Chapter 79 - 79: The Powerful Strange Implement
Chapter 79: Chapter 79: The Powerful Strange Implement
Special Angel Envoys wouldn’t generally get lost within the base.
After arranging work for Silver Bell, Fang You returned to his own room to continue examining the items he just drew out.
Double Benefit Card, Skill Training Card, skipping these.
Cannon Punch, this is an offensive skill similar to Blade Strike and Palm Thunder, skipping this one too.
A bag of Strange Crystals… huh, could fate draws actually bring out this kind of thing?
And it’s of a blue grade?
He gently tapped it.
‘Ding!’
‘Prompt: You have used “a bag of Strange Crystals” and obtained 88 Strange Crystals.’
This bag of Strange Crystals was really good.
He looked at the first Strange Implement, a blue-grade Mysterious Evil ‘Peace Bell’.
‘Description: Shaking this bell will produce a sound that calms the spirit, and it can also release a special sonic wave, which has moderate to weak destructive power against Mysterious Evils and can also momentarily halt the targets it hits, with effectiveness depending on the target’s strength.’
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‘Side effect: When using the Peace Bell, the user’s own emotions will be amplified.’
This side effect wasn’t weak.
Slight anger could turn into rage, rage into fury.
But… the Peace Bell itself also had the effect of calming the spirit, so it might also contain some of the side effects, it’s like the side effect and ability were cancelling each other out.
“At the same time possessing range enhancement, destructive power, and control abilities, this bell really isn’t weak.”
“Clearly, it’s also the most suitable Strange Implement for Silver Bell, I’ll equip her with it later.”
Fang You found that Special Angel Envoys had another advantage.
They hardly needed him to coax… worry, and they would understand to keep the home fires burning, as if they were old Angel Envoys of the hearth, not newbies.
Well, you could probably see it that way too.
…
Fang You looked at the remaining two items.
One was a purple Strange Implement, and the other was also a purple Strange Implement.
A big spender has made his appearance.
‘Heaven’s Hand (Purple)’
‘Category: Perfect Strange Implement’
‘Ability One: Inherent Space, an interior with a constant space of 15 cubic meters, which can be further expanded by absorbing special materials.’
‘Ability Two: The wearer can control an invisible hand for attack, defense, and manipulation, and can also extend their own skills or abilities through this invisible hand. The distance of the invisible hand depends on the wearer’s own strength.’
‘Side effect: None’
This Strange Implement was a glove, covered with intricate patterns that seemed to continuously spread outward, apparently boundless.
A perfect Strange Implement!
A Strange Implement without any side effects, completely.
Fang You tried putting it on, and as he did, the Heaven’s Hand tightened slightly, fitting his palm perfectly.
Vaguely, he could sense the space contained within the glove.
He reached out for the cup in front of him, and as he willed it, the cup disappeared and appeared in the inherent space within, then with a wave of his hand it reappeared, and with another wave, it vanished.
Having storage equipment like this is especially common in novels, but in reality, Fang You still found it surprising, like he had gotten a new toy.
What’s wrong with a man playing with toys!
He fiddled with it for a while, then tried out the second ability of Heaven’s Hand.
He reached out with a grab.
Not far away, the novice Wooden Sword resting on the table was immediately lifted up, only to drop with a clatter a couple of steps later.
Fang You: “…”
A minor mistake, a minor mistake.
Let’s try that again.
Since Heaven’s Hand was a Strange Implement and not an ability, it wasn’t difficult to use, but the control felt unfamiliar to Fang You, as if he were playing with a claw machine.
I feel like I can do it, but in reality, I just can’t grasp it firmly.
However, he was, after all, a double Awakener, an expert in Palm Thunder, with powerful spirit force and precise control over his abilities.
After just half an hour of playing, he became familiar with the control of Heaven’s Hand.
He reached out, and the novice Wooden Sword not far away naturally flew up, landing in his palm.
With a wave of his hand, the Wooden Sword flew out on its own, circling around him as if in flight.
It was like the swordplay of an immortal swordsmaster.
“Coolness, this is what coolness looks like.”
“And also…”
The novice Wooden Sword, which had flown a few meters away, zipped and suddenly vanished from sight.
The coordination of the inherent space and the invisible hand could absolutely achieve grabbing objects through the air.
