214: [Fire Lava Meteor], the truth of the dark world is revealed!

You received Golden Equipment [Soul Crown]!

You received Golden Equipment [Nightmare Scythe]!

You received Skill Book [Myriad Souls Possession]!

You received Golden Item [Soul Collecting Orb]!

You received Special Item [Mysterious Fragment]!

You received Quest Item [Invasion Plan Journal]!

After picking up all the drops, Chen Beixuan attempted to use Soul Reaping, but his panel indicated that Soul Reaping had failed.

The Lord of Darkness's soul had already escaped.

However, his objective was achieved, so he didn't dwell on it.

“Let me see what treasures I got…”

“Mana +10000!… My wish came true, haha!”

Not only did his wish come true, but God Thief was also triggered simultaneously, a double blessing!

[True · Ghostly Form]: The body can be virtualized, physical damage evasion probability +99%, movement speed +400%.

Chen Beixuan tried it out and nodded in satisfaction.

This state was somewhat similar to the Skeleton Specter he encountered previously; if used with Black Mist Enshroudment, the effect of scaring people would be even better.

Now, not only could Xiao Lu float, but he could also float.

He reluctantly deactivated the virtualization and clicked on the new entry.

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[Flame Enhancement]: Golden Quality

Effect Description: Projectile-type fire skills will leave a flame at the original location. Releasing a fire skill again will absorb the flame to gain enhancement. Each flame increases skill damage by 10% and skill range by 10%, with a maximum of 500%.

Note: The number of flames is related to the skill damage frequency. For example, the Fireball Spell skill can only leave 1 flame.

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Seeing the effect, Chen Beixuan's eyes lit up.

This entry was a perfect match for Fire Rain Meteor!

A 1-star Fire Rain Meteor could drop 30 meteors, which meant 30 flames!

300% damage and range bonus!

And Earth Explosion Star was also considered a semi-fire skill, so it would likely receive the bonus, taking its damage to another level!

“Endow Fire Rain Meteor!”

Golden light flashed, and the endowment was complete.

The buffs on the Lord of Darkness had reminded him of something.

That was damage equalization; he couldn't develop entirely in the true damage direction. He needed to create several skills of other damage types to make up for the shortcomings.

Thinking of this, he pulled out a Skill Fusion Stone and made a decision.

Fire Rain Meteor + Earth Dragon Break, Fuse!

Ding! Fusion successful! You have learned the new skill [Fire Lava Meteor]!

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[Fire Lava Meteor] ★

Description: Summons 50 lava meteors to attack a specified 200-meter range. Each meteor explodes upon landing, dealing 6300% area fire damage and leaving a lava ground, which deals 6300% fire damage every 0.5 seconds. The lava lasts for 1 hour, cooldown 3 minutes, mana cost 800.

Entry: [Lava Floor] [Flame Enhancement]

Calculation: (Base 1-star 800% + 600%) × 4.5.

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“50 meteors, just right.”

Chen Beixuan was very satisfied. He would upgrade it to an exclusive skill with Hand of God tomorrow.

The 9-star Hand of God slots currently had 4 available out of 9, so there was plenty of room.

Closing the skill panel, he began to check the equipment.

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[Soul Crown]: Level 170 Golden Artifact (Hat)

Effect 1: HP +640000

Effect 2: Intelligence +5600

Effect 3: Intelligence attribute +50%

Effect 4: [Light-Speed Casting] Casting speed +300%.

Effect 5: Dark-type skills will come with a [Trance] effect, causing the target to fall into a dazed, unresisting state for 3 seconds, affected by tenacity.

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[Nightmare Scythe]: Level 170 Golden Artifact (Weapon)

Effect 1: Magic Attack +98000

Effect 2: Intelligence +8700

Effect 3: Melee damage additionally increased by 300%.

Effect 4: Attacks apply [Soul Reaping], dealing 1% of the target's maximum HP as true damage each time.

Effect 5: Attacks apply [Soul Loss], reducing the target's maximum mana by 1% each time, lasting until the end of combat.

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“It's a magic assassin type of equipment, but it can also be worn by a magic warrior. It's just that the wearing level is too high…”

He was very satisfied with the continuous damage system he had built and had no immediate plans to change it.

Chen Beixuan put away the equipment and continued to check the next item.

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[Myriad Souls Possession] ★

Description: Absorbs the surrounding free-floating soul energy into oneself. All attributes +10%, lasts 5 minutes, cooldown 10 minutes, mana cost 1000.

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It was a BOSS's state skill, powerful in effect.

However, after becoming a skill book, the 1-star 10% looked a bit meager, but it was an all-attribute increase, so it was understandable.

He chose to learn it directly.

Ding! You have learned the new skill [Myriad Souls Possession]!

Looking at the skill description, Chen Beixuan suddenly thought of a question.

Absorbing free-floating soul energy into the body, where did the soul energy come from?

Recalling the scene when the Lord of Darkness released it earlier, where the surrounding mist gathered, he couldn't help but shiver.

Could the mist be…

Damn, the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became…

He quickly cut off his thoughts, but still felt a chill around him.

He decisively resorted to his old method: singing loudly!

“Forward, forward, forward ~ Our team marches towards the sun…”

“…”

After singing an invigorating song, Chen Beixuan immediately felt full of righteous energy.

Adjusting his state, he took out an eyeball-sized orb.

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[Soul Collecting Orb]: Golden Item

Description: Automatically absorbs and stores nearby souls. Can be used with soul-type skills. It takes effect when carried, and you can control it with your mind to release souls when used. Current quantity (0/100,000).

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The effect was concise and to the point, nothing more to say.

His gaze shifted to the last two items.

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[Mysterious Compass Fragment]: Rainbow Brilliant Grade

Description: A fragment containing extraordinary power, origin unknown, purpose unknown...

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[Invasion Plan Journal]: Quest Item

Description: Contains part of the Human Realm Invasion Plan. Please open it to view details.

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“It's this Mysterious Compass Fragment again…”

Chen Beixuan was slightly stunned.

He already had 3 pieces on him, and he was only 3 more pieces away from gathering them all to summon the divine dragon. It seemed like there was hope!

He had never deliberately searched for them; they had all come to him.

He truly was a lucky star!

After a brief moment of emotion, he opened the journal and quickly scanned it.

The content became more and more alarming as he read, and some of his doubts were also resolved.

For example, the origin of the mist.

It stated that the Darkness God killed all the original inhabitants of the entire Dark World to absorb a large number of souls and become a god, transforming it into its current appearance.

The mist was free-floating soul energy, which could be understood as the remnants after the Darkness God's absorption.

Also, the Dark Clan was actually formed by collecting souls from the Human Realm, altering their memories, and then reshaping their bodies.

Most of them were implanted with ideological imprints that made them hostile to the Human Realm.

Trick back then was one of those experimental subjects.

However, because his memories weren't completely wiped, Trick was caught in a contradiction between his love for human life and his hostility towards the Human Realm.

Upon reading this, a quest message suddenly popped up on his panel!