8mi Chapter 14 System Awakening
Chapter 14 System Awakening
Lu Heng's spiritual sense had already locked onto the pair of eyes lurking in the shadows, but he was too lazy to pay attention to them for the time being.
At this moment, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand had turned into a golden light, and ancient inscriptions were faintly emerging on its surface.
The merit gained from absorbing hundreds of millions of animal souls was indeed not in vain.
He was now even more eager to see what effect would occur after the vine seedling's soul was absorbed into the Myriad Souls Banner.
"receive!"
The broken body was enveloped by the powerful suction of the Myriad Souls Banner, and a soul was forcibly ripped out, emanating a chillingly evil aura.
"Just how many heinous things has this guy done to have his soul become so evil!" Lu Heng couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
While an ordinary person's soul can retain some of its appearance after leaving their body, this Teng Miaozi's soul was churning with black energy and exuded a heavy ominous power, clearly having transformed into a wicked and vengeful ghost.
"Lu Heng, one day, I will kill you!" Teng Miaozi's soul gripped the void with her ten fingers, struggling frantically to close the distance and strangle Lu Heng.
But that little bit of resistance was completely ineffective.
Several rune chains emerged from the banner, along with a few darting demons, forcibly dragging his soul into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
In an instant, golden light shone forth!
The immense power of merit surged into the Myriad Souls Banner like a tidal wave, cleansing away all the karmic obstacles accumulated within it. Even the three large characters on the banner's surface transformed into a purple-gold color under the influence of this power.
"Hahaha... I've succeeded!" Lu Heng laughed loudly.
His mind was connected to his natal magic weapon, and his body shone brightly. The vertical demonic eye mark on his forehead suddenly burst forth with purple-gold light, like the eye of heaven, piercing through all the illusions and realities of the mortal world.
"This guy has a lot of eyes." Lu Heng activated his third eye to pierce through the void and see the scene on the other side clearly.
Inside the palace, the tall, humanoid monster had ten eyes, one of which was tightly closed—the very same eye he had previously crushed from a distance.
Lu Heng grabbed the Myriad Soul Banner with his left hand and appeared in front of the Divine Eye in an instant, startling the strange creature into retreating abruptly.
He clenched his right fist, gathering immense spiritual power into a single point, causing the surrounding heaven and earth to tremble. Then he grinned and said, "They all call you a god. I'd like to see just how capable you really are."
The Ten-Eyed Demon God sensed the scent of death and retreated swiftly without a second thought!
The next moment, the violent force of the fist shattered the void barrier, and the entire throne and palace were instantly reduced to dust.
boom!
The Ten-Eyed Demon God stared in disbelief at the scene before him, a hint of regret rising in his heart.
Perhaps, we shouldn't have invaded Earth in the first place.
Lu Heng calmly crossed the spatial rift, his third eye scanning his surroundings, his gaze penetrating through layers of walls to see the scene outside.
Everywhere was teeming with bizarre creatures, many of which were even more powerful than the advanced monsters they had encountered before.
Fortunately, Brother Tong brought him back early.
If these super-powerful monsters had arrived on Earth a few years later, with their limited technological capabilities, even a single one would probably have been enough to wipe out the entire situation.
These guys possess the strength of the Nascent Soul stage.
"Oh, I almost forgot about you." Lu Heng seemed to have just remembered the existence of the Ten-Eyed Demon God. He looked him up and down and found that he was only at the Nascent Soul stage.
A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He had thought he would have a great fight, but his opponent was as weak as a rookie, and he immediately lost interest.
"What kind of look is that!" The Ten-Eyed Demon God noticed the undisguised contempt and growled angrily.
Ding!
"The system has detected that the host has gained 200 million merit points. Would you like to use 100 million merit points to upgrade the system?"
A virtual screen that suddenly popped up startled Lu Heng. Two options lay quietly at the bottom of the screen.
Yes and No
"System, you're finally awake!" Lu Heng was genuinely happy about the system's awakening. Although the two of them had bickered a lot since the day they transmigrated to the cultivation world, and this thing always assigned him some tricky tasks, it still managed to send him back to his family intact in the end.
