I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 160 - 144 Something Abnormal_1

Chapter 160: Chapter 144 Something Abnormal_1

Before the appearance of the Demon Flower and the attack on Qi Family Town by Asura Demons, Qi Xiangyun also considered some things to be mythological tales. But once the Asura Demons had appeared, the information recorded in the books became based on real events.

The Battle Maniac Asura was one of the Supreme Demons of this world. Besides him, there were the Snake God, Bull God, and so forth. Although they did not match the twelve zodiacs, the number was half correct. The books emphasize that Supreme Demons are unfeeling...

Ordinary people cannot catch the eye of a Supreme Deity, and those who are noticed by them are not fortunate. Instead, they face endless disasters and a life full of trials, as if they’ve been spotted by Supreme Demons as fascinating toys.

Occasionally, some ’benevolent gods’ appeared, but according to subsequent records of their deeds, these so-called benevolent gods cannot be separated from those Supreme Demons.

"Battle Maniac Asura loves war as his life. Many Asura Demons under his command have transformed from humans. Those who die in battle may catch his attention and could become Asura Demons after death..."

Qi Xiangyun read the records in the book that mainly mentioned the Battle Maniac Asura. As for the Snake God, Bull God, Pig God, Zheng Yichen had not encountered them yet, so he did not need to pay too much attention for the time being.

"You are so powerful that Asura will definitely not let you go," Qi Xiangyun said very seriously to Zheng Yichen.

"Do you want him to help you with your revenge?" Liu Hongzhao stared intently at Qi Xiangyun. She also wanted revenge, but those refugees had already died cleanly, either due to infighting or Zheng Yichen’s finishing blows. Zheng Yichen had already avenged her, and along the way, she had pondered a lot.

If Zheng Yichen were a monster and kept her as food, then she had accepted all of this, since she had no other attachments. If she had thought too much and misunderstood her benefactor, then she would spend her life repaying him, setting a new goal for herself, which diminished the gloom in her heart significantly.

"I..." Qi Xiangyun fell silent, and after a long while, she spoke, "I think so."

"So when did you kids start having so many thoughts?" Zheng Yichen tapped Qi Xiangyun’s head, looking at the group of thirteen and fourteen-year-old girls. Their minds were quite active, "These books are good. You don’t mind if I take a look, do you?"

There were many books on the shelves, some about Spells and others about martial arts inner power. The more Zheng Yichen saw, the more excited he became. Who didn’t have dreams of martial heroes when they were young?

Now that he had this opportunity in front of him, he certainly didn’t want to miss it.

"Sure," Qi Xiangyun glanced at the bookshelf, her voice free of any reluctance or hesitation. If she could have her revenge, she could give up everything here. Besides, she was now alone. She had learned some martial arts from her father previously and had a basic understanding of Spells, but they were used to assist with Mechanical Techniques.

Martial arts strengthen the body, and Spells provide convenient assistance when making the core of automata. Even without knowledge of Spells, it wouldn’t matter, but they would make her creations even better, so Qi Family Town wouldn’t reject that kind of power.

After a while, Qi Xiangyun realized something surprising, "You, you don’t know any martial arts or Spells?"

She asked because Zheng Yichen had too many questions, both about Spells and martial arts. In her view, someone as formidable as Zheng Yichen shouldn’t be ignorant of these things. Even if his studies were unrelated, he shouldn’t have so many questions by the reasoning of analogy.

And if he knew none of these, how could he fight so well? Was it Innate Divine Strength?

"I don’t."

"Then what Spell are you using??" Getting a definite answer, Qi Xiangyun was even more astonished.

"This would be considered... a superpower, I guess?" Zheng Yichen raised his hand and gathered a ball of wind. This thing really had nothing to do with Spells, but through answering Qi Xiangyun’s questions, it seemed that mastering Spells afterward could indeed improve the power of this ability.

Even with mutual assistance, the increase in this power wouldn’t be multiplicative, but it could result in an effect greater than just 1+1.

"What about martial arts? How can you be so powerful without martial arts?"

"To explain it, it’s because I have Innate Divine Strength."

This made Qi Xiangyun want to roll her eyes. That sounded like a tale for children.

"Qi Family Town has collected many martial arts and Spells, but many of these things are not difficult to obtain. There aren’t many truly valuable ones," Qi Xiangyun swiftly changed the subject, speaking of these martial arts and Spells. Even if Zheng Yichen was ignorant of them, she had no intention of hiding anything from him.

"I understand. Who wouldn’t keep the truly good stuff well hidden? The world has become like this, and I’m looking forward to visiting those sects with them in the future."

"...Can I come along?" Something crossed Qi Xiangyun’s mind, and she asked a little nervously. After the disaster, the various sects might hardly survive. Visiting those sects could reveal numerous unique manuals. If she mastered them, perhaps she could seek revenge alone.

"I’m very skilled in Mechanical Techniques, and many sects have entrusted Qi Family Town with creating some automata. If we encounter those sects, I can try to solve their mechanisms."

As for business integrity? Please, Qi Family Town is finished; those sect members are probably all dead too. Some things would just decay with time if left untouched.

"No problem with that. But before this, I want to ask if there’s any quick learning material here? Like the kind that can be learned in just one or two hours?"

Qi Xiangyun looked at Zheng Yichen with a puzzled expression, "Are you sure?"

