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Right now, Luo Jiajun and his group are in an open area on the southern outskirts of Qixian County.
The weather was damp and cold, with a thick fog still hanging low, obscuring and swallowing the outline of the distant county town, leaving only a desolate scene of overgrown weeds nearby. The air was filled with a heavy smell of dust, rotting plants, and an indescribable, nauseating musty stench.
Here, a battle that had just begun was nearing its end.
Dozens of strangely shaped corpses lay scattered on the ground. They were short and hunched over, only about half a person's height, covered with dirty, tangled, grayish-black short fur, with pointed snouts and monkey-like cheeks, long, thin, hairless tails, and sharp claws.
Rat man.
These ratmen, armed with rusty daggers and crude blowguns, were now mostly dead, their filthy blood soaking the dry, cracked earth.
Luo Jiajun stood tall and straight in the center of the battlefield, his face cold and stern. The silver-gray "Redemption" revolver in his hand was wreathed in faint blue energy embers. Each time he raised his hand, each time he pulled the trigger, it was accompanied by a deep, peculiar energy hum and a short, sharp explosion, followed by condensed beams of azure light tearing through the mist, effortlessly piercing the heads of every ratman targeted.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" You Lin, where are you thinking of Lin Kong, where are you...?
A series of dull, cracking sounds rang out. The heads of the ratmen that were hit seemed to be instantly melted or exploded by the high temperature, and red and white matter mixed with the smell of burning splattered everywhere. Their short bodies convulsed and fell down.
Luo Jiajun's movements were concise and efficient, without the slightest waste, as if he weren't killing, but rather clearing away a pile of unsightly trash. The gun's muzzle pointed at him like a death knell. And thanks to the "unlimited firepower" buff, Luo Jiajun didn't need to worry about ammunition consumption; each shot only brought a momentary depletion and replenishment of power, forming a cold and perpetual rhythm of killing.
Not far away, Mai Shiranui's figure resembled a leaping flame. With a "whoosh," the folding fan in her hand unfolded, and intense orange-red flames instantly erupted from the edges of the fan. Facing several fearless, screaming ratmen charging at her, she lightly touched the ground with her toes, twisted her waist, and spun around with the agility of a fire fox.
"drink!"
With a triumphant shout, the burning folding fan traced a perfect arc of flame. The intense heat instantly licked at the ratmen, igniting their filthy fur and causing their flesh to sizzle and burn. The ratmen's agonizing screams lasted only half a second before they were completely engulfed by the flames, turning into several rolling, burning fireballs on the ground, emitting acrid black smoke. The female ninja closed her fan and stood still, her red lips slightly pursed, her gaze sweeping across the battlefield to confirm that no more rats had escaped and were heading towards her side.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the battlefield, a flash of sword light appeared like a startled swan, instantly tearing apart the last shred of resistance. Annerose's figure was as fast as a ghost, her longsword leaving a series of cold afterimages in the thick fog. A ratman trying to escape had barely turned around when the precise tip of the sword pierced his back.
As Annerose's final blow landed, the last screech of the ratmen in the clearing vanished completely. Only heavy breathing and the crackling of burning corpses remained in the thick fog.
The battle ended, and the ratmen in this area were completely wiped out.
"Alright, the miscellaneous fish are all cleaned up."
Luo Jiajun tucked "Redemption" back into his belt, his gaze shifting to the edge of the battlefield, obscured by an overturned truck. There, a purple portal, about two meters high and one meter wide, floated silently, its edges crackling with tiny, lightning-like strands of energy. The portal was deep and dark, seemingly connecting to an unknown abyss, emanating unsettling spatial fluctuations.
This was precisely their objective: a portal that was steadily expanding.
"Rinko." Luo Jiajun's voice broke the brief silence after the battle.
Rinko Akiyama immediately stepped forward, walked to Luo Jiajun's side, and her gaze also fell on the teleportation portal. A hint of focus appeared on her calm face.
