Chapter 274 Growth
I feel like I haven't displayed Wei Jun's progress for quite some time so I will take this chapter to show that before I move on to the finale with Rin.
It might be a little confusing but keep up with it. I have tried to explain everything as best as I could.
That's it. Enjoy!
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[Wei Jun Ruan
Level: 117
Class: Invader
HP: 126\\126
QP: 1900\\1900
Death Qi: 431\\431
Cultivation realm: Qi manifestation realm]
[Strength: 189]
[Agility: 251]
[Stamina: 259]
[Defense: 255]
[Qi: 260]
[Charm: 71]
[Luck: 49]
Wei Jun looked at the current stats he had before Rin could find him. Once he killed Tao Min, his level had increased drastically and many of his stats were unlocked. The majority of the stat increase was thanks to his yang qi assimilation and he was glad he had done so before he came today.
However, that stat increase wasn't the star of his yang Qi assimilation. It was this…
[Your Qi cultivation grade has increased by one level]n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
[Wenyuan cultivation technique (BàA)]
[Your affinity with Yang Qi has increased by a significant margin]
[You now have better control over your Qi]
[Yang Qi replenishment rate +50%]
[Error]
[Replenishment not possible]
[Would you like to change the reward?]
'No.' Wei Jun denied. It was more beneficial to have a faster replenishment rate when he would finally be able to cultivate naturally. Now that there was a chance, although a very long one, to increase the rank of his cultivation technique to divine, he wasn't going to give it up for anything.
[That was a good choice, host]
[To a cultivator, faster replenishment of Qi is more important than treasures to increase the said Qi]
Wei Jun nodded and moved to the next notification.
[Your Qi has increased by a great margin]
[Qi +300]
That was the end of benefits but it was more than enough. The benefits of the yang Qi cultivation that he barely completed before the deadline were much better than anything else. He couldn't increase his Qi anymore, which was a bummer, but almost all of his physical stats after bearing the pain from Qi regeneration increased to his current limits.
Still, this wasn't enough to kill Rin. Rin was stronger than that and she was a better cultivator as well. It would be a challenge to defeat her so he devised another plan to get rid of her.
'Get rid of the reasons keeping her strong.'
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[You have killed Jang Long]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Sun Wang]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Guo Yu]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Cao Yu]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Sho Xiang]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Zhou Han]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[You have killed Zhang Fei]
[Your level has increased by 10]
[Strength +34]
[Agility +51]
[Stamina +45]
[Defense +30]
[Qi +107]
[Your Qi has passed the 300 threshold]
[Qi +300]
[You have entered the realm of 'Qi master']
[All related skills would be enhanced by one level]
[All physical stats +10]
[Wei Jun Ruan
Level: 187
Class: Invader
HP: 196\\196
QP: 2735\\2735
Death Qi: 431\\431
Cultivation realm: Qi master]
[Strength: 233]
[Agility: 312]
[Stamina: 314]
[Defense: 295]
[Qi: 367]
[Charm: 71]
[Luck: 49]
Killing the seven men raised Wei Jun's level drastically but it didn't benefit him stat-wise. His stat limit, with his new level increase, was now 400. However, other than his Qi, all the rest of his stats were either lower than 300 or just barely above 300.
Only his Qi had increased and that was counting after killing hundreds of cultivators in the facility along with the seven main characters of Rin's plot.
The good news was that he was nearing another 200-level markup. The reward of the first time reaching level 100 was a class which, for some reason, was not accessible at the moment.
Wei Jun didn't know the reason behind it and the system didn't know anything as well. However, that wasn't what he was worried about at the moment. What he was really worried about was the woman who was after him.
No matter how hard he tried, and no matter how much his strength had increased, he was still nowhere near Rin's level. His stat increase was massive and he had given it quite some time for them to settle down so he could get used to them.
