The Honor Shop didn't have many items, only three, but all three were very useful. The purpose of Soul Crystals needs no explanation, and the Honor Revival Potion can be considered a game-changer.
Lin Jiu didn't need to think, he immediately chose the third option. Due to using the brutal breathing technique, his lungs now felt painful when breathing, and the damage to his internal organs was much more severe than the remaining cellular toxins.
Choosing the cellular-level repair function, the bronze honor medal in Lin Jiu's storage space disappeared, and a dazzling light appeared above his head, enveloping his entire body.
[Ding! Detecting Hunter's status... Detection complete.]
[Key repair areas... Left and right lungs... Left arm and leg fractures... Abdominal muscle tears... Cellular toxin clean up!]
[Starting recovery.]
After a while, the intense light dissipated, and Lin Jiu felt how comfortable it was to breathe air. Previously, each breath felt like a small knife scraping across his lungs.
Then Lin Jiu sat on the edge of the bed and began to do his favorite thing, which was to take stock of his gains from the derivative world.
First, the biggest item was the 150,000 Paradise Coins and the Specialization Scroll obtained from the Violator. He gained 18 attribute points and received 22,000 Paradise Coins from the mission and treasure chest. In total, it was 172,000 Paradise Coins.
Next came the equipment!
Awakening Stone (Green Accessory), obtained from other contractors through the ContracViolator was also obtained through the Contract Scam, which made Lin Jiu secretly sigh at how useful it was, completely forgetting that researching this technique too much could lower credibility in other places, such as the World Tree.
[Extreme Pleasure Golden Fan] (Green Weapon), obtained from Doma's treasure chest.
[Fighting Demon] (Blue Armguard), from Akzas treasure chest, using up quite a bit of box-opening luck.
[Dawn Shadow] (Blue Weapon), a top-tier weapon exchanged with contribution points, was forged in the Sword-Forging Village by incorporating material from another green weapon, Willow Shallow.
[Sun Flame] (Green Weapon), exchanged with contribution points like the Nichirin Sword.
Then there were other gains:
[Flowing Lotus Flower] (Skill Scroll), obtained from Doma's treasure chest like the [Extreme Pleasure Golden Fan].
[Ubuyashiki Clan Ability Package (Random Skill Scroll)], exchanged from the logistics exchange point using contribution points.
Two Blue Treasure Chests, one from Kokushibo and one from Kibutsuji Muzan. Since he got the [Fighting Demon], Lin Jiu felt his luck was depleted and didn't open them.
Apart from exchanging for needed items, the remaining contribution points were used to exchange for 36 Star Dust Ores.
These were Lin Jiu's gains, which could undoubtedly bring about a drastic change in his strength, along with the awakening Class key item. After the enhancement, Lin Jiu felt he should be no weaker than the Law Destroyer(Su Xiao) next door.
Unfortunately, he only got one Soul Crystal (Small), which could only upgrade one level of a specialized skill, still falling short in technique.
Lin Jiu went out, heading straight for the Enhancement Hall, weaving through the noisy crowd. He didn't stop at the stalls set up on both sides of the street, as these stalls had nothing good and were overpriced, mostly scamming newcomers.
Good items wouldn't be sold here, they would be gathered in the trading plaza, where there were more people, and the stalls of the working class could balance the prices, preventing inflated prices.
If a contractor gets a piece of equipment worth 500 Paradise Coins, they might sell it for 5,000 Paradise Coins, but it's different for the working class. They would at most raise the price to around 550 or 600 Paradise Coins, following a low-profit, high-volume strategy.
[Welcome to the Attribute Enhancement Vault, please pay the opening fee. The opening fee is 100 Paradise Coins.]
Lin Jiu paid 100 Paradise Coins, and a prompt appeared on the screen in front of him.
Strength: 15
Agility: 13
Stamina: 17
Intelligence: 12
Charisma: 8
[The Hunter can freely distribute attribute points, currently having 18 attribute points.]
Lin Jiu knew that attributes reaching 20 points was a threshold, and he couldn't enhance several at once. He first added 5 points to Strength.
[Strength attribute is ??? affinity attribute. The bare Strength attribute has reached 20 points. The Hunter can choose one of the following rewards.]
[Frenzied Strike: Increase attack damage by 10%, but attack rhythm is easily disrupted.]
[Super Power: Strength +2.]
[Rage: When HP is below 50%, attack speed increases by 5%; when HP is below 30%, attack speed increases by 10%.]
[Fearless: All attribute checks +3 (except Luck attribute)]
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Lin Jiu skipped the first two options. The third option would work very well with the Strong Will of [Fighting Demon]. However, he preferred the fourth option, which gave a bonus to all attribute checks except Luck. Not counting the hidden Will and Soul Strength, the five basic attributes would get a total bonus of 15 points.
