Chapter 271: Take It Easy

Very good, very good, now the equipment is all reinforced just about enough.

Looking at the attribute effects of the Book of Profanity and the Obsidian Great Shield, Yun Mu nodded with satisfaction.

Not to mention the skill effects of these two pieces of equipment after reinforcement, just looking at the increased attribute values is quite good.

The Spell Strength bonus of the Book of Profanity has increased to ten points, and the skill's healing effect has also been enhanced by thirty-five percent.

And the Obsidian Great Shield is even more exaggerated; defense power plus thirteen? Isn't this just about the same as the Earth Dragon Scale Armor that was just reinforced?

Uh, although both are blue-quality equipment and it is normal for their attributes to be similar, the Earth Dragon Scale Armor is more inclined toward defense and toughness, while the Obsidian Great Shield, in addition to defense power and toughness, also adds displacement resistance and fire resistance.

Fire resistance is definitely useful, but displacement resistance... forget it, it's better than nothing.

Let's take a look at the equipment skills.

"Profane: damage correction increased from ten percent to twenty percent, almost doubled, though the critical hit only increased by three percent."

Correspondingly, the negative effect has also been enhanced.

Originally, using it would only add five points of Desire, but now it is ten points... but honestly, Yun Mu doesn't know what kind of state adding ten points of Desire would be.

Anyway, for her, when it was five points of Desire, it just felt like her body was getting a little hot.

No, rather than saying it was getting hot, it would be better to call it excitement... similar to the effect of a stimulant.

Of course, it is still far from a real stimulant... although saying that, she actually hasn't used a stimulant before, she is just judging purely by feeling.

Well, adding just five points shouldn't be a problem... let's look at the Obsidian Great Shield's skill.

"Immovable: received ranged damage reduced by twenty-five points, melee damage reduced by ten points."

This skill is incredible, it's a bit overpowered, I have to say.

The Brass Shield originally had a similar effect, but it required a successful Block.

However, this Obsidian Great Shield has no requirements; as long as it is equipped, one can enjoy the effect of 【Immovable】.

To be fair, this is actually about the same as the effect of directly increasing defense power.

Facing ranged damage with +25 defense, and melee damage with +10... paired with the defense power increased by the shield itself, there probably aren't many monsters that can hurt Lucy anymore.

The flaw where Lucy was often Near Death in the squad has been resolved just like that?

It can't exactly be said that way... after all, equipment is just equipment, and it must be constantly adjusted according to the situation in the Dungeon.

If the situation requires a teammate other than Lucy to use the Obsidian Great Shield, the problem of Lucy being easily killed in one hit will still appear.

The root cause is that the attributes are not high enough, so the remaining Gold Coins must be saved for her to level up! Of course, not right now.

After all, after reinforcing the equipment, her balance is only 8057 Gold Coins left.

These Gold Coins are probably only enough to level up twice... it's really hard, earning money and all.

Whether it is in reality or in a game Dungeon.

Sometimes one clearly feels quite rich, so why is it spent in the blink of an eye? In the end, she is still that person who can never save up spare money.

"That's it, we are leaving here."

Putting on the Earth Dragon Scale Armor, Yun Mu waved goodbye to Guleiya.

Just now she had invited the other party to join her squad; after all, the strength and skills of NPCs are generally stronger than monsters, and they only need Gold Coins to level up.

Having an extra Partner is never a bad thing.

Unfortunately, the other party refused; I suppose it is because the favorability is not high enough.

Although it is a pity, there is no way around it.

She cannot force others to join, so she can only try again when there is an opportunity later.

However... Guleiya refusing the invitation is not entirely a bad thing for her.

Because she doesn't even have enough Gold Coins to level up Lucy right now, what would happen if another teammate came along?

And if they don't level up, a level one teammate doesn't seem to be of much use either.

So this is fine.

Anyway, Guleiya stays in the Blacksmith Shop of the game Dungeon, and the two will always have a time to meet again... wait until then, hehehe.

You can refuse for now, anyway, one day you will be invited in by me.

Who can resist this young lady's Charm? It's just a front, wait until next time "Roar!"

A trembling roar suddenly sounded in her ears, and Yun Mu's vision blurred, then she saw a dragon-like creature covered in earthy-yellow scales, with slender and long limbs, a thick tail, and orange-yellow vertical pupils.

