Chapter 17: Empty River
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Inside the Red Leaf Forest, where the green grass was plush like a cushion...
A party of Level 5 players currently surrounded a group of three Level 5 Forest Wolves. The players advanced and retreated in battle familiarly, steadily pushing the three Forest Wolves towards defeat. In a short moment, one of the Forest Wolves died from the large fireball that flew at it, while the remaining two Forest Wolves only had a small amount of HP remaining.
"Leader, we're already Level 5. We're tired of constantly killing the same Forest Wolves. Let's just kill the Level 6 Grassland Lion Cubs! I hear the loot is quite good. Moreover, everyone can obtain a larger share of experience there," the bold and powerful Shield Warrior said as he blocked a Forest Wolf's attack.
"Forget it. In these troubled times, you forget that everyone from our Martial Union has a bounty on their heads. Each one of us is worth 1 Silver Coin, and there are plenty of people looking for this transaction," the party leader, an Elementalist, shook his head. He felt that the Shield Warrior's suggestion was too risky.
"Leader, since when have you become such a coward?" a Berserker with waxy skin curled his lips, asking disdainfully.
"Before, when we snatched Elite monsters and equipment and even killed the other players, I've never seen you reluctant before!"
"Regardless of what other people say, Martial Union is a famous large Guild in Red Leaf Town. I don't believe that those people would be so foolish, daring to kill us. Even if they come, we can kill them off and make a quick buck!"
The Elementalist party leader nodded, thinking that his subordinate's words sounded logical.
In Red Leaf Town, only Martial Union bullied others. Whoever dared provoke them was only seeking death.
The Elementalist party leader then said, "Alright. After we kill these two Forest Wolves, we'll go kill the Grassland Lion Cubs."
"Oh yeah!"
The Shield Warrior grinned, using his shield to send one of the Forest Wolves flying. He then followed up with a Heroic Strike on the other Forest Wolf, taking away its remaining HP.
Immediately after the party from Martial Union killed the final Forest Wolf, they suddenly discovered that they were surrounded by a team of over twenty players. Moreover, every one of these players was Red Named, and clearly, they had already killed a lot of players.
"Brothers, our luck is good this time! They are all from Martial Union!"
A Red Named female Assassin with a provocative body revealed herself from Stealth. She wore a smile as she looked at the players from Martial Union.
The members of Martial Union immediately felt chills through their bodies. This female Assassin was clearly the scout for this entire team. Although she should have been hiding near their party this entire time, they did not detect her presence at all.
"What are you all trying to do?" the Elementalist party leader asked in a cold tone, his eyes observing his surroundings.
"What are we doing?" the female Assassin gleefully smiled at the party leader from Martial Union, saying with a laugh, "Of course, we are here to do some happy things with you."
"Sister Fire Dance, why are you wasting your breath on them? Let's just kill them and be done with it," one of the Rangers standing in the encirclement said, feeling restless. His bow was already nocked and aimed at Martial Union's Cleric.
The Shield Warrior from Martial Union knew that they were not a match for these group of players. Hence, he intimidated, "You guys better think through this. You will not have a good ending if you become Martial Union's enemies. By the time we take care of that Ye Feng, we will take revenge on those who dared attack the members of our Guild. You guys best consider your actions properly. Don't make a mistake."
"Is Martial Union really that amazing?" The female Assassin named Fire Dance played with the dagger in her hand. Curling up her lips slightly, she said, "Why have I heard that you guys suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of my idol, Ye Feng?
Moreover, since you guys dared make trouble with my idol, it's no different than seeking for trouble with me. You should all just die, right here."
"Brothers, take action! Don't let any of them escape!"
Hearing Fire Dance's command, the twenty-plus players surrounding Martial Union rushed forward.
Meanwhile, the female Assassin named Fire Dance suddenly appeared behind the party leader from Martial Union. She immediately knocked the Elementalist unconscious, her icy-cold dagger slashing across his neck. She then followed up with a Backstab and Eviscerate, instantly taking the party leader's life, her techniques both quick and efficient.
The other members of Martial Union were extremely shocked by this scene; their hearts stopped beating completely. Immediately, they turned and ran.
However, would it be that easy to run away? Immediately, the Ice Walls of Elementalists blocked their escape, followed by Ice Spheres reducing their Movement Speeds. Several Berserkers separately used Charge on their targets, followed by Breaks, greatly reducing the Movement Speeds of the members of Martial Union once more. With their fleeing speed slower than even a tortoise, the members of Martial Union died within moments.
"Tidy up the loot quickly. We'll be looking for our next target," Fire Dance issued her command.
"These fellows sure are fat. They have contributed three pieces of Bronze Equipment to our inventory. It really makes you wonder just how fat Ye Feng's party, which is much more powerful, is," a lean Berserker said as he collected the dropped items. He couldn't help but drool when he gazed at the Bronze Equipment the members of Martial Union left behind.
"Hmm? Water Buffalo, are you having ideas about my idol's teammates?" Fire Dance looked at the Berserker, smiling faintly as she asked.
Immediately, the Berserker called Water Buffalo quivered, hurriedly laughing as he replied, "How would I even dare? I was only fantasizing in my mind a little! If I really did look for trouble with them, I would only be there to die at their hands!"
"Humph! At least you know your limits," Fire Dance snorted. She then turned, departing in search of her next target.
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Red Leaf Town, Slum Area, The Enchanted Bar:
Peng!
Ironsword Lion angrily smashed the alcohol bottle in his hand after seeing the report from his subordinates.
"Who can tell me what is going on exactly?"
"Why is it only our members are dying, while not even a shadow of Ye Feng's teammates can be found?"
According to the report from his subordinates, within a short two hours, of all the members of Martial Union stationed in Red Leaf Town, 58 of them, had already died once. Amongst those who died, nine of them were even the top echelons or elites of their Guild. Not only had they lost a level as a result of dying, they even dropped some of their equipment. This was a huge loss for Martial Union's Red Leaf Town branch. Moreover, Ironsword Lion was required to compensate them for their losses.
Besides that, the large number of deaths had largely impacted the loyalty of the members of Martial Union. Many started to think of leaving the Guild as they did not wish to be dragged into this game of hunting. If this matter did not quickly resolve, the Martial Union branch at Red Leaf Town would, sooner or later, break up.
"Boss Ironsword, could they be hiding? Why don't we increase the bounty on them? That might tempt the true experts," Drifting Blood suggested.
"Fine, increase the bounty immediately. I don't believe that we can't find them," Ironsword Lion nodded his head. He then continued saying, "Remember, as long as you receive any information, immediately contact Absolute Heaven."
"Leave it to me, Boss. I'll relay the information immediately."
...
At this moment, Gentle Snow's communicator rang out.
Originally, Gentle Snow intended to reject the call without giving it much thought. However, when she saw that the caller was Ye Feng, a faint smile appeared on her face.
Previously, after Feng entered White River City, she had tried contacting Feng as well. However, Feng had immediately shut down all forms of communication, leaving her with no way of contacting him. She could only send him a message. Now that he was personally contacting her, it was possible that he had finally seen her message.
Since Feng attempted to contact her, Gentle Snow would not reject the call. In any case, there was still some time before the new batch of Whetstones would arrive.
"Busy man, you finally have the time to contact me?" Gentle Snow laughed softly after the call connected.
"You jest, Miss Snow. I am helpless about this as well. I was worried that my communicator would ring endlessly and distract me, so I simply turned it off. Didn't I immediately contact Miss Snow after I finished with my matters?" Feng smiled.
He needed to waste time. After all, if he published the White River City Guidebook shortly after he entered White River City, others would become highly suspicious. Without spending some time, how could he conduct an investigation? If he made the guidebook without any prior investigation, it would be strange if nobody suspected him.
Hence, Feng intentionally took such a long time before he initiated contact, letting others think that he used this time to inspect White River City.
"Since you've come looking for me, it means that you've seen my message regarding the information about White River City. What are your thoughts? Name a price; I'll buy it all," Gentle Snow said seriously.
If she could obtain information about White River City, she could prepare ahead of time. This way, they could get a huge lead on the other Guilds. As for the matter of money, she rarely paid any mind. Moreover, she believed that Feng would not just set a random price.
"I've already compiled a guidebook with information about White River City. The guidebooks are divided into two versions; a simplified version and a luxury version. I'm prepared to publish and sell them on the official forums after some time," Feng nodded as he spoke.
Gentle Snow was at a loss when she heard Feng. She couldn't help but admit that Feng was too good at grasping business opportunities. If Feng truly did such a thing, in addition to his identity as the first player to enter White River City, the legitimacy of the White River City Guidebooks were surely guaranteed. The various large Guilds would all compete for them.
"I can't help but praise your idea. However, I wish to obtain this information in advance. Of course, I will pay a higher price. To put it another way, I hope that you can delay the information's release for three or four hours. Not only will I purchase the information at a high price, but I am also willing to pay a million Credits as a postponement fee. I wonder if that would be possible?" Gentle Snow inquired, smiling.
"Sure, I can postpone it for a few hours. I wonder if you want the simplified version or the luxury version?"
"Do you even need to ask? The more detailed, the better," Gentle Snow rolled her eyes at Feng.
She was even willing to spend a million Credits as an extension fee, so would she even lack that kind of money?
"That would be the luxury version then. I'm selling it for 30,000 Credits. As a matter of fact, I still have a super-luxury version of the guidebook in my possession. I wonder if Miss Snow would be interested in it?" Feng smiled as he asked.
"A super-luxury version? How much do you want for it?" Gentle Snow responded, slightly contemptuous.
"Two million!" Feng said earnestly.
"The luxury version is selling for 30,000 Credits, but you're selling the super-luxury version for two million Credits? Are you taking me for a fool?" Gentle Snow accused.
"How could that be? I've poured my blood into making it. If you don't want it, so be it. It is similarly sufficient to purchase just the luxury version," Feng was only filled with kind intentions. Since he had arrived at White River City almost three days earlier, he naturally wouldn't sell the guidebooks at the same price as in his previous life.
