“Damn… are the people from Zone 2203 really that insane?”
After hearing Bai Qiu’s account, Huang Qi couldn’t hold it in anymore—his goofy personality took over.
Ning Xingxue and Zhao Daqiang, however, looked at Bai Qiu with serious expressions.
Zhao Daqiang spoke first: “So what are you planning to do?”
Zhang Shiyao also looked at Bai Qiu, a trace of killing intent flickering in her eyes.
But Bai Qiu looked at her and shook his head, saying calmly:
“This matter needs to be handled carefully. Zone 2203 is too close to Zone 2201, which is under military control. Those people will very likely seek help from the army.”
The four of them fell silent.
Wang Shiyun and Feng Yuling even lowered their heads like ostriches, burying their faces in their chests.
“After that battle, my Purgatory Darkflame Spear was lost in Zone 2203. So I plan to first upgrade the Sanctuary and find a Blacksmith and an Enchanter to craft a transcendent-level spear,” Bai Qiu said steadily, his tone hinting that he had broader plans.
His plan was to liquidate as many of his current materials as possible, then use his resources to turn Zone 2233 into the strongest safe zone—thereby increasing his own strength.
Once he truly stepped into the transcendent tier, those who betrayed him in Zone 2203—
Forget the army—even if the heavens themselves came, they wouldn’t be able to save them.
Zhao Daqiang let out a sigh.
At this point, what else could be said?
He could only advise Bai Qiu not to place himself in opposition to the military if possible.
No one thought Bai Qiu was bragging.
In the tide battle, the points he earned accounted for nearly one-fifth of the total points of all players across fifty-one safe zones.
By that measure, his individual weight was equivalent to the combined strength of ten entire zones!
Next, they exchanged information.
After the tide ended, it was undoubtedly a time of celebration for all players.
Everyone could rest for a while—or focus on strengthening themselves.
There were features like the Tower of Heaven, the Tide Shop, ranking boards, and Sanctuary upgrades.
Meanwhile, outside the safe zones, fixed dungeons had begun appearing one after another like bamboo shoots after rain.
These fixed dungeons contained resources and monsters.
Clearing them granted large amounts of resources—even high-value plants like Dream Blossom could be obtained.
After exchanging all their information, Bai Qiu declined Ning Xingxue’s invitation to explore dungeons together and left on his own.
He first went to Onipur to learn about the requirements for upgrading the Sanctuary.
Sanctuary Level 4 → Level 5 Requirements:
- 1000 players at Level 10 or above — Completed
- 100 players at Level 20 or above — Completed
- 10 players at Level 25 or above — 8/10
- 1 player at Level 30 or above — Completed
Conditions not yet met.
Required materials for upgrade:
- Basic materials: 1,000,000 units
- Elite Tokens: 1,000
- Lord Tokens: 100
- King Tokens: 1
- Sanctum Coins: 1,000,000
Players who contribute over 90% to the upgrade will receive a private area.
Level 5 Sanctuary unlocks new features, including enhanced area buffs and higher permissions for the Supporter role…
Bai Qiu frowned.
These upgrade conditions would be met soon.
The private area—around 18 mu (~12,000 square meters)—was something he really needed.
But the required base materials and the King Token posed a major problem.
He glanced at his balance.
Thanks to the massive sales of mental power potions, his Sanctum Coin reserves were absurdly high— Over ten million.
So he spoke in the cross-zone channel:
“Buying base materials at high prices. Also purchasing information on King-tier monsters.”
At a time like this, he needed to rely on the power of the masses.
He already had two Monarch Tokens, but the King-tier monsters he killed during the tide hadn’t dropped any King Tokens.
This was his first time speaking in the cross-zone channel since the tide ended—and instantly, the chat exploded.
Even players who had been silently lurking were stirred into activity…
Bai Qiu stopped looking at the channel messages.
Instead, he removed the restrictions on private message levels and once again began accepting messages from other players.
For any basic materials that players didn’t need, he bought them all at 10% above market price using Sanctum Coins.
Once his storage cards were filled with different materials, he directly listed them on the trading house at a thousand times the price, once again using the trading house as a storage space…
After spending over two million Sanctum Coins, he finally gathered one million units of basic materials.
Immediately after, Bai Qiu began searching for keywords related to King-tier monsters, trying to obtain relevant information from other players.
Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed.
King-tier monsters didn’t seem to appear in the wild yet—or at least, none had been discovered by players.
This completely crushed his plan of upgrading the Sanctuary today.
Bai Qiu frowned.
Without upgrading the Sanctuary to Level 5, the Supporter role couldn’t gain higher permissions, and he wouldn’t be able to ask Li Zhu and Marta to forge a B-rank weapon for him.
He then checked his own status panel and was pleasantly surprised to discover that, as he cleared the Tower of Heaven, every time his skill cooldown reset, it generated a Radiant Shard!
Across all 55 floors, even though he gave up killing the Black-Gold Mutated Rock Turtle, he still obtained 54 Radiant Shards, combining them into 6 Radiant Gems.
