Chapter 331 - 331 311 Calamity Arm

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331: Chapter 311: Calamity Arm 331: Chapter 311: Calamity Arm An unfamiliar secret realm, a familiar battlefield. In the midst of a desolate field, Lu Ping’an wandered aimlessly, casually wielding his axe to slay one demon after another. This was a secret realm within the city, where the ratings were generally lower. Here, they were only about tier-one or tier-two… which meant that the strongest magic monsters that appeared were likely just a few third-tier creatures of a lower level. “There is no threat at all.” This secret realm, known as the “Gray Wasteland”, was a standard dungeon-like secret realm, with new monsters being its special product. Every day, several newbies would come here for practice. Lu Ping’an did not compete with the newcomers for monsters, even though he was probably the newest in terms of seniority. He went straight into a deeper area, casually found a cave, and walked in. “Haha, found it.” A bear monster was nuzzling in the cave, tearing at shredded meat… Judging by the clothes on the shredded meat, some unlucky guy had fallen at the starting point. “Roar!” The beast instinctively roared in threat, trying to drive Lu Ping’an away. But this only made him laugh. “You can evaluate the strength of your opponent? Then, you should meet the requirements of a sacrificial offering.” Lu Ping’an put down his weapon and just walked over normally. “Roar!” The beast backed away again. It instinctively felt that something was wrong, but there was only a wall behind it. “Don’t be scared, dear bear…” Lu Ping’an smiled and leaned in, directly accepted the opponent’s “friendly handshake”, and then twisted it violently. The poor first-tier beast couldn’t withstand this upper black iron strength combined with fighting skills, and its claws were directly twisted off. Then it became simple. Lu Ping’an clenched one hand, choking the bear monster’s neck, and then… he waited. One second, two seconds… one minute, two minutes, the poor magic monster struggled for more than two minutes before finally taking its last breath. And its life had become a sacrifice for the ceremony. “Tsk, as expected of an Evil God, requiring one to strangle an intelligent creature with bare hands. This ceremony has quite a wicked taste.” “… If you wipe that smile off your face, I will believe you.” Ignoring Big Cat’s mockery, Lu Ping’an patiently awaited the response of the ceremony. [Ding, congratulations to the host, the initiation ceremony was completed, and the 0-tier profession ‘Strangler’ was acquired.] [Strangler (Heavy Armor Warrior) job modifier: slightly increased physique.] [The general skill ‘Swordsmanship lv2’ has been transformed into the professional skill ‘Slaughter Swordsmanship LV2’.] [The general skill ‘Shooting lv4’ has been transformed into the professional skill ‘Slaughter Shooting LV4’.] [General skills ….] Upon obtaining his first reliable battle-profession, many of Lu Ping’an’s weapon usage-type general skills had undergone the transformation. Among them were high and low-level ones; about a dozen or so dispersed ones, Lu Ping’an had learned too many things. Of note was the “Slaughter Axe Technique (War Scythe) lv9”, which was just one step away from paving a new path. The system prompted him to choose a branch before proceeding, but Lu Ping’an wanted to think about it a little more. [Acquired professional skill ‘Armor Bathed in Blood lv1.] Despite the bloodthirsty name, this was actually the core skill of the Heavy Armor Warrior—Armor Mastery. Compared to the regular Heavy Armor specialties, the profession introduced by Big Cat brought an extra gift. [Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the seed of the ‘Calamity Arm’ mark. Please wait for the day it sprouts.] An additional mark appeared on the back of Lu Ping’an’s left hand, looking something like a droplet arranged in a triadic manner. This was a unique characteristic of the “June Phantom” Evil God’s path, the basis for the profession name “Strangler”, but as the system describes, it is simply a seed waiting for its day to germinate. “Let’s start preparing for the first-tier ritual.” At Lu Ping’an’s current level, the zero-order benefits would be meaningless to him. What he needs is at least a first-tier battle-profession. “Do I really have to strangle them to death? I need a hundred, and it’s inefficient and likely to make people think I’m a psychopath.” “A hand with the mark only needs to deliver the final blow. But if all are ‘strangled to death’, you may be granted Divine Grace.” “Divine Grace? Sounds good.” “Mmm, the followers of the path of the Evil Gods are few, so they receive more Divine Grace. Proper Gods are apathetic, getting Divine Grace from them is