Free Web NovelChapter 447: Chapter 375: Demon Core Foundation Establishment
Foundation Establishment!
In the Thief’s House, Yan Qing, holding a game console in both hands, couldn’t help but become excited.
Even though it was just a minor Foundation Establishment, and it would only last for a day, it was still Yan Qing’s first encounter with the crucial Foundation Establishment transition in the game "Messenger".
Moreover, before long, he would experience the same in reality, so this Foundation Establishment of the Rabbit Heroine held reference value for him.
The screen displayed an internal view of the Rabbit Heroine, showing both her body and her divine soul.
With the push of the Demon Core’s medicinal power, the scarlet Qi Blood within her was like ignited oil, blazing fiercely in her meridians, the overwhelming energy could almost be felt by Yan Qing through the screen as if it were about to burst open.
At the same moment, her Deep Blue divine soul quickly grew stronger and more solid, almost on the verge of bursting this fragile body. Unexpectedly, since both Qi Blood and the divine soul were extremely vigorous, they created a magnificent sight within her body where dragons and tigers intermingled, the blood and soul thrillingly merging and stirring, gradually forming a scarlet mist-like auspicious cloud!
Yan Qing had an epiphany: No wonder the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends could increase the probability of Foundation Establishment, and no wonder 39-level players in the game had a ten percent chance of forcing Foundation Establishment, yet the success rate in reality was less than five percent.
So-called Foundation Establishment is about using powerful Qi Blood and divine soul to construct the Dao Foundation, and it must reach a minimum requirement to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment. The reason a normal Third-Turn Messenger finds it hard to force Foundation Establishment is that they are ultimately human; they couldn’t push their Qi Blood and divine soul to the limit, just like a normal person finding it hard to break their fist bone with a punch, their life’s instincts protect them.
Only game characters are free from such restrictions.
For local messengers, it makes sense to strive for the Divine Marquis Mansion Secret Realm, which occurs once every fifteen years, rather than force Foundation Establishment. Even if they could defy the instincts of life, they would barely qualify to gamble on the one percent chance set by the official "Messenger". This game’s probability is terribly tricky; after all, if a game character fails Foundation Establishment, they are just weakened for seven days, whereas a real-world messenger would face immediate annihilation — their Qi Blood and divine soul burn out completely, and even if they survive, they’d essentially be crippled.
As the scarlet auspicious cloud finally solidified and transformed into a dragon shape, a loud noise came from the screen. The Rabbit Heroine stood up from her seat, being lifted high by a dreamlike majestic dragon-shaped cloud. The surrounding diners were stupified with fear, and those farther away had no idea what was happening, only instinctively kneeling with clasped hands in trembling prayer.
As the Rabbit Heroine rose higher, the auspicious cloud expanded immensely, covering half of the Yao Shi Mountain City like a canopy.
The sky’s white clouds were dispersed far away, and the splendid glow fell upon the scarlet dragon cloud beneath the Rabbit Heroine, gradually revealing dazzling golden dragon scales, sharp golden claws, and platinum dragon horns. When the glow focused on the dragon’s eyes, the dragon cloud reacted as if stung, its eyes turning red, its throat throbbing, emitting a thunderous breathing sound!
"Rumble——"
At this moment, nearly everyone in Yao Shi Mountain City, except for some messengers, couldn’t even remain standing! The pressure from the Foundation Establishment Messenger was as vast as a mountain, as boundless as the sea, shaking one’s soul to the core!
Simultaneously, the auspicious cloud was divided by the glow into three grids, listing three selectable professions:
「Demon Dragon Messenger (Rare)」
「Attribute Bonus: Qi Blood ×2.5, Divine Soul ×1.5, Dexterity ×1.5」
「Cloud and Rain Mastery (Blue Feature): The casting distance of all your Token Divine Techniques is increased by ten meters, and the casting range can extend to a radius of one hundred meters.」
「Situational Adaptation (Blue Feature): When you remain in the same environment for more than six hundred seconds, you gain adaptability, minimizing negative effects of the current environment to the greatest extent.」
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「Poetry Wine Messenger (Rare)」
「Attribute Bonus: Qi Blood ×2, Divine Soul ×2, Dexterity ×1.5」
「A Smile of Thousand Drunk (Blue Feature): All the continuous effects you cause (good or bad) are doubled in duration.」
「Transient Whitehead (Blue Feature): When the target has a continuous effect caused by you, and the duration exceeds ten seconds, any effect you cause on them takes priority over the current level.」
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「Rain Cutting Messenger (Rare)」
「Attribute Bonus: Qi Blood ×2, Divine Soul ×2, Dexterity ×2」
「Leaf Strike Through the Forest (Blue Feature): When you are attacked with avoidable attacks (not wide-range attacks), you enter a blurry state and perfectly dodge this attack. This effect triggers once every 90 seconds.」
「Crazy Stream in Rain (Blue Feature): Upon executing a perfect dodge, you enter a 0.5-second Heavy Rain Time, increasing your attack speed by 1000%. This effect triggers every 60 seconds.」
"You only have 60 seconds to choose a profession, please decide quickly."
