Alone and Infinite

There's a saying that goes, "If my neighbor hoards grain, I hoard guns; my neighbor is my granary."

In the end, all the rats were killed to unlock the bloody key.

The first three items all involve gambling, but Li Xia has one good point: he never gambles!

The fifth option is similar to choosing equipment, but it's not cost-effective.

Is it random?

Li Xia stroked his chin, a decision forming in his eyes, and placed several treasure chests side by side in front of him.

Watching the countdown tick slowly, I took a deep breath and abruptly pulled out the curse.

[Misfortune] activated!

In an instant, a dazzling golden light burst forth from the body of misfortune.

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Chapter 121: All the treasure chests exploded!

A blinding golden light emerged from the misfortune, then coalesced into a gleaming golden bullet.

Bullet of Destiny?

No, although the Bullet of Destiny was also golden, it carried an extreme chill, unlike the warmth it felt now.

"Oh!"

The curse automatically floated up and fired a shot at Li Xia. The dissipating smoke seemed to be golden, carrying a faint, sweet scent.

There is a fragrance of flowers and plants.

The bullet struck his chest suddenly, and Li Xia felt a jolt in his body as a mysterious sensation surged up.

Everything around me seemed to be cheering me on, the world became incredibly wonderful, and a strange confidence filled my entire being, as if I could easily accomplish anything.

[A Gift of Misfortune: Luck increased to 15 points for 10 seconds]

With limited time, Li Xia opened all the boxes and keys in front of him without hesitation within those ten seconds.

"bang bang bang"

The boxes kept bouncing open, and the blood-red vortex kept contracting.

Beams of dazzling light burst forth from the opened box, illuminating the entire room.

It appeared! A blindingly bright light!

When the light faded, several objects floated quietly in the air, radiating magnificent colors.

Li Xia's eyes widened gradually; the gains from both worlds lay within this!

It exploded!!

Just by looking at the varying shades of purple light, Li Xia knew that he had definitely made a fortune this time!

Misfortune is awesome!!!

With excitement, I first picked up the equipment I got from Smaug's chest.

[Smaug's Scales]

[Grade: Purple (Tier 1)]

【Origin: The Lord of the Rings - Middle-earth】

[Category: Special/Armor]

[Durability: 75/75]

[Defense Tier: 4 - ? ? ? (Tier 1)]

[Equipment Requirements: Constitution 15, Physical Strength 3]

Greed Armor: When equipped, it will absorb 10% of the maximum health, and generate scales based on the quality of the absorbed health.

When attacked, it will display scales and burn its opponent with high temperature.

Dragon Blood Armor: When equipped, Strength +2 and Physique +2 (Excitement-type bonus, ignores rank).

Fire Dragon Armor: Grants immunity to fire damage below 1000 degrees Celsius and increases resistance to fire-based energy damage by 60%.

Concealed Armor: Does not occupy an armor slot.

[Comment: Smaug was able to wreak havoc on Middle-earth precisely because of his scales. Now you have them too, Dragon Slayer.]

What does this piece of equipment mean?

Looking at the palm-sized, semi-transparent scale in my hand, it didn't look like a piece of armor at all.

Shenlong glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and said, "I seem to remember there was a piece of equipment called the Myriad Dragon Armor. Why don't you try it on first?"

It's confirmed; even the old-fashioned ones don't quite understand the new things in the halls of power.

As mentioned before, two thousand years is a very short time for a temple that has existed for an unknown period of time, but it is a very long time for humankind, long enough to become a legend and a ballad.

So even though more than two thousand years have passed, the core of the temple has not changed.

Only by transcending limitations can one easily accomplish many things, such as breaking through the opponent's barriers to send oneself in, secretly modifying one's own information, or delivering the Soul Pearl to someone else without being seen by the light of day.

However, the temple's external appearance is entirely based on forms that the apostles can understand. The changes from more than two thousand years ago to the present are enormous, so it is normal that the dragon cannot understand it.

That makes sense, why not try them on?

He pressed the translucent scales against his chest, and suddenly, the scales miraculously seeped into his chest like water. Li Xia let out a muffled groan.

His face suddenly turned pale, and he felt as if his blood and qi were surging throughout his body. His heart was pounding, and the blood vessels bulged where they were integrated into the scales.

"Glug. Glug."

As if the sound of something swallowing loudly could be heard, Li Xia's health bar gradually decreased, only stopping when it reached 90%.

As the physical discomfort gradually subsided, Li Xia stood up and waved to bring a mirror over, only to find that her body showed no abnormalities whatsoever.

Even after taking off her shirt, there was still no change.

