Chapter 6: Sun Church Set (5/9 · Holy Spirit Rank Set)
Notification: After exchange, select five components from the 'Sun Church Set,' totaling nine components.
Core set component: Sun Head Bucket (Helmet-type armor).
Sun Miracle tendency set components: Holy Ring Pendant (Neck accessory), Faith Robe (Upper body armor + partial lower body armor), Leg Wraps (Lower body armor), Thread Velvet Shoes (Footwear).
Melee tendency set components: Cruel · Saw Sword/Saw Hammer/Saw Spear/Saw Gun (Weapon), Brutal Leather Jacket (Upper body armor), Black Trousers (Lower body armor), Brutal Leather Shoes (Footwear).
Price: 500 Reputation (Sun Church Member)
Notification: This item can only be exchanged once per person per lifetime. If damaged during combat, it can be repaired at the Grand Cathedral's tailor, forging craftsman, or miracle master (choose the repair personnel based on the damaged equipment part). If completely destroyed, new set components can be obtained for free using the fragments.
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Below were a large number of items. The first 20 were all good things, but unfortunately, Su Xiao only had 4,756 reputation points.
He pondered for a moment and decided to exchange for the [Sun Church Set]. This set had nine pieces in total, and wearing just five would fully activate the set effects.
Alternatively, this set had two different characteristics: Melee/Sun Miracle, simply put, melee and ranged.
The melee set consisted of: Head Bucket, Cruel melee weapon, Brutal Leather Jacket, Black Trousers, Brutal Leather Shoes.
The ranged set consisted of: Head Bucket, Holy Ring Pendant, Faith Robe, Leg Wraps, Thread Velvet Shoes.
Within the Sun Church, those wearing sleek black leather jackets were melee types, while those in gold-black robes were ranged types.
Whether it was the ranged set or the melee set, both required wearing the Head Bucket. Without the Sun Head Bucket, the set effects could not be triggered.
These two set combinations each had their advantages: the melee set had the Cruel weapon, and the ranged set had the [Holy Ring Pendant].
[You have consumed 500 Reputation.]
[You have obtained Sun Head Bucket (Holy Spirit Rank · Set · Head).]
[You have obtained Cruel · Saw Sword (Holy Spirit Rank · Set · Light/Heavy Weapon · Switchable).]
[You have obtained Brutal Leather Jacket (Holy Spirit Rank · Set · Upper Body Armor).]
[You have obtained Black Trousers (Holy Spirit Rank · Set · Lower Body Armor).]
[You have obtained Brutal Leather Shoes (Holy Spirit Rank · Set · Footwear).]
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Su Xiao checked the attributes of the [Sun Head Bucket] in his hand. What he was currently wearing was the [Church Knight Head Bucket]. The two had identical appearances but different built-in abilities.
Church Knight Head Bucket · Equipment Effect: Mind Containment (Passive). After wearing this equipment, the upper limit of Sanity is temporarily reduced by 50%, but the rate of Sanity decrease is greatly suppressed.
Sun Head Bucket · Equipment Effect: Mind Unyielding (Passive). After wearing this equipment, the upper limit of Sanity is increased by 50%, but the rate of Sanity decrease will be somewhat increased.
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The two effects: the former reduced Sanity damage, increased corresponding resistance, and slowed the rate of Sanity decline; the latter increased the Sanity upper limit, but corresponding resistance decreased, potentially causing a rapid drop in Sanity.
Both Head Buckets could serve as the core component of the set. This clearly reflected the internal philosophy of the Sun Church, which had changed with the times.
In the past, the Sun Church believed that Sanity didn't necessarily need to be high, but the heart must be steadfast. Now, it was that Sanity must be high, otherwise, a steadfast heart was useless.
Su Xiao preferred the latter, i.e., wearing the [Sun Head Bucket]. This was the Head Bucket characteristic determined by the Sun Church to adapt to the environment, more suitable for the present. Some things were not necessarily better or stronger the older they were. There was a classic saying: Sir, the times have changed.