Only 60 seconds... Yan Qing thought, well, the Rabbit Heroine is still in Foundation Establishment, there’s no way he’d let her take her time choosing. Given that all three Fourth-Turned Professions are rare, as expected, since the Rabbit Heroine neither absorbed the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends nor consumed a Demon Core to jump to Foundation Establishment, it’s like a student only writing ’solve’ and their name in an exam; the teacher’s kind enough just to pass you without granting a high score.
Yan Qing didn’t think much and chose "Rain Cutting Messenger" directly. This profession is evidently an upgrade from "Heavy Rain Messenger," as long as there’s a melee weapon, the profession’s potential can be utilized, whereas the "Demon Dragon Messenger" and "Poetry Wine Messenger" both have high requirements for tokens which Yan Qing cannot currently meet, making "Rain Cutting Messenger" the only correct choice!
As Yan Qing confirmed the profession, the auspicious cloud surrounding the Rabbit Heroine converged into her like rivers returning to the sea, completing the final transcendence!
"Your Qi Blood increased by 65 points"
"Your Divine Soul increased by 53 points"
"Your Dexterity increased by 39 points"
From here, it’s clear to see the importance of Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, for the Fourth-Turn isn’t merely about increasing Qi Blood, Divine Soul, and Dexterity but doubling the attributes! Hence, the more solid the foundation, the greater the gains from the Fourth-Turn, more importantly, this is just the multiplier for rare professions; for Precious Professions or Legendary Professions, the attribute growth multiplier would definitely be higher!
At this moment, the screen realm suddenly turned into a black-and-white world; Yao Shi Mountain City, houses and huts, mundane people, and even Pharmacist’s Wish faded into phantoms devoid of color, with only the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud beneath the Rabbit Heroine still radiating brilliantly.
Under the protection of the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud, the Rabbit Heroine gradually regained color in this black-and-white world. Suddenly, seven orange flame wheel suns rose in the black-and-white world, a sinister fire burned from the Rabbit Heroine’s Yongquan point, penetrating straight through to the Mud Wall Palace, capable of incinerating the five viscera and six bowels; no matter how robust the Qi Blood, it would be reduced to ashes; And a fierce wind suddenly emerged, blowing into Rabbit Heroine’s fontanelle, passing through the Dantian, reaching the nine orifices - even the strongest divine soul would disintegrate of its own accord.
But under the shelter of the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud, the Rabbit Heroine stood unwaveringly without any harm, but by the time the Rabbit Heroine gained a foothold in this black-and-white world, the dragon-shaped auspicious cloud had dwindled to just a small mass, turning from a True Dragon into a young dragon.
The Rabbit Heroine opened her eyes and reached out, grasping a candle out of thin air. The next second, she returned to reality, and the fire and wind disasters dissipated like smoke, the auspicious cloud slowly descending, as if it all had been merely a dream.
But she indeed held a real candle in her hand, with a turn of her palm it ignited, and with a flip, it turned to tears. An additional red mark adorned her forehead, like Candle Tears, like Gemstone, like Dragon Blood!
"You encountered the Yin Fire Calamity."
"You encountered the Pivotal Wind Calamity."
"Your Dao Foundation Form is severely damaged."
"You successfully constructed the Dao Foundation - Dragon Blood Hua Mei Dao Foundation!"
"You mastered the Dao Foundation Divine Power: Candle Tear Red!"
"You have risen to level 40 (Demon Core)!"
"During the Demon Core duration, you can use Dao Foundation Divine Techniques without spending Spiritual Essence!"
When the Rabbit Heroine landed on the ground, there wasn’t anyone left within fifty steps around, the white-tail deer had long fled far, with only Pharmacist’s Wish left standing in place.
The Duke Jin took off her bamboo hat, clutching the Dragon and Snake Seven Kills sword, by now, she no longer needed to hide. From the moment she accepted Yan Qing’s plan and came along with the Rabbit Heroine, she had already set foot half into the path of treason.
"How do you feel?" Pharmacist’s Wish asked.
"Amazing, never felt better." The Rabbit Heroine reached out to stop her: "But this is not the time for a hug, she’s here."
They looked up towards the mountain, indeed seeing a figure leaping down. That person bore antlers and wore tainted white garments, like an unattached recluse, each time she descended, a golden Lock Chain would spring forth to strike the ground, leaping like a rabbit or a frog.
But nobody dared to laugh, anyone witnessing the scene could only feel the sanctity and supreme majesty, because this person was Yao Shi Yue, the Locking Dragon Bodhisattva who had protected the Great Zhou Dynasty for a hundred years, a Fifth Transition Foundation Establishment Messenger mastering two divine techniques!
"Rabbit Heroine." Yao Shi Yue’s ethereal voice reached from afar, beneath the calm was a thundering rage: "Do you still dare appear before me?"
"Why wouldn’t I dare come? Aunt Yue, this time I come as a heroine to repay grace with grace—"
The Rabbit Heroine drew out the Bingzi Pepper Forest blade, swiping her palm across the edge; the blood dyed the long knife red, igniting with Candle Tears!
"To seek vengeance!"
[Candle Tear Red], initiate!
