Chapter 145: Local Man Discovered Legendary Sword After Hugging a Radioactive Beanstalk
Fu Tong approached the beanstalk and stood on its roots. The massive vine-like tree moved, curling and coiling around him. Its vines and black leaves grazed his skin.
However, as soon as its leaves touched him, it left behind small cuts. The black leaves, though dull at glance, were atom-level sharp, and they ignored Fu Tong's physical defense and the durable physique of a saint.
While enduring the embrace, Fu Tong carefully controlled his movements and gently touched one of the black peaches.
The beanstalk flinched, but it let Fu Tong touch it, testing his qualifications. They remained motionless for a minute.
Fu Tong proved he was immune to the peach's poison. The beanstalk released him and created a black droplet, which it poured onto his head. The substance seeped into his skin instantly.
DING
All your status attributes have increased by 100,000!
You are now immune to the Purgatory Poison!
You are now immune to the Purgatory Curse!
Your karmic soul has been protected by the Dao Laws of Purgatory. No one can divine your karma.
That was the one-time blessing from the sage tree. Fu Tong had been aiming for this when he planted the mushroom. However, that was not the end.
Fu Tong plucked one of the black peaches and a black leaf.
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Peach of Purgatory (Sage Grade)
This peach is a one-time acquisition from Purgatory Beanstalk, per person. Anyone who eats the peach is punished with instant death and an eternity of suffering in purgatorial hell. Only sages who have transcended karma and have been blessed by the Purgatory Beanstalk can consume it and enter the Nirvana Realm, where they can enjoy eternal peace.
The juice of this peach, however, can erase karma. One drop of its juice can neutralize all curses under the sage grade and purge evil spirits.
Leaf of Purgatory (Sage Grade)
This leaf is the strongest poisonous catalyst in all realms. It eliminates the target's defenses, immunities, resistances, daos, and power of laws upon touch if the target has never been blessed by the Purgatory Beanstalk.
Those who have been blessed by Purgatory Beanstalk may fuse the leaf with the weapon of their choice to create a sage-grade weapon.
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While looking at the items, Fu Tong laughed. His hard work finally paid off. With the leaf, he could turn the Divine Feather Sword into the Divine Purgatory Sword, the strongest sword-type weapon in the game.
In the original bad ending routes without Fu Tong's mods, where Long Hao was alive, Long Hao used this sword to kill Xia Chen, the protagonists, and the Time Lord, becoming the ultimate overlord of the universe. He merged the karmas of dead protagonists and became an original sin singularity. Afterward, he altered the dao laws, resurrecting all dead heroines and turning them into his pleasure slaves for the rest of eternity.
Other protagonists also pursued the path of an overlord. Everybody had their own version of a sage-grade weapon, but they all obtained the Leaf of Purgatory in their routes.
Fu Tong had already stolen Long Hao's fated weapon. Meanwhile, Pei Gui Hong had already lost his eye artifact, and he could no longer create the sage-grade Eye of Sovereign. Meng Tianrui lost the opportunity to steal the monster core of Jin Yu. Lu Liekong had become a player, and he was no longer on the threat list. Even if he was, he required Dong Bai's heart to inherit the abyssal star bloodline and craft a chaos halberd.
Four were no threat to Fu Tong anymore, even if Pei Gui Hong managed to return and confront him. Only Xia Chen, Xiao Ri, and the other protagonist of the 6th chapter had never lost their fated weapons yet.
Xiao Ri needed to dual-cultivate with his sister to obtain his sage-grade weapon, aka his OWN SISTER. She could transform into any weapon of Xiao Ri's choice, and her combat power surpassed that of Xia Chen and others.
Xia Chen was the embodiment of greed. His sage-grade weapon was the cauldron of space time, which he was fated to obtain from Dong Huang's storage ring.
And lastly, the sin of gluttony, the 6th protagonist, used a dual saber. Those weapons were out of Fu Tong's reach, as Xiao Han Ce's father was in control of them at present.
After getting the leaf, Fu Tong fetched the Divine Feather Sword and brought the leaf toward it. Upon touch, both items exuded a white and dark aura, forming a yin-yang diagram. They merged and transformed into a black sword, yet it sparkled and left behind white trails.
DING
Your Divine Feather Sword (Saint Grade) has evolved into Divine Purgatory Sword (Sage Grade)!
Broadsword - Divine Purgatory Sword (Sage Grade) (Mastery Max)
- Increase Strength, Vitality, Dexterity, and Agility Attribute by 666,666
- All sword techniques deal 300% true damage. Ignore all targets' immunities and resistances.
- Damage inflicted by this sword cannot be healed. The effect is permanent.
- Inflict Purgatory Curse on the target. Cannot be cured.
- Sword techniques don't consume Qi.
- The Divine Purgatory Sword is bound to your soul. Can be summoned across dimensions.
This was one broken item. In the VN version of the game, the item was explained in battle scenes between the heroines and Long Hao. Fu Tong's gameplay mod added the stats to the items and turned the game into a rogue-like simulation game. The second version of the game refined the weapon's stats and added the crafting method to complete it.
Fu Tong laughed bitterly once more. He didn't know if he should thank the thieving company for stealing his mod codes and making this item.
But with this item, Fu Tong was almost ready to challenge Xia Chen and Nazzeck. He simply needed to improve his cultivation base.
The key was the Fusang Tree. But to grow one, he needed to fix the cauldron first.
Fu Tong left the purgatory beanstalk and the sunflower farm alone. He picked an empty land and brought out the cursed cauldron. Using the inventory system, he crushed the peach of purgatory, acquiring 20 grams of purgatory liquid.
By extracting a drop of the purgatory liquid into a steel bucket full of water, Fu Tong acquired the liquid of true death, which could remove curses and life itself. Without hesitation, he controlled the bucket with his Qi, hurling the contents toward the cauldron.
The dangerous water hit the cauldron and caused a splash. Instantly, Fu Tong received a warning message.
DING
Your item, Chaos Blood Cauldron, has been purified.
Chaos Blood Cauldron (Saint Grade) (Upgradeable)
Demon God Qin, the Original Chaos Deity, created this cursed cauldron. After the destruction of Demon God Qin's soul, a fragment of his will remained in the cauldron. It continued draining the lifespan of every new owner to resurrect the Demon God, even though he no longer existed.
To upgrade this cauldron, the will of the demon god has to be removed first.
Effects:
- Automatically upgrade the finished products by one or two grades.
- Finished products are triple in quantity.
- Decrease Mental Point consumption by 90%.
Required Upgrade Items:
- 666,666 Divine Shards
- 666 Peaches of Rebirth
The curse and one of the upgrade requirements were gone. Fu Tong finally achieved another goal. With haste, he fetched divine shards and peaches of rebirth that the cauldron needed.