Three High-Grade Magic Spells, Four High-Grade Magic Artifacts (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

Jiang Liu chuckled, amused to the point of exasperation.

He hadn't even paid attention to the intermediate Dharma Body effects, his eyes immediately locking onto the promotion conditions at the very end.

1010101010!

He had initially thought the scummy developers had a moment of conscience and gifted him a Dharma Body, feeling quite pleased.

Now, looking at it, was this a gift?

It was a trap!

"Awesome, I'm convinced."

Jiang Liu was stunned for a long time, speechless. All he could muster was a single "awesome."

The Five Elements Dharma Body, its description sounded impressive. It offered increased affinity with Five Elements spiritual energy, significant boosts to various attributes, and even extended lifespan.

However, it immediately followed up by stating, "That's not the most awesome part, you know."

It could be upgraded!

With just 10 top-grade Five Elements Spirit Roots of each element, it could be upgraded to the Five Elements Profound Body!

Super powerful attribute boosts, extended lifespan, you deserve it!

You thought the Five Elements Profound Body was the most awesome?

No, no, no. According to the game's information, all items in the Cultivation Era were divided into five major tiers: Dharma, Profound, Spirit, Dao, and Immortal.

The Five Elements Profound Body was merely the second tier.

There would definitely be the Five Elements Spirit Body, Five Elements Dao Body, and Five Elements Immortal Body after that, no need to even guess.

This single Dharma Body upgrade single-handedly revitalized the permanent gacha pool. The person who designed this was truly a genius, a round of applause for them.

The permanent gacha pool only produced top-grade Five Elements Spirit Roots and magic tools. As the game progressed, players who could afford it would quickly collect the Five Elements Spirit Roots, and magic tools would become obsolete in no time. This was normal game ecology.

Logically, by the time magic tools became obsolete, not many people would bother pulling from the permanent gacha pool. They'd rather use their spirit stones to pull for special spirit roots and higher-grade equipment.

But now, with a special physique that could be upgraded to the Immortal Body and significantly extend lifespan, the soon-to-be-obsolete permanent gacha pool was brought back to life.

For the sake of the Immortal Body, for the sake of lifespan, they had to keep pulling from the permanent gacha pool.

A bottomless pit, a pure bottomless pit, even more of a trap than the limited-time pools.

As soon as the promotion conditions for the Five Elements Dharma Body were revealed, Jiang Liu felt completely slapped in the face.

Just the second before, he had angrily declared he'd be a dog if he ever pulled from the permanent gacha pool again, and now he was about to bark.

"I still need 4 top-grade Earth Spirit Roots, 2 top-grade Fire Spirit Roots, and 10 top-grade Wood Spirit Roots for the Five Elements Dharma Body to be promoted to the Five Elements Profound Body."

Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly. Was he heartbroken over the spirit stones?

Not at all. He had pulled a backpack full of magic tools and spells, which could easily be sold for tens of thousands of spirit stones, equivalent to a million-dollar spending spree in the game.

If he wanted to, he could upgrade the Five Elements Dharma Body all the way to the Five Elements Immortal Body without sleeping!

He just felt stifled, a sense of being toyed with by the game. With this kind of inventory check, he really didn't want to pull from the permanent gacha pool anymore.

But he had no choice.

In the entire Cultivation Era, the only place he could spend his money was the gacha pools.

The store? Too low cost-effectiveness, only a fool would go there.

Foundation Establishment event? He had already maxed it out.

Limited-time gift packs? They hadn't even popped up yet.

With money but nowhere to spend it, he could only hard-smash the permanent gacha pool.

"Sigh, let's upgrade it. What else can I do?"

Jiang Liu sighed helplessly, filling the Dharma Body with all the top-grade Five Elements Spirit Roots from his backpack. Then, he began sorting through the junk items obtained from the permanent gacha pool.

A large pile of Artifact Refining materials. He didn't have an Artifact Refining Cauldron, so he tossed them aside for now.

A large pile of Alchemy materials. He set aside the spirit grass of hundred-year-old grade and spent nearly an hour refining the ten-year-old spirit grass into nearly a thousand Qi Refining Pills. These trash pills were useless to him now, so he'd sell them to his good buddies.

