Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 292 Revisiting the Tier 3 Arena

(The ability of Kurozumi's Mangekyou Sharingan has been modified. Originally a single skill, it has been changed to two skills. You can go back to Chapter 2 for a comprehensive enhancement.)
"Nonsense!"

Awoo expressed its disdain; it was clearly thinking of that old friend from its bloodline memories.

Maybe the eldest will actually meet a suitable dog someday.

Li Xia had already landed slowly on the ground. The training ground allowed for the free recovery of injuries and true qi. What restricted the apostles from practicing in the training ground was their wallets and mental fatigue.

The Murakumo Sword darted nimbly around Li Xia, testing the limits of the Sky Sword.

Seeing that Li Xia had finished the test, Aowu and Heitan stopped chatting.

"Boss, how's it going?"

"It's alright, more flexible than I expected."

Li Xia's left hand was still in the sword-finger position. He casually flicked it, and the long sword shot out from behind him, hovering in front of him and floating slightly up and down.

"However, if you combine it with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, it's best to create only one clone. Ten swords are enough; use nine as feints and the main body as the primary attacker."

The sword floating in front of me suddenly trembled and split into ten. From the outside, all ten swords gleamed with a cold light and had the same texture.

It's completely impossible to tell the difference between real and fake.

"It has a wide range of applications. For example, it is good for dealing with scattered enemies or enemies that are fighting guerrilla warfare. It can be used to restrain and kill them."

Li Xia has mid-range attack methods, such as high-speed slashes and hole-hole waves.

But these are all straightforward techniques, which work well when there are no obstructions, but they are not as useful as this 'youth version of sword control' when encountering complex terrain.

Li Xia's idea was this: use the Transparent World to unlock the lock, then use the longsword to finish off the enemy; this whole process would consume very little energy.

The True Qi value of a dozen points can be recovered in no time, and the person can stand still without moving, saving even physical exertion.

Compared to Flying Thor going there, or rushing over to catch up with them one by one, it's extremely cost-effective.

More importantly, flying swords are unaffected by damage reflection skills such as 'Thorn Aura' and 'Energy Refraction'.

As for the 'Ten Thousand Swords Technique' just now, it was just a load test. It looked impressive, but its practicality was not strong.

Unless there is some kind of sword formation that can enhance its power.

"Black Charcoal, go and try out your skills."

Li Xia runs a Tier 3 advanced training ground, which is quite expensive, but worth the price.

"Meow!"

The kitten happily darted into the training ground and began practicing its skills one by one, mainly the newly acquired Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

"By the way, you mentioned last time that the enhancement level should ideally be three, and no higher than five."

Li Xia only said this one sentence, and Aowu immediately understood what it meant.

Xiao Long chuckled: "Boss, do you know what a slot machine is?"

Slot machines? What does this have to do with slot machines?

"I've seen slot machines online. Generally speaking, in order to make a profit, slot machines will set a line, and after swallowing enough money, they will trigger a big prize."

But this line must be far higher than the grand prize.

Li Xia raised an eyebrow: "You mean the enhancement machine is like a slot machine, only succeeding in enhancement after consuming enough resources?"

"No!"

Aowu shook his head, carefully recalling those fragmented memories, his voice suddenly lowering:

"The entire enhancement hall is like a giant slot machine!"

Li Xia was stunned, and then it was as if a bolt of lightning had suddenly struck his mind.

Holy crap, this is a real fucking bastard!
Based on his own experience of strengthening, he had already understood the meaning of "Awoo".

The entire enhancement hall has over a thousand enhancement machines, and this is only the third-tier one.

Countless apostles undergo strengthening here every day.

Countless materials were put in, enough to strengthen many, many weapons, but not enough to strengthen each one.

So how does the Temple of Light work?

Let's have a lucky draw!

The more materials you invest, the higher your chances of winning. As for a 100% success rate for enhancement...
That's because the materials you put in are enough to strengthen your weapon; you don't need to draw a lottery!
"So in fact, the Hall didn't contribute any enhancement resources; it only provided the platform. The majority of the funding came from the apostles through crowdfunding and lotteries?"

Li Xia pinched the bridge of her nose. This really is a palace!
Delving into the logic of the temple, it boils down to this: if the apostles can provide the funds themselves, then let them provide them; if they truly cannot, then provide the least amount of funding.

Based on this logic, a rewriteable, reconfigurable derivative world was created, utilizing the original world stuck between the second and third orders to advance to the next order.
Why does he seem a bit like a heartless capitalist?
"Then don't exceed 5."

