Chapter 125: Chaos Necklace

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Ding~!

System Notice: Congratulations, your pet “Xinran” has gained a talent boost in the Netherworld and an item, “Skeletal Wristguards”!

……

“Huh?”

I was stunned . The little skeleton slowly walking out of the summoning formation was still Level 1, but her bones had become a lot more complete than before . Besides that, I could see high-quality black wristguards around her wrists . . .

Once again, my common sense was being challenged . Since when could a pet gain items in the Netherworld? W-was this a bug or something?

But I quickly thought better of it . Xinran’s quest was an SSS Rank quest after all, so I guessed that a bit of unusualness was to be expected .

However, the fact that her level was still one proved that she could obtain equipment and even increase her talent in the Netherworld, but not levels . She would need my help in that department .

I gave the skeleton a nod and greeted her . “Hi, Xinran?”

But she simply stared at a distant Chaos Snow Cat and growled menacingly . She seemed to be aware that the Chaos Snow Cat was a very dangerous foe, and she wasn’t wrong . The Chaos Snow Cat could definitely send her back to the Netherworld in one hit .

I ordered the Dark Wasp to fight the Chaos Snow Cat . In a 1v1 situation, it only took 20% HP for my pet to kill the Chaos Snow Cat, but of course I wasn’t going to let it do all the hard work on its own . Without a priest, even a calculated battle of attrition wasn’t sustainable if the HP loss was quicker than antic.i.p.ated .

Two Chaos Snow Cats and a shoosh of golden light later, Xinran had reached Level 2 . As I thought, her stat growth was far higher than the Dark Wasp’s!

I went back to grinding . Low-level pets tended to level very quickly, and Xinran reached Level 7 in no time . However, she didn’t respond to my orders at all!

Me: “Xinran, can you attack that cat to the right?”

Little Skeleton: “ . . . ”

Me: “Xinran, can you give me a smile?”

Little Skeleton: “ . . . ”

Me: "Xinran, have you forgotten about me?”

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Little Skeleton: “ . . . ”

In the end, I gave up . Maybe this extremely egocentric skeleton wasn’t the gentle and kind-hearted loli I knew at all . Maybe she had moved on after I killed Suren and took revenge for her .

I shook my head and went back to the grind .

Each player could learn one type of production skill, and while I was lucky enough to pick up two, a third one was truly beyond my reach . Therefore, I had no choice but to give up on the rich minerals that filled the entirety of the first floor . What can you do? Sometimes some things on the path of life are just destined to pa.s.s you by!

After an hour or so, I had cleared out all the mobs on the first floor, and my experience bar was 47% full . Considering that I had acc.u.mulated nearly 25% experience in less than two hours, it shouldn’t be too difficult to hit Level 62 before the day was over .

The end of the first floor was a staircase made out of ice . I walked up and reached the second floor without a hitch .

“Roar roar!”

My vision turned dizzy all of a sudden . It was because a Frost Polar Bear had punched me the moment I entered the second floor! Still, I supposed that I should count myself lucky . Not everyone gets to “eat” a legendary dish that was meant only for the rich, you know?

298!

Once again, Ghost Deity Armor proved itself to be an incredible skill . Despite having a higher level than me, the polar bear couldn’t even hit me for 300 damage . Right now I had almost 1700 HP, and I couldn’t feel any pressure fighting against an enemy who couldn’t take away more than 20% HP in one hit .

The Dark Wasp charged forward, poisoned and flurried the polar bear’s a.s.s like it had done this a million times in its life . I took my own revenge by imbuing my weapon in green energy and eliciting a yelp from the polar bear with Slayer Slash .

The polar bear died in the blink of an eye, and it dropped a quest item, a Polar Bear Claw . I supposed that my luck was pretty good right now . Unfortunately it wasn’t a food ingredient .  I wish I could make a Bear Paw Soup or something that instantly restored 10000 MP!

The Frost Polar Bear was a Level 68 monster, so it offered even more experience than the Chaos Snow Cats . Naturally, I was full of motivation . Sometimes the mobs would drop a Big Magic Stone or two, but I didn’t pick them up . As a Cooking G.o.d who thought ahead, there were only two things that could capture my attention right now: cooking ingredients and beautiful women . Everything else was as ephemeral as the fleeting clouds to me .

Around seven or eight dead Frost Polar Bears later, I reached the center of the floor where I discovered a lot of food ingredients . Unfortunately, there were a lot of Green Peppers and Garlics, but no Fish Meat . Without Fish Meat, I couldn’t create more Steamed Fish Soup to sell . What meaning is there to life if it doesn’t involve making a lot of money?

Swhoos.h.!.+

I used Death Plunder and looted the pelt off the Frost Polar Bear . It was a Rank 6 pelt, meaning that Yamete could use it to create Level 60 cloth armors .

Another hour or so pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye, and I had reached the end of the second floor . I had added over 200 Rank 6 Frost Polar Bear Pelts to my backpack, and I had collected the Polar Bear Paws necessary to fulfill the quest a long time ago . As I looked behind me, I noticed that a lot of polar bears had resp.a.w.ned on the floor . It would seem that the map’s resp.a.w.n time was pretty short . It was a great map for leveling .

Unfortunately, I was equally certain that this map was a key area that many ambitious players would like to take over as soon as possible . It would be wiser to take what I wanted and move on!

