Ring of Ragadol

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the White Talent [Three-Legged Cat]]

[Three-Legged Cat]: In the fields of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, you could only be considered a dabbler.

"Hmm?!"

Chen Ji froze.

[Three-Legged Cat]?

This was his original White Talent!

The [Martial Arts Master] Talent had evolved from [Three-Legged Cat].

How had he drawn this White Talent again?

This thing...

Was useless!

It had no value at all!

With 100 Luck Value, he had only drawn a White Talent.

Chen Ji had been right after all. He truly was cursed with terrible luck!

[Talent Recycling Shop unlocked. Useless Talents drawn by the Host may be sold to the Talent Recycling Shop.]

(The recycling price is 50% of the entry price.)

"Talent Recycling Shop?"

"I can even sell Talents...?"

"Then can I buy Talents too?"

Chen Ji's eyes lit up.

He then opened the Talent Recycling Shop.

He saw that its homepage was divided into six sections.

White Talents, Green Talents, Blue Talents, Purple Talents, Red Talents, and Golden Talents.

The Talent entries he had obtained were almost all displayed in their respective sections!

As long as Chen Ji wished it, he could sell nearly all of them!

"The recycling price is 50% of the entry price..."

"So this Talent can only bring me 50 Luck Value?"

"Damn!"

"Isn't that still a loss?"

Chen Ji cursed under his breath.

100 Luck Value had turned into 50!

Who could accept that?

Still...

As his Talents increased, he would inevitably have to make choices and carefully select which entries to solidify!

Without the Talent Recycling Shop, he truly would not have known what to do with the Talent entries he discarded!

[Are you sure you wish to sell the Talent [Three-Legged Cat]?]

A line of text appeared in a speech bubble.

Chen Ji sighed inwardly.

"Sell it."

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 50 Luck Value.]

[Name]: Chen Ji

[Identity]: Formal Mage

[Talents]: Academic Prodigy (Blue), Martial Arts Master (Green), Self-Taught (Blue), Fortune in Misfortune (Green), Provisional Weird (Black), Covetous Burden (Black).

[Luck Value]: 70.9

[Academic Prodigy] (Blue): You are the child every parent envies. No matter the subject, you can effortlessly grasp its knowledge and apply it with consummate skill.

[Martial Arts Master] (Green): In the fields of martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, your learning ability and comprehension are both at a master level. With perseverance, you will surely become a Grandmaster.

[Self-Taught] (Blue): You possess astonishing talent in the field of mystic arts. No matter the secret technique, it is as clear to you as lines on your palm. You may even receive instruction from spiritual beings.

[Fortune in Misfortune] (Green): You are someone favored by the Goddess of Fortune. In the face of life-and-death crises, you can always find a sliver of hope.

[Provisional Weird] (Black): In the near future, you will become a true Weird creature. The righteous and evil factions will also adopt different strategies toward you.

[Covetous Burden] (Black): You secretly possess something Thanos desires. Once the Dark Order discovers your existence, it will inevitably bring catastrophic ruin upon Kamar-Taj.

"Ah."

Chen Ji's gaze was complicated.

His current Entry Panel could truly be called extravagant!

Two Blue Talents!

Two Green Talents!

Two Black Talents!

Even the Mystic Arts Masters of Kamar-Taj did not possess such an unprecedented Talent panel!

Of course...

It would have been better without the Black Talents!

"Provisional Weird..."

"Just how can I remove this Talent?"

Chen Ji's gaze deepened.

If he truly became a Weird, the Mystic Arts Masters of Kamar-Taj would probably sentence him to death immediately!

As for [Covetous Burden], it was not much of a threat for now.

After all, Thanos could not possibly know that Chen Ji had secretly taken away the Orb of the Cosmos.

And he would not voluntarily reveal the Orb of the Cosmos' existence.

"Huh!"

"Where's my orb?"

"And... the Sling Ring!"

Chen Ji suddenly came to his senses.

