Ashen God
Chapter 136 - 135: Energy Suction

Chapter 136: Chapter 135: Energy Suction

"But where did you get a real gun from?" Sun Jiaming felt the pistol in his hand, no wonder he had thought it was so realistically made, as it turned out, it was a real gun. Aren’t real guns supposed to feel authentic?

"As everyone knows, I am an Awakener, so, it would make perfect sense for me, as an Awakener, to be able to conjure up a pistol with my Superpower whenever and wherever I want, wouldn’t it?" Zhang Yanhang said while he fished out another pistol from his waist bag and placed it on the table.

"Although what you’re saying does make sense, I clearly remember that your Awakened Power doesn’t seem to have anything to do with pistols, right?"

Sun Jiaming handed the pistol back to Zhang Yanhang. As an ordinary cultivator, he dared not keep holding onto the gun, especially since the Empire strictly prohibited firearms, and even in the Spiritual Qi Recovery Era, it would at most be slightly more lenient towards Awakeners.

After all, some Awakeners had the power to conjure firearms or, to be precise, to transform themselves into firearms. At that point, you can’t just arbitrarily arrest an Awakener, can you? After all, they haven’t committed any crimes.

"An Awakener’s Superpower always changes as their strength progresses, so, an occasional mutation related to pistols is quite normal."

Zhang Yanhang put the pistol he recently pulled out back into his waist bag. As for the original one, he naturally re-holstered it at his waist, as it was still needed to activate the Set Effect.

"Alright, since your roommates aren’t here, I’ll head back to my dorm then." Even though Sun Jiaming felt that something was off about Zhang Yanhang’s words, he couldn’t logically find any reason to refute them, since you simply can’t judge Awakeners by ordinary standards.

"Goodbye." After sending Sun Jiaming off, Zhang Yanhang also had to dispense with some other classmates who had gathered due to hearing the gunshot. As for excuses? Any would do really, since he was an Awakener, everyone would understand.

After dealing with his classmates, Zhang Yanhang opened his cellphone again, only to suddenly find that the group chat owner had replied to his message from earlier. However, he hadn’t noticed it because he was busy with something else.

Even though the chat owner had already replied to the message, it had been several minutes ago. Unsure if the owner was still there, he sent another message.

Heavenly Destiny Master: "Are you there?"

Curse Binding Vajra: "Here, what’s up?"

Heavenly Destiny Master: "Are you there?"

Curse Binding Vajra: "Here!"

Heavenly Destiny Master: "Are you there?"

After sending the messages, Zhang Yanhang had intended to enter a state of closed-eye meditation just like before, but before he could even put down his phone, the group owner had already rapidly replied to him.

Curse Binding Vajra: "I’m here, here, here! If you have something to say, just say it, stop asking if I’m here! I’ve been here all along!"

Some might find it strange for the group owner, being a woman, to use a nickname like Curse Binding Vajra. However, this was actually a note that Zhang Yanhang had set up himself, and he had done so for the simple reason that the Awakened Power the group owner had was named Curse Binding Vajra.

As someone who had awakened their Superpower at the Early Stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery and entered the Ashen World, the owner’s strength could only be described as unfathomable.

When the group leader had explained Awakeners’ basic knowledge to him, she used herself as an example to illustrate the issue of powers enhancing along with the Awakeners’ strength.

The group leader’s Curse Binding Vajra superpower at the First Tier could only manifest a single golden ring that possessed flying ability, and it could freely enlarge or shrink. The ring could be unleashed to attack enemies or to ensnare them, which was quite practical, but it did not quite match the name Curse Binding Vajra.

However, after the group leader was promoted to the Second Tier, her power also evolved accordingly. She could summon multiple golden rings to attack enemies, and she really could summon a four-armed Curse Binding Vajra that stood three meters tall and radiated golden light.

As the group leader continued her promotion to the Third Tier, the transformations of her power became even greater. As long as she had enough Energy Value, she could summon a large number of golden rings and multiple four-armed Curse Binding Vajras, and these Vajras could even wield the golden rings she conjured as weapons, further enhancing their strength.

What was more critical was that after her promotion to the Third Tier, the group leader’s power gained the ability to curse, too. Previously, she could only physically entrap enemies with the golden rings to block their movements.

But after reaching the Third Tier, the golden rings gained the ability to control enemies. Simply placing a ring atop an enemy’s head could transform them into an ally, fighting under her command; at this point, the golden rings had truly metamorphosed into the Curse Binding Golden Rings.

Therefore, from the three examples about herself that the group leader gave, Zhang Yanhang knew that the group leader must at least be a Third Tier Awakened. Otherwise, how could she possibly know her own Third Tier Awakened Power?

By the way, the group leader had introduced her name in addition to her power when they first met. Her real name was Gu Mingyue, but Zhang Yanhang still preferred to refer to her as the group leader.

Since the group leader was currently idle, Zhang Yanhang naturally had to ask the question he had long prepared.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Group leader, is there any group specifically about the Ashen World?"

Curse Binding Vajra, "Have you finally entered the Ashen World too? Are you hurt?"

Heavenly Destiny Master, "I did get a minor injury at the beginning, but I healed it long ago with Healing Items, and I haven’t really been hurt much since then."

Besides being poked by a Licker at the beginning because he lacked an Energy Shield around his body, during the cleanup of Raccoon City, Zhang Yanhang’s Energy Shield was only broken once in the fight against a Prototype Tyrant, resulting in a minor injury.

But that was because that group of Prototype Tyrants did not fight with honor, all swarming him for a beatdown, and they even started with the deadly combo of Death Claw and Charge—who could withstand that?

Curse Binding Vajra, "When you’re in the Ashen World, you should be extra cautious. After all, even if it’s digitized, you still only have one life."

Curse Binding Vajra, "I happen to have some free time right now, so you can ask me directly about any problems regarding the Ashen World."

Although Zhang Yanhang always had many questions about the Ashen World, precisely because he had too many, he now wasn’t sure what to ask. After carefully thinking it over, Zhang Yanhang asked a rather important question.

Heavenly Destiny Master, "Is there a close relationship between the Spiritual Qi Recovery and the Ashen World?"

Curse Binding Vajra, "Of course, there is a relationship. The Spiritual Qi Recovery is actually due to a large number of Transmission Channels to the Main World opening in the Ashen World, and its internal Spiritual Energy, dense to an absurd degree, automatically flows into the Main World that is so depleted of Spiritual Energy it’s nearly a vacuum, according to some Energy Suction effect that transforms the environment."