Chapter 132: Let

Yue Li, thank you.

Qin Chuan, realizing his recent thoughts were somewhat nitpicky, spoke earnestly.

Yeah, Blue Star clearly has further updates; how could he be so arrogant as to think he'd already seen the end of the road at a glance?

It's easy to imagine that the update 38 days later will be more impactful than any previous one.

This is an unstoppable, unfathomable power, and also an unprecedented opportunity for every player.

What he must do is, before the update arrives, raise his own strength to the strongest possible at this stage as much as possible.

With the strongest posture, face the unknown.

"You don't need me to say it; you'll figure it out yourself." Yue Li chuckled, not taking credit.

She subtly pulled her hand back from Qin Chuan's grip, but Qin Chuan inadvertently caught it again with a reverse hold.

"One point you got wrong." Qin Chuan said firmly, "The strong player isn't me, it's us."

A flush of red rose on her cheek; Yue Li gave Qin Chuan an annoyed glance, but Qin Chuan didn't let go.

"I know." Yue Li lowered her eyes slightly, avoided his gaze, waited a few seconds, then spoke in a soft, nasal tone.

"Let go."

"... Sorry."

Qin Chuan released his hand, his face showing a bit of embarrassment, and ultimately still couldn't say what he wanted to say.

Like a startled rabbit, she swiftly pulled her hands back, Yue Li turned her head to the side, the corners of her mouth curving, her eyes brimming with joy; only after a while did she turn her head back to look at Qin Chuan.

"To advance Xuegao, we need to defeat the town-zone spirit beasts of other areas; should we leave Area 3675 and check out other areas next?"

"That's right." As the topic shifted, Qin Chuan answered while secretly letting out a sigh of relief, "We should also go check out other areas."

Within the Dream World, players' strength keeps growing, their activity range expands, and crossing areas is no longer something very rare.

Official-tier players, as long as they avoid the nests of elite-tier spirit beasts and don't recklessly run into the territories of town-zone spirit beasts, the risk of long-distance cross-area travel is relatively controllable.

Players cross areas to team up with real-life friends, or to go to weaker areas for higher leaderboard rankings; cross-area movement happens for various reasons.

Qin Chuan and Yue Li previously had no thought of crossing areas, because Area 3675 alone was enough to meet all their advancement needs.

Now that they have higher needs, crossing areas naturally became inevitable.

"I remember you just said… there's an advanced resource that requires defeating a town-zone spirit beast, in Area 3273, right?" Yue Li suddenly thought of something, "This area seems to be…"

"That's the area where Eric Te is currently located." Qin Chuan gave a definite answer.

In his most recent livestream, Eric Te publicly shared his coordinates, which are in Area 3273.

Among the four areas whose town-zone spirit beasts need to be defeated, Area 3273 is the closest to Area 3675, and its town-zone spirit beast is relatively weak, only Hall Tier Level 36.

So, that place is destined to be Qin Chuan and Yue Li's first stop.

Coincidentally, the two are already elite-tier players.

It's also time to deal with that guy who's been eyeing them.

"Xuegao's current strength should mean we don't need to fear Eric Te's Spirit Ascension talent, right?" Yue Li couldn't help but ask.

"It's hard." Qin Chuan shook his head slightly.

Eric Te's publicly known highest record is using a Growth Tier Level 20 contract spirit beast to kill an Elite Tier Level 26 spirit beast.

The clan values corresponding to these two tiers are 2000 and 7600 respectively.

This means that, under Eric Te's unrevealed third Spirit Ascension talent, he can temporarily boost a spirit beast's clan value by more than three times.

Considering that elite-tier has starlight equipment bonuses while growth-tier does not, the talent's clan-value boost could be even larger. Eric Te already has a contract spirit beast that has reached Elite Tier Level 20, its clan value raised to 4000, and it also has starlight equipment equipped.

Under these circumstances, the boost from Eric Te's third Spirit Ascension talent is likely to temporarily push his spirit beast beyond the elite-tier range.

According to players who have previously lost to him in battle, Eric Te's spirit beast is likewise extraordinary; he likely went through multiple reselections at server launch, and both spirit beasts show abilities as unique as Xuegao's, not ordinary.

So, Xuegao is strong, but winning this battle will be fraught with difficulty.

Moreover, Eric Te might obtain a second rare resource before they confront him, promoting him to elite-tier player.

Eric Te, who can keep upgrading elite-tier spirit beasts, will be even more troublesome.

As the strongest gold‑type enhancement talent, Spirit Ascension indeed has an unreasonable side.

Therefore, to be safe, it's best to cooperate with Chang Jinze in this battle.

"Eric Te has arrogant capital; we can't underestimate him." Qin Chuan spoke seriously, "Since he's set his sights on us, we must nip the risk in the bud."

"After clearing out the resources we just scouted, we'll head toward Area 3273."

"Let's try to defeat that Hall Tier Level 36 Great Quick Freeze Bird, and incidentally resolve the Eric Te problem."——【Daily Ranking Settlement Begins】

【Congratulations to the player for ranking 1st on the Spirit Beast Leaderboard (Elite Tier), earning +200 Experience Gems】

【Congratulations to the player for ranking 2nd on the Spirit Beast Leaderboard (Elite Tier), earning +160 Experience Gems】

【Congratulations to the player for ranking 1st on the Transcendent Leaderboard, earning +10 Spirit Beast Snacks】

【Congratulations to the player for ranking 1st on the Achievement Leaderboard, earning +2 Achievement Keys】

Looking at the settlement screen appearing before him, Qin Chuan smiled.

Although the gains were similar to those of previous daily settlements, the area he is now in is no longer 3675 but 3674.

One can imagine that the players of Areas 3674 and 3675 have already exploded in an uproar.

"The Elite Tier Spirit Beast Leaderboard of Area 3674 is empty." Yue Li chuckled, "Our arrival has only caused some changes to the Transcendent and Achievement Leaderboards."

"It's fine; the previous top rank of Area 3674 wasn't from Yanhuang Nation." Qin Chuan said he felt no psychological pressure, "Besides, we'll be going to other areas tomorrow."

While chatting idly, ten minutes flew by; the two said their goodbyes before the Dream World Entrance closed, then logged off simultaneously.

In the next instant, as the alarm rang on time, Qin Chuan awoke in reality.

【Current Transcendent Value: 12880】

【Current Passive Skills: Star Water Master, Star Frost Cold】

【Current active skill: Star·Breaking Frost Slash, Star·Seek Frost Trace, Star·Azure Snow Gauze Robe】

【Item Carry: 1/1】【View】

【Resonance 3: Skill Star·Frost Cold, Star·Breaking Frost Slash, Star·Seek Frost Trace, Star·Azure Snow Gauze Robe gain 10% enhancement, unlock Spirit Descent: Frost Battle Spirit】

【Open Spirit Descent】

Even though he already knew from Yue Li that only Resonance 3 could unlock it, the true activation of Spirit Descent still had two other prerequisites; Qin Chuan couldn't help but click 【Open Spirit Descent】.

【When the corresponding Spirit Beast's affection reaches 100%, after jointly comprehending the ultimate truth, it can be opened】

He shook his head, completely extinguishing any hope of luck; Qin Chuan picked up his phone and made a call.

The person being called, Chang Jinze. ——Author's note: 1. Changed the new book cover.

2. The prizes for the previous peripheral activities will be shipped soon; tomorrow's chapter 132 has a new peripheral activity, a small token, celebrating that total subscriptions have exceeded three thousand.

(End of chapter)