Chapter 1028: Blueprint

Everyone's gaze turned to Su Sheng, who stood at the center of the plaza.

Because everyone else had moved to the edge of the plaza, left combat state, and then logged off.

Su Sheng, after defeating the boss, tidied up the loot and logged off in a hurry, so everyone else was at the edge of the plaza, while Su Sheng himself was at the center.

"Chairman, did you actually defeat the boss?"

Nightcoming Big Bear looked somewhat astonished at the scene before him.

Although he was asking, he already had the answer in his heart, for although Su Sheng had no boss silhouette before him, there lay a pile of debris, and within that debris, the giant stone sword broken in two made clear the identity of that pile.

When they logged off yesterday, the boss still had around 8% HP left—that's over 8 million HP!

How did the chairman manage that in those last few seconds?

"Hehe, I didn't disgrace the mission. I just took all the experience for myself, but I'll raise your contribution points by two tiers."

Su Sheng smiled faintly.

Everyone present were the elite of Flame Yellow; they all knew that the greater Su Sheng's lead, the more secure Flame Yellow's position would be.

Moreover, their contribution points had increased by two tiers, which was no small amount, so naturally they had no complaints.

"What loot dropped?"

Nightcoming Big Bear asked somewhat excitedly, having originally thought that logging on today would involve several hours of bitter fighting.

As soon as they logged on, they discovered the boss had actually been defeated, and they naturally became excited as well.

"There's quite a bit of loot, but I haven't yet seen exactly what it is."

Su Sheng gave a slight smile, then opened his pack and began examining the loot dropped yesterday.

First he looked at the most conspicuous red piece of loot.

Indeed!

Su Sheng had already braced himself mentally; upon looking, it indeed did not exceed his expectations.

A blueprint!

Not only that, but all the other loot were various materials.

Magic Guardian Statue Design Blueprint (Red)

Required materials:......

Description: Can craft a magic statue; once activated, it can move freely within the stronghold and attack invading enemies.

Requirement: A stronghold of city level or higher; each stronghold may possess only one guardian statue.

Note: The strength of the magic puppet depends on the crafting, material quality, and workmanship; it is the guardian deity of the city!

Seeing this, Su Sheng's expression shifted slightly.

This should be the counterpart to the Main City's mechanical guardian beast, right?

I don't know if crafting it will yield the same power as the mechanical guardian beasts of Xuanwu Main City and Baihu Main City.

But I estimate the likelihood is low; at best, it would match this boss's strength.

However, if we could replicate a magic puppet as powerful as this boss, that would already be remarkable.

At that time, in the city's offensive and defensive battles, it would definitely be a powerful aid.

Unfortunately, it can only be used once we reach the Main City stage.

The Main City stage requires the guild to reach level 5, which we haven't yet.

Having looked at the materials needed for this statue, Su Sheng actually showed a hint of a smile.

The additional orange material dropped by the earlier Ghost-Faced Spider happens to be exactly what is needed here.

After a rough look, it seems that aside from the core red material, the other materials should be easy to gather.

Forget it; even if we could gather them now, we couldn't use them.

Su Sheng shared the dropped items with everyone in the team channel.

"This stuff isn't bad."

Wei Wenhuaming, looking at the design blueprint, rubbed his chin.

"Hey, Huaming, why do you also carry siege bombs on you? And you have even more than I do."

Hearing Wei Wenhuaming speak, Nightcoming Big Bear leaned over and bumped him with his shoulder to ask.

Wei Wenhuaming showed a slightly embarrassed smile: "That thing can also blast monsters, though the damage isn't high. I carry a set on my back to use as a ranged means."

"Sometimes it's handy to lure monsters myself; I've used quite a few of these, otherwise I'd have a set in my pack."

Nightcoming Big Bear's eyes lit up slightly: "Great idea! Why didn't I think of that? We lack ranged attacks—these bombs are just what we need. Nice, nice; I'll also prepare a set later."

The surrounding Flame Yellow players, especially the melee professions, hearing the two's conversation, all fell into thoughtful contemplation with inscrutable expressions.

From then on, those who opposed Flame Yellow suddenly realized that Flame Yellow's melee players seemed to have turned into a bombing squad.

Not only were they fierce in charging, but while rushing forward they also scattered explosives all over the sky and ground; although each explosive device's damage isn't high, it's still annoying.

Moreover, although the damage isn't high, the sheer quantity makes up for it.

Some fellows who got bombed many times could even be killed instantly.

Some other players wanted to replicate this playstyle, but no one could actually manage such extravagance.

Because so far, only Flame Yellow's side has Dwarf settlers; the Dwarf race can themselves craft such devices.

Dwarven craftsmanship is excellent and inexpensive, so these bombs aren't costly.

Others could also play this way, but it would require spending a lot of resources to support an artisan.

And the materials needed to craft this device are also not low…

Of course, that's a story for later.

…

Looks like this is a ruined relic dungeon of Huangcheng, or rather a kind of base camp instance, so the drops so far have mostly been various materials or blueprints from the base camp.

Only minor monsters drop equipment.

After Su Sheng put away the items, he spoke up to analyze.

Never mind, they're all good stuff; using them to build the base later won't be a loss.

Nightcoming Big Bear spoke up carelessly.

Then let's go, continue to the next floor.

Su Sheng looked toward the entrance on the other side.

As the boss died, the magical patterns on the walls all dimmed.

As the magical patterns faded, two passageways appeared.

One of them was the entrance they came through, and the other was undoubtedly the passage to the next level.

Everyone rested briefly, then maintained the previous three formations.

Su Sheng, leading the way, stepped into the next passage!

This time it was different from the previous passage; although the environment looked similar, the collapsed walls on both sides likewise bore magical patterns, and the floor was riddled with irregular cracks.

But as soon as they entered this time, a dense clatter of mechanism rotation sounded in their ears.

Click click click…

Su Sheng immediately became alert—could this be another mechanism passage?

But it was obvious that Su Sheng had guessed wrong this time.

Accompanied by the sounds of mechanism rotation, figures appeared one after another ahead.