These four pieces of the set weren't just good-looking—the attribute boosts were solid as well.
Ordinary blue-quality equipment usually increased stats by about 2–3 points.
But each of these pieces provided a full +3 to an attribute.
On top of that, there was a set bonus.
The equipment requirement was Agility 8, which posed no pressure at all for Ma Jun.
After putting on the gear, Ma Jun's overall stats became:
[Name: Ma Jun]
[Level: LV8 (100/1500)]
[Strength: 9]
[Agility: 16]
[Constitution: 12]
[Spirit: 8]
[Charisma: ???]
[Unassigned Attribute Points: 7]
[Set Effect 1: Damage to monsters mutated by curses increases by 10%]
[Set Effect 2: At night, Agility increases by 10%]
That meant that at night, Ma Jun's Agility would increase by another 1.6 points, reaching nearly 18!
If he put all 7 free attribute points into Agility, that single stat would reach a terrifying 25!
Ma Jun estimated that purely in terms of speed, he might even be able to go head-to-head with Akuna.
With this kind of speed boost, if he were to spar with Akuna—
Wouldn't sparks fly?
Ahem.
After thinking it over, he first added 1 point to Strength, then 2 points to Spirit.
That pushed all of his attributes past 10.
He decided to save the remaining 4 free points.
Just in case he obtained a piece of equipment later with very high requirements—only to find he couldn't equip it. That would be embarrassing.
After this round of spending, his wealth shrank sharply once again.
He was left with just a little over 5,000 gold.
After some thought, he split off one-third of his epic-grade items and listed them on the trading house.
Selling them like this would inevitably be a bit wasteful—
But he urgently needed a training room.
The horror game had been open for ten years already. He needed to seize every possible opportunity to rapidly close the gap between himself and others!
After finishing with equipment, Ma Jun checked the skills available.
Compared to items, there were far fewer skills on the market.
And the few that were there were complete trash—so bad that Ma Jun felt learning them would just be a waste of time.
It left him deeply disappointed.
Those players who possessed skills had probably chosen private trades instead.
As for truly excellent skills, they were most likely monopolized by clans, noble families, military districts, or powerful player guilds—
Used to cultivate their successors.
It seemed that if he wanted skills, he'd have to find them inside dungeons.
On that front, Ma Jun wasn't worried at all.
Obtaining top-tier skills might be nearly impossible for others—but for him, it wasn't really that difficult.
…
Ding-dong!
To the sound of the class bell, just like usual, Ma Jun slung his backpack over his shoulder, put on his white earphones, and walked straight into the classroom.
Being late was routine for him.
The teacher didn't even bother commenting anymore.
The originally quiet classroom instantly erupted into waves of shocked exclamations.
"Holy crap—Brother Lü is back!"
"Brother Lü! My Brother Lü!"
"'Brother Lü' is what you call him? Call him God Lü!"
Ma Jun stopped, waved casually at everyone, and was met with an even stronger reaction.
Thanks to his overwhelmingly good luck with women since childhood, Ma Jun was extremely popular at school—especially with female teachers.
Second route, third route, fourth route, fifth route—
All the same.
It left the other male students endlessly envious.
Some male teachers, on the other hand, looked at Ma Jun with obvious displeasure.
But there was nothing they could do.
They definitely didn't want Ma Jun coming over to their homes as a guest.
Ma Jun sat down at his seat, and immediately a circle of people gathered around him.
"Brother Lü, you entered the game too?!"
"So how is it—exciting or not?"
"Why haven't you shown up for so long? I was worried you died in the game. If that happened, no one would be able to deal with my sister anymore—sob sob…"
Ma Jun slightly raised his head and looked at him calmly.
"Stop talking nonsense. Even if all of you died, I wouldn't."
"Disperse, disperse. Do what you're supposed to do. Don't mess with my makeup sleep."
He chased everyone away with a few words, and with one glance saw Su Ling's slender, pale neck.
Su Ling was sitting in front of him, her body trembling slightly—
As if she were struggling with something internally.
After a long while, she finally turned around. Her eyes were faintly red.
"I messaged you. Why didn't you reply?"
"Do you have any idea how worried I was about you?!"
Her voice already carried a sob.
"Heh."
Ma Jun curled his lips. "You were worried about me? More like your mom was worried about me."
Su Ling froze slightly, a trace of panic appearing.
"Then… why did you block my mom's number? She can't even reach you now."
Ma Jun leaned back in his chair and gently rocked it.
"I already told you—she pushes too hard. It puts a lot of pressure on me."
"I'm the kind of person who likes freedom."
"I hate pressure the most."
He looked at Su Ling and suddenly raised an eyebrow.
"What—why do you care so much about my business with your mom?"
"Don't tell me you really want me to be your stepdad?"
Su Ling's face instantly flushed bright red. Her small chest rose and fell unevenly.
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
She shouted weakly, then quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at Ma Jun again.
Heh.
Women—say one thing, mean another.
Ma Jun flipped open his textbook.
He was a good student, after all—someone who genuinely loved studying.
Even if he hadn't passed many exams.
But that wasn't because he didn't try.
It was training, okay?
And this, precisely, proved his integrity.
If he were willing to go "communicate" with a few of the female teachers who wrote exam questions, he'd have gotten the answers long ago!
But he didn't.
Which meant—
He was simply too upright and honest.
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