After a few seconds of silence, Gentle Snow let out a deep sigh as she said, "Alright, then. I'll buy it. When can you give it to me?"
"Right now." Feng affirmed. He had already gotten it done while waiting.
"Good, then. I'll transfer the money to you at that time," Gentle Snow disconnected the call.
Standing beside Gentle Snow, Zhao Yueru had heard every word of the conversation. Puzzled, she asked, "Snow, I'm not trying to reprimand you, but although that Ye Feng is one of the rare top-tier experts, within only a short few hours, just how much information could he possibly have gathered? Not to mention, that information is even priced at one million Credits. He is clearly just trying to make a quick buck off of us. That Ye Feng is insincere. We have already helped him out so much and even dealt with the matter of Underworld targeting him."
"Let's have a look at it before we judge," Gentle Snow sighed. In reality, even she did not hold much hope about the information. If it truly contained some valuable information, she would not take too big of a loss, at the very least.
Following which, Feng also made a similar deal with Stabbing Heart of the Assassin's Alliance. However, he did not offer the super-luxury version this time. He only sold them the information in advance because of the friendship he had with Stabbing Heart.
Stabbing Heart naturally knew this, so he was greatly touched by Feng's actions. He immediately paid 50,000 Credits as gratitude to Feng. At the same time, with this information about White River City in hand, Stabbing Heart would also have the confidence to request the higher-ups to review the matter of suppressing Martial Union's development in White River City. That way, Martial Union would not even have the time to find trouble with Feng.
Feng then sent the super-luxury version to Gentle Snow and the luxury one to stabbing heart. At this moment, the metal door of the forging room opened, and Seliora walked out.
Compared to when she entered the forging room, Seliora clearly felt more fatigued now. Crystal clear sweat coated her healthy, wheat-colored skin, and she looked like she had just stepped out of a pool of water; her appearance was utterly seductive.
"Here, this item's for you," Seliora took out the Book of Creation, handing it to Feng with great reluctance. She then took out a flame-red flying dart. This flying dart radiated a brilliant red that intoxicated a person's heart. "This item is definitely my greatest masterpiece. Thanks to the Book of Creation and the Magma Crystal you gave me, it was able to achieve Epic rank"
Hearing that, Feng was slightly disappointed. He already knew it would reach Epic rank, however he was secretly crossing his fingers the Book of Creation's Chance Upgrade would trigger and it would reach Fragmented Legendary rank. He didn't even dare to have an internal monologue in fear of jinxing it, but it still ended up only being an Epic rank.
Nevertheless, he was still happy to have a Epic rank Throwing weapon.
"Have a look at it yourself, then." Seliora handed the Blazing Meteor over to Feng, and he immediately checked its attributes.
[Blazing Meteor] (Throwing Weapon, Epic Rank)
Equipment Requirement: Strength 150, Agility 180
Attributes adjust to user's level (Level 10)
Attack Power (Player's Strength*3)
Strength +70, Agility +100, Endurance +15
Attack Speed +8
Maximum throwing distance: 50 yards
When equipped:
Strength increased by 10%
Agility increased by 20%
Attack Speed increased by 15%
Reaction Speed increased by 25%
Ignore Levels +10
All item level requirements reduced by 5 Levels.
When attacking:
45% chance to ignore target's Defense.
40% chance to activate Quadruple Phantom effect, each phantom causing 50% flame damage.
25% chance to activate Knockback effect.
15% chance to activate Burning Flames effect, dealing 250 flame damage to the target every second for 15 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times.
Additional Passive skill: Burning hands
All attacks give enemies Burning effect, dealing 10 burning damage to target every second for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times
Additional Skill: Flame God's Fury.
Deals physical and flame damage to enemies within a 40*3 yard area. Deals 900% damage to the initial target and damage reduces by 5% with each consecutive enemy hit to a minimum of 400% damage.
Cooldown: 3 minutes
The Blazing Meteor was forged by the Grandmaster Forger, Seliora.
User restriction: Ye Feng
Unable to be dropped.
Unable to be traded.
"Grandmaster Seliora, congratulations on your promotion to a Grandmaster Forger." Feng congratulated Seliora with a smile.
"Hmm! I didn't expect your eyesight to be so sharp! I have indeed become a Grandmaster Forger! However, this is all thanks to you. If you did not lend me the Book of Creation, allowing me to unravel the mysteries that have troubled me for the past several years, it would still be impossible for me to become a Grandmaster. As a thank you, here is my communication crystal. In the future, you can contact me at any time through this item," Seliora nodded, smiling as she spoke.
System: Hidden Quest "Search for Seliora" completed, exceeded by aiding Seliora in becoming a Grandmaster Forger. Rewarding player with the Epic item, the Blazing Meteor. Rewarding Seliora's Communication Crystal. Seliora's Favorability increased by 200 points. Reputation in Star-Moon Kingdom +50. Reputation in White River City +300. Obtained the title "Grandmaster's Friend." Forging Proficiency increased by 750 points. Rewarding 300,000 EXP.
With the EXP he already got from all the Evil Spirits and the Ghost Rider, as well as this, Feng leveled up to Level 11. His attributes sky rocketed after equipping the Blazing Meteor. Now, except for Intelligence, he had enough attributes to equip the Heavenly Dragon's Breath.
Seliora had only recently become a Grandmaster Forger, so she intended to go on a journey.
Soon after, Feng departed from the smithy.
'I wonder if I can return the memories of NPCs, too.' As he watched Seliora leave, the idea came across his mind. His ability could be used in God's Domain too, except it was a lot more difficult, and it was practically impossible with him being Tier 0. He decided to try it later on when he reaches higher tiers.
Feng posted the White River City Guidebook on the official forums, setting the post to publish in three hours, with the simplified version costing 500 and the advanced costing 30,000 credits, before posting anonymously: Buying Flaming Sun Scriptures at 14 Silver Coins per book! Willing to purchase it at 15 Silver Coins if placed in the Auction House.
He then went to the Auction House. When Feng entered the empty Auction House and searched for Flaming Sun Scriptures, he found a couple of them had already appeared. There were a total of 14 copies of the Flaming Sun Scripture offered in the Auction House. Among them, Feng had bought 12 of them. Only Sinfully Handsome's copy and another copy sold by Nobody Cares for 20 Silver Coins remained.
Soon after, Feng hurried towards the teleportation gate. He paid a fee of 24 Silver Coins and teleported to Red Flame Fortress, the nearest teleportation point to the Flame God's Cave.
Red Flame Fortress was located in the middle of the Scorching Hot Canyon; a large volcano loomed behind it. The terrain around this region was extremely hot all year round, and the air was similarly parched and blistering. A gust of wind here was like a wave of heat, and one wouldn't feel a hint of relief from it.
Meanwhile, the surrounding environment of the canyon consisted of only scorched, barren earth and mountains. All around, web-like cracks decorated the ground. After around half an hour later, Feng finally arrived at the Flame God's Cave.
The Flame God's Cave was situated close to a volcano at the outer edges of the Scorching Hot Canyon. Plenty of Elite monsters and Chieftain ranked Bosses resided within the cave.
Inside the Flame God's Cave, Feng took out eleven Silver Lakes, intending to upgrade the Abyssal Blade, when a thought accrued. He stored one of the Silver Lakes and unequipped the Silver Sea, selecting it and the ten Silver lakes. He then chose to level up the Abyssal Blade, starting the devouring process.
The Abyssal Blade in Feng's hand suddenly emitted pitch-black flames. These black flames instantly wrapped around the Silver Sea and the ten Silver Lakes. The flames radiated a scorchingly hot temperature as they melted these weapons.
The temperature of the black flames was on an entirely different level compared to the Ice-Blue Devil Flame. In the blink of an eye, all of the swords melted into a lump of metal, the Abyssal Blade continuously absorbing the essence of the weapon.
After the devouring process completed, the Abyssal Blade flared with a gigantic black flame. The black flame was like a living being, transforming into a black dragon. The size of the dragon was like a great mountain with the height of around 200 to 300 meters, and pitch-black scales that were even harder than steel covered its entire body. Soon after, the black dragon released a heaven-shaking roar.
Thankfully, Feng was the only one who was above Level 10 and could come here, so there was no one who could notice the commotion.
The black dragon glanced at its surroundings, its sight stopping on Feng and staring at him. Feng naturally returned the stare. The Black Dragon King before Feng simply stared at him, taking no other actions.
After a moment, the shadow of the Black Dragon King dissipated, turning into black flames as it returned into the Abyssal Blade.
Immediately, the Abyssal Blade began its transformation. Unknown silver-colored runes suddenly appeared on the pitch-black blade in Feng's hand. The Abyssal Blade itself gave off a faint illusion of being surrounded by black flames. There was also a dragon coiling around the hilt of the sword now.
Feng held the Abyssal Blade and felt the misconception of two minds connecting with each other. It felt as if the Abyssal Blade were becoming another part of his body, and moving it was no different than stretching his own arm.
Aside from this misconception, the Attributes of the Abyssal Blade also underwent an earthshaking transformation.
[Abyssal Blade] (One-handed Sword, Magic Weapon)
Attack Power +172
All Attributes +35
Attack Speed +10
Ignore Levels +10
Attacks have:
35% chance of causing 200% damage
20% chance to cause 300% damage
25% chance to induce Doom Curse, reducing all Attributes by 40%, lasting 30 seconds.
If wielder belongs to any Swordsman Job, all Skill Levels +3. Increase Free Ability Points received by 2 points for every increase in Level.
Equipment Level 10. Can be leveled up. (Devour ten Level 15 Mysterious-Iron Equipment and one Level 15 Secret-Silver Equipment to level up to Level 15). Can be evolved (Unknown).
Additional Skill 1: Phantom Kill. Instantly creates a doppelganger. You can control this doppelganger. Doppelganger will have 55% of original body's Attributes and all Skills. At the same time, doppelganger and the original body can be swapped. Duration of 45 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Additional Skill 2: Abyssal Bind. Binds enemies and prevents movement, reducing Defense by 100%. Duration of 4 seconds.
