127: Chapter 128 Fate marks its stakes behind every gift!

Swish!

The shop opened, and a dazzling array of Augment descriptions immediately popped up: [Silver-tier · Agile], [Silver-tier · Intelligent], [Silver-tier · Lesser champion duplicator]...

"So many..."

Shen Mo sighed. The prices of these Augments varied, and their descriptions were diverse. Some were equivalent to the Hextech he had encountered in his past life, while others were quite different—brand new skills that had nothing to do with Hextech.

Even so, that didn't detract from the power of these skills, just like the one Shen Mo was looking at right now!

[Silver-tier · I Go First Lv1 (Active), Price: 8500 Points!]

[Cost to upgrade each time: 2000 Points!]

[Effect: After activating the skill, there is a 5% chance to view the next draft's champions and the items they are carrying!]

This was... absurd!

Shen Mo's eyes widened. Viewing the draft champions and the items they were carrying in advance?

This thing was a bit shameless!

Just think, if he activated this skill at the start of the game and discovered a golden spatula in the 2-4 draft...

wouldn't his strategy for this game instantly become clear?

Furthermore, even if he couldn't see the items, seeing certain specific 4-cost or 5-cost champions for his lineup could still establish a huge advantage. After all, this Augment skill could be activated at any time!

The only problem was... the 5% probability was a bit of a scam!

It could only be used once per game, and if it failed, that was it. A 5% probability... Shen Mo reckoned that if his luck was bad, he might not successfully activate it even after hundreds of games.

"Wait a minute!"

"What is this?!"

Shen Mo's eyes flickered. When he was browsing the Augment shop earlier, he had only glanced at it roughly and hadn't noticed that there was a line of small text under each Augment!

"Silver-tier · I Go First Lv1 (Active), Augment Rating: 428 points!"

Augment Rating?

Could this represent the quality of the Augment?

Shen Mo flipped through the pages, and soon, he found an Augment he had seen before!

[Silver-tier · Meeting Time Lv1 (Active), Price: 9000 Points!]

[Effect: Immediately summon a random champion that matches your current Synergy. The summoned champion's value is fixed at: 1-cost, can be upgraded with points.]

[Augment Rating: 455 points!]

It really was a little higher!

Shen Mo frowned and pondered.

"The maximum price for a Silver-tier Augment doesn't exceed 10,000 points. Does this mean that there is a limit to the rating for each tier? For example, for Silver-tier, it's probably between 200-500!"

"I don't know about Gold-tier yet, but Prismatic-tier..."

Shen Mo suddenly thought of something. He patted his hand and took out the Prismatic-tier Augment card that Long Chen had given him!

[Augment: Intuition!]

[Category: Consumable (One-time imprint card)]

[Tier: Prismatic!]

[Rating: 2885 points!]

"2885 points! In that case, the rating for Prismatic-tier Augments is indeed much higher."

"I just don't know what level this score is considered within the Prismatic tier..."

Shen Mo pondered, not rushing to buy an Augment immediately, because he suddenly realized a problem!

If every Augment had a rating, was it possible that if he wanted to synthesize a better Augment, he needed to buy Silver-tier Augments with higher ratings from the very beginning?

After all, only high ratings could possibly synthesize high ratings.

Low ratings could only synthesize trash.

Shen Mo's eyes flickered, and he began to consult Alodes. Alodes's answer was very interesting; he didn't directly tell Shen Mo whether this logic held true, but instead cryptically reminded him.

"Destiny labels the price behind every gift!"

"Behind every result, is there a price already labeled by destiny..." Shen Mo muttered to himself, repeating Alodes's words. It seemed as if an answer was about to emerge in his heart.

"Destiny is not predetermined."

"The process may be tortuous, but the result will eventually be beautiful."

"I understand!"

Shen Mo's heart settled; he had already made a decision!

...

[Stage 6-1 match ended!]

[Hoshimi Sakura vs Damiano, Hoshimi Sakura wins!]

[Damiano eliminated!]

[Game over!]

On the other side, the battle between Hoshimi Sakura and Damiano of France had already ended. With a 9 Frost lineup plus an exclusive Hextech bonus, Damiano had absolutely no room to resist and was taken out in one wave.

"You concede~"

Hoshimi Sakura smiled charmingly. Damiano walked off the defending platform with an ugly expression. When the two crossed paths, Damiano glared fiercely at Hoshimi Sakura!

"Stinking woman! You just wait!"

Damiano threatened viciously. Hoshimi Sakura just rolled her beautiful eyes at him and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm not interested in losers. I'm only interested in strong men, like... classmate Shen Mo~"

"Then why don't you go challenge Shen Mo!"

Hoshimi Sakura was full of smiles, leaned close to Damiano's ear, and whispered softly: "I feel like it~"

"You...!"

Hearing this, Damiano was so angry his lungs were about to explode, and his old face suddenly turned flushed!

This woman is simply sick!

If you like strong men, go challenge them. What the hell is picking a fight with me?

We agreed from the very beginning to sanction the Dragon Country together. What is this now, infighting?

Besides, even if you don't want to challenge Shen Mo, aren't there still Oil Country and Persia?

Why must you fight me?!

But unfortunately, the match was already over now, and no matter how angry Damiano was, it was useless.

[Next, please welcome contestant No. 9, Hogni, to the stage!]

[Please choose the arena you wish to challenge!]

Hogni from Giant Bear Country had a tall and sturdy physique, walking with a tiger-like back and a bear-like waist. Hogni held up his number plate and smiled honestly: "I choose to challenge Hans from Germany!"

After Hogni finished speaking, Hans from Germany, with his big red nose, immediately looked ugly.

But he didn't say anything and stood up to prepare for the battle.

Giant Bear Country maintained a neutral stance, and its relationship with the Dragon Country was actually quite ambiguous, so this choice was not too unexpected.

[Please, both contestants, step onto the challenge arena!]

[The match is about to begin!]

Alodes's voice rang out, and everyone once again turned their eyes to the arena!

...

On the other side, Shen Mo was in no mood to watch the match at this moment.

His face twitched as he looked at the notification before him, almost cursing out loud!

[Ding! The number of Gold-tier Augments you added is insufficient!]

"What a scam!!!"

Shen Mo was numb!

He had just spent 8500, 9000, and 9500 points respectively to buy three top-tier Silver-tier Augments, synthesizing one Gold-tier Augment: Predator!

[Gold-tier · Predator Lv1 (Passive)!]

[Effect: Increases loot drop rate during PvE rounds by 10%!]

[Augment Rating: 805 points!]

Of course, that wasn't the point. The point was that he didn't know what he was thinking, but he just wanted to see the requirements for synthesizing a Prismatic-tier Augment, and then he threw this Gold-tier Augment into the synthesizer.

As a result... can you guess what happened?