Chapter 230: The Fourth Ability
"Congratulations, your Wheel of Destiny Scripture has been upgraded to the fourth level."
A prompt from the game flashed, and the massive wheels within Su Nan's body spun at a rapid pace.
The wheels of destiny for the three characters emitted dazzling light.
He saw that the wheels of destiny for those three characters were rapidly changing, and the already huge wheels were growing even larger.
This process seemed slow but actually took only a split second.
When everything calmed down, Su Nan noticed that the wheel of destiny within him had doubled in size!
Inexplicably, he could sense countless invisible threads on himself, some thick and some thin.
What was even more strange was that in his eyes, each of these threads represented a person or a monster.
Among them, there were several relatively thick threads.
Su Nan's heart stirred, and his gaze fell on the thickest thread.
Immediately, he understood that this particular thread represented Zhou Lingyin!
This feeling was strange and hard to explain.
"What do these threads represent?"
Su Nan was surprised, but before he could think too much about it, he immediately looked at the introduction of the Wheel of Destiny Scripture on the panel:
[Wheel of Destiny Scripture (Unique): Third Level, an ancient and mysterious scripture. After mastering it, you can condense your own Wheel of Destiny within your body.]
[Effect One: Life Theft]
[Effect Two: Sky Theft]
[Effect Three: Heaven's Fortune]
[Effect Four: Life Calamity]
The third-level Wheel of Destiny Scripture now had four effects.
Su Nan's gaze focused on the fourth newly added effect, and the relevant description appeared:
[Life Calamity: All living beings in the world have their destinies and calamities predetermined. As a practitioner of the Wheel of Destiny Scripture, you have the ability to interfere with the calamities of others. You can consume a certain amount of racial fortune to bring forward the calamities destined for a target with whom you have a karmic connection.]
[Current Human Race Fortune: 530 points]
[Current Monster Race Fortune: 250 points]
[Total Available Fortune: 780 points]
[Tip: Improving your own racial influence can increase your corresponding racial fortune. Consuming racial fortune does not affect your total fortune in that race. The greater the difference in cultivation level, the more fortune is consumed.]
"Consuming fortune to bring forward the calamities of others?"
Su Nan was surprised, finally understanding what the connection he felt earlier was.
Karma!
Those were the karmic threads connecting him to others!
"Does this mean I can use fortune to deal with enemies in the future?"
Su Nan was pleasantly surprised.
This was the second way he could use fortune, but the two types of fortune were not the same.
Heaven's fortune was his personal fortune, mainly obtained through plundering players and the rankings, which could increase his luck and provide various adventures.
Life Calamity, on the other hand, was racial fortune that could be used to bring forward the calamities of others.
"From acquiring the Wheel of Destiny Scripture to now, the abilities it has shown have been mainly supportive. Now, I finally have an offensive method of my own."
Moreover, this kind of attack was invisible and intangible, carried out through the karmic connection between him and the target, making it difficult to defend against, extremely mysterious.
Unconsciously, he turned his attention to the karmic threads on himself once again, focusing on one of the most prominent threads among the many.
That thread represented the White Water Monster King!
His heart stirred, and he couldn't help but want to try using "Life Calamity" on the White Water Monster King.
As he had this thought, he could immediately feel his own fortune diminishing invisibly.
At this moment, he could actually feel his own fortune!
Using this ability didn't require the game panel, but the game panel still provided relevant prompts:
"You have consumed ten points of human race fortune to cast the Life Calamity technique on the White Water Monster King."
"You have consumed ten points of human race fortune to cast the Life Calamity technique on the White Water Monster King."
"You have consumed ten points of human race fortune to cast the Life Calamity technique on the White Water Monster King."
...
At the same time.
Just tens of miles away from Su Nan, the White Water Monster King's face turned pale.
Suddenly, he had a feeling that a great disaster was about to strike.
Before he could figure out what was going on, the next moment, his injuries, which had been relatively stable, rapidly deteriorated.
"How could this happen?"
The White Water Monster King was in shock, trying to suppress his injuries, but no matter how hard he tried, they deteriorated rapidly.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his breath instantly weakened.
His cultivation level had dropped from the peak of the King level to the later stage of the King level!
All of this happened suddenly, leaving the other three Monster Kings who had rushed over with confusion, not knowing what had happened to the White Water Monster King.
...
A series of prompts quickly flashed, and Su Nan's human race fortune rapidly decreased.
In just a breath, a total of one hundred points of fortune were consumed.
