When the Stronghold Leader's Health fell below fifty thousand, he once again went into a rage, entering his third phase. In addition to all his attributes improving, his form beca even more terrifying.
By this ti, the effect of 'i · Noble and Righteous' was barely holding up. The Stronghold Leader had evolved to deal multi-hit damage—ten strikes per second—which ant that 50% of the player's damage reduction was now being bypassed.
Fortunately, the Saint Master himself was strong enough. His own recovery ability, combined with the effects of the five mission items, the Four Gentlen Wine, and the Health-leeching effect of Soul Absorption, allowed him to stand firm without dying. Any other Player, even if they had managed to reach this stage, would likely have been killed due to insufficient personal attributes.
Saint Master and Wang Linchi were indeed suppressed in the "God-given World," but despite the suppression, they were far from ordinary people. In the Soul Aspect World, the Saint Master was Mythology level, and Wang Linchi, also Mythology level, had experienced nurous battles. Even when severely suppressed, they were not individuals that typical clubs or ga studios could easily contend with.
With the combined power of the Dragon and Pig talismans, the Saint Master's strong physical attacks, and the debilitating effects of the Soul lting Poison, they wiped out the last bit of the Stronghold Leader's Health.
"I refuse to accept this! Just a little bit more, and I could have…" The Stronghold Leader's voice was filled with despair as he finally died, exploding and releasing a large amount of Abyss Crystals.
After Wang Linchi picked them all up, he counted a total of ten thousand. Combined with the 2,350 Abyss Crystals dropped earlier, Wang Linchi felt the total amount was staggering.
However, considering the difficulty—being hindered by other Players initially, needing sufficient attributes, and requiring a speed run—he realized upon careful reflection that it truly wasn't sothing current Players could clear.
[Dungeon completed. Rating: S-Rank]
[Congratulations to the Player for an additional 10% Abyss Crystals!]
Wang Linchi glanced at the evaluation, then at the extra 1,235 Abyss Crystals that had appeared out of nowhere, bringing his total to 13,585.
I wonder if others could get this many.
[World Announcent: Congratulations to Player Linchi for successfully clearing the Abyss Level of the Black Wind Stronghold...]
The announcent repeated three tis. Wang Linchi, who had already left the Black Wind Stronghold and returned to the "God-given World" dungeon settlent space, ignored the subsequent commotion and instead focused on one detail in the announcent.
The Abyss Level of the Black Wind Stronghold was now permanently closed; its highest difficulty was reduced to Nightmare Level.
So, once a Player resolves an Abyss incident, all parallel dungeons are simultaneously resolved.
Indeed, the mont he cleared the dungeon, all other Players still in an Abyss Level Black Wind Stronghold dungeon were ejected. However, they each received 100 Abyss Crystals as compensation.
The first-clear reward was a passive Skill applicable to all professions. It was max level upon learning, requiring no further leveling.
Wang Linchi hadn't claid it yet; instead, he began to exchange his other rewards. Only Abyss Crystals dropped within the dungeon; other items had to be exchanged for outside.
[First-Clear Reward · Unique]
[Card · i (0/1), Exchange Requirent: 1,000 Abyss Crystals]
[Card: Orchid (0/1), Exchange Requirent: 1,000 Abyss Crystals]
[Card · Zhu (0/1), Exchange Requirent: 1,000 Abyss Crystals]
[Card · Ju (0/1), Exchange Requirent: 1,000 Abyss Crystals]
[Card · Jade (0/1), Exchange Requirent: 1,000 Abyss Crystals]
Five Cards caught his eye. Each could only be exchanged once, and only by the Player who achieved the first clear.
Wang Linchi claid them all without hesitation. These Cards possessed effects and attributes corresponding to the five mission items he had previously acquired. They activated simply by being placed in the inventory and wouldn't be dropped upon death, as they were directly bound to his ga character.
The only limitation is that they likely only work when entering Abyss Level dungeons. It's improbable that Abyss-corrupted monsters will appear frequently in the "God-given World."
Further down was a recipe for Four Gentlen Wine—indeed, an upgraded version of the Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum wines Wang Linchi had obtained previously.
