From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 161 - 134: A Character Both Arrogant and Inferior

During the time in the Abyss Battlefield,

Lu Heng's level had risen to 24, and his combat power had also been enhanced.

Upon returning to the main world, Lu Heng first checked his own attribute data.

[Name: Lu Heng]

[Species: Human]

[Level: 24]

[Qi-Blood: 520/520]

[Source Energy: 530/530]

[Attributes: Strength 52, Agility 66, Constitution 52, Spirit 53, Perception 52]

[Talent: Agile as a Dragon, Divine Evolution, Demon Hunter]

[Combat Rank: Shadow Walker]

[Source Material Ability: Shadow Traversal, Rift Slash]

[Skill Slot Number: 4]

[Skills: Thunderous Heavenly Prison, Shadow Clone, Gale Step·Stab, Bullet Time]

[Martial Arts: Swordsmanship (Conception Level), Fighting (Master Level), Movement Technique (In-Depth Level)]

[Vice Profession: Quenching Master]

[Mechanical Followers: Mechanical Beast 101]

[Equipment: Aurora Blade, Spirit Resistance Ring]

Since Mechanical Tiger 101 is Lu Heng's personal mechanical follower, other people can't see the attributes of the Mechanical Tiger.

Lin Zeyu asked curiously, "What level is this big tiger, and how much is its attack power?"

"A Level, 350 attack power," Lu Heng casually reported the data.

Lin Zeyu frowned and pondered, then said, "It seems like the attack power isn't that explosive, but this thing is A Level."

Su Muyu glanced at him and reminded him, "You're not comparing its attack power to the 540 attack power of your sniper rifle, are you? The bullet power diminishes over distance, so when it hits the target, it's only about 300 attack power, approximately the same as this big guy's. Moreover, they only need to scratch with their claws, no ammo required."

An attack power of 350 could smack down a superpower user below level 20; even those above level 20 wouldn't be able to take many hits.

Thus, this attack power was already very high.

Moreover, the Mechanical Beast had one important characteristic, that is liquid metal.

A liquid metal shell could virtually make it immune to bullets.

If fired upon by a heavy machine gun, the bullets would embed themselves in the liquid metal, causing no effective damage to the Mechanical Tiger itself.

Therefore, with the liquid metal characteristic, the Mechanical Tiger was essentially immune to most bullet damage.

Besides that, there was something even stronger.

Laughing, Lu Heng said, "Oh, it has three skill slots."

"Three..."

Lin Zeyu's eyes widened in disbelief. He had never considered that a mechanical tiger could have skill slots, "No way? It's a machine, isn't it? How can it have skill slots?"

Lu Heng shrugged and said, "Anyway, it just does."

Lin Zeyu gave a thumbs up and said, "Alright. This big fellow is indeed awesome, I'm even more envious now."

He hurriedly checked his own data panel and said, "Fortunately, I've added a skill slot. What skill should I learn for this new slot?"

"It depends. Your skill set is quite comprehensive as it is, so it's whether you want to continue increasing your attack power, or improve your survival abilities," Lu Heng helped to analyze the thought process for skill combination.

"I'm not sure which ability I should enhance. What type of skill do you think I should learn?" Lin Zeyu was seriously considering his options, but he had no clue.

"If it were me, I'd look at the skill effect before deciding. If you encounter a good skill, grab it first, whether it's an offensive or defensive skill, doesn't matter. As long as it fits the direction of firearm enhancement and the effect is strong," Lu Heng addressed the issue with a team's perspective in mind.

A team needs to have strong offensive capabilities, as well as the ability to protect the team.

Whatever the ability, it's best to have the right person learn it.

For instance, spiritual system and perception system skills are naturally best learned by Su Muyu to bring out the best effects.

And Lin Zeyu should mainly choose firearms enhancement skills.

Lu Heng added, "As for skill levels, that's not the most important thing. The key is whether the skill effect is good."

Lin Zeyu nodded and agreed, "Got it."

Since Lu Heng had the "Divine Evolution" ability, which could unlock skill locks and use divine energy to elevate skill levels,

even if he learned a D Level skill, it could be enhanced with divine energy.

Therefore, if it was a D Level skill with a unique effect, it was still a great choice; there was no need to specifically search for high-level skills.

After discussing the thought process for skill combinations, Lin Zeyu stood up and said, "Then I'll go back and see if there are any useful skills. If there are, I'll share them with you guys."

"Sure. If there are skills in the direction of metal enhancement, as well as defensive skills, keep an eye out," Lu Heng pointed towards the Mechanical Tiger.

"Understood, our team has added a new unit to our combat power," Lin Zeyu had already understood the position of the Mechanical Tiger.

It was clear the team had added a new member, only this one didn't take up a team spot.

Moreover, this was a member with three skill slots.

After all, Lu Heng's initial skill slots were only three.

During this time in the Abyss Battlefield, he hadn't rolled an option to increase his skill slots, and having used a "Skill Slot Expansion Crystal Core" previously, his skill slot number was now four.

Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu had completed the World Task, and the rewards for all three in one had the option to increase Skill Slots, so now their Skill Slot Numbers were six and five respectively, placing them in the first tier of Superpower Users.

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After just experiencing the Abyss Battlefield.

All three of them wanted to return home to see their parents, to have a meal at home.

Before parting ways, Lu Heng reminded them, "By the way, this time we gained 2,400 points of Divine Energy, which can be used to upgrade Skills. So, when you have time, practice increasing your Skill Proficiency."

