Chapter 249: Strange Items

Lu Yu walked into the lounge and checked it thoroughly, ensuring there were no hidden cameras in the room, before a series of slight clicking sounds were heard and he returned to his original appearance.

He let out a long breath, sat slowly on the soft leather sofa, and then opened the laptop gifted by the Association.

He skillfully entered his account and password, and with a prompt tone, the login was successful.

Immediately after, two unread emails appeared on the screen.

Lu Yu clicked on the first one; it was a congratulatory email, warmly welcoming him to join the Awakened Association.

"E-rank Awakened?"

Lu Yu's gaze fell on the rank suffix after his name.

The so-called E-rank means one has initially mastered an ability and, in a one-on-one situation, possesses the combat power to kill a soldier holding a small lethal weapon like a handgun.

The D-rank Awakened above that are even more powerful, capable of contending with an elite squad armed with thermal weapons, or even having the ability to wipe them out entirely.

As for C-Class Awakened, they are no longer a match for ordinary special forces squads; their combat power lies between an Intermediate Fierce Beast and an Elite-level Fierce Beast, and just a few C-Class Awakened are enough to guard a small human city.

To be promoted in rank, an Awakened must complete a promotion mission alone.

For example, if an E-rank Awakened wants to rise to D-rank, they need to accept a D-rank mission and complete it independently; during this period, someone will supervise in secret to ensure fairness and justice, and to prevent any cheating.

Besides this, there is another path for promotion; if an Awakened demonstrates strength exceeding their current rank, the Association will directly raise their rank without the need to participate in a promotion mission.

However, the difficulty of this method is much greater than completing a promotion mission.

In reality, this rank classification is more like an honorary title, allowing people to feel respect upon seeing it and not dare to slight them, but it does not provide special treatment in terms of actually obtaining resources.

Because regardless of rank, to obtain the authorization to purchase advanced items, one must rely on unlocking them with points.

Lu Yu then opened the next email, and sure enough, it was a notification that the points had arrived; he had successfully obtained 100 points.

"I wonder what these 100 points can buy?"

Lu Yu, filled with anticipation, clicked the mouse and opened the mall page.

Instantly, over a dozen categories were presented before his eyes, including food, daily necessities, cold weapons, thermal weapons, armor, Cultivation Method, Pill, materials, Special Item, and so on.

The categories in the mall were somewhat similar to the Martial Arts Association, but there were a few unique categories added.

Lu Yu subconsciously clicked on the food category, originally thinking there wouldn't be anything special, but the content before him left him greatly shocked.

The things inside were not common vegetables, meat, or snacks, but dozens or hundreds of pages of strange items that seemed to have no end in sight.

Like the Fire Phoenix Fruit, priced at 100 points, consuming it can slightly improve one's affinity and control over the fire element; it is specifically noted that the first consumption has the most significant effect, and each subsequent consumption has a gradually weakening effect until it becomes ineffective.

The Ice Crystal Fruit is also priced at 100 points; consuming it can slightly improve one's affinity and control over the ice element. There is also the Wind Spirit Fruit...

"Are they all for improving abilities?" Lu Yu was both shocked and a little disappointed; however, when his gaze moved to the last few lines of the page, his eyes instantly lit up.

White Jade Fruit: priced at one hundred points, consuming it can slightly improve Constitution.

Great Strength Fruit: priced at one hundred points, consuming it can slightly improve strength.

Spirit Rabbit Fruit: priced at one hundred points, consuming it can slightly improve Agility.

Looking further down, there was no more content that could be unlocked.

"Are there none that improve the Mental Attribute?"

Below was a series of question marks that seemed to have no end; clearly, with his current points, he had not yet reached the threshold to unlock related items.

"As expected of the Awakened Association." Lu Yu sighed inwardly; these three fruits below could not be seen at all in the Martial Arts Association.

Moreover, there is no doubt that as points increase, the items unlocked will definitely be better; perhaps there are even things that increase Mental Power or increase the Origin True Qi within a Martial Artist.

After all, in the Awakened Association, many Awakened have abilities that belong to the physical enhancement category, and there is no shortage of Martial Artists who also practice martial arts, so it is reasonable that there are items to improve the Origin True Qi within a Martial Artist.

