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Chapter 232: Comprehending Two High-Grade Spiritual Techniques, Dragon Palace Dungeon, and Celebration Shop Gift of Peaches! (6K Reads, Please Continue)
Infinity-level spiritual root, God-King body, bloodline purification.

The developers have come up with all sorts of ingenious ways to force players to spend money, which is truly eye-opening.

When Jiang Liu saw that it required one maxed-out Sword Spirit Root to upgrade a Sword Spirit Root to level ∞, an idea popped into his mind.

He wanted to stuff Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) into the alchemy furnace.

But after seeing the sword spirit root's ∞-level attributes, he took the Supreme Lord Laozi out of the alchemy furnace.

Fortunately, after seeing the attributes of the Battle God King Body and the purified Golden Dragon True Phoenix bloodline, he was very satisfied and no longer needed to stuff the Supreme Lord Laozi into it.

Limited-time pool items are very expensive, and almost no one can afford to draw them, especially after reaching the maximum level and upgrading. Even big shots supported by national-level forces would probably hesitate.

Once the limited-time pool item reaches its maximum level, all its functions will be unlocked, and upgrading it is simply a further enhancement on top of the existing features.

The game enhances all the functions of the max-level limited pool items, but the cost is to draw another max-level limited pool item. To be honest, the cost-effectiveness is not high, and it can even be said to be pure exploitation.

Take the Golden Dragon True Phoenix bloodline as an example. Spending a huge sum of 1.2 million spirit stones is just to double the duration of the Dharma Form and the transformation time, and to attract a few more dragon and phoenix monsters. Is that appropriate?

This is inappropriate; it's completely exploiting wealthy players like韭菜 (a metaphor for being exploited).

With these 1.2 million spirit stones, wouldn't it be better to use them to draw from the next limited pool and fill it with all the items? Why would I just sit here and be a sucker to play with you and level up?
The price-performance ratio of the upgraded version is really not good.

However, this is a different story for players using the 0.1 discount client.

1500 million + 2300 million + 1.2 million = 1.68 million spirit stones.

A broken bone costs 168 million spirit stones.

Jiang Liu said, "I'm not saying anything, I'll just smoke first."

Start with the Sword Spirit Root/Rain Spirit Root.

100 consecutive draws, start now.

【You got it.】

You have obtained a Sword Spirit Root Fragment.

You have obtained a fragment of the Rain Spirit Root.

Gan!
What about the 1000-pull feature I suggested before? Why hasn't it been implemented yet? You're not listening to the feedback from whale players, are you trying to quit?

Fortunately, the 100-pull feature was introduced; otherwise, just the reruns of these three limited-time pools would have wasted more than half a month of his time.

Nearly two hours later.

After an extremely tedious gacha pull, Jiang Liu found a Sword Spirit Root maxed out and a Rain Spirit Root maxed out in his inventory.

[Use Sword Spirit Root Max to upgrade the currently loaded Sword Spirit Root to level ∞?]

装载
That word is used so naturally.

【Yes】

Your Sword Spirit Root max level has been increased to Sword Spirit Root ∞.

[Use Rain Spirit Root Max to upgrade the loaded Rain Spirit Root to level ∞?]

【Yes】

Your Rain Spirit Root max level has been increased to Rain Spirit Root ∞.

it is good!
Finished one rerun banner, time to move on to the next!
Jiang Liu was in good spirits and was suppressing his aversion to gacha pulls. Just as he was about to click on the next rerun pool, two windows suddenly popped up in front of him.

Simultaneously.

A system notification sounded in his mind.

[Your affinity with sword techniques has reached its limit. Based on your own aptitude, physique, and realm, you will automatically comprehend a superior spiritual technique: Five Elements Reincarnation Sword Art.]

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

[Your affinity with the Law of Rain has reached its limit. Based on your own aptitude, physique, and realm, you will automatically comprehend the superior spiritual technique: Nether Rain Erosion Spirit.]

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

He's seen this before, he's seen this before!
When I first drew the maximum Sword Spirit Root and the maximum Rain Spirit Root, I comprehended the Five Elements in One Line and the Rain and Swamp Heaven Dual Mystic Arts.

And now, with the regeneration of spiritual roots, comprehension has advanced to the next level!
Two superior-grade spiritual techniques!
Holy crap, he was stunned. His eyes were fixed on the notification box in front of him, dumbfounded by this unexpected surprise.

Hehehehehehehe

After standing there stunned for several seconds, he let out an extremely creepy, silly laugh, even happier than a husky.

