Chapter 61: Dark Night Walker Set
[You have opened a Purple Supply Crate.]
[You have obtained: Radiance Charging Device.]
[Radiance Charging Device]
Origin: Void Tree
Category: Special Accessory (Maximum of four can be worn)
Materials: Space-Time Power (small amount), Transcendent Primordial Core (fragment), Blessing Seeker's Soul, Black Maple Tree Main Root System (75 grams), Light-Falling Special Metal.
Durability: 30/30
Equipment Effect 1: Absorption (Active), can absorb the internal Transcendent characteristics of equipment, items, etc. The reward is converted into Radiance Crystal Fragments. The amount of Radiance Crystal Fragments obtained depends on the quality of the consumed equipment, items, etc.
Equipment Effect 2: Infusion (Active), can infuse Radiance Crystal Fragments into growth-type equipment, allowing it to grow at maximum speed.
Tip: Only effective on some growth-type equipment, depending on characteristics.
Radiance Crystal Fragment Storage: 0%.
Introduction: If you don't need to use it, dismantling it can also fetch a good price.
Price: 1380 Soul Coins.
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After seeing the [Radiance Charging Device], Su Xiao immediately thought of using it to enhance [Divine Judgment] and [Dragon-Slaying Flash]. However, after absorbing a blue-quality piece of equipment that had been sitting in his storage space for a long time, he found that the 0.12% Radiance Crystal Fragments within the [Radiance Charging Device] could not be used to enhance [Divine Judgment] or [Dragon-Slaying Flash]. The reason was a mismatch in characteristics.
Radiance Crystal Fragments were clearly a type of energy or Transcendent power leaning towards light characteristics. [Divine Judgment] was enhanced by slaying Ancient Gods, and [Dragon-Slaying Flash] possessed the Demon Blade ability. Neither seemed to have any connection to light characteristics.
Although it couldn't enhance these two, Su Xiao discovered that this item could enhance Bubu Wang's growth-type equipment [Sacred Traveler] and Amu's [Shield of Volus].
That's right, [Shield of Volus] had already been handed over to Amu for use. After obtaining the special equipment [King's Soul], Amu could now use this shield. Or rather, this thing wasn't just a shield; it was actually a weapon as well.
Equipment Effect: Life Rebound (Passive): After taking an attack, it will perform a Stamina check against the enemy. If the check passes, it will trigger the Life Rebound effect, dealing damage equal to the enemy's attack power × 0.3 + 4% of the user's maximum Health Points. This damage is impact-type and ignores external defenses.
Under Baha's 'persuasion', Amu, who didn't use shields much, picked up [Shield of Volus] and went to the Arena to practice. However, after using it just once, this green-quality shield was almost destroyed. Fortunately, Lide's repair skills were superb enough.
Lide's exact words were: 'Are you all crazy? Using a green-quality shield in the Seventh Rank Arena inside the Paradise?'
Then Baha came up with a terrible idea. Amu held the shield while Bubu Wang and Beini scratched and bit at it, but it had no effect. This thing not only absorbed attacks to grow but also needed something more important. What exactly that was remained unclear for now.
The [Radiance Charging Device] solved this problem. As long as enough cost was paid, [Shield of Volus] could likely be upgraded to a very high quality by absorbing Radiance Crystal Fragments.
With Amu's Health Points, the rebound intensity inflicted on enemies could be imagined. It might even reach a point where the enemy gets killed by the rebound before Amu even makes a move.
Amu had a Stamina attribute as high as 169 points, triple damage reduction abilities, plus the self-recovery effect of Ice Flame Life, a Master-level shield basic ability, and the rebound from [Shield of Volus]. Under this kind of defense, Amu was practically an ironclad idiot.
But anyone who thought it could only defend would definitely suffer a great loss. When not acting with Su Xiao, Amu would pull out his beloved Dragonheart Axe, switch to Battle Axe Master through [King's Soul], and show the enemy how the Winter War Bull used an axe.
