Chapter 852: Exchange Resources! Three Gains!

Under the guidance of the reception staff, 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 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 Upper Eighth Rank—there's nothing I particularly need."

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

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

As 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 Soul Armor.

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

I definitely need a Black Obsidian-class fighter—only then can I travel quickly between Great Xia and Dayangzhou.

Flying with Lei Long 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 Ninth Rank—when it transforms into a plant armor, it will have ordinary SSR-class defense.

The Nascent Soul Armor isn't that essential to me.

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

With a sweep of his hand, Xu Jingming added the Black Obsidian-class fighter, priced at four million contribution points, to his shortlist.

"Besides the fighter, I need to choose equipment.

I have Thorn Sword Grass for armor, and Ji Yao Lei Huan for elemental weapons—I'm still 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.

"【Jing Long Zi Sha Spear (SSR-class)】: Forged entirely from SSR-class alloy, heavy and suited for Wu Sheng-level experts. Required contribution points: 200 million.

"【You Ming Han Bing Spear (SSR-class, damaged)】: Weapon of the Second Civilization's supreme expert, 'Ice Spear Saint'—exceptionally effective for elemental ice users. Required contribution points: 150 million.

"【Hei Long Zhen Yao Spear (SSR-class)】: Forged entirely from SSR-class alloy...

"......"

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

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

"They're all SSR-class spears—how can the 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—the shafts are merely SSS-class.

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

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

"I see." Xu Jingming suddenly understood.

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

But to Ninth Rank adepts, they're as thin as paper—easily shattered.

To fight Ninth Rank adepts, 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 one million contribution points.

In Thunderstorm Mode, his body swells to over three meters tall—a spear two meters long is usable but awkward.

Previously, he kept two spare spears—one for normal form, one for Thunderstorm Mode.

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

He soon found one on the list.

"【Mo Ying Feng Lei Spear (SSR-class)】: Shaft forged from SSS-class alloy, spearhead made of rarer, harder SSR-class alloy.

Total length 2. meters; with sentient metal components, it can extend up to five meters.

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

"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 into a massive alloy shield.

"One spear that satisfies both normal and Thunderstorm Mode needs, plus special bonuses for wind and lightning—

Perfect. I'll take it."

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

These two items had already consumed eight million contribution points.

Only 2. 1 million remained.

"The resource library has plenty, but most seem useless to me."

Xu Jingming mused inwardly.

With the Deep Blue System, he didn't need most cultivation resources other adepts required.

Just as he was about to ask Ling Shuang if she wanted anything, she spoke up curiously:

"Jingming, aren't you buying any cultivation resources? You've already consumed one SSS-class rare herb.

You could buy a pill—combining the two would accelerate your breakthrough to Eighth Rank the fastest."

"Breakthrough to Eighth Rank?"

Since becoming an Awakened, Xu Jingming had only broken through one bottleneck on his own.

All other breakthroughs relied on the Deep Blue System's point allocation.

Might as well try—maybe this time, without the System, just the pill alone could push me to Eighth Rank.

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

"Eva, among these resources, is there anything suitable for me?"

"Of course."

Eva flicked her small hand, and a deep purple pill appeared in the holographic projection.

Its surface bore peculiar cloud-like patterns.

"Grade Eight Pill: Zi Yun Pill—enables an Awakened to break from Seventh Rank Peak to Eighth Rank.

You've already consumed an SSS-class rare herb in the Ye Er Secret Realm.

Under the effect of that SSS-class herb, you'll reach the Seventh Rank Master threshold in one month.

Then, taking this Zi Yun Pill will let you smoothly break through to Eighth Rank Grand Master.

And this Zi Yun Pill isn't expensive—only one million contribution points."

Eva chirped cheerfully.