Chapter 338: Dance Art

That's right, this big bottle of qilin blood was freshly drawn from the Xuan Lei Qilin itself—

Li Cheng, acting as a great benefactor, had helped their family reunite instead of being torn apart. The Xuan Lei Qilin was especially grateful, and after leaving the courthouse, immediately drew a vial of blood as a thank-you gift.

If Li Cheng and Lord Xiao Shui hadn't held him back, he probably would've also scraped off some qilin scales, qilin nails, qilin antler velvet, qilin bile — that would've been a bit too hellish.

"This is bona fide original-flavor divine beast blood, it'd be a waste to just drink it."

Li Cheng rubbed his chin, his gaze lingering on the item description's 【Type: Beverage/Medicine】.

Many cases had proven that some props tagged as medicine-type by the Killing Grounds, beyond the special effects the Killing Grounds itself states,

could be further developed, combined with other medicines, and crafted into finished drugs with vastly different or stronger effects.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng put on the Information Integration Glasses · Modified and scanned the qilin blood, and sure enough, read out additional information.

【2L divine beast blood plasma, drawn from the body of a 182-year-old female juvenile Xuan Lei Qilin, specific gravity 1.09, viscosity 2.3, pH value 7.8, taste slightly salty】

【The absorption rate of oral administration of plasma is about 60%, takes effect in 40 seconds, lasts 30 minutes, no obvious side effects】

【Intravenous injection has an absorption rate of up to 98%, takes effect in 15 seconds, lasts 3 hours. During use, the degree of rationality loss, irritability, and killing desire will increase by 26%, 17%, and 60% respectively compared to oral administration】

【In addition, intravenous administration will cause long-term effects on the user's body, including but not limited to permanently growing scales, canines, antlers, pupils turning into vertical slits, greatly increasing muscle dimension and muscle mass, dramatically increasing muscle strength, explosive power, endurance, and physical recovery speed】

【The cost, however, is susceptibility to insomnia, irritability and rage, increased risk of vascular and heart disease, and outbreaks of cysts, abscesses, and granulomas at long-term injection sites. Those with poor drug tolerance may also suffer permanent decline in cognitive ability and reproductive ability】

Holy crap, this is like an Ultra Plus Class Steroid Pro Super Soldier Serum Maxmate Compound No. 5.

Li Cheng stared at the dense stream of explanatory text popping up, his eyelid twitching uncontrollably.

One should know that the Information Integration Glasses · Modified adjusts the explanatory text based on the wearer's breadth of experience.

Li Cheng browsed the player forums every day, occasionally went to Back Alley to shop, and had seen plenty of muscle-building beast drugs and steroids.

Some major guilds' new-member orientation training programs, through frenzied drug injections plus nutritional meal plans plus scientific physical training, could within a few months turn a complete novice with zero training

into a muscular hunk like Arnold (the American Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Companies like GS Biotech could even use their proprietary formula to make adult bones regrow, increasing height, thereby adding weight and muscle mass.

Compared against all those terrifying beast drugs above, the Information Integration Glasses still used words like "greatly" and "dramatically" for the qilin blood — enough to prove the qilin blood's worth.

"With such fierce effects, inject it into a chicken and it'll devolve into a dinosaur, inject it into a truck and it'll evolve into Optimus Prime, long-term inject it into a person and won't it just catalyze straight into Captain America / Adeptus Astartes / Baki Hanma."

Li Cheng stared at the red italic bold text 【permanent decline in cognitive ability and reproductive ability】 in the glasses, hesitated again and again, and still didn't have the guts to give himself a shot.

Even though he had the Liangyi Blade and Victory Banner Spear, which could offset many debuffs, that red italic bold was just too terrifying.

He really didn't want the kind of thing where after too many shots your balls shrivel up into raisins and your soul ascends to the steroid planet.

"Better put it away for now, see if there's a high-level alchemist in Back Alley who can turn the qilin blood into a harmless pill. Or maybe the Toy Factory will come out with some alchemy furnace or something later."

Li Cheng put away the crimson, viscous qilin blood, then turned back to examine the random item + skill scroll from mission rewards three and four.

Since this mission had already yielded the epic-quality Vast Sea Soul-Locking Bell as the biggest haul, Li Cheng didn't bother with burning incense and bathing — he just rubbed his hands together fly-style for a bit and casually shouted "Open!"

A white light flashed, and what appeared in the last slot of the inventory was, shockingly, a pair of gaudy purple boots so shiny they gleamed.

【Item Name: Breakdance King Battle Boots】

【Type: Apparel】

【Quality: Perfect】 【Special Effect: Dance King Battle Soul. After the wearer equips them, they cannot use any other weapons and can only attack with both feet. Through the battle boots, they can perform slashes, kicks, stomps, defense, high-speed movement, and even remotely release air blades. The specific attack style is influenced by surrounding music, changing into ballet, hip-hop, breakdance, street dance, capoeira, etc. A single equipping lasts at most 2 hours】

【Cost: 300 Spirit Power】

【Cooldown: 5 hours】

【Usage Requirement: Hold a professional-level dance certificate】

【Note: Supreme of the dance world, battle boots slay dragons, feet tread the world, none dare disobey】

【Note: By some coincidence, every previous holder of these battle boots has been a beautiful young girl. The soles have accumulated the sweat of every Dance King, and the smell is quite pungent. But some groups might... quite like it?】

"Mm."

Li Cheng's expression was rather odd — from the description, this 【Breakdance King Battle Boots】 was quite powerful even among all attack-type Perfect props.

Very low usage requirement, moderate cost, long duration, and crucially, it could massively expand the user's attack methods — any random kick was equivalent to other players' small skills.

But the drawback was also 【can only attack with both feet】.

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"Doesn't really fit my prop and skill setup... putting on the boots means giving up the Victory Banner Spear, and I can't transform with the Liangyi Blade either."

Li Cheng removed the Technological Singularity Device from the information glasses and installed it onto the battle boots — after modification, it only added one extra line of 【extends single-use duration】, still not a fit.

He had no choice but to take the Technological Singularity Device back, put the battle boots back in the inventory slot, and wait to list them on the auction house for a good price later.

Other guilds, like the Monutong Alliance and such, should have players willing to pay big money to acquire them.

After all, for some spell-class players who aren't good with weapons, the battle boots could greatly shore up their melee combat ability.

"And then the skill scroll..."

He muttered, clicked the treasure chest again, and opened the scroll.

【Skill Scroll Name: A Knight Never Dies Empty-Handed】

【Attribute: Learn-type (one-time only)】

【Type: Universal】

【Usage Method: Passive】

【Quality: Perfect】

【Special Effect: Mastery of All Weapons. After learning this skill, upon touching any weapon, the user will automatically master master-level martial arts for that weapon. Including cold weapons like blades, swords, bows, crossbows, hot weapons like pistols, rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, and even everyday items like folding stools, scissors, iron rulers, wrenches, abacuses, refrigerators】

【Cost: None】

【Cooldown: None】

【Learning Requirement: Intelligence attribute of 12 or higher, well-versed in criminal law, have watched no fewer than 10 Jackie Chan films】

【Note: Everyone don't be nervous, I'm an auto mechanic myself, carrying a wrench, screwdriver, and hammer on me is perfectly reasonable, right】

(End of Chapter)