Chapter 3063

After leaving the exclusive room, Su Xiao didn't go directly to meet the Witch. According to the Witch, the Brigade currently had 2 First-Tier members and 1 Second-Tier member. She would contact all 3 of them and provide their general information, and Su Xiao would decide who to choose in the end.

After Su Xiao left the exclusive room, he bypassed the Trading Plaza and came to Reed's Forge.

Before he even entered the door, Su Xiao heard Reed's roar. Listening to that voice, he was already furious to the point of death.

Heat waves rushed toward him, and the air was mixed with the smell of metal and burning debris. Just as he entered the forge, Su Xiao saw Oo-Oo squatting in the corner, eyes red, sniffling, looking aggrieved. This was clearly another scolding from Reed, like a primary school student who hadn't done their homework, facing the seven-piece wolf belt in the hands of a stern father.

Reed sat majestically in front of the forge, his hands trembling with anger. Seeing Su Xiao walk into the forge, his gaze turned to Oo-Oo, and he roared: "Get to the back room and cry."

Oo-Oo's body trembled, and she walked into the back room aggrievedly. The thing was, just a few minutes ago, Reed was patiently teaching Oo-Oo how to forge. He held the molten blank with short tongs and let Oo-Oo hammer it. Oo-Oo was a bit dull and hammered Reed's hand with one hammer. At that time, in order to improve Oo-Oo's forging strength, Reed had put a "Polymer Hydraulic Auxiliary Exoskeleton" on her.

With that hammer blow, Reed's eyes nearly popped out. His hands weren't trembling from anger now, but from being smashed.

"How did I adopt such a thing? It's going to be the death of me."

Reed fished two cans of ice beer from the coolant on the side and tossed one to Su Xiao.

Su Xiao unequipped Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, the Black King Armguard, and other equipment that needed repair and placed them on the forge. Reed put on a pair of special gloves and drew Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. Seeing the blade of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, he was a bit surprised.

"How did it get damaged so severely? Durability dropped by more than four-fifths."

"Clashed with a high-tier weapon."

"You have to cherish it. This blade has been with you for a long time. At least ensure the durability is not lower than 2 points before bringing it to me, otherwise, there will be risks during repair."

While Reed was talking, he had already started the furnace and set to work on repairing Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. The cost of repairing Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan this time was very high. The auxiliary materials and one-time mechanical tools used had a total value of at least 800 Soul Coins, and this was still Reed's cost price.

Reed didn't mention the cost; he was more interested in the three gems on the blade.

"This gem... what an admirable inlay technique. The energy within the gems is completely released, and there are protective measures connecting them to each other. Such a brilliant method—this is my first time seeing it."

With Reed's discernment, he naturally saw that the gem inlay of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was extraordinary, but he didn't ask who had inlaid these gems.

Hearing Reed's words, Su Xiao remembered that there were still dozens of forging books he had obtained in the White Town in his storage space. Keeping these books was of little use to him. Lending them to Reed might improve the other party's forging and repair level.

He took out dozens of old books from his storage space. Most of these books had metal covers, and some were bound together from multiple notebooks.

Seeing Su Xiao take out these books, Reed wasn't interested at first, but when he saw the circular seal on one of the metal covers, he froze, suspecting he had seen it wrong. After squinting and staring for a moment, he walked over with big strides.

"These ancient books..."

Reed picked up one of them, opened it carefully, and his eyebrows nearly stood up.

"Bai Ye, name your price. I won't hide it from you—the value of these ancient books is very high. Or rather, this isn't a question of value; this is a technique passed down from a certain lineage that was cut off long ago. It comes from the Void. For me, this thing is equivalent to you discovering the inheritance ability of a Law-Killer."

The more Reed read, the more obvious the joy in his eyes became.

"I don't plan to sell them for now. Keep them with you for now; I'll come to get them when I need them later."

"Then thank you very much."

Reed didn't make too many polite remarks. They were old acquaintances; saying too many polite things would seem fake instead.

"Reed."

"Hmm?"

Reed answered, but his gaze never moved from the ancient book in his hand for even a second.

"Repair the equipment first."

"Hmm."

Reed said this, but he turned to a new page. However, finding that Su Xiao hadn't spoken for a long time, he seemed to have made a big decision and closed the ancient book in his hand.

"Oo-Oo!"

After Reed's shout, Oo-Oo hurried over.

"Store these ancient books in the secret room. Finish reading this one before tonight, otherwise, there's no dinner."