Surprise? What the hell is a surprise? What the hell is a surprise?
This is called a surprise!
He never imagined that the Five Elements Line, which he had used almost since the beginning of the game, would retire so simply.

Simple?

I bought two limited-edition level ∞ spiritual roots for 1500 million spirit stones, and they also came with two high-grade spiritual techniques as a bonus.

This is so easy.

He announced that his favorite part of the game in the Immortal Cultivation Era is the limited-time gacha pool.

He was so happy with the money that he even wanted to double it again.

Just for these two top-grade spiritual techniques, the planner's exemption from criticism will be extended for another two days, and a grudge will be crossed off the black grudge book.

For no other reason than to be happy.

"Finally, I can change my main attack skill!"

Looking back on the days and nights he had spent fighting alongside the Five Elements Line for months, Jiang Liu couldn't help but feel a little emotional and reluctant to part ways.

But there's nothing you can do about it; that's just how games are, and low-level skills will eventually end up in storage.

Rest in peace, my love, my love. The Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique will carry your glory with me on my next journey.

Jiang Liu sighed inwardly, then looked happily at the two newly comprehended high-grade spiritual techniques.

【Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique】

[Grade: High Grade Spiritual Technique]

[Synopsis: A six-sword technique unleashed using the five elements of spiritual energy, each sword strike more powerful than the last.]

[Effect 1: When attacking in the order of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth), each sword strike can stack a 50% attack damage increase, up to a maximum of 200%]

[Effect 3: After completing the Five Elements cycle, your subsequent Five Elements Rotation Sword Strike will have corresponding attribute effects (Gold Sword: 10% Armor Penetration, Wood Sword: 1% Reduction of Current Health, Water Sword: 10% Slowing Effect, Fire Sword: Burning Soul, Earth Sword: Stasis)]

[Effect 2: After completing the Five Elements cycle, the sixth sword automatically transforms into the Rotating Sword, unleashing an extremely terrifying sword aura attack.]

[Spellcasting Requirements: The sword strikes must be performed in the order of the Five Elements: Metal → Wood → Water → Fire → Earth. If one strike is broken, all swords will be broken.]

Jiang Liu: “.”

I've finished watching it. It's awesome, but a bit troublesome. All I can say is that it has the prestige of a top-grade spirit sword technique.

In effect one, after the first sword strike, each subsequent sword strike increases damage by 50%, and this single effect alone adds a 200% damage increase.

Is this a sword technique?

Calling it a buff skill wouldn't be an exaggeration!
The first effect is to stack buffs on yourself, and the second effect is to apply debuffs to the enemy.

Armor penetration reduces current maximum health, slows, burns soul, stagnates, and weakens all aspects!

If I had to describe it in two words, it would be "invincible".

It's a bit of a shame that the wooden sword reduces the enemy's current health by 1%, instead of their maximum health by 1%.

If it's about maximum health, then killing bosses becomes much easier. For example, with the Overturning Sea Dragon, you only need to spin the wooden sword 100 times to empty its health bar.

That makes sense. If that were the case, it wouldn't be a high-grade spiritual technique; it would be a celestial technique.

As for the Five Elements Rotation Sword mentioned in Effect Three, he hasn't used it yet, so it's hard to comment on it. But it's unlikely to be weaker than the Five Elements One Line.

The requirements for casting the spell are also very simple; you just need to unleash the Five Elements Sword with fixed attributes.

He is a Five Elements Spirit Body, specializing in the Five Elements system. He has been using Five Elements Sword Qi since the server opened, so this requirement is a piece of cake for him.

Although I haven't used the Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique yet, its effects alone show that it lives up to its name and is the strength of a top-grade spiritual sword technique.

But, well, that's all.
This doesn't seem to be a primary offensive move.

What is the main offensive ultimate move?

Like the Five Elements in One Line, it is a skill that can unleash terrifying power in a single sword strike.

The Five Elements in One Line unleash endless, chaotic slashes—this is the ultimate offensive move.

The Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique requires five swords as a foundation, with the sixth sword, the Five Elements Revolving Sword, being the main offensive move.

Every six sword strikes unleash a powerful attack, each sword imbued with various negative effects. It feels like the characteristic of this sword technique isn't its offensive power, but rather its all-encompassing nature.

Disdain? No way!

Not an offensive sword technique?

Whatever, I'll just treat it as an offensive sword technique!
Six Swords Cycle?

Jiang Liu didn't take this seriously and didn't pay any attention to the setting.

He can slash the Five Elements Line at a speed of two swords per second.

