Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost

Chapter 758 -

"Drinking Poison Technique, Poison Sand Palm, plus Feiyu Archery—perfect."The Martial Neophyte Realm's Cultivation Technique was naturally Poison Skill. To this, he added a higher-level Martial Art from the Black Poison Palm series, which belonged to the same lineage. These two were rather standard. The final archery technique was relatively uncommon, but the principal didn't say much.

Indeed, using Poison Skill was not easy; due to the practice of poisons, few would engage in close combat. Many would primarily use hidden weapons. Someone like Wang Linchi, who used long-range techniques combined with the toxins in his blood and Qi, could inflict multiple forms of damage.

However, Wang Linchi didn't care. He mainly used these for data. The Drinking Poison Technique was directly used as nourishment, becoming part of the Ten Thousand Poison Scripture he possessed. He glanced at the Poison Sand Palm but didn't continue using it, as it was quite limited.

So-called Martial Arts essentially consisted of two parts. The first was the refined control of blood and Qi, and the second was the application of force in its moves.

It might also have been because the Cultivation Techniques and Martial Arts he obtained were low-level.

Cultivation Techniques and Martial Arts were naturally graded: low, middle, and high. There should have been ranks above these, but they were hidden, belonging to monopolized Cultivation Techniques that were not easily accessible.

As for Feiyu Archery, it was rather impressive. Although not a poison-based technique, the method it possessed for imbuing blood and Qi was indeed excellent.

Weapon-based Martial Arts would derive an imbuing technique for the use of blood and Qi, also known as Knife Gang or Sword Qi. This was a higher-level application. Current low-level applications all aimed to enhance a weapon's sharpness, sturdiness, and so on. If the Air Vortex was special, it could also grant unique abilities.

Just like Wang Linchi's Air Vortex and blood and Qi, which, through the imbuing technique, could make a weapon extremely poisonous.

What truly stood out about this Feiyu Archery was its ability to allow the imbued blood and Qi to temporarily detach from the body. Generally, when blood and Qi were imbued into a weapon, the Martial Artist had to continuously output blood and Qi to maintain it. Once it left the hand and contact was lost, the effect would be interrupted and dissipate.

However, Feiyu Archery was different. After an arrow was shot from a bow, the imbued blood and Qi wouldn't immediately dissipate. Instead, it would persistently adhere, the duration depending on the Martial Artist's strength and their level of cultivation in Feiyu Archery.

"It's a pity. As attractive as it is, in terms of practicality, long-range is nowhere near as useful as close combat." Wang Linchi also figured out why long-range techniques like flying knives and archery were less popular.

The first reason was consumption. Feiyu Archery consumed ten times what swords and knives required—and that was just for a single strike. Once the arrow was shot, that was it. It wasn't like imbuing swords and knives where, despite constant consumption, the overall power was greater for a relatively lower total cost.

More importantly, after detaching, the imbued blood and Qi on the arrow would rapidly dissipate during flight, eventually resulting in a further decrease in power.

Unless the problem of in-flight loss could be overcome, it was practically useless. It was only suitable for those who practiced Poison Skill, mainly aiming to poison the enemy from a distance. Otherwise, it didn't have much use.

After some adjustments, Wang Linchi completed his current upgrades.

"The resources are far too lacking here in the newbie area." Wang Linchi didn't complain much. I'm still in the early stages of development; I can't expect to obtain anything particularly good. Unless I'm willing to take some risks, like going to the black market or exploring outside, there's no way I'll get anything above average.

After becoming a Martial Student, he no longer needed to attend classes at the academy and could explore dungeons. But he chose not to; he could advance his cultivation using pesticides.

"It seems that pesticides, insecticides, and the like are not quite sufficient at this stage."

He had tried all kinds, which was why his Air Vortex was multicolored. It was due to the excessive intake of chemical toxins, resulting in impurity.

Logically, Wang Linchi should purify his Air Vortex next, consolidating all toxins into one type.

But Wang Linchi had other ideas. On the contrary, he wanted these toxins to grow with his Air Vortex. This offered an advantage: the victim would develop many complications.

"Since the varieties are limited, I'll switch to another toxin... No, I don't necessarily have to stick to toxins."

