Bai Qiu sent her an additional reply: “I can handle this matter myself. For now, I’ll go check out the new features the system has released.”
She didn’t reply instantly—she was probably either climbing the Tower of Heaven or farming secret realms.
He couldn’t afford to fall behind either…
Following the system’s guidance, Bai Qiu first went to the area behind the Sanctuary Black Tower.
Amid the massive crowd, he found something rather unusual.
Comprehensive Player Rankings (Zones 2200–2250)
Level Ranking — #1: Bai Qiu, Level 31
Equipment Ranking — #1: Bai Qiu, Skyward Battle Armor, Quality C++
Weapon Ranking — #1: Li Qingshan, Spiral Mountain-Crushing Sword, C+
Wave Points Ranking — #1: Bai Qiu, 3.02 million
Beast Companion Ranking — #1: Bai Qiu, Pseudo-King-tier Beast
Tower of Heaven Ranking — #1: Zhang Shiyao, Floor 46
Out of the six major rankings, Bai Qiu dominated four of them.
At first, he had been somewhat reluctant—after all, the system was exposing him so openly.
Having just been backstabbed, he didn’t want to reveal too many of his trump cards.
But after seeing the weekly rewards, he felt that sometimes, being high-profile wasn’t such a bad thing.
Players in the top 10 of each ranking will receive different weekly rewards based on their ranking. The top three will receive additional bonuses!
Top 10 in Level Ranking:
After weekly settlement, players will gain a 20% EXP boost lasting one week.
- 3rd place: Boost increased to 50%
- 2nd place: On top of that, receive one C-grade item
- 1st place: In addition to all of the above, gain +1 random attribute point
Top 10 in Equipment Ranking:
After weekly settlement, players will receive C-grade equipment ore (starting at 10 units for 10th place, increasing by rank).
- 3rd place: 25 units + 1 Transcendent Equipment Ore
- 2nd place: 30 units + (same as 3rd) + 1 piece of a Transcendent Equipment Set Blueprint
- Maintain rank for 8 consecutive weeks to obtain a full set blueprint
- If interrupted, future blueprints may differ or repeat
- 1st place: 50 units + all rewards from 2nd & 3rd + 1 random attribute point
Top 10 in Weapon Ranking:
Rewards are similar to the Equipment Ranking (C-grade weapon ore, etc.), so omitted…
Top 10 in Wave Points Ranking:
This ranking only updates when the next wave occurs—no weekly rewards. Instead, one-time rewards are distributed based on ranking:
- 10th place — Huang Qi: +1 random attribute point
- 9th place — Ye Lingtian: +2 random attribute points
- 8th place — Huang Yong: +3 random attribute points
….
3rd place — Li Qingshan: (points), reward: 8 random attribute points, plus 1 special privilege purchase slot in the Wave Shop.
2nd place — Zhang Shiyao: (points), reward: 9 random attribute points, plus 2 special privilege purchase slots in the Wave Shop.
1st place — Bai Qiu: 3.02 million points, reward: 10 random attribute points, plus 3 special privilege purchase slots in the Wave Shop.
Beast Companion Ranking — 1st place: Weekly rewards: ×10 Bloodline Enhancement Potions, ×1 Construction Enhancement Blueprint, ×1 Transcendent Attribute Designation Blueprint, +1 assignable attribute point for beast companion.
Tower of Heaven — 1st place: Weekly reward: 1 Transcendent Item Card Fragment. Holding the top rank for three consecutive weeks grants one complete Transcendent Item Card.
2nd place reward: 9 Transcendent fragments. A total of 30 fragments are required to combine them using a repair voucher to obtain a complete Transcendent Item Card.
“Interesting,” Bai Qiu remarked after reading through everything, then walked straight toward the Wave Shop.
As nearby players spread the news of Bai Qiu’s arrival, they all made way for him, allowing him to pass through the crowded area without squeezing.
It was quite a pleasant experience—basically VIP treatment.
“Dominating four rankings on the server—Boss Bai Qiu is insane!”
“Just wait, Boss Bai Qiu will definitely take first place in the Tower of Heaven too! Might even dominate all six rankings!”
“Front row for a photo!”
“Taking a screenshot!”
“Damn! You fat guy in front, that’s enough already—I want a photo too, okay?!”
“If you’re weak, you’re weak—train more! If you can’t squeeze in, stop whining!”
…
The Wave Shop had no Supporters or NPCs.
Instead, it was a three-meter-tall, diamond-shaped golden crystal.
By touching it, players could access the shop interface and purchase items using points.
Bai Qiu had slept for an entire day, so the queue wasn’t too long.
And when players saw that it was him, they eagerly pulled him forward, letting him cut in line to make his purchase.
No one felt dissatisfied.
Instead, the overwhelming enthusiasm of the players left Bai Qiu both flattered and… slightly uneasy.
“Hehe, I touched Bai Qiu! Tonight I’m definitely using this hand…” a female player said dreamily.