He can unleash five sword strikes in a single second with ordinary Five Elements Sword Qi!
In other words, if he attacks at full speed, he can unleash the Five Elements Revolving Sword once per second.

As long as my attack speed is fast enough, then it's my ultimate move!

"If Sword Spirit Technique is this powerful, Rain Spirit Technique must be just as good, right?"

Jiang Liu murmured excitedly, looking expectantly at the superior-grade Rain Spirit Technique he had just comprehended.

【Mingyu Erosion Spirit】

[Grade: High Grade Spiritual Technique]

[Description: Casts a special rainstorm measuring 10000 x 10000 meters using rain spirit energy. Within the rainstorm's range, both the caster and enemy units will suffer varying degrees of effects.]

[Effect 1: Within the range of Rainstorm, the caster gains 1 stack of 'Sudden Rain' status per second, each stack increasing attack speed by 1%, up to a maximum of 50 stacks; enemy units gain 1 stack of 'Gentle Rain' status per second, each stack decreasing attack speed by 1%, up to a maximum of 50 stacks.]

[Effect 2: Within the range of the Rain of Dew, the caster gains 1 stack of 'Rainy' status per second, each stack increasing spirit energy regeneration speed by 5%, up to a maximum of 50 stacks; enemy units gain 1 stack of 'Withered Rain' status per second, each stack reducing spirit energy regeneration speed by 5%, up to a maximum of 50 stacks.]

[Effect 3: When the caster's 'Sudden Rain'/'Nourishing Rain' status stacks to 50, the [Dark Rain] status will be activated, reducing the spirit energy consumed by their spellcasting skills by 50%; when the enemy unit's 'Gentle Rain'/'Dry Rain' status stacks to 50, the [Erosive Rain] status will be activated, increasing the spirit energy consumed by their spellcasting skills by 50%]

[Spellcasting Requirements: Continuously consumes a large amount of Rain Spirit Energy (affected by the Rain of Darkness effect), and removes 1 stack of each status effect per second after leaving the Rain of Darkness's Corrosion range.]

Jiang Liu: “.”

What kind of nonsense is this?

Sudden rain, gentle rain, moistening rain, dry rain, misty rain, erosive rain.
The series of terms and settings made his head spin, and he had to look at them two or three times before he could see the full effect.

In summary...

Increase your own attack speed and mana regeneration speed, and decrease the enemy's attack speed and mana regeneration speed.

Each layer is stacked only a little bit at a time, and it takes a maximum of 50 seconds to fully stack the effect.

When the effect stacks to 50 layers, your own skill usage costs 50% less, while the enemy's skill usage costs 50% more.

This is a support spell that buffs yourself and debuffs enemies!
Strong?

Very strong!

Both attack speed and spirit regeneration speed are extremely valuable and unique attributes, and their acquisition methods are extremely rare.

Even he didn't have any attack speed items; the only boosts were from the sect's effects, the Heavenly Treasures Compendium, and potions.

The same goes for the spirit energy recovery speed. Only the Five Elements Spiritual Body and top-grade spiritual roots added a little, which was enough, but no one would complain about having too much. This single skill can increase his attack speed by 50% and spirit energy recovery speed by 250%, while reducing the enemy's attack speed and spirit energy recovery speed by 50% and 250%, which can be said to be a bit overpowered.

However, there are requirements for this excess gain.

You must stay within 10000 meters of the Rainbow Spirit for 50 seconds to stack the buff. Once you leave its range, the number of buff stacks will decrease.

10000 meters, 50 seconds.
Damn it, I can run 10000 meters in just a few seconds now. What idiot would stand here in this downpour for 50 seconds?

The skill is very powerful, but it is too limited, and it is a skill that can only play its maximum role in a specific situation.

"It's alright, considering it was free, why not take it?"

Both skills had minor flaws, which disappointed Jiang Liu somewhat, but he quickly adjusted.

The skills that are given away for free don't require much.

Furthermore, there are no bad skills, only bad players.

If the Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique has a fast enough attack speed, it can unleash a revolving sword strike in one second.

Although the Rain of Erosion lasts for 50 seconds, it covers an area of ​​10000 meters. If I fill the entire map with Rain of Erosion, I can enjoy the buff continuously, right?
That's right, this is how you should use this skill, I'm such a little genius!

"If the Sword Spirit Root and Rain Spirit Root worth 1500 million spirit stones can give me such a surprise, then the Battle Saint Body worth 2300 million spirit stones and the Golden Dragon True Phoenix Bloodline worth 1.2 million spirit stones, will they also give me such a surprise?"

"Oh dear, my little heart can't take too much."