"Got it, my second Skill's Proficiency is about to be maxed out soon," Lin Zeyu said, waving his hand as he went down to the garage to drive off.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu went back to Building 2 and took the elevator home.

"Auntie, are you getting used to living in the new home after the move?" Lu Heng remembered how Su Mu had been concerned for her daughter and asked casually.

"Don't worry. My mom is really strong. She was a bit unused to it during the first few days but she's fine now. It's just that she thinks such a nice house has to be cleaned spotlessly, so she mops the floor every day. These past few days, I have been teaching her how to use a cleaning robot, but she doesn't think the robot cleans well enough," Su Muyu spread her hands in resignation.

When they got home, it was already past one in the morning.

Lu Heng quietly opened the door, not wanting to wake his parents, but as soon as he did, he found them sitting in the living room, staring in the direction of the door.

"Still not asleep?" Lu Heng asked nonchalantly.

Li Xiuyun didn't ask what Lu Heng had been through, but stood up and asked, "Are you hungry? Want some late-night snacks? Should I cook noodles or dumplings?"

"Eh, I'm a bit hungry, let's go with dumplings," Lu Heng decided, as his stomach seemed to prefer dumplings at the moment.

Seeing his son return safely, Lu Mingli's face clearly brightened with happiness and relief, yet he said nothing.

After staring at each other for a while, Lu Mingli stood up and said, "Alright, now that you're back, I'm going to sleep. It's past one in the morning, what time will I get up if I don't sleep now?"

After saying that, he walked back to his room with hands clasped behind his back, heading to sleep.

After the dumplings were cooked, Lu Heng took his bowl back to his room and said, "Mom, you should go to sleep too. I'll wash my own dishes after eating."

"No need to wash, just leave them in the kitchen. I'll wash them when I get up tomorrow," Li Xiuyun said, took off her apron, washed her hands, and also went to bed.

Lu Heng, holding his bowl of soup dumplings, returned to his room, then, there was a thumping noise coming from the balcony window.

A scouting eagle was circling outside on the balcony.

Lu Heng, bowl in hand, stepped out onto the balcony and looked toward the balcony next door.

Su Muyu was standing there, waving, and asked, "Want some late-night snack? Tremella and peach gum dessert soup."

Lu Heng raised the bowl of dumplings in his hand and asked, "Dumplings, want some?"

"Shall we share a little of each?" Su Muyu suggested.

"Sure."

Lu Heng pointed to the terrace connecting the two sets of rooms above.

Once on the terrace, Su Muyu brought up a large serving of tremella and peach gum dessert soup along with two bowls. They split the dumplings and dessert soup into halves, then sat down on the terrace together, eating slowly.

"The dumplings taste really good, did Auntie make them?" Su Muyu took a bite of the dumplings and complimented them.

"My mom can't make them so neatly, all exactly the same size; they're obviously bought from the supermarket." Lu Heng didn't spare his mother's feelings at all.

The way he teased her so was a clear sign of their close kinship.

Su Muyu smiled charmingly and said, "Then you try the dessert soup, this was handmade by my mom."

Lu Heng took a sip and nodded, "Hmm, the taste is good, she could open a shop with this."

Su Muyu raised a finger and said, "Exactly! My mom actually did have a dessert soup stall before, the kind you push on a cart. But then..."

"What happened then?" Lu Heng casually asked.

"Actually, reflecting on it now, I wasn't very well-behaved when I was little. In primary school, on the way home after school, I would pass by my mom's dessert stall. Later, when my classmates found out, they laughed at me for my mom selling dessert on the street with a three-wheeled cart. I cried an entire afternoon..."

Su Muyu said this, then lowered her head, and added, "After that, my mom quit selling at the stall and took a job in a garment factory."

To those who didn't know her well, she might seem too fragile.

However, Lu Heng understood that she was overly sensitive and insecure, but in her heart, she was also extremely proud.

It was a paradoxical personality, both prideful and insecure.

She was proud because she was indeed very smart, with her grades never falling out of the top three in her class since elementary school and always among the top ten in the whole grade.

Such achievements would be a matter of pride for any family.

Yet she was insecure because her family was poor, lacking everything from clothing to toys that others had.

As a child, other girls could wear pretty dresses, but she didn't have one.

Later, when her mother started working at the garment factory, she bought fabric and made a red dress for her.

However, those dresses were popular among her schoolmates, and hers, while pretty, was seldom worn.

Also, other girls would often buy posters of celebrities, gathering together to discuss which stars or groups were attractive or "shippable."

She never participated because she would not buy celebrity merchandise, posters, nor albums, and thus couldn't relate with the other girls.

This made her seem very solitary in class.

Coupled with her good grades and the frequent praise from teachers, she gradually faced exclusion from her classmates.

When those classmates found out that her mother sold dessert on the street, of course, they mocked her relentlessly.

Her pride and insecurity both were shattered in that period.

To spare her daughter further upset, her mother then quit the street stall and opted to work in the garment factory.

At the time in primary school, Su Muyu felt much better emotionally, thinking that her classmates would no longer see her mother on the streets.

But as she grew older, she felt she had been too weak then, having let her mother endure so much, which brought her a sense of regret.

"You're not talking about the dessert stall at Five Miles Bridge, are you? My mom and I used to go shopping there, and we often had dessert when it was hot. If I had met you at the stall then, we might have gotten to know each other sooner." Lu Heng gave her a smile tinged with memories.