Chapter 92: Apology in the Sea of Blood

Once online again, the first thing the character did was check his hand. There was nothing unusual, and the attribute of the Yin Ming Pearl remained intact. Wu Shaochen let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the full bag of equipment. He grinned and thought to himself, “I’ll make some money first.”

There were still 25 bronze pieces, 17 silver items, 4 golden pieces, and two skill books that needed to be sold. The golden belt could be worn by all classes, so Wu Shaochen would leave it for Wu Ziyin. Three silver pieces were suitable for her, and with the two items from the dungeon, she would soon be fully equipped in silver. The rest of the equipment could all be sold.

The price for bronze equipment wasn’t high, but since they were level 30 items, he listed them at 50,000 each, and they sold quickly. The silver equipment was listed at 250,000 each and took a bit longer to sell. Next came the three pieces of golden gear and two skill books, which he directly put up for bidding. Golden equipment was currently the best tier, and the sudden appearance of three pieces caused quite a stir in Jinling City.

“Isn’t this another round of equipment from the Dust Sealed God?”
“Of course, who else could it be?”
“I know! The Dust Sealed God must have been fighting a super big boss. Although he got killed down to level 0, he still managed to kill the boss in the end. That’s why his level suddenly shot up. Now he’s definitely fully equipped with top-tier stuff and doesn’t even care for these golden items.”
“You’re right! I said there’s no way the Dust Sealed God would ever be killed by someone.”

Having dealt with the equipment, Wu Shaochen looked at his 350 points of free attribute points.

“Should’ve added free attributes when I changed jobs. Oh well, at least I got them now after fighting the boss.” He checked his attributes: his root bone was 140 points lower, agility (apart from the automatic additions from the assassin class) was 125 points less, and his constitution had dropped by 5 points. Previously, his total 270 points at level 26 had mostly gone into root bone and agility, with just 5 points allocated to constitution.

After thinking for a while, Wu Shaochen added 150 points to root bone and 200 points to agility. His physical defense reached 1494, magical defense 1373, and attack speed was 255%. But his movement speed made him frown: 1125.

Looking at his agility, which had reached 1044, and considering his shoes added 125 to movement speed, it should have been 1169, but taking the shoes off, the movement speed dropped to exactly 1000. He fell into thought, “Is it that agility can only increase movement speed to 1000?”

“Forget it, I’ll figure it out later. The important thing is my current speed is sufficient. I’ll focus on stacking attack speed for now, aiming for 5 hits per second. After that, I’ll work on defense, becoming an invincible assassin.” Wu Shaochen thought to himself.

At that moment, he received a private message.

Feng Yiner: “Bro, you’re online! Where are you?”

Wu Shaochen sent her his location, and she quickly came over.

“Bro, how did your level increase so much all of a sudden?” Wu Ziyin asked.

“I told you I was killing a boss.” Wu Shaochen replied helplessly.

“What kind of boss could make someone level up 30 levels at once?” Wu Ziyin continued asking.

“Just a really awesome boss. It even killed me down to level 0, but in the end, I still managed to kill it. So you can imagine how tough it was.” Wu Shaochen said with a grin.

“Yeah, that’s really impressive.” Wu Ziyin nodded, convinced.

To prevent Wu Ziyin from asking more questions, Wu Shaochen hurriedly handed over the equipment he had just left for her.

Sure enough, after seeing the equipment, Wu Ziyin stopped asking questions and excitedly started changing into the new gear. She then skillfully listed the old equipment for sale in the auction house.

“Bro, I saw a crowd gathered around a place just now. Let’s go check it out.” After changing, Wu Ziyin no longer pressed the previous topic.

“Alright.” Wu Shaochen suddenly remembered that when he leveled up to 30, he had heard that the Slaughter Battlefield had been opened, so it must be there.

Wu Ziyin led Wu Shaochen to the place she had seen earlier, and sure enough, it was surrounded by people. After some difficulty, they squeezed through and saw a large crystal ahead with information about the Slaughter Battlefield. Wu Shaochen read it carefully and his eyes lit up—this event was quite promising.

The Slaughter Battlefield would open at 8 PM every day, lasting until midnight, for a total of four hours. Players could sign up through the crystal in front of them. Each city had 10 such crystals. Those who signed up would be automatically transported to the battlefield when the time arrived. In the battlefield, killing monsters would earn points, and killing players would steal their points. Death in the battlefield would not result in experience or equipment loss, but points would be stolen. The final rankings would be based on the points, and rewards would be given accordingly.

Wu Shaochen rubbed his chin. “This event seems like a nice welfare for players. It’s a server-wide event, so the rewards should be pretty good.”

“Bro, should we participate?” Wu Ziyin asked eagerly.

“Of course! How can we miss such an event?” Wu Shaochen said without hesitation.

“Let’s sign up quickly!” Wu Ziyin said, excited.

Wu Shaochen had initially not wanted Wu Ziyin to join, but after thinking about it, her equipment was top-tier with one golden item and the rest silver. Her level wasn’t bad either, and with her talents, it wouldn’t hurt to join. Besides, with him around, she might even win some rewards.

The Slaughter Battlefield allowed teams, but the maximum team size was 10. Points could be distributed however the team wanted, even all to one player. Teams that had already formed would be transported together.

Just as they finished signing up, the system auction notifications came. The three pieces of golden equipment were auctioned for 450,000 each, and it seemed like one person had bought all of them. Unfortunately, they couldn’t see who bought them. As expected, the two skill books weren’t very popular due to their specific limitations. The Breaking Cloud Spear sold for 150,000, and the Triple Stab for 200,000—low prices for skill books, but understandable since who would use a long-range spear for too long?

With the money from the sale, Wu Shaochen had already earned most of the funds needed to buy a house. He was in a good mood and was about to take Wu Ziyin out for leveling when a middle-aged man walked toward him. Wu Shaochen found him somewhat familiar.

The middle-aged man walked straight up to Wu Shaochen. “Hello, Dust Sealed God. I wonder if you remember me?”

Wu Shaochen stared at him for a moment, and then it clicked. “Oh, you’re the guy who stole my boss yesterday.”

The middle-aged man smiled awkwardly. “My name is Blood Sea Wuyā. I sincerely apologize for what happened last time. I didn’t realize it was you at the time. I’ve come today to apologize, and I hope you won’t hold a grudge over what happened.”

“It’s fine. It wasn’t a big deal. You guys were just delivering equipment.” Wu Shaochen said casually, his mood lifted after the recent profit. Although he was initially angry, he now realized these people had essentially given him free equipment, so there was no point in staying mad.

Hearing that Wu Shaochen wasn’t upset, Blood Sea Wuyā finally relaxed. To be honest, he’d been worried about Dust Sealed’s revenge, especially with examples like the Bald Overlord. His Blood Sea Guild couldn’t compare to such a powerful group, so if Dust Sealed sought revenge, they wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Blood Sea Wuyā, being a man of pride, decided to let things go and made an effort to mend things. He pulled out a skill book from his backpack and handed it to Wu Shaochen. “I noticed your sister is a priest, and I happen to have a skill book for priests. I’d like to give it to her.”

Wu Shaochen’s eyes lit up. This guy knew how to handle things. He quickly accepted the book. “That’s very thoughtful of you. Since you’ve given it, I’ll accept it on behalf of my sister. Don’t worry, everything from before is forgotten. We’re friends now.” He even added Blood Sea Wuyā as a friend, which made him extremely happy. He felt that the skill book was worth it.