Chapter 74: Is This Salvation?
As soon as Rogge's treasure chest was opened, the dazzling light blooming from within made Su Xiao turn his head. After opening a large number of chests, he finally got a flash.
[You have obtained Dark Redemption.]
[Dark Redemption]
Origin: Demon Spirit Star · Sanctuary · Chiriad (Unique)
Quality: Immortal Rank
Category: Special Equipment
Durability: 30/30
Equipment Requirement: Face the Darkness.
Equipment Effect: Dark · Redemption (Core · Active): Can be used on beings with malicious intent. After activation, Dark Redemption will 'redeem' the malicious being through devouring. The being must first be in a severely wounded state before being devoured.
Note: After completing 'Redemption,' Dark Redemption will provide feedback to you, allowing you to summon three types of special entities.
The three special entities are: Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Gluttony, Blazing Sun Disc · Monarch, Dark Mask · Craving for Power.
Note: The special entities summoned by Dark Redemption differ greatly from the fakes within Demon Spirit Star. The user must handle them with caution.
Note: Due to unmet conditions for Dark Redemption, only Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Gluttony can currently be summoned.
Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Gluttony: An entity that can listen to the world, greedy, treacherous, deceitful, knowing secrets beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Blazing Sun Disc · Monarch (Not Activated): An entity of power, fair, majestic, strong, worthy of trust.
Dark Mask · Craving for Power (Not Activated): Can only be summoned once. This summon will consume the Immortal Rank equipment 'Dark Redemption.' Dark Mask · Craving for Power will exist for 5 minutes.
Rating: 1500 points (Immortal Rank equipment rating is 1000~1500 points).
Introduction: The pursued object is clearly right in front, yet unreachable. Have you truly obtained the Dark Mask?
Price: 1920 Soul Coins.
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Seeing the attributes of [Dark Redemption], Su Xiao found this item quite interesting. Through the equipment's information, he learned secrets about Demon Spirit Star that he hadn't been able to uncover during exploration.
For example, the Dark Mask was a higher-tier existence than imagined. That thing probably didn't originate from Demon Spirit Star. All rumors about its origin were false, conjectures and guesses by the native inhabitants of Demon Spirit Star. After being passed down for a long time, these conjectures were taken as truth.
For the Dark Mask, the Ganglu Dynasty, Sanctuary · Chiriad, Xi Wu, Rogge, and others were all insignificant passersby. They fought over it, wore it, were influenced by it, and eventually died. That was all.
As for the Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Greed and the Blazing Sun Disc · Monarch, these two were the subordinates of the Dark Mask. The five 'keys' of Demon Spirit Star were all fakes manufactured based on these two. The Prophet's Stone Tablet, the Thorn Whip of Penance, the Heart's Flame, and so on, were all like this.
The Dark Mask's subordinates were only the 'Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Greed' and the 'Blazing Sun Disc · Monarch,' and their true forms had never appeared on Demon Spirit Star.
"The real Ouroboros Stone Tablet?"
Su Xiao muttered to himself. He planned to summon the Ouroboros Stone Tablet · Greed after entering the next world to see what it could do.
This was likely not dangerous; otherwise, [Dark Redemption] would have noted it. Equipment attribute information was very rigorous, with no vague descriptions. If there was danger, it would be directly indicated.
To activate [Dark Redemption]'s ability, it needed to devour beings with malicious intent. For Su Xiao, this was easy to find. In the mission worlds he entered, which one wasn't full of malice toward him?
After opening the chests, the gains were very satisfying. Su Xiao looked at Beini beside him.
Noticing Su Xiao's gaze shift, Beini immediately turned her head, pretending nothing had happened. It seemed the Scarlet Card from the Seventh Rank Contractor wasn't very profitable.
There was one last Scarlet Card from an Eighth Rank Contractor, with three options: 10% of Younis's storage space Soul Coins, a random equipment draw, or three items from her storage space.
After thinking it over, Su Xiao felt equipment was the safest bet. As an Eighth Rank Contractor, Younis must have plenty of good equipment.
Su Xiao used the Scarlet Card in his hand. The card, with a purple spider pattern on its surface, dissolved into a blood-red vortex. The vortex gradually converged, finally condensing into a point, and a mass of dark blue semi-fluid slowly appeared in mid-air.
[You have obtained Absolute Death +14 (Holy Spirit Rank).]
[Absolute Death +14]
Origin: Eighth Rank War World
Quality: Holy Spirit Rank
Category: Wear Location Pending (Adaptive)
Durability: 117/117
Equipment Requirement: True Agility 80 points, Charm Attribute 30 points or above, possess Poison Attribute ability, or Energy Toxin.
Equipment Effect: Energy Toxin Amplification (Passive), damage caused by Energy Toxin increased by 23% (originally 10%, enhanced to +14 increased by 13%).
+5 Additional Effect: Durability +7 points.
+8 Additional Effect: Equipment toughness increased by 6%.
+10 Additional Effect: Wear requirement slightly reduced.
