novelraw Chapter 5: Guzhu Luping is still in C! A resurgence of curse magic is sweeping Tokyo!
Chapter 5: Guzhu Luping is still in C! A resurgence of curse magic is sweeping Tokyo!
The curse returns to the world.
Lu Ping strolled along the winding mountain road of a desolate mountain, feeling the continuous flow of magical power within his body, and secretly calculated in his mind.
"My current combat strength is equivalent to a strong special-grade sorcerer, but there is still a considerable gap between me and the likes of Gojo Satoru, Sukuna, Toso, and Otsuku Yuta who are overpowered."
The power structure of the Cursed Return World is severely fragmented.
Take the top-class goalkeeper "Xia Youjie" as an example.
His greatest achievement was releasing thousands of cursed spirits in one go, initiating a night parade of a hundred demons in Tokyo.
However, Xia Youjie's ultimate move, [Extreme Vortex], which he had gathered from four thousand cursed spirits, was instantly defeated by a single Rika Cursed Power Cannon from the newly enrolled Yi Gu.
Not to mention the old ancestor Lu Suo, who also possessed the [Spirit Manipulation Technique], who released ten million spirits in one go, making him many times stronger than the top-level goalkeeper Xia Youjie.
Even so, in battles between Gojo Satoru and Sukuna, it could only serve to buy time.
This demonstrates the immense gap between top-tier Curse Return experts and ordinary Special Grade experts.
"But the problem is, how do I become stronger now?"
"The way for a cursed spirit to become stronger is to devour the souls of humans, like the real person in the original work. Because he killed countless people, his strength quickly increased from the initial entry into the special level to the level where he could kill Nanami Kento."
"But I can't eat people. I don't want to go up against Lao Wu and Tiger Emperor."
Lu Ping was deep in thought, his brows furrowed, completely unaware that a motorcycle was speeding towards him at full speed.
For him now, the impact of the motorcycle is like being hit by a leaf; it doesn't even break his skin.
boom! ! !
With a loud bang, Lu Ping's thoughts were pulled back to reality.
Before his eyes, a motorcycle that had been modified countless times was sent flying more than ten meters away by his collision.
Beside the mountain road, thick smoke billowed from the motorcycle, and a blond-haired biker wearing a helmet lay on the side, covered in blood, his fate unknown.
"I don't know, I thought it was just a gust of wind."
"What should I do? I didn't mean to kill anyone. I hope Tiger and Laowu won't pin this on me."
Looking at the blond biker gang member who had brought this upon himself and nearly killed an innocent passerby (Lu Ping), Lu Ping's eyes lit up and an idea suddenly came to him.
Or, how about we try using the inaction transformation on him?
The essence of transformation through non-action is to change the souls of others. It can turn ordinary people into monsters, or awaken the magic of humans with certain talents, making them sorcerers.
In the original story, Shunping became a sorcerer with the help of a real person.
Since that's the case, it wouldn't be a problem for him to use non-action transformation to treat the problem, and incidentally try to manipulate the soul of this biker gang member.
Do it when you think of it.
Lu Ping immediately calmed down, stretched out his hands, and touched the other person's "soul" that only he could see, performing subtle operations.
The human soul is an extremely delicate thing; even the slightest change in its structure can cause drastic changes in the physical body, ultimately leading to its collapse and death.
The real people in the original work had no patience for the delicate manipulation of weak humans; they simply turned them into cannon fodder, transformed monsters, and carelessly tossed them aside.
Now, Lu Ping is using a method completely opposite to that of a real person, with the focus of a doctor wielding a scalpel, to touch the soul of that blond biker gang member little by little, slowly becoming familiar with its internal structure.
"The soul is truly wondrous."
"Changing this spot can cause muscles to grow several times over instantly, but the cost is that the internal organs will twist and collapse, and death will occur within three days at most."
"Changing this place can make your body swell to three or four meters tall, but the cost is that your bones and blood will be drained, and you can only survive for twenty-four hours."
"And here, here, here..."
Lu Ping carefully sensed every detail in Huang Mao's soul. By adjusting some very small things in the soul, he could have a huge impact on the physical body. This feeling, like kneading clay, made him immerse himself in it and unable to extricate himself.
at last.
After studying for four or five hours, as dawn broke, Lu Ping figured out a method to transform humans into sorcerers.
Furthermore, based on this, he developed a method to enhance magical power according to the principle of photosynthesis in "Guzhu Road".
"Douluo Lu Ping, your talent has finally paid off! You're not a useless Gu Zhu anymore!"
Thinking about the method he had created, Zhou Huiluping couldn't help but silently express his gratitude to Guzhu Luping. Without photosynthesis, there really was no way to utilize the curse power of others.
The specific process is as follows—
The Curse Returns to the Path of Peace, using "non-action transformation" to turn ordinary people into sorcerers.
Then, these sorcerers will improve their spell power output through training, combat, and cultivation, reaching at least the level of a second-level sorcerer.
Finally, the curse power they output is absorbed through photosynthesis, becoming a continuous source of curse power for the spirits themselves. This is much more sustainable than the common practice of depleting the resources of cursed spirits.
"In the world of Curse Return, a sorcerer's total amount of curse power is determined by their constitution, but the output of curse power, the speed of curse power recovery, the multiplier of curse power, and so on can be improved through training, cultivation, and spells."
"Generally, if a cursed spirit wants to increase its strength, it relies on directly devouring others. Devouring a level 3 cursed mage increases its cursed power by the equivalent of a level 3 cursed mage, and devouring a level 1 cursed mage increases its power by the equivalent of a level 1. Compared to Lu Suo, which can summon tens of millions of cursed spirits at any time, it is too slow."
"If I want to increase my strength, I only need to train many sorcerers and have them transfer their sorcery power to me every day. Then I can absorb life energy through photosynthesis to become stronger."
"Gu Zhu Lu Ping, even though he can't move at all, he gave us such great help. He really... I'm so moved I could cry..."
Zhou Huilu Ping once again expressed his gratitude to Gu Zhu Lu Ping in his heart, and then the more he thought about it, the more feasible the method seemed.
Even though photosynthesis has a very low energy conversion efficiency, losing more than 80%, it adds up.
As the number of sorcerers gradually increases, his daily rate of increase in sorcery power also increases exponentially, which is much stronger than directly absorbing sorcerers.
Furthermore, the sorcerers he trained were also part of his combat force. Under the effect of the spell "Wuwei Transformation," those people could not disobey his orders, otherwise their fate would be the same as Junpei in the original work, instantly exploding and turning into modified monsters.
Of course, unless absolutely necessary, Zhou Huiluping is unwilling to turn evil, at least not in front of Hu Zi and Lao Wu.
"Then, what we need to do next is very simple."
Lu Ping's lips curled into a slight smile. With a gentle beckoning motion of his right hand, the yellow-haired biker gang member who had just been lying on the ground, covered in blood, stood up strangely, his eyes flashing with a faint white light.
"I'm going to unleash a revival of magic in Tokyo!"