Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 698 Shattered Star Hunting Rift, Battle Edge Forever

Mingyuan Sect.

After exchanging intelligence and materials about the demons, Li Yuan did not linger.

After leaving the sect, Li Yuan stopped his escape light above the Tianheng Domain and began to plan his next move.

The Yao Guang Secret Realm will open in about two months, giving him enough time to go to the Shattered Star Valley for a period of intensive cultivation.

There are two things that are most important right now. First, the blue attribute "Rift Edge" on the Rift Beast's inner core needs to be permanently acquired by killing three spatial monsters of the same rank. Currently, I've done it once, so I need two more. Second, my Spatial Slicing Technique is stuck at the late mastery stage; I should take advantage of the high-pressure environment of Shattered Star Valley to try and achieve minor mastery.

As for the blue inscription on the Void Crystal Core's Void Abyss Array Core, it requires stabilizing the collapsing space for a whole day, and there's no shortage of such places deep within Shattered Star Valley. The time the Conduction and Guiding Stones spend in the void can also be advanced incidentally.

Li Yuan transformed into a beam of light and headed straight for Shattered Star Valley.

At the entrance to Shattered Star Valley, spatial fluctuations remained intense. Fragments of shattered stars drifted slowly through the cracks.

Li Yuan took out the Rift Beast's inner core and placed it in the first slot of his equipment inventory.

The inner elixir disappeared in his palm.

[Rift Edge - Blue is now active]

[Effect: Increases spiritual energy circulation efficiency by 50% when fighting in spatial environments; increases the power of spatial attribute spells by 30%.]

The circulation of spiritual energy within the body changed accordingly. The fluctuations from the surrounding rifts were no longer just interference, but rather became a source of assistance, making the mobilization of spiritual energy much smoother than outside the valley.

Li Yuan ventured deep into the densely fractured zone of the middle layer.

With the Spatial Exploration Technique perfected, passive perception spread across eight hundred feet. The spatial fluctuations here were extremely chaotic, which would suppress ordinary divine sense, but the Spatial Exploration Technique could use these fluctuations to navigate; the denser the rifts, the clearer the perception.

Six hundred feet to the north, the aura of a fourth-tier early-stage demonic beast was locked onto.

Rift lizard.

This beast was about two zhang long, covered in grayish-white scales, with short, thick limbs and a long, thin tail that forked at the end. It lay on the edge of a wide rift, its body almost blending into the rift wall. If it hadn't been detected beforehand by a spatial detection technique, it would have been difficult to distinguish with the naked eye or ordinary divine sense.

Li Yuan lowered his escape light and approached from the flank.

Three hundred zhang, two hundred zhang, one hundred zhang.

Sensing something amiss, the rift lizard tensed its muscles beneath its scales, twitched its tail, and sprang its entire body off the rift wall, darting deeper into the rift cluster.

The forbidden spatial technique descended.

The fifteen-zhang confinement field instantly blocked its path. The Rift Lizard crashed into the invisible barrier, its body suddenly halting.

The Demonic Binding Technique was activated, and twenty-four black binding ropes shot out from the inner wall of the forbidden area, binding the Rift Lizard from all directions.

The binding rope tightened, and the gray-white scales were corroded by demonic energy, emitting a faint hissing sound.

The Rift Lizard struggled desperately, a spatial ripple emanating from its forked tail as it tried to tear open the confinement field. However, its spatial restriction technique had reached a minor level of mastery, making it difficult for a fourth-tier early-stage demonic beast to break through.

Li Yuan raised his hand, and the Space Cutting Technique cut into the thinnest part of the spiritual energy shield on the Rift Lizard's body.

An invisible cutting line pierced through his neck, severing his main spiritual energy channel and instantly extinguishing his life force.

The rift lizard's massive body went limp in the entanglement.

[Rift Blade Permanentization Progress: 2/3]

Li Yuan withdrew his spell and stored the Rift Lizard's corpse in his storage bag. Materials from fourth-tier spatial attribute monsters were rare; their scales, bones, and tendons were all useful, and he would process them later.

The light rose again and continued to advance deeper into the densely packed rift zone.

After killing the Rift Lizard, Li Yuan did not rush to find the next spatial monster.

Zones with dense fissures are excellent training grounds.

He stopped at the confluence of a rift, his spatial perception technique extending to eight hundred feet, passively sensing the surrounding space and taking in the structure of the surrounding space. Dozens of rifts were intertwined, their surface stresses chaotic, some as thin as paper, others as hard as rock.

Space cutting technique.

With a single slash, spiritual energy transformed into an invisible blade, cutting into the weakest point of the nearest crack wall. The blade disappeared into the wall, extending along the direction of stress, cutting out a smooth cross-section.

Sheathe the knife, find another crevice, and try again.

The second cut was off-angled by half a point, and the blade hit the stress transition zone, causing a sharp increase in wear. Li Yuan noted this deviation, readjusted, and made the third cut.

Cut after cut, each stroke following the thinnest part of the wall. The spatial structure of the densely packed fissures in Shattered Star Valley is far more complex than the outside world, with constantly shifting stress distribution, and even the weakest point of the same fissure can shift. Practicing swordsmanship in such a place allows for the accumulation of later stages of mastering spatial cutting techniques several times faster.

The bonus from the Rift Edge attribute is also significant. Spiritual energy circulation efficiency is increased by 50%, and the consumption of a single spatial cutting technique is reduced by nearly 30%, allowing Li Yuan to cast it more frequently and refine it more thoroughly.

