Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God - Chapter 508
Chapter 508: Successive Promotion
After defeating the first batch of Hot-blooded Orc Warriors, Shi Feng had a preliminary understanding of his current strength.
He was now confident about what he should do and how far he should go.
Previously, he had chosen to lure the group with the least number of Orcs as a precaution. Later, so long as he did not lure two groups at once, he should be able to defeat an army of two or three hundred Orcs. With this, his chances of obtaining the Light Stone Forging Design should be significantly higher.
“There sure are a lot of dropped items,” Shi Feng muttered as he arranged the loot from the Orc Warriors.
He had picked up a total of 6 Silver. That was more than half a day’s earnings for an elite player. The Orc Warriors had also dropped plenty of scrap items and materials. In total, he had earned nearly 12 Silver from killing a single batch. If a piece of Level 40 Bronze Equipment dropped, he could instantly earn another 80 Silver or more.
However, this result was only due to Shi Feng’s 5 points of Luck. Otherwise, it was impossible for a group of Orc Warriors to drop so much money and so many items.
Following which, Shi Feng continued searching for patrol teams that he could take on while he waited for his Skills to Cooldown. Firestorm, in particular, had a long Cooldown of five minutes.
As soon as the five minutes were up, Shi Feng would immediately lure another wave of monsters.
Shi Feng required less than thirty seconds to take care of a wave of Hot-blooded Orc Warriors. In other words, he could clear one wave every six minutes, and ten waves in an hour.
As the Orcs were Level 47 monsters, they already gave abundant EXP. In addition, as Shi Feng was challenging monsters of a higher level, he could obtain bonus EXP of up to 20 times. Despite Shi Feng’s class doubling the amount of EXP he required to level up, in little more than an hour, he reached Level 27. To reach Level 28, he just needed to continue grinding for another hour or so.
Although the amount of EXP he received was indeed frightening, Shi Feng was more excited over the fact that he had obtained two Light Stone Forging Designs.
With two forging designs, he could nurture two gold mines.
Also, when Divine Providence’s Cooldown completed, Shi Feng stopped to open Twilight Treasure Chests, acquiring plenty of good items. Among them were some recipes for potions such as the Intermediate Strength Potion, Basic Protection Potion, and Basic Magic Damage Potion. These were all potions that players around Level 40 would commonly use. Only, the recipes for these potions were impossible for current players to obtain.
In addition, Shi Feng had also obtained some Level 30 Secret-Silver and Fine-Gold Equipment, which he intended to use to replenish the Guild’s Warehouse.
While Shi Feng enjoyed his grind, Melancholic Smile suddenly contacted him. Through the screen, Shi Feng could tell that, though Melancholic Smile seemed somewhat tensed, there was a hint of pride and excitement in her eyes.
“Guild Leader, just as you predicted, Overwhelming Smile paid us a visit, though I’ve already chased them away. The other Guilds have also agreed to cooperate with us,” Melancholic Smile said slowly. “Also, just as you expected, after we chased them away, they immediately began contacting our Guild’s Forgers and Forging Apprentices. Although Uncle Ironheart and Cocoa rejected their offers, many of the Forging Apprentices in the Guild were unable to resist the tempting offers and have already applied to dissolve their contract with us to join Overwhelming Smile.
“From what I learned from those Forging Apprentices, it seems that they are heading to Maple City to develop themselves.”
Although Melancholic Smile had tried to dissuade those who intended to leave, there were bound to be some who could not resist Overwhelming Smile’s astronomical offer. Melancholic Smile could not force these people to stay.
Fortunately, Shi Feng had long since prepared for such a situation. All Lifestyle players who joined the Horizon Alliance were required to sign a contract. Under this contract, the Horizon Alliance would provide all materials, forging designs, forging rooms, and other necessities for the Lifestyle player. The Lifestyle player could also obtain a certain amount of commission from the items they made. This commission would be determined according to the Lifestyle player’s skill level. The more skilled they were, the higher their commission would be, with the highest possible being 20% of profit.
However, these generous benefits came with a condition. Any Lifestyle player wishing to dissolve their contracts was required to erase all the Lifestyle classes they had taken on. In other words, upon leaving the Horizon Alliance, these Lifestyle players would have to start all over again. That way, it would be impossible for these poached players to benefit other Guilds in a short amount of time. Only, due to their past experiences, it would cost less for other Guilds to nurture these players.
It was not easy for a Lifestyle Guild to nurture a Lifestyle player. The initial investment included materials and forging designs, particularly those rare forging designs. These items required immense effort to obtain. So, how could they possibly let others take advantage of them?
Any Lifestyle player who had learned rare forging designs was also required to compensate the Horizon Alliance for this loss.
Normally, few Lifestyle players would willingly choose to develop themselves elsewhere. However, with Overwhelming Smile’s reckless poaching, there were bound to be some who could not resist the temptation.
“Heading to Maple City, huh?” Shi Feng pondered for a moment before saying, “It seems that they plan to develop trade in Maple City before joining the competition in White River City.”
Although Overwhelming Smile had been nurturing their own Lifestyle players all this time as well, without their own Shop, it was not only very inconvenient to sell their products, but the cost of the items would also increase. In particular, by selling their items through the Auction House, they would incur a massive processing fee. For small items, they might not even recover the cost, let alone make a profit.
Maple City was Overwhelming Smile’s domain. It was very easy for the Guild to develop its trade there, and the same went for acquiring Land and Reputation. By the time Overwhelming Smile possessed sufficient capital, it would be a lot easier for it to deal with the Candlelight Trading Firm. At the very least, both sides would be on equal footing. Afterward, Overwhelming Smile could just use the simplest way to deal with the Candlelight Trading Firm: wage a price war.
“They want another war of attrition?” Shi Feng could not help but laugh. Unfortunately, Overwhelming Smile no longer possessed such an opportunity. Shi Feng then said, “Smile, instruct someone to begin purchasing Advanced Stones and Magic Essences in bulk, and don’t just buy from White River City; buy from other cities as well. Buy as many as you can. However, this must be done secretly; do not let other Guilds discover our actions.”
Although the Candlelight Trading Firm held a significant advantage due to the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits, the production volume for the kits was simply too low; it lacked competitiveness. However, it was a different story for Light Stones.
“Okay, I’ll head out and buy them myself right now,” Melancholic Smile said.
After Shi Feng gave his instructions, he resumed grinding for more forging designs.
For the next several dozen hours, Shi Feng grinded the Hot-blooded Orc Warriors like a madman. During this time, his experience bar rose rapidly, his level increasing from Level 27 to Level 30. His leveling speed was simply unmatched.
However, compared to the EXP spent on increasing his own level, Shi Feng had expended even more EXP on the Seven Luminaries Ring. He had leveled up the Seven Luminaries Ring twice, upgrading it to Level 7.
Just as Shi Feng was about to investigate the Level 7 Luminaries Ring’s new power…
Suddenly, the gates of the Towers of Death opened. In the next moment, a roar that shook even the heavens emerged from behind the gates. As the roar grew louder, Shi Feng saw a massive Orc walk out. This Orc wore exquisite armor and had a black cape draped over his back. Upon the appearance of this massive Orc, the Orcs outside the Towers of Death went into a frenzy. It was as if they were welcoming the arrival of their king.
“Why has the Orc King appeared here?” Shi Feng could not help his surprise.
Chapter 509: Mythic
The valiant and extraordinary Orc King slowly walked up to an altar before the Towers of Death, constantly muttering incantations as he approached the pitch-black altar. Suddenly, countless blood-red runes emerged from the altar. The sky also dimmed as strong winds blew.
Countless Hot-blooded Orcs gathered beneath the altar. If one looked down from the ramparts, they would discover a black mass of tens of thousands of Orcs within the fortress walls…
After these Orcs gathered around the black altar, they fell to their knees and prayed.
This spectacular scene amazed even Shi Feng.
