Chapter 70: Void Eye
Su Xiao lit a cigarette, exhaling a puff of pale golden smoke. The three-minute Lucky King state was now active.
[You have opened the Heroic Spirit Box: Dark Purple.]
[Please begin random drawing.]
A spinning wheel appeared before Su Xiao, with a black pointer above it. The wheel was divided into several sections, each a different color—purple, dark purple, pale gold—corresponding to the quality of the items.
Hundred-Faces' abilities and items were not numerous. The wheel presented five areas in total:
- Knowledge-Keeper Librarian (Purple), occupying 30% of the wheel.
- Tactical Retreat (Dark Purple), occupying 50% of the wheel.
- Master of All Trades (Pale Gold), occupying 10% of the wheel.
- Presence Concealment (Pale Gold), occupying 7% of the wheel.
- Delusional Illusion (Gold Bloodline Type), occupying 3% of the wheel.
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Time was tight under the Lucky King state. Su Xiao directly activated the wheel, which spun at high speed.
Among the five areas, Su Xiao most hoped the pointer would stop on Presence Concealment (Pale Gold). This was a stealth-like ability. Although it didn't quite match his combat style, using it occasionally to infiltrate enemy camps wouldn't be bad.
After more than ten seconds, the wheel's speed slowed. Judging by the pointer's direction, it was clearly about to stop on the Knowledge-Keeper Librarian (Purple) area. This made Su Xiao wonder if his Lucky King state this time was a fake.
The pointer stopped. Su Xiao let out a long breath but then shook his head. The pointer hadn't stopped on Knowledge-Keeper Librarian; it had finally landed on the Master of All Trades (Pale Gold) area.
A scroll appeared in Su Xiao's hand. He wasn't optimistic about two of Hundred-Faces' abilities: Master of All Trades and Delusional Illusion.
Leaving aside whether these two abilities were powerful, just considering the changes after use was enough.
It was well known that most of Hundred-Faces' abilities corresponded to his 80 personalities. In other words, learning these two skills might easily lead to schizophrenia, resulting in additional personalities within oneself.
Su Xiao didn't want to become schizophrenic—in fact, he strongly resisted this situation. He believed most contractors felt the same.
After checking the attributes of Master of All Trades (Pale Gold), Su Xiao sighed and placed it deep in his storage space. If he had other items to sell in the future, he might as well put this up too. As for whether it would sell, that depended on whether there were any schizophrenic patients among the contractors. Normal people wouldn't buy this.
Su Xiao hadn't held much hope for Hundred-Faces' Heroic Spirit Box anyway. The Hero King's gold-quality Heroic Spirit Box was the real highlight.
Picking up that gold-quality Heroic Spirit Box, Su Xiao chose to use it.
[You have opened the Heroic Spirit Box: Dark Purple.]
[Please begin random drawing.]
A spinning wheel appeared. If Hundred-Faces' wheel was like a small supermarket lottery, then the Hero King's wheel was the grand opening celebration of a world-class supermarket chain.
The wheel was truly colorful—purple, dark purple, pale gold, gold areas, at least several hundred sections in total. Among them were weapons, supernatural vehicles, armor, skills, and even some items of unknown function.
Seeing this dazzling array of items, Su Xiao's heartbeat quickened. Beside him, Bubu Wang swallowed, his little eyes seeming to say, "Master, we've hit the jackpot."
"Stay calm. We don't know what we'll draw yet."
In a tense mood, Su Xiao carefully examined the wheel before him. He spotted the Sword of Rupture—Ea. The area occupied by the Sword of Rupture was so small that if not for his good eyesight, he wouldn't have seen it at all. That tiny sliver was even thinner than a hair.
Su Xiao seriously doubted that even if the pointer stopped on this area, it would completely cover it, possibly even affecting the items on either side of the Sword of Rupture.
Su Xiao never harbored any hope for the Sword of Rupture, but there was one ability he desperately wanted.
The wheel began spinning at high speed. Because there were so many items on it, Su Xiao couldn't determine where the item he coveted was located.
The item Su Xiao hoped to obtain was the Chains of Heaven. That thing was convenient to use and not weak in power. More importantly, it had a restraining effect on divinity. The stronger the divinity of the enemy bound, the more sturdy the Chains of Heaven became. This was practically a bug-level ability.
Under the expectant gazes of Su Xiao and Bubu Wang, the wheel stopped.
Man and dog stared at each other with wide eyes—one with a human face of bewilderment, the other with a dog face of bewilderment.
"What did we draw?"
Su Xiao tilted his head, trying to see around the pointer to the item it was blocking. The grid was too small, not much larger than the Sword of Rupture's grid.
Golden light surged. Su Xiao's hand felt heavier. A piece of equipment appeared in his hand. It wasn't the Chains of Heaven, but an arm guard. Its style was somewhat similar to the Bull Head Lord Arm Guard, capable of wrapping around the forearm and hand. This arm guard was entirely gold, very dazzling.
[King's Sovereign (Set 1/4)]
Origin: Type-Moon World Exclusive
Quality: Pale Gold (Set)
Category: Arm Guard (Left Hand)
Durability: 102~102
Equipment Requirements: Strength 35, Agility 60, Endurance 28, Intelligence 30.
Equipment Effect 1: Supreme Above All (Passive) — During any judgment, the holder will add +10 correction value to the attribute being judged. (For example, when making a Strength attribute judgment, it will be based on Su Xiao's original 72 Strength points +10, greatly enhancing judgment success rate.)
