Priest and Thief Sequences

Jiang He was dangling upside down from a massive vine, but there wasn't a trace of panic on his face.

He reached out, unzipped his jacket pocket, and took out a round piece of facial skin covered in a thick beard.

[Weird Object: Bearded Face Skin]

[Number: 5996]

[Level: Lv1]

[Skill: Male Creatures' Secret Crush: After the skin is put on, if anyone develops killing intent toward the wearer, the wearer's female hormone levels will increase by 1000%! Duration: 30 minutes. The effects of the hormone increase are visible only to male creatures; lesbians are blocked]

[Description: A specialty from the land of Ancient Shu, dropped upon the death of a gay Weird]

[Drawback: Once used, the wearer will carry it for life unless the host removes it personally. The wearer cannot remove it on their own]

Jiang He had identified the skin back when he was considering how to snatch the fruit.

At the time, it hadn't seemed very useful, and he'd thoroughly scorned the Weird Object.

But now it was just what he needed!

Roar! Roar!

Liu Lu sensed that Jiang He had come right in front of him and was about to attack when an earth-shaking rumble startled him.

"Those are... Mutant Beasts and Eldritch Horrors!"

He didn't need to listen closely. The extraordinary senses granted by the level-five Demon Seed told him instantly what they were!

"It's that stone! You're doing this again... Mmph, mmph..."

Liu Lu abruptly realized what was happening, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt something on his face!

He reached up and clawed at it, but couldn't get a grip on it at all.

The thing had already fused with the skin of his face!

His eyesight still hadn't recovered, so as long as Jiang He made no sound, it was easy to catch him off guard. After all, the two of them were far too close together.

"Bastard! You're asking to die!"

Liu Lu flew into a rage and was about to strike Jiang He a fatal blow when an itch on his face interrupted him!

The sensation went straight to his soul. Even as a level-five Demon Seed, he couldn't help scratching...

Jiang He stared blankly at the change in Liu Lu.

As soon as the mask activated, even his facial features changed!

His body was still the same, but his face had turned round, and a beard gradually grew over it...

"Roar!"

Excited growls sounded behind Jiang He, abruptly snapping him out of Liu Lu's allure!

This thing's effect was really strong!

Even he had nearly fallen for it...

The thought that he'd almost fallen in love with Liu Lu sent a shudder through Jiang He.

With a turn of his hand, Jiang He put the Energy Core into his system space, then quickly pulled out the Bloodsucking Dagger and cut the vine around his foot.

He had to get away while Liu Lu was busy scratching!

"A level-five Demon Seed that hasn't fully evolved, isn't very strong, and gives off the fragrance of hormones. These guys should be very interested..."

Looking at the densely packed shadows in the plaza below, Jiang He couldn't help giving a wicked chuckle.

The Eldritch Horrors and Mutant Beasts had been drawn here by the Energy Core.

Now that the Energy Core's fluctuations had disappeared, their only target was Liu Lu, who was wearing the Bearded Face Skin!

A true level-five Demon Seed might have made these supernatural creatures wary, but the one before them was just a flower bud that had yet to grow.

How could a pack of hungry wolves fear the cub of a lone tiger?

Jiang He slid down a petal, but didn't rush to leave through the "beast horde."

Instead, he used the Bloodsucking Dagger to carve a large hole in the base of the devil arum.

He crawled inside, quickly held his breath, and focused.

The Bearded Face Skin could only attract males, but there were also some female supernatural creatures here.

Jiang He wasn't sure whether they'd be interested in this "baby version" of a level-five Demon Seed, so it was safer to wait until the Urn was repaired before leaving.

He wasn't going to gamble on something pointless!

Rumble!

Thunderous booms rang out around him, and the battle was fiercer than any Jiang He had ever witnessed.

Curled up in the hole, he was like a weak, aggrieved young wife, enduring unknown horrors all alone...

Grinning, Jiang He took two crystals from his pocket and counted up what he'd gained this time.

First, of course, were the two unidentified Superpower Crystals.

Next were nearly twenty thousand System Points (cost of identifying the Bearded Face Skins: 50 × 2; cost of repairing the Urn: 1,000; cost of fusing with the fruit: 10,000).

Including the System Points Jiang He had left over from before, he now had 10,200.

Then there were the two Bearded Face Skins mentioned earlier.

Finally, there were the two fruit skills he was about to obtain!

[Ding]

[Thief Sequence Crystal detected. Spend 50 System Points to identify it?]

[Priest Sequence Crystal detected. Spend 50 System Points to identify it?]

"Identify them!"

[Thief Sequence Crystal - sequence rank: 6189]

[Description: Successful awakening grants the Superpower Sequence of Thief, with the initial skill Flying Flowers and Clinging Leaves]

[Flying Flowers and Clinging Leaves: After the skill is activated, running speed increases by 100%, body weight decreases by 80%, and physical agility increases by 30%]

[Priest Sequence Crystal - sequence rank: 3090]

[Description: Successful awakening grants the Superpower Sequence of Priest, with the initial skill Superpower Healing]

[Superpower Healing: After the skill is activated, superpower recovery speed increases by 200%, and injury recovery speed increases by 150%. Can be activated during battle. Skill cooldown: 60 minutes]

Jiang He was dumbfounded by the identification results for the two Sequence Crystals. Neither was a combat type. What rotten luck he had...

"I still have to give one to Wang Qian."

Remembering his promise to give that woman a crystal afterward, Jiang He suddenly found himself reluctant to part with one.

After all, who could have guessed that those Demon Seeds would suddenly disappear and throw his plan into disarray...

"Maybe she's already dead!"

So many Mutant Beasts had poured into the cavern at once, and the bus hadn't moved at all on the system panel...

Wang Qian's fate seemed to be sealed!

Jiang He shook his head, clearing those inconsequential thoughts from his mind, and opened the fusion panel.

"Fuse with the Priest Crystal."

[Hum]

[The system can fuse only one item at a time. Please wait patiently for the Demon Seed fusion to finish]

[Time remaining until Demon Seed fusion is complete: 85 minutes, 32 seconds]

Jiang He was a little surprised by the red warning box that suddenly appeared.

"Looks like I'll have to wait until the Demon Seed fusion is done!"

"Ah!"

Boom! Boom! Boom...

Jiang He had just put the crystals away when Liu Lu's furious roar suddenly rang through the space, followed by four enormous, earth-shattering booms.

Terrifying sound waves reverberated around his ears, and even the entire underground plaza began to shake violently.

The shaking lasted a full thirty seconds!

It finally stopped just as Jiang He was about to reach his limit...

By then, there wasn't a sound outside.

"What did he do?"

Covering his bleeding ears, Jiang He was utterly shocked!

He slowly crawled out of the hole, but saw no supernatural creatures in the plaza.

It seemed Liu Lu really was an irresistible "ginseng fruit"!

Jiang He couldn't help looking up, but saw nothing!

"Did he finish off that many Mutant Beasts with a single blow?"

After waiting a moment, he took out the Urn, which had just finished repairing itself.

He hesitated for a long time, but ultimately decided to go up and take a look.

Hundreds, even thousands of supernatural creatures had been killed. That would be an enormous treasure trove!

Using the tobacco leaves, he climbed back up to the flower's receptacle, and the sight that greeted him left him stunned.

The massive vines that had been flailing about had completely withered, and severed limbs and scraps of flesh lay all over the receptacle.