Chapter 3: Supreme Moonlight (100% Awakening Probability)
[Tip: This Silver Seal Chest can also be forcibly opened, with a 10% probability of successfully awakening this set, but it will permanently reduce its attributes by 50%.]
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Moon Wolf blood is no longer possible. After the last Moon Wolf died, no pure Moon Wolf blood remained. The wolf blood passed down is a power system, not Moon Wolf blood.
There is a way to obtain Supreme Moonlight: find a Wolf Sword. As a Shadow of Law Destruction, Su Xiao can naturally wield a Wolf Sword for a short time. As long as he stands under the moonlight, he can condense Supreme Moonlight.
This time when going to the Wolf Tomb, he can borrow the Wolf Sword stuck in front of it. If that sword doesn't work, he'll have to find a way to borrow the one on the Sea Clan's throne.
There's no rush on this matter. First, Eugin must reach Floating Light Island. It's like clearing a dungeon—the Eugin that Su Xiao sent out has only reached White Hoof Port, and it hasn't been captured yet. The Floating Light Island further behind naturally can't be rushed.
Compared to this, Su Xiao has a piece of Overlord equipment to deal with: the [Golden Balance], which he valued highly when first obtained but increasingly felt was off the more he used it.
[Golden Balance]
Origin: Overlord Creature · Molten Gold Demon
Quality: Overlord Rank
Category: Special Equipment
Durability: 50/50 (Self-Restoring)
Equipment Requirement: 100+ Willpower (current requirement), 240+ Soul Strength.
Equipment Penalty: If willpower is insufficient, you will be corrupted by gold.
Equipment Effect 1: Equivalent Exchange (Passive) — Place any "consumable item" on the left tray, and an appropriate amount of Soul Crystal (any specification) on the right tray. When balance is achieved, the placed "consumable item" will be permanently enhanced.
Tip: The required amount of Soul Crystal (any specification) depends on the quality and rating of the "consumable item" on the left tray.
Equipment Effect 2: After using the Golden Balance multiple times, this ability will be activated.
Equipment Effect 3: After activating Equipment Effect 2 and meeting specific conditions, this effect will be activated.
Rating: ???
Introduction: The Molten Gold Demon's essence was melted into molten gold by the Slinster Dwarves, cast into a mold, and forged into the Golden Balance. It was later stolen by a thief and eventually fell into the hands of a Devil Clan member, who used it to deceive traders. He would give this item to traders for free, but without a strong consciousness and soul, being corrupted by gold is only a matter of time.
Once the trader is fully corrupted, that Devil Clan member would come to collect the Golden Balance, take away the molten gold the trader had turned into, mix in an appropriate amount of soul energy, and cast it into Fate Gold Ingots, profiting immensely.
Price: After using this equipment, it cannot be sold.
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Initially, Su Xiao thought this might be an alchemy god-tier item, because the nature of this ability suggested its second ability would likely be material enhancement. Both the equipment's fluctuation and its displayed traits constantly hinted at this.
But as he used it, Su Xiao felt something was off. The "after using the Golden Balance multiple times, this ability will be activated" — how many times exactly was "multiple"? Moreover, Overlord equipment is all freely notarized, so its attributes might have some margin of error.
For example, the recovery potion Kaisa concocted claimed to instantly restore 90% of health, but the small print "will cause unavoidable severe diarrhea after drinking" was so tiny it could only be read with a microscope. This is the characteristic of free notarization: it can't fabricate something from nothing, but it might hide some things.
Su Xiao had used this [Golden Balance] for several ranks without ever activating the second ability. Moreover, the cost kept increasing. It felt as if there was something inside the [Golden Balance], or rather some soul, gradually recovering through his use of the equipment.
From the equipment's introduction, there was only one possibility: the top-tier Overlord existence, the Molten Gold Demon, was gradually reviving through this equipment. There was no need to think further — this Molten Gold Demon definitely had ulterior motives, otherwise it wouldn't have been patient enough to last until now.
Su Xiao went to the basement and began setting up. When the sky outside grew dim and gas lamps lit up the basement, Kaisa arrived as promised.
If it were before, Su Xiao would have had no way to deal with this Molten Gold Demon. But ever since acquiring one Original Sin Object after another, his Sealcraft level had skyrocketed under the "supervision" of the Original Sin Objects.
Su Xiao swiftly took out the [Golden Balance] and tossed it into the center of the sealing formation. As if sensing the formation's existence, golden liquid burst out from within, forming a powerful giant arm covered in ring-like patterns. The Molten Gold Demon had truly revived after its long slumber! This was the terrifying level of the most top-tier Overlord existence.
"Found out... too late. I have... slept enough rings."
With a bang, a massive amount of liquid gold erupted, its aura violent, arrogant, and evil. But the next second, countless invisible tendrils burst out within the sealing formation, enveloping the liquid gold, rapidly contracting, and finally forming an apple-sized black sphere covered in sealing runes — large circles within small circles, at least a thousand layers.
This was Su Xiao's strategy for sealing Original Sin Objects: one or two layers of high-level sealing runes were useless against Original Sin Objects. No matter how high the level, it couldn't reach the Original Sin Object's tier. So, he relied on quantity to win, eventually quantity changing quality, thus sealing the Original Sin Object.
"Sealing runes, huh. It seems you've learned quite a bit while keeping me in your storage space. But mere sealing runes, I'll... I'll! I'll break free!! Break free now!!!"
The Molten Gold Demon's tone grew more and more gnashing with hatred. The black sphere in Su Xiao's hand deformed a few times before the sound inside went silent. Clearly, the Molten Gold Demon suddenly realized something was wrong — the seal it was trapped in was absurdly sturdy. If the Molten Gold Demon knew this was the rune specification used to seal Original Sin Objects, it would definitely "warmly greet" Su Xiao.
Of course, if the Molten Gold Demon knew that Su Xiao planned to seal it together with the Original Sin Objects, who knows what its mood would be. That experience would surely be thrilling and exciting.
Of course, Su Xiao was a Law Destroyer who followed reason. Even though the Molten Gold Demon harbored malice, he would give it a choice. There were three options in total, as follows: