My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 41: Mythic

Skill points?

The group couldn’t understand what that meant.

It’s normal to stock up when exploring a Secret Realm. Some people store consumable items, like bombs, hidden weapons, and talismans, while others keep potions or spare equipment.

But who stores skill points?

In the ten-star Secret Realm of the Demon Wind Temple, it provided a large amount of materials but only gave two extra skill points.

In this dungeon, a skill point was rewarded because a high-level hidden boss was unlocked. It’s conceivable how precious a skill point is to others.

So when Li Rui said he still had an unallocated skill point, it struck a significant impact on everyone’s hearts.

He used Zhang Xiaoguang’s trap to distance himself from the Yin Spirit, then quickly allocated the point on his panel.

[Skill—Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture lv2.]

The Divine Thunder of the Five Thunders Skill is particularly destructive to Yin Sha and ghosts.

"Help me distract it!"

With one command, Zhang Xiaoguang, Wu Xing, and Mei Meng all charged forward, highlighting a sense of trust.

The three of them rushed towards the Yin Spirit from different directions, enticing the three absorbed elders to act. Seeing this, Li Rui stepped up into the air, activating his skill again.

The corpses within the Yin Spirit suddenly rotated. Shen Bu’s lifeless, white-eyed gaze locked onto him.

"Whoosh—"

Golden flames spewed from its decaying mouth, meeting the golden thunder in Li Rui’s palm.

Hiss—

Though it was lightning, encountering the fire-blowing technique made it extinguish like water in an instant.

The principle is simple, the Golden Thunder of the Shenxiao Palace suppresses Yin Spirits. Originally, Shen Bu’s spell wasn’t countered, but after his death, he was absorbed by the Yin Spirit, naturally tainting it with Evil Qi, turning it into an evil entity. Flames driven by Evil Qi are naturally countered by Divine Thunder.

Moreover.

With my Thunderbolt Palm, which combines the two Level 2 skills, how do you expect a single skill to block it!

Veins bulged on Li Rui’s hand as he fiercely charged forward; the thunder extinguished the flames without halting, heading straight for the humanoid head on top of the Yin Spirit.

Thunderbolt Palm can also deal Critical Strike!

Hiss!

The moment the Divine Thunder clashed with the Evil Qi, it was no longer at a disadvantage, like the sun melting snow, the wind sweeping away dust.

"Awoo—"

The scream of the Yin Spirit turned into a wail.

Countless tiny Divine Thunders invaded the Evil Qi-covered body, exposing the shriveled corpse at its core.

"Ah—" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The one-legged swordsman, He Chengli, waited for a long time and leaped, impaling with his sword.

Slash!

The rare quality longsword instantly cut the fragile body in two, and all the Evil Qi dissipated into a gale, vanishing.

[High-level hidden quest completed.]

[Main quest completed.]

[Level up.]

[You have a new skill point.]

[You have a new item.]

A series of prompts appeared, marking the completion of the quest.

"That’s great!!!"

The two girls jumped up, holding hands, while the exhausted Zhang Xiaoguang sat sprawled on the ground, laughing foolishly.

He Chengli excitedly looked at the sword in his hand. He had personally slain an immensely powerful boss, but when he raised his head, his gaze toward Li Rui was even more admiring.

If it wasn’t for Brother Rui, I would never have had such a chance.

Li Rui, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief, not because they defeated the boss, but because the reward for this quest was a skill point. The client would definitely be satisfied with that.

At this moment, a voice abruptly interrupted their excitement.

Zhang Xiaoguang and the others were on high alert, but Li Rui remained calm as usual because he didn’t sense any killing intent.

"Thank you for your benevolence, I am Zhou Ziying, once the owner of this Yujiang Ghost Garden. Those three old ingrates conspired with a Daoist using Evil Skills to kill me, resulting in grievances lingering for years, binding me here. Today, I’m finally liberated."

The speaker was a semi-transparent humanoid, seemingly a manifested spirit, appearing to have restored the semblance of his middle-aged self in life.

"No need to be polite, it was just a small favor."

The others remained silent, while Li Rui replied.

The spirit said, "Such immense grace, I have no means to repay, but I have a piece of advice that might assist the young hero. I observed that the thunder skill you used just now is the Divine Thunder from Shenxiao Palace?"

