Calamity Messenger

Chapter 339 - 275: Flame Pattern Seven Stars Annihilation

"Flame Pattern Seven Stars Annihilation (Asura)"

"Grade: Third-Turn Rare"

"Durability: 80/150"

"Equipment Requirement: 25 points Qi Blood, 15 points Divine Soul"

"Equipment Requirement: Slaughter Value exceeds 200 points, exclusive to Yan Shiyi"

"Base Attack Power: 33~55 points cutting damage + 10 points flame damage"

"Effect: Seven Stars: The attacks of the Seven-Star Sword leave sword marks. When seven marks accumulate, they immediately explode. Each mark deals 30 points of cutting damage, and lasts for seven seconds."

"Effect: Shimmering: When Shimmering is activated, the sword marks from the Seven-Star Sword neither explode nor dissipate, instead remaining on the enemy. Each attack leaves two sword marks. Every two seconds, mark damage increases by 5 points, with Shimmering lasting up to 10 seconds, consuming 20 points of Spiritual Power each second, with a cooldown of 5 seconds. When this effect is triggered, Flame Pattern Seven Stars Annihilation can penetrate most defensive barriers."

"Evaluation: Your Omen Star is shining."

All the way, after so many battles and killing many people, most of whom were not Red Name Messengers, ’Yan Shiyi’s’ Blood-colored Slaughter Value naturally exceeded 200 points, completing the ’Blood-colored Asura’ milestone in the process.

As Yan Qing guessed, upon reaching the ’Blood-colored Asura’ milestone, the system prompt appeared asking whether to use the Slaughter Value to enhance the Asura Token, with each 100 points allowing one enhancement, offering three choices. However, the token binds to the character like locking a public bike, preventing others from using it. Naturally, Yan Qing threw the Seven-Star Sword to ’Yan Shiyi’ for binding; even if bound, Bingzi Pepper Forest can only bind to him personally.

The first enhancement options were: "Shimmering marks reduce enemy healing effectiveness by 70%, mark damage -60%", "While Shimmering is active, attacks still deal damage", "Shimmering marks reduce enemy movement speed by 25%, Spiritual Power consumption +50%".

No wonder the Asura Tokens encountered along the way felt weak; it turns out the stronger the enhancement effect, the greater the drawback, almost like sacrificing PVE for PVP advantage. Yan Qing naturally chose "While Shimmering is active, attacks still deal damage." He just needed penetration; reducing healing and movement speed was unnecessary since the local muggles didn’t use potions and were slow.

For the second enhancement, Yan Qing chose to enhance the token to Third-Turn Rare, but the cost was that the lower limit of the basic attack power remained unchanged, only increasing the attack power upper limit. This route seems quite interesting; as long as enough people are killed, the token can be enhanced along the way, almost like nurturing a wife – in fact, based on Yan Qing’s observations, many Demonic Messengers indeed regarded their tokens as wives.

’Yan Shiyi’ could kill from Tombstone Military Town to Nocturnal Heaven City without blinking an eye. The real damage was secondary; the credit truly belonged to Flame Pattern Seven Stars Annihilation, whose Asura Token’s defensive barrier penetration advantage was enormous in killing.

But this time, he returned in defeat.

The blade sliced through the armor of the Baibao Guards but didn’t behead them, only cutting slightly, whereas ’Yan Shiyi’s’ right arm split open with blood gushing, and the bottom left health bar dropped by a third.

Although expected, seeing this still made Yan Qing uneasy.

Back in the Ping City Secret Realm, Yan Qing vaguely realized that since the Baibao Guards’ counterattack would chain stack, wouldn’t it be more terrifying with more of them? Eight Baibao Guards rendered Yan Qing’s hands useless. Now with eight hundred Baibao Guards, if ’Yan Shiyi’ got counterkilled with a single cut, Yan Qing wouldn’t be too surprised.

The good news now is that the counterattack chain should have a limit, only cutting away a third of ’Yan Shiyi’s’ health per strike. This really is good news, as Yan Qing can use potions to heal. As long as the attack frequency is controlled, ’Yan Shiyi’ can completely confront the Baibao Guards head-on.

The bad news is, while the counter isn’t chained, there seems to be other chained benefits.

Flame Pattern Seven Stars Annihilation penetrates defensive barriers when Shimmering is activated, so what blocked the blade wasn’t a defensive token, but the Baibao Guards’ physical defense. The damage of this strike must be over 50 points, yet it only slightly penetrated the neck, meaning unless Yan Qing unleashes Bingzi Pepper Forest Heaven-Covering, at least four or five strikes would be needed to possibly kill one enemy.

Yet in the next second, this Baibao Guard would roar away, new Evil Ghost Hundred Guards would surround him again, and there would be no opportunity to strike four consecutive times.

"Team Three, fill the position."

"Team Six, left turn."

The Baibao Guards showed no contempt for outnumbering, operating like emotionless machines, strictly adhering to tactical regulations, treating him as if he were an entire army! As for chaos, it was impossible – the Baibao Guards shared will like a swarm, not even faltering in the storm, flowing smoothly like waves, instinctively reacting as one!

"He failed."

"Your Majesty’s Baibao Guards truly are the strongest soldiers in the world, surpassing even the Vajra Divine Army under the former Heaven-Soaring General."

"Foolish knave, daring to challenge Your Majesty, yet unable even to approach."

"What a pity..."

Watching the Baibao Guards encircle the ’Yaksha’, even without seeing the situation inside, just by observing the orderly formation of the Baibao Guards, the Qi Kingdom generals knew the ’Yaksha’ had become a trapped beast – no matter how fierce, he’d be bled dry step by step.

Unlimited Spiritual Power is useless, as the token’s durability is finite; the Baibao Guards aren’t an ordinary army; they can maintain this focus for three days and nights, breaking every token ’Yaksha’ has!

’Yaksha’ is a lunatic, but the Baibao Guards more so, while Your Majesty... a king of madmen!

Some felt vindicated, some snickered, some sighed, thinking it was over, considering how to report to Your Majesty next.

The only exception was Ying Rushi.

She stood on the emperor’s chariot, staring through the rain at the surging black tide ahead. This tide had swallowed Zhou Country Mansion Soldiers, Liang State Martial Soldiers, Your Majesty’s proudest blades, always unfailing since being unsheathed – yet Ying Rushi believed... here would be their first defeat!

With no basis, yet Ying Rushi believed and chose to believe!

Yellow Dog, you won’t fall here, right! You haven’t even met Your Majesty... haven’t met Ying Le yet!

As if responding to her expectations, the Baibao Guard formation stalled; someone fell from their horse. When others thought it an accident, more Baibao Guards fell off, as if a small boat were surging in the swirling whirlpool, charging straight for the emperor’s chariot!

"He’s killing the horses!"

Seeing the fallen heavy cavalry horses, Qi Kingdom generals realized. Though the Baibao Guards were unbeatable below Foundation Establishment, their horses weren’t! ’Yaksha’ didn’t need to kill them, just their horses, and the killing formation would naturally break!

Three hundred steps!

’Yaksha’ was three hundred steps from Ying Le’s chariot!