Chapter 367 - 342: Reward of the Ancient City Lord
As the instruments around the hall exploded, the entire ice house turned into a sea of fire!
—System Prompt: You destroyed the Magic Energy cooling device of the ice house, the effect of Ice Sealing Extreme Cold on you disappeared, and your troops’ Life Limit, Stamina Limit, Attack Speed, and Move Speed returned to normal.
"Hahaha!" The negative effects vanished too, was this a case of one good turn deserving another? Turning the tide was just that simple! There’s nothing to say now, just swarm it and beat it up! How many hits could a BOSS afflicted with Absolute Misfortune’s 100% Critical Strike withstand, no matter how many shields it had? Not to mention, without the impact of extreme cold, Selvia’s speed matched up. Whatever Dark Magic the BOSS used, it was countered to death instantly!
Victory was beyond doubt!
At this moment, Da Fei’s heart was racing with excitement and a sense of incredible luck. Exciting because he finally learned the secret of the Destiny Coin through this match. Lucky because this battle was truly perilous! Da Fei honestly didn’t expect the BOSS to be this powerful. Just before the coin’s mutation, Da Fei was completely at a loss, even thought he might lose! Fortunately, it was a thrilling victory, and only such a win felt truly exhilarating.
Honestly, it was difficult for Da Fei now to distinguish between Absolute Luck and Absolute Misfortune. Or perhaps, when both luck and misfortune were at such an "absolute" state, were they essentially two sides of the same coin with no difference?
Actually, there was a significant difference. Whether it was against Baron Nash or this BOSS, Invincible Luck exposed its limitations, meaning one’s strength had to be solid. Otherwise, when faced with impossible Blood Defense full-effect immunity from the other side, no amount of luck would help. In this regard, the difference between luck and misfortune resembled the difference between Light Magic and Dark Magic, right? The extreme status of luck was, after all, too unique, and with the disappearance of this coin, it likely wouldn’t reappear. Now the question to consider was how to deal with this coin?
Keep it for personal use? Or sell it?
If for personal use, he’d have to sacrifice the God-level Luck Skill—could he bear it? Sure, he was quite powerful now, but it was the Absolute Misfortune that was formidable, not the Knight of Misfortune! What’s more, his part-time careers like Treasure Appraiser and Ranger all hinged on the Luck Skill. Once he became a Knight of Misfortune, those careers would be scrapped, wouldn’t they? In any case, he already obtained the information about Heavenly Destiny Knight, not to mention the deceptive Gru Inheritance waiting for him. There’s no reason to switch to Knight of Misfortune. After all, as a man full of positive energy, he didn’t become a pirate back then, so he definitely wouldn’t become a minion for the Demon King, right? In short, using it for himself was not worthwhile.
Then only sell it? At what price? This issue was equally vexing! Without someone with a God-level Luck Skill, whoever used it would be in trouble. If he set an astronomical price, any dispute involving a large amount of money would definitely attract the internet police! Should he just tell Ma Yinglong, "Buy it for 10 million, and a year later when you have bred a player with God-level Luck, you’ll have a God-level profession?" But Ma Yinglong isn’t stupid. Who would use valuable funds now to buy something for next year? He would still have to consider the "sacrifice of God-level Luck Skill" issue then, wouldn’t he?
Or, exchange artifact for artifact with someone?
Never mind, no need to consider that much now. Anyway, he already had the video recording going. After the match, he’d upload his heroic exploits to the forum and let whoever wanted it bid for it! Hahaha!
The tournament committee observed the scene, the members leaned in and whispered. The committee members from Japan looked ashen.
Mr. Lin, the committee member from the China Region, calmly stood up and made a respectful bow to the whole room, smiling, "Ladies and gentlemen, there’s no need to worry. Although this player will receive substantial rewards, since this BOSS was enhanced and thus appears overly advanced, the rewards will also be highly advanced, which is beyond what current players can utilize. It’s like rewarding a primary school student with an adult suit, which they can only keep in the closet waiting for that future day. Hence, his reward won’t overly impact game balance."
The Japanese committee member coldly replied, "Mr. Lin, don’t be so smug; the Ancient City Ruins has a hidden storyline as a test map for new instances, and the lord’s item was the reason for the city’s ruin. The lord’s drop may not be a good thing for players."
The China committee member smiled faintly, "For a player who has turned to Knight of Misfortune, opportunism is his conduct. As committee members, we have no reason to interfere in player interests."
The Japanese committee member snorted coldly.
Now, the chief committee member adjusted his glasses nervously and gazed at the entire crowd sincerely, "Ladies and gentlemen, first, we congratulate this Chinese player again for bringing us a pleasant surprise. He has revealed the deficiencies in our work with his superb skills and showcased the highest standard of current players. We have a long way to go, and our time is indeed pressing. Of course, our focus still lies in preparing the competition and keeping the game balanced. I have two proposals: First, enhance the strength of BOSS-level monsters in the arena; second, prohibit artifacts from competing. All in favor, please raise your hand!"
