Chapter 84: The Traveler's Package
Inside the exclusive room, the spatial fluctuations around Su Xiao subsided. The Dragon Hunter Set had been successfully obtained. This set could be smelted. Since he couldn't use the armor or the spear-sword, smelting the three pieces of the Dragon Hunter Set into a single pendant was the best choice.
The Dragon Hunter Set was undeniably a melee-type set. After activating its set ability, Strength, Agility, and Stamina were all enhanced, and the increase in Health Points was also significant. Beyond that, the boosted Stamina recovery rate was equally crucial in battle.
If fighting on a seventh-rank battlefield, with Su Xiao's constitution, he could fight continuously for several days without issue.
However, if battling an opponent of equal strength or one stronger than him, it was a different story. Continuously or even overexerting himself by using blade techniques, combined with ultra-high-speed movement or sustaining heavy blows from the enemy, the drain on his Stamina was predictable.
The Dragon Hunter Set's buff duration wasn't long, only 5 minutes. But its strongest point was the recovery effect that triggered after the buff ended.
During that period, as long as Su Xiao's Health Points fell below 50%, the recovery effect would persist until the Dragon Hunter Set was destroyed. In a life-or-death battle, this effect wasn't just about survival; it was an opportunity to turn the tide.
Finally, each activation of the set effect granted a permanent boost to himself. Su Xiao felt this increase wouldn't be too significant, but the advantage was that it had no side effects.
Su Xiao chose to smelt the three pieces of the Dragon Hunter Set, and a prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[To smelt the Dragon Hunter Set, 230 Soul Coins are required. Pay Yes/No?]
The smelting cost wasn't cheap. Considering that without smelting, the Dragon Hunter Set was unusable, Su Xiao chose to proceed. Among the three pieces, he kept the pendant. After successful smelting, he only needed to wear this pendant to activate the set's effects.
[Transmission completed.]
[The Hunter has returned to the exclusive room. Beginning world reward settlement.]
Primordial World: Canglong Continent
World Difficulty: Lv.41 ~ Lv.70 (Fully open Primordial World, Fifth to Seventh Rank world, danger level can reach the upper limit of Seventh Rank).
World Source: 121.35%.
Number of Completed Tasks: 7 (Main Tasks × 6, Achievement Task × 1)
Comprehensive Evaluation: S
Beginning collection of World Source...
World Source collection complete. Rewards have been tallied.
Rewards obtained: 28 True Attribute Points (including those obtained within the world), 163,000 Paradise Coins.
Detected that the Hunter's Main Task rewards have not been settled. Settling...
Task Settlement Reward: You have obtained the Traveler's Package (Opening this package grants a random 'Basic Passive Skill' scroll. This random acquisition has absolute priority; Luck Attribute cannot affect it).
True Power: Plunder ability activated. You will gain 1 to 3 Golden Skill Points.
Tip: You have gained 3 Golden Skill Points.
Comprehensive Evaluation is S. Hunter's current brand level is Lv.69. Brand level +5 (Primordial World rank × number of completed tasks + Comprehensive Evaluation - Task completion time).
Tip: During Seventh Rank world settlement, the single increase limit for brand level is Lv.3.
Tip: Hunter's brand has reached Lv.70. Before advancing to Eighth Rank, the brand level cannot be increased.
Tip: The unraised brand level has been converted into authority rewards. Your authority level has increased by Lv.4.
Tip: Detected that the Hunter's brand level has reached Lv.70. The Hunter can accept the rank advancement trial in the next world, or postpone this trial. Each postponed world progress increases the trial difficulty by 20%, up to a maximum of five postponements.
Tip: If postponed five times consecutively, the trial difficulty can increase by up to 160%. During the postponement period, the Hunter's earnings in Primordial Worlds and Derived Worlds will be reduced by 20% to 95% (accumulated based on the number of postponements).
Settlement complete. Rewards have been deposited into the Hunter's brand.
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About to advance to Eighth Rank, Su Xiao never procrastinated when it came to rank advancement, as it would affect resource acquisition.
True Attribute Points, Golden Skill Points, and Paradise Coins were all obtained. The final item, the [Traveler's Package], was something Su Xiao hadn't expected. In most cases, lower-rank contractors had a higher chance of obtaining this reward; it was Reincarnation Paradise's favor towards lower-rank contractors.
This time, the rewards from the four-ring Main Task had accumulated, pushing out this kind of reward, which wasn't too surprising.
Basic Passive abilities corresponding to Strength, Agility, Stamina, Luck, Soul Strength, and even Willpower characteristics—he could accept any of them.
He didn't hold much hope for Basic Passive scrolls corresponding to Soul Strength and Willpower characteristics.
Basic Passive abilities corresponding to Soul Strength and Willpower were so rare it was infuriating. If he hadn't heard Tuanzhang mention it once, Su Xiao would have doubted whether they even existed.
As for the Basic Passive ability corresponding to the Luck characteristic, Tuanzhang's exact words were that he suspected it didn't exist at all. Although he had inquired with Reincarnation Paradise through high authority, the answer was that it did exist, but based on Tuanzhang's experience, he had never seen it to date.
The most common Basic Passive abilities were five, corresponding to the five attributes: Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Charm.
