Chapter 162 - 104: Borrowing Your Bodies to Make a Deal With the Ancient Immortal, Magical Artifact Lotus Platform

Chapter 162: Chapter 104: Borrowing Your Bodies to Make a Deal With the Ancient Immortal, Magical Artifact Lotus Platform

An a-avatar?

*He still has unused trump cards?!*

No. 12 was so shocked that he forgot what he was supposed to do.

But No. 6, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, reacted swiftly. After all, he had seen with his own eyes how that bizarre avatar had emerged.

From Lu Chen’s very shadow!

"I have to leave, now!" Without any hesitation, No. 6 immediately abandoned No. 12 and turned to flee. But the moment he turned around, he found a cold Illusionary Spirit Sword pressed against his neck.

Staring at yet another avatar appearing beside him, No. 6’s mind went completely blank. Two types of Sword Intent, Divine Fire, Divine Skill Melting Furnace, a special Pupil Skill, and bizarre avatars... An ordinary Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator who mastered even one of these could be considered an outstanding genius. Yet Lu Chen had mastered all these methods simultaneously. Even if he had started cultivating in the womb, he couldn’t have learned this much!

"Could this guy really be the reincarnation of Immortal Gods?" he wondered.

At this thought, a sudden sense of relief washed over No. 6. Losing to someone like this didn’t seem so shameful after all. After all, mortals couldn’t compete with immortals...

As the two avatars struck simultaneously, No. 6 was decapitated by Lu Chen’s Outer Path Avatar with a single sword strike, while No. 12 had his heart meridians shattered by a punch from the other Outer Path Avatar.

THUD...

When their bodies hit the ground simultaneously, a small cloud of dust was kicked up.

Free from the control of the Demonic Sound Divine Technique, Lu Chen finally snapped back to his senses. Upon recovering, he paid no attention to No. 12’s corpse lying nearby with wide, unblinking eyes. Instead, he looked at No. 6’s headless body with a solemn expression.

"That was close. It’s a good thing I was a step ahead and deployed my Outer Path Incarnation early on to guard against unexpected surprises. Otherwise, I really would have fallen for his trick," Lu Chen thought. "The Divine Thought attacks of Foundation Establishment Cultivators... are truly impossible to guard against."

Lu Chen recalled the sensation of his Divine Soul and body being separated when he was surrounded by that bizarre Demonic Sound, and he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

It was true that his current mastery of Divine Techniques and Sword Dao had completely crushed the vast majority of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. However, compared to them, he still had a fatal weakness that couldn’t be remedied in the short term. Namely, whether it was in Divine Soul Strength or the application of the Divine Soul, he was far, far inferior to veteran Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Although he had defeated No. 6 and his accomplices this time, it was only because they were unaware of his Outer Path Incarnation. Moreover, they hadn’t intended to kill him right from the start, which allowed him to turn the tables in the end. If they had cooperated and gone all out from the very beginning, even if he could win, it absolutely wouldn’t have been this easy.

"My Divine Soul, huh..." Looking at the bodies of No. 6 and No. 12, Lu Chen pondered for a moment before deciding to try out the new ability unlocked after True Cultivation’s upgrade: Ancient Immortal’s Gift.

[Ancient Immortal’s Gift: By sacrificing Spirit Stones, Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, Essence Blood of Living Beings, etc., you can exchange for specific rewards from Ancient Immortals. Rewards include, but are not limited to, Magical Artifacts, Magical Treasures, Techniques and Divine Techniques, Experience Points, etc...]

[Note: This transaction has undergone special processing and will not arouse the suspicion of Ancient Immortals.]

Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t be easy for Lu Chen to make up for his weakness regarding his Divine Soul. But the Ancient Immortal’s Gift was different. If he could use this function to exchange for a Magical Artifact or Magical Treasure that protected his Divine Soul, or some special method to cultivate Techniques and Divine Techniques, then the next time he encountered an enemy like No. 6, he shouldn’t be as passive as he was today.

At this thought, Lu Chen immediately raised his hand. A second later, a black lotus pattern surfaced on the back of his hand. Immediately after, Lu Chen found himself forming a mystical connection with a certain entity.

At this moment, he felt as if he was standing in an endless, pitch-black space. A mysterious entity with an obscured face, sitting upright on a lotus platform, slowly lowered Its head to look at him. That single glance instantly filled Lu Chen with an indescribable, overwhelming terror. It was as if the owner of those eyes could pierce through the distance of time and space to know everything about him.

Fortunately, after a refreshing wave of coolness washed over him, Lu Chen found that the overwhelming terror in his heart... had vanished.

Just as Lu Chen was considering how to conduct a transaction with the Ancient Immortal, a hollow voice rang in his ears.

"My devout believer... speak your request..."

