Mirror Reflection

"Did you figure this out yourself?" Ye Qiu suddenly asked.

"Yes, it took quite a bit of effort. These boots have a very high-speed boost." Liu Hao smiled. "When we were fighting Tyranny, I thought if I had been faster, maybe you wouldn't have died. I could have swooped in like a divine dragon and saved you, which would have been much better than letting you die."

Ye Qiu just smiled. It was Liu Hao who had plotted against him so that he wouldn't feel grateful for Liu Hao's words. "Have you ever thought about selling this silver equipment to Excellent Era so that the designers could study it? They could apply these two passive attributes to other boots."

"No!" Liu Hao decisively refused. "I might need money, but I'm not selling everything. You know, something valuable only stays valuable if it's unique. If it becomes commonplace, it loses its worth."

Ye Qiu smiled and said no more. He was only there to watch the fun. Although he was surprised that Liu Hao could make silver equipment, he had seen many skilled designers. Some of them had even created more genius works.

Su Mucheng was about to turn away when Liu Hao pulled out a beautiful short sword from his bag, capturing her attention again.

"Another... silver weapon?" Su Mucheng exclaimed.

Hearing this, Ye Qiu turned around immediately. Making silver boots wasn't a big deal, but creating a silver weapon was a different matter. He quickly walked over and stood behind Liu Hao.

Liu Hao didn't mind them watching. He slowly dragged the Bellflower Short Sword into the silver equipment editor. This short sword was completed more than two months ago, and he had yet to take it out since then, so naturally, no one in the Excellent Era knew about it.

"Bellflower?" Su Mucheng murmured.

"Yes, a wonderful plant," Liu Hao said.

"What are its attributes?" Ye Qiu asked. Appearance didn't matter; what counted was the attributes.

Liu Hao generously displayed the attribute panel, revealing the attack and defence stats. Ye Qiu was shocked and, after a long time, uttered four words, "A work of genius!"

Su Mucheng was equally shocked, covering her mouth in disbelief. How could Liu Hao have a top-tier silver weapon with attributes comparable to Chasing Haze? Did he buy it? But why would such a genius design be sold to Liu Hao? The only explanation was that Liu Hao designed it himself. But how could Liu Hao create such a genius weapon?

"Don't rush. There's something even more genius!" Liu Hao said calmly, opening the additional skill attributes for Bellflower.

[Mirror Reflection]: After blocking, 70% of magic damage is negated, and 70% of the damage is reflected in the form of a Wave Sword.

This additional skill was attached to the block. Originally, blocking could only negate 70% of physical damage. The improved skill also negates 70% of magic damage and reflects it.

Attaching skills took a lot of work. When the genius silver weapon designer Su Muqiu created Chasing Haze, it didn't have an additional skill. It took generations of designers to add one, finally.

Chasing Haze's additional skill, [Crushing Mountain], had a chance to trigger when the battle spear hit the ground, sending out shards to deal area damage.

Although both weapons had additional skills, [Crushing Mountain] couldn't compare to [Mirror Reflection]. Moreover, [Crushing Mountain] was chance-based, while [Mirror Reflection] was guaranteed to trigger.

"Did you design this weapon?" Ye Qiu finally voiced his doubt.

"Yes, isn't it obvious?" Liu Hao said confidently. It was a system reward, so it counted as his design.

Ye Qiu chuckled softly, murmuring, "For a moment, I thought that person was still alive."

Su Mucheng's eyes welled up with tears. Her disdain for Liu Hao vanished, replaced by a sorrowful longing.

"Don't look at me like that. I have a girlfriend." Liu Hao's cheeky remark broke the strange atmosphere.

Su Mucheng snapped back to normal, her disdain multiplying. "Hmph, it's just a silver weapon. Nothing special."

"Yeah, nothing special." Ye Qiu smiled. Liu Hao's joke had killed his interest. Liu Hao's excellent silver weapon would make him more robust, and so would Excellent Era's strength. Instead of envy, Ye Qiu felt more confident about winning the championship this year.

"Are you leaving?" Liu Hao asked.

"Why? Can't I stay and watch? Are you kicking me out?" Su Mucheng retorted.

"No, no, feel free to watch." Liu Hao ignored her, using the materials from Chen Yehui to manipulate the equipment editor on Bellflower.

Su Mucheng watched, not understanding what Liu Hao was doing, but his focus reminded her of years ago when her brother, Su Muqiu, was designing her cannon, Sunburst. He was just as absorbed, ignoring her calls for dinner, busy with the silver equipment editor.

"What are you doing?" Su Mucheng asked softly.

"Forging a skill," Liu Hao replied.

His answer pulled Su Mucheng from her thoughts. Her brother wouldn't answer her when he was designing silver weapons. Besides, Liu Hao looked, sounded, and behaved entirely differently from her brother.

Her brother was handsome, gentle, and kind. Liu Hao, though good-looking, was despicable and rotten to the core.

"What skill are you forging?" Su Mucheng asked.

"Triple Slash," Liu Hao replied.

Forging a skill involves embedding specific materials into the weapon, allowing the character to use skills from other classes. For example, One Autumn Leaf's battle spear, Chasing Haze, had the Elemental Mage's Teleport skill.

Additionally, forged skills have a restriction: they can only be from the same class family. Elemental Mage and Battle Mage are both mage classes, so a Battle Mage's weapon can have Elemental Mage skills. Similarly, Magic Swordsman can only forge skills from other sword classes, and Triple Slash is a Swordsman skill.

(End of Chapter)

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