Chapter 3: Sacred Cross Emblem (Special Item)
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[Sacred Cross Emblem]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Category: Special (No need to wear directly; takes effect when stored in storage space).
Durability: 1/1
Effect 1: Life·Soul (Passive): Interlock your fingers and hold the 'Sacred Cross Emblem' in the palms of both hands. The item will inscribe your soul and life fluctuations within.
Inscribable Times: 7/7 times.
Note: Each unit can be inscribed at most once.
Effect 2: Sacred Protection (Passive): When the inscriber's health drops below 0.35%, this item activates, granting the inscriber a high-tier invincibility shield for 1.5 seconds. During this time, it restores 100% of the inscriber's health and 50% of mana.
Note: After activation, the Sacred Cross Emblem shatters. The remaining powder still possesses extremely powerful sacred properties. When applied to a weapon, the weapon will deal high sacred true damage for a period of time.
Warning: This item cannot block execution judgments but can block some instant-death judgments (shatters after blocking one).
Description: Only those with outstanding merits are awarded this emblem. In the ancient 'Anus Empire,' this item represented sanctity and the blazing sun. There are even rumors that, after being bathed in pure faith energy, this item can offset the arrival of death once.
Price: Unsellable.
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Undoubtedly, the [Sacred Cross Emblem] is a life-saving trump card. Its inability to block execution judgments is normal. Su Xiao had seen some life-saving items on Trade Street before, but they were too expensive to buy. However, these life-saving items all shared a trait: they couldn't block execution judgments.
Earlier, Su Xiao saw a life-saving item on the auction platform worth 65,000 Soul Coins. It not only protected the user but also created a large-scale healing effect and buff effect. Yet, it still couldn't block execution judgments. Su Xiao suspected that the judgment tier of execution judgments was the same as that of true damage.
As for whether there are life-saving items that can block execution judgments, Su Xiao wasn't sure.
He himself had execution-type abilities. After executing an enemy, some strong enemies wouldn't die immediately, but they certainly wouldn't continue fighting. That would be meaningless.
After being executed, even a Feather God was weakened to the extreme before death. Not dying immediately was already very impressive.
Although the [Sacred Cross Emblem] couldn't resist execution, it could block some instant-death judgments. For example, during the previous battle with the Feather God, even though blocking one instant-death judgment meant subsequent attacks would still stack 'Annihilation Marks,' this was already very powerful. Without this block, Su Xiao would have died. This was the difference between life and death.
Su Xiao crushed the [Life Stone] in his hand. A stream of life energy spread along his arm, entered his chest cavity, and began to nourish his organs.
[Your health has permanently increased by 59 points.]
[Your health has permanently increased by 42 points.]
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Occasional prompts appeared, making Su Xiao feel comfortable throughout his body. This kind of sustained enhancement effect was the most stable.
Besides these two rewards, the [Directed Acquisition] authority was the most interesting. This authority was aimed at Scarlet Cards and Scarlet Chests. Its effect was that if Su Xiao killed a contractor and the opponent dropped a Scarlet Card, and Su Xiao wanted a specific item inside the Scarlet Card, he could lock onto it through this authority. Opening that Scarlet Card would guarantee obtaining the item he selected.
Using the [Directed Acquisition] authority to lock onto equipment or abilities was not a wise move. If Su Xiao later competed with other contractors for some treasure, and the opponent stored that treasure in their storage space, after successfully killing the opponent, he could use this authority.
Assuming the drop rate of Scarlet Cards was one-fifth, the probability of drawing a designated item from a Scarlet Card was likely 1% or even lower.
With [Directed Acquisition], from killing to obtaining, the acquisition probability was 20%. The difference was imaginable. This was a good thing and might be very useful in the future.
The crystal layer on Su Xiao's left arm shattered. The bones were still there, and the cost of recovery shouldn't be too high. He activated the recovery function to heal himself and Baha. When he tried to select Amu, the recovery function showed it could be 100% restored.
"Moo."
Amu, who was only half a body left, was very excited. Previously, it still had some characteristics of an alchemical creature, but now the remaining traits completely disappeared as it grew stronger. Compared to that, not needing major repairs was the real reason for Amu's excitement.
"Woof?"
Bubu Wang stepped forward and rubbed against Su Xiao's leg, meaning, try to recover it too, and see if it could decompose the Apollo inside its stomach.
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"Woo-woof!"
Bubu Wang turned around and was about to run outside, but before it could rush out, Su Xiao grabbed it by the scruff of its neck.
After locking Bubu Wang in the Alchemy Laboratory, Su Xiao sat back on the sofa, took out three Immortal-rank Divine Bones, and synthesized them into [Divine Miracle (Immortal Rank)].
He planned to upgrade Fate Dominator to Immortal rank before opening the chests, maximizing the gains as much as possible. These were all gains obtained by risking his life, so of course, he had to cherish them.
Su Xiao didn't plan to increase the enhancement level of Fate Dominator. It was too expensive. The enhancement cost of this item had reached about 8 to 10 times that of equipment of the same quality, and the risk during enhancement was extremely high. He speculated that this was caused by the names engraved on it.
Overall, the cost and risk of enhancing Fate Dominator were not proportional to the benefits gained. In contrast, engraving worthy names on it was a greater hidden enhancement.
This was a unique way to improve Fate Dominator. It was still accumulating. When this hidden enhancement was awakened, Fate Dominator would undergo a qualitative change.
At this stage, improving the quality of Fate Dominator was the most important thing. This would not only enhance its equipment effects but also increase its carrying capacity, allowing Fate Dominator to bear more names of the strong.
Of course, catching the Goddess of Fortune was also a top priority. Su Xiao planned to do this in the near future. The other party often came to spy on him. The only problem at the moment was that the bait wasn't enough.
The process of capturing the Goddess of Fortune was actually very simple. The steps were as follows: