After making arrangents, Bai Pu didn’t linger too long at the Cloud Palace Border Area.
He returned to the dormitory area of Western Capital University and found Blood Spider, handing her the item "Leopard’s Grace."
Blood Spider seed a bit reluctant to et Bai Pu’s gaze, her head lowered, but the sense of delight and excitent was evident in her noticeably lighter steps.
Bai Pu, naturally with his heart like cent, first went to the dormitory to take a nap, planning to adjust his state to the best, before comprehending the newly acquired three-star skill "Steel Skin."
Blood Spider went to report to the organizers and also helped Bai Pu apply, citing the reason as being recruited.
Then, new rumors began spreading across the networks of various universities.
"Did you hear? The Steel Heart from Xili Institute of Technology has also been recruited!"
"Really? It’s been days since it started, why is he only being recruited now. I suspect he’s embarrassed and just got a Spirit Realm Ticket to avoid it, pretending he was recruited by the Spirit Realm Will."
"Even if it’s true, Steel Heart is probably the last mid-level Awakened to be recruited. Compared to our school’s Boss Langzi, he’s a full five days behind! The gap between him and Boss Langzi doesn’t need to be ntioned, those who know get it."
...
Western Capital University, dormitory area.
The Border Town Wanderer and Lan Feng encountered several people from Xili Institute of Technology head-on.
"Hey, I heard your team’s Steel Heart got recruited too, is it true?" the Border Town Wanderer laughed.
"Of course it’s true," an Average Face Man hastily responded.
Lan Feng ignored the response and looked at Blood Spider: "Did you just submit applications for both Steel Heart and yourself? We’ve known each other since childhood, there’s no need to deceive in this matter, I won’t mock you."
"First, we’ve known each other since childhood, but we’re not friends. Second, whether this is true or not, it has nothing to do with you," Blood Spider replied flatly.
"Heh... Then let’s talk when the Spirit Realm transmission activates, maybe we’ll run into each other in the Original Sin World," Lan Feng and the Border Town Wanderer obviously did not believe it.
It’s understandable, after all, Awakened who are eligible for recruitnt have confird it at least three days ago.
The timing of Bai Pu’s recruitnt was sowhat unusual—he was the only one recruited in the past three days, inevitably leading to malicious speculation.
In fact, even within the Xili Institute of Technology team, they were unsure if Bai Pu and Blood Spider were lying, since aside from Bai Pu, no one had seen Bai Pu’s anchor "Seed of Suffering."
After waking up, Bai Pu also heard the gossip online and the speculations of the Border Town Wanderer and Lan Feng.
However, he was now entirely capable of handling it calmly.
He first took out the Skill Book to comprehend it.
In Bai Pu’s mind, a solid figure appeared, covered all over with a shiny oil ointnt, continuously striking himself with a wooden stick, iron stick, and even a spiked wolf fang club.
In the end, the body glowed with a diamond-like sheen, as if it were steel forged by countless blows.
Instantly, Bai Pu received a prompt:
You have comprehended the skill: Steel Skin.
Steel Skin (Level 2): Three-star Skill. Passive, you gain (18) points of Natural Armor. Activating Steel Skin grants you (9) points of fixed Physical Damage Reduction and immunity to bleeding effects with a priority not exceeding (8) points. Active Effect cooldown: 5 minutes.
Note: Fixed Damage Reduction applies after calculating percentage Damage Reduction (including armor, equipnt enhancent Damage Reduction). When single attack damage does not exceed (9) points, you will not take damage.
Bai Pu silently calculated that after obtaining the Dark Gold Tower Shield "The Demon Spider Empress’s Warning," his Endurance Attribute had reached 90 points.
Thus, the 18 points of armor he gained should be 20% of his Endurance—considering the current Skill Level is 2 (Limit Breaker 1), each level increases armor by 10% of total Endurance, which equals 9 points of armor.
And fixed Damage Reduction should be 5% of total Endurance per level.
This skill will be amazing at an advanced level. If it reaches Level 5, it would grant Bai Pu 45 points of armor, and when the Active Effect is used, it would provide 22.5 points of Physical Damage Reduction! At Level 10, it would grant 90 points of armor and 45 points of Physical Damage Reduction.
This is without considering the Skill Special Effects drawn at Levels 4, 7, and 10.
Bai Pu was quite satisfied with this three-star skill, especially after comprehending it and learning how to accumulate proficiency for it, he was even more satisfied.
For Steel Skin, proficiency increases by taking damage. When paired with specialized Alchemy Oil Ointnt, the increase in proficiency is substantial!
From the skill knowledge received, Bai Pu learned the recipe for Alchemy Oil Ointnt. Creating Low-level Oil Ointnt is quite easy, especially for a Daoist Alchemist like Bai Pu.
Bai Pu called Li Ling, asking her to quickly purchase a batch of materials for him and have them delivered to Western Capital through the official Boundary Land channel.
The influence of over a hundred Advanced Female Awakened connections in Li Ling’s contact list proved effective. She used a year’s supply of "Youth Cream" as bait and gathered the raw materials for Low-level Oil Ointnt within just two hours.
As Bai Pu received the raw materials and began refining, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe; this is the power of networking.
Having Spiritual Points without connections sotis ans even doubling the money can’t get things done.
After making the preparations, Bai Pu and Blood Spider were ready to enter the Original Sin World.
The usage thod of the Original Sin World’s anchor, the Seed of Suffering, is quite unique, requiring Awakened to "feel pain" to complete Spiritual Ability Resonance and use it.
The way to feel pain is... by gripping it tightly.
Bai Pu clasped Blood Spider’s hand with his left hand, feeling her slight nervousness, her palm damp with sweat.
Without comforting her, Bai Pu directly gripped the Seed of Suffering with his right hand.
The thorns of the Seed of Suffering pierced inch by inch into Bai Pu’s palm, and traces of blood flowed out.
In that instant, white light surged, enveloping Bai Pu and Blood Spider, their figures gradually fading, disappearing.
...
As the light dissipated, after the sensation of weightlessness, Bai Pu and Blood Spider simultaneously stepped onto solid ground.
"Why wasn’t there the usual matching process before entering?" Bai Pu was slightly bewildered; it reminded him of the Spirit Realm transmission pattern before the rules changed for the Spirit Realm War.
He initially thought he could see which teams were entering the Original Sin World, besides Huaxia’s Awakened, whether there would be foreign Awakened geniuses or even prodigies from other planets and civilizations.
— Like the last encounter with the Octopus-headed, Stilan Star’s Preparatory Voter, Mo Shate.
Mo Shate was incredibly powerful, and Bai Pu was always at a disadvantage against him before changing professions. If not for luring the Blood Mist Butcher to disrupt things, consequences would have been dire.
Even against the Blood Mist Butcher, Mo Shate could hold his own! That was with most of Mo Shate’s skills targeting Bai Pu.
Now, with Bai Pu significantly stronger, he’s quite eager to have another match with Mo Shate.
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