“Th–This… gulp!” Ning Xingxue swallowed hard.
She felt a bit uncertain, unsure whether Bai Qiu truly wanted to trade or was subtly trying to intimidate her.
After all, he had placed all the skill cards directly on A-Yuan’s head.
She wondered if she should just obediently hand over all the Dense Soil.
Fortunately, Bai Qiu continued, “These cards are all skill books. I can’t use any of them. If you’re interested, you can trade for them. If not, that’s fine too.”
It seemed he truly wanted to trade, not hint that they should offer tribute.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
They were really scaring themselves—fighting psychological battles with the air.
Summoning her courage, Ning Xingxue carefully picked up one of the cards.
Her eyes darted nervously between Bai Qiu and A-Yuan.
If Bai Qiu showed even the slightest displeasure, she would immediately put the card back and hand over the soil.
She successfully picked up the skill card.
A-Yuan didn’t move, and Bai Qiu didn’t even look at her—he was busy interacting with A-Yuan instead.
He stroked A-Yuan’s cheek, and A-Yuan squinted its eyes in comfort.
Ning Xingxue let out a long breath.
As expected, her worries had been unnecessary.
Bai Qiu truly had noble character—you couldn’t judge his actions by common standards.
She glanced at the skill card’s description.
In just a split second, her eyes widened.
She blurted out eagerly, “I’ll trade! I’ll give you all of my share of the Dense Soil! I want this skill card! Wait! I still have 9,000 Sanctum Coins on me—I’ll add them too!”
“What kind of skill is that to make you react like this?” Huang Qi asked curiously.
Even Zhao Daqiang was stretching his neck to listen.
“I sent the basic info in the team chat. Check it yourself!” Ning Xingxue said quickly.
The moment she finished speaking, she clicked to learn the skill, cutting off any possibility that Huang Qi or the others could snatch it.
Bai Qiu felt a bit speechless.
It was a Skeleton Summoning Skill Card, indeed the most practical one among the cards he had.
But he didn’t expect Ning Xingxue to be so enthusiastic as to trade all her Dense Soil for it—and even offer all her Sanctum Coins on top.
That was a little outrageous.
But a trade was a trade.
He had taken out everything of proportional value that he possessed.
As long as she felt it was worth it, that was enough.
And her luck was insane.
She had casually picked the most useful card out of the pile.
The rest were either watered-down versions or skills that couldn’t be used at the moment.
“Holy crap! Brother Bai, how could you just put out such an unbelievably powerful card for trade?! Ten obedient elite-level summons! Damn, that’s basically a one-man squad!”
Huang Qi beat his chest in regret, overwhelmed with envy and frustration.
Ten elite monsters!
Any one of them would make them turn and run—ignoring relics and items, elite monsters’ attributes weren’t lower than theirs.
Even Zhao Daqiang was stunned.
He didn’t expect Bai Qiu to treat a C-rank skill card as something he couldn’t use.
But then he calmed down—considering Bai Qiu’s combat strength, it made sense.
With that bow in his hands, even a hundred elite monsters might not die faster than by Bai Qiu’s arrows alone.
But they were different.
They neither had Bai Qiu’s stats nor his weapon.
The combined strength of ten elite monsters was never something to underestimate at any time—and they could even grow with her level!
With this, Ning Xingxue, who had originally been only slightly ahead, might completely surpass both him and Huang Qi thanks to this skill.
By then, the strongest player in Zone 2243 would undoubtedly be Ning Xingxue!
Huang Qi and Zhao Daqiang quickly looked at the remaining cards on A-Yuan’s head, terrified of missing out on such a heaven-sent opportunity.
In the end, they were both disappointed.
Huang Qi gritted his teeth and said, “Damn it, the best one was actually picked by you on your first try. Damn!”
“Haha, Little Qi, watch your tone. Otherwise, just my ten little underlings could pin you down and beat you up—believe it or not?” Ning Xingxue finally relaxed after seeing Huang Qi’s disgruntled expression.
Indeed, her choice had been correct.
She had been a little too excited earlier, but fortunately, her luck was as good as always.
After saying that, she summoned a Dragonfang Cavalry Skeleton.
In the next moment, a skeletal warhorse and a humanoid skeleton appeared before everyone.
The skeletal horse looked at Ning Xingxue and lowered its proud head on its own.
Even the humanoid skeleton placed its cone-shaped lance on the ground and half-knelt before her, as if viewing the human in front of them as their true liege.
They waited faithfully for Ning Xingxue’s next command—like the most loyal of knights.
This made Ning Xingxue’s smile grow even brighter.
If Bai Qiu weren’t standing right here, she would probably be laughing even louder than he had a moment ago.
Huang Qi’s expression changed.
The cooler the Dragonfang Cavalry Skeleton looked, the more jealous he became, because Ning Xingxue could summon ten of such stylish elite units!
It perfectly embodied the saying: “It’s one thing to fear your brother’s hardships—what’s worse is your brother driving a luxury SUV.”
It used to be just a meme, but he didn’t expect to personally experience it one day!
He gritted his teeth and said, “Brother Bai, I want this D-rank War Mount Summon! How about I trade 95 units of Dense Soil for it? I’ll keep five units for myself?”
Zhao Daqiang could only shake his head helplessly.
These two sworn rivals were really going at it.
Now he was definitely going to be the slowest one to develop.
The remaining skill cards weren’t exactly useless, but he simply had no way of using them.
Instead of trading for a card he might never use in his lifetime, he might as well exchange more resources from Bai Qiu.
Bai Qiu was stunned.
He didn’t expect that after the best Skeleton Summon was bought by Ning Xingxue, even the downgraded War Mount Summon would be snatched up by Huang Qi—and he was even offering 95 units of Dense Soil.
Bai Qiu shook his head slightly.
That value was completely disproportionate.
Even if Huang Qi volunteered the price, he obviously had no idea what 95 units of Dense Soil were actually worth.
Each unit of Dense Soil was worth 2,000 Sanctum Coins.
95 units equaled 190,000 Sanctum Coins, while a D-rank War Mount Summon was worth at most five units of Dense Soil.
Zhao Daqiang asked, “Brother Bai, can I exchange my Dense Soil for meat resources and Sanctum Coins with you? What conversion ratio would be fair in your opinion?”
Bai Qiu nodded. “Sure. One unit of Dense Soil is worth 2,000 Sanctum Coins, but I don’t have that many Sanctum Coins on me. I can only exchange up to thirty units.”
“Hiss…” Zhao Daqiang sucked in a sharp breath.
He did not expect Dense Soil to be worth so much in Bai Qiu’s eyes—and the fact that Bai Qiu was able to exchange thirty units meant he actually had enough on hand!
Bai Qiu then turned to Huang Qi and said, “Sorry, but I can’t accept your offer of 95 units of Dense Soil for this War Mount Summon.”
“Huh? Why?” Huang Qi was completely confused.
Why was he suddenly not allowed to trade anymore?
Could it be… that he wasn’t offering enough?
— The end of the Chapter–
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