Chapter 65: My

The blinding green light made Su Xiao instinctively close his eyes.

“What is this?”

He had opened several green treasure chests before—never had this happened.

The light faded; the opened chest dissolved into the air, and a heavy, smooth object appeared in his hand.

A notification from the Lunhuileyuan appeared.

【You obtained ‘Flame of the Goddess of Luck’.】

Flame of the Goddess of Luck (Premium)

Origin: Tokyo Ghoul

Quality: Green

Category: Accessory (Lighter)

Durability: 40/40

Equipment Requirement: Anyone can equip.

Equipment Effect: Goddess Flame (Active): After using the Goddess Flame to light a cigarette, temporarily increase Luck attribute by 1 point for 15 seconds.

Note: The Goddess Flame has a cooldown of 10 natural days.

Note: Using the Goddess Flame consumes 500 Park Coins.

Rating: 30 (Note: Green equipment ratings range from 10 to 30; green equipment rated 30 is marked ‘Premium’ and gains special attributes.)

Description: Smoking is bad for your health? Are you sure?

Price: 3600 Park Coins.

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After examining the delicate lighter in his hand, Su Xiao froze.

He gently stroked the metal casing, on which a blue flame pattern was engraved.

Su Xiao’s hand trembled slightly—his ‘Chief-level’ cursed luck might finally have a cure.

Though lighting a cigarette with this lighter only grants +1 Luck, for him, it effectively doubles his Luck attribute.

Though he didn’t know if Luck truly represented fortune, it was worth trying.

For instance, when opening a treasure chest, using the ‘Flame of Luck’ to light a cigarette might yield unexpected rewards.

Judging by its rating of 30, this equipment was extremely valuable.

Su Xiao let out a light laugh—he had survived a near-death ordeal, and fortune must now follow.

He also noticed a pattern in opening treasure chests: if the reward was ordinary, the chest opened normally.

But if the reward was highly valuable, the chest would blaze with intense light.

Su Xiao temporarily named this phenomenon ‘Flash’—if a chest ‘flashed,’ he’d hit the jackpot.

This was just a green chest—if a blue chest flashed, he’d surely obtain something worth tens of thousands of Park Coins.

But triggering a Flash was by no means easy.

Since entering the Lunhuileyuan , Su Xiao had opened many chests—only this one had flashed, proving the Flash probability was low, even minuscule.

In truth, his Flash wasn’t due to luck.

After entering the Ghoul world, Su Xiao killed hundreds of Ghouls—all by hand.

Those hundreds of Ghouls dropped only a few treasure chests, and the rewards from opening them were pitiful.

Su Xiao’s Flash was entirely due to sheer frustration—or perhaps the Lunhuileyuan itself couldn’t bear his ‘Chief-level’ bad luck and gave him one flash.

But with the ‘Flame of the Goddess,’ the chance of obtaining valuable items from treasure chests might now rise noticeably.

Not just for chests—in any situation requiring luck, he could use the ‘Flame of the Goddess.’

The only drawback of the ‘Flame of the Goddess’ was its ten-day cooldown.

As for the 500 Park Coins consumed each use, Su Xiao ignored it entirely.

The reward could far exceed the cost—500 Park Coins were merely an expense.

Requiring 500 Park Coins to activate such an ability was perfectly normal.

Su Xiao carefully stowed the ‘Flame of the Goddess’—this item would surely prove immensely useful in the future.

Lying on the bed, Su Xiao began reviewing his gains and losses from the battle with the three Contracted Ones.

The most obvious gain was the ‘Crimson Card,’ which randomly draws three items or equipment from the Queen.

But since Su Xiao had just ‘Flashed,’ his luck was severely depleted, so he temporarily decided not to open it.

The Queen was a Strength specialist—even if he drew her equipment, it wouldn’t greatly boost his combat power.

Next, after killing the three, the Soul Devourer did not activate—he had initially thought the Soul Devourer couldn’t absorb mana from Contracted Ones.

Later, he discovered that after clearing the Ghouls in the auction house, his Soul Devourer talent had granted him 100 mana points—the maximum in this derivative world—bringing his total mana to 253.

From this battle, Su Xiao understood that while the Lunhuileyuan was semi-digitalized,

its battles were visceral, bloody affairs—skills merely assisted combat; true combat strength depended entirely on the user’s own skill.

It was like giving a housewife a nuclear bomb—most likely, it would become useless scrap, good only for display.

Even the most overpowered skill would fail to deliver strong combat if the user himself was weak.

The Queen, Black and White, and Ye Zi all possessed powerful skills; compared to them, Su Xiao’s skills—aside from ‘Qinggangying’ and ‘Blade Art’—were utterly inferior.

Yet in that battle, except when the Queen finally clung to him at the last moment, forcing him to take a bullet, Su Xiao had dominated her entirely.

The Queen’s sharp shield skills posed little threat—he toyed with her as if she were a puppet, and she ultimately became a hostage and was killed.

There are no useless skills or classes—strength lies in the user’s mastery.

Su Xiao’s greatest strength wasn’t his inherited class, but his willingness to fight and his fearlessness of death.

These sound simple, yet in the heat of battle, how many could remain utterly fearless?

Yet in the Lunhuileyuan , one thing surpassed equipment or skills: physical attributes!

After the Queen’s Strength reached 24 points, she could physically withstand his slashes.

What if Su Xiao’s Strength, Agility, and Intelligence all exceeded 20?

Undoubtedly, high attributes combined with his Blade Art would form a terrifying combination.

Su Xiao lit a cigarette and lay quietly on the bed.

Unconsciously, he recalled something.

Earlier, Ye Zi had used the ‘Execution’ skill on him—the Lunhuileyuan notification had said he was about to be ‘Executed,’ but at the last moment, he faintly heard something halt the execution and save his life.

Su Xiao used his mind to communicate with the imprint, selected the skill option, and began reviewing his skills.

‘Qinggangying’ and ‘Blade Art Collection’ remained unchanged, but beneath ‘Absolute Demon Body’ appeared a new line of text.

Absolute Demon Body:

Skill Effect: Cannot learn or master any spell-based skills.

Note: Absolute Demon Body, subjected to mana corruption, has activated its passive ability. View skill changes? Yes/No.

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Su Xiao chose ‘Yes’—the description of Absolute Demon Body changed.

Absolute Demon Body:

Skill Effect: Cannot learn or master any spell-based skills.

Passive Ability: (Absolute Demon) Immune to 40% spell damage.

Note: This passive ability has extremely high priority—it can negate true spell damage, holy spell damage, and Execution-type spell damage.

We abhor those Guishu that disrupt elemental balance—resist them with our souls; they shall not corrupt our bodies—Marvin Waltz.

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Closing the skill panel, Su Xiao exhaled deeply—he finally understood why his class was called ‘Shadow of Spell Annihilation.’

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