"You have completed the mission and successfully assisted the Joker in planting bombs on the ferry. Reward: Shard of God's Stone x1."
"Teleportation will begin in 30 seconds."
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6..."
As the countdown echoed, the surrounding scenery blurred, and Bai Ye's body began to flicker, gradually fading until he vanished.
Moments later, as the scenery sharpened, Bai Ye found himself back where he was before entering the City of Sin.
A desolate ancient road, occasionally swept by a faint breeze that carried a hint of coolness, stirring up patches of sand.
Gazing into the distance, he could see towering city walls.
The winding Great Wall stretched like a colossal dragon.
Bai Ye shifted his weight, moving to a withered tree by the ancient road to sit down. A luminous screen then appeared before him.
The exchange interface had materialized!
Bai Ye's Sin Points were 1210, far exceeding the limit.
The overflow points came from continuing to hunt down Chosen Ones of the Order faction after reaching maximum capacity, and from killing Jiemas during the final mission.
However, they were of no use.
The World Battlefield had no loopholes for Bai Ye to exploit, as the redeemable Sin Points remained capped at one thousand.
Bai Ye had known this for a while. Otherwise, he could have used the Sin Points to fill his capacity and then, in the time between completing the mission and the next one, gone on a rampage hunting Chosen Ones of the Order faction or causing widespread destruction to let his Sin Points overflow, thus gaining more.
But the maximum redeemable Sin Points were still 1000. As for the extra two hundred, what was their meaning…
Perhaps to prove Bai Ye was a truly wicked villain?
Bai Ye shrugged with a self-deprecating smile and began to browse the items.
The available exchange items were similar to those in the hidden forbidden zone during the last city-wide chaos. Although the specific items differed, their quality and prices were comparable.
The best items only reached Black quality, with the lowest exchange price being 500 Sin Points and the highest 1000. Items starting at 500 were considered entry-level Black quality, like Pulse Dual Pistols, while 1000 Sin Points were roughly mid-tier Black quality.
Without hesitation, Bai Ye first redeemed the Fengxi Wutong Wood.
This item had been available during the last city-wide chaos, but Bai Ye had only had fifty million at the time. After redeeming it, he wouldn't have had enough money for anything else, so he chose not to. This time, however, with surplus points, Bai Ye decisively redeemed the Fengxi Wutong Wood, upgrading his Undying Bird ability from Blue to Black quality.
Undying Bird (Ability) (Black): A power bestowed by the legendary phoenix, capable of incinerating all with burning flames. With the Phoenix Feather, Undying Flame, and Fengxi Wutong Wood, the ability can grow and evolve. Effects: Phoenix Flame (burns and attacks targets); Flame Burst (can detonate Phoenix Flame at will, causing secondary damage).
The Black quality Undying Bird gained the Flame Burst effect. It had been temporarily enhanced using Loki's Lucky Roulette last time, and the power increase was quite substantial.
With the remaining five hundred Sin Points, Bai Ye pondered for a moment before choosing a Blue quality spell—Teleportation.
Teleportation (Magic) (Blue): Locates targets using ambient magical energy in the air and then performs a magical tether to instantly move to that position. The caster's mental power determines the pre-cast duration and the number of consecutive uses. Current pre-cast duration: 2.5 seconds per location lock. Current consecutive uses: 3 times.
Bai Ye's visit to the City of Sin had highlighted two issues for him.
The first was that "Soru" was quite useful, so Bai Ye desired a similar movement ability. If Six Powers were available for exchange, Bai Ye would have redeemed Soru, but unfortunately, they were not.
The second issue was defensive capability, a reminder from Yongzhen Nanhuan. Yongzhen Nanhuan was a Red quality flying sword, but its full power had not been unleashed. The biggest problem was Yongzhen Nanhuan's strongest ability, "Heng Dao Li Ma," which could not be triggered due to Bai Ye's lack of defensive means, causing Yongzhen Nanhuan to be primarily used for body enhancement.
While Yongzhen Nanhuan's basic body attribute enhancement of 30 points was not insignificant, it certainly didn't reach Red quality standards. However, Yongzhen Nanhuan had additional percentage-based body attribute enhancements, which were closely tied to the user's body attributes, thus also failing to perform at its intended level.
Still, Yongzhen Nanhuan was a product of the gacha machine. Although it had given Bai Ye a reminder to pay attention to defensive capabilities to avoid situations where good items couldn't be fully utilized, it wasn't urgent for now. Thus, Bai Ye chose Teleportation.
Teleportation was excellent. Despite being Blue quality, because it was linked to mental power, as long as his mental power was outstanding, Teleportation would undoubtedly surpass Blue quality standards. Furthermore, auxiliary abilities did not have very high quality requirements; suitability was key.
After spending three hundred Sin Points on Teleportation, Bai Ye used the remaining two hundred Sin Points to exchange for medicine.
Golden Ring Pill (Item) (Green): Can heal injuries to a certain extent and remove any negative effects.
Choco-Bars, which offered instant full-state revival, were too expensive for Bai Ye. He already had Cheese Sticks for pure healing potions. Therefore, Bai Ye chose the Golden Ring Pill, which could heal injuries to a certain extent and also remove negative effects.
After all, Bai Ye was only 100% immune to poison; other negative statuses were still troublesome.
The Golden Ring Pill consumed 150 Sin Points. For the final 50 Sin Points, Bai Ye exchanged two stacks of 99 Taoist talismans and a box of six energy bars.
He no longer had to use his Pulse Pistol sparingly.
However, the exchanged items weren't the main event; Bai Ye still had a good item in his possession.
Initial Gene Modification Cell Fluid (Item) (Blue): A gene-altering liquid that can strengthen the body by altering gene sequencing. Upon consumption, all bodily attributes will randomly increase by 5-30 points. There is a 50% chance of unlocking the first gene gate. If the unlocking fails, there will be side effects from gene resequencing.
Anything that directly enhances bodily attributes was valuable.
After all, personal strength was the foundation of everything and the most valuable form of power increase.
However, Bai Ye dared not use this in the City of Sin. If the bodily consumption was too great or side effects occurred, it would be a serious problem.
But now…
Bai Ye glanced around. The wind was bleak, desolate, and devoid of human presence. It appeared quite safe, so he could inject it.
As for the side effects…
A fifty-fifty chance!
Gambling might lead to a loss, but…
Without gambling, you never win!
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