“Just what are they trying to do?” Shi Feng was utterly confused.
The Towers of Death of the Twin Tower Highlands were, in reality, a Level 50, 100-man Team Dungeon. In the past, Shi Feng had raided this Dungeon many times, so he had a relatively good understanding of the Towers of Death.
However, today was the first time Shi Feng had seen something this odd.
In particular, the Orc King who had emerged from the Towers of Death was the Final Boss of the Dungeon, Orc King Tresik.
When challenging the Hell Mode difficulty of the Dungeon, Orc King Tresik was a Level 54 Grand Lord.
Meanwhile, the Orc King Tresik standing on the altar right now was a Level 60 Mythic Monster.
Monsters in God’s Domain occupied multiple ranks. From weakest to strongest, these ranks were: Common, Elite, Special Elite, Chieftain, Lord, High Lord, Great Lord, Grand Lord. Standing above Grand Lord was Mythic.
[Orc King Tresik] (Mythic Monster)
Level 60
HP 90,000,000/90,000,000
Upon seeing the Orc King’s information, even Shi Feng could not believe his own eyes.
A Mythic Monster!
A Mythic Monster was slightly stronger than even a Tier 4 class. Moreover, with that ridiculous amount of HP, any Tier 4 party of the same level that attempted to raid Orc King Tresik would be beaten senseless. At the very least, a 50-man team of Tier 4 players was necessary to raid the Orc King.
Tier 4 classes already stood at the top of God’s Domain. It was extremely difficult to reach this tier, so how could it possibly be easy to gather fifty Tier 4 players? Not to mention, players could only begin challenging their Tier 2 Class Change Quests at Level 50; they were still far from reaching Tier 4.
To players below Level 60, Orc King Tresik was practically invincible.
However, it was because of this that Shi Feng’s interest grew.
The Final Boss of the Towers of Death had actually left the Dungeon to pray. Moreover, the Boss’s rank had risen to Mythic.
There was no way Shi Feng could grind the Hot-blooded Orcs at the moment. The area beneath the ramparts was packed with Warriors and Captains right now. If he attacked any one of them, he might attract every monster beneath the walls, including the Orc King Tresik.
They would annihilate him, leaving no room for escape.
“I’m interested to see just what this is about.” In any case, Shi Feng was not in a hurry. He took a seat in the corner of the wall and observed the situation at the altar.
However, the Orcs’ prayer was relatively long.
Even after over half an hour, these Orcs continued to pray.
Out of frustration, Shi Feng began arranging the contents of his bag.
After grinding for dozens of hours, Shi Feng had lost count of how many Hot-blooded Orc Warriors he had killed. The items they had dropped had nearly filled his bag. Had he not thrown away some of the worthless scrap items, not even his Super Large Bag would be able to hold all of the loot.
Shi Feng had to admit that the Towers of Death were indeed an efficient place to farm Light Stone Forging Designs. With the addition of his 5 points of Luck, his harvest was even more frightening.
In total, Shi Feng had obtained 141 Light Stone Forging Designs. He had also collected close to 30 Gold and some random scrap items and materials. If ordinary players came here to grind, they could definitely make a fortune overnight.
Thirty Gold Coins!
Although the value of Gold Coins continuously depreciated, each Gold Coin was still worth more than 7,000 Credits. In other words, Shi Feng had earned nearly 210,000 Credits in a single day!
However, none of these were Shi Feng’s greatest prizes.
His most valuable gain was the promotion of the Seven Luminaries Ring and the equipment he had obtained from opening treasure chests.
After upgrading the Seven Luminaries Ring to Level 7, its skills all received massive transformations. If not for the ring’s information labeling it as an Epic item, Shi Feng would have thought it was a Fragmented Legendary item.
[Seven Luminaries Ring (Replica)] (Ring, Epic Rank)
Level 20 – Level 80 (Current Level: 30)
Equipment Requirement: Strength 200
Attributes will be adjusted according to user’s level.
Strength +64, Agility +60, Intelligence +52, Endurance +60, Vitality +55
Damage +10%
Maximum HP +15%
Ignore Levels +10
All skills +2 Levels.
All items level requirement reduced by 5 Levels.
Additional Skill-
Seven Luminaries Aura: There are seven different Auras: earth, water, wind, fire, time, illusion, and space. Only one Aura can be used each time, and there will be a Cooldown of one minute when changing between Auras.
[Aura of Earth]
Level 7 (Requires 200,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Defense increased by 60%.
Damage taken reduced by 55%.
Activatable Skill-
Absolute Defense: Become immune to all damage for 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 1 minute 20 seconds
[Aura of Water]
Level 7 (Requires 200,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Healing effects increased by 100%.
Cast Consumption reduced by 50%.
Activatable Skill-
Life Bloom: Heals selected target for 30% HP every second for 40 seconds.
Cooldown: 1 minute 30 seconds
[Aura of Wind]
Level 7 (Requires 200,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Movement Speed increased by 60%.
Attack Speed increased by 60%.
Agility increased by 50%.
Activatable Skill-
Wind Rider: Enables temporary flight and Movement Speed increase of 220% for 24 seconds.
Cooldown: 2 minutes
[Aura of Fire]
Level 7 (Requires 200,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Damage increased by 50%.
Target’s Defense reduced by 60%.
Activatable Skill-
Firestorm: Inflicts 1,000% damage within a range of 30*30 yards for 6 seconds.
Cooldown: 5 minutes
[Aura of Time]
Level 7 (Requires 500,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Cooldown of all Skills reduced by 40%.
Enemies within a 150-yard radius will have their Movement Speed and Attack Speed reduced by 40%, and Cooldown of Skills increased by 50%.
Activatable Skill-
Absolute Time: Prevents enemies within a radius of 100 yards from using any skills or tools for 24 seconds.
Cooldown: 2 minutes 30 seconds
[Aura of Illusion]
Level 7 (Requires 500,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
All Attributes increased by 40%.
Enemies within a 200-yard radius will have all their Attributes reduced by 40%.
Activatable Skill-
Fantasy World: Immunity to all Magic Damage and 20% of Magic Damage received will be converted to healing to recover player’s HP for 20 seconds.
Cooldown: 3 minutes
[Aura of Space]
Level 7 (Requires 500,000,000 EXP to upgrade to Level 8)
Immunity to all control and restricting effects.
Activatable Skill-
Space Movement: Instantly move to any location within a radius of 600,000 yards.
Cooldown: 4 minutes
After the Seven Luminaries Ring’s promotion, just one of its Auras could rival the Attributes of a Fragmented Legendary item. Meanwhile, the Seven Luminaries Ring had seven interchangeable Auras. Calling it a Fragmented Legendary item was by no means an exaggeration.
Aside from the Seven Luminaries Ring, Shi Feng valued the Tier 1 Set Equipment he had gained from the Twilight Treasure Chests.
First, Shi Feng obtained another two set pieces of the Yin-Yang Walker Set Equipment for Tier 1 Guardian Knights, putting him at a total of three set pieces.
In addition, he had also obtained the Mana Storm Set Equipment for Tier 1 Elementalists. Unfortunately, he only had two set pieces.
He had also fortunately obtained three set pieces of the Dark Melody Set Equipment for Tier 1 Assassins.
He had one set piece of the Forest Guard Set Equipment for Tier 1 Rangers.
He had also gained two set pieces of the Hurricane Set Equipment for Tier 1 Swordsmen.
Finally, he obtained one set piece of the Brave Heart Set Equipment for Tier 1 Shield Warriors.
Shi Feng had only gone through a small portion of the Twilight Treasure Chests in his possession. It was fully possible for him to collect a Tier 1 Set Equipment for every class.
Suddenly….
“Why has the sky darkened?”
While Shi Feng had been busy organizing his bag, he suddenly realized the light had dimmed, visibility becoming even poorer than during night-time. Taking a look below the ramparts, he noticed that a change had finally occurred at the black altar.
