Chapter 183

Longshan City, Bing Family Courtyard.

Luo Chenyu returned home, took a long, relaxing hot shower, leaned back against the bedhead, lit a special-issue cigarette, and let the smoke drift freely.

Suddenly.

He froze!

"Where's my Dark Dragon Egg?"

Doubting his eyes, Luo Chenyu checked his inventory again—and froze once more.

He'd originally wanted to see what benefits Yin Man, the "number two" of Longshan City, might offer—but now his once-intact Dark Dragon Egg had vanished.

Luo·Completely baffled·Chenyu!

Suddenly, he remembered the strange sensation he'd felt when activating 【Black Dragon Battle 30 Body】.

He furrowed his brow and checked 【Black Long Tuteng】.

The next instant.

He was utterly stunned.

That old trickster, 【Black Long Tuteng】, had secretly "eaten" his Dark Dragon Egg…

Taking without permission is theft!

"Stole it well!!"

【Black Long Tuteng】 (Growable)

Quality: S

Growth Value: 49999/100000

Base Effect #1: Enhances career growth; each level-up grants an additional 10 points to all attributes.

Base Effect #2: Final effectiveness of Constitution and Strength increased by 100% per point.

Base Effect #3: Permanent increase of 50% to Magic and Physical Resistance!

Bonus Skill: Black Dragon Battle Body—transformation skill; consumes 25% HP, boosts all attributes by 500% during duration, grants immunity to Rank 8 and below magic, lasts 30 seconds, cooldown 90 minutes.

Divine Blessing: Absorbing Dragon Essence increases growth value.

………………

One 【Dark Dragon Egg】 increases 【Black Long Tuteng】's growth value by 50,000 points.

This deal? Not a loss!

Although the Dark Dragon Egg is also an S-rank pet.

But compared to a pet, he cared more about his own strength.

After 【Black Long Tuteng】 evolved to S-rank, it slightly improved his attribute growth.

But what thrilled him most was the addition of a third effect.

Physical and Magic Resistance refer to increased damage reduction and reduced chance of being controlled when hit by such attacks.

This was very "Black Dragon"!

The dragon clan, hailed as the strongest dragons!

"Tomorrow I'll ask the principal when I can go to Donghai City—I can't wait to head to the Tianji Islands and find the Dark Dragon Abyss!"

………………

Immediately.

Luo Chenyu began inventorying Yin Man's drops.

The drops were few.

Only twelve items total—but each one was top-tier.

Of these, only five were equipment, none duplicated, but their level requirements were far too high: 120-level tank gear, each piece's stats made Luo Chenyu drool.

Bottom-of-the-crate gear.

Who knew when he'd ever be able to use them.

Supposedly, the experience needed for later levels would drive you insane.

The other seven items were all Special Items.

Luo Chenyu examined each one in turn.

【Sturdy·Divine Crystal】

Quality: S-rank

Type: Special Item

Requirement: Level 50 (Third Transformation)

Effect: After use, designate a max-level skill to awaken it and grant the "Sturdy" effect additionally.

Note: This item can be used only once!

……

【Swift·Divine Crystal】

Quality: S-rank

Type: Special Item

Requirement: Level 50 (Third Transformation)

Effect: After use, designate a max-level skill to awaken it and grant the "Swift" effect additionally.

Note: This item can be used only once!

……

【Divine Strength·Divine Crystal】

Quality: SSS

Type: Special Items

Restriction: Level 50 (Third Awakening)

Effect: After use, designate a max-level skill to enter its Awakened state, and additionally gain the "Divine Power" and "Shatter" effects.

Note: This item can be used at most once!

……

Without exception, all seven Special Items were of this kind.

Not a single one was something Luo Chenyu recognized.

"So, what exactly is Skill Awakening?"

Luo Chenyu was at a loss for words — this knowledge was way beyond him.

His poor-student nature, once his level rose, finally revealed its drawback.

Now, he could only rely on an item's quality to tell the good from the bad.

He thought for a moment.

He went to the computer and turned it on. Since his head had no stock of knowledge, he'd search online.

Skillfully opening the browser, he clicked on his favorites……

Strongly resisting the urge to open those few strange websites, he opened the most reliable search site.

A few minutes later.

Luo Chenyu had a sudden realization.

"No wonder these things were left for me… looks like that old Wang Ba, Yin Man, is also a poor student — not a single max-level skill!"

The Heavenly God Crystal was indeed very rare; reportedly, only elite monsters above level 100 had an extremely small chance of dropping it.

And, obtaining the Heavenly God Crystal was only the beginning.

Because, a max-level skill was the most crucial part.

Over these past days, Luo Chenyu had also felt it deeply — attributes and equipment were indeed important, but comparatively, skills mattered even more.

The higher a skill's level, the better its effect — this was beyond doubt.

And Skill Awakening could make a skill obey one's will, no longer confined to a fixed pattern.

For example, the most ordinary Fireball.

If awakened, it could not only boost the skill's power, but also shorten the chant, and let the Fireball break free from its fixed skill form — even turning the fireball into a "fire dragon" would be no problem.

This was Skill Awakening.

Reportedly, there was a big shot who awakened Fireball to the point of turning it into a sea of fire……

"Wait till the Third Awakening to try it out — see if I can use it on a few Mutant skills."