Throughout the next day, Zhang Ping and Liu Sishan were testing their abilities.
Compared with the fire eaters that Zhang Ping is already very familiar with, although the body of dark mist and the body of pure water can be used, he does not know the upper and lower limits of their abilities.
That's why testing is needed.
After a day of testing, he had a preliminary understanding of these two new abilities.
The first is the body of the dark mist. This ability is to absorb fear and transform it into the dark mist. The absorption range is within ten meters of him as the center. In other words, if it is more than ten meters away, he cannot absorb the opponent's fear.
Also, the attack power of the Mist is very strong, but in fact, each attack consumes a part of the Mist, which means that the Mist is a consumable, and the more powerful the attack, the greater the consumption.
However, generally speaking, attacking flesh and blood does not consume a lot of energy. Instead, some energy bodies and hard substances consume more of the dark mist.
Finally, by absorbing the target's fear, Zhang Ping can sense the other person's fear level.
The more fearful the target becomes.
The more fear he can absorb, the more it will be transformed into dark mist.
As a digression, in order to test this distance, he knew a little secret, that is, Liu Sishan was afraid of insects.
Next is the test of pure water.
The advantage of the pure water body is that it can transform the body into pure water and is directly immune to most physical attacks. The disadvantage is that Zhang Ping's transformation takes time.
It takes about 1 second for him to transform from a body of flesh and blood into a body of pure water.
If it is only a partial conversion, it will be slightly faster.
Although the body of pure water can absorb water molecules in the air to restore physical strength and injuries, the recovery speed is related to the environment. The higher the humidity of the air, the faster it recovers, and the drier it is, the slower it recovers.
Even in some high-temperature environments, when he transforms into a pure water body, he will continue to consume physical strength at a rate twice that of a flesh-and-blood body.
Another disadvantage of having a pure water body is that when the water that makes up the body is insufficient, it will affect his height and body shape.
When most of the water in his body is evaporated, he becomes shorter and thinner when transformed into flesh and blood, and may even become the size of a child.
However, through this test, he discovered that when the body of pure water changes its shape and then transforms into a body of flesh and blood, there will be some wonderful changes. For example, when he controls the back to grow wings, and then transforms into a body of flesh and blood, he does have a pair of wings on his back.
But it is made entirely of flesh and does not have the ability to fly. Instead, it looks a bit like a female lactation organ.
But through this experiment, Zhang Ping realized that he could have plastic surgery.
Finally, he borrowed Liu Sishan's water whip and created his own move, the chain saw form.
To put it simply, the outside of his arms turn into the shape of a chain saw and vibrate at super high speeds. However, this operation consumes a lot of his energy and can only be used once at most. It is far less powerful than Liu Sishan's water whip, so it can only be used as a weapon.
Supplementary means other than Mist.
Liu Sishan commented after he completed the test.
His current strength is roughly equivalent to half of a high-level awakened person, mainly because Mingwu can deal damage beyond the level, otherwise he is at best equivalent to an intermediate awakened person.
And his weaknesses are too obvious.
That is, the level is too low, and the physical and mental strength are not enough to sustain a high-intensity battle.
Also, he has too little combat experience. If the high-level awakened person underestimates the enemy and is careless, he may kill the opponent in a conspiracy.
But as long as a high-level awakened person becomes serious, he has only one option: flee in panic. Especially when facing awakened people like flames and thunder, his combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
By the time the test was over, it was already evening.
The two returned to the camp together.
Liu Sishan stopped at the entrance of the camp and said, "Okay, you go back to the tent to rest first. I need to go back to the city to pick up some things tonight."
"Well, be careful on the road." Zhang Ping nodded.
After the two separated, Zhang Ping entered the camp, where many salt transporters gathered around the campfire to talk.
"I didn't expect Liu Big Head to be dead. I asked why I didn't see him last night."
"Last night was when the fruits of the Salt Frost Tree were ripe. Liu Datou went too far to look for minerals at noon. On the way back, he encountered an alienated white ape. This is also his fate."
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"By the way, the atmosphere in the city has been a bit weird recently. I heard that there was a bun shop owner who woke up to find that his wife had turned into a piece of human skin, and the blood on the skin had turned black. He didn't know who he was.
How long it took to peel it off, the boss was so frightened that he went crazy on the spot."
"I've also heard about this. The boss's wife was eating steamed buns in the shop the day before. Many people can testify."
Zhang Ping passed by the bonfire and felt a trace of fear wafting from these salt transporters. He absorbed it and turned it into dark mist. After thinking about it, he just stepped forward and listened to what these salt transporters were saying.
"Boy, new here?"
A salt transporter next to Zhang Ping noticed Zhang Ping's unfamiliar face and asked with a smile.
"Yes, let's try our luck." Zhang Ping said with a kind smile.
Then he stepped forward and whispered: "Actually, I know some inside stories about what they just said. Because I was very scared, I ran away from the city to avoid the limelight."
"What's the inside story?" the other party immediately asked in a low voice.
