Chapter 18: Extreme Slaughter Attribute, Chaos God-Killing Codex
And with that, the contents of the diary came to an abrupt halt.
Lin Yuan felt that today's diary entry was about done. For now, he decided to wait and see what kind of reward he would receive tonight.
Writing more at this point wouldn't really help anyway—he still had no way of confirming who, besides Xiao Wu, possessed a diary copy.
More than anything, he wished that those diary copy holders who could see the diary's contents would proactively come to Nuoding Academy themselves.
Otherwise, he'd have to go look for them one by one.
And looking for them was out of the question!
After all, it would be time-consuming and exhausting—far easier to just write a diary every day.
When Wang Sheng and the others returned from the cafeteria, they originally planned to rest for a bit.
But the moment they entered the dormitory, they saw Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu sitting side by side on their beds, legs crossed, immersed in meditation.
Instantly, any thought of resting vanished.
Lin Yuan's words from before echoed in their minds.
Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu both had talent and cultivation far superior to theirs—yet they were still working this hard.
That alone made them feel a sense of guilt.
Especially Wang Sheng.
He was already in sixth grade this year, yet his soul power was still only Rank 9.
If he failed to break through to Rank 10 this year, he would be unable to advance to an intermediate soul master academy.
And so, a rather strange scene unfolded that afternoon.
All of the work-study students—aside from the necessary time spent earning copper soul coins for the academy and attending classes—were actually meditating during the rest of their free time!
However, for soul masters who had yet to obtain their first soul ring, meditation time was limited by their mental strength.
Generally speaking, they couldn't meditate for more than two hours a day.
Exceeding that limit would only result in mental exhaustion.
The higher one's talent, the longer they could meditate from the very beginning, like Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu.
The former possessed twin martial souls, with one of them being a spiritual-type Dual Pupil. Naturally, his initial meditation duration was longer.
The latter was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, with an extraordinary foundation of her own.
If Xiao Wu truly wished to, her meditation time would likely surpass even Lin Yuan's.
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Midnight.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing today's diary entry and successfully binding diary copy holder Xiao Wu.]
[Critical reward triggered!]
[Reward One: God-level Cultivation Technique (Douluo Adapted Version): Chaos God-Killing Codex (First Layer).]
[Note: This technique is tailor-made for the God-Killing Spear martial soul. It condenses extreme slaughter aura and tempers both physique and soul power.]
[Reward Two: Absolute Life-Saving Item — Void Grand Teleportation Talisman (One Piece)!]
[Note: Can be triggered automatically in life-threatening situations or activated manually. Instantly tears through space and teleports the user up to a thousand miles away, ignoring spatial lockdowns at the Titled Douluo level. Can carry others.]
[Reward Three: Infinite-Space Storage Soul Tool.]
"Holy shit!"
Lin Yuan snapped his eyes open, a sharp gleam bursting forth from them.
Jackpot!
This time, it was a real jackpot!
'Just when I was worrying that my original meditation method was trash, this Chaos God-Killing Codex is literally a godsend!'
Lin Yuan was ecstatic.
He knew all too well that both his God-Killing Spear and Dual Pupils were god-level martial souls—and that the God-Killing Spear, in particular, possessed the attribute of extreme slaughter.
And as everyone knew, extreme attributes, while granting soul masters terrifying combat power capable of killing far above their level, came with very obvious drawbacks.
After Rank 30, and before reaching Soul Saint, cultivation speed would slow down drastically.
Ordinary meditation methods merely absorbed free-floating external energy to fill the body, without involving meridians or acupoints. Their conversion efficiency was relatively low.
This technique, however, not only involved meridians and acupoints but could also dominantly seize external energy. When paired with the God-Killing Spear's characteristics, cultivation speed would increase geometrically.
By the time his cultivation reached Rank 30, even if his speed dropped, it should still be comparable to—or even surpass—that of a normal soul master with full innate soul power!
As for that Void Grand Teleportation Talisman, Lin Yuan's gaze shifted toward the pitch-black night sky outside the window, as if piercing through space itself to see that scruffy figure hidden in the darkness.
'Ah, Tang Hao… with this thing in hand, even if I jump around right under your nose, there's nothing you can do about it.'
His sense of security instantly skyrocketed!
As for the storage soul tool—basic stuff, really.
He just happened to be lacking a storage item.
That said, even without a soul tool, his Dual Pupils could open up a small pocket dimension of their own for storage.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
As midnight arrived, all female characters who possessed diary copies simultaneously heard a system notification echo in their minds.
Spirit City, Pope's Hall.
Bibi Dong sat cross-legged on the bed in her chambers, purple-black Rakshasa divine power swirling around her body.
Because of the diary's contents regarding Yu Xiaogang, her state of mind had fluctuated violently today—she had nearly suffered qi deviation.
Only after great effort did she finally calm herself down.
At that moment, the diary copies within the minds of all holders emitted a mechanical voice.
[Ding! There are a total of four diary copy holders mentioned today.]
[Among them, Bibi Dong (Hidden) was mentioned the most frequently and has the highest relevance.]
[Therefore, she receives today's reward: Soul Core Condensation Method (Hidden).]
Bibi Dong: No—wait. You've already made it clear, even stating that the person mentioned the most gets the reward.
Isn't that obviously me?
Bibi Dong couldn't understand it. What was the point of hiding it at all?
This left her complexion alternating between pale and livid. As for the other three people, she felt they were easy to guess.
After all, only four women had appeared in Lin Yuan's diary today!
Besides them, there were also Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Tang Hao.
They couldn't be sure whether these three also possessed diary copies, since the system had never explicitly stated that only female characters could be bound.
However, based on Bibi Dong's speculation, Lin Yuan was clearly not on good terms with those three—otherwise, he wouldn't have spent the entire diary entry roasting them.
And if this so-called system existed for Lin Yuan's benefit, it certainly wouldn't help his enemies!
Soon after, Bibi Dong's attention shifted to the reward she had received.
A soul core?
What exactly was that?
Before she could ponder further, a surge of system power poured into her body.
The soul power within her began to compress.
Gradually, a purple-black crystal no larger than a dragon's eye—yet radiating terrifying pressure—slowly took shape within her dantian.
It was a Death Soul Core, filled with poison and the power of death!
Boom!
The instant the soul core was fully formed—
Bibi Dong felt her body lighten, as though some heavy shackle had been shattered.
The soul power within her that had long been suppressed due to the divine trials erupted like a volcano!
Rank 97 peak—broken!
Rank 98—achieved!
And this Rank 98 felt even stronger than her previous Rank 98!
With the soul core's existence, her soul power became self-sustaining. Consumption was reduced, and recovery speed increased dramatically!
Feeling the ocean-like power surging through her body, Bibi Dong's eyes shone with an unprecedented brilliance.
"So this… is the power of a soul core?"
"Good. Very good."
"What an incredible diary copy!"
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