novelraw Chapter 377-1: A Great Haul, Disciple War (1)
Chapter 377-1: A Great Haul, Disciple War (1)
Lin Xun opened his inventory and checked the bountiful loot dropped by the Desire Wet Nurse.
There were six pieces of loot in total, not a huge number, but judging from their quality, this was an unprecedented, explosive jackpot.
The lowest quality among them was mythic grade, and the highest was eternal grade.
In the final battle, Firefly’s contribution against the Desire Wet Nurse far exceeded Lin Xun’s, but with the fall of a main god, even if he only got a single ‘mosquito leg,’ it was enough for him to make a massive profit.
Moreover, this loot was far from being just a mosquito leg in value.
[Desire Wet Nurse’s Special Spirit Essence (Spirit Essence item): a portion of Spirit Essence scattered after the death of the main god Desire Wet Nurse.]
[Using this item grants you 10,000,000 Spirit Essence.]
[If you add this Spirit Essence while forging any Shell Equipment, an awakening effect is guaranteed to occur, generating a random additional attribute.]
[You may also add this Spirit Essence when forging accessories, raising the accessory’s grade up to mythic+ grade at most, while generating the specified awakening effect, Flesh Growth.]
“Ten million Spirit Essence? A mythic+ grade accessory?”Using the Desire Wet Nurse’s Special Spirit Essence directly only gave ten million Spirit Essence, which was quite far from the astronomical figure Lin Xun had imagined.
However, when he saw key words like ‘scattered’ and ‘portion,’ he instantly understood.
“Using this directly as Spirit Essence would be too wasteful. Its true use should be in forging equipment… and specifically in forging accessories.”
The description did not detail what the specified awakening effect Flesh Growth actually did, but just the fact that it could pull an accessory up to mythic+ grade from a lower tier already made it more valuable than ten million Spirit Essence.
At this point, Lin Xun had advanced to the seventh difficulty.
The visible content in the Book of Trade had increased once more, yet though there were entries marked mythic grade among the highest-tier items and equipment, their total number barely reached a pitiful single digit.
He naturally understood the reason for this. Apostles who had advanced to the seventh difficulty were already top-tier combat power in this world.
Within the official organization, a seventh difficulty Apostle would definitely hold the position of Councilor or Senior Councilor.
In New World, seventh difficulty Apostles either held posts in the Elders Council or belonged to the Rectification Society.
As far as Lin Xun knew, among the lower-seat Disciples, the Eleventh Disciple, his male superior Amos, was also a seventh difficulty Apostle.
Among such top-tier combatants, solo players were extremely rare. Most Apostles belonged to organizations and teams.
Even if they wanted to sell mythic grade items or equipment, they would prioritize supplying members of their own organization.
This resulted in the Book of Trade having only a tiny quantity of the highest-tier items and equipment.
If Lin Xun wanted to buy or sell suitable equipment at this time, the best option would be through the official organization’s internal channels.
It was worth mentioning that New World also had similar trade channels, controlled by the Rectification Society.
Lin Xun planned to follow the Special Spirit Essence’s description and forge an accessory.
He figured the specified awakening effect Flesh Growth definitely would not be weak in any way.
[Cloning Incubation Pod (mythic grade item): an incubation pod used to clone and create offspring. Twisted blood vessels crisscross its fleshy outer wall. Through the flesh membrane, you can see a blurry humanoid shape soaking in turbid incubation fluid.]
[Using this item will grant you a masterless Evil Child Shell.]
[The Shell will be generated according to the Apostle, creating an Evil Child Shell with a Compatibility as high as 99 percent. The Shell quality will be generated at random, with a minimum of rare grade and a maximum of legendary+ grade.]
[The generated Evil Child Shell will automatically recognize its Shell True Name and will randomly generate three to five Shell Skills.]
[This item has been bound to your soul and cannot be traded, gifted, discarded, or dropped.]
“Another Shell item. And it’s an Evil Child Shell.”
Lin Xun was overjoyed.
Shell items always generated Shells whose maximum quality was one tier lower than the item itself.
