Chapter 54: Combination
Su Xiao held the [Black King's Fall Sacrifice] in his hand. It was a metal armguard covering the forearm and entire palm, pure black in color. The individual piece's attached ability was already formidable—if the enemy's willpower was not firm enough, after locking eyes with Su Xiao, they might kneel before the battle even began.
From the equipment description, it was clear that the Black King was different from most kings. He possessed formidable combat power and a willpower so firm it was terrifying.
Although he could only view the first set effect, Su Xiao was already drawn to the Black King Set. After collecting the full set, these three pieces of equipment would grant Su Xiao a permanent enhancement. Not to mention the permanent 50% increase in health points and the 35 points of willpower attribute, just the ability to negate the dying state alone strengthened Su Xiao's resolve to collect it.
During battle, once entering a dying state, it was essentially no different from being dead—the enemy would kill you within a short time. However, the Black King Set's first effect lowered the threshold of the dying state to 5%, and even if he truly entered the dying state, Su Xiao could continue fighting until death. This was equivalent to extending half a life. As long as he could fight, there was still a chance, and if he took the opportunity to use a recovery potion, he might turn defeat into victory.
The Lucky King state still had two minutes remaining. Su Xiao picked up the last treasure chest. The gains from the top battlefield had indeed exceeded his expectations.
[You have opened a Growth-Type Equipment Chest.]
[You have obtained: Watcher.]
[Watcher]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Light Gold (Growth-Type Equipment)
Category: Special
Durability: 28/28
Equipment Requirement: Must bind this equipment.
Equipment Effect 1, Conversion (Active): Can convert the wearer's energy nature. Only effective for opposing states, such as Light/Darkness, Death/Life, etc. After converting the energy nature, the corresponding abilities will also change.
Tip: This ability has no cooldown.
Tip: Each conversion consumes 1-4 points of equipment durability. Durability can only be restored within Reincarnation Paradise.
Growth Requirement: Absorb any type of energy (only the wearer's own energy).
Rating: 260~???
Description: We have watched over many worlds. How insignificant we are.
Price: Cannot be sold after binding. Pending binding.
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Seeing the attributes of this growth-type equipment, Bubu Wang's dog face went blank. It didn't quite understand what kind of ability this was—it could actually convert energy attributes? It seemed pretty good for mages.
"This thing..."
Su Xiao's brows furrowed. He was envisioning a certain method of use. Clearly, this thing wasn't suitable for him. Who knew what the Cyan Steel Shadow Energy would transform into? The risk of trying was enormous—no, that would be asking for death.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xiao's gaze shifted to Amu.
"Amu, come here."
"Moo?"
Amu swallowed the three hamburgers in his mouth and came to Su Xiao's front.
"An experiment worth millions of Paradise Coins—too expensive."
Su Xiao tossed the [Watcher] to Amu. This item was a necklace, and due to its 'Special Category' attribute, wearing it on the body was enough to make it effective.
"Activate it."
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, Amu put on the [Watcher]. Whenever Su Xiao gave an order, even if this thing was worth tens of millions of Paradise Coins, Amu would put it on without hesitation.
Bubu Wang was a bit confused, not yet understanding what Su Xiao intended to do.
"Can you convert the energy attribute?"
"Mm."
Amu nodded in a deep, muffled voice.
"Convert it to... magma attribute."
"Woof?!"
Bubu Wang immediately understood Su Xiao's intention and looked at Amu with shining eyes. Amu was ice attribute. The [Watcher] could convert the wearer's attribute to its opposite. Converting ice to fire was fine, and magma seemed like no problem either.
Ice energy gathered at Amu's chest, bitingly cold. With a tearing sound, a burst of white steam rose, and blazing red magma surged within the ice. Amu clenched his fists, black smoke rising from them.
"Amu, eat this too."