Cooldown: 1 minute
Additional Skill 3: Nine Dragons Slash. Instantly create nine phantoms of the Abyssal Blade for the wielder's use; each phantom sword is capable of dealing up to 40% damage. Duration of 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 minutes.
Additional Skill 4: Dark Violent Dance. 45% of the total damage dealt spreads in a cone-shaped area towards targets within a distance of 13 yards for 30 seconds.
Cooldown: 1 minute
The Abyssal Blade was personally created by master smith Olysses using the Black Dragon King's fangs as material. It is one of thirty-six famed swords, and it is ranked 31st. However, this sword has been cursed by the Black Dragon King. Aside from providing the wielder with immense strength, there will be a Backlash every period of time. However, after being remodeled by Jack using a Star Crystal, the strength of the Backlash has been greatly reduced. If the wielder is unable to suppress the Backlash, the wielder will receive the curse of the Black Dragon King, permanently reducing All Attributes by 50%.
Unable to be dropped.
Unable to be traded.
After checking the new attributes of the Abyssal Blade, Feng took out the Silver Lake he saved and equipped it. This was the Silver Lake that had its attributes increased by the Blacksteel Insignia, so even though it had less attributes than the Silver Sea, there wasn't too much of a difference.
Afterwards, Feng checked his attributes. He currently had around 280 Strength, 380 Agility, 190 Endurance, 59 Intelligence and 57 Vitality. He then focused on his Intelligence. Without the Might of a Thousand's 10% boost, he had 54 points in Intelligence, and as long as he pushed it to 110 and got the boost from Might of a Thousand, he'd have enough to equip the Heavenly Dragon's Breath.
Feng wondered if he should put his Free Attribution Points he's been saving into Intelligence, when he remembered all the items that Faust had. There would definitely be some items that increased all attributes among them, so there was no need to save his Free Attribution Points for increasing his Intelligence. Thinking of that, Feng placed all of his points into Strength.
He then took out one of the Flaming Sun Scriptures from his bag, opening the the book and reading the incantations inside.
All of a sudden, the Flaming Sun Scripture ignited, emitting dazzling golden flames. As if the fire-type mana within the Flame God's Cave had transformed into soldiers, it all charged towards the golden flame, submitting to it. The golden flame was like an emperor among flames. In reality, it wasn't just the fire-type mana that was affected. Even Feng's Ice-Blue Devil Flame felt restless, giving off the notion of submission.
After a minute passed, the golden flame sank into Feng's body after it absorbed a sufficient amount of fire-type mana. Instantly, a new status effect appeared on Feng's status bar.
[Flaming Sun's Blessing]
Increases Fire Resistance by 100 points and reduces damage from fire-type attacks by 90%. All fire-type damage received has a 20% chance to recover an equivalent amount of HP. Damage dealt towards fire-type monsters increased by 100%. Duration of two hours.
Effective only within the Flame God's Cave.
Feng boldly advanced deeper into the Flame God's Cave.
There were multiple pathways in the Flame God's Cave, and it was extremely spacious. Players could easily get lost in the cave. This, however, was not a problem for Feng. The Flame God's Cave was like his own backyard, and very quickly, he located a lone Level 25 Lava Hound lying on solidified, blackened lava.
[Lava Hound] (Common Monster)
Level 25
HP 5,400/5,400
The Lava Hound was several sizes larger compared to a normal lion. Its entire body emitted red flames; its skin was a dark yellow, and it had a pair of large, crimson eyes. Detecting Feng's presence, the Lava Hound abruptly stood; its blood-red eyes glared at Feng as it let out a low, angry growl. The Lava Hound's sharp claws easily shattered a chunk of charred rock.
Just as Feng unsheathed the Abyssal Blade and Silver Lake, the Lava Hound spat a mouthful of flames at Feng. Without holding anything back, Feng activated the Ice-Blue Devil Flame, covering his entire body with a deep-blue flame. He then circled the ball of flames, and arrived in front of the Lava Hound, sending a Chop slashing at its nape, drawing a pool of piping-hot blood.
A damage of -1321 points appeared above the Lava Hound's head. Feng then followed up with a Double Chop and Earth Splitter, the monster leaving behind a Flame Crystal and several Copper Coins as it died.
System: Level 25 Lava Hound killed. Level difference of 14. EXP obtained increased by 1,400%. Obtained 20,625 EXP.
After picking up the Lava Hound's drops, Feng advanced further into the cave. Feng continuously killed Level 25 Lava Hounds as he advanced further into the depths of the Flame God's Cave, greatly increasing his EXP and Skill Proficiency while also getting plenty of Flame Crystals, which could be used to make a Basic Fire Resistance Potion.
In the Flame God's Cave, a Common ranked Lava Hound had a 3% chance of dropping a Flame Crystal, three times higher than the drop rate of fire-type monsters outside. Meanwhile, the Level 25 Elite monsters in the Flame God's Cave had a 100% chance to drop one Flame Crystal and a 10% chance to drop two Flame Crystals. Of course, these monsters would also drop equipment.
As for Level 25 Special Elites, they had a 100% chance of dropping two Flame Crystals, a 20% chance to drop four Flame Crystals, and a 10% chance to drop five to seven Flame Crystals.
Level 25 Chieftain Bosses were even more rewarding. They had a 100% chance to drop 10 Flame Crystals, a 30% chance to drop 13 pieces of Flame Crystals, and 20% chance to drop 20 to 25 Flame Crystals. Players could easily earn up to 2 Gold Coins by killing a single Chieftain Boss. Not to mention, these Bosses also dropped equipment and tools.
After an hour or so passed by, Feng finally arrived at the core area of the Flame God's Cave. On his way here, Feng had killed many Lava Hounds, and due to the Luck +3 provided by the Shadow's Blessing he wore, Feng obtained a bountiful number of Flame Crystals. He could get one Flame Crystal for every half a dozen or so Lava Hounds he killed.
The EXP he earned was also bountiful, pushing him to Level 13, and he was close to Level 14. The level of his skills had also increased. His skills, Chop, Double Chop, Earth Splitter, Thundering Flash, and Thunder Flame Explosion, also rose to Level 9, Level 8, Level 8, Level 7, and Level 3 respectively. If including the upgrade provided by the Abyssal Blade, these skills would be Level 12, Level 11, Level 11, Level 10, and Level 6 respectively.
The core area Feng had reached was a large, empty lava field; molten lava flowed throughout the surroundings. At the highest point of the empty field sat plenty of bright crystals reflecting the glow of the lava into the surroundings, illuminating the spacious and empty field. The cooled accumulation of lava formed the land here.
Meanwhile, on the empty land a short distance away, Feng discovered plenty of Level 25 Elite Flame Naga silently guarding. Occasionally, he could also spot a few Level 25 Special Elite Flame Naga Warriors.
[Flame Naga] (Elite Rank)
Level 25
HP 20,000/20,000
[Flame Naga Warrior] (Special Elite)
Level 25
HP 50,000/50,000
Soon after, Feng lifted his head and shifted his gaze towards the distant central region of this lava field. Due to the long distance, Feng had to squint and focus his eyes for quite some time. Only after activating his Extraordinary Vision could he discover a beautiful figure laying atop a stone altar.
[Scorching Lamia Cela] (High Lord Rank)
Level 25
HP 500,000/500,000
Molten lava slowly flowed across the vast, empty field. Meanwhile, the Scorching Lamia Cela paid no particular attention to the intruder. She simply swished her tail, slithering to a pool of lava. With a splash, Cela dove straight into the scorching pool, frolicking with a content expression.
Feng then started luring the Nagas and killing them. With his current techniques, attributes, skills and equipment, he didn't need to do anything special and simply slaughtered the Nagas
Two hours later, all the Naga have been cleared out. Feng had reached Level 15 and gained lots of Flame Crystals and Skill Proficiency. The Scorching Heart had also dropped, which increased his speed a bit.
[Scorching Heart] (Ornament, Bronze Rank)
Equipment Requirement: Strength 80
Strength +10, Agility +10, Endurance +10
Fire Resistance +3
"It's you turn now." Feng said and walked towards Cela.
After another two hours, Feng had finally slain Cela. He used a similar technique like in his previous life, except with no Frost Grenades and simply relying on his attributes. Her death provided him plenty of EXP and he managed to reach Level 16 with only a few hundred EXP points to spare.
As he picked up the loot, Feng noted that he got pretty much the same drops as in his previous life, including the the two Dark-Gold items, Flame Boots and the Light of Day Shield, as well as the Raging Flames Armor Forging Design and Flame Burst skill book.
[Flame Boots] (Plate Boots, Dark-Gold Rank)
Level 25
Defense +175
Strength +21, Agility +30, Endurance +15
Movement Speed +8
Fire Resistance +5
Additional Skill-
Flame Rush: Increases Movement Speed by 100% for 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 2 minutes
Just the value of this piece of equipment exceeded 20 Gold. In addition, Cela also dropped a Dark-Gold ranked shield.
[Light of Day] (Shield, Dark-Gold Rank)
Level 25
Equipment Requirement: Strength 130
Defense +665
Block Rate: 41%
Defend skill level +2
Strength +34, Agility +10, Endurance +32
Maximum HP +15%
Additional Passive Skill-
Guardian Heart: Reduces incoming damage from the front by 20%. In addition, all damage received reduced by 10%.
Feng chose to learn Flame Burst without hesitation. He then called out the skill interface.
[Flame Burst]
Level 1 (Requires 100,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 2)
Channeling time: 2 seconds
Gathers the power of flames to a single point and causes 300% damage to the target.
Attack Count: 4 times
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Feng upgraded it to Level 5 without hesitation. The damage of Flame Burst increased to 420%, Attack Count increased to 6 times, and Cooldown decreased to 3 minutes 30 seconds. As a result of such a huge increase, however, Feng had fallen to Level 14. If he wanted to upgrade the skill to Level 6, he needed to supply 4,000,000 EXP. Even if he dropped back down to Level 0, he could not raise Flame Burst to Level 6.
Afterwards Feng returned to White River City. He stored some items in the Bank, before checking how the sale of his guidebooks was going. The White River City guide has already been out for around two hours. The post's appearance caused a massive ripple effect.
