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Chapter 152: Xi Xi's Fatal Weakness, Dao Fruit's Second Transformation and Divine Ability: Star Snat
Chapter 152: Xi Xi's Fatal Weakness, Dao Fruit's Second Transformation and Divine Ability: Star Snatching (Part 1)
Before him, a stream of light slowly unfolded.
The falling snow instantly evaporated, and Li Che's heart stirred, causing the Qi and blood in his body to circulate faster, releasing a majestic heat.
"Transformed..."
"LV4!"
"The first Dao Fruit to transform to LV4 level!"
Li Che murmured.
His voice was calm, but it couldn't hide the excitement bubbling within.
Then, he took a deep breath to calm himself.
"Inhale—"
"Exhale—"
The world was silent, and the snow fell in a flurry.
Li Che's eyes flickered, calming his mind, and he gazed at the flowing light before him.
[Dao Fruit: Immortal Craftsmanship (LV4, 0%)]
[Dao Fruit LV4, Second Transformation, Divine Ability Prototype (Immortal Craftsmanship · Thousand Analysis Hand) Promotion, Acquired Divine Ability (Immortal Craftsmanship · Star Snatching)]
The second transformation of the Dao Fruit!
The divine ability prototype... has been promoted to a divine ability! Even as Li Che tried to calm himself, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
Divine Ability...
Star Snatching!
[Star Snatching (Divine Ability): Plucking stars with one's hands, absorbing them into the self, attaining the Pure Body, and attracting all spirits.]
[First Heaven: Star Snatching Eye]
[Infinite Analysis, Soul Siphoning Spirit Lighting, Penetrating Illusions, Returning to Truth, Evil Suppressing, Evil Exterminating]
[Second Heaven: ???]
[???]
With the promotion of the divine ability prototype, an introduction to the newly acquired divine ability naturally emerged in his mind.
Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.
The first heaven... and the second heaven of the divine ability!
It was clear that he couldn't activate the second heaven state of the divine ability; his mind gave him feedback, indicating that his divine sense was too weak to bear it.
Even forcibly activating the second heaven state was beyond his reach.
It was as if there was a door standing before him, and no matter how hard he pushed, he might not be able to budge it!
In a word, it all came down to one thing.
Weakness! His own insufficient strength.
He didn't bother to consider the effects of the second heaven state of Star Snatching.
Li Che focused his mind on the first heaven state of the divine ability, the Star Snatching Eye.
In an instant, a powerful suction force erupted before him.
He felt his soul spinning.
On his forehead, it was as if a third eye had appeared, and in its pupil, an extremely mysterious divine light flickered.
As he slowly opened and closed it, the vertical eye in his mud pill was revealed.
After the world spun around him, the scenery before him changed dramatically.
A vast, boundless, and immense world appeared before him.
In his sight was also a Dao Tree growing on the vast earth, rising into the sky, as if piercing through the heavens and shattering the clouds!
The Dao Tree's branches hung low, with five fruits glowing in seven-colored streams of light suspended from them.
These were the Dao Fruits! Among them was the Immortal Craftsmanship Dao Fruit, which seemed to have become much heavier, slightly bending the branch it hung from.
The bend was very slight, but to Li Che, it was incredibly noticeable!
It was as if this curve was imprinted deep in his soul, and he captured it as soon as he saw it.
Then, his gaze shifted to the other four Dao Fruits: Lion Elephant Vajra, Pure Heart, Sage of Chess, and Painter of Immortals!
As he looked at them, he felt his Star Snatching Eye in his forehead becoming incredibly hot.
It burst forth with endless bright light!
Brilliant, like the filament of an incandescent lamp refined by billions of watts of energy! In the vertical eye, energy spread and intertwined, resembling roots that formed strange patterns, enveloping Li Che's arms.
His hands couldn't help but rise, and as he spread his fingers, it was as if he were pushing open the void itself!
Slowly, he reached out towards the four Dao Fruits hanging on the Dao Tree, excluding Immortal Craftsmanship.
As if...
An immortal reaching out to pluck the stars from the night sky!
However, Li Che's vision quickly blurred, and his consciousness returned to his physical body.
In the courtyard, his heavy breathing sounded like a bellows, constantly drawing air.
With each breath, chaotic airflow surged! Wood shavings flew, and the disturbance continued.
He looked at the seven Painter of Immortals doppelgangers in the room, not knowing when they had been released, their forms dispersed, leaving only the Eight Extremes Aura Crystal, not fully refined, on the ground.
Li Che felt the greatly strengthened Seven-Wheel Divine Foundation and exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi.
He raised his hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead.
His back was also drenched in sweat.
