Chapter 65: Chapter 62: The Savage Eye of the Giant Tuo

The effect of the Treasure Flesh decayed quickly; in just 4 hours, the amplification effect had reduced to 150%.

However, Bai Pu took this opportunity to cultivate all three Combat Skills to Level 2.

Upgrading Combat Skills means an increase in related values, enhancing their power!

The amplification is about 20%—for example, Bai Pu’s [Unstable Shield], which originally had a shield of three times the Endurance Value (57 points), now has 68 points, equivalent to 3.6 times the Endurance Value.

The increase for a skill reaching Level 2 is not significant; the real substantial increases occur at the thresholds of Level 4, Level 7, and Level 10, where additional skill suffixes appear!

But cultivating skills needs to be gradual, without a solid foundation at Level 2 and Level 3, Level 4 is just a castle in the air.

Even though the amplification effect decreased, Bai Pu persevered and continued cultivating until noon the next day.

Just before lunch, Bai Pu opened a batch of Treasure Chests.

He first opened the golden Treasure Chest from the Mother of Jiang Tuo.

The number of draws from the Treasure Chest is related to the battle difficulty. Bai Pu, as a Level 2 Enhanced Elite, along with a Level 5 Elite Slave, managed to overpower a Level 5 Leader and its group of crocodiles—a difficulty no less than scaling to the heavens.

The rewards were quite generous; Bai Pu gained a full 4 draws and was also able to exclude the lowest valued 20 cards!

After Bai Pu made his exclusions, there were only 28 cards left floating in front of him. The chances of getting something good were quite high.

Bai Pu wasn’t indecisive; he directly picked four cards.

[You have obtained golden equipment: Fierce Eye of the Giant Tuo (Sealed).]

[You have obtained Leader Level material: Tendon of the Giant Tuo.]

[You have obtained Leader Level material: Sharp Teeth of the Giant Tuo *4.]

[You have obtained B+ Level War Tool: Command of the Giant Tuo Matriarch.]

Among the four draws, the B+ Level War Tool: Command of the Giant Tuo Matriarch, is actually a skill used by the Mother of Jiang Tuo.

Using the War Tool can inspire allies within a 50-meter radius, making them fearless of pain, adding (3) points of fixed damage that ignores defense when attacks hit, and increasing attack speed by (10) points (equivalent to the increase brought by +10 points of Agility).

If used well, this tool’s benefit is incalculable, especially on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, a 50-meter radius is still too small compared to the vast Chibi Battlefield, perhaps explaining its only B+ rank.

The two Leader Level materials, the Tendon and Sharp Teeth of the Giant Tuo, can be brought back to the real world and given to Awakened with a sub-profession like [Blacksmith] to forge equipment.

It should be noted that the materials directly skinned and taken from the Mother of Jiang Tuo cannot be brought back to the real world. Only these spoils acquired through Treasure Chest draws have the trait of being able to be brought back to the real world.

Bai Pu stored away these three items and focused on examining the newly acquired golden equipment: Fierce Eye of the Giant Tuo.

[Fierce Eye of the Giant Tuo (Sealed)]

[Quality: Hero Level (Golden)]

[Equipment Requirement: None]

[Equipment Slot: Accessories]

[Attributes: Power +5]

[Additional Skill: Fierce Aura: Within 60 seconds of activation, gain the blessing of the Giant Tuo’s Shadow, Critical Strike Value +30 (equivalent to the critical bonus brought by an extra 30 points of Agility). Nearby enemies must pass a Will check, or they will panic and flee.]

[Durability: 40/40]

[Description: This vertically slit eye, radiating fierce light, still exudes a commanding majesty.]

Top Grade Equipment.

This equipment is more suitable for those with an Agility Specialization executing decapitation tactics.

Once Fierce Aura is activated, weaker enemies are likely to scatter and flee, and those with Agility Specialization can focus with the Giant Tuo’s Shadow’s critical bonus to decisively kill the enemy leader amidst thousands!

Of course, those with Power Specialization can also use it, especially as the equipment itself provides +5 Power.

