Chapter 85: The Will of Fire
Holding two treasure chests, following his usual routine, Su Xiao should have lit a cigarette and used Fate Redemption to ignite it, thereby redeeming his less-than-ideal luck.
Regarding the matter of luck, Su Xiao was somewhat puzzled. He wasn't a spearman, so why did he suffer intermittent misfortune?
That was right, intermittent misfortune. His luck fluctuated between good and bad.
After opening countless treasure chests, Su Xiao had summarized some patterns. Luck was "balanced." For example, if he had bad luck today, he might have an explosive stroke of luck tomorrow.
Having concluded this, Su Xiao placed a cigarette between his lips but didn't light it. Instead, he picked up the purple treasure chest.
He would save his luck for the light gold chest. He might as well use this purple chest to drain off some bad luck.
[Yes/No to open the treasure chest (Purple).]
Choosing to open, Su Xiao silently prayed that there wouldn't be any flashy effects or similar occurrences.
[You have obtained 2000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained 1000 Paradise Coins.]
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Su Xiao was stunned. Although he had mentally prepared himself, this kind of harvest was hard for him to accept at the moment.
After pondering for a moment, Su Xiao didn't choose to open the light gold treasure chest. Instead, he quickly left his exclusive room and headed straight for the Trade Market.
Near the Trade Market, inside a shop run by a Worker.
Although this shop wasn't large in area, it was bustling with people, appearing quite lively.
The shop was named "Luck and Strength," and the goods sold here were very special: treasure chests and Scarlet Cards.
Some Contractors who didn't like to gamble on luck would sell their treasure chests or Scarlet Cards to obtain Paradise Coins to purchase the equipment they needed.
On the other hand, some Contractors enjoyed gambling on luck, so this place was somewhat similar to a casino, or perhaps like gambling on rough stones.
There were those who went bankrupt from opening treasure chests, and just as many who became overnight millionaires.
Su Xiao squeezed his way to a counter. The Worker salesgirl behind the counter was busy, sweating profusely.
This counter only sold green treasure chests. Su Xiao wanted to test a hypothesis.
After waiting a few minutes, the panting Worker girl stood behind the counter and said politely, "Customer, how many chests do you need?"
"Three."
"5000 Paradise Coins each."
Su Xiao inwardly remarked how steep that was. A green treasure chest actually cost 5000 Paradise Coins each.
After spending 15,000 Paradise Coins to buy three green treasure chests, Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room.
Placing the three green treasure chests in front of him, Su Xiao opened them one by one.
[You have opened a treasure chest (Green).]
[You have obtained 800 Paradise Coins.]
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[You have opened a treasure chest (Green).]
[You have obtained 1100 Paradise Coins.]
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[You have opened a treasure chest (Green).]
[You have obtained Sturdy Hand Shield (White).]
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Needless to say, opening these three green treasure chests was a huge loss, but Su Xiao didn't care. He was using them to drain his bad luck.
Placing the light gold treasure chest before him, Su Xiao took out Fate Redemption to light the cigarette in his mouth. After exhaling a puff of light gold smoke, he unhesitatingly opened the light gold treasure chest.
The exquisite chest, its surface covered with light gold patterns, slowly opened, giving off a sense of richness.
A golden light suddenly appeared. Just at that moment, Bubu Wang, with a bag of snacks in his mouth, happened to push open the door.
Seeing the golden light emanating from the chest, the bag of snacks in Bubu Wang's mouth fell to the floor with a *plop*. His face was full of regret, as if he had missed something spectacular.
Golden light filled the exclusive room, and Su Xiao couldn't help but turn his head away.
[You have opened a treasure chest (Light Gold).]
[You have obtained 8000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained 11,000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Medium) x5.]
[You have obtained Intimate Paradise (Dark Purple).]
[You have obtained Will of Fire (Light Gold).]
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[Intimate Paradise]
Origin: Naruto
Quality: Dark Purple
Type: Key-type Consumable
Effect: Can be used to enter the Naruto derivative world, period being the Chunin Exams.
