novelraw Chapter 273-1: The Unprecedented Three-Sword Immortal, Issuing a Military Order? (1)
Chapter 273-1: The Unprecedented Three-Sword Immortal, Issuing a Military Order? (1)
Shell items were an exceedingly rare kind of item, their value even comparable to exclusive items.
Apostles often spent tremendous effort, using all sorts of precious consumables and repeatedly clearing grueling stages to finally bring down a humanoid boss, only to find that due to insufficient compatibility, all they could do was drool over the boss’s powerful shell, utterly unable to possess it.
It was like toiling away on a construction site for a whole month, finally getting your paycheck and deciding to splurge on a massage. After paying for a premium membership, you step into a room where a goddess-tier therapist with flawless curves is waiting.
Just as your blood is surging in excitement and you’re ready to go all out, you’re informed that this is a legitimate massage parlor, look all you want, but no touching, and don’t even think about any hidden services.
The frustration of that moment was beyond words.
In these circumstances, the preciousness of a shell item became undeniable.
With compatibility as high as 99%, an Apostle had no worries whatsoever. There was no need to fear lacking the true name or being unable to materialize the shell.
Of course, shell items had their drawbacks. Such items could not be traded, and the generated shell’s level would always be adjusted to the lowest possible level according to the Apostle’s current difficulty. This meant the Apostle had to invest a great deal of time to level up the shell.
Another downside of shell items was that their upper and lower limits were both extreme.
According to internal official statistics, the probability of drawing a shell at the highest limit was absurdly low.But the reason shell items were so valuable was that the chance of drawing a shell at the lowest limit was also extremely low. Unless your luck was catastrophically bad, you would typically end up with a shell somewhere in the middle quality range.
Taking Lin Xun’s newly acquired shell item as an example, the upper limit was Legendary grade and the lower limit was Ruined grade. The median range was Fine grade to Rare grade.
A Rare-quality shell, to an average Apostle, was something you could use for a lifetime, it was like pulling an ‘everyone must have’ unit in a gacha game, and you’d use it until the game shut down.
A Fine+ grade shell was considered Tier 1. If you pulled one, you wouldn’t even need to think twice, you’d immediately replace your current main shell.
“It’s time once again for the thrilling moment of opening a blind box!”
Following his usual practice, Lin Xun carried out a full set of superstitious rituals.
Even a born lucky guy needed a sense of ceremony to activate the flow of fortune.
In ancient times, people would burn incense and bathe. For him, it meant washing his hands and polishing his coin.
After all the previous blind box draws, the Lucky Gold Coin had already been rubbed so many times that it gleamed like new, shining brilliantly. Even so, Lin Xun did not slack off, he carefully and meticulously polished it again.
Once all the steps were complete, he took a deep breath and tapped the shell item.
[You have used Life Soul Casket of the Greedy Wolf Star Lord (Legendary+ Grade Item)]
[The massive seven-star casket slowly opens, releasing dazzling starlight!]
[Generating shell, please wait…]
Lin Xun didn’t dare take a single breath, staring at the screen, waiting for the text that would confirm the Lucky Gold Coin’s effect.
[…]
[Shell successfully generated!]
[The casket before you dissolves into motes of starlight, leaving behind a completely naked, unclaimed shell!]
[You have discovered the shell of the Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord!]
Lin Xun’s heart sank.
“No good, why didn’t the Lucky Gold Coin activate?!”
[You look at the unclothed male shell before you…]
[Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord: The Celestial Pivot star of the Northern Dipper, known in human form as the Greedy Wolf Star Lord. The Pivot is Heaven, the Sphere is Earth. As the foremost of the Seven Star Lords, his power was boundless, he could move mountains and fill seas with a wave of his hand. But now, fallen into the mortal realm, who knows how much of that strength remains? He is not dead, merely hollow, his three souls and seven spirits are gone. Compatibility: 154% (+55%)]
[Do you wish to possess this shell?]
Lin Xun let out a long sigh, feeling very apprehensive.
Without the Lucky Gold Coin’s boost, he was no longer a born lucky guy. Even pulling a Rare+ grade shell would already be considered a stroke of luck.
Given that he had never won more than a hundred yuan in the lottery, his true luck was about the same as any hapless unfortunates.
He possessed the shell and opened the panel to check its attributes.
[Shell: Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord]
[True Name: Celestial Pivot]
[Compatibility: 154% (+55%). Compatibility exceeds the threshold, shell quality has increased!]
[Shell Quality: Legendary Grade]
[Shell Level: 66 (+31)]
[Shell Equipment: None]
[Shell Skill: Purple Mansion Subtle Starfall Heart Incantation (Epic+ Grade Skill): The Greedy Wolf Star Lord’s true essence is vast and endless, he could pluck the sun, moon, and stars with his bare hands. By learning this skill, the power of all true essence techniques will be greatly increased, and when true essence is about to be exhausted, all true essence will be restored.]
[This recovery effect can only trigger once before the shell dies or until Resting Page resets.]
[Shell Skill: Star Commander Spirit Pivot Demon-Banishment Grand Art (Epic+ Grade Skill): The Celestial Path cultivation method of the foremost Star Lord among the Seven Stars. Slaying evil demons will raise this skill’s quality as well as the quality of the Desire-Bearing Greedy Wolf Star Lord shell.]
[With this skill, each enemy slain will accumulate a trace of Demon-Banishment Merit. When Demon-Banishment Merit reaches a critical threshold, the skill’s quality will improve.]
[This shell’s quality will improve along with the advancement of Star Commander Spirit Pivot Demon-Banishment Grand Art!]
“Holy crap! Am I actually the reincarnation of a born lucky guy?”
Lin Xun’s eyes went wide in disbelief as he stared at the panel attributes.
Even though the Lucky Gold Coin hadn’t activated, he had relied purely on his own luck to draw the shell at nearly the highest possible quality.
The Greedy Wolf Star Lord’s shell started at Epic+ grade. Thanks to the Thousand Faces, Ten Thousand Forms compatibility bonus, its quality surpassed the threshold and broke into the very first tier, Legendary grade!
However, this still wasn’t the most incredible part.
The first shell skill was an Epic+ grade passive skill, perfectly suited to the newly acquired Northern Dipper Heaven’s Sword Technique.
Letting the Greedy Wolf Star Lord learn the Sword Gale skill would allow him to unleash a single ultimate move and then keep fighting energetically, or even release two ultimate moves in succession, then switch to another shell to continue the battle.
But even this wasn’t the most incredible part.
The second shell skill was also a passive skill, yet it surpassed even the Little Dragonkin’s Mythic+ grade skill Hermit Bloodline!
Hermit Bloodline could, at most, elevate the Little Dragonkin shell’s quality up to Mythic+ grade but could not exceed the skill’s own grade.
But Star Commander Spirit Pivot Demon-Banishment Grand Art was different, this skill could be improved by killing monsters, thereby driving the shell’s quality upward as well. Most astonishingly, this improvement had no indicated upper limit!
In other words, as long as he kept slaying enemies, Lin Xun could raise this shell’s quality beyond Mythic grade.
“What comes after Mythic grade again?”
At present, Lin Xun still didn’t know how the grades were categorized past that point, but the appearance of the Greedy Wolf Star Lord had undoubtedly shown him the hope of breaking past Mythic.
“Could this be the legendary using life-span to gamble gacha?”
Whether it was psychological or not, Lin Xun felt as if his lifespan had just plummeted.
He set down the phone and manifested the Greedy Wolf Star Lord shell in the real world.