It was as if he had endured some hardship, as if he had truly ascended to the heavens, reaching for the distant stars.
"The Painter of Immortals doppelgangers automatically released... is it because... the Dao Fruit shook?"
"Earlier... I wanted to reach out and pluck the Dao Fruit hanging on the Dao Tree?"
Li Che exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi, his eyes filled with wonder.
He raised his hand to touch his forehead but found that the vertical eye in his brow had disappeared.
The Star Snatching Eye of the first heaven state had been deactivated.
However, Li Che felt a significant consumption of his essence, energy, and spirit, especially his mental energy, which had been greatly depleted, giving him a feeling of confusion as if everything was a blur.
His divine sense was nearly depleted, as if it had been drained.
Li Che understood that this was the result of the significant consumption from his earlier experimentation with the divine ability.
As he sat cross-legged to recover, he began to think carefully.
"Star Snatching... the 'stars' refer to the Dao Fruits?"
"Then, what's the significance of plucking the Dao Fruits?"
"For now, I can't pluck the Dao Fruits. When my cultivation improves enough, I'll be able to formally pluck the Dao Fruits and find out."
Li Che pondered.
For now, he could simply assume that the Immortal Craftsmanship divine ability, Star Snatching Eye, was an upgraded version of Thousand Analysis Hand, possessing the ability to analyze divine armaments, absorb divine essence, and more.
Additionally, it seemed to have effects like "soul siphoning spirit lighting, penetrating illusions, returning to truth, evil suppressing, and evil exterminating."
"Soul Lighting..."
Li Che closed his eyes, and the essence of the divine ability slowly flowed in his mind, blooming like a flower, revealing the meaning of soul lighting.
"Enlightening the spiritual nature?"
Li Che opened his eyes, a glint of wonder flashing in them.
"Penetrating illusions, returning to truth, means I can ignore any illusions, falsehoods, and even soul-confusing arrays."
Li Che exhaled, and as for evil suppressing and evil exterminating, the meaning was self-explanatory and easy to understand.
Developing the divine ability would require more time, but overall, he was satisfied with its effects.
However, mastering the divine ability... required strength.
At this moment, his strength was still insufficient.
The snow fell again, landing on his hair, shoulders, and the book he held in his hands.
Li Che didn't use his Qi and blood to evaporate the snow.
He continued to flip through the pages of Tang Clan's True Transmission Mechanism.
With his gaze fixed, after the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit reached Level 4, his understanding and insight into mechanisms had once again directly elevated to a whole new level.
Compared to the Tang Clan Mechanism Essentials, which was even more abstruse and difficult to comprehend, the Tang Clan True Transmission Mechanism suddenly became straightforward and comprehensible in his eyes.
Li Che carefully examined it, and in his mind, it was as if he was continuously deducing and calculating, constructing mechanism models.
"Mechanism Beast... The Tang Clan True Transmission Mechanism records the details of mechanism beast creation, as well as the accompanying... Mechanism Art."
Suddenly, Li Che felt the golden book in his hand, which recorded the Tang Clan True Transmission Mechanism, tremble slightly.
The characters on it seemed to come alive.
In an instant, they transformed into a scripture in Li Che's eyes.
Li Che was surprised, but he quickly calmed down after the initial shock.
"This is the Tang Clan's supreme art, the Mechanism Nine Seals, the key to creating mechanism beasts, and also its essence and core!"
"Only with sufficient comprehension can one extract the essence from the Tang Clan True Transmission Mechanism and refine this supreme art!"
"The soldiers are arrayed before the battle, the Mechanism Nine Seals, which were developed by the Tang Clan's ancestors from the strange temple they suppressed, are integrated into the Mechanism Art, forming the Tang Clan's unique mechanism path."
"Mechanism beasts require the bestowal of seals, and the more mechanism seals a beast can bear, the stronger it becomes!"
"The Ten Capital Mechanism Beast bears one seal, while the Nine Stars Mechanism Beast bears two seals..."
"The Tang Clan's four supreme-level mechanism beasts bear seven rounds of mechanism seals!"
Li Che's eyes shone with brilliance as they opened and closed.
So that was it...
This was the true core of the Tang Clan's mechanisms!
His heart surged with excitement as he began to meticulously study the Mechanism Nine Seals, which belonged to the ranks of supreme arts.
Li Che was always interested in any supreme art.
He wondered if it could be integrated into the Ten Thousand Transformations Dragon Elephant.
However, Li Che soon furrowed his brows as he realized that the Mechanism Nine Seals were clearly a level higher than any supreme art he had encountered so far.
Understanding it was extremely challenging.
