However, Chu Tian discovered a change in his mindset.
Because, just moments ago, without using his divine sense.
He had already harbored the intent to kill.
It was a decisive resolve, a determination to end their lives.
Completely devoid of his previous indecisiveness, the inclination to spare when possible.
Releasing his divine sense was a subconscious action.
Then, his figure gradually moved.
In the blink of an eye, he returned to his original position.
The seven individuals remained motionless.
Their pupils began to dilate.
After a full ten seconds.
Clang…
The short one was the first to fall.
The moment he fell, his head rolled a considerable distance from his body.
The others, following his demise.
One by one, they knelt to the ground.
All of them decapitated, their heads rolling away.
Meanwhile, the blade condensed from his skill power in Chu Tian’s hand slowly vanished, exploding into a shower of light.
Dealing with mere trash did not require him to exert his full strength.
A mere wave of his hand could obliterate them.
Furthermore, after Chu Tian dealt with these individuals.
He felt no ripple of emotion in his heart.
Previously, he would only engage martial artists.
For ordinary people, he would spare them if possible.
But at this present moment, Chu Tian's mindset had undergone a significant transformation.
It wasn't that he was bloodthirsty, but rather that he seemed to have lost reverence for life.
With another wave of his hand, the headless corpses and their heads all vanished.
Chu Tian would not store these remains in his divine sense space.
Instead, they disappeared into the spatial bag in his hand.
After collecting the bodies, he squeezed hard.
The spatial bag shattered directly.
Its internal space destroyed, the corpses likely fell into some unknown dimension.
Such a method of disposing of evidence was likely something only Chu Tian could conceive of.
You must understand that a spatial bag was incredibly precious in the cultivator world.
These individuals.
Had been beaten by Zhao Lei during their previous encounter.
But they had also caused Zhao Lei considerable trouble afterward.
This kid, yesterday, he remembered something about… being the brother-in-law of some bureau chief!
He had some influence, after all.
But in this life, they faced Chu Tian, not Zhao Lei.
Having accomplished all this.
Chu Tian acted as if nothing had happened.
Turning, he returned to the metal shack.
He once again lay down in the virtual pod.
Upon logging back into the Heavenly Dao world, Chu Tian’s clone immediately sent him a message.
That clone was controlled by Dao Tian, so this message naturally reached Chu Tian through Dao Tian.
Chu Tian glanced at it and found it was a message.
Dao Tian had, once again, disappeared to who knows where.
"Kid, I've left the items in the clone's inventory. Consider them a surprise and a gift from me."
This statement sounded like a farewell.
Chu Tian felt a faint discomfort in his heart.
But he shook his head, thinking that with the old man being so powerful, could anyone on Blue Star possibly pose a threat to him?
Shaking off his scattered thoughts.
He summoned his clone.
Opening the clone's inventory, he found a large amount of top-grade ore materials within.
However, in the bottom right corner of the inventory, there was something resembling a scroll.
This item was stored separately, likely intentionally by Dao Tian.
He focused his gaze upon it.
It materialized.
[Forging Scroll: Ayl’s Guardian [Set] (God-Tier)]
Description: Upon use, learn to forge the Ayl’s Guardian set.
"Holy shit!"
Seeing this, Chu Tian’s hands trembled slightly.
It was actually this set of equipment.
He had seen it before on the official website of the Heavenly Dao world.
But he never expected that Heavenly Dao would give him such a grand gift.
A set…
And God-Tier at that.
As excited as Chu Tian was, he also became worried.
Looking at the more than two million gold coins in his inventory.
He doubted if it would be enough.
Crafting a God-Tier set would undoubtedly require vast amounts of materials.
Moreover, the grade of the materials couldn't be low.
This meant a significant expenditure of money.
Clapping his hands together, he directly had the clone learn the scroll.
[Ding… System Prompt: Ayl’s Guardian [Set] (God-Tier Forging Technique) learned successfully!]
He opened the clone's God-Tier Forging Technique panel.
He located the option for [Ayl’s Guardian [Set]].
Inside, a row of equipment categories appeared.
Ayl’s Guardian Helmet…
Ayl’s Guardian Pauldrons…
Ayl’s Guardian Breastplate…
Ayl’s Guardian Trousers…
Ayl’s Guardian Vambraces…
Ayl’s Guardian Gloves…
Ayl’s Guardian Bracers…
Ayl’s Guardian Ring, Necklace, Accessory…
The string of equipment dazzled Chu Tian.
And their attributes were all incredibly powerful…
No equipment level requirement, attributes would grow with the player's level.
Furthermore, they were exclusive Druid equipment, increasing all four primary stats.
The attribute growth multiplier was 18 times the player's level.
"Damn, this is too broken! Truly God-Tier equipment! I like it… hehe!"
Looking at the attributes on each piece of equipment, Chu Tian nearly drooled.
He was currently level 124, meaning each piece of equipment would add 2232 to all attributes.
It could only be described as broken.
Even more broken were its set attributes.
[Ayl’s Guardian [Set] Attributes:]
Attribute 1 (Activates when two pieces are worn): All Druid skills can be used without learning.
Attribute 2 (Activates when four pieces are worn): All Druid damage/healing increased by 100%.
