Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 14: Do a 10-pull

After parting ways with the Royal Fighting Team, Lang Lei found a nearby inn, used his money to book a room, and stayed there temporarily with Gretchen.

He didn't book a long stay, just about a day, since they weren't there to rest because they were tired; Lang Lei wanted to try his luck at the lottery.

"OK, my turn! Draw a card!"

"..."

"?"

Lang Lei got into position, but... the panel didn't react at all.

"Ellieta, Ellieta?"

Lang Lei called out a few times before El Aita, still dazed, flew out of Lang Lei's body.

"Elita, you've been acting a bit strange these past few days..." Lang Lei glanced at the still dazed Elita and rubbed her face.

"Master has no empathy. People have gone to great lengths and spent a lot of time and effort developing new features for you, but you don't even care about them..." Elita said to Lang Lei with a pitiful look.

"Uh, I was wrong..." Lang Lei felt quite guilty under those pitiful big eyes and apologized without hesitation.

"Wait, a new feature?!" Lang Lei grabbed El Aita's body with a look of surprise.

"It's a secret for now, Master~" Elita seemed to want to tease Lang Lei on purpose, so she kept it a secret.

"Alright..." Seeing that the other party had no intention of revealing anything, Lang Lei gave up on asking further questions. "Can I enter a prize draw now?"

"Huh? The lottery has nothing to do with me?" Elita looked at Langlei in confusion.

"Huh? It has nothing to do with you? Then why can't I smoke it?" Lang Lei asked curiously.

"Let me see..." Elita circled the panel a few times.

"Ah, I've got it!" Elita exclaimed, then said sheepishly, "It's because my development of a new feature caused the lottery module to have poor signal reception..."

"After all this time, it's still because of you..." Lang Lei couldn't help but complain.

"I'm just thinking about my master's future!" Elita stomped her foot in the air, stepping on the air a few times.

"Okay... does that mean I won't be able to participate in the lottery anymore?" Lang Lei was a little worried.

"How could that be! It's just a bad signal reception, a minor problem!" Elita waved her hand.

"Then how do we solve this?" Lang Lei's eyes lit up with a thirst for knowledge.

"That's all you need..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Under Lang Lei's slightly dazed gaze, Elita slapped the panel a few times with her small hands.

"Will this really work...?"

Before Lang Lei could finish his doubtful words, the panel entered the lottery interface.

"It actually works?! With such an ancient repair method?"

"Who cares if it's old or not, as long as it works, that's all that matters!" Elita waved her little hand. "Then I'm going back to napping... oh no, I mean, I'm going to develop new features. Goodbye, Master!"

After saying that, Elita flew back into Langre's body.

"Alright... System, give me a ten-pull."

At Lang Lei's command, ten cards flew out...

One gold, one purple, two blues, three greens, three whites...

[Obtained: Jianmu Fruit (Gold) x1]

[Obtained: Gretchen's Drawing Board (Blue) x1]

[Obtained: Gretchen's Paintbrush (Blue) x1]

[Obtained: 10,000-Year-Old Netherworld Cat Left Arm Bone (Green) x1]

[Obtained: Blanca's Letter (Purple) x1]

[Obtained: 1 bundle of Blue Silver Grass (White?)]

[Obtained: 1 White Head Soul Bone of the Three Thousand Year Wind Baboon]

[Obtained: 2000-year-old Azure Dragon Lizard left arm bone (white) x1]

[Obtained: Mystic Water Pill (Green) ×1]

[Obtained: 30,000-year-old Jade Phosphorous Serpent Torso Bone (Green) ×1]

"What's going on? Is my luck running out?" Lang Lei clicked on the golden card with some confusion.

Then Lang Lei was overjoyed...

Item: Jianmu Fruit (Gold)

Function: Automatically consumed upon death, revives once at full health with no side effects.

Description: This modified Jianmu fruit possesses the miraculous ability to bring its host back to life. Do NOT use this in front of the Star Hunter God Lan or the Immortal Boat Alliance, or even if you revive, you'll be killed again—trust me.

"My God, I have an extra life!" Lang Lei was overjoyed. He didn't think he would be in any danger with Gretsch's...accompaniment, but he was just afraid of the worst.

You can never have too many cards to play!

In high spirits, Lang Lei immediately opened three green cards and three white cards, intending to cool down and calm himself down first.

Item: A bundle of Blue Silver Grass (White?)

Function: It seems... not very useful?

