Hail the King Chapter 136-137

Chapter 256: One Hundred Million!

After Han left, the room's atmosphere turned awkward. Zhu Yannan tried all methods to loosen up the atmosphere, and it was barely enough to make Jian Jia temporarily forget about being unhappy, making Mr. Shui's mood better.

"Look, the next one up is the genetic beast #2. As for the even stronger #3, it would be left for the end as tonight's final auction." Zhu Yannan pointed a genetic beast that was pushed onto the stage using a large alloy shelf car.

Shua~

Right after his voice faded, the auctioneer lifted off the black cloth that was covering the cart. The audience was immediately shocked, a wave of surprised voices rolled across the room.

It was a golden-eyed white tiger with wings!

Those golden eyes were like a pair of golden bells, a cl.u.s.ter of snow white fur was on its forehead, and with a tough and high backbone, it had a pair of eagle-like giant wings emerging off its back.

The #2 genetic beast's eyes coldly swept past everyone at the scene, and from its domineering force, one could see that it completely didn't put these humans in its eyes. Whereas most genetic beasts, after being sent to the auction stage to be observed by tens of thousands of people, would usually exhibit some emotions. The weaker ones would be scared, and the stronger ones would become angry.

But the genetic beast #2 didn't have any reaction, and just treated the entire audience as nothing. This kind of innate pride was not something that could be simulated, and it was completely natural, only owned by beasts of extremely high level.

The auctioneer proudly announced, "Everyone look, this is the legendary genetic beast #2, the second of the number-series top tier monsters."

"Maybe everyone has noticed, the atmosphere exerted by the genetic beast #2 is very different. In fact, we already noticed and measured this unique characteristic. This is definitely the calmest genetic beasts that our auction house has a.s.sessed, like a cold-blooded killer!"

"Please do not be fooled by its calm appearance. Take a look at its claws, they are simply three sharp blades hidden below those paws, and they came from a top tier star beast, the Golden Badger!"

Everyone followed the lens that projected onto the screen. Indeed, claws like three sharp blades were hiding.

Kacha~

Suddenly, the claws were revealed and a cold light flashed through the stadium.

When everyone looked again, #2's claws were completely out. It suddenly attacked the alloy cage that held it. The tritanium alloy bars that were thicker than fingers were immediately broken.

"Run!"

"The monster's coming out!"

That series of movements were especially frightening. The tritanium alloy chains were broken right away like toilet paper. The claws of the #2 genetic beast could be compared to lasers!

Some timid customers thought that #2 was about to break free from the cage and they were immediately scared to the point of c.r.a.pping their pants. Even Jian Jia's father was suddenly shocked, and countless guards hidden in the corner rushed out.

Shua~

The next second, an energy shield activated from below the cage, creating an additional barrier in front of the genetic beast #2. This thing saw that there was no escape to this c.r.a.p, so it finally lazily laid down onto the floor and withdrew its claws.

The auctioneer said with a smile, "Did everyone see? #2 is very intelligent, and is the most cold-blooded killer. Only striking at the moment we least expect. Luckily, we prepared in advance, he won't be able to flee."

"Of course, this is just our demonstration, and we purposely didn't activate the master-recognition system. Once it recognizes its master, it will naturally stay completely loyal."

"And when dealing with enemies, #2 will be very efficient with its cunning and lethal character."

"Not to mention the staggering 95% compatibility rate. And if you approached closer you will notice #2 isn't like any genetic beasts you've seen before. There's not a single trace of recombination on its body. It's entirely a whole, with every cell in its body reaching a high degree of integration."

"It's not even an exaggeration to call it a brand new species."

"All in all, this is the most unprecedentedly high intelligence, high combat strength, and high compatibility genetic beast I've ever seen in my career. According to the battle strength estimation, the genetic beast #2 has no match at all in the area of 5 star battle beasts. To be able to beat it, there's only hope if a 6-star genetic beast is used."

"After all, #2's compatibility rating is way too high. Everyone knows, the higher the compatibility, the more perfect is the combat genetic beast. And this big guy you guys are looking at right now, is the world's rare perfect genetic beast!"

"The auction starts now, starting at 5 million dark net points. Who's willing to offer 5 million points to take #2 home?"

The auctioneer's words were indeed very convincing, but more importantly, #2 was indeed very good. It's cold-blooded, lethal, loyal, and perfect.

In the past, whichever beast tamer's genetic beast could have 80% of the compatibility rating, that could already be called miracle, because the majority of the ordinary genetic beasts' compatibility rating doesn't exceed 70%.

But #2's compatibility rating was actually as high as 95%! That's no longer a miracle, but a G.o.d's work!'

"5 million!"

"8 million!"

"10 million!"

Ma Wanli who sat in a room sucked down a cold breath. When #1 was being auctioned, after dozens of bids, the final price only auctioned to about 10 million points…

But this #2 just came out, with just 3 bids, it's already past the 10 million point! This was not a good sign.

"12 million!"

"13 million!"

"Don't be so womanly! Be more straightforward, I bid 20 million!"

Woo~

People followed his voice and looked over. They saw that it was Soul Beast Hall's overlord Meng JinJiang. He was a man with temper, and he anxiously carried the auction price to 20 million.

