Chapter 355 Crystal And Core

Lowering the rank of any Magic Tool is something that Vincent can do as long as certain conditions are met.

This is all thanks to his Ascension Erasure skill.

This is one of the System Features that he gained over the last couple of years. If he recalls it correctly, he received this skill as a reward after successfully ascending a total of 50 Legendary Rank items.

It is not an easy thing to accomplish, so getting such a good reward is quite fulfilling. Well, he didn't really think too much of it at first.

At most, he only thought that he could just this Erasure skill so he can endlessly grind experience using a single item.

However, there is actually a drawback to doing a forceful rank down on a Magic Artifact and he learned it the hard way. There is actually a huge chance of an item being destroyed if he tried repeating this method three or four times.

Degrading a magic tool once or twice is considered safe but degrading them for the third time has a 50% chance of destroying an item.

It is such a huge chance that Vincent would only use this Erasure skill if he the user wanted a lower-rank version of an item that would suit them the best. In short, he rarely uses this skill.

He didn't expect that degrading a magic tool would have such an effect on Bounded items like the pouch in his hands.

As soon as he confirmed that the bindings with Jairo has been completely removed, he excitedly checked the 10 stored items inside and pulled them out after confirming that none of them were inappropriate.

Currently, Vincent and Vel were looking at the 10 items in the former's workbench.

"Impressive…"

They were quite amazed at Jairo's collection.

"As expected of a Grand Magus, these things are valuable… However, isn't it weird that he did not use these items against you earlier?" Vel asked since he already heard that Vincent took on six Grand Magus alone and won against them.

Vincent nodded as he confirmed that these items would certainly put him in a precarious situation. Though the two of them haven't appraised the items yet, they can tell that these were special Magic Artifacts meant to kill or destroy.

"Well, they easily fell into my trap and I didn't give them the chance to use these as well. I think they're planning to use these for someone else. Right… at that time, they weren't paying full attention to me… They were probably waiting for the Celestial Beings to appear. Unfortunately for them, I was confident with myself." Vincent chuckled as he looked at the four large crimson crystals in front of him.

These crystals appear just like some normal pieces of gemstone but both of them can tell that they were possessing an incredibly powerful and violent Mana inside… It even felt familiar to Vincent.

Anyway, even Luna and the other Celestials outside the city were alarmed by this violent fluctuation of mana.

Vincent noticed that they were about to check the situation so he immediately activated his Celestial Armor to communicate with them since they are already rushing over.

This is one of the features of the suit but Vincent had a very hard time learning how to use it since it requires pure Celestial Energy and not a hybrid like his.

As soon as he assured them about his safety, Vincent got back to checking the items…

He swiftly appraised one of them and as soon as he read the result, he realized why the fluctuations of mana are quite familiar…

'Is this a part of the Mana Cataclysm at that time?' Vincent mused.

He already learned that the dark clouds above the 15th Tower had disappeared six months after he escaped from that place.

He wasn't exactly sure why they decided to make that phenomenon but it seems that he got an explanation today.

[ Chaos Tribulation Crystal ]

[ Quality: Epic

Number of Enhancements: 0/10

Durability: 450/450

Chaos: 4,000

Lightning: 500

Description: A mysterious crystal made using an unknown method. It contains a huge amount of Chaos Aura that could summon a cataclysm in a small area. Imbuing 20 units of Mana on this item will trigger the cataclysm born from Chaos and Lightning.

Remarks: Special Chaos and Lightning Attributes were found. These attributes including Durability will increase in every successful enhancement. ]

Although it wasn't deliberate, Vincent can tell that this crystal has the attributes of the Mana Cataclysm above the 15th Tower.

Those people had actually created a bomb out of that disaster!

It was no wonder why they were patiently waiting for the Celestials to appear. If Luna and the others had really shown up, they might have achieved their goal and crippled them…

The Celestials weren't omnipotent beings after all.

It's a good thing that it can only cover a small area so Jairo and the others didn't immediately use this item in case they scared the Celestials away…

Vincent sneered seeing these crystals as they were already his possession.

He looked at the other Magic Tools lying around but they were just spare weapons and no longer that interesting… in Vincent's perspective at the very least.

For Vel, they were all precious weapons that could be Epic or Pseudo-Legendary Items based on their appearance and the aura they are emitting.

Vincent continued checking the other items after he successfully lowered the ranks of the three other pouches…

This time, other than some spare weapons and chaos tribulation crystals that were left unused, they found three Formation Cores.

These cores were even ready to be used to create a powerful net to catch their prey…

[ Formation Core: Dreadful Spider Net ]

[ Quality: Unique

Durability: 1,200/1,300

Number of Enhancements: 0/10

Stored Mana: 2,000 units

Description: A core capable of summoning the Dreadful Spider Net that covers a 100-meter radius. Once the stored mana was consumed, durability will be used to maintain the formation.

Dreadful Spider Net: A formation art that could simulate the impressive draining ability of Dreadful Spider's web. Anyone touched by the web within the formation art will have their mana constantly drained.

Remarks: Every enhancement will improve the effectiveness of the item. ]

Vincent smiled seeing this and he confirmed that Vel had taken an interest in this Formation Core. Of course, he decided to give it to him as a reward once he completed his enhancements on it.

***

On the next day, Vincent finally received an update from the Nidite City and confirmed that they have successfully defeated the invading sea creatures and forced their retreat.

This is certainly good news for Vincent but as he felt that he would have a great day today, unexpected news suddenly came…

The Overseer has finally made his move!