Taunt Orb, Training Class

After upgrading, the lucky revolver was refreshed with seven full bullets.

Only two days had passed, and five bullets had already been used.

Fortunately, each one yielded good results.

This time, it even burst with golden light!

"Item: Taunt Orb"

"Type: Magic Treasure"

"Effect: Applies a taunt status to the target, causing all enemy attacks and damage to hit the taunted individual!"

"It's a Magic Treasure!" Lin Xuan was shocked!

This was an item that could only be equipped after level seventy!

And only people from Xia Country would have this special Magic Treasure item slot!

Of course, other countries, based on their different historical cultures, also had similar functional item slots.

For example, Sakura Country had shrines, the European Continent and American Continent mostly had rune stones, and the African Continent had totem statues.

"It's a pity the orb's effect is taunt."

"It would have been great if it enhanced magic or physical damage."

Magic Treasures were a key topic in high school.

For the Awakened of Xia Country, they were very crucial.

It was said that among the top-tier Magic Treasures, there could even appear items similar to the Eastern Emperor Bell, Sky-Flipping Seal, and Primordial Golden Cauldron from Xia Country's myths and legends.

"I remember the textbook saying that the easiest place to obtain Magic Treasures was ruins."

"I wonder if the Dragon Gate Grottoes, the replicated ruin that is about to open in Jianghai City, can drop Magic Treasures."

Although the Taunt Orb wasn't an offensive type, it was still decent.

After all, when encountering a BOSS in the future, he could designate his Skeleton Soldiers to taunt and draw aggro, or when encountering more than two BOSSes, make them fight each other.

He could even contract a fast-moving monster in the future.

After entering a dungeon, he could apply taunt to it, then have the monster pull and gather mobs.

"It's a pity it requires level seventy to equip.

"I still need to level up quickly."

Lin Xuan thought silently, putting the Taunt Orb into his backpack space and exiting the Frost Domain.

By this time, it was already approaching evening.

Lin Xuan went to the training hall again to learn swordsmanship from Irena.

When the rented time ended, he returned directly to the villa.

Although he didn't clear any dungeons today, he did resolve some miscellaneous matters.

After researching some information about ruins online that evening, he used the arrived Magic Cards, decomposed them into fragments, and upgraded Life and Death Covenant to max level.

Each upgrade doubled the total number of linked branches for Life and Death Covenant.

After reaching max level, Lin Xuan could link sixteen targets.

After linking Silly Cow, Frost Giant Shi Xiaoxiao, Crocodile Rekton, and several other Skeletal Dragon contracted beasts, Lin Xuan went to sleep early.

Early the next morning.

As soon as Lin Xuan woke up, he received a message from the blacksmith Chen Qi.

The custom-made equipment had been forged.

And his daughter, Chen Wanqiu, would deliver it.

After expressing his gratitude, Lin Xuan waited at the villa.

Of course, he wasn't idle in his room.

The Frost Domain could only be opened in Lich King Form.

But accumulating rage required a target to attack.

Lin Xuan discovered a method to exploit a bug.

He summoned a Skeleton Soldiers.

Attacking his own summon could also accumulate rage.

Afterward, he transformed into the Lich King, accumulating troops while researching information.

Around noon.

The doorbell rang downstairs.

It was indeed Assassin Senior Sister Chen Wanqiu and Guo Miaomiao.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two handed the items to Lin Xuan and then left.

After distributing the equipment to the corresponding contracted beasts, Lin Xuan felt completely relaxed.

Since the start of the semester, he had been constantly busy.

Now, he had finally finished all the miscellaneous tasks.

It was time to focus on improving himself.

"Level fifty has unlocked equipment enhancement."

"After class this afternoon, I'll go to the Enhancement Hall to check it out."

Unlike normal games, equipment enhancement required going to the Enhancement Hall in the main city.

That was a special building similar to a dungeon hall that appeared with the main city after the Great Cataclysm began.

"Finally, it's time for the part where even the luckiest person can't hold up."

Lin Xuan sighed.

Enhancement, amplification, enchantment.

These three functions were what directly widened the gap between Awakened.

Of course, they were also things that all Awakened had to do.

At two in the afternoon, the freshmen's first official class began.

However, it wasn't a theory class, but a practical combat class.

