Even though Bai Ye was devout, as two blue gashapons rolled out of the gashapon machine, it signified the start of another ordinary day.
Crystal Aroma (Lavender Scent) (Item) (Blue): Permanently increases hallucination resistance by 20%, permanently increases stun resistance by 10%, permanently increases anesthesia resistance by 10%.
Hundred Slaughter Blade (Weapon) (Blue): Ancient tales speak of a man who slaughtered a hundred with this blade, using their blood to forge it, hence its name: Hundred Slaughter Blade. Effects: Blood Sever (Any healing potion or recovery ability will be ineffective for one hour after being wounded by this blade). Blood Slash (The demonic blood contained within the blade boils, manifesting as a bloody blade aura for attacks).
One item, one weapon.
Bai Ye discovered that even an ordinary day held its surprises.
The Hundred Slaughter Blade…
There was little to say about it.
In an ordinary day, a blue-quality weapon of ordinary caliber appeared, with ordinary effects.
Nowadays, ordinary blue-quality items offered little help to Bai Ye; most were merely icing on the cake.
However, the Crystal Aroma was quite good.
An item that permanently increased resistances…
His chance to exploit a bug had arrived again! After using the Crystal Aroma, it would disappear, but the increased resistances would remain. Wonderful.
As Bai Ye mused, he had the Steel Slime swallow the Hundred Slaughter Blade. As expected, there was a time limit for its use, but the Steel Slime's growth value increased to 600 points.
The Crystal Aroma, however, could not be swallowed; Bai Ye had to use it himself to gain the resistance benefits.
"Next is the main event," Bai Ye said, taking a deep breath. "The golden gashapon!"
Inside the gashapon machine, a golden radiance appeared, and then a golden gashapon tumbled out.
Bai Ye muttered incessantly, then opened the gashapon.
"Aha!" Bai Ye exclaimed with joy. "It's this thing."
Demon's Garment (Mechanical Armor) (Gold): A combat weapon from the future civilization world of kv-772, crafted from rare meteor gold, equipped with seven types of technological weapons, accessible only to the elite of elite forces.
Effects: Demonic Field (Summons an At-ion wave field for defense).
Light Stream Energy Cannon (Rapidly gathers solar energy, forming a high-heat light stream for bombardment).
Magnetic Field Vortex (Creates a magnetic field vortex that pulls everything within a 15-meter radius towards it, continuously inflicting magnetic damage. Particularly effective against electronic devices without field protection).
Supersonic Movement (Utilizes nuclear energy power burst propulsion, capable of instantaneous sonic speed movement, duration 18 seconds. Requires a 6-hour cooldown for the power unit after each use).
Self-Destruct (Demonic warriors never know defeat, only death. When victory is impossible, the Demon's Garment can be detonated for mutual destruction).
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"An old friend!"
Bai Ye patted the Demon's Garment. He had seen this item several times in his previous life.
After all, most mechanical armors were of red quality. Those reaching gold quality were considered top-tier, yet even among gold-quality items, they were still on the lower end.
Therefore, when specifically drawing from the golden gashapon, they appeared with relatively high frequency.
Bai Ye was now very curious: could the Steel Slime even swallow mechanical armor?
After all, it wasn't just about the materials; it contained many technological components, wires, circuit boards, and so on. Could the Steel Slime perfectly simulate these as well?
The answer was…
Yes!
"The Steel Slime swallowed the Demon's Garment and gained devouring growth."
"Steel Slime devouring growth, current growth value: 2120/100000."
"Your Steel Slime's quality has been upgraded to Green."
"Your Steel Slime's quality has been upgraded to Blue."
Bai Ye couldn't help but grin.
It cost 1000 growth to upgrade the Steel Slime from White to Green, and 10,000 to upgrade from Green to Blue. A gold-quality mechanical armor, after being swallowed, provided 12,500 growth points!
The Steel Slime jumped two quality levels directly. The bug exploitation was successful.
Furthermore…
What delighted Bai Ye was that Jin Sha's inference was correct; the Steel Slime did indeed gain accompanying effects upon upgrading.
Steel Slime (Item) (Blue): A very rare mutated slime capable of devouring any object, then fusing with the object's characteristics to use them.
Effects: Devour (With continuous devouring, the Steel Slime's magic power will strengthen, thus increasing its quality).
Condense (The Steel Slime can condense any devoured item).
Steal (Through contact with an opponent, it can copy one of the opponent's items and perfectly condense it. Valid for 12 hours. To steal again, the previous steal must be removed, or 12 hours must pass).
Synthesize (Can combine two items into one, forming a more powerful item. Valid for 24 hours. To synthesize again, the previous synthesis must be removed, or 24 hours must pass).
Condensable Items: Black Order Uniform…
When the Steel Slime was White, it only had two effects: Devour and Condense.
However, these were less like effects and more like the Steel Slime's basic functions.
Upon upgrading to Green quality, the Steel Slime gained the Steal effect.
Though, the Steal effect was more accurately a replication effect, capable of condensing an opponent's item for 12 hours, and only one item could be stolen. To steal again, one had to wait for the time to expire or give up the previously stolen item.
This effect…
Bai Ye found it so-so.
If one was being outmatched by a particular item, even if it were stolen, at best it would result in a stalemate. Moreover, items required a period of adaptation; some things couldn't be used effectively immediately upon acquisition.
However, in certain specific situations, Bai Ye thought Steal could be useful.
The other effect, Synthesize, Bai Ye found much more useful.
Would two blue items synthesized become black? Would black items become red?
The limitations were the same: only one item could be synthesized at a time. To synthesize again, one had to wait for the synthesis time to expire or abandon the previously synthesized item.
Of course, the most exciting aspect was that Jin Sha's conjecture was correct: as the Steel Slime's quality increased, more effects would appear, and it would become more powerful, possessing cultivation potential.
But…
The first growth was 1000, the second was 10,000, and the third was now 100,000…
Actually, 100,000 growth points were acceptable to Bai Ye, as he could exploit bugs.
A single gold item provided over 10,000 growth points. By utilizing the gashapon machine and consuming some God Stone fragments, accumulating 100,000 would be quite quick.
But, increasing by an order of magnitude each time…
Wouldn't the fourth growth require a million?
Bai Ye broke out in a cold sweat at this possibility. Although he had quite a few God Stone fragments, this was not how they should be squandered.
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