Original: Tianyun Lao Mao Tianyun Lao Mao 2021-05-07 09:01
Included in Collection #Table Chapter 193
Bailiu City, Arena.
Covering an area the size of six stadiums, with a height of over 300 meters, the Arena is undoubtedly the most dazzling building in Bailiu City. Even ordinary players can deeply feel the strong smell of blood and an indescribable sense of trembling when they stand in front of the towering steel gate of the Arena.
As Shifeng walked towards the entrance of the Arena, more than two hundred thousand players had already gathered there, making it extremely crowded. Among these players, some had created new accounts to enter Bailiu City, while many others were transferred from the Divine Realm world to Bailiu City.
Even before Shifeng entered the Arena, he could hear players shouting and selling items near the entrance.
"A set of level 100 dark gold six-piece equipment for sale at a low price! Only 2,000 gold coins or 200,000 credit points for the whole set. It can be used until level 120, definitely essential equipment for leveling up a new character!"
"Level 150 epic top-tier equipment, 2,000 gold coins for each piece, 5,000 gold coins for a level 150 epic top-tier weapon. Essential weapons for venturing into the Arena, limited quantity, first come, first served!"
"Level 120 epic six-piece set, selling at a discounted price of 20,000 gold coins! Credit points payment can enjoy a 10% discount!"
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The shouts of over hundreds of players echoed throughout the Arena, adding a sense of noise and excitement to the already crowded place, reminiscent of the early days when the Divine Realm world was first opened, filled with a vitality rarely seen in the major cities of the Divine Realm world.
However, the efforts of these players to sell their items did not receive much response from other players. Instead, they were met with disdainful eyes and gazes.
"These players and merchants are crazy! Outside, you can get an epic-quality weapon that can be used up to level 150 for only 2,000 gold coins, but here they are selling it for 5,000 gold coins. It's simply robbery!"
"Who says it isn't? In order to venture into this small world, I had to sell a large house and exchange it for 30,000 gold coins, which I used to buy a set of level 150 epic-quality armor. In this ancient small world, even a fifth-tier profession at level 150 won't be obsolete. Moreover, when players enter this ancient small world from the divine realm, the maximum amount of gold coins they can carry is only 1,000. It's impossible to bring even a single copper coin. These people are simply obsessed with money!"
The virtual reality game Divine Realm has been developed for ten years. Over 90% of the Divine Realm world's map has been explored by players, and the currency in the Divine Realm world has gradually become stable after its initial popularity.
From the beginning, one copper coin could be exchanged for 20-30 credit points. In the middle stage, one silver coin, equivalent to 100 copper coins, could be exchanged for 100 credit points. Currently, one gold coin, equivalent to 100 silver coins, can be exchanged for 90 credit points, and this exchange rate has remained unchanged for over two years.
Recently, with the opening of the new expansion pack, the Ancient Small World, the amount of gold coins players can carry into this world is limited, causing the exchange rate to increase from 90 credit points to the current 100 credit points.
Of course, when players teleport from the Divine Realm into the Ancient Small World, not only is the amount of gold coins they can carry limited, but the weapons, equipment, and various items and materials they can carry in their backpacks are also very limited. They are even prohibited from bringing in Legendary item fragments that are more powerful than Epic-quality items.
In the Divine Realm, player equipment is divided into Normal, Bronze, Mysterious Iron, Secret Silver, Fine Gold, and Epic qualities. Above that are Legendary item fragments and Legendary items.
Players can only carry Epic-quality weapons and equipment that can be used up to level 150, which greatly limits players who want to explore the Ancient Small World. Having Legendary item fragments allows players to have the power to fight beyond their level, and the more powerful ones can even fight against higher-tier opponents.
However, for the majority of skilled players, these restrictions are actually beneficial. After all, the number of players who possess Legendary item fragments is very small, with over 90% being high-ranking members of major guilds or top-level experts. This means that ordinary skilled players have no chance to compete with these individuals.
But it's different in this ancient small world.
Epic-level weapons and equipment are available even to ordinary skilled players, so everyone is more or less on the same level in terms of weapons and equipment. As a result, the advantages of top-level experts in major guilds in exploring the ancient small world will not be as significant as in the divine realm world, undoubtedly giving many players who venture into the ancient small world some opportunities.
Shi Feng also benefited from this.
Because before this, Shi Feng even planned to sell his villa to exchange for gold coins to purchase the weapons, equipment, and various items needed for leveling up. After all, even a set of level 150 epic-level six-piece equipment is worth millions of credit points, not to mention the need for various epic-level individual pieces and expensive epic-level accessories.
Without these epic-level weapons, equipment, and accessories, even with exceptional skills, it would be difficult to survive in the divine realm world with just a level 100 third-tier profession, let alone reach the peak of this world.
After watching the various weapons, equipment, and items sold by the merchant players outside the arena for a while, Shi Feng shook his head and walked directly into the arena.
