Chapter 980 - 923: The Guild President Wants Me to Play Personally
The skirmish ended quickly, and the pressure effect of the Dragon King Crown on the Dragon Soul Monster was beyond Da Fei’s imagination.
Generally speaking, the life of Undead Creatures doesn’t have a real physical body to carry it; it’s either a cluster of Soul Fire in the skull or a Spiritual Body with no material form, which has much weaker resistance to spiritual impact and can be effectively pressured by a Divine Artifact, as expected.
The next two Dragon Tombs held no suspense for Da Fei, except for the annoying chore of searching for Divine Level Crystals scattered all over the place. The old strategy remains: collect all the crystals together and wait for collective identification.
At 3 PM, Da Fei completed the cleanup of the last Dragon Tomb, and all the wild monsters outside were cleared out, leaving the Dragon Soul Exploration Pearl blank.
Renior leveled up again, with all other attributes unchanged, except speed +1.
Thus, Da Fei finally completed the exploration of the Dragon Tomb. This time, he gathered a total of 21.41 million Gold Coins, which is admittedly small change, just enough to cover Hilda’s expense of setting up a Teleportation Array on the ship. He also acquired 111 sets of S-grade Dragon Soul Sword, Dragon Soul Armor, Dragon Soul Shield, totaling 333 pieces. As for the artifacts like the crown, no need to go into detail.
Although the harvest was great, the cost was a bit of a headache. Had he known the Saisu challenge was an instance to test players, he wouldn’t have used those two precious Hellfire Rockets. Heading to New Oriental now, he’s short one major trump card.
Yet it doesn’t worry him; no matter how formidable the Eastern World is, it shouldn’t be stronger than the Dragon Tomb. With an extra Dragon King’s Divine Artifact and the rarely-used Skira Ship’s Figurehead, dealing with it should be much easier.
At this moment, Renior reflected emotionally: "I never thought I’d get to tour the Dragon Tomb in my lifetime. The only regret is not being able to fight alongside the Warriors. Now that we’ve absorbed the disturbance energy from the Dragon Tomb, the Earth’s magnetic field has finally returned to normal, and I can lead the way. By the way, if the Warriors are interested, they can also learn this skill, although generally, it’s scarcely needed."
——System Prompt: You have received Renior’s gift of the "Global Positioning" skill study notes. Using these notes, you will spend 1 Skill Point to learn the God-level Navigation Skill hidden sub-skill "Global Positioning."
——Global Positioning: Through Earth’s magnetic field positioning, you can determine your precise location anywhere.
Da Fei chuckled in surprise. Indeed, those who mingle in high places find money automatically coming to them; players who mingle in high places find various Skill Equipment automatically coming to them! This skill is barely needed in most cases – navigation skills are that annoying. Alright then, I’ll talk about it when Skill Points overflow.
Da Fei laughed: "Old Captain, you are too polite; you have been fighting alongside us all the way! All right, please lead the way, Old Captain."
Now the fleet slowly advances in the dark icy sea resembling underground caverns, and the new journey starts again.
But the road ahead is long and difficult, and Da Fei still dares not be complacent, enduring the monotonous and dreary environment while sending the Blood Eagle ahead to explore. On the surface, detouring to the North Pole seems like a shortcut, but at the current speed, everything is again a question. If not for the day’s bountiful harvest, it’s hard to say if this would be a pitfall.
Unknowingly, a System Prompt dinged:
——System Prompt: You have been sailing in a special sea region for over 3 days. You and your team heroes have received God-level Navigator Skill "Sailing Training" extra experience +1.54 million, and your team received additional growth potential!
A new day arrives once again. Da Fei was astounded by the stunning 1.74 million experience. Indubitably, the Dragon Tomb battle of the previous day was also counted in the Sailing Training.
In other words, his Angel Army is now one step closer to the Creator Angel. Nice. And now, of course, it’s time for the Lucky Hand cooldown to check the goods.
Da Fei immediately poured all the unknown thousands of Crystal Stones onto the deck, and then fixedly stared at the crystals for several minutes. It’s about time for the observation, right? The foreplay is enough, isn’t it? Then, begin!
——System Prompt: You used the God-level Luck Skill sub-skill Lucky Hand...
A rainbow radiance rose, enveloping the entire army, while Da Fei stared at the crystals, unblinking!
Nothing! The anticipated triple gold flash did not appear! No, not even a single flash!
Da Fei incredulously rubbed his eyes, touching each Crystal Stone one by one—nothing! Really nothing!
What the hell! How could this be? He cleared three Dragon Tombs, took every stone he could move from the blood pools on the ground, leaving none behind. Even if one or two were missed due to bad luck, surely not all three, right?
Is it because of insufficient skills leading to the oversight? Impossible! The last two were smaller Dragon Tombs. Regardless of this, their Divine Level shouldn’t be higher or more difficult to discover than the first one found, right?
Anxious, Da Fei hurriedly called Catherine and the others to help identify. Of course, if they couldn’t identify in the instance, chances are slim now too. But what if a lady’s little universe explodes, especially Anlicia, who can occasionally pull off miracles.
At this moment, Renior’s Shadow humanoid appeared among the crowd: "What is the Warrior up to?"
Da Fei felt like he had met a savior: "Old Captain, please help me see, I suspect there are Divine Level Fragments here. Divine Level Fragments are like this—" He then showed Renior the finished Divine Level for comparison.
