These days, five gold coins could fetch fifteen million outside.
But then again, once the money outside became worthless paper, it wouldn’t make sense to calculate things that way.
For a level-20 player, five gold coins really wasn’t much.
It was about enough to bankrupt an ordinary player!
Chu Fu paid five silver coins and placed her hand on the crystal.
She wondered what skill she would learn this time.
What was she lacking now?
It seemed like nothing.
But before entering the dungeon—no, no, first she had to meet up with her brother and remove the Disguiser Mask. That was the plan.
Just as she was thinking this, Chu Fu suddenly felt that she had learned something.
[System Notification: You have learned Soul-Eating Venom. Cast it on a target using mental power to inflict tremendous damage on its soul.
It is effective against possession, soul contracts, soul-bound items, and similar effects.
It can forcibly break contracts, curses, and surveillance imposed on you, devouring their effects.]
Huh?
Wait, this seemed to be…
Chu Fu’s eyes widened slightly.
This looked like another skill capable of removing the Disguiser Mask.
She really had gotten exactly what she wanted.
“Awakened, please move aside after completing your awakening. There are still other awakened players waiting to use the Wisdom Stone.”
Chu Fu stepped aside.
Shen Chi walked up.
“What is it? Did you learn something good?”
Chu Fu displayed the skill and said, “I can now solve the problem of players joining the evil faction. Things really do go exactly as planned.”
“Things go exactly as planned? I’ll give it a try too!” Shen Chi stepped forward.
He paid five gold coins and began thinking about how to use Trait 5 without turning into a robot. Then he wondered if it had something to do with his Metal Manipulation talent.
After thinking it over, he also considered that Chu Fu might not be able to handle everything by herself. There were still quite a few people in China who had been deceived and become the lackeys of the werewolf Tuge.
The moment he thought of that, he instantly felt that he had learned something.
[System Notification: You have learned Violent Disassembly. Control mechanical tools to forcibly remove an opponent’s items. There is a chance of shattering equipment the opponent is wearing. The effect of disassembly is increased by 200% against machines, mechanisms, statues, and buildings.]
What?
He displayed the skill.
“Why did I learn this too?”
Still, it went rather well with Chu Fu’s skill.
Xie Lin stepped forward.
“Wheelchair, you’re being far too careless. Every skill is important. Don’t learn skills that have nothing to do with you, and don’t waste your time trying to serve the masses. Making yourself stronger is what matters most! Watch this!”
Xie Lin paid five gold coins, closed his eyes, and placed his hand on the Wisdom Crystal. Then he shouted loudly:
“Activate!”
Chu Fu struggled not to laugh.
Oh no. A chuunibyou teenager!
However, Xie Lin’s conviction was incredibly strong. With his eyes covered, he slightly raised his exquisite jawline. After shouting “Activate,” the corners of his mouth curled upward, making him look even more confident.
“Hahaha!”
He displayed his skill.
[Swordflight: Enlarge a weapon into a vehicle and perform controlled flight. Unaffected by no-fly zones.]
“Awesome!”
Even Chu Fu couldn’t help applauding.
It might seem that everyone now had wings for flight, while Chu Fu had her Venom Dragon Wings and Xie Lin had his mecha.
But no one should forget that BOSSes could also impose no-fly effects.
Xie Lin’s skill, however, had extremely high authority and was unaffected by no-fly restrictions.
Moreover, during a BOSS battle, when the BOSS was slightly smaller in size, melee fighters couldn’t all rush in at once.
That meant the number of available melee damage dealers was limited. Their team currently had only three: Jiao Jiao Bu Jiao, Xie Lin, and Wu Yingchun.
If Xie Lin became an aerial fighter, a melee position would be freed up, allowing the team to add more melee players.
The others went on to comprehend their skills one after another.
Chu Fu, meanwhile, was called over by Laoji Fuli.
“Captain Plant, I’ve made up my mind. I want to buy a spot in your team. When are you entering the dungeon?”
“At least two hours from now.”
“Fine. We’ll wait for you at the dungeon entrance.”
Chu Fu nodded, then opened her brother’s contact.
[Who Wants to Be a Vegetable]: “Big Brother, look what I awakened. You don’t have to come back anymore, so you won’t have to make the trip for nothing. I can handle it myself. [Skill: Soul-Eating Venom].”
On Chu Feng’s end, he stared at his little sister’s message, feeling that something was off.
[My Little Sister Is Universally Adorable]: “Fu-Fu, you know? Big Brother wasn’t deliberately hiding it from you! I just didn’t want to deal with the officials.”
When Chu Fu saw his reply, she realized that she had accidentally exposed his alternate identity.
She had only casually said, “You don’t have to come over,” but Chu Feng had immediately confessed that he was looking for a friend.
Chu Fu hadn’t meant to expose him. She had simply blurted it out without thinking. She hadn’t expected Chu Feng to admit it right away.
She was caught between laughter and tears, especially since Chu Feng continued messaging her.
[My Little Sister Is Universally Adorable]: “Fu-Fu, don’t be angry. What do you want? Big Brother will buy it for you.”
[My Little Sister Is Universally Adorable]: “Didn’t you want to give those players who joined the evil faction a chance to reform? I got this for you. [Holy Potion Formula].”
[My Little Sister Is Universally Adorable]: “Can you accept it as an apology from your big brother?”
Chu Fu: …
[Who Wants to Be a Vegetable]: “Th-then I forgive you, Big Brother!”
She hadn’t been angry in the first place, but now she could only force herself to forgive him!
She hadn’t expected Chu Feng to have already obtained the formula she had been thinking about.
But then again, it made perfect sense. The method she knew was also known to Chu Feng. Even without the memories of his second life, he had still lived for a very long time in his first life.
He had just lived it rather miserably.
[My Little Sister Is Universally Adorable]: “I’ll send it to you. And as for solving the Disguiser Mask problem yourselves, I’m a little worried too. This kind of thing can’t be resolved simply by separating the soul from the body.”
Chu Feng still intended to come over.
Naturally, Chu Fu agreed.
However, Chu Feng still reminded her not to expose his identity.
Chu Fu agreed to that as well.
…
Linjiang City, Mirror Future Map, Level 40–50 Area.
A small mountain had collapsed in front of Chu Feng.
From a distance, it could be seen that the “mountain” was actually a baby with smooth, delicate skin.
If not for the fact that the baby was a full twenty meters long, it would have been an incredibly adorable baby angel.
But this was a level-50 BOSS—the Son of the Holy Light God, an elemental creature of the light attribute. The holy light it unleashed could dissolve everything.
If it appeared above Linjiang City, even the city’s protective barrier would shatter. The buildings would melt, and humanity would be completely wiped out.
This was the final BOSS of the level-50 expansion, Elemental Storm.
At present, the others naturally knew nothing about the level-50 expansion. Chu Feng, however, could enter future maps by increasing his combat power and hunt down BOSSes.
That was why he had never had teammates, nor did he need any.
He didn’t know how long he would have to continue walking this solitary path.
Perhaps he would have to fight alone all the way until he cleared the Primordial Gate.