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Chapter 510: God Descends
At this moment, the black altar radiated a blood-red glow. In the darkness, it was an extraordinarily eye-catching.
The ground surrounding the altar also began emitting plumes of bright red mist. A small cyclone that had appeared above the alter tugged the mist towards its core. Gradually, the space in the storm’s center gradually began to crack.
A moment later, this spatial crack formed a portal.
The instant the spatial portal was complete, the area around the Towers of Death froze. It was as if a separate, miniature world had formed around the Towers of Death, and no object from the outside world could affect anything that occurred inside this place.
All of Shi Feng’s communication with the outside world was blocked as well, every name on his friends list having turned a dull gray; he was unable to contact anybody.
The surrounding air felt as heavy as mercury, and Shi Feng felt as if his every action was heavily restrained.
Inside this region, Shi Feng felt like a candle flickering in the wind; his life could be extinguished at any moment.
Meanwhile, this was all due to the horrific pressure from the spatial portal.
“Just what is inside that spatial portal?”
Shi Feng widened his eyes in shock. He tried to glimpse at what was inside the spatial portal, yet, as if a strange power shrouded the portal, not even Shi Feng, with his extraordinary dynamic vision, could see anything inside it. However, there was one thing that his brain urged him to do right now.
Escape!
The pressure leaking from the spatial portal was sufficient to freeze the entire space surrounding the Towers of Death and create a separate world.
This was the first time Shi Feng had ever encountered such a situation.
While Shi Feng struggled to recover from his shock, the hundreds of thousands of Orcs surrounding the pitch-black altar suddenly turned into blood mist.
Moreover, the transformation had been completely silent.
The originally crowded fortress around the Towers of Death had suddenly become a ghost town.
The abrupt change was enough to instill utter terror.
For a time, the blood-red runes around the alter forcefully sucked in the blood mist, intensifying the runes’ glow. Simultaneously, the portal above the altar grew, the pressure it emitted increasing as well.
The air that had previously felt as heavy as mercury now felt as dense as fine steel. Now, Shi Feng could not move in the slightest.
“Is this Divine Might?” A possibility suddenly flashed in Shi Feng’s mind.
Divine Might… It was something that Shi Feng had felt more than a few times before. As long as Divine Might was activated, any players within the affected area would receive various sorts of suppression. Moreover, the wider the gap in tiers, the greater the suppression would be. Only players of the same tier would be unaffected by Divine Might. However, of all the Divine Might Shi Feng had experienced before, not one had rendered him completely incapable of movement.
Before Shi Feng could reflect more on the situation, the Orc King Tresik finally finished chanting his incantation. Suddenly, the area around the Towers of Death fell eerily silent.
Shi Feng noticed hints of excitement and longing on Tresik’s ferocious face.
At this moment, the spatial portal blotted out the area above the black altar. If the portal descended now, Shi Feng did not doubt that it would devour the massive black altar whole.
However, the black portal did not descend. Instead, the portal released a loud sound resembling the cracking of glass.
It was as if something inside the portal were trying to smash its way through the mysterious power surrounding it.
Shi Feng began to have a bad feeling about this.
If a God truly descended, then he would die with 100% certainty.
A God possessed extremely acute senses. Even over a thousand-yard-distance, a God could discover a player long before that player discovered said God.
In the past, plenty of players had been very interested in Gods. Unfortunately, many Tier 4 players had not been able to get even 3,000 yards close to the Gods before the divine beings swatted them like flies. Meanwhile, Tier 5 players had survived the wrath of Gods, but only Tier 6 players qualified to challenge them. Even then, they only ‘qualified.’
At this moment, Shi Feng was less than 2,000 yards away from the altar. If a God descended, it would discover him immediately and send him to his death with a single slap.
“It shouldn’t be able to descend, right?” Shi Feng could feel that the mysterious power surrounding the spatial portal was already at its limits.
In the blink of an eye, a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky suddenly emerged from the portal. In the face of this hand, even the massive altar seemed like a small toy.
Fortunately, the instant this hand descended, countless golden chains suddenly emerged from the sky. These golden chains immediately bound the hand, preventing it from moving.
“The Chains of Order!” Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief at the sudden appearance of these fine chains. “Sure enough, it is impossible for a God to appear here.”
Although the golden chains were thin, they contained an immeasurable amount of power. Even Gods could not fight these chains.
Yet, this massive hand abruptly twitched, and a single item fell from its palm. This item released a dazzling golden glow that illuminated the entire fortress around the Towers of Death.
The moment this item landed in front of the Orc King, the gigantic hand in the sky retreated through the spatial portal.
Peace returned to the Towers of Death.
“Did that God break open the spatial portal just to give the Orc King an item?” Shi Feng was utterly stunned.
An item that was obtained from a God through the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Orcs… Even if Shi Feng could not clearly see what that item was, but judging from how the Orc King had willingly made such an immense sacrifice, it was definitely an extraordinary treasure.
If he could steal it…
However, Shi Feng promptly shook his head, removing the thought from his mind.
Only those who wanted to give up on life would attempt to steal an item from a Mythic Monster. It would be no different than trying to steal from White River City’s Magistrate, the Tier 4 Great Wizard Weissman.
Just as Shi Feng was about to turn and leave…
A figure suddenly came flying towards the Towers of Death from a distance. The figure flew at a tremendous speed, several times faster than even Shi Feng when he had Wind Rider activated. In just a few seconds, the originally seed-sized figure grew to the size of an ordinary human.
“Sky Knight?” Shi Feng could not help his shock. The new arrival was actually a human NPC.
Moreover, it was the Tier 4 hidden class, Sky Knight.
His body exuding a multicolored brilliance, the Sky Knight immediately charged towards the Orc King.
Meanwhile, as if receiving the arrival of a great enemy, the Orc King Tresik immediately tried to collect the flashing golden treasure.
However, the Sky Knight had obviously prepared for this situation. With a shout, he pointed his sword towards the heavens.
Suddenly, a titanic golden sword appeared above the Orc King. This golden sword then transformed into a streak of light as it descended towards the Mythic Tresik.
Shi Feng’s jaw dropped.
This Sky Knight actually knew the Tier 4 forbidden move, Firmament Flash.
Forbidden moves were Taboo Skills in God’s Domain. Firmament Flash was labeled “Taboo” because the skill possessed overly destructive power. In addition, the skill was extremely difficult to learn. Classes of the same tier had no way of learning it.
The Tier 4 Firmament Flash could rival even a Tier 5 skill. Even though the Orc King Tresik was a Mythic Monster, an existence slightly above Tier 4 classes, when facing an attack with the might of a Tier 5 skill, it had no choice but to protect its life first.
The Orc King Tresik immediately unsheathed his blood-red greatsword. Releasing an angry roar, a frightening aura suddenly surged forth from his body. It seemed as if the Orc King had activated a berserk skill that boosted his strength to an astonishing degree. He swung his greatsword, sending a streak of blood-red light slashing at the descending holy sword.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, the land around the Towers of Death shook. It was as if the end of the world had arrived.
“What!?” Shi Feng was stunned.
The Orc King Tresik had actually defended against the Sky Knight’s Firmament Flash.
At this moment, however, the Sky Knight already stood before the golden treasure, his hand stretching out to snatch the item.
Just as the Sky Knight was about to grasp the golden treasure, Shi Feng suddenly noticed a mocking grin on the Orc King’s face.
“Ah!”
The instant the Sky Knight touched the golden treasure, he suddenly released a tragic scream. Suddenly, his body transformed into countless particles of light…
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Chapter 511: God Crystal
A Tier 4 Sky Knight had been a tyrant qualified to rule over a large city, yet such a dominant existence had died without offering even the slightest of resistance.
Shi Feng even wondered if he were hallucinating.
“Is it a trap specifically targeting the Sky Knight?” Shi Feng watched the dispersing particles of light, inwardly relieved.
