After completing the transaction with Hegel, Sheyan's utility points skyrocketed to 8,800 points, and 9 potential points. It could be considered a new high. Sheyan had spent an entire 5 hours haggling with others in the marketplace, hence he did not have much time left in the realm. He hurriedly strolled around the marketplace and prepared to upgrade his basic ability. Who knew, when he arrived at a newly opened stall, his gaze was suddenly attracted by an item.
'Butcher's Bone Axe'
Origin: Arizona, Tempcott Town blacksmith shop
Equipment rarity: Light blue
Damage: 3 – 16
Material: Pig iron
Weight: 11.2 kg
Durability: 65/65
Attack speed: Slow
Equipment usage requirements: Strength 9 points, physique 6 points
Equipment position: One hand (left or right hand is acceptable)
Weapon special effect 'Parry': You can attempt to use this weapon to parry an enemy's close combat attack. If the parry is successful, then the damage received will be reduced by 10% – 50%.
When your strength and physique attributes are higher than the attacker, the damage absorbed will be reduced by 30% – 50%.
If your strength and physique attributes are lower than the attacker, the damage absorbed will be reduced by 10% – 15%. Apart from that, there are other factors that affect parry.
Description: Every successful parry will reduce the durability of the weapon by 5 – 10 points. When the durability reaches 0, the equipment will be destroyed and cannot be repaired. You can obtain the repair function from the realm or from special storyline characters in the nightmare world.
Axe type weapon additional effect: Accuracy reduced by 1%, explosive strike chance increased by 2%.
Equipment battle score: 9
Evaluation: The broad surface of the axe can easily parry an enemy's attack.
To be honest, this weapon was of little value to many users. Mainly because of its slow attack speed and lackluster attack power. Of course, the passive effect of the weapon and the 2% increase in explosive strike chance were also a highlight. Otherwise, it would only be a lost shop.
Furthermore, the reason why Sheyan fancied this axe, was because of its passive ability to parry an enemy's attack. Although this effect could be the price of the weapon being destroyed, but to Sheyan who had lost his cobalt steel exoskeleton, this was a perfect fit. Such a weapon with both offense and defense met his requirements perfectly. With the addition of high Strength, even though the weapon's attack was on the low side, it could still deal decent damage to most enemies. At that time, Sheyan could use his left hand to wield the axe, while his right hand wielded the mighty flintlock 'Ambition'. He believed that he could deal with most situations.
However, everything has its pros and cons. This light blue grade weapon was obviously highly sought after by many. When Sheyan saw it, a large crowd had already gathered around the contestant's stall. Moreover, the contestant seemed to be in a hurry to leave, and even organized an auction on the spot, directly stating that the highest bidder would obtain it. Seeing this, Sheyan clenched his teeth and squeezed his way in. In the end, this contestant was extremely interested in the light blue first aid kit he had just obtained. After a tough tug-of-war, Sheyan paid the price of the first aid kit and 1000 utility points, and obtained the single handed axe.
Next, it was naturally time to strengthen his basic abilities. His current basic abilities were as follows:
Basic close combat lvl 1
Basic footwork lvl 2
Basic endurance lvl 1
Advanced Basic Ability: Grappling Mastery LV1.
Advanced basic ability: Grappling requires the first 3 basic abilities to be upgraded to lvl 2, before this advanced ability can be upgraded to lvl 2.
Sheyan inquired his nightmare imprint, and headed towards the north of the nightmare realm. After arriving at the wall of the realm, the nightmare imprint on Sheyan's chest shot out a ray of light. After paying 200 potential points, a door opened up in front of him. Sheyan entered and arrived at a secret room with soft lighting. In front of him floated a 3D holographic image of words. Sheyan extended his hand, and received the relevant services.
Obviously, Sheyan's greatest shortcoming in close combat was still his speed. Therefore, even though his' basic footwork 'had already been upgraded to lvl 2, he still chose to upgrade this attribute that was directly related to speed. Instead, he received a notification stating that he needed to pay 1000 utility points + 1 potential point. After selecting 'Confirm', he successfully upgraded that attribute.
But Sheyan quickly discovered that the cost of upgrading his' basic footwork 'to lvl 4 had increased tremendously. It actually required 2000 utility points + 2 potential points. The amount of equivalent currency spent was actually doubled! After pondering for a while, he decided to continue upgrading his' basic footwork '. After upgrading his' basic footwork 'to lvl 4, he unexpectedly received an additional notification:
'Basic footwork lvl 4: Raise user's evasion rate by 3%, raise user's base movement speed by 8%.'
