The sky was black, the color of rain.
Cold, painful, and terrifying.
Kaxiu's brain was like a ball of paste, as if a stick had been inserted from nowhere and smashed it. He could no longer see the changes in the things around him. Tears and blood were mixed together, like a piece of glass with blood-red veins.
The sounds of wind and rain are all isolated outside the glass.
Where Kaxiu couldn't see, time seemed to recede from all directions like the tide. Everything around him froze at that moment, the solemn expression on Mian's old face, the rain and fog like waves in the sky, and the water splashing between the cracks on the ground.
There is also a large ruin emitting black smoke in the background.
From a distance, it looks like a vivid and exquisite picture. Those people of that era were doing something.
The next second, all the colors and contours began to blur and deform. It was as if a heavy rain washed down, destroying the contents of the drawing board completely. In the end, only a ball of pigment was left, colorfully soaking into the paper.
In a daze, Kaxiu sank into the deep sea.
"Oh, we poor, broke people..."
"Maybe they are wearing tattered clothes and look ridiculous..."
"But we strode side by side, humming a song."
"Shoulder to shoulder!"
"What will happen tomorrow? I really have no idea..."
"Maybe there are a lot of troubles, maybe there are a lot of sadness~"
The distant jazz music with a gentle tune floated in the air, as if even the breathing had slowed down. On the rectangular counter, a black celluloid LP record was quietly spinning. The 12-inch black record had stereo sound.
Can express the music melody perfectly.
In a trance, it seems like you are sitting by the fire burning in the fireplace, accompanied by the crackling sound of firewood, and the night snow is falling outside the window. You are lying on the comfortable sofa, watching the pictures scrolling on the black and white TV, with hazy tobacco shreds on your fingertips.
There was a fluffy white cat sleeping in his arms.
It's very quiet and comfortable, almost too comfortable.
"call!"
Kaxiu, who was lying in the recliner, suddenly opened his eyes.
Suddenly, the bright and warm midday sun almost blinded him. Kaxiu suddenly closed his eyes and covered his face with his hands like a vampire who hated the sun.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses and he stood up in a daze.
The sky of Black Rain Villa was too dark, and the black rain in the rainy world had never stopped since it appeared. Kaxiu suddenly returned to the real world and felt very uncomfortable.
He placed his hands on the balcony railing, looked up at the distant sky, and looked around. The pure blue sky was interspersed with white clouds, like soft cotton candy. The residential wall was very white, and the leaves of a dozen ornamental trees were bright green.
The breeze blows on my face, bringing a warm feeling.
Kaxiu pulled the corners of his mouth somewhat unnaturally, trying to smile as if to relieve the pressure, but he couldn't smile.
Maybe it was because he stayed in the gloomy environment of Black Rain Villa for too long and was rained on too much, so he became gloomy.
If he wanted to regain his cheerful and talkative self, he would probably need a lot of time to adapt little by little. After all, he had spent several years in the retrospective era.
It was just a blink of an eye in the real world, but for Kaxiu, this period of time really happened to him, leaving a few more scratches on the rings of his life.
These marks are not of age, not of years.
But experience.
When a person has fully gone through an experience, he will become different from before, and the change has already occurred in the process.
“Ka-ka-ka…”
Suddenly, a series of bone cracking sounds in his body brought Kaxiu back to his senses. A surging hot current enveloped every corner of his body from all directions, and it felt like he was soaking in a hot spring. The warm spring water gently brushed over his muscles and bones, bringing no pain, only waves of comfort.
Kaxiu blinked, and he realized that the effect of the retrospective ability had come on. His physical condition in the real world would be strengthened.
The body was sweating slightly, gradually soaking the clothes on the surface of the body, and a cloud of light white steam was passing through the gaps in the sleeves.
When the steam dissipated, Kaxiu's body did not grow bigger and stronger like the previous times. Instead, he shrank a circle this time. Although his skeleton remained the same, the strong muscles of his body shrank. At this time, Kaxiu's body was more streamlined, and his arms and thighs were still strong and sturdy.
I clenched my fists slightly, and a sense of familiarity came to me. The blood accelerated for the third time, and the body of a boxer at the level of mastery. Blood was circulating in the three nodes: the center of the eyebrows, the navel, and the heart.
Every moment, the body seems to be slightly strengthened.
Kaxiu became thinner, but stronger!
He was even heavier than before, and the density of his muscles and bones had automatically compressed. The force generated by every inch of Kaxiu's muscles and meridians was stronger than before.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously glanced at the upper right corner.
