Chapter 1226: Reward Merger

One minute, two minutes, three minutes…

The strength challenge really isn't something a person can do; Xiao Feng's arms were already trembling, but he gritted his teeth and held on.

The system reminded every 10 seconds: 【You've met the standard, the assessment standard has been raised to 8xx levels!】

But it didn't remind him how many points and item rewards he'd earned.

Starting at the seventh minute, Xiao Feng's strength was already severely strained; the rock's weight exceeded his body's limit, every minute and second was agony.

He felt for the first time that the in‑game body was so useless, not even as good as his real body offline.

Sweat dripped down drop by drop; both his main body and clone turned red‑faced, with a feeling that they could be crushed by the stone at any moment.

But in order to pass and keep his clearing efficiency, he opened the Mysterious Shop, still not giving up, stubbornly enduring with sheer will.

"Thirty seconds left!" Xiao Feng shouted, encouraging himself and his clone.

【You've met the standard, the assessment standard has been raised to 848 levels!】

【You've met the standard, the assessment standard has been raised to 849 levels!】

【You've met the standard, the assessment standard has been raised to 850 levels!】

Boom!

Finally, after enduring agony for over eight minutes, Xiao Feng passed the assessment.

At the very last second of completing the assessment, his four arms went limp and he could no longer hold up.

The boulder crashed down with a boom—, smashing both of his bodies to the ground and causing him to lose hundreds of millions of HP.

Fortunately, both bodies were quite durable; it just hurt from the impact, and he didn't die.

The moment he passed the assessment, he could use spells without affecting his score.

Xiao Feng's thought moved, and the Source Burst Technique erupted directly at the boulder pressing on him.

With a bang, the huge stone blasted apart into fragments.

His spell's destructive power and the killing power of brute force are on completely different levels; even without a ten‑thousand‑fold boost, it is far more terrifying than brute strength, easily destroying a rock weighing over two hundred tons.

【Congratulations on passing the 0802‑850 level challenge!】

【You have accumulated 40,474 challenge points!】

【Your 49‑level challenge rewards can be merged and exchanged for 16 Supreme Treasure Fragments; exchange? If you cancel the exchange, you still receive the 49 regular rewards.】

The system popped up a prompt tone.

In one go, linking the rewards of 49 levels, they turned out to be different from usual—even the contents could be merged!

Xiao Feng was overjoyed; those divine medicines, scrolls, and artifacts were nice, but they definitely weren't as scarce as Supreme Treasure Fragments.

He decisively said: "Give me the merged exchange!"

【Ding~ Confirmed merge, rewards have been sent to the inventory!】

【Congratulations on passing the Myriad Heavens Tower 850‑level challenge! You've gained one chance to reset potential points, this reward is permanently effective!】

The system issued the rewards, and Xiao Feng's Supreme Treasure Fragments count instantly became 91.

The stage‑level big‑gate reward is actually useless; his potential points have always been all‑intelligence allocation, washing them elsewhere is also useless, moreover the points allocated away are only three or four thousand, and what's left is more than what's used.

After the rewards were distributed, another prompt tone sounded immediately.

【Ding~ Since your total attempts to clear levels 801‑850 are under three, you've triggered the Myriad Heavens Tower hidden reward—the Mysterious Shop!】

The familiar Mysterious Shop appeared again; a small window popped up, its contents still the same as before—only three items.

【Little Divine Spirit Pill】: 200 points, taking it immediately grants 1,000 potential points.

【Demon‑Repelling Divine Lamp】: 4,000 points, a tier‑2 Supreme Treasure, can be decomposed to obtain 2 Supreme Treasure Fragments.

【Supreme Treasure Fragments ×7】: 14,000 points.

Xiao Feng glanced at the contents and couldn't help exclaiming: "Have the Supreme Treasure Fragments dropped in price?"

Before, Supreme Treasure Fragments were always 3,000 points each; now they've dropped to 2,000 points. It seems the higher the level, the better the reward quality, and even items of the same quality become cheaper after clearing high difficulty.

Xiao Feng exchanged all three items, spending 18,200 points.

