Chapter 15: The Ghost General

Two days later,

the latest Samsara Game announcement rang in the minds of all players.

【Samsara Game Update】

The developers have incorporated suggestions from the player community and made partial modifications to the game content.

Regarding the complaints from some players about the difficulty of obtaining equipment, we have adjusted the prices of equipment in the Game Mall and increased the drop rate of equipment from Pollution Monsters.

In addition, the Life System is now open. Players who are not skilled in combat can delve into the Life System.

Players can improve their Life Skill through constant experimentation, crafting weapons and equipment, building houses, processing raw materials, and more.

Life Professions include Cooking, Crafting, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Logging, Gathering, Mechanical Manufacturing, Forging, Printing, Masonry, Sewing, Leatherworking, Trading, and other paths.

The Task System is now open; players can accept daily tasks at the bulletin board in the Novice Village.

500 new player slots have been added, which will also be recruited randomly.

……

The dense text made the players dizzy.

Life System, Task System, new player recruitment!

Most players hurriedly opened their System Panel to check out the newly appeared Life System.

"For the Cooking skill, you need to buy recipes in the Mall to learn them first, then collect materials and keep trying. Not to mention anything else, I can't even afford a single recipe for five hundred Reward Points."

"Change your way of thinking; a serving of Golden Egg Fried Rice can restore fifty points of Blue, which is almost as good as an expensive Recovery Potion!"

"But there is a failure rate; if the crafting fails, even the materials will disappear."

"If you raise your proficiency, won't the success rate go up? Then you won't need to buy Recovery Potions in the Mall anymore, and you can save a large amount of Reward Points."

……

The sound of discussion filled the Samsara Game.

The strategists of every Ninja Village began to discuss the results brought about by the game update and whether they could profit from it.

【Daily Task: Hunt ten Ghost Soldiers】

Reward: Samsara Clay Pot *1

After Tsunade accepted the task and saw the task reward, her hands immediately felt itchy.

To her, although Ghost Soldiers were slightly higher in level, they were no match for someone in a full set of green gear.

After easily completing the task,

a Samsara Clay Pot appeared in her inventory slot.

Pop.

Tsunade reached out to take out the item inside the clay pot, and after popping the white light orb, the reward inside was revealed.

A broken armor of a Ghost Soldier.

"Just materials?"

Tsunade curled her lip, feeling that there were no good things in the clay pot.

This kind of broken armor material could only be sold to the Mall for 2 Reward Points in the past.

Now it seems it can be used to forge equipment, though it needs to be processed first.

All in all, it's worthless.

Just as Tsunade was preparing to leave the Novice Village to level up, an exclamation suddenly rang in her ears.

"I got a skill, Self-Destruct Robot: Chaser."

A burly man with a sturdy build held the skill light orb in his hands with a devout look.

Tsunade hurriedly opened the Game Mall to look up the game skill the other person mentioned.

Selling for 1000 Reward Points, definitely a grand prize!

The envy in Tsunade's eyes was about to overflow, and she glanced at the trash materials in her own inventory slot, feeling only burning rage.

Could her gambling luck not be changed even after entering the Samsara Game?

Impossible!

Since she had come to another world, everything should be a fresh start.

Tsunade took a deep breath, angrily pushed through the crowd, and arrived at the bulletin board again.

【Daily tasks can only be accepted for free once; to continue accepting them, you must pay 10 Reward Points.】

This was a rule established by Fang Yi.

If he were to actively sell the clay pots, players would be very vigilant; if they opened low-value items consecutively, some players would simply give up on buying the pots.

But if the reward for the daily task is set as a Samsara Clay Pot,

most players will hold a "try it out" mentality. Anyway, regardless of whether they accept the task or not, they need to hunt Pollution Monsters; accepting the task allows them to get a Samsara Clay Pot for free.

It is precisely this mentality—

if they open worthless items, it's fine, but if they suddenly open a grand prize one day,

the player's inner desire will be hooked.