Prior to this, he had even considered stealing the treasure from the Orc King Tresik.
Fortunately, he had given up on that idea. Otherwise, he would have lost his life just like the Sky Knight.
The trap could instantly kill a Tier 4 Sky Knight, not even leaving behind a body. It was clear that this trap’s damage was not ordinary.
Although players would not face true death, the consequences of such an attack definitely would not end with just the loss of EXP and equipment. It was highly possible that the players would be affected as well.
At the very minimum, players’ immortal souls would receive damage, preventing them from logging into God’s Domain for a time.
However, this was still not the most severe possibility. In some circumstances, players who died might even have to delete their accounts after reviving.
It was possible that the Sky Knight’s death fit into this category.
After the Sky Knight died, Tresik kept his blood-red greatsword and slowly walked towards the treasure. Looking at the treasure with its golden divine glow, a grin on the Orc King’s ferocious face.
Tresik then began chanting his incantation once again. Suddenly, golden runes formed around the treasure, wrapping around the item, as if sealing it.
“Is it not a trap?”
As Shi Feng watched the Orc King’s actions, it was clear that the trap was not meant for the Mythic Monster. Instead, there should be something special about the treasure that prevented others from touching it. However, as the Sky Knight had not known this, he had been erased out of existence.
Since the Orc King knew that he could not touch the treasure, he knew exactly what kind of item that treasure was, hence why he sealed it.
“Should I take this risk?” Shi Feng hesitated.
Before, as the Orc King and the treasure were too close, by the time Shi Feng made it to the treasure, the Orc King would have already claimed it. However, now that the Orc King sealed the treasure, he had a chance to steal it.
Shi Feng could take the opportunity while the Orc King was busy to sneak over. And as the treasure was sealed, he could steal it.
However, Shi Feng had also witnessed the Orc King’s power.
Tresik had managed to block even the Firmament Flash, which had the power of a Tier 5 Skill. Dealing with a Tier 1 player like him would be child’s play for the Orc King.
It was possible that, before he could even arrive before the treasure, the Orc King’s greatsword would have already devoured his life.
Moreover, escaping after he collected the treasure was also a problem.
With the Orc King Tresik’s Attributes, even if Shi Feng’s speed were several times faster, he would not escape from the Orc King’s clutches.
Seeing as the number of golden runes surrounding the treasure had gradually increased, it was clear that the time remaining for the completion of the treasure’s seal grew shorter and shorter. Shi Feng looked at the Seven Luminaries Ring wrapped around his finger. Suddenly, he activated Gravity Liberation and jumped down from the wall. He then made a dash for the black altar.
It would be a pity if he did not at least try to steal a treasure that could tempt even a Tier 4 NPC.
Moreover, after the Seven Luminaries Ring had upgraded to Level 7, the Ring’s Skills had undergone massive improvements. Shi Feng could totally give stealing the treasure a try.
Above the black altar, Orc King Tresik focused on chanting his incantation. Meanwhile, Shi Feng slowly approached the altar.
A Mythic Monster’s perception range was not as wide as a God’s. Normally, that range was around 100 yards. Hence, Shi Feng still had a chance. If the Orc King’s perception range were any wider, Shi Feng would have no choice but to flee.
When Shi Feng was about 100 yards from the Orc King, he halted his steps. Sure enough, the Orc King had yet to notice his presence. Shi Feng then walked along the distance of 100 yards, searching for the location closest to the treasure before settling down and waiting for the moment the treasure’s seal finished.
Line after line of golden runes hovered around the treasure. This was the first time Shi Feng had ever witnessed such a complicated sealing ritual.
Just as the sealing process was about to end, Shi Feng immediately used Phantom Kill and had his doppelganger secretly run over to and wait at the other side.
Time slowly passed. Shi Feng’s heart began to beat furiously.
He was but a lowly Tier 1 class. Moreover, this was his first time trying to steal an item right from under the nose of a Mythic Monster. One mistake would definitely end with his death. Though Shi Feng did not mind losing a little EXP, he was deeply afraid of losing his equipment, particularly the Seven Luminaries Ring and the Heavenly Dragon’s Breath. Neither of these items were bound to his character. After he died, there was a very high possibility of either of these two items dropping.
However, if he unequipped these two items, he would lose his edge to steal the treasure. It was a gamble.
While Shi Feng waited quietly…
After the Orc King chanted the final verse of his incantation…
Suddenly, the countless runes wrapped around this treasure. In the next instant, the golden divine glow that had originally surrounded this treasure disappeared, revealing a simple and unadorned crystal ball.
When Orc King Tresik’s eyes landed on this crystal ball, the excited smile on his face became even more prominent. However, just as the Orc King was about to step towards the crystal ball, Shi Feng’s doppelganger abruptly dashed towards it. The doppelganger was extremely fast. It had taken only an instant to cross the distance of 100 yards.
“A little Tier 1 ant dares to try for my God Crystal?
“Die!”
Orc King Tresik revealed a disdainful sneer as he unsheathed the blood-red greatsword from his back. Transforming into a flash, Tresik suddenly appeared before Shi Feng’s doppelganger.
Even though the doppelganger had already activated Windwalk, it was still as slow as a turtle compared to the Orc King. Tresik felt nothing but disdain for a Tier 1 ant like Shi Feng. Hence, the Orc King decided to annihilate this little rat to avoid any taint to his God Crystal.
Without waiting for Tresik to take action, the doppelganger activated Defensive Blade.
Shi Feng’s deductions had indeed been accurate.
The difference in Attributes between them was simply too massive. Before the doppelganger could even raise its sword to defend itself, Tresik’s greatsword struck the doppelganger.
Although Shi Feng had grasped the Flowing Water Realm and had even learned Flowing Water Acceleration, there was a qualitative difference between himself and the Orc King Tresik. In front of absolute power, all tricks were useless. The Orc King’s Attributes were dozens of times higher than Shi Feng’s. Even if Shi Feng’s techniques were more impressive, their effects were limited.
In the blink of an eye, Defensive Blade’s block charges had been exhausted.
Immediately after, a streak of red light cut across the doppelganger. Truly, without being able to resist, Shi Feng’s doppelganger had been defeated.
However, while Tresik dealt with the doppelganger, Shi Feng had already activated Windwalk and used a Speed Scroll. He had even activated Blade Liberation, increasing his Agility by 80%, and activated the Additional Skill of the Flame Boots, Flame Rush, increasing his Movement Speed by an additional 100%.
At this moment, Shi Feng was faster than even wind itself.
By the time the Orc King killed the doppelganger, less than 20 yards remained between Shi Feng and the treasure.
“Despicable!” Tresik immediately discovered Shi Feng. Spinning around, he dashed towards Shi Feng.
Although Shi Feng was very fast, two to three times faster than his doppelganger, compared to the Orc King, however, he was still as slow as a snail.
Sure enough…
Just as Shi Feng was around three yards away from the treasure, Tresik suddenly appeared behind him, his greatsword swinging down at the little rat.
However, Shi Feng had long since prepared for this moment. Before this, he had activated the Aura of Earth. At the instant he was discovered, he used Absolute Defense, becoming invulnerable for five seconds.
Now that Shi Feng was invincible, he did not have to worry about any attacks towards him. While shouldering the Orc King’s attacks, he grabbed the crystal ball and stuffed it into his bag.
Tresik grew indignant at this sight; the violent aura that surged forth from his body caused even Shi Feng to grow breathless. If he were not in an invulnerable state right now, he would have long since died.
With the God Crystal in hand, Shi Feng immediately swapped the Aura of Earth to the Aura of Space and activated Space Movement. He then jumped into the spatial crack that appeared and left the Towers of Death.
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Chapter 512: Killing Two Birds with One Stone
Darkness arrived in God’s Domain once more. The lights in White River City shone brilliantly.
After the night had arrived, aside from a small number of experts and elite parties grinding in the fields, the majority of players could only head back to the city to rest.