"Wind Elephant Fist: Elephant Group 76.6% (three levels in total)"
"Elephant Soul Secret Technique: Insect Bites 78.3% (three levels in total)"
If Kaxiu remembered correctly, the moment before he left the retrospective era, the level of the Elephant Soul Secret Art was 72.8% of the second chapter of the insect bite. And now, it has increased by about 5.5% at a time.
The further you advance in the practice of secret martial arts, the harder it becomes. Every 1% of progress you make later may be equivalent to 10% of progress you made earlier.
But, even so.
The 5.5% progress in the Insect Bite Chapter is still not enough to compare with the second blood acceleration from zero. The problem is actually very obvious. Kaxiu uses the secret soul power of Black Rain Villa to accelerate his own practice and can bring it back to the real world! But the effect will be greatly reduced, and it can only produce a fraction of the original improvement.
Kaxiu sighed slightly. It was not as easy as he had imagined. The ability to rewind did not give him the opportunity to use the loophole to level up crazily. Otherwise, he could keep going back to the era of Black Rain Villa and use this mechanism to stack his physique crazily. Every time he rewinds, it is a stacking. It will probably not take long for him to withstand the missiles.
Of course, it is a bit regrettable. But this situation is actually very good. It can only be said that it is not the best result but a medium result. It is a bit disappointing that it did not meet expectations.
Kaxiu immediately adjusted his mindset and glanced at the upper right corner again. The biggest gain from his retrospection this time was not physical improvement, but various powerful skills.
as well as…
With a rustle, Kaxiu tore off his clothes, revealing his muscular upper body. On the stone-like gray-white chest, a Ouroboros logo was vividly displayed.
Wisdom Rune.
Successfully brought back to the real world!
Effect 1: Increase the upper limit of your skills.
Effect 2: Inspiration bursts out and breaks through bottlenecks.
Effect three: Can integrate highly compatible skills.
∞：□□□□□□□□□□□
The long, thin blank progress bar remains the same.
Within the rules and restrictions of the Wisdom Rune, everything in ancient mythology follows a cycle that continues every year.
That is, the Wisdom Rune can produce spiritual blood once a year, which can strongly assist Kaxiu's practice of secret martial arts or skills.
When Kaxiu first learned about the Wisdom Rune, he had a few questions. Which one has a higher priority, the Retrospective Power or the Wisdom Rune? Are the Retrospective Era and the real world the same world
And now, Kaxiu can give himself the answer.
The retrospective era and the real world are not the same world.
The backtracking ability has high priority!
so…
Wisdom Rune has been refreshed!!!
Reasonable and convincing.
Kaxiu was proud of his ability to find bugs, and the ability to rewind was also his ability. He could say that it was not an exaggeration to say that he had been able to find bugs and gain benefits all by himself. This was the fact before his eyes.
No room for rebuttal.
The biggest gain from this retrospection is undoubtedly the Wisdom Rune. It can be called Kaxiu's second plug-in.
Even surpassing the Demon Shadow!
Tired... Destroy...
Seeing that he had returned to the real world and the cooldown of the Wisdom Rune had been refreshed, confirming his idea, Kaxiu smiled.
He continued to look at the status bar of the secret weapon progress with satisfaction.
"Stone Armor Skill: Rock Armor Minor (three levels in total)"
"Lion's Roar Breathing Method: Not Mastered (Total One Level)"
"Mind's Eye Secret Technique: Not Mastered (Three Levels)"
"Midak Balance Destruction Technique: Small Success (First Level)"
"Blue Wind Airflow: Second Layer 90.2% (Two Layers)"
The above are related to secret weapons, and are closely related to Kaxiu's combat power. In addition, there are some extras.
Three cold weapon skills.
The second level of sword-cutting: (three levels in total)
Midak Cross Sword: Second level minor achievement (three levels in total)
Yaka Bloody Axe: Getting Started with the Second Level (Total Three Levels)
The three Decayed Knights provided by the Executioner alone did not have a big impact on Kaxiu's combat power. At most, it was like a cyclist suddenly learning to ride a skateboard, and he learned an extra skill.
It cannot improve the performance of the bicycle like the Mind's Eye Secret Technique or Stone Armor Technique, thus making your main job more powerful.
However, these three cold weapon skills are not useless.
For example, the Midak Balance Destruction Technique was extracted from the Midak Cross Sword. We can learn from others' experience.
