Chapter 97: Chapter 88: Sarah’s Transformation, Power Surge! “Huh, a Resurrection Altar appeared?” Seeing the introduction on the blueprint, Cao Xing was overjoyed. From today’s battle, it was evident that facing strong enemies in the future might lead to the loss of one or two heroes, which was unavoidable. Even with a Recruitment Scroll, newly recruited creatures would need to rebuild loyalty. With the King Altar, Cao Xing felt much more at ease. Of course, the cost of resurrection was very high, and there was a limit to the number of times it could be used. Looking at the construction requirements on it, Cao Xing thought to himself, “This thing requires a lot of materials, over a thousand pieces of Mithril, and 50 Demon Pattern Stones.” “I only have about 15 Demon Pattern Stones in hand, and as for Constant Gold, I don’t have any.” Seeing these materials, Cao Xing knew that this wasn’t something that could be built in the short term. He continued to check the next item. [Iron Wall Rune (Gold)] (Can be used on a recruited creature of Second Order and above, increasing its armor by 25-35 points) … “Not bad, a rune is almost equivalent to a piece of equipment,” Cao Xing nodded. [Aurora Holy Shield Skill Book (Gold): Aurora Knight Exclusive Skill Book] [Skill Effect: Condense the Power of Aurora, allowing a friendly creature to gain 3 layers of Holy Shield, each layer can completely block one attack, breaking upon impact, with a cooling time of 120 seconds.] … “What the heck? A Holy Shield Skill Book? And it can stack 3 layers directly?” “Doesn’t that make me invincible?” Cao Xing was shocked! Very quickly, he also noticed the subsequent prompt. Each layer of Holy Shield could block one attack, meaning after three attacks, the shield would shatter! However, even then, it was still very strong! Cao Xing was thrilled, and his mind gradually became active. “Completely blocking one attack, does that mean it can block any attack?” He tossed the skill book to Liu Muxue, “Muxue, learn it first, then cast a Holy Shield on me.” Liu Muxue also saw the description on the skill book in her hand, with her little mouth slightly open, a look of astonishment appeared in her eyes. After all, this was a Golden Skill Book, terrifyingly powerful! Liu Muxue clicked to learn. Then, she gently chanted, “There are people in the world favored by the gods to become Aurora Knights.” “I sensed the enlightenment of the Divine, may the Holy Light Shield, protect you.” The next moment, a golden light fell on Cao Xing. The System Prompt appeared. [Survivor: Liu Muxue successfully cast [Holy Shield] on you, Talent [Eternal Power] has taken effect, and the skill has now become permanent.] “Sure enough, it became permanent.” Cao Xing was delighted in his heart, and he saw three layers of pale golden shields appear around his body. He thought, “However, with three layers of Holy Shield blocking three attacks, what happens after the shield breaks?” So, Cao Xing looked at Liu Muxue, “Muxue, try attacking me continuously.” Liu Muxue understood Cao Xing’s intention and lightly poked him a few times with the longsword in her hand. “Crack! Crack!” The layers of golden Holy Shield on his body shattered one by one. Cao Xing suddenly nodded. Sure enough, it was a shield that would shatter regardless of the attack. It could block a strike from the Divine but could also be easily shattered by a level 1 monster’s attack. Meanwhile, Cao Xing noticed that the shattered Holy Shield did not reappear immediately but was gathering a mass of golden power. About 60 seconds later, three thin layers of golden shields appeared on Cao Xing’s body again. “A cooldown of 60 seconds?” “Compared to Liu Muxue’s 120-second cooldown, this is already very good.” Because, in this way, every 60 seconds, he had three invincible states. And most importantly, these states could also be endowed to subordinates, greatly increasing the survival ability of the entire team! Especially when dealing with a powerful, irrational creature like the Goblin King. As long as they took turns, they could eventually grind him to death. Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction once more. Then, a snow-white heart suddenly appeared in his hand. This heart had stopped beating at that moment, but eerily, facial features could still be seen manifesting on it! It bore a striking resemblance to the back of the Goblin King’s head, the wild beast’s face they had seen then. [Corrupted Heart: Special Item] [Item Effect 1: Parasitize it in the body, enabling a change to the Hidden Profession: Corrupted Believer! All attributes increased by 100%, and you will learn skills such as Corrupted Spread and Corrupted Scale. (After becoming a Corrupted Believer, you will lose rationality, please use with caution!)] [Item Effect 2: Go to the Borialis Mountains, coordinates 53647, 3549, 24671, where a hidden altar is located. Place the Corrupted Heart on it, summoning the Fallen Mountain God, defeat it, and you may become the new Mountain God or make other choices …] (Note! The Fallen Mountain God is extremely powerful, do not approach lightly before reaching level 60~) … Cao Xing frowned, this thing seemed related to a powerful existence, the Mountain God. However, this Mountain God seemed to have an issue, with the prefix ‘Fallen’ attached. “A task item?” Clearly, this was not a task Cao Xing could accomplish now. In any world, any being with the word ‘god’ carried unimaginable power. As for the first option, Cao Xing didn’t even consider it. He would have to be out of his mind to choose to let this thing parasitize his body. So, Cao Xing directly tossed the heart into his backpack. By this point, he had almost finished checking all the items dropped from the Goblin King.   Source: Webnovel.com, updated on N𝘰vgo.co