Chapter 15: Battle Armor

Slightly recovering some of his vital energy, Chu Yunsheng released the bodies of the Red Armor Bugs that he had not yet absorbed, and manipulated the Vital Energy Absorption Talisman to completely drain the vital energy from the four Red Armor Bugs.

At this point, there were already five flame patterns on the Vital Energy Absorption Talisman. Chu Yunsheng did not have time to wait to hunt another bug to fill the talisman; the dark city of Shen was full of danger at any moment.

Without hesitation, he chose to use the Vital Energy Absorption Talisman to absorb the vital energy into his body. After it was full, he was surprised to find that his vital energy thickness had increased significantly. The current amount was enough to freeze seven Red Armor Bugs. If the vital energy consumption for freezing one Red Armor Bug was considered one unit, his vital energy thickness was clearly more than one unit!

Similarly, not just three but three and a half flame patterns had disappeared from the Vital Energy Absorption Talisman!

Before, when he was fully charged, three flame patterns would disappear. The current situation indicated that his vital energy thickness had indeed increased!

Chu Yunsheng calculated that when he first cultivated, his vital energy thickness was about five to six units. Now, after roughly nine cycles of repeated release and full charge, it was likely that every nine cycles, his vital energy thickness would increase by one unit!

After eighty-one cultivation cycles, he could increase his vital energy thickness by nine units. This meant that at the peak of the First Heaven, he could freeze fifteen Red Armor Bugs!

Once he broke through to the Second Heaven, and cultivated close combat skills, he would likely be able to retreat safely even if he encountered a large swarm of bugs!

Chu Yunsheng smiled confidently!

After his vital energy was full, he quickly made another Vital Energy Absorption Talisman, consuming six units of vital energy. Indeed, he still had one unit left in his body, and this feeling was truly wonderful!

The old Vital Energy Absorption Talisman could no longer absorb more vital energy, so he converted the remaining one and a half flame patterns into his own vital energy, immediately raising his vital energy to four units.

He originally wanted to keep the old Vital Energy Absorption Talisman and not absorb it, to use it as a supplement in case of danger in the future. However, thinking about the perilous city of Shen and the Red Armor Bugs that appeared at any time, he decided against staying in this room and cultivating with constant anxiety for a long time.

The Six Jia Vital Energy Talisman could no longer be used, so he spent two units of vital energy to re-create a new one. The vital energy on the crossbow and handgun talismans had been consumed by about half and could still be used for some time.

This left him with only two units of vital energy thickness, and Chu Yunsheng had to spend nearly seven days to recover.

During this period, the food that Zhang Han brought back had been completely consumed by the five people. Chu Yunsheng shared some of the cookies and drinks he had taken from the supermarket with them.

To Chu Yunsheng's surprise, the injuries on Zhang Han's face were not from fighting over food, but from a pack of sanitary napkins! The reason was that the girl Sun Fei had her period!

This guy was indeed a love-struck fool!

Chu Yunsheng sighed, admitting he could not match him!

After this battle, Chu Yunsheng made a serious summary. His lack of close combat skills was his biggest flaw. However, there was no way around it unless he was one of those who self-awakened, in which case he might have close combat skills from the start. Now, he could only wait until he reached the Second Heaven to cultivate the powerful sword combat skills described in the ancient book.

The defense of the Six Jia Vital Energy Talisman was also a concern. While it could handle the attack of one bug, when more than two bugs attacked together, the defense would be significantly weakened. A second-level Six Jia Vital Energy Talisman would be needed, but the method to create it involved at least half of the characters that he could not understand. Even if he was willing to spend six units of vital energy to create it, he would not be able to succeed!

What to do?

Looking at the six neatly arranged Red Armor Bug corpses in the room, one of which he had shot in his own room, one when saving Zhang Han and the others, and the remaining four from the previous battle, an idea struck him!

The Red Armor Bug's shell was so hard; why not use it as material to make a set of battle armor?

The ancient book described a second-level battle armor talisman that required a complete four-dimensional diagram of the armor to be inscribed. The talisman would then absorb the material and integrate it into the diagram. At the time, although Chu Yunsheng understood the method of creating this talisman, the materials mentioned in the book, such as animal bone armor, were names he had never heard of, so he did not pay much attention to it.

Now, he could try using the Red Armor Bug's shell!

However, not now. The amount of raw material needed for the battle armor was enormous, and the six Red Armor Bug shells were far from enough.

If he waited until his vital energy increased by two units, he could store more shells and accumulate more Vital Energy Absorption Talismans to compensate for the large amount of vital energy consumption during the creation process.

Two units would require eighteen cycles of release and full charge, which meant he needed to kill at least fifty-four Red Armor Bugs!

Although the number was significant, Chu Yunsheng was confident. As long as he did not encounter the same situation as before, he was still confident in his abilities.

Since the shells had a use, Chu Yunsheng immediately thought that other parts of the bugs could also be useful.

For example, the extremely sharp legs could be used to make arrowheads for the crossbow, which would be more powerful than the current ones;

The corrosive liquid inside the bugs could be collected in the bug's abdominal sac and later refined with a talisman into a more powerful corrosive poison.

Chu Yunsheng quickly disassembled one of the Red Armor Bug corpses, not worrying about the toxicity of the corrosive liquid under the protection of the Six Jia Vital Energy Talisman.

The shell could be used to make battle armor, the pincers and limbs could be used to make arrows, and the corrosive saliva could be refined into a more powerful poison. In the end, only a pile of flesh and skin remained, which seemed to have no use.

However, Chu Yunsheng felt that the elasticity and explosive power of the bug's muscles were very strong, and these pieces of flesh and skin could not be completely useless. He decided to store them in the storage talisman for future use.

Of course, Chu Yunsheng absolutely dared not try eating the bug's meat, who knew if it contained any highly toxic mutations?

After dealing with the dissection of the corpses, Chu Yunsheng seemed to have found a new goal. To survive in this terrifying city, he had to continuously strengthen himself.

Heaven had not given him the innate qualities for self-awakening, but his ancestors had left him an ancient and mysterious book. With this book, he would not be inferior to those who self-awakened!

If the Second Heaven was his mid-term goal, a long and thorny path, then the nine cycles of vital energy enhancement and the possibility of making battle armor were his short-term goals, which he must seize!

Chu Yunsheng stood on the rooftop, gazing at the boundless darkness of the sky. Three days ago, he had eliminated the two Red Armor Bugs on the small bridge to the west, and sent the love-struck Zhang Han and his group to the entrance of the army camp. Whether they would receive protection from the army was no longer his concern.

Food had become a new crisis in this terrifying city. Hungry crowds frequently appeared on the streets, and two groups could fight to the death over the right to search a convenience store like "Good Deed." The intensity of the conflict was no less than the destruction caused by the Red Armor Bugs.

A fierce battle was taking place downstairs in front of Chu Yunsheng. One side had a police pistol, while the other had nothing but a larger number of people.

The intense fighting was over a former rice shop, and Chu Yunsheng could even see an old man fearlessly guarding the door, with at least three steel knives stuck in his body!

Seeing that the side without a gun was about to break through the door with two to three times the number of people, a majestic Red Armor Bug suddenly appeared on the street!

Without hesitation or pause, everyone instantly chose to flee. With just a pistol, choosing to fight the Red Armor Bug was a death sentence!

How could human speed compare to the speed of a bug!?

The Red Armor Bug leaped into the crowd, and in its eyes, these weak humans were just a pile of helpless prey.

But it did not know the principle of "the mantis catching the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." A gray shadow fell from the sky, accompanied by a freezing arrow!

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