Chapter 435
Physical Strength: LV7
Faction Talent: Noble Phantasm. Manas Consciousness (LV5)
Equipment: Imaginary Outfit (Arcane Grade Level)
Item: Substitute Scarecrow (Chaos Grade Level)
Special Items: Root Mark, Combat Reconnaissance Telescope
Alienated Grade Item: Coloniser's Chest (Chaos Grade- level, 12 expansions)
Transcendental Grade Skills: Space Blink (Excellent) Mechanical Thousand Hands (Excellent) Future Interference (Master) Transcendent Vision (Excellent)
Bloodline Skill: Particleized Organism (LV2)
Life form transformation: Transformation from physical body into particles, greatly enhancing physical defense.
Particle Disintegration: The body is decomposed; it cannot reassemble when 40% of its particles are lost.
Residual reinforcement points: 4
Specialization points remaining: 2
Points: 1800
Overall rating: Monster IV
Player: Hayasaka Ai
Faction: Thorny Rose
Physical Strength: LV7
Bloodline Object:
Ego Trait: The Fool's Mask LV.5
[Possesses six masks, which significantly interfere with perception before activation. A preset template can be given to others for use, providing a truly disorienting effect and blocking all detection items.]
Equipment: Death Knell Revolver (Chaos Grade Class), Flying Boots (Arcane Grade Class), Death Red-Dot Sight (Arcane Grade Class)
Items: Lucky Candy (Arcane Grade Level), Lucky Earrings (Arcane Grade Level)
Transcendental Grade Skills: Gun-Kata (Master), Bullet Pierce (Proficient)
Bloodline Skill: [Ghost Shooter (LV2)]
[Entering Spirit Form for 2 minutes greatly increases physical resistance, weakens energy resistance, and unlocks Terrain Adaptation]
[Shadow Heart: Shadow Teleportation]
Residual reinforcement points: 1
Specialization points remaining: 0
Points: 100
Overall rating: Monster III
Player: Mai Sakurajima
Faction: Thorny Rose
Physical Strength: LV6
Bloodline Object: Drowned Wraith, the Hanged Ghost's Tongue
My Ego Trait: [Adolescence Syndrome (LV5), maintains 'invisibility' for 120 minutes. Once activated, erases all traces of yourself within the instance. Cooldown: 2 hours.]
Equipment: Demon Angel Brooch (Arcane Grade Level), Death-Substitute Puppet (Arcane Grade Level)
Items: Singer's White Veil (Chaos Grade Level), Curse-Death Doll (Arcane Grade Level)
Transcendental Grade Skills: Light-Covering Prayer Rite (Master), Void Demolitionist (Master)
Bloodline Skill: Psychic Warrior (LV1): Releases soul energy as a force field, possessing detection and communication capabilities.
Residual reinforcement points: 0
Specialization points remaining: 3
Points: 500
Overall rating: Monster II
Player: Hiyori
Faction: Thorny Rose
Physical Strength: LV6
Alienated Grade: Spirit of Eternal Night
Ego Trait: [Reality Reading LV.4]
[Analytical Reading: Provides super-fast analysis of all surrounding details, granting Transcendental Grade vision and the ability to rewind time. Activation time: 10 minutes; Cooldown time: 30 minutes]
[Shared Reading: Designate 3 players or story characters to share their five senses, allowing them to exchange information and initiate discussions. Activation time: 10 minutes; Cooldown time: 30 minutes]
Equipment: Sacrificial Chain (Arcane Grade Class)
Items: Comfort Pills (Arcane Grade Level), Void Puppet (Arcane Grade Level)
Special items: Hyperspace Fax Machine, Avalon Illusion Generator, Message Capsule
Transcendental Grade Skills: Future Deduction (Master), Soul Split (Proficient)
Bloodline Skill: Psychic Warrior (LV1): Soul energy is attached to objects (non-living things), effectively increasing control precision.
Residual reinforcement points: 0
Specialization points remaining: 0
Points: 0
Overall rating: Monster I
Player: Moon Bow
Faction: Thorny Rose
Physical Strength: LV6
Bloodline Object: Eight-Armed Demon
My Ego Trait: [True Shot, Sure Hit LV.5, greatly increases shooting accuracy when focused, guaranteeing a hit. Quick Archer: No arrow limit for 30 seconds, cooldown time increased 10 times.]
Equipment: Deep-Sea Longbow (Arcane Grade) Scatterlight Arrow (Arcane Grade) Spatial Rift Spear (Arcane Grade)
Items: Iron Thumb Ring (Arcane Grade level) Color-Changing Cloak (Arcane Grade level)
Transcendental Grade Skills: Ice Enchantment (Master) Elven Archery (Excellent)
Bloodline Skill: Psychic Warrior (LV1): Shapes soul energy, briefly materializing it.
