The Goddess of Fortune Has Always Been Watching Over You

[Weird Locusts Killed]

[Luck Value +0.2]

[Luck Value +0.2]

[Luck Value +0.2]

Lines of brilliantly colored text bubbles swiftly vanished.

Chen Ji was fired up.

A single Weird Locust could provide 0.2 Luck Value.

So hundreds, even nearly a thousand Weird Locusts, would definitely let him make a killing!

"Too inefficient!"

"Looks like I need to study the basic structure of modern firearms during the day."

"I'll make a Magic Gatling Gun!"

Chen Ji's eyes lit up.

Just as the saying went, the good days were still ahead!

Crack!

Chen Ji dispersed the Secret Art Spear, and his magic transformed into a Nine-Section Whip. Purple light flashed and surged, immediately whipping up a biting gale!

The overwhelming swarm of Weird Locusts immediately let out piercing shrieks, almost unable to get within half a step of Chen Ji!

They were smashed to pieces by the Nine-Section Whip.

Sheets of insect corpses fell to the ground, their wings broken and bodies shattered, completely unable to crawl back up!

"Could these Weird Locusts have an insect queen too?"

Chen Ji's gaze flickered.

Then, he looked toward the crooked-necked tree nearby.

On its trunk—

There was a mysterious nest.

An endless stream of Weird Locusts flew out of the nest entrance, flapping their wings as they once again rushed at Chen Ji to bite him!

The pressure on Chen Ji sharply increased!

He had only grasped the rudimentary use of Mystic Arts Weapons and had yet to touch upon advanced elemental material transformation.

Moreover, he had very little magic left. He was already showing signs of exhaustion!

"Damn it!"

"I'm out of mana!"

Chen Ji's expression changed.

He could not drag this out any longer!

In an instant!

Chen Ji unleashed a burst of astonishing magic. Dazzling flames of light rose from his entire body as he released all his magic at once, creating the effect of an energy explosion!

Within a radius of ten feet, all the Weird Locusts instantly let out mournful cries before being utterly obliterated!

Not even a trace of wreckage remained!

Chen Ji even concentrated intensely, guiding the aftershock of the energy explosion as it thundered toward the Weird Locust nest!

It instantly blew the nest apart!

The Weird Insect Queen, which had not even had the chance to appear, was directly buried in the aftershock of the energy explosion!

A string of voice notifications immediately rang out beside Chen Ji's ear!

[Weird Insect Queen Killed]

[Luck Value +25]

"Nice!"

"Luck Value +25!"

"Including the Luck Value from the Weird Locusts, I've made an absolute fortune this round!"

Chen Ji beamed with delight.

At that moment, his Luck Value had already broken through the three-hundred mark!

The Weird Locusts alone had provided roughly 150 Luck Value!

[Name]: Chen Ji

[Identity]: Formal Mage

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

[Luck Value]: 365.9

"Not bad!"

"That ultimate move wasn't wasted!"

"Three hundred Luck Value!"

"Not only can I upgrade Fortune in Misfortune, I can also spin the Talent Draw Wheel once!"

Chen Ji was brimming with excitement.

He had already planned out how to use his Luck Value!

One hundred Luck Value would be used to upgrade [Fortune in Misfortune].

Two hundred Luck Value would be used to spin the Talent Draw Wheel.

Save it?

That was simply out of the question!

The Weird World was currently like Chen Ji's personal private-server game!

Since he could come harvest Luck Value every night, what was the point of pinching pennies?

Besides, his motivation for earning Luck Value was to upgrade every talent entry!

He was incredibly eager to see what unimaginable effects would result once his talent entries were upgraded to gold quality!

And besides...

The Entry Panels of the superheroes and supervillains who appeared in the movies had to be spectacular, right?!

Once he became the Guardian Mage of the New York Sanctum, he had to check out Tony Stark's Entry Panel!

"Before I alert any other Weirds..."

"Get back to the Safe Zone, fast!"