Regrettably, for those with Power Specialization, which rely primarily on skill damage to create bursts, the attack speed of ordinary attacks is slow, only adding a supplementary touch. The significance of Critical Strike Value although present, is not as significant as for those with Agility Specialization.

Critical strikes are not random. Generally, hitting a target’s weak spots with perfect force has a chance to achieve a critical strike, doubling the damage.

Therefore, the critical strike rate is not static either.

For instance, Bai Pu with 10 points of Agility has 10 points of Critical Strike Value, facing a Rotten Bone Skeleton with only 4 points of Agility. Accounting for the Combat Specialization suppression, the critical rate is at least 40-50%!

But against Shadow Sentinels like Fish Intestines who have Agility over 20 points and Combat Specialization not inferior to Bai Pu, getting one critical strike out of ten attacks would be lucky! Of course, provided Fish Intestines is fully engaged and not standing as a wooden stake.

Bai Pu then opened four Elite Level Blue Treasure Chests.

Similar to the Treasure Chests from the Mother of Jiang Tuo, these four blue Treasure Chests dropped quite a few raw materials as well, including tough crocodile hide, crocodile teeth, and crocodile eyes, all “Elite Level” materials.

Some are blacksmith forging materials, some are alchemical synthesis materials.

Fortunately, since Bai Pu achieved victory against stronger odds, the number of Treasure Chest draws varied from two to three. Besides a large amount of Elite Level materials, he also scored two Elite Level blue equipment.

One of which is an upper body armor “River Crocodile Armor,” with no additional skills, only enhancing 3 points of Agility and 4 points of Armor Value.

Bai Pu cannot wear this equipment, as it is “Light Armor,” which would render the main parts of Bai Pu’s body no longer heavy armored, thus nullifying the Passive Ability [Heavy Armor Mastery].

Armor equipment is categorized by material into cloth, light armor, and heavy armor.

Cloth garments are made primarily from fabric, silk and such materials, suitable for caster professions.

Light armor is crafted with leather as the primary material, incorporating small amounts of metal threads, rings and other lightweight metal components, suited for Agility-primary Awakened.

Heavy armor, on the other hand, is mostly metal based, including chain armor, plate mail, and other types described in three words: Metal Can.

[Heavy Armor Mastery] is something Bai Pu cannot forsake regarding effects like knockback and knockdown resistance. Thus, this River Crocodile Armor must be temporarily stored in the Storage Space.

The other equipment is a pair of gloves resembling crocodile claws, named [Crawler’s Claw].

The attributes are Power +1, Agility +1, better than nothing; the only interesting attached skill is [Climbing], a passive effect that increases climbing speed by 30 points and reduces stamina consumption while climbing.

Bai Pu directly put on the gloves.

Once worn, his hands didn’t feel much constraint or discomfort; the leather gloves fit like an extra skin layer on Bai Pu’s palms, not hindering his use of weapons.

Since Bai Pu was clad in Standard Armor Top and Standard Armor Leg Guards, the main body area was still armored, so the gloves didn’t affect [Heavy Armor Mastery]’s functionality.

The last dozen or so White Treasure Chests yielded various miscellaneous items, such as crafting materials for ordinary equipment and scattered parts from young crocodiles.

To conserve precious Storage Space, Bai Pu could only sell these items to Spirit Realm Will for Spiritual Points.

After completing all this, Bai Pu’s spirit had reached its limits. But he didn’t choose to sleep, given the presence of other Awakened candidates with questionable intentions like Blood Crow, making Chaisang City unsafe.

He strained his spirit and headed straight to Huilong Temple!

…

At Huilong Temple, Bai Pu handed over the heart of the Mother of Jiang Tuo to Daoist Xiuqing, hearing the task progress prompts as his tired eyelids could no longer hold up, and he fell asleep.

Daoist Xiuqing shook his head, sighing, “Who would’ve thought a Military Medical Officer would have such a steadfast heart for the Dao.”

He waved a hand, instructing two disciples to carry Bai Pu to rest on a mattress, himself waving to store the heart, and sat meditating in the hall.

Bai Pu slept for three hours before waking up with matters on his mind.

[S-level Profession Change Task: Pill Master, progress has been updated.]

[Please learn the knowledge of Alchemy from Daoist Xiuqing.]

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