Chapter 643: Spirit Talent "Unique·Chaos State" — Ignore the Risk, Force Install!
In the void space of the Spirit Limit-Break Trial.
"This spirit trial is absolutely brutal this time — using a grindstone to forcefully crush my spirit body. If I hadn't upgraded Soul of Burning Steel beforehand, this round would've been really tough." Xu Lang muttered to himself.
He had upgraded Soul of Burning Steel ahead of time specifically to handle unexpected situations.
And this Spirit Limit-Break Trial was indeed riddled with dangers.
Fortunately, he managed to get through it safely, albeit narrowly.
In the pitch-black void of deep space, two clusters of scarlet flames blazed to life!
[You have obtained Spirit Talents "Trace of Time·Calamity Replay" and "Soul Holy Flame"]
[Attribute Talents are as follows:]
[Trace of Time·Calamity Replay: Replay a calamity that occurred on a target. The traceable time depends on your Spirit attribute. Current maximum traceable time is 3 seconds.]
[Soul Holy Flame: Increases soul strength by 50%. Your spirit body burns with a silver holy flame that fills the entire spiritual world. Those who approach will suffer massive true damage. Additionally, the Soul Holy Flame can descend into the physical world, dealing special damage to ethereal beings.]
"Both of these talents from the third-stage Limit Break are pure damage-dealing types."
"Soul Holy Flame is a bit better — aside from damage, it also provides offensive capability."
"The reason I didn't want to choose these two talents before was because they were too boring."
Compared to damage-oriented talents, Xu Lang actually preferred support-type ones.
After all, players typically hide inside their dormitories, letting the turrets handle the offensive output. They just need to be tough enough to avoid getting killed by some obscure underhanded method.
But these two talents, having been obtained through the Mad King's Limit Break Trial, were still incredibly powerful nonetheless.
In Transcendent common knowledge, the soul and spirit body aren't some imaginary little figure living in your head — they're tightly connected to the human body. Those with powerful souls have their soul signature embedded even in their cells.
Unless someone is a Transcendent following a specialized path, the soul and body always coexist.
So the Soul Holy Flame talent counts as a multi-dimensional defensive skill. As for Trace of Time·Calamity Replay, there's no need to even mention it — to some extent, it can double Xu Lang's offensive output.
Xu Lang raised his fingertip, and a wisp of silver-white phantom flame ignited — sacred and pure.
This was the Soul Holy Flame. Any other soul that touched it would instantly catch fire, with even greater lethality than the World-Burning Immortal Flame.
Before Xu Lang could experiment further, the familiar system notification popped up.
[Detected: Soul Realm·Restriction Gate]
[Explanation: Spirit is the core hub of the Soul Realm. The Soul Realm·Restriction Gate is a manifestation of soul-rule-level shackles. Breaking it will complete a transformation.]
[Mechanism 1: The more cracks on the gate, the weaker the suppression from soul rules.]
[Mechanism 2: Breaking the Restriction Gate grants Attribute Talents.]
[Mechanism 3: After 30 minutes, the Restriction Gate will disappear.]
[When the gate shatters, you will transcend the limits of race, bloodline, and Status, entering a new realm.]
[Tip: The Restriction Gate is exclusive to players. This is the only fair competition opportunity for low-level races against gods and Mythical Races. Cherish it!]
"Tch, the hammer comes right after I get the nail."
Xu Lang stared at the white gate slowly materializing before him, then pressed his palm against it.
In an instant, the silver-white phantom flame dyed the gate completely white, burning it away bit by bit until it dissolved into nothingness!
The restriction was broken that easily.
And if Xu Lang didn't have his player identity, he wouldn't have even been able to find this restriction in the first place.
Where the white gate vanished, a mass of extremely filthy and chaotic white light slowly condensed!
Xu Lang immediately felt a sense of ominous energy and hastily activated his Nightmare Eye.
[Nightmare Eye·Xu Lang's talent materialized imagery...]
Before the Nightmare Eye could finish its investigation, the mass of white light surged into his body.
The next moment!
An extreme chaos of knowledge flooded Xu Lang's mind — vast amounts of abstract, obscure, and profound information permeated and were comprehended by him!
Although this spirit talent was incredibly abstract, it was exclusive to Xu Lang, allowing him to grasp all its details.
[Congratulations! You have obtained the Unique Attribute Talent "Unique·Chaos State"]
[Unique·Chaos State: Disintegrate, corrupt, and assimilate rules.]
The talent's description couldn't be simpler, yet as Xu Lang sifted through the new understanding in his mind, he was unusually excited.
This new ability he had obtained was nowhere near common junk!
It could, to some extent, even invalidate the dormitory building's rules!
...
Xu Lang returned to the Demon Box World.
The first thing he did was check the time in the outside world. Then he closed his eyes and entered his dreamscape.
In the dreamscape, things that were normally intangible and elusive became visible to the naked eye.
Nine Constitution Talents manifested as colorful light orbs on his right side.
Nine Spirit Talents manifested as white light orbs on his left side.
Xu Lang sat on his throne, sweeping his gaze across them until he locked onto one of the white orbs.
[Nightmare Eye·Unique·Chaos State: Spirit Talent. A super-standard power symbolizing chaos and disorder. Can nullify or resist the dormitory building's punishments and rule-level damage. This ability primarily targets rules and has no effect on physical-world Transcendent powers.]
The Chaos State was strong, but not comprehensive.
There was give and take — and that was precisely why it was so powerful!
"This is my first ability that can genuinely go head-to-head with the dormitory building!"
Xu Lang felt that this spirit talent had come at the perfect time.
His relationship with the Mad King Building wasn't exactly good — in fact, they were fundamentally irreconcilable.
The Mad King Building was bound by some kind of restriction, preventing it from directly killing players.
But that didn't mean the Chaos State ability was useless.
On the contrary, it had a wide variety of applications.
For instance, in certain instances, players were divided into two factions. Attacking same-faction players incurred penalties — but Xu Lang could nullify that penalty.
Or take another example: a place Mad King Building players weren't allowed to go.
Using the Chaos State, Xu Lang could ignore that rule.
"Let me first try to install high-level facilities onto Demon King Castle. If I use Chaos State well, it'll be a god-tier skill for disrupting rules!"
The first thing that came to Xu Lang's mind was the Mad King Building's prohibited "smuggled goods" — high-level facilities!
What was this?
This was ignoring the risk and forcing an install!
His facility Level Transfer was basically the equivalent of bulldozing through customs, dragging a ton of contraband into the dormitory building.
The Mad King Building definitely wanted to punish him — or at least punish this behavior of his.
Bans on guns were one thing, but carrying a nuclear bomb into a country? Wasn't that going a bit too far?
But now, even if the Mad King Building sanctioned the Level Transfer, Xu Lang still had the Chaos State as a backup.
Double insurance!
The dormitory building was bound by some rule. Xu Lang believed that the Mad King Building going out of its way to target him once was already its limit — there was no way it could keep stepping in to mess with him repeatedly.
"I leveled up via Level Transfer, and the Mad King Building didn't do anything to me. Probably because, during Building Wars, it was happy to see it happen."
"But once Building Wars end, it's definitely going to enforce sanctions!"
"And when that happens, we'll see if the Chaos State can withstand the pressure!"
Xu Lang had already devised a hundred different plans for dealing with the Mad King Building, just waiting for the Building to make its move!