The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 158 - 101: Perceiving the Gate of Diversity, Acquiring Variant Abilities_3

Chapter 158: Chapter 101: Perceiving the Gate of Diversity, Acquiring Variant Abilities_3

When the Door of Variance disappeared, his comprehension ended.

"What exactly is the power of variance?"

"What is the Door of Variance?"

Qi Yuan looked at his own body.

"Fire."

He whispered softly.

A small flame ignited.

He did not cast any spells from the Vast Wave Realm, nor did he use any abilities from the game.

As soon as fire was mentioned, it appeared.

"A variance?" Qi Yuan murmured.

Unfortunately, his body did not exhibit any changes.

"Could it be that I haven’t understood enough about the power of variance?"

"Or did I fail to discover the problem?"

"The next comprehension would probably be when I hit level 90."

He got a chance to comprehend at level 60, so the same should happen at level 90 and 120.

Setting aside these emotions, Qi Yuan held onto Xiao Jia, and the two of them lay down in the pit near the city gate once again.

...

A windless desert stretched out as far as the eye could see, a vast expanse of yellow sand, which held its own inherent beauty.

Qi Yuan sat on the city wall with Xiao Jia in his arms, quite leisurely.

"This type of defense mode is quite nice. If I had to keep killing enemies non-stop, even I would not be able to stand it."

Even though he had the power of Death’s Glory, Qi Yuan was still too weak at this point and recovering from injuries was a hassle.

He would have to wait till he was around level 90 or so for the power of Death’s Glory to have its full effect.

Only then, would he be like an indestructible cockroach.

"Is it here?"

At that moment, Qi Yuan squinted his eyes and looked towards the vast desert.

Dust could be seen billowing in the distance.

The Demon Army’s advance stirred up a sandstorm-like scene.

This time, it seemed much more formidable than before.

"Eight hundred?"

"More than twenty at level 49?"

Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes.

In the past, there were usually one or two of this level of monsters.

This time, there were over twenty.

"This doesn’t look good!"

A smile appeared in Qi Yuan’s eyes.

"After defeating small ones, has the big one finally arrived?"

He held his broken sword and jumped down from the city wall.

As always, he stood bravely in front of the advancing Demon Army and roared, "I am the protector of the city of No Return, those who trespass...shall be killed on sight."

With his sword in hand, Qi Yuan’s lean figure contrasted starkly with the thirty-foot high city walls.

But this time, unlike before, the advancing Demon Army stopped abruptly.

A woman’s voice could be heard.

"Such a handsome man."

With that, a scantily clad woman appeared.

Her face was average, barely above average, but her body was extremely curvy. Her blood-red dress was slit up to her waist, revealing more than half of her hips. A deep handprint could be seen on her slightly wheat-colored skin on her buttocks.

Her face was covered in strange tattoos.

The newcomer was Cai Xia, the Demon Controller.

As she looked at Qi Yuan, a suggestive expression appeared in her eyes, "I wondered why I could not capture the city of No Return. Turns out a cultivator has arrived."

Qi Yuan looked at Cai Xia with surprise, "Apart from the demons from outside the realm, and the phantoms in the Sky End, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a humanoid experience package."

Regret flashed in Cai Xia’s eyes, "Such a handsome face, such a robust body, it’s a pity about your brain.

But then again, what I want is not your brain, but your body."

With that, Cai Xia’s eyes hungrily scanned Qi Yuan, her tongue darting out briefly to lick her lips, "Interested in joining our northern camp?"

This kind of exchange was normal.

Every day, a number of people from the towns that hold back the demons would flee to the north, getting enlisted into their camp.

Cai Xia’s last lover was one who escaped from Jialan city.

"You are lusting after my body while I only view you as an experience package, are you seeking death?!" Qi Yuan held his broken sword, a look of fury on his face.

Wench, you slut!

"It seems...you have not recognized the reality of the situation." Cai Xia’s smile froze on her face, "You’re in the city of No Return, with no support.

Yet the Demon Army I command is endless.

Do you really think you can hold the city of No Return by thwarting a few waves of the Demon Army?

Even a Nation Protector like you, even a Continental Legend, cannot hold the city of No Return!

One day, each and every one of the 108,000 cities will fall!"

Having said that, Cai Xia backed away.

As a Demon Controller, her strength was quite mediocre.

The true strength lay in the demons.

More than twenty lord-level demons were enough to sweep the small city of No Return off the map.

Not to mention, there were hundreds of other demons behind them.

As Cai Xia retreated, the Demon Army roared and rushed towards Qi Yuan.

"Kill!"

Qi Yuan alone stood in front of the city of No Return, confronting the army of 800 demons, and plunged into the midst of the Demon Army by himself.

Just then, a different kind of notification reached his ears.

[Variance Progress 1%, Extracting 1% Demon Essence.]

[Obtained Demon Essence*1.]

Qi Yuan paused for a moment.

In the past, when he killed demons, he could only gain experience.

But now, in addition to experience, he could also gain Demon Essence.

Did this have anything to do with his understanding of the source and the power of variance he had gained?

Demon Essence, what was that?

But he could not afford to ponder this for too long.

At this moment, he was still in the middle of a fierce battle. Only after the battle ended will he find the answers to these questions.

The real slaughter had just begun!

With the addition of the Demon Essence, Qi Yuan felt even more exhilarated, which made the demon killing even more vigorous.

Not far away, Cai Xia looked at this scene, the greed in her eyes intensifying, "Such a robust body, I want to give it a lick."

However, after several hundred breaths, the greed on her face was completely replaced by fear.

Because the 800-strong Demon Army, which was besieging that one man, has already lost over a hundred, and till now, there were no injuries on him.

He held a broken sword, looking not like a sword master but more like an assassin charging straight into the enemy’s ranks.

And yet, this ’assassin’, surrounded by an army, could still single-handedly kill several demons with one strike.

When have assassins ever directly faced an army?

She finally realized the gravity of the situation, "You’re a Nation Protector!"

In this small city of No Return, there was a Nation Protector!

Qi Yuan held his broken sword, killing a lord-level demon with a single strike, he looked at Cai Xia greedily, "Thank you for bringing me these appetizing starters."

The gap between level 60 and 59 was huge.

Sorted by the Vast Wave Realm, it was the gap between Foundation Establishment and Core Formation.

Allocating by Wangyue Continent, it was the gap between Monarch and Paramount Monarch.

As defined by Liu Feng Realm, it was the gap between a Nation Protector and a Despot.

If it was any other time, without merging with Xiao Jia, he would need to put in a lot of effort to kill this army of 800.

But now, it could be done effortlessly.

Upon hearing Qi Yuan’s words, Cai Xia did not hesitate and immediately fled.

A Nation Protector was not something she could handle!