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Chapter 254 Elf Equipment Gets a Major Upgrade: The New Artifact, Dance of Death! (4k)

Cool!
Looking at the completely transformed item warehouse under the [Basic Equipment Reforging Device], Xia Chi felt quite excited.

Even though the system had been restarted for almost a year, Xia Chi hadn't felt this good in a long time.

The main thing is that the feeling of "recycling" is great.

Although saying this might be a bit disrespectful to the Titan's Belt...
But that's the reality. Xia Chi's companions don't have any pure shield-type spirits, so synthesizing Berserker Armor or Thorn Vest for them would be a complete waste.

Giving Shakiras a defensive item [Steadfast Heart] that matches its Rock attribute synergy is Xia Chi's bottom line.

Now those dusty giant belts have finally been replaced.

Comfortable~

Pulling her thoughts back, Xia Chi mentally sorted out the equipment gaps for the elves.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there were many gaps.
The current equipment for the Magic Masked Cat is Trinity Force, Bloodthirster, and Titan's Resolve.

Furthermore, thanks to the Hextech rune [Chosen Item+], there's an extra item slot, allowing you to equip another item.

Then there's the Winged One, whose current equipment is the Light Hextech Gunblade, the Dark Attribute Bond Emblem, and the Blue Buff.

Sister Fa doesn't have the Chosen One badge, so she only has three equipment slots, which means she's basically fully geared up.

Next is Shakiras, whose current equipment only includes the Unyielding Heart, which provides all damage reduction.

With the Chosen One badge, it has three missing equipment slots, so it needs special attention.

Then, Ponpo, Victini, and Bear's apprentice were completely naked.

There are a full ten equipment slots available!
This huge hole definitely can't be patched up in a short time, but this time we can manage to fill half of it.

Looking forward to the battle turn resolution in [Mega Mystery], I wonder if the "Solid Cover Double Idiot" will appear.

If it's two more Prismatic Orbs, that should be enough to fill the gaps in the elves' equipment.

But that's a matter for later; there's no need to consider it now.

Once you have a goal, deciding what equipment to get becomes a simple matter of prioritization and combination.

While doing so, Xia Chi also opened the two basic equipment forging tools for this Prismatic Orb, and with good luck, he obtained a set of Infinity Blade accessories—the Storm Sword and the Critical Strike Gauntlets.

A total of eleven basic equipment items.

After a series of complex permutations, combinations, and trade-offs, Xia Chi produced a total of five finished garments.

[Infinity Blade: +10% Physical Attack, +10% Critical Hit Chance, Unique Passive: Critical hit damage increased to 250%!]

[Hand of Justice: +10% chance to hit critically, +10% total energy, Unique Passive: When health is above 50%, gain 30% adaptive attack; when health is below 50%, gain 30% life steal!]

[Last Whisper: +10% Critical Hit Chance, +10% Skill Casting Speed, Unique Passive: When a critical hit occurs, reduces the opponent's adaptive defense by 50% (based on the skill you used) for 6 seconds!]

[Sharp Blade: +20% Physical Attack. Gain one stack (10% Physical Attack) for each opponent defeated in battle, starting with four stacks!]

[Strucker's Challenge Gauntlets: +10% Health, +10% Attack Damage, +10% Life Steal, Unique Passive: When Health drops below 60% for the first time, gain a shield equal to 80% of maximum Health (lasts 6 seconds, decays over time)]

The equipment has been made, but its distribution remains a problem.

For example, Infinity Edge.

The rare attribute "Critical hit damage increased to 250%" is rare for at least three Pokémon.

Magical Masked Cat, Evil Ghost Pon, and Bear Apprentice.

Because all three Pokémon have moves that are guaranteed to hit a vital point: Diffusion, Thorn Stick, Dark Strike, and Water Strike.

It's quite a coincidence that they are all unique moves.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Chi decided to equip Pengpeng with both the Endless Blade and the Killer Sword, also known as the Sharp Blade.

The Sharp Blade was originally made for Ponpo.

The +60% physical attack at the start is enough.

Not to mention the incredible snowballing ability of gaining +10% physical attack for defeating an opponent.

If Ponpo had this equipment during the battle at the Holy Church, he could have smashed the Holy Church to pieces with a single blow!

One can imagine just how much damage a single Thorn Vine Staff could deal with a monster of numerical power, supported by these two terrifying damage-dealing items!
There was no way around it; the pressure from the sturdiness and the tightness of the cover was simply too great.

Xia Chi couldn't feel at ease if he couldn't smash the bighead carp away with a thorny vine stick!
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As for the last two items, Whisper and Hand of Justice, Xia Chi left them to Xiong's apprentice, who was a perfect match for them.

