Chapter 47: Benefits of Being Tanky

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

He has confirmed survived after he coughed up the contaminated blood.

After he made sure he was saved, Lu Chen couldn’t help but think, It’s way too dangerous this time.

Honestly speaking, the near-death experience gave Lu Chen a big shock. Although he knew the situation was perilous out there in the dark night, he never thought death would visit him at his doorsteps twice in a row. Worse yet, he wasn’t even 500 meters out away from the village.

It started with the peculiar mist Evil. Lu Chen couldn’t even fight back when it didn’t attack use its puppets to ambush him.

Although it seemed like Lu Chen was victorious, what actually happened was it backing away from the battle itself. From the start till the end, Lu Chen couldn’t find any way that he could defeat the mist Evil.

Whereas the encounter with the broken bowl left Lu Chen in shock the most.

I knew whatever it has in the bowl is definitely not good, but whenever she speaks, I will lose control of my body and drink it all. How the heck is that happening at all.

Thinking back, Lu Chen couldn’t find any solution against the broken bowl. No one could have to resist taking the drink whenever she offered it. It was such terrifying power.

Thankfully my Constitution is high and that gave me a high resistance to poisons. Otherwise, the first bowl will take my life already.

Other than it, there’s still the mist kind of Evil. If it wasn’t for my strong body and immense Vigor that left the broken souls powerless against me, the mist Evil will definitely be able to kill me then.

As he reflected on the battles, Lu Chen suddenly realized.

Hold up, wait a moment there. I didn’t make it through both the battles with my wit but with a strong body that tanks through all the dangers.

He recalled back to the battles and sank deep in his thoughts.

As much as he would like to argue that he used his wit to kill one Evil and pushed back the other, he couldn’t deny the fact that he was played by the Evils in both battles.

In the mist, it controlled the broken souls and ambushed Lu Chen from the back one time after another; while the little girl also forced Lu Chen to take two bowls of water.

Hence, he played their games in both the battles.

It was only because his body was tanky enough to pull through the predicaments given to him. Which was why he was able to eventually defeat them.

At the moment of realization, Lu Chen couldn’t help but lament sadly.

I feel like… I’ve been slowly turning into an authentic barbarian. Whenever I find myself in nasty situations, all I do is tanking my way out of it.

Of course, he was just thinking about it for fun just to mock himself. Truth was, he didn’t really care how it was done as long as he wins and lives.

What’s wrong with it, I have a strong body, that’s my forte. Isn’t it normal to use one’s forte to get out of difficult situations?

Beyond that, a strong body is what gives me more survivability than the rest. I will have more chances to survive.

Seems like I will have to find more ways to increase the points in my Constitution. That way, no matter what predicament I’m in, I will be tanky enough to get out of it.

After all the near-death experiences, Lu Chen finally understood the way of life. Among all the attributes, Constitution was the most important attribute.

As for the rest of the attributes like Strength, Agility, or others, there was still a bigger chance for him to die unexpectedly.

After all, the Evils in this world have all kinds of peculiar and unexpected powers, there was no one solution that could tackle them all.

For example, no matter how fast one could run or how strong one could be, they wouldn’t be able to resist the Water-Delivery Bowl’s power. As long as they have drank from the broken bowl, they would certainly die no matter what.

On the contrary, if one has a strong body, they could still tank their way out and find another chance to fight back.

The broken bowl is definitely isn’t the only Evil that has a peculiar power. As long as I continue to go out to hunt, I will never stop bumping into other Evils with powers I know nothing of, it’s easy for me to get killed. After all, he who plays with fire gets burnt.

But no matter how much Evils there are, I can always tank my way out as long as I have enough Constitution.

That said, Lu Chen was ready to go down a path where he would build his body to be as tanky as possible.

But that was only possible in the future. Now, Lu Chen would have to focus on the present.

Lu Chen called up the system page and smiled when he saw the Mastery Points he has.

[Mastery Points: 1223]

It’s dangerous to hunt out there, but as they say, high risk high return.

I spent the past few days hunting closeby the village day and night, and I only managed to raise my Swordsman class to level 5. But now, I only hunted one night further away from the village and I have earned enough Mastery Points to level up again. As expected, I have to go out if I want to improve myself prowess.

He gained a lot from the battles. Be it the broken souls in the mist or the broken bowl he killed, both victories awarded him with lots of Mastery Points.

As a result, he was able to level up again now. However, the happy Lu Chen quickly reminded himself about the near-death experiences.

Sigh. There are lots of Evils out ready to be turned into Mastery Points, but they are all extremely dangerous to deal with. If I want to level up quickly, I will have to go out there and risk my life for it. Seems like I won’t have time to relax in peace from now on.

Lu Chen eventually understood. He who has the system in him would always be accompanied by dangers.

Of course, he could definitely choose to stay in the village and train on his own instead of going out to hunt. His prowess would still increase in this way.

However, that also means his increase in prowess would be as slow as the other barbarians.

That was something Lu Chen would never allow to happen. Hence, Lu Chen could already foresee him going out often and dance with death.

Let’s not think so much now. I should level up and draw a skill first. Please give me a good skill. If I am strong enough, I will naturally be safer even if I go out hunting often.

Furthermore, I remember we’ve recorded Aatrox’s ultimate ability—World Ender. An ability which when activated, can resurrect himself after death.

As long as I get it as my skill, I will have one more life to spare in the battles. That gives me a chance to turn the tables even in the worst possible situation.

When he thought about skills like World Ender, Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and the many different kinds of Devil Fruits, his fear toward the Evils was cleared away.

What does it matter even if this world is dangerous? As long as my skills are powerful enough, I can sweep everything down that’s standing on my path!

Lu Chen was filled with battle spirit again, but he didn’t level up immediately. Instead, he looked at the bloody bowl in his hand.

[System Message: An Uncommon Item has been detected, do you wish to identify it with the cost of 50 Mastery Points?]

[System Message: The item is graded as Uncommon, it can be sold to the Store for Spirit Orbs.]

Just like the little drum from back then, after he killed the bowl Evil, the system notified him that the broken bowl was actually an Uncommon Item.

Although he didn’t use the system’s function to identify the item, the little drum he has seized has similar power as the drum Evil. Thus, he has a feeling this bowl would also have a similar power to the bowl Evil.

So this bowl’s power is most likely something about transforming water into poisons.

It was not a bad power. Lu Chen would say that the poison water from the bowl would work on the Evils too.

After all, the bowl was once an Evil too. Whatever water it contained was definitely Evil water.

If my guess is right, that the water in the bowl can also harm the other Evils, I won’t have to use my blood in the battles and use the water instead.

However, even when he was thinking about it, he didn’t hesitate when he commanded.

System, sacrifice the bowl.

As he gave the command, the system replied coldly in his ears.

[System Message: Host has sacrificed Water-Delivery Bowl in exchange for 20 Spirit Orbs.]

Lu Chen wasn’t feeling anything when he saw the bowl fading in his hands.

It’s certainly a good item if it’s as good as I thought it is. But in the end, it’s still just an item instead of my own prowess. It’ll be worth it if I can use get a good skill from the Spirit Orbs exchanged.

In comparison, Lu Chen valued his own prowess more than relying on items. After all, his prowess was part of him but the items weren’t.

After he sacrificed the bowl, Lu Chen opened the rest of the jars and placed them beside him.

He was afraid that he would roll a strong skill and run out of nutrients.

After that, Lu Chen was prepared to level up.

System, level up Barbarian Blood Warrior.