After the Water Marsh Base City, four more relatively small siege waves followed, yielding 130,000 to 200,000 Fate Points, along with a world-recognized 'Achievement Reward' of 200,000, and recent daily income.
As of this moment, Xin Huo possesses:
— 920,000 Fate Points!
Not much more than the previous draw of 1.3 million.
However, to prevent a recurrence of situations like Xitina's Mythical Awakening falling short of Fate Points, Instructor Fang prepared to reserve more Fate Points this time.
"Let's reserve 200,000, and to make it a round number, 220,000. The remaining 700,000 will be used for draws from the gacha pool."
The Savior's turn!
Gacha pull!
Staring at the Super Gacha Pool, which manifested as a calm lake, Fang You first washed his hands and purified himself.
"The Super Gacha Pool only allows seven 10-pulls. Drawing Crimson-tier items is extremely difficult, but..."
"I won't aim for Crimson-tier, but drawing at least one Fate Apostle wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?"
Someone like Xitina, with Mythical potential, deep accumulation, and on the cusp of Seven Awakenings into Mythical status.
If he could draw two or three such individuals, that would be even more wonderful.
Then Xin Huo's Mythical beings could form teams and parties, perhaps playing Mythical Landlord, Mythical Mahjong, Mythical Werewolf, Mythical...
Ahem, got carried away.
As his thoughts raced, the lake began to churn, erupting with brilliant light.
Gold!
Gold!
Gold!
...
Gold!
Dozens of golden meteors streaked across the sky, scooping treasures from the lake of fate and presenting them before him.
"As expected, no Crimson-tier."
Fang You examined them one by one.
In total, he obtained 25 Legendary-tier items.
Among them,
8 'Skill Training Cards (Gold)' of the Legendary ordinary item type.
These were truly just filler.
However, Gold Training Cards weren't necessarily used inefficiently. While not useful for ordinary skills, for Purple Epic-tier skills, they could be used to forcefully break through from Master to Peak attainment, consuming 3 Gold Training Cards. To break through to Transcendent Saint would require 9 Gold Training Cards.
These 8 cards, while seeming like a lot, were actually not enough for a single Transcendent Saint breakthrough.
"Of course, that's assuming someone even reaches that bottleneck."
"Brother Black Blade's sharpness accumulation is currently only at Master-tier. So far, only An Jianyou has used Gold-tier training cards. She forcefully broke through her skill 'Gui Yu' to Transcendent Saint, consuming... 1 Gold and 2 Purple."
Well, it was supposed to consume 3 Gold, but breakthroughs can slightly reduce the cost based on individual talent.
Theoretically, if one lingered at the bottleneck and thinned out the barrier, the extra 'effort' required for breakthrough could be correspondingly reduced.
Next,
3 Gold-tier Skill Seeds.
3 clusters of Origin Water.
3 items of Spirit Nurturing Material.
5 Legendary-tier materials.
"For now, I'll store the Origin Water and see if Xitina needs it for trading."
"The Spirit Nurturing Materials and Legendary-tier materials, though ordinary, are still Legendary items. Their value is undeniable, and they can be used for trading to purchase Eternal Brilliance Stones."
These Legendary materials are essential for high-level rituals.
Especially for a super oasis like 'Falling Star City,' there will certainly be ways to utilize them. At the very least, the Mythical Awakening ritual requires them, and the consumption might be substantial.
Fang You has no idea about normal Mythical Awakening rituals. Perhaps he could inquire with Xitina if the opportunity arises... Ahem.
But for normal non-human awakenings, the cost of setting up the ritual is already considerable.
His own Guiding·Awakening, by comparison, consumes practically nothing.
By extension, the demand for Legendary materials for Mythical Awakening will far exceed his 'two items.'
"Even if I don't need to buy Eternal Brilliance Stones, these Legendary materials can be exchanged for 'affinity' that Xin Huo needs."
"In short, I'll keep them all as bargaining chips... though no one would trade for these materials on the exchange list."
As he browsed and tallied them one by one, 3 Legendary items remained.
"Hint: Obtained Legendary Aberrant Weapon 'Sword of Eternity (Gold)'."
"Hint: Obtained Legendary Aberrant Weapon 'Veil of Secrecy (Gold)'."
"Hint: Obtained Legendary Item 'Orb of Directional Teleportation (Gold)'."
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"Veil of Secrecy (Gold)"
"Category: Special"
"Ability 1: Augmentation: The Veil of Secrecy does not augment the holder's two-dimensional attributes, but it can augment the holder's secrecy and unpredictability."
"Ability 2: Domain of Secrecy: Within the scope of the secret domain, secrets will not be exposed."
"Ability 3: War Veil: Create a veil that interferes with external scrutiny."
"Description: This is an aberrant weapon originating from '￥#@%*&'."
At first glance, this Legendary aberrant weapon offers no combat augmentation, but...
It's an aberrant weapon that can conceal oneself, suitable for playing the underdog... Pfft, it's an aberrant weapon that can prevent being spied upon! Instructor Fang found it quite unbearable to be constantly scrutinized by terrifying entities from beyond the heavens during the siege waves.
He should be the one peeking, not the one being peeped at!
