Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1191 - 535: The Treasure Rat, Four-Body Concerted Destiny Great Divine Power_2
[Remaining Uses: 3/3]
After reading the description of the item, Lin Xun fell into a long silence.
Some would say this item was trash, but a large group of Apostles would disagree and be willing to pay a great price to obtain it from him.
But as for its usefulness, it really wasn’t of much use to him.
Ordinary Apostles usually stay in the same difficulty level for a long time, advancing to the next level only when their equipment, level, skills, and other combat strengths have increased substantially.
This results in the Apostle’s Shell level usually being much higher than the level of the new difficulty’s monsters after promotion, and because of the promotion to a new difficulty, the quality of the Shells, especially for Elite Monsters and Bosses, significantly improves compared to the previous difficulty.
In a somewhat one-sided way, Apostles bridge the quality gap with monsters by the advantage of their Shell level difference.
Therefore, when an Apostle defeats a Boss and finds a Shell with a compatible nature, abandoning the old Shell for a new one can bring a dual enhancement of potential and strength, but their Shell level, compared to before, actually drops instead of increasing.
Moreover, this drop tends to increase with the rise in Chapter difficulty because the higher the grade of a monster’s Shell, the larger the level difference needs to be for the Apostle to compensate for the power gap.
This also means that after obtaining a new Shell, Apostles need to repeatedly farm monsters to upgrade the Shell’s level in order to continue accumulating strength and advance to the next difficulty level.
The ’Stone of Innate Wisdom’ could inherit the level of an old Shell to a new one, an effect that to other Apostles, is no less than a divine artifact.
Even with only three Shell level inheritances, the precious value of this item cannot be obscured.
Lin Xun thought for a moment and safely stored away the item, which could be gifted or exchanged for resources in the future. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
He then looked at the next item of the spoils of war.
[’Scripture Recording Cultivation Technique – Same Heart and Body Divine Fate Magic’ (Immortal+ Level Item): The ’Same Heart and Body Divine Fate Magic’ is an improved version of the cultivation technique based on one of the ’Three Thousand Great Path’ passed down by the Ancient Heavenly Warden. It is a specialized version tailored by the Great Buddha for the Four Venerable Kings.]
[Using this item, you can learn ’Same Heart and Body Divine Fate Magic’ (Immortal+ Level Skill)!]
[Remaining Uses: 4/4]
[’Same Heart and Body Divine Fate Magic’ (Immortal+ Level Skill): This skill must be used with others who have learned the cultivation technique of the same name, and can only be successfully applied when the users’ realms and strengths are roughly equal (Shell quality being the same, and the Shell level differing by at most 20 levels).]
[The more people who jointly use this skill, the more powerful it becomes, with up to four people able to unleash a mighty combined attack skill together.]
[When the users’ Shell compatibilities all exceed 95%, they can trigger the profound ’Same Heart and Body’ special effect, temporarily merging their Shells and significantly enhancing their strength!]
[This skill can only be used once, and its cooldown can be reset only when the Shell dies or is refreshed.]
"This... This skill seems to be formidable!"
Letters flashed in Lin Xun’s eyes as he couldn’t help but exclaim.
This skill, unlike the ’Stone of Innate Wisdom’ just now, isn’t of much value to other Apostles, as only one person can play the game at a time, and the prerequisite of ’comparable strength’ is quite strict.
Moreover, ’comparable strength’ can only trigger a more powerful combined attack skill and is meant to be used as a one-time power move.
Only when each user’s Shell compatibility exceeds 95% can they trigger the powerful special effect ’Same Body, Same Heart’.
Bear in mind, it’s not about one’s soul reaching 95% compatibility with their Shell, but rather the compatibilities between users’ Shells have to exceed 95%, which is nearly impossible unless you’re twins.
But Lin Xun is an exceptional BUG, as all the Shells in his Shell slot are blessed with ’Chaos Ability’, giving them infinite compatibility!
This means that the extremely difficult-to-achieve ’Same Heart and Body’ is a piece of cake for him!
According to the unwritten rules of the Underworld Game, the tougher the conditions for releasing a skill, the more staggering its power. And from the intelligence revealed by the Four Venerable Kings, if four people could achieve ’Same Body, Same Heart’, they could fight beyond the bounds of their realms!
The Four Venerable King’s "Same Heart and Body" skill even allowed one to rival the Divine of the Eternal level once it was attained.
