Chapter 270: Aventurine's banner: Leading "his own people" astray? Feathered Spirit, you did this on purpose, didn't you!
[ Hint: Aventurine (Limited 5-star, Imaginary type, Path of Preservation) is now unlocked, available for Warp using Star Rail Special Passes. ]
[ Optional: Watch Aventurine's skill showcase — Click here to play ]
Guinaifen's stream.
Seeing the prompt pop up on the interface, Guinaifen was overjoyed!
"It's here, it's here!"
"Aventurine really is a playable character!"
"Wait, wait, wait…"
"PRESERVATION!!!"
"He's actually on the Path of Preservation!"
Looking at the clear Preservation icon on the interface, Guinaifen was momentarily at a loss!
There had been many guesses online about Aventurine's Path.
Most people thought Aventurine would be a character on the Path of Destruction!
Or there were suspected leakers claiming Aventurine, like Topaz, was on the Path of The Hunt.
However!
Now the fact was right before her eyes!
Aventurine was definitively on the Path of Preservation!
The viewers in the stream were instantly in an uproar!
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"Ah? Really Preservation?!"
"I always thought he'd be a big DPS on the Path of Destruction! He's so miserable in the story, I'd want to destroy the world too if I were him!"
"Sunday asked him if he wanted to destroy this world with his own hands, and didn't Aventurine express affirmation? I really thought it was Destruction!"
"Kakavasha could be The Hunt, could be Destruction, or even Elation, but he just had to be Preservation!"
"He's preserving his family's expectations, working hard to become his family's pride!"
"He gathered all the conditions for 'darkening', but he still constantly asks himself, do I really want to destroy everything?"
"Sister: As long as you live, the blood of the Avgin people will never run dry."
"If he can handle that much pressure in the story, what else could he be but Preservation…"
"Wuwuwu… in that case, I have to pull!"
...
Guinaifen took a deep breath.
She clicked on the Aventurine skill showcase.
The video started playing.
The long-awaited and familiar Feathered Spirit's personal teaching segment.
"Aventurine is a senior manager in the Strategic Investment Department of the IPC, one of the Stonehearts, his cornerstone is Aventurine of Stratagems."
"He is a flamboyant risk-lover, often wearing a smile, but his true heart is hard to fathom."
"Relying on gambling with fate to win his current status, he treats life as a high-risk, high-reward investment, and he has always been comfortable with it."
"Basic attack deals Imaginary damage based on Aventurine's DEF."
"Casting the Skill, Aventurine provides the whole team with a stackable shield [ Fortified Wager ]."
"When holding [ Fortified Wager ], Aventurine can resist crowd control debuffs and increase our single-target Effect RES…"
She saw Aventurine spin his watch, then give an evil, charming smile.
He sprinkled a large amount of chips forward.
Behind the team, stacks of chips taller than a person appeared!
It looked very wealthy!
...
"Skill provides team-wide shield? Gepard just got backstabbed…"
"And adds Effect RES? How is our Gepard supposed to survive this?"
"Gepard eats good every version, he's winning big!"
"Gepard: Am I no longer the strongest shield character?"
"Throwing money to buy shields, this skill effect is something else…"
"I just noticed! Aventurine is wearing the 2157 commemorative gold watch! The limited edition with only two in the universe!"
"Holy crap, rich boy!"
...
However.
This was just the tip of the iceberg of Aventurine's skills.
Feathered Spirit continued to introduce: "…After being attacked, gain 1 additional point of [ Blind Bet ]. After [ Blind Bet ] reaches 7 points, Aventurine consumes 7 points of energy to launch a 7-hit follow-up attack."
Aventurine lowered the brim of his hat.
He snapped his fingers with the most flamboyant pose!
In the direction he pointed, a golden treasure vault instantly opened!
A large number of chips poured down from it.
Smashing onto the heads of all the enemies!
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"Too handsome, oh my god!"
"This skill?"
"Smashing people with money? Spending money like water? I LOVE IT!!!"
"It's over, my wallet is going to explode!"
"Log in! Pull cards!"
"Must get E 6, alright!"
"The way this skill is designed, even Aventurine would give it full marks!"
"It's so our gambler style!"
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Next.
