From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

In the early stages of the Abyss Descent, melee superpower users occasionally made use of firearms, and the "Armor Piercing Bullet" skill was somewhat useful, but in the middle and late stages, it indeed became a useless skill.

Take Lu Heng for example, now when he casually executes a sword strike it produces a sonic boom, its power far exceeds that of a bullet.

If Lu Heng drew an "Armor Piercing Bullet" skill now, it would indeed be a useless skill. The only use it might have is for some fun while playing with guns.

Therefore, once you draw a useless skill, it is as if you didn't increase your combat power at all, and you also waste 1,200 points of Divine Energy.

Of course, if you draw a useless skill, it's not entirely beyond remedy.

The next time you receive a World Task reward, if there is an option to delete a skill, you can remove that skill and free up a Skill Slot.

That is to say, it's like getting a Skill Slot for the cost of two World Task rewards, which is a good deal.

However, completing two World Tasks and having to draw these two rewards based on chance means that if you're unlucky, you might never encounter the reward to delete a skill.

In general, the second reward option is a matter of luck.

The first reward option is to establish a Space Anchor Point on the Molten Lava Plain, which would allow teleportation to that location in the future.

This too is a good choice as, if used well, it could uncover tremendous value.

Lu Heng now considered whether to take a chance with luck; if the second skill drawn as a reward turned out to be a good one, his combat power could see a direct increase.

Now, should he take this gamble?

Moreover, Lu Heng had an advantage: the skills he drew didn't need to be of a high level as long as the skill type suited him, he could use "Divine Evolution" to upgrade the skills later on.

After careful analysis, Lu Heng decided to take a chance and chose the second reward.

[Selecting the second World Task reward, randomly drawing three skills.]

[Option 1: Rock Skin, Skill Level C]

[Option 2: Fiery Flame Weapon, Skill Level C]

[Option 3: Spirit Control, Skill Level C]

Seeing the three randomly drawn skills, Lu Heng was taken aback for a moment.

All three skills were C-level, neither too high nor too low.

And for Lu Heng, it wasn't necessary to look at the level, as long as the skill effect was good.

Rock Skin was a defensive skill, able to increase skin defense, roughly equivalent to covering the body with a layer of armor. Combined with the body's natural defense, it should be able to barely block a pistol bullet, resulting in not too severe of a wound upon being hit.

This skill would be considered quite effective for other superpower users.

Lu Heng already had the defensive "Damage Retrospection"; getting another "Rock Skin" wouldn't be very useful.

Fiery Flame Weapon was also not very useful; his current swordsmanship power was very strong, and no opponent could withstand the Sound Explosion Sword head-on.

If an opponent capable of withstanding the Sound Explosion Sword did appear, then this C-level "Fiery Flame Weapon" wouldn't pose a threat to such an opponent.

Thus, this skill was also redundant.

Last was "Spirit Control".

This skill was the one used by You ZhanYu, the captain of the security team at the Defense Science Academy, when investigating the theft of technological data.

The effect of this skill was not bad, but its low level limited it to a range of fewer than 200 meters; beyond that distance, the skill became ineffective.

Also, due to the low skill level, it wouldn't be very effective against Spiritual Superpower Users.

However, for Lu Heng, skill level wasn't an issue.

As long as he maxed out the training level, "Spirit Control" could later be upgraded to a B-level "Commanding Will" or even higher.

Similarly, "Rock Skin" could also be upgraded to a B-level "Stone Giant Armor".

The defense of the upgraded "Stone Giant Armor" was quite impressive, but the problem was that "Stone Giant Armor" was very heavy, fitting for Strength and Defense System superpower users.

If Lu Heng were to use "Stone Giant Armor", it would affect his speed and combat sensitivity.

As for an upgraded "Fiery Flame Weapon", it would become a Flame Series Attack Skill, and Lu Heng already had the "Thunderous Heavenly Prison" skill, leading to overlapping skill effects.

After much deliberation, Lu Heng ultimately chose the third skill, "Spirit Control".

After selecting the reward, the return information started to materialize before his eyes.

[Ending the Abyss Battlefield, returning to the main world...]

[Completed Main Quest 1: Avoid the pursuit of the Darkville Black Iron Tribe. Gained 200 points of Divine Energy.]

[Completed Main Quest 2: Avoid the pursuit of the Bloodline Demons in the Black Stone Mine. Gained 200 points of Divine Energy.]

[Completed Main Quest 3: Survive on the Molten Lava Plain for 15 days. Gained 200 points of Divine Energy.]

[Completed Challenge Task 1: Find out the fallen Traitor, eliminate the Traitor. Gained 600 points of Divine Energy.]

[Completed Challenge Task 2: Kill 30 Bloodline Demons to obtain the forgiveness of the Darkville Black Iron Tribe. Gained 600 points of Divine Energy.]

[Completed Challenge Task 3: Drive the Bloodline Demons away from the Black Stone Mine to help the Darkville Black Iron Tribe rebuild their home. Gained 600 points of Divine Energy.]

Having completed all the tasks, he gained a total of 2,400 points of Divine Energy.

He had previously spent 5,000 points of Divine Energy to upgrade the A-level "Shadow Clone" into the S-level "Divine Embodiment", and he was left with only 100 points after the upgrade.

Now, with the addition of the 2,400 points of Divine Energy, and after spending 1,200 points on drawing a skill, along with the remaining 100 points, he had 1,300 points left.

The trip to the Molten Lava Plain this time proved to be very fruitful.

His Source Energy Level rose to 33, causing a surge in All Attributes.

Moreover, he acquired a lot of Forging Materials, especially those from the Purgatory Sub-Dragon.

The Dragon Eye Gemstone had already been made into a bracelet for Su Muyu, and Lu Heng still had the Purgatory Sub-Dragon's Dragon Horn in his possession, a precious Forging Material.

It was enough for three forgings of the Aurora Blade.

As long as this forging attempt was successful, the Aurora Blade could be upgraded into an S-level Divine Weapon.