paranoianovel Chapter 395 Full of divine armor, the Corrosive Poison Divine Skill [Venomous Nova]!
Chapter 395 Full of divine armor, the Corrosive Poison Divine Skill [Venomous Nova]!
Chapter 395 Full of divine armor, the Corrosive Poison Divine Skill [Venomous Nova]!
To be honest, although Fang Zhou learned a lot of basic knowledge about the blacksmithing profession from Instructor Huang Qiuyue, he has not yet used his soul power to officially become a blacksmith.
Therefore, even those bronze-level students who had been promoted to junior or even intermediate blacksmiths could not discern the forging techniques of the Twilight Robe, let alone Ark with the naked eye.
Fortunately, Ark has a cheat code.
"Attribute panel, identify it for me."
The assessment results in the attribute panel are based on Ark's own rich knowledge reserves and skill materials.
The auctioneer had already explained the various effects of the Twilight Robe in detail, so Ark just wanted to verify its authenticity through the attribute panel.
Sure enough, the moment he gently touched the Twilight Robe, the equipment panel on the attribute panel immediately displayed information.
[Twilight Robe] (Green Excellent, Damaged): An artifact of an unknown civilization. Originally a Blue Fine quality item, it was severely damaged in battle and repaired to Green Excellent quality. It moderately increases the wearer's defense and adds a [Twilight Shield] that automatically triggers upon being attacked.
It also has two unique equipment effects:
1. Spirit Enhancement: The wearer's spirit attribute receives a slight increase.
2. In Twilight state, if the wearer is a summoner, and there are no enemies within a certain range, they can receive a direct damage spell effect boost from their summoned creatures, up to a maximum of 20%.
Slightly different from the auctioneer's description, the Twilight Robe's Twilight state only amplifies skills that deal direct damage, making its application relatively limited.
After all, most summoning classes don't have many powerful direct damage skills.
Their combat strength mainly lies in summoning creatures and various buff and crowd control spells.
Meng Hongzhuang, the Nature Summoner, is a typical example.
Her fighting style relies primarily on summoning various natural creatures and using control and healing spells, rather than directly casting high-damage spells.
This will definitely reduce the appeal of the Twilight Robe to summoning-type mages.
Many summoners may think that this item is not the best choice for them.
However, this is good news for the Ark.
Although Ark's main combat force is still his army of hundreds of Black Iron-level undead, he has not neglected the importance of direct damage skills.
Skills such as the Bone Piercing Spear, Bone Shockwave, and Corpse Explosion are all highly effective killing moves he frequently uses in battle.
The increased power of these skills during Twilight will elevate the Ark's overall combat capabilities to a new level.
Therefore, the Twilight Robe was almost a must-have for Ark.
Just as Fangzhou was about to return the Twilight Robe to the waiter beside him, a message suddenly appeared in the Soul Power section of his attribute panel.
A strong aura, similar to the soul crystal fluctuations he sensed when gambling on stones in the Ark, entered his mind.
Fangzhou was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was happening.
Judging from the information displayed on the attribute panel, this Twilight Robe actually contains a considerable number of soul crystals.
Moreover, according to Ark's intuitive senses, the aura of the soul crystals sensed through the attribute panel this time was far stronger than ever before.
This undoubtedly further solidified Ark's determination to auction off the Twilight Robe.
Considering only the material and functional attributes of the Twilight Robe, Ark was already quite accepting of the starting price of 2000 contribution points at auction.
Moreover, there's the allure of the hidden soul crystal within; not acquiring this Twilight Robe would be a disservice to all the effects prepared for the Ark.
At this moment, all the students present who were interested in purchasing the Twilight Robe had already had a close look at this artifact from another civilization.
The female auctioneer trainee stood in the center of the room, looked around, cleared her throat, and announced loudly, "If no one has any objections, the auction will now begin."
The atmosphere inside the room immediately became tense.
A bronze-level student stood up from the private room and said loudly, "Just based on the raw materials of this robe, I'm going to buy it and try it out."
I'll contribute 2100 contribution points.
No sooner had he finished speaking than another student retorted, "2200."
"2250." Another student followed closely behind.
Prices rose alternately, the pace of bidding gradually slowed, and each bid was accompanied by a brief silence.
