Beginning with the Ubume Bird Chapter 125

Chapter 125: Chapter 24 Heritage Evolution

It took about five minutes for Pei Yunhu's words to spread to the ears of all the Esteemed Walkers involved in this event.

“Should I continue to wade through these muddy waters?”

Cha Xiaodao rubbed his hand, and a soft, sweet rice ball appeared in his palm. He tossed it into his mouth, and a long, shallow wound on his neck gradually healed.

Blood flowed beneath his feet, alongside a corpse.

“A gentleman does not stand beneath a collapsing wall, Cha Xiaodao.”

Cha Xiaodao's face twisted with conflict.

He had learned seventy to eighty percent of the skills from 8 buildings, and, given time, he could convert them into considerable fighting power. However, there was still something missing. The most crucial piece.

The breakthrough peak was approaching, and this small gap could potentially be insurmountable later on.

But it was very dangerous.

The man's magnificent and radiant sword light was infinitely magnified in front of Cha Xiaodao.

Li Yan.

This person belonged to the most dangerous type of Esteemed Walkers: he would not flee, he would not pause; he always focused on becoming stronger, not merely surviving.

Cha Xiaodao also wanted to become stronger, but he valued his life even more.

Isn't it a lifetime however you live? If you fight starships with your fists, do you not eat soy milk and doughnuts anymore? When you see a girl, don't you want to get closer?

Once you die, it's all over, darling.

You can't say Cha Xiaodao is a coward; he's a bona fide killer of six men, having faced two designated duels head-on and survived.

Three Yan Fu Heritage scrolls were enough, and the rest were tough nuts and lunatics. Whoever played was a fool.

The more Cha Xiaodao thought about it, the more it seemed right. He decisively slapped his thigh.

“Return!”

Cha Xiaodao's body began to emit specks of blue luminescence, which slowly transformed into nothingness.

Starting from his feet, lower legs, waist, chest, neck, forehead, and hair, he was on the verge of vanishing into thin air.

“Attention all Esteemed Walkers, the content of the Yan Fu event has been modified!”

“In this event, there will be no possibility of early return. All Esteemed Walkers must fight to the death, the last man standing, never ceasing.”

“Kill the disruptor and obtain an item, which will grant all Esteemed Walkers the right to return.”

Cha Xiaodao, whose disappearance had reached his lower legs, wore a dark expression as he watched the blue specks painfully re-form his body.

Then came Pei Yunhu's words.

The rain poured down furiously, just like his current mood.

Cha Xiaodao gripped his hair, grinding his teeth.

“Just two inches away!”

“Ah, right, that's it. The situation is troublesome now; I can't go back,” said Ren Ni, standing in an abandoned phone booth, sounding quite anxious.

“Initially, I wasn't included in the list of recipients for this Yan Fu event. I handed over the items to Wushan. As long as any Esteemed Walker completed the event and chose to return, I could have slipped away, but not anymore.”

He held the phone in his left hand, constantly pressing the buttons on the game console controller with his right thumb, talking to the person on the other line.

“Among those participating in the Yan Fu event, someone used a high-level item to forcefully lock down this fruit, insisting on a fight to the death, an unwarranted disaster.”

On the other end of the phone was a husky yet sexy female voice.

“For now, you hide. Don't draw attention from 'Earth Endurance' over there. I'll handle the rest.”

“Ha, thanks a lot. As a postal type Esteemed Walker, I really don't want to get involved in these madmen's fights,” replied Ren Ni.

“Understood,” she said simply.

The woman on the other end hung up the phone.

Ren Ni leaned against the phone booth, silent for a long time. The night outside was deep, and a boy with a peculiar running posture was wandering in the night with a ball in his arms.

The only sound in the air was the friction of Ren Ni pressing the controller buttons, his fingers dancing like butterflies fluttering pleasingly.

It was about ten minutes later that he sighed, tucked the controller into his pocket, and shook his numb right hand.

“What a twisted level, worthy of hell difficulty,” he remarked.

He complained with his mouth, but the smile at the corner of his lips stretched to an exaggerated extent.

The rain had come quickly and left just as swiftly. The air was filled with the renewed scent of damp earth.

Hundreds of black Sudu birds scattered in all directions, flying towards every corner of Yan Capital City amidst the cool breeze.

Li Yan sat in the shade of a tree, the cut on his arm already scabbing over. The injury on his chest was more serious, exerting force could cause the wound to split open.