While it was lively in White River City, the liveliest area, without a doubt, was the Candlelight Trading Firm.
As for the reason behind the Candlelight Trading Firm’s popularity, that was due to the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits.
Although the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits were not as powerful as the Basic Mana Armor Kits, the latter was simply too scarce. It could not compete with the large number of Basic Strengthened Armor Kits available at the Candlelight Trading Firm every day.
Inside a high-class bar a short distance from the Candlelight Trading Firm…
Feng Xuanyang sat on the second floor open-air terrace, gazing at the Candlelight Trading Firm with a smile on his face.
“I want to see just how long you can hold out,” Feng Xuanyang laughed, his expression clearly displaying his arrogance.
Initially, Feng Xuanyang had been slightly worried that the Candlelight Trading Firm’s flourishing business would show no signs of ending. If that were so, it would not be easy to deal with the Firm in the future. However, during the process of poaching the Firm’s workers, Feng Xuanyang had discovered a secret, a fatal weakness of the Trading Firm.
And that secret was that only three people in the Trading Firm knew how to produce the Basic Strengthened Armor Kit.
With just three people, it was simply impossible to satisfy the demands of the large number of players in White River City. Even if it were possible, a long time would be required to do so. By then, players would have outgrown their need for the kits.
Knowing this fatal secret, Feng Xuanyang began to spend large sums of money to purchase the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits, buying as many as he could.
First, he wanted to deplete the Candlelight Trading Firm’s stockpile. As long as the Firm no longer had any Basic Strengthened Armor Kits remaining, the Firm’s popularity would fall and limit its business. Although he had to invest a massive sum of Coins, the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits he bought were not completely useless. On the contrary, they were particularly helpful when raiding Team Dungeons.
Secondly, aside from striving to establish their own Guild Residences, the various Guilds in Star-Moon City also strived to accumulate sufficient money to purchase the city’s golden Lands. Other than that, these Guilds were also continuously raiding large-scale Dungeons, improving their Guild’s Popularity and equipment.
Meanwhile, other than giving the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits to his own teams, Feng Xuanyang also set aside a portion, selling them to other cities.
There was no Candlelight Trading Firm branch in other cities, so there were no Basic Strengthened Armor Kits available there. With Underworld’s channels, Feng Xuanyang had sold these kits to the various Guilds of other cities. When these Guilds saw the kits, they fought tooth and nail to purchase them. As a result, he made a huge profit by reselling the kits.
It was truly killing two birds with one stone. Not only could he deplete the Candlelight Trading Firm’s stockpile of armor kits, but he could also profit from reselling them. How could this possibly go wrong?
However, as he celebrated his plan, he had also gained a deep understanding of how fearsome the Candlelight Trading Firm was.
Fortunately, the Candlelight Trading Firm was only in White River City, and there were only three forgers capable of producing the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits. Should the Trading Firm ever resolve these two problems, it could definitely dominate Star-Moon Kingdom’s market. At that time, who could possibly compete with the Candlelight Trading Firm?
Feng Xuanyang could not hold back his envy.
“Why isn’t the Candlelight Trading Firm mine?” Feng Xuanyang held a deep hatred towards Melancholic Smile.
If the Candlelight Trading Firm had agreed to cooperate, it would have been his possession by now. With the money he could earn through the Trading Firm, his position within Underworld would also soar. At that time, those currently above him would be at his beck and call.
“Hmph. Did you think that, just because you refuse to sell the Trading Firm to me, I would be helpless against you? The Firm will fall into my hands!” Feng Xuanyang could already picture the moment he grasped the rights to the Candlelight Trading Firm, and it would only be a matter of time before all of Underworld’s power in Star-Moon Kingdom would fall under his control. At that time, it would be child’s play to deal with a Combat Guild like Zero Wing.
Just as Feng Xuanyang enjoyed the wine of victory, a slightly chubby middle-aged man in pompous clothing sat down beside him.
“Young Master Feng, may I know why you have called me here today?” Although the middle-aged man was only Level 10, barely reaching the minimum requirement to enter a city, his body radiated a distinct shrewdness. In particular, those beady little eyes of his greatly resembled that of a wily old fox.
“How is the progress of the task I assigned you?” Feng Xuanyang asked softly.
“Young Master Feng, rest assured, I have already discussed things with many members of the Candlelight Trading Firm. Although only over a dozen or so Advanced Forging Apprentices have officially defected to our side, many have expressed their intentions of doing so. I believe that in the near future, many more Advanced Forging Apprentices will willingly defect to our side. At that time, the Candlelight Trading Firm will show signs of supply shortages. When the Firm’s popularity falls, it will become even easier for us to poach its members. If they run out of workers, even with a good Shop and the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits, expansion will be impossible.” The middle-aged man chuckled.
“Good, you’ve done well. As long as you succeed, you will receive your fair share of benefits.” Feng Xuanyang nodded with satisfaction.
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Meanwhile, inside one of the forging rooms of the Candlelight Trading Firm, Melancholic Smile frowned, obviously worried.
Just moments ago, several more Advanced Forging Apprentices had requested to dissolve their contracts. Moreover, these few Advanced Forging Apprentices all held rare forging designs.
Although these people had to pay a compensation fee that was over a dozen times the value of the forging designs they had learned, it was still a massive loss for the Candlelight Trading Firm. It had not been easy for the Firm to get its hands on these forging designs. Without these commodities, how was the Firm supposed to retain its customers?
“Truly despicable. I didn’t expect to have nurtured so many traitorous bastards. I should never have let these people learn those forging designs.” Melancholic Smile gnashed her teeth. She deeply regretted focusing on these people, supplying them with rare forging designs and allowing them to become Advanced Forging Apprentices so quickly.
Suddenly, Shi Feng opened the door to the forging room and entered. However, due to his silence, by the time Melancholic Smile had noticed him, he already stood right in front of her.
“Guild Leader!” Melancholic Smile called out in surprise. “Why are you here?”
“Look at how distracted you are. Did you encounter some trouble?” Shi Feng asked, laughing.
Shi Feng was in an extremely good mood. After stealing the God Crystal from the Mythic Monster Orc King Tresik and escaping with his life, he had made a beeline for White River City, afraid that the Orc King would catch up to him and finish him off. Now that he had returned to White River City, even if the Orc King did catch up to him, it was impossible for him to invade the city.
“Guild Leader, I’m useless… I failed to live up to your expectations… To think that I have been nurturing so many ungrateful bastards….” Regret filled Melancholic Smile’s eyes. Shi Feng had entrusted so many rare forging designs to her and had even repeatedly stressed that she should only let those who were trustworthy to learn them, yet, in the end…
Listening to Melancholic Smile’s mumbling, Shi Feng could not help but laugh.
“So, that’s what’s going on!
“No problem. Although we lost some rare forging designs, haven’t we earned several million Credits in return?” Shi Feng smiled calmly. He then took out a wad of forging designs, tossing them onto the stone platform. “Since Overwhelming Smile wishes to poach our Advanced Forging Apprentices who have learned rare forging designs, let them have at it. If they can afford it, let them poach as many members as they want. I welcome them to do so.”
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Chapter 513: Mysterious Crystal Ball
Melancholic Smile had never before seen any of the numerous forging designs scattered across the stone platform.
“This…” Melancholic Smile was stupefied. No words could describe her shock. “Guild Leader, I’m not dreaming, right?”
She was a forger in her own right, so she knew how valuable these forging designs were.
While the forging designs that could be purchased from the Forging Association were not particularly valuable, forging designs obtained elsewhere were. This was due to the designs’ low drop-rates. However, ordinary forging designs were not enough to nurture a forger; hence the forging designs were so expensive. It was especially true for the forging designs that had very low drop-rates and were meant for producing highly useful items; the prices of such forging designs were astronomical.