"At the same time, this aberrant weapon can greatly enhance one's 'secrecy,' making it harder to be divined. This means if Sister An were to possess it and enter the deeper layers of the Aberrant Realm through a backdoor, her safety would be greatly improved."
"Coupled with the Orb of Directional Teleportation..."
"Orb of Directional Teleportation (Gold)"
"Type: Item (3/3)"
"Description: Use the orb to record a coordinate and perform ultra-long-distance teleportation. It can to some extent breach world barriers and the inter-realm gaps of the Aberrant Realm."
Fang You took it out and marked an anchor point on the Blue Star.
This was undoubtedly a life-saving item.
But it also seemed like it could be exploited in other ways.
...
...
Overall, among the Gold Legendary items, only the two aberrant weapons and the Orb of Directional Teleportation were truly satisfactory.
The Legendary aberrant weapon 'Sword of Eternity' must be equipped by Xitina. Mythical beings can better wield the power of Legendary aberrant weapons. With Xitina's combat power greatly increased, her journey to Falling Star City will be much safer.
If anything unexpected occurs? Then she will cleave it open with a single sword!
In fact, if he hadn't drawn the 'Sword of Eternity,' he would have considered borrowing back the 'Grasping Hand of Formlessness' that he had previously equipped on Brother Black Blade.
Fortunately, he didn't need to.
While Gold Legendaries were somewhat disappointing, the Epic Purples yielded a few SSRs, making Instructor Fang's eyes light up.
"Epic-tier skill books, and three of them!"
"Paired with the previously obtained Skill Seeds, their value far surpasses three Gold ordinals!"
"Wonderful!"
He calmed himself and slowly reviewed them.
He hoped these three skills would be useful and not merely redundant!
"Gluttony Body Tempering (Purple)"
"Description: Derived from the fantasy lifeform 'Gluttonous Beast' and refined through a constantly evolving mysterious body-tempering method. By continuously devouring food, one strengthens their body and gains certain traits."
"Note: Conventional cultivation requires consuming the flesh of a 'Gluttonous Beast'."
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"Void Meditation (Purple)"
"Description: Derived from the fantasy lifeform 'Void Serpent' and refined through a constantly evolving mysterious meditation method. It possesses the effect of cultivating the mind and enhancing spiritual power, and may grant certain traits."
"Note: Conventional cultivation requires consuming the scales of a 'Void Serpent'."
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"Phantom Clone (Purple)"
"Description: Manifest a clone using one's own energy. This clone possesses some of the host's combat power and has the ability to learn and work independently. By increasing skill proficiency, the number of Phantom Clones and the percentage of combat power inherited from the host can be increased."
After careful consideration, Fang You finally confirmed that the first two were basic skills!
What are basic skills?
Basic Swordplay, Basic Saberplay, etc., are basic skills that can greatly enhance one's fundamental two-dimensional attributes. While other skills can slightly improve spirit and physique during leveling up, they cannot compare to basic skills.
However, basic skills initially only existed at the White tier.
It was only later, after drawing the Green-tier 'Basic Meditation,' that he speculated about higher tiers.
Now, they have finally appeared!
"Moreover, this seems to be the first time I've seen a skill that requires consuming materials to cultivate? Although this is the norm. Xitina consumed quite a lot to cultivate that 'North Wind Sword Technique' back then."
"Looking at the skill description, not only is cultivation required, but the cost of entry is immense."
"To initiate Gluttony Body Tempering, one needs a 'Stomach of a Gluttonous Beast.' Void Meditation is similar, requiring the 'Brain of a Void Serpent.' I've never even heard of these fantasy creatures, so where am I supposed to find them?"
"Oh, I seem to have learned it directly by touching the skill book? Then it's fine!"
"Even if consuming a skill fruit doesn't allow direct entry, the mysterious power contained within the fruit has already replaced the 'cost,' so it's still fine."
All taken care of.
Oh, daily cultivation also requires materials? This seems a bit troublesome, making daily training impossible. From now on, I can only rely on... skill training cards.
Instructor Fang, I'm not lacking in effort, but it's all dedicated to obscure cultivation spaces that few people know about.
...
The third Epic skill is a more conventional support skill.
The precious clone technique.
"However, according to the description, Phantom Clones are quite fragile. They have combat power, but their bodies can be easily shattered... In this case, the Phantom Clone skill is not very suitable for melee powerhouses? Iloshi, Liu Shang, Pei Hongjing... those who excel at long-range bombardment tactics are more suitable. Wait a minute..."
Fang You noticed a line of description.
The clones possess the ability to learn independently and can diligently learn and train according to the host's commands.
This means,
"If I create a clone and have it cultivate skills, I will gain double the efficiency..."
"Wasteful!"
How can such a magnificent clone be used solely for learning and training?
It should be used for work! To achieve efficiency that even 007 can't hope to match. Da Feng Novel Network.
Fang You stroked his chin.
"Master Wang Chui has been complaining that none of the department apprentices are useful. Despite studying for so long, no one can independently forge aberrant weapons, resulting in a backlog of orders. In that case..."
"This precious clone skill will be taught to Master Wang."
"Master Wang will be very touched."
－－－－－－- Author's Note －－－－－－-
The more I want to rush, the slower it gets, damn it!