"Let's look at other categories." Lu Yu did not plan to spend these 100 points immediately.

The daily necessities category looked quite ordinary, with nothing special.

The cold weapons category was similar to the Martial Arts Association, all being alloy weapons, but the variety here was extremely complete; not only were there the traditional eighteen types of weapons, but niche weapons like the Judge Pen and Pen Rack Fork were also all available.

In terms of price, they were higher than the Martial Arts Association. With his current authorization, he could only purchase weapons of the second rank and below.

Next, Lu Yu curiously clicked on the armor category.

What was displayed inside were all Alloy Battle Suit, but unfortunately, they were all first-rank.

Prices ranged from 10 points to 100 points.

Lu Yu found it quite novel, because in his memory, the Martial Arts Association did not seem to have this type of equipment.

Perhaps it was because he had not yet reached the Vein Refining Realm, so it was not unlocked in the Martial Arts Association?

He clicked on the cheapest one, priced at 10 points; the description showed that this battle suit could withstand one attack from an Intermediate Fierce Beast.

"One hundred thousand for one time." Lu Yu could not help but click his tongue.

The purchase price of an Intermediate Fierce Beast is only about tens of thousands, yet this first-rank Alloy Battle Suit is priced as high as one hundred thousand, and it can only withstand one attack.

In comparison, a first-rank alloy weapon is only a few thousand to ten thousand.

However, he had to admit that there is a reason for it being expensive; after all, this thing can save one's life at a critical moment.

The first-rank Alloy Battle Suit priced at 30 points has its effect upgraded from withstanding one attack from an Intermediate Fierce Beast to multiple times.

The 50-point battle suit can not only withstand more than ten attacks from an Intermediate Fierce Beast, but also one attack from an Advanced Fierce Beast; its performance has undergone a qualitative leap.

As for the one priced at 100 points, it can withstand three attacks from an Advanced Fierce Beast.

After finishing these, Lu Yu narrowed his eyes, his mind recalling the protective shield that appeared on Wang Dezhi when he was attacked.

Theoretically, his own attack was enough to shoot through the defense of an Elite-level Fierce Beast, yet it was blocked by Wang Dezhi. Looking at it this way...

No, he didn't seem to be wearing an Alloy Battle Suit, did he? Lu Yu looked at the picture of the Alloy Battle Suit on the screen; this kind of suit covers the whole body tightly and is also equipped with a helmet.

"Could it be a Special Item?"

Lu Yu scanned further down and thought about it, but decided to continue checking in order; he had plenty of time anyway.

Next was the Cultivation Method category, which was the item he was most looking forward to.

After clicking it open, all kinds of Cultivation Methods appeared before his eyes in a dazzling array.

From Body Tempering, Flesh Refining, to entering the force, and even Vein Refining Cultivation Methods!

【Qianyuan Technique】

【Innate Technique】

【Yiqi Technique】

Wait! Lu Yu's breathing suddenly quickened; at this rate, he wouldn't even need to pass the Pulse Refining Martial Artist examination to directly purchase a Vein Refining Realm Cultivation Method.

He looked at the prices for Strength-Entering Martial Arts again, and they were not much different from the Martial Arts Association.

No! He soon realized that purchasing resources at the Awakened Association did not seem to have any discounts.

Take the Qianyuan Technique for example; it required 100 points to purchase here, while at the Martial Arts Association, 80 points would be enough.

"It's better to first buy all the Cultivation Methods available at the Martial Arts Association, and it won't be too late to come here for the ones they don't have," Lu Yu pondered.

Although the Martial Arts Association was relatively weaker, it had to be said that the treatment for the martial artists within the Association was still quite good.

The Awakened Association might have many powerful individuals, but even if the powerful had no discounts when purchasing resources, it could be considered treating everyone equally.

He scanned through roughly; there were five or six mental cultivation methods alone that were under one hundred points, and there were certainly more further down.

There were also quite a few unarmed martial arts, and the prices were much cheaper compared to mental cultivation methods, with some at thirty or forty points, and others at fifty or sixty points.

Lu Yu suddenly had the urge to purchase them immediately.

"Let me look further down."

He took a deep breath and clicked on the Pill column; in an instant, an eye-dazzling array of pills appeared on the screen.