Chapter 67 : Chapter 67
Chapter 67: All Students Unite!
A single piece of equipment triggered the effects of two Traits at once!
Now it did more than just increase attributes. Once enough equipment had been eaten, it could even yield brand-new gear!
Ye Ze felt as though the few pieces of equipment in his backpack had instantly doubled in value.
In his excitement, Ye Ze began pondering the effect of ‘Equipment Shredder’:
“The higher the quality of the equipment destroyed, the greater the chance of getting higher-quality equipment...”
“Then I’ll start by testing it with the lowest-quality pieces first.”
For this first test, he planned to find out just how high the odds were of producing Legendary equipment.
If this attempt failed, he could still use the seven highest-quality pieces for a second trial and roughly determine the threshold for producing Legendary equipment.
Even the lowest-quality ones were still all one- and two-star Epic items!
Panda swallowed the six Epic items one bite at a time. Anyone else watching would have been heartsick.
【You Are What You Eat! —】
【Gained: Strength +20, Fire Element Mastery +20%!】
【Gained: Agility +18, Wind Element Mastery +18%!】
【Gained: Spirit +9, Constitution +9, Lightning Element Mastery +18%!】
【……】
For things of the same type, like the equipment he was feeding it now, the more times they were eaten, the smaller the attribute gains became.
It was like a bottle of cola. The first sip was always the most satisfying, but the pleasure diminished with every mouthful until the very last drop.
Of course, the attributes gained were still considerable.
Especially when the final Epic item was eaten...
【Equipment Shredder — Seven pieces of equipment destroyed. New equipment obtained: Raging Tide!】
As the notification appeared, a burst of golden light erupted before Panda.
After the flash, as if a gift box had been opened, a short blade dropped out and stabbed into the ground.
The blade was deep blue, and a mysterious gleam flowed across its edge like layer upon layer of surging waves.
【Raging Tide】
Level: 15
Quality: Golden Legend☆
Attributes: Damage Multiplier 210%, Strength +40, Agility +40, Ignores 30% of Defense
Special Effect: Each attack additionally unleashes a crescent wave slash. Damage = (Strength + Agility) * 200%
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It really had yielded Legendary equipment!
Ye Ze could not help getting excited, though considering the price he had paid, it was only reasonable.
Six Epic items and one Outstanding-grade item... their market price was over twenty million!
“At the very least, this proves that roughly six Epic items can produce one Legendary item.”
If he had destroyed them directly, Ye Ze would definitely have felt the pain.
But Panda had eaten them first and gained attributes, so calling the equipment a free bonus would not be much of an exaggeration.
This was a huge profit!
That said, none of his combat-oriented summoned beasts were particularly suited to equipping a short blade.
Ye Ze chose to give it to the squirrel...
With this Legendary weapon replacing the Rare-grade Crimson Demon Blade, its combat power rose by another huge margin.
Now, even one of his support-type summoned beasts had terrifying combat power.
The seven remaining pieces of equipment in his backpack were no longer low-star Epics. Every one of them was three stars or higher!
“I wonder what kind of equipment this round will produce!”
Ye Ze handed the remaining seven over to Panda as well...
【You Are What You Eat! —】
【Gained: Constitution +25, Physical Damage Resistance +20%!】
【……】
【Equipment Shredder — Seven pieces of equipment destroyed. New equipment obtained: Immovable as a Mountain!】
This time, the golden light produced a suit of armor.
Its main tone was antique bronze, with golden patterns running through its metallic sheen like mountain ridges, giving it a heavy and solid presence.
【Immovable as a Mountain】
Level: 15
Quality: Legendary☆☆☆☆
Attributes: Defense +300, Strength +40, Constitution +60, Flat Damage Reduction +100
Special Effect: Actively unfolds a ‘Mountain Force’ shield that can absorb 10000 damage, while greatly reducing Lightning- and Water-element damage.
Set (1/6)
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A four-star Legendary piece!
Compared to a high-star Epic armor of the same level, its attributes were twice as high!
And it was actually part of a set!
If he could collect all six pieces of this Legendary set, the set bonus would surely be astonishing!
As for who should receive this armor...
Ye Ze hesitated between the mantis and Panda, but in the end, he gave it to Panda, whose role was closer to that of a Warrior.
At this point, with Panda’s current attributes, it was almost approaching the fourth rank!
