Chapter 852: Exchange Resources! Three Gains!

Under the guidance of the receptionist, Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang entered a private room.

"Eva, open the resource library list."

"Eva received."

The petite figure of Eva, a green-haired girl with twin pigtails, emerged from the smart armband.

With a flick of her small hand, a dense list of various resources instantly appeared before them.

"Teacher Ling, do you have anything you want to exchange?" Xu Jingming looked at Ling Shuang.

"I haven't accumulated enough contribution points to exchange for anything."

Ling Shuang helplessly shrugged, then smiled brightly:

"Besides, I've already broken through to Rank 8 Upper, so I don't need any resources."

"My contribution points are plenty—just tell me what you want later."

"Alright, but don't go out of your way to save points for me—exchange what you want first."

After Ling Shuang finished speaking, Xu Jingming didn't hesitate and nodded.

He would soon enter the Wild Zone; the more prepared his equipment, the better.

Ten million contribution points are enough to exchange for one Nascent Armor.

But after buying the Nascent Armor, I won't have enough points left to exchange for other resources.

I definitely need a Black Obsidian-class aircraft, so I can travel quickly between Greater Xia and Dayangzhou.

Flying with Thunder Dragon Wings is too slow..."

Xu Jingming silently weighed his purchase plan.

The Premium SSR-class combat armor is indeed excellent, but it's far too expensive.

Thorn Sword Grass will soon break through to Rank 9; when it transforms into a plant armor, it will have ordinary SSR-class defense.

The Nascent Armor isn't that essential for me.

I can buy it later once I've saved enough contribution points."

With a wave of his hand, Xu Jingming directly added the Black Obsidian-class aircraft, priced at 4 million contribution points, to his shortlist.

"Besides the aircraft, I need to choose equipment.

I have Thorn Sword Grass for armor and Extreme Radiance Thunder Ring for elemental weapons—I'm missing a spear.

Eva, switch to the weapon list and pull up all SSR-class spears in the resource library."

Whoosh—

The holographic projection shifted, now displaying only spears.

"【Dragon-Startling Purple Wrath Spear (SSR-class)】: Forged entirely from SSR-class alloy, heavy and suited for Saint-level warriors. Required contribution points: 200 million.

"【Netherworld Frost Ice Spear (SSR-class, Damaged)】: Weapon of the Second Civilization's supreme master, 'Ice Spear Saint'; exceptionally effective for elemental ice users. Required contribution points: 150 million.

"【Black Dragon Subduing Demon Spear (SSR-class)】: Forged entirely from SSR-class alloy...

..."

The list contained dozens of spears, yet their prices varied wildly.

The most expensive required 200 million contribution points; the cheapest only 1 million.

"They're all SSR-class spears—how can the price difference be this huge?" Xu Jingming was stunned.

"SSR-class alloy is extremely rare; ordinary SSR-class spears only have their spearheads made of SSR-class alloy, while the shaft is merely SSS-class.

The most expensive spears are forged entirely from SSR-class alloy—naturally, their prices differ."

Eva explained with a smile, "And some are spears left behind by supreme masters—those carry different significance."

"I see." Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

Ordinary D-class and C-class alloys can already withstand bullet and missile strikes.

But to a Rank 9 adept, they're as thin as paper, easily shattered.

To fight a Rank 9 adept, you must use SSS-class alloy.

To gain an edge in weaponry, you need at least SSR-class alloy!!

But the higher the alloy grade, the rarer it becomes; currently, Blue Planet can only synthesize SSS-class alloy.

All SSR-class alloy comes from the Second Civilization, making it absurdly expensive.

"For my first SSR-class alloy spear, I can lower my standards."

Xu Jingming scanned the spears priced at the million-contribution-point level.

In Lei Lei Bao Tai, his body swells to over three meters tall; a spear two meters long is usable but uncomfortable.

Previously, he always carried two spare spears—one for normal form, one for Lei Lei Bao Tai.

This time, he wanted to see if any SSR-class spears could change shape.

He soon found one on the list.

"【Ink Shadow Wind-Thunder Spear (SSR-class)】: Shaft forged from SSS-class alloy, spearhead made of rarer, harder SSR-class alloy.

Total length: 2.1 meters; with sentient metal components, maximum length adjustable to five meters.

Provides special enhancement to wind and lightning elemental abilities. Required contribution points: 4 million."

"It's sentient metal!" Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

Sentient metal is a type of metal that can alter a weapon's form.

For example, a greatsword with sentient metal can expand directly into a massive alloy shield.

"One spear that satisfies both normal form and Lei Lei Bao Tai, plus special bonuses to wind and lightning abilities.

Perfect—I'll take it."

Xu Jingming nodded in satisfaction and added it directly to his shortlist.

With that, these two items had already consumed 8 million contribution points from him.

Only 2.11 million contribution points remained in his quota.

"There are plenty of things in the resource vault, but for me they don't seem to be of much use."

Xu Jingming murmured to himself.

With the Deep Blue system in place, he had no need at all for the vast majority of cultivation resources an Esper would require.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and ask Hearing Ling Shuang if there was anything she wanted, Ling Shuang spoke up in confusion:

"Jingming, aren't you going to buy some cultivation resources? You've already taken one SSS-rank exotic flower and herb.

You can also purchase a pill — the two used together will most quickly speed up your breakthrough to the eighth rank."

"Break through to the eighth rank?"

From the day he awakened until now, Xu Jingming had only broken through a bottleneck by relying on himself once.

Apart from that, every breakthrough had relied on the Deep Blue system's stat allocation.

It wouldn't hurt to try — perhaps this time he wouldn't need the system, and the pill alone would let him break through to the eighth rank.

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming had Eva switch directly to the cultivation resources interface and asked:

"Eva, among these resources, is there anything suited to me?"

"Of course."

With a wave of Eva's small hand, a deep-purple pill appeared in the holographic projection.

On the surface of this pill were strange patterns resembling clouds.

"An eighth-grade pill, the Purple Cloud Pill, can allow an Esper to break through from the peak of the seventh rank to the eighth rank.

For the S-rank, you happened to have absorbed an SSS-rank exotic flower and herb inside the Yer Secret Realm.

Under the medicinal effect of that SSS-rank exotic flower and herb, one month from now you'll reach the critical threshold of a seventh-rank Grandmaster.

When the time comes, you only need to take this Purple Cloud Pill, and you'll be able to break through smoothly to the eighth-rank Great Grandmaster realm.

And this Purple Cloud Pill isn't expensive either — it only costs a million contribution points."

Eva introduced it with a giggle.