Equipment Effect 2: Bow Knight (Passive) — Ranged damage +15%, ranged attack accuracy +9.
Rating: 310+
Introduction: One piece of the King's Set. Collecting all four pieces will activate the set effect (dual arm guards, upper body armor, lower body armor).
Set Effect 1: Symbol of the Hero King (Active) — Activate this effect to consume mana and manifest A+ rank or below Noble Phantasms from the King's Treasure for ranged/melee attacks.
Tip: This skill lasts 20 minutes.
Tip: This skill consumes 30% of maximum mana, Soul Crystal (Small) x1.
Tip: This skill can be used four times per derivative world, no cooldown.
Tip: Manifesting Noble Phantasms will consume additional mana, calculated based on the Noble Phantasm's rank.
Set Effect 2: ???
Price: 98,000 Paradise Coins.
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After checking the attributes of this arm guard, Su Xiao's disappointment at not drawing the Chains of Heaven vanished completely. He had actually drawn a pale gold set item.
It was well known that sets and single pieces of equipment were in different dimensions. Even a purple-quality set, once its set attributes were successfully activated, would display effects rivaling the same number of pale gold pieces.
Su Xiao had already obtained a dark purple set, and one that was outstanding among dark purple sets.
If Su Xiao had to choose between the Demon Hunter Set and the King's Set, he would unhesitatingly choose the Demon Hunter Set. The title of "Dream Melee Set" wasn't just hype—it was proven through practice.
The current situation was that even if Su Xiao collected both the Demon Hunter Set and the King's Set, the two sets wouldn't conflict. In fact, some attributes might even boost each other.
Su Xiao unhesitatingly replaced the arm guard on his left hand. He flexed his fingers. The King's Sovereign arm guard truly lived up to its pale gold set quality. After putting it on, there was no stiffness in moving his fingers. If not for the solid feel, he might have doubted whether he was wearing an arm guard at all.
The Realm Severing Thread on the Bull Head Lord Arm Guard could be removed. Su Xiao planned to install the Realm Severing Thread on the King's Sovereign arm guard. However, before that, the Realm Severing Thread needed repair and enhancement.
But what gave Su Xiao a headache was that the golden light of the King's Sovereign arm guard was too dazzling—or rather, too flashy. This was the Hero King's aesthetic. Su Xiao didn't like this ostentatious gold color.
Spending 1,000 Paradise Coins, the arm guard's pale gold quality light was concealed, and the entire arm guard turned crimson red. This was the equipment color modification function, which Su Xiao rarely used.
It wasn't because Su Xiao liked crimson red that he spent the Paradise Coins. Rather, crimson red was close to the color of blood, which could appropriately disguise whether his left arm was injured.
After opening the Heroic Spirit Box, Su Xiao opened the Reincarnation Paradise mark. He still had the reward of "Designate Any Skill Level +1" unused.
This opportunity to break through skill limits naturally required careful consideration. The candidate skills were: Absolute Magic Resistance, Spirit Shadow Constitution, Devouring Core, and Supreme Blade.
Absolute Magic Resistance and Devouring Core were eliminated first. While improving these two abilities would bring considerable benefits, they weren't as good as Spirit Shadow Constitution and Supreme Blade.
If he improved Spirit Shadow Constitution, Su Xiao guessed it would increase the ratio of mana converted to health. But he was already quite tanky, and with Endurance being one of his main attributes, his health increase rate wasn't slow either.
This left only the Supreme Blade ability. Su Xiao really wanted to know: if Supreme Blade broke through its limit, could Dragon-Slaying Flash gain an additional attached attribute? Or perhaps simply reduce the equipment requirements needed to enhance Dragon-Slaying Flash? If so, the speed of Dragon-Slaying Flash's rank improvement would greatly increase, and the resources consumed would significantly decrease.
"Paradise, I choose to enhance Supreme Blade."
[Tip: The Hunter has chosen to use Designate Any Skill Level +1.]
[Selected Target: Supreme Blade.]
[Enhancing...]
[Warning: Due to the particularity of the Supreme Blade skill, this enhancement has exceeded authority.]
[Tip: Detecting Hunter identity.]
[Checking Hunter's number of executed hunting missions and completion rate.]
[Check complete. Hunter authority activated. This enhancement will continue.]
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In the endless void, a black hole devoured everything around it.
Suddenly, a giant eye opened within the black hole. The eye was densely packed with countless pupils. As these pupils gazed into the void, the black hole actually stopped its devouring.
"I sense it. A new Law Destroyer has appeared."
"He must be eliminated."
"Can't be done. With that place's protection, we... dare not set foot there."
"Then let him grow? Having one Sword Ghost and one Blade Demon in the void has already left us scarred. Do you want another Blade Demon to appear? The terror of the Blade Demon..."
"He's not a Blade Demon. He's a pure Law Destroyer."
"What?!"
"No!"
"Pure Law Destroyers must all die! They grow up to be more terrifying than the Blade Demon."
The pupils within the giant eye fluctuated. The surrounding space shattered inch by inch.
"Then what can we do? Don't forget how we were sealed here. If we cross the line, we will be annihilated."
"A bunch of rabble. When a Law Destroyer appears, their corresponding companion blade also manifests. Don't you... crave the Law Destroyer's companion blade?"
"Of course, it's a dream."
"Then let him grow. We no longer count as 'Law.' The Law Destroyer won't come all this way to destroy us. The companion blade... that can..."
The giant eye slowly closed, as if it had never existed.
Boom. The black hole devoured itself. The void returned to calm.