He was in complete control of his body and the superhuman strength along with it. Yet, even with the skills activated, he couldn't even touch Rin, let alone defeat her.
Even an increase in cultivation rank couldn't help him. He was now very strong and in the outside world, he would be considered a master as long as he entered the realm of a 'Qi master'.
However, even that didn't matter in front of an angel. The only good news was that he had a lot of Qi to burn so he wasn't injured. Also, there was one more thing he still had in his inventory which could speed up his healing to grant him better chances at being reckless but he held off on it for now.
He didn't know how things would pan out. The world's will still hadn't found him because according to the system, if it had, Wei Jun would have known.
With that out of the way, his only option was the veil of death skill but so far, Wei Jun hadn't made any progress in that part as well. The simple coating of death Qi around him was almost as if it was instinctual. Like activating a skill from the system, it would appear around him if he just thought about it.
However, expanding it from his body was a different story. No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't do it and it wasn't like Rin was waiting for him to make any progress in that regard.
It was a luxury he at least had enough senses to avoid any critical strike and focus a little bit of his attention on expanding the smog of death around him but nothing was helping.
'A little help would be nice,' Wei Jun said to the system but the system's reply was almost as if it shrugged.
[How would I know?]
'What?!'
'You proposed the strategy, you son of a bit*h!'
[Because my battle sense is amazing]
[I came up with the strategy on the spot]
Wei Jun froze for one second. The system analyzed both powers and came up with a strategy after noticing the weaknesses and strengths of both of the powers. Enjoy more content from empire
While it was quite amazing, it didn't help Wei Jun in the least. He admired how the system came up with it, but he didn't have anything to use it practically.
In other words, it was just a theory that couldn't be put into practice without a long amount of time put into it. However, Wei Jun didn't have that. Wei Jun had anything but the luxury of time and practice. Whatever he had to do, he had to do on the spot and he had to do it fast because he was running out of airbags on this reckless drive.
'If only somehow I could control this power…' Wei Jun thought for a moment. He couldn't help but click his tongue. While he had the system for guidance in the matters of cultivation, he had zero pointers in the matter of Death Qi.
He had to always experiment on his own and sometimes, things wouldn't pan out the way he'd imagined. Whatever the reason was, he was stuck with this power that was even somewhat holding him back.
'Wait a minute,' Wei Jun stopped once again as he had another epiphany. He didn't learn from his previous mistake because…
Bang!
He was flung in the air and crashed into the barrier around the facility.
[Warning]
[Damage at critical]
[Health is below 7%]
[Emergency measures will be carried out upon the consumption of Qi]
[Qi -500]
[HP +31]
It was enough to get him out of the critical. However, Wei Jun wasn't out of the danger yet. He was still very much injured and it was to the point that he couldn't move properly without feeling it down to his last bone.
He was not out of the woods as well because the healing pill was still on cooldown and he couldn't consume another for another five minutes and that was one of Wei Jun's strongest backups.
Anyone in his condition would have been worried about making it out of the situation alive. All the more when the assailant of said injuries was slowly stepping closer to him.
Still, the grin on his face was the biggest as ever. While he was in pain, he was also celebrating his victory. He hadn't won yet, but he was very, very close.
Because he was wrong. It wasn't that he didn't have a guideline. He did have one. He just couldn't make sense of it until now.
The veil of death was the same as the death whips that came out of his hands. Both of them weren't system skills yet he instinctively knew how to use them.
The only difference was that he could use death whips better than the other one. And the only reason for that only because he did as his brother said.
Let go.
Then why not just do the same with the veil of death as well?
Rin stopped in front of him, looking at him without a speck of emotion on her face. She raised the sword in her hand and without any hesitation, she brought it down.
Shaa!!!
Something passed Rin and at the same time, her angel blade dissolved into nothingness.
Grab!
Wei Jun grabbed the hand that was close to his chest because that was the same hand with which she was holding the light blade.
"I got you now, you slippery bit*h."