Way of the Devil - Chapter 361

Chapter 361




"This is the Book Buddha . According to legends, it is formed from the misunderstood prayers and hymns of Buddhism . " Gong Chi recognized the monster's origin immediately .

"This type of creature possesses great speed and a thick shell, and is immune to most basic and low-level spells . It's the deadly enemy of the disciples who only use talismans and spells," Gong Chi explained .

Lu Sheng nodded, not really caring . He cared more about when he could get the list and information .

Gong Chi glanced at him as if reading his thoughts . "You'll have to wait until this ranking competition ends . All the information is outside . "

"In the original world?" Lu Sheng asked .

"Yes . "

"That's okay . " Lu Sheng hadn't given up on his original idea . He would never put all his eggs in one basket .

He scanned the faces of those fighting the monster . When he didn't see the one he wanted, he lowered his head again and pondered the understanding he'd gained over the stone slate .

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, should we go help?" Xie Yuqiong asked from behind in a low voice .

Lu Sheng looked up, only to see everyone, including Gong Chi, watching him .

"If you want to help them, then go," he said strangely . "Just don't rescue the Spirit Bind Sect members . "

Gong Chi nodded and gave the people behind her a glance .

The Youyin Sect disciples immediately ran toward the Book Buddha monster . Gong Chi, Xie Yuqiong, and the others stayed to the side and assisted them with spells .

Lu Sheng found a stone step to sit on . His mind was occupied with the knowledge and understanding he'd gained from the stone slate .

He had a feeling that he might be able to figure out the meaning of the slate through his search for this person .

'Everything can be used as a sword . This concept applies to knives too . The markings on the slate seem messy, but if you order them in a certain way, they show something completely different . ' Lu Sheng closed his eyes, recreating the motions of the knife slashes on the slate .

The original ear-piercing sounds of the other people fighting slowly faded away .

'Deep blue,' Lu Sheng called out his cheating device in his mind .

With a flash, the Deep Blue box appeared in front of his eyes . Lu Sheng glanced down and found what he needed .



"Unknown knife slashes: Not learned . Special Effects: Unknown . "

'If these knife strikes tell the story of life, then… the knife moves might hide the secrets to the order of all things . '

At that moment, Lu Sheng seemed to see an ordinary yet mysterious knife art from the different deepness of cuts on the slate .

'If you go through these moves in order, you get the same exact knife marks no matter what material you cut on . ' Lu Sheng's mind got increasingly peaceful .

He watched the boxes on the Cheating Device intently . As he expected, the box corresponding to the stone slate finally changed . It turned into something new from "Unknown Knife Strikes" .


"Unknown knife art: first level . Special Effect: speed, level one . "

'The special effect is just an ordinary speed boost? Seems like I haven't understood the essence yet . ' Lu Sheng's expression remained indifferent .

'Since Master gave me these knife strikes, then there must be some secret on them for me to break through to the Devil Lord . If the special effect is just a speed boost, I obviously haven't gotten to the essence yet . '

With his heart churning, he focused his attention and pressed down on the change button in his cheating device . The screen wobbled, then became still again .

He kept pushing the button at the end of the unknown knife strikes .

"Are you sure you want to proceed with martial arts creation?" A new dialogue box suddenly popped out .

"Yes . " Lu Sheng made his choice without hesitation .

"Hiss…"

Instantly, the dialogue box blurred . The entire Deep Blue blurred .

Lu Sheng felt all his knowledge about knives and knife arts come alive . Large amounts of knife, speed, and spirit knowledge bumped and brushed against each other, creating an infinite amount of sparks for new ideas .

Just a few seconds later .

Lu Sheng closed his eyes, then opened them again . A cold, heavy air spread out around from him .

"This… So it was this…" He alternated between realization and confusion . He seemed to understand many things he hadn't before .

The words inside the box finally cleared and displayed something different .



"Moving Stars Knife Art: level two . Special effects: speed level two, soul reinforcement level two . "

'Moving Stars Knife Art . I didn't know it was this ordinary set . The Thousand Sun Sect claims to have over tens of millions of knife and sword arts, with 365 of them able to help cultivate the spirit . Among them, the Moving Stars Knife Art only ranks tenth . I didn't realize that the secret to breaking through… was hidden here . ' Lu Sheng could kind of tell what his master Qian Du was pointing him to .

'Although I still can't pinpoint exactly what the secret to breaking through to the Devil Lord is, I can already see through the secrets in the knife marks . ' Lu Sheng looked at the screen calmly .

'I only used two units of Mental Energy . I still have over 500 left . Let me see what more secrets this knife art is hiding…' He squinted, his eyes glinting .

He focused and pushed the button for change .

"Are you sure you want to continue evolving this martial art?" A new dialogue box jumped out .