Luo Jiajun looked at Linzi, a hint of barely perceptible expectation in his voice, "The same as always, I'll leave the rest to you."
In fact, in the past two weeks of exploration, Luo Jiajun has pushed the progress of the third main quest, "Breaching the Door," to 9/10.
In other words, once this portal is destroyed, this part of the main quest will be completed!
Having received Luo Jiajun's instructions, Rinko nodded without saying a word. She took a deep breath, her eyes instantly becoming incredibly sharp, as if they could pierce through the very essence of space, and slowly walked towards the portal emitting an ominous purple light, stopping a few meters away.
Then, she slowly raised her right hand, fingers spread, palm facing the portal in front of her. A deep purple aura began to gather in her palm, and tiny, hair-like purple arcs of electricity leaped out, emitting a soft "crackling" sound.
These electric arcs did not streak randomly, but rather rapidly intertwined and converged in front of her palm, forming a constantly rotating purple energy vortex that emitted strong spatial fluctuations.
The girl's expression was incredibly focused, and fine beads of sweat even appeared on her forehead. Manipulating the power of space was by no means easy, even for someone as skilled as her, and it still required a considerable amount of mental and physical energy.
"Congeal!"
Suddenly, a low, soft shout came from Rinko's mouth.
As she spoke, the hand crackling with purple electricity suddenly clenched inward! It was as if an invisible hand, made of pure spatial energy, gripped the floating portal tightly with her movement!
Om-!
A deep, almost inaudible spatial tremor suddenly resounded.
The purple light gate, which had been floating silently, suddenly twisted violently the moment Rinko grasped it! The energy threads leaping at the edge of the gate became wildly chaotic, like a swarm of startled snakes. Then, before everyone's eyes, the gate, as if forcibly kneaded by an invisible giant hand, began to collapse and cave inward at a visible speed!
The entire space seemed to tremble slightly, and the light refracted strangely around the door frame. The deep purple light was forcibly compressed, its brightness increasing dramatically before quickly dimming again.
Within seconds, the unsettling spatial portal was compressed into a tiny, almost imperceptible, yet incredibly bright purple dot by the powerful interference of the purple arc of electricity in Rinko's palm.
Finally, with a soft "pop," as faint yet clearly audible as a soap bubble bursting, the tiny purple dot vanished completely into the air, as if it had never existed.
Only a patch of mist, disturbed by spatial fluctuations, remained in place, slowly settling down.
Meanwhile, Luo Jiajun immediately received a notification that the mission was complete.
Main Quest (3) - Door Breach Operation
[Mission Requirements: Destroy at least ten portals (spatial rifts)]
[Current progress: 10/10]
[Task status: Completed]
[Task Reward: Unlock new feature - Points Shop]
(Points Shop: The shop contains various items related to summoned characters, as well as various unlocked high-value items, which can be purchased with summoning points)
"Finally, this task is done!"
Luo Jiajun narrowed his eyes, somewhat excited, and muttered to himself, "I haven't used the points I got from killing those two orc bosses from the Steelwind Clan yet. I want to see what these points can buy in the marketplace!"
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With the battle over, the nearby portal was destroyed by Akiyama Rinko, and Luo Jiajun led the women away. However, they didn't go far, only walking a short distance to an area where the smell of blood was relatively faint, and then they activated and used the capsule residence.
The battle just now was against a group of ratmen, none of whom were boss-level beings. Although the battle was overwhelming and uneventful, everyone was covered in blood after the carnage. Naturally, those who needed to rest went inside to rest, and those who needed to take a bath went inside to bathe.
Luo Jiajun was preoccupied, so he refused the requests of several women, including Deleil, Leda, and 2B, to serve him. He went into the bathroom on the first floor by himself and took a warm bath in the tub.
"Mmm~ That feels good."
The shower gel produced a fragrant aroma and lots of foam after being mixed with the water. Luo Jiajun lay comfortably in the bathtub, his body completely relaxed.
