Free Web NovelChapter 1280: Chapter 95: Sister-in-Law
Exclusive room, inside the alchemy lab.
Su Xiao sat at the test bench, where hundreds of firearm parts were laid out. These parts belonged to the dismantled Duke of Extinction. He was cleaning the gunpowder residues inside the barrel.
After 15 hours of rest, Su Xiao had recovered, and his next opponent was Huang Yan. Before that, he needed to check the condition of his weapons.
Thanks to Reed’s repairs, Dragon Slash was in good condition, and Duke of Extinction was also fine. The Slaughter Dagger wasn’t used often, so its wear was minimal, and as for the Ghost Hunter Crossbow, Su Xiao hardly used it.
Besides Ghost Hunter, Su Xiao’s equipped King of Demon Hunting could also switch to firearm form. However, the switching speed of King of Demon Hunting was quite slow, so Su Xiao kept the King of Demon Hunting fixed in ring form.
After the Demon Hunting Suit was upgraded to King of Demon Hunting, it only occupied the ring equipment slot, which meant Su Xiao could equip a long-range secondary weapon and a pendant.
Recently, Su Xiao planned to sell the Ghost Hunter Crossbow. Although it’s a long-range weapon, after using it for a while, Su Xiao found that Firearms Specialization didn’t significantly benefit crossbows, which greatly reduced the chance of Ghost Hunter hitting enemies.
Su Xiao wasn’t good at using hand crossbows anyway, so he decided to sell both Ghost Hunter and Spider Queen. Ghost Hunter was light gold, and Spider Queen was dark purple. The attributes of both weapons were excellent, and they could be exchanged for a mid-range gold weapon, preferably a pistol.
This matter wasn’t urgent. Acquiring a suitable firearm required not only a large number of Paradise coins but also a bit of luck.
Su Xiao took out the Oxidation Fission Device from the storage space. The Spirit of Wood soaking inside had completed enhancement. Upon opening the Oxidation Fission Device, a cold mist sprayed out.
After the fission reaction, the temperature inside the Oxidation Fission Device was extremely low. Su Xiao didn’t directly take out the Spirit of Wood soaked in the solution. He needed to wait for the solution’s temperature to reach room temperature. Taking it out hastily could potentially damage the Spirit of Wood’s structure, substantially lowering its durability.
The waiting was not long but was anxious. The Spirit of Wood was to be enhanced a few times, the exact number was unknown.
100% chance to enhance to +2.
80% chance to enhance to +3~5.
50% chance to enhance to +6~7.
10% chance to enhance to +8~10.
5% chance to enhance to +11.
0.3% chance to enhance to +12.
Enhancing the Spirit of Wood to +12 was never considered by Su Xiao. If a piece of legendary level equipment was enhanced to +12, it would be extremely powerful, even comparable to 2~3 pieces of the same quality gear.
If it got enhanced to +5 or above, Su Xiao would already be very pleased. Regarding enhancement to +7, that would be a huge gain. Anything beyond that wasn’t something he had considered, as he was quite aware of his own luck.
The solution inside the device gradually reached room temperature. Su Xiao took a long-handled metal clamp from the test bench and retrieved the Spirit of Wood from inside.
After a thorough cleaning, the white film covering the Spirit of Wood peeled away.
[Notification: Spirit of Wood has been enhanced to +10.]
Seeing the notification from Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao paused, he seemed... to have had a fluke of fortune this time. Enhancing to +8~10 had only a 10% probability.
The Spirit of Wood, being a legendary level gear enhanced to +10, was absolutely incomparable to a golden equipment enhanced to +10. Su Xiao promptly checked the attributes of the Spirit of Wood.
[Spirit of Wood +10]
Quality: Legendary Level
Durability: 143~143 (40 points increase)
Equipment Effect 1: Wood Activation (Passive·Defense Equipment Form), every minute Life Value recovery speed +150 points (20 points increase), Life Value +1600 points (400 points increase), Body Defense +50 (10 points increase).
Equipment Effect 2: Wood Barbarism (Active·Attack Equipment Form), Spirit of Wood can wrap around the arm or leg, consuming 10% of current Max Life Value (5% reduction), the next attack will cause Power Attribute x0.5 in attack, knock-up, retreat effects (0.2 increase), if the next attack doesn’t use a weapon, it will cause Power Attribute x4 in attack, knock-up, retreat effects (originally Power Attribute x3).
Note: This skill’s cooldown is 10 hours.
+5 Additional Effect: Equipment Toughness Strength +6
+8 Additional Effect: Wood Barbarism (Active) comes with a fractured bone effect
+10 Additional Effect: Wood Barbarism (Active) comes with a broken armor effect
Rating: 530 (rating increased by 4 points, reaching the highest rating for legendary level equipment).
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After seeing the attributes of the Spirit of Wood, Su Xiao felt more confident about defeating Huang Yan. The overall performance of the Spirit of Wood had improved, with a significant enhancement in the Wood Barbarism ability.
If Su Xiao attached the Spirit of Wood to his leg for a full-force side kick to an enemy, the enemy would suffer simultaneous retreat, fractured bone, and broken armor effects. If Huang Yan took this kick, the fight wouldn’t need to continue.
The Spirit of Wood clung to Su Xiao’s arm, moving down to the hem of his windbreaker. It would be difficult to detect the Spirit of Wood without a close inspection.
Everything was prepared, Su Xiao left the alchemy lab, with Bubu Wang and A Mu already waiting outside.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked, this goof probably heard about the arena match, asking if it was needed on stage.
Indeed, Bubu Wang and A Mu could also assist Su Xiao in the arena battles. Fundamentally speaking, Bubu Wang was Su Xiao’s servant, whereas A Mu was a summon. In the arena, this dog and bull could completely support Su Xiao in combat.
But in the arena, Su Xiao wouldn’t reveal all his trump cards. The arena was a place to compete for benefits and assess strength. The true life-and-death battles would happen in the Derivative World.
"You don’t need to go on stage, just watch the match."
"Woof."
Bubu Wang took out a set of popcorn, cola, and spicy strips from the storage space, while A Mu brought an entire roast suckling pig.
Actually, in Reincarnation Paradise, the happiest one was A Mu, the foodie. Whenever they returned to Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao would give A Mu a food allowance, more than enough for this foodie to indulge in exquisite delicacies.
As long as A Mu stood in the food street, it was the most popular guest, no doubt.
"Let’s go."
Su Xiao, along with Bubu Wang and A Mu, headed toward the arena.
Ten minutes later, Su Xiao arrived in the rest room of the arena, which was somewhat similar to an exclusive room. Without his permission, outsiders couldn’t enter.
In the rest room, Su Xiao opened the personal arena information. He was currently ranked third in the arena. Once in the top ten, rankings didn’t change drastically.
Su Xiao’s next goal was to defeat Huang Yan.
[Matching opponents, please be patient.]
Meanwhile, Huang Yan received a match confirmation. He was in the Blood Gate team guild, which had a nature similar to an exclusive room, except its area was dozens of times larger. Only members of Blood Gate Adventure Group could enter the team guild.
"He challenged me."
Huang Yan put down his hot tea and looked at a provocatively dressed woman. She was his famous sister-in-law, known outside as Naloi, the Blood Spider, and within the Blood Gate Adventure Group, everyone except Stan referred to her as sister-in-law.