Su Xiao had already mastered the Basic Passive ability corresponding to the Intelligence attribute, named "Basic Passive: Recovery," which he had upgraded to Lv.70.
Su Xiao looked at the [Traveler's Package] in his hand. This item ignored the influence of the Luck attribute and was a completely random 100% acquisition, which satisfied him greatly.
[You have opened the Traveler's Package.]
[You have obtained 'Basic Passive: Low Whisper.' This Basic Passive corresponds to the Charm attribute or True Charm attribute.]
[Tip: The Hunter's Charm attribute is too low to master this ability.]
...
Su Xiao looked at the scroll in his hand. Bubu Wang, Baha, and Beini were about to come over and see what scroll it was, but the next instant, they all acted as if nothing had happened.
"This thing... not bad."
"Yeah, indeed. For summoning types, this thing is top-notch."
Baha chimed in. Bubu Wang barked once beside him, while Beini flicked her tail, a clear smile on her cat face.
Su Xiao organized the items he had obtained this time. Due to the large quantity, he took out multiple pieces of equipment and had Beini take them to sell.
First was the [Ice Heart (Holy Spirit Rank Equipment)]. This equipment could create an Ice Clone. Considering the Ice Clone's disguise judgment was on the lower side, Su Xiao priced it at 130 Soul Coins.
Next were 10 Epic Rank equipment pieces and 27 Legendary Rank equipment pieces, sold as a bundle for a total of 320 Soul Coins.
[Withered Misfortune (Holy Spirit Rank)] had a base price of 1000 Soul Coins. Due to its strong side effects, it was best sold via auction mode—highest bidder wins. If the buyer died from it, that was their own choice.
[Elven Light Cocoon (Unidentified)] was also to be sold. This was definitely a one-time summoning-type item. Su Xiao had obtained many such items before. Just by sensing it, he could tell that the spirit inside the [Elven Light Cocoon] was very weak and of the support type.
Su Xiao couldn't use this kind of item. Even if Bubu Wang used it, the summoned little elf wouldn't attach itself to Su Xiao. The reason was that the little elf was terrified.
Once, Su Xiao had tried it. Bubu Wang summoned a support-type spirit through a one-time item. When it learned it had to attach itself to Su Xiao, the spirit burrowed into the ground.
No matter how much Bubu Wang strengthened the binding force, the spirit refused to come out. In the end, it even started crying, begging Su Xiao to let it go. The Blood Qi + Cyan Steel Shadow Energy would instantly vaporize the spirit.
Therefore, selling the [Elven Light Cocoon (Unidentified)] was the best option. Since it was unidentified, it could still look high-end and impressive.
As for the [Ice Pulse Enlightenment (Bloodline/Class Item)], considering it had been a while since he last traded with the Divine Emperor Adventure Group, and they had recently been thriving within the Sixth Rank, it was time for another transaction.
The Divine Emperor Adventure Group frequently collaborated with the Black Sail Merchant Guild to hold auctions, which had significantly boosted their financial strength.
Although the Black Sail Merchant Guild was black-hearted, as merchants within Reincarnation Paradise, they had to uphold their reputation, otherwise, they wouldn't last long. If a merchant didn't keep their word with contractors, the contractors wouldn't hesitate to kill these wealthy merchants. Reincarnation Paradise had no shortage of madmen.
The Black Sail Merchant Guild had once offended people from the Traveling Group. It was easy to imagine how difficult that time was. Even so, Divine Emperor still chose to hold auctions with them. Now that the Black Sail Merchant Guild had reconciled with the Traveling Group and risen, they clearly hadn't forgotten the Divine Emperor Adventure Group's past help in their time of need.
Recently, Divine Emperor seemed to be quite wealthy. He had proactively asked Su Xiao if he had any items to sell, which was rare.
Su Xiao composed an email and sent it to Divine Emperor. Just as he was about to leave the exclusive room to enhance his physical attributes, Divine Emperor replied instantly.
Inside the headquarters of the Divine Emperor Adventure Group, Divine Emperor, who had just come out of a mission world and was soaking in a hot spring, smiled. For some reason, after sending the email, he felt a sense of relief. He had been preparing for this transaction for a while. This was the only way for their Divine Emperor Adventure Group to obtain ultra-high-rank items.
Collaborating with the Black Sail Merchant Guild was indeed profitable, but it was a volume-based approach. When it came to high-rank items, the Black Sail Merchant Guild would keep them for auctions and wouldn't sell them cheaply to the Divine Emperor Adventure Group. They mostly offered profit-sharing, given their long-standing cooperation.
Divine Emperor: 'Brother Bai Ye, any items to sell? Team funds are quite abundant.'
Seeing Divine Emperor's email content, Su Xiao sent over the attributes of the [Ice Pulse Enlightenment (Bloodline/Class Item)].
Within Reincarnation Paradise, sending emails had no delay, not even 0.1 seconds. Divine Emperor, soaking in the hot spring, checked the email.
Keywords like Holy Spirit Rank, Magic Class inheritance, Frost Control Master, Potential A-, Ice/Dark dual characteristics, etc., all stimulated Divine Emperor's nerves.
A feeling of impending bankruptcy surged in Divine Emperor's heart. This time, their team funds weren't just groaning in pain; they were letting out a miserable wail.