Without further hesitation, Lin Jiu chose the fourth option. He vaguely felt some power merging into his body and spirit, feeling a certain will being stimulated in his heart.
After a brief pause, Lin Jiu added 7 more points to Agility, raising it to 20 points. The Reincarnation Paradise prompt correspondingly appeared before his eyes!
[Agility attribute is ??? affinity attribute. Bare Agility attribute has reached 20 points. The Hunter can choose one of the following rewards.]
[Swift Run: Agility +2.]
[Surpass Limits: Neural response speed increases by 5%.]
[Ghost Wind: First backstab attack damage increases by 50%.]
[Eagle Eye: Weak point detection ability increases by 10%.]
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The benefits of Agility were self-evident. The importance of neural response speed for close combat needs no explanation. Lin Jiu immediately chose the second option, surpassing limits.
He instantly felt his brain senses being mobilized, the dust in front of him magnified and entered his vision. But in an instant, this feeling subsided.
Then came the third attribute. The Demon Blood Potion already tended to increase physique, so Stamina was originally the highest among the basic attributes. Lin Jiu only needed to add 3 points to raise Stamina to 20 points.
[Stamina attribute is ??? affinity attribute. The bare Stamina attribute has reached 20 points. The Hunter can choose one of the following rewards.]
[Life in Death: When entering a near-death state, you won't immediately lose action ability, having a 5-second extension.]
[Endurance: Effects of abnormal states such as stun, confusion, blindness, fear, charm, poison, etc. are reduced by 5%.]
[Indomitable: 10% chance to immune control skills.]
[Spirit Body: Use the soul to nourish the body. If soul strength is higher than physical strength, it will conduct judgment enhancement!]
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There's not much to say about the first option, as the passive of [Fighting Demon] is stronger, so it's unnecessary. The second and third options are quite good abilities, but the fourth option is almost tailor-made for him. Ordinary contractors wouldn't be able to access information about soul power after the Second World.
Lin Jiu's absorbed soul power, which had reached temporary saturation, could be fed back to the body under this enhancement. He decisively chose the fourth option.
[Soul judgment in progress... Judgment passed, physical strength +1]
Lin Jiu vaguely felt that not only did his body become stronger, but as the soul power flowed through his entire body, nourishing it, it also made Lin Jiu more familiar with ethereal energy.
After that, he added the remaining 3 points to Intelligence, raising it to 15 points, not yet reaching the 20-point threshold.
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Strength: 20
Agility: 20
Stamina: 20
Intelligence: 15
Charisma: 8
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Mana also reached 150 points because of this, but the Soul value didn't change!
Lin Jiu could indeed feel that there was some connection between the two, but it hadn't manifested yet. Maybe it would have to wait for this ??? Class to fully awaken? Or perhaps it needed the talent to awaken once?
He didn't rush to leave the Attribute Enhancement Vault. After paying 100 Paradise Coins, this special metal-sealed vault was very safe, no one but him could enter. Even those with the strength to forcibly break-in wouldn't dare to do so unless they had a death wish.
Lin Jiu took out the [Universal Specialization Scroll], which could upgrade a basic skill to the specialist level. He had two technique skills, Swordsmanship and Unrestricted Combat.
Although his swordsmanship had improved significantly after Nemoce's teaching and constant battles, Lin Jiu knew he was still far from the specialist level. There wasn't enough time to break through with self-training!
So he used this scroll to upgrade Swordsmanship to the specialist level. Instantly, countless battle insights flooded his mind. His fingers twitched slightly, Twilight appeared in his hand, and he swung out a sharp and agile slash.
As soon as he swung, Lin Jiu regretted it, forgetting where he was.
[The Hunter has engaged in destructive behavior towards public facilities. No damage was caused. Warning issued once, fined 500 Paradise Coins.]
At this point, Lin Jiu's Swordsmanship level had become:
[Swordsmanship Specialist: Lv.1 (Passive)].
Skill Effect: Increases melee attack power by 10%, as well as proficiency with sword-type weapons.
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Lin Jiu cautiously walked out of the Enhancement Hall, taking about ten seconds for each step. He had improved too much at once and didn't have enough control over his current body. To avoid bumping into something strange, he could only slowly get used to it like this.
After gaining some control over his power, at least enough to walk normally, Lin Jiu headed towards the nearby Skill Enhancement Hall. He needed to enhance his [Focus Energy] skill. He had 170,000 Paradise Coins, enough to enhance it to a very high level. But he needed to save a lot for later equipment enhancements.
Similar to the Attribute Enhancement Hall, the Skill Upgrade Hall was very imposing, like a palace. In the hall, which was dozens of meters high, stood pillars, and the polished floor was so clear you could see reflections.