The former strikes at the vital point, providing a significant reduction in armor.

Combined with the evolved [Water Flow Combo], which can learn a three-hit combo that always hits a vital point, it triggers three layers of crippling marks from the [Fighting Attribute] synergy.
It can be said that as long as the bear apprentice gets close, whether it's Shuttle or Boss Dora, it's all possible.

Even Zangmarante!
There is no meat shield to speak of in front of Xiong's apprentice, or rather, the future martial arts master Xiong!

And another feature of the Hand of Justice, a functional item, is that it can also synergize with the [Fighting] attribute trait—

Provide more life-giving energy when physical strength is reduced.

This allows the bear apprentice to also possess considerable sustained combat capabilities.

The last piece of equipment is Sterak's Gauntlets, commonly known as Bloodthirster.

Xia Chi gave this half-offense, half-defense functional item to Shakiras.

You can't really call it picking up trash.
Generally speaking, it still meets the needs of the prison.

It's just that the Shakiras has indeed gone further and further down the path of heavy tanks.
Overall, this allocation of 221 can be considered a fairly even distribution.

This not only raised the ceiling of combat power, namely Ponpo's strength, but also allowed Shakiras and his bear apprentice, who had been in the team for a long time, to obtain good equipment.

As for Bictini
This kind of hexagonal warrior, and the little guy whose role is more like a mascot and a power bank, really can only scavenge for food in the trash.

After all, Victini's [Victory Star] synergy only shares its "base stats," and additional stats gained through equipment are not included.

Since it doesn't fight often, it doesn't need to "steal" its teammates' equipment.

Xia Chi predicted that when the next wave of equipment rush arrives, the priority of crafting Latias equipment will be higher than that of Latias.

If Latias can successfully join the team.

After distributing the five pieces of equipment, Xia Chi turned his gaze to the [Artifact Forging Tool] in the warehouse, his face showing anticipation.

Speaking of which, aside from the time the system restarted and I got a [Divine Artifact Forging Tool] that gave me Trinity Force.

I never saw that prop again.

It is extremely rare.

With more elves now, the demands are more diverse. Artifacts like [Embrace of Netherfire], which we missed out on initially, might be worth considering if we get them again. "Brother System, activate the artifact forging machine!"

[Forging successful! Please choose one of the following three divine artifacts!]

[Dance of Death: +30% Physical Attack, +30% Physical Defense, +25% Life Steal, +25% Skill Casting Speed, Unique Passive: 50% of the damage received by the Pokémon will be converted into non-fatal damage and continuously deducted over 4 seconds!]

[Life Armor: +50% Health, +30% Physical Defense, +30% Special Defense, Unique Passive: Heals 3.5% of maximum health per second]

【Mithril Dawn: +100% Physical Attack, +50% Physical Defense, +50% Special Defense, Unique Passive: Grants the held Pokémon immunity to Cowardice, and the Pokémon's moves can Cowardice the opponent for 1 second, but the held Pokémon's move casting speed is locked at 2 seconds (after a move is used, there is a 2-second interval before energy can be converted)】

Wow, these are all good stuff.
Looking at the three options on the interface, Xia Chi found himself in a dilemma of choosing one of the three, something he hadn't done in a long time.

The first Death's Dance is easy to use. Just how useful is Meowha's Bloodthirster? Death's Dance can be used many times more effectively.

The fact that "half of the damage received is deducted over 4 seconds" is truly godlike.

Moreover, the basic attributes provided are quite practical.

Just like the Trinity Force, there are all-around warriors like Magic Masked Cat. Choosing it is definitely the right choice!

But the Life Armor looks pretty powerful too!
It's one of the few pieces of equipment that provides a high amount of health and dual defense. The passive 3.5% health regeneration per second is equivalent to having a built-in [Water Ring] when fighting others.

In a state of near-death, doing nothing will restore full health within half a minute. If Shakiras were equipped with that...
Combined with its high all-damage reduction, 1.5x Special Defense in sandstorm weather, and the durability of its own Stone.

Xia Chi's previous idea of ​​"not wanting pure tanks" was completely shaken.

One last Mithril Dawn.

"Immune to Cowardice, attacks inflict a one-second Cowardice"—it's practically a mechanic-heavy monster.

Furthermore, its base attack and defense stats are incredibly appealing.

The only drawback was the two full seconds of "silence"!
It's not that you can't use offensive moves, but rather that you can't use either offensive or variable moves!

This means that after one attack, it must wait a full two seconds before launching the next attack.

