Chapter 2644

In the private room, Su Xiao was sitting on the carpet, holding the 【Luminous Energy Charger】 in his hand. This device is a half-meter-long metal pillar, slightly thicker than an arm.

To use the Luminous Energy Charger to upgrade equipment, the most stable method is to consume equipment to convert it into luminous crystals, then use the Luminous Energy Charger to upgrade growth-type equipment.

Su Xiao left behind three recently acquired Saint Spirit-tier equipment: 【Ancient·Giant God (Saint Spirit-tier)】, 【Dark Star Assassin (Saint Spirit-tier·Rune Giant Crossbow)】, and 【Prisoner's Resentment】.

Originally, Su Xiao planned to sell 【Prisoner's Resentment】, but the equipment was too niche; he displayed it on the trading street for half a day, yet no one even glanced at it.

Su Xiao was unsure how many Saint Spirit-tier equipment pieces were needed to upgrade 【Holy Traveler】 and 【Walu's Shield】 to Saint Spirit-tier. Fortunately, he still had 883 soul coins on hand; if Saint Spirit-tier equipment was insufficient, he could purchase more on the trading street.

Activating the Luminous Energy Charger in his hand, the all-metal device floated upward, expanded overall, with light flowing at its center, forming a somewhat dazzling light sphere.

The three Saint Spirit-tier equipment on the carpet were drawn in; upon contacting the base of the Luminous Energy Charger, they began to click and crack, eventually shattering, with fragments sucked into the device.

The light sphere at the center of the Luminous Energy Charger spun rapidly; irregular crystal fragments drifted out from above the sphere and were stored in the pressure device at the top.

Checking the Luminous Energy Charger's attributes, the stored luminous crystal fragments reached 127%, with 【Ancient·Giant God (Saint Spirit-tier)】 contributing nearly half of the luminous crystal fragments.

The Luminous Energy Charger retracted; with the clicking sound of metal contact, its volume quickly shrank, finally forming a sphere the size of a fist.

Su Xiao picked up 【Holy Traveler】; he intended to first upgrade Bubu Wang's equipment, testing how many luminous crystal fragments were needed. 【Walu's Shield】 would require more; if insufficient, he would have Benny purchase Saint Spirit-tier equipment.

The upgrade began; the Luminous Energy Charger opened, enclosing 【Holy Traveler】 within. At this moment, 【Holy Traveler】's quality was pale gold. To upgrade to Saint Spirit-tier, it needed to cross several quality levels.

With 127% luminous crystal fragment storage, the reserve began decreasing at a rate of 1% per second. Once it dropped below 80%, Su Xiao instructed Benny to purchase Saint Spirit-tier equipment at 150 soul coins per piece; attributes were unimportant, only light-oriented equipment was needed.

Saint Spirit-tier equipment scoring below 800 points was priced around 80–150 soul coins, of course, excluding some practically useful abilities.

Benny took 750 soul coins to purchase Saint Spirit-tier equipment; whether he could buy five pieces depended partly on luck, as Saint Spirit-tier equipment on the trading street was not abundant.

After consuming 86% of the luminous crystal fragments and taking 1 hour and 22 minutes, 【Holy Traveler】 successfully upgraded to Saint Spirit-tier.

The Luminous Energy Charger opened; Su Xiao retrieved 【Holy Traveler】 from within.

【Holy Traveler】

Origin: Sixth-Tier War World

Quality: Saint Spirit-tier (Growth-type Equipment)

Category: Pendant

Durability: 87/87 (Increased by 50 points)

Equipment Requirement: Binding completed; binder, Rending Space Evil Dog·Bubu Tenni.

Note: After binding is completed, growth-type equipment will change according to the wearer's own characteristics.

Equipment Effect 1: Joyful Sprint (Passive); after entering stealth state, movement speed can be continuously increased by 10% per second, up to a maximum of 130%; if not attacked and remaining in stealth, this acceleration effect persists.

Note: This effect transforms according to the wearer's characteristics.

Equipment Effect 2: Wall Impact Hurts (Active); after entering stealth state, this skill can be activated to penetrate over 91.5% of objects, lasting 15 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.

Note: This effect transforms according to the wearer's characteristics.

Equipment Effect 3: Halo Specialization (Passive); after mastering three or more halo-type skills, this effect will disappear.

Note: When this effect disappears, Bubu Tenni will permanently master Halo Specialization; such abilities are extremely rare.

Rating: 1000 points (This equipment's rating is 1000–??? points).

Introduction: We are the hermits in divine traces, the guardians, and also… woof?

Price: Cannot be sold.

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Seeing 【Holy Traveler】's attributes, Su Xiao discovered a problem: being silly is contagious; after Bubu Wang wore this equipment for a while, it completely matched Bubu Wang's style.

Seeing 【Holy Traveler】's third ability, Su Xiao felt this development direction suited Bubu Wang well; during combat, simultaneously providing several halo effects to enhance the team's overall combat power.

Halo-type skills are rare; after all, such abilities basically have no prerequisites—whoever obtains them will use them directly; more skills do not burden the body, especially halos.

In the previous World Contention War, Bubu Wang became a key protection target for his side due to halo abilities; in the melee of hundreds of contractors, Bubu Wang's ice-snow halo was very strong.

