CHAPTER 449: CHAPTER 418: FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE

There are now only two skill stones left in my hand, yet to be identified.

The two skill stones that have been identified don’t appear to be anything special, seemingly not much different from ordinary ones.

Perhaps only [Praise of Blessing] can be considered a skill received by enhancing luck.

No more idle talk, let’s continue to examine the next skill stone.

Hopefully, a slightly more powerful skill stone comes up.

[Name: Death Qi]

[Category: Passive Skill]

[Color: Silver]

[Explanation: When you equip this skill, you will be tainted by death; if your constitution cannot withstand the taint of death, you will receive various debuffs, including but not limited to weakened constitution, weakened strength, lethargy, reduced defense, etc.

If you can withstand death, you will receive the gift of death; souls will be visible to you, and the gates of death will appear by your side.]

[Introduction: Endure death, face death, feel death, and you will receive death’s reward.]

(Secret Intelligence Department: This skill accompanies Kreya’s aura, do not be deceived by the above information. You cannot withstand death; using it rashly may result in permanent damage. It is for Kreya only.)

An extremely ambiguous skill, this is the vaguest skill description Kane has seen since obtaining the ability to extract skills.

Even just reading the description, you can feel the prestige of this skill.

Not to mention the introduction and the intelligence below.

It came along with Kreya’s aura, meaning it was extracted for Kreya to learn and use.

There’s even anti-theft measures mentioned, like if you can withstand death.

If not for the intelligence below, Kane would definitely have tried it himself.

This skill looks very powerful, and seems to be a match for Kreya; not sure if it counts as good luck.

But Kreya’s skills in her skill grid are just starting to fade, so there’s no need to rush.

First, put it in the skill warehouse.

Now it’s time to check the last skill stone, hoping to find one that truly makes him feel he’s gained a luck boost.

Kane is now starting to think that maybe his luck wasn’t high when he threw the dice.

After all, luck is definitely not fixed; it fluctuates to some extent.

Perhaps when he received the enhancement, his luck wasn’t high, so even with enhancement, it couldn’t go that high.

Retracting his wandering thoughts, he shook his head and focused on the last skill stone in his hand.

Whether luck truly works, the last skill stone will tell.

[Name: God of All Machines - Right Index Finger]

[Category: Active Skill]

[Color: Silver]

[Explanation: Spend a large amount of magic power to summon the right index finger of the God of All Machines from an extradimensional space to deal massive damage to a designated location, including but not limited to physical damage, magic damage, soul damage, and divinity damage.

You can also spend a large amount of magic power to enter the sealed space storing the right index finger of the God of All Machines.]

[Introduction: God of All Machines, an artificial god created by countless intelligent beings at great cost and sacrifice, felt no compassion for life as it was born a mechanical being, and was eventually shattered and sealed piece by piece.]

Summoning part of a god’s body to attack?

If Kane hasn’t misunderstood, the meaning of this skill should be what he thinks.

Kane has never heard of the God of All Machines, but from the introduction, it seems like a mechanical deity, and an artificially created one at that, no idea how strong it truly is.

But regardless of its strength, it is at least a limb of a deity, and also mechanically constructed.

Even if it can’t be used to attack, analyzing it in detail could undoubtedly benefit Kane immensely.

Moreover, spending a large amount of magic power to enter the sealed space storing this limb indicates it is up for thorough research.

That alone makes this skill worthwhile.

Although there weren’t any obviously powerful skills, these four skills together are indeed luckier than the usual skill stone extraction.

In short, the dice is useful.

Now, first, use the consumed skill, the strength attribute enhancement, for Kreya.

At this moment, Kreya is at the nearby table, seriously reading books related to delicious food.

"Kreya, come over for a moment, I have a new skill to give you," Kane said to Kreya.

Kreya looked up, perplexed, and said to Kane, "But I haven’t learned the skill you taught me last time?"

Hearing that Kane is going to bestow a new skill, everyone else set aside what they were doing and looked over with curious eyes.

"It’s not like the previous skills, but to enhance your strength attribute," Kane explained.

"You should be able to use this kind of skill yourself too. You can just use it, no need to always consider us."

If it can boost attributes for others, it can naturally boost for oneself too.

Kane has been continuously providing them with powerful skills.

If he were to provide even attribute enhancements, then they’d be too much to handle.

Hearing Kreya’s words, Kane smiled and said, "It’s alright. My strength enhancement has already reached the racial enhancement limit, using it for me now would have greatly diminished returns, that would be wasteful."

Upon hearing Kane’s explanation, Kreya nodded: "Alright, should I do it as before?"

"Yes." Kane took out the crystal hourglass needed for the ritual from his space equipment: "As for what new experience it might bring, I can’t say for sure, as this is my first time granting an attribute enhancement to someone else."

After listening, Kreya nodded again, said no more, and stood in front of Kane poised.

