I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second Chapter 608: Do Honest People Deserve Bad Luck? Such a Capricious Faith

What in the world is happening?

Why has my skill utterly failed this time!

Impossible! I've relied on this disguise skill in countless battles, and it has never once let me down!

Disbelief covered Nangong Ling’s face completely, her voice laced with deep uncertainty.

Lin Yi simply shut his eyes and probed briefly using the Taichu Law inside him to uncover why the pair's skills had collapsed.

The truth revealed itself: within this dungeon, regular skills were completely unusable.

Law skills alone operated freely, untouched by any restrictions.

Lin Yi’s Gravity Manipulation escaped suppression solely because of the Divine Seal etched into his palm.

Zacks had spoken no lies.

A Divine Seal in the palm doesn't always spell doom.

In the lower planes at least, it granted Lin Yi access everywhere.

"Um, your skills won’t work here; only law skills remain unaffected."

He had meant to let Sun Dachuan gain some practice, yet Lin Yi ended up stepping in regardless.

Right after he spoke, hundreds of light streaks burst from the jungle's depths.

Once they halted, Sun Dachuan and his companions finally discerned their true forms.

A band of towering males appeared, clad in beast hides and camo-patterned savage garb.

That label fell short of the mark.

Their fangs loomed several times bigger than a human's, strength-signifying beast bones dangled from their necks, and their toes stretched monkey-like, yet 'savage' didn't fully capture them.

Nearing three meters in height with bulging muscles, they rode jet-propelled hoverboards clashing with their primal vibe.

These natives, almost three meters tall and over three hundred pounds each, soared with such bulk at blistering speeds, proving the hoverboards' elite craftsmanship.

Wooden clubs and crude handmade weapons filled their grips, yet the Source Power surging from the attachments at the ends dwarfed Blue Star Energy Spirit Crystals.

In the instant that followed, an even more wondrous sight emerged.

A long-haired giantess in lavish garb, gripping a vivid energy staff, floated upon a tri-colored fabric mat amid twelve burly guards armed with shields and blades.

Her lavish robes and richer, bolder body markings marked her clearly as this dungeon's BOSS.

"Humans, greetings and welcome to Luya Country."

"I am the Lvya Queen; address me as Badous Your Majesty."

Lin Yi's hunch proved spot on.

Noting the natives' lack of hostility, Lin Yi held back his power and paid close attention to the Lvya Queen’s words.

Luya Country.

A realm fusing nature and technology.

They championed the strong prevailing and worshipped the wild, thus shunning high-tech in daily labors despite their mastery.

Gathering fruits, felling trees, pursuing game—all handled by Luya Country folk using solely ancient implements, no modern aids.

Through ages, nature blessed them with favor, bestowing visions of cosmic mysteries.

Few dungeon challengers walk away with game-altering intel.

"Two choices await you in this dungeon trial."

"Either earn the nature spirit’s nod and depart with prizes plus destiny-shifting knowledge, or face nature’s scorn, forfeit your core to feed the soil, and exit unscathed."

Oh?

Intriguing!

After countless dungeons, rules this bizarre marked a premiere.

Sweet reward or stinging rebuke—fascinating!

A faint smile crossed Lin Yi’s lips as he bowed to the Lvya Queen and inquired courteously.

"Your Majesty, might I ask how you determine if nature accepts or spurns us?"

At those words, the Lvya Queen grinned faintly, swung her staff, and signaled her followers.

The servant obeyed swiftly, gliding forth on a fly board with a massive stone tray, dropping to one knee in reverence before the Lvya Queen.

"Observe the black fruits upon the stone plate?"

Nangong Ling and the other two peered across and spotted hundreds of tiny black fruits crammed densely on it.

"These fruits serve as seeds from Luya Country’s Divine Tree of Jade Light Bodhi."

"Earning nature spirit approval proves easy: each takes ten fruits, cracks them open. An emerald-green seed within means nature’s embrace. None? Regretfully, you must compensate for your boldness."

Hearing that, Lin Yi and his group fell into stunned silence.

I'd assumed the Luya tribe's faith would ensure precise and careful methods, but who could have guessed this foolish queen evaluates challengers solely by the fortune of blind box draws.

Holy crap, casual to the core, casual beyond belief.

Out of the four, Feng Sanyou possessed the mildest temper, yet he astonishingly retained enough patience to ask about the blind box success rate.

"The probability isn't very high."

"Based on our statistics over the years, it's roughly 1/88."

Given that everyone gets just ten seeds, the true pass rate drops below 11%. Total nonsense!

The trio had intended to lash out at Lvya Queen, but Lin Yi's serene face showed no hint of outburst, and with their skills utterly ineffective right now, they quickly turned obedient.

Lin Yi stays quiet, so they play along!

Sun Dachuan was the first to test his fortune.

Convinced his lifetime of upright living marked him as a favored son of luck, Sun Dachuan approached with bold assurance, flashing a bright and joyful grin.

However, as he cracked open more Jade Light Bodhi seeds, Sun Dachuan's grin slowly turned rigid.

Lvya Queen hadn't lied; a sub-11% chance was no overstatement, and Sun Dachuan predictably flopped after drawing only ten Bodhi seeds.

"No, I..."

Sun Dachuan started to protest his lifelong good deeds and honesty when suddenly, a gem shard radiating thunderous might and deadly sharpness pressed against his neck.

"How dare you cause a scene in this queen's territory? Offend me again, and you'll forfeit your life—next!"

Nangong Ling stepped up next.

Having crunched the numbers, Nangong Ling realized a one-in-ten shot wasn't bad at all, so she nonchalantly scooped up a handful with ease.

True to form, she succeeded!

At the sight of the emerging Bodhi seed, Lvya Queen's eyes toward Nangong Ling grew much gentler, and she swiftly proclaimed her clearance success while granting crucial details for what lay ahead.