Chapter 689: Fertilizer

Overall quality is above average, not bad.

Among them is a pair of shoes that should normally be usable, but unfortunately Su Sheng is wearing a level‑60 epic shoe.

There is also a decent piece of armor, but compared with Su Sheng's level‑45 epic Golden Armor, it falls short.

Of course, these are all extras; later we'll toss them all into the guild warehouse.

The core items are these two!

Mottled Steel Bracers (purple, armor)

Defense: 320

Bonus: Constitution +120

Bonus: Strength +100

Bonus: Constitution +80

Level: 55

Description: brief

Like Su Sheng's current level‑55 blue bracers, both have dual Constitution entries, but as a level‑55 purple piece, the numbers are naturally higher.

And the other piece, the greaves…

Black Rock Heavy Greaves (purple, armor)

Defense: 340

Bonus: Load

Bonus: Constitution +160

Bonus: Defense +100

Level: 55

Description: brief

Load (passive): reduces movement speed by 5%, increases resilience by 5%.

Both pieces, among these nine purple heavy armors, are of superior quality, just enough to replace Su Sheng's current only two blue pieces.

Although that heavy greave has a downside, the speed reduction… Su Sheng doesn't miss that 5%, and the 5% resilience is actually more useful.

Moreover… it also adds a defense bonus! For Su Sheng, who has the Lion Hunt stance, it's practically a Divine Artifact!

The resilience effect is passive, essentially an abnormality resistance, and also counters size‑suppression effects.

For example, in the Year Beast battlefield against that lord‑level Year Beast boss, if Su Sheng's resilience were high enough, he wouldn't be knocked flying.

In any case, the 5% speed boost is useless normally; as a heavy‑armor class you're already short‑legged, and with Lion Hunt active you don't need that extra 5% speed.

Thus the greave with a slightly lower attribute but no downside doesn't appeal to Su Sheng.

Change gear!

At level 55 no enchantments are needed!

Equipping the bracers directly adds 110 attack/defense, 400 HP, and 100 wasted strength.

Switching to the greaves reduces total HP by 200, but adds a full 260 attack/defense! Moreover, the 200 HP loss is offset by the earlier bracers, leaving an extra 200.

After allocating the upgraded attribute points, and after swapping both pieces, Su Sheng's attack/defense in shield‑holding state directly surpasses the 5,000 threshold, reaching 5,245.

Even without the Shield, it's 4,884.

HP also increased by 200, Shield‑holding 38,970, without Shield 37,570.

Quite good!

Su Sheng nodded in satisfaction.

He checked the remaining scattered points, nothing left to exchange, so Su Sheng directly redeemed some Gold Coins.

The settlement screen ends here!

Then Su Sheng chose to exit the Year Beast battlefield.

Refresh~

Su Sheng reappeared in Yanhuang Town.

"???"

Just as Su Sheng appeared in the town center, he froze and looked left and right.

Sure enough, this is his own Yanhuang Town.

This…

The mud horse can't be that Spirit Tree, can it!

He participated in a Year Beast battlefield; what's happening?

Su Sheng looked at the massive tree before him, its lush branches covering the entire front courtyard of the town center.

Under the tree stood the old scholar.

Not far away, on a stone pedestal in the front courtyard, sat a figure… Iron Hammer Dwarf King!

The Dwarves settled in Yanhuang Town could not have missed the commotion.

Su Sheng couldn't help but walk over.

"Explorer, you're back."

The old scholar looked at Su Sheng and greeted him with a smile, clearly in good spirits.

"How did you do it?" Su Sheng asked, looking at the huge tree before him.

Su Sheng checked the tree's information.

Spirit Tree (purple)

Description: a mysterious tree originating from JingLingZhiSen, rumored to have the potential to evolve into a Life God Tree.

It was originally just an ordinary tree; even after pouring Jade Water Spirit Liquid on it, it only grew a little taller.

But now it has advanced directly from a white tree to a purple‑grade Spirit Tree.

Not only are its branches and leaves luxuriant, but it is also full of vitality, with many butterflies fluttering above, even though the tree has not blossomed.

Some small animals also appear.

At this moment many players from the Human Clan rushed over, clearly having noticed the change in the Spirit Tree.

A huge tree suddenly appeared in the town center, too conspicuous to ignore.

"Hehe…" the old scholar scratched his head a bit, looking embarrassed.

"This old man ground a lot of wood‑like elf corpses into powder, mixed it with some spirit liquid to make fertilizer, and fertilized this Spirit Tree."

At this moment the Iron Hammer Dwarf King slipped over and looked at the old scholar.

"You too, really got your hands dirty," the Iron Hammer Dwarf King said with a hint of meaning.

Su Sheng was dumbfounded, recalling the elf corpses he had helped the old scholar collect earlier.

Seeing the Tie Chui Airen with an odd expression, Su Sheng only thought it was uncomfortable seeing the old scholar mishandle those elf corpses.

…after all, the Dwarf Race and the elf race were once hard‑pressed brothers.

The old scholar spread his hands: "Anyway, they're all dead, just waste utilization."

"What's the principle?" Su Sheng retorted. Using corpses as fertilizer?!

Su Sheng thought of some reports in reality…

"Don't overthink it. The elf race has a special constitution, especially the elf nobles, who are essentially essences birthed from Life God Trees."

"After death they become wood‑like; although life disappears, the essence remains."

"Making fertilizer from their corpses, isn't the effect just great?"

The old scholar looked at the Spirit Tree before him.

The Iron Hammer Dwarf King muttered something incomprehensible, then, with a speechless expression, turned and walked away.

The old scholar ignored the Iron Hammer Dwarf, continued to stare up at the Spirit Tree before him, as if he could make it bloom.

Su Sheng looked at the vibrant Spirit Tree before him, clicked his tongue, well…

It looked quite pleasing.

"Brother Su, I'm sorry I'm still not strong enough!"

Lu Zhe looked at Su Sheng with some disappointment and spoke.

Even wielding Heavenly Cluster Cloud, he still couldn't make the top ten on the Year Beast battlefield.

Actually it was mainly because Lu Zhe was unlucky; while fighting a group of players, a Lord‑level Year Beast boss wandered over.

That group of players drew aggro, and then Lu Zhe was killed by that Lord‑level Year Beast boss; Su Sheng wasn't even a match for a Lord‑level boss, let alone Lu Zhe.

Because he was still in Combat State, Lu Zhe lost a third of his points, which is why he didn't rank.

"It's fine, just do your best; after all, the Leader is also ours."

Su Sheng smiled, patted Lu Zhe's shoulder, then looked at Chen Guan.

"Kong Lang, did you deliberately lower your points?"

"Hey~ Brother Sheng, hear my clever defense~ it's not… hear me explain....."