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Chapter 267 - 245: The Great Hammer

Chapter 267: Chapter 245: The Great Hammer

According to the system description, using the VIP card in the personal mall will result in fifteen discounted items that will persist until the player chooses to refresh them.

Li Cheng had over ten thousand Game Coins in stock, so with ample funds, he gave it some thought and used the card.

The product page of the personal mall flipped like a deck of cards, refreshing all at once, and each item was marked with a new discount label—ranging from forty to fifty percent off, to as little as seventy to eighty percent off.

Moreover, the quality of all items was fine or above, including two Perfect Level items.

"This direct discount promotion method is indeed simple and brutal,"

Li Cheng commented sarcastically, "If internet companies were in charge, they’d surely come up with something like raising the price before discounting, or making you collect coupons for following, being a member, and joining before you get a discount, or having to spam your friends to help you ’slash’ the price a hundred times before you could place an order..."

Such steep discounts sell for cheaper than auction houses and back-alley black markets; one could simply turn them over for a profit.

"Let’s see what we’ve got."

Li Cheng carefully perused the item list, the first being a fine quality "Electric Holy Water Sprayer," identical in design to those fifteen-dollar electric sprayers,

capable of turning poured pure water into blessed Holy Water, exceptionally effective against Vampires, werewolves, Evil Spirits, and other dark creatures, with the use conditions requiring strong religious faith.

"Blackbeard’s Blade," a pair of pirate swords imbued with Black Magic special effects, capable of commanding zombies and venomous snakes. Additionally, when used on a sailing vessel, they can control the ropes and the iron chains of the anchor.

"Monk’s blindfold," a piece of rag, when worn significantly enhances the senses of hearing, smell, and taste, enabling one to perceive the world with hearing like Daredevil, but at the cost of permanently losing sight and not being able to compensate for it in any other way.

...

The VIP card, with its extremely low drop rate, really did refresh items that were all relatively useful and didn’t include any equipment that was ambiguous or frustrating at first glance.

Of course, the main attractions were the two Perfect Level items.

[Item Name: Skull Shattering Power Hammer]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect 1: Stubborn Iron. Extremely durable, self-repairs when damaged]

[Special Effect 2: Skull Shatter. When swung with force and hits the target, the Power Hammer will release a shockwave, the power of which is equivalent to the force of the strike]

[Consumption: None]

[Cooling Time for Special Effect 2: 5 seconds]

[Use conditions: None]

[Note: In the dwarf city-state of Stone Heart City, which hangs in the mountains, surrounded by an army of hundreds of thousands of orcs, three thousand defenders held the city for twenty-two years until they perished. However, the orc warlord who captured the city kept hearing rumors of a ghost haunting the underground mines—a dwarf draped in a black cloak, carrying a massive hammer, wandering the mines, smashing the skulls of orcs occupying his homeland.]

[Note: My blood is fire, an endless blaze. My heart is iron, hammered and refined a thousand times. My body is the anvil, steadfast and unyielding.]

The original price of this piece of equipment was 12,000 Game Coins, reduced to just 6,000 after a fifty percent discount—there was no reason not to buy it.

Li Cheng decisively placed the order and bought the Power Hammer. As soon from the Backpack, he felt a sudden weight in his hand and almost failed to hold it steady, nearly dropping it to the ground, "Damn, it’s so heavy?"

The entire long-handle two-handed hammer was about one and a half meters tall, made of an unknown alloy, the black body covered in bark-like rough textures for grip,

and the silver square hammerhead was etched with many flame patterns, as well as the mottled scars from long battles.

Li Cheng’s current Strength attribute was at 10 points, far exceeding the limits of ordinary people, and he was used to wielding rusty machetes as thick as a door panel, but the weight of this "Skull Shattering Power Hammer" was comparable to that of an entire sedan.

"No wonder there are no stated use conditions; the weight itself is a condition. You wouldn’t even dream of lifting it if your Strength attribute is less than ten points; you’d need at least fifteen points to use it properly."

Thinking it over, Li Cheng called Gray Rain out of the study, where she was scrolling through her phone, and together they went into the three-dimensional storage to toss the hammer to Gray Rain, "Try it and see if you can swing it."

"Okay."

Gray Rain picked up the long-handled hammer to try it and found it weighty enough that she arches an eyebrow and thickens her arms slightly.

