Chapter 229: Summoning Ghost Cicada Again
Putting aside the factors interfering with his money-making scheme, Cheng Tian first tried to activate the Fire Moth Wings on his back. Large demonic wings instantly spread out from behind him, and combined with his armor, Cheng Tian looked at first glance like a high-ranking member of the Red Demon race.
Although this item was originally a purely technological creation, after incorporating the Red Demon's wings, it became a creation with both magical and technological attributes. It could still be used, but the main consumption shifted from durability to magic power, and the usage cost also increased significantly.
However, for Cheng Mouren, who now had a Spirit attribute of 40 points and 400 MP, the consumption of the Fire Moth Wings was relatively easy for him to bear.
Moreover, Cheng Tian didn't plan to fly all the way. He intended to use the Fire Moth Wings as a jumping aid, helping him perform operations like big jumps, double jumps, and directional jumps, as many original Easter eggs needed to be triggered on the ground, and a portion of his money-making plan also depended on the monsters.
Additionally, as long as he could find the unknown outsider, Cheng Tian would receive an extra magic power recovery rate bonus.
Cheng Tian had a total of 18 free attribute points (corrected in Chapter 225). 10 points were used on Spirit, bringing it to 40 points, and 4 points were used on Charm, bringing it to 15 points. He currently had 4 points remaining.
Because Makaimura was always shrouded in darkness, the sunfire mask's bonus effect was fixed at Strength and Agility +9, corresponding to nighttime. Therefore, the prince's sword could now also be equipped.
Of course, Cheng Tian had no intention of using this for melee combat; he planned to use it as a thrown object.
The inherent effect of the Strawberry Underwear "Arthur's Proof" was re-enabled, and Cheng Tian once again indirectly loaded the Knight Arthur template, gaining the "Knight's Throw" ability, which allowed him to throw equipped weapons as projectiles.
Dual swords could be considered enhanced daggers, with a fast projection rate and low single-hit damage.
Greatswords could be considered enhanced spears, with a moderate projection rate and decent single-hit damage.
Moreover, the condensed thrown objects would inherit equipment special effects, allowing him to gain some fixed skills attached to the equipment for free.
For example, when a prince's sword projectile triggered the "Silver Royal Guard" special effect, Cheng Tian could gain the 60 MP required for a cavalry charge for free, only consuming the 5 MP needed for the throw.
In a sense, Cheng Tian, with his main Spirit attribute allocation, might be more suitable as a throwing knight than the deceased Arthur.
As Cheng Tian, now fully prepared, took a step forward, the previously silent Ghost Town suddenly became bustling. A large number of small ghosts, refreshed under the "Cyclops' Last Ripple" entry, emerged from the floating buildings and surged towards Cheng Tian with a clear objective.
Cheng Tian, inheriting Arthur's legacy, now had protagonist treatment. If the original Cheng Tian might have slacked off, that was absolutely impossible now. All monster units under the Demon King would relentlessly pursue Cheng Mouren.
Facing this situation, two crystal demonic eyes directly split from Cheng Tian's shoulders, rapidly generating Judgment Feathers at a rate of three golden arrows per second.
Why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken? To kill these ghost units, which, while not as extreme as the Soul Armor, only had single-digit health, Judgment Feathers were enough!
But before that... Cheng Tian directly pulled out an ordinary knight's breastplate from his item bar. He had bought this plain white item for very little money in the market. Then, his eyes beneath the mask locked onto a ghost at the very back of the monster horde—
Hundred Demons' Night Parade! Activate!
50 MP was deducted, and the plain knight's breastplate in Cheng Tian's hand also disappeared.
The small ghost, which was already changing due to the skill's influence, immediately had a knight's breastplate placed on it. This breastplate then joined the fission range, finally completing its metamorphosis and transforming into a form very familiar to Cheng Tian.
"Ghost Cicada! Use Flash!!!"
Glancing at the skill list of his temporarily joined old friend, Cheng Tian loudly issued the trainer's command.
The white halo above Ghost Cicada's head emitted a bright and dazzling white light, and the other small ghost units, who should have only been blinded, immediately let out soul-shaking screams.
As ghost units under the Demon King, lacking physical forms, they feared no conventional physical attacks, but they feared any magical attack, especially light.
This caused the Flash skill, which should have only had a blinding effect, to instantly become a group special attack against the ghost units of Makaimura.
The damage wasn't high, but it was enough to kill ghosts.
After completing the group damage and blinding, the little guy accelerated its flight and darted to Cheng Tian's side, raising its small paw, making a motion as if it wanted to fist-bump Cheng Tian.
This Shedinja "Ghost Cicada", summoned by Cheng Tian using a summoning formula, was clearly the same one that first became Cheng Tian's partner in the novice trial.
Theoretically, as long as Cheng Tian used the formula to summon a Shedinja unit, this Ghost Cicada, which had an extra bond with Cheng Tian, would have a higher level of summoning response authority than other wild cicadas. The same applied to units like Crimson Tyrannosaurus and Red Minotaur.
Moreover, Cheng Tian's own ability system would also, to a certain extent, influence Ghost Cicada's new moveset.
The original Ghost Cicada only had one move, Metal Claw. Now, it had Metal Claw, Sand Attack, Flash, and... Solar Beam!
It seemed that the sun attribute on Cheng Tian had a considerable impact on Ghost Cicada's new body. Flash and Solar Beam were clearly moves born to be compatible with the sun.
However, in Makaimura, which never saw the light of day, Solar Beam was basically useless.
Oh, no, that's not right. There should be one and only one opportunity to use it, which was Cheng Tian's own Solar Flare, which currently seemed to have only one use.
Although Cheng Tian had replenished the Sunfire charges in the space, the Makaimura scene had no sun, so once they were used up, they couldn't be recharged. So, barring any surprises, Cheng Tian would save them for the Twin Cyclops.
"Pleasure working with you~"
Cheng Tian's fist lightly bumped Ghost Cicada's small, short hand.
Now, it was time to test his idea.
As pure evil dark monsters, the Makaimura monsters had a significantly higher drop rate for Innocent Souls than other dungeons, and they often contained individuals with the "Greater" suffix. This quickly pushed Cheng Tian's soul reserves past a hundred, followed immediately by a Train King moment.
Cheng Tian, Ghost Cicada, and the subsequently summoned Raw Stone Wyverns split into three groups, simultaneously starting to gather monsters. The monsters in this Ghost Town truly seemed inexhaustible, and Cheng Tian quickly gathered a huge horde.
And when the three parties reunited, Cheng Tian flew backward, his hands clasped together at his chest.
The number of Innocent Souls plummeted; a full 100 souls vanished into thin air... No, they didn't vanish, but transformed into a brand new, blood-red orb purely condensed from Innocent Souls. Its blueprint was the Red Shock Orb in Cheng Tian's item bar!
The attributes of this orb were slightly different from the original. Its area of effect changed from the holder's enemies to monsters with the Dark, Evil, or Chaos prefixes. The vengeance of the innocent souls was very clear: it was directed at all monsters!
Cheng Tian threw the magic orb in his hand at the densely packed small ghosts, white ghosts, and demonic crows that had also completed their three-way convergence.
With the strong magic power shock brought by the shattering of the orb, this dense group of flying monsters fell like rain, as if sprayed with insecticide, and almost all of them turned into corpses before hitting the ground.
And falling along with the corpses were money bags of various sizes, each stamped with a dollar sign!
"What is this?"
But just then, a human voice came from the ground.
Cheng Tian subconsciously looked over and saw a short-haired woman in a very modern suit, looking bewildered at the rain of crow corpses and money bags falling from the sky.