Chapter 311
Chapter 311. A New Scheme
Fulan looked at the ground. It seemed to be a fallen black, slender claw. Fulan picked it up with a Telekinetic Hand.
“Why is there even loot?”
Fulan rubbed her head, somewhat puzzled, then began carefully examining the thing from a distance.
The more she looked at it, the more she felt that this object was not ordinary.
The metallic luster on it was very unusual. It clearly looked like the claw of some large magical creature, yet her Extraordinary-level Forging knowledge told her otherwise.
“This is something forged from metal. The metal on it is highly unusual.”
Fulan looked at the claw and felt that this material seemed somewhat different.
She attached Sunflame to her bat, then slowly brought the bat closer.
When the red light came into contact with the black claw, the scene Fulan had imagined—where Sunflame melted the metal it touched—did not occur.
She looked at the point where the black claw and the Sunflame met in deep confusion. It seemed as though nothing had happened at all. The black surface had not changed in the slightest.
This was very abnormal, because ordinary metals, upon coming into contact with Sunflame, would be rapidly melted by Sunflame’s high temperature, and their surfaces would turn red.
However, this claw that seemed to have been forged from metal showed no such change at all.
Fulan hardened her heart and directly chopped downward with Sunflame, while using Telekinetic Hand to support the claw from the other side.
Then something that surprised Fulan occurred. Because the black claw was difficult for Telekinetic Hand to grip, it swayed downward when faced with the attack, then bounced back up.
This was very abnormal, because Sunflame was enough to melt all Second-Tier materials. Logically speaking, under Fulan’s heavy blow, the entire black claw should have been cut apart.
“This black claw is a Third-Tier material,” Fulan said, voicing her guess in great surprise.
She found her own speculation somewhat hard to believe, but after approaching and carefully examining it, then combining that with her own knowledge,
“This is definitely Third-Tier material.”
Fulan was both shocked and delighted. She had actually obtained a Third-Tier material here.
But after that joy, she began thinking about why this thing had appeared here.
Logically speaking, the things carried by ordinary Spirit Realm Excursionists would be taken back to the Material Realm with them when they died.
But Fulan also knew that if a Spirit Realm Excursionist of the Third Tier or above died in the Spirit Realm without special talent, then they would truly die, and even their corpse would remain in the Spirit Realm.
Moreover, when Third-Tier Spirit Realm Professionals entered the Spirit Realm, it was not like Fulan now, with her body becoming illusory. Instead, their entire person directly disappeared from the Material Realm.
This difference in how they entered the Spirit Realm gradually gave Fulan a guess.
“Could it be that Third-Tier and higher objects, under normal circumstances, cannot follow Spirit Realm Excursionists to the Material Realm?”
The more Fulan thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Then she looked at the black claw. If she said she did not want it, that would be a lie. Even she herself would not believe it.
At the same time, however, she was also extremely wary. After all, what normal person would carry something this important into the Spirit Realm?
Although this was not a finished product, so its price would be somewhat lower, no matter what, this kind of Third-Tier object had a floor price of at least ten thousand gold coins.
Would anyone truly carry ten thousand gold coins in and out of this trial at will? Although the trial participants here basically could not cause trouble for Emissaries, it was hard to guarantee that other Emissaries would not grow greedy over this object.
Furthermore, Third-Tier objects in the Spirit Realm were practically priceless and unavailable.
Although Fulan currently had more than ten tons of Spirit Crystals, which corresponded to several million gold coins, the market of the Spirit Realm was simply too small.
In truth, she also knew that if she really converted all these Spirit Crystals into gold coins, it would absolutely cause the value of Spirit Crystals to continue falling.
After all, Spirit Crystals could only be used in the Spirit Realm. Many Professionals did not even know there was a market in the Spirit Realm.
Even the origin and uses of Spirit Crystals were not trusted by Professionals. They did not know where Spirit Crystals specifically came from, nor what they could do besides serve as currency.
Furthermore, ordinary Spirit Crystals had no effect on Professionals, not even First-Tier Professionals.
This also meant that if not for the fact that Spirit Realm markets all used Spirit Crystals as Spirit Realm currency, they absolutely would not use this kind of crystal as currency.
As for the Lord of Radiance, he had directly plundered the Emerald Market’s inventory accumulated over a hundred years to obtain so many Spirit Crystals.
Of course, it was not entirely true to say these Spirit Crystals were useless. If one had good luck and was willing to pay a high price, it was also possible to exchange them for high-tier materials in the Spirit Realm.
But at that point, Spirit Crystals might not necessarily be used for settlement. One would have to persuade the other party to accept Spirit Crystals as payment, because not everyone had the ability to convert these things into Material Realm currency.