Li Rui felt no interest upon hearing "no means to repay," but the latter part of the sentence piqued his spirit.

"Manor Master Zhou, do you have something to say?"

The spirit said, "My Divine Soul is about to dissipate, so I won’t keep you guessing. To be honest, I once traveled in the Southern Golden Scale Marsh, where the realm is full of spirits and beasts roam freely. Rumor has it that there is a divine beast that has cultivated for a thousand years."

"I once happened to hear an elder with profound cultivation mention that the divine beast might be related to the Dragon Thunder of the Five Thunders Skill. In the martial world, there’s even a rumor that mastering the mysteries of the five thunder skills might restore an ancient spell."

Li Rui didn’t respond immediately because he received a new notification at this moment.

[Long-term exploration quest update: Dissected Spell.]

[Quest Objectives: Collect five types of thunder skills with different attributes: Celestial Thunder 0/1, Earth Thunder 0/1, Dragon Thunder 0/1, Divine Thunder 1/1, Community Thunder 0/1]

[Details: There seems to be a clue regarding Dragon Thunder in the Southern Golden Scale Marsh.]

[Quest Reward: Unlock one Mythical Skill.]

Mythical!

In the rarity system, ordinary, excellent, rare, and epic are the tiers upward, with legendary as the highest. Yet, in truth, there’s a rarity above legendary, which is Mythical.

Such things aren’t just rare finds; their numbers are extremely limited. Those who possess them are renowned figures in the Extraordinary World. Even a power like the Hee family doesn’t have one; for most people, it’s something beyond consideration.

In fact, just looking at Li Rui’s quest provides an understanding. To collect the five thunders, Divine Thunder is already in hand. But where did it come from? Chongxuzi from Shenxiao Palace personally taught it as compensation.

First, you need to encounter Chongxuzi; then, survive till the Spirit Bone Tower in the Demon Wind Temple; furthermore, you need to possess the Celestial Killer physique, and finally, obtain Chongxuzi’s promise.

It’s conceivable that the other four thunders won’t be any simpler.

The Mythical Skill unlocked by collecting the Five Thunders Skill is certainly powerful and also very challenging to obtain.

After revealing the clue, Zhou Ziying’s Divine Soul bowed to the group, then slowly faded into the air.

Rumble.

The sound of thunder echoed; the pent-up summer rain finally poured down. However, before the raindrops could hit the ground, those unexpected guests from the outside world had already vanished. The rainwater could only wash over the Yujiang Ghost Garden, as if to cleanse away everything that had transpired here.

...

Wen Yan passed by the door with a cup of coffee, then stepped back a couple of steps to the doorway, looking at Li Rui lying on the chair.

As expected, all six white stars had transformed into Black Stars.

She wasn’t surprised; that kid is the kind of guy who can clear all the monsters in a ten-star dungeon; anything less than all black in a six-star dungeon would be unusual.

Just as she was about to leave, she heard a heavy breathing sound.

"Whew—"

Li Rui opened his eyes.

"You’re awake; you must have cleared it successfully, right?" Wen Yan put down the coffee cup, walked over to help unclasp the metal buckle on the chair, and, as usual, handed over a cup of hot water.

Li Rui drank a little to soothe his throat, sat in place in a daze for a moment, waiting for his mind to clear.

"Sister Yan, what time is it?"

"Four fifty-two, why?"

"Damn, it’s Friday today, the roads are congested, I’m going to be late!"

After saying that, he immediately stood up and ran out, needing to rush to Zheng Hao’s birthday party, "I have an urgent matter, Sister Yan, I’ll report to you and Brother Ba tomorrow!"

Wen Yan saw that he didn’t say much, thinking the clearance went smoothly, without anything notable to mention, so she didn’t mind.

Until half an hour later, Wang Ba hurriedly barged into the support team.

"Leader Wen, where is he?"

No need to say a name, it was clear who he was asking for.

Wen Yan was wiping the already clean coffee cup, casually answered, "He said he had an urgent matter, left as soon as he woke up."

"Left?"

Wang Ba showed a bewildered expression, "He broke Gu Xuan Town’s record, unlocked a hidden ending that no one has ever triggered before, and the Hee family called the general president to express thanks. And he just left without saying anything?"