Chapter 227: Exemplary Treasure Chest Shines

From the dragon balefulness, Chu Danqing vaguely saw the shadow of the Corpse Jiao.

One was a monster stitched together from human corpses, and the other was a baleful object fused from the resentment of dragon souls.

However, besides these two commonalities, there was actually another one.

If the dragon balefulness didn't run fast enough, it might die at Guo Ming's hands just like the Corpse Jiao.

Don't look at the dragon balefulness's huge size; facing Guo Ming's sword, it appeared very fragile.

Every time a flying sword pierced through the dragon balefulness's body, it could cause it to suffer a heavy blow.

The battle rhythm was even lighter than Wu Zhen's baleful corpse.

It was killed by Guo Ming in less than two minutes.

Wu Zhen's baleful corpse was much tougher than the dragon balefulness; at least Chu Danqing had chatted with Wu Zhen for a while.

With the death of the dragon balefulness, the body that was originally composed of black Qi collapsed directly.

【Quest completed, you have obtained: Paradise Points × 20000, Attribute Points +5】

Subsequently, a brand-new style of treasure chest appeared, shining with unique patterns on it.

Its style was a conventional treasure chest, but its quality was Exemplary Tier.

Guo Ming took it back for Chu Danqing.

"Senior, my payment has been made; I don't know when you will start working?" Chu Danqing put the treasure chest into his storage space and looked at Wu Zhen to ask.

The treasure chest could be opened at any time; it wouldn't run away if left in the storage space.

But the talent quest had to be completed as soon as possible.

When he said this, Guo Ming was holding the Su Nu Sword in his hand, with three flying swords dancing beside him, ready to go.

This was to guard against Wu Zhen breaking his promise.

Once the opponent had any abnormal movements, Guo Ming would control him immediately.

Killing the baleful corpse and dragon balefulness had rewards, but these rewards were given by Paradise; what did they have to do with you, Wu Zhen?

Originally, they were two separate matters.

How could Wu Zhen not see the situation clearly? He said with a smile: "Rest assured, starting work now."

"Give me the items."

"Don't worry that I will mess around; I don't want to try what it feels like to have this sword fall on my soul."

Chu Danqing nodded, took the Purple Micro Jade Seal and Imperial Purple Qi, and handed them to the opponent.

Wu Zhen took them and examined them, saying: "It is indeed the original item; it will only take one day and night to complete the cleansing."

"If this were back then, it would have taken eighty-one days to complete the cleansing."

Hearing the time Wu Zhen gave, which was the same twenty-four hours as the talent quest provided by Paradise, Chu Danqing finally put his heart at ease.

This could also be considered an alternative way to distinguish true from false.

"Consider yourself lucky that I can still hold on; otherwise, if it really were eighty-one days, you would have to watch it yourself," Wu Zhen finished speaking, then took the Purple Micro Jade Seal and Imperial Purple Qi and turned to go to the Dragon-Gouging Platform.

Although the Dragon-Gouging Platform was full of cracks now, because the baleful corpse and dragon balefulness were gone, there were no obstacles instead.

The Dragon-Gouging Platform only served an auxiliary role; the person truly cleansing it was Wu Zhen.

Chu Danqing also discovered one thing: with Wu Zhen's cleansing, his soul was becoming more and more transparent.

Clearly, this was consuming his soul power.

This made him want to say something but stop, but Guo Ming sensed Chu Danqing's situation a step ahead and immediately stopped him.

Things had reached this point; don't create extra trouble.

Chu Danqing finally sighed.

Wu Zhen heard this sigh, turned his head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is a transaction between you and me, and it is also the process of my resting in peace; it kills two birds with one stone."

Since things had been said to this point, Chu Danqing didn't make a sound.

The talent awakening quest could basically be considered completed here.

The most difficult parts were just finding the items and killing the baleful corpse and dragon balefulness; now, as long as he got the cleansed Purple Micro Jade Seal, it would be done.

Therefore, Chu Danqing found a stable place, preparing to open this newly obtained Exemplary Tier Shining Treasure Chest.

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【You opened: Treasure Chest (Exemplary Tier), obtained: Dragon Bone Heavenly Book, Dragon-Gouging Soul Armor, Punishment Dragon Pupil, Dragon Soul Ash, Paradise Points × 9900】

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【Dragon Bone Heavenly Book】

【Type: Contract Item】

【Quality: Exemplary】

【Effect 1: Contract with the soul; after use, convert into a permanent summon】

(Note: Can choose the type of summon) ——

【Dragon-Gouging Soul Armor】

【Type: Equipment · Heavy Armor】

【Quality: Exemplary】

【Durability: 200/200】

【Defense: 100~120 (Constant maximum value when taking dragon-type attacks)】

【Reverse Scale Awakening (Active): Consume 20% of maximum HP to release the dragon soul, gaining Dragon Punishment Immunity status (Purify control and absorb 50% of the damage from the next 3 attacks, converting it into a shield; cooldown 30 minutes)】

【Punishment Backlash (Passive): 30% chance to trigger a Dragon-Gouging Platform phantom when attacked, applying Soul-Splitting effect to the attacker (Lose HP equal to 10% of your defense per second, lasting 5 seconds)】

【Immortal Dragon Resentment (Passive): Every time an enemy is killed, accumulate 1 layer of Dragon Balefulness Rage (Each layer increases defense by 100 points and all resistance by 1%, up to 10 layers)】

【Catastrophe Reborn (Passive): When the shield is shattered, it erupts with Dragon Soul fragments, dealing true damage to surrounding enemies equal to 10% of the absorbed shield value.】

