Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 443 Cicada Awakening
"Yes, I want all of these."

In the corner of the tea shop, Xu Yue's tone was calm, but it sounded particularly pleasant to the black businessman opposite. It can only be said that he is worthy of being a wealthy forging master, and he is decisive in transactions.

The profit that could be brought by selling all three dark purple high-quality props would be no small amount even for him. Moreover, at this level, simple Paradise Coin transactions were no longer the first choice for black marketeers. Barter and then reselling were his best means of always being able to make the most of rare goods and earn a fortune.

"Since Master Xinhuo is satisfied, let's talk about the price. I will exchange Hellfire and Cicada Awareness for three pieces of dark purple quality finished soul-melting equipment. As for the Good Fortune White Lotus, it is a gift. I will only exchange it for one reservation service for soul-melting forging. I will provide the materials and weapon souls myself. What do you think?"

"not so good."

After scanning the three props lined up on the round table, Xu Yue shook his head.

To be honest, although the price charged by the black market dealers is a little overpriced, it is definitely not an exorbitant amount. Although the dark purple quality soul-fusion equipment has the possibility of being promoted to light gold equipment, the consumption of various resources required in the process can only be described as exaggerated.

At least for Xu Yue, the value of these three items is far greater than the soul-fusion equipment that only takes time to mass-produce. However, since it is a transaction, bargaining and calculation are naturally inevitable.

If things go as expected, his future dealings with the black marketeers will definitely not be limited to this time, so he cannot appear to be too compromising.

His eyes first turned to the crystal skull on the round table. Xu Yue's eyelids drooped slightly, and a hint of visible disgust flashed between his brows.

"Without the blood of the Ghost Rider, the fire of hell is a double-edged sword that hurts both oneself and others. And sin? Oh, except for those occupational therapists trained by large forces, who can survive in Paradise is not covered in blood? Who is not full of sin?"

"With such harsh control conditions, this thing must have been hoarded by the previous owner for a long time."

"As for Chan Jue, the effect is good, but the contractors who can reach the master level of the technique at the low stage are rare, and with the notorious economic situation of the technique department, those who can afford a satisfactory price are even rarer."

"So... three items in exchange for a piece of dark purple quality finished soul-melting equipment, and a soul-melting forging service for any equipment."

After saying this, the black businessman who had never spoken a word to refute finally replied quietly:
"Master Xinhuo, you know this is impossible. At least two pieces of finished Soul Fusion equipment and a second Soul Fusion forging service are required. This is the minimum..."

The black businessman had not yet finished saying the word "bottom line" when he saw the introduction of the equipment displayed by Xu Yue and immediately changed the subject.

[Dragon Scale Heavy Armor +12]

Origin: Dragon Valley
slightly………

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"Well, if it's this matter, then it's not impossible to discuss it..."

Obviously, as a good businessman, the black businessman's bottom line is quite flexible.

Looking at the introduction of the Dragon Scale Heavy Armor, the Black Merchant couldn't help but lean forward slightly. It had a +12 purple full-score armor, a rare dragon-type transformation effect, 3 special enchants, and two top-notch gems, one dark purple and one light gold.

The current value of this heavy armor is no less than that of ordinary light gold equipment. If it is forged through soul fusion, the overall value is expected to double again. At least it will not be a problem compared to the three items in his hand.

Without any hesitation, the black businessman slowly pushed the props on the round table towards Xu Yue.

"Deal, the Soul-Fusion Dragon Scale Heavy Armor + one Soul-Fusion Forging Service in exchange for these three items!"

"By the way, I don't think I need to provide any additional weapon souls for the heavy armor."

"I will handle the weapon soul myself, but..."

After taking a quick glance at the props placed in front of him, Xu Yuewan did not intend to take them away, but continued:
"These are not enough."

After a moment's silence, the black businessman did not try to bargain, but quietly took out another exquisite card emitting a deep purple light from the space.

【World Road Signs】

Quality: purple

Type: Consumables
Effect: Use this to change the next mission to a world that is more in line with the user's development system.

Tip: Except for employees, this permission can only be used once per level.

Rating: 150
Introduction: Go and look for it, deep in this world lies a treasure that suits you best.

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"Dragon Scale Heavy Armor + Two Soul Fusion Forging Reservation Service."

As the world signpost appeared, Xu Yue's eyes brightened slightly, and a smile finally appeared at the corner of his indifferent mouth.

"Deal. The Dragon Scale Heavy Armor will be completed in three days. You can go directly to the store to collect it. As for the Soul Fusion Forging, you can place an order with Ah Fu at any time."

"I'll take these four things with me now, is that ok?"

Their eyes met, and the black businessman shrugged and nodded repeatedly.

"Of course, no problem, please help yourself!"

