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Chapter 745 Trophies

Suburbs of Ningdong City, villa area.

Luo Jun returned to the house he had bought. Previously in [Hell], he had summoned Lilith to confuse Dampes. Therefore, only Gabriel and Sima Xin were guarding the villa now. Both were overjoyed to see their master return.

"Nothing's gone wrong lately, has anything?" Luo Jun asked.

"Everything is normal," Sima Xin replied. "We check with the academy regularly, and there are no problems."

He knew that, after all, he had just returned from the academy.

"It's good that you're alright." Luo Jun asked about the rest of the situation during this period, gave a few instructions, and nodded: "I'm going to the basement. You guys keep watch for me."

After entering the basement, Luo Jun first took out the Creation Chess and activated a high-grade soundproof barrier before checking the rewards.

Why choose this place? Because the villa's basement is spacious enough to accommodate any large-sized Noble Phantasms among the rewards. Even the Raging Mech, crouching and ready to deploy, can fit here. If it were an academy dormitory, it would probably have to be demolished on the spot.

First to be brought out was the Reaper, a massive scythe nearly three meters tall standing upright. The curved scythe head alone exceeded one and a half meters, stretching over half the length of the hilt. Its black blade, paired with a blood-red edge, exuded a terrifying aura of killing intent; calling it the weapon of death would be no exaggeration!
As the energy swept across, information about the large scythe emerged.

Name: Reaper

Grade: Legendary

Introduction: This weapon was once wielded by a renowned being. It is said to have started as an ordinary scythe, but after reaping countless souls, it underwent an evolution, transforming into a legendary weapon. Ultimately, it even turned against its master. Afterwards, this scythe was obtained by many powerful individuals. However, without exception, its owners all met untimely deaths. This scythe thus became known as a demonic sword that devours its master. Without sufficient strength, do not even think of wielding it!

Function 1: Indestructible: Originally crafted from top-tier materials, its strength and sharpness are greatly enhanced after being transformed into a Noble Phantasm, rendering all defensive measures ineffective.

Function: Two-Dimensional Slash: After activation, it locks onto the opponent and can deliver an attack that ignores the target's defense and evasion. Activation consumes 300 breaths of energy and has a 10-minute cooldown.

Function Three: Harvesting. The souls of those killed by this Noble Phantasm will be imprisoned forever, becoming nourishment for the reaper, further enhancing its power, and possibly even stimulating further evolution.

The upgrades a Reaper can receive depend on the strength of the souls it harvests. As a legendary artifact, the Reaper can no longer be upgraded with ordinary souls; only powerful souls can allow it to continue to improve.

Hint: The Reaper has some unknown negative effects. Based on the previous owner's experience, it is speculated that using this Noble Phantasm may trigger some unknown state of misfortune, making the user more likely to encounter misfortune in battle.

Note: In my opinion, this is like putting up a sign to sell the first item!

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The first two special effects of this scythe seem rather unremarkable. "Indestructible" is a standard feature of high-level melee weapons, while "Dimensional Slash" is somewhat vaguely described as ignoring defense and evasion, but requiring a lock-on target, clearly indicating it's a single-target skill. Although it provides a guaranteed hit, given Luo Jun's current skill level, few can withstand a single strike from his scythe; the guaranteed hit and defense-ignoring effects are merely icing on the cake.

However, this harvesting function, which can permanently enhance Noble Phantasms, caught Luo Jun's eye. Moreover, according to the description, there seems to be room for further enhancement... Could it be that this scythe can eventually be enhanced to the Mythical level?
It's very likely. After all, the hidden quest to obtain the Reaper is to kill all the bosses. In Luo Jun's opinion, this is more difficult than completing the main quest and is the most difficult of the hidden quests. It's only natural to give him the strongest Noble Phantasm!

So, looking at it that way, this thing could be considered a potential investment with great potential, so it's not a bad deal...

As for the misfortune mentioned in the hint, Luo Jun didn't take it seriously at all. "I already have the Heavenly Secret Dice, what's a little misfortune to me?" he thought.
After putting away his great scythe, Luo Jun took out another treasure: a white medicine box. Inside were three potions. A sweep of his spiritual energy revealed their descriptions.