Right after his voice faded, another elder's voice came out from the room beside them.

"Well, us Pegasus Inst.i.tute aren't b*tches either. 30 million!"

Shua~

Everyone's eyes stopped at an elder with white beard. He was in a soft textured gown, looking a bit scholarly. He had an elegant demeanor, but was not vague with his bid at all.

"40 million, the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute is determined to get it!"

Immediately beside the Pegasus Inst.i.tute's room was the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute's room. These guys used the name of research but actually dealt in pitiful things like stealing and smuggling

Of course, because the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute did relatively more bad things, they also had relatively more money in their hands and allowing them to bid that high without hesitation.

"50 million!" Ma Wanli finally couldn't help but open his mouth now. This was the highest price the Beast Speaker Hall could afford, and Ma Wanli chose to go all out because he hoped that he could deter the other three opponents. Otherwise, if they kept on calling out higher prices, then Ma Wanli probably wouldn't have a single opportunity left to bid.

Even though they were the weakest out of the four big clans, Ma Wanli still didn't want to be embarra.s.sed and just sit there while the other three shouted out their bids.

As the auction progressed to this stage, the vast majority of people already didn't have the chance to join the compet.i.tion anymore.

After all, speaking of money, it was still the jobs with creation skills that were more lucrative. Beast tamers, pharmacists, black smiths, and mechanics enjoyed higher revenue, whereas the normal soldiers would have to make money bit by bit from fighting.

"55 million!" Not even waiting to Ma Wanli's voice to fade, Meng Jinjiang already raised the price by another 5 million, and that made Ma Wanli's face really pale.

Indeed, the difference in strength was suffocating. There were only a few hundred members under Ma Wanli, and even if everyone donated 10 thousand points, it would just be a dozen million points. The other clans had thousands of members so they could easily ama.s.s 100 million points.

Sigh~

Ma Wanli gently sighed. It was not that he couldn't take out more money, but he was still thinking about #3 genetic beast. In comparison to #2, #3 should be a lot stronger! With a 96% compatibility rating and a beginner 6 star combat strength.

In the big center room, Zhu Yannan was very smart to not join the bid war but was observing Jian Jia's father Mr. Shui.

He observed that this Mr. Shui clearly forgot about the unhappiness caused by Han and listened to the bid war. He was also tempted to join. With his fists clenched, he stared at #2 without blinking, clearly being attracted by this rare monster.

Zhu Yanan also looked at Jian Jia. Although she was also showing some interest, but it was obviously not as much as his father. Maybe he was still thinking about Han.

Zhu Yanan silently mumbled to himself, feeling that Han's conflict with Jian Jia and his father could very likely be an opportunity for him.

Suddenly, Zhu Yanan's eyes lit up, he saw Mr. Shui's one hand was about to raise up, as if wanting to place a bid. At that moment, #2's auction price had already raised to a sky high price of 80 million!

Zhu Yanan faintly smiled, gently pulled on Mr. Shui's right arm, and said, "Sir, please rest a.s.sured."

Then, he stood up, and shouted full of energy, "I call 100 million!"

Chapter 257: #3, Birth of the G.o.dly Beast!

Zhu Yanan got up and shouted full of energy, "I call 100 million!"

Wow~

Suddenly, there was an uproar in the audience. The citizens of Star Lord city were all working towards the t.i.tle of star lord, but even if they went through the hardwork and dedication to finally obtain the star lord's t.i.tle, that was still just the lowest level of membership of the All G.o.ds Cooperation.

So at this Star Lord City, points were still very valuable. But Zhu Yanan just stood up and shouted out 100 million, appearing as though he was willing to accompany whoever wanted to continue raising the price. Such determination caused the four big beast tamer clans to all shake their head in sadness, no longer willing to call out even higher prices. After all, these points were all earned by the brothers in the clan through hardwork, it's not worth competing with a rich second-generation like Zhu Yanan.

Zhu Yanan's eyes swept past the audiences rows, enjoying the way people were looking at him right now. Then he took a look at Mr. Shui, seeing that he was also slightly nodding. The Jian Jia on the side just tiled his head and looked at him, with an ambiguous expression. But Zhu Yanan just a.s.sumed it was admiration, and lifted his chest even higher.

"100 million points going once!"

"100 million points going twice!"

"Deal! Congratulation to the #1 Room's gentleman for winning this number-series genetic beast!"

Zhu Yanan triumphantly sat down and then said to Jian Jia's father, "Uncle Shui, just treat this as my gift to you."

Jian Jia's father faintly smiled, "Yanan, isn't this gift a bit too expensive?"

Zhu Yanan hurriedly said, "Not expensive at all, it's just a little share of my mind. If Uncle Shui can make any discoveries from this genetic beast, it will be beneficial for the entire corporation. A few points is worth it."

Jian Jia's father slightly nodded, "Good! Such great intentions and ambition at such a young age is admirable. Yannan, you can be called the role model of the younger generation in the Cooperation."

Even Jian Jia's father complimented him, Zhu Yanan suddenly felt that this 100 million points was definitely worth it!