"Devout believer? Did It mistake me for a member of the Black Lotus Sect?" Lu Chen wondered.

Although he was curious about how he appeared in the entity’s eyes, Lu Chen knew he didn’t have much time and had to complete the transaction as quickly as possible. So he immediately spoke up, "I want a Magical Treasure capable of protecting my Divine Soul, or a Technique or Divine Technique that can strengthen it."

The supreme entity fell silent for a moment. Then, a special item held up by a black lotus floated over to Lu Chen.

[Ancient Immortal Magical Artifact: Heart-Stealing Lotus Platform]

[Quality: First Realm]

[Effect: Upon use, it can resist Divine Soul Attacks below the Foundation Establishment Fifth Level three times. Alternatively, the lotus platform can be used as a weapon to attack an enemy’s Divine Soul. It can be fed with the Essence Blood from a cultivator’s heart to increase its Grade.]

[Side effects: Every use carries a certain probability of being corrupted by Ancient Immortal Power.]

[Prompt: Experience Points can be consumed for Purification. After Purification, some functions will change.]

After the gift was bestowed, Lu Chen’s transaction with the Ancient Immortal was complete. Then, regardless of whether Lu Chen was willing or not, the entity immediately expelled him from that mysterious space.

When Lu Chen opened his eyes again, he found that the corpses of No. 12 and No. 6 had completely vanished from the Pedestrian Street at some point, as if the two men had never been there. In their place was the bizarre, blood-red lotus platform now resting in his hands.

The lotus platform was entirely blood-red, and its central bud beat like a living heart, exuding an aura of wickedness from the inside out. Looking at this Magical Artifact, Lu Chen felt an inexplicable sense of repulsion.

"This thing isn’t anything good. Using it too much will definitely affect me in some way," he thought.

Fortunately, True Cultivation could purify the item. Otherwise, Lu Chen might have actually taken a loss on this transaction. After all, he could have exchanged his sacrifices for precious Experience Points from the Ancient Immortals.

[You have consumed 5,000 Experience Points and purified the Ancient Immortal Magical Artifact: Heart-Stealing Lotus Platform...]

[You have obtained a brand new Magical Artifact: Calm Heart Lotus Platform.]

[Magical Artifact: Calm Heart Lotus Platform]

[Quality: First Realm]

[Effect: Upon use, it can resist one Divine Soul Attack below the Foundation Establishment Fifth Level, or use its lotus petals as a Divine Soul weapon to attack a cultivator’s Divine Soul.]

[Special Effect - Calm Heart: This item can be fused into the Divine Soul to slowly increase Divine Soul Strength.]

Compared to the initial Heart-Stealing Lotus Platform, this Calm Heart Lotus Platform was actually far more useful to Lu Chen. After all, even though the Calm Heart Lotus Platform could only resist one Divine Soul Attack below the Foundation Establishment Fifth Level, its feature of slowly increasing his Divine Soul Strength presented Lu Chen with an opportunity to make up for his weakness.

It was common knowledge that during the Qi Cultivation Stage, no one could cultivate the Divine Soul, aside from a few individuals with Special Talents. First, this was because Qi Refining cultivators lacked sufficient understanding of the Divine Soul. Second, many Divine Soul Techniques had significant requirements for the quality of a cultivator’s Spiritual Power and their control over it.

After all, cultivating the Divine Soul was unlike anything else; a single mistake could cause severe harm to the cultivator. It belonged to a special Domain characterized by high difficulty and immense danger, meaning one needed absolute certainty before attempting it.

But with this Calm Heart Lotus Platform, Lu Chen undoubtedly wouldn’t have to worry about so much. Although he was still only in the Qi Cultivation Stage, he could already begin the Divine Soul tempering normally exclusive to Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As the saying goes, take one step ahead, and you stay steps ahead. While Lu Chen wasn’t entirely sure what specific benefits cultivating his Divine Soul now would bring him, considering how highly Foundation Establishment Cultivators valued it, there had to be some crucial reason he wasn’t yet aware of. Therefore, getting a head start on cultivating his Divine Soul shouldn’t be a bad thing.

At this thought, Lu Chen immediately formed a Divine Soul bond with the Calm Heart Lotus Platform. A second later, the Calm Heart Lotus Platform flew toward the spot between Lu Chen’s eyebrows. Following that, Lu Chen felt a wave of refreshing coolness course through his entire body, leaving him feeling relaxed and uplifted.

Just as Lu Chen finished all of this, he suddenly heard a loud boom from behind him. He turned back to look, only to see that the massive Array which had always protected Luocheng First High School was suddenly shaking violently. The light of the Array’s protective barrier had also dimmed significantly.

Seeing this, Lu Chen rushed toward the school without hesitation.

Something had happened... to the school.