Monster collectors on the cross-platform

Chapter 153 Evolution

First, there's the issue of equipment. There's not much to allocate here. Huo bought quite a few items for the girls in the real battlefield, giving each of them a few pieces.

It's worth mentioning that Elise received the least amount of equipment, not because Ho refused to buy it for her, but because Elise herself made a specific request.

Because Elise doesn't have much combat power in her normal state, but she can be considered a legendary unit in her spider form, and ordinary equipment provides too little assistance, Elise only took a defensive pendant to ensure her safety in her normal state.

Besides buying equipment for the three women, Huo also bought some rations for his cursed battle suit.

I haven't fed the Cursed Armor for a while, mainly because after its base stats were improved, it became less appealing to regular equipment. It's just that this time the battlefield loot was plentiful and of good quality, so Huo even bought a few purple equipment pieces to feed the Cursed Armor.

The cursed battle suit devoured several pieces of purple armor, raising the suit's base armor level to 22 and adding a shock effect.

Huo glanced at the suit's attributes with satisfaction, then closed the suit's panel.

However, the upgrade of the battle suit also further increased the absorption of Huo Huan's life force, but this was nothing to Huo Huan. Having just finished a real battlefield battle, Huo Huan's life energy was now exceptionally abundant.

After dealing with the equipment, the next step is to deal with the collectibles.

This real battlefield brought Huo tens of thousands of collectibles, nearly half of which were Drow elves' collections, while the other half were other races enslaved by the Drow in the Drow capital city.

If these tens of thousands of collectibles were used to upgrade Huo Huan's level, it would naturally be more than enough for Huo Huan to advance one level.

However, Huo also has other options, namely the 'Turning Trash into Treasure' skill, which can be used to enhance the strength of the girls.

Iris and Leticia are far weaker than me now. Like in this siege of Elise, they can only be used for the final defensive work.

If we don't improve their strength, they'll probably become marginalized and practically nonexistent in the end.

As for Elise, there's not much to say. She has no combat power in her normal state and needs to transform into a spider. However, she can only transform into a spider once a day, and each transformation lasts for a little over an hour.

The duration is too short, and it is completely inadequate when a stalemate occurs.

After thinking for a while, Huo also tried injecting the collectibles into Elise's page to see if he could further enhance Elise's strength.

However, reality slapped Huo in the face; Huo's experiment failed.

This also means that Elise's strength may have been frozen in Ho's hands. It seems that Elise and Leticia are ultimately different from the other collectibles.

The reason Elise has a name like the other two women is probably because she has reached the legendary rank.

Since Elise was not suitable, Huo then divided the collection between Iris and Leticia.

With Huo Huan's manipulation, a large number of artifacts began to be injected into the pages of Etris and Leticia.

Where others can't see, the progress bar under Etris and Leticia's pages is growing rapidly.

The progress bar grew rapidly, reaching its peak in just a few minutes.

Just as the progress bar reached 100%, two heavy thuds were heard in the living room.

Huo turned around and saw that it was Etricia and Leticia, who were watching a show in the living room, who had suddenly fainted.

Huo got up and walked over to the two women, picked them up from the ground, and put them on the sofa.

Their bodies were completely red, but their breathing was steady, so the progress bar must have been full and the two women had entered the evolutionary state. They were probably out of danger.

Seeing that the two women were unconscious, Huo didn't pay much attention to them.

The two girls' progress bars went from 0 to 100, which cost Huo nearly 2 of his collectibles. He wondered how much their strength would improve after evolving, and whether it would be worth the huge investment.

Looking at the remaining 1-plus collectibles in the Book of Collections, Huo remained calm for the time being, deciding to wait until the two women woke up before making any further decisions.

Leaving the collectibles untouched for the time being, Huo began to deal with the miscellaneous items in his spatial backpack. He had consumed quite a few potions during the previous ambush of Elise, and with the spoils he had acquired in the Underdark, it was time to organize them properly.

During this search, Huo even found a strange box in his spatial backpack.

The box was made of some kind of wood, and it fit perfectly without revealing any scent, so Huo had no idea what was inside before opening it.

However, when did this box enter my inventory?

Huo was still puzzled, so he started searching and eventually found a piece of information from the Internet on the panel.

[Network Notification: Departure from the real battlefield detected. All player contribution points have been converted into Network Coins]

[Top ten players in total contribution have been detected and will be awarded a mystery gift.]

This message must have been sent by Huo Huan when he returned to his cabin, but Huo Huan was too tired at the time and didn't notice it at all.

But it's not too late to see it now, and we don't know what will be inside this gift box.

Huo placed the gift box on his lap with great interest, rubbed his hands together as if to wash away bad luck.

Then, Huo placed both hands on the gift box and opened it with anticipation.

There was no golden light, no special effects; everything seemed so ordinary. Inside the gift box was only an unidentified piece of golden paper.

Name: Equipment Evolution Ticket (Gold)

Type: Consumables

Weight: 1g

Effect: Evolution

Introduction: This is a special reward given to players by the game. After using it on a piece of equipment, the equipment will undergo an incredible transformation, with the evolution effect varying from piece of equipment to piece of equipment.