Of course, if he knew that the #2 was actually Han's work and the high price he offered was equivalent to giving points to Han, then he for sure wouldn't be as happy as now.

Zhu Yanan took a peak at Jian Jia and noticed that he was still sulking. Jian Jia was born into such an influential family and was trained to be patient and magnanimous. He was not angered by other people easily, yet Han really did make him angry just now.

But such a feeling was also very strange. People like Zhu Yanan would think of thousands of ways to try to make him happy. Jian Jia had seen too many, so he didn't care at all.

But this Han character, without a servile att.i.tude towards him, actually interested him a lot more.

Suddenly at that moment, the auction center became boiled up! Tens of thousands of people at the scene were hustling and bustling, it was deafening.

Zhu Yanan immediately turned around and looked, and saw that tonight's finale, the genetic beast #3, has appeared!

It was a slightly large golden flying python . Among the people around Han, Han most admires Ke Lake for being able to fly, so aside from creating claw beasts, he also liked to create genetic beasts that could fly.

This golden python could of course fly, but its wings were very short and small, and after a closer look, these wings actually turned out to be a second layer of scales.

Everyone was surprised at this whimsical design. The golden scale quivers and the python flies, Han's train of thought when designing the beasts could be regarded as very unique.

Without a question, when the golden flying python were in the air, it was like a quick missile. When it was on the ground with its wings withdrawn, it was still incredibly fast!

Right after appearing, the entire auction centre's temperature was instantly lowered by a dozen degrees, and whoever met the gaze by that pair of golden eyeb.a.l.l.s couldn't help but shiver.

It was just like a statue. Despite the environment, it just stood there fixed, with its lower body coiled up, upper body raised in the air, emulating a king on a throne.

The beast tamers all became dumbfounded, along with the soldiers. Zhu Yanan, Mr. Shui, and even Jian Jia completely forgot what was troubling him.

"What a strong arrogant force. Dad, I like this genetic beast." Jian Jia said to his father.

Mr. Shui lightly smiled and nodded.

The father and son's actions were all observed by Zhu Yanan, and an uncontrollable urge surfaced. These years, Zhu Yanan gifted Jian Jia countless treasures but they were all thrown aside by him. This was still the first time Zhu Yanan heard it from Jian Jia's mouth that he liked something.

Well, who wouldn't like it?

Anyone could see Han's advancement in skill. From #1 to #3, Han's grasp on the Boundless Ten Thousand Beast was maturing at an uncontrollable rate. When Han was working on the third one, he already completely grasped this technology and also added in a few design elements of his own.

Such a design was quite bold. Even if #3 didn't have an incredible compatibility rating of 96%, it would still give everyone a refreshing feeling with its shocking aura.

The auctioneer said excitedly, "Everyone look! This is tonight's finale, the third one in the number-series genetic beasts!"

"Without further introduction, I believe that all the experts in the audiences can already see how unique this #3 is. What I want to tell everyone is, aside from a 6-star battle strength and a G.o.dly 96% compatibility rate, #3 also has the temper of a general!"

"Just now, I described the genetic beast #2 as a cold-blooded killer, but this #3 is the five star general among beasts!"

"In the warehouse of the auction house, the moment #3 appeared, all the genetic beasts lowered their heads without any resistance. As for #3, he was acting just like right now, not moving an inch."

"We purposely borrowed a genetic beast that was at the 7 star level to scare #3 a bit. And guess what? When the 7 star genetic beast saw #3, it started roaring and showing off its fangs towards #3, but #3 just slightly tilted its head, coldly glanced at it and then turned its head back and remained motionless! Doesn't matter how the 7-star beast provoked it, #3 just completely ignored him! That arrogance, that calmness, it's something I haven't witnessed in my life! "

"I swear to Heaven and Earth, #3 is simply G.o.dlike!"

"As we all know, only combat type monsters with 7 stars of combat strength or above can be recognized as G.o.dly combat beasts. Today, I dare to call #3 as a G.o.dly combat beast! Although it doesn't have the level, but it has the temperament that exceeds G.o.dly combat beasts!"

"Now, let us auction this G.o.dlike combat type genetic beast #3. Starting price, 50 million!"

Wow~

There was an uproar in the auction center again. Oh boy, #2's starting price was just 5 million, but #3 actually rose 10 times!

After such a reserved price came out, everyone at the scene had a premonition. Today would probably create history in all of the Star Lord City's auctions!

Chapter 258: The Angry Zhu Yanan

"50 million!"

"60 million!"

"70 million!"

"75 million!"

"80 million!"

"90 million!"

"100 million! I will bid 100 million points!"

The bidding process was very crazy, in the blink of an eye it already pa.s.sed the 100 million mark. Especially the four-big beast tamer clans, they were going all out since they couldn't get the first one, and they placed all the resources and attention on the finale #3. As a result, the price was skyrocketing.

"110 million!" Ma Wanli shouted. He was also just going all out. Originally, the highest budget for the clan was just 100 million, but seeing #3's extraordinary strength, he decided to gamble once.

"120 million!"

"125 million!"

"130 million!"

All the representatives of the four major clans all stood up, face all red, raising the auction center's historic record over and over.

