blood was open, but the wolf didn’t pop out like how it did for his opponent. In the end, after a few experiments, Yoon-seok found out what the function was.
‘I see.’
After opening the system, the blood released could be controlled. That was all to the Rank B effect. Then what about the wolf and different types of shapes? The answer was simple. Just like how Yoon-seok made Bloodseeker Swords, the opponent also manually materialized them.
‘It’s not even that powerful; I can’t use it after all.’
He didn’t know what Rank A entailed, but it didn’t seem very helpful right now.
‘No, but is it still useful as a defense technique?’
At the end of such sentiments, Yoon-seok shifted his attention to the next item.
*Vampire Count’s Banquet Attire (Rank A-) – A piece of clothing a demon enjoys wearing at a banquet.
When worn, stamina recovery increases 12x, and damage to magic decreases by 30%. When the enemy’s blood is stained on the clothes, a certain amount of magic is restored.
The equipment was chosen by the highest rank. From his perspective for canceling the cost of using b Blood Pact}, it seemed to be a fairly efficient piece of equipment, but the design wasn’t appealing. Of course, it was better than nothing.
‘Now is the time to throw this away.’
Yoon-seok took off his full-body suit without hesitation. It was useful in the old days when 30,000 AP felt big, but now it served a familiar and comfortable outfit rather than as armor. On the other hand, what about this banquet attire? 12x increase in stamina recovery. 30% less magic damage. It wasn’t visible, but he was sure it would help, and even the last option was quite usable.
‘It’s more comfortable than I thought.’
Because there was no mirror, Yoon-seok lowered his head to check his condition. The thick fabric and clean appearance looked more like a uniform than a banquet attire. However, maybe because it was so luxurious, it didn’t feel like it was mass-produced at all, and it wasn’t as strange to wear as he thought.
Yoon-seok recycled his full-body suit into Steel Stealth. Naturally, his durability didn’t increase. Just as his magic stats hadn’t grown with this duel, this wasn’t enough to make a difference.
‘So is it time to do some shopping?’
Yoon-seok opened the shop page. 1,667,000 AP, now even that amount didn’t even feel that huge.
「Rank of Yin and Yang (Rank C+) has been increased.」
Yoon-seok invested 96,000 AP in upgrading Yin and Yang’s ranking first. Then, the selection of characteristics appeared.
「Selection of characteristics for Yin and Yang (Rank B-) is available.」
Yoon-seok checked the contents with eyes shining like a child, and he burst out in laughter. As he wondered what kind of characteristics would emerge, the first option was already far beyond his imagination.
—Characteristic 1: Personality Grants
Random characters are created and grow according to experience.
In short, it meant he could create a double personality. But the question was, what merit did it have? However, there would be nothing to worry about. Fortunately, the second option was what he was expecting.
—Characteristic 2: Trinity
Three thought processes can be managed simultaneously.
That meant he could handle five more swords in the future.
「Trinity was chosen as the characteristic for Yin and Yang (Rank B-).」
Although he felt dizzy, just like when he learned Yin and Yang, he didn’t collapse like before. He organized his thoughts for three minutes and slowly grew used to it. Yoon-seok tried to invoke King of All Swords to the fullest extent.
「Seventeen swords are used. The Phantom Energy that is ingrained in the sword becomes stronger.」
Power 3x, strength and agility +1, and stronger Phantom Energy were added. Naturally, the gap between Yoon-seok’s eyebrows narrowed.
‘What’s Phantom Energy?’
He could see negative blue energy at the tip of the sword, but he still couldn’t figure out what effect it had.
‘Well, it’s not a bad thing.’
Even though he thought so, Yoon-seok felt a little stuffy. Not just Phantom Energy, but he still didn’t know how to use Middle Qigong. Because of that, he couldn’t process what he had, but he wondered if it was right to keep ascending to catch up with the Heavenly Devil.
‘Let’s finish what we’ve been doing.’
Yoon-seok, shaking off his thoughts, spent 384,000 AP to upgrade Dispel to Rank B. Now he could block all active skills and magic below Rank A-. Very few challengers would have skills higher than that; it was already quite useful.
‘The characteristic is pretty adequate.’
The selection of characteristics came up again. Yoon-seok’s choice was Order Predation so that when Dispel was used, half of the magic consumed by the opponent would be absorbed by him.
「Rank of Vajra Step (Rank B-) has increased.」
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