The teleportation portals destroyed in the last two weeks were all ones that Archina and Jela encountered on their journey south from Qi County to Kun City. In other words, Luo Jiajun was essentially dragging Archina and the others back the way they came. Instead of returning to Kun City, the entire team was heading north, getting closer and closer to Qi County.
Since the Great Ice Dragon Polez is lurking in Qixian County, the closer you get to the county town, the colder the climate becomes. When he was outside, Luo Jiajun felt that the temperature was almost zero degrees Celsius. He couldn't even imagine how low the temperature would be inside Qixian County.
No wonder the official base in Qi County was on the verge of collapse and had to risk organizing manpower to hunt down the ice dragon, which was a legendary boss like the Storm Bear Volir.
However, none of this mattered to Luo Jiajun for the time being. The only thing that might have some impact on him was the cold weather outside, but now, lying in the bathtub, he felt only endless comfort and warmth.
Amidst the rising steam, Luo Jiajun silently brought up the game's main interface, where he saw that the [Points Shop] option had indeed appeared after the completion of the third main quest.
Using his mind as a trigger, Luo Jiajun opened the shop. The screen that appeared next did not display various products, but rather character cards, including Archina, Mai Shiranui, Annerose, Bayonetta, and so on—all the harem members that Luo Jiajun had summoned.
This reminded Luo Jiajun of the description of the points mall in the previous mission description.
(Points Shop: The shop contains various items related to summoned characters, as well as various unlocked high-value items, which can be purchased with summoning points)
"It seems that each character card should have various purchase options. How can I buy the various unlocked high-value items through the points shop?" As soon as Luo Jiajun had this thought, his eyes caught sight of a small treasure chest icon in the lower right corner of the shop interface.
When Luo Jiajun clicked the treasure chest icon, the shop interface changed from character cards to high-value items that Luo Jiajun had already unlocked, such as: [Red Dewdrop Grail Bottle], [Senzu Bean], [Digimon Machine - Rosemon], and [Redemption] - among which, Digimon Machine and Redemption are grayed out and cannot be purchased.
When Luo Jiajun focused his mind on the two unpurchaseable options, a text message popped up on the interface: This item is unique and cannot be owned repeatedly. It can only be purchased and reproduced after it is destroyed.
This means that unless Luo Jiajun's existing "Redemption" pistol is destroyed, he cannot purchase a second Redemption pistol through the points shop to dual-wield it.
Similarly, Luo Jiajun cannot directly duplicate another Rosemon through the Points Shop. At most, he can only revive a Rosemon through the Points Shop after it has been destroyed... Of course, Luo Jiajun would never allow the Rosemon to be destroyed.
Red Dewdrop Grail Bottles and Senzu Beans can be purchased repeatedly. A single Red Dewdrop Grail Bottle costs as much as 1000 Summoning Points, but since it can bring someone back from the brink of death with a single sip, and the potion inside automatically regenerates over time, its high price is justifiable.
Senzu Beans are sold individually, costing 500 points each. As a recovery item, compared to the Crimson Dewdrop Holy Grail, Senzu Beans offer a significantly more substantial recovery effect. As long as the character isn't dead, they instantly restore full health. You can think of it this way: the Crimson Dewdrop Holy Grail's recovery is a fixed value, while the Senzu Bean's is a percentage! And this percentage is a whopping—100%!
Another advantage of Senzu Beans is that they not only fully heal injuries but also restore stamina, an effect that the Red Dewdrop Grail Bottle lacks. Looking at it this way, it's no wonder that a single bean can sell for 500 points.
Thinking about it carefully, it's really not expensive to buy this kind of conceptual miracle drug for 500 points.
However, Luo Jiajun did not have a need to stockpile more recovery items at the moment, so he touched the treasure chest icon in the lower right corner of the shop interface again, and the interface immediately jumped back to the previous state where it was full of character cards.
The character cards in the interface should be arranged in order of summoning time. Luo Jiajun clicked on the character card of Achina, which was the first one he summoned. Then a lot of purchase options related to Achina appeared on the interface.
