Chapter 17 Butcher's Cleaver

After Fang Senyan successfully made the deal with Hagel, his Universal Points soared to 8800, and his Potential Points reached 9, marking a historical high. However, Fang Senyan spent a full five hours haggling with people in the trading market, so the time he could stay in the space was running out. He hurriedly took another look around the market and prepared to rush to strengthen his basic abilities when he happened to pass by a newly opened stall. His eyes were suddenly drawn to an item there.

Butcher's Cleaver

Origin: Tempe Cote Town Blacksmith, Arizona

Equipment Rarity: Light Blue

Attack Power: 3~16

Material: Pig Iron

Weight: 11.2 kg

Durability: 65/65

Attack Speed: Slow

Equipment Usage Requirements: Strength must be above 9 points, Constitution above 6 points

Equipment Slot: One-handed (either left or right hand)

Weapon Special Effect "Parry": You can attempt to use this weapon to parry the enemy's melee physical attacks. If the parry is successful, the damage you take is reduced by 10%~50%.

When your Strength + Constitution attributes are higher than the attacker's, the damage absorption range is 30%~50%.

If your Strength + Constitution attributes are lower than the attacker's, the damage absorption range is 10%~15%. In addition, there are various factors that affect the parry.

Description: Each successful parry will reduce the weapon's durability by 5~10 points. When the durability value is 0, this equipment will be directly damaged and cannot be repaired. You can obtain repair services in the Space or from special plot characters in certain Nightmare Worlds.

Axe-type weapons have an additional special effect: Hit rate -1%, critical hit rate +2%.

This equipment's combat power score: 9

Evaluation: The wide axe surface can easily parry the enemy's attacks.

To be honest, this weapon feels a bit like a tasteless chicken rib to many users, mainly because of its slow attack speed and unremarkable attack power. Of course, the passive weapon effect Parry and the 2% increase in critical hit rate are highlights. Otherwise, it would only be destined to be discarded in a store.

What Fang Senyan valued about this axe was its passive effect of having a chance to parry enemy attacks. Although the price for this effect might be the complete destruction of the weapon, it was perfect for Fang Senyan, who had lost his Cobalt Steel Alloy Exoskeleton. Such a weapon that combined offense and defense met his needs perfectly. With the bonus of high Strength, even though the weapon's attack was low, it could still deal considerable damage when facing most enemies. When Fang Senyan used the axe in his left hand and wielded the powerful Flintlock Pistol Ambition in his right hand, he believed he would be able to handle most situations.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages to everything. This light blue weapon was obviously sought after by many people. When Fang Senyan saw it, a large group of people had already gathered around the Contractor's stall, and it seemed that this Contractor was eager to leave. He even held an auction-like event on the spot, directly stating that the highest bidder would get it. Seeing this, Fang Senyan gritted his teeth and squeezed in to participate in the auction. In the end, the Contractor was very interested in the light blue first-aid kit that Fang Senyan had just acquired. After a difficult tug-of-war, Fang Senyan paid the price of the first-aid kit plus 1000 Universal Points to get the one-handed axe in his hands.

Next, Fang Senyan naturally had to strengthen his basic abilities. His current basic abilities were:

Basic Melee Lv1,

Basic Footwork Lv2,

Basic Stamina Lv1

Advanced Basic Ability: Chin Na (grappling) Combat Specialization Lv1.

Among these, the Advanced Basic Ability: Chin Na Combat Specialization could only be upgraded to Lv2 after the first three basic abilities were raised to Lv2.

Fang Senyan consulted the Nightmare Imprint and walked towards the north of the Nightmare Space. After reaching the wall in the Space, the Nightmare Imprint on Fang Senyan's chest emitted a ray of light, and after paying 200 Potential Points, a door naturally opened in front of him. Fang Senyan walked in and arrived at a secret room with soft lighting. In front of him, rows of text floated in the form of a 3D holographic image. Fang Senyan could obtain the relevant services by pointing at them.

Obviously, Fang Senyan's biggest weakness in melee combat was still speed. So, even though Basic Footwork had already been strengthened to Lv2, he still chose to strengthen this attribute, which was directly related to speed. The prompt he received was that he needed to pay 1000 Universal Points + 1 Potential Point. After selecting "Confirm", Fang Senyan successfully obtained the improvement of this attribute.

But Fang Senyan quickly discovered that the cost of strengthening Basic Footwork from Lv3 to Lv4 had increased significantly. It actually required 2000 points + 2 Potential Points. The equivalent currency spent had actually doubled directly! After thinking for a while, he chose to continue tentatively strengthening Basic Footwork, and immediately realized that after Basic Footwork was strengthened to Lv4, he actually received an additional prompt:

Basic Footwork Lv4: Increases the owner's chance to evade enemy attacks by 3%, and increases the master's basic movement speed by 8%.