Aside from that, there was one more type of forging design that was even more valuable such as the Basic Strengthened Armor Kit Forging Design. Currently, aside from the Horizon Alliance’s three copies, no one had them. Moreover, nobody knew where to obtain these forging designs. As a result, they were even more valuable than Epic Equipment.
Regarding the currently available forging designs, Melancholic Smile had practically learned all of the designs that were available. Even if she hadn’t, she at least knew about them.
However, she had neither seen or heard of any of the forging designs that Shi Feng had scattered all over the table before.
Taking a casual glance at the forging designs, Melancholic Smile’s eyes shone brilliantly.
Every item these designs produced was an item that players needed desperately at this stage of the game.
“A majority of these forging designs detain instructions for the Light Stone. There are also some meant for Level 25 to Level 30 Mysterious-Iron and Secret Silver Equipment. You can let any Advanced Forging Apprentice learn the Light Stone Forging Designs.” Shi Feng chuckled. Slowly, he said, “However, only the three of you can learn these equipment forging designs. You can also leave some to serve as a reward for the members who become Basic Forgers, but all those who wish to learn them must renew their contracts. If they want to leave the Horizon Alliance, fine. But they must first compensate the Guild twenty times the value of the forging designs. If Overwhelming Smile wants to poach our members, let them have at it.”
Shi Feng had long since guessed that Overwhelming Smile would try to poach their Lifestyle players.
These Forging Apprentices had initially joined with the intent of making a living for themselves. Since Overwhelming Smile was willing to offer an absurd salary in addition to shouldering the compensation, many would naturally be tempted.
Before this, Shi Feng had repeatedly told Melancholic Smile to be careful when recruiting members precisely because he wished to avoid this situation. He had also done so with the intention of informing Melancholic Smile of the severity of the matter.
Not even the gods could see through the human heart, let alone mankind.
Only through experiencing hardships could one grow.
There were many things that one could not learn from the experience of others. Only through experience could wisdom be earned. Now that Melancholic Smile had personally experienced such a situation, in the future, she would definitely be more thorough when selecting talented players.
Currently, he had a large number of Light Stone Forging Designs on hand. If Overwhelming Smile would willingly pay the price to poach the Alliance’s members, Shi Feng welcomed them to do so. The Light Stone Forging Designs were very common. In the past, each forging design only sold for several Gold. Moreover, that was when most players had reached Level 45; these forging designs were not particularly valuable.
Only, current players’ levels were not high enough yet to obtain them, resulting in their value increasing significantly. Based on Shi Feng’s initial estimates, each Light Stone Forging Design should be worth around several dozen Gold.
If he wished to acquire more Light Stone Forging Designs, he could obtain a ton of them any time he wanted. This way, he would not have to wait for the profits of the Light Stones to slowly roll in. Just the 20-times compensation Overwhelming Smile had to pay for poaching each member could make a ridiculous amount of Credits. He could make a fortune just by selling Advanced Forging Apprentices.
“Guild Leader, I will definitely be more careful when selecting who I allow to learn these forging designs.” Melancholic Smile was immensely excited when she looked at the Light Stone Forging Designs scattered across the stone platform. However, her greatest joy was due to Shi Feng’s forgiveness and encouragement.
“It’s fine; just pick them at random. Even better, choose those who already have the heart to defect to Overwhelming Smile. Let Overwhelming Smile poach as many as they can. Otherwise, how will I make money?” Shi Feng laughed.
“But…” For a moment, Melancholic Smile wanted to dissuade Shi Feng. However, when she looked at the forging designs on the table, she suddenly came to a realization. “I’ll carry out your orders, then, Guild Leader.”
To others, the Light Stone Forging Design might be a treasure. However, judging from Shi Feng’s behavior, it seemed that they were not valuable in the slightest. Only, others did not know this yet. They would be senseless fools if they did not profit off of Overwhelming Smile’s greed while they had the chance.
A moment later, Melancholic Smile had picked out three Advanced Forging Apprentices. Of them, two seriously considered defecting to Overwhelming Smile. They only held out for the right price. Hence, Melancholic Smile decided to give them this opportunity.
In reality, there were many others with the same intentions within the Horizon Alliance. However, to convince others of the Light Stone Forging Designs’ rarity, she could not allow too many people to learn it at once. An item was as valuable as it was rare. If she did so, the Light Stone Forging Designs would lose their value.
As long as these two Advanced Forging Apprentices learned how to produce the Light Stones, their personal value would immediately skyrocket. In addition to the two’s willingness to defect, Overwhelming Smile would try to poach them at all costs. After all, not only would they deal the Candlelight Trading Firm a blow, they could also steal two of the Trading Firm’s highly valued “talents.”
As Melancholic Smile took care of the Light Stone Forging Design situation, Shi Feng had arrived at his own exclusive forging room. He had set up a private forging room for himself in every Candlelight Trading Firm. Other than himself, no one was allowed into these rooms. He wanted to ensure that he would have access to a forging room at all times.
Inside the quiet forging room, Shi Feng carefully retrieved the God Crystal from his bag.
The translucent crystal ball on the stone table looked simple and ordinary. No matter how he looked at it, it was just an ordinary crystal ball. However, Orc King Tresik had sacrificed hundreds of thousands of his subordinates to obtain this treasure. Moreover, this treasure had even managed to kill a Tier 4 Sky Knight, who had learned a forbidden move, instantly. The crystal ball’s worth was clear.
“Just what is this thing used for?” Shi Feng could not see anything special about the orb despite observing it carefully for a long time.
Moreover, the God Crystal’s information stated that it was only a Common item. Aside from that, no other information was displayed. It was also not in an Unknown or Unappraised state.
“Is there some hidden information about it?” The more Shi Feng thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
There were many amazing items in God’s Domain that might look ordinary, but in reality, contained power that could even shake the heavens.
In the past, there had been a player who had purchased a piece of dilapidated armor at a bazaar, only to discover that the armor was actually an Epic ranked armor. Such situations often occurred in God’s Domain.
Only after triggering special conditions could one reveal the true value of a treasure.
Shi Feng then used Omniscient Eyes.
After more than half a minute had passed, however, there was still no reaction. He could not glean anything more about the crystal ball.
“Is the level of my Identification Skill insufficient?” Shi Feng muttered in surprise. “It can’t be. I recall Sharlyn saying that the Omniscient Eyes activated using the Golden Stigmata is the second most powerful Identification Skill in God’s Domain. Do I need other items to activate the God Crystal’s true function?”
Shi Feng suddenly had the urge to puke blood.
After wasting so much effort to steal this item, he could not actually use it; he still needed to fulfill some special requirements. Yet, he had no clue as to what those requirements were. It was utterly frustrating.
“Hm? Doesn’t it look a bit like the dark blue crystal ball I got from the Eternal Courtyard?” After the improvement to his brain’s activity, Shi Feng’s memory had become extraordinary. Thus far, he had not been able to do anything about the dark-blue crystal ball. At this moment, seeing as both items were crystal balls and were related to Gods, if someone told him that the two items were unrelated, Shi Feng would not believe them.
Thinking up to this point, Shi Feng left the forging room immediately and rushed towards the Bank.
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Chapter 514: Divine Might
Inside Overwhelming Smile’s Guild Residence in White River City…
“What did you say?” Feng Xuanyang abruptly slammed his fist down on the table. Furious, he said, “Those bastards suddenly raised their price? Do they take us for fools?”
“Young Master, please calm down,” the slightly chubby, middle-aged man advised. “They have not raised their prices without reason, but because they have the capital to do so.”
“Capital? Advanced Forging Apprentices like them? Overwhelming Smile has no shortage of individuals of their caliber!” Feng Xuanyang’s brows furrowed, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Although his family was successful, he wasn’t the only one competing to become the successor. He had joined Underworld precisely because he needed the organization’s help to achieve his goal. Meanwhile, upon discovering God’s Domain’s unique standing through Underworld’s inside information, he had immediately snatched the chance and invested in the virtual reality game. As long as he could create a legacy for himself, the matter of becoming his family’s successor would be set in stone.