Among the cheaper options is Archina's iconic white silk dress and black wide-brimmed hat, the "Classic Set," which costs only 5 Summoning Points. However, it's useless; this outfit can be easily conjured by Dlair using her magic-to-matter conversion spell. Luo Jiajun was simply wasting his hard-earned Summoning Points on this.
But putting aside the [Classic Set], most of the other purchasable options are actually quite appealing to Luo Jiajun. (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated to the main topic.)
【Eight-Foot Pleasure Swatter】: A magical fly swatter that can be used to slap Achina Dimitrescu's drums to provide her with a sexual arousal effect. Price: 10 Summoning Points.
【Summoning Card: Archina's Daughters】: This summoning card corresponds to a 3-player prize pool. After use, it will summon one "Achina's Daughter" that has not yet been summoned from the prize pool. This summoning card can be purchased repeatedly until the prize pool is depleted. The price is 500 summoning points.
【Achina Dimitrescu's Skill Pack】: This skill pack corresponds to a prize pool containing multiple skills. After use, you will learn one skill from the prize pool that you do not yet own. It can be purchased repeatedly until the prize pool is depleted. The price is 300 Summoning Points.
...and other miscellaneous purchase options made Luo Jiajun genuinely want to buy.
Especially the [Summon Card: Archina's Daughters]!
—You should know that Luo Jiajun had saved up 2700 summoning points specifically for today, and the points needed to summon all three daughters of Archina by draining the prize pool would only be 1500!
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Luo Jiajun didn't immediately spend points to buy the [Summoning Card: Archina's Daughters]. Mother-daughter flowers, sisters, and the like are all good, but he should at least look at the other options before making a decision.
Luo Jiajun then jumped back to the previous screen of the points shop and opened other character cards one by one, from Akiyama Rinko to Bayonetta, who had been summoned recently.
With so many options to buy, Luo Jiajun was completely overwhelmed. However, what attracted him most was actually the "skill pack".
He discovered that in the points shop, every character card had a corresponding skill pack for sale. Cheap ones, like Archina, only cost a few hundred points. Expensive ones, like Annerose and Bayonetta, had skill packs that could sell for thousands of points! Enough for Luo Jiajun to summon another wife!
But no matter how powerful the summoned wife is, she's not one's own power. Annerose and Bayonetta each possess at least one ability that touches the realm of the gods, so it's understandable that their skill packs are so expensive.
Given that the available purchasable options for Archina's character card include a "Summoning Card: Archina's Daughters," Luo Jiajun had initially hoped to buy the Summoning Card of Mizuki Shiranui directly through Yukikaze, the Summoning Card of Jeanne d'Arc directly through Bayonetta, the Summoning Card of A2 directly through 2B, and so on. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned; "Archina's Daughters" seemed to be an exception.
Or perhaps the reason the option "[Summon Card: Archina's Daughters]" exists is because Archina's daughters are relatively weak in combat, only good for bullying ordinary people? Is that why they can be purchased directly from the shop?
Then, for the powerful characters you want, like Mizuki Shiranui or Jeanne d'Arc, you still have to spend some money and rely on luck to draw them.
"Games" are all like this. Ordinary items can be bought directly, but good items require drawing lots, and the probability is even deliberately set very low. Then there's a pity system or something to entice people to spend money gambling.
Before the apocalypse, as a player of the Chinese server and a fan of anime-style mobile games, Luo Jiajun knew all too well about this.
After much deliberation, Luo Jiajun made a decision: to purchase the [Summoning Card: Archina's Daughters] and the [Skill Pack of Mizuki Yukikaze]!
The former requires purchasing three copies to drain the prize pool, costing 1500 summoning points.
The latter costs 800 points, which is quite expensive. Although Xuefeng's skill pack can't compare to Annerose or Bayonetta, who have already reached the Mythical realm, that's precisely why it's cheap! This way, Luo Jiajun will even have 400 summoning points left out of his 2700. He can see if he wants to buy something else in the shop.
