Chapter 140 – Two New Destruction-Class Skills!

“One is a Daoist Skill Book, ‘Golden Body Curse’?”

“The other is actually the rare Daoist formation Skill Book, ‘Ghost Spirit Array’?”

Ye Sheng looked down. In each of his hands was a Skill Book. The ‘Golden Body Curse’ in his left hand was a golden Skill Book, radiating a golden light. The ‘Ghost Spirit Array’ in his right hand was gray-black, emitting a black mist, giving it a somewhat mysterious aura.

Both Skill Books displayed that they could be learned!

[Detected learnable skill—Golden Body Curse. Learn?]

[Yes/No?]

[Detected learnable skill—Ghost Spirit Array. Learn?]

[Yes/No?]

Two consecutive notification sounds popped up, and a pale blue Stat Panel appeared before Ye Sheng.

“Learn!”

Without hesitation, Ye Sheng learned both skills one after the other, then proceeded to check their Attribute panels.

[Ding! Golden Body Curse learned successfully.]

[Daoist Skill: Golden Body Curse (LV1). A high-level Daoist incantation that combines offense and defense, capable of coating the user’s body in a layer of Golden Body, increasing defense while enhancing offensive capabilities!

While in Golden Body state: Attack power increased by +50%! Damage against Ghost Creatures increased by +100%!

While in Golden Body state: Defense power increased by +50%! Damage taken from Ghost Creatures reduced by 70%!]

[Ding! Ghost Spirit Array learned successfully.]

[Formation: Ghost Spirit Array (LV1). A high-level Daoist formation that can deploy a maze covering a ten-mile radius. Those who enter the formation lose their sense of direction and find it difficult to escape!

Chance of sensory disorientation for those entering the formation: +100%

Chance of triggering weakness: +5%

Damage weakened by 8% while in weakened state.]

Ye Sheng glanced over them and could only say that both skills were not weak; they were high-level skills. However, they were merely not weak and didn’t provide much help to him!

He still pinned his hopes on the Talent Passive ‘Celestial Master’s Heart’ triggering, allowing both skills to evolve into Destruction-tier Skills.

As Ye Sheng anticipated, after lingering in his mind for only a moment, two more notification sounds rang out, causing his breath to quicken slightly.

[Ding! New skill detected…]

[Talent Passive ‘Celestial Master’s Heart’ triggered. ‘Golden Body Curse’ automatically leveled up to the Destruction-tier ‘Heavenly Manifestation’!]

[Ding! New skill detected…]

[Talent Passive ‘Celestial Master’s Heart’ triggered. ‘Ghost Spirit Array’ automatically leveled up to the Destruction-tier ‘Nightmare Ghost Realm’!]

“What? Heavenly Manifestation and Nightmare Ghost Realm?!”

“This?” Ye Sheng was stunned!

Although he didn’t yet understand this ‘Nightmare Ghost Realm,’ ‘Heavenly Manifestation’ was far too famous. In his original world, it was an extremely powerful divine and immortal technique.

The Dharma Idol it condensed could shake the heavens and earth, like a towering mountain!

Swish.

Ye Sheng eagerly pulled up the Skill Panel for ‘Heavenly Manifestation,’ wanting to see how to cast it.

[Destruction-tier Skill: Heavenly Manifestation (LV1). One of the top divine abilities of the Daoist School, using divine seals as a foundation to condense a Dharma Idol for combat.

Dharma Idol attack power increased by +30,000%!

Dharma Idol defense power increased by +20,000%!

Damage against Ghost Creatures increased by +50,000%!

Cooldown time: 24 hours

Current number of divine seals: 0

Status: Cannot be cast due to lack of divine seals.

Hint: Divine seals—the soul imprints of fallen Gods.]

“Cannot be cast? Lack of divine seals?”

Ye Sheng glanced over it and then couldn’t help but freeze—the Heavenly Manifestation actually couldn’t be activated?

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, where he couldn’t use a skill after learning it.

“The reason is the lack of a ‘Divine Seal.’ What exactly is this Divine Seal?” Ye Sheng frowned, turning his gaze to the notification on the skill panel…

“Divine Seal—the soul imprints left behind by the fallen Gods.”

