Triss's escape had utterly extinguished Drizzt's final hope.
From the moment both sides were locked in a stalemate, it was a competition of party strength, cohesion, and unity! Naturally, at the most crucial juncture, Triss started to feel pessimistic about her party's prospects. Hence, she decided to slip away.
This wasn't merely because she could sense the disparity in the battlefield, or the strength of the enemy. Instead, it was mainly due to her fear of Sheyan's disease!
Violent coughing, headache, sneezing, chills! Endless negative effects were lurking around her body, like a ticking time bomb that would explode at any moment. Yet no matter how she repeatedly checked her body, she still couldn't detect any negative effects! This was truly astonishing.
Most crucially, Sheyan and the rest knew that only rank 2 diseases could affect their enemies. But!! Their opponents didn't know of this fact! They didn't understand that Sheyan was already an arrow at the end of its flight. Instead, they believed that as time elapsed, more and more terrifying negative effects would appear. The fear of the unknown was the most frightening thing!
Apart from that, Drizzt's management method of roping in the backbone of the party while squeezing the rest was also worthy of condemnation. In a large party environment, such a management method was probably the most optimal. However, in this current battle, it was the main culprit that destroyed the cohesion of the party.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the collapse of the party was inevitable. Drizzt's death was already decided. His prided speed advantage was completely countered by various disruptive diseases. His speed reduction effect was completely nullified by a formidable MT like Reef! Finally, Drizzt panted heavily as he followed Sheyan and fled into a building. He believed that by doing so, he could delay until the negative effects on his body dissipated.
However, he didn't know that as long as he couldn't escape a hundred metres from Sheyan, the disease would endlessly affect his body!
5 minutes later, the trio gathered together. After recovering slightly, Reef led the charge into the building. Yet at this moment, Sheyan received a notification from his nightmare imprint.
[Your disease: Bronchitis – Hemoptysis caused 38 points of damage]
[Your disease: Bronchitis – Hemoptysis killed a Growth-hunter?]
Facing such a series of notifications, Sheyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Drizzt was such a powerful Growth-Hunter, yet in the end, he actually curled up in a corner and died from coughing up blood!
Such an ending was truly ironic.
Gazing at Drizzt who had died with his eyes wide open, a long trail of blood trickling down his mouth, Sheyan regretfully shrugged his shoulders. At this moment, the results of the battle were announced. The trio had slain a total of 2 Growth-hunters and were rewarded with 8 achievement points. Two reserve-duty contestants were rewarded with 4 achievement points!
Due to the world's restriction, a single person's achievement points in this world was limited to 10 points. Sheyan had already obtained 4 achievement points, thus he could only take 6 achievement points. Any more and it would be a waste. The remaining achievement points were split equally between Mogensha and Reef.
At this moment, Reef realized that his dark gold shield originally displayed a '???' At the same time, a hidden passive attribute appeared: Hot Breath.
'Hot Breath': Passive ability. This shield has received the blessing of the sphinx. Hence, it is immune to all negative effects such as speed reduction and immobilization. Enemy's fire attribute damage dealt to you will be reduced by 20%. 'Hot Breath' possesses authority.
Without a doubt, the activation of this attribute gave Reef a huge pleasant surprise. According to Mogensha's conjecture, activating this'??? ' The prerequisite for activating the dark gold attribute was to use the shield to block against several 'Cold' attribute attacks.
Naturally, the previous owner of this dark gold shield had suffered numerous' Cold 'attribute attacks. Drizzt had unfortunately contributed to the final few' Cold 'attribute unlocking of this dark gold shield's hidden attribute.
At this moment, Sheyan recalled his own dark gold necklace. The '???' Attribute wasn't activated. Looks like it was time for him to research it when he returned. Facing the additional 6 achievement points, Sheyan no longer dared to be careless and reserve them. Currently, he realized that after accumulating those 10 plus basic attribute points, his position in the party had gradually shifted towards close combat and support roles. This definitely wasn't a good sign.
Presently, Sheyan could still rely on his superior equipment to maintain his position. However, as time elapsed, his role in the party would inevitably be marginalized. As time dragged on, it was hard to say what would happen.
"It's time to speed up."
While pondering, Sheyan continued investing his achievement points into his' Epidemic Virus'. After expending 2 achievement points, he upgraded it from 'l6' to 'lvl 7'. After upgrading to the crucial level of 'lvl 7', 4 randomly selected attributes naturally appeared.
[A: When the symptoms of 'Epidemic Virus' flare up, the duration of its negative effects is increased by 50%.]
[B: Epidemic Virus' infection radius is expanded by 50 metres.]
[C: Epidemic Virus' outbreak duration is reduced from the current 7 minutes to 3 minutes.]
[D: After the outbreak of 'Epidemic Virus', the probability of sneezing, shivering and headache is increased by 4%.]