He immediately looked at his right hand and saw the Sling Ring gleaming with mysterious light. It had actually come with him to the Weird World!

The Orb of the Cosmos was also tucked inside his clothes. Its cold, frosted, etched texture immediately put him more at ease!

Chen Ji could actually bring items from the real world into the Weird World?

Then could he bring things from the Weird World back to the real world?

Chen Ji's thoughts raced.

His right hand slowly began to move.

Crack.

Crack.

A cluster of blazing, dazzling magical sparks flashed in the night sky, then vanished once more.

Chen Ji intended to open a portal and return to Kamar-Taj.

Yet he discovered that he simply could not create a Mystic Portal...!

"Could it be..."

"Are Sling Rings divided into different grades too? Or is my magic insufficient to support the Sling Ring tearing open a gate between two dimensions?"

"Or... is there also a limit to the Sling Ring's teleportation range?"

Chen Ji silently speculated.

After all, the Sling Ring was only so large. No matter how many spatial magic arrays were inscribed upon it, it could not record the coordinates of every dimension.

The Weird World was incomparably mysterious.

It was perfectly normal that Kamar-Taj's predecessors had never come to this place.

Chen Ji then looked toward a building in the distance.

The building was ruined and decayed.

It exuded an extremely dangerous aura of death.

A layer of Fog of War shrouded its surface.

It was impossible to see through the illusion and discern what lay within.

Chen Ji thought to himself.

If he could climb that building, then with his [Academic Prodigy] Talent, perhaps he could gather even more information!

After all, through the Power Stone, he had already absorbed a vast amount of magic, enough to cast Secret Art Magic!

Chen Ji spread his palm and recited an ancient incantation. A brilliant purple glow suddenly bloomed from his hand!

In an instant.

It formed a flawless magical shield!

This was the Ring of Ragadol!

One of a Mystic Arts Mage's primary means of attack!

By altering the properties of mystic energy, it could also be used to cast other high-level spells!

And all of this was thanks to Chen Ji's Blue Talent.

[Self-Taught]!

No matter the secret technique, it was as clear to him as lines on his palm!

"Wow!"

"Big brother!"

"You're amazing!"

"So you can use magic?"

Sugar's face was full of astonishment, and a flash of admiration appeared in her eyes.

Even she sensed a hint of threat from the magical shield Chen Ji had created!

"That's right."

"Actually, I'm a Mystic Arts Mage."

Chen Ji came clean. He was done pretending.

In the Weird World, he would earn back every bit of Luck Value he had lost!

"Let's go."

"Sugar."

"Today, just watch Big Brother put on a show."

Chen Ji smiled.

Then, he stepped out of the Safe Zone.

A gust of eerie, bone-chilling wind swept over him.

A confident smile remained on Chen Ji's face.

His gaze swept across the area.

He instantly perceived the danger lurking in the shadows!

Buzz!

He hurled the Ring of Ragadol with all his strength.

The magical shield immediately traced a graceful arc through the air. Like a rapidly spinning disc, it sliced straight through the grass.

"Awooo—!"

The sharp, swift gale instantly tore through the Weird creature's skin, making it let out a piercing shriek!

A gaunt, skeletal Weird figure immediately sprang up and leaped into the ruins nearby.

Its dark green eyes revealed wariness and hatred.

Within Chen Ji's field of vision, an Entry Panel immediately appeared!

[Aberrant Wolf King]

[Level]: Intermediate Aberration

[Entries]: Waiting for an Opportunity (Green), Hunting Moment (Green), Summon Wolf Pack (Green).

[Waiting for an Opportunity] (Green): To capture prey with precision, he excels at hiding and lying in wait, possessing ample patience and resilience.

[Hunting Moment] (Green): When the Aberrant Wolf King enters combat, all his attributes receive a slight increase.

[Summon Wolf Pack] (Green): As the leader of the Aberrant Netherwolves, he can summon his subordinates through howling.