Chapter 42 : Chapter 42
Chapter 42: The Tenth Trait! 100% Lightning Element Mastery!
【You have drawn a Golden Legend Trait: Fortune Smiles Upon You!】
【Fortune Smiles Upon You!: Doubles the luck of nearby allies, increases the chance of obtaining high-quality items while treasure-hunting, and grants two rewards when opening treasure chests!】
Hm?
The moment Ye Ze saw that last half-line, he was instantly excited.
“Two rewards from opening a treasure chest?”
That was basically the same as opening one chest twice... Was that not absurdly overpowered?
After all, some treasure chests could only be obtained a handful of times in a person’s entire life.
For example, the Group Dungeon MVP Treasure Chest from this run, and... the Exclusive Skill Chest!
At the same first-rank level, other people could only have one exclusive skill, while he could have two!
At that thought, Ye Ze’s breathing caught.
In the end, he decided to bestow the Trait on the squirrel.
Because this was a passive aura effect.
And the squirrel was always kept by his side, meaning it could increase his luck and give him the double chest-opening effect.
On top of that, when the squirrel sent out Shadow Clones to hunt for treasure, it would benefit from the treasure-hunting boost as well.
【Trait ‘Fortune Smiles Upon You!’ bestowed successfully!】
【Summoned Beast: Shadow Treasure-Sniffing Squirrel (Orange Epic☆) advanced → (Orange Epic☆☆)】
The squirrel had a gentle disposition and preferred treasure-hunting anyway, so Ye Ze simply shifted its role entirely toward support.
At this rate, perhaps one day the squirrel might really turn into some sort of bringer of wealth, maybe even a little God of Wealth.
Ye Ze found himself thinking that for no particular reason.
The squirrel sitting on his shoulder flicked its tail, and a faint trace of gold appeared within the patterns of its fur.
“Perfect. Send out your Shadow Clones and sweep up all the treasure nearby.”
At Ye Ze’s command, the squirrel happily released dozens of Shadow Clones, which scattered off in a dark swarm.
Naturally, the point of gathering treasure was to feed Panda.
Storm Dragon Valley happened to be rich in lightning-attribute items, and if You Are What You Eat! worked the way he expected...
then he could push Panda’s Lightning Element Mastery all the way to 100%.
And when the time came to deal with the final boss, it would feel incredible.
Just as he was thinking that, Liu Qi cautiously led a few people over and asked tentatively,
“Brother Ze, should we keep using our skills to lure monsters over?”
After witnessing Ye Ze’s strength, they felt more and more that their greatest use really was just meeting the headcount needed to open the dungeon.
But the more that seemed to be the case, the more everyone wanted to do something, anything, to help.
Ye Ze nodded. “Sure. Keep going.”
With that, he opened the mantis’s Hunter panel and began considering its evolution—
“Arm Blades +1, Compound Eyes, Carapace, Wings... Only the Arm Blades have evolved once so far.”
“Should I test the effects of evolving one of the other three, or keep evolving the Arm Blades?”
Ye Ze fell into thought.
The Arm Blades gave an extra level to Void Slash, which was unquestionably the strongest damage skill!
As for the evolution effects of the other parts, they were still unknown for the time being...
Just then, the Void Mantis flashed over of its own accord, raised one claw, and made its wishes painfully obvious...
Ye Ze could not help laughing. “Relax. Even if you said nothing, I was still going to evolve the Arm Blades.”
The additional attributes from the Arm Blades leaned more toward explosive power.
And at the very least, he wanted to bring Void Slash to max level first.
He used both evolution chances at once:
【Ding! Evolution successful. Current level: Arm Blades +3!】
【Arm Blades +3: Strength +60, Damage Multiplier +60%, Critical Hit Rate +60%, Defense Penetration +60%, skill ‘Void Slash’ level +3!】
The mantis’s Strength soared to 275!
The level of Void Slash rose from Level 7 to Level 9.
Its damage multiplier jumped from 1400% to 1800%!
Now, even if Thunderwing were restored to full health and brought back to life...
the mantis could still kill it with a single skill with ease!
“At this point, Elite Commanders probably do not even count as ‘powerful enemies’ anymore. Only the final boss does...”
The final boss of Storm Dragon Valley, the Storm Dragon King!
Ever since the Crimson Demon Lion from the Hell-Difficulty Novice Dungeon...
Ye Ze no longer dared underestimate any final boss!
For all he knew, it might be in an entirely different league from all the monsters he had faced so far.
Now that the dungeon’s completion was not far off, Ye Ze wanted to make every possible preparation.
“Panda, time to eat!”
Ye Ze sorted through his backpack. He had quite a few equipment drops from the recent battle.
Three Outstanding-grade pieces, and ten Rare-grade ones!
Bringing a bunch of bystanders into a Group Dungeon had another benefit besides experience: all the equipment drops went to Ye Ze as well.
So he simply fed all of it to Panda.
Panda: Ψ(￣∀￣)Ψ
Looking at the thirteen pieces of equipment he had taken out, Ye Ze murmured, “Actually, you only need to take one bite out of each.”
Once Panda bit into a piece of equipment, it was ruined completely, and its attributes could still be absorbed into Panda’s body.
But Panda clearly had no such intention. It seemed that after its Iron-Eater Beast Bloodline had advanced into the Jiuli Bloodline...
its teeth had improved right along with it.
A piece of Outstanding-grade equipment, the Thunder Battle Armor, was crunched down in two bites as casually as candy.
【You Are What You Eat! — Consumed ‘Thunder Battle Armor,’ gained: Constitution +10, Lightning Element Mastery +10%!】
【You Are What You Eat! — Consumed ‘Hurricane Crossbow,’ gained: Agility +10, Lightning Element Mastery +7%!】
【You Are What You Eat!...】
The only problem was that there was not quite enough equipment for Panda to eat.
The more items of the same type it consumed, the smaller the attribute gains became.
Even so, after a major boost to its attributes, Panda’s Lightning Element Mastery rose to 84%!
That meant lightning-element damage was reduced by 84%!
But that still was not the end of it. After waiting a little longer, the squirrel’s Shadow Clones finally came back.
Perhaps Fortune Smiles Upon You! had taken effect, because they had found a rare Outstanding-grade spirit herb in Thunder Forest!
【Rolling Thunder Grass】!
It was a cluster of grass crackling with lightning, and touching it directly would injure the hand.
To bring it back safely, the squirrel had skewered the grass-clumps on the Crimson Demon Blade like candied fruit on a stick, avoiding the lightning entirely.
“Well done!” Ye Ze said, rubbing the squirrel’s tail.
Panda, meanwhile, directly grabbed the Rolling Thunder Grass bare-handed. The surging lightning striking its body felt like nothing more than a massage.
It ate three clumps of Rolling Thunder Grass in a row.
At once, violet arcs of lightning began flickering all around Panda’s body...
Lightning Element Mastery: 106%!
More than 100% Lightning Element Mastery...
If Panda were a lightning-element mage, its damage would definitely be terrifying as well!
Now, when lightning-attribute damage struck its body, it would not even lose a single point of health!
Ye Ze could not help smiling.
All of a sudden, he found himself very eager to see the Storm Dragon King’s expression...