Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 532 - 90: Dharma King Temple_3

Chapter 532: Chapter 90: Dharma King Temple_3

"It’s alright," Xiao Jie said, casually taking down a Heart Stealer with a stroke of his sword—these things were the most threatening and needed to be dealt with immediately.

"Eh, it’s my first time seeing your Profession, Ancient Qi Refiner... Sounds really impressive."

"It’s alright," Xiao Jie continued in an indifferent tone.

But Fish That Don’t Eat Cats seemed really curious.

"That’s not right, Ancient Qi Refiner... Sounds like a Master of Magic, so how come you’re using a sword?"

"Heh, added my points wrong," Xiao Jie nonchalantly responded. Naturally, he kept mum about the abilities of the Ancient Qi Refiner; this was his trump card, and he couldn’t reveal it to just anyone unless they were close kin or friends.

"Wrong points and still this strong? You must really be a master."

Seeing the other person incessantly pressing for details, Xiao Jie hurriedly changed the subject, "Your Profession is a Flying Thief? That’s rather rare."

"Ah, no other way, I’m not tough in fights, just thought of learning Qinggong to run when in danger, so I ended up unexpectedly playing my way into the Flying Thief Profession, not expecting it to be not strong at all, completely useless."

As he spoke, he flung out several Flying knives, clearly dealing a mere ten or twenty points of damage.

Xiao Jie thought to himself that this was indeed weak; monsters like Skull Zombies all possessed piercing resistance, Hidden Weapons and bows and arrows were ineffective. Only slashing, blunt impact, and hack-and-slash types of attacks were most effective.

This girl probably didn’t even understand the attack-defense type advantage relationships in this game. She should at least get some Iron Gall or Flying Stone-like heavy Hidden Weapons to throw.

"You should stay further back, your Level is too low, and your Blood Volume too little, you’ll be in danger if you join the fight, leave this monster hunt to us, just play dead."

"Ah, thank you then."

Fish That Don’t Eat Cats obediently hid behind the team, watching as Xiao Jie and Xia Yi the Unrivaled killing monsters as if they’re chopping vegetables and slicing melons.

Although I Want to Be Immortal’s damage wasn’t that exaggerated, he had high defense and Life Value, withstanding and fighting tough, his presence was overwhelming, especially his Demon Suppressing Magic was highly effective against the Undead, every time he pulled a bunch of Skull Zombies, it was fierce and clanging with hits.

"Wow, Brother Cheng Xian is so awesome, so domineering."

"Brother Xia Yi, your Swordsmanship is so cool, ah, had I known, I would’ve learned swordplay as well."

"Ahhh!!! Help, there’s a ghost, a ghost!"

Xiao Jie turned around to see Fish That Don’t Eat Cats being chased by two suddenly-spawned Heart Stealers, frantically running away. This girl’s Qinggong was indeed decent, but her combat prowess was rather weak, throwing Hidden Weapons behind while running.

But Physical Attacks were ineffective against ghosts, all going straight through.

Xiao Jie quickly took the monsters with a Wind Roll Cloud, and Fish That Don’t Eat Cats took several deep breaths.

"Hu— Hu— Hu, that scared me to death, thank you Sui Feng big brother for saving me."

"No problem, stick closer, don’t get separated," Xiao Jie instructed, when suddenly Ye Luo’s voice came over YY.

"Tch, this woman is such a tease."

A tease? Green tea? Xiao Jie froze for a moment before he realized what Ye Luo meant.

"Really?" he said, puzzled.

"You guys can’t feel it?" Ye Luo seemed somewhat surprised.

Xia Yi the Unrivaled said, "Well, I didn’t feel it, the little girl seems quite polite."

I Want to Be Immortal added, "Yeah, and she speaks really nicely too, calling everybody ’big brother’, heh heh heh."

Xiao Jie, however, seemed thoughtful. At first, he didn’t feel it, but hearing what these two said, it seemed like there might be something to it after all.

But then he thought that a female player alone in this death game, a little scheming wasn’t incomprehensible.

Nevertheless, it didn’t matter, once this quest was completed, everyone would go their separate ways, and he himself needed to level up in a hurry.

When Xiao Jie’s Experience Points rose to 75% of Level 28, a gloomy and dilapidated temple appeared before the group’s eyes.

The temple sat in the midst of a plain, surrounded by a circle of fields that had been fallow for who knows how long. Wandering on the fields were some zombified farmers wielding farm tools.

"Eh, these farmers look a bit different," Xia Yi the Unrivaled suddenly said.

Xiao Jie also noticed. On the grey and rotting bodies of these farmers, remains of faint golden light lingered, as if coated with a layer of gold paint. Then, having been through wind and rain, most of the gold paint had peeled off, presenting such an effect.

Undying Buddha Disciple: Level 28, Life Value 600.