Kane held the skill stone in his hand and began chanting the ritual incantation.

The crystal hourglass floated between the two and began to slowly turn upside down.

As the ritual proceeded, the skill in Kane’s hand began to drift towards Kreya.

Slowly merging into her body.

The process was no different from when they were given skill stones previously.

But the moment the skill stone merged into the body, the ritual instantly concluded.

The skill stone dissolved into energy and information as it merged into Kreya’s body.

A wisp of red ribbon-like aura appeared in the void above her head and flowed into her body.

An enhancement in strength appeared on Kreya’s body.

Kreya could clearly feel that her power had greatly increased.

The power gained through skill consumption was so smooth, she mastered it instantly, without an ounce of unfamiliarity or any feeling of obstruction.

"How do you feel, Kreya?" Kane asked, looking at Kreya’s expression.

Longbei and the others also gathered around Kreya, waiting to hear about her experience.

After thinking for a while, Kreya said, "The power increase is very noticeable, and there’s no discomfort at all. The enhanced power was mastered instantly; I don’t even need to train further."

Every word from Kreya conveyed her satisfaction with the skill’s attribute enhancement.

Upon hearing this, Kane nodded.

He thought for a moment and then took out the [Death Qi] Skill Stone.

He was not intending to give it to Kreya right away but rather wanted to see if the Skill Stone would react in Kreya’s presence.

After all, the explanation stated it was meant for Kreya.

The purpose of extracting it was indeed to enhance Kreya.

The moment the Skill Stone emerged, it floated directly towards Kreya.

Kreya, experiencing bodily changes, swiftly looked at the Skill Stone floating towards her, seemingly feeling something in her heart.

"This Skill Stone..." Kreya was unsure how to express her current feelings.

It felt as if the Skill Stone was meant to be learned by her, as if it was an extension of herself.

She longed to possess it and yearned to learn it.

Kane chimed in, "This Skill Stone is meant for you."

"Meant for me?" Kreya’s voice was filled with confusion, but she still reached out to catch the Skill Stone.

The Skill Stone gently floated onto her palm and stopped.

Once the Skill Stone truly settled in her hand, that strange feeling disappeared.

After sensing it for a while, Kreya handed the Skill Stone back to Kane.

Observing the connection between the Skill Stone and Kreya earlier, it was clear that this Skill Stone indeed came for Kreya as stated in the intelligence report.

Kane returned to the sofa to sit down.

Little Lulu suddenly flashed onto Kane’s shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Kane asked Lulu.

This sudden appearance must have a reason, and it surely meant trouble.

Lulu whistled, swinging her legs, her face brimming with smiles.

"Hehe, Kane can you roll the lucky dice again?"

"Why?" Kane asked curiously.

"Because Lulu really likes that dice and wants to study it for inspiration for new magic, just demonstrating it once will do." Lulu clasped her hands together, pleading.

Seeing Lulu like this, Kane agreed reluctantly, "Alright, alright."

"Hehe, Kane is the best."

Kane wanted to test how much Magic Power it would take to reduce the 5-day cooldown instantly.

Magic Power began consuming.

The cooldown time on the Skill Stone was continuously decreasing.

Magic Power crazily surged as time decreased.

Only after 80% of Kane’s Magic Power was consumed did the cooldown on the Skill Stone finally reach zero.

"Phew!"

Kane exhaled heavily, wiping the virtual sweat from his forehead; consuming so much Magic Power at once was quite physically draining as well.

The remaining Magic Power was indeed enough to use the Angel Dice, after all, condensing the dice didn’t require much Magic Power.

The high-energy group of Magic Power appeared in his hand again, distorting the surrounding air once more.

As time passed, the octahedral dice reappeared in Kane’s hand while Lulu this time closely observed the dice’s condensation.

She also watched the dice, absorbing the aura of luck and misfortune from the Void.

The angel’s phantom reappeared.

Lulu observed more intently.

With the angel’s movements, the lucky aura on the dice became more potent.

Watching the serious Lulu, Kane reminded, "Lulu, I’m about to roll."

"Okay." Lulu nodded, her eyes never leaving the Angel Dice.

Kane tossed the dice into the air.

The dice spun quickly on the tabletop.

Finally, the dice stopped.

A burst of black aura erupted.

The face facing up clearly showed three black dots.

The dice shattered into thick black aura, which penetrated into Kane’s body.

The scene fell silent.

Kane and Lulu looked at each other.

Then Kane turned his head, staring at Longbei and the others.

Gradually, the smile on Kane’s face grew increasingly wild.

"Run!"

Longbei shouted.

Then everyone scattered like frightened beasts, running as far away from Kane as possible.

Kane didn’t hesitate and directly chased after Lulu.

Watching Kane chasing her, Lulu’s eyes were filled with terror.

"Don’t come over here!"