It’s always a good idea to accumulate more.
As long as you can distinguish the primary from the secondary, it doesn’t matter how many skills you have.
Among the skills that are useful to Kaxiu, the Lion Roar Breathing Technique and the Mind's Eye Secret Technique were just acquired, and he has not had time to practice the basics yet.
Midak is still mastering the use of the Balance Destruction Technique, waiting for the Mind's Eye Technique to reach a certain stage so that the two can merge and upgrade.
The Stone Armor Technique originally only had two levels, but after using the Wisdom Rune, it broke through the bottleneck and reached the third level. Later, with the help of a master from the Northern Secret Martial Arts, Kaxiu entered the third level.
The body's surface defense has been upgraded to a higher level, and he performed well in the subsequent battle of Black Rain Villa. Except for the meteorite radiation at the end, Kaxiu was only slightly injured in the previous battles.
The effect of this hard qigong is obvious to all.
In addition, there is the Blue Wind Airflow. It broke through the 90% barrier of the second level, which is the result of Kaxiu's day-to-day efforts over the past few years. Because this skill cannot be improved by the power of the Secret Soul, he does not want to use the power of the Secret Soul to improve it.
Fortunately, Kashu originally thought that the possibility of helping Teacher Lixia perfect the third to fifth levels of the Blue Wind Airflow would be a long way off, but now the Wisdom Rune is obviously a timely help.
Maybe it won’t be improved now, but there will definitely be opportunities later. It’s much more hopeful than the original slim hope.
In addition, in the retrospective era, Kashu was already able to use the Blue Wind airflow to fiercely roll the Rasengan, and the completion rate was quite good. At least seven or eight times out of ten were successful, which showed that his control had reached a higher level and the power had increased significantly.
To sum up, Kaxiu's strength has made several small leaps.
It's hard to say about its combat capability, but its defense is definitely the first tier below the fighter level. It is very durable, and even if it is strafed by a heavy machine gun, Kaxiu can probably withstand it for a while.
A rare cold wind blew from the east, causing Kaxiu's slightly loose pants to bulge. He immediately returned to the living room from the half-moon-shaped white balcony and took a quick shower.
The still dazed mind gradually came to consciousness.
After changing into a set of tight casual clothes, Kaxiu sat in the living room and listened to music for a while. Then he stood up, the spinning record stopped, and the surroundings returned to silence.
He took a sip of black tea to calm himself.
To be honest, after spending several years in the retrospective era, he had even forgotten some things in the real world. Now he needed to recall them carefully and organize his subsequent thoughts in detail.
For this purpose, Kaxiu prepared pen and paper.
He pondered for a moment and began to write in the notebook.
First, he joined the Spade "A" organization a few days ago in the real world and became the fourth-in-command of the assassination department, Diamond "J". And at the welcoming ceremony, the assassination department proposed to retaliate against the Sand Dust Organization and destroy the other party's antique transportation route. The antique transfer warehouse is in the north of Black Sand City, and the exact location is unknown. Once the detailed information is out, the assassination department will send Violet to notify him to take action.
Secondly, it was also during these few days that I came into contact with the Shadow and Shadowless Organization. Yesterday in the real world, I sold a Claw-class Shadow to the Shadowless Organization. By the way, there seemed to be a Red-Eye-class Shadow still locked up in the basement.
It is not clear what the Shadow of Demon's next moves might be. The Shadowless Organization is also observing, and both are unknown.
Third, when he returned last time, he robbed the Shachen Organization of a batch of antiques of unknown origin. Among them, four of the obsession antiques seemed to come from the same place, which needs to be explored.
Fourth, if I remember correctly, I just rescued Matthew not long ago. Matthew's father Jason controls Connan Company, a powerful company that mainly deals in alcoholic beverages.
Jason's youngest son Finn is considered his disciple.
Fifth, and this is the most important point here.
The current time is 2:00 p.m. on July 11, 156 of the Red Lebanese Federation calendar. The last time we went back was July 3. In other words, there are still more than 50 days until the next manifestation of the magic shadow.
Safety…
Kaxiu was afraid that his sense of time was confused and he would forget the time when the Demon Shadow appeared and would have to fight the Demon Shadow to death on equal terms.
That's not worth it.
What Moying lost was just a small life, but what Kaxiu lost was the sense of honor of successfully finding the "bug" 100%!
Thinking of this, he pinched his nose subconsciously.
A black streak on the arm suddenly caught Kaxiu's attention.
"Um?"
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