Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 327 - 113 Cheng Xian Graduation

Chapter 327: Chapter 113 Cheng Xian Graduation

Xiao Jie watched as the old man’s blood volume kept dropping, yet he did not hurry to make a move and finish him off.

"Heh, you can’t even break through the Mysterious Forest, while I have managed to seize treasure from Konglao Mountain and return, do you really think you can defeat me? Moreover, at your age, even if you had plenty of skill in your youth, there can’t be much left now."

He was indeed curious whether the old man was too arrogant or too foolish.

Yet the elder gave a dismal smile, "Ah, what’s the use of knowing? I’m already sixty-eight this year. For the sake of this Immortal’s Treasure, I’ve lost my wife, my child is gone, my brothers are dead, my companions are all buried, and now, nearing the end of my days, what else do I have to live for? I’ve spent half my life on this, if I don’t get the Immortal’s Treasure, what meaning is there in my living."

Even if the hope is faint, I must give it a try—cough cough cough, it’s just a pity that my skills ultimately fell short."

"Brother, I don’t ask for much, only tell me, what exactly is this treasure, can you?"

Xiao Jie was silent for a moment, and did not refuse. Although it was only an NPC and even an enemy, watching the dying man before him, he felt somewhat moved, "It’s just a gourd, used for cultivation. It’s useless to you, without the corresponding Cultivation Technique it’s just an ordinary gourd."

The old man could not help but laugh at this, "So I actually wasted my whole life for a treasure that’s utterly useless to me? Hahaha! Hahaha!"

That laughter was extremely desolate, yet carried a sense of release.

Xiao Jie watched as the old man’s health bar had only a few dozen points left; given the current bleeding speed, he’d be gone in a matter of minutes, "Do you have any last words?"

"Last words..." The old man gazed into the vast, desolate expanse, the barren forests, and lamented, "A lifetime as a human is just a season of grass and trees, the great aspirations of the past have now all turned into a spring dream, if there is a next life, I hope...!"

The elder did not finish his words, but his body had already collapsed to the ground—dead.

Xiao Jie looked at the deceased old man, feeling a bit sentimental. After all, they had known each other, had drunk together at the same table, and only because of the bewitching treasure had they inevitably faced each other with swords drawn, life and death locked in battle.

Speaking of which, isn’t the Red Dust Taoist and his Qi Refiner friends the same?

One group seeks gold and silver treasures, while the other seeks the way of eternal life.

All things in this world seem inevitably unable to escape the two words ’human nature’.

At this moment, Xiao Jie gained a deeper insight into the content of the Human Dao Chapter.

Insight aside, it didn’t prevent him from quickly looting the body—it was, after all, a level 28 elite.

Approaching and clicking loot, the old man dropped three items.

Initially, Xiao Jie didn’t harbor much hope—the old man’s ragged clothes made it seem unlikely he had anything valuable, but to his surprise, the three items turned out to be quite good.

The first one was a medicinal herb.

[Thousand-year-old Ganoderma (Medicinal Herb/Epic)

Item Introduction: A Lingzhi that grows in ancient pine forests, said to only grow atop thousand-year-old pine trees. The Lingzhi absorbs the nutrients of the pine, making it hard for the tree to achieve eternal life. However, when the pine tree dies, the Lingzhi can absorb nutrients from the rotting wood. It is symbiotic with the pine tree, yet also mutually destructive.]

Quite a treasure, it seems to be something the old man found in the Pine Forest during the years he was trapped, and now, it has fallen into my hands.

[Shadow Token (Necklace)

Equipment: Attack +5.

Equipment Effect: Shadow End Certificate. When this token is equipped, reputation with Mo Ying Hall is automatically set to respected, allowing the wearer to accept assassination missions at the Mo Ying Hall entrance.

Item Introduction: The token of an advanced killer from Mo Ying Hall, made from black iron set with gold, a symbol of a high-level killer. With this token, one can obtain assistance from Mo Ying Hall, or one can turn it into various State Mansions to prove the achievement of killing a high-level member of Mo Ying Hall, in exchange for reputation.]

So the old man was an assassin from Mo Ying Hall, no wonder his skills with hidden weapons were so superb. That Sky-Filling Meteor move, if it wasn’t for my Ultimate Skill, would have been someone else’s death if caught unprepared.

This item may come in handy in the future.

The third item, however, was a Skill Scroll.

[Meteor Soul Chasing Dart (Combat Technique Scroll/Hidden Weapon)

Learning requirements: Agility 40, Comprehension 15, Master of Hidden Weapons.

Combat Skill Introduction: Lock onto the target with Qi Mechanism Locking and shoot a dart that causes 100% weapon damage. This attack increases hit rate by 500%, and when it hits, it will surely trigger a Vital Strike.]

Meteor Soul Chasing, sure to hit once launched, this is the Ultimate Skill used by the hidden weapons expert You Jie, said to be the You Family’s secret Ultimate Skill, not to be casually taught to those outside the direct lineage.]

Xiao Jie suddenly understood, so that’s why the hits I took earlier gave me no time to dodge, yet did so little damage because it was only 100% weapon damage. However, the guaranteed Vital Strike is quite lethal.

A Vital Strike not only triggers double damage but also applies a DEBUFF on the target based on the hit area: hitting the eyes causes ’Blindness’, the heart ’Heavy injury’, and the knee ’Limp’.

If it had been anyone else hit by two of those, it would have been bad. Fortunately for me, my Mystic Gold Dragon Patterned Black Robe is immune to Vital Strikes, which made them harmless.

It turns out this old man really did meet his nemesis.

Xiao Jie rotated his viewpoint a bit and zoomed in closer to see two darts embedded squarely in the chest area.

Tsk tsk tsk, quite vicious indeed.

But it’s funny in a way, in a sense, the old man did fulfill the promise he made to me before—he exploded out all his Ultimate Skills.