If we say...
For Shen Heng, exchanging for a sword technique is like adding to his combat power.
The existence of the Sevenfold Force is essentially a multiplication of his combat power.
Furthermore, this multiplication effect will only improve as his physical abilities continue to increase.
It can be said to be the most suitable combat technique among Martial World Easy Exchange.
but...
Shen Heng's eyes narrowed slightly.
The Sevenfold Force is not without its flaws, and these flaws are quite significant.
That's because the points it requires to redeem are too high.
Shen Heng activated his memories, and under the Clear and Pure Spirit Platform, past scenes quickly surfaced.
Name: Technique - Sevenfold Force ( S-Class )
Description: Layer upon layer of power, Sevenfold Force intense attack, redeemable by level.
Points: 300/800/3000/10000/30000/80000
Level 1 requires no learning, Level 2 costs 300 points, Level 3 costs 800, Level 4 costs 3000, and Level 5 costs tens of thousands.
With Shen Heng's current points, he can only exchange for level four; level five is still a bit short.
and...
"Six layers, thirty thousand; seven layers, eighty thousand?"
"Given the current situation, it would probably take several years to redeem them all, even with the increasing frequency of Calamity Beast appearances."
"In the past, if an ordinary person spent a few years in the Supervision Bureau, being able to exchange for a fourth-level item would already be considered quite good."
"Well, regardless, this combat skill is already the most suitable for me among all the skills available in the Martial World Easy Exchange. I'll exchange for more and increase the number of skills I can cultivate..."
"Crackling--"
A cracking sound rang out from the oil.
Shen Heng's gaze fell on the thigh of the unknown Calamity Beast.
A faint sound came from there.
The food is ready...
An unnamed warehouse in Longzhou.
Darkness and silence filled the space.
Large items sat idle in the warehouse.
The warehouse was too dark to see exactly what the things were.
Only by the moonlight shining through the windows at the edge of the room could one barely make out that the boxes were square and rectangular.
However, they are not exactly the same.
Instead, some are tall, some are short, some are fat, and some are thin; they don't seem to be the same thing at all.
They were placed there quietly and haphazardly in the warehouse.
Time passed slowly, and the warehouse remained silent.
At a certain moment.
"Creak--"
The heavy sound of mopping the floor rang out.
The sound of mopping the floor started abruptly and was very brief.
Almost instantly, the warehouse returned to silence, without a sound.
Following the direction from which the sound came, you can arrive at a location near the center of the warehouse.
Here, too, are boxes of varying sizes, not much different from the surrounding area.
The only difference is that one of the low, square boxes has a slightly more open area around it, but only a little.
Time passed slowly, and the warehouse remained silent.
"Creak--"
The sound of mopping started again.
Equally abrupt, equally brief, equally unchanged...
No, you can see it if you look closely.
The location of the low wooden crate from the direction the sound came from seems to have shifted slightly, only a tiny bit.
But there wasn't a single person around it.
There was no human figure, no animal figure, only rows and rows of wooden crates.
Silence fell over the warehouse once again.
Then, every so often, the low wooden crate would be moved a little more.
However, as time goes by, this time is rapidly shortening.
Twenty minutes, eighteen minutes, sixteen minutes, ten... fifteen minutes!
The warehouse remained silent.
After that, the wooden crate remained unmoved for a long time.
At a certain moment.
"Creak--"
The wooden crate was moved again.
Unlike before, this time the wooden crates were moved a much longer distance.
But that's all.
The warehouse quickly fell silent.
As before, the wooden crates were moved again at intervals.
Fourteen minutes, twelve minutes, ten...
"Bang!"
The wooden crate was suddenly smashed into pieces and flew into the air.
One after another, unidentified objects flew up along with the wooden crate.
Silence, deathly silence...
Apart from the flying, shattered wooden crates and their contents, nothing had changed in the warehouse.
Soon, after flying to a certain height, the contents of the wooden crate began to fall.
"Click, click..."
One thing after another fell.
Suddenly, before a dark, indistinct shape fell to the ground, a small claw emerged from beneath the earth.
The claw gripped the ground, then quickly pulled half of the body out.
That's a Calamity Beast!
A Calamity Beast with glossy brownish-yellow fur, resembling both a rat and an otter.
It stood there, half its body on the ground and half underground.
There was nothing out of place around it, no debris, no pebbles; it seemed as if it had just grown there naturally.
Almost the instant it poked its head out, figures rose up one after another on the tall wooden crates around it.
Then, black spears and arrows flew towards the Calamity Beast.
The Yellow Hair mouse seemed to have anticipated what was about to happen.
It calmly stretched out its two paws and scooped up its target.
Only then did they turn their gaze to the attacks.
The claws were raised.
"Clang--"
The black spears and arrows were blocked.
The Yellow Hair rat watched the figures rushing towards it and twitched its lips.
"Laugh--"
The Yellow Hair rat ducked down and disappeared into the warehouse in an instant.
Almost the instant it disappeared from the ground, a leg swept across the spot where it had just been.
But it was too late; the Yellow Hair rat had already burrowed underground.
One figure after another gathered around and surrounded the area.
"No, this plan won't work either? We've already hidden on the boxes, and it's so dark all around!" A young man who didn't look very old looked at the flat ground with a headache.
"If it were the first time, it should have succeeded, but after several failures, the Golden Rat has become too wary. Even though it hasn't seen us, it keeps probing us." Wu Hongxuan frowned slightly, recalling the waiting process.
"I don't really care about that. What I care about more is..." A man with short, spiky hair gritted his teeth and said, "Was that beast just mocking us?"
"You saw it right. I was close by just now, and I even heard it sneer," a short-haired woman said, frowning.
"That beast!" The man with the short, spiky hair gritted his teeth, his face contorted with rage. "He'd better not let me catch him!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded with furrowed brows.
Mocking the Calamity Beast?
This was the first time they'd encountered something like this!
"The problem is that we need to be able to grasp it." The short-haired woman sighed softly, her gaze shifting to a man in his thirties.
"Captain, what do we do now?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze in that direction.
The middle-aged man stared at the ground in silence.
After a long silence, he said in a deep voice:
"Abandon the mission and request backup."
"Give up?!" Everyone's eyes widened slightly, their gazes fixed on the middle-aged man.
Wu Hongxuan also frowned slightly and looked over.
Although headquarters doesn't punish requests for support and even responds quickly, nobody likes it that way.
How is this any different from saying the local Supervision Bureau is incompetent?
As members of the local Supervision Bureau, they clearly did not want this situation to occur.
"Hmm." The middle-aged man nodded heavily.
"You all saw how wary the Golden Rat was just now. With our current capabilities, it will be very difficult for us to catch Golden Rat."
"We can't just let the Golden Rat run rampant outside, can we?"
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
The man continued:
"Therefore, I will apply to headquarters to have them send a suitable person."
"But is there anyone at headquarters who can handle this?" the young man who spoke first asked. "After all, Golden Rat can burrow underground, so does that mean we need to find someone who can burrow underground as well?"
"If you have one, that would be best. If not, even one that can control the Golden Rat to some extent will be acceptable," the middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
"I see!" The young man nodded in understanding.
Wu Hongxuan was slightly taken aback.
After thinking for a moment, he turned to look at the captain.