“Heh, I touched him too—the armor feels amazing. Gonna go back and brag to the guys,” a male player joked, making the surrounding crowd shudder in disgust as they cursed:
“Pervert!”
“Creep!”
“Disgusting guy!”
….
Touching the three-meter-tall, diamond-shaped golden crystal, a pop-up window appeared before Bai Qiu—visible only to him.
Enter the Wave Points Shop?
Yes.
With a thought, Bai Qiu entered directly.
The items sold in the Wave Shop were divided into tiers: miscellaneous (unranked), F-grade, E-grade, D-grade, C-grade, B-grade, and special privilege purchase slots.
Bai Qiu quickly skimmed through the unranked miscellaneous section.
They were mostly everyday items from before the calamity, usually priced between 1 and 50 points.
F-grade items ranged from 5 to 100 points. The cheapest were medicinal raw materials, while the most expensive were accessories.
E-grade items were priced between 50 and 1,000 points, D-grade between 200 and 5,000 points, and C-grade started from 2,000 points and above.
It was clear that ordinary players could barely afford D-grade items at best.
After all, even those who didn’t kill a single monster during the tide would still receive a guaranteed 1,000 points.
As for C-grade items, fewer than five hundred players in each safe zone could afford them—let alone the B-grade shop.
The reason Bai Qiu skimmed through every tier was mainly to look for potions that could enhance elemental affinity and resistance.
By the time he reached the C-grade shop, he ended up buying nearly a hundred of each type of elemental affinity and resistance potion, spending over 80,000 wave points.
This completely filled all the slots in his spatial ring.
Bai Qiu also discovered a storage-type item—but it was ridiculously expensive.
Spatial Bracelet — C-grade
Provides 3 cubic meters of storage space.
Price: 50,000 wave points
That’s right—just 3 cubic meters.
If used to store potions or other miscellaneous items, it would fill up quickly.
However, Bai Qiu had already analyzed this before: items without slot limits had enormous potential.
He could convert dropped equipment and skill cards into card form using storage cards, pack them into a backpack, and then place the backpack into the spatial bracelet.
In that case, the 3-cubic-meter bracelet could actually hold a massive number of weapons, equipment, and skill cards—so many that once he bought it, he wouldn’t need to use the trading market as a temporary storage anymore.
No matter what dropped, he could just convert it into cards and store it.
So without hesitation, he purchased the spatial bracelet and equipped it.
In total, Bai Qiu spent nearly 100,000 points in the C-grade shop, buying the bracelet along with numerous elemental affinity and resistance potions.
He had actually been somewhat conservative here.
If he bought 100 units of every potion, it would cost at least 400,000 points…
With less than 3 million points remaining, he decided to first check what the B-grade items had to offer.
Opening the B-grade shop, Bai Qiu found that it only sold three kinds of materials—and their prices were outrageously high.
Materials:
- Star Iron — 50,000 wave points per unit (Transcendent material)
- Star Silver — 50,000 wave points per unit (Transcendent material)
- Star Gold — 100,000 wave points per unit (Transcendent material)
At present, only these three materials were available.
The basic description of Star Iron: an extremely dense iron ore that is incredibly hard and heavy. One unit measures 12 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 4 cm in height, with a weight of 150 kg.
Bai Qiu’s current Purgatory Darkflame Spear weighed only around 150 kg, yet forging a spear with this material would require at least twenty units—bringing the total weight to an astonishing 3,000 kg, or three tons…
That was simply not something C-grade attributes could handle.
In comparison, Star Silver was much more manageable.
With the same size, it weighed less than one-tenth of Star Iron and had extremely high mana conductivity, making it a superior material to mithril.
However, its hardness and durability were naturally inferior to Star Iron.
As for Star Gold, it combined the properties of both Star Iron and Star Silver—high durability, toughness, and exceptional mana conductivity.
But it also inherited their drawbacks: each unit weighed 200 kg, and the price was doubled…
Given Bai Qiu’s current situation, Star Silver was clearly the priority.
After all, the only attribute he currently had that could break past the limits of C-grade was his mana…
It made sense.
At this stage, no human had reached transcendent attributes yet.
Even if transcendent weapons or armor were sold, not only would players be unable to afford them—they wouldn’t be able to use them either.
Selling materials instead allowed players to make use of their own creativity.
Bai Qiu did indeed want to replace the Purgatory Darkflame Spear.
Its base was only a D-grade Darksteel Heavy Spear, and its growth potential had already reached its limit.
Compared to his current attributes, it was starting to fall short.
As for Fallen Dragon’s Bow, because it still possessed the pseudo–Noble Phantasm skill Falling Dragon Arrow, and could fully benefit from berserk effects without suffering the drawbacks, it still had unique value in certain battles.
For now, Bai Qiu had no intention of replacing it.
That said, he could consider preparing more weapons and equipment in the future—to conceal his true strength…
Next, all that remained were the three special privilege purchase slots.
— The end of the Chapter–
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