Jiang Liu grinned, his face beaming with anticipation, and happily clicked into the next rerun pool.

Fighting God King Body, start drawing!
A few hours later.

[Consume one Battle Saint Body (Ultimate) to upgrade the currently equipped Battle Saint Body (Ultimate) to Battle Saint Body (God King)?]

【Yes】

Your Battle Saint Body (Ultimate) has been upgraded to Battle Saint Body (God King)

One second, two seconds, three seconds.
As time passed, the smile on Jiang Liu's face gradually disappeared, and his eyes revealed undisguised disappointment. Finally, he sighed softly and entered the next rerun pool.

plan?

Where is my surprise?
Next up is 1.2 million spirit stones! 1.2 million!

Golden Dragon True Phoenix Bloodline Purification, now open for draws!
after one day.

[Would you like to consume 100 drops of Golden Dragon Essence Blood to further purify the 100% concentrated Golden Dragon Bloodline currently in storage?]

【Yes】

Your Golden Dragon bloodline has been purified.

[Do you wish to consume 100 drops of True Phoenix Essence Blood to further purify the 100% concentration True Phoenix Bloodline currently being loaded?]

【Yes】

Your True Phoenix bloodline has been purified.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Still nothing happened.

Alright, after all, it's part of the planning for the Immortal Cultivation Era, so we can't ask for too much.

Hey!
1.2 million spirit stones have been spent and there wasn't even a single free gift. What the hell are you, game planner?
Ah, no, no, this is the planning period for avoiding criticism, I have to hold back.

"call"

After completing this series of actions, Jiang Liu breathed a long sigh of relief. After working for more than a day, he had finally finished all the rerun pool tasks.

The half-year anniversary celebration of 30 days has passed by one and a half days. It seems like nothing has been done, but in fact, this should be the day when he has improved the most during this period.

All items from the three limited-time pools and five limited-time pools have been upgraded!

The combat power gained from limited-time pool items is doubled!
In just one and a half days, his combat power soared to 18 billion!
Horror!
Before the second cross-regional event, he had to risk his life to defeat the Nascent Soul Elder of the Myriad Transformations Demon Palace.

But now, he feels he can indiscriminately chop down Nascent Soul cultivators.

"The first wave of perks during the half-year anniversary celebration is over; there are still seven more to go."

Jiang Liu opened the half-year anniversary celebration page and looked at it again.

Well, aside from the rerun banner, the only other time-consuming part is the Dragon Palace event dungeon.

Then let's head straight for the Dragon Palace.

Fellow clansmen, the pure Jiang Jinlong has arrived!
Jiang Liu clicked on the [Dragon Palace Entrance] in the event interface.

next second.

He was then teleported to the celebration instance and appeared in front of a huge palace.

Directly ahead, there stands a colossal palace, hundreds of meters tall, shaped like a coiled dragon. The palace is entirely red, and red lanterns hang from the dragon's head, horns, and claws.

Colorful ribbons hung from the eaves of the palace, and red lanterns were hung in various parts of the building.
Decorating the Dragon Palace like this, someone who didn't know better would think it was the Dragon Palace monsters celebrating their anniversary.

Jiang Liu couldn't help but mutter a complaint to himself before stepping towards the Dragon Palace.

Upon reaching the top of the steps, the first thing you see is an entrance that resembles a black hole, and the second thing you see is an old dragon next to the entrance.

An old dragon with a dragon's head and a human body stood by the entrance, wearing a long red robe with the words "Celebration Shop" on its head. Its aged face was full of smiles.

Upon seeing the river, it immediately bowed and respectfully said, "Welcome."

Jiang Liu: “.”

Good heavens, do you know why I'm here?

The Dragon Palace, adorned with lanterns and colorful decorations, was greeted by dragons dressed in crimson robes.
Why does he feel that the perverse sense of humor in his planning is getting worse and worse? Could it be that he's been corrupted by the internet in the mortal world?

No way, you should go to a secluded creative environment.

Jiang Liu shook his head speechlessly, ignored the other person, and went straight to open the celebration shop.

The store was what he cared about most.

[Shop Open for a Limited Time During the Half-Year Anniversary Celebration]

[28 Days to Go]

[You can use the limited-edition item 'Festival Dragon Scale' dropped by the Dragon Palace Monster to exchange for various rare and exclusive items in this shop.]

The above is an introduction to the celebration shop.

Below are the items in the festival shop.

A dazzling array of items!

Jiang Liu glanced at it briefly, then ignored the Spirit Recovery Pills, Blood Recovery Pills, and Card Draw Tickets at the back, and looked directly at the items at the very front.