He had spent such a large sum of money to poach these people only because he wished to wound the Candlelight Trading Firm. Due to the ongoing war with Zero Wing, Overwhelming Smile’s daily gold expenditure was massive. Hence, all of the money spent on dealing with the Candlelight Trading Firm right now was his. His liquid funds only amounted to several hundred millions of Credits, so he could not squander it.
Although Advanced Forging Apprentices were indeed rare, with the money he possessed, he could easily hire dozens of Advanced Forging Apprentice NPCs from the Forging Association. It was much easier and cheaper than poaching Advanced Forging Apprentices from the Candlelight Trading Firm. Not only did he have to offer these people high benefits, but he also had to pay an astronomical compensation fee. Moreover, even when these forgers joined him, they were useless with their Lifestyle Skills reset to zero.
“Young Master Feng, the two I mention are somewhat special.”
“Special?! Just because they are special, they dared to raise the price we have agreed upon by three times?! Do they really consider themselves true Forgers?!”
“Young Master Feng, although they are not forgers, they have recently learned a rare forging design; they can now produce Light Stones. A Light Stone is an item that enables players to grind and level even throughout the night. With it, players will not be limited by time. Moreover, it’s quite cheap to produce Light Stones, so it is a very lucrative product. Meanwhile, among the Advanced Forging Apprentices of the Candlelight Trading Firm, only three have learned it. So, naturally, they raised their prices.”
“Light Stone? There is actually such a thing? Have you confirmed how they managed to obtain its forging design?”
When he heard about the Light Stone’s function, Feng Xuanyang immediately realized how massive its value was. If he could obtain the forging designs for them, he would not need to spend money to poach the Candlelight Trading Firm’s members. He could simply rely on the Light Stones to defeat the Candlelight Trading Firm and dominate Star-Moon Kingdom’s market.
“The Candlelight Trading Firm is keeping that a secret, so low-ranking members like them have no access to that information. However, I have sent someone to investigate the Light Stones. Though, it would seem that the Candlelight Trading Firm only has a limited number of Light Stone Forging Designs. Otherwise, they would not only allow three Advanced Forging Apprentices to learn them.
“Moreover, I have also heard that the three Forgers of Candlelight are not producing the Light Stones, focusing on producing the Basic Strengthened Armor Kits. It is quite possible that the Trading Firm is too busy and has decided to allow its Advanced Forging Apprentices to produce the Light Stones instead. In other words, it is possible that Candlelight only has three Light Stone Forging Designs. If we can poach two of them, it would be a massive blow to the Trading Firm.”
“You’re right. If Candlelight is allowed to produce a large amount of Light Stones, they will become more difficult to deal with. Unfortunately, man’s schemes are inferior to those made in heaven! Melancholic Smile, that damnable woman! She actually dared toy with this young master! Now, I’ll show her what pain means! I don’t care what it takes, poach those two! We’ll be even better off if you can lure the last one as well!” When Feng Xuanyang recalled Melancholic Smile’s arrogance, he could not help but laugh.
“Young Master Feng, rest assured, we already have those two in the bag. Only, the last one is rather obstinate. His price might be a lot higher than the others’. In addition to Candlelight’s latest contract, our expenditure this time might exceed 50 million,” the middle-aged man said cautiously. After all, this was not a small sum of money. They had to spend 50 million Credits just to poach three people, with a majority consisting of the compensation fee. Based on his initial estimates, the Light Stone Forging Design should be worth nearly 100 Gold. If they poached all three forgers, they had to pay a compensation fee of 6,000 Gold.
“Just do it. It will be worth it if we can drag all three of those forgers to our side,” Feng Xuanyang said as he gnashed his teeth. If he could steal both man and forging design, he would have done so in a heartbeat. However, the Candlelight Trading Firm wouldn’t be so stupid. Even fools knew how precious one-of-a-kind products were. Such items could significantly increase a Shop’s competitive edge.
Following which, the middle-aged man left the meeting room to negotiate with the Advanced Forging Apprentices.
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Meanwhile, at White River City’s Bank, Shi Feng had already rented a Private Warehouse for himself.
If a player wished to store a truly precious item in God’s Domain’s Banks and wanted no one else to know of it, they had the option of renting a Private Warehouse and private room. Without the owner’s permission, nobody was allowed inside the Private Warehouse. However, unlike the Public Warehouse where the daily fee was only several Copper Coins, renting a Private Warehouse was not cheap.
Inside a Small Private Warehouse, players had 30,000 item slots. Each day’s rent was 30 Silver, and there was a minimum rental period of one month, which would be a total of 9 Gold. There was a discount if players rented the Warehouse for three months, but even then, they would still have to spend 25 Gold.
A Medium Private Warehouse had to 100,000 item slots, and the daily fee was 1 Gold Coin. Renting for one month cost 30 Gold while renting for three months cost 85 Gold.
A Large Private Warehouse held up to 500,000 item slots, and the daily fee was 4 Gold Coins. Renting for one month cost 120 Gold while renting for three months cost 350 Gold.
Normally, ordinary players would not rent a Private Warehouse at all. However, as players reached higher levels, it would become much easier to earn Coins. Many players who conducted business would usually rent a Private Warehouse.
Shi Feng had rented two Large Private Warehouses without hesitation. Moreover, he had rented both for three months. One was for himself, while the other was for the Guild.
This way, Aqua Rose and the others would not have to worry about spies from other Guilds while retrieving items of great importance. Such incidents had not been uncommon in God’s Domain in the past. There were many Guilds that had not rented a Private Warehouse, and as a result, other Guilds had learned some of their secrets.
As a precaution, Shi Feng had to rent one for the Guild, no matter what.
Shi Feng then entered his Private Warehouse. Rows of cabinets lined the warehouse’s interior neat and orderly.
Shi Feng immediately moved all of the items from his Public Warehouse to his Private Warehouse. The Private Warehouse was very human-like, and immediately, it intelligently categorized all of the items, saving Shi Feng the trouble of arranging them himself.
Shi Feng then opened a cabinet. Inside the cabinet, there was a single dark blue crystal ball. This crystal ball was none other than the one Shi Feng had obtained from the Eternal Courtyard. However, this crystal ball was too powerful. Even with Shi Feng’s extremely high resistance, he lost 1,000 HP every second just by coming into contact with it. If ordinary players touched it, they would most likely die on the spot.
“Death upon touching?” Shi Feng recalled the situation when he had obtained the deep-blue crystal ball. Suddenly, he came to a realization. Wasn’t it the same situation when he had stolen the God Crystal from the Orc King?
Only, as the God Crystal had not been sealed yet, the Tier 4 Sky Knight had died instantly when he touched it.
“I wonder if it is possible?” Shi Feng was slightly nervous as he took out the God Crystal from his bag. Carefully, he placed it inside the cabinet, beside the dark-blue crystal ball. He wanted to see just how these two crystal balls would react when placed together.
The instant Shi Feng placed the God Crystal inside the cabinet, the two crystal balls suddenly released a blinding glow, illuminating the Private Warehouse. The powerful pressure the two orbs gave off had caused Shi Feng’s body to feel heavy.
“Divine Might!” Shi Feng could not help his shock.
Right at this moment, the sound of a system notification rang out by his ears.
System: Do you wish to remove the seal and merge the two Crystal Balls?
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Chapter 515: Legendary Item
After hearing the system notification, Shi Feng felt both stunned and hesitant.
Both the dark-blue crystal ball he had obtained from the Eternal Courtyard and the God Crystal he had stolen from the Orc King were extraordinarily precious items. They were even more valuable than an Epic item.
Yet, he was required to merge them…
If he agreed, he would lose one of the two items.
To a reincarnated soul like Shi Feng, Epic items were not particularly precious. As long as his team was sufficiently strong, he had plenty of ways to obtain more Epic items. However, one could not obtain items above Epic rank with strength alone. A certain amount of luck and opportunity were required as well.