After tidying up the materials, he flipped through the spells he had drawn. He glanced at them and felt slightly disappointed – only 3 high-grade spells.

[Close-Quarters Step]: High-grade magic tier footwork. Allows movement over short distances, consuming a large amount of spiritual energy.

[Fire Python Technique]: Fire-element high-grade magic spell. Condenses fire spiritual energy into the shape of a beastly python. Attack power depends on spiritual energy intensity. Restricted to users with Fire Spirit Root.

[Unceasing Flow Art]: Water-element high-grade magic spell. Uses water spiritual energy to heal physical injuries. Recovery speed depends on spiritual energy intensity. Restricted to users with Water Spirit Root.

One footwork, one attack spell, one support spell. Nothing special. Jiang Liu learned them all.

He had learned three new spells. As for other mid-grade spells, he found them beneath him.

Although he could now learn spells of all Five Elements, he understood the principle of "greed leads to indigestion." There was no need to learn a bunch of trash. Besides, skills had no cooldown. As long as he had enough spiritual energy, he could cast them infinitely. There was no need to fill his slots with mediocre skills.

After carefully selecting his spells, he looked at the backpack full of magic tools.

As expected, only 4 high-grade magic tools. Thousands of pulls yielding only 4 high-grade magic tools. What a drop rate.

No wonder the developers dared to sell a random high-grade magic tool in the First Recharge Gift Pack for three thousand spirit stones. That price was almost equivalent to two pity pulls.

[Palm Seal]: High-grade magic artifact, can suppress targets whose Realm is lower than the caster's. Suppression effect is weakened against Foundation Establishment Stage targets and ineffective against targets at or above Foundation Establishment Stage.

[Illusion Staff]: High-grade magic artifact, can create an Illusion Realm with an area no larger than 10*10. The effect of the Illusion Realm depends on spiritual energy intensity and consumes a large amount of spiritual energy.

[Water Dividing Sword]: High-grade magic artifact, amplifies the intensity of water-element spiritual energy, comes with the high-grade magic spell Water Dividing Sword.

[Meteorite Bead]: High-grade magic artifact, a one-time consumable. Absorbs the power of stars into the bead. Once full, it can unleash a devastating strike. Use with caution.

"Good heavens, as expected of high-grade magic artifacts, they're all quite impressive."

Jiang Liu glanced at these four high-grade magic artifacts, his eyes shining with excitement. He couldn't help but laugh out loud, extremely satisfied.

The Palm Seal, a restriction magic tool several times more powerful than the Body Restraint Ring. This time, it doesn't just restrain, it directly suppresses.

The Illusion Staff, a ten-square-meter Illusion Realm. Can this thing create an R-rated Illusion Realm? I'll have to try it out myself later.

The Water Dividing Sword. The Sunrise Sword can finally retire.

The Meteorite Bead, a one-time consumable high-grade magic artifact. Amazing, amazing. How do I absorb the power of stars in the game?

All four magic tools can be put to use, which makes Jiang Liu very satisfied. The Meteorite Bead, in particular, can serve as a trump card. Although he is benevolent and has no enemies, it's still wise to guard against others.

The Palm Seal replaced the Body Restraint Ring, the Illusion Staff was equipped in the secondary weapon slot, the Water Dividing Sword replaced the Sunrise Sword, and the Meteorite Bead was placed in the backpack.

He rummaged through his backpack for a few more low-grade and mid-grade magic artifacts, almost filling up his entire equipment slots.

Thousands of draws and not a single pair of shoes. Heh, a limited-time item, perhaps?

The Water Dividing Sword replaced the Sunrise Sword. He then found a low-grade magic sword and a mid-grade magic sword in his backpack. The Three Spirit Sword Array was now complete.

After a series of operations, Jiang Liu's combat power had significantly increased. He gained a Five Elements Top-grade Spirit Root, a Five Elements Dharma Body, several new high-grade magic spells, and several new magic tools.

He opened his Character Panel, equipment slots, and skill slots simultaneously. Staring at these three interfaces, his fighting spirit soared, and he couldn't wait to find someone to test his combat power against.

Arena?

No one to challenge!

In reality?

They're all weaklings!

In the game?

Senior Brother, come and fight me!

Requesting follow-up reads on Tuesday!