Name: Deadly Cure

Grade: Epic

Synopsis: A mad doctor, in his quest to develop a panacea, employs the idea of ​​fighting poison with poison. Through continuous experimentation, he finally obtains these three highly effective medicines, but their use also carries immense risks.

After injection, there is a 50% chance of curing all injuries and illnesses (but not old injuries, such as healed limbs, organ lesions, damaged meridians, etc.), a 25% chance of being severely poisoned, and a 25% chance of simultaneously experiencing the effects of poisoning and treatment, with the two canceling each other out.

Note: So, what is the cost?

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This makes it even clearer: it can heal all injuries, essentially the same as the healing syringe in an emergency medical kit. The difference is that the syringe has no side effects, while this only has a 50% chance of being effective. If it doesn't work, there's a 50% chance of being poisoned. Given its powerful effects, this poison must be potent; for most people, being poisoned by it would be practically fatal.

After putting away the deadly antidote, Luo Jun took out a mechanical coffin that was over two meters tall. He opened the coffin lid and found a cyborg made of nanomaterials inside. It was about two meters tall, strong and agile, and its facial features were not visible. It looked somewhat similar to the BOSS in the mission.

"Is this the main reward for this mission?" Luo Jun's energy swept over the area.

Name: Free Mech

Grade: Legendary

Introduction: A powerful civilization used genetic technology to cultivate a super soldier, which was then weaponized to create a super weapon. Its physique is similar to that of an ordinary human, but it possesses strength and speed far exceeding those of conventional creatures, and also has the potential to use elemental energy. In the plan, the Freedom Mech needed to learn multiple combat techniques and integrate powerful combat modules to be considered fully formed. Unfortunately, before the plan could be completed, the civilization was destroyed by a natural disaster, and the Freedom Mech remained forever an unfinished experimental subject.

Function 1: Self-repair: This Noble Phantasm is made using special nanomaterials and has the ability to self-repair after being damaged.

Function Two Module Assembly: As a combat weapon framework, this treasure requires modules with corresponding abilities and functions to function perfectly. Currently, there are seven module interfaces that can be installed, each requiring modules of the seven elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin, yang) to reach their maximum power.

Gold Module: Provides physical attack capabilities.

Wood module: Provides exploration capabilities.

Water module: Provides mobility capabilities
Fire Module: Provides spell attack capabilities.

Earth module: Provides defensive capabilities.

Yin module: Provides mental abilities.

Yang Module: Provides the energy for bodily movement. Modules can be replaced with Noble Phantasms, items, biological organs, etc., that have corresponding abilities. Different modules will provide different abilities to the Free Mech. Installed modules can be removed and replaced with other modules, but the removed old modules will be rendered unusable and lose all functionality.

Function 3 Module Detection: The Free Weapon's Hibernation Coffin can detect nearby items that are suitable as modules. When an item appears, the Hibernation Coffin will light up with an orange glow as a notification.

Note: The Treasure Box will disable the module detection function, and external modules cannot be detected when the device is installed inside the Treasure Box.

Note: Six gods unite, and I will form the head!

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The introduction of the Free Mech surprised Luo Jun; he hadn't expected it to be a customizable Noble Phantasm. However, it seemed to be a summonable creature as well. He wondered how strong it would be once all modules were assembled, whether it would be at its peak, and whether it could hold its own against Elontan and the others.

Thinking of the powerful summoning function of the Creation Chess, Luo Jun couldn't help but sigh that he was going further and further down the path of a summoner.

Luo Jun turned his attention back to the mech in front of him and went forward to check it. He couldn't find any place to install the module. Could it be that he needed to obtain the corresponding module before he could activate the loading function?
Luo Jun looked at the dormant coffin but saw no reaction. It seemed there was nothing suitable nearby to serve as a module.
Wait... The function prompts that the Treasure Box will block the module detection function. Does this mean that if I have something in my Treasure Box, I have to take it out of the Hibernation Coffin for it to react?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Luo Jun remembered that before the Free Mech took it out of the Treasure Box, he seemed to have noticed a flash of light, and it was orange!

To confirm, Luo Jun put the Free Mech back in and observed it carefully. Sure enough, he noticed that the hibernation coffin was reacting!
But Luo Jun's treasure box contains hundreds of treasures; who knows which one can be used as a module?

Left with no other choice, Luo Jun took out the Free Mech and began pulling out his treasures one by one.

