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Chapter 299 Leaving, Third Turn at the God and Demon Shop! (Seeking monthly votes!)
"Om-"

Accompanied by a deep hum, Yu Zhun and his four companions simultaneously appeared in a magnificent hall.

Even now, their faces still showed a hint of fear.

Just a little bit.

The Heavenly Ruins Divine Palace Master's clone reacted too quickly, as if it had been watching them all along, just waiting for them to enter the Heavenly Ruins Dojo.

Before they could even get a clear look at the situation inside the Heavenly Ruins Dojo, a terrifying aura that seemed capable of easily destroying them descended upon them.

If the five of them hadn't activated the [Instance Exit Card] the moment they were teleported into the Heavenly Ruins Dojo, Yu Zhun had no doubt that they would have been stuck there forever.

"Congratulations on your successful return."

A voice, neither male nor female and devoid of emotion, came from the side, causing Yu Zhun and the other four to look up at the same time.

Golden robe, black and gold mask.

The newcomer was none other than God 1, whom I had met once before in the [Heavenly Ruins Sacred Realm]. Moreover, compared to that God 1, the aura of the one before me was much more solid and terrifying, giving one the feeling of staring into an abyss.

Yu Zhun couldn't help but suspect that what had arrived at this moment was the other party's true form.

A streak of light flew out from Yu Zhun's body, transforming into another illusory God 1, and then merging with the God 1 before him.

After a moment of silence, God 1 slowly spoke.

"Very good, you have entered the Heavenly Ruins Dojo."

"I will also keep my promise and open the God and Demon Shop for you in the third stage of the advancement."

As His words fell, the entire hall suddenly roared.

Under the shocked gazes of Yu Zhun and his companions, the already magnificent scale of the God and Demon Shop was expanding wildly.

Hundred times... thousand times... ten thousand times!
As the space of the God and Demon Shop expanded, more and more shelves appeared out of thin air, each shelf piled with various treasures, some of which were so powerful that even their mere aura made Yu Zhun and the others tremble with fear.

"boom!!!"

With a tremendous roar, the God and Demon Shop finally stopped expanding; its size was now tens of millions of times larger than before.

On countless shelves were displayed a multitude of rare and precious treasures that made Yu Zhun and his companions tremble with awe. In the sky above the main hall, there were countless clusters of light like stars, each one a priceless treasure.

What's even more breathtaking are the interior walls and dome of this great hall.

At this moment, the inner walls and dome were filled with endless seven-colored light, and countless fragments of mythology were densely embedded on them!
God 1 hovered in the air, its indifferent golden eyes looking down at Yu Zhun and the other five. Its body was filled with unfathomable divine power, which made Yu Zhun and the other five feel an inexplicable urge to worship it.

"Welcome to the Treasure Hall of the Gods and Demons Palace."

"As long as you have enough God and Demon Medals, you can exchange them for anything you want."

Yu Zhun and the other four men's breathing quickened instantly.

"Legend has it that the Palace of Gods and Demons holds an endless collection of treasures," Helmod said in a deep voice, his mind trembling. "The Gods and Demons Shop we see is just the tip of the iceberg of the Palace of Gods and Demons."

"How many God and Demon Medals do I have?" Lu Wen suddenly looked at God 1. "If I remember correctly, I have 20 million Willpower left!"

"Your willpower will be exchanged for medals at a ratio of ten to one," God 1 said calmly. "Now, you can make your choice."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Lu Wen chuckled and rubbed his hands together. "Give me 743 Mythical Fragments first!"

"As you wish." With a casual wave of his hand, God 1 caused fragments of mythology to peel off from the dome of the main hall and fly toward Lu Wen.

In just a moment, fragments of mythology piled up like a small mountain appeared before Lu Wen's eyes.

"Hahaha, I've struck it rich!" Lu Wen's eyes were filled with rainbow colors as he pounced on the object and began absorbing it without saying a word.

However, Yu Zhun and the other three kept their eyes fixed on the dome.

In the blink of an eye, the dome, which had dimmed slightly due to the removal of mythological fragments, re-emerged with seven-colored light. Mythological fragments, appearing from nowhere, filled the void, seemingly endless.

This left Yu Zhun and his companions speechless, giving them a deeper understanding of the true strength of the Divine Demon Palace.

On the other side, Lu Wen had absorbed 729 mythical fragments and successfully advanced from X3 to X4.

He tossed the remaining 14 mythological fragments to Helmod, saying, "Little Helmod, the debt is paid back. The extra one will be interest."

Helmod: "..."

When borrowing the fragments, he called me "brother," but now he calls me "Little He"?
Without standing on ceremony with Lu Wen, Helmod casually put away the mythological fragments and looked at Lu Wen, "If you're not going to continue, then I'll take over?"

