The bag lacked enhancement stones; he'd have to return later for upgrading.
The Blazing Three-Piece Set, each item boasting a unique special attribute, and a full set granted a life-saving ability.
This jewelry set, he anticipated, would become his primary gear for future upgrades.
Blazing Necklace: Lifesteal +3% (When attacking, 3% of damage is converted into self-healing.)
Blazing Bracelet: Grants the wearer 10% physical and magical defense.
Blazing Ring: Grants the wearer 10% physical and magical attack power.
Blazing Set: Grants Skill: Death's Respite. Upon use, reduces incoming damage by 20% for 8 seconds, grants immunity to one death, and restores 100% HP. (Cooldown: 3 days)
This mission not only provided him with a clone.
It also yielded over a dozen skill books, a bag of random teleportation scrolls, and completed the Blazing Jewelry Set.
He had already reaped a bountiful harvest.
He checked the system notifications for the location report of the last Divine Talent Scroll.
The holder hadn't changed; it was Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, still on the run.
He hadn't stayed in one place for the ten-minute coordinate reports.
Chu Tian recalled that in his previous life, when he obtained the Divine Fatal Talent, it wasn't due to backing from powerful forces.
Nor did he truly outrun the pursuit of almost an entire war zone.
He was just a solo player, likely not having joined any guilds yet, so where would any backing come from?
Moreover, the allure of a Divine Talent was so great that even if he had a guild and was just a regular member, a unscrupulous guild leader would have kicked him out immediately and launched a pursuit.
They might even lure him into a trap and kill him.
Chu Tian remembered that he ultimately managed to hold on until the ownership countdown ended because he was forced to crawl into an extremely narrow mountain crevice.
He remained hidden there, and Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao ultimately obtained the ownership of the Divine Talent Scroll.
It was said that Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, before establishing [Hand of the Gods], had drifted through countless guilds.
However, due to his blunt speech and his inability to tolerate injustice, he offended many guild leaders.
Consequently, he became a pure solo player without a guild. As a sharpshooter, he truly possessed a Western cowboy demeanor.
Chu Tian remembered the first time he saw [Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao], he had only caught a glimpse from afar.
His transmog was: a Mexican-style wide-brimmed high-crowned felt hat.
A Colt revolver at his hip or a Winchester rifle slung over his shoulder, a bullet belt around his waist, wearing jeans, a leather vest, and a form-fitting, multi-pocketed cowboy jacket.
He wore high boots adorned with spurs, and around his neck, a vibrantly colored printed bandana.
Riding a swift horse at breakneck speed.
His image was extremely formidable and dashing.
Exactly like the cowboys seen in old movies!
The first time he saw him was shortly after Chu Tian had arrived at an abandoned mine. He heard rumbling sounds from outside and emerged to investigate.
He saw Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, leading the members of [Hand of the Gods],
traveling from the southern war zone to the northern war zone, heading towards the northern border to support the invasion by Country E.
One man, one horse, forming a single unit.
With one command, ten thousand followed.
Chu Tian had envied him fiercely at that time.
However, it was only for a fleeting moment.
Turning back, he returned to the mine to continue his great undertaking of mining "Life Crystals."
Later, the last time he saw him was before Chu Tian's rebirth, when his Life Crystals had accumulated to 998.
As he arrived in the southern war zone to mine the last piece, he encountered Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, who had returned to being alone.
By then, Huang Xueyi had already orchestrated the demise of all top players from Long Country.
Long Country had been defeated and could no longer compete with other nations.
Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, disheartened, handed over his guild leader position and returned to being a lone ranger.
That time, Chu Tian, clad in tattered gear, was being chased by countless monsters.
This god-like figure appeared and, after saving Chu Tian, recognized him as [Jing Meng].
The other party was greatly surprised.
It turned out that in the early days of Heavenly Dao, Chu Tian had spent a long time on the Divine Altar, and his various deeds had spread across all war zones.
He had even been a fan of Chu Tian.
At that time, Chu Tian, like himself now, was a lone ranger, righting wrongs and eradicating injustices wherever he saw them.
The reason Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao preferred being alone was influenced by Chu Tian back then.
At one point, he even regretted not choosing the rogue class when he had chosen his profession.
He even pulled Chu Tian aside, set up chairs, a bench, and a parasol in the wild, and they had a drinking session.
Chu Tian then sighed, thinking how fortunate the other man was; even though he was alone now, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse.
As the former guild leader of [Hand of the Gods], he was not short of money.
They talked for a long time, and Chu Tian recounted his experiences.
Both lamented that they had fallen victim to the same person.
Among so many people in Long Country, before that incident, no one suspected that he was from Da She Country.
It wasn't that no one had investigated his background; he was born and raised in Long Country, the Huang family group with a hundred-year history.
Yet, such a scoundrel emerged, and even his own father was exploited.
Finally, Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao escorted him into the abandoned mine pit where the last Life Crystal was located.
Upon parting, he told Chu Tian that in the future, they would ride together in Heavenly Dao and uphold justice together.
Chu Tian could only smile helplessly, thinking inwardly: He truly had a heroic dream.
After recalling all this, Chu Tian was contemplating whether to report the coordinates of that mountain crevice to him.
Chu Tian remembered that later, many people had traversed that location. Even he had visited it once, to pay homage to the place that had birthed a god-like player.
The cave there was only large enough for one person to crawl forward, heading diagonally upwards.
About two hundred meters later, there was a corner recess, large enough for one person to lie down inside.
The terrain of the cave was shaped like a 【ヘ】.
Furthermore, this cave, being narrow, required one to first draw their weapon before crawling in.
Otherwise, it was impossible to draw a weapon and cast an attack skill.
And, weapons that were too large couldn't be carried in.
For instance, a shield warrior trying to enter with a shield would find it utterly impossible.
Upon reaching the corner at the apex, the range of motion increased significantly, allowing for free turning and weapon drawing for attacks.
Xiao Ji Jiao was forced to crawl into this place, which was originally a dead end but became an incredibly solid defensive position.
As a sharpshooter with extremely high single-target elimination capabilities, when someone tried to crawl in,
he, from above, would land headshots with every shot, becoming invincible.
To crawl two hundred meters without being eliminated by him, only a shield warrior might have been able to do it.
However, a shield warrior without a shield was no different from any other class.
Even if a healer followed him inside, it would be impossible.
Some even tried to smoke him out, bringing engineering smoke generators.
But Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao was also ruthless, enduring the discomfort and refusing to come out.
This was only possible in the world of Heavenly Dao; in reality, he would have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning long ago.
As for attempts to use poison, poisonous agents in the Heavenly Dao world required a carrier to be effective.
This cave slanted upwards and couldn't be filled with water.
There were no volatile gases in Heavenly Dao, so the plan failed.