Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

This is the legacy left by Lao Guo!

Zhao Hao looked at Old Guo. Although the old man had died tragically, his expression was peaceful, and there was even a smile on his lips.

Zhao Hao sighed deeply: "Alas~ Although you didn't reveal any useful clues until your death, but... alas. Old Guo, may you rest in peace!"

Just then, Tachibana suddenly exclaimed, "What is this thing?"

While it was digging into the fish's brain, it suddenly discovered a jade pendant inside the blackfish's brain.

This thing clearly shows signs of human carving, and there are two seal characters on it!

Orange-shaped seat naturally didn't recognize seal script, nor did it care about the jade plaque; it simply tossed it to Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao was reading the "Method of Refining the Bell of Provocation" when he caught the jade tablet without turning his head.

Upon obtaining it, I discovered that the jade pendant reacts to spiritual energy!

He looked closely and exclaimed, "Taiyin?!"

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By the time Zhao Hao finished cleaning up the battlefield, it was already past midnight.

After Orange Throne finished harvesting them, all those water monsters and black fish were swallowed and digested by Little Soft.

The entire riverside wilderness was devoid of life; there were no chirping insects or birdsong, only the gentle sound of the river water lapping against the bank.

There was no time to go back to town, so Zhao Hao led Juzuo and Xiaoruan toward Guo Jiu's Gaogang mortuary.

Along the way, he encountered several attacks, all by monsters.

They should have been wild dogs or hyenas, but now they seem to have been parasitized by some aquatic creatures. Some have lost their fur and grown scales, some have lost an eye and grown an eel, and some have lost their tongue and become strange fish!

That's strange, these things weren't here when we arrived.

Zhao Hao hadn't expected such a sudden and drastic change.

Fortunately, these monsters were not very strong. Although they looked strange and terrifying, they were only at the level of ordinary people.

After climbing the hill and returning to the dilapidated mortuary, Zhao Hao secured the broken wooden door with a bolt. Although he was exhausted, it was not yet time to rest.

He left Xiao Ruan in the yard as a guard, then found some rice in the kitchen and put it in a pot to cook porridge. He also added a dozen eggs and a piece of cured meat to the pot and cooked them together!

Forget about whether it tastes good or not, just fill your stomach first.

As for Orange's suggestion to let it take charge of cooking, and to show Zhao Hao its extraordinary monster cooking skills, Zhao Hao just shook his head!

"Even if I, Zhao Ritian, starve to death or jump off this hill, I will not eat a single bite of your filthy rubbish!"

While waiting for the porridge to cook, he took a short rest and began organizing the day's information...

"First, I learned from Lao Guo that others had been to this eerie place before. The little water demon I killed might have been the transformed form of the missing child... but no one has ever left this place alive!"

"Old Guo said before he died that time was running out, and there was still something in the town... There must be more to it than that! And I wonder if the monsters that the animals I encountered on my way back were related to the killing of the Black Fish Monster!"

"And then came the harvest!"

Zhao Hao looked at the "Provocation Bell Refining Method" in his hand and the boning knife.

The method of provoking the bell is a primitive sacrificial technique that transforms ordinary objects into extraordinary ones.

Actually, it's quite low-end. Old Guo's boning knife was originally passed down through three generations of a butcher family, and it was made through ten years of blood sacrifice. Of course, the effect is quite good.

Magical arts certainly vary in power; powerful ones can move mountains and overturn seas, while weak ones can only hypnotize ordinary people.

Zhao Hao also mentally assigned a level to the spells he had come into contact with, based on the system's classification of levels.

For example, Paper Shikigami, Paper People and Horses, Grass and Trees as Soldiers, and the Universal Fist are all equivalent to the level 2 Black Iron skill.

The skill "Scattering Beans to Create Soldiers" taught by Uncle Tie should be at level 3 Black Iron.

The Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Technique is considered level 4 because it is a cultivation method. The barrier technique that Zhao Hao currently possesses is also at this level.

However, the Hidden Dragon Sleeping Elixir Technique has mutated due to its own nature, and Zhao Hao can no longer assess its level. For now, let's just call it the Hidden Dragon Dreaming Technique!

Gargamel's chaos magic has a level 5 Black Iron rating; sometimes it's incredibly powerful, and sometimes it's incredibly unreliable. Don't try it if you're not familiar with it!

And this bell-refining technique is only level 3!

This is only because it has very low requirements; even ordinary people without psychic powers can use it as long as they are willing to work hard!

Well, the skills Zhao Hao knows are all minor, and they don't really help him much.

It would be better to focus on cultivating the Sleep Technique, just like Uncle Tie said, spiritual energy is the foundation of everything.

If you practice the techniques but not the skills, you'll end up with nothing when you're old!

If you focus on combat, both barrier magic and chaos magic have high potential for growth!

However, all of this takes time! It's not as easy to master as those low-level minor spells.

Zhao Hao wondered if he could combine them into a big hodgepodge!

The advantage of paper shikigami is its simplicity; you only need to consume spiritual energy to summon simple shikigami to help you with tasks.