Ultimately, the price was capped at 3000 contribution points.
At this moment, Fangzhou finally made his move. He quoted a safe price: 3100 contribution points.
The scene froze for a moment, and the auction hall fell silent.
As Ark had predicted, the Twilight Robe held little appeal for the vast majority of Bronze-level mages.
After all, its two biggest highlights are the material quality, which once reached the blue-grade excellent quality, and the twilight buff it provides to summoner spellcasters.
Among human professionals on Earth, combat professionals make up the vast majority.
Among the few magic users, only a small portion are summoning classes.
This is a fundamental principle for human legal professionals, regardless of their level.
Therefore, among these bronze-level graduates, very few are actually able to use the Twilight Robe.
Apart from a few students who also had a side job as blacksmiths and were interested in the materials of the Twilight Robe, only one student who had awakened the Elementalist class truly posed a threat to the Ark.
After Fangzhou announced the price of 3100 contribution points, the other participants in the auction all stopped bidding.
Only the bronze-level elementalist has not given up.
He glanced at the private room where Fang Zhou was, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but then he gritted his teeth and said, "3200 contribution points."
The bronze-tier elementalist was much more conflicted than Ark, and his determination to buy the Twilight Robe was not as strong as Ark's.
the reason is simple.
He had already purchased a high-quality green Summoner's Robe for himself.
From a purely visual perspective, aside from the special Twilight status effect, this Summoner's Robe is not much inferior to the Twilight Robe.
Therefore, spending another 3000 or more contribution points to purchase this somewhat duplicated Twilight Robe would be a painful price to pay, even for someone like him, one of the top graduates of the Haicheng Military Academy.
Fangzhou keenly sensed his competitor's hesitation and indecisiveness.
He clearly realized that this was the perfect opportunity for him to win the auction.
So, Fangzhou pressed its advantage and decisively offered an even higher price: "3500 contribution points."
For Fangzhou, as long as he can acquire this Twilight Robe for under 4000 contribution points, he will make a huge profit.
As expected, after he revealed the price, the elementalist hesitated for a moment and then gave up participating in the auction.
Fangzhou ultimately won the bid for the excellent quality green Twilight Robe with 3500 contribution points.
This auction price, which was an astronomical figure for most Iron-level students, thrilled all the students who participated in the auction and greatly broadened their horizons.
Fang Zhou's extravagant spending tonight has thoroughly made him famous among the senior students at Haicheng Military Academy.
Ignoring external reactions, after obtaining the Twilight Robe, Ark immediately used its attribute panel to absorb a large amount of hidden soul crystals.
This wave of Soul Power income reached a staggering 1000 points, far exceeding Ark's expectations.
Leaving aside the value of the Twilight Robe itself, the soul power absorbed within it alone is worth more than the price of admission.
The next few days were incredibly fulfilling and joyful for Fangzhou.
He frequented trading markets, haggling with sellers from all walks of life in search of the best value materials and resources.
At the auction, he was exceptionally enthusiastic, bidding heavily for items that were useful to him.
During this period, he not only used his previous accumulation to frantically acquire all kinds of resources he needed from trading markets and auctions, but also relied on the wisdom of Sandru, Instructor Su Xinyan, and others to help him quickly digest the resources he had plundered in the past few days.
It is worth mentioning that, after careful consideration, Fangzhou decided to ask Instructor Huang Qiuyue about the part-time requirements for the blacksmithing profession.
Instructor Huang Qiuyue patiently explained to Fang Zhou the part-time requirements and improvement methods for the blacksmith secondary profession.
Fangzhou eventually spent several hundred points of soul power to officially take on the blacksmith secondary profession and successfully upgraded it to the beginner level.
Under the guidance of Instructor Huang Qiuyue, Fangzhou successfully used the negative energy ore essence obtained from auctions or transactions to forge his Nova Mage Hat and Nova Mage Boots into versions with stronger negative energy conductivity.
The original basic attributes have also been significantly improved.
【Ember Mage Hat】(White Common): Forged from the essence of negative energy ore, based on the Nova Mage Hat, it possesses extraordinary conductivity for negative energy. Slightly increases the wearer's maximum mana and slightly increases the wearer's constitution attribute; when the wearer is a negative energy class, the above effects are further enhanced.