The man of the Mysterious Songbird heritage really wasn't lacking in strength.

After two nights of fierce combat, Li Yan had obtained two more heritages.

Using them all would allow him to break through his peak in an instant, raising his Gu Huo Bird's awakening degree to 47%. (Originally 39% + excessive 7%, to break through requires consuming excessive 35%, four heritages provide excessive 36%, after break through it will be 39% + 8% = 47%)

Moreover, breaking through the peak would definitely come with additional rewards. Initially, at 10% peak, there was no bottleneck, and even Blood Dip was granted an inconspicuous yet practical guaranteed hit effect. As for what this time might bring, Li Yan was looking forward to it.

Other than heritage scrolls, Li Yan didn't obtain anything else from the man. The fine-quality Crooked Leg Knife was shattered by the Tiger Head Great Spear.

A man dies and his path fades; who knows who will benefit from the contents of his Seal Space…

It's worth mentioning that the heritage obtained from the man was slightly different from the Chongming Bird and Bifang Bird heritages.

[Heritage: Mysterious Songbird's Appearance·Zhuang Jie] (Heart Blade Enhancement)

Awakening Degree 9% (Automatically resets after a kill)

Shell Cry: Enhances the holder's explosive force and speed by 90%.

Music Wisdom (Heart Blade Enhancement): By recalling any piece of music in one's mind, one can obtain its special state bonus. The state bonus doubles when hearing the music with one's own ears. Upon hearing a special magical music, one will receive an extremely powerful state bonus!

Heart Blade Enhancement: The energy begins with the fist, the law originates from the heart!

An exclusive secret technique originating from the True Martial Law Fruit (Scale- Jiazi 266): True Martial Law.

Holding a weapon, one can emit an invisible energy. The weapon must be of “fine” quality or higher and in a “Music Wisdom” state.

Esteemed Walker, please take note!

Replacing a heritage can grant you Heart Blade Enhancement, but if you consume this heritage to increase awakening degree, you will not receive this enhancement.

Note: It is said that heritage, apart from replacement, also has the potential for evolution. However, to evolve a heritage, besides a high awakening degree, various enhancements through different methods are needed. So, you know, Esteemed Walker.

Heritage can evolve!

The grade of the Gu Huo Bird is not high, something Mo had mentioned to Li Yan before, but it had to be admitted that the Gu Huo bird was very suitable for Li Yan.

[Blood Dip] could be considered the core of Li Yan's current combat style.

With Blood Dip activated, using high melee specialization to grapple with the enemy, seizing the opportunity for a Tiger Rises.

Swallow Through the Curtain! Corpse Dog damage assessment!

Blood Dip eruption! Nine Phoenix Enhancements freezing burst!

He found it somewhat difficult to give up.

If the Gu Huo Bird could evolve, it would perfectly solve all the problems.

Li Yan's own Gu Huo Bird already had “Nine Phoenix” and “Corpse Dog” enhancements twice, so naturally, he wouldn't covet the enhancement of “Heart Blade” to replace his heritage.

Although, the idea of sword qi and spear force was quite cool…

As for Pei Yunhu's shouting.

It was a bit of trouble, but nothing too serious.

It was indeed an exaggeration that Pei Yunhu could get an item that could modify the content of the Yan Fu event, but it wasn't impossible.

If it wasn't for the fact that Liang Ye couldn't take this particular fruit out, merely relying on his voice that could blur all suppression effects, the quality of a Sony Walkman would have to be considered “legendary.”

Li Yan shifted his attention to the “Witch Language” state on his body.

[Aura of Killing Intent], when facing those strong walkers with firm resolve, had a very low chance of triggering a deterrence effect.

Li Yan didn't really go around drawing a Nine Phoenix Talisman in this world.

These two abilities didn't have much impact.

Being sealed, A Fleeting Glimpse was quite uncomfortable.

Beyond just viewing personal information of other walkers, [A Fleeting Glimpse] had also endowed Li Yan with insightful precision in his movements.

With the status bar sealed and [A Fleeting Glimpse] unusable, Li Yan's judgement on battle details might not be as precise.

Last time, the Bifang Bird's fake death wasn't noticeable, but this time, against the man of Mysterious Songbird heritage, the difference was clear. However, relying on his Ancient Martial Arts Specialization of over 90%, Li Yan still didn't fall behind.

Back then, armed only with a Biyuan Sword, Li Yan had barely stepped through the threshold of the Ten Cities. How much stronger was he now compared to that time?

Chapter end

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