And also could…
Zzzap—
A cluster of lightning erupted a few meters away, and it maintained its form, not dissipating for a long time.
Following his control, it even transformed into a lightning serpent, continuously circling and dancing around him.
But this was still far from the limit of Heaven’s Net’s hand.
Unable to test it out in the small bedroom, Fang You immediately went to the second training ground, which was as spacious as a soccer field and the ground was even more durable, able to withstand the bombardment of his Palm Thunder.
Once there, Fang You used the Invisible Hand, controlling it to extend bit by bit.
Ten meters.
Twenty meters.
Thirty meters.
It was not much further than this distance that he reached the limit! Very far!
The Invisible Hand gently clenched into a fist and punched out.
Boom——
The special sandbags in the distance burst open, with gravel flying all over the sky.
“It seems to be a bit more powerful than when I punch myself.”
“When using Palm Thunder as well, there’s a not weak amplification.”
“And there are other potential uses to be developed.”
Indeed, a perfect Strange Implement of the purple level!
As for the other one.
‘Faceless Statue (Purple)’
‘Category: Strange Implement’
‘Ability One: Mysterious Storage, this statue can absorb mysterious elements that roam free between heaven and earth or strip them from the human body and store them. It can also guide these mysterious elements into a target body. There is some loss in this process.’
‘Ability Two: Ritual Core, the statue could have served as the core of a certain ritual, but now it is damaged, though it seems to have other uses.’
‘Side Effect: The presence of this statue has a strong attractivity to Mysterious Evil.’
Fang You thought the appearance of this statue was a bit strange.
It was a statue with black wings on its back and claw-like thin hands. What was odd was the face of the statue—it didn’t originally lack a face, instead, it looked like it had been deliberately scraped off.
As a result, the head of the statue was somewhat pointy.
Like a pencil that had been whittled to a point with a knife.
Not only was it odd, but compared to ‘Heaven’s Net’s Hand,’ this ‘Faceless Statue’ could truly be described with terms like utterly mediocre or even subpar.
Ability Two was as puzzling as a riddle, unclear and confusing.
Ability One, absorbing the mysterious and storing it, also seemed… just so-so?
“No, if I think about it carefully, it might not be useless.”
“This is akin to a large experience pack. For instance, An Jianyou’s failed Awakening, if there was a sufficient supply of mysterious essence, he could rapidly attempt to Awaken a second time, without such a long delay.”
“And the same goes for Black Pupil.”
Because the cat wasn’t an Angel Envoy, it went on fewer missions.
Back when he was weak, Black Pupil was like a strong bodyguard, but now that he had received successive upgrades, Black Pupil seemed subpar, akin to a pet leeching off experience.
In such a case, if it could gain experience, Black Pupil might be able to keep up with the pace of him, the savior.
And not become a useless cat.
It could also help newcomers like Mage Ming Deng Awaken more quickly and become a combat force—well, assuming they were already qualified and had accumulated nearly enough.
Thinking this way, the ‘Faceless Statue’ wasn’t too bad after all.
But he tried it and found that it needed to be placed outside to work.
The Lighthouse Base was a rather independent unique space, unable to absorb much mystery.
Yet placing it outside posed another problem.
The statue would attract Mysterious Evil.
“I’ll need someone to stay on guard there long-term.”
“But Black Blade, An Jianyou, and I often have missions, and it’s common for all three of us to be away from the base at the same time.”
“Arrange for Peace Bell to guard, and the others take turns?”
This wasn’t out of the question, it just seemed a bit wasteful.
Fang You suddenly thought of Black Pupil.
Once separated from him, the foolish cat would become weak, but an incident had occurred before where the cat, wanting to slack off, had sneaked back to the base.
And surprisingly, it hadn’t grown weak.
At the time, he assumed it was because the distance wasn’t enough, but now it seemed possible that…
Staying around the base and staying around him had the same effect.
It was worth a try.
If it works, you’ll be the gatekeeper cat.
Fang You pondered the future development of the organization, and as he did, the night gradually deepened.
He also wrote out a myriad of development plans.
However,
He seemed to have forgotten something, oh right, wait a bit longer.
In the base’s entertainment area, Black Pupil suddenly shivered.
Thousands of kilometers away in Yunling State, Xing Jing Lei, back in his hotel room to rest, couldn’t fall asleep.
In his mind, that voice lingered on and on.