Chapter 73: Chapter73-Containing the First Item
[-264,571!]
It was that familiar execution damage again.
The moment the dagger hit, John’s HP was emptied.
But almost immediately, a notification rang beside his ears.
[Player has entered a death state. Phoenix Blood activated!]
[Player has entered Nirvana Rebirth state!]
As crimson flames appeared around John’s body, his HP rapidly recovered to full, and he entered the three-second invincible state of Nirvana Rebirth.
It had already been twenty-four hours since the last time he had been instantly killed and triggered Phoenix Blood, so naturally, the effect was available again.
Without hesitation, John decisively erupted with a terrifying wave of Spatial Authority.
The two assassins originally hidden in the void were instantly forced to reveal themselves and were blasted back several hundred meters.
As John pulled open the distance, he turned his head and looked over, his gaze turning cold.
"It’s you two again."
The assassin holding the dagger looked at the crimson flames appearing around John, his expression extremely ugly.
"Damn it. How is this man’s Phoenix Blood so dense?"
He had never seen anyone capable of triggering the Phoenix Nirvana Rebirth effect twice in such a short period of time.
Sensing the surrounding Spatial Law constantly trembling, the two realized that things were going badly. They decisively concealed themselves again, planning to wait for another chance to assassinate him.
However, in the next instant, a gleam lit up in John’s eyes.
Under the effect of True Sight, the two had nowhere to hide.
"You think I can’t see you just because you’re hiding there?"
Fury surged in his heart. He directly raised his hand toward their location and sealed off the surrounding space.
Sensing the space around them rapidly squeezing inward, the two assassins’ hearts tightened.
They had never expected John to possess an ability like True Sight.
Seeing that they could no longer remain hidden, the two decisively revealed themselves and fled backward.
However, they had underestimated John’s Agility.
John directly released LoranBlade, and with several flashes of his body, he caught up to the two of them.
The assassin holding Deathblade gritted his teeth and turned to stab at John.
But John had long since prepared himself.
With the extreme mobility brought by Spatial Authority, he easily dodged the strike.
Once that attack missed, the assassin no longer had any ability to resist.
John directly unleashed two Voidblade Gales, tearing both assassins apart.
[You have killed a Lv.200 enemy assassin. EXP +20,000, gold coin +200!]
[You have killed a Lv.200 enemy assassin. EXP +20,000, gold coin +200!]
Before the two corpses could fall into the spatial rifts, John directly absorbed them.
[You have devoured the corpse of a Lv.200 enemy assassin. Free Attribute Points +200!]
[You have devoured the corpse of a Lv.200 enemy assassin. Free Attribute Points +200!]
John raised his hand, and the pitch-black dagger fell into his grasp.
[Deathblade]
[Quality]: SSS-Rank Special Item
[Effect]: After hitting a target, immediately deducts 100% of the target’s current HP and triggers an execution effect!
[Special Effect]: If the target dies from this item, Soul Lockdown will be triggered.
[Note]: The execution effect is only effective against targets more than 100 levels higher than the player. Since you are not recognized by this weapon, it will disappear after one use!
...
"A one-time execution effect."
John raised his brow slightly.
This was the first time he had seen such a special item.
But after thinking about it, the only NPCs capable of hunting him down should belong to the God Hunter’s forces.
The God Hunter already had a natural hostility toward him, so it was only reasonable that he could not freely use their items.
Still, the execution effect alone was worthy of an SSS-Rank evaluation, even if it could only be used once.
If another player obtained something like this, they would probably be so excited that they fainted on the spot.
But to John, this thing did not have much use.
Against existences more than 100 levels higher than him, John could already use Voidblade Gale to tear them apart if necessary.
This item might be somewhat useful in the later stages, but at the current stage, it was almost meaningless.
However, he quickly realized something.
The next moment, another piece of equipment appeared in his hand.
It was a book glowing with countless cold shadows of light.
It was none other than the Divine Armament Compendium he had obtained not long ago!
"Let’s try it."
With a thought from John, the Deathblade in his hand actually transformed into a stream of light and entered the Divine Armament Compendium.
[Divine Armament Compendium has contained the SSS-Rank weapon "Deathblade"!]
[Foreign imprint detected within the item. It has been erased!]
[Please check the details yourself!]
...
Listening to the notification, John raised an eyebrow.
Then he opened the panel of the Divine Armament Compendium.
...
[Divine Armament Compendium]
[Base Attributes]: All attributes +11,000, excluding Constitution and Spirit.
[Effects]:
Skill cooldowns reduced by 51%.
True Damage increased by 51%.
Critical Rate increased by 51%.
Attack Speed increased by 51%.
[Special Trait]: Contains countless divine armaments and can transform into any one of them, perfectly replicating its effects and applying additional enhancement.
[Contained Item 1: Deathblade (SSS-Rank)]
[Item 1 Effect]: When dealing damage to a target more than 150 levels higher than yourself, an execution effect can be triggered. Cooldown: 100 hours.
...
After reading the panel, John was somewhat shocked.
Because he discovered that the book’s base attributes and traits had changed.
At first, the Divine Armament Compendium’s base attribute bonus had been +10,000 to all attributes.
But now, it had actually increased by another 1,000.
In addition, all the enhancement effects within its traits had also increased by 1%.
It had also gained an additional contained page for Deathblade.
John silently pondered.
"Could it be that every item contained by the Divine Armament Compendium brings a different fundamental enhancement?
"The higher the rank of the contained equipment, the greater the fundamental enhancement."
Especially when his gaze landed on the effect of Deathblade, his heart shook even more.
"The one-time effect has been removed and changed into a 100-hour cooldown.
"And the execution threshold has also been enhanced from 100 levels higher than me to 150 levels higher than me.
"This skill can actually be somewhat useful to me now.
"As expected of God-Rank equipment. The Divine Armament Compendium is truly terrifying."
He swallowed.
The next moment, the Divine Armament Compendium in his hand rapidly transformed.
It became a dagger identical to Deathblade.
A pitch-black blade.
A handle flowing with ghostly light.
And the aura it emitted was even stronger than before!
Unfortunately, there were no test subjects nearby. Otherwise, John really wanted to test the execution effect of this blade.
"Looks like I’ll need to collect more SSS-Rank equipment in the future. If I’m lucky, I might even be able to collect some God-Rank equipment and store it inside. Maybe the enhancement will become even stronger."
The corners of John’s lips rose slightly.
With a thought, he stored the Divine Armament Compendium back into his backpack.
At that moment, a cry for help rang beside his ears.
"Outlander, I’m about to drift away! Help me!"
John turned his head and looked back.
Only then did he see that LoranBlade, whom he had released just now, had actually drifted farther and farther away.
She was about to crash into a mountain peak!