If the 100 million price for #2 was astronomical, then what was happening with #3 was just madness. When the price reached past 100 million, these crazy people didn't even blink.

"150 million!"

"160 million!"

"180 million! Come at me!"

"190 million! It's mine!"

"200 million!"

Rumble~

The audiences felt dizzy. 200 million, it's past the 200 million mark! Are these people even planning to live after this auction?

Looking back at #3, it was still calm and motionless, completely without a care about these humans crazily bidding over it.

"210 million!" Ma Wanli darkened his face and shouted. This price was already twice his original budget.

Unfortunately, Wanli budget was smaller than other people's. The 210 million bid didn't hold for more than a few seconds and it was already pressed down by the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute's offer of 215 million.

Boom~

Ma Wanli sat down helplessly. He knew, he really couldn't raise the price anymore… This crazy auction was no longer a game for someone at his level to partic.i.p.ate.

Ma Wanli gritted his teeth. Since he couldn't lay his hands on the genetic beasts, then he was only left with one last path to go, and that was to bear the risk of being trialed for violating rules and lay his hand on Han!

"Han, you did not offend me, but you are just too unlucky!" Ma Wanli closed his eyes and muttered silently.

Inside guest room #1, Jian Jia glanced as his father. At this moment, the bid compet.i.tion was approaching an end, leaving only two parties left that still had the resources to compete. One was the Pegasus Inst.i.tute, and the other one was the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute. As for Beast Speaker Hall and Soul Beast Hall, they both no longer had the strength to compete anymore.

The overlord for Pegasus Inst.i.tute was an old researcher with no expression on his face. He indicated his bid with hand gestures. As for the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute, the overlord was a middle-aged man with triangular eyes. His voice was hoa.r.s.e, carrying hints of insidiousness.

The two continued to raise the price, and when the number reached 265 million, the old researcher from Pegasus Inst.i.tute finally let out a long sigh, smiled bitterly and shook his head. At this point, Pegasus Inst.i.tute also didn't have the financial resources to continue competing anymore.

"Dad!" Jian Jia suddenly whispered beside his father's ear.

Uncle Shui slightly nodded, indicating that he understood what Jian Jia meant. He was about to raise his right hand.

At this moment, Zhu Yanan who was observing on the side suddenly jumped up and then shouted again, "300 million points!"

After all, it was 300 million points! Zhu Yanan's voice was clearly shivering a little, but he still tried to suppress the excitement in his heart and make himself look calm.

Shua~

"What? 300 million?!"

"Why is it this kid again? Who is he?"

"Sitting at the most n.o.ble Room #1, I think he probably comes from a big background."

When everyone's attention fell on Zhu Yanan once again, the pain he felt from bringing out such a large sum of money dissipated. Now he felt like he was floating again and became arrogant.

"Yanan, what's the meaning of this?" Uncle Shui slightly frowned and asked.

Zhu Yanan straightened his back and said, "Nothing, since Jian Jia likes this genetic beast, then I will buy it and give it to him as a gift."

"Humph, who needs you to gift it. It's not like I can't buy it myself, right dad?" Jian Jia said with a little temper.

Mr. Shui thought for a second, smiled and said, "It's okay, he means well anyways. Since it's a gift for you, then you take it."

Jian Jia bit his lips a bit, then a little reluctantly nodded his head.

300 million points, that was a bit too crazy. Even the triangular eyed overlord from the Genetic Beast Research Inst.i.tute finally became silent. With his fists tightly clenched, like a defeated c.o.c.k, a strange light flashed across his eyes.

The mad auction finally ended, and manager Katyn hurried to room #1 because she heard that the n.o.ble Mr. Shui wanted to talk to her.

Pushing the door open, Katyn stood on the side respectfully.

Mr. Shui said in a deep voice, "You are doing a great job here. I've looked at the past record of this auction house, the profit has been growing. When I go back, I will report everything I saw to the higherups."

"Thank you, sir." Katyn said in a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing

Nodding, Mr. Shui continued, "These two numbered genetic beasts are a bit interesting, can you make some arrangement to let me meet its creator before I depart?"

Katyn hesitated for a second, then replied, "Sir, didn't you already meet him?"

Mr. Shui was completely confused, "Who did I meet?"

Katyn replied, "Han, the number-series genetic beasts all came from his hands."

Katyn's words silenced the whole room.

Zhu Yanan's face became completely pale, "You said the number-series genetic beasts are all made by that brat Han?"

Katyn replied, "That's right, I saw you buying Han's work at such a high price. I even thought you guys were friends and you were helping him out, could it be that you don't know about this?"

Zhu Yanan shouted with no demeanor at all, "How the f*ck did I know! If I knew it was made by Han, then I would rather throw that money away instead of buying his sh*t!"

Mr. Shui slightly frowned on the side, and Zhu Yanan suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He was way too gaffe. After pretending to be a nice person for too long, he still couldn't help but expose his true nature.

Zhu Yanan really wanted to find a crack on the floor and crawl into it. His points was only enough to buy the genetic beast #2, and he had to borrow from his family clan to buy the third one.

This was clearly borrowing money for Han to spend! He was feeling so triumphant just a few minutes ago, and didn't expect retribution to come this fast.

