Chapter 143 - 123: Fang Xiu’s Reward
Chapter 143: Chapter 123: Fang Xiu’s Reward
Fang Xiu’s plan was to spend the next two days running here.
An ordinary person could run about twenty kilometers in an hour.
’As an Awakened, running fifty kilometers an hour shouldn’t be too much to ask, right?’
Running for two days straight—without stopping to eat, drink, or sleep—he could cover 2,400 kilometers.
Ten kilometers per Level meant 2,400 kilometers would raise him 240 Levels.
’I’m about to take off!’
Fang Xiu sprinted forward.
There wasn’t a single powerhouse in the world over Level 100 yet.
The highest, it seemed, was some powerhouse at Level 99, though Fang Xiu had only heard that through the grapevine.
So, Fang Xiu figured the path inside this Demon Beast Tombstone was at most a thousand kilometers long.
Just enough to get someone to Level 100.
’There’s no way it would be as long as 2,400 kilometers.’
But after Fang Xiu had been running for two hours...
’What the hell? The path ended?’
Fang Xiu looked ahead. It was still a sea of flowers,
but a transparent, invisible wall blocked his path.
No matter how hard he charged, he couldn’t get through.
’It can’t just end here, can it? At my speed, in two hours... this sea of flowers is probably about a hundred kilometers long? Enough for ten Levels?’
Fang Xiu slammed his fist directly into the invisible wall.
But it had no effect whatsoever.
Fang Xiu’s punch now had the force of at least a Level 60 Power System powerhouse.
Yet it still couldn’t even scratch the transparent wall.
Fang Xiu knew this was probably the end of the road.
No matter what he tried, he couldn’t go any further.
’What if I run back?’
Fang Xiu turned and looked back the way he came.
He had started running from somewhere in the middle of the path.
And he’d just picked a random direction.
’If I run back, will that increase my total distance?’
’Might as well try. The worst that can happen is this whole trip was a waste.’
Fang Xiu hesitated.
’Besides, if I really want something, I can just Sacrifice for it.’
’What if running back gets me even better rewards?’
At this thought, Fang Xiu didn’t hesitate. He turned around, about to sprint back.
But just then, the Demon Beast Tombstone space spoke again.
[Ding! The Demon Beast Tombstone reminds you: Of the countless paths, you have chosen one. Your journey is calculated from your starting point and tallied at the finish. Turning back will deduct from your distance traveled. If you go past your starting point, your distance will become negative.]
Fang Xiu was left speechless.
’Looks like this thing is sentient.’
"You wouldn’t happen to be that Octopus, would you?"
Fang Xiu asked with a menacing tone.
But there was no response.
"If I find out you’re that Octopus, I swear I won’t let you get away with it!"
Fang Xiu said coolly.
Still, there was no reply.
"Forget it. I guess this is it, then."
Fang Xiu shook his head in resignation.
He then plunged the shovel in his hand into the ground.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have traveled one hundred kilometers within the Demon Beast Tombstone. Calculating rewards...]
’So it really was a hundred kilometers!’
Fang Xiu had originally planned to spend the remaining two days in here.
He’d level up to the Hundred Level mark and become the strongest person in the world.
So much for that idea.
It was only a hundred kilometers.
’Still, a ten-Level boost is good enough!’
Fang Xiu was currently only at Level 16.
This boost would take him straight to Level 26, allowing him to enter even more powerful Gate Worlds.
[Ding! Reward calculation complete. You have received: Level +10, one random Active Skill Enhancement, all Passive Skills +1 Level, Golden Treasure Chest x1.]
Then, Fang Xiu’s Level instantly increased by ten.
’A random Active Skill Enhancement? And all my Passive Skills increase by one Level?’
Fang Xiu hadn’t expected rewards like these.
He knew that normally, there was no way to improve Active Skills.
They were supposed to stay the same forever.
But he’d never imagined this reward would actually be a random Skill Enhancement.
Fang Xiu hurriedly checked his Active Skills.
He was dying to know which of his Active Skills had been Enhanced.
[Fang Xiu]
[Level: 26]
[Profession: Sacrificial Master (SSS)]
[Active Skills: Sacrifice, Netherworld Thunder Fall (Forbidden Curse), Star Punishment (Forbidden Curse)]
[Passive Skills: Fire Immunity (Level 2), Nether King’s True Eye (Level 2), Enlightenment (Level 2)]
[Life Increase: 13%]
[Equipment: Life Staff (Expandable)]
[Equipment: Celestial Wolf Ring (Expandable)]
[Equipment: Divine Artifact - Demon Dragon Gloves (Expandable)]
"This... Netherworld Thunder Fall became a Forbidden Curse?"
Fang Xiu was so happy he nearly jumped for joy.
As his power had grown, he’d started to feel that Netherworld Thunder Fall was having trouble keeping up.
Even though it was a Skill he had obtained from a Magic Core, it still wasn’t enough for Fang Xiu.
Often, when killing Demon Beasts of a higher Level than himself,
he had to cast Netherworld Thunder Fall multiple times.
Fang Xiu preferred skills that could kill in a single hit.
Netherworld Thunder Fall clearly wasn’t one of them.
As for Star Punishment, Fang Xiu hadn’t used it yet, so he had no idea how powerful it was.
It was his ace in the hole.
But now, Fang Xiu had gained another Forbidden Curse.
Moreover, it was an enhancement of an existing skill.
In other words, it didn’t take up a new skill slot.
’I wonder what kind of effect the evolved, Forbidden-Curse version of Netherworld Thunder Fall has?’
Fang Xiu was extremely curious.
But this clearly wasn’t the place to test it out.
As for his other Passive Skills, Fang Xiu was also curious about what effects their upgrades had brought.