At this point, accepting the task again requires a fee.

Without realizing it, players will fall into the trap, spending the Reward Points they earned through hard work to help Fang Yi hunt Pollution Monsters.

And they do it tirelessly.

Just like Tsunade now, who continuously accepted daily tasks, spending a full 100 Reward Points.

The most valuable item she opened in the end was an Inferior Life Potion worth 10 Reward Points.

It is worth mentioning that, driven by the urge to open Samsara Clay Pots, Tsunade directly became a professional.

Priest.

A special organization that trains the physique and masters holy light, possessing an extremely formidable body and the power of holy light to suppress evil.

It can be considered a relatively powerful profession.

This kind of random profession scroll is also sold in the Mall; if a player is not satisfied with their profession, they can purchase a new profession scroll, then re-collect materials to complete the quest to obtain a new profession.

After some players made a rough calculation, they reached a conclusion.

To re-obtain a new profession, it requires a full 500 Reward Points.

For those players who directly become compatible with their profession, this is naturally a good thing, as it is equivalent to saving a sum of expenses.

But for players whose profession is relatively poor, or not compatible enough with themselves, they can only silently curse the damned mysterious merchant in their hearts.

……

Deep within the Feixu Chengbao.

On a rusted iron throne, a skeleton with a massive body holds a greatsword, its entire body covered in pitch-black Armor.

The ghost aura spewing from the gaps in the Armor condenses into ghost-blue flames, clinging to the Armor.

The ghost flames that spill out casually scorch the ground black.

【Ghost General (Elite)】, Level 13.

When Fang Yi originally created the game framework, the levels he set were very rigorous.

Every 10 levels is a watershed with a considerable gap, just like in the Ninja World, where a Chunin can easily defeat a Genin.

After exceeding level 10, both the four-dimensional attributes and skills will have a very large improvement.

Therefore,

The experience required to reach level 10 is enormous; this is also the reason why Terumi Mei consumed the resources of Kirigakure but still did not break through level 10.

The strength of this Ghost General under Ghost Mage Sarina is far stronger than ordinary ghosts.

If a player can kill the Ghost General, it is equivalent to severing a strong arm of Sarina.

The White-haired Loli said worriedly: "Master, it is absolutely impossible for the players to defeat the Ghost General. Should we step in to guide them, letting the players abandon the operation and raise their levels first?"

"No need."

Fang Yi said calmly: "A mere Ghost General, I bet it won't last three days before it is skinned and dismantled by the players, and even that greatsword of decent quality will be snatched up."

The White-haired Loli completely failed to understand her master's thinking, only assuming that her master did not realize the gap between the Ghost General and the players.

She hurriedly explained: "The Ghost General's greatsword is the Blood Fiend Greatsword that has slaughtered hundreds of Knights; according to the levels you classified, Master, it is Level 10 Purple Equipment, and the Blood-Colored Armor Set on its body is a Level 10 Blue Potential set."

"The blonde, busty female player you actively summoned earlier was able to challenge a level 6 player while only wearing a Level 1 Green Set."

"With a full Blue Potential set and a Purple Greatsword, can you understand the strength gap between it and the players?"

Seeing Fang Yi fall into deep thought,

The White-haired Loli breathed a sigh of relief; she was truly afraid that Fang Yi would act on impulse and send heads to the Ghost General for nothing.

Who knew, Fang Yi suddenly raised his head.

"In the Server Channel, make the Ghost General's data public, especially highlighting the equipment slots, and emphasize that the Blood Fiend Greatsword and the Blood-Colored Armor Set are guaranteed drops."

A Purple Greatsword?

A Blue Potential set?

Originally, Fang Yi still felt that the players might give up on hunting the Ghost General.

The mistake lies in you, Ghost General, for being foolish enough to hang high-quality equipment all over your body.

Isn't this just giving the players a stimulant?

(End of this chapter)