[25% of Soul Value spent to enhance Mass Effect.]
[The following three options have been selected.]
Qin Jie noticed that his Blood Luck had decreased by another 30 points, a change that reassured him; it seemed this enhancement was also stable.
1. Po Jun: Units killed by the Mass Effect's pull will be absorbed by the devouring abyss, providing the [Po Jun Blade] effect for 30 seconds. Killing enemies will reset the duration of Po Jun.
Po Jun Blade: A 0.5-meter long Po Jun Blade extends from the sword's edge. This blade is intangible, considered an extension of the devouring abyss, inherits all passive effects, and units killed by the Po Jun Blade provide additional Soul Value.
2. Strong Attraction: Mana can be consumed to increase the effective range of the Mass Effect during the next attack, with a maximum range of 10 yards.
3. Tear: Units pulled by the Mass Effect will gain a bleeding effect, losing a certain amount of health during the pull.
With almost no hesitation, Qin Jie chose Po Jun.
Killing enemies and then absorbing them completely solved the last problem: what to do when Magikarp Derivatives were killed and attached to the sword.
After all, the mucus on their bodies would also damage the weapon's durability, and if the weapon broke, Qin Jie would truly be waiting for death.
But now, the devouring abyss also had an absorption effect and could convert more Soul Value, directly eliminating Qin Jie's last doubts.
Truly excellent.
Given this, the next thing to do was very simple.
Shuisheng Village, second battle, commence!
--- Shuisheng Village hadn't been this lively in a long time.
"Caw caw caw."
Crows on the graves flew in all directions, and the villagers of Shuisheng Village rioted, chasing after the guests who had come to the village with all their might.
Most of them ran, a few, whose legs had broken from disuse over the years, could only crawl, but regardless, the villagers of Shuisheng Village at this moment expressed immense hospitality.
In their unique way.
A large number of villagers, with their families in tow, chased Qin Jiefrantically. At this moment, Sword Shadow had sustained many injuries, a pitchfork was stuck in his chest, and he had been chopped several times by a cleaver.
He had run several laps around Shuisheng Village, disturbing everything that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, and swam in the water of Shuisheng Village. The main purpose of this was, naturally, to gather monsters for Qin Jie.
"Thud!"
A dark shadow streaked by, and a Magikarp Derivative, tied up, was thrown towards Sword Shadow. Sword Shadow did not dodge this, and was hit squarely by the Magikarp, only to see the young Magikarp drill a large hole inside Sword Shadow's body. After a while, it emerged, looking bewildered.
Why was there nowhere to eat inside this thing?
The other villagers naturally didn't understand what had happened, they simply swarmed forward, directly chopping Sword Shadow into pieces.
When Sword Shadow disappeared from his original spot, these villagers froze. The next moment, as if they had a premonition, they all looked up.
No, it wasn't a premonition; it was because they were being pulled by a powerful gravitational force, unable to control their heads, and could only look up.
Qin Jie's figure descended from the sky, leaping directly into the center of the crowd.
The Mass Effect activated, and the surrounding Shuisheng Village villagers and Magikarp Derivatives were pulled, approaching Qin Jie's sword edge. Due to being reanimated corpses, the limbs of these Shuisheng Village villagers began to tear, some even surging towards Qin Jie in pieces.
Before he landed, his sword arrived. Under the powerful gravitational pull, Qin Jie's sword edge instantly attracted a large number of Shuisheng Villagevillagers. Some villagers were even torn to pieces merely by the gravitational pull.
The remaining villagers immediately clung to the sword edge. In an instant, a tremendous weight was felt on the sword edge. Qin Jie slammed down fiercely. This descending slash instantly killed over a dozen villagers, clearing an empty space.
Not only that, a white treasure chest appeared on the ground.
The greatsword form of the devouring abyss had terrifying crowd control abilities. The attached remnants twitched for a moment, then disappeared completely.
[Gained 2.8% Soul Value.]
[Gained 356 Offering Points.]
To Qin Jie's surprise, these villagers could actually provide Offering Points.
Now he had no choice but to transcend them.
Upon seeing Qin Jie appear, the Shuisheng Village villagers and the Magikarp Derivatives parasitic on them immediately entered a berserk state, howling as they surged towards Qin Jie.
Clearly, Sword Shadow's maneuver had likely drawn in more than half of Shuisheng Village's fighting force. Looking around now, there was no end in sight, only a feeling of despair.
"Buzz."
The next moment, a crimson sword glow suddenly condensed on the sword edge of the devouring abyss. The Po Jun effect triggered. At this moment, the devouring abyss's length had already reached 1.5 meters, and this extended transparent blade had no weight, but was equally sharp.
"Kill him! Sacrifice him to the Source Water!"
Someone shrieked first, and the surrounding villagers and Magikarp Derivatives immediately surged towards Qin Jie. A massive number of Magikarp Derivatives flew towards Qin Jie like a tidal wave. Judging by the formation, if Qin Jie were hit, his shield would likely be instantly corroded away, leaving no bones behind.
Under these circumstances, Qin Jie took a deep breath. The next moment, he shouldered his greatsword, found a suitable angle to exert force, and with his body moving with the sword, he unleashed a spinning slash.
Buzz!
As if stirring up a whirlpool, the overwhelming Magikarp Derivatives were instantly swept away by the gravitational pull of the devouring abyss in Qin Jie's hand, forced to deviate from their original path and surge towards the devouring abyss.
In addition to the Magikarp Derivatives, a large number of villagers were also forced to surge towards the sword edge. Due to the sheer quantity, the momentum of the sword edge was even slowed down by these decaying flesh and blood bodies.
In this situation, once the sword swing was blocked, the sword edge's gravitational pull would disappear, and then there would only be death.
It was time to give it his all.
Qin Jie's veins bulged on his forehead, his 20 points of strength suddenly erupted, and the sword edge of the devouring abyss began to slash again. Like autumn winds sweeping fallen leaves, the sword edge of the devouring abyss instantly cut down the surrounding enemies. Only a few distant ones were not forced to crash onto the sword edge, but were instead flung away.
A large amount of foul-smelling blood and severed limbs splattered under the effect of this strike, but were then attracted by the devouring abyss's gravity to the sword body. The surface of the devouring abyss was covered with a thick layer of blood and severed limbs, like a long club made of flesh and blood.
But then, the flesh and blood on the surface of the devouring abyss seemed to dissolve, gradually disappearing into the sword body.
This sword was like it was feeding. After only a moment, the surface of the devouring abyss returned to being spotless, as if it had never been stained with blood.
[Gained 3.6% Soul Value.]
The crowd control ability of this greatsword was Heaven-Defying. The surrounding villagers still wanted to surge forward, and all Qin Jie had to do was swing his sword with all his might.