The White River City Guidebook was undeniably what various large Guilds needed the most right now. A few high level independent players also urgently needed it. If these players had the White River City Guidebook, they would not have to spend a large amount of time exploring the city. They only needed to refer to the guidebook to learn what they needed to know.
Afraid of Feng's trickery, a large majority of the Guilds chose to purchase the simplified guidebook, taking a look at it before making further decisions.
After all, they could afford a loss of 500 Credits.
As for the players that wished to develop themselves in God's Domain, they all grew extremely curious about White River City, a fascinating city. They wished to experience it in advance, so many players had gnashed their teeth as they bought the simplified guidebook.
Within half an hour, the simplified version of the White River City Guidebook was like a best-selling novel. Sales of the guidebook continuously increased, and before anyone knew it, over 5,000 copies had already sold. It became more famous the more time went by, and with the positive feedback more people bought it while some rich people and guilds bought the advanced version.
Feng then rented a hotel and logged off.
Two days later, Feng was once again standing over Scorching Lamia Cela's body and picking up her drops. During these two days, Feng would move some items to his new house, decorating his new home with some furniture during the day. He then trained his body as usual. At night, after he entered God's Domain, he forged equipment for his trade with Aqua Rose without stopping.
After getting some money from the City Guide on the first day, Feng went and bought the same office floor he had bought in his previous life for his Workshop. He then had Blackie order stuff for the Workshop with whatever money he had left. Thankfully, the City Guide had sold very well, with the simplified version selling 40,973 copies and the advanced version selling 479 copies; so even after buying the office floor, he had over 15 million credits left to buy stuff for his Workshop.
Aside from occasionally visiting the Auction House to purchase materials and appreciation items, Feng had conducted a large transaction with Stabbing Heart. Feng sold the Level 5 to Level 7 Bronze Equipment he possessed in bulk, earning himself over 2 Gold Coins and over 200,000 Credits. Other than that, Feng spent the remainder of his time cooped up in the Advanced Forging Room in the City. Not only did he forge Silver Lakes, but he also forged plenty of equipment using the Bronze and Mysterious-Iron Forging Designs he obtained from Blackbeard.
In a period of two days, Feng had forged a total of 20 Silver Lakes, over 200 pieces of Level 8 Bronze Equipment, over 100 pieces of Level 9 Bronze Equipment, over 100 pieces of Level 10 Bronze Equipment, over 60 Mysterious-Iron Weapons and over 70 pieces of Mysterious-Iron Equipment.
Knowing that Aqua Rose wouldn't even be able to afford that, Feng switched to Whetstones. He had used the Book of Creation's Blessing of Creation on the Advanced Whetstone Forging Design, upgrading it to a Peak Whetstone Forging Design, of which he made over 4,000.
[Peak Whetstone] (Consumable)
When used on a Level 30 weapon or below, recovers the durability by 13 to 18 points. Simultaneously, it increases the damage of the weapon by 5% for a duration of one hour.
Number of usage remaining: 3
With so many items forged, and the Book of Creation's Quick Mastery skill, he had managed to become a Basic Forger just before coming to raid the Flame God's cave again. Although Cela was no longer a High Lord this time, she was still a Lord and provided him with plenty of items and EXP. Along with the EXP from the other monsters and forging, he reached Level 16 again.
While Feng was enjoying himself with forging, Martial Union was struggling. With Feng being in a city out of the players reach, and his teammates remaining unfound, all the players in need of money have been hunting down their members. Feng had also made sure to keep refiling the money he put in the bounty. So, the members of Martial Union, who could've been previously seen on the streets, were nowhere to be found.
Just as Feng picked up all of the loot and returned to the city, a call request suddenly came from Blackie.
"Did they find you?" Feng asked, knowing that the members of Martial Union should have attacked them by now.
"Yea, only me and Lonely got away." Blackie replied. Although he sounded indifferent, Feng could tell that he was frustrated. Blackie knew that Feng's plan was to use them to lure out Fire Dance while also damaging Martial Union, however, that didn't mean that only him and Lonely should survive. If he had been more capable, he could have lead them all out safely and simply have Martial Union search for them.
But it wasn't Blackie's fault. After all, the current level and tier of players was too low, and Blackie was unable to show his full capabilities. Even though he could kill plenty of them, the gap in attributes wasn't so large he could massacre them, and he would eventually run out of Stamina. Moreover, he was a Cursemancer, so he couldn't go in and start slaughtering players like Feng could.
Even though Blackie knew that, it was frustrating to be helpless. Blackie didn't like the feeling of it one bit.
"Alright I'll head over." Feng said and disconnected the call. He stored the items he didn't need in the Bank and rushed towards Gale Valley. He arrived less than twenty minutes later. When Feng arrived at the entrance of Gale Valley, he changed his appearance and slowed down so that he doesn't freak out the assassins watching over the entrance.
After entering Gale Valley, Feng immediately discovered the four Level 6 Assassins hidden around the valley's entrance.
These Assassins were all scouts of Martial Union specialized in investigation. They were currently tasked to report back all the players who entered the Gale Valley, determining whether or not said players were here as the enemy's backup. With this information, they could allow their members to prepare beforehand and set up an ambush.
Feng ignored them and went deeper into Gale Valley.
"Boss Unstable, there's a player entering the Gale Valley. However, he's not the target, Ye Feng," one of the Assassins on guard at the valley's entrance reported.
"Got it; you guys stay on guard there. As long as Ye Feng enters the Gale Valley, immediately report it to me. Also, remember to tail him, and do not let him discover any of you. As long as you all do a good job, you will be members of the Guild's elite team in the future," the player called Unstable commanded seriously.
"Yes!"
After finishing his report, the Assassin grew extremely excited. He became much more serious as he silently awaited by the entrance for Ye Feng. However, he did not know that the person he mentioned had long since entered the Gale Valley.
After Feng entered the Gale Valley, he constantly advanced through the treetops.
Very quickly, Feng detected sounds of battle from the forest a short distance ahead. Moreover, it did not seem like a small battle. He was relieved when he heard it was coming from the same place he remembered Fire Dance fighting in his previous life.
Feng stealthily closed in on the origin of the sounds. When Feng leaped up to one of the trees closest to the scene of the battle, he discovered that it was indeed a conflict between players. Moreover, the battle was very intense.
The weaker of the two parties only had six players remaining, and they did not even have a healer. Meanwhile, the players bearing the Guild Emblem of Martial Union were still considerably strong; they had a total of 18 players remaining, with three of which were healers. Amongst the healers, two were Level 7 Clerics, while one was a Level 8 Druid. They all wore matching Bronze Set Equipment mixed with a few pieces of Mysterious-Iron Equipment. The rest of the players also had relatively good equipment, and the lowest leveled among them was a Level 7 player possessing a complete set of Bronze Equipment.
"Little girl, don't even think of escaping this time. Just obediently wait for your deaths!" the commanding team leader from Martial Union sneered as he looked at the female Assassin possessing a sexy body.
Looking at the hot female Assassin, she had an attractive oval face, slender eyebrows, and eyes as clear as water. The girl was very beautiful, like a dazzling pearl or fluorescent jade, and beneath her appearance, she hid a faint lovely tenderness.
"Aren't you thinking too highly of yourselves? You want me to stay put and let you kill me? Dream on. Even if I die, I'll take you guys with me," the provocative-looking girl glanced at the Swordsman team leader, the corners of her lips curling up slightly as she said disdainfully.
"Sister Fire Dance, you should leave! Let us hold them off for you. If we continue dragging this on, none of us will get away. Don't forget; we are now Red Players, and the death penalty is extremely severe. At the very least, we would lose two levels and three or four pieces of equipment," the Berserker beside the girl softly suggested.
At this moment, the Swordsman team leader laughed loudly, saying, "Do you think you can still escape? The moment we discovered you, we called for all our comrades to hurry over. We have long since surrounded this place. If you can still manage to escape, I'll eat this greatsword of mine."
"It seems they will bury us here. Our only choice is to carve out a trail of blood," Fire Dance said.
After hearing the Swordsman team leader from Martial Union speak, Fire Dance's expression turned grim, gritting her teeth slightly.
Originally, she intended to come here to kill the members of Martial Union. She did not think that she would fall into Martial Union's trap instead. After killing their way out of the encirclement with much difficulty, these players once more surrounded them. Their chances of escaping were already scant, and if another twenty or so enemies arrived, even that tiny hope of escape would vanish.
If she and her teammates died now, with the previous Crime Value they had accumulated, at the very least, her teammates would each lose two levels, while she would lose at least three levels and all of her equipment. Such a loss would devastate them, and their team would very likely disband, never to rise again.
"Hahaha! It's too late to fear now! Originally, we prepared this ambush for that Ye Feng, but I never thought you guys would send yourselves to death. From now on, the fine equipment that you guys use will belong to us! Brothers, go! Leave that little girl for me to deal with," the Swordsman team leader licked his lips as he spoke, his eyes revealing an undisguised greed as he gazed at Fire Dance's sexy body.
Feng simply watched and patiently waited for only Fire Dance and Water Buffalo to remain, since he knew that the other members of Fire Dance's team weren't worth saving. Soon only those two remained, and Feng made his move.
"Hahaha! Little girl, if you wish to blame someone, then blame that Ye Feng of yours for standing out! All who go against Martial Union will earn a fatal ending! However, you can be relieved. That Ye Feng fella will sooner or later accompany you as well!"
Just when the Swordsman thought that victory was in his grasp, a black shadow flew past him, and his HP bar emptied out.
"Wha-" His vision suddenly darkened as he fell to the ground. The same thing happened to all the other members of Martial Union, and they all fell to the ground in the next second. Feng's attributes were so high that they couldn't even capture his movements.
Meanwhile, Feng's name turned a crimson red, as if it would bleed at any time. Fire Dance was utterly dumbfounded, having no idea what just happened. She looked around and noticed Feng, who was casually picking up the loot. Seeing his red name and how he suddenly appeared, she knew that this mysterious player was the one who instantly killed the Swordsman team leader and the rest of the players. But she couldn't believe that a player was capable of such speed.
