Chapter 42

For the Human race, that would likely be an astronomical figure.

And the skill's effect was worthy of such a cost.

A permanent [Burn] buff?!

Even Qin Feng gasped.

This skill... while powerful, was also extremely disgusting.

The effect of the [Burn] buff is simple: take a certain amount of Fire-attribute damage every second.

A Level 1 Burn deals about 20 damage per second.

And Level 100... Qin Feng had never seen it before.

But a preliminary estimate put it in the five-digit range.

The damage might not be particularly high, but... the duration is permanent.

This meant the troops would lose health permanently until they died!

Even if there were healing troops to restore health, or skills to avoid damage, it would be useless!

Even more absurdly, this buff is a Divine Power skill; to dispel it, one would need a skill of the same Divine Power level.

For humans, that was truly a fantasy.

Unfortunately, Qin Feng currently had no Divine Power, so he naturally couldn't unleash it.

At this moment, Qin Feng instantly placed the equipment into the equipment slot of his Wind-Speed Archers.

Immediately, a mask resembling a constantly burning red flame appeared above the heads of all the Wind-Speed Archers.

Qin Feng nodded in satisfaction and then looked at the other loot.

[Fruit of the Fire Source]

Description: A unique item issued by the Goddess of Flame to high-level priests, connected to her life-flame. Upon use, one can share life with the Goddess of Flame.

Level: 1

Grade: Divine Profound Tier 1

Effect: Upon use, share up to 0.01% of health with the [Goddess of Flame] (stackable).

Seeing this item, Qin Feng’s eyelids twitched.

A Divine Profound-grade special consumable; unfortunately, it wasn't a potion, so Qin Feng couldn't extract an aura from it.

And the attributes... were also extremely special.

It could actually share health directly with the Goddess of Flame?!

This mechanism was highly unique.

Originally, with just one piece, it would only share 0.01% of the Goddess of Flame's health.

But Qin Feng had 2000 pieces.

That was a direct 20% health share.

As a Divine Profound-grade powerhouse, although the Goddess of Flame was a weakling among her peers, the terror of her total health...

Qin Feng couldn't even imagine.

At the very least, having a 0.01% shared health pool made one invincible in the current secret realm.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng took a deep breath.

Killing one priest yielded 2000 pieces...

This priest was relatively weak; if he killed the strongest priest, could he get more?

If he could collect 10,000 pieces...

Would he share all of the Goddess of Flame's health?!

At this thought, Qin Feng’s breath hitched, and his eyes flashed with a highly dangerous light.

Qin Feng didn't use the [Fruit of the Fire Source] for the time being, tossing it into his inventory instead.

Finally, lying in his inventory were countless circular stones radiating a fiery glow.

Qin Feng checked their attributes.

[Fire-Glory Stone]

Description: A high-level material, a rare resource produced only in the Fire Plane under the constant scorching of the Heart of Flame. A necessity for crafting high-level Fire-attribute equipment.

Level: 1

Grade: Epic

Looking at the pile of stones in his inventory, Qin Feng felt it was quite good.

Epic-grade materials were still very rare; generally, one piece could sell for over a hundred thousand Dragon Coins.

Two thousand pieces... that was over two hundred million.

However, Qin Feng currently had no secondary profession, so these materials were of no use to him.

He closed his inventory and pondered for a moment.

He quickly made up his mind.

"I'll go kill the remaining female priests first. If I can get more flame equipment, I can definitely devour enough to forge a few more divine artifacts!"

"And then... completely break the seal!"

"..."

The second stage of the public quest was to break 4 seal nodes.

Inside these seals were the priests of the Flame Church.

And the purpose of rescuing these priests was for the third stage of the public quest—strengthening the seal.

But.

Qin Feng had already completely fallen out with the Goddess of Flame; they were now firmly in a state of hostility.

Naturally, he had to do the opposite!

Strengthen the seal?

Heh.

Laozi is going to destroy it directly!

