Chapter 166: Meaning (2/2)
As the Guild Leader, he had to be the one to pay for it.
In the end, Chen Xiaolian was left with only 100 points.
…
Lun Tai and Bei Tai’s process of enhancing themselves was much simpler.
They had informed Chen Xiaolian the details regarding their skills.
Lun Tai’s Exclusive Skill will strengthen and transform him into a berserk warrior when activated, a [B+] class skill. Its name was ‘Muscle Fruit’.
When activated, it would increase his melee attributes by 20 per cent up to a maximum of 50 per cent.
The most brutal aspect of this skill was that the more damage his body was subjected to, the more berserk he would get.
In other words, he would feel neither pain nor damage.
Once blood was shed, once an injury was inflicted on him, he would grow more berserk.
The highest attribute that Lun Tai currently possessed was his Physique, which was at [A-] class.
By activating his skill, he could exhibit a battle strength that was beyond [A] class! Additionally, he would not be affected by pain.
Of course, ‘Muscle Fruit’ skill was not all-powerful.
If the damage taken were too high, he would end up dying. His skill was similar to being injected with stimulants when getting hurt. He could not become impervious to damage, only berserk.
If the damage taken was too heavy, he could still be crippled or killed off. However, his tolerance toward pain would become terrifying.
Lun Tai’s path of enhancement was in melee.
He decided to upgrade his skill.
The ‘Muscle Fruit’ skill could be directly upgraded through the system.
The method of upgrading involved purchasing ‘Muscle Fruit Seeds’.
A Muscle Fruit Seed could upgrade the skill and increase the upper limit of the skill by 5 per cent.
However, the price was extremely expensive.
800 points!
Using the humanoid discount card, Lun Tai used up 1,280 points to increase the upper limit of his Muscle Fruit skill by 10 per cent.
Thus, the maximum amount of increase in melee attributes was now at 60 per cent!
According to Lun Tai, he would be able to even go toe to toe with an [A] class melee opponent.
Naturally, that was only when the skill was in effect.
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Bei Tai’s skill was known as ‘Air Incarceration’.
It was a field control skill, [B+] class.
It was a battle support skill. It could create incarcerating airflow to immobilize enemy movements. Naturally, there was an extremely strict limit to the duration. Depending on the strength of the enemy and the number of enemies, the duration for the skill would be shortened.
It was a skill that allowed him to control airflows. In fact, it could even create vacuum – however, the current Bei Tai could not do so.
Bei Tai did not upgrade his skill. According to him, the level of this skill was sufficient for now.
Thus, the enhancement direction that Bei Tai took was… military weapons.
This fellow was a firearms maniac.
He spent 600 points to purchase an indestructible [B+] class – Electromagnetic Rifle with unlimited ammunition and astonishingly lethal firepower!
One blast could directly break apart the steel plates of the existing main battle tanks!
However, the weapon could not be fired consecutively. Every time it was fired, it would require one minute to recharge.
Additionally, this fellow also purchased an indestructible military knife, another [B+] class item. Observing sparks being emitted from the military knife as Bei Tai brandished it, Chen Xiaolian knew that he must have a military knife-related martial skill.
Xia Xiaolei had it tough.
Everything he had was only enough to purchase an exclusive protective suit from the Meteor Rock Guild.
Both Lun Tai and Bei Tai had also bought one each – the both of them had some points saved up. They were veterans after all. Although they were not experts, they had survived through a considerable number of instance dungeons. Thus, they did have some points saved up.
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The next few days were spent inside the fitness centre where they familiarized themselves with their new weapons and skills.
Bei Tai had taught Xia Xiaolei a set of simple military combat techniques. After that, Xia Xiaolei had fervently hugged a sandbag to train his fists every day.
A few days later, Chen Xiaolian’s phone received a message.
The message was from his school’s class monitor.
The message informed him that… he needed to report to school soon. Additionally, it also informed him about the schedule for reporting to school on a certain day and a reminder on how much tuition fees was needed…
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“School?”
Chen Xiaolian entered a trance for a moment. Then, he smiled. “I… should I go?”
Xia Xiaolei loosened the sandbag and wheezed. Then, he walked over to gulp down a bottle of water. “Guild Leader, what is it?”
“Nothing,” Chen Xiaolian shook his head.
Looking at Xia Xiaolei’s innocent face, Chen Xiaolian suddenly broke into a smile. “I was thinking about something just now.”
He spoke in a melancholic voice. “After getting sucked into this world, we had to fight while putting our lives on the line. Wasn’t it so we could protect our original way of life?If we utterly give up on our original lives, family, emotions… if we were to give up on all of those, then what meaning is there to our struggles? Do we keep on fighting and killing to stay alive only to repeat the process again and again? Until the day we die? What meaning is there in such a life?”
He stood up and spoke loudly. “Everyone, I have made my decision!”
Chen Xiaolian laughed loudly. “Tomorrow, I am going to continue with my schooling days!”
1. Frostmourne. A weapon used by the last boss in the mmorpg game Wrath of the Lich King (World of Warcraft).