Sixth Street, second floor of Random Play video store, Belle's room.
Victor held the sleeping woman in his arms, leaning down to kiss her sweat-dampened forehead as a satisfied smile curved his lips.
It hadn't been easy.
He'd worked hard to convince Belle, coaxing her for what felt like forever before she finally gave in. But the effort had been worth every moment.
After finally breaking through that last barrier in her heart, Belle had completely let go. She trusted him with everything, and that made him love her all the more.
"System, open my character panel."
Victor had intended to drift off to sleep, but then he remembered the massive influx of points he'd received earlier that day. Time to put them to good use.
[Host: Victor Stone]
[Abilities: 100% Barehanded Blade Catch, Are You Here to Take a Dump?, Fatal Chicken Strike, Chrysanthemums Wither - Wounds Fill the Rear, Eye of Evil Pregnancy...]
[Abstract Points: 162,700]
Over 160,000 abstract points. More than 100,000 had come in today alone, with the remaining fifty thousand left over from previous acquisitions.
"System, strengthen the abstract ability 'Are You Here to Take a Dump?'"
[Ding! Abstract points deducted. Strengthening... Strengthening successful!]
[Are You Here to Take a Dump?: Shout the activation phrase to trigger this ability. Everyone within a radius of 100 to 10,000 meters will experience severe weakening effects. The range can be freely controlled by the host. Warning: This ability does not distinguish between friend and foe. Use with extreme caution!]
The enhancement had expanded both the impact range and his control over it, but more importantly, it had upgraded the effect from simple weakening to severe weakening.
Victor wondered just how severe that was. Would targets immediately collapse into quivering heaps? He'd have to find some test subjects when the opportunity arose.
Dismissing those thoughts, he glanced at his remaining balance: 62,700 abstract points.
"Time for a lottery."
Though part of him wanted to save them, after a moment's consideration, Victor decided to go for it.
"System, open the low-level lottery pool. Seven draws."
Might as well test his luck with the low-level pool first.
[Ding! Abstract points deducted. Drawing...]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: One box of Durex!]
Victor's eye twitched.
Seriously?! The first draw and he got that?
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: USP pistol!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: One box of instant noodles!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained...]
The seven low-level draws concluded quickly. Every single prize was useless garbage.
The best item was the pistol, but it came without ammunition. Completely worthless.
"Two advanced draws!"
[Ding! Abstract points deducted. Drawing...]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Judgment of Shamash!]
Now that was more like it! Finally, something worthwhile.
The Judgment of Shamash, also known as the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, a weapon from Honkai Impact 3rd, classified as the Seventh Divine Key.
In its default form, it manifested as twin pistols. When merged together, it transformed into an impressive greatsword capable of unleashing devastating attacks. Of course, using its full power came with the cost of the wielder's life.
Not that such side effects mattered to Victor.
It would make an excellent collector's piece, and he could always refine it into a proper magical artifact later.
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Brother Kun's Battle Suit!]
The lottery continued, but when Victor heard the name of this prize, he froze.
What the hell?
He immediately checked the item description, and his vision went dark. He nearly passed out from anger.
[Brother Kun's Battle Suit: This is not just any ordinary Brother Kun battle suit, this is the actual suit worn by Brother Kun himself!]
That's it? That's all it does?
What absolute trash!
Ten thousand abstract points wasted on this!
Victor immediately extracted the battle suit from his system inventory and destroyed it without hesitation. Keeping such garbage in his storage space was an insult to everything else he owned.
Today's luck seemed off, but that didn't dampen his desire to continue.
"Open the advanced pool, draw, wait."
A thought struck him. Victor reached out with both hands and gently squeezed Belle's chest, eliciting a soft, sleepy murmur.
"My dear wife, lend me your good luck."
Belle, still deep in sleep, seemed to sense something. She nodded drowsily before nuzzling her face into Victor's hands with a contented sigh.
"System, begin."
[Ding! Abstract points deducted. Drawing...]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Dual-Vector Foil!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Advanced Alchemy Manual!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Advanced Artifact Refinement Manual!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Qingyuan Sword Art!]
[Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Return to Origin Art - Fragment (Part 2)!]
"Holy shit!"
Seeing this cascade of golden-tier prizes, Victor wanted to jump up and perform a victory dance right then and there!
Dual-Vector Foil: A dimensional weapon from the famous science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem. Used by advanced civilizations, it can collapse three-dimensional objects into a two-dimensional plane.
Advanced Alchemy Manual: Contains extensive knowledge of high-level alchemical techniques.
Advanced Artifact Refinement Manual: Details the methods for crafting supreme-grade magical artifacts.
Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords: The natal magical weapons of an ancient demon cultivator with dual wood and thunder attributes. The complete set consists of seventy-two swords. When used with the Qingyuan Sword Art, they can form the Greater Geng Sword Formation and the Pure Clarity Sword Formation.
Qingyuan Sword Art: A cultivation technique from a certain immortal cultivation world.
Return to Origin Art - Fragment (Part 2): A high-level cultivation method from a top-tier cultivation world. This is the second fragment, with cultivation reaching up to the Profound Immortal realm!
[Ding! Detected that the host already possesses Return to Origin Art - Fragment (Part 1). Automatically combining with Fragment (Part 2)! You have obtained: Return to Origin Art (Complete Edition)!]
"These prizes are incredible!"
Victor lowered his head and planted fervent kisses on the still-sleeping Belle's forehead.
"Thank you, my dear wife!"
This was what true luck looked like! She really was the heroine!
Setting aside everything else, just the completion of the Return to Origin Art was enough to keep him happy for years!
The technique was finally whole!
After all, this was the foundation for everyone in the chat group to grow stronger. If they'd continued cultivating the fragments, they would've eventually hit a wall at the Earthly Immortal realm.
Though only two realms separated Earthly Immortals from Profound Immortals, the difference in power was astronomical.
More importantly, now that he had the complete Return to Origin Art, he could strengthen it further!
In other words, the Profound Immortal realm wasn't the end!
"System, how many abstract points are needed to strengthen the Return to Origin Art?"
[Reply to host: Strengthening the Return to Origin Art requires 100,000 abstract points.]
One hundred thousand?!
Victor hadn't expected that strengthening the complete Return to Origin Art would cost the same as enhancing his abstract abilities.
This alone revealed the tremendous growth potential of the technique.
If he strengthened it several more times, this high-level cultivation method could potentially transform into an Emperor-tier technique! At that point, reaching the Immortal Emperor realm wouldn't be just a dream!
Next, Victor uploaded everything he'd just obtained to the chat group mall.
[Balance credited: Tens of millions of chat group points.]