A basic attack that causes a slideshow-like animation is considered...
If Mithril Dawn is chosen, it will definitely be for Ponpo, but does Ponpo really need that one second of hesitation?
But then again, with such high stats, why should we hesitate if we can just kill him with three blows?
Ultimately, this two-second silence still significantly impacts the potential of the sprite.

Pass!

Life Armor and Death Dance are two completely different path choices.

The former represents the complete completion of the "All-Round Warrior Set" for Magic Masked Cat.

The latter represents Shakiras embarking on the irreversible path of heavy tanks.

After much deliberation, Xia Chi chose the former option, leaving Shakiras a way out.

In short, including the artifact Death Dance, the Prismatic Orb directly or indirectly provided Xia Chi with six pieces of equipment.

After equipping all the Pokémon with the items, the team's overall strength experienced a complete and dramatic increase!
Especially for the Evil Spirit, with the support of Endless Blade and Killer Sword, its physical attack power has skyrocketed from less than 1300 points to more than 2,000 points!

It's almost three times more than when we first subdued them!
If Xia Chi were to spar with Master Ma's martial arts bear again, he was worried that the water bear might not be able to withstand Ponpo's thorny vine club.

Again.

Kyogre, you'd better stay asleep in the underwater cave.

Otherwise, you know what kind of methods my daughter, Pengpeng, has!
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The final loot of this battle round is the [Giant Lucky Lantern].

There's nothing to wait for, let's open them all at once.

"Brother Tongzi, activate the giant lucky lantern!"

[The Giant Lucky Lantern has been activated. Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Heart Drop*1 and Move Memory Machine*1]

Skipping over the unimportant, standard Pokémon training items, Xia Chi focused her attention on the Heart Drops at the head and tail, and the Memory Maker.

The former can be considered as Tongzi's prediction that Latias would soon join the team, and it was included in the Pokémon's held item.

I just happened to have given my Heart of Water to Latios to quell the disaster in Water City, so I'll give this one that the system gave me to Latios as a token of our love.

It refers to the pure bond between a trainer and their Pokémon.

And the last prop...
Xia Chi stared intently at the item called [Move Memory Machine], vaguely guessing its purpose.

The mind shifted to the prop warehouse.

【Move Memory Machine: When used on a Pokémon, it can recall moves it has previously learned (Remaining uses: 3)】

Obviously, in the real world, it's rare for a Pokémon to forget its moves and need a TM to help it remember them.

This can almost be described as a "prop" that Tongzige tailored specifically for Magic Masked Cat's [sketching]!
Is this ridiculous?

Xia Chi thought to himself, "Thanks, Master Tong!"

[Since you're already calling the system "Dad," what else is there to say?]

That's so passionate!
Stopping his playful antics, Xia Chi seriously considered the three hard-won sketching opportunities.

Actually, I have quite a few legendary Pokémon, and many of them have unique moves that can be used to draw.

Examples include Ponpo's Thorn Vine Staff, Victini's Fireball, and Kumamon's evolved Water Strike and Dark Strike. Even Latios's Cleansing Light and Latias's Mist Ball.

But apart from the constant flow of water, Xia Chi didn't really want to sketch.

Needless to say, the Thorn Vine Staff is a versatile weapon that Meowha can use to transform itself. Although the damage is a bit lower, it has the added characteristic of "guaranteed hit", so it's not much worse.

Fireball, Cleanse Beam, and Mist Bomb are even more so; they are purely special attack moves and there is absolutely no need to learn them.

The move Dark Strike also has a lower-level alternative – Dark Strike to Vital Points.

Although this lower position is a bit too much.
However, the water flowing continuously into the summer pond is truly tempting!
It's not just because of the high damage it inflicts when it hits a vital spot.

Most importantly, it provides Water-type moves that are extremely rare for Magic Masked Cat!

For Meowth, which has the [Transformation] ability, the attributes of its moves not only represent coverage on the offensive end, but also complement on the defensive end.

The value of the water attribute is self-evident.

If he could learn the Water Flow Combo, he wouldn't have been so badly outmatched when facing the Slaking from the Thousand Miles.

A sketching grid is left for the water to flow continuously.

As for the remaining two slots, there's no need to learn techniques like "The Finishing Touch" or "The Sword of the Cliff."

With V-Blazing in hand, Xia Chi doesn't really pursue those high-damage legendary Pokémon exclusive moves; he prefers more functional moves.

For example, rapid return, mushroom spores, dark holes, shadow attacks, and so on.
Rapid turnaround and mushroom spores are manageable, but as for the others, I don't know if there will be a chance.

(End of this chapter)