Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yi used that force to yank the Blue Silver vines around him, then swam frantically toward the surface.

On the shore, Jiang Nannan had kept a vigilant watch on the Blue Silver vines.

As soon as she felt the vines tremble, she unleashed her Soul Power without hesitation and pulled with all her might.

With both of them pulling, splashes soon broke the lake's tranquil surface. Jiang Yi burst through the water and emerged.

"Brother Jiang Yi!" Seeing him, Jiang Nannan pulled harder, dragging him to the water's edge and helping him ashore.

"Huff, huff, huff!"

Jiang Yi lay on the shore, gasping for breath, every part of his body greedily breathing in the surrounding air.

But every breath brought pain throughout his body.

Although the tremendous pressure had left no visible injuries, it had affected his muscles, bones, and internal organs.

"Brother Jiang Yi, are you all right?" Jiang Nannan asked anxiously.

Jiang Yi managed to steady his breathing. "I'm fine," he said hoarsely.

Jiang Nannan hurriedly took out pills for healing injuries and restoring Soul Power and fed them directly into Jiang Yi's mouth.

Jiang Yi chewed them up and swallowed. A warm current immediately spread through his body, slowly restoring his Soul Power.

Closing his eyes, Jiang Yi felt the changes in his body.

My Soul Power is circulating faster, which means it's recovering faster too. There aren't any major changes elsewhere. I still haven't done this enough times.

Only when his breathing gradually steadied did Jiang Nannan breathe a sigh of relief.

She then got busy, taking a bathtub out of her Storage Soul Tool and preparing a medicinal bath for Jiang Yi.

Li Lingyu had spent years perfecting these formulas. They were best suited for recovery after the body had reached its limits.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yi opened his eyes and stood up.

"Brother Jiang Yi, the medicinal bath is ready. Hurry and get in to recover," Jiang Nannan said with concern beside him.

"Thank you, Nannan." Warmth filled Jiang Yi's heart as he turned to her.

Jiang Yi stepped straight into the medicinal bath, and under the effects of the solution, his body began to recover slowly.

Jiang Nannan stood to the side, watching silently, her eyes full of concern for him.

The medicinal solution turned clear enough to see the bottom, and its herbal fragrance had been completely exhausted.

By then, Jiang Yi had also opened his eyes in the bath.

Feeling the state of his body, Jiang Yi was delighted. Thanks to the medicinal solution and the pills, he had essentially recovered.

Only his muscles were still a little sore.

Teacher's years of research have produced extraordinary results after all. But I'm afraid it would have little effect on more serious injuries.

Still, this was only Li Lingyu's medicinal solution for the first and second stages of extreme training. Stronger solutions corresponded to the later stages.

Li Lingyu had yet to perfect the solutions for some stages. No matter how the medicinal herbs available on the market were combined, they could hardly achieve those effects.

"Nannan, let's go back to the dining hall to eat. We'll come back tomorrow." Jiang Yi stepped out of the tub and put on his clothes with a smile.

Although his body had recovered, eating high-grade food after extreme training could bring greater benefits.

Jiang Nannan's heart ached for him, but there was nothing she could do. She knew Jiang Yi would not easily change his mind once he had made a decision.

I need to work hard at cultivating too. When I can withstand it, I'll try the Extreme Training Method, just like Brother Jiang Yi.

After receiving the cultivation resources Jiang Yi had given her, her Soul Power had broken through to rank thirty-four, and her physical condition had improved as well.

The two returned to Shrek Academy, where Jiang Yi went straight to the most expensive counter and ate his fill. Afterward, his whole body felt warm.

The soreness in his muscles also vanished completely.

Over the next six days, Jiang Yi went to Blackwater Lake with Jiang Nannan every day for extreme cultivation.

Every time felt almost the same, as he wandered back and forth on the edge of life and death.

But the improvement this extreme cultivation brought him was also remarkable, whether in his cultivation speed, recovery speed, or physical strength.

The damage to his body was just as clear, however. If an ordinary person cultivated like this, they would probably be crippled before they had done it twice.

Only someone like Jiang Yi, whose physical condition far surpassed his Soul Power and who possessed secret medicines, could cultivate this frequently.

