Chapter 77: Foodie
Both the Azure Steel Shadow and the Energy Shield consumed a large amount of mana. With this item, Su Xiao's endurance in prolonged battles would be greatly enhanced.
However, the value of this item was too high. The golden dagger had a rating of 380, while this gem had a rating of 310+.
Moreover, this item was very popular. As long as the Black Sail Merchant Guild was willing to offer a price, many powerful mage lords would be eager to buy it.
Seeing Su Xiao pick up the "Heart of the Ocean," the black merchant could only try to calm his nerves. He knew the value of this item all too well.
"This thing is not bad."
"Uh... it's not bad."
The black merchant hesitated, wondering whether to trade three dark purple weapons plus the Heart of the Ocean for the Super Destruction Fist and the golden dagger.
The black merchant wasn't optimistic about the Super Destruction Fist, but Su Xiao had already stated that these two items were not sold separately; they had to be bundled. This made the black merchant uncomfortable. That rod-shaped black scroll, no matter how he looked at it, seemed like a troublemaker.
If he said it was worthless, it was still a dark gold scroll. If he said it was valuable, selling it for 300,000 Paradise Coins would be a stroke of luck.
A dark gold skill scroll plus a golden dagger—while it looked impressive, the actual value was limited. The valuable part was still the golden dagger.
"This thing is also not bad."
Su Xiao picked up another dark purple item in front of the black merchant. This time, the black merchant couldn't stay calm.
"Mr. White Night, three dark purple weapons plus the Heart of the Ocean and the item in your hand already far exceed the value of that scroll and the golden dagger. Even if that is a gold-quality equipment, it has flaws. It's powerful, no doubt, but its durability is too low. Although it suits an assassin class, assassins sometimes need to engage in close combat..."
Su Xiao paused.
"If that's the case, then forget it."
With that, Su Xiao stood up to leave. The black merchant remained calm, but when Su Xiao reached the entrance of the café, the black merchant's expression turned grim. Years of business experience told him that Su Xiao genuinely intended to end this transaction.
This was indeed Su Xiao's intention. He wasn't set on trading with the Black Sail Merchant Guild. The other party had shown a lack of sincerity from the start.
Moreover, he knew that the Black Sail Merchant Guild consisted of professional merchants. If he didn't make up his mind, they would catch his weakness and drive down the price.
Su Xiao walked to the café door. As he pushed it open, the black merchant's face became extremely ugly.
"If I mess up this deal, the guild leader will kill me."
A chill ran through the black merchant's body. He recalled the smile of that guild leader, a cunning fox.
"Mr. White Night, wait!"
As the black merchant shouted this, he knew he had lost. As a merchant, he shouldn't let external emotions sway him.
Su Xiao paused and turned to look at the black merchant.
The black merchant nodded, as if agreeing to something.
Su Xiao returned to his seat and took out the Super Destruction Fist scroll and the golden dagger.
The black merchant handed over the three dark purple weapons, hesitated for a moment, then pushed the Heart of the Ocean toward Su Xiao. As for the last item, the black merchant casually handed it to Su Xiao. When Su Xiao had picked up the second item earlier, the black merchant's pained expression had been an act.
"Pleasure doing business."
The black merchant stood up and left immediately. Although he felt a pang of regret over the Heart of the Ocean, overall, it wasn't too much of a loss. In his view, the second item Su Xiao had chosen wasn't great. It had been sitting in the warehouse for a long time, something that was a pity to discard but not worth keeping.
After the black merchant left, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face.
"Maybe my luck can be saved. I've searched for so long, and although I didn't find the ideal item, this thing isn't bad."
In Su Xiao's hand was a small candle stub, about the length of a thumb. The candle had a gentle color, like a piece of mutton-fat jade.
**Golden Wax**
- Origin: Sixth War Zone (Second Rank Space Battlefield), Baya Shelter
- Quality: Dark Purple
- Type: Consumable
- Effect: After use, equipment rank +1. The higher the equipment rank, the higher the failure rate. Upon failure, the Golden Wax disappears, and the equipment remains undamaged.
- Note: Success rate is 100% for white-quality equipment, 60% for green, 30% for blue, 10% for purple, and 5% for dark purple.
- Note: This item only enhances equipment quality and performance; it does not change the original attribute category.
- Rating: 259
- Description: This is a relic of the rebel leader of Baya Shelter, the relic of the Child of Destiny (Fake). It is said to bring good luck. Facts prove that this thing might not have that effect. Otherwise, how did the young Child of Destiny (Fake) end up on the execution platform? Was it because he slept with his own sister?
For the black merchant or other contractors, the biggest use of this item was to enhance some blue or purple equipment. Being dark purple itself meant it was bound to be expensive.
Who would spend a large amount of money to upgrade a low-level piece of equipment? The answer was Su Xiao. The quality of the Destiny Redemption lighter was blue, and he had been trying to improve its quality.
Although the success rate was only 30%, it was worth a try.
If Destiny Redemption successfully upgraded to purple, the benefits would be long-term, far surpassing that unusable golden dagger.
Su Xiao took out Destiny Redemption and pressed the small piece of Golden Wax onto it.
[Yes/No to use 'Golden Wax' on 'Destiny Redemption'? After use, Destiny Redemption has a 30% chance to upgrade to purple quality.]
"Use."
The Golden Wax gradually dissolved, eventually enveloping Destiny Redemption.
[Notice: Detected that the compatibility between 'Destiny Redemption' and 'Golden Wax' exceeds 90%. Both are items of fortune and luck. The probability of quality enhancement significantly increases, and the enhancement effect significantly increases.]
[Enhancing... Estimated time: 150 hours.]
