Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 2196

Chapter 2196

AST 2196 - Divine Weapon, Thirteenth Grade of Realm, Daunting Strength

It was already late night after the training, but everyone was still so excited and could not sleep . Although they were all adults, the temptation of martial arts was the biggest . At the same time, they were thankful to Qing Shui for generously sharing the good stuff with them; not every single man would do that .

Though they did not say it out, they remembered Qing Shui's kindness, especially for the Hill Moving Battle God and the Diamond Battle God . They wouldn’t be able to make use of the pagodas if Qing Shui was not around .

Apart from that, they already forgot about the previous rumors from the Demon Gate . Now, they would never believe anything from anybody else . They remembered what the old Golden Battle God had said as the elderly had better judgments .

Subconsciously, Qing Shui made people around him acknowledge his presence . Even Beihuang Yu felt inferior to Qing Shui now and took him as the leader .

Initially, when they first met, he did not take Qing Shui seriously . After some time, he realized that he was far behind Qing Shui in a lot of aspects . As the saying goes, one had to win people by virtue, yet the martial ability was vital to some extent .

Qing Shui went back to his tent and entered the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal .

After training, he checked out the Divine Continent Magical Stone . Its grade doubled in the Treasure Basin and was now equal to two hundred Divine Square Cauldrons . However, he wondered if he should use it directly . If it could only be used after being refined into Divine Square Cauldrons, it would be troublesome .

After trying, Qing Shui was contented . He could use it directly; Qing Shui upgraded the Divine Weapon Flying Sword instantly without further ado .

Currently, the Divine Weapon Flying Sword needed many Divine Square Cauldrons for each upgrade . Since the Divine Continent Magical Stone equaled two hundred Divine Square Cauldrons, he upgraded the Flying Sword to the thirteenth grade, leaving behind one-third of the Divine Continent Magical Stone .

The twelfth-grade upgrade required sixty-four Divine Square Cauldrons while the thirteenth grade required a hundred and twenty-eight Divine Square Cauldrons .

Originally, the Treasure Basin could only strengthen an item . But Qing Shui had the Hundred Treasure Chest too, so he could strengthen that particular item again . The Hundred Treasure Chest changed its ability: it would double the grade of the treasure if only one item was placed . When two or more items were placed, there would be a transformation, engulfment or destruction of one or more items .

At present, the Divine Weapon Flying Sword achieved the thirteenth grade, and Qing Shui's realm increased again .

Big Dipper Sword, Flying Sword Divine Weapon!

Thirteenth-grade realm!

Able to reduce 10% damage caused to all members of the same team, lasting throughout the battle .

Increase 13% of existing recovery speed . Increase all attacking and defensive power by 2 . 6 billion dao . Increase extra damaging power by 2 . 6 billion dao and can deflect 2 . 6 billion dao of extra damage . Reduce the enemies’ damaging prowess by an extra 13% .

Divine Weapon Seal: Open, able to mount the Talisman Stone .

Increase attack and defense by 5%, increase evasion and recovery by 5%, increase endurance and speed by 5%, increase resilience and Critical Strike by 5% . The Talisman Stone would increase the existing attack and add up into the actual battle ability .

5% was from the Divine Weapon’s 2 . 6 billion dao . It was a small increment, but it was better than nothing .

Qing Shui's strength improved greatly now .

Qing Shui's current strength was 5 . 4 billion dao (2 . 3 billion dao base strength, 2 . 6 billion dao from the Flying Sword, 0 . 3 billion dao from ten Potential Pills which increased attacking power by 10%, and 0 . 2 billion dao from the grade two Yu Emperor Fist) . So, he could explode with 5 . 4 billion Dao Force worth of power .

His current base defensive power was also 5 . 4 billion dao, and then added with the amplification of 10x from the Foolish Loyalty, it turned up to be 54 billion dao .  

Counting the effect of his Heavenly Fate Treasure Pagoda of Defense, which increased 20% of his existing defense, Qing Shui's defense was around 64 . 8 billion dao with it .

Last but not least, Qing Shui had the Parry Heavenly Fate Treasure Pagoda with the 5 . 4 billion dao blocking power . Therefore, he had roughly 70 billion dao of defensive power in total .

This time, his strength increased a lot, especially for the defensive power . Qing Shui's Stellar Transposition also became much stronger . And with the Buddha Diamond Seal, it could cause a maximum damage of 70 billion dao . Plus, it was an unmitigated attack! Although it was only applicable in every several minutes, it was sufficient . It was adequate enough to use it once when the opportunity arose .

Qing Shui looked at the Divine Weapon Realm . The fourteenth-upgrade of the Flying Sword required two hundred Divine Square Cauldrons and fifty Divine Weapon Crystals .

And that was the required amount after using the effect of the Treasure Basin; it would be more than these otherwise . It went on without saying that the Flying Sword possessed extraordinary power, ability, and performance, but it had its own shortcoming which was the increased difficulty in upgrading its realm . The damaging prowess of the opponent would be greatly reduced with every upgrade it had . Now, the Flying Sword could even reduce 23% of the damage, it was terrifying! Besides, it had the extra blocking power and could increase the recovery rate of the user .

The Divine Weapon, Flying Sword could increase the recovery rate of Qing Shui by 13%; this was crucial in sustaining his battle capability .

It was already bright outside of the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal . The others already woke up as Qing Shui was coming out . The Hill Moving Battle God and Diamond were practicing the Yu Emperor Fist . Beihuang Yu was honing his Windwhisk Willow, while the three elders were practicing another fist technique and were about to finish .

After a while, Beihuang Fan returned . She had trained in a quiet place .

For today, they decided to try their luck nearby . Though they had explored far enough in this trip, they still carried on with high hopes, knowing that it all depended on luck . A treasure hunt was different from a raid, where the strength was the most vital thing to possess . Of course, some treasures were guarded by the Guardian Beast . In that case, strength would have a role to play .

The group walked along the path into the mountain . Qing Shui knew there were no powerful demonic beasts here anymore, as the two stronger beasts were already killed by him . Hence, he was not too worried . And besides, he was stronger now that the Divine Weapon had already achieved the thirteenth grade . It was faster, greater, and more destructive than ever . He had tried it in the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal .

Fire Roots!

Qing Shui saw a blazing red, grass-like object on the wall; it grew along with the wind and had a strong determination to survive . Qing Shui moved it into the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal . This was the spiritual grass with fire attributes; it could be added into the medicine refinement or become the ingredient of some pills .

There were many herbs in this place, and they were quite decent despite not being the greatest treasure . In fact, they were very useful for Qing Shui .

Qing Shui went to take a look at the nest of the two demonic beasts which he had killed earlier . He wanted to see if there was something good inside but failed to find anything precious after searching for some time . Thus, he gave up .

The nest was very big and spacious, and so, the group decided to stop and take a rest there . Qing Shui, all of a sudden, saw four demonic beasts and was stunned . These demonic beasts were exactly the same as the two big fellows from before, but they were the mini-version of them . He realized now that the two big fellows were actually a pair . These small demonic beasts were obviously their children and unable to protect themselves . When they saw Qing Shui and his gang, the four small demonic beasts turned to watch them cautiously .