Just as Ye Ze was preparing to look for his next prey, however, the third layer of the Ancient Battlefield had already opened...
...
【Current remaining participants: 40!】
【The third layer of the Ancient Battlefield is now open!】
【Vanguard City has opened! Points gained for killing enemies are doubled!】
“Forty people left!”
“Another forty got eliminated that fast?”
Duan Tianchen, the captain of Central China’s First Team, dressed in scarlet robes, could not help frowning.
Although Central China’s First Team had remained firmly in first place on the leaderboard in overall points...
He still sensed something ominous.
“There are only this many kill points on the rankings, so why have so many people died?”
Wan Sen asked in confusion.
After all, Ye Ze had killed nearly twenty more people in a very short time, causing a serious mismatch between the points and the death count.
“Could it be that some danger has invaded the dungeon?”
“That shouldn’t be possible...”
Duan Tianchen was still thinking when, with the opening of the Ancient Battlefield’s third layer, everyone’s position shifted once more.
This time, the five members of Central China’s First Team were actually teleported directly in front of the five members of North China’s First Team!
The two powerhouse teams had been dropped almost face-to-face!
Duan Tianchen cut off his train of thought and looked toward the opposing captain, Chu He. His narrow eyes were as sharp as a hawk’s.
“So it’s you?”
“How about it? Let me see what the ‘Painter’ can do.”
At this moment, besides the giant turtle beneath them, a blazing fire dragon was soaring at Chu He’s side.
“You think I’m afraid of you?”
Even against Central China, widely acknowledged as the strongest, Chu He’s fighting spirit did not diminish. All ten people tensed, ready to move.
But just then, two figures suddenly teleported over...
“Wait, don’t fight yet!”
The battle that was on the verge of breaking out was abruptly stopped by the arriving Liu Anran and Luo Yao.
Chu He was stunned, and even Duan Tianchen looked confused.
“Liu Anran? Where’s the rest of your second team...”
As fellow teams from Central China, Duan Tianchen understood the strength of the second team.
With Liu Anran and Leng Feng’s combat power, even if they had been attacked by multiple teams, they should have been able to retreat safely...
So how had they ended up in such a miserable state?
“Listen to me first! There’s an instructor inside the dungeon, and he’s absurdly strong!”
“I suspect this is a special mission arranged by headquarters!”
Liu Anran swiftly and methodically began explaining the situation.
During her escape, she had thought through many things. Ye Ze’s strength in particular had been far too outrageous!
The only possible explanation was that this was the work of headquarters or the military!
As it happened, while she had been at headquarters, Liu Anran had heard that large-scale operations by the Abyss Fiends were becoming more and more frequent...
Maybe this was headquarters’ way of testing their coordinated team combat ability!
That had to be it!
Liu Anran concisely explained what had happened and gave her opinion. People capable of serving as tacticians were usually eloquent.
“Therefore, all the students should unite first!”
“Only by working together can we defeat him!”
Hearing her words, both Duan Tianchen and Chu He fell into thought...
...
On the other side of the Ancient Battlefield’s third layer.
The blue-haired Fu Wanjun looked seriously at Bai Wei, the Spellblade from East China’s First Team, and said,
“So, do you understand now?”
“The reason the students are being eliminated so quickly, and why the kill points don’t match up... it has to be that instructor’s doing!”
“If we don’t cooperate, then the next time we run into that instructor, we’ll definitely be eliminated!”
Around them, their other four teammates each stood ready for battle. If the two captains failed to come to an agreement, a fight could break out at any moment.
Bai Wei was silent for a moment before firing off one question after another:
“The instructor you’re talking about—is he really that strong?”
“He can instantly kill a level 40 Fiend General.”
“How do you know?”
“I saw him twice with my own eyes—once in the Contaminated Land, and once outside the dungeon!”
“You’re not lying to me?”
“I swear on the creed of the ‘Thunderblade’ class!”
At that, Bai Wei no longer hesitated. “Fine. I’ll work with you for now!”
“After we kill that instructor, then you and I can settle our match.”
“That’s more like it!”
Fu Wanjun relaxed a great deal, and the two of them bumped fists.
South China’s First Team and East China’s First Team officially formed an alliance.
...
Inside the Monitoring Division, the expressions on the faces of the executives and those in charge were rather strange...
“This was supposed to be a dungeon trial for the students.”
“How did it turn into a boss fight so fast?”