1478 The Retaliatory Mechanism (1/2)

Xu Que's unexpected laugh instantly astonished everyone present.

His whole body's vigor suddenly surged as if there had been an invisible force that had exploded from inside his body. He let out a speech of stuff and nonsense to insult the three Celestial Kings, demanding that they must cry!

DING! \”It has been detected that the host's life is currently in danger. Would you like to enable the System defense mechanism?\”

At this time, the System's beep rang out again in Xu Que's mind.

Xu Que's lips curled up at the corners into a big smile as he said, \”Enable. No matter what mechanisms there are, enable them all for me.\”

BOOM!

The next moment, a storm suddenly swirled up, surrounding Xu Que's whole body.

The shine from the approaching swords was instantly destroyed by the storm and Qi abruptly gathered from all directions, swarming toward Xu Que.

\”What?\”

Li Xuanqi's face immediately changed. He found this completely inconceivable. The Sword Act that he'd unleashed had actually been so easily defused.

\”What was that power that arrived like a sudden storm?\”

The two Celestial Kings of the Sage Sect, along with all the people who were present and watching, were stunned one and all.

DING! \”The System's primary defense mechanism has been activated!\”

DING! \”The System's optimization mechanism has been activated!\”

\”It has been detected that the host has mastered many kinds of Flame Magic, their optimization has been carried out for you!\”

DING! \”All the different kinds of Flame Magic have been merged. Congratulations! The host has now obtained the Yin and Yang Kylin Flame!\”

\”It has been detected that the host has mastered many kinds of Magic Arts with similar attributes and their optimization has been carried out for you!\”

DING! \”All the many kinds of Magic Arts have been classified and merged successfully. Can the host please assign a name to these Magic Arts?\”

During all this time, a series of System beeps kept ringing out in Xu Que's mind.

He instantly found that he had cultivated a variety of Magic Arts in the past, whether it was during the earliest stage of the Soaring Dragon's Nine Transformations or the Three Thousand Volts Lightning, which he'd used for a long time. All the Magic Arts that he'd gotten from the System in the past, including the ones that he'd cultivated on his own later, had almost all disappeared and been forgotten.

And the ones that had now been substituted in his mind were a few strange Magic Arts, which were seemingly unfamiliar, but which immediately gave rise to a sense of innate familiarity deep within his bones.

\”This optimization mechanism seems rather interesting.\” The smile on Xu Que's lips was getting bigger and bigger.

But in these new Magic Arts, Xu Que also felt some shadow of his old Magic Arts that he'd felt such affection for.

For example, the Bodily Movement Celestial Art, which he'd discovered after the System optimization, obviously contained shades of his once-beloved Three Thousand Volts Lightning, Providence Seclusion Escape, and other Bodily Movement Magic Arts. After the merging of several Bodily Movement Magic Arts, this function had obviously become more mysterious and extraordinary.

Also, his favorites, such as the Buddha's Fiery Lotus, the Hades Nine Nether Slash, and so on, had all completely disappeared, forming a set of unusual Celestial Arts. The power of the Attack Art visibly outstripped the Magic Art that he had had before.

Other Magic Arts that combined with the physical body had been retained, such as the Occult & Ghostly Ice Fog Hand, which was specially used as a method to restrain a Celestial Artifact.

There was also the Tough-Acting Fist and the Act-Tough King's Leg, which had been attained through his Taoist Connotation. They had still been retained, thank goodness.

\”Hee, hee, hee, with these Magic Arts, I shall step into the Celestial King cultivation stage, and I can aspire to the same level as these guys.\” Xu Que couldn't help but feel restless inside. He'd very much like to try these new Celestial Arts derived from the new version of the System and see what the power would be like.

At least in terms of the levels, none of these Celestial Arts were below the level of Nishang Fairy from the Celestial Cloud Continent.

And at the moment, all of these existed in a nameless state. Xu Que wanted to give them a try before naming them.

But before he could put them to use, the System beep rang out again in his mind.

DING! \”The initial optimization mechanism has been completed. The retaliatory mechanism is about to be enabled also. Please note that during the retaliation state, the host will consume ten Acting Tough Points per second. Is the activation confirmed?\”

\”Ten Acting Tough Points per second?\”