Everyone lived in the Material Realm, and almost everyone acknowledged the value of gold coins. This was something Spirit Crystals could not compare with.
Returning to Fulan, she was holding the black claw and studying it closely. She truly did not want to give up this material that might be Third-Tier.
“I should make some insurance preparations.”
Fulan raised her bat and moved it up and down over the black claw, pressing close to the claw’s surface and roasting it with Sunflame.
Although Sunflame could not deform this black claw, Sunflame’s high temperature was no joke.
No matter what trap was attached to it, as long as it was not made from the same metal, Sunflame’s high temperature would be enough to warp everything.
After roasting it with Sunflame, Fulan also used quite a few detection spells, all of which showed that there was no problem with the claw.
Only then did her heart relax slightly. However, she still remained wary for the time being when it came to using this material.
“After the trial ends, I will first go to the Radiant Domain and have the Lord of Radiance take a few looks at it. Then I will leave it there for a few days and see.”
Then Fulan wrapped the object in her robe and put it away.
After resolving this minor episode, Fulan finally focused her attention on the sky. That was the place she needed to pay attention to most right now.
“After I killed those three just now, there should only be six Emissaries left. The number of people I need to clear out is less than half now.”
Thinking this, Fulan relaxed slightly. But when she looked upward, the happiness she had felt from having already killed so many Emissaries was swept away completely.
She saw that in one place above, four yellow dots had gathered together, while the other two yellow dots remained scattered.
“What is wrong with these Emissaries? Why have they gathered together? Do they not need to go clear out those trial participants?”
Fulan widened her eyes. She had not expected to see such a scene. By now, she even suspected that the news that she was hunting those Emissaries had been exposed, which was why these Emissaries had gathered together.
But after thinking about it again, she felt that was not very likely, because Zari had told her that inside the trial, it was absolutely impossible for those gods to transmit information.
Only then did she relax. She believed that the eliminated Emissaries would not be able to report this scene back to their gods, then use communication between gods to let the Emissaries inside the trial know about it.
On this point, she chose to trust Zari. Moreover, the gathering of these four Emissaries had already happened. Now was not the time to investigate the reason.
“Just the three Emissaries from before were already somewhat difficult for me to handle together, and that was with me launching a sneak attack.”
These Emissaries all possessed abilities different from ordinary Professionals, which meant that when Fulan fought them, she had to be careful of those abilities.
And their abilities were not things that could be handled simply by being careful. Many times, there was simply no way to guard against them, and she could only endure them head-on. Cyril’s technique release just now was one such example. Fulan had no time to stop him at all.
Even when she encountered many Emissaries, if Fulan could not defeat them in one strike, she would be hindered by their strange abilities.
This made Fulan sigh again.
“Why is my Emissary ability only healing? The other Emissaries have so many tricks.”
After complaining, Fulan began planning how she should deal with this four-Emissary team.
“First of all, if I attack by force, I still have a considerable chance of victory. And if I learn the abilities of those four Emissaries, my chance of victory will rise further.”
But to be honest, she still had a significant probability of failure. After all, Fulan had already witnessed the power of those Emissaries.
“It would be best to mix in first, then split them apart. Even if I only split off one person, I can directly make my move.”
Fulan analyzed the situation calmly. Then she looked toward the other two yellow dots. These two yellow dots were somewhat farther away and had not gathered together.
“Also, these two Emissaries need to be dealt with first. I cannot let them join up with those four Emissaries. Otherwise, if conflict really breaks out, I have no possibility of winning.”
Fulan decided to first resolve those two separated Emissaries and leave the four gathered Emissaries for last.
Fulan also looked toward the second-red orb. That was where the second trial was located. Although its position was somewhat remote, she intended to go directly and complete the second trial after dealing with these two Emissaries.
Finally, she looked once more toward the four gathered Emissaries, her eyes filled with doubt.
“Why did those four Emissaries gather together?”
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“Why are you following me?”
Heather turned around and looked at the three gathered Emissaries with great curiosity.
After all, the thing they should be doing right now was hunting those trial participants, was it not? Logically speaking, when Emissaries like them encountered one another, they only needed to greet each other. There was no need to gather together at all.
Moreover, Rachel was one thing. She knew Heather, and she was not someone enthusiastic about doing work to begin with, so wanting to travel with Heather was very normal. But Heather did not know the other two Emissaries at all.
The thin man wearing a gray short robe and long trousers on his lower body said,
“I should stay in this team. This is the best situation for me.”
Then he stopped speaking.
Beside him, the woman wearing a purple robe, with red hair tucked beneath her hood, said,
“I did not come here to stop someone from passing the trial. I came to find an Emissary of a god, and Heather, you just so happen to have met that Emissary.”
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