【Ember Mage Boots】(White Common): Forged from the essence of negative energy ore, based on the Nova Mage Boots, possessing extraordinary conductivity for negative energy. Slightly increases the wearer's movement speed and agility attribute; when the wearer is a negative energy class, the above effects are further enhanced.
The successful modification of these two pieces of equipment has significantly enhanced the Ark's combat capabilities.
He felt more comfortable casting necromancy, and his mana ceiling and physical agility had improved significantly.
In addition, the [Twilight Robe] that Fangzhou acquired for a high price of 3500 contribution points was also perfectly equipped by Fangzhou under the adjustment of Instructor Huang Qiuyue.
Instructor Huang Qiuyue not only helped him solve the equipment compatibility problem, but also further optimized the performance of the robe to ensure that its various special effects could be maximized.
The moment Fang Zhou donned the Twilight Robe, he immediately felt a powerful surge of energy flow into his body. He felt a significant boost to his mental strength, and the undead army he summoned was even more powerful in the Twilight state.
Each time he cast a direct damage skill, he could clearly feel the spell's power significantly increased, which made him more adept in actual combat.
Now, each of Ark's eight pieces of equipment has been carefully selected and improved, greatly enhancing his combat power and survivability.
Besides a green, high-quality Twilight Robe, he also had two pieces of negative energy equipment refined from the essence of ember ore, and a necromancer orb given to him by Instructor Su Xinyan.
The remaining four pieces of equipment are the four-piece training set from the Nova Mage set, which can activate the Nova set's set effect.
As for the Mirror of the Heart, this wondrous object that had helped Ark many times, it had already been partially repaired with the help of Su Xinyan, incorporating precious materials such as the Mind Prism that Ark had painstakingly collected.
The quality of the Mirror of the Heart has now been upgraded to White Common, and it has a very obvious soul nourishing effect on the Ark, which has now reached the Black Iron rank.
Besides equipment and artifacts, Ark has also acquired several ancient skill manuals from alien civilizations at the trade fair these past few days, greatly expanding his knowledge base and skill materials.
Therefore, with the blessing of soul power, he deduced two more poison-based skills: Poison Cloud and Venomous Nova.
[Poison Cloud Spell] (Black Iron, Mastery): Consumes necromancy to create a colorless and odorless cloud of putrid poison that can envelop a large area of enemies. Enemies enveloped by the putrid cloud will enter a state of continuous poisoning, with their four main attributes reduced to a certain extent, their attack power decreased to a certain extent, and their resistance to putrid energy decreased to a certain extent. The casting range, skill effect, and duration are determined by the caster's spirit attribute and skill proficiency.
【Venomous Nova】(Black Iron, Mastery): Detonates the accumulated undead corruption within a large area of enemies, ignoring enemy shields and dealing massive corruption and necrotic energy damage. The more undead corruption accumulates within the enemy, the greater the skill damage. Skill effects and casting range are determined by Spirit attribute and skill proficiency.
Corpse Explosion, Rot Aura, Poison Cloud, and Venom Nova—these four Corruption-based skills are the culmination of Ark's and his research assistant's collaborative efforts over this period.
These four Corruption-based skills complement each other, forming a complete and sophisticated skill cycle without considering other skills in Ark.
Skills such as Rot Aura, Poison Cloud, and Brutal Aura can apply Undead Corruption to a wide range of enemies.
Corpse Explosion and Poison Nova can detonate the undead putrefaction within enemies or corpses, causing massive area damage.
Compared to the straightforward killing patterns of Skeleton-type skills such as Skeleton Heart-Piercing Spear and Skeleton Shockwave, Corruption-type skills undoubtedly have a very obvious characteristic: they are insidious, vicious, and impossible to defend against.
Furthermore, due to the stealth and undetectability of the undead putrefaction, enemies often find it difficult to realize that a large amount of undead putrefaction has accumulated in their bodies.
The most commonly used energy shields are unlikely to provide significant protection without specific countermeasures against undead corruption energy.
This greatly enhances the Ark's ability to specialize against various types of enemies on the battlefield.