East Meet West

123- Locking Stats

‘ding’

‘The [Locking Stats] function, is a function that restricts or locks all the stats or specific stats of the host.’

‘For example: Host is in a fight with someone. All the stats of the host are at 100, while the stats of the opponent are all in 50’s. And host wishes to fight with equal stats to that of the opponent. Then with the [Locking Stats] function, the host can lock any stat up to any number, such that for the fight host can lock 50 stats and the remaining stats will be 50 and the host can have a fight with equal terms. In this case, the host’s body is already adapted to 100 stats but the host is only able to use power equal to 50 stats.’

‘Note: The [Locking Stats] function will not affect any hidden ability.’

[Author’s note: For those who are confused or feel that my English was confusing, well sorry but English is not my first language so please understand. As for what I am trying to say in the previous paragraph is: The [Locking Stats] is function similar to those in novels or manga where cultivation is suppressed from level 5 to level 1. I hope this makes it easier for understanding?]

I think this function is a good option for me.

Although, I am not an expert but I do have the basic common sense that the continuous increase of stats has resulted in making me numb to familiarity with my body. And in the world of martial arts and cultivation, this kind of thing is a huge mistake that one can do to oneself.

It's not like I have trouble handling my own body, to be precise I can almost control 70% of my body but sometimes, I have trouble controlling my own strength and have broken few things, which is not a good sign.

And even after knowing the drawbacks, I can only continue increasing stats because after getting the system, I did not have the time to relax and was constantly in pursuit or in combat. So, it was because of the situations that forced me to increase my power by increasing the stats.

But now, with the [Locking Stats] function, I can finally adapt to this huge power and control my body properly, also hide my strength.

There is also one more thing that the [Locking Stats] function will play a vital role in, that is cultivation.

In the Refinement stage, I have to refine and forge all the parts of my body such as skin, muscles, bones, organs, etc. And if all of my stats are high, then how am I supposed to refine and forge them? It would just hinder my cultivation speed in the Refinement stage.

To be honest, I like this function. Because it lets me play the drama of ‘Pretending to be a pig, to eat the tiger.’

I love the feel when my opponent feels the instant increase in my power and he/she gets stunned. It will be so similar to those animes that I used to watch in my childhood. The power boost after unlocking some kind of seal or transformation was so cool.

Just imagine people underestimating my strength and challenge me to a fight, I crush their arrogance just like how I crush them below my feet...

Hehe...

Fuck I am losing my character here.

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To test the [Locking Stats] function, I told the system,

“System, lock 50% of all my stats except [Sense], [Resistance], [Charm], [Luck], [Vitality] and [Intelligence].”

‘ding’

‘To unlock the [Locking Stats] function, the host needs to spend 10,000 Sikka.’

‘Do you wish to spend 10,000 Sikka?’

‘[YES} or [NO]’

Of course, how can I forget that system will not make things easier for me.

So, I reluctantly accepted the spending, and then the system locked 50% of my stats except for the ones that I mentioned.

And just like I thought, I felt my strength being suppressed and when it stopped, for a moment I experienced weakness, but a few seconds later I was back to normal.

Feeling, the changes in my body I felt a little bit weird, but I chose to ignore it.

After that, I told the system to bring ‘Strength’, ‘Agility, ‘Defense’, and ‘Stamina’ to 10% of the original stats. as I just want to keep my stats in a range that cannot affect my cultivation but also able to handle small situations.

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After that, I resumed my cultivation and tried to step into the Refinement stage.

To step into the Refinement stage, I just have to gather [Qi] into the skin, make my skin stronger, and remove impurities.

This might sound easy but it is not. Actually, it's just a level above easy and due to past experience, I can quickly step into the ‘Refinement’ stage.

A few hours later, the system notification rang.

‘ding’

‘Congratulations host has reached the Refinement stage: Skin Refinement level’

“Fu... Finally.”

I breathed out.

Now, the next step is to refine and forge my skin that is covering my whole body, with the [Qi].

Instead of refining and forging the whole skin in a single try, I have to concentrate on refining and forging a small area of the skin, that way I will be able to concentrate properly and I will not miss any hidden impurity.

With that idea, I started refining and forging the skin on my fingers.

Seconds passed.

Minutes passed.

Hours passed.

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I don’t know how many hours passed but finally, the refinement and forging of the skin on my fingers were completed and the system notification rang.

‘ding’

‘+1 Strength’

‘+4 Defense’

I don’t know if should say whether the increase of ‘Strength’ stat by 1 point, is good or below average. But I must say that the ‘increase of ‘Defense’ stat by 4 points is a good number.

‘The 8 levels of Qi forging’ is surely a good technique.

My fingers were covered in some black mucus like substance. It is the impurities that were present in my skin, but now it has been removed from my skin, during forging and refining the skin.

I cleaned off the mucus and continued refining other parts of the skin.

Like this hour passed.

Days passed.

1 week later.

‘ding’

‘Host has completely refined and forged the whole skin on the body of the host’

‘Congratulation host has reached the peak of Skin refinement level’

‘+8 Strength’

‘32 Defense’

[Author’s note and trying to bring to some comedy: While I was writing this chapter, I had a doubt regarding body forging or skin forging or refinement, or whatever names that are used in the novels and manga. I understand that the whole body or skin on the whole body is forged, but I wondered how the part between the legs was handled by those guys? Like wouldn’t it be so awkward when the guy is thinking, [Today the skin on the penis has been refined and forged, now the skin on ball or testicles is the only remaining part]]

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