Renior laughed heartily: "Warrior, a treasure hunter has a saying: a treasure discovered on the spot is treasure; what cannot be discovered is just stone. No matter how much you bring back, they’re all stones. Treasure only rewards those who can discover it. This is the existence of your Treasure Appraiser profession!"
Da Fei was stunned, then suddenly enlightened — so that’s it!
This is ultimately a game, not reality. For example, in real life, there’s the street scratch-off lottery, with a first prize of 300,000, a second prize of 150,000, and so on. If you don’t know which ticket will win the first, second, or third prize, there’s an ultimate and crude simple method — spend hundreds of thousands to buy up all the scratch-off tickets. You’ll surely win something! Theoretically, it’s even possible not to lose money. Of course, theoretically.
Da Fei collected all the crystal stones without missing any, embodying this "buying out the entire market" mentality. But the game is entirely different; in the game, if you don’t have specialized "winning" skills, you’ll never win.
Similarly, in the game at the same location, someone without a treasure map can dig three feet deep without finding anything, but someone with a treasure map can dig and find treasure immediately. This is the difference between a player with skill tools and a player without skill tools. This principle also applies to mining and so on.
In other words, the ones you picked up were not Divine Level pieces at all, just like when you assumed the pile of dirt you picked up in the Vine Forest Space were seeds but turned out not to be. This means you missed 3 Divine Level pieces! Had you known earlier, you would’ve stayed here for three days, clearing one instance a day using Lucky Hand?
But how could you possibly stay for three days in such an extreme cold environment! And you’re so busy, how could you possibly stay for three days? At that moment, Da Fei’s group was conflicted and sighed incessantly.
Renior laughed and said, "Although they aren’t Divine Level pieces, these crystals aren’t like ordinary crystal stones. I don’t even recognize them, but this is a nice gain."
Ah, that’s right! Actually, thinking from another angle, it’s because of my badass prowess that I discovered a Divine Level piece. If it were an ordinary player team coming over, even if they cleared the ground meticulously, they wouldn’t be able to discover it. This is the gap between ordinary players and me! Thinking this way, Da Fei felt a little better.
At this moment, Hilda, who came to watch the excitement, laughed and said, "This is Dragon Blood Stone, formed from the essence of dragon blood. I heard Lord City Lord picked up a Dragon Clan hero who lost their body? Well, if these Dragon Blood Stones are melted, they can be used to recreate her physical form; this is the best material for the Dragon Clan."
"I see!" Renior praised, "Thanks for the enlightenment, I’ve learned something!"
Well, I’ll be damned! You can’t force a flower to bloom just by planting it! Da Fei exclaimed happily, "So how do you melt and recreate it?"
Hilda laughed heartily, "I don’t know about that! Anyway, the City Lord is the most renowned and famous lately. Maybe ask the Angel Leader about it? Even if they don’t know, they should know someone who does."
Da Fei exclaimed, "Thanks, Miss Hilda, for your guidance!"
Hilda, however, looked at Da Fei and giggled, "How exactly are you going to thank me?"
Da Fei was taken aback, wasn’t that thanking her? What else is there to thank? Damn, that’s how she wants to be thanked!
Understanding this, Da Fei coughed dryly, "I’ve somewhat profited from this Dragon Tomb collection, about 20 million. I’ll pay back part of what I owe Hilda first!"
Hilda clapped her hands with a smile, "That’s the Lord City Lord for you; you can tell you’re wealthy and handsome!"
Rich and handsome my ass! Looking at the 20 million that just arrived and having to pay it out right away, Da Fei felt a surge of disappointment.
But Hilda was in a great mood, "In fact, it’s the strength of a Divine Level that matters, not the quantity. Although Lord City Lord missed out on three Divine Level pieces, it’s actually not a loss, because you wouldn’t have the energy to cultivate all of them. You should concentrate on cultivating just one, so think positively."
Oh, there’s such a principle! Da Fei’s mood brightened instantly, and he exclaimed happily, "So how do I cultivate this Divine Level piece?"
Hilda smiled, "The Divine level of dead Dragon Clan can be used to create powerful Ghost Dragons. You could ask Samaster about it."
Da Fei acknowledged this, and in an instant, remembered the Hydra bones in the ship’s cabin. So, it might be possible to consider creating an Undead Hydra in the future? Or exchange them for good items with Samaster?
Thus, with his next target and plan in mind, Da Fei no longer felt conflicted and calmly focused on sailing.
At this moment, Da Fei’s phone rang. Da Fei picked up his phone to check; it was Little Li.
Da Fei hurriedly logged off, got out of bed, opened the window, and answered the call: "Little Li? What’s up?"
Little Li was surprised, "Brother is out running errands again?"
Da Fei chuckled dryly, "Yeah, yeah."
Little Li murmured, "Tomorrow at 9 AM, the Guild has a super large event, very important. The guild leader hopes Brother can personally log in and participate. Of course, there’s no need to fight; just join the group. Can Brother take leave?"
Da Fei was surprised, "If the guild leader values me that much, of course, there’s no problem. But since it’s just joining the group, why do I have to personally log in?"
Little Li laughed, "Perhaps the guild leader thinks Brother is a fortunate fellow; she’s reassured if Brother personally participates."
Damn! I’m a badass, not just a lucky charm! Da Fei laughed loudly, "I see, no problem, no problem!"
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