Note: Detected that the Hunter has a record of entering the Naruto derivative world. Time point conflict, unable to use this item.
Rating: 168
Note: Carrying this item reduces favorability by 4 when negotiating with female plot characters.
Introduction: Carrying around a little yellow book is not a good habit.
Selling Price: 21,000 Paradise Coins.
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[Will of Fire]
Origin: Naruto
Quality: Light Gold
Category: Pendant (Jewelry-type equipment is a rare item)
Durability: 73/73
Equipment Requirement: Willpower attribute 15 points or above (Requirement met)
Note: The Willpower attribute is invisible and is a hidden attribute.
Equipment Effect: Heart Like Stone (Passive), greatly enhances willpower, increases tolerance to pain, improves resistance to mental-type control skills (immune to mental control skills below 80 Intelligence).
Rating: 310 (Note: Light Gold equipment rating range is 261 to 310 points.)
Introduction: Will originates from conviction.
Price: 99,000 Paradise Coins
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Seeing the Soul Crystal, Intimate Paradise, and Will of Fire in his hands, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face.
Without a doubt, this was the most valuable treasure chest he had ever opened. The items obtained were very good.
Due to the timeline of the Naruto world, Su Xiao couldn't use [Intimate Paradise] to enter the Naruto world. Each derivative world has its own progress.
For example, if Su Xiao left during the Pain's Assault arc, he couldn't enter the Chunin Exams that took place before that point in time.
Although he couldn't enter, other Contractors could. There are countless Naruto derivative worlds, their number determined by Reincarnation Paradise. Having participated in a Space Battlefield and served as an Arbiter, Su Xiao had long known this.
As for the [Will of Fire] light gold equipment, although it didn't seem to directly increase combat power, its enhancement to actual combat was significant.
Combat in Reincarnation Paradise isn't a game. It's not about who has higher attack power or more HP that wins. There are many factors in a fight. Su Xiao had killed many enemies with higher attributes than his own.
Willpower is related to experience. For someone like Su Xiao, his Willpower attribute would be very high. Conversely, someone pampered and spoiled since childhood would have a very low Willpower attribute.
Standing unflinching amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood relies on this Willpower attribute.
Furthermore, Willpower has other uses, such as resisting mental-type control skills. What Su Xiao feared most was being controlled.
He took off the Mikasa's Heart +5 pendant. After acquiring the Energy Shield, this pendant's attributes had become somewhat useless.
Picking up the Will of Fire pendant, it was very simple: a black cord plus the main body of the pendant. The main body was somewhat metallic, also somewhat stone-like, a fiery red color, and its shape was the same as the pattern on the Konoha forehead protector.
After putting on the [Will of Fire], Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then took out the [Demon Hunting Ring].
The ring Su Xiao was currently wearing was the [Mithril Holy Ring], which had the following attached ability:
Equipment Effect: Mithril Combustion (Active), after using this skill, removes all control effects on the wearer. (Control skills released by attributes below 35 points.)
Note: Mithril Combustion (Active) consumes 100 Mana Points.
Note: Mithril Combustion (Active) has a cooldown of 18 hours.
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Mithril Combustion could only remove control skills released by attributes below 35 points. It was indeed very strong in the early stages, but at the current stage, the enemies Su Xiao encountered rarely had their main attributes below 35 points.
As for control skills below 35 points, whether they could even control Su Xiao was uncertain. Thus, the [Mithril Holy Ring] had become somewhat useless.
Although wearing a single Demon Hunting Ring couldn't trigger the set effect, the ring's own attributes were decent.
Equipment Effect: Resistance (Passive), reduces the duration of all abnormal status effects by 30% (such as dizziness, curses, and other negative states).
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Compared to Mithril Combustion (Active), Resistance (Passive) was stronger at the current stage.
This meant that both [Mikasa's Heart +5] and the [Mithril Holy Ring] were obsolete. Both could be sold, and at a decent price, especially Mikasa's Heart.