Chapter 234 - 123: Unlocking the Second Core Authority, Spirit Core Battle Armor
Chapter 234: Chapter 123: Unlocking the Second Core Authority, Spirit Core Battle Armor
After Su Chen finished his sacrifice, he stepped away from the altar.
As Yan Ruoruo stepped forward to place a bag of bizarre flowers and several cave-dweller corpses on the altar’s Rune Array, he began to test the ability of the "Gauntlets of Control" to devour Runes.
The first Runes worth enchanting onto his gear were, without a doubt, the unused Fireball Technique Lv6 and Wind Blade Lv6 he had just acquired.
Both were precious spoils dropped by the Manticore Chimera.
HUMMM!
The two Runes merged into the surface of the gauntlets one after another, seeping completely into the leather.
The Fire pattern transformed into a fine, crimson-gold stream that ran along the lifeline of his palm. The Wind mark condensed into pale bluish-white filaments, intertwining with the first. Combined with the gauntlets’ own silvery-gray veins, they formed a complete, dynamic, composite Demon Pattern network.
’It feels just like my own skin.’
Su Chen focused his senses. The new gauntlets were even more comfortable than his previous Dark Element Rune Gloves, which had been crafted from soft, tanned elk leather.
Moreover, the response time to his mental commands was extremely fast, like a major upgrade that had eliminated all lag.
WHOOSH!
The moment the thought formed, with near-zero latency, the Fireball Technique activated instantly. Crimson energy gathered in his palm, and as the Flame Burst Enchantment was applied, a Dark Red True Flame rapidly contracted and condensed.
Then, boosted by a push from his Telekinesis...
BOOM!
A crimson Flame Dragon seemed to roar forth from his palm. A nearby ancient tree was mercilessly snapped in two, and the resulting shockwave sent a straight line of eight giant trees crashing down in succession.
A trail of Crimson Flame lingered in the air, refusing to dissipate, with thick smoke still billowing and churning from it.
"Whoa, that’s intense," Pang Peng praised sincerely.
These ancient trees, thick enough to require several people to encircle, were no earthly species. The toughness of their trunks was far beyond imagination. Toppling eight of these towering trees in a row was a testament to the attack’s terrifying power.
Yan Ziqian’s eyes glinted. He had long suspected that Su Chen’s class was related to All Elements, and his hidden class was likely Five-Star.
The official broadcast had yet to release any information on Four-Star classes or higher.
But that didn’t rule out the possibility that some individuals had obtained them.
The paths to acquiring a hidden class weren’t limited to this temporary altar.
During the two-day battle, he had witnessed some extraordinary methods from others, but compared to Su Chen, they all seemed to be lacking something.
It wasn’t just about raw power.
The biggest difference, perhaps, lay in his combat instincts and fearless courage.
At the very least, when he’d killed the Reviver today, Su Chen had displayed these two strengths to their fullest extent, just as calm and decisive as when Yan Ziqian had first seen him face the elite cave-dwellers.
’Not bad. I’ll feed Dark Shackles to it next.’
After his brief test, Su Chen decisively destroyed the now-worthless old Rune Gloves.
Once they were torn to shreds, the two Dark Element Runes attached to them naturally separated. He temporarily stored the Shadow Veil Rune in a small vial, while the other, Dark Shackles, was devoured and absorbed by his new Rune Gloves.
He valued its powerful crowd-control effect.
It also had some surprisingly useful applications for dragging and carrying objects.
Soon after, he dismantled a Pure White Short Staff. The associated Purification Skill was retired for now, and the Torrential Flow Skill Lv5 from the staff’s pommel was also absorbed into the "Gauntlets of Control."
[Currently Mastered: Fireball Technique, Wind Blade, Dark Shackles, and Torrential Flow Skill]
"I got Telekinesis and the Flying Skill," Yan Ruoruo called out with good news.
"Excellent. That’s perfect."
Su Chen told her to keep the Telekinesis Rune. His own upgrades only required Soul Cores and Spiritual Power Soul Crystals, whereas she, a Spirit String Artisan of the Spirit Element, was in definite need of that particular Rune.
Leaving aside its combat applications, its utility in daily life was simply unparalleled. Its irreplaceable practicality had made Su Chen accustomed to grabbing things with an invisible hand.
After absorbing the Flying Skill Lv5 and adding the necessary Spiritual Materials, he successfully upgraded it to Lv6.
The newly added trait was Airflow Feedback, which allowed the user to perceive subtle disturbances in the air currents within a fifty-meter radius while flying.
For Su Chen, whose Global Perception was already maxed out, this was rather useless.
For anyone else, however, it was an excellent trait.
Being shot down mid-flight was never a good thing. A fall from that height would leave you in pieces.
But that wasn’t the main point.
’Here it is.’
Having met the demanding condition of raising Runes for all ten elements to at least Lv6, Su Chen unhesitatingly threw three Spirit Marrow Crystals into his Sea of Consciousness.
In that instant, the small spiritual tree rooted deep within his consciousness trembled violently. Its branches stretched out as if reaching for the heavens, and at the tip of a previously bare branch, a round, jade-like fruit instantly condensed into existence.
[Second Authority]: When activated for any single-element Elemental Rune, this Authority grants all the traits and enhancement effects of the next two levels.
[Bound]: None
The effect was just as he’d expected, so there was no surprise.
The main event was the Lv9 effect that would be created by binding it to Flame Burst.
Since the First Authority and Second Authority couldn’t affect the same Rune simultaneously, he first unbound Flame Burst from the former before branding it with the Second Core Authority.
HUMMM!
Although the Rune itself was only Lv7 and hadn’t truly reached Lv9, the miraculous infusion from the Authority allowed it to manifest the full power of a Lv9 Rune in advance.
Su Chen silently observed the new changes. The leap in power was enormous.
’It’s been enhanced across the board.’
The Disintegration trait gained a chain-reaction effect. The resulting energy Annihilation would now rapidly spread from a single point, causing systemic destruction.
The Soul Burning trait, in addition to heavily draining the target’s Rune Energy Bar, now also doubled the cost for them to cast their own Runes. Furthermore, the accompanying spirit-searing pain would make it nearly impossible for them to activate any Runes at all.
Finally, the True Flame trait was also significantly enhanced. While burning, all healing, regeneration, and Rune energy recovery effects on the target were reduced by 75%. The flame also gained an extremely corrosive and contagious quality.