If he disagreed, he would have to look for some other way to activate the two items.
“Forget it; let’s just go for it.” Shi Feng gnashed his teeth as he agreed to the merger.
Suddenly, the two crystal balls transformed into two bubbles of liquid. The crystal ball Shi Feng had obtained from the Eternal Courtyard transformed into a blue liquid, whereas the transparent crystal ball Shi Feng had stolen from the Orc King transformed into golden liquid. The two liquids then merged, and as if they tried to devour one another, the newly formed liquid turned blue in one moment and gold in the next. Meanwhile, the Divine Might exuded by the both grew stronger as more time passed.
“Is this really a merger?” Immersed in the Divine Might from the two liquids, Shi Feng’s discomfort was unbearable.
After several minutes of resisting each other, the two liquids finally became one.
The dark-blue crystal ball from the Eternal Courtyard had emerged victorious.
After merging, the shape of the crystal ball had also changed. Instead of a crystal ball, it was now a dark-blue metallic cup. Countless tiny blue runes were engraved around the cup’s exterior. There was also a faint purple ring of light flowing around the cup. At this moment, the cup’s Divine Might was far stronger than the one Shi Feng had felt before.
“So powerful!” Shi Feng exclaimed.
He even dared to guarantee that this was the most powerful item he had ever seen. Even the Fragmented Legendary ranked Heavenly Dragon’s Breath was far from matching this blue metallic cup.
If not for this place being a Private Warehouse, he would have definitely caused a commotion inside the Bank’s hall. Meanwhile, any players caught within the blue cup’s Divine Might would find it impossible to move. After all, if even a Tier 1 Blade Saint like himself struggled, Tier 0 players didn’t have a prayer.
If he could control this blue cup, he would have no problems dealing with even an army of thousands of elite players.
Immediately, Shi Feng checked the cup’s information.
However, just after Shi Feng clicked to check the cup’s Attributes, he received -5,000 frost damage, even with his finger still a distance away, instantly losing half of his HP.
“Damn, isn’t this a little too intense?” Shi Feng looked at his completely frozen hand, a layer of purple frost covering his entire arm. If his finger had moved even a little closer to the cup, he would most likely have lost his life on the spot…
Shi Feng then took a look at the cup’s Attributes.
[Holy Grail] (Legendary Item)
Legend has it that the Holy Grail belongs to the Goddess of Life and that it holds the power to bestow eternal life. However, after Ragnarok, the God of War had destroyed the Holy Grail and placed it in the Eternal Courtyard. The Holy Grail’s restoration requires sufficient God’s Power. Only with an Eternal Heart can one truly hold the Holy Grail.
Activatable Skill-
Power of Evolution: Sacrifice one’s own Life Force to evolve an item of the player’s choice. However, there is a small possibility that the evolution process will fail. An evolved item’s quality cannot exceed the Fragmented Legendary rank.
Cooldown: 10 days
By the time Shi Feng finished reading the cup’s Attributes, his jaw hung to the floor.
Legendary Item!
This was the first time he had ever actually seen one.
Although the Holy Grail was neither a weapon nor a piece of equipment, among the various types of items found in God’s Domain, tools such as the Holy Grail were the most difficult to obtain; they were far rarer and more precious than weapons or equipment.
Moreover, looking at the Holy Grail’s description, it was obvious its rank could still be increased. However, he needed Power of God to do so; items such as the God Crystal should be able to supply it.
However, looking at the streams of light overflowing from the Holy Grail, Shi Feng could not help but laugh bitterly.
Although he had completely unsealed such an amazing item, he could not touch or control it.
Shi Feng had also never heard of an item called the Eternal Heart before. Just how and where was he supposed to obtain one?
Fortunately, he could still use the Power of Evolution. After all, he didn’t have to control the Holy Grail to use the Skill. He only needed to sacrifice some of his Life Force.
The term “Life Force” referred to a player’s HP. For all Shi Feng cared, the Holy Grail could have as much of his HP as it wanted.
“Hm? That’s not right.” Shi Feng thought it over for a moment, feeling that something was amiss.
A Skill capable of evolving an item…such an OP Skill should not only require a sacrifice of HP. Even the Skill’s 10-day Cooldown was insignificant.
God’s Domain always followed the rule of equivalent exchange.
However, this was obviously not an equivalent exchange. Otherwise, even if the success chance wasn’t 100%, having an opportunity to obtain a Fragmented Legendary item once every ten days was still astounding.
Obviously, Shi Feng wanted to try it.
The Holy Grail had a Cooldown of ten days. If he did not activate it now, wouldn’t it be a waste?
“Which item should I evolve?” Shi Feng looked through his warehouse and bag, feeling very indecisive.
He only had one chance to evolve an item every ten days. If the item he evolved now had little use to him, he would suffer a huge loss.
“Should I evolve the Seven Luminaries Ring?” Shi Feng could not help but stare at the Seven Luminaries Ring around his finger.
As the Replica of a Godly Relic, it was already frighteningly powerful, even at only Epic rank. If the ring were upgraded to Fragmented Legendary rank, it would be godlike.
“No.” Shi Feng immediately shook his head.
If he upgraded the ring to Fragmented Legendary rank, the Equipment Requirement would definitely soar. He wouldn’t be able to equip the ring. The impact on his current strength would be painful. Moreover, Shi Feng did not doubt that the success rate of evolving an item to Fragmented Legendary rank would be abysmally low. It would be a huge pity to waste an opportunity to evolve an item.
The best choice he could make right now was to evolve a Dark-Gold item to an Epic item.
With this idea, Shi Feng shifted his gaze to the Purgatory’s Shadow. As a Dark-Gold Weapon, if he could promote it to an Epic Weapon, then it would increase his overall combat power significantly. At that time, even Summer Sunshine would easily suffer defeat at his hands.
As the leader of a Guild, however, his first and foremost priority was to increase his Guild’s strength. Currently, his personal strength was sufficient. Even if he became slightly stronger, it would not impact the Guild.
Suddenly, a streak of light flashed past Shi Feng’s eyes.
“That’s right! How could I forget! There’s still the Icarus’s Heart!” Shi Feng laughed.
If he evolved Icarus’s Heart, it would help the Guild tremendously. Just the meager five points of Luck it provided had allowed him to obtain so many Tier 1 Set Equipment.
If he could evolve Icarus’s Heart further, raising the Luck it provided even a little, couldn’t he obtain even better items?
Although Icarus’s Heart was already capable of evolving, he needed the souls of Lord ranked monsters to do so. Even so, based on Shi Feng’s estimates, he should only be able to evolve Icarus’s Heart to Dark-Gold rank at maximum. After all, it was an item he got from a Dark-Gold Treasure Chest; it was utterly impossible for him to obtain an Epic ranked necklace.
“I’ll choose you.” Shi Feng smiled as he removed Icarus’s Heart from his neck. He then adjusted the Seven Luminaries Ring to the Aura of Water and activated Life Bloom, healing himself. Previously, he had received a significant amount of damage just by approaching the Holy Grail. He would have to touch it again, so he had to heal himself back to full HP; he could not afford to miss any.
In a moment, Shi Feng’s 10,000-plus HP recovered to full.
Shi Feng then tapped on the touchscreen that was very close to the Holy Grail, choosing to use Power of Evolution.
The instant his finger collided with the touch screen, Shi Feng lost 7,000 HP. However, Life Bloom quickly regenerated a significant amount of the missing HP. Only when he recovered to full HP did Shi Feng proceed to select Icarus’s Heart as the target of evolution.
System: Are you willing to permanently lose 400 HP to evolve the Icarus’s Heart?
“Crap, that’s the requirement?!” Shi Feng could not help but curse. It was actually a permanent loss?! No wonder it could allow an item evolve to a maximum of Fragmented Legendary rank!
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