The Survival Trial still had about forty hours left. The trial zone would drop 6 to 7 more Supply Crates, as well as the Holy Spirit Set: Dark Night Walker Set. After obtaining the Dark Night Walker Set, Su Xiao planned to go to the Tree Stump to complete the last task, or maybe two.
With nothing else to do, Su Xiao casually took out [Chapter of Greed]. But when he remembered that the one inside now was the Drowning Maiden, he prepared to put it away again, deciding not to provoke the Drowning Maiden for now. After all, he had already 'died' nearly 30 times. Comparing the Butcher to the Drowning Maiden, the Butcher probably couldn't even touch the hem of the Drowning Maiden's sleeve. That woman combined Agility, lightness, and sharpness into one. At critical moments, she could even throw enemies.
"Bubu, this is a good training..."
Before Su Xiao could finish his words, Bubu Wang had already run dozens of meters away. It had also been dealt with by the Drowning Maiden nearly 20 times before.
"I'll do it!"
Baha's eyes widened. It clearly hadn't died before. No, it had 'died' once, but it hadn't seen the Drowning Maiden's appearance clearly.
Su Xiao tossed [Chapter of Greed] to Baha. After getting used to it, Baha could already enter the mental space of [Chapter of Greed] on its own.
Before long, all of Baha's feathers fluffed up. It spewed profanity, 'warmly greeting' the Drowning Maiden. But an hour later, Baha crouched in a corner of the wooden shed, head down and silent. Following the Butcher, Baha had successfully been dealt with by the Drowning Maiden until it was dazed.
Over at Su Xiao's place, it was peaceful and tranquil. But within the Temporary Trial Zone, it was a chaotic mess of people fighting each other. Due to the low number of remaining people, the area here was also small. The three of them, Wild Beast Gasc, Shenfu, and Gourmet, had a great advantage. But the Survivors weren't weak either. Among them, Molei displayed considerable combat power.
Besides Molei, there were two Survivors who were hidden experts. Although these two couldn't reach Gasc's tier, they weren't much weaker. These two were Senior Sister and Spitter Brother. They had both hidden themselves well. The early bird gets the worm. Tank Man and Nagi Ga were too active. One died early, the other died in the war. Mu Xiao, who was also active, had left early.
Time passed quickly. The next morning, a figure walked on the territory of the Insect Race. She looked very confused because, for some reason, she could freely enter and exit the Temporary Trial Zone. More importantly, the killing squad in the Temporary Trial Zone had actually spared her life.
At that time, Little Milk Mom Heber thought she was done for. But those three strong enemies exchanged a few words and then let her go. Among them, Wild Beast Gasc looked speechless, not knowing what Gourmet had said to him.
"So this is the Bug Nest. It's so tall."
Heber took a deep breath and stepped onto the Fungal Carpet. But a few seconds later, a monster covered in black carapace appeared near her.
A sound of air being torn came. The black monster looked down at Heber from above, its tail blade swinging casually, sometimes brushing past her neck. This made her heart leap into her throat.
"Roar!"
A dragon's roar came from above. Heber was startled and shivered. Before long, numerous Demon Beasts and ten Demon Flame Dragons had gathered nearby. Pairs of black eyes and vertical pupils were all fixed on Heber.
Cold sweat trickled down Heber's cheek. The pressure on her now was immense. She was almost suffocating.
"Jila, don't bully the little milk mom. Let her through."
Baha flew overhead. Seeing Baha, Heber looked as if she had seen a savior.
Boo~
A wave of mental energy spread. The Demon Beasts and Demon Flame Dragons around Heber dispersed. For some reason, Heber always felt that she couldn't defeat any single one of them.
Before long, Jila arrived near the Bug Nest and saw Su Xiao sitting cross-legged in the wooden shed.
"The thing you asked me to do is done."
"Hmm?"
Su Xiao opened his eyes and looked at Heber with some confusion.