'Details: You have upgraded your' basic footwork 'to lvl 4, triggering relevant requirements. Please draw a special effect from lvl 4.'
'Details: You will randomly draw a special effect from the following list, as the special effect of your' basic footwork lvl 4 '. Time limit of 10 seconds, if there are no actions, then the realm will automatically assign a special effect to you. '
'A: Reduce damage from falling from high places by 33%.'
'B: Increase user's evasion rate by 2%.'
'C: Increase user's base movement speed by 2%.'
'D: Decrease user's movement speed in harsh terrain (deserts, swamps … …) by 33%. '
E: The user's chance of being hit by melee attacks is increased by 2%. The user's evasion rate against long-range attacks (including magic attacks and long-range physical attacks) is increased by 4%.
'F: Increase user's close combat attack rate by 2%, increase user's evasion rate by 4%.'
"I can actually draw an additional special effect?" Sheyan was slightly surprised, he immediately thought of something. That was, perhaps upgrading his other skills from lvl 3 to lvl 4 would also have similar bonus effects! Because there was a 10 second time limit, Sheyan immediately selected the option. Finally, he selected 'E' – User's chance of being hit by melee attacks is increased by 2%. Evasion rate against long range attacks (including magic and long range physical attacks) is increased by 4%.
Finally, the final attributes of Sheyan's' basic footwork lvl 4 'were:
'Basic footwork lvl 4: Increase user's evasion rate by 5%, increase user's base movement speed by 8%.'
Additional Special Effect: The user's chance of being hit by melee attacks is increased by 2%, and the evasion rate against long-range attacks (including magic and long-range physical attacks) is increased by 4%.
After randomly drawing the attributes, Sheyan received a notification from the nightmare imprint. It was that if the contestant wasn't satisfied with the special effect, he could still pay 1000 utility points + 1 potential point to lower his' basic footwork 'to lvl 3, and the special effect would disappear. Then the contestant could raise his' basic footwork 'to lvl 4, and naturally obtain another chance to draw!!!
Obviously, if the contestant was wealthy and wanted to pursue a certain attribute, he could use this method to repeatedly train, and finally obtain a satisfactory attribute. To Sheyan, this time's draw result was rather satisfactory. Of course, even if he wasn't satisfied, he wouldn't dare to reset his points. Currently, he was only left with 4600 utility points and 6 potential points. After considering for a while, Sheyan spent a total of 1000 utility points and 2 potential points to raise his' basic close combat 'and' basic endurance 'attributes to lvl 2. It could be considered as satisfying the requirements to raise his advanced ability' grappling '.
However, to raise his advanced ability 'grappling' from lvl 1 to lvl 2, the expenditure was huge. It actually required a total of 3000 utility points and 3 potential points! Sheyan gritted his teeth, helplessly learning it. However, after levelling up, the grappling's enhancement was rather significant. Sheyan's close combat damage and evasion rate had increased from the original 7% to 10%, it was definitely worth it.
After a round of crazy spending, Sheyan's utility points had shrunk back to 600 points, and his potential points had dropped to 1 point. Once again, he was below the poverty line. Witnessing his finances plummeting to the red, he felt rather uncomfortable. At this moment, he was strolling around the bar in the realm, trying to sell some relevant information. But after interacting with a few contestants, he understood that apart from exposing his own strength, there were no other benefits. Because everyone's world was constantly changing, most of the information was different from person to person. There was a huge probability that the information purchased would be completely useless.
To give a simple example, in the world of Terminator, Sarah Connor existed, and it was very difficult to kill her. But it didn't eliminate the possibility of her being killed! Furthermore, Sheyan had just heard of a contestant who had succeeded in getting rid of her. Then after killing her, would the leader of the human liberation army, John Connor, be unable to be born? The storyline would be stuck, and Skynet would rule over the earth? Of course not, the nightmare realm would automatically make adjustments. The leader of the human liberation army would be replaced by another person. His role would be exactly the same as John Connor, but his personality and behaviour would be different. If you spent a lot of money to buy a hidden mission about the great leader John Connor … but there was no such person in the Terminator world you experienced, then wouldn't you have no way to return the money even if you wanted to cry but had no tears?
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