Chapter 682: Ice Dragon Ridge (2/2)
The snake also dropped a blue dagger. It turned out to be a high-level dagger, and its blade was clearly covered in poison—
Poison Fang (Spirit-grade, Outstanding★): 870~1100 Attack, +135 Agility, +120 Stamina, Increases user's attack power by 20%. Outstanding Property: Increases user's critical rate by 10%, Level Requirement: 150, Class Requirement: Assassin, Warrior.
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Holy shit! Who would’ve thought that a mere ancient mob could drop something this amazing? Although it was just a 1-star Outstanding dagger, it increased attack power by 20% and critical rate by 10%. Its base attack power was pretty good too. A lot of players would be hitting Level 150 very soon, and I had a feeling that it would be snapped up immediately if I sold it for 2000 gold. After all, Spirit-grade weapons were still a top-tier weapon that countless people sought after at the current stage of the game. In a world where the majority of players were still using Dark Gold or Purple Gold–grade weapons, a Spirit-grade one was the cream of the crop, Earth-grade was a luxury, and Heaven-grade weapons were like divine armaments, stuff of players’ pipe dreams. As for Immortal-grade, even I had never seen an Immortal-grade weapon yet, much less the others.
I tossed the dagger into my bag so I could sell it after I returned to the city. I wasn’t expecting a normal mob to drop something this amazing. The moment I thought that I could farm Divine Dayflowers for herbs and kill Frozen Snakes for EXP and loot, my journey suddenly felt a lot cheerier than before.
As I continued forward, I soon discovered that the Frozen Snakes were hidden inside the tiny holes along the wall. As long as I put my arm in front of the hole, a Frozen Snake would immediately jump out and bite me in the arm. After that, it was simply a matter of cooperating with the Phantom Wolf King and kicking their asses to kingdom come. If the girls heard about this, they would probably call my fighting style suicidal, and say that I was way too OP again.
Like a happy climber, I climbed up the mountain with two swords and put one bundle of Divine Dayflowers after another into my bag. It was a kind of happiness that only one could get when making bank. Occasionally, I would also take out Level 178 Frozen Snakes that gave an obscene amount of experience and loot drops. Maybe it was because this map was special, but normally the loot drop rate of a normal Level 178 ancient mob was less than 10% of that of the Frozen Snake’s.
In just an hour, I had earned 16% experience, 7 Spirit-grade items, and 21 Purple Gold–grade items. They were all of the Outstanding quality too. There were two reasons why the loot was so amazing. One, the Frozen Snake itself was a special mob with a ridiculously high drop rate. Two, I had a total of 43 Luck after earning 5 Luck from the battle of Immortality City. I’m so happy! I wouldn’t give away my account even for a billion dollars!
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I decided to skip lunch today, so I sent Beiming Xue a message and told her to pack me some lunch and bring it home. The good stuff obviously, the 18 RMB box from a nearby stall with pork chop, a drumstick, green pepper, shredded potatoes, braised pork, and preserved vegetables. I wasn’t poor anymore, I could afford such extravagant expenditure!
Another half an hour flew by in the blink of an eye. By now, I was so high up that the wind was blowing like a storm, and bolts of lightning were passing behind my head endlessly. One strike would probably be all it needed to kill me where I hung.
Suddenly, I saw a most wonderful sight. It was an entire patch of Divine Dayflowers! There were at least hundreds of them, and they were all swaying in the wind and singing the song of happiness! They looked like leeks waiting to be gathered!
”Here I come…”
I wiped my saliva and started gathering the Divine Dayflowers. It took me five whole minutes before I grabbed everything. Satisfied and happy, I was about to continue forward when I suddenly spotted a shiny orange rock on a dark wall!
”It must be a treasure!” What else could it be considering this place?
I touched the rock, and its info appeared before me—
Qilin Stone: Embed to a mount to increase its stats drastically. Quality: 100, Level Requirement: 150.
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It was a treasure, one that could improve the stats on a mount! If I put it to my Armored Ice Qilin Horse, it would be like attaching a pair of wings to a tiger!
When I pulled out the Cyan Netherworld Sword and tried to pry out the Qilin Stone, I noticed that it was surrounded by round, hard objects that looked like black pimples. I also caught the stench of something unpleasant when I pried them out of curiosity.
”What the hell is this?”
I have no idea but, oh well, who cares? My goal was the Qilin Stone, not these whatchamacallits!
Suddenly, the entire mountain that made up the Ice Dragon Ridge started shaking violently. Countless rocks fell from the sky, and the ice was breaking everywhere. To my absolute astonishment, the mountain peak above me suddenly bent in an unnatural manner, and a gigantic head pierced through the clouds and glared at me with its deep blue pupils.
I started shaking, and it wasn’t because my environment was shaking. An ice dragon?!
I looked around me and finally realized what was going on. This section of the ”mountain” was really the ice dragon’s body, and right now I was hanging at the Ice Dragon’s butt hole. The ice dragon must’ve swallowed the Qilin Stone some time ago, and it somehow survived an entire digestive system and made it to the anus. Now, what would you do if someone poked around inside your anus in search of treasure?
”Gulp…”
I swallowed loudly. I completely understood the ice dragon’s fury.