Under Reed's scolding, Oo-Oo carried dozens of books toward the back room with some difficulty. In fact, to learn a craft, suffering is necessary. Although Oo-Oo's treatment seemed poor, what she was learning was something many people dreamed of touching. Whether in the Samsara Paradise or the Void, one must either have an admirable craft, be strong enough, or be as cunning as a ghost—choose one of the three, otherwise, one can only be a subordinate.

Reed continued to repair the equipment. Besides this, he also had to help Su Xiao identify 10 amulets.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on a single sofa. After taking out the Deathmatch Terminal and activating it, he found that the Deathmatch Game Company had released three more game announcements.

"Scandal: Our company president has absconded with a huge sum of money! (Attached photo of the president before running away)"

"Starry Sky Seat member, the Undying Old Man, has appeared in the Meteorite Star! (There is photo evidence, but I dare not publish it for now; my life is more important)"

"Shocking: A certain Night-Bewitching Witch was actually late at night... (Attached 17 photos, requires payment to view)."

A look of instant surprise appeared on Su Xiao's face. He didn't quite understand—what kind of sand-sculpture game announcement was this?

The game company president running away could be linked to the Deathmatch game. As for the Starry Sky Seat member, the Undying Old Man, and the Night-Bewitching Witch's scandal, this had nothing to do with the Deathmatch game.

Not only that, one could leave comments and likes under these news items. The one with the most likes was the official account, and the content was: "Dear big shots, the boss has run away, there's really no way. We'll transform into a news-type real-time message release platform from now on."

Su Xiao had felt before that although the scale of the Deathmatch Game Company was large, the staff there had no bottom line. Now it seemed that after the game completely cooled down, these people actually changed careers and used the channels in their hands to release exclusive news.

Among these exclusive news items, the fact that the Undying Old Man went to the Meteorite Star was very valuable. Judging from the details of the news report, this was something that happened a few days ago.

Closing this "game announcement," Su Xiao began to tackle the puzzle game. Two hours passed quickly. Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, the Black King Armguard, and other equipment were all repaired, and the ten amulets Su Xiao obtained in the Kodo School were also identified.

Su Xiao initially obtained five amulets, then Binnie brought two, and the last three were taken out by Bishop Noah after the battle, including the strongest amulet, the Bai Yin Heart.

The 【Amulet Glove】 doesn't need identification; as long as amulets are loaded, this thing can be used. A maximum of five amulets can be loaded at the same time, but only one amulet takes effect at a time. You can switch the loaded amulets at will during battle, but you cannot strip amulets from the 【Amulet Glove】; this needs to be done after the battle ends.

In other words, although there are ten amulets, one must choose carefully. Different amulet combinations are used to deal with different battles.

Su Xiao picked up the ten amulets. These amulets were like small cards, 3cm long and 2cm wide. The colors of the ten were all different. The Bai Yin Heart was silver-white all over and the most conspicuous. The attributes of all amulets were as follows.

Strength Amulet: Strength correction +8 points, attacks carry strong knockback, Strength crushing damage increased by 15%.

Defense Amulet: Equipment/Physical defense increased by 8%.

Heroic Amulet: Delays entering the near-death state by 20 seconds.

Howling Amulet: Moderately increases the damage range of skills.

Pride Amulet: Ranged attack power increased by 10%. Attacks accumulate Pride Marks. When the enemy suffers 3 layers of Pride Marks, true damage is caused based on your own Agility attribute.

Life Amulet: Generates a Life Shield (Life Shield durability is 5% of your own maximum health, regenerated every 30 seconds).

Sacrifice Amulet: Immediately consumes 50% of your own health, movement speed and attack speed are significantly increased, and attacks carry a Blood Thirst effect (Life Steal).

Metal Amulet: Hardens a local part of the body. For the hardened part, physical defense is increased by 300%.

Blade Maiden Amulet: Summons a phantom of the Blade Maiden behind you. Each melee/ranged attack has a 7.5% chance to summon a Blade Maiden (a maximum of three Blade Maidens can exist at the same time. The combat power and duration of the Blade Maiden are determined by the summoner's Agility and Intelligence attributes; Agility determines the Blade Maiden's combat strength, and Intelligence determines the Blade Maiden's duration).

Bai Yin Heart Amulet: After activating this amulet's effect, the other four amulets loaded on the Amulet Glove will all be activated, and different abilities will be combined based on different characteristics (e. g., Metal + Blade Maiden + Strength + Pride = Killing Angel. This amulet can only be used once a day. After use, the duration of the ability will be determined by the characteristics of the four resonated amulets).