MTLNOVEL Chapter 332: Emperor Xi Xi’s Fatal Weakness, Dao Fruit Second Transformation Divine Skills [Star Plucking]
In front of him, the flowing light slowly spread out.
The falling snow instantly evaporated, a result of Li Che’s sudden inner turmoil which sped up the blood flow in his body, releasing a tremendous heat.
"It has transformed..."
"LV4!"
"The first Dao Fruit to reach the LV4 level!"
Li Che muttered.
Although his voice was calm, it was filled with uncontrollable excitement swirling within!
Eventually, it settled into a rhythmic inhale and exhale.
"Inhale—"
"Exhale—"The world was silent, and the snow fluttered down.
Li Che’s eyes flickered as he calmed his emotions, staring at the flowing light before him.
[Dao Fruit: Divine Craft (LV4,0%)]
[Dao Fruit LV4, Second Transformation, Prototype of Divine Powers (Immortal Worker: Thousand Analyzing Hands) advanced, obtained Divine Skills (Immortal Worker: Star Plucking)]
Dao Fruit Second Transformation!
Prototype of Divine Powers... advanced into Divine Skills!
Even as Li Che tried to settle his emotions, he couldn’t help but become agitated again.
Divine Skills...
Star Plucking!
[Star Plucking (Divine Skills): Hand plucks stars, brings them into my divine being, embracing the Pure Body, all spirits come to court]
[First Layer of Heaven: Star Plucking Pupil]
[Countless analysis, draw the soul, Spirit Touch, Return to Reality, Quell Evil Punish Wickedness]
[Second Heaven: ???]
[???]
As the Prototype of Divine Powers advanced, details about the newly obtained Divine Skills naturally emerged in his mind!
Li Che’s gaze slightly intensified.
First Layer of Divine Skills... Second Heaven!
Obviously, he was unable to activate the state of the Divine Skills of the Second Heaven, a realization dawned on him that his Divine Sense was too weak to sustain it.
He couldn’t even forcefully activate the Divine Skills of the Second Heaven.
It was like there was a door standing before him, and even if he exhausted all his strength to push, he might not be able to move it!
In summary, it boiled down to one word.
Weak!
The insufficiency of his own strength.
He didn’t pay attention to the effects of the Second Heaven’s Star Plucking Divine Skills.
Li Che focused his mind on the abilities of the First Layer of Heaven [Star Plucking Pupil].
Suddenly, a strong suction force burst forth before him.
He felt his soul spinning.
Above his forehead, it seemed as though a third eye had formed, flickering with an extremely mysterious divine light.
It opened slightly, revealing the Mud Pill vertical eye.
After the world spun around, the scenery before him underwent a tremendous change.
Vast, boundless, and immense heaven and earth appeared before him.
In his view was also the Dao Tree that grew from the expansive ground, soaring into the sky, shattering the clouds!
Above the Dao Tree, branches hung down with five fruits emanating colorful flowing lights, suspended in the air.
Those were the Dao Fruits!
Among them, one Dao Fruit [Divine Craft] appeared significantly heavier, causing the branches to bend slightly.
The curvature was very small, but in Li Che’s eyes...
It was incredibly distinct!
As if imprinted deep in his soul, he caught sight of this curvature at a glance.
Then, his gaze swept toward the other four Dao Fruits, named [Dragon Elephant Vajra], [Pure Heart], [Chess Saint], [Fairy in the Painting]!
At this look, he felt the Star Plucking Pupil on his forehead becoming extremely hot.
It burst forth with endless brilliant radiance!
Incredibly dazzling, like the filament of an incandescent lamp under a billion watts of power!
Within the vertical pupil, energy spread and intertwined like roots in a bizarre pattern, wrapping around Li Che’s arms.
His hands involuntarily rose, fingers spreading wide, as if his palms alone were prying open the void!
He slowly reached towards the Dao Fruits on the Dao Tree, aside from [Divine Craft], as if to pluck them...
As if...
An immortal raising their hand to pluck stars from the night sky!
However, the scene before Li Che soon blurred.
His consciousness returned to his physical body.
In the courtyard, his heavy breathing sounded like a bellows continuously operating.
Each breath stirred up wildly darting air currents!
Wood chips flew around, tumultuously.
He looked towards the inside of the house where the seven [Fairy in the Painting] avatars had, unknowingly, been released and dissolved, leaving only the incompletely refined Eight Extremes Divine Crystals on the ground.
Li Che, feeling much stronger in his Seven Wheels Divine Base, exhaled a breath of turbid air.
He raised a hand to wipe the sweat beads off his forehead.
His back was also drenched in sweat.
As if he had undergone some arduous task, as though he had truly ascended to the skies, attempting to reach for those distant stars.
"The [Fairy in the Painting] avatar automatically dissolved... Was it because... the Dao Fruit shook?"
"Did I earlier... attempt to reach out and pluck the Dao Fruits hanging from the Dao Tree?"
Li Che exhaled turbid air, his eyes shimmering with different colors.
He raised his hand to touch his forehead, only to find that the vertical eye had disappeared.
The Divine Skill of the First Layer of Heaven [Star Plucking Pupil] had been deactivated.
And Li Che felt a tremendous drain on his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, especially mentally, exhausted to the point where everything seemed blurry and confused.
His Divine Sense was nearly dry, as if it had been drained.
Li Che understood that this was the massive consumption caused by his earlier trials with the Divine Skills.
He sat down to recover while pondering deeply.
"Star Plucking... Does ’star’ refer to the Dao Fruit?"
"What does plucking the Dao Fruit signify then?"
"For now, I cannot pluck the Dao Fruit. Once my cultivation is sufficiently advanced to actually pluck the Dao Fruit, I will understand."
Li Che thought.
For now, he could simply assume that the Divine Skill, Star Plucking Pupil, was an upgraded version of Thousand Analyzing Hands, possessing the ability to analyze Divine Weapons, absorb Divinity, etc.
Additionally, it seemed to have added effects like "Spirit Touch, Return to Reality, Quell Evil Punish Wickedness".
"Spirit Touch..."
Li Che closed his eyes, the essence of the Divine Skill slowly flowing, blossoming like a flower in his mind, informing him of what Spirit Touch entailed.