What was even more exasperating was, now Zhu Yanan's heavily in debt, and he didn't even get a good impression in front of Jian Jia and Mr. Shui. This really crushed his heart and made him want to cry.

"Huh? It's actually made by Han?! I didn't know he also has that kind of skill!" Jian Jia said with a little fox face. At this moment, he forgot that he just had an argument with Han, and the expression on his face was clearly admiration for Han.

Zhu Yanan severely bit his tongue, secretly scolding himself for being an idiot. Borrowing money to buy Han's genetic beasts to gift to Jian Jia, there's really nothing that can measure this level of stupidity.

But who knew that the following words from Jian Jia was even more hurtful. He just squinted his eyes and said, "If I knew it was made by him, I can just ask him to make one or two for me for free. Oh right, dad, you said Han looked familiar, and do you know why?"

Mr. Shui asked in curiosity, "Why?"

"Because he is the guy that fought off the insects with me and saved the Border Legion! At that time, he was the commander on the battlefield. I told you before, and you actually forgot!"

Mr. Shui was shocked and said with a surprised expression, "Oh it was him! No wonder I thought he looked so familiar!"

Jian Jia spoke again, "I was just fighting alongside him and was heavily rewarded by you, but Han was the commander at the time, shouldn't you show some grat.i.tude as well?"

"Yes." Mr. Shui heavily nodded, "You are very right, although Han is not officially a member of the Corporation yet, but there's an exception for everything. Don't worry, you dad is always very clear with rewards. Talents like Han who are also responsible, I will not let him be treated badly."

Zhu Yanan's face became even darker. Gritting his teeth, his heart was full of endless anger.

"Go now, I have something else to do. I will meet Han again before I leave." Mr. Shui said to Jian Jia.

"Ok."

Zhu Yanan was just like a mindless zombie following behind Mr. Shui and Jian Jia. After Jian Jia knew that Han created those popular genetic beasts, his mood clearly drastically improved, and he just kept on complimenting Han in front of his father.

Mr. Shui kept nodding nonstop. At that time when Han led the nameless army and fought their way in and out of the insect tsunami, and saved the Border Legion and the entire defense line, there was no higher-up in the All G.o.ds Corporation that didn't hear about it.

Mr. Shui originally had a very good impression of Han, and after today, learning that Han was not just a genius commander and fighter, but also a talented beast tamer, his impression of Han became even better.

But those words were just like knives stabbing Zhu Yanan in the chest, not allowing him to breath.

When pa.s.sing through the atrium, Zhu Yanan waved secretly, and then a dark guard from his family came over.

"Find Han, I want his life!" Zhu Yanan whispered bitterly.

Chapter 136: The mysterious black mask

Items in the Diablo World would fall into eight levels.

The first level was 【Inferior Item】. The color was dark, and they would be divided into four more categories: inferior, chipped, damaged, and rough. These items were barely usable; a lot of novice warriors didn't even use them. Even an ordinary demon or monster could drop these items when they were killed.

The second level was 【Ordinary Item】. The color of these items was white. Some of them had natural holes where gems and runes could be embedded. However, these holes would be drilled on after making the items. These items were very common, and they were the foundation of the game. They were easy to get, as one could get nine ordinary items from killing ten monsters. The attributes of these items were very average.

The third level was 【Superior Item】. The appearance of these items was also white; only weapons and armors in the Diablo World could be at this level. These items had some extra attack damage, durability, and defense stats, but the extra effects weren't that strong. They were only a bit better than 【Ordinary Item】.

The fourth level was 【Magic Item】. The appearance of these items was blue; they had stronger attributes and effects. They were better at attack, defense and additional effects compared with the other three item types. Most 【Magic Items】 also had one or two prefixes or suffixes; they determined the quality of the additional attributes. There were super powerful 【Magic Items】 and weak 【Magic Items】, but they were all very strong. Fei's current Barbarian's armor and belt were both 【Magic Items】.

The fifth level was 【Crafted Item】. These items were orange and could only be crafted by combining various ingredients through recipes. Fei didn't own anything like this currently.

The sixth level was 【Rare Item】. These items were yellow and were even more powerful and had more attributes than the other four types of items. The name of these items typically contained two to six prefixes or suffixes. Fei had a few of these items. For example, the bow that Fei gifted to Elena was a 【Rare Item】. These items were the more premium mainstream items.

The seventh level was 【Set Item】. The appearance of these items was green. According to legends, these green items belonged to great legendary warriors. When all of the 【Set Items】 from the set were collected and equipped, extra powerful magic power would be generated on top of the powerful attributes of each individual item. 【Set Items】 were hard to find. There were usually a few pieces in a set; it would take a lot of time to collect all of them, even if one was lucky. Fei did get 【Arctic Fur】, the armor in the 【Arctic Gear】 set in the Barbarian Mode. However, he still hadn't found the other three missing items to complete the 【Arctic Gear】 set.

The eighth level was 【Unique Item】. These items were golden and were almost holy. They were the rarest of all items, and they each had a unique special ability. They had their own shapes, attributes, names, and they could even changes color. There were three small levels within 【Unique Items】, and they were normal, exceptional, and elite.