Aowu chuckled: "The enhancement limit for a Tier 3 weapon is five, and the optimal state is enhancement to level 3. Super-tier enhancement is actually harmful to the weapon, but it just won't show up on the panel."

"What about the fourth level?"

"Enhancement +7"

Li Xia nodded, indicating that she understood.

"Is this true for all (temples)?"

“According to me—” Awoo tapped his forehead with his short paws: “That’s how it is, but after so many years, things may have changed.”

The chances are slim, boss, you know how it is; rules like these are rarely changed.

Li Xia hummed in agreement and silently kept these thoughts in mind. Therefore, the value of reviving Aowu was far greater than that of the Reincarnation Technique.

It's like a treasure blind box; you never know how much the Transcendental Palace holds within its bloodline memory, nor what it can recall.

If it weren't for Aowu's reminder, after seeing how powerful the enhancement effect was, Li Xia would have found it difficult not to spend tens of thousands of Hall Points to upgrade the enhancement to level 5, even with over 200,000 Hall Points in hand.
At this moment, Kurotan had already mastered all the other skills, leaving only the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as an accessory.

"Meow!"

The patterns in Kurotan's eyes slowly rotated, and chakra condensed on its body surface. A white, illusory figure slowly emerged behind it.

At first, there were only bone armor, but soon something resembling flesh and blood covered the skeleton.

The white Susanoo, several meters tall, shrouded the black charcoal within, creating an oppressive aura.

Its chakra is already limited, and the negative buffs of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan will take up a portion of its chakra limit.

Being able to activate half of Susanoo is already quite good, but it's still a long way from achieving the fifth stage of Susanoo: Armor.

"The blue bars on the black charcoal are still too few; we need to think of a solution."

Li Xia shook his head. This half-body Susanoo can only be described as a decent shield; it has defensive capabilities, but nothing else.

The black charcoal over there urged Susanoo to perform a few more movements, then stuck out its little tongue and gasped for breath.

Manifesting Susanoo requires mana, and activating Susanoo consumes stamina.

The road to becoming stronger is long and arduous!
In the training field, Li Xia was once again reaching the limit of mastering and becoming accustomed to the transparent world.

As an extension of the Demon Slayer world, the Breathing Techniques have reached their limit, and the originally abnormal percentage bonus has become a fixed bonus.

This was inevitable; Li Xia hadn't expected that the breathing technique he obtained in the early stages of the world would be useful in the later stages.

It's like if Muzan, the final boss of Demon Slayer, were standing right in front of me, I could instantly slice him into sashimi.

After training, we had another delicious meal with Aowu Heitan at the same buffet restaurant.

The next day, after indulging in a long, relaxing sleep, I headed straight for the arena.

Inside the preparation lounge, a large screen clearly displays the current real-time number of players and their personal information.

You have entered the Arena (Tier 3)

[Current Arena Players: 31714] [Current Ranking: 28991]

Current winning streak: 0 games

The last time I came to the arena, I encountered an extremely disgusting heavily armored tank, and the terrain was an octagonal cage.

Li Xia decisively chose to give up, which broke his winning streak and caused his ranking to drop significantly.

"Boss, boss, let's start a match!"

Aowu was eager to try. As previously agreed, it and Heitan would be the first to face the current opponents. The problem for Aowu and Heitan was that they lacked real combat experience.

Most of the time, the dragon and the cat are playing a support role, especially Awoo, who previously had a mud body and couldn't improve its attributes.

Now that it's back in the game, its attributes have increased across the board, with 26 points in all five attributes. At this level, which is close to 3th place, that's definitely not bad.

Moreover, there's still a considerable distance to go before reaching the fourth tier, so there's a long way to go before sprinting into the arena, and there's not much pressure about winning or losing.

Li Xia smiled and clicked "Start".

The matching speed is as fast as ever.

[Matching successful]

[We have found an opponent with a similar current ranking, and we will soon begin preparing for the match!]

[Audience size: 2]

[Venue is being randomly selected]

[Battle begins!]

Suddenly, everything went black before my eyes, and the traditional feeling of dizziness gradually faded away.

What comes into view is a forest, with a winding river flowing through it and heading into the distance.

On the other side of the river, the battling apostles were also shaking their heads, trying to shake off the dizziness of the teleportation.

The strange force that had restricted his movement vanished abruptly. Li Xia glanced around and sat down on a tree stump not far away.

He waved to Black Charcoal and Awoo:
"rush!"

The little hand squinted its eyes, sizing up its opponents: a person, a cat, and an egg?

Is this a summoner? But this summon doesn't seem very powerful?