The same was true for that Life Soul Casket of the Greedy Wolf Star Lord. That legendary+ grade item could at most generate a legendary grade Shell.
However, Lin Xun was no longer the same as he once had been. With a fate-changing artifact in hand, he would not repeat the ‘unlucky’ outcome of drawing the Greedy Wolf Star Lord.
Now the odds of generating a highest-quality Shell were extremely high, and if he did not care about the time cost of trial and error, he would definitely be able to obtain a legendary+ grade Shell.
With a near full-Compatibility Shell and the bonus from his soul talent, a legendary+ grade Shell could then rise one more tier and become a mythic grade Shell.
Furthermore, the Evil Child had fused three life factors: the Desire Wet Nurse, Firefly, and Extreme Evil. Even though he could not yet see the Shell Panel’s attributes, he did not need to think hard to know its potential would be enormous beyond measure.
“It hasn’t been easy, but I finally won’t be a half-baked, transformation-type demigod anymore.”
Just this one Shell item alone was enough to raise his strength dramatically.
“Right now, the fate-changing artifact is still in a weakened state. Once it recovers to full health, I can start spinning the wheel.”
Lin Xun decided that once he secured this mythic grade Shell, he would then truly start the next chapter.
Once he had a stable demigod-level strength, revisiting the World of Omniscience to continue his strategy there would be much easier.
He also had another item that Flanda had given him before her death, which would need the fate-changing artifact’s help.
The mythic grade item Firefly Radiance could generate an exclusive item, and an event that significant would definitely require the fate-changing artifact’s participation.
“Why do I feel like the fate-changing artifact has a busier schedule than I do… once the draws are over, I’ll give you a drumstick.”
[True Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord (mythic+ grade item) … when this item is merged into a specific Shell, you will be able to absorb the Flesh Essence of defeated enemies and cast the Flesh Angel Holy Descent skill.]
[Flesh Angel Holy Descent: guarantees a 100 percent success rate of transformation, temporarily raising your Shell’s quality by one tier and elevating its Shell Level by a certain amount.]
[Using this skill will consume all currently accumulated Flesh Essence, with a minimum of 100 points required. The degree of temporary level elevation will be determined by the total amount of Flesh Essence consumed.]
[Current Flesh Essence 0/300]
“A powered-up version of Purgatory Angel Holy Descent?”
The True Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord was far superior to the Complete Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord, raising the former 50 percent promotion chance to 100 percent and even adding a temporary increase in Shell Level.
The original death-refresh condition had also been altered, becoming more like a charge-based transformation condition.
“If I did not have the fate-changing artifact and this new Shell item, this reward would still be quite decent…”
Lin Xun had already made a mythic grade Shell reservation in his mind, so this True Wet Nurse’s Umbilical Cord seemed somewhat redundant in his view.
At best, it could raise the Purgatory Angel’s level higher, thereby also pulling up the Evil Child’s level in turn.
“Wait, this item doesn’t seem to be exclusive to the Purgatory Angel.”
“The description says ‘merge into a specific Shell.’ Could it be…”
Lin Xun’s eyes lit up.
Judging from the Firefly world’s storyline, the Desire Wet Nurse’s offspring, or monsters with bloodline ties to her, should all possess the ability to merge with the umbilical cord.
The Crawler Broodmother, various angelic warriors, and Painbearer Belatu all possessed the ability to merge with umbilical cords.
Although the Evil Child was born from Clone Flanda, strictly speaking, it was still the Desire Wet Nurse’s offspring.
It was only that the Evil Child’s bloodline was a bit too mixed, which added an extra degree of uncertainty as to whether it could merge with the umbilical cord.
“If the Evil Child can merge with the umbilical cord, I will be making a killing.”
A mythic grade Shell that advanced once more would reach mythic+ grade and become a top-tier demigod Shell on the level of Flanda and Kim.
Shell Level had always been a weakness for a rapid map clearer like Lin Xun. The temporary level boost attached to the umbilical cord’s transformation would greatly reduce that flaw.
Lin Xun gradually calmed down.
Since the Evil Child had not yet broken out of its pod, he felt it was safer not to start raising flags too early.