Overgeared Chapter 1183:
All players in Satisfy had something in common—healthy teeth . Chairman Lim Cheolho’s consideration sparked the desire of all players to enjoy the fully implemented taste system . However, in front of the Red Phoenix Breath, it was useless .
“Ah, ahhhh . ”
Grid bit on the Red Phoenix Breath and felt a pain that was like all his teeth breaking . He grabbed his cheeks as he tried to hold back tears .
‘Damn, how the **** can I eat this?’
The reason why only Grid could smelt the Red Phoenix Breath was due to how hard it was . Apart from Grid, the blacksmiths couldn’t smelt the Red Phoenix Breath even when hammering them in a fire made from the white phosphorus wood—at least at the present time . Chewing on such a hard Red Phoenix Breath? It was impossible even if he wore dentures made of steel .
‘Only a snap will be heard . ’
It was like the snap of the elderly . . .
Grid recalled the unthinking behavior of today’s generation and clicked his tongue . Then he seriously thought about it again . ‘How about carving it into small pieces and swallowing it down like a pill? No, I can’t do that . ’
Carving meant shattering . It was distinctively different from smelting . The shattered material would become invalid and turn into a useless stone . Then what would be the point of eating it?
“Hrmm . . . ” Grid struggled with the fist-sized breath in his hand .
He was currently moving to the north . It was to check the status of the sacred beasts such as Blue Tiger and Tosun and to see if there was anything he could get from them . Braham walked next to Grid and scolded him, “Pathetic . Why do you keep acting foolish when you can’t guarantee that eating a breath will strengthen the Red Phoenix Breath?”
“In the current situation, I don’t think there is any other way except to eat it . . . ”
“Isn’t the idea of eating a mineral strange?”
“ . . . ?!”
“Ignorant guy . ”
“ . . . ”
‘Jishuka, you’re too ignorant . ’
Grid wanted to protect Jishuka’s dignity and didn’t reveal that the one who thought of it was Jishula . He walked silently and organized his thoughts .
‘Yes, it doesn’t make sense to raise the skill level by eating minerals . Who can do that? I’ll just take some time to watch the progress . ’
If things went well in the future, he would meet the blue dragon, the white tiger, and the black tortoise . He might have an opportunity to ask questions about how to grow their breaths . There was no need to be impatient right now .
“Hmm . . . Braham,” Grid abandoned the foolish thoughts and asked a cautious question, “how would you compare me to the legends of the past generation?”
It was 10 days at best—Grid had taken tremendous strides within a short period of time . It wasn’t like other rankers who invested a lot of resources and tried to rush to gain new equipment . Rather, it was through quests and story making . Grid was currently wondering about his strength . He wanted to compare himself to the legends of the previous generation that he felt was an ‘insurmountable wall’ not long ago .
“Braham?” Grid was puzzled when Braham didn’t answer . In fact, Grid thought that Braham would scoff immediately .
Unexpectedly, Braham responded after seriously considering it, “Every legend has a different field so it would be unreasonable to compare you to all of the previous generation legends . However, compared to Pagma, you aren’t lacking much . ”
“ . . . ?!”
Grid was surprised . He was currently level 407 after defeating the yangbans in the battle of Kars . It was definitely the best among players but it was at least 200 levels lower than the legends of the past generation . Yet Braham estimated that Grid’s strength was similar to that of Pagma . Since Grid was following his footsteps, Grid found that this was an unexpected answer .
Grid was dumbfounded and Braham responded in a ridiculing manner, “Have you forgotten that legends and transcendents are different?”
“ . . . !”
“You are a legend but you have also built up transcendence and even became an object of faith . Your physical ability and technical aspects are still in the growth phase but nonetheless, you aren’t bad compared to Pagma’s prime . It is both your skills as a blacksmith as well as a swordsman . ”
“ . . . Is this only when opening my potential?”
It was before the Divinity skill was strengthened . Grid had wanted to use Skill Creation to create a skill that could eliminate or reduce the cooldown of skills . He thought that if he created a much stronger skill than the ones he currently possessed, there would be side effects such as Failure . However, Divinity was enhanced and the situation changed . Grid’s judgment was clouded by the dire circumstances and he attempted to create the five fused sword dance to avoid the immediate crisis .
Of course, the results were completely different . Open Potential—the power of this skill, created with the advice of the system, was explosive .
[Open Potential]
[Allows you to use a skill that is one grade above the ones you currently have .
Does not apply to skills that have already reached the peak .
Cooldown Time: 12 hours .
Resource Consumption: 10,000 mana . 20,000 health . Half of the current stamina .
* Extreme penalties will occur after using this skill . ]
A skill that forcibly activated a skill tree that has yet to be opened—for ordinary players with a normal or rare rated skill tree, they might evaluate the quasi-legendary skill as disappointing . However, it was obviously a legendary skill for Grid . Due to Open Potential, Grid was able to use the five fused sword dance, which was one grade higher than the four fused sword dances . He could also use 300,000 Army Swordsmanship, which was a grade above 200,000 Army Swordsmanship .
The only downside was that it was hard to handle . The pain that occurred immediately after the use of the five fused sword dance was unbearable, even for Grid who was already accustomed to suffering . He might’ve cried if Yura hadn’t been there .
Grid estimated that his waist likely wouldn’t be safe the moment he used 300,000 Army Swordsmanship . It meant he would be unable to fight afterward . It was just that the penalties were proportional to the power . Open Potential was now Grid’s true ultimate technique . If he consumed origin true energy like he did in the previous battle, it would be an incomparable killing skill .