Human strength is limited by the distribution of bones and muscles, with natural losses in force transmission, whereas Liquid Metal is a unified whole, with lower losses.

Huff huff huff.

Gray Rain spun her long-handled hammer like an electric fan, a smug look on her face, "Check out my strength, Li Cheng, watch my Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique—"

Before she could finish her sentence, she had an accident. The hammer slipped from her grip and flew up, hitting her squarely on the head with a smack and cracking her skull open.

The headless body stood there wobbling for a few seconds before collapsing to the ground, then struggled to crawl a bit before its shaking arm produced a smartphone and with trembling hands, offered it to Li Cheng.

On the phone’s screen was a Taobao shopping cart filled with items including but not limited to an 8K monitor, graphics card, flagship VR goggles, hifi headphones, figures, e-cigarettes...

The intent was clear—she wanted Li Cheng to fulfill her last wish before dying.

"Being cutesy in a malignant way, huh." Li Cheng rolled his eyes, decisively pushed the phone aside, and started examining the Skull Shattering Power Hammer that had fallen to the ground.

"Tsk."

Gray Rain’s head popped out from her chest cavity, and the bits of liquid metal scattered on the ground wriggled back together, merging into one, "Can’t believe I didn’t fool you."

"Try it in real combat."

Li Cheng selected a stack of solid steel plates from the shelves for Gray Rain to hammer one by one.

The test results were terrifying. A 200-millimeter solid homogeneous steel plate shattered upon one strike, and piercing through 300 and 400 millimeters was a breeze. Only when they got to 900 millimeters composite armor did it barely withstand the hits.

"It’s impossible for the Skull Shattering Power Hammer to be this exaggerated solely based on its weight. The real key lies in the ’Skull Shattering’ special effect."

Special Effect 2 Skull Shattering releases a shockwave equivalent to the force of the strike after hitting the target.

Instead of exploding directly on the surface, the shockwave penetrates the internal structure of the object, creating an implosion effect, greatly enhancing the destructive power against solid objects.

"This is different from how tanks use APFSDS (armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot) and HEAT (high-explosive anti-tank) rounds. APFSDS is essentially a steel rod with fins, and HEAT relies on shaped charges to produce high pressure and form a metal jet to pierce armor. Both types of shells are more than enough against tanks, but perform poorly on reinforced concrete."

The strength of the Skull Shattering Power Hammer lies in having the effects of armor penetration and breaching capability at the same time.

The shockwave can penetrate reinforced concrete, dispersing the internal structure, making demolition as easy as smashing a cake.

As for the recoil shattering the palm and wrist, it’s not an issue since Gray Rain is a Liquid Metal Robot.

"Feels like this weapon is custom-made for Gray Rain by the system. Shouldn’t it be me who got the VIP card."

Muttering to himself, Li Cheng then turned to look at the second Perfect piece of equipment only to have his expression fall apart.

"What kind of scam is this?!"

The second Perfect item was named "Aisloron’s Lament," a supremely exquisite piece of armor. Its effect is to form an invisible shield over the entire body, greatly reducing incoming damage until the shield overloads.

It seemed legit at first glance, but this thing’s appearance was straight out of a Japanese anime—a highly revealing female elf knight armor with blond hair and pointed ears.

Exposing large areas of the thighs, chest, and waist, with armor plates only covering the necessary parts and connected only by a few thin strings.

It’s debatable whether it’s armor or fetish wear, instantly reminiscent of those cheap online game’s pilfered flesh-selling CGs.

"Where is the greasy senior sister, huh? What an old cliché."

Li Cheng felt a faint headache and rubbed his temples.

To make matters worse, this "Aisloron’s Lament" had a special note that said it could be used by all genders. However, the wearer must only wear this single piece of clothing without any additional covering garments, otherwise, the protective shield would fail to activate.

[Note: The bigger the armor, the bigger the gaps between joints. The bigger the gaps, the smaller the armor. Therefore, the larger the armor, the smaller the armor.]

Li Cheng might not have many scruples usually, but he wasn’t devoid of integrity to the point of wearing fetish wear.

He decisively purchased this item and immediately listed it in the auction house.

After all, it’s a piece of Perfect quality armor; there definitely will be someone who buys it for personal use... right?