When Mo Chuan returned to reality, he saw Luo Ni sitting in a lotus position in a pile of rubble, staring blankly.
Upon seeing Mo Chuan, the latter immediately shouted excitedly, "Master!"
Then she lunged into Mo Chuan's embrace.
Mo Chuan, whose wound was touched, immediately turned pale. While comforting the teary-eyed Luo Ni in a trembling voice, he endured the pain and asked, "Luo Ni, did you see that woman with a spider's lower body escape from my domain and come here?"
But Luo Ni's answer truly made Mo Chuan's jaw drop:
"Huh? – Master, do you like that style? Hmm... I can try it too..."
"No! I'm not discussing this with you!" Mo Chuan's veins bulged on his forehead. He delivered a revitalizing punch to Luo Ni's head and said, "Answer properly! Did you see it or not?"
"Hmm... no..." Luo Ni covered her head, burying her face in Mo Chuan's chest. She smelled blood. She wrinkled her small nose, sniffed Mo Chuan repeatedly, and finally asked with a frown, "Are you injured?"
"Just a minor injury..."
"Let me see!"
"No! Luo Ni, no—"
Luo Ni looked at the still red and grotesque scar on Mo Chuan's chest and rebuked, "Why didn't you say anything!? Don't you trust me?"
Then, while muttering, she summoned the sand soldiers to bring a handful of clear spring water.
Mo Chuan didn't ask what it was, but quietly watched Luo Ni tend to his wound. At the same time, he glanced at the combat log:
"Host used [Mental Pollution] on [King of Chu Jiang], dealing 3208 magic damage (36% current health damage). Due to damage reduction from [King of Chu Jiang's Chant], actual magic damage dealt was 1604."
"Host used normal attack on [King of Chu Jiang], dealing 70 physical damage and 1046 magic damage."
"[King of Chu Jiang] used [King of Chu Jiang's Chant] on Host, dealing 2000 true damage to self (28% current health) and 4500 true damage to Host (30% max health)."
"Host used [Judgment Pendulum] on [King of Chu Jiang], dealing 869 magic damage."
"Host used [Five Grains Abundance] on [King of Chu Jiang], dealing 5143 magic damage."
"Host recovered 1029 health."
"Damn... Fortunately, my health is high... This true damage is comparable to a one-punch Urgot..." Mo Chuan muttered to himself.
"What did Master say?"
"Nothing..." Mo Chuan felt the coolness and slight itchiness on his chest, knowing that the scar was starting to heal. He then patted Luo Ni's little head and smiled, "How is it? Are you hurt?"
"No," Luo Ni shook her head and said, "Have those four rebel traitors been driven away by Master?"
"Hmm... three are dead, one escaped."
"Hehehehe... Master is so amazing..."
"Alright..." Mo Chuan pinched Luo Ni's cheek with a look of helplessness. The latter rubbed her face against Mo Chuan's large hand like a docile kitten.
"By the way, when we first arrived, what was it that crashed into my lantern?"
Seeing Luo Ni shake her head as well, Mo Chuan summoned the Soul Guiding Lantern and examined it for a moment. He probed into the lantern with his divine sense, searching for a while, and finally found the dying Golden-Winged Great Peng spirit body deep within the lantern.
After Mo Chuan took out the spirit body, he heard the system's voice: "Ding! Detected that the host has found the key quest item – [Great Sun Tathagata Sutra], do you wish to absorb it to increase quest progress?"
[Great Sun Tathagata Sutra]?
Just this?
Why is it alive?
Mo Chuan looked at the spirit body slumped in his hand with a face full of question marks and asked, "Do you recognize this thing?"
"It seems to be a wisp of Master's divine consciousness... It probably contains some crucial information."
"Then you keep it, since it's your Master's." Mo Chuan handed the spirit body to Luo Ni, gesturing for her to handle it.
But Luo Ni refused, "No need, you absorb it. Master, as a great demon who cultivated soul techniques, his ultimate skills and unique theories will surely benefit you."
Seeing Luo Ni's firm attitude, Mo Chuan felt it would be impolite to refuse. He just nodded and said to the system, "Absorb."
"Absorption commencing... Absorption successful."
The spirit body turned into points of light and entered Mo Chuan's body. Mo Chuan quietly felt the feeling of power growing, but finally frowned and turned his attention to his equipment slots.
Two pieces of equipment had appeared in his equipment slots at some unknown time:
Bronze Phoenix Mirror (Bandle Glass Mirror): Increases Ability Power, Mana Regeneration, and Cooldown Reduction.
Blazing Gem (Burning Gem): Increases Maximum Health and Cooldown Reduction.
"Ding! Detected that the host has completed quest [Buddhist Relics], obtained 1500 experience, 1000 gold, Golden Gift Pack * 1."
"Wait..." Mo Chuan looked at his equipment slots and said to the system, "Open shop."
Then Mo Chuan skillfully found what he wanted in the support equipment:
"Imperial Mandate (Modified): Increases Ability Power, Health, Ability Haste, Base Mana Regeneration.
Synergistic Firepower: Abilities that slow or immobilize a hero deal bonus magic damage and mark them for 5 minutes (each enemy hero has an 8-minute cooldown). Damage from allied champions detonates the mark, dealing bonus magic damage based on your Ability Power and granting you and that ally 20% Movement Speed for 1 minute.
Allies gain 15% Movement Speed when moving towards a marked target.
Mythic Passive: Each Legendary item you equip grants you 2% Ability Power.
The bonus effect's strength is based on the allied champion's level."
"Moonstone Regenerator:
Increases Ability Power, Health, Ability Haste, Base Mana Regeneration.
Starlight's Grace: Casting an ability or attacking a champion (including allies) in combat will heal the nearby allied champion with the most grievous wounds (based on your Max Health, 2-second cooldown). Every second spent in combat with a champion increases your healing and shield power by 5% (up to 5 stacks).
Mythic Passive: Each Legendary item you equip grants 8% increased healing to [Starlight's Grace]."
"Shurelya's Battlesong: Increases Health, Ability Power, Ability Haste, Base Mana Regeneration.
Active – Inspire: Grants you and nearby allied champions 30% Movement Speed for 3 minutes (5-minute cooldown).
Inspire: Empowering or protecting another allied champion grants you and the target 25% Movement Speed for 10 seconds.
Mythic Passive: Each Legendary item you equip grants 5 Ability Haste.
An allied champion can only be affected by the Inspire effect once every 4 seconds."
The reason Mo Chuan was looking for these three mythic items was that they shared a commonality – they were all synthesized from Blazing Gem and Bandle Glass Mirror.