Zheng Yichen was already so formidable that even without martial arts, he could fight against the avatar of Battle Maniac Asura. He didn’t need basic martial arts, did he?

Others study to lay a foundation, but Zheng Yichen was already so powerful that laying a foundation wouldn’t enhance his abilities at all. As for those with side effects, those are what martial artists should avoid as much as possible unless the side effects in the early stages can be eliminated upon reaching mastery and can even nourish the self.

Side effects often mean that the martial arts learned can easily affect one’s own foundation, making it difficult to reach the pinnacle in the future. Who would want to learn martial arts to be second-rate or third-rate?

If you learn martial arts, you aim to be top-class, not to be content with being called second-rate or third-rate.

"I’ll start with these, and I can look at the rest later."

Qi Xiangyun picked out several martial arts manuals from the bookshelf.

Zheng Yichen picked up one and looked at it: "Destroy Vitality Crush Life, sacrificing one’s own vitality to instantly increase one’s skill power by twenty percent? How long does this ’instant’ last?"

"I don’t know." Qi Xiangyun shook her head. Her father never let her touch such martial arts, saying they could easily damage her own vitality. She was still young and growing; knowing about them could be dangerous.

"Then there’s this Evil sword... Well, it’s not exactly proper." Zheng Yichen looked at another manual. This sword technique required a blood sacrifice every time it was used, and not just anyone’s blood would do—it had to be the practitioner’s. The more blood sacrificed, the more powerful the technique became.

The One Arm Saber Technique goes without saying—maiming oneself by cutting off an arm seems like rendering oneself disabled. But once mastered, the technique allows a single arm to possess the strength of two—not a simple addition, but seemingly a formidable enhancement. It’s just difficult for one to accept.

"And this, the Demon Saber—your family keeps this thing?" Zheng Yichen held another martial arts manual, which was even more sinister than the rest, requiring the blood of a close relative to master.

"...I’m not sure." Qi Xiangyun quickly shook her head: "These are collected by the adults. I don’t know much about them."

Zheng Yichen searched through the pile of what could be called Evil Path martial arts. There were indeed many which promised rapid mastery, but only two or three were genuinely usable. He could consider the Evil sword and Destroy Vitality Crush Life, but he didn’t even need to think about the Demon Saber and One Arm Saber Technique—having more arms was an advantage.

When fighting the Asura Demon, he felt it—his opponent had four or even six arms, each working seamlessly with the others, making it feel like a group beatdown. Speaking of which, from the feedback he got from the Asura Demon, Zheng Yichen felt his own arms become more flexible. Before, differentiating his left hand’s movements from the right was difficult; now, it seemed to be getting easier. As for other feedback, he’d discover it gradually.

"Let me try this Destroy Vitality Crush Life first." Zheng Yichen patted the book. To him, it was like continuously losing blood in exchange for a 20% boost in all attributes, and he wasn’t too worried about the abnormal state of losing blood.

As for the Evil sword, while it’s referred to as martial arts, Qi Xiangyun realized after examining it that it’s more like a combination of spell and martial arts. It includes a set of sword techniques, but the accompanying techniques aren’t the main focus.

Zheng Yichen looked at some other martial arts as well. How should one describe the martial arts in this world? Martial arts are like a core; some include corresponding skills, while others only have the martial arts element—you need to seek out the specific techniques after learning them.

Without learning them, fighting is like having profound inner strength, but only being able to rely on instinctive punching to battle an opponent. Martial arts aren’t limited to learning just one type—as long as there isn’t too much conflict between them, one can try to learn multiple styles, but the extent of mastery depends on the individual.

Learning too much is like randomly assigning skill points.

Zheng Yichen lacked a foundation in martial arts. Even these easy-to-learn Evil skills wouldn’t be easy for him to master.

"I can try teaching you these." Qi Xiangyun earnestly offered. After all, Evil skills are considered such because they are easy to learn, handy, and can lead one down the wrong path. She already had a foundation in martial arts and spells, so for her, they wouldn’t be too hard to learn.

"We can discuss it on the way." Zheng Yichen looked regretfully at the books on the shelf. He wanted to bring a scanner to copy everything here; Ahn Qi, the wealthy lady, had prepared such a device for him, but he hadn’t brought it along.

Qi Xiangyun turned to another area, where many weapons were stored: "Don’t you need other weapons? Here are the Divine weapons accumulated by Qi Family Town."

"I don’t rely much on weapons."

"What about a battle suit? I could try to repair it." She glanced at the somewhat damaged battle suit Zheng Yichen was wearing, which he had sustained in the fight against the Battle Maniac Asura avatar.

"It would take too much time." Zheng Yichen declined, preferring to have the damaged battle suit fixed at Dusk Cathedral for a fee. He didn’t want to waste too much time here.

Without further ado, Qi Xiangyun packed some other items. Besides the treasured martial arts and spells from the secret vault, she included other important things, such as automata weapons for self-defense and basic martial arts manuals for Zheng Yichen and Lin Yaoyao to study on the road. She wanted to make herself as useful as possible.

As the living departed, the ruined town returned to silence amidst the red glow. Soon after, two figures appeared: "They’ve gone. But by this point, the Proxy Agent should have realized some issues, right?"

"That doesn’t matter. The important thing is... this Proxy Agent is quite kind-hearted."