I Am Your Natural Enemy

Wen Yan walked through an area away from the roadside surveillance, re-entering the Desolate Tomb and stepping into the Nether Path.

Only after entering the Nether Path did he begin to consider what hints he had gained from that previous glance.

No matter if the other side reacts, or possesses some kind of wondrous item, if he has what it takes, let him chase me all the way to the Nether Path.

”Player (Rollback)”

”Rollback is, in the end, the greatest foundation of why a player is truly a player.

Constant rollbacks allow you to absorb lessons from failure and ceaselessly make new attempts.

Even if Power cannot be preserved after rolling back, things like information, intelligence, and experience can never be erased by rollback.

This is the greatest advantage of a rollback player.

It is also the most direct reason for the player’s shifting mentality.”

The introduction above was no different from before, but the hint below was different this time.

”You have regained a large part of your advantage from the opponent’s complete information dominance.

Moreover, you’ve discovered he needs an anchor, and found out what his anchor is.

You may have more than one chance to fail now, and he no longer has ten thousand chances to fail either.”

”Temporary Ability.

1: Cloud Sync.

You may sync your memory in real-time to an object in your possession.”

Wen Yan immediately equipped Cloud Sync first.

Then continued reading below.

”2: Wave Calming (requires at least 1% of any Heavenly Bestowed Treasure Talisman; requires at least 60% Scorching Sun; requires at least one water system related Natural Enemy title; requires personal remaining lifespan above 60; requires Temporary Buff: Grandma; requires a complete execution of Wave Calming Seal with the new method).”

Wen Yan was completely stunned just seeing those strings of requirements.

He had seen before that Temporary Abilities sometimes required prerequisites.

After all, as he had long suspected, these Temporary Abilities weren’t limited to just abilities, items, or information—the core was, based on his current abilities, to give what he’s most likely to use.

But having so many tight prerequisites—he’d never seen it to this extent.

As for the Heavenly Bestowed Treasure Talisman, Wen Yan guessed maybe it was because it represented the Celestial Court, and each Treasure Talisman was unique and couldn’t be imparted again.

And the Celestial Court was personally verified by the Old Celestial Master to be things that rollback couldn’t touch; the Old Celestial Master had even started the Ascension Ceremony on the spot and left information behind in the Celestial Court.

This was the first major limitation—Wen Yan understood that one, at least.

But needing Scorching Sun—that, Wen Yan couldn’t quite figure out why.

As for requiring a water system-related title, he guessed it must be because of the Calamity Protector Water Official Talisman.

Then there was the demand for remaining lifespan, and for the Grandma buff.

And finally, something about a Wave Calming Seal technique...

Wen Yan equipped it and examined it closely.

”Every surge of waves, every splash, and the ripples that fall when they do, with time’s passage, all affect even more places.

These influences, good or bad, are at heart among the prime movers driving the world into chaos and disorder.

To resolve the calamities of all life, with one’s own lifespan, and employ magic to soothe the rippling waves of the same moment in time.

As the ripples rise, calm them at once.”

Then Wen Yan kept reading further.

”3: Chaotic Deity (requires Dream-Entering Technique; requires Souless Human; requires Scorching Sun at least 50%; requires the Big Executor’s Nemesis title)

Those in chaos add chaos amid disorder, and in confusion draw out even greater turmoil.

When someone loses their anchor and is affected by Chaotic Deity, their consciousness itself will begin to become lost.”

Looking at those two Temporary Abilities, Wen Yan thought, this rollback is seriously damn troublesome.

Other than the first Temporary Ability, Cloud Sync, which seems just to be a bare minimum safety net, the other two are especially troublesome.

And, just like before, the two represent two directions.

Both were tailored to the direction he himself was thinking of.

He studied them carefully, and waited until he exited the Nether Path and returned home.

To be safe, he thought he’d better call the Old Celestial Master—among the people he knew, there probably wasn’t anyone who understood seal techniques better than the Old Celestial Master.

”Hello, senior, I have a question for you: What is the Wave Calming Seal?”

At the Cloud Sea’s edge, the Old Celestial Master, with a thought, pinched out a seal technique with his right hand, and keenly sensed that after forming the seal, the complex paths and lines across his whole hand seemed to reorganize afresh.

By his estimation, if the fingertips were completed as well, it would eventually form a brand-new, complete circuit.

He was about to take a picture for Wen Yan, but after a thought, replied instead,

”You should be asking your Fourth Great-uncle Master about these things, not coming all this way to ask me. The Wave Calming Seal is a Fuyu Mountain thing; among the living, no one knows it better than your Fourth Great-uncle Master.”

”Huh?” Wen Yan was utterly shocked.

”What’s with the ’huh’? There’s always a greater heaven and a more talented person; you should understand, no matter how gifted you are, you can’t be the best at everything. Each art has its specialist, young man.”

”Uh, then Old Celestial Master, what are you best at?”

”Apart from opening altars and performing rituals, I’m just average at everything else.”

”Oh, sorry to trouble you, Old Celestial Master. I’ll go ask my Fourth Great-uncle Master.”

”Cultivate well and keep walking your own path. One day, when I come to ask you for pointers, I hope you won’t refuse.”

”Old Celestial Master, you’re giving me far too much credit, ha... haha...”

”No, your cultivation is indeed above mine. My way of cultivation cannot be followed by others, but yours can. Since taking you as a disciple wouldn’t be quite right, perhaps when the time comes I’ll take you on behalf of my master, you can be my junior brother, and I’ll learn from you.” The Old Celestial Master said this very seriously.