Chen Ji swept his gaze around. Rustling noises were drawing closer and closer.

Without the slightest hesitation, he decisively retreated!

He headed straight back into the Safe Zone.

Thanks to the Concealment Magic Array, all the Weirds were blinded as if by a leaf before their eyes and never noticed Chen Ji's presence at all!

"Phew."

Chen Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he summoned the Entry Panel!

[Would you like to use Luck Value on [Fortune in Misfortune] (Green)?]

"Confirm!"

Anticipation shone in Chen Ji's eyes.

The next second—

A brilliant flash of light appeared!

[[Fortune in Misfortune] (Green) has evolved into the entry [Fortune After Misfortune] (Blue)]

[Fortune After Misfortune] (Blue): Whenever you encounter trouble, you can always receive help from a benefactor. The Goddess of Fortune has always been watching over you.

"Whenever I encounter trouble, I can always receive help from a benefactor?"

"The Goddess of Fortune...?"

Chen Ji's gaze flickered.

Both [Fortune in Misfortune] and [Fortune After Misfortune] mentioned the Goddess of Fortune!

And he knew full well that the myths of the Marvel Universe were hardly baseless!

Odin, Zeus...

They were all real beings!

Furthermore, the Earth Gods all lived in their own divine realms. Not only did they possess boundless divine power, but they also gathered beyond the heavens, at the center of the endless universe, to hold grand banquets at regular intervals!

He had actually caught the attention of the Goddess of Fortune...

The Goddess of Fortune.

She was one of the oldest goddesses in Roman mythology!

Her name seemed to be... Fortuna?

It looked like Chen Ji needed to seriously study the history of the Earth Gods!

"A benefactor..."

"Who would become my benefactor?"

"Mordo? Or... The Ancient One?"

Chen Ji secretly looked forward to it.

Then, he summoned the Talent Draw Wheel.

[Talent Draw Wheel]: The first draw requires 50 Luck Value.

(After that, the Luck Value consumed by each draw x2, while the probability of obtaining rare talents increases accordingly.)

(Current Luck Value required: 200.)

"Two hundred Luck Value..."

"Why am I suddenly a little reluctant?"

Chen Ji wore a pained expression.

He had previously spent one hundred Luck Value and only drawn a white talent entry!

Even after selling it to the Talent Recycling Shop, he had only received fifty Luck Value!

As he spun the Talent Draw Wheel more times, the Luck Value consumed each time would double in price!

It started at fifty, then one hundred, now two hundred, and next would be four hundred!

By the fifth spin of the Talent Draw Wheel, the required Luck Value would reach a staggering eight hundred!

Based on the draw rates of the Talent Draw Wheel, even getting a blue talent entry was probably wishful thinking.

But he had no right to bargain...

A forced sale.

Big stores bullying customers!

Chen Ji grumbled inwardly.

Yet his actions honestly betrayed his reluctance.

He spent two hundred Luck Value!

After all, the Goddess of Fortune had always been watching over him!

The Talent Draw Wheel spun rapidly.

A burst of dazzling, multicolored light shone forth.

Chen Ji's heart instantly leaped into his throat!

Ding!

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the White Talent [Opposite-Sex Appeal]]

[Opposite-Sex Appeal] (White): You possess a masculine charm ordinary people do not have, making it easy for you to gain the affection and favor of the opposite sex.

"Hmm?"

"A white talent... Opposite-Sex Appeal?"

"Romantic luck?"

"Maybe spending two hundred Luck Value wasn't such a loss after all."

Chen Ji's expression turned strange.

Only upon seeing [Opposite-Sex Appeal] did he realize that talent entries came in different types and might cover every possible field.

Perhaps the Aquamen and dating masters of his previous life all had an [Opposite-Sex Appeal] talent like this!

So what was he waiting for?

Solidify it!

Chen Ji's thoughts stirred.

In his previous life, he had practically been single since birth. He hoped that in this Marvel Universe, he could have many children and many blessings, spreading his family far and wide!