AWB Chapter 98 Kunlun's Gift: Phoenix Cry and Spark
Chapter 98 Kunlun's Gift: Phoenix Cry and Spark
"They're... gone already?" Zhao Leiguang scratched the back of his head and looked down at the yellow talisman stuck to his breastplate.
The talisman paper was slightly yellow, the cinnabar was hastily applied, and it exuded an indescribable sense of antiquity.
But instead of feeling his strength weaken, he felt an unprecedented resonance between himself and the earth beneath his feet, and with each breath he took, he felt the weight of the mountains.
The same is true for others.
"Using their rules, they'll tattoo your soul... so you'll never be able to wear your own clothes again." Lu Yan pondered the old Taoist's words, looking down at the Void Disc in his palm.
The plate was still the same plate, but he could now "see" that the world-destroying black lotus in the plate, constructed from billions of divine chains of laws, was being slowly nourished by a wisp of azure energy from the dragon veins of China, and the edges of the lotus petals were tinged with a faint jade color.
This is the "root" of Yuxu.
"Let's go," Xiao Qianyu said, breaking the silence.
As they looked back at the ruins for the last time and stepped out of the bronze gate, the biting wind of the Kunlun Mountains, carrying ice and snow, rushed towards them once more.
Behind them, the hundred-meter-tall gate standing atop the cliff dimmed, its outline distorting and thinning in the air before finally turning into a single point of light and disappearing completely.
It was as if I had just had a grand dream that spanned eternity.
At that very moment, a golden screen of light unfolded without warning on everyone's retinas.
[Exploration of the secret realm 'Kunlun Ruins' has ended.]
[Settlement determination in progress...]
[Judgment Type: Special Event Triggered.]
[Judgment Content: He has heard the secrets of heaven and will inherit the lineage of the Dao.]
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[Rewards being generated...]
The next second, countless golden runes gathered around them in the air, turning into streams of light that actively entered each person's storage space.
You have obtained 300 pieces of 'Nine Heavens Mystic Iron'!
You have obtained 300 units of 'Taiyi Refined Gold'!
[You have obtained the ancient formation diagram "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation - Fragment"!]
You have obtained...
A barrage of reward notifications flooded everyone's screen. Each item, taken alone, was enough to cause a bloodbath on the international black market. But now, they were pouring in like free cabbages.
Even Zhao Leiguang, a rough man who wasn't particularly sensitive to equipment and materials, was somewhat stunned by this display of force.
"This old sage... no, this system, has it gone mad? We didn't do anything, we just listened to him tell a story, and now..."
"Look at this."
The biggest "reward" is hovering in front of the little money-grubber.
That was a complete mage set.
Unlike the elaborate and ornate robes of the West, this set of equipment presents a unique, freehand aesthetic of the East.
The main garment is a crimson feather robe, its color like molten gold at sunset, or like congealed phoenix blood. Embroidered on the hem is a darker silk thread depicting a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, which, as the light shifts, seems to evoke countless fiery birds poised for flight. A black bodice and matching trousers accentuate her perfectly proportioned figure. On her wrists are jade bracelets encircled by tiny flames, and a simple yet captivating phoenix hairpin adorns her head.
The entire set of equipment has no metal components, yet it exudes an energy fluctuation that is even more terrifying than that of legendary or epic equipment.
【Sparkling Phoenix Cry (S-Rank Set)】
[Items: Feather Robe, Phoenix Hairpin, Bracelet, Tube, Trousers]
[2-piece set bonus: Maximum mana +300%, mana regeneration speed +500%.]
[3-Piece Set Bonus: Gain 'Shield of Rebirth'. When health drops below 10%, convert 500% of your maximum mana into a shield. While the shield is active, all spell mana costs are reduced by 99%.]
[5-Piece Set Bonus: Gain 'Undying Karmic Fire'. All damaging skills will inflict true damage based on 1% of the target's maximum health (half effect against divine creatures), ignoring all defense, damage reduction, and immunity effects. The karmic fire consumes the target and cannot be dispelled until death.]
Lin Chuxue stopped breathing.
Those eyes, which usually only gleamed for gold coins and top-quality materials, were now fixed on the description of the [3-piece set] effect, their mouths slowly opening wider.
"1 HP... 10,000 Shields..." she murmured to herself.
"Shield of Nirvana" triggers when her health drops below 10%. Her "Blood Mage" class trait allows her to permanently lock her health at 1 point!
This means that she will be under the protection of this "Shield of Nirvana" permanently, unconditionally, and continuously!
The effect of "reducing the mana cost of all skills by 99% while the shield is active" is similar to the "no cooldown and no cost" effect brought by her own "1 HP, 10,000 shields" mechanism. With the double effect, she is completely free from the constraints of mana consumption.
"Xiaoxue?" Su Yunqing asked with concern, seeing her dazed expression.
"ah--!"
Lin Chuxue snapped back to her senses and let out a suppressed scream. She grabbed Su Yunqing beside her and jumped around like a rabbit who had won the lottery.
"Yun Qing! I've made it!"
She hurriedly changed into the full set of [Sparkling Phoenix Cry].
The moment the last phoenix hairpin was put on, a terrifying burst of fire elemental energy swept out from her center.
Her crimson feathered robes fluttered without wind, and a lifelike phantom of a fiery phoenix soared into the sky behind her, letting out a clear and melodious cry. With each flap of its wings, it dyed the clouds on the horizon into a magnificent fiery sunset.
"Good heavens." Zhao Leiguang subconsciously raised his shield. "This commotion is even bigger than the old immortal's entrance."
"Give it a try," Xiao Qianyu said succinctly.
"Okay!"
Lin Chuxue couldn't wait any longer. She raised her hand and casually threw a basic "Crimson Fireball" at the summit of an uninhabited snow-capped mountain in the distance.
The fireball, which was originally only the size of a fist, swelled up in the wind the moment it flew from the fingertip.
Golden 'undying karmic fire' coiled around it, leaving a long, dazzling golden trail in the air.
Finally, the fireball landed precisely on the summit of the snow-capped mountain.
The mountain, covered in millennia of ice and snow, vanished silently the instant the fireball made contact, along with the glacial rocks on it.
It wasn't melting, nor evaporation, but rather being "burned" to ashes by that golden karmic fire, both physically and conceptually.
Only a huge, smooth, mirror-like gap remained, with golden flames still relentlessly burning the void at its edge.
The entire first squad fell into a deathly silence.
Wen Yue silently put the explosive crossbow bolt she had just drawn back in.
Shen Xinglin glanced at his ever-changing lance, then at the "flattened" hilltop in the distance, and fell into deep thought.
"Ahem." Lin Chuxue withdrew her hand, cleared her throat, and tried her best to put on an expression of a lonely master, but the wildly upturned corners of her mouth completely betrayed her current mood. "Standard procedure, standard procedure."
"Why don't you be the tank?" Lu Yan exclaimed, looking at the ridiculously thick shield on her body.
As soon as she finished speaking, a rapid alarm sounded on Xiao Qianyu's tactical terminal.
It was General Li Tianshan's encrypted communication.
"Qianyu." Old Li's voice was heavier than ever before, the background filled with the cacophony of commands and alarms. "You've come out?"
"Reporting to Elder Li, the first squad has returned safely."
"Good!" Li Tianshan breathed a sigh of relief, but his tone remained uneasy. "Listen, the situation has changed. Poseidon has arrived. Just now, the White Eagle Empire's Seventh Fleet was completely wiped out. Not a single survivor was left."
"Atlantis is currently moving at an extremely fast speed toward the eastern waters of China."