SSS-grade Demon Slayer Gloves

There wasn't just one notification for the Talent!

Li Mengyao and Shen Qingci were within expectations...

But Lin Yue, who followed after them?

It was simply terrifying—ten thousand-fold return!

Although Chen Yu knew that Lin Yue had become the No. 7 red luan, he never expected to receive a return!

After all, based on the initial tests, the return had distance restrictions, mission restrictions, and so on!

But now???

Could it be that when Lin Yue received the mission reward, she was at the Villa, so the return was already determined then, and it's only notifying him now?

Chen Yu could only try his best to guess, but he felt it was likely correct...

The most important thing is...

80,400 ghost mirror dross; no matter how big the backpack is, it wouldn't fit!

Chen Yu's combat fantasy of starting a fight by throwing a handful of ghost mirror dross was shattered!

[Warning: Insufficient backpack capacity]

[80,400 ghost mirror dross cannot be stored]

[Exchanging for equivalent supplies]

[Item Upgrade: ghost mirror dross → ghost mirror fragment]

[Item Upgrade: ghost mirror fragment → ghost mirror]

[Item Upgrade: ghost mirror → Talent Lock Fragment]

[Item Upgrade: Talent Lock Fragment → ???]

[Please select the required Talent return:]

[1. Ring of Silence: spirit consumption increases, suppresses the Talent strength of all units (including self) within a three-meter radius by approximately 20%]

[2. Branding Awl: Pierces into the target's body (requires breaking defense), imprinting an "Inhibition Mark" on the target; for the next 72 hours, there is a 50% probability that every time the target uses a Talent, it will fail directly]

[3. demon-slaying gloves: Isolates the flow and effect of all Talent energy around the gauntlet, including the wearer]

"???"

Chen Yu's pupils constricted. What happened? Why could he suddenly choose his own reward!

His brain raced...

Lin Yue was different from Shen Qingci, Li Mengyao, and the others; her level was too high, resulting in a massive quantity of rewards.

Could it be because the red luan level or the scale of the return exceeded a certain critical value...

...that the option to choose was unlocked?

At this point, that was the only possibility!

If that was really the case, then the Class Monitor's water would also have a use!

Surely he could exchange it for iced black tea later? Beer? Wine? Or even... some unknown liquid?

He wouldn't think about that for now.

His gaze quickly swept over the three options:

1. Ring of Silence: Suitable for area suppression, but the strength is only 20%. Facing an SSS-rank burst Awakened like Lin Yue, this level of suppression is a drop in the bucket, and the spirit consumption increases...

This negative effect was out of place among the three.

2. Branding Awl: Long-term targeting for 72 hours; it seems very durable, but it requires a successful hit, and the 50% probability has a gambling element, making it unstable.

3. demon-slaying gloves: The description is the simplest, but Chen Yu felt it was the most suitable for him. His base attributes were already enough to crush the vast majority of people, and with this, it was equivalent to having an extra layer of absolute defense.

"I choose the demon-slaying gloves..."

He didn't hesitate for too long.

Chen Yu muttered a word and walked alone to the back of the carriage, taking the gauntlet out of his personal backpack.

It was a matte, pure black gauntlet that looked extremely thin.

He pinched it between his fingertips and rubbed it; the texture was cold and supple, like a second layer of skin.

He tried putting it on his right hand.

The gauntlet fit perfectly, its edges merging into the skin of his wrist, with almost no sense of its presence.

His finger movements were completely unrestricted, and his sense of touch was even excessively clear...

Chen Yu lowered his head and looked at the palm of his right hand.

There was a deep, dark vortex there, vaguely absorbing the surrounding light.

[SSS-Rank demon-slaying gloves]

Description: A mutated creation refined by a trapped researcher in the Blizzard Villa through numerous human experiments to counter the erosion and usurpation of Talent abilities by the vengeful spirits in the mirror.

Effect: The gauntlet isolates the flow and effect of all Talent energy, including the wearer.

"Human experiments..."

"So the Villa from before was about human experiments? There wouldn't be a puzzle-solving segment, would there?"

"I didn't feel it at all."

Chen Yu's mouth twitched, thinking of the nurse and the little girl he saw in the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the lobby.

He shook his head; there was no need to solve some mysteries—just kill everyone and clear the level.

But what surprised Chen Yu the most was...

Previous reward items, like the golden body card and ghost mirror fragment, only had names.

This time, the item had a rank in front of it.

In his past life, it wasn't that he hadn't seen ranked items, but at most, they were only A-rank.

That was a compass belonging to Zhang Zixuan; he didn't know where she got it from, but in any case, it could avoid harm and seek benefit.

At that time, the entire bus listened to Zhang Zixuan, partly because of this compass.

Getting off track...

"Looking at the effect, this gauntlet insulates energy?"

"Including the wearer?"

Fortunately, Chen Yu's two Talents did not involve the flow of energy at all.

No, wait...

The absorption of the Grand Tutor Container...

Chen Yu quickly tried it and discovered that, indeed, he couldn't absorb anything.

It was as if he had encountered a layer of obstruction.

"This..."

Doesn't that mean that in the future, after he kills someone and wants to absorb yin energy, he has to take off the gauntlet first?

Chen Yu waved his hand a few more times and discovered that the Demon-Exterminating range was surprisingly free to control.

As long as he wanted to, he could insulate the entire area in front of him, like an invisible magnetic field.

"Senior, try attacking me with your shadow..."

Practice is the best way to learn; Chen Yu directly called Shen Qingci over to try.

Shen Qingci was stunned at first, her gaze falling on the pure black gauntlet on his right hand.

"What is this?"

"You go first, attack me."

Seeing Chen Yu being mysterious, she just nodded gently: "Okay, then be careful."

Her eyes narrowed slightly, and the shadow at her feet suddenly twisted and stretched...

A pitch-black shadow, clinging to the carriage floor, darted rapidly toward Chen Yu's calves!

Although the current Shen Qingci had only recovered 60% of her S-rank skill's power, she still could not be underestimated!

But Chen Yu didn't even dodge; he just slowly raised his right hand...

Shen Qingci frowned; she was even prepared to stop the shadow's attack at any moment to avoid hurting Chen Yu!

But... her shadow suddenly froze half a foot away from Chen Yu's body!

Then it vanished without a trace!

Shen Qingci tried to channel more power...

The shadow twisted, attempting to bypass that hand, but it could never break through that invisible boundary!

It dissipated the moment it touched it!

Shen Qingci lowered her hand, her voice full of shock: "My shadow can't even get close? Chen Yu, what exactly did you get from the mission..."

She suddenly thought of how many people Chen Yu had killed and asked softly: "How many... points do you have?"

Chen Yu shrugged: "Over eight hundred."

"?!"

Shen Qingci's expression changed: "My god, no wonder, it's so much stronger than my ghost mirror dross!"

Chen Yu didn't say anything else.

In fact, it was more than just "so much stronger."

This was an item synthesized from over 80,000 dross!

If it were trash, then Chen Yu would have really lost out big time...

But fortunately, the gauntlet's ability was extremely heaven-defying!

[Estimated time to arrival at the next station: 3 days]

[Detecting Vehicle density in the surrounding area]