Feeling quite pleased after understanding the functions of his clone, Chu Tian couldn't help but feel a sense of empowerment.
Having a clone indeed made him more formidable, though it was a bit of a bummer that the clone couldn't share bloodline attributes.
As a result, it could only be considered a standard player character.
However, he could equip it with gear, teach it skills, and even assign any duplicate god-tier talents he might acquire in the future.
While checking his inventory, he noticed that the Return Stone was now usable.
Still, Chu Tian decided to linger in this map for a while longer.
The experience points here were incredibly generous, and the skill books dropped by the Scorched Earth Giant Beasts had a high drop rate. Leaving without filling his inventory felt like too much of a loss.
Conveniently, he still needed quite a few skill books, and the little rogue clone would also require them.
Given his usual bad luck, he estimated that trying to find skill books after leaving would be an arduous, never-ending task.
He took out the last three items he had picked up, dropped by the [Essence of Death] monster.
As a level 59 commander-tier monster, its drops shouldn't be subpar, right?
In Tian Dao, monsters that were killed for the first time always yielded excellent loot.
This was considered an exploration reward; subsequent kills would have normal drop rates.
He first examined the green bead.
【Soul Ball of Malice】
Attributes: Feeding this to a pet allows for its immediate advancement or demise. (Probability: 50/50.)
Description: Can be fed to any pet below the Legendary tier. If successful, the pet's grade increases by one level. Failure results in the pet's immediate death.
Chu Tian's eyes widened as he carefully read the phrase 'below the Legendary tier'.
This meant that this item could potentially upgrade a God-tier pet to Legendary?
This was defying the heavens! However, after careful consideration of the probability,
Chu Tian felt that if he owned a God-tier pet, he'd be too reluctant to feed it this item.
This item was like a coin toss between divinity and damnation!
Either it advanced successfully, or it perished outright.
In the later stages of the game, possessing a God-tier pet could elevate a player to the ranks of Great Gods.
As for Legendary-tier pets, Chu Tian had never even heard of them.
Killing a God-tier pet was no trivial matter.
He tossed the 【Soul Ball of Malice】 back into his inventory and took out the second item.
【Random Teleport Scroll Pack】
Attributes: Upon use, grants six random teleportation scrolls.
Description: A bundled pack of teleportation scrolls.
Just seeing the name filled Chu Tian with excitement.
Having a random teleportation scroll was akin to gaining an extra life!
This item could be used directly, ignoring combat status.
Upon activation, it would teleport the user to a random location within a ten-kilometer radius. It was possible, however, that one might simply blink in place,
or even be transported into a horde of densely packed monsters, in which case, one could only pray for their survival.
Still, such scenarios were relatively rare. If one's luck was truly that abysmal, they could only hope to accumulate good deeds and karma for the future.
Random teleportation scrolls were considered life-saving artifacts, costing eight thousand gold coins each in the past.
This single pack contained six, valued at forty-eight thousand gold coins, which translated to over one hundred forty million in cash if the gold price hadn't depreciated.
Of course, the eight thousand gold coins Chu Tian mentioned were from his past life, after Tian Dao had been operational for three to four years.
If he tried to sell them now, no one would likely buy them for even a thousand gold coins, considering players hadn't leveled up much yet.
Equipment sets were also not yet fully developed. Many players would prefer to die once rather than spend eight thousand gold coins for a chance to escape.
How much was the value of a dropped piece of equipment?
Unless one possessed extremely rare gear exceeding the value of a random teleportation scroll,
anyone using them would be considered a fool with too much money.
Currently, the price for this pack of six random teleportation scrolls would realistically be between fifteen to twenty million gold coins.
Having lived for so many years in his past life, and only being reborn for two to three months, Chu Tian's ingrained habits and perspectives hadn't fully adjusted yet.
He put the scroll pack back into his inventory, planning to focus on farming skill books in this map and thus save inventory space, so he didn't unpack it.
Once unpacked, each random teleportation scroll would occupy one inventory slot.
He then took out the third item he had picked up.
It was a necklace, with a peculiar design, resembling a soaring flame.
The moment he took it out, Chu Tian felt a sense of familiarity, and upon seeing its attributes, he finally knew where he had seen it before.
【Blazing Necklace】
Grade: Gold (Upgradeable)
Equipment Requirement: Any attribute must reach 285 points.
Attack Power: 84-107
Defense: 84-107
All Attributes: 50
Attribute: Lifesteal +3% (3% of damage dealt is converted into healing for yourself.)
Set Attribute 3/3 (Activated): Players wearing the Prayer Bracelet, Prayer Ring, and Prayer Necklace will gain the skill [Blazing Defense].
Description: Death's Grace: Upon use, lasts for 8 seconds. During this duration, reduces incoming damage by 20%, grants immunity to one fatal blow, and restores 100% of HP. (Cooldown: 3 days)
"Hahahaha..."
Chu Tian let out a triumphant roar. It had finally dropped; he had finally completed the Blazing Jewelry set he had been eagerly anticipating.
He hadn't expected the necklace's attribute to be Lifesteal, of all things.
Although it was only three percent, it was still quite good.
He wasn't surprised that the equipment requirement was no longer based on level.
Chu Tian knew that in the world of Tian Dao, equipment above level 45 would start requiring a certain attribute point threshold for wear.
If a player allocated more attribute points, they could wear higher-level equipment sooner.
This necklace required 285 points in any attribute, which was roughly equivalent to level 57 equipment.
Normal players typically used a stat allocation of 3-2-1.
The three points would go to their main attribute, and with each level-up, all attributes would increase by 2 points.
Combined, this meant the highest attribute would grow by 5 points per level.
285 divided by 5 equals 57.
This was the general calculation.
Of course, some players opted for extreme stat builds like 4-1 or even putting all five points into a single attribute.
In such cases, the level requirement for wearing this equipment would be significantly lower.
Another method was to wear other low-level equipment that provided attribute bonuses.
By boosting their attributes to meet the requirement, they could then equip this necklace before switching back to other gear.
In Tian Dao, once an item was equipped, its attributes became effective.
There was no mechanic where an item would become ineffective if the user's attributes dropped below the requirement.
Chu Tian opened his attribute panel.
...
【I Am Not a Druid】
Class: Druid
Race: Human
Level: 45
Faction: Survivors
Bloodline: Elven King (God-tier)
Strength: 425 (Growth Index: 22) Increases physical attack power.
Intelligence: 425 (Growth Index: 22) Increases magical attack power and maximum mana.
Agility: 425 (Growth Index: 22) Increases attack speed, movement speed, and energy recovery speed.
Stamina: 405 (Growth Index: 22) Increases defense.
Constitution: 405 (Growth Index: 22) Increases maximum HP.
Special Attributes (Enhanced): All-Rounder +5, Mastery +17, Critical Hit +16, Haste +10
Attack Power: 2824-4056 [ (Base Attack: 935-935) + (Equipment Attack: 1632-2752) + 10% ]
Defense: 1737-1913 [ (Base Defense: 891-891) + (Equipment Defense: 688-848) + 10% ]
Health: 8910 [ (Base HP: 8910) + (Equipment HP: 0) ]
Free Points: 0
Universal Skills: Advanced Scrutiny (Allows viewing attributes of monsters up to 15 levels higher than the user.)
...
After reviewing his stats, Chu Tian scoffed.
"That's it? Hmph..."
He casually equipped the necklace, deeming the 285 attribute requirement almost insulting to mention.