Chapter 80: Synthesis
Half an hour later, Su Xiao left the headquarters of the Divine Emperor Adventure Group. He had inquired about the movements of the Blood Gate Adventurers from the Divine Emperor.
The Divine Emperor was naturally well aware of the grudge between Su Xiao and Stan. The origin of the enmity was simple: Su Xiao had killed a dark horse-level member of the Blood Gate Adventurers. As the leader of a large adventure group, Blood Gate could not simply ignore this. At the time, there were two ways to handle it: one was to send someone to eliminate Su Xiao, and the other was to have Su Xiao compensate Blood Gate with a substantial sum.
Obviously, Blood Gate's people couldn't track Su Xiao, and Su Xiao didn't pay them any compensation either. Thus, the two sides became enemies. At that stage, although they were hostile, it hadn't yet reached the level of mortal enemies.
Stan sought fame, which is why he openly opposed Su Xiao. In reality, he didn't want to waste too many resources on Su Xiao. At most, he wanted outsiders to know that Blood Gate's members couldn't be killed without consequence—nothing more.
What Su Xiao could never understand was how Blood Gate's people managed to track him down and attempt to eliminate him in the Holy Grail World.
This puzzled Su Xiao greatly. From what he knew, although Stan was iron-fisted and brutal, he wasn't the type to act as if he were the supreme ruler of heaven and earth. In their few conversations, they had at most verbally wished each other dead, without even resorting to profanity. If one only looked at their expressions, they might mistake them for old friends who hadn't seen each other in years.
Yet this same Stan had spared no expense, sending Huang Fen to the Holy Grail World to hunt Su Xiao. Not only was Su Xiao baffled, but the Divine Emperor, upon hearing about it, was also astonished. He and Stan were old rivals, and this didn't seem like Stan's style at all.
Before Stan sent someone to the Holy Grail World to hunt Su Xiao, the two sides were merely hostile. Over time, such a conflict would likely fade away and eventually be forgotten. Su Xiao wouldn't go out of his way to dismantle a large adventure group over a few verbal threats—that would be a thankless task.
But now, the situation was different. There were only two possible outcomes: either Su Xiao would bring down Blood Gate, or Blood Gate would eliminate Su Xiao. There was no other choice.
Although Su Xiao couldn't understand why Stan had made that decision back then, judging by the situation of the Blood Gate Adventurers, the order to hunt him down might not have even come from Stan himself. At the very least, Su Xiao didn't believe Stan would make such a decision.
Regardless, a mortal enmity had been forged. Neither Su Xiao nor Stan was the type to seek reconciliation, so one of them would have to die. That was the style of the Reincarnation Paradise: life and death were taken lightly, and if you disagreed, you fought. Stan was most likely not someone who feared death either.
Now that Su Xiao clearly had the ability to confront the Blood Gate Adventurers head-on, he naturally wouldn't single-handedly challenge an entire adventure group. But he didn't believe that Blood Gate's members would always stick together.
Lost in thought, Su Xiao arrived at the Trade Market. Contractors moved between stalls one after another. Before long, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Beini all arrived at the Trade Market. After meeting at the central flowerbed, they each took a direction and began searching for something within the market.
The Trade Market was enormous. If Su Xiao were alone, he might have to spend the entire morning browsing all the stalls.
Walking past stall after stall, the items on display were diverse. Occasionally, he spotted individual pieces of Gold-quality sets. As for Legendary-grade items, they were quite rare in the Trade Market, and Epic-grade ones were never seen. Equipment of that quality didn't need to be sold here.
Su Xiao wandered for two full hours without finding what he wanted. Fortunately, Beini sent good news.
"How much is he asking?"
Su Xiao contacted Beini through the team channel. She replied with a price of 100,000 Paradise Coins.
"Tell him, final offer, 70,000 Paradise Coins."
After a moment, Su Xiao noticed an additional item in the team storage space. Things were going smoothly. He stepped out of the Trade Market and headed straight for his Exclusive Room.