He gave the Little Divine Spirit Pill to his main body, gaining an extra 1,000 potential points.

He directly decomposed the Demon‑Repelling Divine Lamp, gaining another 9 Supreme Treasure Fragments, bringing the total to exactly 100.

It's a pity that Supreme Treasures obtained from the outside world cannot be broken down into fragments; otherwise, after scavenging so many low‑tier Supreme Treasures in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield and decomposing them all, he could almost synthesize a tier‑5 item.

After passing the toughest strength challenge, the following should be much easier.

Xiao Feng continued the challenge.

The scene before him shifted, and he was transmitted into the challenge space of the new stage.

This is a vast space; nearby are fertile plains, far off are high mountains and rivers, with forests and grasslands, lakes and snow‑capped peaks, and even some uninhabited villages—the terrain is very rich.

The system's voice sounded.

【Myriad Heavens Tower 0851‑900 level challenge content: Treasure Hunt Challenge. This stage is a benefit level; there are 50 treasure maps in total, all excavation work must be completed within 500 minutes. If the treasure hunt fails, the assessment resets and rewards are withdrawn. If the treasure hunt is completely successful, all unearthed treasures can be obtained; if total time is under 300 minutes, the Mysterious Shop opens!】

The system's introduction was longer than usual, directly telling him the entire stage's content.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng thought: digging up 50 treasure maps with only 500 minutes sounds rather tough.

Because the indicated range of each treasure map is only 1 kilometer, he has to dig on foot, 5 meters by 5 meters.

This is no easy task; with 50 treasure maps, a bit of bad luck could mean he can't finish digging in a day!

"Three hundred minutes, averaging six minutes to dig up a treasure—what a joke…"

Xiao Feng couldn't help but get a headache.

Although he also likes treasure hunting, looking at fifty maps all at once already makes his head spin; actually doing it would surely be extremely troublesome.

Moreover, the treasure‑hunt challenge differs from the strength challenge—it's not a combat state, so he can't summon a clone, making it impossible to work on two fronts.

【Trial Treasure Map has been sent to your inventory.】

The system information flashed, and Xiao Feng's inventory immediately gained 50 treasure maps stacked together.

""Good grief, still fifty completely identical treasure maps, not even allowing simultaneous treasure hunting at multiple locations." Xiao Feng became even more dumbfounded."

If the treasure maps were separate, he could take them out one by one in turn to check the general direction.

If there were treasure spots close together, after reaching one place he could continuously try digging for treasure, without having to make an extra trip, saving travel time.

But with all of them stacked together, he can only dig them one by one, finish one before moving to the next, not even given a chance to cut corners.

Isn't this just making things difficult for people?

He's not Qian Sha—'picking up trash' isn't very professional, so it's probably not that easy.

But there's no choice; to clear the challenge he has to dig honestly. If he can't finish in 500 minutes, the challenge resets and he has to dig another fifty times—this is no ordinary hassle!

Xiao Feng took out a treasure map and immediately began searching for treasure.

As the treasure map appeared, a treasure-hunting compass showed up on his interface.

【Target distance relatively far (greater than 3000 km), directional indication has deviation!】

The very first treasure map gave him a distance of 3000 kilometers; Xiao Feng nearly fainted from anger.

Fortunately, the challenge space is much smaller than the Myriad Heavens Battlefield; otherwise, if it started with a distance of 1,000,000 kilometers, he wouldn't even have time to dig the first spot before the challenge time ended.

3000 kilometers is somewhat far, but given Xiao Feng's current limit speed, it's actually still acceptable.

He threw out his flying sword, using Wind Control Technique to ride the sword, instantly pushing speed to the extreme, and flew swiftly toward the treasure location.

Three minutes and five seconds later, Xiao Feng arrived near the target location.

【Target area confirmed (less than 1000 meters), please dig manually!】

The system gave him a positional confirmation, but the exact digging spot still needs to be cross-checked.

All around was a field just finished harvesting, covered with stubble; everywhere looked the same, with no spot appearing more likely to hide treasure.

He could only hold the treasure map, take a few steps and try, take a few steps and try, using the most stupid method to attempt.