He possessed the Appearance of the Queen Bee, which enabled him to simultaneously command two Shells. Although he couldn’t achieve the fusion of four bodies, the combination of two was mostly successful.
Lin Xun had consecutively eliminated four Heavenly Yan protectors, which once again improved the quality of the Son of Evil’s Shell. Blessed with compatibility, it reached the Eternal level, just like the Little Dragon.
Both Shells were of the same quality, and because of "The Leader’s Face" their levels became identical, fulfilling the prerequisite condition of ’comparable strength’ as well as the stringent compatibility standards.
Upon this realization, he had the Son of Evil and the Little Dragon in the Shell column learn this skill.
[Your Shell ’Son of the Original Fire of Desire’ has mastered ’Four-Body Concerted Destiny Great Divine Power’ (Immortal+ Level Skill)!]
[Your Shell ’Inquisitive Primitive Ancient Dragon’ has mastered ’Four-Body Concerted Destiny Great Divine Power’ (Immortal+ Level Skill)!]
[You activate ’Appearance of the Queen Bee’, the Son of Evil, holding the Vajra Pestle and standing on Flying Divine Boots, immediately appears behind you.]
With a thought, Lin Xun made both activate ’Four-Body Concerted Destiny Great Divine Power’ at the same time!
[Six-colored Light envelops your Dragon Man body, while pitch-black Malice completely shrouds the Son of Evil. The two auras twist and entwine around each other...]
[The Shells ’Son of the Original Fire of Desire’ and ’Inquisitive Primitive Ancient Dragon’ have comparable strengths, and their compatibility exceeds 95%.]
[You have triggered the special effect ’Same Heart and Body’!]
[Under the astonished gaze of the White Elephant Demon, the two Lights merged completely, an unrivaled powerful aura released in a wild burst!]
[When the Light subsided, a strange Divine with two heads and four arms was born.]
[Adorned in deep purple armor, one hand wielding the Fierce Dragon Spear, the other holding the Vajra Pestle, and feet in Flying Divine Boots, it stood as if a Demon God descended upon the world!]
[The White Elephant Demon realized then that you had learned the Four Venerable King’s Great Divine Power, and somehow, you had also mastered the ’Same Heart and Body’ state that the four brothers had taken many years to achieve.]
The ’Same Heart and Body’ state Lin Xun achieved was still somewhat inferior to the original skill because the Appearance of the Queen Bee summoned a consciousness, not a real physical Shell, so the power was somewhat diminished.
In the ’Same Heart and Body’ state, the combined Shell inherited all the skills of both the Little Dragon and the Son of Evil.
It also inherited all passive Skills and Special Skills of their equipment. The combined Shell not only had the Son of Evil’s endless stamina but could also use ’Oath of the Ancient Dragon’ to transform into a gigantic Ancient Dragon state.
Furthermore, ’Same Heart and Body’ allowed for the stacking of equipment effects worn by both parties, greatly enhancing the Shell’s strength in this state.
"I wonder what would happen now if the Little Dragon transformed into an Ancient Dragon," he mused.
[Seeing this, the White Elephant Demon’s eyes lit up with excitement. He couldn’t resist asking, "Little Junior Brother, what does ’Same Heart and Body’ feel like? Can you let Senior Brother join in the fun?"]
[You could only shake your head. White Elephant Senior Brother’s Shells were far from comparable to yours, neither matching in strength nor meeting the 95% compatibility requirement.]
The Shells must be of equal quality with a maximum level difference of 20 to meet the ’comparable strength’ requirement, hence Lin Xun did not let the other Shells in his column learn this skill.
More importantly, since the Appearance of the Queen Bee could summon only one consciousness, learning the skill would waste the remaining two skill slots if other Shells couldn’t be summoned for fusion.
"If I could summon a few more consciousnesses and assemble ’Same Heart and Body’, couldn’t I demonstrate combat power beyond realms just like the Four Venerable Kings?" he wondered.
Regrettably, the exclusive ’Appearance of the Queen Bee’ was already powerful, and the game system did not allow for the upgrading of exclusive artifacts’ functions.
The last piece of spoils was an information artifact named ’The Great Kashyapa of the Impure Light Treasure Sutra’.
Frowning, Lin Xun murmured, "How did the Four Venerable Kings drop the scripture of Buddha Kasyapa? Could there be some relation between them?"
