Secret Realm, Doomsday City.
After slaying the Scorpion Leader, Zhang Yue approached its corpse to collect the loot.
The drop rate of a Lord Monster is significantly higher than that of a Common Monster!
As Zhang Yue reached out to touch the loot, a series of system notifications echoed in his ears:
"Ding~ You picked up 125 Copper Coins!"
"Ding~ You picked up the equipment [Lord's Ring]!"
"Ding~ You picked up 1-star [Equipment Blueprint] x2!"
"Ding~ You picked up 1-level [Meat Chunk] x5!"
At that moment, a purple barrier appeared beside Zhang Yue with a "whoosh."
Zhang Yue stepped through the barrier and left the Secret Realm.
"1.25 Silver Coins, equivalent to 140 Silver Coins in the First World… Hmm, that's enough for a hot pot meal."
Zhang Yue opened his storage space and took out a silver ring.
A level 7 Lord's Ring, 1-star quality, with white attributes. Apart from adding 10 points of attack power, it had no other effects.
However, when Zhang Yue spent 3865 points of Psionic Energy to refine the Lord's Ring from white to gold attributes, the value of the entire piece of equipment soared to new heights!
[Glory · Lord's Battle Ring] (lv7)
[Quality: 1-star]
[Attributes: Gold]
[Attack Power: +35]
[Bonus: Strength +3]
[Profession: None]
[Effect: Penetration (The wearer's attacks ignore 20 points of the enemy's defense)]
[Description: A ring forged from the Scorpion King's hard teeth, with excellent damage effects…]
This ring could significantly boost Zhang Yue's damage output.
The only downside was that the bonus was to Strength; if it were Intelligence, it would be perfect!
For now, the level 7 equipment would go back into his bag.
Next, Zhang Yue took out the most valuable item he had obtained in the Secret Realm.
[Secret Realm Scroll] (lv5)
[Quality: Black Iron Grade] (Can be upgraded to Bronze Grade by consuming 1000 points of Psionic Energy)
[Guaranteed reward upon opening: 5 Silver Coins]
[Reward upon opening: Black Iron Grade Bounty Mission]
Bounty missions offer very generous rewards and are far more valuable than ordinary missions!
Just now, someone in the regional channel had already offered 3000 bucks to buy the Secret Realm Scroll from Zhang Yue.
But Zhang Yue knew: even a Black Iron Grade Secret Realm Scroll was worth far more than that!
Moreover, a Secret Realm Scroll that could be upgraded by consuming Psionic Energy had limitless value in Zhang Yue's hands!
Zhang Yue immediately began upgrading the scroll.
"Ding~ Consumed 1000 points of Psionic Energy, congratulations, your Secret Realm Scroll has been upgraded from Black Iron Grade to Bronze Grade!"
"Ding~ Consumed 2000 points of Psionic Energy, congratulations, your Secret Realm Scroll has been upgraded from Bronze Grade to Silver Grade!"
"Ding…"
"Ding~ Consumed points of Psionic Energy, congratulations, your Secret Realm Scroll has been upgraded from Starshine Grade to King Grade (highest grade)!"
[Secret Realm Scroll] (lv5)
[Quality: King Grade]
[Guaranteed reward upon opening: 1 Gold Coin]
[Reward upon opening: lv5 King Grade Bounty Mission]
Although no one knew where the Otherworld came from, it had to be said: its comprehensive settings and rules were almost flawless!
For newcomers hoping to have high-level Professionals who entered the Otherworld earlier help refine low-level equipment or upgrade low-level Secret Realm Scrolls, the idea was good since high-level Professionals could acquire Psionic Energy more easily, but it wasn't allowed.
Because in the Otherworld, Professionals couldn't refine or upgrade equipment or Secret Realm Scrolls more than 3 levels below their own, perfectly blocking this "loophole"!
Thus, according to records: in the hundred-year history of the Otherworld, no King Grade Secret Realm Scroll had ever appeared in the First World!
"The market value of this level 5 King Grade Secret Realm Scroll must be over 100,000!"
Unfortunately, Zhang Yue viewed money as mere dirt.
He immediately crushed the scroll.