【Equipment Requirement: Strength 25 points, Constitution 30 points, Dragon Bloodline Concentration ≥ 5%】

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【Punishment Dragon Pupil】

【Type: Equipment · Necklace】

【Quality: Exemplary】

【Durability: 100/100】

【HP +5000】

【Mana +5000】

【Gouging Soul Chain (Active): Release the Dragon-Gouging Platform chain, binding a single target and draining 2% of its maximum HP per second (Effect doubled against dragon-type creatures), lasting 10 seconds (Cooldown 1 hour)】

【Dragon Punishment Brand (Passive): Permanently mark the target that has been bound; damage dealt to you is reduced by 15%, and damage you deal to it carries 5% life steal】

【Catastrophe Fire Tempering Soul (Passive): Each time fatal damage is sustained, consume all Mana to generate a Dragon Flame Shield equivalent to 200% of the lost HP.】

【Sinful Dragon Returns to Ruins (Passive): After cumulatively absorbing over 5000 points of damage, one may actively detonate the shield, dealing Dragon Breath explosion damage to enemies within a 10-meter radius equal to 80% of the absorbed value.】

【Equipment Requirement: Spirit 30 points, taken at least 3 fatal damages, Dragon Bloodline Concentration ≥ 7%】

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【Dragon Soul Ash】

【Type: Consumable】

【Quality: Exemplary】

【Effect 1: Apply ash to weapon, each attack stacks 1 layer of Dragon Punishment Mark (Each layer increases damage dealt to the target by 1.5%), up to 100 layers, lasting 30 minutes】

【Effect 2: Apply ash to weapon, trigger Gouging Scale effect on targets with 10 layers of marks (Immediately cause true damage equal to cumulative mark layers × 20 points), lasting 30 minutes】

【Effect 3: Apply ash to armor, every 15% HP lost, generate a Dragon Resentment Shield that can block (Maximum HP × 30%) damage, lasting 30 minutes】

【Effect 4: Apply ash to armor, when the shield breaks, spray Dragon Punishment Nails to surrounding enemies, applying Piercing status (Reduce healing effect by 40%), lasting 30 minutes】

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This treasure chest could be said to be a huge explosion; what surprised him most was the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book, a contract item that could actually obtain a permanent summon.

As for the remaining two pieces of equipment, Chu Danqing had little interest.

Both required dragon bloodline; Chu Danqing was just a human, so how could he possess dragon bloodline?

Not to mention raising this bloodline to a certain concentration.

So he could only throw them into the storage space and wait to take them back to Paradise to sell.

As for the Dragon Soul Ash, Chu Danqing directly gave it to Guo Ming.

"It's quite interesting; then I'll accept it," Guo Ming naturally wouldn't be polite with Chu Danqing.

Chu Danqing certainly couldn't use it.

Da Bao, the Son of Heaven, and the others using it would also be a waste; it was better to give it to Guo Ming, directly making him stronger.

Selling it was possible, but the economic benefit was average; it couldn't be exchanged for anything good, after all, it was a consumable.

When trading, the vast majority of apostles preferred equipment, skills, and props.

Even if consumables were to be purchased, they were mainly for treatment and recovery.

Actually, Guo Ming wasn't preparing to use it himself, but to take it back for the Guo family to research.

No matter what, it was Exemplary Tier and could cause true damage.

Especially the latter; if they could really research something out of it, it would definitely be of great help to both the Guo family and Chu Danqing.

"Brother Chu, there is still quite a bit of time; I think you might as well upgrade the Nine Cauldrons Diagram," Guo Ming reminded.

Cleansing takes 24 hours; during this period, with his protection, there was no need to worry about any problems.

Chu Danqing nodded and immediately threw all the Fine Tier dragon materials he obtained from Guo Ming into the Nine Cauldrons Diagram.

A phantom of a bronze cauldron appeared, immediately swallowing all these dragon materials.

Dragon pearls, dragon souls, dragon horns, dragon bones, dragon blood, dragon tendons, dragon claws, dragon whiskers, and dragon scales gradually turned into something like molten iron in the bronze cauldron.

Subsequently, it slowly constructed the shape of a true dragon.

Wu Zhen, who was helping Chu Danqing cleanse the Purple Micro Jade Seal, sensed the dragon's aura, turned his head to look, and doubt appeared in his eyes.

He sensed that there was a dragon's aura; this point couldn't be wrong, after all, he had killed so many dragons.

But he discovered that this didn't seem to be a dragon either.

However, he only looked for a moment, then turned back to continue cleansing the Purple Micro Jade Seal.

Now he only had a soul left, and there were no true dragons in the world; these things had nothing to do with him.

It was better to complete the transaction and rest in peace.

He had supported himself for so many years, and there was no way to continue supporting himself; why bother creating extra trouble?

Not to mention that Guo Ming was still watching covetously from the side; when he turned his head just now, a biting sword intent appeared on the Su Nu Sword in Guo Ming's hand.

This was a warning to him not to meddle.

Chu Danqing didn't notice these things; when the Nine Cauldrons Diagram improved in quality, he could sense the transformation.

You have to know that when he was looking for the dragon pulse, he had established a connection with it through the Nine Cauldrons Diagram; later, after the fragments merged with the dragon pulse to become the Nine Cauldrons Diagram, this connection didn't disappear.

Instead, it existed all along, and continuously strengthened the fit between the two sides, somewhat tending toward a life-bound magic treasure or companion magic treasure.

With this fit, it could be used more easily.

Although Chu Danqing hadn't used it many times, he had always enjoyed the passive effects of the Nine Cauldrons Diagram.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 228 =====