The Layered Beauty of Cheng Tian's Status Panel

This was Cheng Tian's first time seeing an item that reduced all attributes across the board, yet could later raise them again through killing.

Clearly, the effect of this miniature Elder Dragon Egg was to simulate the Elder Dragon's progression toward its mature form, Safi'jiiva.

From hatching to molting to maturity, wearing it at the beginning not only brought no benefits, but actually caused a slight overall weakening.

But as long as he entered a suitable dungeon with the right number of enemies, he could quickly accumulate ten random bonuses and a full one-hundred-percent increase to all attributes.

It was quite suitable for large-scale battlefield scenarios like the previous Metal Slug 3.

Moreover, Cheng Tian noticed that this thing didn't need to occupy a locked inventory slot. In other words, if he encountered a non-large-scale combat dungeon with far too few enemies, he could simply swap it into the Gate of Babylon or Magic Pocket to suppress its effect.

No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't lose.

Of course, compared to the Equipment and Items dropped from the Elder Dragon treasure chest, the previous Soul Sacrifice rules were the true greatest gain.

Cheng Tian had originally been a "spoon" with only exceptionally high Psychic Power. Now, his weaknesses in Strength and Agility had been directly patched up, while Charisma, formerly his second-highest stat, had become his weakest attribute instead.

That was somewhat embarrassing for a Player focused on casting and summoning.

Well, he definitely couldn't let anyone else hear that, or they would absolutely beat him up. Excluding the Attribute Points provided by the Main Quest, the permanent attribute increase Cheng Tian had gained through sacrifice alone was around fifty or sixty points—equivalent to receiving an SS-rank Main Quest evaluation three or four times. There was no attempt