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Chapter 117: Shortcut to the Mountain Top_1

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Shortcut to the Mountain Top_1

"What a catch!"

You never know until you look—talk about an eye-opener!

The long list of features for this Vampire skin almost blinded him.

Five attributes in total!

Though two of them were curses, this was definitely the most talented skin Mu You had ever come across.

Moreover, the effects of the three positive talents were extraordinarily powerful, particularly the third one!

It could infinitely absorb the talents of other skins...

This implied that if you gave it enough time, it could cultivate into a nearly omnipotent monster skin!

Of course, there were restrictions. For each merged skin, one more curse was added. The more skins merged, the more strength gained, but his own weaknesses would also increase.

After reading the skin’s description, Mu You could even imagine how this Vampire Earl had died long ago: likely due to relentlessly pursuing power, merging too many talents, resulting in an accumulation of curses. Possibly a particularly grave curse had emerged randomly and his nemesis had exploited some weakness to kill him...

The good news was, the curses conferred after skin merging are randomly assigned. Therefore, for Mu You, they were optional. He could use his Time Pocket Watch to try and roll the curses that have less impact on him, keeping his weaknesses under control.

Having reviewed the skin’s impact, Mu You turned his attention to the last two treasures.

[Ghost Cloak: A magic cloak that the Count of the Night wore year-round. After injecting magic power, you will enter ghost form. As a ghost, you are immune to physical damage, but you cannot carry out any physical attacks. Besides, the magical damage you sustain will increase by 100%. Lasts for 60 seconds and can be dismissed at any time. Cooldown time 120 seconds. (Only effective when Vampire skin is loaded)]

[Vampire Claws: Clawed weapons crafted using Purification Stone and Vampire’s essence. Claw attacks from these weapons directly harm the enemy’s spirit, causing real damage, and the damage dealt to summoned creatures is increased by 400%. (Only effective when Vampire skin is loaded)]

Both pieces of equipment were directly linked with the Vampire skin—one was a cloak that could fend off physical damage, and the other a weapon that could cause real damage, ignoring damage reduction. Both highly practical.

And with such effects, Mu You felt that their quality wouldn’t be lower than Rare.

As he thought this, he clicked on the two items to check them out in detail.

As expected, both pieces of gear were radiating lights in purple and blue, respectively.

The Ghost Cloak was a blue Rare-class equipment, while the Vampire Claws, shockingly, were an epic-class weapon in purple, of the same class as the Phantom Wand!

Mu You opened the game panel, clicked on ’Vampire Skin’ and chose ’Load’.

After a moment of burning sensation as though his flesh was rolling around, the skin was loaded.

He draped the cloak around his shoulders and donned the claws, then went to take a look in the mirror.

Reflected in the mirror was the visage of a slender vampire. Angular face, pallid complexion, blood-red eyes, sharp fangs faintly visible near his mouth corners. He was dressed in a fine suit, with the high-collared Ghost Cloak over his shoulder. At first glance, this was certainly the typical image of a vampire as often seen in movies.

At this moment, ten sharp claws extended from the tips of his fingers on both hands. These were the Vampire Claws. At Mu You’s thought, the ten claws slowly retracted and his hands looked normal again.

After wearing these claws, they merged directly with his fingers. Normally, they could be concealed, but when used, they could extend the claws at any time.

These claws were a game-changer. They could bypass any damage reduction, dealing real damage. This meant that even when facing advanced players in the future, he wouldn’t be utterly defenseless. The only drawback was that he needed to engage in close-quarters combat to unleash a claw attack, which added some uncontrollable risk...

But all in all, the Vampire skin set was made for battle. Every aspect of it, from the skin’s talents to the associated two pieces of equipment, was designed for real combat!

Knowing this set was battle-ready, Mu You was quite reassured. Regardless, he at least had one set of proper combat skins now.

However, not long after he put on this skin, Mu You suddenly felt a chill sweep over his body.

His blood seemed to suddenly turn ice cold, causing circulation difficulties. He couldn’t help but shiver, and at the same time, his mouth suddenly became unbearably dry. He instinctively wanted to drink something, but what he craved wasn’t a regular beverage, but...blood.

"So this is the effect of ’Bloodthirst’?"

Mu You looked at his even paler hands, frowning.

He didn’t expect that the curse would take effect this quickly, he just felt it as soon as he changed his skin.

But given how mild his thirst currently is, it’s not a problem. It should be manageable for at least a day or two.

But if this symptom continues to worsen, he will inevitably need to consume blood sooner or later.

Drink blood... How is he going to solve this?

Mu You pondered. The curse only mentioned the need to absorb ’fresh blood’, but didn’t specify what type of blood. In that case, wouldn’t animal blood, chicken blood, duck blood, and the like, work too?

Of course, this is not a significant issue. Even if animal blood doesn’t work, he could always buy blood bags from the hospital. With current packaging technology, there are no concerns about freshness.

As for the talent of ’Night King’...

Mu You clenched his fist. As it was slightly past seven in the morning, the time when day and night intersect, he hadn’t felt any enhancement or weakness, and his attributes were all maintained at normal levels.

"Vampire, huh..."

Vivian looked up at Mu You’s new form from afar.

"Yes, do you recognize it?"

Mu You was interested in hearing Vivian’s opinion. After all, the previous owner of this skin seemed to be a well-known figure in the Star Spirit World. He wondered if she knew him.

Instead of answering, Vivian pondered for a moment and shook her head, "Vampires belong to the Evil Camp. This costume of yours, it’s best not to wear it out in areas where the Forces of Justice of the Star Spirit World hold sway. It can easily attract the attention of the church and demon hunters."

"The Evil Camp, huh..."

Mu You paused, well that makes sense. Vampires and werewolves are forbidden from revealing their identities and usually live by hiding from the public.

However, this doesn’t matter much. Even in the game, when he uses the vampire skin, he would only do so at night, during the darkest hours when no one can possibly notice him.

Mu You grabbed his phone and returned to the game.

The skin in the game had now been switched to that of a vampire. As the vampire was the master of the crypt, it wouldn’t be influenced by the crypt’s oppressive aura.

After he finished searching the ice coffin, Mu You didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he looked around the secret room again to make sure he didn’t miss any treasure.

[You search the secret room once more, but unfortunately, it’s now completely empty. Nothing useful can be found.]

[However, as you approach the fireplace, you suddenly feel a cold draft seeping out from underneath.]

[You stick your head into the fireplace and look inside. The fireplace connects to a chimney hidden within the mountain that spans up to a kilometer. At the narrow exit at the top of the chimney, you can see dim light peeking through!]

[This makes you realize that this chimney probably leads directly to the outside world.]

[This is a shortcut left by the Vampire Earl when he created the crypt. By climbing up the chimney, you can reach the top of Foggy Mountain.]

[Do you want to follow the chimney to the mountain top?]