The instructor teaching at the Mage Academy was Teacher Qiu, whom Lin Xuan had met before.

She wore a combat suit, had short hair, and looked very clean and sharp.

However, the content and method of her teaching were too unique.

Those moves...

They were truly all low blows, or aimed at vital points like the face, ears, and neck.

In short, when everyone saw them, the girls blushed, and the boys clamped their legs together.

"Terrifying, too terrifying!"

"Everyone's just a student, is there really a need for such intense fighting?"

"What do you know? This is called efficiency!"

The surrounding students discussed animatedly.

Lin Xuan, however, felt a sense of unease.

Ever since he arrived in Jianghai City, he had always felt that he had overlooked something.

The atmosphere here was completely different from Jiang City.

Jiang City focused on how Awakened fought against monsters.

But Jianghai City focused on conflicts between Awakened.

"No, this has gone beyond mere conflict."

"It seems they are primarily training students on how to kill other Awakened!"

Lin Xuan vaguely thought of some key points.

At this moment, Teacher Qiu was demonstrating some practical combat moves to the students.

Some of these moves relied on Awakened skills, while others were pure personal martial arts.

"Remember, any attack you make must inflict effective damage!"

"In a world with health bars, even if you deplete half of the opponent's health, if it doesn't hit a vital point, they can just drink a health potion and be fine!"

"In the future, when you face an enemy, the first thing you must think about is how to quickly kill the opponent! Remember, quickly!"

Teacher Qiu lectured endlessly at the front.

When Lin Xuan heard "enemy," he suddenly realized something.

Currently, Blue Star was a world where everyone underwent job changes, leveled up by fighting monsters, and evolved into supernaturals.

Although there were frictions between countries, they weren't significant.

This wasn't normal!

One had to know that with backpack space, if there were large-scale national conflicts, it would definitely easily trigger large-scale wars!

Now, various countries seemed to be subtly uniting.

Then there was only one possibility.

"Blue Star has powerful external enemies!"

"And they are not mindless external enemies like monsters, but intelligent races similar to Awakened!"

Lin Xuan thought of a Puppet Master he had encountered in Jiang City.

It was said that the other party came from the Black Church, and that sect worshipped an evil god.

It seemed that this evil god was not just 'evil' in a simple sense.

"I can't find this information online, so it seems that although the external enemies are powerful, they haven't reached the point of total war."

Lin Xuan thought silently as the demonstration on stage ended.

Soon, they entered the follow-up training mode.

Lin Xuan learned very seriously, recognizing many vital points on the human body.

Time passed like this.

Near the end, Teacher Qiu gathered everyone and talked about the ruins.

"Dragon Gate Grottoes, oh my! How did they bring our Luo City's ruins here!"

"Ruins! It's actually ruins! Ruins that can drop Divine Beasts and Magic Treasures!"

"General Li's White Phoenix and Einstein's Divine Beast back then were both obtained in ruins!"

"It's actually level-restricted to seventy-nine! No wonder so many senior students are at that level!"

"How cunning, but... don't be afraid, everyone!"

"Contact me after class, I'm selling maps of the explored areas of Dragon Gate Grottoes at a low price!"

The students discussed animatedly, and it was clear that most of the newcomers were tempted.

"Don't think about entering just because the rewards from the ruins are generous!"

"You must act within your capabilities!"

"Dying inside will result in losing half of your current level's experience."

"Note that it's your current level, not your accumulated experience."

"In other words, if you die twice, your experience will be negative."

Awakened cannot drop levels, but their experience can be negative.

This was junior high knowledge, so no one was surprised.

After all, in high-difficulty dungeons, with a resurrection mechanism, Awakened could also experience negative experience deductions.

They just didn't expect the death penalty in the ruins to be so severe.

"Also, when the ruins open, it's not just students, but also Awakened from outside the school and even from other countries."

"Those people won't be playing games when they fight you."

"If you want to go, then master the techniques I taught today!"

"Alright, dismissed!"

As Teacher Qiu's words fell, the class dismissal bell just finished ringing.

Starting at two and ending at five, the duration was considered normal for Awakened.

The students dispersed, each doing their own thing.

Lin Xuan greeted his two roommates.

He summoned the purple golden gourd and flew directly to the Jianghai City Enhancement Hall.

(Today is Saturday, there will be one or even two more chapters during the day!)