I Can Reap Qi Fortune from Players-Chapter 680 - 164: Job Change, Demon God Thousand-Handed Guanyin

After returning from the Embers Laboratory, Ning Zheng was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

The Embers Disaster, it was becoming quite abnormal.

As chaos looms, the common folk at the bottom rung of society are bound to suffer and be starved of their livelihood.

But Ning Zheng, even if aware of this, is powerless to stem the Embers Disaster or the Pseudo-human Calamity single-handedly.

The Pseudo-human Calamity now seems mundane, having recently vanished without a trace.

That's due to the inherent nature of Pseudo-humans; they prefer to hide their identities, and you can't tell how many factions have been secretly infiltrated.

Consider Ning Zheng, this Pseudo-Pseudo-Person.

Are there any signs?

But behind the scenes, this Pseudo-Pseudo-Person himself had already secretly "possessed" the Sea Race's upper echelons, becoming their leader.

Nonetheless.

He soon grew weary of managing too much.

When the two calamities erupted, the major factions were the first to take up arms.

His small blacksmithing faction was all bluster, able only to offer side assistance, covering these main forces.

With this in mind, Ning Zheng began using the resources he had just gathered to attempt a breakthrough.

"Time for the Two Acupoints Realm."

At the Sword Casting Manor, in the room beneath the mountain.

Ning Zheng sat cross-legged, feeling the changes in his body, constantly adjusting his state.

Each breakthrough in a small realm accompanied great risks, let alone linking all previous cycles to the heart, forging a "parallel" network.

Half an hour later.

[-5,000,000 Qi Fortune Value]

Two Acupoints Realm, completing the Two-Phase Cycle.

The massive cycle power surged through his body, like tumultuous waves.

For others, the breakthrough would be exceedingly dangerous, yet for Ning Zheng, it was surprisingly effortless.

Perhaps his foundation was too solid, and being a Super Ghost King helped; in merely three hours, he had thoroughly broken through to the next small realm.

"It's done."

He felt the substantial increase in power within, fully satisfied.

Unlocking each cycle would enhance his level of undying.

Another set of inscrutable numbers appeared in his mind.

[One Heart Three Apertures Realm: Complete the Three Elements Cycle, -5,000,000 Qi Fortune Value.]

The Qi Fortune Value required for the next realm hadn't changed.

Following this logic suggests that each aperture for the Six-Orifice Exquisite Heart might only be 5,000,000.

For the current Nine-State and Four Seas, where fortune value is plundered from everywhere, it's trivial for the wealthy Ning Zheng.

"Only lacking breakthrough resources, and the necessary interval to stabilize cultivation before advancing further."

"If resources keep up, roughly seven days per small realm."

Ning Zheng sensed the next realm required twice as many resources.

At the Sect Leader level, unlocking each cycle consumes a vast amount of resources; no wonder without major faction support, it's impossible to cultivate the Great Power.

Too many Two-Phase Realm factions in the Nine-State, only large Holy Lands qualify to nurture a One Heart Realm faction.

Whoosh!

He heavily exhaled a breath of Muddy Qi.

With each increase in strength, Ning Zheng felt a greater sense of confidence, considerably reassured.

With his tense mood relaxed, he thought about easing his mind by directly opening the game forum to see the latest reactions.

There were already many posts, various pinned hot topics, all discussing the new lives of the imperial maids and eunuchs after joining the Imperial Palace map.

Bypassing these posts, Ning Zheng spotted several pieces of relevant information.

"Lin Meimei: Help, the beauties of Marriage Dress Town have merged together!"

The post was filled with various pictures.

A bridal gown bride with eight legs, a young woman with ten jade arms. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Just looking at it drives one mad! Stop posting pictures!"

"No need to guess; I already know there have been fewer tourists visiting the Marriage Dress Town dungeon lately. Who would marry this bride by choice?"

"Hahahaha!"

"The difficulty has also obviously increased, okay? Handling a single bride might still be manageable, but those group wedding brides are dangerous for anyone but seasoned sea king tomb raiders, facing them means instantly getting slashed!"

"Damn! Can these major secret realms get any better, why is everyone trying to rely on 'Daddy'?"

"Each Nursery tomb dungeon has seen its perilousness multiply several times recently."

"You don't understand; the Immortal Spirit Root era has erupted... The tombs are obviously outdated now, and their version is updating too!"

"I get it, the planners are good at balancing!"

...

All were clamoring.

But Lin Meimei clearly wasn't finished, she promptly released bombshell news.