[Four Gentlen Wine: Health 10%, Mana 10%, Fixed Damage 10%, Damage Reduction 10%, Health regeneration per second 5%, Mana regeneration per second 5%, Skill Cooldown -10%, Casting Speed 10%, lasts until the dungeon ends]
The effects were quite good, and the ingredients were simple: just Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum. The only downside was that it could only be used in dungeons and specifically required Abyss Level difficulty; it was unusable in dungeons of other difficulties. It was half as expensive as the Cards, costing only 500 Abyss Crystals.
Naturally, Wang Linchi bought it imdiately without hesitation.
Next were the four brewing materials: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum. One Abyss Crystal could be exchanged for one set, which seed quite costly. However, upon closer examination, Wang Linchi discovered that these Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum were not ordinary plants but special varieties cultivated by the "Four Gentlen." They could be used as consumables with various effects, and if used to brew Four Gentlen Wine, they would double its potency.
The purchase limit was 1,000 sets per Player. He bought the maximum, costing another 1,000 Abyss Crystals.
Further down were the normal rewards for clearing dungeons. He had already redeed all the first-clear rewards.
As for equipnt, I'll skip that, Wang Linchi thought. But the items and Skills are worth a look.
There was no limit on redeeming these clear rewards. As long as one had enough Abyss Crystals, they could exchange for hundreds of pieces of equipnt.
There's only one Skill, huh? Well, I'll buy it,
There was only one Skill available for the Scholar Profession, nad Green Blood Red Qing.
[Active · Green Blood Red Qing LV1 (0/100)]
[Skill Description: Use Wenqi to initiate healing, restoring Health for teammates.]
It was a healing Skill, quite good at this stage. It restored a fixed 100 Health points, with additional healing based on the Spiritual Power and Root Bone attributes. Though it couldn't match the potency of dedicated healing professions, it was versatile, so its slightly lower output was understandable. Skills for other professions were also available, but they were all supportive active Skills.
I'll check the main city to spend my remaining Abyss Crystals, Wang Linchi decided, as there was nothing else he wanted to buy here. Most of the redeemable items could actually drop in the Nightmare Level of Black Wind Stronghold anyway.
This particular Skill was also a first-clear reward. That was right—if you were the first to clear a Nightmare Level dungeon, the boss would drop a profession-specific Skill. It was a one-ti drop, so if a team cleared it, each mber would naturally receive one. Of course, the dropped Skills were predetermined, not random. However, here in the Abyss Level reward exchange, one could redeem them again.
Well, it's not all for nothing. At least my Literary Warfare is maxed out,
Its effects were diocre, with the max level being only ten. Other Skills also maxed out at level ten. The Fixed Damage increased from 10 points to 100. Additional damage scaled with Spiritual Power and Root Bone, but considering the imnse difficulty in improving the three base attributes, he decided to disregard this aspect for now. Equipnt directly increased derived attributes like Attack Power, Defense, or Health, rather than the primary attributes like Root Bone, Spiritual Power, and Comprehension.
[World Announcent: Congratulations to Player Linchi for successfully clearing the Abyss Level of the Black Wind Stronghold...]
"How is this possible? Soone actually managed to clear the Abyss Difficulty Black Wind Stronghold so quickly!" A young Player, Ye Tian, exclaid, his face etched with shock after slaying a monster.
In my past life, it took a full year before top Players ford a temporary guild and jointly cleared Black Wind Stronghold, earning a hefty reward!
As a Reincarnator, Ye Tian naturally knew many secrets, such as the upcoming Abyss invasion and the truth behind the Abyss Difficulty. Once dungeons opened, Abyss Difficulty dungeons would continuously evolve. A year later in his previous tiline, Black Wind Stronghold was teeming with Abyssal Demons, and it was only thanks to Fourth Transfer Players that they were barely defeated.
It wasn't a matter of simply ignoring Abyss Difficulty and being fine. In ten years, during the Abyss invasion, these Abyss Difficulty dungeons would manifest directly in the real world. At that ti, ga characters would rge with humans—the strong would grow stronger, while the weak would be swallowed by the Abyss.
In his previous life, he was rely a low-level warrior who had perished in the Abyss Demon Tide. Reborn, he was now advancing rapidly, using his foreknowledge to beco the top Player. Next, he planned to rally all the top Players from his previous life to forge the strongest guild in the entire ga, aiming to resist the Abyss invasion ten years hence. As for other truths, he didn't know them; after all, he had only been a low-level warrior in his past life.
Of course, this life was different. Ard with divine equipnt and possessing the Talent known as Attribute Plunder, he could seize attributes from slain monsters and make them his own.
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