Just after upgrading 【Holy Traveler】, Benny returned; his luck was good—he happened to encounter a seventh-tier team preparing to assault the eighth tier, selling their bottom-of-the-box Saint Spirit-tier equipment.

Such seventh-tier teams are not uncommon in the Reincarnation Paradise; they are mostly elite teams of 3–20 people. Among seventh-tier contractors in the Reincarnation Paradise, lone wolves account for over 80%, the remainder being such elite teams. As for large seventh-tier adventuring groups, they might exist, but Su Xiao has not heard of any yet.

Large seventh-tier adventuring groups in other paradises are numerous, especially in the Initiation Paradise, where lone wolves are rare among seventh-tier participants.

The Luminous Energy Charger was reactivated; five Saint Spirit-tier equipment were sucked in, converted into luminous crystal fragments, with storage reaching 203.62%, sufficient to upgrade 【Walu's Shield】.

The Luminous Energy Charger disassembled and clung to the door-panel-sized 【Walu's Shield】; with Amu nearly three meters tall, this shield was not large for him.

The upgrade of 【Walu's Shield】 began; seeing this, Su Xiao took out the Alchemical Secret Canon, preparing to gaze upon the 'Mysterious Eye' above it, to temper mental resilience, and to open the second page of the Alchemical Secret Canon as soon as possible.

Just as Su Xiao was about to gaze upon the Mysterious Eye on the second page of the Alchemical Secret Canon, a prompt appeared.

【Prompt; You have received a real-time text communication from???; accept/decline.】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao chose to accept.

Team Leader: "……"

Bai Ye: "……"

Team Leader: "The convening time of the next Empty Seat Banquet is for you to decide; don't drag it out too long, the venue has already been selected, in a primordial world, this time it's the Holy Maiden Seat and White Bull's turn to rush over (attached: Space Seal Emblem)."

Bai Ye: "So it wasn't about the Gurgling matter after all."

Team Leader: "I have already covered the cost for purchasing the Night Walker set for her; as for whether it can be bought, that depends on your mood and her own performance. See you."

Bai Ye: "【Star Seal Imprint (1/5)】."

Team Leader: "Only one-fifth; the mascot will cry, but you can set any price you like; the Holy Maiden Seat has been searching for this for a long time."

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Just after ending the communication with the Team Leader, Su Xiao received a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise: an item is being remotely transmitted, it is the Space Seal Emblem; transmitting this item comes at a high cost.

Regarding the next Empty Seat Banquet, Su Xiao plans to go through another world before convening this Empty Seat Banquet; the output of the Black Maple Tree is not infinite, and still requires accumulation over time.

The next Empty Seat Banquet will take place in a primordial world; for Su Xiao, this is very convenient—having the 'Space Seal Emblem', he can directly reach the Star Seat from the Reincarnation Paradise, saving travel time; returning is also convenient, possibly taking only one or two hours to complete the next Empty Seat Banquet's transaction.

As for the Night Walker set, the Team Leader has provided the purchase cost to Gurulu; Gurulu is a top-tier sixth-tier contractor team; as for whether to sell it to her, that entirely depends on Bubu Wang's mood and Gurulu's offer.

A semi-transparent seal emblem appeared out of thin air; Su Xiao grabbed it in his hand; he only needs to use this item to directly arrive at the Empty Seat Banquet.

【Prompt: The Waluzi Shield has been upgraded to Holy Spirit level.】

Su Xiao looked toward the 【Waluzi Shield】 not far away, somewhat surprised to discover that the shield had actually 'shed its shell', with various-shaped metal skins surrounding it, one side about the thickness of a palm, resembling a shield formed of water curtains, floating in mid-air, with wisps of cold air still rising from it.

This is Am's ice attribute affecting the shield; growth-type equipment is like this, changing to a certain extent upon promotion based on the user's different characteristics.

【Waluzi Shield】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: Holy Spirit level (growth-type equipment)

Type: Fusion Shield (this change is based on the user's own ability characteristics.)

Material: Active solid-state energy, Life Rebound Array (other components have been stripped away).

Defense: 42 points (regular shield form)

Attack: 37~62 (regular shield form)

Durability: 62/62 (regular shield form)

Equipment Requirement: Already bound, bound to Winter War Ox·Am.

Equipment Effect 1: Form·Fusion (Passive), due to the structural characteristics of the Waluzi Shield (composed entirely of active energy), it can fully energize and merge into the user's body.

Prompt: After merging into the body, the active energy of the Waluzi Shield will be stored within the user's body, enhancing self-recovery by 32%, and increasing bodily defense by +42 points.

Equipment Effect 2: Ice Grasp (Active), Am can consume ice energy to construct shield-type armor of any shape; this ice shield will carry the Life Rebound (Passive) effect.

Prompt: If consuming over 7500 points of ice energy, the ice shield's base defense is 195 points, and this shield's defense is judged as armor-type defense (Am currently has 13500 points of ice energy).

Equipment Effect 3: Life Rebound (Passive), when the ice shield withstands an attack, it will inflict Life Rebound on the enemy, causing rebound damage equal to the enemy's attack intensity ×0.45 + the user's maximum HP ×5.17%; this damage is of impact type, ignoring external defense.

Prompt: Due to the user's own characteristics, Life Rebound will carry a freezing slowdown effect.

Current Growth Value: 0%

Rating: 998 points

Introduction: I haven't even made a move, and you're already dead?

Price: Cannot be sold

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