Chapter 50: Spending Money, Bliss for a Moment
Two consecutive treasure chests yielding good returns was originally a good thing, but Su Xiao knew that after activating his lucky state, he would occasionally experience a period of bad luck.
Only one treasure chest remained, the Overlord Chest, with a 12% chance of producing an Overlord Equipment, which wasn't high.
Su Xiao picked up the Overlord Chest and chose to open it. There was no flash effect, making him sigh inwardly, knowing he was temporarily out of luck with Overlord Equipment.
[You have opened the Overlord Chest.]
[You have obtained: Awakening Emblem.]
[You have obtained: Overlord Essence.]
[Awakening Emblem]
Origin: War World
Category: Aura-type Equipment / Consumable
Quality: This is a special equipment/item. Quality can be determined after defining its nature.
Durability: 170/170
Equipment Requirement: None
Equipment Effect 1: Awakening (Aura Lv.10): Grants a buff effect to all friendly units within 500 meters, increasing Stamina recovery speed by 20%.
Usage Effect 1: After using this Emblem, the user will permanently acquire the Awakening Aura Lv.1 ability. This skill can be upgraded.
Price: 480,000 Paradise Coins.
[Overlord Essence]
Origin: War World / Primordial World / Void
Type: Material
Effect: 3 Overlord Essences can be exchanged for a random Overlord Equipment.
Hint: Exchange can be completed within Reincarnation Paradise (cannot be completed in derivative worlds, Primordial Worlds, War Worlds, etc.).
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
The rewards from the Overlord Chest were quite interesting. First was the aura-type equipment [Awakening Emblem], which was both equipment and a consumable.
Wearing [Awakening Emblem] would trigger the Awakening Aura Lv.10 effect. As for using it, that meant permanently mastering the Awakening Aura.
The effect of Awakening Aura Lv.10 was a 20% increase in Stamina recovery speed. Stamina recovery here didn't mean restoring Health Points, but slowly recovering a tired body.
Even at the Fifth Rank, Su Xiao only had two ways to recover Stamina: first, sleeping; second, when consuming Paradise Coins to heal injuries, it would slightly restore Stamina.
It might seem that accelerating Stamina recovery didn't improve combat power, but in high-risk environments like battlefields or survival trials, Stamina recovery was very useful.
Moreover, aura-type skills had no cost and were active 24/7. In the long run, this was a pretty good support equipment.
As for who would wear it, it was naturally Bubu Wang. This guy often lurked at the edge of the battlefield, already providing the Ice Goddess Aura, and now he had another aura.
At this moment, Bubu Wang was visibly much more spirited. Judging by his appearance, he would be able to run out and cause trouble in a few hours after digesting it.
Tossing [Awakening Emblem] to Bubu Wang, Su Xiao didn't plan to let Bubu Wang master this ability for the time being. Although Bubu Wang's skill upgrade cost was very low, it was somewhat luck-dependent.
If there was a place in the future inhabited by a large number of extraordinary beasts, he could consider letting Bubu Wang permanently master the Awakening Aura.
As for [Overlord Essence], Su Xiao felt it was a consolation prize. Even if he didn't get an Overlord Equipment this time, he would have another chance in the future. Three [Overlord Essences] could be exchanged for one Overlord Equipment.
Bad luck? Make up for it with strength. It was that simple.
Having opened all three treasure chests, Su Xiao began to consider upgrading his Blade Technique. His current Blade Technique was: Blade Grandmaster: Lv.26.
Counting the Soul Crystals he had saved before, there were a total of 76 Soul Crystals (Complete) in his storage space. Based on the upgrade standard for Blade Grandmaster Lv.26, each subsequent level required 10 Soul Crystals (Complete) + 300,000 Paradise Coins.
As for whether the upgrade cost would increase after exceeding Lv.30, Su Xiao wasn't sure yet. He was in dire need of Paradise Coins now, with only 27,500 Paradise Coins available.
Thinking of Paradise Coins, Su Xiao immediately thought of the Divine Emperor Adventure Group.
Opening the Reincarnation Mark, he composed an email, attached the data for [Call of Destiny] and [Sun Watcher], selected the recipient, and sent it.
The whole process was smooth and effortless, as he had repeated it many times before.
...
In the Gourmet Street, inside a private room of a six-star restaurant.
Divine Emperor was having a dinner party with his core members. Wild Fox, Old Goat, and Matcha were all present. The nearly ten people present were already slightly tipsy, and the atmosphere was at its best.
Divine Emperor looked around at the few people present. These were all his teammates who had fought alongside him through thick and thin. Thinking of their past experiences, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
"Everyone..."
Just as Divine Emperor started speaking, he received a notification. It was an email sent to him by a contractor he had specially marked.
Seeing the signature 'Bai Ye' in the email, Divine Emperor's expression gradually became 'solemn.' When Bai Ye made a move, the goods were always top-notch, no exaggeration. But what made Divine Emperor sad was that some equipment or items, he really couldn't afford them, damn it.
If he couldn't see the powerful attributes of those equipment, he wouldn't be so troubled. But seeing them and not being able to afford them was a gnawing pain.
Divine Emperor's change in expression was noticed by Wild Fox.
"Captain... can we afford it this time?"
Wild Fox took a big gulp of the strong liquor in his cup. Without asking, he knew what was going on.
"Probably... yeah."
Divine Emperor gently rubbed his brow, his gaze shifting to Matcha and a lean man. Matcha was the chief healer, and the lean man was a summoner.
Divine Emperor first sent the data of [Sun Watcher] to the lean summoner.
"Captain, this..."
The smile on the lean man's face already indicated that he would sell everything he had to buy [Sun Watcher]. This equipment not only came with three powerful summons but also improved his self-preservation ability, as summoners were generally weak in close combat.
"Matcha, interested in a Gold-quality healing staff?"
Divine Emperor was considering the team's wallet. Matcha was currently using a Legendary staff from a derivative world, but its rating wasn't very high.
Comparing [Call of Destiny] to that Legendary staff, the latter had more diverse abilities, but in terms of practicality, it might not necessarily be stronger than [Call of Destiny], which was equipment produced in a War World.
"Not too interested. Let me see... Hmm, Captain, let's negotiate the price with him."
"..."
Divine Emperor didn't speak, but he seemed to hear the 'team wallet' wailing.
This wasn't their first transaction, so the price was quickly negotiated. As an Epic-grade equipment, [Sun Watcher] had powerful attributes, but there weren't many summon-type contractors, so demand was low. It was finally priced at 1,935,000 Paradise Coins.
If it were another type of Epic-grade equipment, the price would be at least 30% higher. This was also why Su Xiao wasn't optimistic about summon-type equipment, not because of his low Charm Attribute.
[Call of Destiny] was a relatively sought-after piece of equipment. Most Gold-grade equipment was priced between 300,000 and 450,000 Paradise Coins. As a healing-type staff with very practical attached abilities, its price would be at the upper limit, increased by 20%. Additionally, being produced in a War World increased the price by another 15% or so.
In the end, Divine Emperor offered a high price of 695,000 Paradise Coins.
With 2,630,000 Paradise Coins in hand, Su Xiao attempted to upgrade his Blade Technique. He planned to upgrade it continuously this time.
[Hunter can upgrade Blade Grandmaster to Lv.32. Requires: Soul Crystal (Complete) x70, 2,200,000 Paradise Coins.]
Seeing the notification from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao realized that after Blade Grandmaster exceeded Lv.30, the upgrade cost had increased again.