Su Xiao took out the Magma Fruit from his storage space. Initially, he had never considered giving the Magma Fruit to Amu, Bubu Wang, or Beini—the abilities didn't match. But now, Amu's abilities matched.
If successful, Amu in ice form would be defense plus crowd control, while magma form would be charging plus terrain alteration plus devastating destructive power.
Amu took the Magma Fruit and tossed it into his mouth in one go.
"Don't chew. Swallow it directly..."
Su Xiao's words came too late. The honest bull Amu, upon hearing Su Xiao tell him to eat the Magma Fruit, directly threw it into his mouth and chewed.
Amu's chewing motion abruptly stopped. His bull face began to turn green.
"If you spit it out, no food for three days."
"Gulp!"
Amu's neck stiffened. After a body spasm, he finally swallowed the Magma Fruit in his mouth.
"Ugh~"
Amu dry-heaved. Demon Fruits were notoriously hard to eat. Amu, who could munch on a desk like a biscuit, almost threw up.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang looked Amu up and down, signaling him to describe how he felt now.
"Amu wants to throw up."
"Nothing else?"
"Yes, a lot."
Amu raised his arm and clenched his fist. His entire hand turned into magma, blazing red magma dripping onto the carpet. Amu's magma was very different from Akainu's. Akainu's magma was dark red, gloomy, and corrosive.
Perhaps due to his original ice attribute, Amu's magma was a blazing red, with firelight shining through it, almost dazzling. In terms of pure explosive power and high temperature, Akainu was stronger for burning and corrosion. As for temperature, Amu should be slightly superior, after all, Amu's birth process was very special.
Ice and magma abilities indeed couldn't coexist—they would repel each other. But converting between them was a different matter.
"That's enough. Figure out the rest through actual combat. Bubu, capture the footage of Akainu's battles for Amu to reference."
Hearing this, Amu deactivated his elemental form, and the somewhat dazzling firelight disappeared. Although he had eaten a Demon Fruit, the growth-type equipment [Watcher] helped Amu solve the weakness of being unable to enter water.
Amu only needed to convert to ice form, and he could freeze the water's surface. Moreover, even if he fell into the sea, he wouldn't drown for a while. As for Sea Stone, there was no good solution for now. You gain something, you pay something. And even if Amu came into contact with Sea Stone, would he really fear the enemy focusing fire on him? Ice form equaled defense form. Being unable to use fruit abilities didn't mean Amu couldn't release ice. This might not even count as a weakness—instead, it could attract enemy firepower, which was exactly what a tank wanted to see.
Amu continued sitting to the side, eating heartily. Su Xiao looked him up and down. After eating the Magma Fruit, Amu didn't develop the gloomy aura that Akainu had. This should be related to Amu's own personality.
Forget gloomy—Su Xiao felt Amu was more like a biological self-moving air conditioner. Magma form for heating, ice form for cooling. No electricity needed, working 24 hours, just requiring hundreds of pounds of food.
Su Xiao placed the [Ring of Silence] into the team space and contacted Beini, telling it to find an opportunity to sell this item.
Two gems appeared in Su Xiao's hands. The maximum number of gem slots on Dragon-Slaying Flash was seven. Currently, six were already set. To embed both [Moon's Grace] and [Soul Severing Shadow Stone·Incomplete], one gem needed to be replaced.
Embedding a Legendary gem cost 40,000 Paradise Coins, while replacing one cost 90,000 Paradise Coins per gem—after all, [Moon's Grace] was an Epic gem.
[You have paid 130,000 Paradise Coins. Gem embedding begins. Do not touch the equipment being embedded.]
At the end of Dragon-Slaying Flash, a circle of rice-sized gems was embedded there. A tiny groove appeared, and the Soul Severing Shadow Stone·Incomplete was set into it. The seven gems formed a perfect circle.
With a crackling sound, the Legendary gem Blood Hunter shattered. The Moon's Grace gem rapidly shrank and precisely embedded into the groove.