Lu Sheng pressed "yes" without hesitating .

The Moving Stars Knife Art only had two levels . After his previous evolution, he successfully reenacted the knife art from the stone slate . This evolution would push the Moving Stars Knife Art to its peak and beyond .

In an instant, all the mysteries of knife moves flowed through Lu Sheng's brain . After a few breaths, a completely new Moving Stars Knife Art appeared in the box in front of him .

He easily mastered the knife moves that were much more powerful than before as if he had been practicing them for years .

The box in front of him also changed .

"Moving Stars Knife Art: level three (max two levels) . Special effects: speed level three, soul reinforcement level three . "

'If this is all, then it's just a normal martial arts knife move . Apart from refreshing the mind, there is nothing that seems to be able to help me break through to the Devil Lord . Even the parts for cultivating True Qi are very basic and simple . Continue . '

Lu Sheng continued evolving his martial arts . He only used two units of his mental energy .

After more than an hour…

"Squelch!"

Gong Chi pierced the Book Buddha monster's eye socket precisely . The tip of her sword shot out from the back of the Book Buddha's head, bringing black blood that was thick as mud with it .

"Squelch . "

She pulled out her sword swiftly, panting a little . A long battle would take a toll on even her .

"It's about done . " She glanced around at the messy battlefield . Apart from the three disciples from the Thousand Sun Sect, almost of all of them carried battle wounds .

"It's finally over . " Gong Chi shook off the blood on her sword and sheathed it . She picked up her spear and slung it over back, then walked toward Lu Sheng .

She lowered her head and apologized, "Lu Sheng, sorry for making you wait so long . "

But Lu Sheng, who was sitting in place, seemed not to hear her voice at all .

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lu?" Gong Chi was a little confused, raising her voice . The rest of the Youyin Sect disciples also gathered over slowly .

Xie Yuqiong was sitting behind Lu Sheng . Hearing the commotion, she also looked up .

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lu, it's time to leave?" She also called out .

" . . . "

Lu Sheng opened his eyes abruptly . In that second, Gong Chi felt she saw something vast and deep, something dark and heavy, something as mysterious as the universe flash through his eyes .

"Is that so? It's time to leave…" Lu Sheng let out a long sigh, feeling as if eons had passed .

"So this is the truth… this is… this is the real secret…" Lu Sheng lowered his head, mumbling something under his breath .

In the bottom right corner box of his cheating device, completely new information about the Moving Stars Knife Art was flashing .

"Moving Stars Knife Art: level 189 (max two levels) . Special effect: speed level 189, soul strengthening level 189 . "

There was no other information other than that .

But Lu Sheng could already faintly sense his extreme boundaries being touched upon as his mind, soul, and body started merging into one .

He slowly lifted his hand . Under the puzzled gazes of Gong Chi and the others, he gently motioned toward a rock in the distance .

"Poof . "

The boundaries were broken . The rock, the size of a fist, burst into powder .

"Senior Apprentice Brother Lu?" Gong Chi called out again, confused .

Lu Sheng stared at the rock quietly . After a few moments, he finally smiled . Only he knew that he didn't use any force at all . He didn't use True Qi, Inner Qi, Devil Aura, or Devil Qi .

He only thought about it . He imagined the rock doing that .

And then, the rock naturally changed into powder .

He didn't use any force . Instead, his mind sent over a signal that told the rock it wasn't a rock anymore, but powder .

"So this is it…" Lu Sheng lowered his hand . Although there was no wind, his clothes ruffled slightly . An icy breeze spread out with him as the center, and the tiny miniscule black particles in the air all few toward him, concentrating at the spot between his brows . They formed a dark red triangle pattern like a winged cobra .

"So this is it . " His irises also started changing, rotating slowly along with the triangular pattern on his forehead .

"So this is… it…" He raised his hand . A fog darker than the depths of a bottomless pit spun and twisted in his palm .

"Whoosh…"

The deep, black wind spread out from him .

***

Secret Area .

"Oh?" Su Ningfei looked at the stone slate beside her hand in confusion .

"I thought I already gave this to Lu Sheng . Why is it still here?"

"Lu Sheng? That disciple you took on not long ago?" There was another person in the cave . It was an elderly man whose beard grew all the way to the tips of his toes .

"Yup . He's different from the previous ones…" Qian Du Su Ningfei shook her head slightly .

"You gave him the stone slate?" The old man was astonished . "I've never seen you this generous before . "

"Not possible . I just made a new one . How could I give away the Silent Death Stone Board?"

"What's on it?"

"I don't remember . Some ordinary knife move, I guess . "

"What do you want him to understand, then?" The old man was speechless .

"Who knows," Su Ningfei replied indifferently .