Chapter 167
Chapter 167
“It’s not bad news.”
Zhou Ming took the Crimsonflame Sacred Dragon Egg from his inventory and showed it to everyone.
The patterns covering the dragon egg shone with a vivid crimson radiance. A faint stream of fire-element energy flowed from it, pointing toward a certain direction within the Sakura Region.
Clearly, the Crimsonflame Sacred Dragon Egg was trying to communicate something.
“It found a place that can nourish it!” Cangxuan judged accurately.
Hatching a dragon egg was extremely difficult, let alone a Sacred Dragon Egg of the highest grade.
Furthermore, Xuanniao had enhanced it, making its bloodline even more dominant.
[Crimsonflame Sacred Dragon Egg] (Rare SSS+ Rank): ???
“Our plans will have to change slightly.” Zhou Ming looked excited. “Hatching the Sacred Dragon Egg will probably take a long time. Let’s settle it somewhere safe first, then head to the Sakura Region’s super main city!”
“All right!”
Naturally, no one objected.
Most of the Hope Faction’s group were god-tier powerhouses, allowing them to move at incredible speed. The Sakura Region might seem vast, but compared with the entire Destiny Continent, it was no larger than a sesame seed.
Even crossing the entire Sakura Region would not take long.
Whoosh!
The group hurried onward above the clouds.
The Sacred Dragon Egg’s guidance shifted whenever their direction changed, allowing Zhou Ming to reach the destination with ease.
According to Ye Zhibei, however, this could not be an innate ability of the Sacred Dragon Egg. Otherwise, the Dragon Domain would not have struggled so much to hatch it. The ability must have emerged only after Xuanniao enhanced the egg beyond SSS Rank.
Along the way, Ye Zhibei carried Zhou Ming on his flying sword. Zhou Ming opened his inventory, eager to inspect the Sacred Weapon’s enhanced attributes.
[Ask the Heavens] (Sacred Grade ★★★★★)
Attack: 27,500-30,000
Bonus: All Attributes +1,200
Trait: Attack +280%, Attack Speed +180%
Exclusive Effect: Divine Condemnation, attacks ignore 35% of the target’s Defense.
Exclusive Effect: Heaven’s End, offensive skill strength +40%.
Exclusive Effect: Luminous, All Elemental Resistance +22%, Lifesteal +20%.
Exclusive Effect: Gale, each attack increases damage by 25%, stacking up to 3 times for 10 seconds.
Exclusive Effect: Divine Ember, this equipment can devour rare ores and automatically enhance itself.
Special Skill: [Heaven’s Scar]
Special Skill: [Peerless]
Special Skill: [Godslayer]
Exclusive Special Skill 1: [???]
Exclusive Special Skill 2: [???]
Required Level: 70
Required Fame: 10,000
Bound to: Flame Venerable · Zhouyou Shijie. Cannot be dropped, traded, discarded, or damaged.
Description: Zhouyou Shijie’s exclusive Sacred Weapon. Its power has reached the absolute limit, exceeding what the Destiny Continent can bear.
(Note: This equipment’s strength changes with its owner’s level.)
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[Heaven’s Scar] (Passive): Attacking a unit below 6% HP triggers Instant Death, ignoring all effects and killing the target immediately.
[Peerless] (Passive): Attacking lower-grade equipment has a very high chance of triggering Destruction, permanently destroying that equipment.
[Godslayer] (Active): Currently unavailable.
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“!!”
Zhou Ming’s heart bloomed with joy, and he could not pull himself out of his daze for a long time.
After Qianying’s enhancement, Ask the Heavens had improved by far more than a little!
Its numerical attributes had not merely risen. The single most important change was the additional exclusive effect, Divine Ember!
By devouring rare ores to enhance itself automatically, Ask the Heavens had raised its ceiling yet another level.
“What a sword! What a sword!”
If traveling to Qianying’s homeland were not so urgent, Zhou Ming would have grabbed the weapon, found an area packed with monsters, and happily spent several days grinding.
By then, the level rankings would surely have changed dramatically.
After a long while, Zhou Ming suppressed his excitement and equipped the full set forged by the Dwarves.
[Blazing Flame Armor] (War Soul Grade)
Defense: 1,200-1,300
HP: 50,000
Trait: Defense +80%, HP +50%
Effect: Vigor, the wearer recovers an additional 500 HP per second.