Braham frowned . “You have a very high opinion of Pagma . You are overvaluing him . ”
His mood was very bad . He seemed to be jealous as he added, “The Pagma I’ve been comparing you to is the Pagma who had reached his limits . I’m not talking about Pagma after he contracted with Baal . ”
“ . . . ”
“Pagma was **** compared to myself when he was just a great swordsman and blacksmith . You can stand up to him with your current ability . ”
Was Pagma so weak before he signed with Baal? Grid was baffled . It was surprising that Pagma, who was considered the best swordsman apart from Muller, was evaluated as so weak .
“No, he was trash compared to me . ”
“ . . . ?”
“Pagma was naturally the strongest among humans . It means you are strong enough to grow to a level similar to him . You don’t have to overdo it trying to reach your potential . ”
“Ah . . . ” Pagma wasn’t weak, Grid was just strong—Grid clearly recognized this and clenched his fists . If his fists weren’t clenched, his fingers would be trembling .
“Time . All you need is time . In the future, you will definitely . . . ” Braham closed his mouth .
Just then, Grid detected a change . . .
The large community of poisonous rats that he had already cleared a long time ago—he felt an unpleasant sensation the moment he entered the small gorge that was just before the community .
“A bad smell is lingering . ”
Braham made an absurd smile and was stepping forward when Grid restrained him . “I’ll sort it out . ”
“Don’t you think it’ll be faster if I go out?”
“I have to increase my experience . ”
“ . . . Do what you want . ”
The moment Braham gave permission, Grid used Lightning Speed . The passive effect of Incarnation of Lightning was activated as he entered the flying state . Grid suppressed the stamina decline and reduced the resource consumption of skills by 20% . Then he fully started the attack . “Wave . ”
In the middle of the canyon, the group hiding behind a sloping pine tree were unable to resist the bombardment Grid aimed at them and fell to the ground . They fell from a huge height of 15 meters . No matter how much training they had gone through, one leg had to be broken . Normal people would never be fine . Yet they jumped up like a rabbit and one of them rushed toward Grid .
‘A blood jiangshi?’
In fact, he knew from the beginning that those hiding were jiangshi due to the smell . However, it turned out to be a rare blood jiangshi? The Enlightenment Sword struck the neck of the blood jiangshi . However, the neck of the jiangshi was as hard as steel and wasn’t easily cut .
The recoil caused by the collision meant Grid failed to capitalize on a second attack and descended . Then he kicked the jiangshi upward and attacked again before using Magic Power Detection . It was due to the belief that the blood jiangshi would have a master . It was as expected . . .
‘There . ’ Movement was captured at the top of the gorge to the left . There were 10 jiangshi but it was extremely unlikely that they would all be blood jiangshi . He heard that the recipe of the blood jiangshi was hard to mass produce because it was extremely difficult, unlike the steel jiangshi and the poisonous jiangshi . Still, Grid was capable of breaking through even if they were all blood jiangshi .
‘I have to handle the shaman . ’
Grid gained momentum after striking the face of another blood jiangshi and rushed in the direction of the group . The scenery that entered Grid’s field of view changed as quickly as that outside a train’s window . Grid was able to reach his destination in an instant .
Grid saw it—there was a man with black skin as hard as iron, especially dazzling white hair, and flames around both hands . ‘A black horse jiangshi!’
Grid was hurriedly taking the defensive when he saw the name of the white-haired jiangshi—Veradin .
“ . . . ?!”
“Hahahaha! Grid! I’ve only dreamed of getting revenge on you!”
Originally, Veradin was a player who took the best elite path . He was considered one of the best talents of the first generation rookies along with Lauel and built his own guild . Later, he became a member of Immortal under the banner of Agnus and became the first player to get a chance to become a yangban .
Then everything was lost after he became hostile to Grid . The price of driving Khan to death was harsh . After a series of deaths to Grid and the Overgeared Guild, Veradin was disqualified from becoming a yangban . Due to the killing order that spread throughout Satisfy, he was forced to take refuge on the East Continent and start all over again .
However, he had experienced too many deaths and lost his levels and items . He was weakened and the East Continent wasn’t easy . Veradin had been pushed to the edge of a cliff when the evil daoist extended his hand . He used the basic magic that was considered useless during his time as a necromancer . Now it contained great power .
It was the basic premise that it became 10 times more powerful after changing his race to a black horse jiangshi . That’s right—Veradin reappeared after a long time and was no longer human .
“Taste the pain I’ve gone through, Grid!” Veradin’s eyes shone red as he shouted in a terrible manner . His magic and the dozens of blood jiangshi that he constantly summoned struck at Grid . Veradin was assured of his victory . Of course, he knew about Grid’s epics but he believed his sacrifice where he gave up being human to become a monster was far beyond Grid’s epics .
High risk and high returns was Satisfy’s rule . He didn’t know all the sacrifices and pain that Grid had endured . He didn’t properly measure the weight of Grid’s epics .
The Storm of the Fire God appeared around Grid . The divine flames inflicted severe pain on the dozens of blood jiangshi and Grid moved beyond them to Veradin, who was leading them .
“The combination of the pain you have felt and the pain you will feel in the future is insufficient compared to the pain I have felt . ”
The Enlightenment Sword pierced Veradin’s back as he tried to escape from the flames that melted his blood and flesh . Even Veradin, who was many times stronger than when he was a human, wasn’t a match for Grid .
“I have revived an old **** after all . . . ”
Grid used Magic Power Detection . Meanwhile, the only ‘living’ daoist among the jiangshi, including Veradin, was watching Grid with interest .