Chapter 722: Coughing to death!
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"Aziz..Aziz will avenge me…...Hitman Aziz will surely, a-aven, avenge, m-me. *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*....."
Tolui's final word clogged his throat entirely. First came a few droplets of blood spraying out from his virulent coughing, then streams of blood rolled down the corners of his lips like red snakes slithering rapidly down his neck. His widened eyes lost their focus, and finally, Tolui ceased from all movements.....
Spectating such a scene, Sheyan heaved a sigh of relief and shook his head silently. Instead, Brother Black gloated sadistically and teased with joy.
"Boss, another slayer point added, eh?"
Simultaneously, Sheyan swung a punch at a Shadowdrill Deinonychus and chuckled.
"Hoh, congratulations to Mr Tolui for being second partaker of this good fortune of coughing to death."
Meanwhile, waves of astonishment were flushing into Zi's heart. Tolui Helenite's magic potion should've possessed an outstanding precedence rate, yet even under its protection, Tolui still passed away 'peacefully' by some sort of special blood loss effect! Such a scene completely amazed her once again.
Honestly speaking, Zi wasn't an individual with shallow knowledge. However, in this short span of an hour, the number of astonishing events she experienced had eclipsed all else since she entered the nightmare realm!
After a momentary daze, she regained her senses and coldly announced.
"Aziz….probably false bravado. Zeus has already dispatched Fu Lyanna and the rest to kill me, while still having to deal with the threat of the Skull Party. Under such circumstances, would he dare to send out Aziz?"
Mogensha was a very flashy individual. If not for him growing up amidst the chaos of war but instead in a peaceful state like America, he would probably have been an exceptionally gifted rapper. Hence, even in the midst of such an intensive battle, he couldn't help but speak up.
"Aziz? Is he very formidable?"
Meanwhile, with her five slender scallion-like fingers, Zi drew out extremely distinct marks in the air. Then, with a gentle push of her right palm, she once again pushed a 'Force Collision Wall' out. Rumbling thunderously as it whizzed out, the formless wall created a bloody storm along its path!
After regulating her breath, Zi indifferently answered.
"Speaking of Aziz, you should be wary of him the most, Mogensha. If Tolui Helenite was Zeus's sword, then Aziz is his deadliest arrow! Do you not know why he is hailed as America's public enemy?"
Concurrently, Mogensha gunned down an onrushing Shadowdrill Deinonychus, while he chewed on his gum and nonchalantly replied.
"Nope."
"Prior to entering the nightmare realm, he was already an incredibly dreadful sniper. A citizen from Afghanistan, his parents died to the Americans when he was young and only he managed to avoid disaster. Bearing this bone deep hatred, he started assassinating American troops ever since he learned how to use firearms."
"By the age of thirty, the amount of American militants that had perished to his gun exceeded 300 men, which included special ops soldiers and others. Gradually, he became hailed as America's public enemy. Monitored by the FBI, when Aziz reached the age of 35, his wife and kids were killed, which eventually led to him stumbling into the nightmare realm..."
Zi's tone complied with her icy demeanor. The impression she exuberated was as if she wasn't in the midst of fighting, but merely gossiping with friends in a coffee shop on a rainy night.
Sheyan nodded quietly. For this lady to be able to command such a large party, she naturally possessed a certain charm and imperceptible influence of esteem.
After listening to Aziz's history, Mogensha subconsciously took a deep breath of chilling air. His spine turned slightly numb. His own living conditions were considered treacherous, yet as compared to Aziz, it was utterly not worth mentioning.
The most terrifying aspect of Aziz was that even under such circumstances, he actually dared to proactively find trouble with the American forces! Moreover, these were his accomplishments even before entering the realm! One could simply observe how formidable his innate would be. Perhaps, it already matured to an incredibly powerful stage even before he entered the realm.
Zi, intentionally or otherwise, glanced at Mogensha again and uttered.
"Aziz has a habit. While clashing with foes, he loves to assassinate the opponent's gunner first. This is due to his prejudice and sacred ideology that other than him, nobody else deserves to employ a firearm before him! To him, his gun is his life. The only source of his faith and his very soul!"
Usually conceited with his gunning talents, beads of perspiration were now emitting from Mogensha's forehead.....even his aiming became slightly weird. Fortunately, at this moment, the majority of Shadowdrill Deinonychus were annihilated or had fled. This mental blow to Brother Black didn't affect the overall situation at all.
With the assistance of an invincible mage type Growth-Hunter like Zi, the overwhelming quantities of Shadowdrill Deinonychus still succumbed to her indiscriminate barrages of 'Force Collision Walls'. Nevertheless, Zi also fully exhausted all her three floating rhombus mana crystals. One could tell how taxing this was on her mentally.
