Chapter 174: Blazing Flame Gauntlet

“Ding, Player has obtained 3 Enhancement Points.” After Kamiyu killed Bald Tiger, she obtained 3 Enhancement Points.

Not only that.

“Huh, my chest feels warm.” Kamiyu immediately reached to touch the Octahedral Crystal. “So hot.”

She quickly took out the necklace to let it cool down.

“Mmm, such pure Hatred Power. As expected of the Fear Emperor, to have refined human hatred to this extent.” Mephisto felt a wave of comfort.

Jack’s Dark Gold Sword Doombringer was also trembling, looking like a little kitten shivering after smelling catnip.

“After killing an Ability User, besides obtaining Enhancement Points, can the Octahedral Crystal and the Doombringer also absorb Hatred Power?” Kamiyu speculated.

“Awoo.” The Doombringer let out a wolf-like howl.

“Stop howling,” Kamiyu said to each of them. “Jack, give it a couple of punches to sober it up.”

Jack raised his fist, as big as a sandbag, looking as if he really was about to strike the sword’s body.

“Hey, hey, don’t hit it, don’t hit it. I’ve barely managed to restore its Durability; it can’t take your rough treatment.”

“Then hurry up and explain to us, Old Geezer.” Kamiyu was getting a bit impatient.

At this moment, Mephisto, like an old storyteller under a bridge, stroked his white beard and said unhurriedly, “Ability Users are mutated humans, a subspecies of humanity. To use an analogy from the Crimson Earth’s Aberrant Beasts, they’re no different from Goblins.”

“Ability Users level up by killing people in Blood Sacrifices. As for how the Blood Sacrifice works, hehe, you saw it clearly outside this city earlier.”

“Because they have to kill people alive, and with each tier they advance, the number of people they kill multiplies by ten. To reach the Third Tier, they need to kill 100,000 people.”

“So, such concentrated Hatred Power comes from over 100,000 human lives?” Kamiyu widened her eyes and gasped.

“These beasts.” Jack clenched his fist.

This meant that every Third-Tier Ability User carried at least 111,000 lives on their hands, and likely even more.

They were carrying out massacres against humanity.

“Ability Users have existed for a thousand years. They killed even more ruthlessly back then. Fifth-Tier Ability Users of the Tens-of-Millions Tier were everywhere, and Sixth-Tier Ability Users of the Hundred-Million Tier were not uncommon.”

“Ability Users and Players are mortal enemies because, for Ability Users, every Player they kill and Blood Sacrifice allows them to level up higher and faster.”

A cold wind blew, and Kamiyu felt a chill, as if she had become prey.

“No, I’m not prey. I’m going to wipe out all these bloodthirsty murderers. I can’t let any more innocent people die.” Although Kamiyu wasn’t some Justice Bringer, she wasn’t a cruel Pervert, nor did she have Pica. She was a normal person.

Jack was even more so. Even when he was an ordinary human, he had experienced a massacre. He was a war refugee, one of countless victims.

Now, if given the chance for revenge, he would go all out, leaving none of these Executioners alive, eliminating them for the people and for humanity.

“That’s right, hurry up and strengthen me. I want to wipe them all out.” Jack was eager to fight.

“Alright.”

Kamiyu immediately got to work. The newly unlocked Life Bullet had to be used as well. She had just discovered in the Construction Sage Interface that the materials required for crafting Life Bullets, besides Magic Crystal Ore, included an additional material—”Flesh and Blood.”

“Flesh and blood are the vessels of life. Adding flesh and blood as an extra material can accelerate the mutation speed of the target and specify the details of the mutation,” Kamiyu silently recited.

“It means ‘like cures like.’ Using feet as material can make the opponent grow feet; using hands as material can make them grow hands,” Kamiyu frowned. “This is so Lovecraftian. I wonder if the opponent can handle it.”

Imagine fighting and suddenly growing a few extra hands or feet, losing balance. It feels less like disgusting the opponent and more like disgusting oneself.

“Forget it, let them experience the hatred of those who died innocent,” Kamiyu snorted.

Activate the Construction Sage Interface; select Life Bullet; choose Proliferation Mode/Aging Mode; fill materials: Magic Crystal Ore, Third-Tier Ability User Flesh and Blood; select recipe: Triple Attributes.

Click, craft.

“Ding ding ding ding ding.” A crisp clanging sound echoed in Kamiyu’s mind.

“Here it comes, this sound—I love it.”

“Ding, Life Bullet (Triple Mutation Version) *2000.”

“Whew, I feel like I’ve become a biochemical demon,” Kamiyu sighed, looking at the rows of neatly arranged bullets.

Strike while the iron is hot. Jack’s next weapon was already decided. Kamiyu thought of a very classic manga.

Jack now had a permanent Golden Body, making him unburnable no matter what. This weapon would definitely suit Jack perfectly. Let’s do it.

Kamiyu flipped to the weapon crafting page.

Ancestral Legendary Tier, Gauntlet, attribute: Fire, select recipe: Triple Attributes.

“Ding ding ding ding ding.” The crisp clanging sound appeared again.

【Equipment Name: Endless Fury Gauntlets (Triple Attributes Version)】

【Equipment Slot: Both Hands】

【Level: Ancestral Legendary Tier】

【Durability: 300/300】

【Affix: +120% Attack Speed】

【Affix: +120% Fire Attribute Damage】

【Passive Skill 1: Inherent Bleed effect. Each hit causes the target to enter a Vulnerable Bleeding state.】

【Passive Skill 2: “Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank”: Accumulates damage of all attributes (damage generated or received by the wielder can be stored).】

【Passive Skill 3: Fists inherently deal Fire attribute damage. Each punch accumulates 1% Fire elemental damage in the “Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank.”】

【Active Skill: Hellfire Fist. Unleashes all accumulated Fire attribute damage from the “Elemental Sprite’s Piggy Bank” in one punch. (Note: The user suffers equal damage.)】

This was no issue at all because it was tailor-made for someone with Thorns Reflection. Others couldn’t use it even if they stole it—one punch would burn themselves to death.

Moreover, Jack’s Thorns Reflection didn’t simply reflect damage back to whoever attacked him. Jack could specify the target of the reflection.

Simply put, he could even punch himself and designate an enemy to receive that punch, giving Jack a Ranged Attack method.

For Jack, using Hellfire Fist meant one punch could hit twice!

If Jack uses Hellfire Fist on A, bystander B would also spontaneously combust!

What a cunning weapon, truly worthy of Kamiyu’s craftsmanship.

After obtaining the 【Endless Fury Gauntlets】, every punch Jack threw not only carried immense strength, flames, and bleeding effects—maximizing his Attack Power—but also activated the Berserker +15x Defense Power effect of his 【Black-Scaled Snake Armor】.

This was equivalent to having a permanent Golden Body.

However, currently, it could only accumulate damage from five attributes and unleash fire-based punches, unable to deliver all-attribute damage.

Since this was only at the Ancestral Legendary Tier and incomplete, Kamiyu intended to upgrade the 【Endless Fury Gauntlets】 to the Dark Gold Tier.

This way, in addition to unleashing fire-based Inferno Fists, Jack would also be able to deliver punches imbued with the other four attributes: ice, poison, lightning, and darkness.