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Ten minutes later, skill upgrade hall.

After finishing the transaction with the black marketeer, Xu Yue went straight to the skill upgrade hall. In addition to the control of evil spirits learned from the Soul Notebook, his newly acquired passive skill Cicada Awareness also urgently needed to be strengthened.

When he was promoted to the second level, the once green-quality beast instinct could no longer keep up with his combat rhythm, so now he urgently needed another higher-quality perception passive.

In the increasingly intense melee combat, the role of vision and hearing is often greatly reduced, and what is more worth relying on is basically one's own strong fighting instinct, or special early warning senses such as "Cicada Sense". For the technical system, even if it is just a fraction faster, the gap in between is the chasm between life and death.

"Learn the cicada sense!"

In the skill upgrade warehouse, as Xu Yue moved, the ancient book in his hand quietly shattered and turned into countless illusory text images that madly poured into his mind.

The spreading darkness quickly obscured all vision. When light appeared in front of Xu Yue's eyes again, what came into view was a vast sea of ​​white clouds.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, a tall figure in a purple Tang suit stood tall and majestic. As he performed boxing and moves, misty clouds began to be attracted by the opponent's movements, flowing and entwining with the swing of strength, and finally formed a vast Tai Chi cloud map that seemed endless.

For a moment, the boundless Tai Chi clouds seemed to occupy the entire world, but when Xu Yue looked intently, he could still see the tall figure practicing boxing calmly above the sea of ​​clouds.

After an unknown amount of time, the figure practicing boxing suddenly stopped moving, raised his head slightly, and a pair of eyes that were so indifferent that no emotion could be seen suddenly caught his eyes. When their eyes met, Xu Yue suddenly saw the rising and setting of the sun and the setting of the moon, the changing of seasons...

“You can know the future without seeing or hearing anything. This is the utmost sincerity. That is why the cicadas know the future before the autumn wind blows.”

[The hunter has learned the skill of 'Cicada Awareness']

【Please select the skill you want to upgrade next】

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In the slightly cramped skill upgrade room, Xu Yue's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and listening to the familiar park prompt sound in his ears, the confusion in his eyes disappeared in an instant.

“Seeing the heaven and earth will enlighten oneself, sincerity will lead to foresight…”

"Chinese martial arts...are a bit more mysterious than I expected."

Recalling the wonderful feeling he had just experienced in the skill illusion, Xu Yue's eyes flickered. The skill learning mechanism of the Samsara Paradise allows the contractor to experience the essence and source of the skill in person, so as to master it directly at the fastest speed.

The essence of Chan Jue's skill is the special realm that is created when the technique reaches a certain level. In some ways, it is similar to the ability of "Heaven and Earth Retreat" that he realized when his halberd technique reached the master level. Therefore, in the brief illusion just now, Xu Yue clearly felt another path and height of the technique. Although his combat power has not been significantly improved for the time being, it is of great benefit to his future technical level growth. Even the vibration perception ability that he had realized before has gained a lot of benefits.

From this point of view alone, Chan felt that the value far exceeded the price Xu Yue paid and was worth his continued improvement.

“Paradise, enhance the cicada’s consciousness!”

[To upgrade Cicada Awareness LV1 (passive skill), you need to pay 5000 Paradise Coins. Yes/No. 】

The high price of 8 points suddenly came into view, but Xu Yue remained calm. You know, when he upgraded to "Demon Seed Planting" before, the cost of the first level was as high as an even more exaggerated Paradise Coins.

With the continuous income support from the furnace forge shop, this consumption is still within his tolerance, so... he will directly upgrade ten levels.

[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.2]

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[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.10]

After upgrading to LV.10, in addition to the most basic perception enhancement, Chan Jue also has an additional burst skill called "Shocking Cicada", which can greatly enhance nerve reflexes in critical moments. For close combat, reaction speed is the boundary between life and death.

Simple and crude, but quite powerful.

"Keep improving!"

[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.11]

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[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.20]

[Your skill (Cicada Awakening) has been upgraded to Lv.20. When this skill is upgraded to Lv.20, you can get additional rewards. Please choose one of the following options. ]

1. Nerve reflex + 4%

2. The backlash of "Jingchan" is reduced by 50%

3. The triggering conditions of "Cicada Shock" have been appropriately reduced
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Three additional options were arranged in front of Xu Yue. Without much consideration, he chose the first additional reward without hesitation.

Again, nerve reflex speed takes absolute priority in melee attacks. No matter how strong the attack is, it can only be considered truly effective damage when it hits the enemy accurately. Otherwise, it is just some fancy and useless work.

Compared to the explosive skill "Jingchan" which can only be used at critical moments, he prefers to continuously improve his normal constant strength.

"continue!"

