Chapter 68: Brute Force Triumphs
As mentioned before, even within the Temple of the Nether Spirit, there were constant power struggles between factions.
Blood Lord was naturally happy to see the Sha Master lineage suffer a setback, and the Peerless Summit Sect didn’t hide this fact, stating it openly.
Of course, whether the Blood Lord lineage had spies in the Peerless Summit Sect, or the Peerless Summit Sect had spies in the Temple of the Nether Spirit…
These were things that both the Immortal Domain and the Demon Abyss tacitly understood.
“Heh, you’ll see soon enough.”
A rare smile appeared on the usually stern face of the Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, but this smile looked rather sinister.
He was certain that Luo Xue had cultivated demonic techniques. Once she fought, the aura of her techniques would be revealed.
At that time, the Law Enforcement Hall would step in, and even if Zou Junxin wanted to be biased, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.
“Blame Bai Zhanying… for bringing you to the Peerless Summit Sect, and for dragging you into the complicated affairs of the sect.”
The Grand Elder narrowed his eyes and thought to himself,
“Moreover, Zou Junxin’s position as Sect Master was originally mine. Now, I’m just taking back what belongs to me.”
“Only I can lead the Peerless Summit Sect to rise again. That weakling Zou Junxin… is not worthy of being the Sect Master.”
Undermining Zou Junxin’s authority step by step and making the Law Enforcement Hall the de facto fifth peak, above the other four, this was the Grand Elder’s true goal.
As for Luo Xue, she was just a pawn.
A pawn he could easily control.
…
On the way to Falling Flower Peak, Bai Zhanying remained silent, lost in thought.
Luo Xue naturally wasn’t idle either. She had to prepare for the upcoming battle.
Firstly, the fighting style she used against Kong Lianbin definitely couldn’t be used again. The tactic of trading injuries was effective, but it consumed too many survival points.
Just one exchange had cost Luo Xue 15 points, a complete waste.
Of course, it was also a last resort. After all, who would have thought she would encounter such a life-or-death crisis during the Immortal Ascension Gate trial?
Secondly, the True Phoenix form of the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture couldn’t be used casually either.
The True Phoenix form mainly enhanced the divine abilities of the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture. The improvement in physical attributes was just a bonus.
Using it without having learned any divine abilities was putting the cart before the horse, wasting spiritual power.
On the other hand, who knew if anyone would recognize the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture…
Luo Xue didn’t dare to gamble. What if someone had the same malicious intentions towards her as Daoist Ziyang? Her strength wasn’t enough to protect the inheritance yet.
Therefore, there was only one path left for Luo Xue.
“…Add points.”
By adding points to her Yin Poison Resistance, Luo Xue, with her mortal body, had been able to withstand a concentration of Yin energy that even Foundation Establishment cultivators didn’t dare to touch.
And now, she had 340 survival points, which could also directly increase her combat power.
The question was, where should she add them?
Spiritual power strength?
Sea of consciousness strength?
Or soul strength?
…None of these would directly increase her combat power significantly.
Luo Xue had already discovered that adding points to her panel attributes was more like increasing a coefficient.
For example, Luo Xue’s 100 poison resistance in her mortal body could withstand a Yin energy concentration of 1.0.
After reaching the Innate Realm, this 100 poison resistance could withstand a concentration of 2.0 or higher.
That was roughly the situation. Even if Luo Xue added all 340 points to her spiritual power strength, with her current early Innate Realm cultivation, she wouldn’t be able to compete with a Spirit Condensation cultivator.
Moreover… Luo Xue currently had very few methods of using spiritual power. At most, she could imbue it into her weapon and use sword techniques.
But how could her swordsmanship compare to the rich combat experience of a Demon Abyss disciple?
In her battle against Kong Lianbin, if she hadn’t fought by trading injuries, her swordsmanship would have been no match for him.
“…”
Therefore, there was only one path left.
Luo Xue turned her attention to the “Physical Strength” attribute on the panel.
Brute force triumphs…
The Innate Realm was also known as Martial Grandmaster in the mortal world.
Although they hadn’t surpassed the limits of the human body, their strength was usually hundreds of times greater than that of ordinary adults.
On the battlefield, they were forces to be reckoned with, capable of taking on thousands.
What if, at this level, she maxed out her physical strength…
In the face of absolute power, swordsmanship might not be so important.
Luo Xue sighed. “It seems I’m destined to be a girl with monstrous strength… I just hope there won’t be any strange changes.”
As the survival points represented by the red text decreased, the value of her physical strength instantly reached 100.
However, Luo Xue didn’t feel any changes, just like when her Yin Poison Resistance increased.
Her body was still small, and there were no strange muscles.
After a moment of thought, Luo Xue wanted to try it out.
She casually picked up a stone from the roadside and gently squeezed it.
Without even using much force, the stone, which was commonplace on the immortal peaks but could be used to forge steel blades in the mortal world, instantly turned into powder.
Bai Zhanying was caught off guard by the powder, which got into her eyes. After recovering, she looked at the stone powder in Luo Xue’s hand and frowned slightly.
“Xiao Xue, you… why are you holding dirt in your hand?”
“It’s, it’s nothing…”
Luo Xue quickly patted her hands.
“You’re already so grown up, yet you still like playing with dirt…”
Bai Zhanying habitually nagged, but then she realized that Luo Xue was only twelve years old.
Twelve years old, whether in the mortal world or the Immortal Domain, was still a carefree age.
Perhaps, knowing that she was destined to leave the Peerless Summit Sect, she wanted to take a handful of soil as a memento…
Thinking of this, Bai Zhanying’s gaze towards Luo Xue softened with pity.
She looked at Luo Xue gently and said softly,
“Xiao Xue, if you want to play… then play.”
Luo Xue, seeing Senior Sister suddenly looking at her with an unusually gentle gaze, felt a little confused.
What was Senior Sister thinking now…
“We’re almost at Falling Flower Peak,” Bai Zhanying said in a low voice, “We don’t have much time left.”
Luo Xue looked up slightly at the nearby peak, adorned with falling flowers.
It held twelve years of her memories in the Peerless Summit Sect.
It was also her final destination in the Peerless Summit Sect.
Although Hei Pao hadn’t explicitly said it, Luo Xue could vaguely tell from his attitude that both he and the Sect Master were deliberately protecting her.
Although this protection was more like guilt towards Bai Zhanying.
In contrast, the Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall was making things difficult for her, likely to pressure the Sect Master.
“I didn’t expect such things to happen within an immortal sect…”
Luo Xue sighed inwardly. She had become an unwitting sacrifice. Her fate now… could only be grasped in her own hands if she left the Peerless Summit Sect.
Choosing to leave the Peerless Summit Sect in this way, rather than escaping secretly, was all because of… Senior Sister.
The Senior Sister who had been with her for twelve years.
“Let’s go,” a slight smile appeared on Luo Xue’s lips, the familiar sly glint in her eyes returning. “Senior Sister.”
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