He pondered this in his mind, but his hands didn't stop moving. He flipped his hands and threw a round metal ball onto the ground.

The metal spheres quickly unfolded, forming a cube-shaped shelter, followed by the throwing of several more metal spheres of varying sizes.

In just a few seconds, a gleaming metallic bunker appeared on the opposite bank of the river, its sentry gun flashing a blinding red light as it slowly circled.

Li Xia raised her eyebrows, her interest piqued.

Is this a cover-based gunner?
As we all know, gunners are a class with high damage output, but they are also extremely vulnerable. Having cover or not is crucial for them.

However, real-world situations are ever-changing, and it's impossible for a gunman to always have a suitable cover available.

In this magical place called the temple, a gunman racked his brains and finally invented a path that can be described as having a unique and ingenious approach.

If there's no cover, can't I just build one myself?

Thus, relying on the magical temple, the cover-based gunner finally emerged, and with the passage of time...

They're getting more and more obsessed; some can even build an 'Eiffel Tower' for you in an instant.

In short, there's only one idea: either you come to cover me and shoot, or I'll hold you at gunpoint until you die.

The sturdy materials are comparable to heavy armor, making it difficult for ranged attacks to destroy the cover. Even if some of the cover is damaged, they can still use the remaining cover to launch an attack.

If we ignore the gunman...
The gunmen who take cover and fire are the most terrifying source of damage.

tricky!

Unexpectedly, the kitten and Awoo encountered such a formidable enemy in their very first match.

Li Xia rested her chin on her hand, watching with great interest. If it were her, well, the other side wouldn't even have time to prepare.

It doesn't matter if it's already set up, just charge in and kill them all.

Her small hand rested the gun on the firing port, and her free left eye, adorned with an advanced contact lens, displayed the radar scan results.

Then they saw the black cat rushing towards them with ghostly speed.

A forceful charge?

The sentry guns deployed in front of them suddenly turned around in unison.

"toot toot"

Metal jets spewed from the constantly rotating muzzle; these were all ordinary bullets, but their lethality was still considerable.

Several scorching chains of fire formed a crossfire, blocking the kitten's escape route.

"Oh!"

The black cat swept by the fire chain exploded into a puff of smoke. Xiao Shou's eyes narrowed, "Shadow Clone Technique?"
Just then, the stream in front of them suddenly boiled, sending up a torrent of water several meters high that rushed toward the metal bunker.

One of the eggs, covered in scales, was faintly visible.

"Oh!"

The small hand decisively pulled the trigger, and the muzzle suddenly spewed air out in all directions, releasing the enormous recoil.

A flash of fire appeared on the dragon egg, and with immense force, it spun around and flew backward at an extremely fast speed.

Holy crap, what kind of creature laid this egg? Even a sniper bullet with +9 attack couldn't penetrate it?
Xiao Shou cursed under his breath, but quickly pulled back the bolt, because the radar showed that another red dot was approaching.

"boom!"

The water had just splashed onto the ground when a white, illusory figure several meters tall rose up, its arms outstretched and fists clenched, ready to slam down heavily.

The little hand showed no panic, aiming at the kitten enveloped by the white, illusory figure.

Susanoo is nothing new, it's a flesh and blood Susanoo. A third-tier Susanoo has considerable defensive power, but that's relative.

His bullets were enough to penetrate the defenses and kill the main body inside.

But this guy on the other side is really rich. He can actually equip the Palico with the Mangekyou Sharingan. It must cost at least 10.
It's a pity. Even if an Palico has the Sharingan, it's still just a Palico!
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, his little hand heard a strange roar in his ear.

It felt as if the entire world was spinning, and a giant dragon seemed to be coldly staring at him.

[You have been affected by the Dragon's Majesty. After calculating relevant resistances, you have suffered 1174 points of Mental damage!]

"puff!"

Blood spurted from the little hand's mouth. He glanced at the panel with some fear, but still gritted his teeth and stared at Susanoo.

But through the scope, a pair of blood-red Sharingan eyes seemed to fill the entire field of vision.

Oh no! Illusion!
Black Charcoal silently approached the small hand, which was still in an aiming posture, and extended three sharp claws.

She effortlessly swept her hand across the neck, like an elegant assassin.

Blood gushed out, and Black Charcoal instinctively wanted to lick his paws, but then he seemed to hear Li Xia's voice in his ear: "Don't lick your paws!"

The kitten darted out from its hiding place and waved its paws happily at Li Xia, who was a hundred meters away.

"Meow!"

First victory!
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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)