Truthfully speaking in Zi''s perspective, she hadn't felt this sensation of merely holding the fort for an exceedingly long time.
During her other battles, as the party leader, she had to constantly overlook all other aspects as well as the grand state of the battlefield. She had to consistently direct her party's flow, and managed many different things simultaneously.
At present, this sensation felt totally brand new to her. However, in the midst of this serenity, as she observed Sheyan's astute arrangements and decisions, a clear disappointment surfaced in her eyes. A notion she wished to suppress in her heart subconsciously floated up.
"Could it be, the gap between us is that vast?"
The property of true damages was indeed particular rare.
It wasn't merely devastating, but was also considered extremely rare!
After the gang slaughtered a hundred Shadowdrill Deinonychus, their harvest was unexpectedly only a single crystal –
[ 'A' grade material: Shadowdrill Deinonychus Blood Crystal – Embedding this crystal will provide a bonus of 20 true damage! ]
Following that, needless to say, they decided to split the loots from both blood keys acquired from Yuan Zhan and Tolui Helenite.
At present, Zi produced a bottle of liquid known as 'Underworld Spring', and used it on the two blood keys. It supposedly increased the chances of drawing a higher grade item by 15%. However, it was a one time usage where the bottle of Underworld Spring' required refilling in its relevant world.
For Yuan Zhan's key, the trio evidently advocated for drawing equipments. In contrast, Zi strolled to a distant corner with extremely conflicted emotions.
Soon after, she could hear Reef's excited chuckle. From afar, she sighted a dark golden glitter. As it turns out, it was that exact accessory she traded with the trio previously, but right now, it was a '+7 Chieftain's Hobby' that returned to its original owners. Frankly speaking, that item was truly fated with the trio.
As for Tolui Helenite's key, an argument begun over the decision to draw his equipment or items instead.
Without a doubt, Tolui inevitably boasted remarkable equipments. For example that blood warhammer, which could actually cause honorary medicines to turn invalid when battling contestants! Besides that, there was also that 700% power leap booster equipment.
Still, Tolui also possessed an incredible storage of items. Excluding that 'S' grade item, 'Sauron's Flight', there was also the 'A' grade material, 'Shadowdrill Claw', that he harvested from the Shadowdrill Deinonychus recently and was equivalent to a dark-gold grade equipment! Most crucially, they could draw three items but only one equipment with a 50% chance of failure.
The trio debated incessantly, each unable to convince each.
Meanwhile, the cool and composed Zi silently stood by the side and replenished her rhombus mana crystals. Initially unwilling to participate in this argument, but when she noticed that time was rapidly passing, Zi ultimately couldn't maintain her unperturbed state and strode over.
She glared at them austerely and chided.
"Do you guys wish to stay here and deliver yourselves to Fu Lyanna? Although Glory Party's party channel transmission is limited to two kilometres….. Yuan Zhan reared a 'Soul Owl'. The release of that 'Soul Owl' indicates a bad omen! Once that 'Soul Owl' locates Fu Lyanna and combust into nothingness, she will evidently realize something had happened to him. Perhaps, in the best scenario, the dimwitted Fu Lyanna remains confused and clueless, but after such a long time…..whatever it is, they may arrive here anytime, and yet you guys are still bickering amongst yourselves!!"
"What's that to bicker about? Tolui that fool is Zeus's blade. His slayer value has assuredly surpassed 30 points. Thus, even for a Growth-Hunter like him, his blood key will sure provide two drawing chances. Just hurry and finish up, then we leave at once!"
After concluding, Zi frustratedly turned and left.
Watching her leaving figure elegantly enhanced by her deep-blue robe, Sheyan shrugged his shoulders.
"Alright, alright. Let's get to work."
The first draw was the items. In the end, it was a complete fiasco.
Out of the three items, two were junk and could only be swapped for several hundreds of utility points. One could tell the bunch of Glory Party was merely exaggerating their appearance and wasn't wealthy at all. They didn't even spare such loose change in directly selling to the nightmare realm, but stored them to sell in the realm marketplace instead; thereby saving a few hundreds of extra utility points.
Furthermore, this was Zeus's confidant! To be scavenging so pathetically, one could indeed distinctly feel the tacky problem of loot allocation for large scale parties.
Fortunately, the final item was pretty excellent. It was the 'A' grade material, 'Shadowdrill Claw'.
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Chapter 723: All-Conquering Might
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After concluding the item draw, the trio waited expectantly. Indeed just as what Zi predicted, their nightmare imprints transmitted the notifications.
