Above Destiny

Chapter 365 Poisonous Heart
When we set out, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear.

But in less than half an hour, dark clouds covered the sky, and then, amid the sticky and heavy cold wind, earth-shaking thunder broke out and echoed among the mountains.

I don't know how many rocks rolled down from the mountain and blocked the road.

But even the roads are just narrow areas left over from the past or traces of natural formation. On this plateau with crisscrossing mountains, even the so-called "roads" are just places that can barely be driven through with wheels.

Then, when bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky with biting coldness, all the roads and mountains quickly became muddy, and the loud noises of landslides and thunder were heard continuously.

In the morning, after leaving the outskirts of the plateau and going deep into Kunwu, they only advanced more than 300 kilometers with the mobility of the calf... You know, as long as there is a slope, as long as it is not 90 degrees, the torque of the calf can move smoothly, which shows how dangerous the terrain is.

What’s even more terrible is the ever-changing terrain and raging mountain torrents during the heavy rain.

Originally, many roads were formed in the corners and gaps between the mountains, but now they have all become riverbeds for flood discharge. In the sky covered by dark clouds, except for the strange light of lightning, no sunlight can be seen.

In the pitch darkness, the whole world was shrouded in a thick curtain of rain.

Before the signal was completely lost, the radio only had time to convey the last disaster report - due to changes in ocean currents and storms at sea, a large amount of cold air moving northward brought about a chain reaction, and most of the federation welcomed rainfall that had not been seen in decades. Haizhou had issued a heavy rainfall disaster alert, the city hall was shut down, and most production had come to a standstill...

The rain poured down in torrents and never stopped. Occasionally, after a pause of a few minutes, an even more violent storm would brew.

Halfway up the mountain, near a stable rock formation, Ji Jue pushed open the door of the rear compartment and released the third drone in the raging storm.

But after going out, the signal was quickly lost after a few minutes.

Falling in the distance.

boom!!.

Amid the loud noise of large pieces of rock sliding down, lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating a strange figure among the mountains. A huge monster that was several kilometers long meandered silently by.

A pale and strange bony body that looked like a snake's bones was wriggling. No head or tail could be seen, and no limbs could be found. It floated in the air like a ghost, moving lightly in the rain and wind and going away.

Sometimes it dives into the clouds to hunt large prey, and sometimes it follows the strong winds to sneak into rift valleys and mountain streams.

Quickly, it disappeared.

Only Ji Jue was left sweating profusely.

[Disaster], [Hazard], [Extinction], [Destruction], [End]... There are five levels of evaluation for disaster beasts, and the gap between each evaluation is as terrifying as a chasm between heaven and earth.

The one that just passed by is guaranteed to be at the harmful level, maybe even at the ultimate level!

This alone was the second one they had seen today...

Although Ji Jue thought that he had seen a lot of the world and had killed underworld worms, he was not so arrogant that he could not tell the difference between virtual and reality.

A teacher with a big nose once said that no matter how strong you are in the game, it is still fake... If you really put Ji Jue in front of the worm, he will definitely not say a word and will roll away as far away as possible.

At his current level, he could still fight against disaster-level and harm-level enemies, but if he really encountered an ultimate-level enemy, he would be in trouble if he didn't use his best weapon. And even if he did, the opponent who was lurking nearby would seize the opportunity and kill him in one go.

I can only say... Fortunately, we killed the contestants from Tiancheng before leaving the snowfield.

Otherwise, with the ability of that woman Maya, if she came to these mountains, who knows how many disaster beasts she would incite to drown Ji Jue.

"Speaking of which, there is a question that I have never quite understood."

In the back of the car, An Ning was squatting on the ground. They were clearly facing the storm together, but Ji Jue got soaked, while she was not wet at all. At this moment, she was looking at Ji Jue's awkward appearance of wiping the water, and her eyes fell on his hands.

That extra ring.

"What's wrong?" Ji Jue was puzzled. It couldn't be that his operation was too weird and he directly grabbed the opponent and turned him into equipment, and then he was scared, right?
"Brother Ji Jue, you are a craftsman, right?"

An Ning was curious: "But there are surprisingly few equipments."

Apart from the double blessed liquid mercury, the only equipment Ji Jue carried with him was a ring of transcendent vision, a necklace of the mouth of the ancient, a bone knife, a bell, and a hidden mirror... The enhanced blessing and Pan Ying on the calf and horse were not even considered his own equipment, let alone consumables like bullets.

Although the quality is not low, and these pieces are considered rich among ordinary Chosen Ones, they are not worthy of his status as a craftsman, not to mention that Ji Jue is a famous master and has extraordinary craftsmanship. "I also want to wear gold and silver, but I don't have the conditions. My financial situation is only good for one or two months." Ji Jue laughed at himself and shrugged, "Besides, how long have I been learning alchemy?"