Of course, Luo Jun wouldn't pull out all the treasures.

As a module, once installed and then removed, it becomes useless. Therefore, you can't just equip it with any important Noble Phantasm. It's best to use something that you won't feel bad if it breaks... But you can't use something too low-quality either, because equipping it probably won't provide any improvement...

After screening, Luo Jun mainly selected rare and epic quality Noble Phantasms. After comparing them one by one, he found quite a few suitable as modules.

For example, most firearms and swords can be used as gold modules; some staves or weapons with powerful active skills are suitable as fire modules; shoes and other magical artifacts with acceleration abilities are suitable as water modules; and defensive armor is clearly suitable as earth modules...

What surprised him the most was the Cold-Blooded Butcher Set.

This set consists of a knife, a hook, clothes, and boots. The clothes and boots correspond to the earth and water modules, but the hook and the knife were a bit of a surprise to Luo Jun.

The hook for hooking people corresponds to the gold module, while the person-opening device corresponds to the fire module?!

Luo Jun had assumed that these large machetes and iron hooks should correspond to the gold module, or at the very least, the hooks for slinging people, which were mainly for control, should correspond to the fire module. He hadn't expected it to be the other way around.

Looking closely at the effects of both, the additional abnormal status of the device and the function of the giant blade aura are perhaps more similar to magical weapons.

Unfortunately, the hook chain broke and was damaged, and the blade of the man opener also had a nick. Although it did not affect its use, it was not in optimal condition. Both items were suggested to be used as modules, but this might significantly reduce their functionality.

Upon seeing this notification, Luo Jun opened the treasure box again and looked at the several damaged artifacts lying inside.

Do you remember when he was fully armed when he fought the deified BOSS, and then he was struck by lightning and left with only his underwear?

Most of the Noble Phantasms he had prepared at the time were severely damaged, or even completely destroyed and disappeared. Even if the remains could still be found, Luo Jun was too worried about the enemy running to the main world to bother looking for them, which caused him to lose many precious Noble Phantasms, including the highly functional Instant Step Boots and the Rejuvenation Mirror (a replica).

If these two Noble Phantasms were still available, they would be very suitable as combination modules for Free Weapons.

Unfortunately, Luo Jun lacked the ability to repair the Noble Phantasm...

Um? etc……

Luo Jun suddenly remembered that he had just obtained a related treasure!

He immediately opened the treasure box and took out the final reward for this mission: the All-Purpose Repairman!
This thing is called a tinkerer, but it's not actually a person; it's a folding toolbox.

Once the toolbox is opened, it unfolds layer by layer, as if it has some kind of space compression function. It transforms from the size of a suitcase into the size of a workbench. Although there are various tools on it, they are not for human use. All the tools inside are integrated with the box and controlled by countless tiny and flexible robotic arms.

Luo Jun glanced at the toolbox, and its specific functions were revealed.

Name: All-Purpose Repairman
Grade: Legendary

Introduction: A mysterious and enigmatic being, finding her Noble Phantasms frequently damaged, created a unique toolbox. Initially intended for easy repair, it became increasingly useful, leading her to add more and more functions until it transformed into a legendary Noble Phantasm…

Function 1: Repair Energy: The Noble Phantasm will automatically generate repair energy over time, one point every ten minutes, with a maximum storage of one hundred points, which can be used to repair and modify the Noble Phantasm.

Function 2: Routine Repair: Once activated, it can repair minor damage to Noble Phantasms. It consumes ten breaths of Vitality, but does not require any Repair Energy and has no cooldown time.

Function 3 Perfect Repair: After activation, it can repair those Noble Phantasms that are severely damaged or even completely lost their function. Activation consumes thirty breaths of energy, with a minimum consumption of five repair energy points. There is no cooldown time.

Function 4: Over-Repair: After activation, it can not only repair severely damaged Noble Phantasms, but also temporarily enhance one of the Noble Phantasms' functions after repair. The enhancement lasts for one hour. Activation consumes 100 breaths of energy, and the minimum consumption is 10 points of repair energy. The specific energy consumption value is determined by the Noble Phantasm's grade and the degree of damage. There is no cooldown time.

Current repair energy: 100/100.

Note: New for three years, old for three years, and patched up for another three years.

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(End of this chapter)