[Half-Year Anniversary Celebration Aura: Limited edition item, no attributes, +1000 million combat power, priced at 100 Celebration Dragon Scales, limited to 1 purchase]

[Half-Year Anniversary Celebration Title: Limited Edition Item, No Attributes, Battle Power +1000 Million, Price: 100 Celebration Dragon Scales, Limited to 1 Purchase]

[Half-Year Anniversary Celebration Aura: Limited Edition Item, No Attributes, Battle Power +1000 Million, Price: 100 Celebration Dragon Scales, Limited to 1 Purchase]

I've settled in Bengbu, I'm kind of settled in Bengbu.

A rare item with absolutely no attributes can actually add 1000 million combat power?
Do you, the planner, know what 1000 million combat power is?

A low-grade spiritual weapon only adds 1000 million combat power!
So, a non-attribute aura is equivalent to a low-grade spiritual weapon?

You guys have really messed up this combat power system.

After excluding these three rare, collectible items, the remaining items were what he was most interested in.

【Celebration Artifact Gift Box: Open to receive a low-grade artifact, priced at 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales, limited to 1 purchase】

[Celebration Spiritual Technique Gift Box: Open to receive a low-grade spiritual technique. Price: 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1 purchase per customer.]

[Celebration Elixir Blueprint: Randomly obtain one low-grade elixir blueprint, priced at 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales, limited to 1 purchase]

[Celebration Artifact Blueprint: Randomly obtain one low-grade artifact blueprint, priced at 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales, limited to 1 purchase]

OMG!

Four Spirit-Rank items, given away for free!
Even he doesn't have many spirit-grade items, and now the planner has actually thrown spirit-grade items into the celebration shop!
What is he trying to do?

Are we not going to live our lives anymore?

Just because of these four spirit-tier items, the developers are extending the no-spray period by another four days.

"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of a half-year anniversary celebration, they are really generous. I suggest other pay-to-win games learn from how Immortal Cultivation Era celebrates its anniversary."

"Damn it, how come they've turned against the Heavenly Gang again?"

Jiang sighed twice, shifted his gaze, and continued looking behind him.

When he saw the props behind him, he was suddenly stunned, as if he had seen something that could never possibly appear there, his face showing disbelief.

[Premium Spiritual Root Gift Box: Open to randomly obtain one premium spiritual root. Price: 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1 purchase per customer.]

[Special Physique Gift Box: Upon opening, you will randomly receive a special physique. Price: 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1 purchase per customer.]

[Monster Bloodline Gift Box: Upon opening, you will randomly obtain one monster bloodline. Price: 1000 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1 purchase per customer.]

Jiang Liu: “!!!!”

What did he see?
He saw that limited-time pool items had appeared in the free shop!

Oh no, oh no, oh no! The game planners have lost their minds; the game "Cultivation Era" is shutting down and running away.

I thought the four Spirit Rank items were the last bit of conscience the developers had shown, but I never expected their conscience to expand even further.

Needless to say, the no-spray period has been extended by six days; this is my way of showing respect for my conscience.

"That's it, right? There shouldn't be any more surprises, right?"

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, took a couple of breaths, and then continued reading.

The big surprise is over, but the little surprises are still coming!

【Six Thousand Year Peach Pit (Small, Incomplete): Restores 50% of maximum spiritual energy upon use. Price: 20 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1000 pieces per purchase】

【Six Thousand Year Peach Juice (Expired & Diluted): Restores 50% of maximum health upon use. Price: 20 Celebration Dragon Scales. Limited to 1000 drops per purchase.】

Jiang Liu: “.”

Looking at the names of these two consumables, he was a little confused, and a big question mark inevitably appeared in his mind.

Good news! I, a mere mortal cultivator at the Golden Core stage, can now enjoy a six-thousand-year-old peach, just like the Great Sage.

The bad news is that the Monkey King ate the whole peach, while I ate a small, damaged peach pit and expired, diluted peach juice.

Damn it!
Even if it's peach pits and peach juice, you can't just tell me that directly!
Can't you just change your name?

It's incomplete, expired, and diluted; how can I possibly eat it?

The large quantity of instant-recovery consumables he wanted arrived, but they were rather unpleasant.

Even if you can't bring yourself to eat it, you have to.

Okay, now I'll eat what the immortal left behind.

Sooner or later, I will go to the Queen Mother's Peach Garden and freeze the Seven Fairy Maidens and the Queen Mother herself!

Then, enjoy the fresh, tender, juicy, and delicious peaches!

(End of this chapter)