Redemption Complete

After successfully redeeming the Bodyguard Spirit Shield, Xiao Fan had twelve Beast Cores left.

He raised his eyes and focused on the system shop interface floating before him.

The shop now had three items remaining: the Ailment-Breaking Pill, the Keen Edge Rune, and the Flicker Jade, costing five, six, and nine Beast Cores respectively.

In an instant, two clear options surfaced in Xiao Fan's mind.

The first was to redeem both the Ailment-Breaking Pill and the Keen Edge Rune. Together, they would cost eleven Beast Cores, leaving him with just one.

The second option was to redeem a single Flicker Jade, spending nine Beast Cores and leaving three.

From a rational standpoint, the first option was undoubtedly the safest and most sensible.

The rules of the secret realm's second level were unknown, and Xiao Fan could not be certain whether the Beast Cores he held would still be usable there.

Redeeming items rashly would mean wasting resources.

But...

Xiao Fan's gaze remained fixed on the Flicker Jade's description, and he struggled to decide.

The Flicker Jade offered instantaneous relocation and an invincible teleportation effect that evaded all attacks.

Against a secret realm Boss whose capabilities were unknown, an instantaneous shift in position and a brief period of invincibility could often be the ultimate trump card for turning the tables in a desperate situation and escaping death.

That incredible lifesaving ability was something he could not bring himself to give up.

"Which should I choose?"

Xiao Fan frowned slightly, his fingertips rubbing the Beast Cores in his palm as indecision gripped him.

The system had warned him earlier that the secret realm shop was not permanent; it had a time limit.

Once he entered the final Boss room, the shop interface would instantly disappear, leaving him no further chance to redeem