Absolute Death Game

Besides these items, he also made four pairs of Windstride Boots and put them up for auction along with the Shadow Cloak in his bag that he didn’t need; although the Shadow Cloak wasn’t worth much, he still priced it at four Gold Coins, and by noon, it had been sold.

The Windstride Boots sold the best, probably because the effect of the Magical Treasure, which increased Movement Speed, was suitable for life-saving; moreover, once activated, the boots allowed the wearer to leave the ground, proving very useful for crossing complex terrain. Unfortunately, the materials available in the auction house were limited, and Xiao Buli was only able to make four pairs.

He sold three and kept one pair for himself.

By noon the next day, the Magical Treasures he had made had almost all been sold, and the materials in the auction house had been bought up. After calculating the profits, he found that he had earned over a hundred Gold Coins in just a day and a half, not including the cost of several blueprints and the Exorcism Staff he had netted.

The Exorcism Staff was also created by him, just one piece, and of course, that was something he definitely wouldn’t sell.

As for the other items, selling them wouldn’t really yield much more; those with money had already made their purchases and those without couldn’t afford them even given more time. So, Xiao Buli packed up the remaining unsold Magical Treasures.

Now, he had a total of seven Magical Treasures: the Undead Binding Scepter, Windstride Boots, Demon-Revealing Mirror, Exorcism Staff, and Water-Repelling Pearl x3 – quite the collection of fine items.

With money at hand, naturally, he couldn’t become a miser. Xiao Buli started another round of shopping, and his primary objective was naturally the Skill Books. The main purpose of the Skill Books was to fuse with his existing skills, as the Ethereal Armor skill had seemed quite effective before but was beginning to appear somewhat insufficient recently. @@novelbin@@

A durability of 300 points might seem ample, but the problem was this skill did not benefit from armor; a few high-attack hits could easily break the shield, so Xiao Buli thought it necessary to fuse it.

He easily found a suitable Skill Book, "Qi-Protecting Aura," which required Internal Energy LV1.

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This Skill Book was a signature move of a Qigong Master, and having often seen Wu Tao use it, Xiao knew roughly what it did, so he bought it immediately for ten Gold Coins.

Using the battle experience he had accumulated over time, he leveled it directly to LV5 and fused it with the LV5 Ethereal Armor, successfully obtaining a new skill—Spiritual Energy Shield.

Spiritual Energy Shield (LV1): A defense skill that merges spirit and flesh.

Passive effect: Provides you with a Protective Shield with a durability of 200 points at all times, which will absorb damages until its durability depletes. After leaving combat, the Protective Shield’s durability will slowly recover.

Active effect: Restores 100 points of Protective Shield durability and increases your armor by 50 points for 10 seconds, consuming 30 True Yuan Points, with a cooldown of 60 seconds.

The advantage of this skill is that it provides protection anytime and anywhere, but its protective effect seems not as strong as the Ethereal Armor. However, since this is only a LV1 skill, once it is leveled up to LV5, it will undoubtedly be stronger than Ethereal Armor.

Besides this Skill Book, Xiao also discovered another Skill Book that he found surprising.

"Tracking Vital Energy": Locate points of accumulated Vital Energy. When this skill is activated, the locations of Vital Energy will be displayed on your minimap.

—This Skill Book seemed rather obscure; even the seller might not have known its actual use, which is why it was priced at just two Gold Coins. Xiao Buli naturally did not hesitate to take it into his possession.

After spending another one and a half days in the city, by the third day, Xiao Buli finally decided it was time to leave.

Upon exiting the city gates, just as Xiao was about to find a secluded spot to use Cloud-Thundering Sky Flash, a Shadow suddenly emerged from behind him.

"Long time no see, Xiao," said the person.

Xiao Buli immediately became alert, astonished that someone had been following him unnoticed. Clearly, the person was not weak. He turned around to look, surveying the individual, who was wearing a mask, hiding their face. The person was clad in a black Vigorous Leather Armor and had swords of varying lengths on their back, seemingly enveloped in a shroud of shadows.

Curiously, their name wasn’t displayed, a situation Xiao Buli had never encountered before.

"Who are you?"

"It’s me, Lu Xinying," the person replied, displaying their name for a moment before concealing it again. This was a special ability of the Shadow Dancer, allowing them to hide their identity.

Lu Xinying... Xiao Buli recalled and indeed remembered—Lu Xinying from the Vermilion Bird Group, a subordinate of Wu Min’er.

"Why are you here? Did your group leader send you to investigate me?" Considering that Wu Min’er had already joined Qin Shimoon’s organization, Xiao Buli thought this was very likely.

Lu Xinying, however, said, "I’ve come to ask for your help to rescue Sister Wu."

To rescue Sister Wu? Xiao Buli couldn’t help but laugh, "As I understand, didn’t Wu Min’er willingly join them? With her strength, she should be able to escape if she had the opportunity."

"It’s not like that. Sister Wu was forced to cooperate with them out of necessity. Believe me, she was compelled. Although I still haven’t found out how they forced the group leader to submit, I’ve located their base," Lu Xinying explained.

"Then go rescue her yourself, why involve me?"

Lu Xinying shook their head, "The base has stringent defenses and is protected by some kind of Spell Formation I simply can’t penetrate. If I tried to force my way in, I’d surely die, which is why I’m asking for your help. I’ve been observing you for several days, and if I’m not mistaken, you can dispel spells and use Invisibility Technique, right?

We would make the perfect team; together, we can certainly rescue Sister Wu."

PS: A 5,000-word chapter for you all; I decided not to split it into two chapters this time. I’ll strive to burst out with more tomorrow.

Also, I’d like to recommend a tremendous novel— "Death’s Reincarnation Game," which has just been featured on Sanjiang. Its style is similar to this book, and the author is a reader of my work, so if you’re interested, go have a look. (