"Congratulations, you have consumed one hundred points of fortune, and under your Life Calamity technique, the calamity for the White Water Monster King has arrived prematurely."
"White Water Monster King's injuries worsened, and his cultivation level dropped from the peak King level to the later stage."
"A hundred points of fortune made the White Water Monster King drop a small cultivation level. If I do this a few more times, won't I be able to make him fall out of the King level?"
Su Nan was astonished; he had only wanted to try it out, but he hadn't expected such a result.
In the King level, each small cultivation level was significantly different, and it was extremely difficult to advance.
And now, with just one hundred points of fortune, he had caused the White Water Monster King to drop one small cultivation level, a power that exceeded Su Nan's expectations.
"I have 530 points of human race fortune, twice as much as monster race fortune. This should be the result of the accumulation of my two characters, Zhang Yang and Wang Nan."
"I wonder where this amount of fortune ranks in the entire human race?"
He had been unaware of his human race fortune level before, but now he finally had a specific number.
Without continuing to use the Life Calamity technique, Su Nan looked at the Wheel of Destiny Scripture again.
"Do you want to consume 1500 points of monster power to upgrade the Wheel of Destiny Scripture to the fourth level?"
"Your monster power is insufficient, unable to continue upgrading."
"One thousand five hundred points of monster power, tripled."
Su Nan was amazed. One thousand five hundred points were enough for an ordinary player to go from the Mortal level to the later stages of the Profound level!
"The first time was one hundred, the second time was five hundred, the third time was one thousand five hundred. It's a hundred times more than the demon power I received from one-star to three-star tasks when I was just at the Mortal level."
"Does this mean that to upgrade from the fourth level to the fifth level, I need three thousand points of monster power?"
A look of astonishment flashed in Su Nan's eyes.
At the Mortal level, one-star tasks rewarded one point of demon power, two-star tasks rewarded five points, and three-star tasks rewarded fifteen points. The growth rate was the same for both sides.
"One thousand five hundred points, it's probably impossible for me to upgrade again before becoming a King level."
Su Nan shook his head and closed the panel. He turned his gaze to the distant hill, preparing for foresight.
Opening the demon emperor's coffin beneath was the top priority now.
[With the advancement of the Wheel of Destiny Scripture's realm, you have gained the confidence to contend with the power of the female corpse beneath the great tomb. You prepare to climb the great tomb and open the coffin.]
[Inside the Prison of Heaven, Zhou Lingyin is aware of your intentions and immediately begins to exert all her efforts to suppress the female corpse.]
[As Zhou Lingyin takes action inside the great tomb, you immediately feel a powerful suppressing force emanating from within.]
[This is a rare opportunity, and you dare not hesitate. You immediately use the Celestial Teleportation, instantly arriving at the demon emperor's coffin. At the moment you approach the coffin, the Wheel of Destiny Scripture within you is stimulated and begins to spin frantically.]
[Fortunately, what makes you breathe a sigh of relief is that the control over the destiny and fate pattern by the third level of the Wheel of Destiny Scripture has been further enhanced. With Zhou Lingyin's help, the power of the female corpse has not been able to kill you instantly.]
[You arrive in front of the demon emperor's coffin and successfully open it.]
"Success!"
Seeing this, Su Nan's eyes lit up.
With the demon emperor's coffin opened, it meant that he had another mainline task to complete, and he could also obtain treasures from the demon emperor's coffin!
[The massive coffin opens, and inside, lies a corpse. It is a dried-up corpse with skin and bones, resembling an antelope with two horns on its head.]
[You quickly search inside the coffin, but with just one glance, you do not see anything other than the dried-up corpse.]
[You don't give up and continue searching. Three breaths pass by, but you still haven't found what you're looking for.]
[As the Prison of Heaven's suppression on the female corpse weakens, the power of the female corpse suddenly strengthens, and the Wheel of Destiny Scripture within you spins even more wildly.]
[Unfortunately, even so, you still couldn't resist the power of the female corpse.]
[You die.]
"No? How can this be?"
Su Nan frowned, this was unexpected.
"Just because I didn't find it doesn't mean there really isn't anything. Zhou Lingyin said there was something related to the Celestial Clan in there, and the female corpse is guarding the coffin, which means there must be something inside."
Su Nan didn't give up and continued to foresee.
If it were someone else in this situation, they would certainly not know what to do, but for Su Nan, it was at most just a consumption of some foresight attempts.
Searching for things, no one was more professional than him.
[You think that the item related to the Celestial Clan might be under the monster's body in the coffin. You attempt to jump into the coffin and collect the body.]