Wang Linchi understood one thing: even if he spent a fortune, he couldn't buy many varieties of poisons.

But if he chose a different approach, it would be much better.

Poisonous mushrooms?

When the time came, pesticides plus poisonous mushrooms would cause the enemy to vomit, have diarrhea, and hallucinate. With all these combined, even if the enemy didn't die, they would surely be socially ruined.

His main focus was on causing revulsion.

In terms of power, poisons produced from dungeons were normally superior as supplementary materials. However, Wang Linchi was poor. Besides, with his ability to make modifications, he didn't need to worry about power. What he sought was a range of bizarre poisoning effects.

In the Martial Arts World, most Poison Skills were primarily focused on their lethality. Wang Linchi, however, decided to do things differently. A slight reduction in lethality didn't matter to him; social ruin was the main goal.

"The problem is, where do I gather poisonous mushrooms?" Wang Linchi pondered, having never paid attention to such things before.

He then started searching online and soon found out where fungi were abundant.

After all, these were food items; there was definitely market demand.

"It's kind of far. I'll have to take a plane. Oh well, I'll just consider it a trip."

Wang Linchi had already saved a considerable sum of money; now it was time to spend a little.

He went directly to the mushroom-producing areas to acquire poisonous mushrooms, under the guise of being a collector.

What? Gather them himself? If they were local, he would've handled it himself. But for those in remote areas, he wanted to wrap things up quickly; he was still aiming for that direct advancement.

If he kept dawdling, he might drag things out until the martial arts examination. By then, it would be too late; he might even be sent directly to the exam, which would be a hassle.

Compared to buying cultivation resources, this amount of money was truly insignificant.

After becoming a Martial Student, the resources required for cultivation began to grow exponentially, especially those needed to further condense Air Vortexes.

After condensing nine Air Vortexes, one could attempt to break through to the Samurai realm by merging the nine Air Vortexes into a single Qi Orifice. By then, it wouldn't just be for storing blood and Qi; the Qi Orifice could even self-generate blood and Qi and further purify it, significantly enhancing its strength, flexibility, and hardness.

Wang Linchi wasn't worried, though; he had his 'Plug in'. The main point was strengthening the Air Vortex during cultivation. This was crucial and could further bolster his strength as a budding poison master.

"Before that, I need to prepare some weapons for self-defense, preferably a bow and arrows. Otherwise, I won't be able to utilize my archery skills."

Wang Linchi had never practiced archery, nor did he have any innate physical instinct for it. But it didn't matter; he had the Mini Quantum Soul Computer, and as long as it knew how, that would be sufficient.

What was here was merely a projection of his consciousness, not his main body. Otherwise, things wouldn't be so troublesome.

"Armor... I'll pass on that. Can't afford it."

Between a weapon and armor of the same quality, armor cost at least twice as much.

Wang Linchi found it difficult even to buy a bow and arrow set, let alone armor.

"I'll have to make it myself."

Then, he glanced at the sky. His main body was getting closer; it would probably arrive in about three more years.

Therefore, he couldn't be too arrogant yet—for example, by turning the Great Zhao Country into a poison domain. Without backing, he could easily be killed.

As for other matters, he considered even destroying nations as merely being a bit audacious. As long as no one provoked him, he wouldn't act recklessly.

If the poisons within him were to spread now, everyone within a radius of at least ten miles would die.

A radius of ten miles was already vast. Other Martial Students, with a single Air Vortex at the initial stage, could at most defeat about ten other Martial Students before their Air Vortex would be depleted, and then they would be beaten.

As long as he could turn himself into a walking human calamity, no one would dare to provoke him. Lying low also required certain methods, the main objective being to ensure his own survival. If he became a nuclear warhead that no one dared to touch, that too would count as successfully lying low.

It was the same principle as stealth: as long as you killed all witnesses, it was as if no one had discovered you, meaning your stealth was successful.

Although Wang Linchi's method of lying low was a bit unorthodox, all he cared about was survival. Besides, he was essentially a ticking time bomb, waiting for a fight to break out so he could detonate himself, thereby backstabbing the Martial Arts World.

He wasn't following the plot because he didn't want to cause trouble and found it unnecessary, not because he was scared.

Focusing on his own development not only freed him from future worries but also allowed him to progress faster.