too difficult.” Lu Ping’an nodded quietly. Having tasted the Divine Grace before, he wouldn’t let go of such an opportunity. Hence, that day witnessed the rise of a bizarre homicidal maniac in the Wilderness Secret Realm who specialized in troublesome magic monsters, putting an end to them with his left hand. “Ah, this is gonna be low efficiency. It’s been forever, and it’s only over thirty.” The ritual needed a hundred, but despite his unusual diligence, Lu Ping’an had only managed to collect thirty-seven so far. How to confirm whether the “collection was successful”? When the targeted life is strangled to death by the left arm, a trace of black light will flow into the rune on the back of the left hand. “Is this really okay? Feels kinda wicked.” “No problem, drawing in the resentful spirits of the dead is a characteristic of the June Phantom path. This path gets more wicked later on. But there is one advantage, it’s easy to advance, just kill to get it done.” Obviously, it was a path suitable for both the big cat and Lu Ping’an. “If you say so….I’ll start practicing.” After hearing about the abilities from big cat, Lu Ping’an found they met his needs, except for the somewhat troublesome advancement rituals. From the current progress, it still needed at least one more day… But the ritual is merely one of the prerequisites for advancement. The real requirement for advancement is awakening another abnormal ability—he needed to invite a “friend” to share the dividends for a few days. In his case, one of the core skills, the martial arts, should have already reached the standard line for a first-tier profession. And for “Armor Mastery”, he needed to siphon off some experience from someone else. Or perhaps, awaken a profession’s abnormal ability that didn’t require “Armor Mastery”? Lu Ping’an pondered for a moment, it seemed very feasible. Training in Armor Mastery is quite troublesome. In the city, who would wear full body armor for no reason? Even the Heavy Armor Warriors are light-equipped these days. To gain experience by siphoning would also be troublesome, to level up at least to lv4 would need several days. A first-tier profession doesn’t pose any threshold for the current Lu Ping’an, if he can bypass “Armor Mastery”, he estimates he’d be able to sort everything out within a week. But an unexpected incident disrupted Lu Ping’an’s plan. “Has the information for the Base Contest come out yet? The day after tomorrow… I need to prepare. What the hell? Runner’s Secret Realm?” The Base in contention is an A-class semi-plane, the same as Hua Xueyi’s floating loft, also a B+ class field. As it seems like a nice place to have, many people applied. In order to ensure relative fairness, the precedent holder of the Base has priority in setting temporary test issues, it’ll only pass to the school if they actively give up. And typically, the specific “contest rules” would usually be announced a week in advance, to afford all the associations some preparation time… No one knows how much the previous owner could screw things up, whether those “contest rules” are purely meant for amusement by setting people up. As Lu Ping’an decided to participate in the contest rather late, it was only the next day when Hua Xueyi and the others sent over backup on the related rules and information on the competition. They were already lagging behind the other associations, and now they were at an even greater disadvantage. However, this time, the venue of the “competition” seemed to be filled with amusing elements. “The newly emerged Runner’s Secret Realm? I haven’t tackled that kind of secret realm yet. I heard it forbids the use of force, just like my bank.” It was clear that the other associations who received the information early on would definitely be sending accomplished professionals in the Runner profession. But with regard to information, Lu Ping’an wasn’t necessarily at a loss. “This is a newly created Secret Realm. Everyone’s understanding of it is almost non-existent, making it ideal to test comprehensive abilities.” Newly emerged secret realms are obviously in their observation period. There’ll certainly be information leaks, but under the control of the Special Service Team, such reports should not get widely disseminated… At least, the information they carry is extremely limited. “Xia Qin, help me check, which team cracked the Runner’s Secret Realm, and then give me the deputy captain’s number of their team.” At this time, Lu Ping’an actually held an information advantage. However, an hour later, when he found out what the secret realm implied, he was even considering giving up and waiting for the next one. “Isn’t this just stirring trouble…”

Chapter 331 - 331 311 Calamity Arm

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