["Ding~ Congratulations, your Transcendent Set grade has been raised to 60 stars! It has successfully evolved into the Purgatory · Transcendent Set! Attributes have been enhanced, and set skills have been strengthened!"]
["Ding~ The Transcendent Set has reached the host's current maximum level limit. Please raise your level to 305. Once achieved, the Purgatory · Transcendent Set will automatically upgrade to 61 stars!"]
As the system notification ended, dozens of golden rays continuously flickered over Zhang Yue's body.
The Transcendent Set he wore was evolving right before everyone's eyes, visibly transforming step by step.
This scene left Ouyang Linger, Liyue, and Ning Tiantian completely dumbfounded outside the screen.
["My… god! The Guild Leader's gear, it's skyrocketing! That's exponential growth! How many stars did it just gain?"]
Ouyang Linger quickly analyzed the data, ["It rose from 47 stars to 60, an increase of 13 full stars in a row!"]
A collective gasp echoed around.
Even Ouyang Linger herself found it utterly unbelievable.
Though she had predicted Zhang Yue would see significant power gains after entering the Divine Tomb, she hadn't expected the increase to be this terrifying.
To think an entire set could rise by more than a dozen stars at once!
Most importantly, this wasn't even the end.
The restrictions on the Transcendent Set had been lifted. From now on, Zhang Yue no longer needed to upgrade the set by devouring other equipment.
Instead, it could now automatically scale and strengthen freely with Zhang Yue's level.
This was utterly heaven-defying.
Inside the Divine Tomb, Zhang Yue looked down at his Purgatory · Transcendent Set.
After jumping from 47 stars to 60, the 13-level surge had brought his attributes to a completely new height.
Opening his status window, he saw that his attack power, defense, and HP had all doubled across the board compared to before.
And that wasn't all.
The eight skills belonging to the Transcendent Set, after being strengthened at the 50-, 55-, and 60-star nodes, had reached unprecedented extremes.
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— [Void Shield: Converts 300% of dealt damage into a shield. Shield value cannot exceed 50× the protector's max HP. Can be applied to all allies within a 500-yard radius. While the shield exists, increases the protector's attack power by 300% and total damage by 4000%.]
[Special Effect: Allies protected by the Void Shield gain a "leech shield" effect, converting 200% of their dealt damage into additional shielding.]
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— [Thunder Force]: Increases lightning-skill damage by 5000%, reduces all lightning-skill cooldowns by 50%, and lowers skill cost by 50%.
[Special Effect: All non-lightning skills gain an additional 100% lightning-damage bonus (based on total lightning-damage bonuses).]
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— [Enchantment]: Imbues a weapon with magic. Consumes 1% of max HP per second, increasing total damage by 5000%, armor penetration by 3000%, and critical rate by 3000%.
[Special Effect: Enchanted attacks reduce the enemy's healing effectiveness by 100%, healing forbidden.]
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— [Abyssal Breath]: Converts each 1% of HP into 50% bonus damage and 50% damage reduction. The higher the HP, the greater the boost. At full HP: +5000% damage and +5000% damage reduction.
[Special Effect: While at full HP, gain an additional 3000% resistance to magic penetration, armor break, and penetration damage.]
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— [Thunder Aegis]: Each lightning skill used grants all allies within 500 yards 100 layers of electric shields. Each attack or hit consumes one layer. Each layer grants +5000% damage bonus while attacking, or +5000% damage reduction while defending. Stacks up to 1000 layers.
[Special Effect: Each layer on an ally grants an extra +30% damage bonus and +30% damage reduction (up to 200 layers).]
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— [Water Shield]: Active skill. Grants a shield to self, pet, or ally. When struck, attackers suffer -5000% damage bonus, -5000% armor penetration, and -2000% critical rate. While active, consumes 2.03 million mana per second. For each additional target protected, mana cost increases by 50%.
[Special Effect: While active, reflects 100% of incoming damage back to the attacker.]
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— [Soul Hunt]: Each enemy killed restores 50% of max mana.
[Special Effect: When mana is full, recovered mana stacks up to 50× max mana. Excess mana converts 1% into +5% skill damage.]
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— [Thundering Surge]: Each kill grants 1 Lightning Charge. At 50 charges, unleashes 1000 thunderbolts that automatically strike nearby enemies for 3000% lightning damage.
[Special Effect: Increases user's lightning damage by 5000%.]
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Compared to the former 47-star version, these set skills had practically doubled in power.
And this boost didn't just represent Zhang Yue's personal growth, it meant the entire team's power had skyrocketed.
Because the three major skills, Void Shield, Thunder Aegis, and Water Shield, could all be applied to teammates, giving them immense buffs.
When stacked to the maximum limit, they could provide allies with shields equal to 50× their max HP, essentially giving each teammate fifty extra lives.
On top of that, +11,000% (that's 110×) damage bonus, +11,000% (another 110×) damage reduction, and 100% damage reflection.
Although these effects had existed at 47 stars, back then the power was nowhere near this level, and the range was severely limited, only about 50 to 100 yards.
Now, the effective radius had expanded to 500 yards around Zhang Yue, a radius of 500 yards, about 500 meter, meaning a diameter of nearly 1 kilometres.
To put it into perspective: a standard football field is roughly 120 yards long. That meant Zhang Yue's skill radius now covered the size of 4 to 5 football fields.
Previously, not only the range but also the number of affected allies was limited. Now, there was no limit, any teammate within that radius received the buff.
Two words described it perfectly: Heaven-defying.
Even Zhang Yue's aura itself changed, it had ascended to the level of Purgatory.
His Transcendent Set now took on an obsidian form, his entire body glowing with a dark radiance, dozens of streams of shadowy energy swirling around him.
In that light, Zhang Yue now looked like a demonic envoy risen from hell itself.
Staring at the endless wave of 58-star boss-class God Apostles before him, a sharp gleam of killing intent flashed in Zhang Yue's eyes.
"Well then, let's see how my 60-star Transcendent Set performs against you."
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