Chapter 6: The sword is like a dragon's roar, the body is like a flowing cloud
[Liuyun Step: Proficiency 1/200]
[Water Dragon Song: Proficiency 1/300]
[Current experience value: 50]
As the skill levels of 'Liuyunbu' and 'Shuilongyin' reach the proficient level.
Lu Chen felt that he had many more insights into these two skills in his mind.
This feeling was very mysterious, as if he had been practicing these two skills for a long time, and it was hard to describe or explain.
"With these two skills, I should be able to fight those Qingxuan puppets now."
With this thought in mind, Lu Chen stood up and walked out of the passage.
Ancient Xiu Mausoleum, inside the underground tomb.
When Lu Chen returned here again, he was no longer as nervous as he was at the beginning.
He looked at the Qingxuan puppets not far away and slowly raised the magic sword in his hand.
"Come again."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was responded by the cold eyes of the Qingxuan puppets and the pressure that kept approaching. However, unlike the first time when he was in a mess, this time Lu Chen seemed to be much more at ease.
Facing the attack from the first Qingxuan puppet, Lu Chen dodged it easily.
Then his face darkened and he instinctively performed the "Water Dragon Song".
The sword body of the magic sword began to vibrate continuously. The high-frequency vibration not only brought amazing vibration force to the magic sword, but also emitted a dull sword sound.
And this... is the Dragon's Roar! Looking at the nearest Qingxuan puppet, Lu Chen swung his sword! Swish!
The magic sword, which was equipped with the sharp power of Qianjin, easily broke through the hard body of the Qingxuan puppet and directly cut off its neck.
The next second after Lu Chen got rid of the Qingxuan puppet, several other Qingxuan puppets that were a little further away had also surrounded him.
In response, Lu Chen dodged smoothly and kept a relatively safe distance from the nine Qingxuan puppets.
And just where he had just dodged, the iron fists of several Qingxuan puppets fell down with a bang.
Bang! The hard ground was immediately shattered by the puppets' heavy punches, leaving a hole and cracks all around.
Looking at this scene, Lu Chen said with lingering fear: "It seems that my first death was not unjust."
With this kind of power, it's no wonder that they can break through my protective divine light and kill me with random punches.
After some emotion, Lu Chen immediately calmed his mind and focused on the battle in front of him.
Although the first lone Qingxuan puppet was killed in vain.
But the remaining Qingxuan puppets kept a close distance from each other.
If Lu Chen rashly attacked one of them, he would definitely be besieged by the rest.
Therefore, if you want to defeat them, you must kill one Qingxuan puppet while avoiding the attacks of other Qingxuan puppets.
Just like what happened when he just killed the first Qingxuan puppet.
But this is easier said than done.
It is extremely difficult to dodge the attacks of nine puppets in the already small underground tomb.
Moreover, with his current magic power, while maintaining the sharpness technique, he can only use the Purple Cloud Divine Light to protect his body twice at most.
In other words, he could only resist the attacks of the Qingxuan Puppet twice at most.
In other words, he only had two chances to be hit by the Qingxuan puppets.
If he was hit again after the second time, with his current physical condition, even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured and unable to continue fighting.
With this thought in mind, Lu Chen once again started fighting with the Qingxuan puppets.
One minute later...
Lu Chen, who was forced into a corner by the Qingxuan puppets, was gasping for breath.
Not far from him were three broken Qingxuan puppets.
That’s right, in a situation where one is fighting ten and there is a level gap.
Lu Chen relied on Water Dragon Chant, Flowing Cloud Steps and Purple Cloud Divine Light to replace three Qingxuan puppets.
If other cultivators in the second level of Qi training had such a record, they would actually be proud of it.
But Lu Chen was still somewhat dissatisfied with his performance.
Mistakes, too many mistakes.
Whether it is the timing of Liuyunbu or Shuilongyin's attack, there are many areas where he can improve and do better.
This one-minute battle seemed short, but it greatly improved Lu Chen's understanding of Flowing Cloud Step and Water Dragon Chant.
The essence of Water Dragon Chant is actually to use spiritual power to make the sword body generate vibration force.
In this way, the magic sword can produce high-frequency damage like "water waves" while emitting a sword sound similar to a dragon's roar.
This is the "Dragon Roar" in Shuilongyin.
Theoretically speaking, the faster the frequency of the Water Dragon's Chant, the more powerful the sword will be.
But these only exist in theory.
Because whether it is the quality of the magic sword itself, or Lu Chen's own body and cultivation.
None of them could support him to stack more Water Dragon Chant shock effects.
At present, he can stack the shock force up to five times in one second.
This is the limit of what he can do.
And every time after performing Water Dragon Chant, he needed to spend a certain amount of time to adjust the turbulent spiritual energy in his body.
Although this time is not long, it is particularly deadly in battle.
That is to say, water-attributed spiritual power is the softest of the five elements.
If it was spiritual power of other attributes, Lu Chen might not even have the chance to perform Water Dragon Chant before his meridians were shattered by the vibrating spiritual power.
