Chapter 89 - 89 : The Mysterious Man (1/2)

The third floor of the Treasure Pavillon was even emptier than the second. In Arthur's view, he could only see 8 people, and most of them are at the Immortal Realm with two being at the Divine Realm!

The one at the Divine Realm was a scholarly middle-aged man, with azure clothes that were made from expensive silk and jade. The strange thing is that when Arthur appraised him, something weird happened.

Azure Bai (Race : ????) : Divine Realm 9th Grade (Debuff)

Not only was his race not show, there was the word 'Debuff' displayed after his Realm, Arthur was puzzled about this, but he didn't probe any further. He did not want to do a reckless thing and cause trouble, he came here along with Lucy to buy some stuff, not to create unnecessary troubles, especially with such individual.

This azure-clothed man had an attendant next to him, she already held 2 red boxes and patiently waited for the man to finish his tour and pick whatever he liked. Despite being at the Divine Realm, he didn't emanate any strong pressure, quite the opposite, in fact, he looked like a mortal scholar. He had a peaceful expression on his face as he was contemplating a treasure piece in front of him.

The other seven people also had some kind of special attire and none of them looked like any normal cultivator.

Some youth even had an old man beside him and that old man was a 3rd Grade Divine Realm. Although he was weaker than the scholar who was a 9th Grade Divine realm.

Apart from the scholarly man who threw Arthur and Lucy some glances, the others completely ignored their presence, which suited them way better than attracting unwanted attention.

The third floor didn't contain as many treasures as the other previous floor, however, these treasures were covered with a glass and the price and effect were under them, it was much neater and properly prepared, unlike the chunk of treasures in the first floor.

The prices here were sky-high and it was not even the last floor, this building had 5 floors and they were only at the third yet the treasures here were not bad.

Arthur was not sure if all the floors sell treasures, but it was most likely the case and of course if he wants to proceed further, he needs more Spirit Red Stones, well, it's not like he was out of them, as long as Lucy still didn't find anything that suited her, they'll look at all the present treasures.

Apocalypse Gem ; effect : if it is enchanted with a proper Mystic ranked weapon then the weapon will be able to display Lightning and will deal double the damage.

Cost : 175 Medium Spirit Red Stones

Lucy was not interested in this, however, this finger sized purple gem was caught Arthur's attention as he could use lightning freely. The good point is not the lightning effect but that it doubles the damage of the weapon!

Since he didn't breakthrough yet, Arthur needed much more damage. With his current ability, dealing with a 5th Grade Immortal may not be a problem, but compared to Lucy, he was far off.

Before she broke through, Lucy was able to handle 1st or 2nd Grade Immortals, but now that she broke through, with her outrageous physical strength and her Purple Fire and the new Ice magic, her power increased by leaps and bounds.

She most likely could handle even an 8th Grade Immortal. She still didn't test her new strength on any opponent, but just by her stats, one could say she's very strong.

If we assume that a 1st Grade Immortal have an average stats of 10 million, and that's only an assumption, then Lucy could be considered a 6th Grade Immortal.

However, it was not the case, Mental Power is what counts, increasing it makes the person more powerful. It's not that increasing the stats is useless, but increasing Mental Power is faster for the cultivators here, even for Lucy.

Just by absorbing Nether Energy for no more than an hour, Lucy increased her Mental Power by 40.

Hence it is obvious that people would lean toward absorbing Nether Energy to increase their Mental Power as gaining million of stats is way difficult.

Due to Arthur's race, he can't absorb Nether Energy to increase his Mental Power, the only way to do so is by possessing countless people and even with that it only increases by a meager amount.

There was also the possibility of him being unable to absorb Nether Energy even after breaking through to the Immortal Realm, if that was the case then he's totally screwed as it would take ages to increase his Mental Power.

”We'll take this too”

Arthur spoke to Kara, who was standing a couple of meters behind them. She was still holding the red box and waiting for his next purchases.

Since she couldn't hold everything in her hand, Kara stuffed the two red boxes in a normal storage ring and resumed following them.

The gem was pretty useful to Arthur, he doesn't know how to enchant, neither does he have an enchantment skill, but it was not difficult to find an enchanter in this city, after all, enchanting is a major thing in this world and higher-Realms.

His only weapon, Makaze, is a black katana that grows with him, so he never needed to change it, if there is a way to increase its potential by a fair bit, then why not do so?

Makaze was a Mystic ranked weapon, it was 2nd Grade. It's to be expected and it grows with him and whenever his stats are increased, it's sharpness and power also rises.

It is an extremely sharp and deadly weapon, one can easily deduce that by the way it easily cut through the Immortal Lizard's neck.

As for the armor and so on, he didn't rely much on them. For Arthur, wearing heavy armor would slow him down, what's more, he found them pretty uncomfortable.

He just wears Zodiak's black robe in fights as it increased Mana Regeneration and it is comfortable to wear. He had a guess that once he breaks through, the robe would change too and it was most likely the case.

Zodiak, a mighty figure like him would not use such trashy robe when he was at such a high Realm, there must be a secret behind the robe or else why would he still be wearing it when he died?

Energy Recovering Pill(Spirit 3rd Grade) : effect ; Recover some of the user's Nether Energy at a faster pace for a short period of time

Stock : 300

Cost : 1 Medium Spirit Red Stones per pill

'So there were such things?'

Arthur assessed the pill as it was not bad at all. For some reason, Zodiak didn't have a single pill in his storage, so he presumed that the pills are useless and there is no need to use them anylonger.

Furthermore, alchemy is pretty much non-existent in Astria. He possessed a person that gave him basic Alchemy skills but he didn't have the time or materials to try them.