"Tsk!" Lu Wen curled his lip in displeasure. "Aren't you curious about what kind of talent boost I've gained this time?"

“X4 level ignores health lock.” Helmod said irritably, “What else could it be?”

"Hehe, there really is." Lu Wen said excitedly, "When I upgraded to X3 before, didn't I get an effect that granted me one second of invulnerability after each kill?"

"Now this effect has changed from locking health to invincibility."

Locking health has turned into invincibility...

“X7 level?!” Helmod’s expression changed.

"What X7 level?" Yu Zhun couldn't help but look at Helmod.

“Locking health and invincibility have very similar effects,” Helmod explained. “Locking health prevents your health from being affected, while invincibility prevents your status from being affected.”

"That is, health points and mana points are locked simultaneously."

“Besides that, another important difference between the two is…” Helmod paused slightly, “the invincibility effect can generally be ignored in the face of X4 level talents.”

"But the invincibility effect can only be ignored at the X7 level talent level."

"That was already the later stage of deification."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhun and the others couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

They were saying before that Lu Wen's X3 level talent boost was quite significant, but it became ineffective at X4 level.

To my utter surprise, it still works at X4 level.

"You guys carry on, I'll go pick something else first." Lu Wen chuckled and rushed towards the rows of shelves in front of him.

After exchanging the myth fragments he had just received, he still had over 500,000 God and Demon Medals.

It's impossible to reach X5 level in a short time, so naturally I'll use these medals to see if I can exchange them for something better.

“Then I’ll do it.” Helmod took a deep breath and looked at God1. “I want to exchange for 715 Myth Fragments.”

With what Lu Wen gave him back, it was just enough to break through to level X4.

Having witnessed Lu Wen's demonstration, Helmod was now extremely excited about the effects of his enhanced talent.

With a casual wave of his hand, God 1 unleashed a torrent of mythological fragments that swept in. After absorbing all of these fragments, Helmod was overjoyed. "I've also received an additional boost!"

His talent is a numerical talent. In addition to gaining the effect of ignoring the lock-on effect, the numerical value itself is also greatly improved, which means that he can deal higher damage.

In addition to these regular buffs, Helmod's talent also has an additional effect.

That means you get an extra 50% damage bonus when facing an opponent whose maximum mana is lower than their maximum health!
Except for some players who need to deliberately lower their health or increase their mana due to their talents, most players will normally have less mana than health.

This effect is extremely versatile!

After sharing the changes in his talent with Yu Zhun and the other two, Helmod did not continue to exchange for mythical fragments.

However, unlike Lu Wen, his reason for not exchanging items was not to choose other items, but simply because he had run out of medals.

As the only one among the five to choose the pantheon, Hermod's acquisition of wish power was already quite fast, to be fair.

But the problem is that the other four are all bloodthirsty, and they killed almost everyone they saw when they were fighting in the Heavenly Ruins Holy Realm.

In comparison, his willpower value was the lowest. After deducting the more than six million willpower consumed to enter the Heavenly Ruins Dojo, the remaining willpower was exchanged for God and Demon Medals. After exchanging for the fragments he had just acquired, he was left with only a small amount, not enough to exchange for any of the good items.

However, Helmod was not discouraged.

Because he knew very well that even if he chose the magic path...

In terms of killing, he couldn't compete with the other killers.

After all, Helmod's job advancement and talents are very strong in single-target attacks, but his area-of-effect attacks are quite average.

So, after raising his talent to X4, Helmod stood aside contentedly, waiting for the others to leave together.

Both of them achieved epic-level enhancements at X4 level, and Yu Zhun and the other two were also getting restless.

“I’ll do it!” Udyr spoke first, and then exchanged 729 medals in one go, raising his talent to level X4.

However, after seeing the results of the upgrade, her expression fell.

Why didn't I get any additional effects?

In addition to ignoring the invincibility effect that is consistent with X4 level, Udyr's probability of obtaining the counter talent has increased from 75% to 80%.

Then it was gone.

"You should be content!" Yu Zhun said with a wry smile, "With your talent, you become invincible at the same level every time you improve."

"You want to increase the effects even with this? Are you trying to kill us?"

Yu Zhu and Helmod, who were standing to the side, nodded in agreement.

To this day, none of them dare to say they can beat Udyr with certainty. Even Yu Zhu, who has been exceptionally strong all along, is not so sure he can beat Udyr.

“That makes sense.” Udir quickly understood.

She was just making a casual remark; she was actually quite satisfied with the improvement in her own talent.

