Everyone finished cleaning up the battlefield and went to the open area of the breeding park.
Chen Gou pointed at the loot in a bag and said, "This loot belongs to the entire team. Who wants the bronze-grade Necrophilic Virus Skill Crystal?"
All of them were silent. Apparently, no one wanted something that was of little or no value to them.
Although he waited for half a minute, no one answered.
"Since no one wants it, as the captain, I will take a small loss. How about this…"
Chen Gou sighed and said as though he had suffered a great loss himself, "Blackface, Renegade, and Broken Tail, you three take one silver-grade Skill Crystal and one cadaveric claw. Arrowhawk and the others will take two silver-grade Skill Crystals and a cadaveric claw, and the rest of the bronze-grade Skill Crystals will all go to me. Any opinions?"
Although he addressed everyone, his gaze only landed on Blackface.
"No opinions. Fair enough," Blackface answered expressionlessly. No one could see what he was really thinking inside.
"We don't have a different opinion either."
Demon Huntress Arrowhawk, Angeline, and the others were getting along well, so they wouldn't cause trouble.
Chen Gou took three silver-grade crystals and two cadaveric claws that were equivalent to one silver-grade Skill Crystal out of the bag. It was up to them how they would distribute it among themselves.
As for Chen Gou himself…
He could sacrifice 21 pieces of bronze-grade Skill Crystals to the system for 2,100 Magic Origin Points and three pieces of silver-grade Skill Crystals for 1,800 points.
"Captain, are we going back now?" Angeline asked after realizing that it had gradually gotten dark.
"The mission lasts 10 days. Since we're finally out, we certainly have to hunt more zombies to improve our strength."
Chen Gou narrowed his eyes and said, "We'll spend the night here and continue hunting along the avenue tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll drive the armored car over."
Bo Guang excitedly volunteered… He had just learned how to drive after watching Chen Gou drive on the road and was itching to give it a go.
Chen Gou didn't think much of it and tossed him the keys before he headed to the abandoned staff dormitory building, which was where they would be spending the night.
On the way, he sacrificed 17 bronze-grade Skill Crystals and accumulated 2,000 Magic Origin Points from the system, which was just enough to draw skills twice.
"System: Skill draw is open!"
Chen Gou randomly chose a dormitory on the first floor. After instructing Angeline not to let anyone bother him if nothing urgent happened, he sank his mind into the system.
"The skill draw starts!"
The mysterious slot machine screen instantly appeared again in Chen Gou's mind.
Three reels spun rapidly, and each skill icon kept changing.
This time, Chen Gou did not expect to draw a skill that was above the platinum grade. He only hoped to get a skill compatible with the Solar Flare.
The Solar Flare had both damage and control, so it was practical enough.
However, human desire was endless. One would always want something even better.
If the Solar Flare could really become the "Sun in the Hole" he had envisioned, would dealing with a zombie lord still be so troublesome?
A direct solar bullet would blow its brains out.
In less than a minute, the three reels on the screen all stopped and the result of the first draw was revealed.
Silver-grade Arcane Aura of Crystal Maiden from Dota 2.
Silver-grade Death Sentence of the Chain Warden from League of Legends.
Diamond-grade Invoke of Carl, the Invoker, from Dota 2!
Chen Gou didn't feel good upon seeing the diamond-grade skill appear.
He was not excited. Instead, he felt gloomy.
Invoke was indeed a powerful skill. Carl's three active skills were the ice-element Quas, storm-element Wex, and fire-element Exort.
All three of these minor skills could not be released. They could only passively increase HP and MP recovery speed and attack power by a small amount.
In other words, this hero was akin to a super soldier in the game before Level 6.
However, this hero would be transformed after learning his ultimate move, Invoke, at Level 6.
Through different combinations of the three elements, such as Quas-Quas-Exort or Quas-Exort-Wex, Carl could summon 10 different kinds of powerful skills!
Therefore, Invoke was diamond-grade and was worthy of its grade.
Like Syndra's Transcendent, this skill would just be on display without the three elemental skills as a foundation.
Should I keep Invoke for later and wait until I draw all three of Carl's skills to complete the set, or should I just give up… and choose something that I can use now?
Chen Gou gradually frowned while he was having difficulty choosing.
Invoke would definitely be useless for a long time even if he chose it now.
The Skill Crystal drawn by the system couldn't be sacrificed to the system and would be useless even if it was traded away, as the flaws of the skill were obvious at first glance.
However, he couldn't bear to give up a diamond-grade skill that he might not even be able to draw after dozens or hundreds of times.
In combination with the three other elemental skills, Invoke only occupied four skill slots but could summon 10 skills, which was akin to having six extra skill slots.
F*ck!
Each of Carl's 10 skills had its own uses as well. According to Chen Gou's theory, most of them should be gold-grade or even platinum-grade, with the lowest being above the silver grade.
Chen Gou was gloomy because out of the other two skills drawn, he could forget about Arcana Aura, an aura that passively increased MP recovery speed.
The other one, the Chain Warden's Death Sentence, was similar to Rocket Grab. It could release chains to grab an enemy.
However, although Death Sentence could restrict an enemy for 1.5 seconds, it moved slower and had a limited pulling range.
Compared to Death Sentence, Rocket Grab was simpler and more brutal. After hitting an enemy, it would pull him to the side so one's teammates could gang up on them, and it also did more damage.
These two skills had obvious similarities and were definitely very compatible regardless of their form or core.
Therefore, the probability of having these two skills fuse successfully when the grade was raised to gold was over 99%.
The 1% left was the probability of them advancing to the platinum grade…
"I'll choose the Invoke Skill!"
After some hesitation, Chen Gou's eyes flashed after a dozen seconds and he chose his future.
One had to have a dream and a new lease on life.
Of course, he didn't choose Death Sentence because… a supporting skill rising from the silver to the gold grade wasn't too appealing to him.
Would he consume one precious An Lan Talisman just so he could raise it from the silver grade to the gold grade?
Nobody would do that.
The Invoke Skill Crystal was automatically put in the storage space, shining with a magnificent rainbow color.
After just one glance, Chen Gou withdrew his mind and let the system begin the second draw.