Spatial forbidden techniques are being refined in tandem.

Li Yuan chose a slowly expanding crack and used a forbidden technique to suppress its growth. The edge of the forbidden field had to perfectly match the crack's outline; covering too much would waste spiritual energy, while covering too little wouldn't be enough to suppress it. The crack was irregularly shaped, and its edges were still subtly changing, so the forbidden field had to be adjusted accordingly.

After several rounds of repetition, the fitting accuracy of the confinement field steadily improved.

For the next few days, Li Yuan constantly changed locations within the densely packed rifts, going wherever the spatial structure was more complex. He alternated between spatial cutting techniques and forbidden spatial arts, using the Dark Abyss Demonic Essence Technique to replenish his energy within the gaps. Although his thirty days of demonic energy cultivation were complete, his daily routine continued uninterrupted.

On the ninth day, Li Yuan advanced deeper into the eastern part of Shattered Star Valley.

The spatial detection technique detected the aura of a large spatial monster seven hundred feet away.

Fissure python.

It was over five zhang long, with a dark blue body and fine, flowing spatial patterns on its scales. The python's body was coiled at the bottom of a wide fissure, its tail embedded deep within the fissure, almost blending into the ripples of the fissure.

Initial stage of fourth order.

Li Yuan lowered his body and approached from the flank. When he was three hundred feet away, the Rift Python reacted, its huge head rising from the bottom of the rift, its vertical pupils locking onto his location.

The Rift Python did not flee; instead, it yanked its tail out of the fissure, drawing out a spatial rift that swept across the area. The rift, like an invisible giant blade, distorted space wherever it passed, covering a fan-shaped area nearly forty feet in front of it.

The scope is very broad.

Li Yuan dodged to the side, but the Fissure Python swung its tail again, and a second fissure swept in at a tricky angle, blocking his path perfectly.

Dragon's Might Technique.

A directional, cone-shaped mental shockwave shot out from Li Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness, precisely striking the Rift Python's head. With the permanent enhancement of the "Suppressive Aura" attribute, the mental suppression was 30% stronger than usual, and the dragon's aura overwhelmed the Rift Python's spiritual defenses.

The Fissure Python's body suddenly stiffened, its vertical pupils became unfocused, and the second fissure pulled by its tail dissipated before it could even take shape.

This moment is enough.

The Spatial Imprisonment Technique descended, covering the front half of the python's body with a fifteen-zhang-wide forbidden area. At the same time, the Demonic Entanglement Technique was activated, and twenty-four black binding ropes shot out from within the imprisonment area, wrapping around the python's neck, body, and tail, tightening them suddenly.

The Rift Python struggled to break free from its dazed state, writhing desperately. The spatial patterns on its dark blue scales lit up wildly, and a spatial fluctuation erupted from its body, attempting to tear open the confinement field from within.

The edge of the confinement area trembled violently, but it did not break.

Li Yuan raised his hand and unleashed a spatial cutting technique, slicing into the main spiritual energy vein beneath the python's neck scales.

An invisible blade pierced through the gaps in the scales, severing the main channel of spiritual energy in the neck.

The Fissure Python's struggles abruptly ceased, its massive body collapsing limply in the entanglement, its life force rapidly fading away.

In the equipment slot, the Rift Beast's inner core began to dissipate.

A stream of blue light flowed from the equipment slot and into Li Yuan's meridians.

Images appeared in my mind.

A cultivator found himself amidst a cluster of collapsing spatial rifts, surrounded by torn and twisted fragments of space. He carefully avoided the edges of the rifts with each step, accelerating his spellcasting by harnessing the turbulent currents within the rifts, his spiritual energy resonating with the spatial fluctuations.

The image fades away.

[Permanentization complete]

【Rift Blade - Blue】

[Effect: Permanently increases spiritual energy efficiency by 50% when fighting in spatial environments; permanently increases the power of spatial attribute spells by 30%.]

The first slot in the equipment inventory is now empty.

The insights gained from permanent transformation seeped into Li Yuan's mind, further enhancing his familiarity with the combat rhythm within the spatial environment. From then on, even if he left Shattered Star Valley, as long as he was in a place with active spatial fluctuations, this boost to spiritual energy circulation would automatically take effect.

Li Yuan withdrew his spell and stored the Rift Python's corpse into his personal micro-world. He separated the scales, bones, and tendons one by one, and also took out the inner core from the python's belly to examine it. There were no fluctuations in its attributes; it was just an ordinary fourth-tier spatial attribute inner core.

The materials from the previously killed Rift Lizards were also collected. The complete set of materials from two fourth-tier spatial attribute monsters is extremely rare in the Upper Realm market and can be used for both weapon crafting and alchemy.

After finishing, Li Yuan returned to the Rift Lizard's nest to do a final cleaning.

Embedded in a crevice in the corner of the nest was a shattered piece of spatial ore, its surface riddled with cracks and its spiritual energy nearly depleted. Li Yuan took out the ore, and within a three-foot sensing range, he sensed a faint fluctuation of its astral energy.

White entries.

Directly make it permanent.

[Permanentization complete]

[Air-cracked micro-sharp white]

[Effect: Slightly improves the accuracy of spatial cutting spells.]

The improvement is small, but the Space Cutting Technique is all about accuracy. Even a little more precision can save spiritual energy and make the kill more stable.

Li Yuan collected the ore fragments he had swept up and continued deeper into Shattered Star Valley.