ctnovel Chapter 260 - 220: My Desert Oasis Is Going to Disappear (Part 2)
Chapter 260 - 220: My Desert Oasis Is Going to Disappear (Part 2)
"What kind of special skill is that? What happens when it breaks through the world barrier?"
Luan Bu asked.
Sweat beaded on Ruan Saint’s head. He said, "It looks like... it looks like he’s going to take the Quicksand River!"
"What?"
"Take the Quicksand River?"
"What do you mean?"
The surrounding crowd was shocked.
Meanwhile, the Quicksand River continued to transform. A light flared up from it, and two minutes later, it vanished into thin air, condensing into a single point of light that slowly flew toward Wang Yi. It soon sank into the space between his eyebrows and disappeared.
"Ding! A river has been refined. Your Physique has increased. You have obtained one breath of Mountain and River True Qi!"
"Ding! By Refining River into Soldiers, you have obtained the [Sand River Sword - Great Flood Spirit Blade]..."
Wang Yi heard the system prompts and laughed heartily.
At that very moment, not only had the Quicksand River vanished, but even the small lake in the center of the oasis had dried up. The spring feeding it from below had been dug out, and the 160-li riverbed was instantly dry.
Luan Bu and the others were all dumbfounded.
Sweat dripped from Ruan Saint’s head. He quickly used his Professional Skill to analyze the situation. A moment later, he said, "This is bad! The Quicksand River is permanently gone, and the spring has been dug out. Our territory has no water source! The ecosystem has suffered a fatal blow! Moreover, without the Quicksand River as a defense, the encroaching sands won’t be washed away. The riverbed will be filled in, the oasis will disappear, and our territory will likely be buried by sand within a year!"
"Fuck, what’s going on?!"
"Damn it, Yang Jian is destroying nature!"
"Son of a bitch, my desert oasis is going to disappear!"
"How the hell are we supposed to develop now?!"
"Damn it, how can someone just dig up a spring?!"
"Yang Jian, hey! Where are you going? Come back!"
"Come back! Give me back my Quicksand River!"
Luan Bu and the others shouted.
But Wang Yi just shook his head and led his team toward the Death Pyramid.
’I can only spare them for now. I’ll have to wait for my Starry Sky to descend before I can truly annihilate them!’
Wang Yi thought to himself.
The exploration of the Death Pyramid went extremely smoothly. Wang Yi led his people inside, smashing any sarcophagus they saw. They weren’t afraid of the mummy monsters that emerged and quickly eliminated them.
In the end, after three hours, Wang Yi successfully obtained the [Construction Drawings for the Soul Altar] and a [Mummy Fashion] set.
[Mummy Fashion: A special outfit. White cloth strips wrap around the entire body. Slightly increases mental defense. Binds upon equipping, self-cleaning, and non-tradable.]
[Construction Drawings for the Soul Altar: For Chaos Lord use only. After use, constructs a Soul Altar in the territory. The Soul Altar can resurrect resident Players who have died within the last 24 hours, but requires a large payment of Gold Coins. The Soul Altar can only resurrect Players. After the altar is built, the Lord Player is gifted one resurrection chance, which costs 100,000 Gold Coins to use.]
’An extra life is an extra layer of insurance. Not bad at all!’
Wang Yi put the two items away and walked up to three glowing orbs, the exits.
[Exit 1: Leads to a Three-Star Station: An abandoned Chaos City where one might obtain Reclassification Items for certain Adventurer Professions.]
[Exit 2: Leads to a Two-Star Station: A war arena in a certain Starry World. Participate in the war arena game there. Victory rewards a Chaos Blind Box.]
[Exit 3: Leads to a Two-Star Station: A grand venue in the Human Sky City in a certain World of Suffering. You can go watch a celebrity concert.]
’Without a doubt, I’m choosing number two!’
Wang Yi made his decision quickly. A moment later, he led his group onto a massive platform.
The platform seemed to float in the starry cosmos. Around it floated smaller platforms. As Wang Yi looked around, he thought the smaller platforms resembled viewing stands. Most were empty, but it seemed like a few had people standing on them.
"Ding! You have arrived at the Fourth Station, the Multiverse War Arena of the Starry World. This is a soldier-class arena, enclosed by a world barrier. Only soldier-class units with no legacy professions may compete. You have automatically been entered into the arena event."
"Ding! Alert: Death in the current war arena results in a penalty-free resurrection. All participants will be restored to full status after the match. The victorious side will receive a Green Blind Box as a reward, become the champion, and continue to accept challenges. The losing side will be immediately sent back to their home world’s Player territory. The number of deployed forces cannot exceed 3,000!"