Lin Meimei: "Ladies, our tombs have seen the emergence of a new era's Embers— Demon Ghost King, image.jpg (the image content is a sea urchin organism composed of countless girls' limbs)"

As everyone gasped, Lin Meimei continued: "In Marriage Dress Town, many embers brides have similar obsessions, so when these similar obsessions overlap, they directly awaken!"

"But it appears to be a brainless Ghost King, anyone willing to possess it? If no one wants to, I'll just merge it! I feel like my instincts as Marriage Dress Town Master are the same as their awakened obsessions."

The audience fell silent.

Were these awakened new-type Ghost Kings popping up everywhere?

Lin Meimei's post sparked frenzied debate.

Finally, Lin Meimei decided keeping the Demon Ghost King wasn't helpful.

The opponent was already a Ghost King but still weak, and once they consumed ghosts and grew, even she, as the Marriage Dress Town Master, couldn't suppress them!

Thus, she too decided to join the fusion monster mass-cooperative lineup to be a "daddy's girl."

[Lin Meimei: Live stream of a reckless attempt, merging with a new-type Ghost King, please wish me luck!]

In the picture, Lin Meimei had already merged with the thing, and was attempting to seize intellectual dominance.

After much effort, she actually succeeded.

As a pseudo-human soul possessor, she could indeed possess these brainless Ghost Kings.

At this moment, Lin Meimei quietly felt her body and vaguely perceived the power flowing through it, saying, "I can feel... I have some kind of change!"

She instinctively controlled her entire body, adjusting its structure.

Soon, one arm after another was laid flat, the gigantic monster was reshaped, and she managed to create a Thousand-Handed Guanyin.

Countless pure, pretty jade hands swirled behind her.

Numerous heads adorned with flowing hair formed a dark Buddha ring behind her.

Countless jade feet built a flesh and blood lotus platform beneath her.

"Damn!"

"Damn!!"

"Spliced Ghost King, it can alter its own form."

"So dark, but indescribably beautiful in a strange, sinister way."

"Black Myth: Thousand-Handed Guanyin!"

...

The entire player forum exploded.

Ning Zheng silently absorbed the scene for quite a while, "Embers Disaster, those peculiar new Ghost Kings appear... Can we still possess them?"

If this were the case.

Why bother possessing the Embers Ancestor in the ancestral tomb?

Possessing the Daddy-spliced Ancestor would be a hundred times better?

After all, these guys are composed of hundreds of fathers, it's practically a fortune.

However.

Soon, following Lin Meimei's tests, Ning Zheng found it wasn't that simple.

Lin Meimei could usually control this embers, but her craziness condition was still terrifying; a slight trigger would plunge her into uncontrollable madness, entering a murder mode.

And Lin Meimei's original obsession as the Marriage Dress Town Master was: to protect the Marriage Dress Town, find a good man.

Now after the obsession overlapped, it became even scarier: to protect the Marriage Dress Town, seize men.

This meant she would go mad upon seeing men.

This made Lin Meimei unable to hold back from wailing: "I'm screwed, I'm turning into a nympho, going mad at the sight of men, to devour them... this boss is too terrifying, it's just like those sinister bosses in the dark sections of soul series games."

"A bit far-fetched." In the room, seeing the state of the Nursery Grave Marriage Dress Town, Ning Zheng rubbed his temples, "In the future, there'll probably be a ton of Demon Ghosts across the Nine-State..."

Still, fortunately.

Enemies grow stronger, the natural disasters break out.

The blacksmiths' side also strengthens, he can secretly bring forth an army of Demon Ghosts.

Of course, it's not just Ning Zheng who thought of it; the blacksmiths also realized it.

Jiucai Rong: "New gameplay, definitely new gameplay, Dark Deity! With this splicing, we can forge Thousand-Handed Guanyin, Demon-Phase Tathagata, Skull Jade Emperor, an army of strange and mysterious Gods and Demons everywhere!"

Night Mad Cultivator: "Indeed, this dark-themed idle NPC, splicing is totally cool."

Medical Fairy: "This new Ghost King is very special, needs further research... But if it awakens, regains rationality, might it naturally form a race? If that's the case, Lin Meimei's Thousand-Handed Guanyin forming a race, can produce a bunch of small Thousand-Handed Guanyins."

Food God: "A thousand-handed Guanyin clan? Dark Deity, this scene is kinda terrifying."

To them, it's simply their epic level enhancement; possessing the Embers Ancestor has already lagged behind the version, directly possessing the Daddy-spliced Ancestor.