Note: It received a white one-star rating because the lowest quality item in the system's lottery is one star, not because it deserves one star.

"There's no need to pour cold water on it..." Lang Lei instantly cooled down.

Lang Lei casually tossed the bundle of blue silver grass into the trash can and looked at the next item.

Item: Mystic Water Pill (Green)

Effect: Cleanses the marrow and strengthens the body, increasing innate soul power by one level.

Introduction: Maybe you should take a shower.

Lang Lei paused for a moment, then took the Xuan Shui Pill and went into the bathroom of the room.

"Brother Lang Lei, do you want to take a bath?" Gretchen tilted her head. With her constitution, taking a bath was more about enjoying herself. Her body was already naturally free of dirt and grime.

"Hmm," Lang Lei's voice came from the bathroom.

A short while later, Lang Lei came out wrapped in a bath towel.

"I want to take a shower too," Greta said, raising her hand.

"Okay, go ahead." Lang Lei nodded, then added, "Don't use cold water! The tap on the left has hot water!"

"good--"

As for those four soul bones...

As usual, I directly used it as experience to fuse with my second martial soul, Heavenly Flame Judgment...

He's one step closer to the first ring of his second martial soul, which takes a million years to form.

Immediately afterwards, Lang Lei opened two long blue cards.

Then, silence fell...

Item: Gretchen's Paintbrush (Blue) ×1

Description: This is a birthday gift from Gretchen's father, Hen, and it is Gretchen's favorite paintbrush.

Effect: Because it has been used by Gretchen, who has a special physique, for a long time, this paintbrush has also been contaminated with a strong Honkai energy. Be careful not to let the natives of Douluo Continent touch it.

Note: Items not carried by the summoned character have energy that is not controlled by the system; please use them with caution.

Item: Gretchen's easel

Introduction: The drawing board Gretchen uses to learn to draw was also a gift from her father, Hen. This father truly loved his daughter.

Effect: Because it was used by Gretchen, who has a special constitution, for a long time, this canvas was also contaminated with a strong amount of Honkai energy. And, you know what I mean...

"I'll give it to little Gretchen later; she'll be very happy, won't she?" Langley decided.

Finally, Lang Lei clicked on the purple item.

Item: Blanca's Letter (Purple)

Introduction: The system extracted a wisp of consciousness from Blanca, the hero who died on the battlefield against the Collapse, and created this letter.

Effect: Open the envelope to meet Gretchen's mother, Blanca. Note that although Blanca is only a researcher and her combat strength isn't well-known in the Honkai world, it's still quite formidable.

Note: Under the system's intervention, Blanca's consciousness can touch physical objects, but similarly, Blanca's existence only lasts for three hours.

"Brother Lang Lei, can you help me...?"

"I'm not very good at using these things."

Just then, Gretchen's voice came from the bathroom.

"He's still just a kid..." Lang Lei sighed. Although it's not quite the same as the technology-driven civilization, an adult could definitely use it at a glance. It's pretty much the same.

"Wait!" Lang Lei suddenly realized that Gretchen's current condition... must be very bad!

"Gresh, don't come out!" Lang Lei shouted hurriedly. Gresh, who had a very good impression of him, wouldn't have any sense of vigilance towards him. Just in case, Lang Lei shouted.

"I understand..." Gretchen's weak voice came out.

Lang Lei glanced at the envelope in his hand.

Purple quality...

At least it survived to the later stages of that apocalypse, until it gave its life for humanity...

If released, it should be able to easily defeat those so-called gods of Douluo Continent, right?

but……

It doesn't matter anymore.

Lang Lei tore open the envelope, and a blue-haired young woman with a bewildered expression appeared before him.

"Where am I?" Blanca looked at her hands in confusion. "I should have died on the battlefield with Hen..."

"Don't hesitate any longer, you only have three hours," Lang Lei reminded him. "Your daughter Greta is taking a bath in that bathroom right now, go and keep her company."

"Gresch! She's still alive! That's wonderful!" Blanca cried with joy and rushed to the bathroom.

"I remember... Blanca and Hen should have died during the Eighth Honkai Impact, right?" Lang Lei pondered. "Young Gretchen was also seriously injured that time and had to undergo the life-or-death Fusion Warrior surgery."

"Poor little Gretchen... She just escaped from the clutches of death and then lost her parents...?"

Lang Lei shook his head, no longer thinking about these things, and had no interest in drawing the remaining ten lots. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate.

(End of this chapter)