After understanding the level system within this Diablo World, it was easy to see why Fei was so excited.

What was in front of him was a complete set of the level seven green 【Set Items】. They all appeared in front of Fei; this was unheard of when he played the game in his previous life – of course, the scene with the female demon Andariel also never occurred in the actual game on Earth.

Fei lightly reached out and touched the green 【Set Items】 in front of his eyes.

The cold sensation coming from his fingers told him that this was real; he was not hallucinating or dreaming.

This was a four-piece set. There was a simple pointy light blue mage hat made of bones, a delicate light blue metal armor that protected his shoulders to his knees, and a light blue wand that was about 6 feet tall. It had a spherical magic crystal at the top and three mysterious strands of clothes covered the wand. The last piece was some kind of talisman that was red, about the size of the palm, and had a five-star magic array engraved on it.

The four items were tightly put together and took the shape of a standing person. It was lively and a crystal light of life floated on the surface of the items. Waves of powerful magic fluctuations came off the set of items in an unstoppable manner.

The set was currently in an unidentified state.

However, Fei was very intrigued by this. He could no longer wait to take them back to the encampment and let Cain identify them for him for free. He used four 【Identify Scrolls】 and unveiled the properties of this set –

The wand's name was 【Arcanna's Deathwand】.

It was a two-handed item.

Damage -12-18; durability – 50/50; level required – Level 15.

Special properties: +1 level to all sorcerer skills; +25% chance of deadly strike; +50% damage to undead creatures; +5% mana regeneration; +50 mana.

The pointy light blue mage hat that was made out of bones was called 【Arcanna's Head】

Defense – 237; Durability – 18/18; Required level – Level 15. Required Strength: 15

Special properties: +4 health regeneration; attacker takes damage of 2; +25% lightning resistance; +228 defense (depending on player's level).

The light armor was called 【Arcanna's Flesh】

Defense – 195; Durability – 60/60; Required level – Level 15; Required Strength: 41

Special properties: +3 damage reduction; +2 visibility (Light radius) ; +10 stamina; +100 defense.

The talisman was called 【Arcanna's Sign】

Required level – Level 15

Special properties: +20% mana regeneration; +15 mana; +20% fire resistance; +50% chance of finding【 magic items】.

These were the individual properties and attributes of each item.

【Arcanna's Tricks】!!

Fei instantly knew the name of this set.

From Fei's previous memories, there was such a 【Set Item】 for sorcerers. Although it wasn't as great as the top-tier Sorceress 【Set Item】- 【Tal Rasha’s Wrappings】, it was the perfect set for Sorcerers who were at a low level. The required level to equipment this set was only level 15. Currently, Fei was level 19, so he could equip it.

Without any hesitation, Fei stripped himself and put on 【Arcanna's Tricks】.

A light blue light instantly enveloped Fei. An unprecedented feeling of power filled every single cell in his body. Fei felt that his attack and defense had doubled or tripled instantly. With this complete set, he was the equivalent of a level 25 sorceress even though he was only level 19.

After he equipped everything, the bonus effect kicked in –

20% faster cast rate; 5% mana stolen per hit; +50 health; +50 mana.

Fei closed his eyes and carefully felt the pleasure of the increase in strength.

Then, he noticed a simple, black iron mask floating in mid-air.

The appearance of this mask was far worse than the set item – 【Arcanna's Tricks】. If Fei didn't pay attention, he would had thought that it was a piece of old bark with two holes cut in it. The mask was lifeless, but it floated in mid-air as if there was no gravity. A strange power vaguely floated on the surface of the mask, and it had an ancient, mysterious, and tragic sensation.

"Could this be… the legendary 【Andariel's Visage】?"

Fei was stunned. 【Andariel's Visage】 was the mask that Andariel begged a blacksmith to forge for her after her beauty was destroyed. It was a nice item, but it was rare to get from the Monastery map. It shouldn't have appeared here.

Fei took the mask, and it was so light that Fei felt like he was holding onto air.

Before the identification, Fei wouldn't know the name or the property of the mask. He took out a 【Identify Scroll】 and a golden light flashed by.

Fei was shocked.

He realized that the mask in his hand wasn't affected at all; he still could get its property.

"This… What is going on? Could it be a very normal mask that's not even considered an item? And that's why there are no properties to display?" Fei guessed. "But that shouldn't be it. If it's just a regular mask, how could it float in the air?"

This was very strange.

This situation was also unheard of in the original game that Fei played before.

Fei remember what Andariel said to him in her recovered, soul state –

"Accept my gift, and protect your lover. Every 【Flower of Rogue】 will experience unprecedented sufferings. Young warrior, a great disaster is coming. If you still believe in love, please protect her, and don't let her go through that I had!"

The sixth-sense that came from his soul vaguely told him that this mysterious black mask was somehow related to the "prophecy" that Andariel left him, but he couldn't wrap his head around this vague connection.

Fei thought about it and tried to put this mysterious mask onto his face.

His face felt a warm sensation, as if his lover was lightly touching him.