"Didn't you want me to infiltrate the enemy camp? And you should have sent a contact person. After I got the intel, I didn't know who to tell."
"..."
Su Xiao looked at Baha. Baha started whistling again. The war had been too intense; it had forgotten about this.
"Good work. Thanks for the intel."
"Okay... that's so perfunctory."
Heber sighed. Then she looked around at the surrounding Insect Race buildings. A feeling of invincibility arose spontaneously. She felt that no Hunter would dare come here to kill her.
Heber was indeed invincible. In fact, with nothing else to do, she even took out her healing staff, ready to train a bit, meaning sparring with a Demon Beast. The result was that she received a warning from the Void Tree, telling her not to actively provoke the dominant power of this world.
Time flew by. On the ninth day of the trial at noon, Su Xiao obtained six more Supply Crates. After opening two of the green-quality Supply Crates, he obtained a total of 829 Soul Coins. As for the remaining four white-quality Supply Crates, he got four Eighth Rank items.
When there were only 12 hours left in the trial, Su Xiao finally received a supply drop notification. The Dark Night Walker Set would be dropped at the Initial Ground in 1 hour.
Bringing Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Heber, Su Xiao boarded the Demon Flame Dragon Barbatos and headed for the trial zone. Regardless, Heber had risked her life to gather intel for several days. Appropriate compensation had to be given. As for what to give, since she was traveling with Su Xiao under a temporary contract, Heber couldn't share the rewards from killing the big boss. But she had an advantage: her high Charm attribute. She could use this to obtain the title from killing the big boss.
There were no twists and turns along the way, as this was already Insect Race territory. Passing smoothly through the Death Forest, Barbatos headed straight for the Initial Ground within the trial zone.
At the center of the Initial Ground, a tree stump with a diameter of several hundred meters and a height of over a hundred meters stood here. The stump was entirely gray-white, as if made of rock.
Looking at the gray-white tree stump below, Su Xiao wasn't surprised that the 'Dark Night Walker Set' was dropped here. Back then, the Life Dragon Essence was dropped nearby.
A vortex appeared in the sky. A cross-shaped spatial rift emerged. A blur streaked down, and with a loud boom, it embedded itself on top of the gray-white tree stump.
Leaping down from Barbatos's back, Su Xiao landed on the flat surface of the gray-white tree stump. A metal pillar nearly a meter thick was embedded not far away. Due to friction with the air, white hot air was rising from it.
Click~
The metal pillar opened like a blooming flower. A silver-black Supply Crate appeared. Su Xiao stepped forward, opened it, and took out four pieces of equipment.
[You have obtained: Kill Face · Dark (Holy Spirit Set · Face Equipment).]
[You have obtained: Hidden Serenity · Night (Holy Spirit Set · Upper Body Armor).]
[You have obtained: Abyss Awakening · Form (Holy Spirit Set · Foot Equipment).]
[You have obtained: Slaughter · One (Holy Spirit Set · Long Dagger).]
[Set Effect 1: Stealth Walk (Passive), Stealth ability rank +2. When breaking stealth to strike, it will deal damage equal to True Agility attribute × 15.7, ignoring physical defense.]
[Set Effect 2: Dark Walking (Passive), while in stealth state, increases True Agility by 1 point and Weapon Penetration by 23 points per second. Can increase up to 15 points of True Agility attribute and 295 points of Weapon Penetration. This effect only lasts for one attack.]
[Set Effect 3: Life Seal (Passive), when attacking fatal areas such as the back of the neck, head, or heart, Vital Damage is increased by 270%. If this attack causes the enemy to lose more than 25% of their maximum Health Points, when withdrawing the weapon, it will deal additional damage equal to 65% of this attack's damage, ignoring physical defense.]
[Set Effect 4: Forced Escape (Passive), if a single strike kills the target, immediately enter stealth state (this process cannot be interrupted). After stealth, all of the user's abilities can be forcibly used, with a 10% increase in consumption. Dark Walking (Passive) will immediately accumulate to its maximum effect.]