Finally, on the seventh attempt, Jiang Yi got what he wanted.

That pleasant notification finally sounded in his mind once more, accompanied by a flash of silver light.

"Host detected cultivating to his limits at a depth of eight hundred and thirty meters at the bottom of a lake, hovering between life and death, breaking through his limits, and awakening his cultivation potential. Achievement obtained."

"Achievement name: Abyssal Baptism (In the abyss, without the protection of your Martial Soul or Soul Power, will the cold and suffocation, the absolute silence and darkness, bring you utter destruction, or baptism and transformation?)"

"Achievement reward: 1. When your body or mind reaches its limit, your body's potential will be awakened, and you will enter a high-pressure state."

"In the high-pressure state, your physical attributes and spiritual power will temporarily increase by fifty percent, lasting until the pressure you are under disappears."

"2. After the high-pressure state ends, your physical attributes will permanently increase by 0.1%, and you will enter a weakened state for one day."

"Each time you trigger this effect, the difficulty of reaching your limit will increase slightly (only the difficulty increases; this does not improve your physical attributes.)"

"Hahaha!" Jiang Yi opened his mouth wide, breathing nonstop, but could not hold back his laughter.

For the sake of this achievement, he had been hovering on the edge of life and death, his mind constantly stretched taut. Now that he had finally succeeded, how could he contain the excitement in his heart?

With an ability as powerful as this, all the effort he had put in had not been in vain.

"Brother Jiang Yi, are you all right?" Jiang Nannan asked worriedly.

Jiang Yi stopped laughing and smiled at her. "I'm fine. But we can stop cultivating here now."

Chapter 79: Second Suppression, Converting Evil Fire

After seven days of extreme training, Jiang Yi had finally obtained a result that satisfied him.

He then suspended his extreme training. Although its effects were remarkable, it was not suited to him at present.

After one session of extreme training, he could do essentially nothing else for the rest of the day. This was undoubtedly impractical for his cultivation at its current stage.

Only when he felt he could achieve a Second Awakening through extreme training would he begin again.

With the Abyssal Baptism achievement, Jiang Yi's plan to fuse with a five-thousand-year Soul Ring as his second ring could be considered achievable.

A fifty-percent increase in physical attributes, lasting until the pressure from fusing with a Soul Ring ended, was enough to let him successfully fuse with a four-thousand-year Soul Ring.

With Thousand-Year Soul Beast Collector added, that made five thousand years.

As for the second ability, a 0.1% improvement was a cup of water on a cartload of burning firewood for him right now, practically useless.

Later on, however, this achievement would become terrifying.

With unlimited stacks of 0.1%, as long as he had enough time and his body could withstand it, he could become the strongest person on all of Douluo Star, or even in the entire universe.

What would Tang San amount to then?

But growing strong to that extent would be far too difficult, not only because of the time required, but also because of the ability's own limitations.

Along with each improvement, the difficulty of reaching his limit would also increase. When he was truly at his limit, even the slightest increase in difficulty would be terrifying.

That was also one of the reasons Jiang Yi had decided not to resume extreme training until he could achieve a Second Awakening.

Otherwise, completing his bloodline awakening would probably be as hard as ascending to heaven.

Once the seven days of extreme training were over and Jiang Yi's body had just fully recovered, Ma Xiaotao invited him to suppress her Evil Fire.

Having learned from the previous occasion, Du Weilun did not come to fetch him this time, instead letting him make his own way to the inner court.

Faced with the vast Sea God Lake, Jiang Yi gathered Soul Power beneath his feet and stepped across the water to Sea God Island.

Returning to the familiar Mimicry Cultivation area, Jiang Yi headed for the cultivation room, planning to return to cultivating his Soul Power once he had helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire.

To his surprise, as soon as he walked in, he saw an elderly man in white robes whom he did not recognize, with Ma Xiaotao standing beside him.

"Jiang Yi, you're finally here! Long time no see," Ma Xiaotao said, beaming at the sight of him.

The white-robed elder beside her looked at her smile, a strange expression appearing on his face.

