The demon world, the eternal city.
Around the huge circular plaza, various heraldic stones stood in a row, and countless points of light slowly fell on the stones.
The light disappeared, and little winged figures surrounded the square and sat on the stone tablets.
The little people looked exactly like the goblins in the Library of All Things, except that their attire was very different. They wore uniform silver-gray work clothes, with hammers, wrenches and other strange tools hanging from their waists. They looked more like craftsmen shrunk to the size of an egg.
Where their eyes were focused, stood a sturdy young man with a green face and horns on his forehead. The young man wore a huge mechanical glove on his left hand, and the unique armor on his body looked powerful and full of technology.
Next to the young man stood a petite girl with cow horns. She was only half the height of the young ghost, and had a pair of drooping ears that looked like both cow ears and goblin ears.
Suddenly, a fist-sized ball of light passed over the stone tablet covered with emblems.
Seeing this light, all the [Skillful Fairies] stood in awe.
The ball of light flew to the side of the ghost youth and spit out a ping-pong-ball-sized green round bead.
"This is a secret treasure made by our clan. Please use it properly."
Stretching out his left hand, the young ghost made the cyan round bead accurately fit into the groove of the mechanical glove. A cyan light spurted out from the groove, spreading along the lines on the mechanical arm to every part of the mechanical glove, leaving behind a trail of cyan-blue marks.
His fingers slid gently in the air, and all the information on the mechanical gloves was revealed in front of the young ghost.
After confirming the degree of evolution of the weapon, the young ghost swipes his hand, switches the system interface to the task interface, and clicks the Complete button on the task panel.
The mission reward obtained in the Eternal City just filled the gap in the ghost youth's experience bar, allowing him to level up.
Switching the interface again, his personal attributes unfolded in front of him:
[Attributes
Name: Gao Yuanyi (ID: Fuxing Fuxing is unconscious) Level: LV 147 Experience value: 0/1200000
Race: Demon (Ghost (Green-faced Ghost. Krapatson family)
HP: 71546/92470, MP: 9541/15241, Strength: 3210/5211
Main Occupation: Fighter
Secondary occupations: Herbalist (lv. 8), Blacksmith (lv. 8), Cooking Expert (lv. 10), Mechanic (lv. 9), Enchanter (lv. 7), Ore Mining Expert (lv. 5)
Personal attributes: Strength 5103, Defense 3911, Intelligence 2544, Special Defense 4011, Agility 3325, Charm 198, Endurance 3258, Luck 6
Free attribute points: 60
Special: Green-Faced Ghost King (After the first attack hits, the damage of the next three attacks or skills increases by 50%, lasts for 10 seconds, and refreshes after 60 seconds out of combat.)
Resistance: Fire resistance +50%, Water resistance +10%, Dark resistance +10%
Comment: If you work hard, becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Demons is not a dream.]
More than half a year has passed since Gao Yuanyi cleared the ruins. His level has grown from Lv.82 to lv.147, and his attributes have more than doubled.
The growth he achieved in the past six months far exceeded his efforts in the previous three years.
All things are difficult at the beginning, and the same is true for many games. But when a person's strength reaches a certain point and he finds a way to safely defeat his opponent, his strength will begin to increase dramatically.
Gao Yuanyi and his partner Wei wandered in that ancient ruins for two months.
During those two months, Gao Yuanyi encountered setbacks and experienced failure again and again.
In the end, he used the various secondary jobs he had acquired to figure out a way to conquer the ruins. He plundered a lot of experience from the ancient ruins and successfully obtained this legendary glove from ancient times.
After a series of training, Gao Yuanyi gained the recognition of the legendary glove [Laplace], and under its guidance, he came to this ancient city inhabited by the exquisite elves, solved their internal problems, completed various trials, and obtained the item [Victory Drive Core] that can fully awaken [Laplace].
With this thing, the general cooldown of various active abilities of [Laplace] is reduced to one second, the number of overloads for long-term use is increased from three to ten times, and the number of consecutive uses of the same skill is increased from two to three times.
Gao Yuanyi can assert that this piece of equipment has surpassed the legend and can be regarded as a true artifact.
"Thank you, Director. I will definitely make good use of this thing."
Now that they had what they needed, there was no need to stay here any longer. Gao Yuanyi took Wei and said goodbye to the delicate elves, and together they passed through the teleportation array and returned to the end of the dim cave.
All the things that Gao Yuanyi and his companions left here were covered with thick dust.
Looking around and confirming that there was no one around, Gao Yuanyi couldn't help but laugh out loud:
“Finally, I have the capital to challenge the Demon King.
Soon, the door to another world will open.
Watch how I operate. During this period of time, I will take your place, become the new Demon King, and rule over everything.
When I thought of the old demon king's surprised expression, my heart was filled with excitement."
Carefully sweeping away the dust on the things, Wei bundled up the still usable things and threw them into the storage magic. A trace of worry flashed in her eyes.
“Yuan Yi, I don’t think that simply upgrading that weapon will be enough to break through the Demon King’s layers of defense.
He has countless powerful cadres under his command, and the two kings known as the strongest "spear" and "shield" are no pushovers.
If we are entangled by them and attacked from both sides, we will be in great danger."
"Of course I know.
But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, you will never have it again.
I have thought of all the plans for the future.
Our target from the beginning to the end was only the Demon King.
More than a month later, the Demon King will go to the Snow Girl's tribe to hold a memorial ceremony for his deceased wife. He goes there every year, and this time will be no exception.
His men will be protecting us not far away, and we can find a way to get them away.
There are many people who are dissatisfied with the current Demon King. If we unite them, we can create enough output time for us to defeat the Demon King and replace him."
Gao Yuanyi looked confident and had everything planned out.
Wei was panicking because the next person they were going to face was the Demon King.
"Although there are many people who are dissatisfied with the Demon King's rule, can we really convince them to help us in the current social environment?"
Gao Yuanyi smiled and said, "I will use my excellent negotiation skills to negotiate with them. If negotiation doesn't work, I still have a plan B."
Wei tilted her head slightly and asked in confusion, "What's Plan B?"
Clenching his right hand and releasing his left hand, Gao Yuanyi smiled and said, "Of course, if they don't agree, we can negotiate with our fists! Don't you agree, Laplace?"
A fairy-sized girl with golden twin ponytails emerged from the glove named [Laplace]. She crossed her legs and sat on Gao Yuanyi's palm. She pouted and said:
"Finally, I got the enhancement I wanted and also acquired some new skills.
I wanted to test the power of those skills, but they are my secret weapons, so don't use them casually.
If you want to fight, go fight yourself!"
(End of this chapter)