Chapter 793: Chapter 495: Ring of the Battle Maniac, Radiance of the Aura_2
The plainclothes agent immediately explained to him, looking as if he feared displeasing him.
"Alright, I’ll go pick my equipment now. Transfer the money to my account as soon as possible."
Wang Zhifan heard and immediately went towards the location of the twelve elite agents in the bureau without bargaining.
The battle in the mirror world had already ended, in the supermarket area surrounded by elite agents, on the ground lay two gradually cooling corpses and one dying entity.
Specifically, it consisted of a headless Black gunman whose head had been blown to pieces, a white strongman tightly bound by a silver chain with an angry glaring stare in death, and a Black Dragon several meters long covered with scorch marks and blood holes, barely clinging to life.
It can be deduced that the Black gunman died from physical attack, most likely killed by another player of the same profession with a headshot.
The white strongman was likely killed by soul attacks or other special types of damage, as his armor seemed minimally damaged, and there were no obvious wounds on his head.
The Black Dragon was a victim of mixed strikes, losing its sanity, becoming akin to a live target, absorbing all kinds of damage. Had the agents not intentionally spared its life, it would surely have dropped first.
Wang Zhifan first checked the white strongman. Upon arrival, a young agent retrieved the slender silver chain binding the white strongman’s corpse, then took out a handkerchief to wipe smudges off the chain.
As the young agent noticed someone approaching to examine the equipment, he instinctively reached out to stop them, but soon a voice in his ear told him not to interfere, so he withdrew his hand.
While Wang Zhifan unemotionally assessed the attributes of the equipment on the corpse, faint discussions were audible to him.
"Is that the expert Mr. Li invited? I’ve never seen him before..."
"I heard he’s a newly risen expert from Dongjiang City, naturally different from those old faces."
"Newly risen experts can be this strong? Isn’t it a mistake!"
"Who knows! I reckon he’s definitely not a new player, likely an early participant in the supernatural game who always kept a low profile until recently catching the bureau’s attention..."
...
Within seconds, Wang Zhifan finished inspecting the white strongman’s equipment and selected a piece—an Excellence Level ring.
[Berserker’s Ring (Excellence)]
[Combat Expertise: All your skill levels increase by 1 (maximum skill level upgrade to Lv8), with your Warrior profession skills receiving an extra 2 levels (maximum skill level upgrade to Lv10).]
[Warrior’s Body: The more severely you are injured, the stronger your physical defense and life recovery, gaining up to a 60% extra physical damage reduction, and increasing basic life recovery speed by 3600%.]
[Fervor’s Heart: Upon entering combat, all your basic attributes increase by 18%, with the bonus quickly dissipating upon exiting combat. This bonus effect can trigger infinitely but will not stack.]
"Only this ring on him seems relatively useful for me, it can replace my rare accessory, the Evil Spirit Exhilaration."
[Evil Spirit Exhilaration (Rare)]
[When wearing this necklace, all your skill levels increase by 1 (maximum skill level upgrade to Lv7).]
[When wearing this necklace, you gain the "Exhilaration" aura, effective within a 60-meter radius around you.]
[Exhilaration: You and all allies increase speed by 8%, and are immune to fear effects.]
It can be seen that Wang Zhifan had not replaced the rare Evil Spirit Exhilaration necklace, coveting its all-skill level boost, with the exhilaration aura being merely incidental.
Yet this Berserker’s Ring perfectly substitutes, offering not only a higher skill level boost but also extra Warrior profession skill augmentation.
Moreover, the temporary attribute bonus from Fervor’s Heart completely overshadows the marginal personal enhancement from the Exhilaration aura, rendering the distinction between combat-triggered and permanent effects negligible.
Conversely, the immensely exaggerated Warrior’s Body trait seems somewhat redundant to him, as he is already well-rounded defensively, lacking need for this slight increase.
After examining the white strongman player’s corpse equipment, Wang Zhifan proceeded to inspect the headless corpse of the Black gunman, then further to where he had killed a white female Priest and an Asian male Summoner with a single strike.
Among them, the Black gunman’s equipment was relatively intact, boasting three Excellence Level items, yet none caught his interest.
The white female Priest player’s body had virtually disintegrated due to the overwhelming power of his strike, obliterating her flesh along with the equipment.
But the equipment being utterly destroyed also indicated that their quality was not particularly high.
The Asian Summoner youth’s corpse, affected only by the blade light, retained half its remains, implying that half of his equipment still endured.
Wang Zhifan casually observed, discovering a rare ring, half an Excellence Level necklace, half a piece of Excellence Level clothing, a single rare glove and a single Excellence Level shoe.
Ordinarily, he would simply walk away and abandon partially damaged items, given he had plenty of complete equipment options, making defectives undesirable. But the remaining half of the Excellence Level necklace drew his attention.
[Aura Radiance (Excellence) (Damaged)]
[This magical necklace grants you and allies within 1000 meters multiple aura enhancements, with doubling effects under ongoing Spiritual Power consumption, provided you manage to fully repair it.]
[Striking Aura (Inactive): You and allies deal 11% more damage.]
[Agility Aura (Inactive): You and allies improve movement and attack speed by 9%.]
[Resistance Aura (Inactive): You and allies enhance resistance to various control effects.]
[Healing Aura (Inactive): You and allies receive slow, continuous life regeneration.]
[Wisdom Aura (Inactive): You and allies accelerate all energy recovery by 18%.]
[Defense Aura (Inactive): You and allies gain an extra 5% overall damage reduction.]
[Flame Resistance Aura (Inactive): You and allies enhance flame resistance by 15%.]
[Ice Resistance Aura (Inactive): You and allies increase ice resistance by 15%.]
[Electric Resistance Aura...]
...
"Whoa... nearly 20 auras in total!
Though each may seem a bit ordinary, considering the potential to double effects with Spiritual Power consumption, their combined impact might be quite remarkable...
No wonder myriad auras were observed atop this person’s head earlier, it’s evidently attributed to this necklace’s effect..."
After briefly contemplating, and discreetly checking his backpack space, Wang Zhifan reached out and stored the half-remaining Excellence Level necklace.
His action aimed to confirm that a long-held item in his memory had not been depleted.
[Equipment Repair Scroll (Excellence)]
[Utilize this scroll to perfectly repair equipment of Excellence Level and below.]
This rare Excellence Level Equipment Repair Scroll came from the Forbidden Fruit Island sea dungeon, now considered somewhat aged.
Back then, he and brothers Chen Ming and Chen Can faced a mysterious and powerful woman on a sea ship, nearly becoming annihilated by her.
Fortunately, the supernatural game detected abnormal dungeon difficulty, reversing time to resurrect the slain Chen Ming and Chen Can, granting him compensation, which included three of these repair scrolls.
At the time, Wang Zhifan used two scrolls to restore equipment damaged by the woman, saving the last one for when his slightly damaged Thunder Dragon Fury saber truly broke, but now repairing this necklace seems more fitting.
Because he hardly needs the Excellence Level Thunder Dragon Fury now, the legendary Cyan Emperor Saber will serve as his main weapon long-term.
Moreover, his Thunder Dragon Fury isn’t genuinely broken, merely with slight nicks on the blade, remaining fully functional.
Thus, overall, utilizing the scroll to mend this aura necklace with practical enhancement is more cost-effective.
