Chapter 361 - Forbidden Bone Flute
Han Wu noticed that Jing Jing had already chosen her first Sacred Object.
[Rank 6 Sacred Object: Death’s Sigh. When equipped to the Core, the death aura on undead life forms is increased.]
[Death aura: Corrodes living bodies and drains their Life Energy.]
After reading the description, Han Wu began to picture what would happen when Jing Jing equipped the item.
He envisioned a huge wave of skeletons bursting from the gate, their death aura so thick it was almost solid. Those buried by the skeleton army would be wrapped in the death aura, killing them almost instantly. Moreover, Jing Jing could then summon even more skeletons from their corpses to join her army.
Han Wu shivered at the thought. Even though he had a lot of skeletons in his divine realm, they were definitely weaker compared to Jing Jing’s skeletons because they were not his core race.
Jing Jing, meanwhile, was deep in thought. Death’s Sigh will only serve to enhance my skeletons’ strength further. However, I have no idea which to choose for my second Sacred Object, she thought, troubled. I’ve selected three more Rank 6 Sacred Objects, but their effects were quite similar! Which one should I pick?
Han Wu took a look at her list:
[Rank 6 Sacred Object: Evil Spine. When equipped to the Core, it increases the density of the core race’s bones and grants them the Evil trait.]
[Evil trait: Attacks have a set chance to inflict specific debuffs, including Rot, Bloat, Dehydration, and Stun.]
[Rank 6 Sacred Object: Guilty Ribs. When equipped to the Core, it increases the density of the core race’s bones and grants them the Guilty trait.]
[Guilty trait: Attacks have a set chance to inflict specific debuffs, including Bleed, Pain, Asphyxiation, and Faint.]
[Rank 6 Sacred Object: Vicious Skull. When equipped to the Core, it increases the density of the core race’s bones and grants them the Vicious trait.]
[Vicious Trait: Causes core race’s bones to grow thicker, larger, and have protruding bone spikes.]
Han Wu noticed that all three had the effects of improving the core race’s bone density. As skeletons, they would become stronger the denser their bones were.
Jing Jing couldn’t decide. All three traits—Evil, Guilty, and Vicious—were quite excellent and would be very useful for her skeletons, so she was hesitant to make a choice.
After comparing them himself, Han Wu couldn’t decide either. Had her Core at least been at Level 24, she could have equipped all three, but currently, she could only choose one.
As Han Wu was trying to decide on the best option, his eyes suddenly fell upon a peculiar Rank 5 Sacred Object on the list.
[Rank 5 Sacred Object: Forbidden Bone Flute. When equipped to the Core, it forms holes in the core race’s bones, reducing their density and increasing their speed. When extracted, the bones can be used as a flute to play a forbidden tune which controls and manipulates death aura to attack their enemies.]
Seeing how well it complemented Jing Jing’s first choice, Han Wu told her to choose it. “The two Sacred Objects work well together. You can use the forbidden song to control Death Sigh’s death aura to attack your enemies.”
Jing Jing glanced at it and lost interest. “I would have chosen it if it were a Rank 6 Sacred Object, but it’s only a Rank 5. There's a visible gap in power between the ranks.”
Han Wu chuckled. “What if I told you I had the power to upgrade it to Rank 6?”
Jing Jing was completely shocked. “I knew my God was omnipotent!” she exclaimed excitedly, her alluring, crystal clear eyes holding a charm that made everyone’s heart melt.
Though Han Wu was prepared to pay for the Sacred Objects, Jing Jing chose to pay herself. She didn’t have much Divine Essence as she had only recently obtained a divine realm, but she had accumulated a lot of God equipment over her many years of fighting in the Class Civilization.
Jing Jing took out a hundred various God-ranked weapons and equipment and placed them on the counter, much to the shock of the attendant. After many years of working in the shop, he had never encountered a customer paying with God equipment. However, maintaining his professionalism, he quickly overcame his shock and called for a Demigod with the Appraisal Aspect to help him.
Soon, an elderly man walked into the shop. His eyes went wide in stunned disbelief at the counter filled with God-ranked equipment. He shook his head to clear it, then composed himself professionally before beginning to appraise the items.
“God Longsword, 1-Star. Wind attribute. In good condition, with a lot of Divine Essence imbued in it. Valued at 4 Divine Essence.”
“God Armor, 2-Star. Earth attribute. Can block a direct hit from a God’s Divine Authority. Valued at 12 Divine Essence.”
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After appraising all the God equipment, the elderly man valued the entire stock at 312 Divine Essence. Although it wasn’t as much as Han Wu’s savings, it was definitely a huge sum.
After paying for the Sacred Objects, Jing Jing still had 32 Divine Essence leftover, which she planned to use to upgrade her units in the future. With their shopping complete, the trio returned to Han Wu’s divine realm with their newly-bought Sacred Objects.
Immediately upon his return, Han Wu headed to the Refinery and tossed in a huge amount of lower-ranking Sacred Objects. The resulting Source stones were thankfully enough to upgrade his Void Speck and Jing Jing’s Forbidden Bone Flute to Rank 6.
The effects of the Rank 5 Sacred Objects were amplified by ten times after their upgrade. Han Wu then removed his remaining Sacred Objects from his Core, with the exception of his Rank 6 Law of Gluttony Sacred Object, to equip the Void Speck.
The Rank 6 Sacred Object took three days to be successfully equipped to his Core. At that very instant, 70% of his locusts gained the powerful Void Detonation skill.
Out of curiosity, Han Wu summoned an Unique locust and ordered it to use Void Detonation. The detonation left a 15-cm-long crack in space that caused a powerful suction force which pulled in matter from its surroundings. The crack finally repaired and closed after about 15 seconds.
The results satisfied Han Wu greatly. The edges of the spacial crack were so sharp that nothing could protect itself with just its physical body.
My locusts finally have a way to fight against tough enemies with thick hides and muscles! Of course, the spacial crack is a bit too small, but if many of my locusts detonate at the same time, that probably wouldn’t be a problem, he thought excitedly.
Calming himself down, he noticed that he could still equip a Rank 9 Sacred Object, or in his case, a Rank 6 and a Rank 3. He was thinking of getting another Rank 6 Sacred Object to improve his locusts, but there wasn’t any left in the shop at the Blood Coliseum, so he thought of Imperial College’s vault.
If I want to get a good Sacred Object from the vault, I’ll needed my professor’s help, since I can’t do so with his identity as a student.
Han Wu submitted an application to Xu Hai and received a response almost instantly. His teacher wanted him to visit his office.
After informing Qin Shuang and Jing Jing that he was going to meet Xu Hai, he immediately departed, soon arriving at Xu Hai’s office.
To his surprise, Su Lan was also present, and the two appeared to be discussing something important.