In addition, among so many summonable characters, the main reason for choosing the skill pack of Mizuki Yukikaze is that Yukikaze's various abilities are very compatible with Luo Jiajun.
Take the ability to control lightning, for example. Luo Jiajun can do it too, but unless he transforms into the Terminator, his ability to control electricity in his basic human form is practically useless, almost worthless. This is because, as a ranged attack method, Luo Jiajun now has a better option – namely, [Redemption] equipped with "Infinite Power".
Yukikaze, widely recognized as a genius within the "Taimanin" franchise, known for its high power ceiling, possesses an astonishing talent for manipulating lightning. If Luo Jiajun were to acquire such talent, it would undoubtedly lead to a qualitative leap in his abilities!
At that point, let alone human form, the Terminator form will probably transform directly into Zeus walking among humans!
Furthermore, Xuefeng's spear skills are perfectly suited to Luo Jiajun, who has recently received "redemption".
This legendary weapon, which was wielded by "Dissent," one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse whose combat power was undoubtedly mythical in "Darksiders," is actually somewhat of a hidden gem in the hands of Luo Jiajun at this stage.
Although Luo Jiajun had just used this legendary revolver today to blow the heads off two orc bosses in a row, this was far from the limit of this legendary weapon.
After careful consideration, Luo Jiajun decided to purchase the [Shuicheng Xuefeng's Skill Pack].
Summoning Points: -800.
[Mizuki Yukikaze's Skill Pack] - Confirm Use!
"Come on! Send this lucky guy the goods!" Luo Jiajun roared in his mind.
Immediately afterwards, a prompt appeared on the game screen in front of me:
[You have purchased and activated the "Water City Yukikaze Skill Pack". Congratulations! You have obtained the special ability "Lightning Prodigy"!]
[Lightning Prodigy: Maximum Affinity for Lightning Elements]
The notification message contained no fancy effects or lengthy explanations, only the unremarkable phrase "Maximum affinity with lightning elements." However, the instant the ability took effect, Luo Jiajun clearly felt an unprecedented surge of energy, seemingly originating from the very source of life, unexpectedly coursing through his body, abundant and active, as if inexhaustible.
A strange sense of enlightenment welled up inside him. Luo Jiajun subconsciously lifted a wet hand out of the warm bathwater. With just a slight thought, countless fine, leaping, and crackling blue arcs of electricity seemed to come alive, eagerly emerging from beneath the skin of his palm.
These electric arcs were unusually docile, completely under the absolute control of Luo Jiajun's will. They did not run wild or erratically because Luo Jiajun's palm was wet. Instead, under Luo Jiajun's control, they gathered and wove precisely like the most skillful threads, instantly condensing into the outline of a small figure made of pure electric current, which danced gracefully on his palm!
To see the big picture from small details requires an extraordinary level of skill; otherwise, how could one perform such a precise operation?
A strong intuition told Luo Jiajun that, even while maintaining his normal human form, the intensity of the electric current he could generate was already comparable to the level he previously needed to achieve by transforming into the Terminator.
Not to mention, when he transforms into his Terminator form, the terrifying boost from [Ray Magic Prodigy] will also take effect, multiplying his power. Where is Lin? Are you in Meikong? Are you in Meikong? Are you in Meikong?
"In this way, my combat power in human form alone will be terrifying. There won't be any more situations where I have to rely on transforming into the Terminator to win against strong enemies." Thinking this, Luo Jiajun felt greatly encouraged. After all, over-reliance on a single skill is not a good thing. If human form can solve almost all problems, why bother transforming into a monster?
As for the three [Summoning Cards: Achina's Daughters] he purchased, Luo Jiajun didn't use them immediately. He had just taken a shower, and now it was time to get started.
He himself was going to summon three daughters for Archina so that the mother and daughters could be reunited.
Let's make a few bold requests to Achina first. It's not unreasonable at all, is it?