Chapter 408: Basic Abilities Break Through Human Limits

POSTED ON JUNE 14, 2023 BY KEN

They wandered around for a while. Fang Linyan took a fancy to a silver story equipment called Mithril Chain Armor, which was quite domineering!

Increase 15 defense/1 strength/3 stamina

Not only that, but it could also bestow a powerful beneficial state to the wearer.

During this period, it could reduce the magic damage caused by the enemy by 15% and the damage of the wearer’s skills could be increased by 15%!

But there was a reason why such a good item was kept until now. That was expensive……

This item was like why a good-looking/tall and plump/successful female doctor was about to go through menopause and not get married yet?

Of course, she didn’t like the man who liked her, and all the men she liked were looking for young girls…

When Fang Linyan heard the arrogant tone of the booth owner, he estimated that if he traded it with Sakura Dragon Bundle, he still had to add more points. Therefore, he and Goat simply walked away.

Before Fang Linyan found anything to buy, Goat had picked up a cheap bargain. He found a piece of blue equipment that reduced the cost of casting spells.

The seller should be eager to sell for money to buy supplies, so it was at least 30% lower than the market price.

Shortly after Goat made the deal, he stayed in place for a few seconds and said with a smile,

“Okay, the guy who sells the headgear before has pm me. Let’s go over and talk again.”

Fang Linyan looked at the time and said,

“I still have about two and a half hours. Should we delay it more?”

Goat said,

“I think it’s enough. It doesn’t make much sense to delay anymore.”

Fang Linyan said,

“Okay, let’s go over then.”

After returning to the man’s booth, he found that there was a big man beside him, smoking a cigarette.

Although there were protective measures to cover the face in the Space, from his gestures, it could be seen that the burly man was quite imposing. He should be the boss of the booth owner.

Goat walked over to greet, and the burly man said,

“Show me that spear?”

Such a request was very reasonable. Needless to say, Fang Linyan shared the attributes.

The burly man looked at it twice and said directly,

“In normal times, this weapon is worth only 25,000 common points, 28,000 at most.”

“The attributes of our hat are actually quite good, but weapon must be more valuable. How about 8,000 common points + the headgear to exchange for your weapon.”

As soon as Fang Linyan heard it, he knew that he had met an expert. The burly man basically calculated the value of the two pieces of equipment very accurately. His proposed plan was right above Fang Linyan’s bottom line.

But who was Goat? Had a top salesman never met this situation? He said,

“We don’t lack common points. If you want it sincerely, then the headgear + 3 potential points + your ring.”

The ring Goat was talking about was a piece of blue equipment called the Mysterious Ring of the Wild Boar.

The attributes of this ring were also very strange. There were 3 attributes in total.

Equipment: Makes the wearer’s strength +3

Equipment: Makes the wearer’s strength +3

Equipment: Makes the wearer’s strength -2

Goat has also inquired about the origin of this mysterious ring. There was a 50% chance of it appearing in the black market opened by the Star Realm Consortium.

Under normal circumstances, no one from the Star Consortium would appear in the main reception room of the black market, unless you actively summon them.

However, sometimes there would be a robot that looked very ordinary like the trash can in Star Wars.

The name of this robot was called “Lucky Pierre”.

After communicating with it, you would find that he only sold equipment. The prefixes were all “mysterious”.

Such as mysterious shoulder armor, mysterious armor, mysterious ring, mysterious boots, etc.,

The price was very cheap as well. How cheap was it? You could buy 1 for about 200-300 common points.

Of course, if you thought that the guys in the black market suddenly realized their conscience and returned the benefits to the customers, that was absolutely impossible.

Because you couldn’t see any attributes of the mysterious equipment before you bought it; after you bought it… you couldn’t see any attributes either.

If you wanted to check the attribute, there was only 1 way, which was to buy a liquid that sounded awesome for washing. It was called the Blood of God King!

After sprinkling this liquid, the mysterious equipment would show its attributes.

As for the price of this liquid, listen to it, it was called the Blood of God King! The people of the black market fought against the God King with their lives. Wouldn’t you be ashamed to give less money?

It was 5,000 common points a bottle. Each person was limited to 5 bottles!