After foraging all the Green Peppers and Garlics, I left the second floor and entered the third floor!

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The third floor of the Chaos Ice Cave was populated by Level 70 Frost Battle Wolves . They were ferocious animals that were as tall as a human, and their Attack, Defense and HP were high enough to drive anyone mad . Unfortunately for them, their pelts were also Rank 6, so I had no choice but to leave none alive .

As I was progressing forward, I suddenly received a message from Murong Mingyue .

“Lu Chen, you there?”

“Mn . What’s up, sis?”

“Do you know any map that we can grind for high-level ores? Gold, silver, etc . Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls needs a mine so that Xu Yang can upgrade his Mining skill, and a colleague of mine his Blacksmithing skill . ”

“Hmm…”

The numerous ores on the first floor entered my mind, so I replied, “Form a team and come to the edge of Silver Moon Forest . The coordinates are (27854, 19833)!”

“Wow, that’s pretty far…”

“Yeah, it takes about an hour of travel from Floating Ice City . But you should come over because the first floor of the map—it’s called Chaos Ice Cave—is filled with ores . It should be enough to push a miner all the way from Rank 4 to 6 . ”

“Really?”

“Really . Why would I lie to you?”

“In that case, we’ll head there immediately . Are you there right now?”

“Mn . I’ll come out and help you once you arrive!”

“Okay~”

Excited by the news, Murong Mingyue left the chat to prepare while I went back to killing Frost Battle Wolves and collecting wolf pelts . Since Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had Xu Yang and a blacksmith, weapons shouldn’t be a problem for the guild in the future . I might as well spend the extra effort and help Xu Yang rank up his Mining skill as much as possible!

I observed the third floor for a moment and found a ton of unusual plants . Too bad I didn’t know how to gather herbs . However, I knew exactly one beautiful woman who was an expert in this department!

I sent a message to Lin Yixin: “Herbalist Lin, how interested are you in a super herb gathering spot?”

Lin Yixin’s reply came quickly: “You know one?”

“Yep . The coordinates are (27854, 19833)!”

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“Okay . Just gimme a minute . I still have two stacks of potions to sell!”

“ . . . ”

Dammit, she’s busy with business? What a waste of my gesture of love .

I stopped conserving my pots so I could clear out the third floor as soon as possible . Less than two hours later, I reached Level 62 . During my grind I had collected over five hundred Rank 6 pelts . It should be enough for Yamete to improve his Armorsmithing skill .

It was time to turn in my quest, but I soon realized that the way back was clogged by monsters .  This is the time I use my ultimate skill! I shouted, “Divine talent—Map wipe!”

Absolutely nothing happened at all .  Fine, I’ll do this the mundane way instead .  I muttered “Earth Escape” and went underground . Then, I slowly crawled my way back to the first floor!

By the time I reached the first floor, the density of mobs had become a lot more threatening than before . I carefully weaved my way to the entrance before revealing myself to the NPC, Soldier Hanson . Then, I turned in the items necessary to complete the quest: 10 Cat Claws, 10 Polar Bear Paws and 10 Ice Wolf Teeth!

“Ah!” Hanson rose to his feet agitatedly while clutching the quest items . “Young warrior, you are amazing! I can’t believe you actually killed all those powerful monsters! Come, this is the reward you deserve!”

Ding~!

System Notice: Congratulations, you have completed the quest “The Evil of Chaos Ice Cave . ” You have gained 150000 EXP, 700 Reputation and the quest item, “Chaos Necklace”!

“Oh? A necklace…”

I was pleasantly surprised . I wasn’t expecting an rank quest to reward me with a necklace!

I hurriedly opened the backpack and found a s.h.i.+ning necklace . It had a blood-red heart for a pendant, giving it a murderous appearance . I waved my hand, bringing up its stats screen . I was shocked .

Chaos Necklace (Silver-grade)

Strength: +27

Stamina: +25

Pa.s.sive: Increases the user’s Attack by 4%

Level Requirement: 60

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Cool! A necklace that adds Attack was top-tier to say the least!

In Heavenblessed, the chances of a necklace or a ring dropping were incredibly low, much less an awesome one that added a whopping 4% to Attack . Most people were incredibly disappointed when they discovered that their Bronze or Dark Steel–grade necklaces had useless bonuses like 4% fire resistance or 3% accuracy . In my case I hadn’t even seen the shadow of one even though I was past Level 60 already . It was a testament to the item’s abysmal drop rate .

The moment I equipped the necklace, my stats skyrocketed to a whole new level!

ID: Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand

Cla.s.s: Undead Swordsman (Silver Swordsman)

Level: 62

HP: 1900

Attack: 378~621

Defense: 402

Magic Resist: 228

Reputation: 20895

Luck: 0

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At the current stage of the game, 621 Attack, 402 Defense and 228 Magic Resist should be pretty impressive . If I threw in Enhanced Bones and Ghost Deity Armor into the equation, then my actual Defense was probably around 800 points or so . My sky-high stats were enough to make most melee players wail in despair!

It was almost time for my “guests” to show up, so I left the Chaos Ice Cave and appeared next to the Green Giant .

I looked pretty impressive in my blood-red cloak, my s.h.i.+ning armor and my Ghost Ice Soul, if I do say so myself . Holding my head high, I waited for Murong Mingyue, Xu Yang and Lin Yixin to arrive .

Unfortunately for me, another group of people had shown up first!

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