Prompt: You have raised Basic Footwork to Lv4, triggering related conditions. Please draw an additional special effect brought about by Basic Footwork Lv4.

Prompt: You will randomly draw one of the following special effects as an additional special effect brought about by your Basic Footwork Lv4. There is a time limit of ten seconds. If there is no action taken by then, the Space will automatically allocate one of the attributes for you.

A: The owner's damage from falling from a high place is reduced by 33%.

B: The owner's evasion chance is additionally increased by 2%.

C: The owner's basic movement speed is additionally increased by 2%.

D: The owner's speed reduction effect in harsh terrain (desert, swamp...) is reduced by 33%.

E: The owner's chance of being hit by melee attacks increases by 2%, and the evasion rate for ranged attacks (including magic, ranged physical attacks) increases by 4%.

F: The owner's chance of being hit by ranged attacks increases by 2%, and the evasion rate for melee attacks increases by 4%.

"You can actually draw an additional special effect?" Fang Senyan was immediately surprised. He immediately thought of one thing, that was, perhaps the other basic abilities would have similar additional reward effects when upgraded from Lv3 to Lv4! Because there was a ten-second time limit, Fang Senyan immediately chose to draw, and the final result was E: The owner's chance of being hit by melee attacks increases by 2%, and the evasion rate for ranged attacks (including magic, ranged physical attacks) increases by 4%.

Finally, the final attributes of Fang Senyan's Basic Footwork Lv4 were:

Basic Footwork Lv4: Increases the owner's chance to evade enemy attacks by 5%, and increases the master's basic movement speed by 8%.

Additional special effect: The owner's chance of being hit by melee attacks increases by 2%, and the evasion rate for ranged attacks (including magic, ranged physical attacks) increases by 4%.

Immediately after randomly drawing the attribute, Fang Senyan received a prompt from the Nightmare Imprint. It was actually that if the Contractor was not satisfied with the special effect, he could also pay 1000 Universal Points + 1 Potential Point to reduce Basic Footwork back to Lv3, and the special effect obtained would disappear. Then the Contractor would raise Basic Footwork to Lv4 again, and naturally he could obtain another chance to draw!!!

Obviously, if a Contractor had plenty of money and wanted to pursue certain extreme attributes, he could repeatedly train in this way to finally obtain the attributes he was satisfied with. As for Fang Senyan, he was quite satisfied with the result of this draw - of course, even if he wasn't satisfied, he wouldn't dare to reset and try again. He currently only had 4600 Universal Points left, and only 6 Potential Points. After considering for a while, Fang Senyan spent a total of 1000 Universal Points and 2 Potential Points to raise Basic Melee and Basic Stamina to Lv2, which satisfied the conditions for upgrading the Advanced Basic Ability: Chin Na Combat Specialization.

However, the cost of upgrading the Advanced Basic Ability: Chin Na Combat Specialization from Lv1 to Lv2 was high. It actually required a full 3000 Universal Points + 3 Potential Points! Fang Senyan gritted his teeth and reluctantly learned it. However, the improvement after upgrading Chin Na Combat Specialization was also quite significant: Fang Senyan's close combat attack damage evasion, blocking, and parrying all increased from the original 7% to 10%, which could be considered worth the money.

After this round of crazy spending, Fang Senyan's Universal Points shrunk back to 600, and his Potential Points became 1. He re-entered below the poverty line. The feeling of seeing his economy plummeting to a deficit was quite uncomfortable. At this time, he also went to the bar in the Space to wander around, and also tried to sell some related intelligence experiences. However, after contacting several Contractors, he understood that this move had no benefits other than exposing his strength. Because everyone's experience in the worlds was in a state of dynamic change, most of the intelligence was different for each person, and there was a high probability that the intelligence purchased would be useless.

To give a very simple example: In the world of Terminator, Sarah Connor exists, and the difficulty of killing her is very high. But it is not ruled out that she might be killed! And Fang Senyan also heard just now that there were Contractors who successfully took her down. So, if she is killed, will the leader of the Human Resistance Army, John Connor, be unable to be born, the plot will be stuck, and Skynet will completely rule the earth? Of course not, the Nightmare Space will automatically make adjustments, and the leader of the Human Resistance Army will be replaced by another person, who will play the same role as John Connor, but his personal character and behavior patterns may be different. If you spend a lot of money to buy a hidden mission about the great leader John Connor... but the Terminator world you are experiencing no longer has this person, wouldn't you want to cry without tears and have no way to return the goods?

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