Chapter 72: Gandalf’s Ultimate Move.

Donghai City, Forging Guild, Top-tier Forging Room.

Ou Yezi silently handed over the final pair of greaves shimmering with starlight.

Gandalf took them and put them on properly.

In an instant, a complete Star-Moon Set bloomed with a soft and mysterious glow on his body, as if he had draped the entire night sky over himself.

With a thought, Zhou Huai brought up Gandalf's attribute panel.

[ Clone Panel (Gandalf) ]

[ Class: Unique Hidden Class, SS-Class Forbidden Spell Master ]

[ Rank: LV20 (125801 / 1500000) ]

[ HP: 6710 / 6710 ]

[ Mana: 15111 / 15111 ]

[ Strength: 980 ]

[ Agility: 886 ]

[ Vitality: 891 ]

[ Mental Energy: 2889 ]

[ Magic Damage: 6087 ]

[ Physical Defense: 501 ]

[ Magic Resistance: 1089 ]

Zhou Huai's breath hitched for a split second.

This panel was already comparable to level 40 or 50 Professionals.

The Star-Moon Set's bonus to basic attributes wasn't top-tier to begin with.

But its accompanying set effect made Zhou Huai's heart burn with excitement.

Gandalf's passive [Elemental Mastery] already reduced skill cooldowns by 30%.

And the effect of the Star-Moon Set could reduce it by another 30% on top of that.

This wasn't the end yet.

Over the past two days of forging, relying on the skill [Spirit Quenching Touch], Ou Yezi had forcibly rolled two Advanced affixes that reduced skill cooldowns by 5% onto the equipment.

This meant that the total cooldown reduction reached a terrifying degree.

Zhou Huai rapidly calculated in his mind.

The cooldown of [Forbidden Spell: Meteor Fire Rain] abruptly shortened from the original sixty seconds to a staggering thirteen seconds!

The cooldown of [Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal] shortened from ninety seconds to forty seconds!

Furthermore, the cooldown of [Arcane Barrier] only required twenty-six seconds!

The enemy probably hadn't even broken his shield before a new one was already ready.

As for [Geocentric Gravity Field], which had a cooldown as long as one hundred and twenty seconds, it now only took fifty-two seconds!

Not only that.

Level 20 Gandalf also comprehended a new skill.

As everyone knows,

combat-class Professionals would all comprehend an ultimate move upon reaching level 20.

Gandalf was no exception.

[Forbidden Spell: Blazing Blade Storm: Consume 10,000 points of Mana, summon several giant wind blade storms in a designated area, sweeping across all hostile targets within a 2,000-meter range, continuously dealing devastating damage. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 600 seconds.]

Just looking at the skill description made it worthy of the name ultimate move.

It was currently the skill mastered by Gandalf with the widest range, the longest duration, and likely the highest damage.

The only drawback was the exorbitant mana consumption and the ten-minute cooldown.

But under the blessing of various cooldown reductions, the actual cooldown time of this skill had been shortened to under five minutes.

It was truly overpowered.

Besides the set, Ou Yezi also tailor-made a brand-new staff for Gandalf.

[ Flame Explosion Core (Epic ☆☆☆) ]

[ Equipment Requirement: LV20 ]

[ Magic Damage + 350 ]

[ Mental + 150 ]

[ Attached Skill: Split Fireball (LV1) ]

[ Effect: Consume 200 points of Mana to fire a fireball. Upon hitting the target, it will split into three small fireballs, dealing secondary damage to surrounding enemies. Cooldown: 10 seconds. ]

The staff's attributes seemed a bit inadequate in front of Gandalf's current panel.

But what Zhou Huai fancied was this minor skill attached to it.

This was a rare skill affix that Ou Yezi had managed to roll when his luck burst out during forging.

It just so happened to make up for Gandalf's lack of minor skills, avoiding the awkward dilemma of using "a cannon to shoot mosquitoes".

Everything was ready.

Gandalf didn't linger at all, turning around and walking toward the outside of the forging room.

Lin Wei, guarding outside the door, watched helplessly as this mysterious white-robed mage just swaggered away wearing that entire set of priceless Epic equipment.

Her entire mind went blank.

That was an entire set of Epic-quality equipment!

Every single piece was enough to cause a frenzy of bidding at an auction!

Great Master Ou Yezi didn't sleep or rest for this, hammering away for two whole days and nights!

Just like that… given away?

Not even money was given!

Lin Wei's head was in utter chaos.

She recalled a few days ago, that cold swordsman wearing a mask had been the same.

After taking the equipment, he left as if it were only natural.

Without even a single word of thanks.

And Great Master Ou Yezi didn't show the slightest displeasure at all.

What on earth was this situation?

You must know that over the past few days, as Great Master Ou Yezi's reputation grew louder and louder,

descendants of major guilds and noble families in Donghai City almost broke the threshold of the Forging Guild.

Countless people waved checks, offering astronomical prices of millions or even tens of millions, just begging the Great Master to tailor-make a piece of equipment for them.

But they were all coldly rejected by Ou Yezi under the excuse of "I am forging a set, no time".

Lin Wei originally thought this set of equipment was prepared for the successor of some top-tier force.

Who would have thought it would be so easily worn away by a mage of unknown origin.

She finally couldn't help it, mustered up her courage, and cautiously approached Ou Yezi's side.

"Gr… Great Master…"

Her voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzzing.

"That person just now… Who is he?"

Ou Yezi was just about to close the heavy door of the forging room, and his movements paused slightly upon hearing this.

He turned his head, and on that somewhat stern face shaped by Zhou Huai, no emotion could be discerned.

"Friend."

Brief and to the point.

After saying that, he ignored Lin Wei standing frozen in place and backhanded the heavy forging room door shut.

"Bang!"

The heavy closing sound made Lin Wei shiver all over and pulled her back from her shock.

"Friend?"

She stood frozen in place, murmuring to herself.

"Just… just a friend?"

What kind of friend could make you give away an Epic set worth millions without blinking an eye!

In Lin Wei's heart, it instantly felt like a five-flavor jar had been knocked over—sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty, a mixture of a hundred flavors.

There was envy, jealousy, and a trace of indescribable… yearning.

"To be honest, I want to be your friend too."

"If… if I could be a girlfriend, that would be even better."

As soon as this thought popped up, Lin Wei's cheeks flushed red like a ripe apple.

She shook her head hard, wanting to shake these unrealistic fantasies out of her mind.

But Great Master Ou Yezi's focused and handsome profile refused to go away no matter what.

Inside the forging room, the "clang clang" sounds of hammering rang out once more.

Ou Yezi began his new round of forging once again.

…

On the other side.

Gandalf, who had left the Forging Guild, had already arrived at the school gate of Donghai No. 1 High School.

Here, voices were buzzing and it was exceptionally lively.

Several buses printed with a unified emblem were parked neatly in the plaza.

Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf, preparing to board the school bus to head uniformly to Dongning Province's capital city, Jiangning City.