You have discovered the complete combination for the Ghost King Cloak set. Would you like to combine it now?
After obtaining the final Vampire Cloak, this prompt appeared before Gu Xi.
Through the prompt, Gu Xi gradually came to understand the method, effects, and choices involved in combining a set.
First, although a combined set looked like a single item in the end, it occupied all the equipment slots of its original set pieces.
For instance, the Ghost King Cloak before him was made from the Death God Boots, Undead Amulet, and Vampire Cloak. Once Gu Xi equipped it, he would no longer be able to equip shoes, a necklace, or a cloak.
That was still acceptable. Take the Nine-tailed Divine Might that Gu Xi was collecting—if he gathered the entire set, it would look like a suit of armor, but it would actually occupy every equipment slot available to a player.
Everyone knew about this, and Gu Xi had no objections.
However, the following information made Gu Xi understand some little-known secrets about combined equipment.
For instance, the issue of the combined set's skills.
This was decided before the set was even combined.
Unlike temporary combined equipment like the Griffon Black Throne, fixed items like the Ghost King Cloak already had a determined number of skills before they were combined.
The Ghost King Cloak was formed from three Orange set pieces, putting its final grade at roughly Orange +3. Like other Orange Equipment, it came with four skills.
In contrast, Nine-tailed Divine Might was made from nine pieces of Orange Equipment. Its final quality was equivalent to three pieces of Red Equipment, so twelve Red Equipment paths would appear.
As for what happened with sets made from several pieces of Red Equipment, the prompt did not explain