The mask wasn't big. It perfectly covered the rest of the face below the hat that was made out of bones. He was still able to see through the two holes on the mask, and the nose was raised, so his nose fit perfectly into the mask. He was able to breath comfortably. However, Fei had a strange feeling; he felt like this mask had its own life. It slowly squirmed on his face and adjusted itself to his face. The end result was that it fit Fei's face so perfectly that it seemed like it was built for Fei.

Then, another strange feeling kicked in.

Fei felt like all five of his senses were merged. He could see what he couldn’t see before, he could hear what he couldn't hear before, and he could smell what he couldn't smell before…

He raised his hand and took off the mask, and this feeling went away.

After a few trials, he was sure.

It seemed like magnifying senses was the only ability of this mask.

"Something that 【Identify Scroll】 couldn't identify, this is very mysterious… I know for a fact that even level 8 【Unique Items】 can be identified by the 【Identify Scroll】. Wait… Could this black mask be something above level 8【Unique Items】? It can’t be! I've never heard about a level 9 item in the Diablo World!

Fei shook his head; he couldn't tell what was going on, but he knew that this mask was mysterious and strange. He put the mask into his storage belt.

Then, the scene in front of him changed, as if it disappeared into s.p.a.ce.

Like traveling through time, Fei instantly returned to the catacombs where he killed the demon Andariel. There were the same burning fires and flowing blood; all the monsters were dead, and Fei's Sorcerer character competed all the quests from 【Rogue Encampment】

All seven of his characters pa.s.sed Act I in Diablo World.

Fei returned to the 3D screen where he could choose different cla.s.ses.

Something occurred; although it surprised Fei, it made him very happy.

Chapter 137: The "Obscene" Reward for the Clearance (1)

Huge changes occurred on the 3D screen.

The seven characters who represented the Barbarian, Sorceress, Paladin, a.s.sa.s.sin, Amazon, Druid, and Necromancer cla.s.ses were still standing there vividly. The changes on them weren't that obvious. The weakest among all the cla.s.ses was the Necromancer, and it was now level 19 already. Every character had at least a level 5 【Magic Item】on them. The Sorceress character was the fanciest with a complete set of green 【Arcanna's Tricks】emitting a green light sphere and enveloping the character in it. The items the sorceress had were obviously better than the items that the other characters had, all appearing in different colors.

Set items were great after all. On top of their power, their appearances were much sharper and different compared to others.

What surprised Fei wasn't the appearances of his characters…… but rather a line of ancient red words filled the whole 3D screen. The words were clearly reflected into Fei's pupil –

"Congratulation, young adventurer. After the test of blood and fire, challenges between death and life, choices for love and hate, you have complete all the quests from Act I in the Diablo World. Your miraculous skills, 【Summon】and【Give】, will be leveled up. Your conversion limit will be upgraded, the parallel universes will be upgraded, your mercenaries will receive a boost in strength…… There is a total of eleven level ups that you will receive as mysterious rewards. Slowly unveil the secrets of the Diablo World! Young man, a new adventure lies ahead of you. Prove you are worthy of G.o.d's favour by using the swords and blades in your hands like a true warrior!"

Fei was only able to half understand it.

In between the lines, Fei sensed an unexpected aura of compa.s.sion, as if an elder was standing in front of him calmly, gifting him with all these rewards, and then patiently and carefully teaching and instructing him.

As soon as Fei finished reading the sentence, the line of words started to change. The words slowly fainted, and shrunk into small red dots. After dancing in the air like fireflies in a dark night, they suddenly rushed towards Fei like iron dust attracted to a magnet.

Fei couldn't dodge it, and all the red-light specks instantly entered Fei's body.

It felt really strange.

As if he was hugging another soul.

For the next second, Fei felt something appear in his body but it strangely felt like it belonged there. It was a force, like a cloud of information. It felt ancient, mysterious and strange.

Fei closed his eyes and slowly "read" the information.

Suddenly –

"s.h.i.t……  combining strength, so this is how, it's bad……" A short message in this information surprised Fei. He didn't continue reading the rest of the information; he instantly exited from the 3D screen.

The time was tight.

The back mountains of Chambord.

The autumn’s sun was warm and the weather was very nice.

There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, and the sky looked like a huge crystal blue gem that covered the top of the world. Deep in the mountains, deep and long roars from beast and animals sounded frequently. The yellow leaves fell from the tree branches and covered up numerous unknown secrets.

All the plants and greenery were turning yellow and golden brown, expressing their beauty brazenly.

Nearby, on one of the plateaus made of rocks with vines climbing over them, Akara smiled as she taught Angela and a bunch of kids how to identify herbs and their effects in making potions. The atmosphere was very peaceful and fun. Angela and the kids would gasp and laugh as they learnt the mystical effects of the herbs and random plants that they didn't pay attention to before.

Akara was very pleased with the atmosphere, and she did her best to teach.

Not too far away, Elena, looking like a Valkyrie, was standing on a big rock as she held on tight to her bow. Her red hair fluttered in the wind, like a burning fire. Although there weren't any huge beasts in the back mountains, the dangerous surroundings in the Diablo World had trained her to be cautious all the time. She guarded Akara, Angela, and the kids carefully. She was very sensitive to danger, and she knew what place that beautiful naive girl held in Fei's heart.

Therefore, Elena felt she must help Fei to protect this girl.