Is this mysterious player truly a player?
He can't be a ghost of God's Domain, right?!
Although Fire Dance had good techniques, at this moment, she did not dare to make any careless movements. She could only watch in silence, and unknowingly, a streak of sweat rolled down from her forehead. When faced with this mysterious player before her, Fire Dance's instincts were telling her that, if this mysterious player wanted to deal with her, death would be the only outcome for her. Her eyes flickered as she saw Feng's figure. Aside from the immense pressure that she felt from him, she could also smell the stench of death on him.
Feng also wore a pitch-black hooded cape that hid his face. In addition, the Demon Mask hid his name, level, and other information. Aside from his HP bar, there was nothing else to see. It would not be strange even if he received the same treatment as a monster.
The only reason Fire Dance knew Feng was not a monster was the green icon above his head, proving that he was a player.
However, the fact that Feng was not a monster, but instead, a player, shocked Fire Dance even more. Just how high were Feng's Attributes for him to be so strong?!
While Feng picked up the drops, Fire Dance, standing at a distance, held her delicate hand over her madly beating heart. Slightly calming her emotions, she picked up the courage to walk towards Feng, saying in gratitude, "I am called Fire Dance. Thank you for saving us."
"Hi, I've seen your videos, so I know who you are. And you don't have to thank me. To begin with, these people originally set up this trap for me. You guys should hurry and leave. This place is very dangerous right now, and the other members of Martial Union should be arriving very soon" Feng said as he removed the hood hiding his face, revealing his appearance of Ye Feng, and smiling at Fire Dance.
Fire Dance suddenly blanked at Feng's words, staring at him with her big, watery eyes. Her heartbeat accelerated further, feeling like it was too good to be true. Her heart almost exploded when she saw his smile.
"You... You're Ye Feng?" Fire Dance asked in disbelief.
The reason she came to the Gale Valley was that she had heard that Martial Union intended to deal with Ye Feng's teammates. Hence, she thought of coming to lend some help, and just maybe, she might even get to meet Ye Feng, himself.
It was truly unbelievable how fate could toy with a person's life.
Originally, she thought of offering Ye Feng aid, yet in the end, Ye Feng had saved her.
Was this fate?
Thinking up to this point, a faint blush added to Fire Dance's snow-white cheeks. She felt that she was overthinking, and she was unclear as to why she would have such a thought.
Meanwhile, the Berserker, Water Buffalo, was tongue-tied after hearing Feng admit that he was indeed Fire Dance's idol, Ye Feng; an incomparable fanaticism appeared in his eyes.
"Big Brother Ye Feng, you don't know this, but in reality, Sister Fire Dance is your..." before Water Buffalo could finish speaking, he received a kick from Fire Dance. He grimaced from the pain, but when he looked at the expression in Fire Dance's eyes that seemed able to eat a person whole, he immediately chose to cover his mouth, not uttering a single word.
"Yes?" Feng asked, even though he knew what Water Buffalo wanted to say. He couldn't help but admit that he had been a bit dense in his previous life. Fire Dance's reaction said it all, yet he had been oblivious to it for a while. Thankfully, or maybe not depending on how you look at it, he had realized the feelings Fire Dance and some of the other girls had for him later on.
However, as he had been too busy and didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, he chose to ignore it. Which, in hindsight, might not have been the best decision.
"It's nothing! Water Buffalo is just having an epileptic fit! Big Brother Ye Feng, won't you leave with us?" Fire Dance slightly shook her head. She then worriedly said, "This time, Martial Union has sent over two hundred men here. They have long since surrounded this entire area. There are also several powerful Level 9 experts, and all of them are wearing sets of Mysterious-Iron Equipment. They killed many of our teammates. If they surround us, we will have no chance of escaping at all-" Fire Dance was about to continue when she remembered Feng's speed, and realized that there was no player in Martial Union who could even react to his attacks, let alone hurt him.
She suddenly became embarrassed that she wanted to suggest running away to him.
"You guys should hurry up and leave. I'll stay here and clear out these experts." Feng said when he saw her go silent, he turned around to leave after picking up all of the items "Oh right. I wish to form a large team to enter large-scale Dungeons in the future. I wonder if you all would be interested in joining?" Feng suddenly stopped and said. He didn't know if they would follow him again, so he decided to ask them now.
"This..." Fire Dance was slightly hesitant after hearing Feng's proposal.
Water Buffalo also turned taciturn.
"Do you guys already have your own large team?"
"No, we don't have our own large team. Our team currently only consists of players who prioritizes amusement and don't really care much about other matters. Could you give me some time?" Fire Dance explained.
In reality, she, too, wished to develop in God's Domain properly. In spite of that, the majority of the players in her current team were not too keen on raiding Dungeons. They only wished to play casually. If they joined a large team, they would definitely experience certain constraints and would not be willing to join.
"Alright. In any case, there is still time. Let's add each other as friends then. When you've made your decision, you can contact me at any time."
"That's good. I'll contact you after discussing it with them," Fire Dance nodded. She also felt that it was about time to make a decision.
Soon after, Feng added Fire Dance as his friend, before he snuck into the forest.
"Sister Fire Dance, what do we do now? Do we leave?" Water Buffalo asked.
Fire Dance thought for a moment before nodding. With Feng's strength, he would have no trouble killing all of the Martial Union's experts. Moreover, she needed to go back and discuss joining Feng's team with her team members.
At this moment, a 50-man team from Martial Union currently cleared away the Shadow Leopards in their path while they pushed forward.
"Brother Unstable, won't we waste time if we go after that little girl called Fire Dance instead of continuing our search for Ye Feng's teammates?" Ironsword Lion asked, disgruntled; his eyebrows scrunched up tightly as he looked towards the center of the team at the handsome youth humming a song with overflowing interest.
The humming youth was around the age of 27 or 28, and he was indeed the Brother Unstable who Ironsword Lion called out to. He was also the Vice-Leader of Martial Union, Unstable Devastation. Be it status or strength, Unstable Devastation far surpasses Ironsword Lion, and even Ironsword Lion had to refer to him as 'Brother' respectfully.
"Ironsword, you are still such a simple person. It is no wonder that brat Ye Feng toyed with you. You even entangled the Guild in this huge mess. Thanks to you, Martial Union's reputation has suffered, utterly tarnished; do you understand that?" Unstable Devastation suddenly halted his steps. He looked towards Ironsword Lion, growling angrily, "If I had not discovered this so soon, Martial Union might have had no place in Red Leaf Town by now."
Ironsword Lion lowered his head in silence.
"Your poor management has already destroyed Red Leaf Town's Martial Union. Right now, in order to help clean up this mess of yours, I have no choice but to transfer all of the elites from the other three towns to Red Leaf Town to redeem our reputation. Yet, you still have the gall to speak up?" Unstable Devastation reprimanded Ironsword Lion in front of everyone else, not leaving Ironsword Lion any face. Ironsword Lion flushed red with anger. However, he did not dare reply, only enduring in silence.
The other leaders from the three towns sneered at this sight.
Every time Martial Union switched to a new game, the Guild's hierarchy also reshuffled. In the past, Ironsword Lion was always able to go wild, but not this time. Currently, Ironsword Lion was only Level 8, while they were all Level 9. Moreover, the Guild's development in their respective towns progressed fairly well, and they managed to recruit many newcomers with valuable potential. Compared to the current state of the Guild branch in Red Leaf Town, with only a few weaklings remaining, their branches were stronger by leaps and bounds.
"Ironsword, do you truly think that, after I have spent so much effort cornering Ye Feng's teammates, I would let two of them escape?
"You should know that Ye Feng is our main target; his teammates are simply lures. If all his teammates died here, do you think he will still show?"
"We have already confined his teammates within Gale Valley, so we have achieved our initial goal. Right now, what we ought to do is to take revenge, and show the players in the town what the consequences are for challenging Martial Union. Meanwhile, that little girl is the best option as an example. She has killed so many of our people; many players are bound to pay attention to her. As long as we kill her back to Level 0, Martial Union's reputation will definitely recover to its peak. If we manage to kill Ye Feng, then Martial Union can also use this chance to leap through the threshold of a third-rate Guild."
Unstable Devastation had long since possessed a plan of his own.
"Ye Feng, you will become my stepping stone!" Unstable Devastation proudly said with a laugh.
"Your stepping stone?" A voice interrupted Unstable Devastation's laugh. A young man was currently walking towards them with an eerie smile. Unstable Devastation and the others immediately became shocked when they realized that their target, Ye Feng, was walking straight towards them. Didn't he know they were hunting him? Did he come here to die?
Their shock turned into confusion, before they shook their heads and laughed.
"Originally, I was still worried that you were an extraordinarily calm person, and that you would not show up no matter what. However, I never imagined that you were just a simple fool. Since you have arrived, I'll just deal with you as well!" Unstable Devastation squinted his eyes, a chilling glow coming from them. He stared fixedly at Feng, laughing coldly as he said, "Everyone, get rid of him for me!"
At Unstable Devastation's command, the Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights charged at Feng, with the Berserkers and Swordsman following, while the Assassins circled around, intending to attack Feng from the side and behind. Meanwhile Rangers and Mages stayed in the back ready to cast spells on Feng. As for the healers, they stayed further behind to heal.
Feng merely smirked at the approaching players. They were within range, so he unsheathed Abyssal Blade and slashed.
Thundering Flash!
Three green streaks of light flew out of the Abyssal Blade and passed through the approaching players. They continued threw the rangers and mages, even hitting two healers before they disappeared. Meanwhile, all players that came into contact with the streaks of thunder fell. Even the Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights, with their large HP and Defense, were killed without exception. Only those healers who were further away and Assassins who were circling survived.
As they all stared in shock at the fallen players, a black shadow flew past them, and they similarly fell along with the rest. Feng simply picked up all of the dropped equipment and went towards the deeper regions of the Gale Valley in search of Blackie and Lonely Snow.
As he ran through the forest, he noticed that someone was following him and disappeared.