[However, at the moment you touch the monster's body, you suddenly sense a tremendous vitality erupting from within the dried-up corpse.]
[In the next moment, the dried-up skin of the corpse becomes plump, as if time is reversing, changing at an extremely fast pace.]
[In the blink of an eye, from a dried-up corpse, it transforms into a recently deceased body.]
[You are startled by the change in front of you, realizing that something is not right. But before you can react, the body suddenly opens its eyes and strikes towards you with a palm.]
[You die.]
"Resurrection?"
"How is this possible?"
Su Nan was astonished.
A corpse that had already turned into a dried-up corpse actually resurrected?
This was incredible.
"The female corpse beneath the great tomb, which has experienced tens of thousands of years, can regain vitality, which can be explained by its immense strength. But this resurrected corpse in the foresight is absolutely impossible due to its previous strength."
"Could it be that the resurrected corpse is the work of the female corpse beneath the great tomb?"
Su Nan thought of the female corpse beneath the great tomb and couldn't help but speculate.
Since the female corpse could restore her own vitality, it didn't seem impossible for her to resurrect another corpse.
Clearly, the female corpse found that controlling the destiny and fate patterns was futile, so she targeted the body of the demon emperor within the coffin.
Thinking of this, Su Nan's expression turned grim.
The demon emperor's coffin had been opened, but the problem now was how to retrieve the item related to the Celestial Clan.
There was no way around it; Su Nan had to ask Zhou Lingyin.
Inside the Prison of Heaven, Su Nan's avatar said, "Senior, what should we do if the female corpse can resurrect the body inside the demon emperor's coffin?"
"How do you know that the female corpse can resurrect a body?" Zhou Lingyin asked in confusion.
"I am an outsider; I have my own methods," Su Nan replied evasively, naturally not revealing that he could foresee.
Zhou Lingyin could see that Su Nan didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't ask further.
After pondering for a moment, she said, "When one reaches a certain level of cultivation, it is indeed possible to come back to life, and powerful beings can even achieve a blood resurrection."
"But self-resurrection and resurrecting someone else are two completely different concepts, and there are some taboos involved. Even short-term resurrection is very difficult."
"Blood resurrection? Doesn't that mean they can't be killed?" Su Nan was shocked to hear this and couldn't help but wonder how powerful such beings were.
Zhou Lingyin explained, "It's not that they can't be killed, but it's relatively more difficult to kill them."
"Moreover, since ancient times, the world has changed, and there hasn't been any existence capable of blood resurrection."
"The Celestial Clan is skilled in manipulating destiny and fate patterns. If what you say is true, it can only mean that the female corpse's control over the fate pattern has reached an astonishing level, allowing her to reassemble the fate patterns of the deceased and even reverse them."
"Reassembling fate patterns? Reversing fate patterns?" Su Nan instantly understood Zhou Lingyin's meaning.
According to Zhou Lingyin's explanation, the female corpse had directly reversed the fate pattern of the demon emperor who had already turned into a dried-up corpse, causing him to return to life on the fate pattern level.
He couldn't help but think of the several deaths he had experienced in his foresight.
He strongly suspected that the female corpse had manipulated his fate pattern, directly reversing his living fate pattern into a dead one, causing him to die instantly.
Zhou Lingyin continued, "Reversing life and death is a taboo, and even if that demon emperor really came back to life, he absolutely couldn't maintain it for long. In the end, he will die again, and even his fate pattern will be extinguished."
"Can't maintain it for long?" Su Nan's mind raced, and he couldn't help but look at the recently acquired ability, "Life Calamity."
"If I use Life Calamity, can I quickly turn him back into a corpse after he resurrects?"
A thought crossed his mind.
Since Life Calamity could bring forward the calamities of
fate, for someone who had just come back to life, the calamity would naturally be to turn them back into a corpse.
Su Nan's eyes sparkled as he thought more about this plan.
However, there was a difficulty in this plan. In order to use the Life Calamity technique, he needed to establish a karmic connection with the target.
"I prevented the Wolf Clan from opening the coffin in the first place, so there should be a karmic connection with the demon emperor inside," Su Nan tried to find a karmic connection among his many karmic threads, but to his disappointment, he found none that corresponded to it.
And he also noticed that among these karmic threads, none of them were related to beings he had killed.
This meant that dead people had no karmic threads.
"If dead people have no karma, will karma appear if that demon emperor resurrects?" Su Nan's thoughts raced, and he looked back at his foresight.
(End of this chapter)