Residual reinforcement points: 0
Specialization points remaining: 0
Points: 0
Overall rating: Monster II
Player: Frieren
Faction: Aether Particles
Physical Strength: LV6
Aether Affinity: LV4
Equipment: Ancient Elf's Staff (Arcane Grade) Death Ray Staff (Arcane Grade), Spatial Armguard (Arcane Grade)
Item: Active Sapphire (Arcane Grade Level)
Transcendental Grade Skills: Magic Control (Master) Mana Restriction (Excellent) Imagination Burst (Master), Rapid Casting (Excellent), Apprentice Mage
Bloodline Skill: Void Devourer (LV1): Adds spatial properties to energy-based attacks.
Residual reinforcement points: 0
Specialization points remaining: 0
Points: 100
Overall rating: Monster II
Chapter Eleven: Upgrades and Dating
After a day of rest, daily routines continue.
Having chosen his next target, Yuki naturally wouldn't act rashly. He now possessed all sorts of strange abilities, but he was unable to escape the instance.
If you're in a dungeon, even if you capture the Grand Inquisitor participating in the quest, you can only watch helplessly; it's better to just stay put, but he won't waste your time.
He meticulously studied everyone's stats (attached below), distributed the spoils from the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and even gave Hiyori the precious Alienated Grade item, the 'Spirit of Eternal Night'.
As planned, everyone follows the path of specialization, which carries equal risk and reward, ignoring the weakest link effect and Limit a particular strength.
The advantage is that she can be used across different levels, but the disadvantage is that she has almost no combat power when acting alone. Take Hiyori for example, she has Monster I rating, but she has almost no combat ability. Any Transcendental Grade player could easily take her down in a one-on-one fight.
Even if it's Hayasaka Ai, she's a high-burst damage dealer at close range. She's the type of player who, if you don't kill her with one shot, will be killed by someone else. Any player with a modicum of sense would kite her until she dies.
Specifically, for each character, in these two instances, Hayasaka Ai upgrades the Fool's Mask to LV5, not only doubling the number of masks and preset blueprints, but also adding an 'absolute interference effect' to herself, which means she can block all detection items.
This is a team-based strategy. As for individual combat effectiveness, she invested all her rewards and savings into the 'Death Red-Dot Sight' item, which grants three chances to be spotted by the red dot within 1000 meters, greatly increasing the hit rate.
There's also the skill 'Bullet Pierce,' which enhances the Piercer power of a single burst, but unfortunately, I don't have enough points for it, so I'm only at the proficient level right now.
"Hayasaka was lucky; he managed to snag a key item and also acquired a very unique Transcendental Grade skill." Yuki a side quest. There's a hunter organization in the 'Death Canyon' dungeon, full of real men who pull the bolt.
Hiyori observed that these hunters were aiming for a one-shot kill, so she dragged the whole team along to help Hayasaka complete side quests. Finally, they killed a hidden boss and earned the achievement.
Yes, Hiyori certainly lacks combat ability, but she deserves the greatest credit.
According to their description, Death Canyon is a bit like Monster Hunter, with many subspace rifts on both sides of the canyon, and choosing which one to go through is a matter of great importance.
Mai Sakurajima- senpai's improvement rate was much slower. She selflessly distributed the rewards, and all she got herself was an item called "Death-Substitute Puppet" in the "Void Temple". Apart from that, she just kept practicing her demolition techniques.
However, Yuki compensated her by giving her a level 5 item called 'Curse-Death Doll'.
This thing has a range of only 500 meters. Its purpose is to curse enemies to death. Even if it fails, it can still inflict a debuff. However, the side effect is equally terrible. It creates a curse shadow, and any attack launched by the person affected will have its effect doubled if it hits.
In terms of sheer power, this is an extremely powerful item, but it's the kind of thing the strong disdain to use and the weak dare not use. Yuki chose this item because he considered his senior's characteristics:
You've forgotten me, so how can I repay you?
True support should apply debuffs to enemies. To this end, Yuki has also strengthened the Bloodline Object of 'Drowned Wraith' and 'Hanged Ghost's Tongue', preparing in advance to upgrade 'Curse-Death Doll' to Chaos Grade level (level 6).
"Senior shared all her loot from the dungeon with the others, but I still got to keep up. Going to the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons was definitely the right decision. It's just a little hard to imagine that Senior would get involved with a 'female ghost'."
Yuki took a sip of tea and glanced at Mai Sakurajima chopping vegetables in the kitchen. She was humming a song and gently swaying her hips, looking like she was in a very good mood.
Thankfully, my taste isn't that strong.
He continued reading, and while the Hiyori increase wasn't significant, it still yielded a considerable amount of rewards. However, the single improvement was crucial.
Soul Split (Master): Splits the player's soul into four, reducing all abilities by 20% proportionally.
A powerful yet extremely difficult-to-control ability, somewhat like a clone technique, typically appearing in Epic Metamorphosis, and somewhat beyond the capabilities of monster-level players.
"How clever! It perfectly suits her characteristics. No wonder after we finished helping Hayasaka complete her side quests, the whole team just focused on her."
This is also Transcendental Grade skill that appears in 'Death Canyon', but it's even more difficult; it's a soul monster that looks like a squid.
Since Soul Split is a relatively new skill, and only at the proficiency level, it will be Hiyori's main focus for improvement for a long time. Fortunately, Transcendental Grade skills don't require many points, at least not in Yuki's eyes.