The Ultimate directly starts a betting wheel.
Randomly gain 1 to 7 points of [ Blind Bet ].
Aventurine's character art flashed by.
"Contentment is a mortal virtue, cowardice is a gambler's taboo!"
[ Current skill introduction complete, optional to watch Aventurine's character PV — The Golden Finger ]
Guinaifen was stunned!
"There's more?"
Of course, she clicked it immediately!
The rhythmic electronic music started!
As a challenger participating in the bet…
Interspersed with Aventurine's skill displays.
It stunned all the players again!
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"After Acheron's PV, another high-quality work! Feathered Spirit is really flexing in the PV!"
"This PV quality is too high, the various cuts and transitions are designed so well, it's dazzling!"
"The BGM is catchy, I can't stop bobbing my head!"
"This skill… can only be described with the word [ Wealthy ]!"
"As expected of the colleague of the 'The Loan Shark' sister!"
"I'll buy you"
"I want to do the story too! Unlock Aventurine's banner!"
"Snap and kill! Nothing else to say!"
...
After watching the video, Guinaifen, like a gambler who had lost their mind, started preparing to pull!
"Family! Start pulling!"
Opened the background music — "White Night"!
In the dynamic rhythm, Guinaifen felt as if she had transformed into Aventurine himself.
She shouted: "Three chips are enough! All or nothing!"
In the top right corner.
She had already exchanged all her Stellar Jades for special passes.
A total of 30 pulls!
[ Warp 10 times ]!
The Astral Express drove through the universe.
" 30 special passes, do you dare to bet with me?"
"Hum!"
The first ten-pull.
Only got one [ Lynx ].
The second ten-pull.
[ Serval ]!
The third ten-pull.
Guinaifen's eyes lit up!
She saw it!
The floating special pass left an afterimage!
This meant this ten-pull was going to be a gold!
She immediately imitated Aventurine's tone and said: "I am certain I have always walked on the correct path!"
"Ahhhhhh!"
"It's here!"
"Five-star!"
"Preservation!"
"Hum!"
Golden hair.
A look of toughness.
But,
it wasn't Aventurine!
It was… [ Gepard ]!
Guinaifen immediately covered her face.
"Fine, fine, fine…"
"Slow play with strong cards, putting on a show! You're making me impatient."
Clicked the top-up interface.
Scanned for a 6480.
Guinaifen didn't forget to say to the stream camera: "Everyone! I will bet all my chips —"
"Only by abandoning rationality is it a true gamble!"
...
"Laughing to death"
"You really understand Aventurine."
"Damn! Aventurine himself?"
"Aventurine: Luck favored by the Giainthra Triclops. Guinaifen: Stubbornness that even Preservation would marvel at."
"Just tell me, is it a five-star character? Is it Preservation?"
"No way, bro? You collected the whole Landau family?"
"Holy crap! Just realized the rate-up four-stars are the Landau sisters! Serval and Lynx?"
"Guinaifen just happened to pull Gepard…"
"Fatal blow!"
"A family should be neat and tidy, right, Aventurine?"
"Pull for the clan-extinguished Aventurine, enjoy the Landau family's happy gathering."
"Pack the family of three and take them home."
...
Looking at the barrage.
Guinaifen also realized this problem.
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry!
"Damn! No way?"
"So many four-star rate-ups, Feathered Spirit just had to choose these two?"
"If you tell me this wasn't intentional, I won't believe it!"
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"With Gepard's upbringing and personality, he would never intentionally target Aventurine, and these two don't have any intersection in the plot, so, it must be Feathered Spirit's doing!"
"Feathered Spirit, you have no heart!"
"Sensitive Aventurine fan: Don't make such hellish jokes. Me: Hahahahahahaha holy crap that's funny [ Share ]"
"It's fine, at most the Landau family came over, but Aventurine's whole clan is here."
"Busy pulling cards, FORGOT TO PULL YOU!!!"
"My hanging heart has finally died."
"Aventurine: Do you think this kind of joke is funny? Feathered Spirit: [ Puts on fox mask ]: Otherwise? Are you going to tell your mom, dad, and sister?"
"Got it, the banner planner for Feathered Spirit this time is Sparkle!"