【Black Tornado】was lying beside Elena's feet lazily. Its eyes were sleepy and it opened its mouth and yawned here and there. Under the warm autumn sunlight, this smart beast felt very comfortable.

The scene was beautiful.

Suddenly, Blacky sniffed his nose.

It felt perplexed, and it raised its dog head and looked up. Its eyes focused on Elena and found the source of the abnormality – the autumn sun wasn't hot, but a large amount of sweat started to drip from Elena's forehead. The crystal sweats reflected all sorts of colours from the sun.

Drip! Drip!

The sweat landed on the rocks.

"Woff!Woff!Woff!……" Blacky got up and started to bark.

Akara who was teaching the basics of potion concoction to Angela and the kids also stopped talking and looked this way.

She also felt the change coming from Elena's body –

At that moment, a few strong energies came from nowhere and were instantly injected into Elena's body. These energies were all different attributes. They couldn't co-exist with each other. Therefore, they were fighting aggressively with each other, and Elena's body turned into a battlefield for these energies.

To any warrior, this situation was deadly.

The disruption coming from the energies of different attributes might instantly destroy one's body and bones; the person might become a pile of flesh and blood.

Currently, there was already a layer of light blood on Elena's soft smooth skin, and a lot of b.l.o.o.d.y mists were coming out of Elena's invisible pores. From afar, it seemed like Elena was covered in a red flame. Numerous veins were becoming visible on her arm that was holding onto the bow. Her white teeth had bitten into her red lips so hard that blood gushed out.

The mercenary was definitely in huge amount of pain.

"What's going on?" Even Akara who was very wise was surprised couldn't understand why this would happened to Elena. In her long life, she had never seen any female rogues in any kind of similar situation.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

There was no time to waste, Akara raised her hand and a series of white light flew out of her palm and into Elena's body.

This was the special healing skill that priestesses of the Diablo World knew.

Akara had deep knowledge about magic as well.

With the help from the healing, Elena was doing a little bit better. However, the conflict between energies didn't stop. In fact, it was getting more and more aggressive. Soon, more and more b.l.o.o.d.y mists gushed out of Elena's body, and the beauty was covered in blood.

""Woff!Woff!Woff!……" Blacky started to bark like crazy.

"Sister Elena……" Angela was also terrified by what she saw.

Akara used the healing skill non-stop and didn't reserve her magic energy at all. A series of white healing lights dashed into Elena's body, but it wasn't helping much.

"d.a.m.n……" Even Akara, who worshiped G.o.d, spat out swears.

"Ah……" The valiant valkyrie who endured all the pain couldn't hold up anymore. She let out a deep painful cry.

At this moment –

Huuuu!

A blue portal suddenly appeared on the rock, and Fei walked out of it. He took out a full bottle of 【Full rejuvenation Potion】and poured onto Elena's body. He then held the hot mercenary who already fainted by the waist as he stomped the ground. Boom! The rock exploded into pieces as Fei leaped into the air and disappeared from Akara's, Angela's, blacky's, and the kid's eyes.

"Don't worry, I have a solution!"

Fei's voice resonated in the sky.

Akara felt a bit relieved, but became very curious. It looked like Fei knew what was going on inside Elena's body…… But why? Angela on the other hand wrapped her arms around her chest as she felt very worried. This pure girl didn't get mad or jealous of her fiance holding another woman.

Fei used Barbarian 【Leap】repeatedly and his body merged with the wind. He quickly arrived at a stone room in the underground cave within the back mountains.

He ordered the guards to not let anyone in as he poured the last bottle of 【Full rejuvenation Potion】he had into Elena mouth.

The hot mercenary was in a terrible condition.

There was ice, fire, lightning and poison energies within her body. The four types of energies were fighting inside her body. If Akara didn't use healing skills to suppress the conflict and Fei didn't use all of the 【Full rejuvenation Potion】he just converted to balance them out, the valkyrie in his arms would have broken into pieces.

"s.h.i.t! Do I have to do that?"

Fei looked at Elena who was still fainted, hesitating.

He knew exactly what was happening to Elena – this was one of the rewards he got for completing all the quests in Act I in Diablo World – Combining his strength.

This was the underlining purpose of this reward –

All the strengths from the other six mercenaries from the other six parallel universes that Fei's other six characters were in would be combined into Elena – this wasn't a surprise – only Elena was like a living being and the other six mercenaries were like rigid robots; they didn't have any intelligence. Although he guessed that this strange phenomenon occurred because of the rewards he got, he didn't expect it to have this kind of connection. Also, from the information Fei read in the Diablo World, this combination process was very dangerous. Without careful preparations, Elena might not be able to balance the energy in her body, and that would result in harming of her health, and even death.

At this point, all the potions that Fei converted were used.

But Elena was still in a terrible condition.

All four energies in her body didn't show any signs of balance and calming down. In the conflict, they were more like kids who got into a fight. They were causing more trouble and getting more aggressive. Although Elena fainted, the pain was still torturing her. Fei's heart was hurting just by looking at her unconscious frowning expression. The floor would soon be stained by Elena’s blood.

Fei quickly made the difficult decision.

He slowly placed his hands on the buckles of Elena's armour.