541: Chapter 422: Strengthening Stone Gift Pack (Two-in-One) 541: Chapter 422: Strengthening Stone Gift Pack (Two-in-One) “These are…”

Zhang Xiaoman’s gaze froze, and he looked at the symbols on the ground with a solemn expression.

“Could these be the language of the Calamity Species?”

His mind suddenly flashed back to a scene that had occurred before.

Zhang Xiaoman remembered clearly, beside the Han Tomb in the wasteland, that Esa, which resembled a scarecrow, uttered some words, thereby marking himself with its language.

The strange text he saw was extremely aberrant, twisted in form, resembling countless tentacles intertwined and climbing over each other—just one glance could give rise to intense irritation.

This had nothing to do with Spiritual Attack; it was an emotion that stemmed from the heart of the Observer.

It was as if a painting made of a jumbled mess of lines induced disgust in the viewer, only these words magnified that sensory experience.

Zhang Xiaoman hurriedly erased the characters, unsure of the repercussions if one were to view them for a prolonged period, but he wasn’t eager to find out anyway.

“Since alien species of the Calamity Series all possess their own language, what about those of the Demon Series or Biological Series?

Once I learn their languages, it will be more convenient for me to understand them…

It seems that the benefits this ability brings are far greater than I had imagined.”

Zhang Xiaoman concluded.

He tossed that stone away, dusted off his hands, and stood up, ready to leave the Original Realm Space.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered that he had accumulated some draws in the past few days that he hadn’t used yet.

Since he was here, he might as well use them up.

Opening the system interface, Zhang Xiaoman quickly clicked the draw feature button four times, and with the system prompts, waves of spatial distortion began to appear.

“Hmm, Star Dust, Star Dust, Star Dust, the same old stuff.

Although they’re all just the most common White Level, they are also the materials I’m in need of.”

He glanced over and realized that this draw was just like previous ones, all were minimum-guaranteed Star Dust.

However, just as he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly stopped on the system’s last prompt.

“Congratulations, you have obtained a White Level item—Strengthening Stone Gift Pack.”

“Eh?

Did I hit the jackpot?

This is…

Strengthening Stones?”

Zhang Xiaoman was slightly surprised.

Hadn’t he obtained these stones before?

He had randomly gotten it during the Gang Store’s monthly discount sale, when the price for each was 1 piece of Star Dust, being a 90% discount, meaning the original price was 10 Star Dust each.

“A gift pack!

Seems like there might be quite a few inside!”

His eyes lit up, feeling like he might have struck gold this time.

As the last spatial distortion happened, the delivery for the Strengthening Stone Gift Pack arrived.

Just like the previous two gift packs, these items were all packaged in a small box.

Depending on the level of the items, the color of the box differed.

Although Strengthening Stones could be used to upgrade skills and items, they were only of White Level themselves; as such, the box in front of Zhang Xiaoman was also white.

Eager to unwrap this surprise, he opened the box.

Inside, he found five humble-looking white Little Stones lying quietly.

They might not look like much, but Zhang Xiaoman knew these were real treasures.

[Strengthening Stone]

Not upgradable

Not Strengthenable

Effect: Randomly strengthen one skill or item with the “not upgradable” label.

—Success rate: 100%.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Zhang Xiaoman murmured, not pausing for a moment as he took each stone out.

He remembered how to use them, similar to the Skill Light Ball, merely needing to be crushed to activate.

“Crack~”

With a crisp sound, the hollow Strengthening Stone was immediately riddled with cracks at his touch, and streaks of white light beamed from it, enveloping him completely.

Simultaneously, a system prompt sounded in his mind.

“Random strengthening in progress, please wait…”

“Strengthening complete!

White skill—Eye of the Starry Sky has been successfully strengthened!

Strengthening effect: Increased range.”

After hearing the prompt, Zhang Xiaoman immediately opened his attribute panel and pulled up the details for the Eye of the Starry Sky skill.

[Eye of the Starry Sky] +1

Unupgradable

Use effect: Can convert Other Dimension Essence into Host Points.

Consumption: None

Range of Use: (1)→5 meters

Cooling time: None

—The will of the Inheritor, the dawn of the Dark, the mark of the Dawn Breaker, the badge under the dawn.

“Sure enough, the skill has been enhanced; the range for absorbing monster corpses has increased from 1 meter to 5 meters…”

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the skill panel before him, inwardly admiring the potency of the Strengthening Stone, yet at the same time, he felt somewhat disappointed with the outcome of the enhancement.

“While the increased range for absorbing monster corpses is indeed substantial, and will facilitate easier absorption in the future, compared to the tangible enhancement of combat power that I wished for, it feels somewhat underwhelming,”

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head and then picked up another stone and crushed it with a little force.

“Random strengthening in progress, please wait…”

“Strengthening complete!

White skill—Eye of the Starry Sky has been successfully strengthened!

Strengthening effect: Accelerated Absorption.”