Seeing the required time, Su Xiao shook his head. He wouldn't be able to use Destiny Redemption during this stay in Reincarnation Paradise. However, Destiny Redemption's cooldown was 6 natural days, and he had used it earlier when opening chests, so it didn't matter much.
With all his equipment sold, Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room.
As soon as he entered, he found Bubu Wang already back, sleeping on the sofa (dog bed).
The furniture had been repurchased in the same style as before. Su Xiao sat at his desk.
First, he took out the Heart of the Ocean. He hesitated about which piece of equipment to embed it in. His current equipment was already quite luxurious.
- Weapon: Dragon-Slaying Flash +10 (Dark Purple)
- Sheath: Divine Afterglow (Dark Purple)
- Secondary Weapon: Spider Empress (Dark Purple), Black·White (Purple)
- Necklace: Will of Fire (Light Gold)
- Ring: Demon Hunter Ring (Dark Purple Set 1/3)
- Hands: Bull Head Lord Arm Guard + Realm Severing Thread (Purple)
- Upper Body: Gale Wind Coat (Dark Purple)
- Shoes: Swift March Boots (Dark Purple)
- Detection: Apostle's Eye (Light Gold)
The safest method was to embed it in Dragon-Slaying Flash. However, if a more suitable gem for Dragon-Slaying Flash appeared later, it would be troublesome. Embedding a gem was easy, but removing it was difficult.
Next was the "Will of Fire," but this piece of equipment wasn't very suitable either. The reason was that Su Xiao had an ambition: to collect the Demon Hunter set. One of the components of the Demon Hunter set was a necklace.
The attributes of the Demon Hunter set were too tempting. Once all three pieces were collected, the set effect could be activated.
- Set Effect 1: Demon Hunter (Passive), Strength +15, Agility +10, Stamina +10.
- Set Effect 2: Close Combat Expert (Passive), Close Combat Damage +40%, Max Health +20%.
- Set Effect 3: (Hidden)
Every time he saw these set effects, Su Xiao felt his heartbeat quicken. He had already obtained one-third. The remaining two-thirds were no longer just a dream. Even if it was a dream, he had to chase it. He couldn't be a salted fish without dreams.
Su Xiao took a deep breath and chose to embed the Heart of the Ocean into the "Demon Hunter Ring."
[To complete this embedding, you need to pay 5,000 Paradise Coins.]
He chose to pay. The Heart of the Ocean shattered into eight small pieces. A ring of grooves appeared on the surface of the Demon Hunter Ring—eight grooves in total. The eight small pieces of the Heart of the Ocean fit perfectly into them.
As long as there was no rejection, embedding a gem was simple. For example, embedding a fire-attribute gem into an ice-attribute piece of equipment would cause rejection. Su Xiao had heard Xia mention a contractor who did this while eating, apparently trying to create an ice-fire weapon. He almost laughed out loud at the time.
The embedding was quickly completed. Su Xiao's mana surged to 2,133 points. Although it was still not enough, it was much better than before.
If it weren't for the golden-quality dagger, the black merchant would never have brought out the Heart of the Ocean. Although this item was light gold quality, gem-type items were rare, and their embedding effects were extremely strong.
After embedding the gem, Su Xiao took out a blade—a dark purple-quality blade.
**Blood Blade**
- Origin: Hunter x Hunter
- Quality: Dark Purple
- Category: Long Blade
- Durability Attack: 65–94
- Equipment Requirements: Strength 30, Agility 23, Stamina 15, Blade Basic Skill LV.16 or above.
- Equipment Effect 1: Bloodthirst (Passive), steals enemy blood during attacks and stores it in the hilt. When the blood gauge reaches 100%, it can trigger Bloodburst Slash.
- Equipment Effect 2: Bloodburst Slash (Active Skill), thrust forward. If successfully pierced into the enemy's body, it triggers an explosion effect, dealing 100 + Weapon Attack × 2.1 + 30 points of true damage.
- Note: Bloodburst Slash (Active) cooldown is 16 hours.
- Rating: 215
- Description: Let... blood... explode.
- Price: 57,000 Paradise Coins
This was the weapon Su Xiao obtained at the Yorknew Auction. As soon as he returned to Reincarnation Paradise, he appraised the blade. To his surprise, it was dark purple.
Now, Su Xiao had gathered five dark purple weapons. He couldn't get any more.
- Wind Bell Fang (Dark Purple, Rating: 160)
- Dragon's Kiss (Dark Purple, Rating: 180)
- T333—K9 (Dark Purple, Rating: 201)
- Blood Blade (Dark Purple, Rating: 215)
- Reverse Izumi (Dark Purple, Rating: 260)
Su Xiao took out Dragon-Slaying Flash and gently stroked its edge.
"'Eat up.' I'll go bankrupt feeding you one day."
Bubu Wang, sleeping on the sofa, lifted its head and looked at Su Xiao with a puzzled expression, as if asking, "Master, what did you say? Are you complaining that I eat too much?"
"Nothing to do with you~"
Su Xiao activated the Supreme Blade ability. A dark light appeared in his hand. The light enveloped the five dark purple weapons.
Even with this number, Su Xiao wasn't sure if Dragon-Slaying Flash could advance. The higher the rank of Dragon-Slaying Flash, the more weapons of the same level it needed. The last advancement had shown this sign.
Crack, crack, crack~
The five dark purple weapons wrapped in the dark light emitted a series of grinding sounds as they were being crushed.
After a few dozen seconds, a wisp of dark purple crystal dust drifted out from the light. This was the essence of the five dark purple weapons. The essence floated toward Dragon-Slaying Flash and quickly merged into it.
A dazzling purple light burst forth. Su Xiao instinctively turned his head.
"This reaction... it seems five are enough."
Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Now, he just had to wait for Dragon-Slaying Flash to advance.