If a work of art is to be carefully crafted, the time it takes a craftsman is often measured in years - material selection, proportioning, design, blessing conditions, correction and guidance of the spiritual structure, and control of the final effect. The details involved in the four steps of ascension, purification, transformation, and integration in the creative process are countless.

Often it is even difficult to achieve the desired effect in the end, and the work has to be destroyed and disassembled and started all over again.

After becoming a craftsman, Ji Jue's only official work was the Pan Ying. It was still a semi-finished product, and it took a lot of precious materials and a long time to complete it.

Even though Ji Jue is not as perfectionist as his teacher Ye Xian, and believes that it's okay to make do with something as long as it's sufficient, it still has to be presentable enough so that his peers won't laugh at it when he displays it.

There is no need to say much about the convenience of mechanical deification. Relying on it, it can solve more than 90% of Ji Jue's problems. The remaining part requires targeted reinforcement.

Nature is more about quality than quantity.

Tools are a help to craftsmen, not a burden. Even for Ye Xian, apart from the ghost tools and ominous sequence he carries with him, he only wears two or three blessed creations.

You know, blessing creation is useful, but it is not without cost.

Its essence is to carry blessings through materials and combine them with the structure of spiritual circuits - just like some kind of external general-purpose matrix plug-in, connecting with the matrix of the Chosen One, so as to obtain effects and functions that its own matrix and blessings do not originally have.

This means that no matter how good the external graphics card and devices are, they will still consume the CPU and the motherboard, and consume the same amount of electricity, and it will be even more exaggerated.

Likewise, the Chosen One must bear the burdens that come with additional blessings.

As for some equipment that do not require the user's infusion and control, can restore their spiritual essence and operate themselves, and still retain the intelligence to think flexibly, know how to adapt and cooperate... haha, some large workshops only have one or two of this kind of equipment, which are not even enough for their own use, so why would they sell them?

If it weren't for his cheap master who helped Ji Jue, Ji Jue would probably not be able to create a work like Isis even if he spent all his money in real life.

"Even if Fei Gong is here, we can refine it anytime and anywhere, but making a blessing creature is not that simple." Ji Jue returned to the driver's seat and said slowly: "Sometimes you may not get what you pay for, but if you don't put in any effort and energy into it, it will definitely not be a masterpiece."

"Well?"

An Ning noticed the hidden meaning in Ji Jue's words, and her eyes fell on the ring on his right hand: "You mean, this one doesn't count? It's obviously very exquisite, right?"

"..."

Ji Jue's expression suddenly became complicated: "At best, it's just a semi-finished product."

Even though An Ning thought it was perfect, if compared with Ji Jue's original goal, one could only say that it was cute even if it was small.

[Poisonous Heart], this is the name Ji Jueqi gave.

It is composed of three blessings and is a protective equipment specifically for the transformation and heart pivot types. It can be said that the purpose has been achieved or even far exceeded.

To put it in an analogy, it was like the substitute doll that Maya had used before. Ji Jue used part of his experience in refining spiritual essence and creating Isis to create an spiritual essence container inside, and through the gradual stimulation of the mechanical deity, he created a blank virtual spiritual intelligence. The combination of the two was like a broken soul fragment.

When encountering the mind reading and consciousness connection of the Heart Hub, the spiritual impact of the transformation and the soul explosion, it can bear the attack and erosion on behalf of Ji Jue and ensure Ji Jue's safety.

Not only that, the blessing of [Eternal Glory] stabilizes the internal soul structure and prevents it from self-collapse, while [Cang Yuan Su Nu] makes it a container for a large amount of negative emotions and evil pollution. The operation of evil alchemy combined with the purification of fluid alchemy almost creates an artificial fierce ghost, and it is the kind that becomes more and more ferocious day by day with the infusion of spiritual essence. As for [Burning Body with Desire], it is an excellent outlet for completely intensifying and releasing the evil pollution and negative emotions.

It was as if Ji Jue had equipped a moat for his soul, and the river was filled with piranhas, strong acid, and all kinds of indescribable ghost things. If someone was ignorant and wanted to get close, the moment their consciousness entered it, they would definitely feel an unprecedented sour and refreshing feeling.

At the same time, when necessary, Ji Jue can take the initiative to break the dam and release the pollution indiscriminately, allowing everyone to experience the wonderful ranking experience of butterfly stroke in the manure pit!

From the effect point of view, it not only provides spiritual defense for Ji Jue, but also effectively fills the defect that Ji Jue, as a sneaky traitor in Yousui, cannot spread evil pollution on a large scale.

I'm sure Jianyuan would say it's good after seeing it.

Unfortunately, it still cannot change its embarrassing status as a semi-finished product, or in other words...

Failure.

(End of this chapter)