Absolute Heaven, who had been tailing him, suddenly had a bad premonition when he saw Feng disappearing. He immediately activated Wind Steps, gaining one second of invincibility. With his speed greatly increased, he immediately entered Stealth mode. Before he could even turn around to run, he was sent flying over a dozen yards.
"You really don't learn." Feng said as he appeared in front of Absolute Heaven. A plume of blue flame suddenly appeared above Feng's palm as he grabbed Absolute Heaven, and the flame spread to him.
Absolute Heaven suddenly convulsed in shock when he saw the clear-blue flame on Feng's hand. Although this flame looked miniscule, the heat it gave off was extraordinarily hot. Within an instant, he could already feel his mouth drying up. When it spread to him, he started taking fire damage, and the durability of his equipment was quickly decreasing.
He hurriedly used Vanish, getting rid of the flames on him and trying to run away. However when the one second of invincibility ended, Feng just grabbed him again and continued to destroy his equipment.
Although Absolute Heaven tried to slash at him, Feng merely grabbed his arm and put it behind his back. He stomped on him and let the Ice-Blue Devil Flame spread from his foot onto Absolute Heaven, who became completely unable to resist. In around ten seconds all of Absolute Heaven's equipment melted. At that point, Feng simply killed him. He picked up the dagger Absolute Heaven dropped, and continued on his journey.
Ten minutes later, Feng met up with Blackie and Lonely Snow.
"Since we're here, we might as well level up in this place." Feng said and sent them a party invite
Lonely Snow immediately became shocked when he saw that Feng was already Level 16. Although he knew that the resources in a city would be much better, he didn't think it would allow a player to level up six times in two days.
Afterwards, they headed in the direction where they had previously found the Star River Valley.
Red Leaf Town, Slums.
Absolute Heaven was currently drinking away his sorrows in the Enchanted Bar. When the others saw Absolute Heaven, they all obediently distanced themselves to a corner, not daring to go near him at all. The reason was due to the waves of killing intent radiating off of Absolute Heaven. There was nobody who was willing to come into contact with that aura.
"Damn! I made a huge loss this time! Sooner or later, I will definitely have my revenge!" Though Absolute Heaven did not feel heartache over the loss of his levels, it was a different story for the equipment he lost. It was especially true for the Blade of Assassination.
As long as he put some time into it, he could easily catch up in terms of EXP. However, it was a different story for equipment. It was especially true for top-tier equipment. Those top-tier equipment were only obtainable through killing monsters or doing high-level quests. They were not something that could be obtained within a short amount of time. The opportunity was also needed to obtain them.
Just what is that clear-blue flame? After equipping his weapon, he could actually destroy my Mysterious-Iron Equipment with such ease, and even greatly reducing the durability of my Secret-Silver Weapons. Recalling the Ice-Blue Devil Flame that surrounded Feng's body, Absolute Heaven could not help but shudder in fear. To every player, the destruction of their equipment was much more terrifying than facing death itself.
Just considering the future, every time he fought Feng, he would once again risk the possibility of all of his hard-earned, top-tier equipment being destroyed. It was truly a nightmare!
"Brother Absolute Heaven, long time no see! I see that you still love drinking like always!" a short-bearded man wearing a black cape said as he sat opposite to Absolute Heaven.
"South Wolf, why do you have the time to come looking for me?" When Absolute Heaven looked at the person speaking to him, his previous indifferent attitude was completely gone.
"Of course, it is to congratulate you!" the man named South Wolf said with a laugh, "Didn't you always want to join Underworld? Right now, the higher-ups have already recognized your potential, and you already have the rights to become an outer member of Underworld. In the future, you too will be one of Underworld's members. I think you should know what this means, right?"
"What? I passed the test?" Absolute Heaven nearly jumped up from excitement.
The frustration and depression Absolute Heaven felt from being killed by Feng before were immediately swept clean. He no longer minded even the loss of the Blade of Assassination, as there was nothing more joyous than being able to join Underworld.
In order to join Underworld, Absolute Heaven had spent three full years undergoing over a dozen assessments and tests. Now, he finally obtained Underworld's recognition, officially becoming one of Underworld's outer members.
Underworld was a very mysterious organization. Its strength in the real world was extremely terrifying. The resources, influence, and information it possessed was not something any outsider could imagine. Just based on some of the identities of the outer members of Underworld that Absolute Heaven knew of was enough to astonish him greatly.
However, for reasons unknown, Underworld started investing into virtual reality games some ten years ago.
In order to join Underworld, the real world Assassin, Absolute Heaven, had also started playing virtual reality games.
Right now, Underworld was paying unprecedented attention towards God's Domain. Hence why Absolute Heaven decided to fully devote himself into God's Domain. Now that he finally managed to become an outer member of Underworld, how could he not be excited?
"Absolute Heaven, weren't you Level 9 the last time I saw you? Why are you Level 8 now? You couldn't have been killed by a player, right?" the man named South Wolf joked as he downed his drink.
He was extremely clear about Absolute Heaven's strength. Absolute Heaven was definitely a top-tier Assassin. Moreover, the equipment on him was all of excellent quality, and he even had Secret-Silver Weapons. He also learned plenty of rare advanced skills. There were only a scant few players in Red Leaf Town who were capable of directly confronting Absolute Heaven. Moreover, the majority of these players would not have a win-rate of over 60%.
As for players who would have a win-rate of 80% and above, in the entire Red Leaf Town, only the famous Snow Goddess could possibly achieve such a feat; it was absolutely impossible for other players.
Moreover, if Absolute Heaven were to put all his might into escaping, even the Snow Goddess would not be able to hold him down.
Now that Absolute Heaven lost a level, there was a high possibility that it was due to him accidentally dying while carrying out a high-difficulty Quest.
However, after hearing South Wolf say so, Absolute Heaven's expression abruptly turned gloomy, his mood turning extremely sour.
"It can't be, right? Were you really killed by someone? Who did it?"
"Don't tell me you went and provoked the Snow Goddess, Gentle Snow? You couldn't have been so foolish, right? Daring to provoke even her."
Looking at Absolute Heaven's dark expression, South Wolf immediately knew that he guessed correctly. He couldn't help but abruptly spit out all the alcohol in his mouth.
"I'm no fool. Why would I dig my own grave by provoking Gentle Snow?" Absolute Heaven shook his head.
"If you didn't provoke Gentle Snow, then who killed you? I doubt that there is another expert like her in the entire Red Leaf Town." South Wolf could not help but become curious.
Based on the information he obtained, the experts in Red Leaf Town only numbered so many. If it wasn't a top-tier expert like Gentle Snow, could there possibly be another top-tier expert appearing in Red Leaf Town without him knowing?
South Wolf's curiosity deeply pierced Absolute Heaven's pride. He tightly gripped his fist to the point where blood almost came out.
He had spent such a long time planning and preparing so many measures. Originally, he had a 100% possibility to kill Ye Feng. However, the rate at which Ye Feng increased his strength had far surpassed Absolute Heaven's estimations.
Looking at Absolute Heaven's silence, South Wolf could not help but let loose a smile. He was now even more interested in the expert that managed to kill Absolute Heaven.
"Absolute Heaven, you know what my job entails, right? Now that such an expert has appeared in Red Leaf Town, I need to know just who that person is," South Wolf looked at Absolute Heaven, asking in a low tone.
Absolute Heaven's expression turned sullen. He did not wish to tell anybody of this embarrassing matter at all, not to mention telling it to the South Wolf before him.
Absolute Heaven had maintained a no-loss record for three whole years. Yet, today that record was ripped apart by the unknown Ye Feng. Moreover, today was even the big day where he got to join Underworld. With such an incident happening, it would definitely affect his standing in Underworld in the future.
"Hah... I can understand how you are feeling right now. You've managed to join Underworld after much difficulty, yet, you were immediately met with such an incident. It would definitely have a huge impact on your mood. However, this is my job. If you do not cooperate, as an outer member, you might even be expelled from the organization. You should think clearly about your decision," South Wolf said strictly.
"You..." Absolute Heaven was extremely aggravated. However, he could not retaliate against South Wolf's words at all. He could only forcefully suppress the burning rage in his heart, saying in a low tone, "The person's a Swordsman called Ye Feng."
"Swordsman Ye Feng? Isn't that the Ye Feng that cleared the Hell Mode of the Dark Moon Graveyard together with Gentle Snow?" South Wolf entered into deep thought, "I've seen his battle recording before, and I've also analyzed his strength. He is indeed an expert, but it is only up to a normal standard. He has no qualifications to join Underworld at all. Now that he has actually managed to kill you, however, it would seem that he has previously hidden quite a lot of his strength."
"What hidden strength? It's just dumb luck. I don't know where he got it from, but that flame of his was extremely powerful. It was able to destroy my equipment during battle, and that flame greatly reduced even the durability of my Secret-Silver Weapons. If it wasn't for that flame, he would have no chance at killing me at all," Absolute Heaven said in disdain. He didn't want to admit that he had been completely helpless against Feng and blamed it on that blue flame.
"Flame? It could even destroy equipment, and not even Secret-Silver Weapons could block it?" South Wolf became even more curious, "I recall that Swordsmen do not possess such a skill. It should be some sort of special equipment skill. However, if not even a Secret-Silver Weapon could block it, the skill is definitely not anything simple. This special equipment quality must be extremely high. It must be a Dark-Gold ranked special equipment or item. However, even Dark-Gold items would not have such a strong effect. There is a substantial possibility that it is an Epic ranked item."
"Epic rank!" Absolute Heaven was greatly astonished, "It can't be, right? Right now, I haven't even heard the news of someone obtaining a Dark-Gold ranked item. Yet he, as an independent player, could obtain an Epic ranked item?"
"What's there to be surprised about? God's Domain is filled with mystery. Even if it is only at this stage of the game, there is no surprise at obtaining an Epic ranked item. Within Underworld, there has already been more than one person who obtained a Dark-Gold ranked item, but it is indeed my first time hearing about an Epic ranked item. However, this is still just a guess of mine. It requires deeper investigation." South Wolf's face was filled with joy. Thinking that he could obtain such information, even if it was only a possibility, he could still receive quite a reward from the higher-ups. If he could confirm this information, he might even be able to increase his standing within Underworld further.