[ Growth-Hunter no.81212's slayer value is above 30 points, condition for second draw is fulfilled ]
[ You receive another draw from the blood chest! ]
"Oh woah!" Although he was already expecting this, Reef and Mogensha still failed to contain their excitement. Sheyan cheerfully announced.
"Our excellent Zi is indeed matchless in experience, her words spot on without errors."
Following that, Sheyan urged Reef.
"Wanna test your luck?"
Reef hesitated a little but his eyes revealed immeasurable delight.
"Alright."
Sheyan actually thought Reef wouldn't agree but merely asked out of courtesy. Like a simple greeting of 'have you had dinner', but yet the other party abruptly blurted, 'no I have not, treat me….'
Sheyan eventually broke out of his amazement and asked.
"Did the Lord not mention not to covet another man's wife, nor his house, fields, servants, oxen, donkeys and everything?"
Reef then offered an extremely classic answer.
"Not too long ago, I realized that in this cursed realm, every man is their own master."
Reef then selected the equipment draw. His hand reached into the blood chest and...his expression hinted a strenuous use of strength….looking at his exerted state, everyone's heart flushed with joy. With a fierce grunt, Reef actually pulled out a massive regiment of unparalleled rich crimson radiance!!!
As she observed the crimson radiance spiralling up, Zi couldn't help but return and exclaimed.
"You guys.....what kind of luck is this!"
A while later, the crimson radiance gradually receded and took shape into an incomparably brutal and bloodthirsty giant warhammer!!
The weapon of slaughter than Zeus personally purchased and gifted his subordinate!
Finally, the properties of this miraculous weapon were exhibited before their eyes.
[ All-Conquering Might ]
[ Origin: Realm honorary reward ]
[ Rarity: Blood grade ]
[ Offense: 100 - 400 ]
[ Material: High energy manganese steel alloy / Bloodgrain Straw / Law-crystal (i) ]
[ Addons: Adamantite Weapon Chain (Allows quick draw from personal storage) ]
[ Weight: 483.11 kg ]
[ Length: 168 cm ]
[ Attack interval: 5 seconds (Strength attribute will lower this interval to a minimum of 2.8 seconds ]
[ Equipment usage requirement: Strength 65 points, physique 35 points ]
[ Equipment usage requirements: 'Heavy Weapon Mastery' lvl 7
[ Durability: 320 points ]
[ Ordinary property: Increases explosive strike rate by 10% ]
[ Ordinary property: 33% chance of repelling enemy by 5-10 metres upon dealing damage. If enemy collides into any obstructions while being repelled, they will be stunned for 2 seconds. Otherwise, they will experience 70% speed decline for 5 seconds ]
[ Ordinary property: While equipping this weapon, wielder's basic movement speed declines by 50%. Other speed enhancing effects will not be affected. (Note: basic movement speed = 20+ contestant's pure agility) ]
[ Bloodthirst Property (only effective on contestants): When a contestant is damaged by this weapon, a 10 seconds Blood-vessel Exhaustion state will kick in. In this state, consumption of honorary medicines will be ineffective, while all other regenerative items will have their effects lowered to 33%. Blood-vessel Exhaustion state takes 'Authoritative' precedence ]
[ Bloodthirst property: When attacking a contestant, there's a chance of neglecting the 40% regulation of contestant battles ]
[ Bloodthirst Property: Receive additional 5% explosive strike rate/ accuracy when attacking a contestant ]
[ Description: Details are recorded in the attached merchandise certificate ]
[ Merchandise number: i9u871y ]
[ Merchandise name: Interstellar mining hammer ]
[ Main material: High energy Manganese Steel alloy ]
[ Date: Territorial Era, year 1735, June 9th, 11 pm 0
[ Manufactured location: Colony no.1971. 31st colony licensed manufacturer. Approved by Interstellar Peace Committee. Recorded no.33912 specimen of the Interstellar Forging Association ]
[ Weapon manufactured satisfies the soa18811-1231 design and test requirements ]
[ Description: The realm accepts refund of this weapon at a high value ]
The contestants browsed through its description initially with enthusiasm, but were soon dumbfounded....65 points of strength requirement! Moreover, the ability 'Heavy Weapon Mastery' lvl 7! None of them could employ this warhammer, at least not for a long time.
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Moments later, under the repeated hastening of the icy looking Zi, the trio eventually boarded that arachnid Overlord.
As the sky begun darkening, they soared towards the direction of the dead corpse, the wealthy young master, Chedeliarchos Skoa.
Presently, Zi had vented her resentment after slaying Yuan Zhan. Thus, she now needed to accomplish her main mission and earn the rights of returning to the realm.
