Three Abilities

"Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster, Profitable Golden Spear, and Discern Treasures and Identify Rarities..."

Shen Heng repeated it in a low voice, then asked,

What are the effects of each?

The crowd looked at Zhou Xuan with some curiosity.

Zhou Xuan looked around and said:

"The first one is 'Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster.' It means... well, how should I put it, it's basically that it can unconditionally block any attack that can harm me!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the people around them narrowed, some unable to believe what they had just heard.

Wu Hao couldn't help but ask directly:

"Unconditionally resist all attacks that can harm you?"

"Yes, it can unconditionally withstand any attack that can harm me!" Zhou Xuan nodded, but his face didn't show much joy. "However, there are significant limitations."

Hearing about the restrictions, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If this ability had no limitations, it would be practically invincible!

"What restrictions?" Shen Heng asked.

"Hmm... there's something like a storage pool," Zhou Xuan gestured with his hand, "You need to use Origin Crystal or Source Core, or other energy-containing things, to transfer the energy from those things into this storage pool beforehand. Then, when you want to use this ability, you can combine it with your own Origin Power!"

The content wasn't long, but it didn't seem that simple either; everyone frowned slightly.

A storage pool? And it needs to be replenished with Origin Crystal or something? This is the first time they've ever heard of such a thing!

Shen Heng lowered his eyes in thought; this was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.

After a moment, he looked up and asked:

"You just said in your last sentence that it also needs to be used in conjunction with one's own Origin Power?"

Everyone looked over.

"Yes," Zhou Xuan nodded with a frown, "That's another problem. Resisting an attack consumes two portions of Origin Power: one portion of the stored Origin Power, and one portion of my own Origin Power! And..."

"And what?" Zheng Guomin asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Xuan scratched his head and said, "This restriction doesn't just apply to this ability, it also applies to the other two!"

Shen Heng nodded slowly.

Two restrictions,

It needs to be pre-charged with energy-containing items such as Origin Crystal;

The other is that when using it, you also need to use an additional portion of your own Origin Power.

With these two limitations added, the ability actually became... not ordinary, still very strong, but not as amazing as Zhou Xuan had initially said.

Of course, it's a bit far-fetched to say something like what Zhou Xuan said at the beginning—to unconditionally resist all attacks that can harm oneself. If someone truly had such an ability, Shen Heng believed it would be fine to rank it as an S-Class individual.

However, the first one is the most troublesome.

Shen Heng slowly raised his eyes.

Does it require pre-charging with Origin Crystal or something? Is it Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster? The name is quite fitting...

Zheng Guomin pondered for a moment, concluding that while the ability had limitations, it was still quite strong. He then asked:

What about the second one?

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.

Their first ability made them curious about Zhou Xuan's second ability.

"The second one, 'Profitable Golden Spear,'" Zhou Xuan continued, "Is roughly the same as the previous one, except that defense has been replaced with offense!"

He paused, then added:

"We can condense all our Origin Power into a single attack and launch it!"

There doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

Wu Hao continued, "And the third one?"

"The third Discern Treasures and Identify Rarities," Zhou Xuan said. "It can roughly identify the value and quality of an item. Compared to the first two, although it also consumes Origin Power from the storage pool, it doesn't consume much!"

Everyone nodded, not surprised at all.

"One offensive, one defensive, and also... a support ability!" Wu Hao said, nodding as he spoke. "This sounds pretty good!"

"Indeed!" Zheng Guomin said in a deep voice from the side, "All three of them are quite capable!"

Qin Yu nodded in agreement from the side.

Seeing that everyone seemed to approve of his new ability, Zhou Xuan couldn't help but smile slightly.

Shen Heng looked at Zhou Xuan, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Go out and give it a try."

"Hmm? Try what?" Zhou Xuan asked, turning his head.

"You don't plan to participate in the later battles without knowing the exact strength of your abilities, do you?" Shen Heng asked.

"Well..."

Zhou Xuan opened his mouth, then quickly closed it again.

The group went outside and arrived at the city wall of Bedrock City.

Outside the city walls stretched rolling mountains and falling black snow; everything seemed peaceful.

Shen Heng stood at the edge of the city wall and glanced down at the battle traces covered by the black snow.

My gaze swept across the room and settled on a lone, crooked tree.

"Let's try out your attack first... it's the Profitable Golden Spear, right?" Shen Heng pointed to the crooked tree.

"Yes, that's the name!"

Zhou Xuan responded and then walked to the city wall.

He looked at the tree, hesitated for a moment, then took out a Third Tier Origin Crystal from his pocket and held it in his left hand.

He raised his right hand, forming a sword-like finger gesture.

"The Lord God of Wealth has appeared!"

Everyone watching from the sidelines unconsciously focused their attention.

They only sensed that Zhou Xuan had suddenly become somewhat different, and then, without seeing him do anything, the Origin Crystal on his left hand began to dim rapidly, eventually turning into a dull gray piece of waste rock.

The waste rock was thrown down, and then the sword point quickly moved down, aiming at the crooked tree.

As the sword pointed forward, a beam of pure white light rapidly converged.

The fluorescence went from faint to intense, from scattered to condensed, in just a second or two, after which it began to brighten rapidly.

Shen Heng was slightly taken aback as he watched the sphere of light form.

Like 'boom', wasn't it prepared and formed within the body?

He hesitated for a moment, then extended his mental energy over the orb before it was launched.

Soon, one after another, threads formed by the convergence of Origin Power appeared in his mind.

The threads, originating from Zhou Xuan's fingertips, spread out from the void and quickly intertwined to form the sphere of light...

Shen Heng silently sensed it.

It's obvious that this ball of light is similar to the combat technique 'Boom' from the Martial World Easy Exchange.

In other words, these two attacks are essentially the same type of attack, both involving the export, stabilization, and release of Origin Power to cause damage.

However, compared to a 'boom', this attack method is far more sophisticated and complex.

If "boom" is simply about channeling the Origin Power, stabilizing it, and finally launching it, then this current ability is about making that stabilization process more refined and robust.

This method might cause damage many times greater than a 'boom'.

More importantly...

Shen Heng stared at the ball of light.

It seems... I can learn it?!