They're ready to use immediately with no cooling-off period. The downside is they're not very combat-effective; they're basically just a bunch of small, labor-intensive workers!

The advantage of paper figures and horses is that, with sufficient preparation, they possess considerable combat power and functionality. The disadvantage is that they require advance preparation; once an encounter occurs, there is no opportunity to prepare.

Moreover, if preparations are insufficient, there is no way to replenish supplies during battle, and the combat strength can only be described as average, with more henchmen.

Moreover, making paper figures and horses is very time-consuming and energy-intensive, and there are also time constraints.

Zhao Hao has been working hard these past few days, and this is all he has to do. This battle almost resulted in a complete annihilation!

As for the idea of ​​seeing soldiers in grass and trees, it's similar to paper figures and horses, except the materials are natural things like grass and trees.

His combat power is incredibly weak; even an ordinary person could take on ten of him. Because it's an illusion, it's actually fake; a single punch will expose his true form.

The advantage is that it's convenient, uses readily available materials, and comes in large quantities. Just grab a handful of wild grass, and you can easily get a dozen or even dozens! It's the perfect atmosphere for cheering and waving flags.

This spell relies on deception and is all about winning through sheer quantity!

There's a saying that fake soldiers can wear down a real general. This is because the fake soldiers keep fighting you non-stop, but in reality, they're just fighting soldiers and generals made of plants and trees.

The "beans turning into soldiers" technique is even more advanced; even Uncle Tie has been refining divine soldiers beans for over a decade.

However, this spell has high requirements. It requires visualizing a famous historical general or legendary figure, then setting up an altar to perform a sacrifice, so as to find the spiritual image of that general in the spiritual energy sea, extract a trace of his spirituality and seal it into the spell bean, and then refine and strengthen it over many years until it becomes a divine weapon bean.

The combat power of Uncle Tie and his group is estimated to be around 4 or 5 stars of Black Iron, and they each have their own unique abilities!

However, the entry requirements for this thing are high, and refining it is even more difficult. Zhao Hao spent a lot of money to obtain materials and refined it for a short time, but this time he failed completely.

Zhao Hao: My bond: the Oath of the Peach Garden, severed~~~

So, is it possible to combine these different spells to take advantage of each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses?

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Chapter 70 Time is chasing Zhao Hao...

The paper shikigami are arbitrary, the paper people and horses have any effect, the grass and trees are soldiers in number and low consumption, the beans can be turned into soldiers in combat power and supernatural power, and finally the bell-burning ritual has a low threshold and can be formed quickly!

Ok!

Zhao Hao admitted that he was being a bit delusional. With his limited abilities, he thought he could merge several techniques. He must have drunk too much by the river tonight.

However, there was still a sliver of hope; at least Zhao Hao had found a possibility.

That is to incorporate chaos magic!

Chaos magic is a chaotic system of magic that cannot be predicted or calculated, and it can do many things that cannot be done by common sense and logic.

If we can truly harness chaos magic as the core driving force, perhaps we can achieve our goal.

Of course, there's no time for that now.

In addition to that, Zhao Hao also obtained the boning knife and the Taiyin Jade Token.

As Zhao Hao held the boning knife in his hand, the system in his mind actually displayed its attributes.

【Demon Blade - Bloodstained】

Black Iron 3-star equipment

Bonecrusher: Extremely sharp, with armor-piercing capabilities.

Bleeding: Wounds caused by this plant cannot heal and will continue to bleed.

Blood Qi: When damage is inflicted on flesh and blood creatures, a portion of blood qi will stimulate the wielder, causing them to fight relentlessly. The lower the constitution, the greater the side effects.

Note: It needs to be soaked in blood for one hour every day, otherwise it will devour its master.

Note: A deep-seated hatred leads to certain death, even for the enemy!

It was with this demonic sword that Lao Guo, a mere mortal, managed to slay a powerful monster of the Black Iron 4-star level.

Zhao Hao didn't know what to say; he couldn't use this sword. It was far inferior to his own Dragon-Slaying Crescent Blade.

This is a demonic sword that devours its master! But I can take it back and sell it for money!

After all, it's a Black Iron 3-star extraordinary weapon, so there's bound to be someone willing to pay a high price for it.

After Zhao Hao channeled his spiritual energy into the Taiyin Jade Token, a spell automatically appeared in his mind! And it was even a cultivation method!

However, it is not a method of cultivation used by humans!

"Taiyin Refining Form" is an unorthodox method that uses the moon's essence to cultivate a human body!

Zhao Hao glanced at the jade pendant, then at the orange stand beside it...

The orange cat felt a chill at the base of its tail and its fur stood on end: Danger!

Why are you looking at me like that? I would never become that kind of thing! I'm a male!

Also, Orange has pried out two fist-sized fish eyes, which are now crystal clear, like precious pearls.

Fish eye pearl

Black Iron 2-star items

Note: This bead contains a small amount of psionic energy.

That night, Zhao Hao tried to find Guo Jiu's hidden diary or something, but unfortunately, Guo was an upright man and never wrote a diary.

There's nothing I can do. I'll figure something out when I get back to Linshui Town tomorrow.

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