The instant Sun Fei switched to [Barbarian Mode], an unprecedented sense of power filled every cell in his body.
It gave him an extraordinarily wonderful illusion: if he merely stamped his foot, he could shake the magnificent city wall built from enormous rocks beneath him to rubble.
"After the barbarian reached level 12, his strength really did increase an incredible amount..." Sun Fei savored the vast, surging power, as boundless as the mist-shrouded sea, excitement filling his heart. "That's right, this is the feeling... exactly the same as when I entered Barbarian Mode in the Diablo World before."
Feeling that long-lost physical strength, Sun Fei felt a little of the peerless heroism of the Hegemon-King of Western Chu Xiang Yu from his previous life, who had lamented that heaven had no handle to seize and earth no ring to grasp.
Without thinking, he glanced down.
That casual glance made Sun Fei's expression turn strange. His mouth fell open uncontrollably, almost stretching to his ears, and his eyes went wide, as if he had encountered an undead creature while walking at night.
For he had discovered something incredible-
At some point, the heavy knight's armor he had worn before entering the Diablo World had vanished. In its place was a strangely shaped suit of green cloth armor. Like a long robe, it protected most of Sun Fei's body. Its design was exquisite and unusual, its style ancient and weathered. The whole suit was made from some unknown, wondrous material and covered in mysterious, arcane symbols and designs. A faint green halo flickered across it, giving off a fairly strong ripple of magical energy.
Besides the cloth armor, there were leather boots, a belt, a helmet, gloves...
Sun Fei was startled.
"This... this is the barbarian's equipment from the Diablo World... I actually... actually brought it into the real world without even realizing it? What's going on? Oh my heavens, oh my earth, oh my mother... I distinctly remember that I never asked that mysterious, icy voice to exchange these pieces of equipment!"
The sudden discovery made Sun Fei's heart pound.
Why... had something like this happened without the slightest warning?
Sun Fei's mind was a complete muddle, and he couldn't make sense of it.
Based on the experience he had gained in the Diablo World, getting anything out of the world of Diablo, even a lump of shit, probably required an exchange with that mysterious, icy voice. Not only did he have to pay a certain number of gold coins, but there was also a good chance the exchange would fail.
What puzzled Sun Fei, however, was that he could swear on and curse his little brother, which had yet to perform its duty even once, that he had never deliberately exchanged for this equipment. Somehow, he had simply brought it into the real world.
What was going on?
"Reminder: When a Diablo World adventurer character reaches level 10 or above, the character's equipment can be manifested in the real world outside the Diablo World... Reminder: Manifested equipment can only be used by the player, cannot be traded or lost, and cannot be repaired outside the Diablo World... Reminder: Durability will decrease naturally, and weapon maintenance must be performed by a blacksmith in the Diablo World... Reminder... Reminder..."
As if sensing his thoughts, the mysterious, icy voice rang out in his mind. Its series of extremely grating "reminders" quickly provided the most detailed explanation.
So... it actually... really... was just as he thought.
Sun Fei slapped his forehead as understanding dawned.
Still a little greedy, he tried asking the mysterious, icy voice in his mind: So there was a "perk" like this for leveling past 10... then were there even better "perks" at level 20, 30, or even 90?
Unfortunately, this time the mysterious, icy voice didn't answer.
"Damn... fine, keep your mouth shut, you cheapskate!... Wait, if equipment can be brought out, then weapons should be able to come out too. Why isn't that two-handed great axe of the barbarian's in my hands?"
Sun Fei looked at his empty hands, somewhat puzzled.
But just as the thought crossed his mind, something even more wondrous happened-
The next second, a white light flashed before his eyes, and his hands suddenly grew heavy. The ferocious-looking two-handed great axe with its astonishing destructive power, which "Barbarian Sun Fei" possessed in the Diablo World, appeared out of thin air in his hands without warning.
Sun Fei instinctively swung the great axe.
Its haft was icy cold, and its blade gleamed.
A feeling familiar to his very blood and bones washed over him. It was as if he had become one with the axe, and for a moment he felt invincible: with one axe in hand, the world was his.
Sun Fei didn't lose himself in that feeling.
He immediately forced himself to calm down.
Then he began to consider more questions.
"Since I can bring my main-hand great axe out of the Diablo World, I should be able to bring out my off-hand equipment, the [Storm Piercer Dagger] and [Soul Emblem Buckler], too?"