+12 Additional Effect: Wear requirement greatly reduced (one wear requirement removed).
+13 Additional Effect: Energy Toxin 'Paralysis Trait' enhanced.
+14 Additional Effect: Energy Toxin 'Lethal Trait' enhanced.
Note: Due to this equipment's form, gem embedding is not possible.
Rating: 1000+ (Holy Spirit Rank equipment rating is 700~1000 points)
Introduction: Lethal... in just an instant.
Price: Cannot be traded after wearing, soul binding removed upon death.
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Su Xiao held a mass of dark blue semi-fluid in his hand. Baha, beside him, stared at the item with wide eyes.
Su Xiao tossed [Absolute Death +14] to Baha. This type of adaptive equipment could likely be worn by followers.
Baha raised his talon and caught [Absolute Death +14]. The dark blue fluid climbed onto his talon, covering it in a very thin layer before taking on a metallic luster.
It could be said that with [Absolute Death +14], Baha's attack capability had increased significantly. His main attack method was Energy Toxin.
There were quite a few items in the storage space. Su Xiao planned to take the unused items to the Trade Street to sell, and also check out the new permissions there.
Su Xiao first transferred the [Bloodline Activation Permission] to Baha, then took Bubu Wang and Beini out of the Exclusive Room, heading straight for the Trade Street.
On the way, Su Xiao stopped by the Adventure Group Guild. They had intelligence for sale, but unfortunately, he didn't find the information he needed.
Over ten minutes later, Su Xiao arrived at the entrance of the Trade Street. Entering the archway shrouded in black mist, the familiar scene appeared before him.
The Trade Street was different from the Trade Market. In the Trade Market, many low-rank Contractors liked to hawk their goods while setting up stalls.
The Trade Street was different. Behind each stall, the owners were either dozing with their heads down or looking around leisurely.
Following the Trade Street, Su Xiao continued forward. He didn't notice any changes until he reached the end of the Trade Street.
He had been here before. It was a dead end, blocked by a mist wall. The mist wall was very tough, not something that could be broken through by brute force.
Now, on the mist wall ahead, an arch-shaped phantom appeared. The thin mist inside the arch phantom had lightened considerably.
Su Xiao tried to walk into it, easily passing through the thin mist. The scene before him was similar to the first half of the Trade Street, except there were far fewer people, and many stalls were empty.
He randomly checked a stall. It had several Holy Spirit Rank equipment pieces, priced between 170 and 500 Soul Coins, similar to the prices in the first half of the Trade Street.
The difference was that the stall also had two Immortal Rank equipment pieces. One was a magic-type secondary weapon with a rating as high as 1482 points, priced at 7500 Soul Coins.
The other was Charm Attribute equipment with a rating of 1025 points, priced at 1450 Soul Coins.
This Charm Attribute equipment was at the bottom of the Immortal Rank, yet its price was still very high.
Couldn't Immortal Rank equipment be sold in the first half of the Trade Street? Not exactly. Even if it was put up, most Seventh Rank Contractors couldn't afford it. Without the corresponding permissions, checking the attributes of Immortal Rank equipment would just show a bunch of question marks.
A Contractor with normal thinking wouldn't spend such a high price on equipment full of question marks.
Su Xiao spent 10 Soul Coins to rent a stall for five hours. He began pricing the items he wanted to sell.
[Proof of Steel Trial (Price: 20000 Soul Coins).]
[Sun Contract (Price: 12000 Soul Coins).]
[Sun Therapy (Price: 12000 Soul Coins).]
[Sun Warrior Set ×6 (Price: 12000 Soul Coins).]
[Basic Passive · Charm Spirit, Lv.1 (Price: 12000 Soul Coins).]
[Basic Passive · Rain Pheasant, Lv.1 (Price: 12000 Soul Coins).]
Su Xiao setting these prices wasn't a wild overcharge. He was just displaying these items. Some needed to be sold as a bundle, and some were for barter, like the two Basic Passive scrolls. The items he was about to put up next were the ones he genuinely wanted to sell.
[Soul Scythe · Doom Herald (Price: 7400 Soul Coins).]
[Origin Stone (Price: 6000 Soul Coins).]
[Mist Veil Long Skirt · Holy Spirit Rank (Price: 380 Soul Coins).]
[Extreme Execution · Holy Spirit Rank (Price: 270 Soul Coins, usage requirements too high).]
[Pure White Feather ×15 (Price: 20 Soul Coins each).]
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Su Xiao checked everything, confirmed there were no issues, and chose to open the stall.
Sitting behind the stall, Su Xiao took out the Deathmatch terminal and activated it. The screen displayed 'Server Unreachable.' He had previously thought the game was under maintenance, but now it seemed that wasn't the case. No game would be under maintenance for nearly half a month.
Switching the terminal's interface, Su Xiao began using it to play the puzzle game from Fatty Pi. This Deathmatch terminal could now play all games except the Deathmatch game itself.
[Tip: Basic Passive · Charm Spirit has been sold.]
[You have received 12000 Soul Coins.]