"An Undying Buddha Disciple? Today you’ve met your grandpa, you’ll die even if you’re supposed to be undying." I Want to Be Immortal charged forward, hoisting a big axe and rounded up a group of monsters, preparing to wipe them out in a few blows.

However, these Undying Buddha Disciples were significantly stronger than the average zombie; the key was that they were not responsive to the Demon-suppressing Spirit Light. I Want to Be Immortal’s axe chop only deducted a few drops of blood, the standard physical damage; Demon Suppressing Magic completely failed to trigger.

As five or six Undying Buddha Disciples ganged up on him, their pickaxes and hoes smashing wildly, I Want to Be Immortal was somewhat overwhelmed.

"Damn, this monster is pretty fierce, help me out, quick!"

"Drag it over here!"

Xia Yi the Unrivaled shouted, positioning himself to the side. His Ao Tian Divine Sword had reached the Seventh Level, an excellent opportunity to test the might of his Combat Skills.

Sky Breaking Sword! First Stage Charge!

He raised his treasure sword high, and a white, fierce Sword Qi suddenly erupted along the blade, stretching as long as ten feet.

I Want to Be Immortal caught on; the group had become quite in sync lately. Immediately adopting a serpentine positioning, he lured the monster towards Xia Yi the Unrivaled.

Second Stage Charge!

The Sword Qi surged another ten feet in an instant.

Three-stage Charge!

Another burst of growth in the Sword Qi transformed it into something as broad as a door, over thirty feet long, emanating a chilling Killing Intent.

Die!

Crack! With one slash, four or five Undying Buddha Disciples were cleaved to the ground, unable to rise again.

points of damage, truly terrifying.

Xiao Jie watched wide-eyed, damn, that damage is a bit over the top, and that’s just an add-on Combat Skill.

What if he attains Satori with a secret technique? What would that be like?

Fish That Don’t Eat Cats was also stunned speechless.

"Wow..."

After clearing the Little Monsters on the path, everyone trod carefully into the temple, which also housed monsters. This time, Undead Monks appeared, slightly more formidable than Undying Buddha Disciples, not only immune to the effects of Demon-suppressing Spirit Light but also capable of some fist and foot techniques.

However, against overwhelming strength, this meant little.

Centered in the Buddha hall stood a colossal Buddha statue, fierce like an Asura, with a blue face and sharp fangs, six arms, and eyes bulging in fury as if choosing its next victim.

This was the Buddha statue the Female Blade Master had mentioned. Destroying the statue would spawn a BOSS, and after a certain period following the boss’s defeat, the statue would respawn. This was a little odd; aren’t most bosses a one-time occurrence?

Or could the resurrection mechanism be related to the boss’s origin?

"Don’t bother with it, let’s head to the backyard." Xiao Jie didn’t ponder further; such bosses posed significant risks, and he would not consider challenging them before reaching level 30.

Passing through the broken walls, they arrived at the temple’s backyard. There, at the southwest corner of the temple, stood a Copper Bell, with a wooden mallet nearby.

This must be the bell used to summon the monks for morning and evening prayers.

Also known as the bell the Female Blade Master mentioned for summoning ghosts.

"So what now? Where is the ghost you need to purify?"

"Sui Feng, brother, please ring the bell for me, and then I can begin purifying the lost souls."

"I should ring it? Don’t you know the mechanism for ringing the bell?"

"Mechanism? What mechanism? I don’t know, the quest only said that ringing the bell would summon the lost souls and then purifying them and bringing their corpses back would suffice."

"Then why should I do it?"

"I have to purify the lost souls, and ringing the bell feels so dangerous."

Xiao Jie thought, damn it, dangerous yet you want me to do it, but he couldn’t bring himself to lash out at a gaming newbie.

He said gently, "You ring it, we’ll protect you. Since you took on this quest, it’s natural you should ring it. We wouldn’t want the quest not to trigger."

"Ah, is that so..." Fish That Don’t Eat Cats seemed hesitant.

"Feng, should I do it?" I Want to Be Immortal couldn’t resist offering.

"I’ll do it." Fish That Don’t Eat Cats, determined, quickly approached the Copper Bell and struck it with the mallet.

Duang! The bell tolled, echoing in the temple, and immediately a cacophony of ghostly wails and howls erupted as if throngs of suffering spirits were weeping.

Duang! Another toll of the bell silenced the wailing, replaced instead by the sound of laughter as if many farmers, safeguarded by the Dharma King Temple, were chattering joyously, including the giggles of children.

Duang! At the third toll, the laughter faded, replaced now by the chanting of Buddhist Scriptures.

Not only that, but the surrounding ruins seemed instantly enveloped in a Buddhist spiritual light, with the walls of a grand temple soaring before the eyes, the sky shining with a golden light, and the continuous sound of monks reciting Buddhist Scriptures all around.