Chapter 478 - 219: The King’s Boundless Grace, a Celestial Draws Fire
Chapter 478: Chapter 219: The King’s Boundless Grace, a Celestial Draws Fire
With a thought from Lin Ye, the skill’s detailed information appeared before his eyes.
[Boundless King’s Grace (Level 1)]
[Type: Aura/Active]
[Cost: 50,000 Energy Value/second.]
[Cooldown: 24 hours.]
[Effect: Once activated, the lives and souls of all your minions will be linked into a single entity. While the aura is active, any fatal damage taken by a single minion will be shared among all minions. As long as the linked collective’s life and soul essence is not completely obliterated, no single minion will truly die.]
[Description: The King’s grace extends in all directions! In the face of the King’s glory, even death itself shall retreat.]
Lin Ye’s breath hitched.
’This skill... it’s a godsend, tailor-made for a steamroller playstyle!’
With this, his minion army would essentially have countless lives.
As long as they weren’t wiped out instantly by an area-of-effect attack, his legion would be a truly indomitable and unkillable Undead Legion!
And this was only at Level 1!
Lin Ye dragged the skill preview’s progress bar to the max level.
[Boundless King’s Grace (Level MAX)]
[Type: Aura/Active]
[Cost: 30,000 Energy Value/second]
[Cooldown: None]
[Effect: Once activated, you and the lives and souls of all your minions will be linked into a single entity. While the aura is active, any fatal damage taken by any unit will be shared among the linked collective. As long as the linked collective’s life and soul essence is not completely obliterated, no unit will die.]
At first glance, the max-level skill didn’t seem much different from Level 1.
But Lin Ye soon spotted an extremely subtle change in the text.
’You and your minions!’
Once this skill was maxed out, even he himself could join this super life-link!
This meant that as long as his Claw and Fang Legion wasn’t completely wiped out, he would effectively possess endless life!
In the future, when facing attacks on the level of the Intelligent Mechanism Race’s self-detonation, he wouldn’t even need to use [Damage Transfer]. He could just tank it head-on!
The only downside was the somewhat high cost.
However, as his Spirit attribute soared, his Energy Value would naturally increase as well.
’For now, I can just treat this skill as a group-wide death-immunity godsend.’
’Later, once I have enough Energy Value, this skill combined with Healing out of combat might even have the potential to be permanently active.’
Lin Ye pondered for a moment.
’This skill is powerful, no doubt, but its immediate boost to my combat power is limited for now.’
Lin Ye allocated 1 skill point to Boundless King’s Grace.
[Ding! You have consumed 1 skill point. The skill "Boundless King’s Grace" has been activated!]
’I’ll just activate it for now,’ he thought.
After a moment’s thought, Lin Ye decided not to invest the remaining 4 points into this new skill.
In the end, Lin Ye put them into [Fungal Dominion].
[Ding! You have consumed 4 skill points. The skill "Fungal Dominion" has been upgraded to Level 19!]
It was now just one level away from being maxed out.
...
「Firewood Martial Hall, Ninghai Branch.」
Although the architectural technology of this era already allowed for the use of many high-strength, special materials, the Firewood Martial Hall’s decor had always followed a style of gentle wooden structures and warm-toned lighting.
Qin Yue led Lin Ye through the mission hall.
Throughout the hall, Martial Artists could be seen sitting together in small groups, talking animatedly and sharing interesting stories from their missions.
Others were drinking and playing cards, their laughter and chatter filling the air.
Qin Yue led Lin Ye to a specialized Spirit enhancement room and asked for his Xinhuo member ID.
He began to handle the procedures for Lin Ye.
However, it wasn’t long before Qin Yue came back out, a hint of apology on his face.
"Lin Ye, this is a bit unfortunate."
"Ninghai City currently only has one All-Seeing Instrument. It was previously rented by the training camp, and now it’s usually shared between us at Xinhuo and Kunlun."
"According to the schedule, this month happens to be Kunlun’s turn..."
As Qin Yue spoke, he watched Lin Ye’s expression, afraid that he would be displeased.
However, Lin Ye’s reaction was calm.
"It’s fine. I don’t need the instrument."
"I just need the core material, the Asking Dust."
Qin Yue was taken aback. "Just the material?"
He was confused. The purpose of the All-Seeing Instrument was to help Martial Artists comprehend and absorb the chaotic and complex information of the laws within the Asking Dust in a completely safe environment, thereby enhancing their Spirit.
’Using the material directly? Isn’t that just courting death?’
Although skeptical, Qin Yue still retrieved a portion of Asking Dust for Lin Ye.
Even he felt it was incredibly heavy.
Entering the Spirit enhancement room, Lin Ye took the sealed test tube from the Alloy Box Qin Yue had given him.
Inside the test tube, a seven-colored speck of dust, even smaller than a grain of sand, was floating quietly.
Then, under Qin Yue’s dumbfounded gaze, Lin Ye unscrewed the test tube and, with incredible deftness, used a pair of tweezers to pick out the speck of Asking Dust.
He then popped it into his mouth as if it were a piece of candy.
Qin Yue’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. He froze on the spot, unable to say a word for a long time.
’He... he just ate it like that?’
’That thing weighs several tons per speck!’
’And the energy contained within it is enough to make an ordinary Gang Condensation Realm martial artist explode!’
Qin Yue’s mouth twitched, and in the end, he could only give a thumbs-up.
"Badass...!"
He was completely won over.
As expected, the way prodigies grew stronger couldn’t be measured by common sense.
"The transportation and storage of this stuff are extremely strict. The slightest instability in the energy field could allow it to break free."
"Losing the material is a small matter. The main concern is the unimaginable consequences that could result, so it might be difficult for you to take it with you."