The moment the thought appeared in Sun Fei's mind, light flashed before his eyes again. The two-handed great axe vanished from his hands, replaced by a golden, engraved dagger and a translucent buckler, reddish-brown like blood and covered in sharp barbs.
Wahahahaha... just as I thought!
Sun Fei soon discovered that switching weapons in the real world was incredibly easy, and the method was simple: he only had to think about it, and he could instantly switch between his main-hand and off-hand weapons. The change didn't even require any cooldown time.
Swish-!
Swish-!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-!
As Sun Fei's thoughts changed rapidly, the two-handed great axe and the dagger and shield appeared alternately in his hands with extraordinary ease. The speed and manner of the changes were utterly unpredictable. If used well in actual combat, it would definitely make a powerful hidden trump card. Given Sun Fei's personality, nothing could be better for catching people off guard.
Sun Fei switched weapons in his hands for a while, then suddenly thought of another question.
"It's great that I can bring armor and weapons with magical properties from the Diablo World into the real world, but I can't wear such flashy equipment all the time, can I? After all, I'm a king, and I don't need to fight every moment. If I wore this during everyday activities, like attending a noblewoman's dinner party, pulling out my little brother to take a piss, or taking a couple of beauties to bed for a threesome and other blissful moments like those, people would probably call me a pervert, wouldn't they?"
Could this equipment be hidden?
As Sun Fei wondered, another change occurred-
He was surprised to discover that the barbarian equipment on his body had vanished at his command, and a white knight's soft leather under-armor appeared in its place. Those were his clothes from the real world. But the fully enclosed heavy knight's armor he had originally worn was nowhere to be seen. Sun Fei searched around and found it in a corner by the wall. The undead knew when he had taken it off.
"Damn, could it be that whatever I wish for comes true? Whatever I think of just appears?"
A realization struck Sun Fei, and he grinned from ear to ear.
It turned out that, like his weapons, the armor on his barbarian could appear or disappear at his command. Not only was it convenient to use, but it also didn't interfere with his activities or life in the real world at all. It came when called and vanished with a wave, entirely at his whim.
It was too heaven-defying.
Sun Fei's heart began pounding again, adrenaline surging and hormones flying...
He licked his lips. As a quietly lecherous fellow who never forgot to maximize his gains, he soon thought of another question-
"Since all this magical equipment can be brought into the real world, shouldn't its attributes and abilities have come along too?"
The thought excited him so much that his little brother stood straight up. Sun Fei decided to run a small test.
He would test the belt's storage function.
In the world of Diablo, belts had temporary storage space for various potions, making them more convenient to use than the 40-slot inventory the game system gave the character. The higher the belt's level, the more storage space it had. But the belt currently possessed by level 12 "Barbarian Sun Fei" in the Diablo World was only an ordinary eight-slot belt.
He looked down at the belt around his waist, then at a fist-sized rock on the ground some distance away. Silently calling to it in his mind, he tried to put it into the space in his belt.
Almost the instant the thought crossed Sun Fei's mind, the rock vanished.
"Holy shit, it fucking worked again?!"
The moment he saw the rock disappear, Sun Fei's heart gave a violent thump. After the string of unexpected surprises today, he felt his heart could hardly take any more.
Without a doubt, his greedy guess had been confirmed.
As expected, the various additional functions of magical equipment from the Diablo World really had come into the real world too.
The next second.
Almost instinctively, Sun Fei had a thought, and eight images resembling the storage slots in the Diablo World appeared before his eyes. The vanished rock occupied one of them, lying quietly inside. Alongside the rock he had just put in, the two [Healing Potions] and one [Stamina Potion] he had painstakingly exchanged 29,000 gold coins for in the Diablo World also appeared in the belt's storage space.
Sun Fei hurriedly pressed a hand to his heart to stop it pounding. If it kept going, it would fucking kill him.
Today's first update.
Let me explain about Diablo stat allocation. As mentioned earlier, the Diablo World in this story isn't a game in the literal sense. A lot of its settings have been changed, as those of you who read the earlier Diablo sections carefully will have noticed.
So the points aren't allocated according to the game's system. They're mainly meant to work with the real world, and the story won't follow many of the classic builds.
So, Diablo experts, please stop applying your game experience here.
The stat allocation serves the needs of the plot. Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that I'm not a Diablo expert.
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