Dongfang Bai’s gaze was complicated. It was a pity that such a powerful secret manual could only be cultivated by those without any internal energy.
Did she have to abandon the Sunflower Manual that she had practiced for so many years and switch over to this enhanced version of the Star Absorption Technique?
She couldn’t quite bring herself to do it.
But if she didn’t practice it, she was reluctant to let it go, either.
After all, the enhanced Star Absorption Technique was far too powerful—something her Sunflower Manual simply couldn’t compare to.
She let out a soft sigh. Seeing that the members of the chat group were extremely curious about the effects of the enhanced Star Absorption Technique, she posted the chat group’s annotation.
What followed was a moment of silence, and then the people behind their screens couldn’t help but gasp.
Just Ordinary Group Leader: “Whoa—are you sure this is the Star Absorption Technique and not the Power Absorption Technique from The World’s Best?”
Just Ordinary Group Leader: “Not only can it plunder someone else’s years of martial arts cultivation, but it can also drain their essence, energy, and spirit to nourish yourself?”
Just Ordinary Group Leader: “And the key point is—there are no negative side effects at all!”
Just Ordinary Group Leader: “Are you sure this is martial arts? This feels more like cultivation, doesn’t it?”
Aside from everything else, just the ability to plunder another’s martial arts cultivation alone was enough to rapidly transform an ordinary person without even the strength to truss a chicken into a martial arts powerhouse who could suppress the entire martial arts world!
And then there was the draining of essence, energy, and spirit…
In a martial arts world, essence, energy, and spirit correspond to physique, internal energy, and mental strength.
If you looked at it from a scientific perspective, physique represented not only physical strength and bodily sturdiness, but also the various elements within the body, immunity, and so on.
With a good physique, one’s lifespan would also increase to a certain extent.
If Dongfang Bai used the enhanced Star Absorption Technique to plunder her enemies’ essence, energy, and spirit to improve her own, then it was very possible for her to achieve immortality.
Of course, for members of their chat group, immortality wasn’t really that difficult to attain.
Whether it was by directly purchasing time with points, or using the Dog Talisman, or divine body technology…
Dongfang Bai herself was already a top-tier expert in the world of Smiling Proud Wanderer. Apart from her master, Dongfang Bubai, there was practically no one who could defeat her.
If she were ruthless enough to spread martial arts across the land and turn all martial artists into nourishment for her cultivation, then her future achievements would be unimaginable.
Lighthouse Tycoon: “The original Star Absorption Technique had so many side effects, but after one enhancement, it’s become this terrifying. The multiplier on this enhancement is insane.”
Lighthouse Tycoon: “It’s almost like turning a stone into gold.”
Lighthouse Tycoon: “If I could enhance my steel armor with this… hiss.”
This wasn’t just about the armor’s sturdiness—it also represented the advanced scientific technology embedded within it.
If the enhancement succeeded and he could fully grasp the technology behind that armor, it would have a powerful impact not only on himself but also on current scientific and technological progress.
Dongfang Bubai: “If I had enhanced the Sunflower Manual back then…”
Dongfang Bubai: “Forget it.”
Dongfang Bai sighed. Even if she regretted it now, there was no use.
Instead of dwelling on the past, it was better to look toward the future.
Dongfang Bubai: “Although it’s a bit regrettable, there’s no doubt that the enhanced Star Absorption Technique is stronger.”
Dongfang Bubai: “Besides, I have the abilities of the Glint-Glint Fruit. Even if I lose my internal energy, I won’t be that much weaker.”
Railgun: “Dammit, even I’m tempted by how good this enhancement looks.”
Railgun: “But a thousand points… I don’t dare to gamble!”
Misaka Mikoto felt like crying. Recently, she hadn’t been able to find anything related to magic that was worth much—just a bunch of junk that didn’t fetch many points.
And the points she did earn went straight to buying Sleep Talismans.
Just thinking about it made her angry. That Accelerator guy just wouldn’t listen no matter what she said.
If he made her mad enough, she’d just slap a Sleep Talisman on him.
Let him sleep for a whole day!
If he didn’t want to become the first ability user in Academy City to starve to death, then he’d better just give up on that plan already!!!
Martial King: “Is a thousand points really that much?”
Luo Hao didn’t have much to say about points. Although items from other worlds in the chat group looked interesting, they didn’t appeal to her all that much.
The rank of a God-Slayer meant that while they possessed immense power, it was also extremely difficult for them to go any further or break free from the constraints imposed by that rank.
A God-Slayer has limits.
No matter how many Heretic Gods you kill, or how many Authorities you plunder, you will never break past that limit.
You could say that from the moment you killed your first Heretic God and became a God-Slayer, your level was already maxed out.
Killing other Heretic Gods would only give you more combat options or support abilities. While this could temporarily boost your combat effectiveness, it wouldn’t make your fundamental nature any stronger.
With this restriction in place, powers from other worlds were still just tools for combat to her.
As for switching to another world’s power system?
The high-martial world system from Su Yunqing’s world was what she sought, but her world didn’t have any energy like spiritual energy.
And the technological system was never even on her radar from the start.
She had thought she would have to wait a while longer, but after learning about the enhancement feature, she saw a possibility—a way to break the God-Slayer’s rank and push beyond it.
As for the points needed for enhancement?
As the only God-Slayer in China, the martial arts alliance leader of the Central Plains, the sect leader of the Five Prisons Sacred Sect, the Martial King of Jiangnan, and the one who reigns supreme over all martial artists—she didn’t think she’d be short on points.
She didn’t need to buy anything either. Her only desire was to break the restrictions imposed by the God-Slayer’s rank.
As long as that restriction was broken, she was confident she could reach a new limit in the shortest time possible.
Lighthouse Tycoon: “A thousand points isn’t a lot, but the success rate for enhancement is way too low.”
Lighthouse Tycoon: “So far, only Dongfang Bai has succeeded.”
Lighthouse Tycoon: “If your luck isn’t great, I’d advise against trying.”
Even though he was giving advice, Tony could feel his own urge to enhance growing harder to resist. After all, there’s always that “what if” lingering in the back of everyone’s mind—what if he actually succeeded?
It was only a thousand points. It wasn’t a small amount, but it wasn’t that much to him either.
And then… all his efforts would go down the drain.
The Most Ancient God-Slayer: “I know what you’re trying to do, Luo Hao.”
The Most Ancient God-Slayer: “You want to break the restrictions imposed by the God-Slayer’s rank and step into a higher realm.”
The Most Ancient God-Slayer: “I will absolutely take that step before you do.”
This was the confidence of Marquis Voban! And it was also based on his understanding of Luo Hao.
The world of God-Slayers had no shortage of mysteries—onmyoudou, magic, knights, shrine maidens… But the most valuable things in the chat group were still the Authorities!
And Marquis Voban had the most Authorities among all God-Slayers!
Although he was far too familiar with these abilities to reclaim them, he would gladly take the Heretic Gods from the original story for himself.