The mysterious equipment could have 5 attributes at most and at least 2. According to people in the black market, the chance of washing out positive attributes was as high as 90%!

Of course, they were just talking.

Just like this Mysterious Ring of the Wild Boar, there were 3 attributes in total, 2 positive attributes and 1 negative attribute. It was already full of luck.

1 positive attribute and 1 negative attribute were usually what people got.

However, Goat had also personally seen a piece of mysterious equipment with 4 positive attributes. The value of that item was no lower than Fang Linyan’s Sakura Dragon Bundle.

Another point of this mysterious equipment was that the wearing requirement was very strange.

For example, if its main attribute was to increase spirit, then it was clear that the target group was the magicians.

Needless to say, the wearing requirement must be high strength, and it must be above 10.

For example, if its main attribute was to increase agility, then it was clear that the target group was the shooters and assassins.

Needless to say, the wearing requirement must be high charisma or high intelligence, and it must be above 10.

And this mysterious ring obviously increase 4 strength, but the wearing requirement was 12 intelligence… Probably that was why it hadn’t been sold now.

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The man opposite frowned when he heard the price offered by Goat.

But Goat’s quoted price was well grasped. It happened to land on the bottom line of “this matter can still be discussed”.

So he held back his anger and said,

“No, if that’s the case, you have to add more chips!”

Fang Linyan and Goat looked at each other, then Fang Linyan took out the Enemy of the Dark, Itchy Crotch, and Lulin’s Collection.

The Siren’s Egg with the highest transaction value was the hidden chip.

As a result, the other party made a simple choice. That was “I want them all”!

This was definitely impossible, but when showing the attributes, a passerby wearing a red cloak took a fancy to the equipment of Lulin’s Collection and strongly demanded to buy it.

In this way, the original two-party trade suddenly became a three-party trade, which made Fang Linyan feel dizzy.

Finally, the 3 parties finally made a deal.

Fang Linyan offered 2 pieces of equipment, Bavarian Blood Spear + Lulin’s Collection.

He successfully exchanged them for the Mysterious Ring of the Wild Boar and Strange Black Pattern Headgear.

Not only that, he also got 5 additional potential points and 2 merit points.

The smoking burly man got Bavarian Blood Spear + 5000 common points while paying the Mysterious Ring of the Wild Boar + Strange Black Pattern Headgear + 1 merit point

The passerby wearing a red cloak paid 5000 common points + 5 potential points + 1 merit point.

After this trade, Fang Linyan made a small profit.

For the smoking burly man, they lose about 2000 common points.

Passersby wearing a red cloak paid about 4000 common points more.

But Fang Linyan also noticed that this guy should be an assassin. Lulin’s Collection could increase the backstab damage by 50. This damage was not limited to melee or long-range!

More importantly, the 50 extra damage was calculated separately from the main damage! The significance of this was very important.

For example, if the assassin backstabs the opponent, the final damage figure will be 100+50, which was equivalent to an extra stab.

This extra 50 damage could trigger many negative effects.

For example, after inflicting damage to the enemy, there would be a 50% chance of slowing down the enemy.

Then with Lulin’s Collection, because the damage was calculated separately, the slow effect was almost inevitable.

Another example was when Fang Linyan equipped Lulin’s Collection, the [Dragon Cough Flash] could inflict 2 Eater Marks on the enemy.

In this case, this piece of equipment meant a lot to him. Even if it didn’t have the additional attributes of Strength +1/Stamina+1, this person must buy it.

After the trade was completed, Fang Linyan already had 7 potential points and 12,200 common points. The traded merit points, that had been lowered to 0, were now 2.

So first, he spent 3 potential points and 4000 common points to upgrade the Basic Step from LV6 to LV7.

In other words, this was Fang Linyan’s first basic ability upgraded to LV7.

It was also the first basic ability to break through the limit of human beings.

Next, a series of options popped up.

Contestant ZB419, you have successfully broken through Basic Step to LV7. You have mastered all kinds of basic steps created by human beings and even surpassed them.

The tens of billions of unenhanced human beings that have appeared on the Earth throughout the ages have been trampled under your feet in this Basic Step. They have no way to reach your level!!

TL: What extra buff will he draw from the Basic Step LV7?