But Li Che was quite patient.
While restoring his vitality, he studied the supreme art of the Mechanism Nine Seals.
...
...
Two days later.
At Zhen Lei Peak, in a small courtyard.
Xi Xi had her hair tied in pigtails, and she wore a big red cotton-padded jacket, occasionally poking her little head out from behind Li Che.
"Daddy, are you done?"
"Daddy, have you finished making it?"
"Xi Xi is getting impatient, Daddy, hurry up!"
Xi Xi chattered incessantly by his side, her mouth pouting.
In the distance, Gong Yangxiu and Gong Yuanliang dared not approach, as they were a bit afraid of Xi Xi's daddy.
They always felt that Xi Xi's daddy's gaze was incredibly sharp, giving them the illusion that he wanted to smash their heads.
Lu Chi, on the other hand, had already become accustomed to this.
Enduring more, one's psychological endurance would silently improve.
Since Thunderbolt City, Lu Chi had endured Li Che's gaze, so this minor situation was nothing.
Lu Chi snorted as he practiced his martial arts, looking down on Gong Yangxiu and Gong Yuanliang with a disdainful snort.
Two little weaklings.
Li Che, of course, paid no attention to the thoughts of these three young troublemakers.
He was carving a small object.
The carving knife in his hand flew nimbly, and the spiritual wood shavings that fell like snow emitted a radiant glow.
After the promotion of the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit, Li Che's carving skills had almost reached a state of transformation, forming his own unique style.
"Done!"
Li Che put away the carving knife and rubbed Xi Xi's little head as she leaned over.
"Hmm~ Daddy, where's the little crow you mentioned? What is this? It's so ugly!"
Xi Xi said with a toothy grin.
The little butterfly on her shoulder was also curious, flapping its wings.
Gong Yangxiu, Gong Yuanliang, and Lu Chi couldn't help but be curious and gathered around.
Li Che smiled and assembled the scattered parts on the ground, fitting them together with mortise and tenon joints, without using a single nail.
Then, Li Che opened his mouth, and a powerful gust of air blew from his mouth.
Instantly, the assembled wooden spirit crane was blown away by the wind, revealing its streamlined mechanism beast body.
"This is..."
Lu Chi, with his big head, narrowed his eyes.
Mechanism beast?!
This was a mechanism beast!
A Tang Clan mechanism beast!
Uncle Li could actually create a mechanism beast?
Although it only had the appearance of a mechanism beast, it was still an extraordinary achievement.
However, something even more astonishing to Lu Chi happened soon after.
Amidst the three little brats' exclamations of "Wow," Li Che was very satisfied.
He raised his palm, and his five fingers, like hooks, moved nimbly in the air.
The next moment, Li Che outlined a 'Go' character mechanism seal with his divine essence and then embedded it into the body of the mechanism beast.
Li Che released his hand.
Clack, clack, clack, clack—
The wooden spirit beast staggered and twisted, its spiritual wood wings flapping incessantly.
It was as if it was getting accustomed to this new body.
Li Che sat quietly on the ground, and between his eyebrows, a divine pattern seemed to appear for a fleeting moment, transforming into a vertical eye that flashed and disappeared.
Divine Ability—
Star Snatching Eye! Spirit Lighting!
A stream of light burst forth from the vertical eye, merging into the wooden spirit crane, slowly heading towards the core of the wooden spirit crane, where the 'Go' character mechanism seal was embedded.
In an instant, the originally clumsy wooden spirit crane that was foolishly flapping its wings became lively and agile.
It hopped around the courtyard and even approached Xi Xi, caressing her face.
"Giggles! Wow! Daddy, this big bird is so fun!"
The butterfly on Xi Xi's shoulder also flapped its wings, staring at the wooden spirit crane in a challenging manner.
The wooden spirit crane tilted its neck, and Xi Xi landed on its back, flapping its wings.
It carried Xi Xi directly into the sky, gliding and flying in the courtyard.
Xi Xi was overjoyed, her little face flushed with excitement. This big crane was much more fun than a tricycle!
"Daddy, I'm flying!"
Xi Xi's laughter echoed in the sky, accompanied by a jingling bell-like laughter.
Xi Xi the Emperor, who loved to play, was thrilled!
Li Che watched Xi Xi's radiant smile, patted the wood shavings on his ink-stained robe, and stood up with his hands behind his back.
His eyes were gentle, and a smile played at the corners of his mouth.
Mechanism Nine Seals, Initiation! Mastering one seal is considered initiation.
This mechanism supreme art was extremely challenging, and it took Li Che three days to barely initiate and master the first seal.
(End of Chapter)
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