Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 92 The Changing Fortune

Because the communication methods used in the hall were those that Li Xia was most familiar with in his subconscious.

Therefore, at this moment, the equipment panel displayed in front of Li Xia is very similar to that in the game.

The left side shows a detailed, large image of the equipment, and the right side shows its specific attributes.

Furthermore, the detailed image of the equipment was slowly rotating, so Li Xia saw something that seemed a little different in the rotation of the misfortune.

"enlarge!"

The image of misfortune zoomed in rapidly, revealing every detail before his eyes.

really!

A small silhouette of a figure appeared prominently on the ebony-like gun body of the cursed weapon.

It looks remarkably similar to the Sword Demon.

hiss----!
Will this gun imprint the enemies it kills onto its body?
Is it simply a record, or is it because it absorbed the fate of the enemy?

Will there be any special effects once more is absorbed?

Li Xia imagined a future scene: the gun barrel of the curse was densely covered with silhouettes of people on both sides.

Every silhouette represents a soul lost under gunfire!
The sense of oppression is overwhelming!

After observing carefully and finding that there were no other changes besides the silhouette, Li Xia closed the equipment panel.

(The flintlock rifle couldn't be rendered by AI, so I had to find a real one to use. Doom is way cooler!!)
He then turned to look at his own task.

Main quest unlocked

Main Quest: The Pinnacle of Martial Arts

[Mission Objective: Participate in the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament]

[Task Difficulty: E-?]

[Mission Rewards: Rewards will be distributed based on the final ranking after reaching the top eight]

Champion: 5 attribute points, 10 merit points, 2 Time-Space Copper Coins, Special Equipment Box (fixed)

Runner-up: 3 attribute points, 5 merit points, and 5000 Hall of Fame points
Third Place: 1 attribute point, 3 merit points, and 2000 Hall of Fame points
4-5 players: 1000 Hall Points
5-8 players: 500 Hall Points
[Mission Penalty: Failure to reach the top eight will result in a random deduction of 3 attribute points]

Li Xia frowned as he stared at the task punishment, then pondered it for a moment.

The top eight players recalled that it did seem quite simple, unless they were unlucky and encountered a strong opponent right from the start.

For example, Master Roshi.
But there are at least several thousand people participating in the martial arts tournament, and among those several thousand people, Master Roshi was drawn.

What terrible luck that must be!

Li Xia suddenly felt something was off. Wait for luck?!

Holy crap, luck!
With my luck, there's absolutely no doubt that even if there were 10,000 people participating, I would definitely draw Master Roshi in the first round of the lottery!

Danger!
The machines monitoring heart rhythm on the surrounding instruments suddenly started beeping.

A few seconds later, the ward door was pushed open, and Bulma and a large group of doctors rushed in.

They found Li Xia lying on the hospital bed, her brows furrowed, her face showing an unprecedented solemnity.

The doctors immediately sprang into action, either scrutinizing the data around the machine or rushing to Li Xia's side, anxiously inquiring about his feelings.

In the noisy environment, Li Xia slowly turned his head and looked at Bulma, his expression tragic yet carrying a final plea before his death.

"Miss Bulma, I want to ask you to promise me something."

"Huh? Ah—" Bulma's face flushed red, and she turned her head around in a panic, her toes digging into the ground.

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered something and chased the doctor, who seemed busy but was actually listening intently, out of the room.

Once the ward had finally quieted down, she whispered:

"You—you tell me."

Li Xia took a deep breath and said sincerely:

"Please use your money and your brains to help me arrange the draw for the World Martial Arts Tournament!"

Watching Bulma's departing figure, Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief. Although Bulma's expression was strange, she had finally agreed.

Next, it's a battle of wits and abilities between Luck 0 and Bulma. This is the simplest method Li Xia can think of; another method is to use the Fate Feedback of Misfortune.

But using 15 points of luck for only 10 seconds here is a huge waste.

After taking measures, Li Xia began to think about contingency plans in case his luck 0 really defeated his money power and he encountered Master Roshi.

According to the original work, Master Roshi's current fighting power is around 100, and he can reach close to 200 when he goes all out.

I am currently at most on par with Sun Wukong, which is about 80 in combat power, except that I also have the ability to unleash my power.

And most importantly, Master Roshi also has the title of 'God of Martial Arts'.

It's unlikely that they'll have much of a chance against Master Roshi, which is probably why the Hall of Fame sets the champion's reward much higher than the second-place prize.

Calculating the time, there's still a week until the World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament.

Li Xia got out of bed and sat cross-legged under the questioning gazes of the medical staff.

Then the rest is quite simple.

Zhou Tian! Healing!
Four days passed in a flash. Li Xia exhaled a breath of stale air and slowly opened his eyes.

At this point, the health bar in the lower right corner had been restored to 100%, and Zhou Tian's healing effect was better than expected.

If it's not a situation that requires immediate recovery, relying on Zhou Tian can save a lot of recovery items.

Furthermore, my own panel has undergone minor changes.

[System notification: Information collection completion rate has met the requirements. Quantitative display of True Qi will now be enabled!]

The true qi is finally being quantified? That's a good thing, although it's just an auxiliary function and not 100% accurate.

It's estimated that the Hall of Light has been analyzing that true Qi is extremely rare, unlike the magical power of an ordinary mage.

The values ​​can be displayed directly; there's no need for such a long data collection process.

The white True Qi bar below the health bar suddenly displayed a value: 247 (Spirit * 10 + LV1 Proficiency + Circulation).

The LV1 beginner level of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills only provides a maximum of 75 points.

It's a bit low. I just don't know what kind of bonus it would provide if I broke through from LV1 to LV2.

However, the advantage is that the upper limit will increase over time as the cycle continues.

To put it in a more fantastical way, the spiritual energy in lower-level worlds isn't that great, while higher-level worlds might have more spiritual energy generated through circulation.

Li Xia stroked his chin and pondered for a while before continuing to read, because some skills had also changed after the True Qi was quantified.

For example, the previous section on true qi in the 【Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques】:
Cultivating Qi: Spiritual power will be transformed into True Qi. Consuming True Qi can inflict damage that ignores defense.

Because it cannot be quantified, there is no way to display specific values; one can only rely on their own intuition, so it is not displayed on the panel.

Ultimately, the panel is just an auxiliary function, designed to help the apostles understand their own situation more intuitively.

Items that cannot be visually displayed cannot be listed in the panel.

Anyone who thinks the interface is everything is probably a fool.
Li Xia used the technique of imbuing weapons with true qi when fighting the sword demon, and it was quite effective. Now that true qi has been quantified, this feature has naturally appeared.

【Practicing Qi and Cultivating Immortality】:
You can apply True Qi to weapons or limbs, with a minimum coverage of 1 point of True Qi and a maximum coverage of 197 points (80% of the maximum True Qi).

When dealing damage to an enemy, each point of True Qi will deal 5 points of true damage, or negate the damage caused by 10 points of energy attack.

Oh?
Li Xia's eyes lit up. This is great!
It can both attack and defend!

Moreover, the solar breathing incorporated into the cycle of the heavens also underwent changes.

The original consumption of 0.5% of True Qi has now been converted to 0.5% of True Qi per second, which is now very little.

And this is the kind without any hidden dangers, because the lifespan loss that should have occurred has been replaced by true qi.

Li Xia felt that it probably wouldn't be long before Sun Breathing became a common skill!
He stood up, lifted the collar of his coat hanging on the back of the chair, and slung it over his shoulder with one hand.

He pushed open the door to the ward, paused for a moment, and nodded.

Good morning, Bulma.

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)