Water Dragon Song may seem simple, but this sword technique... has a lot of hidden secrets.
Just as Lu Chen lowered his head in thought, the remaining seven Qingxuan puppets had already come to him.
Lu Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up at them.
He would rather lose the battle than the fight, and would stick to his guns even if it meant death.
"Wait, I'll be back."
Bang! As the punches fell, Lu Chen's voice disappeared.
Second catacomb challenge, failed!
After being resurrected, Lu Chen did not even pause for a moment for the recent failure. He immediately threw himself into the next battle.
Just as he just said, he will be back!
The third catacombs challenge failed!
Fourth catacomb challenge, failed!
The 102nd Catacomb Challenge.
"Liuyunbu and Shuilongyin have reached the mastery level. It's almost time to end it."
Just as Zixia Health Preserving Exercise can improve skill proficiency through practice.
The same is true for Liuyunbu and Shuilongyin.
Perhaps it is because they have always been used in actual combat, or perhaps it is because they do not have the harsh conditions of Zixia Health Preserving Exercise which can only be practiced when Zixia is just born.
As a result, Lu Chen was able to cultivate these two skills extremely quickly.
Originally, during the 52nd challenge, Lu Chen was already able to defeat the ten Qingxuan puppets.
But when he discovered that these ten guys were excellent sparring partners.
Instead of rushing to defeat them, Lu Chen used them as tools to practice Flowing Cloud Steps and Water Dragon Chant.
During this process, not only Water Dragon Chant and Flowing Cloud Steps, but also the Sharp Technique that he constantly performed had achieved significant improvements.
Fighting is indeed the best teacher.
[Liuyun Step: Mastery 1/800]
[Water Dragon Song: Mastery 1/1200]
[Sharp Technique: Great Mastery 100/1000]
[Current experience value: 50]
If possible, Lu Chen actually wanted to continue playing with these Qingxuan puppets and upgrade the levels of the three skills as much as possible.
However, perhaps it was because these ten Qingxuan puppets could no longer bring him any pressure.
As a result, in the most recent battle, the proficiency of his three skills could no longer be improved.
Seeing this, Lu Chen naturally decided not to repeat the challenge.
In the catacombs.
This was the one hundred and second time that Lu Chen had seen the ten Qingxuan puppets.
This time, he was so calm as if he was attending an ordinary party.
There was no way, he had fought with these guys more than a hundred times.
Now I can accurately predict the movements of these guys even with my eyes closed, which means I can see through them completely.
Let alone ten, even if the number doubled, Lu Chen felt that he would not have any pressure now.
Although his cultivation has not improved at all, he is now... indeed stronger!
Bang! As the door behind him closed again, the ten Qingxuan puppets in front of him started moving again.
Lu Chen looked at them and bowed politely.
"Thank you for your help, this... should all end now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Chen turned into a shadow and rushed in front of a Qingxuan puppet.
Before the Qingxuan puppet could react, the sound of a sword rang out in the quiet underground tomb.
Although the sound was fleeting, it was very clear and loud, just like the roar of a dragon!
The moment the sword sound disappeared, Lu Chen's figure crossed paths with a Qingxuan puppet.
“The first one.”
The moment Lu Chen stopped, a gust of fist wind came from behind him.
Lu Chen seemed to have foreseen the situation and immediately dodged the sneak attack from the Qingxuan puppet behind him by nimbly moving sideways.
At the same time, the magic sword in his hand made a crisp sword sound again, and the sword fell on the Qingxuan puppet.
"The second one."
Lu Chen didn't even look at the situation behind him, and walked leisurely into the encirclement of the Qingxuan puppets.
"The third, fourth, fifth..."
At this moment, the sturdy body that the Qingxuan puppet was proud of seemed as fragile as paper in front of Lu Chen.
Whenever the sound of a sword was heard, a Qingxuan puppet would fall to the ground.
Even though the Qingxuan puppet was incredibly powerful and not afraid of pain, it wanted to exchange injuries with Lu Chen.
But in front of Lu Chen's smooth and flowing movements, they couldn't even touch Lu Chen at all.
One minute later...
"The tenth."
As the tenth Qingxuan puppet fell to the ground, the originally crowded underground tomb immediately became empty.
Lu Chen looked at the puppet wreckage on the ground, feeling a little dazed for some reason.
Who would have thought that he, who could only hold out for ten minutes at the beginning, could now defeat these guys without any injury within one minute.
Without these guys blocking his way, Lu Chen couldn't help but look at the coffin not far away.
He remembered the name of this copy, Ancient Cultivator's Tomb.
According to the description of the copy, the most dangerous thing about this place is not the Qingxuan puppet that acts as a guard.
Instead, they were a group of ancient cultivators' corpses that had awakened unexpectedly.
The so-called Dharma corpses are actually a group of monks who have turned into zombies.
Such zombies are undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than ordinary zombies.
Because in addition to the invulnerable bodies of zombies, they also know some magic spells from their previous lives.