[Since Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.20, the upgrade fee has been increased to 10000 Paradise Coins. ]

[Tip: The Hunter Paradise Coin balance is insufficient, the upgrade failed! ]

"Uh……"

The cold paradise reminder directly interrupted his pleasant journey of skill upgrading. Looking at the number of paradise coins with a balance of less than 3,000 points, Xu Yue couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly.

After leaving the X-Men world, he still had more than 100,000 Paradise Coins left through world rewards and box opening income. But now, in just a few moments, they have been spent.

This shows how inexpensive Paradise Coins are. For regular contractors, if they only rely on the basic rewards, or just want to upgrade a high-quality skill to the maximum level, they will need to carefully and painstakingly accumulate several derivative worlds in order to barely gather the required resources.

Of course, this part of the contractors does not include Xu Yue. When faced with insufficient balance, he only needs to call for off-site assistance. After all, behind him, there is a furnace forging shop that continuously consumes large amounts of resources.

Soon, a huge sum of 20 Paradise Coins was sent directly by Ah Fu. With his balance replenished, Xu Yue began the upgrade process again.

[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.21]

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[Cicada Awareness (passive skill) has been upgraded to LV.30]

[Your skill (Cicada Awareness) has been upgraded to the maximum level. When this skill is upgraded to the maximum level, you can get additional rewards. Please choose one of the following options. ]

1. Every other week, the hunter can proactively issue a prophetic warning and "see" the biggest source of crisis in the next three days in advance.

2. Blessings and disasters are intertwined, and disasters and blessings are intertwined. After surviving a fatal crisis, the hunter can foresee a favorable blessing. (This effect can only be activated once in each world. The greater the crisis, the stronger the foreseeable blessing!)
3. When in meditation, the hunter can have a more detailed prediction of the source of the crisis that he passively perceives. (This effect will last for a week after each activation)
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After reaching the maximum level, the additional rewards of the skills become significantly more powerful and each has its own characteristics.

Option one enhances the autonomy of Chanjue's foresight, option two makes it easier for him to plunder resources, and option three makes Chanjue's foresight effect even more profound.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Yue finally chose the third additional reward. Any crisis that can be sensed by Chan Jue can basically endanger his life, so compared to the first two items, more detailed and in-depth information is obviously more important to him.

With this ability, as long as Xu Yue does not seek death, most ambushes and encirclements will be ineffective against him. Even traps and dangerous places will be detected by him in advance, and the safety factor will rise sharply.

At this point, after spending 20 Paradise Coins, Chan Jue was finally upgraded to the maximum level by him.

[Cicada Awakening: LV.MAX (Passive) has reached the maximum level]

Effect 1: Super sense, the realm of transformation, not even a feather can touch, not a fly or insect can land, greatly enhances the skin's extreme perception of various external crises, appropriately strengthens the degree of control over one's own body, and can automatically offset and resolve 33% of the enemy's physical attack force.

Tip: Nerve reflex speed permanently +10%

Effect 2: Shocked Cicada. When in fatal danger, you will enter the 'Shocked Cicada' state, with your nerve reflex speed rising to the current physical limit and your supersensory offset ability doubled.

Tip: The effect of Shocking Cicadas can last for up to 3 seconds, with a cooldown time of 8 to 24 hours. The longer it lasts, the more severe the backlash will be after it ends.

Effect 3: Prophet, who can see and hear nothing, can be prophetic. The hunter can sense the fusion of heaven and earth, can identify the malice directed at himself, and has an 80% chance of predicting the crisis that will cause fatal harm to himself 6 hours in advance.

Tip: When in meditation, the hunter can have a more detailed foreshadowing of the source of the crisis that he passively perceives. (This effect will last for a week after each activation.)
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Carefully scanning every effect of Chanjue's skill, Xu Yue couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction. With only a few hundred thousand Paradise Coins, he could get this special passive skill that was almost life-saving to the maximum. It could be said that it was totally worth the money.

However, fortune and misfortune are interdependent in everything. Although the prophetic effect of Chanjue is powerful, it should not be relied on too much. Otherwise, once you develop the habit of avoiding danger when encountering danger, you may be not far from a truly desperate situation that is unavoidable.

The best way to deal with it is to foresee it, understand it, and then crush it head-on with an unstoppable momentum!
Whatever does not kill him will eventually become nourishment for him to make further progress.

As his thoughts raced, the vast amount of evil energy in Xu Yue's body also surged. But just when it was about to overflow from his body, he came to his senses and forcibly suppressed it.

He raised his hand to close the Chanjue skill introduction in front of him and continued:

"Paradise, improve the control of evil spirits."

[To upgrade 'Evil Spirit Control LV.8 (Passive)', you need to pay 30000 Paradise Coins. Yes/No. 】

"3 million?!"

(End of this chapter)