"I'll go check out the other treasures." Udir waved to Yu Zhun and Yu Zhu, and quickly walked towards the shelves.

Her world is still very backward. If she could obtain some treasures here to help her world become stronger quickly, that would be wonderful.

After Udir had also temporarily left, Yu Zhun looked at Yu Zhu.

"You first or me first?"

"I'll go first!" Yu Zhu chuckled, and like the other three, he only exchanged enough mythical fragments to upgrade himself to level X4.

After absorbing the nutrients, seeing Yu Zhu's delighted expression, Yu Zhun knew that Yu Zhu had probably also gained some new improvements.

What new changes have been made?

“There really is one.” Yu Zhu chuckled. “Perhaps because the priest class is different from other classes and is not a damage dealer, my talent progression is different from yours.”

"Oh?" Yu Zhun showed an interested expression.

Helmod, who was watching the drama unfold, couldn't help but chime in, "If I remember correctly, when a priest is upgraded to X4, they won't be able to ignore the lock-on effect."

“Indeed.” Yu Zhu nodded. “I didn’t get the talent effect of ignoring the lock-on effect, but I have other effects that can replace it.”

"My talent has changed from a 4000% increase in skill description to a 6000% increase in skill description or a special increase."

Yu Zhun and Helmod looked at each other in bewilderment.

A 6000% increase is truly astonishing, making one marvel at the absurdity of the numbers.

But they could all guess that the more important thing was the special enhancement.

"The so-called special upgrade means giving up the 60-fold increase in the skill effect value, but gaining a completely new skill description."

"For example, the original skill description of [Resurrection Trick] was that you would gain 3 seconds of invincibility after resurrection. After the value was increased, the duration of invincibility could be increased to 180 seconds, but no matter how long the invincibility lasts, it is useless against level 4."

"So I can give up the numerical improvement and replace 'locked health' in the skill description with 'invincibility'."

"That is, you are invincible for 3 seconds after resurrection."

"Similarly, I can forgo the stat boost from [Poisonous Healing] when it reduces health, in order to grant it the effect of ignoring the invincibility effect."

"hiss--"

After hearing Yu Zhu's account, Yu Zhun and Helmod both gasped in shock.

comprehensive!

That's so comprehensive!

I originally thought that Yu Zhu, that freak, would be severely nerfed in X4.

I never expected it to be so intense!
"Hehe, I'm going to pick out some treasures~" Seeing the shocked reactions of Yu Zhun and the other two, Yu Zhu smiled with satisfaction and turned to walk towards the shelves.

Now, only Yu Zhun remains who hasn't improved his talent.

"Is it my turn?" Yu Zhun couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Exchange for 729 Mythical Fragments!"

"Alright." God 1 casually waved his hand, and a torrent of mythological fragments swept down from the dome, landing in front of Yu Zhun.

After absorbing all the fragments, Yu Zhun was enveloped in a seven-colored light, and at the same time, lines of text appeared before his eyes.

Congratulations on completing the enhancement of your professional talent!

【Open and aboveboard (X3 level): Perform the assassination openly and aboveboard, dealing two consecutive 100% one-hit kills to the target (forced death), only applicable to targets in an enemy state】

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【Open and aboveboard (X4 level): Perform the assassination openly and aboveboard, ignoring the invincibility effect, and deal two consecutive 100% one-hit kills to the target (forcibly achieving death), and add another one-hit kill after a 5-second delay. Only applicable to targets in an enemy state】

"this!!!"

Yu Zhun gasped, a look of surprise appearing in his eyes.

"What effect does it have?" Helmod asked curiously.

After learning the details of Yu Zhun's effects, he also took a deep breath, then shook his head with a wry smile.

"If Yu Zhu and Lu Wen knew, they would probably cry."

In addition to ignoring the lock-on effect, the [Upright and Honest] talent, when upgraded to level 4, gains a very important additional effect.

That is to add a one-hit kill with a 5-second delay.

What makes this effect so powerful?

Just think about the invincible effects of Yu Zhu and Lu Wen, and you'll understand.

Yu Zhu's resurrection grants him 3 seconds of invincibility, while Lu Wen's talent grants him 1 second of invincibility after each kill.

Most invincibility effects last for less than 5 seconds.

In other words, Yu Zhun doesn't need to launch any further attacks; he can make many enemies die instantly after their invincibility effects end.

"The guy you've got your eye on is definitely going to die," Helmod couldn't help but exclaim. "No wonder he's an assassin."

Yu Zhun patted Helmod on the shoulder, "Everyone's results have improved significantly."

"Next, I'm going to choose some treasures."

“Go ahead,” Helmod said with a smile. “I’ll be waiting for you.”

(End of this chapter)