"Ding~ You used a lv5 King Grade Secret Realm Scroll, Gold Coin +1! Congratulations, you received the Bounty Mission [Save the Survivors] (King Grade). Please complete the mission within the allotted time to receive generous rewards!"
He opened the mission interface.
[Save the Survivors] (Bounty Mission/King Grade)
[Difficulty Coefficient: 100]
[Description: Darkness covers the land, monsters revive, and humanity faces disaster. Please find the survivor Ellie in the First World · Nightmare Source and safely escort her to the Safe Zone in Doomsday Town.]
[Reward: ?]
[Remaining Time: 24 hours (Failure to complete the mission within this time will result in permanent mission disappearance)]
"What kind of good rewards can a King Grade Bounty Mission offer?"
With a sense of anticipation, Zhang Yue opened the map and followed the mission guide to his destination: the lv10 Rage Forest!
On the way to Rage Forest, Zhang Yue harvested Ironclad Scorpions of levels 7 and 8, gaining experience.
***
By the time Zhang Yue crossed the city area and spent about half an hour reaching the dense forest of Rage Forest on the outskirts, he had leveled up from 5 to 6 and was only 8% away from level 7!
"A level 10 Berserk Boar, with my current state, won't be easy to solo."
Standing outside Rage Forest, Zhang Yue checked his status bar and muttered.
"But once I reach level 7 and equip the Lord's Battle Ring, it should be manageable."
With that thought, Zhang Yue entered Rage Forest.
In the dark, dense forest, huge boars with bristly manes roamed around, making "snort snort" sounds.
Zhang Yue used Scouting and found that he couldn't see the boar's data!
"Right, D-grade Scouting can only view data of monsters not more than 3 levels higher than oneself. This boar exceeds that.
Hmm, I forgot to upgrade Scouting."
Saying this, Zhang Yue immediately consumed 1 million points of Psionic Energy to upgrade Scouting from D-grade to A-grade!
A-grade Scouting could view data of monsters not more than 10 levels higher than oneself!
The next moment, he locked onto a bristly boar and used Scouting:
[Berserk Boar] (Physical Type · Common Monster)
[Level: 10]
[Physical Attack Power: 100]
[Physical Defense: 68]
[Magic Defense: 65]
[Health Points: 720]
[Skills: Berserk, Charge]
[Description: A boar in berserk state is not to be trifled with. Before approaching it, consider whether you can withstand a 500-kilogram impact…]
"The mission NPC should be deep in this forest. Looks like I'll have to deal with you guys first!"
Saying this, Zhang Yue raised his Flame Pioneer Staff and targeted a Berserk Boar blocking his path, initiating an attack.
Fireball!
Boom!
A scorching fireball traced a perfect arc and landed on the boar.
-123!
-20 Burn!
-15 Burn!
Seeing this damage, Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
The defense of a level 10 boar was too high!
Even as a Mythic Grade Mage with 4 Intelligence points, wielding a gold-attribute staff and using A-grade Fireball, he barely made a dent!
The reason was simple: Zhang Yue's level was too low.
At this moment, the boar, in pain, "snorted" and charged towards Zhang Yue!
Zhang Yue's level 5 Ironclad Scorpion would be mere cannon fodder against a level 10 boar, too low-level to be of any use.
So, Zhang Yue stripped the Iron Armor · Hero Guard from the Ironclad Scorpion and equipped it himself, then faced the boar head-on!
Boom!
Boom!
Fireball!
Zhang Yue dodged the boar's charges with precise positioning while continuously attacking with his staff.
A series of "miss" appeared above Zhang Yue's head.
21 points of Agility greatly enhanced Zhang Yue's maneuverability!
One fireball after another landed on the boar, causing multiple damage numbers to appear:
-44!
-66 Critical!
-123…
Despite the 4-level gap, Zhang Yue finally managed to take down the Berserk Boar after considerable effort!
"Ding~ You killed a level 10 Berserk Boar, Experience Points +40, Psionic Energy +!"
"Ding~ Congratulations, during the process of killing the Berserk Boar, you triggered the Necromancer profession effect [Soul Harvest]. Do you want to take the [Berserk Boar] as a pet?"
Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan
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