The magic corpses are not only found in dungeons, there are also many magic corpses in the Jiuzhou Immortal Alliance.
Therefore, Lu Chen was actually not unfamiliar with the so-called Dharma corpse.
Looking at the coffin in the center of the tomb, Lu Chen did not approach directly, but swung his sword cautiously.
The rotten coffin was immediately split into two halves by the sword, revealing the situation inside the coffin.
"Empty?"
Looking at the empty coffin, Lu Chen frowned.
He originally thought that the Qingxuan puppet in the tomb was a small monster, and the corpse in the coffin was the BOSS.
But now the coffin is empty.
Either there was nothing in the coffin to begin with.
Or something inside escaped.
Lu Chen looked at the open stone door at the other end of the tomb and was more inclined to the latter.
However, Lu Chen was not in a hurry to leave the room and look for answers.
Instead, he began to pick up the scattered spots of light on the body of the Qingxuan puppet.
[You obtained a Qingxuan Puppet Technique fragment and 35 experience points. The current number of fragments is 1/10]
[You have obtained a Qingxuan Puppet Technique fragment and 35 experience points. The current number of fragments is 2/10]
【……】
After picking up all ten fragments, they were quickly combined into a complete Qingxuan Puppet Technique.
【Qingxuan Puppetry】
[Effect: After learning, you can refine Qingxuan puppets. The puppet's strength depends on the materials used.]
[Learning requirements: Wood Spiritual Root, Gold Spiritual Root]
In addition to obtaining a puppet technique, the ten Qingxuan puppets also brought him a lot of experience.
[Current experience value: 400]
One Qingxuan puppet is worth 35 experience points, and ten of them are worth 350 points.
If you don't have to kill them all before you can gain the copy experience points.
Lu Chen might just stay here and keep gaining experience points.
By then, let alone Water Dragon Song and Flowing Cloud Step, he might even be able to max out the Purple Cloud Health Preserving Technique in a short period of time.
What a pity, what a pity.
"Forget it. Greed is insatiable. I already have the help of real cultivation. There is no need for me to ask for more."
After sighing, Lu Chen paid attention to the stone tablet next to him.
On the stone tablet, the information of the tomb owner was clearly written.
[Qingyun Sect, the 72nd generation official disciple, the tomb of Shang Zhiliang]
Qingyun Sect? Lu Chen looked at the few lines of words on the stone tablet and was very surprised.
He didn't expect that this so-called ancient cultivator's tomb was actually the burial place of Qingyun Sect's disciples.
Judging from this, the time in the copy should not be the same period as the Qingyun Sect in the game.
After all, with how powerful the Qingyun Sect is in the game, they would definitely not allow their disciples to transform into corpses after death.
This can only mean that something happened to the Qingyun Sect during the copy period, which resulted in the inability to manage its own sect mausoleum.
Or they have simply disappeared in the long river of history.
This is what led to the current state of the mausoleum being abandoned to the point where corpses have turned into corpses.
"No wonder I was so familiar with these puppets before. I guess they were made of the Qingxuan wood from the Qingyun Sect's outer sect."
"Even the Qingyun Sect, which has a powerful master in the Spiritualization Stage, has fallen to this point. What happened in the world outside the dungeon..."
"Forget it. These have nothing to do with me now. I'd better concentrate on the current copy."
"It would be fine if this tomb only buried the official disciples, but if it also buried the true disciples, elders, and even the masters of each peak of Qingyun Sect, then even if the dungeon is refreshed only once every three months in reality, it will be difficult for me to clear this dungeon before it refreshes."
"After all, the weakest true disciples of Qingyun Sect are at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the elders are at the Golden Core Stage, and the Peak Master is at the Nascent Soul Stage."
"If they transform into corpses, how can a mere Qi training cultivator like me be their opponent?"
“However, since this instance is open to people in the Qi training stage, there must not be such terrifying existences as the Golden Core stage or Nascent Soul stage corpses. Otherwise, one would have to start from the Foundation Establishment stage to enter here.”
"Besides, it is unlikely that people like elders and peak masters will be buried with others."
"So this should just be a disciple's tomb."
Thinking of this, Lu Chen stopped thinking about it.
After making sure that there were not many useful things in the tomb, he walked directly into the open stone door in front of him.
He was resurrected hundreds of times in the first tomb room, and he didn't know how many times he would have to die before he could completely complete this copy.
After walking out of the tomb, what comes into view is a complex underground palace.
Before Lu Chen could see the complex environment of the underground palace clearly, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind coming from above his head.
After a burst of severe pain, Lu Chen's vision instantly turned dark.
Inside the catacombs room.
"I... died again?"
After being resurrected again, Lu Chen looked at the remains of the Qingxuan puppets scattered around with an ugly expression.
When he died before, at least he knew how he died.
But this time he died without even seeing what the enemy looked like.
Was the enemy so strong that he couldn't react, or was there some special trap outside the stone gate?
Since you can’t guess it, just try again.
He can be resurrected infinitely in the dungeon, so what is there to be afraid of? Just be reckless!
(End of this chapter)
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