He was also curious about what kind of monster this Monarch of Flame was, to require such effort from the Goddess of Flame to seal.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng didn't hesitate, waving his hand: "Let's go, to the next seal point."

"..."

A cold silence.

Naturally, there was no response in the space.

Qin Feng blinked.

Where was that little girl Zhao Xiaoxue?

He looked around, and at the spot where she had been standing... a cross with a grave had suddenly appeared.

"Uh..."

Qin Feng scratched his face.

The female priest's previous attack was a total map-wide bombardment.

The flames were like a surging tide; it was impossible to dodge.

With Zhao Xiaoxue’s current trash attributes...

She was naturally dead as a doornail.

However.

The next moment.

Swoosh!

A holy, pure white light descended from the sky.

Zhao Xiaoxue’s slender and perfect body suddenly appeared before the grave.

Her slender hands were tightly gripping a cross that had lost its luster.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoxue was so angry her little face turned bright red.

What she held in her hand... was an Epic-grade item!!

After death, it could revive the user on the spot with full health and mana.

Of course, it was one-time use.

Such a life-saving item... she had naturally collected it from players at a high price.

But to have it used up like this... she was furious.

She glared at Qin Feng with great displeasure.

This man...

Didn't he have any gentlemanly manners?!

And.

He had actually dragged her into declaring war on the Goddess of Flame?!

This was going to make the Zongheng Guild fall from being one of the eight major guilds in the Dragon Country!

She was just about to give Qin Feng a "friendly" greeting when Qin Feng took a fiery red mask out of his inventory.

He tossed a Crimson Mask to her.

Zhao Xiaoxue hurriedly caught it, checked the attributes, and her beautiful eyes widened: "For me?!"

Epic-grade equipment!!

For players who had been in the game for less than three days, it was still very rare.

At the very least, once the leaderboard function opened shortly, it would definitely make it onto the equipment leaderboard!

What’s more, it was troop equipment, capable of directly boosting the attributes of an entire troop.

In the upcoming arena, defense battles, and secret realm explorations, it would provide a huge boost.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaoxue’s heart calmed down slightly.

It seemed.

Qin Feng wasn't that bad; at least he knew to give his teammates some benefits.

Although she had died once and lost an Epic-grade item, compared to Epic-grade troop equipment, it wasn't a loss.

At this moment, Qin Feng’s voice suddenly came: "The cross, do you have any more?"

Zhao Xiaoxue was stunned, shaking her little head pitifully: "No more."

Qin Feng frowned slightly.

He still quite wanted the Epic-grade resurrection cross she had used earlier.

After all, it was a very strong life-saving measure, and such resurrection items were hard to drop.

He shook his head regretfully and said: "Forget it then, give my equipment back."

Zhao Xiaoxue: "???"

Zhao Xiaoxue was naturally full of question marks.

This tyrant... what did he mean?

Didn't he give this piece of equipment to her?

Who asks for equipment back after giving it away?

Qin Feng looked at Zhao Xiaoxue and frowned slightly.

This woman... she wasn't trying to steal his equipment, was she?

He had tossed her the Crimson Mask just to trade for a cross.

Trading an Epic-grade piece of equipment for a cross—he was the one taking the loss, and she was still making a profit at this stage.

He had already been quite considerate of her.

But since she didn't have any more, wasn't it normal to return it?

As for giving it to her...

Are you kidding?

Why would he?

Just because she’s pretty?

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoxue’s pretty face turned icy, and she gritted her teeth: "I'll give you the cross once we leave the secret realm!"

"Fine."

Qin Feng thought about it carefully and nodded.

At this stage, the trading system hadn't opened; whether it was currency exchange or purchasing equipment and items, it could only be done face-to-face.

If one were a solo player, it was hard to find sellers on one hand, and on the other... it was a huge waste of time.

But Zhao Xiaoxue clearly had her own network, which could save Qin Feng a lot of time.

He didn't say anything more and started heading toward the next seal point.