"Ding! Alert: You may forfeit the arena event. If you do, proceed to the rear of the viewing stands and take the exclusive exit to the next station."
"Ding! You have successfully escorted the plot character Li Longyu through three stations in the Corridor of Chaos. Mission complete. Reward: one Information Scroll for the Corridor of Chaos, one Blue Chaos Blind Box, and one Blue Chaos Egg."
"Ding! Li Longyu’s plot mission has been updated. Please escort Li Longyu successfully through nine stations in the Corridor of Chaos. Mission complete reward: one Information Scroll for the Chaotic World Royal Court, one Purple Blind Box, and one Purple Chaos Egg."
"Ding! The arena match is about to begin. Please designate your competing soldiers as soon as possible. Currently available soldiers are: Martial Saint Fengyu Cultivator, Hu Miaosuan, Wang Bushi, Beruna. The number of soldiers cannot exceed three thousand!"
A soldier selection window for the arena match popped up in front of Wang Yi.
But he wasn’t in a hurry. He took his time to process the system prompts.
’So, in this arena, only minions can fight. If you win, you become the champion and keep fighting. If you lose, you get sent straight back to your home territory? And you get a Chaos Blind Box for every win!’
’I can also forfeit, take my troops, and head straight to the fifth station.’
’Yu’er’s escort mission has completed another stage. Not bad at all...’
Wang Yi quickly made his decision. He had eight Martial Saint Fengyu Cultivators enter the arena.
’This arena allows up to 3,000 soldiers, and I only sent in eight. I’m at a disadvantage... Beruna doesn’t have her instrument. If she did, sending her in would be a good option.’
Wang Yi muttered. Seeing that his opponent hadn’t appeared yet, he checked the items he had accumulated.
That was one blue, one gold, and one red-glowing Chaos Blind Box; one blue and one gold Chaos Egg; and the newly acquired Information Scroll for the Corridor of Chaos.
The Blue Blind Box and Chaos Egg were the ones he just received. The Golden Blind Box and Golden Chaos Egg were from killing the Zombie King. The red-glowing one was from the Bone Battlefield. He had also received a Red Light Chaos Egg back then, but it had already hatched into the Undead Musician, Beruna.
The two Chaos Eggs were of average quality. One could hatch a cold and strict blind adoptive father, and the other a love-struck female cousin. Wang Yi didn’t feel the need to hatch them.
He then looked at the Information Scroll:
[Information Scroll: The Corridor of Chaos requires a Royal Authority Item to be opened. At its end, the Chaotic World Royal Court contains a total of four World Secret Treasures. One of them is a hidden Secret Treasure that can only be chosen after clearing the Starlight Altar Station. The World Secret Treasures will influence the world plot and final ending of the Typhon World to a certain extent. After the third station, when faced with a choice of stations, using this scroll allows you to travel to a random Seven-Star Station.]
’There’s a hidden Secret Treasure, too. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that...’
Wang Yi put away the Information Scroll and proceeded to open the blind boxes. He started with the Blue Blind Box, which presented five options.
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One: True Sun Umbrella (Blue, Enhance +1)
Two: Cloud Pattern Silk Bellyband (Green, Enhance +2)
Three: Pirate Captain Outfit (Green, Enhance +3)
Four: Poison Dragon Ring (Green, Enhance +4)
Five: Never-ending Strong Liquor (Blue, Enhance +5)
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Wang Yi glanced at Li Longyu, who was clinging to his arm, and asked, "Yu’er, do you want the bellyband?"
But Li Longyu seemed a little nervous. She cautiously pointed to one of the floating viewing stands in the sky and said, "There are people up there. I think they’re watching us!"
"Oh?"
Wang Yi frowned and looked toward the stand. It was too far away; he could only make out what looked like some people sitting there, but he couldn’t tell who they were.
"Don’t worry about it! They’re either Players or Indigenous People. At worst, they’re Starry Sky Gods!"
"Starry Sky God?"
"Actually, you were a Starry Sky God in your past life, too!" Wang Yi decided not to lie to Li Longyu. "And your name was also Li Longyu. But I don’t know much more than that. If you’re interested, we can find out together."
"I have a past life? That’s so complicated! Never mind. I’m sleepy. I’m just going to take a nap!"
Li Longyu yawned, leaned against Wang Yi’s shoulder, and started to doze off.
’This girl really is carefree,’ Wang Yi thought.
He then made his choice, selecting [Never-ending Strong Liquor] from the five options before him.
Instantly, a golden Wine Gourd appeared in front of him.