Regardless, even with the addition of Zi, Party Ace's combat power was still vastly insufficient in contesting Glory Party.
Frankly speaking, they managed to eliminate Yuan Zhan and Tolui Helenite because Glory Party wasn't aware of Party Ace's existence. Their deaths would surely invoke a reaction akin to poking a beehive.
Without a doubt, Glory Party wouldn't know the culprits were from Party Ace, nonetheless, they could confirm that Zi had received reinforcements and would surely take a more wary stance in their following activities. Moreover, it would be hard to ascertain the schemes and traps following this.
This could be considered the first time that Zi was riding an arachnid Overlord while fully conscious. Thus, one could observe the wariness and resistive look on her face as she scanned the manifold maroonish flesh vasculars of this Overlord's interior. Furthermore, she couldn't hold onto these organs while flying, and thus looked relatively anxious as well.
Upon noticing Zi's rigid demeanor, Sheyan couldn't resist teasing her to help her relax a little.
"Zi, there isn't a need to worry, I have wonderful news for you."
Zi was currently striving to maintain her straight posture, in order to prevent a tentacle looking 'safety belt' from staining her skin. Upon hearing Sheyan's words, she frowned and asked.
"What?"
Sheyan replied.
"Looking at it now, although some members of the Skull Party are also searching for the amber sequence, I reckon that only a portion of them have accepted this mission. Furthermore, their mission is actually segregated into different side missions. Otherwise, the crucial map pinpointing the location of Chedeliarchos Skoa should be held by their boss, and not recklessly carried around by any subordinate, which led to it falling into our hands."
"So you actually acquired a critical map for their mission?"
After hearing Sheyan's words, Zi exhaled gently and exhibited a tinge of joy on her face. Currently, the pressure on her shoulders was truly immense. If she hadn't encountered the trio, she believed that she would still be struggling on whilst at death's door.
Seeing that Zi's emotions had settled down a little, the trio then produced the battle spoils to distribute. Instead, Zi directly shook her head in rejection.
However, after glancing at that blood weapon, 'All-Conquering Might', she recalled something and hesitantly uttered.
"If I haven't remembered wrongly, because a blood weapon is purchased by a massive load of achievement points, it could also be directly sold to the realm for achievement points.....I can see that none of you should be able to employ this weapon for now, why not just exchange it for achievement points to heighten your battle capabilities? I still lack 3 achievement points to promote my 'Skywalker Force's' second tier ability."
"That's possible?" Sheyan asked curiously. "Then how many achievement points can this big guy be exchanged for?"
Zi shook her head.
"Definitely not a full refund, but in accordance to the seller's military rank. The higher one's military rank, the more achievement points will one be refunded. You should be seller. Anyway if I'm not wrong, you are the one who established this Silver Prestige Party, and therefore, you are probably not a Reserve-Duty officer right?"
Sheyan chuckled and didn't answer. Instead, he interacted with the blood weapon and attempted to utilize his military rank authority. Indeed, he then received some notifications.
[ You currently possess a single blood weapon ]
[ Determining: You are incapable of wielding this blood weapon ]
[ You can select the following actions: inquire on the detailed properties of this weapon or sell this weapon ]
Sheyan immediately investigated the selling price and soon received an answer of 37 achievement points. He then passed it to Zi, and she quickly reported that she could sell it for 26 achievement points.
As he observed this weapon, certain doubts surfaced in Sheyan's heart. Honestly speaking, he would be able to sell this weapon back in the nightmare realm for a relatively outstanding valuation.
Even so…...Sheyan thought about their current predicament. To survive in the midst of two major parties clashing, or the possible threat of an Awakener. Once someone perished, all his inheritance would simply be devoured by others.
Thinking of that, Sheyan decided to sell this blood weapon. Furthermore, according to Zi, once she could promote her military rank again, she would be able to enjoy the same privilege of purchasing a blood weapon. Thus, to Sheyan, it also wouldn't be difficult for him to acquire a blood weapon in the future.
Hence, he gritted his teeth and acquired the 37 achievement points. Yet unexpectedly, this transaction also came with 50,000 utility points and 20 potential points. It was truly a pleasant surprise.
Out of the 37 achievement points, Sheyan gifted 3 points to Zi. Besides, she only wanted 3 points.
As for the remaining 34 points, he planned to distribute evenly among Reef and Mogensha. Instead, the two of them declined, citing that they didn't have any outrageous ability that required an excessive amount of achievement points to breakthrough.
Thus, they suggested that Sheyan should invest them on his virus ability. After all, the deadly effects of his pestilences were already engraved deep in their hearts.