Su Xiao checked the remaining four pieces of the Sun Set. For the time being, he would wear this set. To keep a low profile and make steady gains within the Sun Church, this was necessary.
The [Brutal Leather Jacket] had decent defense, extremely high resistance to Light, Sun Miracle, Flame, and Beasts, and not low resistance to Darkness and Erosion. This showed that the daily activities of Sun believers were very dangerous; otherwise, such fine armor wouldn't have been produced.
It was worth noting that the [Brutal Leather Jacket] was different from the [Wild Hunt Night] Su Xiao was currently wearing. It was not a long leather jacket. The [Brutal Leather Jacket] was a short leather jacket, reaching just below the belt, with a fitted cut.
The [Black Trousers] had similar characteristics to the [Brutal Leather Jacket], but with higher resistance to Beasts. The Beast resistance mentioned here did not refer to ordinary beasts, but to monsters that appeared due to mental beast transformation. Resistance to attacks from these monsters was collectively called Beast resistance.
The [Brutal Leather Shoes] slightly increased running speed. Clearly, Sun believers often chased after something.
Finally, the [Cruel Saw Sword], the weapon. At first glance, it was a heavy sword nearly 1.3 meters long, 12 cm wide, and about 2.3 cm thick. It had a slight reverse curve, and the blade was covered in sharp serrations. It was long enough and heavy enough; one swing would surely cleave prey in two. Judging by the length of the handle, two-handed grip was more comfortable.
The design of this [Cruel Saw Sword] was ingenious. A section at the end of the handle could be rotated half a turn. By rotating the end half a turn and then drawing the sword from behind, one could pull out a serrated long sword 112 cm long. This was a weapon more suitable for one-handed grip, with faster slashing speed.
This serrated long sword was about 3 cm wide, with a thickness similar to a normal long sword. The remaining part of the [Cruel Saw Sword] acted like a scabbard. After inserting the serrated long sword back and turning the end once, it became a powerful two-handed heavy saw sword again.
This design of the [Cruel Saw Sword] indicated that Sun believers often encountered enemies of various sizes. Against large enemies, they used the heavy long sword/two-handed grip form of the [Cruel Saw Sword]. Against agile enemies, they drew the internal serrated long sword to kill them with faster slashing speed.
The Cruel · Saw Spear/Saw Spear/Saw Hammer, etc., all had similar designs. Among them, the Saw Spear had three forms: retracted as a melee short spear, extended as a long spear, and split into two sections as a short spear + primitive shotgun, one hand holding a cold weapon to prevent being closed in on, the other hand holding a primitive shotgun to blast enemies into a hornet's nest.
The [Cruel Saw Sword] was a weapon in the Holy Spirit Rank set, but its lethality should not be underestimated. When dealing with mentally beast-transformed enemies, this weapon would inflict high True Damage + Defense Reduction effect. The more you cut, the weaker the enemy's defense became.
Apart from the individual attributes, after Su Xiao put on the five pieces of the [Sun Church Set], he also activated two set effects.
Set Effect 1: Mind Amplification (Passive), Sanity upper limit increased by 50 points.
Current Sanity: 539/545 points.
Set Effect 2: Sun's Justice (Passive), when you fight alongside other Sun believers, for each additional Sun believer beside you, your True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, True Intelligence, and True Charm attributes each increase by 2 points (due to the Hunter's personal reasons, the Charm attribute increase is invalid).
Notification: This set effect can increase True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, True Intelligence, and True Charm attributes by a maximum of 10 points each!
Notification: When the set effect reaches its maximum value, a stronger Sun Power buff will be activated. Sun Power will nourish your body. After you are injured, the Health recovery speed will be determined by the severity of your injury (the more severe the injury, the higher the recovery intensity from this effect).
Set Description: Righteous... gang beating?