"I've already passed on all the information about which the Underworld wishes to inform you. I'll now go and investigate about that flame. If it truly is an Epic ranked item, as long as Ye Feng hands over that flame, taking into account his techniques, he might be able to become an outer member of Underworld. Within this period, you should avoid seeking him out for trouble. After all, you guys might be colleagues in the future," South Wolf said with a laugh as he departed from the bar.
"Damn it!" Looking at South Wolf's unconcerned attitude as he departed, Absolute Heaven abruptly punched his fist onto the table. The beer bottles on the table all fell to the ground, breaking apart into fragments.
Meanwhile, Feng had already arrived at where the Star River Valley previously was. Although he couldn't see it now, he knew it was somewhere around here. After looking around for a few seconds, he saw a silver colored glow in the distance, and quickly led Blackie and Lonely Snow towards it. Feng didn't want to waste any time while coming here so he had simply killed anything that was in their way. As such Blackie's and Lonely's EXP had risen a bit.
They soon arrived at the Star River Valley. There were hundreds of big golden fish in the silver river, and they all shone brilliantly, creating a dazzling sight.
[Golden Fish] (Special Elite)
Level 20
HP 100,000/100,000
"Let's take a look at the surroundings first. We might be able to discover some clues," Feng said. When he noticed hat he was receiving messages from South Wolf. Not wanting to waste any time on him, Feng simply replied with a message. He then walked towards where he remembered Faust was.
Meanwhile, South Wolf was looking at Feng's message in bewilderment.
"I'm not interested in a little organization like Underworld. If you want my flame, come and get it." He reread the message a few times to make sure that he was reading correctly. After making sure there was no misunderstanding, he became confused that Feng knew that he was from Underworld, and that he wanted his flame, but soon became enraged from the last sentence. He never thought there would be an independent player bold enough to provoke Underworld.
South Wolf immediately contacted the upper echelons of Underworld.
"South Wolf, how is the matter regarding the Epic ranked item coming along?"
"Young Master Feng, I've already tried my best, but that brat Ye Feng still refused. He also looked down on Underworld, telling us to come at him if we have the ability."
"Hahaha! He's truly an interesting fellow! It is no wonder Snow is paying attention to him. I haven't met such an arrogant person for a very long time now. Since he has rejected my good intentions, let him disappear from God's Domain. I'll give you the authority to mobilize all of Underworld in White River City, so quickly fetch me that item."
"Yes, this subordinate will definitely succeed."
After the call ended, South Wolf released a sigh of relief. Listening to that person's tone, they were definitely angry. Otherwise, that person would not have given him the authority to mobilize the full strength of Underworld in White River City just to deal with a single Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, let's see how long you continue acting freely. Very soon, I'll show what kind of place hell really is." Just thinking of Ye Feng was enough to cause South Wolf's belly to fill with rage. However, when he thought about how he could operate all the power of Underworld in the White River City region, he could not help his excitement.
Meanwhile, Feng had already reached Faust.
"Respected elder, can we help you with anything?" Feng respectfully asked.
Seeing that there was no reaction, he took out a Basic Frost Grenade, and threw it at the Golden Fish. Although he could do more damage with his own attacks than with the Frost Grenade, he was afraid that Faust might not take out the Heavenly Dragon's Breath if he did too much damage, or might not give them a boost to their attributes, so he decided to use a Basic Frost Grenade.
Boom!
The Frost Grenades exploded in the midst of the silver river. Even though the Golden Fish were adept at dodging, the explosion radius of the Basic Frost Grenade was extremely wide. Some of the Golden Fish that did not manage to escape immediately froze solid, damages of over -100 points appearing above their heads.
Faust, sitting suspended in mid-air, stroked his white beard. He nodded his head, saying, "Not bad. It seems that you guys have some ability, to actually cause some damage to these Golden Fish."
"Esteemed Lord Faust, we are only here to catch some Golden Fish to cook. We hope that our brutish actions did not disturb you," Feng acted courteously as he said.
"Oh? I didn't think that you guys would be interested in cooking these Golden Fish," when Faust heard the word 'cook,' a flash immediately appeared in his eyes. "Since you guys wish to catch the Golden Fish, I wonder if you can help me catch some live ones as well? My strength is too strong, and I will simply kill these Golden Fish if I am not careful. This dilemma has left me with no choice but to slowly fish here."
"This..." Feng said with a hesitant expression.
"Relax; I won't mistreat you all. As long as you can obtain a satisfactory amount of Golden Fish for me, I can trade some items for them. How about it?" Faust casually waved his hand, and immediately, tens of items with pleasing appearances appeared and floated in mid-air.
Feng and Blackie calmly looked through the items, and saw they were the same ones as before. However, Lonely Snow was drooling as he looked at all the items. He quickly noticed the eye-catching orange glow.
"Is that a Legendary item?" He kept clapping Blackie's shoulders as he pointed towards the Legendary item.
"You guys are not hallucinating. That is indeed a Legendary ranked item. It is also something that I chanced upon. However, this item is useless to me. Although it is possible to obtain this item if you want it, it won't be so easy," Faust stroked his beard as he said with self-satisfaction. He felt extremely satisfied when he saw Lonely's shocked expression, but was confused when he noticed that Feng and Blackie were completely unfazed.
Feng looked at the exchange rates and noticed they were the same.
Level 15 Bronze ranked item and Level 20 Bronze ranked item required 1 to 2 Golden Fish.
Level 15 Mysterious-Iron ranked item and Level 20 Mysterious-Iron ranked item required 3 to 5 Golden Fish.
Level 15 Secret-Silver ranked item and Level 20 Secret-Silver ranked item required 10 to 15 Golden Fish.
Level 15 Fine-Gold ranked item and Level 20 Fine-Gold ranked item required 30 to 50 Golden Fish.
Level 15 Dark-Gold ranked item and Level 20 Dark-Gold ranked item required 100 to 200 Golden Fish.
Fragmented Legendary ranked item required 1,000 Golden Fish.
"You're better off looking for something else instead of the Heavenly Dragon's Breath. I'm not trying to belittle you all, but with your current abilities, it is an absolutely impossible goal. Don't waste your energy on such thoughts."
"I will cast a spell to strengthen you all, give you the ability to float in mid-air, and deal increased damage to the Golden Fish. As long as you severely injure the Golden Fish, for a short time, the Golden Fish will enter a crippled state and won't be able to move. At that time, use these magical nets to catch them."
Following which, Faust took out three golden-colored, magical nets, handing them over to Feng's group. He then chanted some incantations, providing Feng's group with over a dozen buffs, greatly increasing the three's Attributes. Their Attributes multiplied by almost three to four folds, and at the same time, they could ignore up to 15 Levels.
Just as Feng and the other two were about to take action...
"Before you all start, I need to give you a small reminder. The Star River Valley will not remain in the Silent Swamp for too long. At most, it will disappear from the Silent Swamp in six to seven hours. I, too, will disappear with it. If you do not hand the Golden Fish to me before that happens, you won't receive any rewards," Faust revealed a slight smile as he spoke.
System: Rare Quest "Delicious Golden Fish" accepted. Within the allocated amount of time, catch as many Golden Fish as you can and hand them over to Faust. The more you catch, the better the rewards will be.
Feng noticed that there was more time then before and guessed that the Star River Valley had appeared when Blackie and Lonely Snow entered the Silent Swamp, and as he had not wasted much time on Martial Union and grinding, they have arrived sooner and had more time.
Feng looked at his Free Attribution Points and noticed he had 30 to use. He decide to put half of them into Strength and save the rest. Suddenly, a clear-blue flame appeared floating above Feng's palm. This flame was the Ice-Blue Devil flame. The Ice-Blue Devil Flame wrapped around Feng's entire body, increasing Feng's damage by 20%.
"I've truly underestimated you. You can even control a Mysterious Flame," when Faust saw the Ice-Blue Devil Flame, he was given a shock. "Looking at the Mysterious-Flame's power, it should be a Tier 2 Mysterious Flame. Mastering a Tier 2 Mysterious Flame at such a young age, you are truly not a simple fellow. Unfortunately, it is still not enough."
Following which, Feng brandished the Abyssal Blade in his hand. Three electric arcs wove across twelve Golden Fish. Instantly, damages of -5516, -7446, and -10052 appeared above their heads.
In the blink of an eye, the Golden Fish lost over 23,000 HP. He leaped above the fish and used Thunder Flame Explosion. The Golden Fish within range lost nearly 15,000 HP. He then followed up with a Dark Violent Dance and Earth Splitter.
Immediately, all of the Golden Fish were crippled, and Feng quickly collected them. Faust nearly pulled off his beard when he was Feng manage to collect so many fish in a few seconds. Even Blackie was surprised. He hadn't expected that Feng had already reached this level.
However, Feng wasn't done. He used Phantom Kill and had his doppelganger use his skills while The Blazing Meteor appeared in his hands, using Flame God's Fury as he threw it out, dealing a huge amount of damage to all fishes in front of him.
"I'll do damage. You guys follow behind me and collect fish." Feng said as he activated Seraphic Speed and dashed towards the Golden Fish, appearing in the middle of them the next second.
Sword's Orbit!
He brandished his two swords as an orbit of stars appeared around him. Whenever a star went pass a fish, it would lose over 3,000 HP, and all of the fish were struck multiple times in one second. Within five seconds, before any them could move, all of the fish within five yards of Feng entered a crippled state.
Feng continued running forwards as the fish tried to swim away, continuously damaging more of them. Within a minute, they had collected around 200 of them. Feng continued to run around in the school of fish, using his skills whenever they came off cooldown.
This continued for a over three hours before they started slowing down. Although a part of the reason for the decrease was that Feng was starting to get a bit tired after continuously using Sword's Orbit, the bigger reason was that the fish were no longer grouped up as much. Feng looked around and noticed that more than half of the original fish were gone. Blackie and Lonely Snow noticed it too, and couldn't help but become shocked. They weren't really paying attention to the number of fish in the river since there were thousands of them.