Zhang Ping noticed that the ears of the salt transporters around him stood up, and he said with a hidden smile: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone. In fact, there are several similar cases, and they have all been suppressed by the superiors. If you don't believe me,
You can ask if anyone is missing from Jiu'an Furniture and Dragon Spear Weaponry."
"I know this. Three people from the Dragon Spear Weapons Shop are missing."
"I also know Jiu'an Furniture. I bought a chair from him a few days ago."
"Hey, wouldn't that mean five people died?"
"Maybe there's more. The question is how to die before leaving a piece of human skin. The blood on the human skin has dried and turned black. How long did it take to die?"
"What's even more terrifying is that the people we saw before were people or ghosts?"
The salt transporters started talking one after another, and the more they discussed, the more intense the atmosphere of terror became. Some timid salt transporters wanted to leave, but were afraid of being alone in the tent. They could either leave or stay, and their faces turned pale.
Zhang Ping stood in the crowd, absorbing the fear and turning it into dark mist bit by bit.
He discovered that there is a difference in quality of fear.
During the morning test, the quality of Liu Sishan's fear was not high. Obviously, although she was afraid of bugs, she was not particularly afraid. Her mood was closer to feeling sick, and her fear level was not high.
Tonight's salt transporter has a higher quality of fear than Liu Sishan. If I have to say it, it is probably similar to the audience watching a horror movie in the cinema.
As the night progressed, the salt transporters returned to their tents one after another.
"I wonder how high the quality of the fear between life and death will be?"
Zhang Ping sat by the campfire and couldn't help but think to himself.
In just two hours, Ming Wu changed from a bracelet to a belt. If used in battle, it could be turned into a sword.
It's a pity that this kind of opportunity doesn't come every day.
Salt haulers cannot be frightened by this every day.
Zhang Ping looked at the belt transformed by the mist, and his heart moved: "If I start telling ghost stories here tomorrow, I wonder if I can absorb the fear?"
"Why don't you try pretending to be a ghost?"
Wrong ideas popped up one after another in Zhang Ping's head.
The main reason is that the dark mist is his only way to deal with high-level alienated beasts. He wishes that the dark mist could cover his whole body, and then use thousands of weapons composed of the dark mist.
When it comes to that level, as soon as the enemy appears, he will be attacked by countless swords and chopped into pieces.
In order to achieve this small goal as soon as possible, Zhang Ping tried hard to recall the various horror movies he had watched in his previous life. Gradually, an idea emerged: pretending to be a ghost might be really useful!
He might as well try it first and control the mist to instantly attach to his face.
By adjusting the thickness of the dark mist, his face gradually turned into a black skull.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a frightened scream came from not far away, and then the scream suddenly stopped.
Zhang Ping was startled and immediately looked over, only to see a salt transporter looking at him in horror, then he rolled his eyes and passed out.
Was he fainted from fright?
Zhang Ping wiped it on his face, and the skull mask made of dark mist immediately dispersed.
He hurried forward to check on the salt transporter and felt relieved after confirming that the salt transporter was fine.
Although he was going to pretend to be a ghost, he didn't expect the effect to be so good. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, is it really that scary?
He woke up the salt carrier by pressing his middle finger. Unexpectedly, when the salt carrier saw his face, he immediately rolled his eyes and passed out again. Before he passed out, he also absorbed a huge feeling of fear.
"never mind."
Zhang Ping moved the salt carrier to the campfire and simply turned around and returned to the tent.
It's a pity that he didn't bring a mirror, otherwise he could still see how terrifying his black skull is.
"Wait a minute, water seems to be able to reflect itself."
He suddenly thought of a way to turn his lower body into a puddle of water. His face was covered by the mist, and he quickly turned into a black skull.
Although Night Walker provides him with night vision, the reflection of water requires light. It is too dark in the tent. Under insufficient light, the reflection effect of the water surface is not good.
He simply lifted up a corner of the tent to let the light of the campfire shine in. Then he saw his own face, and his heart almost stopped in fear.
This is a very scary face.
Because of the dynamic effect of the mist, the skull faces are constantly changing. The most terrifying thing is not a certain face, but the sense of terror brought about by the death of all living beings.
Zhang Ping swallowed his saliva and felt a little scared.
This makeup is so underworld, it seems like I have done something incredible.
"ah!"
Beside the bonfire, the salt transporter slowly woke up.
He frowned and sat up. He looked up and saw a corner of the tent not far away. When he looked inside, his eyes opened wider and wider. After screaming, he rolled his eyes and passed out again.
Ah this...
Zhang Ping looked up at the unfortunate salt transporter and was speechless for a moment.
You can't blame him, right?
Shouldn't it be possible?
He silently lowered the corner of the tent and at the same time dispersed the dark mist on his face.
To be honest, even he didn't dare to stare at the skull face when he was alone, otherwise he would always feel creepy.
However, if used during combat, it should be able to cause tremendous mental pressure on the enemy.
This is equivalent to a special piece of equipment that can greatly reduce the enemy's status.