With a starting talent that's practically top-tier, even an old man can go against the heavens!

Kalis's eyes widened in surprise.

"You two ransacked the treasure vault?"

"That's about right, most of the good stuff is here."

Pedro and Chen Beixuan exchanged a smile.

Their plan was for him to kill the guards and escape to draw the demons' attention, while Pedro would then sneak in again to steal the treasure.

The plan was a great success!

"By the way, didn't you trigger any magical restrictions when you took the item?" Chen Beixuan suddenly asked.

"I'm a master thief, how could a mere restriction possibly stump me?"

Pedro said smugly, hands on his hips.

He pulled out all the stops to prove his reputation as a master thief.

A small restriction, easily manipulated.

Chen Beixuan nodded upon hearing this.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise; there's no comparison.

"Oh, by the way, I also brought something specifically for you."

Pedro smiled mysteriously and untied the rope around his waist.

Then he pulled a long... staff from his pants!

It was golden and shimmering.

Chen Beixuan's gaze was instantly drawn to the staff, and he reached out to take it and examine it.

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[Hell Eater's Staff]: Level 40 Gold Artifact

Effect 1: Magic Attack +2100

Effect 2: Intelligence +280

Effect 3: Mana +50%

Effect 4: 20% of the damage dealt by [Soul Devour] is converted into mana.

Effect 5: [Soul Kill] Attacks deal true damage equal to 500% of the user's maximum mana.

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"this..."

Chen Beixuan was so surprised and delighted that he was speechless.

He stood up, patted Pedro on the shoulder, and said with a big smile.

"Look, I told you you could do it, and you even brought me a big gift. I'll just have to accept it."

"I'm not a stingy person, feel free to pick whatever you like from the table."

Chen Beixuan pointed to the table and said with great pride.

Pedro's face lit up with joy, and he couldn't believe it.

"really?"

"Of course! Pick whatever's on the table!"

"Then I won't be polite..."

Pedro turned to look at the table, and the smile on his face froze instantly.

Hold the grass!

Something?

Where is the glittering gold thing?

He was completely dumbfounded when he saw the pile of blue and purple equipment on the table.

Chen Beixuan gripped his shoulders, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"Why aren't you choosing? Don't you like them?"

The shadow staff in his hand flickered with lightning, which made his wrinkled face look even more eerie.

It gives off a feeling that if you dare say no, I'll chop you up alive.

Kalis, sitting next to him, twitched at the corner of his mouth when he saw this.

However, he didn't want to get involved in their affairs and pretended not to see them.

Pedro's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he couldn't help but swallow.

He forced a smile and said, "If you like it, I'll pick one right away."

He stepped forward and pretended to make a selection, but inside he felt incredibly wronged.

After working hard for half a day, I only got a few pieces of equipment.

Where can I even begin to reason with this...?

at this time,

Several orange scrolls were suddenly thrown onto the table.

Ok?

Forbidden spell scroll?

Pedro turned and looked at Chen Beixuan with a puzzled expression.

"Mr. Chen, what's wrong with you...?"

"Take it. I was just joking. You won't be shortchanged."

"But you still said you'd let me choose..."

"...That was a joke."

Pedro: "..."

......

Chen Beixuan sat back down in his chair with a satisfied smile and opened his backpack.

Take stock.

The total gains are as follows:

The largest quantity is the casting stone, a total of 8 pieces.

There are 3 [Skill Fusion Stones], all of gold quality.

[Resurrection Spring Water] 1 bottle.

There are 2 skill books for this profession: [Blizzard] and [Frozen Thousands of Miles].

He kept two gold-quality forbidden spell scrolls.

The orange color wasn't very effective, so it was all given to Pedro.

In addition, there's a gold necklace and a gold weapon.

There are also skill books and orange-tier equipment for other professions, a huge reward!

"Comfortable..."

He first checked two skills.

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Blizzard ★

Description: Stirs up wind and snow to fall at the designated location, dealing 100% magic damage per second to enemies within a 300-meter radius, slowing them by 20% for 10 seconds, with a 1-minute cooldown and a mana cost of 300.

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【Frozen Thousands of Miles】★

Description: Releases icy chills, dealing 400% magic damage to enemies within a 300-meter fan-shaped area in front, freezing them for 1 second, with a 20-second cooldown and a 300 mana cost.

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"Two wide-range skills, not bad, not bad."

Chen Beixuan chose to study directly.

[Ding! You have learned the skill [Blizzard]!]

[Ding! You have learned the skill [Frozen Thousand Miles]!]

He then took out the skill fusion stone to examine it.

[Skill Fusion Stone]: Gold Item

Description: This item can fuse two skills into a more powerful one, retaining the skill attributes. It is a one-time use item.

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After seeing the results, Chen Beixuan fell into deep thought.

As the damage from Lightning Bolt and Chaos Spear became increasingly explosive.

Skills like Chain Lightning and Freeze are gradually becoming obsolete.

With the addition of the three newly acquired skills, there are many options for fusion.

"Single-target damage skills include Lightning Bolt and Chaos Spear, while single-target control skills include Freeze."

"With Frozen Thousand Miles and Chaos Singularity as crowd control abilities, the rest are Blizzard, Demonic Flame, and Chain Lightning."

"...Let's try merging one first."

He chose to use it, and a list of skills appeared in front of him.

Select Blizzard and Blazing Inferno, then click Merge!

hum-

The petrified particles dissipated as specks of golden light, and a notification appeared!

[Ding! Fusion successful! You have learned the skill [Ice and Fire Demonic Flame Array]!]

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【Ice and Fire Demon Flame Array】★

Description: Releases an Ice and Fire Magic Array at a designated location, dealing 550% fire and ice magic damage per second to enemies within a fixed range of 500 meters, slowing them by 50%, and triggering a group freeze for 1 second every 3 seconds for 15 seconds. Cooldown: 1 minute. Mana cost: 300.

Note: Base 250% + Chaos Power 300%.

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"Soft control + hard control, the damage, range and duration have all been enhanced."

Chen Beixuan nodded in satisfaction.

In this way, he gained another large-scale crowd control ability.

Then came the main event: term fusion!

He first checked the new entries he had gained from the upgrade.

Level 37 [Gale and Rain], Level 38 [Ballistic Split], Level 39 [Area Spread].

The bullet splits and is directly given to the Chaos Spear, increasing the number to 16.

The sudden wind and rain, along with the area-of-effect spread, gave rise to the new skill, Ice and Fire Demon Flame Array.

The coverage range extends to 1000 meters!

Deals 1100% damage per second!

He then took out the casting stone and began casting the inscription.

He first tried to reforge the lightning spell.

However, it was indicated that it had already been melted and could not be melted again.

Since that's the case, he directly fused together the terms he had already thought of.

[Powerful Strike] Melting!

The 200% bonus becomes 400%.

[Lightning Rod] Melting and Casting!

The extra lightning bolt becomes two, and the 50% damage becomes 100% damage.

[Power of Ruin] Forged!

The goal is to increase maximum health from 10% to 20%.

He had five casting stones left, and after thinking for a moment, he used one more.

Entering the void, [Absolute Focus] forging!

To verify his suspicions, he checked the skills.

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