Attribute 3 (Activates when six pieces are worn): All Druid skill proficiency levels +4.
Attribute 4 (Activates when eight pieces are worn): When the Druid dies, they will not fall immediately but will receive the Blessing of the Ancient Elves for 10 seconds, with a 1000% increase in movement speed.
Attribute 5 (Activates when ten pieces are worn): Immune to the first instance of any damage, control, curse, or other negative effects. Recovers every 280 seconds.
"I can't take it anymore, my heart can't handle this, it's too powerful!" Chu Tian clutched his chest.
He desperately wanted to know if these set attributes could be effective in his display.
If so, it would truly be outrageously awesome.
Invincibility once every 280 seconds…
Although it couldn't be controlled manually, touching any damage would cause the effect to disappear.
However… from now on, he would no longer fear sneak attacks.
With the first instance of damage being immune, what else would he fear?
Chu Tian considered himself far too intelligent to be unable to react after being sneak attacked once.
Moreover, this immunity wasn't just to damage, but also to control and negative effects.
From now on… he would become the nightmare of rogues.
Rogues who attempted to sneak attack him would be absolutely counter-killed by him.
In reality… he would no longer fear being shot in the back.
"Hahaha… ugh…"
Chu Tian laughed maniacally, but when his gaze fell upon the forging materials, Chu Tian nearly choked on his own saliva.
Setting aside the materials for now, just looking at the first required item for forging…
Primary Material: Any Helmet (Artifact-Tier).
Description: Use an Artifact-Tier helmet as a base, upgrade it into [Ayl’s Guardian Helmet], inheriting the special attributes of the Artifact-Tier helmet.
"Holy hell…"
Upon seeing this, Chu Tian trembled.
It actually required using an Artifact-Tier equipment as a base.
As for the inherited attributes mentioned in the description, he had heard about them long ago.
Because… there were people in the market who had also obtained such set forging scrolls.
The equipment crafted could indeed inherit the base attributes, and this was the power of the set.
Not only were the attributes powerful, but they also possessed the attributes of individual pieces of equipment, along with set bonuses.
Even a Bronze-Tier set was far more powerful than scattered Golden-Tier equipment.
In the later stages, sets were the ultimate goal for players.
But… Chu Tian never imagined that this Ayl’s Guardian set…
Would require God-Tier equipment as a base.
He quickly clicked on each one to check, and indeed…
Primary Material: Any Shoulder (Artifact-Tier).
Primary Material: Any Breastplate (Artifact-Tier).
…
"You bastard… where am I supposed to get ten different pieces of God-Tier equipment? And with the attributes I want!"
Seeing this, Chu Tian's head began to ache.
He had originally planned to upgrade his own equipment, but he only intended to upgrade their levels.
He had no intention of upgrading their tiers.
Upgrading equipment levels and upgrading tiers were entirely different matters.
For upgrading levels, money was sufficient.
But for upgrading tiers, luck was paramount!
During upgrades, if luck was bad, the equipment could drop a tier. Furthermore, once equipment reached Golden-Tier, upgrading it to Dark Gold-Tier carried the risk of the equipment shattering.
Shattered equipment would simply disappear, leaving nothing behind.
Therefore, he had no such plans.
Even if he did… he was only prepared to upgrade his equipment to Golden-Tier at most.
At worst, if the tier dropped, he would use money to slowly raise it.
Moreover, even if Chu Tian didn't require specific attributes for individual pieces of equipment.
Just finding any God-Tier equipment to use as a base, he probably couldn't even gather ten pieces…
Thinking this, he opened the rankings.
His target was locked onto the equipment rankings, and he checked the top ten equipment.
Only the top four equipment pieces were of God-Tier grade.
Everyone had hidden their names.
This meant that currently, in the Heavenly Dao world, throughout the entire Dragon Country… there were only four pieces of God-Tier equipment.
"This is a joke, right? Even if I took them all down and they dropped their equipment, it wouldn't be enough for a set! And two of those guys’ equipment were bracers!"
Seeing this, Chu Tian was on the verge of tears…
A full Artifact-Tier set… seemed hopeless!
Originally, Chu Tian's heart was burning with a fierce flame, the flame of excitement.
But upon seeing this, it was as if a basin of cold water, mixed with ice cubes, had been doused upon him.
"Hoo hoo hoo…" The dramatic rise and fall of his emotions caused Chu Tian to pant heavily.
He hadn't experienced such emotional fluctuation even when killing people earlier.
Calming his mood, he cursed Dao Tian: "You old rascal, you really know how to give me surprises, damn it…"
After cursing, Chu Tian closed the clone's God-Tier Forging Technique panel.
However, at the moment he closed it, he suddenly thought.
This clone could actually learn God-Tier scrolls…
"Could it be?" His earlier disappointment was instantly replaced by a spark of excitement in his eyes.
It was important to know that this clone's forging technique was not the ordinary forging technique.
It was the Divine Forging Art inherited from the [Wishing Treasure Box]…
It was the legacy of the Divine Craftsman Lyra.
A sub-profession integrating… forging, excavation, and smelting.
Being able to learn God-Tier forging scrolls, combined with his Divine Forging Art…
Did it mean… the clone already possessed the ability to upgrade equipment to God-Tier?