After reading this, Ye Sheng only grew more confused.

He had no idea where to find such a thing.

And… it even involved ‘The Gods’?

What did this mean? Could it be that deities truly existed in this world?

Lost in thought, Ye Sheng couldn’t help but space out.

But if that were truly the case, and it involved The Gods, then it would be even more impossible for him to obtain this so-called Divine Seal.

If they were deities, how powerful would they be? Forget that he was only at the 4th Revolution now—even if he reached the 9th Revolution Ghost Emperor Realm, he probably wouldn’t be a match for a deity, right?

Ye Sheng couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on!

Learning a skill but being unable to use it was worse than not learning it at all. Especially since this skill seemed exceptionally powerful—it was like scratching an itch he couldn’t reach, leaving him deeply frustrated.

“&…%￥!” Even with his usual composure, Ye Sheng couldn’t help but curse and vent his frustration at this moment. “Surely it doesn’t mean I have to go slay a god, does it?”

Just as Ye Sheng was cursing under his breath, a notification sound echoed in his mind.

[Ding! ‘Divine Seal’ detected… Does the host wish to capture it?]

[Yes/No?]

As the notification sounded, the ‘Primal Skyfire’ equipment that had previously vanished from Ye Sheng’s body automatically reappeared, bursting into raging flames!

A powerful energy wave automatically radiated from the set of equipment. Ye Sheng tried to control it but was horrified to find he couldn’t.

At this moment! The Primal Skyfire Armor seemed to have truly developed a consciousness of its own.

[Alert… Soul imprints of fallen Gods detected within the Primal Skyfire Armor!]

[Alert! Higher-dimensional lifeform detected awakening!]

[Alert! The soul of the Primal Skyfire Divine General is awakening! Capture it as soon as possible! Otherwise, it will endanger your life!]

[Capture?]

[Yes/No?]

The notification sound grew increasingly urgent.

“What?” Ye Sheng was shocked. He never expected that the Primal Skyfire Armor contained the soul imprints of fallen Gods!

The ‘Divine Seals of the Gods’ he thought he could never obtain were actually this simple!

He had them right on him!

[Capture as soon as possible… Capture as soon as possible…]

[Higher-dimensional lifeform awakening…]

[Alert! Alert!]

“Capture!”

Ye Sheng steadied his mind, not daring to think too much. The notification sound in his mind was growing increasingly urgent, and it was the first time he had ever seen the Supreme Rule lose its composure.

Boom!

The flames on the Primal Skyfire equipment were instantly restrained.

In the next moment, Ye Sheng’s consciousness seemed to be pulled into a dark space.

In the dark space, Ye Sheng saw a deity.

That’s right!

A deity.

It stood like a mountain deep within the dark space, the Void around it distorted.

Its appearance closely resembled that of a Dharma Protector deity one might see when visiting a temple to worship Buddha. It wore the Beast-Faced Devouring Heaven Armor, an Exquisite Lion-Barbarian Belt around its waist, golden jade ribbons fluttering behind it, and held a sword forged from molten lava.

The lava flames on the sword flickered intermittently, occasionally dripping molten rock that could burn through space itself.

Ye Sheng recognized this sword—wasn’t it the Primal Skyfire Sword?

“Is this the Primal Skyfire Divine General?!”

“An ancient deity who fell in battle?!”

A stream of information flooded into Ye Sheng’s mind, allowing him to understand the origins of the deity before him.

“Its soul imprint is hidden within the ‘Primal Skyfire Armor’?”

Ye Sheng was stunned, and in an instant, countless thoughts raced through his mind.

The Primal Skyfire Armor was Mythical-grade Equipment!

Could it be that all Mythical-grade Equipment was connected to The Gods?

Otherwise, how could the soul imprint of the ‘Primal Skyfire Divine General’ be sealed within the Primal Skyfire Armor?

“Could it be… that after someone forged the equipment, they sealed the soul imprints of these fallen ancient gods into the gear? And that’s what created Mythical-grade Equipment?”

“This world is far more complex than I ever imagined!”

Ye Sheng murmured to himself. As his own power continued to grow, it seemed he was gradually peeling back a corner of this world’s veil…