It's an Earth Dragon! Yun Mu immediately judged the race of the creature in front of her, but why? Why would she see such a scene?

Before she could think of the answer to this question, the illusion in front of Yun Mu disappeared.

An earthy-yellow Element phantom flashed past behind her, and then, a circular shield flowing with rock elements wrapped her up.

So it was the equipment skill of the Earth Dragon Scale Armor, the effect of the Earth Dragon Shield; this happening suddenly gave her a fright... it should only be when the effect is triggered for the first time that one sees those illusions, Yun Mu's intuition told her so.

The Earth Dragon belongs to a subspecies of dragon, has no wings, and is born with the ability to drive the power of rock elements; both its physical resistance and magic resistance are extremely high, but it has no wings and cannot fly.

But correspondingly, it can move freely underground and has the ability to change large areas of terrain.

Even the most experienced adventurer would not be willing to fight this kind of monster underground.

One has to admit, even as a sub-dragon, the posture of the Earth Dragon Roar in the illusion Yun Mu just saw was so attractive.

"If only I could catch one to use as a Mount," she couldn't help but think.

"By the way, can this shield be temporarily cancelled?"

Although one can see the scene outside while inside the shield, walking like this is very strange! And after returning to the real world, if the shield cannot be cancelled... that scene, just thinking about it makes her feel troubled.

Fortunately, when she thought this, the Earth Dragon Shield flickered twice, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared in front of her.

But observing from the world of Ether, one could discover that the Earth Dragon Shield did not completely disappear, but just temporarily hid itself.

Once there is an attack capable of causing damage to Yun Mu that disturbs the Ether of the Earth Dragon Shield, it will condense together again! It is equivalent to an automatic shield; even if she is hit by a Touxixi from an enemy without knowing it, there is absolutely no problem! Sighing once again that the two thousand two hundred Gold Coins were not spent in vain, a familiar fork in the road option appeared in front of Yun Mu.

【Suiji Shijian】

【Reward Area】

The path on the left is blocked by thick fog, making it impossible to see anything, while on the right, one can see the phantom of a giant Treasure Chest.

No need to think about it, definitely go right!

Without any hesitation, Yun Mu decisively stepped onto the path on the right.

And after she made her choice, the fog shrouding the left side instantly dissipated, accompanied by a distortion, and even the path vanished. Yun Mu was already used to this.

"Huh, why are there two Treasure Chests here?"

And they were two Treasure Chests, one big and one small.

The small one was about the same as those usually encountered, about 0.75 meters high, while the big one... must have been two meters tall.

"That one looks like a Monster."

Lucy patted her shoulder at this moment and pointed her hand toward the large Treasure Chest.

"Eh?"

"That's a Monster? It's so big?" Hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu appeared very surprised: "By the way, how did you recognize it?"

"Intuition." Lucy answered without hesitation: "Who would put such a big box here in their right mind? This must be a Monster."

"Ah, so it was intuition."

Yun Mu had thought that since Lucy was so confident, she would surely have some profound insight, but unexpectedly—cough, cough, wrong script.

"Wouldn't it be known if we let Xiaoqie come out to take a look? If they are both Monsters, they should be able to identify each other's identities, right?" Yun Mu took the Scarlet Cross Sword from the space within her earring and slowly walked to the smaller Treasure Chest.

"Maybe both are normal Treasure Chests?"

"After all, this is the Reward Area."

"Don't lower your guard, and even if it is a Monster, it doesn't mean it can see through the disguise of other Monsters," Lucy said, following behind her.

"In my impression, it is not uncommon for Monsters to devour each other; after all, they are just Monsters."

"Is that so? Then let's not summon Xiaoqie; let's try it ourselves."

Saying this, Yun Mu used the Scarlet Cross Sword in her hand to slowly lift the lid of the small Treasure Chest.

"Because it's a Reward Area, it's not locked."

【Congratulations on obtaining 【Gold Coin】*1296 (Pickpocketing +8%)】 【Congratulations on obtaining the item 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation Skill Book!】】 【A book recording 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation】, using it will immediately teach 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation】】

【Learning Requirement: None】

【Shadow Manipulation is a magic that can control shadows. A skilled user can control another person's shadow, forcing their physical body to perform the same actions as the shadow.】

"So this game actually has skill books..."