Effect: Battle Readiness, All Elemental Resistance +10%.
Effect: Unbreakable, chance of being critically hit -20%.
Special Skill: Easy Mastery, Required Level -15
Required Level: 100
Required Fame: 1,500
Set Effect: ???
Description: Although the materials used are nothing unusual, this still qualifies as top-quality War Soul-grade equipment because it was crafted by Rob, chieftain of the Dwarves.
[Blazing Flame Bracers] (War Soul Grade)
Defense: 500-550
HP: 20,000
Trait: Defense +30%, HP +50%
Effect: Ferocity, damage dealt +5%.
Effect: Fearless, damage received -5%.
Special Skill: Easy Mastery, Required Level -15
Required Level: 100
Required Fame: 1,500
Set Effect: ???
Description: Although the materials used are nothing unusual, this still qualifies as top-quality War Soul-grade equipment because it was crafted by Rob, chieftain of the Dwarves.
[Blazing Flame Ring] (War Soul Grade)
Attack: 500-550
HP: 30,000
Bonus: Fire-Element Damage +10%
Trait: Attack +40%, HP +50%
Trait: Raging Flame, Critical Rate +10%
Special Skill: [Rageflame Strike]
Special Skill: Easy Mastery, Required Level -15
Required Level: 100
Required Fame: 1,800
Set Effect: ???
Description: Although the materials used are nothing unusual, this still qualifies as top-quality War Soul-grade equipment because it was crafted by Harrison, an elder of the Dwarves.
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[Rageflame Strike] (S-Rank): Deals 300% damage to an enemy unit and increases the fire-element damage it receives by 50% for 10 seconds.
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Based on Zhou Ming’s gaming experience, the numerical stats on War Soul-grade equipment generally seemed to fall between 200 and 500, while armor offered twice as much.
His estimate might not have been perfectly precise, but it was close enough.
Ding!
[System Notification: You have successfully activated the 3-piece effect of the [Blazing Flame Set]. HP gains an additional +80%!]
Ding!
[System Notification: You have successfully activated the 5-piece effect of the [Blazing Flame Set]. Defense gains an additional +50%!]
Ding!
[System Notification: You have successfully activated the 7-piece effect of the [Blazing Flame Set]. Attack gains an additional +50%!]
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After equipping the entire set in one go, leaving only his weapon Ask the Heavens and the Snow Cloak unchanged, Zhou Ming’s panel attributes skyrocketed far beyond anything he had possessed before.
[Flame Venerable · Zhouyou Shijie] (Flame Demon Emperor / Sword Demon Emperor)
Level: 88
HP: 2,992,800
Attack: 208,330-221,080
Defense: 58,840-62,240
Fame: 19,340
Luck: 25
Skills: [Command], [Demonic Flame Armor], [Baptism by Fire], [Astral God Art], [Return to Ruin], [Flame Soul Art], [Bedrock Shield], [Rider and Mount as One], [Heavenly Meridian Sword Art], [Heavenbinder], [Soul Refinement], [Heavenrend], [Forbidden · God of Blazing Flames], [Forbidden · Flames of Eternal Calamity] (Note: Only SS-Rank and higher skills are displayed.)
Description: The gods’ nightmare, the demons’ mortal enemy, and a future no one can foresee.
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“Hiss…”
Even Zhou Ming was stunned by such overwhelming Attack.
Absolutely monstrous!
This was what made a Sacred Weapon so absurd!
With an upper Attack limit of 220,000, even Zhou Ming might not survive a hit from himself!
Furthermore, if he copied Ye Zhibei’s Heavenbreaker talent, he could ignore 50% of the target’s Defense. Combined with the 35% Defense penetration built into his weapon, that reached a total of 85%!
Unless the gap between them was enormous, an enemy’s Defense would be practically nonexistent before him!
Not to mention that Ask the Heavens carried Heaven’s End, increasing the strength of offensive skills by 40%.
Without question, Heavenrend at full power could now destroy heaven and earth!
Ding!
[System Notification: You have entered the map [Undying Mountain]!]
While Zhou Ming took the opportunity to gauge his combat power, the group raced onward and soon approached the exact location.
Looking down, Zhou Ming saw an enormous active volcano. The magma within glowed red and contained a terrifying concentration of heat. The surrounding land had been reduced to steaming charcoal.
“Look over there!”
Qianying suddenly spoke and pointed toward a village at the foot of Undying Mountain.
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