Returning to his Exclusive Room, Su Xiao went to the relatively spacious blade-training chamber. He activated the usage permission for the equipment decomposition/reshaping/synthesis machine he had obtained earlier.
A spatial fluctuation appeared, and a machine resembling a truck engine materialized. It stood about two meters tall, nearly five meters long, with steam rising from a chimney on top.
The grinding sound of numerous gears turning came from within. Su Xiao had some understanding of precision machinery, but upon seeing this equipment decomposition/reshaping/synthesis machine, he could confirm that he couldn't even dismantle it—it was far too complex.
[You have activated the usage permission for the Equipment Decomposition/Reshaping/Synthesis Machine. Remaining time: 29 minutes 57 seconds.]
Time was precious. Su Xiao placed one hand on the machine, and a virtual panel popped up.
[Please select the desired function: Decomposition/Reshaping/Synthesis.]
Su Xiao chose synthesis. The machine's form changed as all the gears retracted into its body. Within five seconds, it had transformed completely, like a Transformer.
At the center of the equipment synthesis machine was a hole about the size of a washbasin, emitting a red glow. On either side were two smaller holes emitting blue light.
Su Xiao took out the Apostle's Eye and placed it into the central hole. The Apostle's Eye floated in midair within the red glow, with over a dozen energy threads connecting to it.
[Main equipment selected. Please add at least 2 auxiliary equipment pieces.]
The equipment synthesis machine had two parts: the main equipment and the auxiliary equipment. The main equipment determined the type of the final synthesized equipment, while the auxiliary equipment affected its quality. If both were of the same type, the result would definitely be that type of equipment.
Su Xiao placed 11 detection-type equipment pieces into the side holes. Once done, he activated the equipment synthesis machine.
Boom!
An energy pulse surged forth. Caught off guard, Su Xiao took half a step back. The next moment, large fragments of equipment scattered.
Hum~
The equipment in the auxiliary slots shattered completely, and the main equipment, the Apostle's Eye, glowed intensely red.
[Reminder: Equipment synthesis will conclude in 13 minutes and 27 seconds.]
The synthesis time wasn't long, but it meant the machine could only be used twice.
Over ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye. The cooled Apostle's Eye ejected from the machine. Su Xiao caught it with one hand while checking its attributes.
[Apostle's Eye]
Origin: War World · Lamir Technology
Quality: Legendary (Cannot be synthesized again)
Category: Detection Equipment
Durability: 75/75
Equipment Requirements: 10 points of Intelligence.
Equipment Effect 1: Free Energy Storage (Passive) – The Apostle's Eye can absorb twelve types of energy, including light, electrical, thermal, magnetic, and bio-energy, and store them.
Tip: Currently stores 1500 points of light energy.
Equipment Effect 2: Life Detection (Active) – Can detect enemies and obtain their information. The completeness of the information is determined by the Intelligence attribute comparison between the user and the enemy. If the user's Intelligence is at least twice that of the enemy, at least 50% of the enemy's information will be obtained.
Tip: Life Detection (Active) has no cost.
Tip: Life Detection (Active) has a cooldown of 5 minutes.
Tip: Life Detection (Active) has a priority of Sixth Rank.
Equipment Effect 3: Guardian Eye (Active) – The Apostle's Eye floats into midair or high altitude, performing optical camouflage. It scans a one-kilometer radius, issuing a warning if any suspicious creature enters this range.
Tip: Guardian Eye (Active) consumes 100 points of energy per hour and can be continuously activated.
Tip: Guardian Eye (Active) can detect 152 types of concealment abilities, including invisibility, perception shielding, underground stealth, and magical energy shielding.
Rating: 530 points (Legendary equipment rating range: 400–530 points).
Introduction: This equipment integrates detection, warning, and scanning. With it, you can sleep peacefully even in dangerous wilderness.
Price: 269,000 Paradise Coins.
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