Ultimately, the system didn't do all the bad things.
Please select the option below: Yes or No.
"Master, what kind of relationship do we have? I'll definitely spend a mere 100 million merits on you." Lu Heng said generously, but his hand frantically pointed towards the "No" sign.
But the word "no" seemed to have grown legs, constantly changing its position, and Lu Heng couldn't touch it no matter how hard he tried.
In the end, the character "否" dodged and weaved, eventually merging with the character "是". Lu Heng saw the trap, but his hand was too fast to retract, and it landed firmly on the character "是".
"Congratulations, host, for making the correct choice. System upgrade initiation!"
"Ten percent...twenty percent...thirty percent...one hundred percent"
"Upgrade complete. New name: Merit System."
"Due to this first activation, the system will grant three rewards."
"Eye of Merit: Allows you to view the merit value of any target, which is divided into positive and negative categories. Positive represents merit, and negative represents karmic obstacles. If you kill someone with merit, your own merit will be deducted by double the amount of the target's merit value; if you kill someone with karmic obstacles, their karmic obstacles will be fully converted into merit."
Lu Heng was on the verge of collapse because 100 million merit points were deducted, but after reading the introduction, his mood was not so bad.
With these eyes, one can not only distinguish between good and evil at a glance, but also specifically target those burdened with karmic obstacles, thus gaining merit by hunting them down.
Don't be too cool.
"Second Reward: Condensing a Golden Body. This can be used once by consuming 100 million merit points. After the condensed golden body receives offerings from the mortal world, it can directly increase the cultivation level of the original body. The more offerings, the faster the cultivation level will increase. If the original body is unfortunately killed, the golden body can offset one death."
Lu Heng was stunned. If he could condense two or three hundred golden bodies, wouldn't he be able to improve his cultivation level while lying down? Moreover, he would have hundreds of lives!
This is outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous!
"Third reward: Physical ascension. Once the accumulated merit points reach 10 billion, one can achieve the realm of physical invincibility, shattering the universe with a single punch and reversing time with a single palm strike."
Lu Heng was instantly filled with excitement. But when he glanced at the "10 billion," his heart sank: "It would take forever to save that up."
"Friendly reminder: All merits performed by the host will be included in the cumulative value statistics, and the cumulative progress will not change even if they are used later."
"That's more like it."
To onlookers, Lu Heng appeared to be talking to himself. Seeing his numerous openings, the Ten-Eyed Demon God recognized this as the perfect opportunity to launch a sneak attack. He immediately concentrated his power into an eyeball in the palm of his hand, and a blinding laser beam shot out.
Lu Heng calmly activated his Eye of Merit and glanced at the other party, who was carrying ten million karmic debts.
How could he possibly let this go? He slowly walked towards it, and the laser beam struck his chest directly, without even breaking the skin.
"How...how is this possible? My attacks couldn't even scratch him!"
The Ten-Eyed Demon God was shocked, but quickly suppressed his horror and decided to hold back.
Eight other divine eyes appeared out of thin air around him, frantically unleashing scorching rays at Lu Heng. The temperature soared, the air boiled and churned, and the entire palace began to melt and collapse in no time.
Lu Heng suddenly unleashed his oppressive aura, and everything around him seemed to freeze in place, all things stagnant and motionless.
"Ugh... Impossible! How can you be so powerful!" The Ten-Eyed Demon God was also completely suppressed by this pressure and knelt down on the ground in despair.
He tried his best to stand up, even burning his soul, his body swelling to the point of almost bursting, but he still couldn't break free.
"In my world, you are nothing but an ant in the Nascent Soul stage." Lu Heng stopped in front of him, grabbed his neck from a distance, and slowly lifted him up: "There are two major realms between us. Even if you burn your soul to ashes, you cannot bridge this gap. You dare to invade Blue Star, you are really bold."
"I was wrong... Spare my life, I will never do it again." The Ten-Eyed Demon God squeezed out the words with difficulty.
Outside the ruined palace, the super-powerful supernatural beings peered through the ruins, staring at the scene in disbelief.
The once high and mighty demon god was now humbly begging for mercy, completely defeated and subdued.
Their worldview collapsed in that instant.