Combat Skill: Heavenly Thunder Break

"Whew~" Seeing that the captain had neither moved nor breathed for over ten minutes, Yun Shu finally let out a sigh of relief.

Since he had no means of fighting, Yun Shu had not dared to approach after firing his gun. Only after more than ten minutes had passed did he approach the captain's corpse with his sword in hand.

"Isn't he going to suddenly leap up or something...?"

"Probably not. He's just a Dou Zhe, not the protagonist..." Yun Shu cautiously approached the corpse, reloaded his pistol, and fired another shot into its face. Only after seeing the captain's head explode did Yun Shu finally relax completely.

"Next comes the harvest..." Fortunately, those poor bastards could not afford Rings of Holding. Otherwise, if a tiny ring were hidden somewhere, Yun Shu would have had a hard time finding it. After storing everyone's belongings and equipment in his Storage Space, Yun Shu began disposing of the bodies and erasing all traces.

Although the Fallen Heart Flame could not yet be used for attacks, he could still spend some Dou Qi to summon it and start a fire...

After clearing away every trace of what had happened here, Yun Shu prepared to return.

He did not intend to search for Medicinal Herbs here either. This place was already very close to Wu Tan City, and even if there were any herbs, they likely would not be left for Yun Shu to pick.

So Yun Shu headed straight back to Wu Tan City. He needed to maximize the value of the Deer Horn, which meant putting it up for auction.

Although Yun Shu did not know what the horn was used for, he could tell from those men's reactions that if they sold it, the money would be enough for them to squander for quite a while.

An auction was clearly more worthwhile.

After returning to Wu Tan City, Yun Shu rested for a day first. He needed to recover mentally; after all, his nerves had been taut the entire time he was in the Monster Mountain Range.

He rested until noon the next day before finding a black robe and wrapping himself in it, then heading to the Mittel Auction House.

Under the wary and solemn gazes of the guards at the entrance, Yun Shu stepped somewhat nervously into the Mittel Auction House.

After entering, Yun Shu looked around, found what he had come for, and headed directly toward the Treasure Appraisal Room.

Pushing open the door to the Treasure Appraisal Room, Yun Shu saw a middle-aged man examining something in his hand that Yun Shu did not recognize.

"Are you here to have something appraised, sir?" Upon seeing a customer arrive, the middle-aged man quickly put away the item in his hand and smiled slightly at Yun Shu, who was dressed in a black robe.

Yun Shu took a bag from within his black robe and tossed it to the man.

"This is... a Medicinal Deer horn!!!" The man opened the bag and became excited upon seeing the horn. Medicinal Deer had not appeared for a long time, and their horns were even rarer. Though it was not particularly precious compared to some of the Auction House's items, the important thing was that it was extremely scarce.

Wasn't there a saying that rarity made things valuable? Recently, this thing had a price but no market. Even those who wanted to buy it could not find one.

"Would you like to put it up for auction, sir? Or would you prefer that we purchase it directly?"

"Auction it!" Yun Shu knew that direct purchase by the Auction House would save him some tedious procedures and spare him the handling fee, but he was after the maximum value.

Although the Auction House would take a cut from an auction, he believed this item would fetch a good price.

Because he had already looked into what exactly this horn was good for on his way here...

An aphrodisiac! It replenished vitality, and its effects were extremely good!

Wherever there were men, there was a market for this sort of thing. So Yun Shu was not worried that it would earn less than selling it directly to the Auction House. Of course, it still needed some promotion...

Without promotion, how would those nobles know such a thing existed?

After confirming that the auction would begin in three days, Yun Shu left contentedly with a token.

This token was proof that he could collect the money three days later, and it would also allow him to participate in the auction then.

The Mittel Auction House had already agreed to promote it for free. After all, the more Yun Shu earned, the more they would get from their cut.

It was just a little unfortunate that he had not seen Ya Fei today. Then again, a mere aphrodisiac was certainly not enough to draw out the Gold Empress.

"Next, these." Yun Shu took out the mercenaries' equipment. Although he knew that using them in the Lottery together with the auction proceeds would definitely result in better items...

He just could not resist... wanting to draw.

Altogether, these items were probably worth twenty or thirty thousand Gold Coins, several times more expensive than the last time he drew for the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.

"Come on, System!" Yun Shu took the items out of his Storage Space and threw them to the system.

"Ding! Lottery in progress..."

"Congratulations! You have obtained one bottle of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid! Combat Skill: Heavenly Thunder Break (Mystic Low-Rank)"

"Heavenly Thunder Break: Use a special flow of Dou Qi to gather power in the hand for an attack, dealing massive damage to the target. Upon hitting the target, it will slow or immobilize the target for 3 seconds depending on the extent of the target's injuries."

"Holy shit!!" Yun Shu exclaimed in shock upon seeing what he had obtained from this draw.

Not only had he drawn two rewards, but both were things Yun Shu desperately needed. There was no need to mention the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid—so long as he remained in the Dou Qi stage, he would always need it.

And this looked like the Blind Monk's E skill. Not only could it deal damage, but if the damage was high enough, it could even slow or immobilize the target. That was way too powerful...

Excitedly, Yun Shu took out the Combat Skill. Such a powerful Combat Skill naturally had to be learned as soon as possible.

The Combat Skills produced by the system were not recorded on scrolls, but in Jade Slips. Scrolls could be read countless times, while the method of recording things through Soul Strength scans was unsuitable—if it could only be scanned once, the recorded contents would become very blurry.

To prevent Yun Shu from returning a scroll-like recording method to the system for another Lottery, the system used a Jade Slip. As long as he pressed it against his forehead, everything recorded within would be transmitted into Yun Shu's mind, after which the Jade Slip would shatter directly.

A one-time use...

The benefit was that he did not need to memorize it by rote. With just one touch, Yun Shu could learn the Combat Skill inside.

However, if he wanted to use it proficiently, he would probably need to train hard on his own.

"It also attacks with the hands... Although its power is not as great as Eight Extremes Collapse, its follow-up effects definitely rival those of low-tier Combat Skills!" Yun Shu carefully examined the Combat Skill.

Although the slowing and immobilization effects only lasted three seconds, in a life-or-death battle, three seconds were enough for an enemy to kill someone countless times if an opening appeared.

"Heavenly Thunder Break!!" Yun Shu controlled the Dou Qi within his body, gathering power in his hand before punching the table in front of him.

Bang!!!

The Eight Immortals table shattered into four pieces beneath Yun Shu's punch.

"Awesome!"