Just a moment ago, she had looked as though she could no longer control her Evil Fire and it was about to erupt. How had she suddenly become so happy, with no sign of an impending eruption at all?

Could Xiaotao like this boy?

The thought crossed the white-robed elder's mind, but he gave nothing away.

Faced with such an enthusiastic Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Yi smiled as well. "Long time no see."

He then looked at the white-robed elder. Anyone who could appear in the inner court was certainly no ordinary person.

"Greetings, senior." Jiang Yi bowed.

The white-robed elder smiled kindly. "There's no need for formalities. You can call me Elder Zhuang."

"Elder Zhuang?" Surprise flashed in Jiang Yi's eyes.

Although they had never met before, Jiang Yi had read the original work thoroughly and naturally knew who Elder Zhuang was.

He was a healing Soul Master at the Super Douluo level, and his Martial Soul was the Tree of Life.

If I get the chance, perhaps I can exchange ideas with Elder Zhuang. His control over life force must have reached a very high level, Jiang Yi considered.

The fundamental attribute of Blue Silver Grass was life. Learning advanced techniques for using life force would certainly be of great benefit to him.

But obtaining knowledge from a Super Douluo would probably not be so easy.

He had no transaction with Elder Zhuang, either. After some thought, a glimmer flashed in Jiang Yi's eyes.

He had thought of a way to pique Elder Zhuang's interest.

"Elder Zhuang is here to help heal my injuries. Jiang Yi, let's start suppressing the Evil Fire," Ma Xiaotao reminded him from the side.

Her voice sounded a little more urgent. Even with the Pact of Clarity, the Evil Fire had affected her considerably. It really had reached the point where it had to be suppressed.

"All right." Jiang Yi nodded.

Ma Xiaotao recalled the state she needed to maintain while the Evil Fire was being suppressed and looked at Elder Zhuang.

Elder Zhuang glanced at the two of them and walked straight out of the cultivation room. Ma Xiaotao had already made arrangements with him before Jiang Yi arrived.

Recalling the change in Ma Xiaotao before and after Jiang Yi's arrival, he grew even more convinced that something was going on between them.

After Elder Zhuang left, Ma Xiaotao looked at Jiang Yi in the cultivation room, somewhat surprised.

"You're rank twenty?"

Half a month ago, Jiang Yi had still been rank seventeen. How had he broken through to rank twenty so quickly?

Jiang Yi explained, "I took a few pills. Never mind that; let's start suppressing the Evil Fire."

Seeing that Jiang Yi was unwilling to talk to her about it, Ma Xiaotao pursed her lips in displeasure, but obediently nodded.

The two repeated the steps from last time. Feeling the Blue Silver Grass around her, Ma Xiaotao blushed bright red. "Let's begin."

Jiang Yi did not hesitate and released his sacred power. Pain came over Ma Xiaotao once more, and she gritted her teeth and endured it.

But the Evil Fire within her had regained its strength and would not be suppressed so easily. Just as before, it erupted once more.

Black-and-red flames burst forth, but this time, the Blue Silver Grass was not burned.

The intensely hot flames touched the Blue Silver Grass without having any effect on it, and half the flames were absorbed by the grass.

Having absorbed the flames, the Blue Silver Grass radiated a dazzling blue light, and the golden lines on its surface became more distinct.

That really is an enormous amount of life force. This Evil Fire is worthy of being pure Soul Emperor-level energy. Converting it into life force strengthened the Blue Silver Grass so much in an instant.

It's a pity it's temporary. Even so, it already gives me a huge advantage when fighting fire-attribute Soul Masters.

Next, I'll use life force to convert the Evil Fire.

Jiang Yi controlled the Blue Silver Grass, making it release life force. When the Evil Fire encountered it, it was like a mouse meeting a cat, not daring to show its face.

The life force entered Ma Xiaotao's body, and the Evil Fire immediately fell apart, transformed into life force and absorbed by the Blue Silver Grass.

Ma Xiaotao's pain vanished completely, replaced by a feeling of warmth.

Waiting outside the door, Elder Zhuang suddenly stared at the cultivation room, a puzzled expression on his face.

Why did a wave of life force suddenly appear in there?

"What's going on? Why does it suddenly feel so comfortable?"