He took out Night Silence from his spatial storage and tentatively pricked it against his chest.

"Ding!"

A crisp impact sound was accompanied by sparks, and where the tip of Night Silence's spear had pierced, a small patch of skin was revealed to have fine, dark red scales.

Nothing else changed; as the spearhead was moved away, the scales slowly disappeared again.

Li Xia's eyes lit up. "Great!"

Dragon scales only appear on the attacked parts of the body; they are usually hidden.

This equipment is like a living thing; it doesn't rely on bloodline but on its own vital energy to maintain a certain level of activity.

No wonder the defense tier isn't fixed; the different amounts of health they provide will definitely cause differences!

I glanced at the defense tier in the equipment list, and sure enough, the defense tier column had turned into a bright 6!

Even a Tier 1 6 can still fight in Tier 2!

Most importantly, it also has the effect of concealment armor. The Temple of Light is not a game; as long as you can fit into it, you can wear as much as you want.

However, many pieces of equipment can conflict with each other. For example, some equipment provides attribute bonuses because it contains energy that amplifies the human body.

Different equipment has different tuning modes, making it extremely easy to get into fights.

Therefore, the hall will sort out these equipment.

Each apostle was given a head, neck, armor, belt, legs, two rings, arms, two bracelets, feet, and ankles.

There are a total of 10 conflict-free slots, which are what the apostles call equipment slots. Each apostle can choose 7 of them to match without any conflicts.

Therefore, any equipment in the hall that does not occupy an equipment slot is extremely expensive!

It's like having an extra piece of equipment compared to others, who wouldn't love that?

The meaning of "Concealed Armor" now is that Li Xia can wear an extra layer of armor!

If we could get our hands on items for upgrading equipment...

That's too powerful! In comparison, the only debuff, which takes up 10% of the maximum health, isn't so glaring.

The last Iron Brotherhood upgrade scrolls only upgraded blue-grade and lower-grade equipment. Lisa said it seems that upgrading purple-grade and higher-grade equipment is very difficult.

Despite the difficulties, I still want to give it a try, mainly because this equipment is really useful.

"Shenlong—" Li Xia felt that calling him Shenlong all the time was getting awkward, so he simply asked, "Do you still remember your own name? I'll add it for you?"

"Name." The dragon pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "His real name seems to be Ao. Ao Wu?"

"Awoo? Okay!" Li Xia thought the name was quite cute, using an onomatopoeia as a name.

【Divine Dragon - Roaring has been successfully named】

"Awoo, do you have any information on equipment upgrades?"

Ao Wu was unaware that he had become Aowu. After recalling for a moment, he tapped his head with his tail: "It seems that Tiangong can reforge it."

As expected, the changes were too rapid for him to keep up with; he needed time to reconcile the information in his head with the present situation.

Li Xia kept the advancement in mind and turned his attention to what was to come.

I held my breath at just one glance!

Tao Pai Pai—that's so kind of you!!

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Chapter 122 Tao Pai Pai is so generous!

Inside the Tao Bai treasure chest, two skill books shimmering with a hazy light were floating silently.

Li Xia reached out and scooped up the skill book.

[Flying Technique], [Hollow Wave]

Tao Pai Pai is so generous?

Think about it, the most valuable things Tao Pai Pai has are just three: Crane Style, Flying Technique, and Dodon Wave.

Two were exposed! It's basically like their underwear has been exposed.

[Dance in the Sky]

[Skill Type: Skill-based/Support-based Active Ability]

[Skill Cost: Cost varies depending on gravity; under normal gravity, it consumes 4 points of True Qi per minute]

【Effect 1: Can counteract gravity and achieve levitation and hovering】

[Effect 2: Consumes 1 point of True Qi to accelerate in any direction, up to a maximum of 10 points]

[Introduction: Like the ability to fly, you're still a long way from being able to dance in the air.]

Inject! Inject it hard!

Li Xia made up his mind almost immediately; if he wasn't proficient in this skill, he could only use it for hovering or levitation.

To fly freely, one must be extremely skilled, even to the point of making it an instinct.

Adjusting flight attitude in the air is by no means an easy task; the human body is much more difficult to control than an airplane.

Even Iron Man has difficulty performing complex maneuvers in the air; his flight ability is mostly used for getting around.

Having used up his skill, Li Xia looked at the next one.

【Hole Wave】

[Skill Type: Energy Damage Active Ability]

[Skill Cost: 10 True Qi - ? ? ?]

[Effect: Each point of Qi deals 40 points of energy damage. The amount of Qi can be freely selected, with a minimum consumption of 10 points. It inflicts various types of damage on enemies, including piercing and burning.]