Yun Mu looked at the dark-covered magic book in her hand and remarked.

Counting the day she first transmigrated, she had already cleared four Dungeons, and because she had never opened anything like a skill book, she had thought they didn't exist in game Dungeons.

Was it just that her luck was bad, so she never opened one!? Or was it that things like skill books were actually very precious and the probability of opening them was low, which was why she never opened one? It must be the latter, because thinking like that made her feel better.

"So how do you use this thing?"

The attribute Game Panel only said that using it would immediately teach the recorded skill, but it didn't say how to use this thing!

"Like this?"

Yun Mu pressed the magic book against her forehead, yet there was no reaction.

"It couldn't be that I have to eat it..."

She flipped through the pages of the magic book, but there was no feeling of a massive amount of knowledge flooding into her mind as she had imagined, and she couldn't understand the Ancient Northern Continent language on the pages at all.

"Hmm... could it be this way?"

Not rushing to have Lucy help her translate the content of the book, Yun Mu pressed her fingers on the edge of the pages and then quickly flipped through the entire magic book.

The next second, the magic book turned into a dark energy ball and "whoosh," it drilled into Yun Mu's mind.

【You used the item 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation Skill Book】, congratulations on obtaining the active skill: 【Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation lv1】】 The content in the magic book was completely branded into Yun Mu's mind; perhaps because she had experienced similar things before, she didn't feel too uncomfortable.

"Shadow Manipulation!"

Regaining her focus, Yun Mu moved her mind, and the shadow at her feet began to squirm.

Does the level one effect only change the shape of one's own shadow?

It feels a bit lackluster... but thinking of the Game Panel's introduction to the Shadow Manipulation skill—the effect that a skilled user can control another's shadow to force them to perform the same actions as the shadow.

Yun Mu felt that she could still work a bit harder.

She would just practice when she had free time, and this feeling of controlling shadows seemed to be able to improve her control over Spirituality.

"Let's see what's in the big box!" she said excitedly.

She had the Scarlet Knight stand below to act as a stepping stone, then slowly lifted the lid of the large Treasure Chest.

"..."

Waiting patiently for a moment, seeing that the large Treasure Chest had no reaction, Yun Mu finally relaxed.

"I said so, this is the Reward Area, how could there be a Monster... ah!"

Before she finished speaking, a slippery tentacle wrapped around her ankle and lifted it violently! Subconsciously covering the hem of her skirt, then remembering the effect of the Shadow Skirt, Yun Mu quickly let go, picked up the Fixed Shadow Instrument Blade, and cut off the tentacle wrapped around her ankle with one slash.

Subsequently, enter the combat phase! 【You encountered the enemy 【Giant Monster lv24 (Elite)】】

Race: Monster

Max HP: 128, Attack 20, Spell Strength 18, Defense 25, Resilience 7, Dodge 60, Speed 22, Precision Correction 30, Critical Hit 6% Traits: Giantization (HP increased by 50%), Sturdy (Defense increased by 150%), Intermediate Magic Resistance (Damage from Spell Strength reduced by 20%), Storage Skills: Giant Tongue Whip, Acid Spit, Powerful Bite, Lucky Coin, Disguise, Treasure Hunt】 【Current Turn Number: 1】

【Player Yun Mu acts first!】

"It really is a Monster. Speaking of which, this guy is not easy to deal with..."

25 points of Defense, counting the effect of the Sturdy trait, that's 63 points.

Plus the 20% magic damage reduction from Intermediate Magic Resistance... better give up on attacking with spell damage.

No, better calculate it first.

Although her base panel Attack and Spell Strength were the same, counting the bonuses from various equipment, Spell Strength was clearly much higher than Attack.

In this situation, which skill has the highest damage? Yun Mu fell into deep thought.

It seems that even in this state, her Mental Shock damage would still be higher? Because Spell Strength is much higher than Attack Power, and the proficiency level of Mental Shock is lv6.

The others, like Cutting, are only lv3, Bite is lv2, while Claw Swipe and Pounce are even worse, only at the lv1 level.

Honestly, can she not create her own skills?

At the very least, she does have a lv5 Swordsmanship skill. (End of chapter)