They quickly inspected the number of Golden Fish they caught.
"I caught 21,023. What about you, Lonely?" Blackie asked when he saw the number of fish in his net.
"Only 9,781" Lonely became a bit embarrassed at the difference, but he couldn't help it. Blackie's reactions were just much faster than his. By the time he notices a fish he can collect, Blackie had already put it in his net. If not for Feng taking down multiple fish at a time, he probably wouldn't have collected any in front of Blackie.
However, he quickly became exited when he realized they had collected over 30,000 Golden Fish. Not only could they get the Heavenly Dragon's Breath, but they could buy plenty of other items as well. Moreover, they still had around three hours and plenty of fish left to catch.
Meanwhile, Faust was dazed as he contemplated life, wondering what sins he has committed to deserve this. He was just trying to kill some time and play around with a few youngsters, watch them try their best and give them a few rewards. But what the fuck was this? How did it come to this?
He gazed at Feng who was calming his breathing while looking at the remaining Golden Fish, seeming to be planning on how to collect more of them, and he couldn't help but wince. Was there a need to be so serious? This was practically taking all of his inheritance. Did he want the Golden Fish in this river to go extinct?
The thought of simply leaving when they weren't paying attention crossed his mind, but since he already said he would give them stuff for the fish, he couldn't go back on his word.
After he rested for a bit, Feng continued running around and damaging the Golden Fish, while Blackie and Lonely followed behind and collected the fish in their nets. However, their speed was obviously not as fast as before after more than half of the fish had disappeared. Moreover, the fish started swimming in the opposite direction when Feng approached.
However, none got away.
Around three hours later. Feng, Blackie and Lonely were looking at the now empty river. Although there were a few scattered fish here and there, there were less than one hundred left in the entire river; which had previously been filled tens of thousands of them.
"Alright. I think that's enough." Feng said while panting. In order to get as many fish as possible, and buy everything Faust had, he had spared no effort and exhausted himself by continuously using Sword's Orbit. Although he stopped at one point when there weren't that many fish grouped up anymore, he still went on to collect the scattered fish at his fastest speed; even though he was both mentally and physically exhausted.
At some point, he had even taken a break from running around and just threw the Freezing Shadow's and the Blazing Meteor while Blackie and Lonely collected the fish he hit.
Blackie and Lonely slumped to the ground when they heard Feng's words. Although they weren't attacking like Feng, they had still struggled to keep up with him with their current attributes. So they were constantly on the move.
Feng collected the fish from Blackie and Lonely and walked towards Faust "Lord Faust, I'm ready to exchange for the items."
"Young adventurer, here is the list of items. Have a look, and simply tell me whichever items you wish to trade." Faust said after snapping out of his daze. He had long since stopped paying attention to whatever Feng was doing, afraid that he might get a heart attack. But when he scanned the Star River and only saw a few scattered fish, he became speechless 'He actually collected them all. Am I even going to have enough items for him to trade for?'
After looking trough through the list, Feng noted that there was 1 Fragmented Legendary item, 3 Epic items, around 100 Level 15 and Level 20 Dark-Gold items each, around 150 Level 15 and Level 20 Fine-Gold items each, around 200 Level 15 and Level 20 Secret-Silver items each, around 300 Level 15 and Level 20 Mysterious-Iron items each and around 500 Level 15 and Level 20 Bronze items each. Feng did some quick maths, and realized that he needed around 54,000 Golden Fish for all of them. Meanwhile, they had collected 54,903 Golden Fish.
"Lord Faust, give me everything. As for the extra fish, you don't have to give me anything for them. Consider them a gift from me." Feng gave Faust a bright smile, like he had just done some kind deed, as he handed Faust a river worth of fish...
"T-thank you young adventurer." Faust choked when he heard that Feng was giving him the extra fish as a gift... after taking away literally everything on the list. He gave Feng all the items on the list, who then stored them in his Spatial bag.
Faust no longer wished to talk to Feng, so his body vanished, while the entire Star River Valley gradually faded from existence as well.
System: Rare Quest "Delicious Golden Fish" completed. Rewarding 10,000,000[1] EXP. Reputation in White River City +50.
Golden glows enveloped the three of them, as they leveled up multiple times. Feng immediately reached Level 19 and he was quite close to Level 20. Meanwhile Blackie, who received 3,000,000 EXP, reached Level 15, while Lonely, who received 1,000,000 EXP, reached Level 14.
While they were in shock from the EXP the quest gave them, the Star River Valley had completely disappeared. Only the dark Silent Swamp and dying forest remained around them.
Since Blackie and Lonely were still resting, Feng inspected the items he got from Faust and looked for items that improved all attributes 'Good, there are some.' he was relived that he didn't have to waste his Free Attribution Points on Intelligence.
He found and equipped a Level 20 Dark-Gold Ornament that gave +20 to all attributes, a Level 15 Dark-Gold Necklace that gave +11 to all attributes and +8 Luck, a Level 20 Fine-Gold Ornament that gave +14 to all attributes, a Level 20 Dark-Gold Ring[2] that gave him +8 to all attributes and +5 Luck, a Level 15 Fine-Gold Ring that gave him +5 to all attributes and a Level 20 Secret-Silver Ring that gave him +5 to all attributes. Since he had a limit of three Ornaments that he could equip at one time, he also replaced the Scorching Heart with a Level 15 Dark-Gold Ornament that gave +20 to his Strength, Agility and Endurance.
With all those equipped, he had 112 points in Intelligence, and with the 10% boost from Might of a Thousand, he had enough to equip the Heavenly Dragon's Breath, which he immediately did.
[Heavenly Dragon's Breath] (Ring, Fragmented Legendary Rank)
Equipment Requirement: Strength 200, Agility 200, Intelligence 120
Strength +40%, Agility +40%, Intelligence +30%, Endurance +50%
Movement Speed +20%
Attack Speed +30%
Ignore Levels +10
All item level requirements reduced by 10 Levels.
Additional Skill 1: Dragon's Authority. Suppress all enemies in the surroundings with the might of the Heavenly Dragon, inflicting the Fear status onto enemies within a 30-yard distance, reducing their Attack Power by 20%, Attack Speed by 20%, and Movement Speed by 20% for 1 minute.
Cooldown: 3 minutes
Additional Skill 2: Dragon Breath. Inflicts 6X damage in a 30*5 yard line in front of you. There is a 20% chance to induce the Fainted state for 2 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 minutes
Additional Skill 3: Heavenly Dragon's Power. Allows the user to temporarily possess the power of the Heavenly Dragon, increasing HP by 300%, Strength by 100%, and Defense by 300%, and grants immunity to all controlling effects for 2 minutes.
Cooldown: 3 hours
The Dragon Slayer Mekaseru once owned the Heavenly Dragon's Breath. It was originally a Legendary Ranked Item possessing the suppressed strength of the dragon tribe. Due to damage resulting from a war between Gods, its might has greatly decreased. However, the Heavenly Dragon's Breath possesses an incomparably strong magic power and possesses the potential to restore itself. Its past glory may be restored with three Magic Stars and one Dragon's Heart. Current restoration (0/4).
His attributes sky rocketed once again when he equipped it, with his Agility at around 640, his Strength, after putting all of his remaining Free Attribution Points into it, around 680, his Endurance around 420, his Intelligence at 157 and his Vitality at 121.
Afterwards, he switched all of his armor equipment, except for the Rocket Boots, for Level 20 Dark-Gold equipment, and his Silver Lake for a Level 20 Dark-Gold sword, causing his attributes to greatly increase once again, with his Strength and Agility surpassing 1,000 points. His current attributes surpassed Tier 2 players.
He then gave Mavis Guard and some other items to Blackie.
[Mavis's Guard] (Staff, Epic Rank)
Level 1 - Level 60
Equipment Requirement: Intelligence 80
Attributes adjust according to user's level.
Magic Damage +20%
Maximum Mana +20%
Mana Consumption -10%
Ignore Levels +10
All magic-type skills +2 Levels.
All item level requirements reduced by 10 Levels.
Additional Passive Skill: Spear of Light. There is a 15% chance to trigger this skill when attacking, launching a Spear of Light at the target and causing 200% magic damage.
Additional Skill 1: Guardian of Light. Grants a target immunity to all magic damage, reduces physical damage by 80%, and recovers 5% HP every second for 20 seconds.
Cooldown: 20 minutes
Additional Skill 2: Stars of Light. Deals 500% magic damage to targets within a 5-yard radius, or deals 300% magic damage to targets within a 20-yard radius. The damage scales up by 10% every second for 15 seconds.
Cooldown: 30 minutes
Mavis's Guard was once a staff blessed by the God of Light, Mavis. It possesses incomparably powerful magic. However, due to the limited materials used to make the staff, it is unable to display its full might. Its maximum level can increase to Level 100 if a Master Forger uses five Radiant God-steel to reforge the staff
Lonely was only Level 14 and couldn't equip any of the items, so he just stored them all.
"Leader, the situation you wanted me to investigate has already occurred. Several Guilds have started taking action. Should we start taking action now?" Cola, who was in Red Leaf Town, suddenly contacted Feng, his face filled with excitement.
"Good. You three wait for me inside the Hotel in the Trade Area; I'll be there soon," Feng said and disconnected the call "You two, stay here and continue leveling up. I'll bring Cola and the others later on. After you carry them to Level 10, go to White River City to do some high-level quests," Feng told Blackie and Lonely Snow.
"Alright, I'll level them up quickly." Blackie nodded.
"When Cola and the others see our levels, they will be shocked. And when they see Blackie's Epic ranked staff, the Mavis's Protection, they will be stunned speechless. I am even eager to see their expressions," Lonely Snow joked.
Feng took out a Return Scroll, teleporting to Red Leaf Town.
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1. In the original novel, he collected around 1,500 fish and got 300,000 EXP, so it's like every fish gives 200 EXP. Here he collected around 54,000 fish, so I just rounded it up to 10,000,000
2. It was never specified how many rings someone can wear at one time, so I'm just gonna assume you can have one on each finger
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