Everyone raised their hand.
"Great, let us give a round of applause and congratulation to player Da Fei for achieving an unimaginable victory!"
Applause sounded loudly!
Treasure Ice House. With a clear sound, the Magic Shield surrounding the BOSS turned into magic light fragments and disappeared, simultaneously, a flash of golden light!
—System Prompt: Selvia released the spell Undying Light, the Ancient City Lord’s spell "Netherworld Impact" failed to activate!
The BOSS had no means to turn the tide and finally issued a reluctantly tragic cry and exploded to its death! Meanwhile, Da Fei awaited the system’s reward with eager excitement! Even Baron Nash rewarded him with a blueprint and S-level accessories. How could the lord sleeping in the treasure chamber possibly reward lesser than a baron?
—System Prompt: Congratulations! You successfully defeated the ruler of the Ancient City, "Ancient City Lord"! You received Hero’s Proof +3 and gained the match achievement "Ancient City Ruler." In the match server, you will receive a "spell effect damage +15%, Mana Value +15%, Life Value +15%" reward.
—System Prompt: You successfully defeated the Ruins City Lord and received match rewards: Gold Coin +800,000, S-rank strategic treasure "Necromancer Calamity," city building blueprint "Netherworld Treasury," Ancient Granite +50 units, Ancient Ironwood +50 units, Refined Crystal Gem +30 units, refined gold iron ore +30 units, Mithril +30 units, Refined Crystal Sulfur +30 units, Concentrated Mercury +30 units. The match rewards will be sent to your region server upon the match’s conclusion.
—Necromancer Calamity: S-rank strategic treasure, city equipment. Equipment location, town hall. Total city Casting Soldier production +20%, environmental hygiene score -20 points. When the city environmental score is below 50 points, there is a certain chance to trigger a Corpse Mutation Plague.
—City building blueprint "Netherworld Treasury": A special warehouse building with the ability to harvest Netherworld’s wealth, increasing city funds each day and receiving small random resources each month. The quantity of funds and resources increases with City Level. Meanwhile, dangerous undead from the Netherworld will appear around your city.
Da Fei widened his eyes, examining the drop from this BOSS word for word! City equipment! Building blueprint! Damn, worthy of a lord, indeed high-end, luxurious, and sophisticated. If it drops, it drops something city-related; no petty items like weapons or armor here!
So-called city equipment is just like ship equipment, specifically used to enhance cities. For example, common city equipment includes city gates, alarm bells. Even some ordinary barrack buildings, blacksmith shops, merchant shops have equipment—"signboards"! The importance of a good signboard to a store is self-evident!
In short, Heroic Creation Era is a vast game; with equipment alone, it involves heroes, soldiers, ships, machinery, buildings, and so on. To become proficient in this game, a professional attitude is essential.
And now, faced with the lord’s reward, Da Fei snapped back to reality and laughed heartily! He happened to have an empty city; this was like delivering a pillow to someone who’s just about to sleep, a fortune delivered to his doorstep!
What about the Necromancer Calamity? Weren’t Da Fei’s Flower Demons Casting Soldiers? Didn’t he have over a hundred suspended Flower Demon Barracks at the Pool of Radiance? Those were all his water territorial city soils, increasing production by 20% was equivalent to a 20% production increase for all his Flower Demons. This was just regarding the Flower Demons. Wait until he prospered in the future, constructed various Druid Barracks, even developed Forest Goddess species, wouldn’t that be an unimaginable pleasure? As for the -20 points in environmental hygiene, huh, let’s not mention the Pool of Radiance was the purest place, didn’t he at least acquire a sewer blueprint? This just perfectly counterbalanced it, a positive and negative offset each other, right? Hahaha!
Regarding this Netherworld Treasury, that’s a no-brainer—build it! As for dangerous undead appearing around? Huh, wasn’t my territory under the World Tree? Wherever dangerous undead appeared, it would be courting death, right?
Damn, I became powerful! I couldn’t wait! Let’s see if I advanced!
—System Prompt: You acquired the Hero’s Proof needed for advancement, and the quantity of Hero’s Proof also satisfied the achievement "Corpse Poison Plague Antibody." Do you wish to advance?
Da Fei laughed wildly, without hesitation—Advance—wait!
I have one last thing to take care of, and that’s to check the Sea Soul Staff’s result after absorbing the Banshee Soul! I almost forgot in the midst of my pride, steady! Keep it steady! Whether the Sea Soul Staff transformed the Banshee Soul into Mana Value or Sea Demon Soul, this test opportunity could only be tried in the match server. As for now, it’s time to upload the video to the forum and let you see my Divine Artifact, hahaha!
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