He only needed 4 more Radiant Gems to synthesize the highest-tier Radiant Star.
Unfortunately, the Tower could only be challenged once per week, and he didn’t know whether the next attempt would restart from the first floor or continue from his highest cleared level…
He also noticed that due to a lack of item cards, his Radiant Body had been stuck at Level 26.
So, he went to the trading house and searched for the keyword: Item Cards.
Instantly, countless item cards and prices filled his screen.
Some were extremely cheap—an E-rank item card could be bought for as little as 10 Sanctum Coins.
Others were absurdly expensive—an ordinary E-rank item card priced at 10,000 coins!
After quickly sorting through them, Bai Qiu spent 10,000 Sanctum Coins to buy 1,000 item cards, immediately fusing and upgrading them, raising his Radiant Body to Level 31.
Radiant Body — Level 31
- Strength +80%
- Magic +80%
- Endurance +160%
- Agility +80%
- Spirit +80%
Skill:
- Radiant Shard — Generates 1 fragment automatically every 6 hours
- (Omitted)
This was the effect of Level 31 Radiant Body.
Even after all this, Bai Qiu’s mana attribute still hadn’t broken past the C++ tier—something even he found hard to believe.
He could clearly feel his mana capacity expanding step by step.
After such a long time of visible growth, it still hadn’t reached B-.
Now, the lowest-level monsters outside the safe zone were already Level 19.
But for Bai Qiu, that was still too low.
Even though Lord-tier monsters now averaged around Level 26, leveling up was still not easy for him.
After all, while Lord-tier monsters were no longer rare, they certainly weren’t common either.
Giving up on the idea of going outside the safe zone to grind monsters for levels, Bai Qiu continued browsing the trading house.
All kinds of items flooded his view, but fortunately, his Spirit had already reached C+, allowing him to scan through everything at bulldozer-like speed.
And sure enough, he managed to trade for several items he liked from a few players.
Contract Space Expansion Crystal (C-rank)
Using this item expands the internal space of a Contract Space Card by 100 cubic meters, and enhances its base functions.
Advanced Contract Card (C-rank)
Allows you to contract a desired creature. The higher the affinity, the higher the success rate.
After a successful contract, an internal space is created—100 times the target’s volume—where the contracted creature can be stored.
Ace Rein (C-rank)
Used on a mount. Increases the mount’s Agility by 50%, Endurance by 100%, and reduces stamina consumption by 200%.
The moment Bai Qiu saw the Ace Rein, the first thing he thought of was A Yuan.
He wasn’t sure if it could be used on A Yuan, but it was definitely a good item—and not too expensive, costing only 250,000 Sanctum Coins.
After purchasing these three C-rank items, Bai Qiu spent a total of 1.24 million Sanctum Coins, yet his reserves were still more than sufficient.
He finished browsing the entire trading house.
Although he found a few more items he liked, their prices were absurdly inflated and not worth negotiating, so he skipped them.
After that, Bai Qiu headed to the teleportation device in the Sanctuary Black Tower and teleported to Zone 2224, arriving at the reservoir where he released A Yuan.
After some affectionate interaction and feeding, Bai Qiu took out the Water Control Orb.
The moment A Yuan saw the orb, an overwhelming desire surged from within—but it held itself back, looking at Bai Qiu eagerly as its thoughts echoed in his mind:
“Master, I really want that…”
Bai Qiu had already planned to give it to A Yuan.
Without hesitation, he handed it over.
“Go ahead and swallow it. I got this for you anyway.”
Seeing that Bai Qiu was giving it the orb, A Yuan was overjoyed—but it didn’t lose control to its desire.
It carefully leaned forward, opened its mouth, and gently took the orb.
As A Yuan tilted its head back and swallowed the orb, Bai Qiu immediately activated his Sevenfold Arcane Crystallized Eyes, his shattered golden pupils observing the changes within its body.
After all, it was a B- rank transcendent item.
If A Yuan couldn’t handle it, he was ready to dive into its stomach and retrieve the orb immediately.
He wanted A Yuan to grow stronger—but its safety came first.
Fortunately, although the Water Control Orb was a transcendent item, its nature was relatively gentle.
A Yuan already had a high affinity with water elements, so after swallowing it, it showed almost no adverse reaction.
Through their mental link, Bai Qiu could only sense satisfaction and joy from A Yuan.
After observing for a few minutes and confirming it was fine, he let it roam freely.
As for Bai Qiu, he scanned the surroundings and found that aside from a few NPC-like anglers randomly appearing nearby, there was no one else around.
Even so, he didn’t lower his guard.
He set up a tent and entered it.
Inside, Bai Qiu took out the Fragment of the Mountain and River Map, locked onto his current location, and instantly, the data of the area was displayed:
Elemental Aura: Water, Wood
Elemental Intensity: Medium
Heavenly Treasures: In formation
— The end of the Chapter–
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