Chapter 279: Earth Fire’s Skills

After becoming an Astral Diviner, the Forsaken Star and Celestial Fiend holder can turn passivity into initiative and accumulate his own "fortune" through this method. All the fortune collected in this way will eventually become nourishment for his "fate." Once enough has been accumulated, his Main Fate will rise to another level, allowing him to break through from the first stage of the Supernatural realm to the second stage.

It was not only Joo Joowon who needed to do this. Every Astral Diviner needed to do the same. The only difference between them was the kind of things they needed to accomplish.

For example, the Lord of the Literary Star governed literary fortune. What he needed to do was display his abilities in literature and the arts. The higher he climbed, and the more others recognized his talent, the easier it would be for him to accumulate Star Fortune as the reincarnation of the Literary Star.

Therefore, for Astral Diviner, whether they could become powerful experts of a high rank was truly something that depended heavily on fate. It was closely connected to their own destiny.

A Main Star like Joo Joowon’s, which could be useful in both literary and martial struggles, was relatively fortunate. However, some Main Stars focused entirely on killing and warfare. If they were born in a peaceful era, they were destined to achieve little and might even end up living in poverty. They could only rise to prominence by finding a place where wars and chaos occurred frequently. Meanwhile, Main Stars focused on literature would also be like duckweed floating on water during times of turmoil.

Fate and fortune were both indispensable. Lacking either one could cause a person’s entire life to go badly. For Transcendence beings who did not follow the path of fate, these things were not particularly important. The great power of Transcendence beings belonged to themselves, so these matters could not affect them. Instead, they would be the ones to nourish and strengthen fate.

However, things were different for Transcendence beings who followed this path. As their cultivation increased, their connections with one another would also grow deeper. They would continually strengthen their influence on each other. Therefore, when they lacked fortune, the consequences would inevitably be far more serious than those suffered by ordinary Supernatural beings.

Putting everything else aside, being unable to use his skills had a major impact on his current personal safety.

From the moment Astral Diviner embarked on this path, they were destined to spend their entire lives entangled with fate. There was no way to avoid it.

Of course, every path had its own limitations, so Joo Joowon was not particularly dissatisfied with this.

At least, although this class had many restrictions, it was not weak. It was also not easy for others to counter. When it came to whether certain things should be avoided, he only needed to look at his own Astral Fate to know what he should do. It was not like his previous job, which had many restrictions and endless troubles, while his salary was the only thing that was not plentiful.

That kind of profession was truly unlucky to the extreme.

And such a profession really did exist.

Joo Joowon estimated the amount of Star Fortune he had left. After confirming that it was not enough to affect his Main Fate, he stopped worrying about it.

Erasing an existence’s Astral Fate was an extremely dangerous matter. It was something every living being possessed from birth. Erasing it was equivalent to opposing Heaven and Earth, and it was very easy to suffer backlash.

Fortunately, the earth fire had been born after the fact, and its connection with the Main Star was already weak. Otherwise, Joo Joowon would inevitably have suffered Heaven and Earth’s retaliation. Even if he had ultimately succeeded in killing it, he might still have been seriously injured.

To avoid such a heavy price, people who followed the path of fate usually did not use such simple and brutal methods. Instead, they would influence things from the side, causing their enemies to become involuntarily involved in all kinds of accidents. Then, they would wait until the enemy’s fortune had been worn down to a low point before making their move. Alternatively, they would directly allow the enemy to die in an accident.

Astral Diviner used this method to reduce the "negative opinion" that Heaven and Earth would develop toward them because of their actions. At the same time, it also reduced the consumption of their own Star Fortune, preventing them from losing more than they gained and causing their fortune to become weaker and weaker.

If the situation allowed it, Joo Joowon would not mind doing things this way. However, he still preferred this direct method. Although the price was somewhat greater, at least it would leave no future troubles behind.

After resting for a while, the discomfort caused by his injured soul finally weakened. He no longer felt as if he had been stuffed inside a washing machine and spun around.

He opened the pet interface and took a look.

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[ Name: ? ]

Race: Spirit of Nature

Level: 1 (9)

Skills: Smoldering Embers, Thunderfire Erosion, Throwing Oneself into the Net, Five Elements Creation

Talents: Elemental Affinity, Born of Nature

Favorability: Hostile

Status: Seriously Injured

Description: Originally, it was earth fire caused by an accidental spontaneous combustion underground. By a stroke of fate, it comprehended the meaning of rebirth within thunder, and thus gained life. It is immune to most physical damage. Because it comprehended the power of thunder, which was extremely firm, strong, and full of yang energy, it has a great restraining effect on dark creatures and enjoys feeding on the spiritual nature of living beings.

(Note: When favorability is negative, there is a possibility that any pet may rebel.)

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[ Smoldering Embers (Rare~Elite) ]

Basic Attack: 1~40

Description: An elemental, domain, and perception-type skill. It silently buries flames underground and spreads them toward the enemy. At a critical moment, it swallows the enemy’s head and causes massive damage. It can also be used for scouting. The current skill has certain requirements regarding soil.

(Note: The current skill can be upgraded.)

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[ Thunderfire Erosion (Rare~Elite) ]

Basic Attack: 1~80

Description: An elemental and cultivation-type skill. The flames rise from below, transform, and give birth to something new, striking back against falling lightning. It changes the characteristics of its own flames, transforming yin fire into yang fire. It becomes extremely firm, strong, and full of yang energy, giving it a restraining effect against all extraordinary lifeforms with dark attributes. It can also use this to ignite Mental Power and refine the enemy’s Mental Power into pure spiritual nature for its own absorption.

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[ Throwing Oneself into the Net (Rare) ]

Basic Bonus: 1~40

Description: "Like a moth rushing toward the flames, how could it begrudge its own body being burned?"

A pollution and perception-type skill. It changes the characteristics of the flames and lures specific living beings into falling into a trap of their own accord. Using it consumes a large amount of spiritual nature. It can be used again after the spiritual nature has recovered.

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[ Five Elements Creation (Elite) ]

Basic Bonus: 1~80

Description: A cultivation and enhancement-type skill. All things in the world generate and restrain one another. Each time the skills [Smoldering Embers] and [Thunderfire Erosion] are used, they will receive an additional bonus. The more it comprehends, the greater the bonus will be. At present, it can only affect skills below Elite quality.

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[ Talent: Elemental Affinity ]

Description: It possesses an extremely high affinity for elemental substances and can control elements as it wishes. It also has an extremely high level of compatibility with certain skills, equipment, and items.

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[ Talent: Born of Nature ]

Description: All things are born from nature and nourished by the earth. As a Spirit of Nature, you possess absolute dominion over ordinary flames. You can also control flames of higher quality and issue commands to certain spiritual flames.

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[ Favorability: Hostile ]

Description: The target regards you as an enemy. Any action you take will cause the target to develop negative feelings toward you. ]