A Twisted Turn of Events! Abomination Curse!

A Twisted Turn of Events! Abomination Curse!

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Sword Hardening": Increases the hardness of the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit by 50% for 5 seconds!;

Slogan: Harder means stronger!;

If an enemy could crush the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit,

then 100% Barehanded Blade Catch would naturally be rendered useless.

But...

'System, how hard is the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit itself?'

The Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit is a God-level Soul Spirit. Below Level 10, it cannot be destroyed by Power Attack System God-level Soul Spirits. Below Level 20, it cannot be destroyed by Power Attack System non-God-level Soul Spirits!

Got it.

Qian Renxue would have to be 20 levels higher than him and use a Power Attack Soul Skill to destroy the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit.

Once Soul Skill: Sword Hardening was activated, Qian Renxue would need to be 30 levels above him.

As for ordinary Soul Spirits...

Unless they were more than 40 levels above him, they could kneel obediently.

This was made specifically for fighting above one's level.

I'm Level 35 now, so it'd take someone at Level 75 to damage the Li Jing Longsword.

Awesome!

10 Emotional Value per year, right?

Tap, tap, tap!

Consumed 10 Emotional Value. Soul Ring Year Limit increased to 101 years!

Consumed 10 Emotional Value. Soul Ring Year Limit increased to 1,000 years!

He checked the description again.

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Sword Hardening": Increases the hardness of the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit by 200% for 20 seconds!;

--Unbreakable: While the Soul Skill is active, Soul Power can be consumed to forcibly gather the sword body together and prevent it from shattering!;

Slogan: Harder means stronger!;

Not bad!

Harder and longer-lasting.

It had even gained the "Unbreakable" trait.

Worth it.

The cost of increasing the Soul Ring Year Limit was still 10 Emotional Value per year.

Zhuge Lan was somewhat surprised.

But after thinking it over...

That made sense.

The number of years gained later increased tenfold each time. If the cost increased as well, it would become multiplication.

The final number would be absurdly high.

Unlocking this thousand-year Soul Ring had cost a total of 10,000 Emotional Value.

He still had over 90,000 Emotional Value left, enough to raise it to ten thousand years.

But he still had four Soul Rings that had not been activated. He needed to raise each of them to at least a thousand years, which would cost 40,000 Emotional Value.

Let's unlock all the Soul Rings first.

Since their year limits can be raised, the sooner I unlock them, the sooner I can enjoy them.

As for how he would explain it later?

Heh!

They could try standing there and taking one of his sword strikes first.

Zhuge Lan activated the third Soul Ring of the Li Jing Longsword.

Then he tapped all the way up to 1,000 years.

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Sword Fever": Adds a burning effect to the Li Jing Longsword Soul Spirit for 20 seconds!;

Slogan: Great news for barbecue lovers!;

Zhuge Lan: "."

He had not noticed it just now.

What was with these Soul Skill names?

Sword Hardening?

Sword Fever?

Then he looked back at the First Soul Skill, 100% Barehanded Blade Catch.

The style was consistent after all, so it was fine.

Scratching his head, Zhuge Lan activated the first Soul Ring for the Thorns Armor Soul Spirit.

He smiled when he saw the newly acquired First Soul Skill.

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Abomination Curse": After activating the Soul Skill and suffering an attack, curses the attacker with a harmless negative status for 1 second!;

Slogan: If you want to hit me, you'll have to pay a tiny price first!;

Just like the Li Jing Longsword's Soul Skills, its style was wildly off!

--It was practically tailor-made for farming Emotional Value.

However...

'System, what do harmless negative statuses mean?'

Stuffy nose, itching, dry eyes, difficulty breathing.

The list contained over ten thousand statuses and opened Zhuge Lan's eyes.

Although each one only made people uncomfortable and would not affect combat or anything like that...

But!

Couldn't this Soul Ring's year limit be increased?

Filled with anticipation, Zhuge Lan tapped repeatedly again.

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Abomination Curse": After activating the Soul Skill and suffering an attack, performs a curse check on the attacker. They will definitely receive one harmless negative status, or have a small chance of suffering a mild negative status, for 10 seconds!;

Slogan: If you want to hit me, be careful not to embarrass yourself~;

It really changed!

'System, list the mild negative statuses.'

Diarrhea, hemorrhoids, blindness, menstrual cramps, appendicitis, inflamed wisdom teeth, bone spurs.

"Phew—"

Zhuge Lan leaned back tactically, terrified of getting contaminated by something unclean!

Any one of the items on that list, in the middle of a fight...

What if someone threw a punch and suddenly got diarrhea?

Or their hemorrhoids flared up, forcing them to sprint with their legs spread apart?

What if a guy got menstrual cramps and had to shuffle along pigeon-toed with his legs clamped together?

And appendicitis... could anyone really endure it without cutting themselves open?

Just thinking about it sent chills down his spine!

That was way too socially devastating!

By comparison...

Blindness, deafness, and muteness could only be considered fairly ordinary.

Let me mourn for my future enemies.

Grinning, Zhuge Lan activated the second Soul Ring.

Unexpectedly, it was fairly ordinary.

He immediately raised it to 1,000 years.

Increase Soul Ring Year Limit: 10 Emotional Value/year;

"Light's Vengeance": After activation, absorbs and stores 10% of received damage. It can be consumed all at once to unleash up to two light-element lightning bolts that strike the random weaknesses of any target!;

Slogan: The harder you hit me, the crueler my revenge!;

A perfectly ordinary defensive Soul Skill.

It clashed terribly with the style of the others.

Just as he was pondering it...

Knock, knock, knock—

"Sir, your meal has arrived. Please open the door."

Zhuge Lan stood up upon hearing that and casually unlocked the third Soul Ring.

He glanced at it.

Then froze completely!

Oh ho!

Another fun one had appeared!

Two days later, outside Shrek Academy's gates.

After polishing off another lavish meal, Zhuge Lan strolled over.

The admissions teacher, Li Yusong, was checking the final applicant.

Zhuge Lan stopped and examined the applicant.

Her expression was cool and aloof, her long black hair draped over her shoulders, making her fair skin seem to glow.

But the most eye-catching thing was her full, voluptuous figure!

She looked only eleven or twelve, yet she was riper than a peach.

Cool temperament, fiery figure.

Such an extreme contrast could only belong to Zhu Zhuqing.

Such an amazing girl is being wasted on that bastard Dai Mubai.

System, got any suggestions?

This system only provides exchange services and does not offer guides on chasing girls!

Tch~ Zhuge Lan casually thought, Then can you let Zhu Zhuqing and me have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill too? One stronger than the Hell White Tiger.

For 1,000,000 Emotional Value, you may unlock a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with "Soul Spirit: Netherworld Cat"!

Oh ho!

That really worked?

It was just that he definitely did not have 1,000,000 Emotional Value right now.

System, can I pay in installments?

For 20,000 Emotional Value, you may pre-unlock Martial Soul Fusion Skill resonance with "Soul Spirit: Netherworld Cat". Afterward, each payment of 490,000 Emotional Value will unlock one Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

It was still charging him according to Twin Martial Souls pricing.

Zhuge Lan glanced at the System Interface.

Emotional Value: 25,657;

--He had previously spent 50,000 Emotional Value to raise Abomination Curse to a 5,000-year limit, extending the negative status duration to 20 seconds.

He had originally had just over 10,000 left.

But over the past two days, Xiao Wu and Tang San had done plenty of "talking" about Zhuge Lan.

It was just enough.

But...