Chapter 131: Skill Amplifier

Dark Gold Weapons were considered by Lei Yao to be game-changers on the battlefield. He had paid the price of over 3,000 human players’ lives to obtain a Dark Gold two-handed longsword from the Demon King Mephisto.

However, at this moment, he was unaware that Kamiyu was about to craft the second Dark Gold Weapon on Crimson Earth. It seemed his plans were doomed to fail once again.

Kamiyu had killed over 1,000 Boss Creatures and more than 2,000 Aberrant Beast Demons, gathering enough materials to craft a single Dark Gold Weapon.

Originally, she had considered saving the materials to upgrade everyone’s equipment, but treating herself to a Dark Gold Weapon wasn’t too much to ask, was it?

Kamiyu was astonished by the description of Dark Gold Equipment. Like Ancestral Legendary Tier equipment, Dark Gold Equipment also possessed three major aspects: attributes, affixes, and active and passive skills.

Where it far surpassed Ancestral Legendary Tier equipment, aside from having base attribute values such as Attack Power and Defense Power that were ten times higher, was that it featured an additional 【Core Skill】 known as a “style.”

As Kamiyu examined each Dark Gold Weapon, carefully reading their descriptions, she discovered that different Dark Gold Weapons possessed a unique 【Core Skill】.

Different core skills represented different styles.

The core skill of a Dark Gold Weapon could redefine a player’s entire playstyle. Its power was so significant that a player might abandon all the equipment they had painstakingly collected and start farming Instance Dungeons anew, building their gear around this Dark Gold Weapon.

Here, the advantage of Kamiyu’s Construction Sage Talent allowed her to bypass this limitation. She could instead select a Dark Gold Weapon that would enhance her current, already-established playstyle.

In short, she could turn the tables.

Kamiyu snorted, “So what if it’s a Dark Gold Weapon? The wielder must be fiercer than the weapon, able to command it. People use weapons; weapons don’t control people.”

She decided to select the Dark Gold Weapon most suited to her current “Ambush Style,” aiming to forge the ultimate Ambush Style—”Lurk, then strike with a single, fatal blow.”

She currently possessed the cuirass 【False Death Garment】, which allowed her to enter a 30-second complete Invisibility State. Although she hadn’t used it in a while, that didn’t mean she wouldn’t in the future.

Moreover, the False Death Garment could be upgraded to Dark Gold Tier after obtaining a key item.

There was also 【Ancestral Spirit’s Blessing】, which granted her a 10-second Invincibility Window after remaining stationary for 2 seconds. She could use the “foot-shifting technique” to exploit this and create a pseudo-invincibility period.

Combined with her current primary DPS from “Lightning Element magic,” this Dark Gold Weapon should further enhance her skill output in the Lightning Element.

She shifted her focus to the core skill of a staff named 【Sound of Chaos】:

【Core Skill: Transform one of your own skills into a core skill. After casting this core skill, cast it an additional 2 times.】

Kamiyu’s eyes lit up. Although this sounded very convoluted, it was actually quite simple—it was a skill quantity amplifier.

The core skill of this Dark Gold Staff essentially increased the number of times she could cast a skill in a single activation.

For example, if using an NTW-40 meant firing one shot per second, using the Sound of Chaos would turn that into three shots per second.

After carefully reviewing the detailed description of the core skill once more, Kamiyu made a surprising discovery.

“Wow, if an assassin could use this staff’s core skill, wouldn’t that be even more overpowered? Others can only cast one blink at a time, but you could cast three blinks in one go, or blink three times the distance,” Kamiyu said enviously.

Kamiyu happily thought to herself that using it on herself wouldn’t be a loss either. The Phase Energy Cannon could fire two additional beams simultaneously, or sustain two extra shots, lasting even longer.

“Wait a minute, my Construction Sage Talent has the Triple Attribute Formula. Wouldn’t that make it even more powerful and broken?” Kamiyu widened her eyes.

“Is that possible? Wouldn’t that be too overpowered?” Kamiyu even began to doubt whether this could actually be done.

“Let’s give it a try.” Kamiyu immediately dragged the 【Triple Attributes】 recipe into the mix.

“Oh my god.” Kamiyu couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

“It really works.” Her heart pounded with excitement, and she rubbed her eyes several times, doubting whether she had seen it correctly.

【Core Skill: After converting one of your own skills into a core skill, casting the core skill will trigger an additional 6 casts of the core skill.】

The number changed from “2” to “6,” meaning she could now cast the core skill 7 times simultaneously, and its duration would also last for 7 times as long.

Now, when using Curving Bullet and Thunderstorm Bullet with arc splash stacking to forge the “Hammer of the Thunder God,” firing it with the Sound of Chaos would turn it into a true “thunderstorm,” raining down lightning.

Additionally, using Armor-Piercing Bullet, Thunderstorm Bullet, and Frenzied Lightning Arrow to forge the “Phase Energy Cannon” would unleash seven massive beams at once.

“Wow, this feels even more powerful than the Freedom Gundam. It only has a Rainbow Cannon, but what about me? I have a 7-color cannon,” she exclaimed excitedly.

Kamiyu thought to herself that even though this core skill might not seem exceptionally powerful, its strength lay in its flexibility. She had chosen this staff precisely because it allowed her to freely switch core skills.

Moreover, she could combine Magic Bullets to create new skills, and after converting those new skills into core skills, they would produce different effects.

This way, no one would be able to see through her 【Sound of Chaos】.

In the future, if she unlocked more interesting Magic Bullets, this staff would become even more fun to use.

“You’re the one.” Kamiyu filled in the materials on the Construction Sage Interface.

“With the previous stockpile, I’m going all out,” Kamiyu said.

【Materials Filled: Demon Heart10000, Silver Ore1000kg, Scattering Prism999, Haze Crystal999】

【Selected Recipe: Triple Attributes】

【Enhancement Points Paid: 100】

100 Enhancement Points—it really was expensive.

She took a deep breath and clicked “Construct.”

“Beep beep beep, ding.” A pleasant, crisp sound of metalworking rang in her mind.

“Pong.” A sound echoed.

“Oh no, did something go wrong? Why isn’t it generating? Usually, it would just appear out of thin air.” Kamiyu’s heart sank, and her legs went weak.

“Don’t mess with me.”

【Phase One Construction Complete. Please select a Staff Skin.】

“Oh, so I need to choose a skin. Don’t scare me like that.” Kamiyu clutched her chest, taking deep breaths repeatedly.

It turned out she had forgotten to select a skin earlier. When she built the Demon-Repelling Holy Flame before, she had chosen the real-world weapon, the M870 shotgun, as its shell.

It looked like a harmless human firearm, but in this world, it hit its target with every shot.

“Since I’m a sniper, of course I have to choose the classic, timeless weapon of Brother Xi Ai Fu—the Barrett,” Kamiyu said excitedly.

Thanks to the unstoppable Xiu’er, blooming like a flower, and the inspiration capsules; thanks to Yongming for the explosive updates and celebratory flowers. Here are three more chapters as promised.