Equipment Evolution Ticket? Can it be used to evolve equipment?

Huo immediately thought of the artifact that Aria had taken away, and wondered what it would be like after it evolved.

Then Huo also thought of the cursed battle suit he was wearing.

Huo himself doesn't have much equipment, and even less that's worth using an equipment evolution ticket for, but the Cursed Armor is clearly qualified to use this ticket.

Without hesitation, Huo used an equipment evolution voucher directly on the cursed battle suit.

A faint golden light flashed, and the equipment evolution voucher transformed into a golden light and merged into the cursed battle suit.

When the golden light faded, the cursed battle suit remained exactly as it had been, as if nothing had changed.

Huo didn't even pay attention to the appearance of the cursed battle suit; instead, he directly opened the panel.

Name: The Blesser's Lucky Armor

Type: Armor, Clothing

Weight: 10g

Base Armor Level: 22

Effects: Devouring growth, transformation, energy resistance, physical resistance, and armor.

Description: Originally a cursed battle suit, it evolved into its current form after an incredible transformation. The suit no longer absorbs life force, and players can repair it using energy or life force whenever it is damaged.

Chapter 154 Daily Life

Has this meant that evolution has been successful?

Huo was looking at the battle suit's panel. The name on the panel was completely different, and the suit's effects had also changed considerably.

The core Devouring Growth and Transformation remain unchanged, but other elemental resistances have been changed to energy resistances, while effects like shock, piercing, and solidification have become physical resistances. It's unclear whether this change is good or bad.

However, since it is evolution, it should be for the better.

Huo also examined the energy resistance and physical resistance in detail. Energy resistance can offset about 30% of the damage from attack spells, while physical resistance is higher, close to 40%.

After seeing the effects of the changes, Huo also set his sights on an additional special effect—armor.

This was something that didn't exist before the suit's evolution. Huo Huan, with a thought, directly activated the special effects on the suit.

The next second, the battle suit that had been quietly clinging to Huo Huan's body suddenly began to wriggle, completely enveloping Huo Huan's head, hands, and other exposed areas.

As the battle suit writhed, it gradually transformed into a silver suit of armor.

Is this what armed forces are?

Huo clenched his right hand, and a metallic scraping sound came from it.

The weight of the suit remained unchanged, almost negligible, but its energy and physical resistance increased by nearly double. It also comprehensively enhanced Huo Huan's strength, agility, and physique.

Of course, the cost of arming himself was also extremely high. Feeling the energy in his body rapidly decreasing, even with Huo's current collection value of over 400, he still couldn't hold on much longer.

Based on the current energy depletion level, Huo estimated that it would only last a maximum of 8 minutes, and if the consumption of combat were taken into account, it might not even last 5 minutes.

After withdrawing the weapon, Huo felt that there must be other effects that had not yet been discovered. If it was only based on these functions, it was questionable whether it was worth Huo activating the weapon in battle.

After testing the new battle suit, overall it's pretty good. It removes the previous parasitic negative effects and integrates other effects, so it's worth the equipment evolution ticket.

After testing the new battle suit, Huo looked at the two women still fast asleep on the sofa and suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since he had visited his botanical garden, and he wondered how the plants were growing.

"Elise, I'm going out for a walk. Keep an eye on those two for a bit." After instructing Elise, Huo walked out of the cabin and headed towards the botanical garden behind it.

The surrounding scenery still looked lush and green, but for some reason, it had a desolate feel to it.

Feeling a slight chill in the air, Huo suddenly realized that autumn must be approaching.

Although the surrounding plants still looked vibrant, the ubiquitous elements told me that autumn was just around the corner, and this greenery probably wouldn't last much longer.

Instead of flying, Huo strolled through the grass, savoring the last bit of life this year.

Before long, even though Huo had slowed down, he still quickly arrived at the botanical garden he had personally cultivated.

At this time, the Enlightenment Tree in the botanical garden is still the same as before, not growing any taller, but with many more tender leaves.

The pumpkin seeds I planted casually have blossomed, and judging by their growth, I should be able to harvest quite a few pumpkins in the fall.

Although Huo didn't lack these pumpkins, they were ultimately grown in his own field, so there was a different kind of feeling associated with them.

After visiting the botanical garden, Huo saw that it was still early and decided to go to Rosenthal.

Since leaving after Lawrence's wedding, Huo hadn't visited them for a while and didn't know how they were doing. However, with Baron Rosent's help, they should be doing alright.

Huo spread his wings and flew rapidly, and with the help of the wind, his already fast speed was further increased.

Before long, the town of Rosent came into view. Choosing a secluded corner where no one would notice, Huo folded his wings and walked into the town.

The town remains the same as before, seemingly never to change much.

Seeing the women and children selling their wares along the street, Huo bought some fruit as a gift. His old habits always made him feel that it wasn't right to go empty-handed.

After Huo left the stall, the women there immediately began whispering among themselves.

In this remote town, it's rare for anything major to happen, and since Lawrence's wedding was so recent, Baron Rosent's attendance at the wedding naturally became a topic of discussion.

With some people investigating, it was not difficult to find out why Baron Rosent would attend the wedding of a subordinate's son who was of no importance.