Sheyan chose to draw and received 'A'. Looking at the attributes that appeared, he realized the name of the 'Epidemic Virus' had changed to 'Viral Epidemic Virus'. Moreover, upgrading from 'lvl 7' to 'lvl 8' required a total of 10 achievement points. Even after deducting the 50% reduction from the 'Stairway of the Sun', it still required a total of 5 achievement points.
After pondering for a while, Sheyan chose to expend 2 achievement points to reduce the 'Epidemic Virus' level to 'lvl 6' through his nightmare imprint. Then, he used another 2 achievement points to upgrade the 'Epidemic Virus' to 'lvl 7', obtaining another chance to draw.
That's right, Sheyan was now aware of the drawback of his party's lack of manpower. That is, it was very difficult to sustain a prolonged battle. Therefore, the 'C' attribute reduced the outbreak duration from the original 7 minutes to 3 minutes. The additional 4 minutes could be said to be a matter of life and death. It was of utmost importance! Therefore, Sheyan didn't hesitate to expend an additional 4 achievement points to re-draw, all for the sake of obtaining the 'C' attribute.
This time, Sheyan's gamble paid off, and he shockingly obtained the 'C' attribute. He heaved a long sigh of relief, as though a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders. At this moment, the rewards of the random draw were finally being distributed. After slaying the four fellows, the contestants would randomly draw an equipment from the four fellows, and randomly award it to the contestants.
Very quickly, Sheyan discovered a new dark-gold grade equipment in his personal interspatial storage! That was shockingly the tight leather trousers worn by Drizzt. Previously, when Sheyan executed 'Hornrage' and slammed into Drizzt, the leather trousers dispelled the ensuing stun effect. Furthermore, when Sheyan attempted to use 'Ambition' to stun Drizzt, Drizzt actually took the initiative to send him flying! These two incidents left a clear and profound impression on Sheyan.
As he took out the leather pants, its attributes were displayed in front of everyone.
'Versace Python Trousers'
[Origin: Contestant 89B13]
[Equipment Rarity: Dark-Gold]
[Material: Rare Blood-Patterned Python Skin + Vine Silk + Griffon Feathers +???] Weapon Soul]
[Addons: Added trouser pocket (Increases your personal interspatial storage by 33%)]
[Equipment Position: Leg]
[Equipment Type: Trousers]
[Weight: 4.11 kg]
[Equipment Usage Requirements: Agility 45 points, Perceptive Sense 30 points, Basic Footwork lvl 7, Basic Long Range Combat lvl 10]
[Durability: 111247]
[Equipment: Reduces explosive strike chance by 3%]
[Equipment: Agility + 10 points]
[Equipment: All movement speed reduction effects, will have their duration reduced by 33%. This effect is authoritative]
[Equipment: HP + 150 points]
[Special Effect: 'Snakeskin' (Passive) – Whenever you receive damage from an enemy, there is a fixed chance of triggering 'Snakeskin' effect. You will slide away in the opposite direction of the source of the damage, increasing the distance between you and the enemy. Simultaneously, damage received will be reduced by 20%]
After triggering 'Snakeskin' effect, you can choose the direction of sliding away, or not.
[Special Effect: Handmade – This is a rare equipment crafted by a contestant. Therefore, it is best for you to repair it at the craftsman's place. Otherwise, every time you repair it in the realm, in addition to paying an additional repair fee, it will permanently reduce the equipment's durability by 1-3 points.] When the equipment's durability reaches 0, the equipment will disappear.]
[Ability: 'Spirit Serpent' – Summon the berserk spirit of a python to protect your body in a flash. In a flash, all abnormal statuses will be removed, and your HP and MP will be restored by 33%]
As the price for summoning the spirit serpent, it will take away 100 points of durability from the equipment, and will reject your summons for 12 hours.]
[Ability: 'Serpent's Venom' (Activated) – When attacking an enemy, there is a fixed chance of summoning the spirit of a python, causing the enemy to be immobilized for 1 second. If your attack already possesses a similar ability, then the duration of 'Serpent's Venom' will be augmented by the immobilizing effect.] (That is to say, if Sheyan was wearing this pair of trousers, then throwing a poison flask would stun his opponent for 2 seconds. The newly produced 'Stinkbug Medicine' would stun his opponent for 2.5 seconds. The most tragic aspect of Drizzt was that his' Ice Dagger 'attack also had the effect of freezing his opponent. Unfortunately, it was countered by Reef's' Shield ', thus this bonus wasn't displayed)
[Ability: 'Serpent Walk' – Concealed within the equipment, the serpent spirit will inadvertently increase your movement speed by 25 points.]
[Description: When a serpent is slain, its unresigned spirit still yearns for rebirth. Therefore, when it has the opportunity to enter an equipment to experience the world once more, it chooses to wholeheartedly protect the existence of this equipment. Because it is unwilling to sink into eternal slumber once more.] [When you upgrade this equipment to a sufficiently high level, you will obtain an even more powerful serpent spirit, allowing this equipment to be reborn anew.]
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