Chapter 496: Necklace of Fleeting Shadows (1/2)
Everything had finally come to a close! Everyone had worked hard for more than ten hours, but it was all worth it. We had made a victorious return to our home city and the points we earned were exchanged for experience! Furthermore, the players who were ranked high on the leaderboard would receive far more rewards than just experience!
Ding~!
System Announcement: We congratulate all players for achieving victory during the Coldblade War event!
With 714780 points, Player “Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand” obtained the most points during this event, thus becoming the MVP of the Coldblade War! Rewards: Level +3, Luck +3, and reward item “Necklace of Fleeting Shadows” (Earth-grade, Outstanding★★★★).
With 574900 points, Player “Wind Fantasy” took second place in this event. Rewards: Level +2, Luck +2, and reward item “Bracers of the Knight’s Glory” (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★★)!
WIth 520930 points, Player “From Water” took third place in this event. Rewards: Level +2, Luck +2, and reward item “The Molten One’s Helmet” (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★)!
With 520220 points, Player “Beiming Xue” took fourth place in this event. Rewards: Level +2, Luck +1, and reward item “Cloak of Agility” (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★★)!
With 489020 points, Player “Legendary Brave” took fifth place in this event. Rewards: Level +1, Luck +1, and reward item “Magma Shield” (Purple Gold-grade, Outstanding★★★★)!
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The air reverberated with the ringing of the system announcement notice as the rewards for the top hundred players were announced and distributed. The rewards given to the top five players were exceptionally generous, and I felt even luckier than the other four. To think that I’d actually been given a 4-star Outstanding Earth-grade necklace! This was only the second Earth-grade item in the entire China server!
I hurriedly opened up my inventory and retrieved a necklace that was flowing with brilliant light. The golden pendant on the necklace was shaped like an arrow and it looked exquisitely-made. After I reached out to touch the pendant, I felt a vigorous power surge into my body. This was definitely a top-notch necklace! One of the best in the server!
I could no longer contain my excitement. I waved a hand over the Necklace of Fleeting Shadows and its stats flew up before my eyes.
Necklace of Fleeting Shadows (Earth-grade, Outstanding ★★★★)
Agility: +150
Stamina: +145
Tactics: +30
Passive: Increases user’s long-range physical attack power by 30%
Passive: Increases user’s max HP by 3000
Passive: Increases user’s Volley damage by 50%
Slots: 4
Level Requirement: 125
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My mind instantly went blank. I didn’t quite know what to say as I stared dumbly at the necklace. The system had actually given me a necklace that was tailor-made for archers!
Without even mentioning the 30% boost in attack power, this necklace actually increased its user’s max HP by 3000. This was absolutely the best stat an archer could get on an item. After all, Archer was a low-HP class in the first place, and their choices were limited when melee players started chasing after them. Their first option was to use skills like Freezing Arrow and Leap to kite these players. Their second was to try to use a combo of Shock Arrow + Volley to kill them off. However, the moment those players got within melee range, the archer would die nine out of ten times. So this extra 3000 HP was very important to any archer, it was like getting another life in a game like Mario.
This was because most melee players didn’t have an Attack as ridiculous as mine. Most of them wouldn’t be dealing more than 5000 damage to archers with their basic attacks. In fact, most melee players could only deal around 2000 odd damage to an archer at this stage of the game. The average fighter would need to hit the archer around four or five times, while an average archer would need a little over ten arrows to kill them. Neither party had a distinct advantage over the other.
Furthermore, this Necklace of Fleeting Shadows even boosted Volley’s effects by 50%. This was an even stronger passive as it would help with both grinding mobs and PvP. Then there was its Outstanding Property, Fleeting Shadow Strike. For two minutes, it would allow an archer to burn their cosmos and increase both their rate of fire and the strength of their attacks. Even a fighter wearing heavy armor would wilt under the furious attacks of the archer who possessed the Necklace of Fleeting Shadows.
Lin Yixin walked over and asked, “Lu Chen, what stats does that Earth-grade necklace have?”
I shared the stats to her, causing the little beauty’s eyes to light up in admiration. After that, she waved a hand towards the distant Beiming Xue and said, “Little Xue, come here. Your big brother has something to say to you…”
“Bloody hell…”
My lips twisted when I saw Lin Yixin call Beiming Xue over. This little rascal’s mind was simply too quick, she connected the dots far too easily. She was well aware that I wouldn’t be willing to give such a strong necklace to anyone who wasn’t close to me, and there wasn’t any archer who was as close to me and strong as Beiming Xue, so she was really my only pick. Lin Yixin knew me all too well, so she immediately waved Beiming Xue over once she saw those stats.
So when Beiming Xue arrived, I still didn’t really know what to say. I simply passed her the Necklace of Fleeting Shadows and said brusquely, “Hey, this belongs to you from now on. Beiming Xue needs to work hard and level up. You need to rush to Level 150 as soon as possible!”
“Ah?”
Beiming Xue’s eyes froze the moment she glanced at the Necklace of Fleeting Shadows. She dove into my chest the very next instant, her hand still gripping the necklace. After that, she rose onto her tiptoes and gave me a soft kiss on the cheek, a kiss that felt incredibly soft and moist.
Beiming Xue flew out of my arms and wore the Necklace of Fleeting Shadows. She had reached Level 125 after this event.
Meanwhile, Lin Yixin was staring straight into my eyes. She simply stood there, staring at me silently, before she giggled and said, “Ah, you really do have a lot of girls hanging around you…”
I replied, “This isn’t my fault…”
“Did I say it was your fault?” Lin Yixin said as she stuck out her tongue at me.
After that, she laughed and said, “Fine, fine. I’ll just chalk this up to your good luck. To think that you have three great beauties in Sister He Yi, Sister Mingyue, and Beiming Xue living together with you. Hmmmmpph, I’m afraid that most trust fund babies couldn’t even get to enjoy this sort of luxury even if they spent hundreds of millions of dollars. You should treasure these moments well…”