It has to be said that these merchant players really know how to make money. Among the epic-level weapons and equipment they sell, there are many genuine top-tier items. However, the prices of these top-tier epic-level weapons and equipment are not ordinary expensive. They are generally more than two or three times more expensive than those outside. If he were to buy a set, the credit points he currently has would not be enough. He would have to sell the small villa he currently lives in...
In this ancient small world, the consumption in NPC cities is extremely high. Just resting for a night in any inn would cost at least fifteen silver coins, and the entrance fee to the city is as high as twenty silver coins. In addition to various recovery items needed for leveling up in the wilderness, just having a set of top-tier weapons and equipment is far from enough.
Because outside the NPC cities in this ancient small world, there is a strange corrosive energy. As long as players leave the NPC cities, they will be subjected to strong energy corrosion. When the energy corrosion reaches a certain level, not only will players' physical strength and mental energy be rapidly consumed, but their basic attributes will also be greatly weakened, eventually leading to death from this energy corrosion.
Therefore, players have very limited time outside the city, and in order to eliminate the energy corrosion in their bodies, they must return to the city to rest. If they want to speed up the elimination of the energy corrosion, they also need to consume various expensive dishes or potions. The consumption of money is extremely terrifying.
If there were no such aids, it would be impossible for players to speed up their leveling and advancement.
The player's first priority is not to spend all their money on weapons and equipment, but to concentrate their money on these consumables, especially when money is tight, it is important to spend it on blades.
One of these blades is the Arena.
To have a chance to obtain the Reconstructed Magic Body from the Arena, it is not free, it requires a large amount of gold coins.
The Arena has a total of five levels, except for the reception hall on the first level, the second to fifth levels correspond to the difficulty of the Arena's challenges.
They are respectively Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Epic levels, and they also correspond to the level of opportunity to obtain the Reconstructed Magic Body. The cost of gold coins ranges from ten to five hundred. Challenging the Bronze level Arena costs 10 gold coins, while challenging the Epic level Arena costs 500 gold coins, which is not a small amount.
It should be noted that the initial money given to the newly created task character is only one gold coin, so they don't even have the qualification to challenge the Bronze level Arena, let alone higher level Arenas.
Therefore, Shi Feng used the two million credit points he won from Luo Tian City to directly exchange for twenty thousand gold coins from various player merchants as initial capital.
Arriving at the lobby on the fifth floor of the Arena, I saw several arenas in the center of the fifth floor. Each arena is the size of nearly two football fields. In one of the arenas, a player is fighting against ten four-armed sea giants, each of which is more than eight meters tall. The player is like a baby in front of these sea giants, and these sea giants all have special bloodlines. Even the weakest of them is a Level 100 Tier 3 Grand Lord, and the stronger ones even have Level 100 High Tier Grand Lords. Compared to the player's strength and speed, they are obviously much stronger. The player is simply unable to confront them head-on.
Among the ten sea giants, some hold shields, some hold longbows, and some hold spears and greatswords. Although their numbers are small, they have clear division of labor and act as a whole. Their attacks are continuous, leaving no room for the player to catch their breath. If the player makes a slight mistake in dodging or choosing, they will be surrounded and attacked.
The skilled player wearing an epic-level suit persisted for less than ten seconds before being hit by a heavy arrow, causing him to lose his balance and be instantly hacked to death by the sea giants...
"Another defeat..."
"The epic-level difficulty is too high! I know that person, he is a top-tier player from the Smiling Angels guild, with combat skills reaching a profound level. Even he couldn't last for thirty seconds. Who else can meet the one-minute minimum qualifying time?"
"Yeah, over a hundred top-tier players have attempted this challenge, and none have succeeded so far. It seems we can only challenge the next level, the gold level. The chances will be greater, and it's impressive to reconstruct a gold-level magical body. After all, some peak-level fifth-tier experts only built a top-tier silver-level magical body when they were third-tier professionals."
As thousands of people present contemplated challenging the epic-level arena, they watched as one skilled player after another failed, and various thoughts emerged.
Just as many top players were lamenting the epic-level challenge, cheers and exclamations suddenly came from the other side of the arena, causing many players to turn their heads.
They saw a woman walking slowly out of the arena, wearing a seductive black leather coat, wielding two crescent moon curved blades. She had silver-gray hair tied into a long braid that swayed with the wind, and the arena displayed an A-level evaluation for her successful challenge.
"No way! Someone actually succeeded!?"
"Damn! A-level evaluation! She lasted for two minutes! Who is she?"
"I know her, she is the vice commander of the third legion of the top guild Xuan Yue Ge, Nightingale Zuo Yalin. She's a fierce person. I heard she is only half a step away from advancing to the fifth tier. I didn't expect her to come to this ancient world..."
Seeing the successful challenge of the beautiful woman, everyone's eyes widened. They were not only amazed by Nightingale Zuo Yalin's stunning figure, but also envious and jealous of her success in challenging and obtaining the opportunity to reconstruct an epic-level magical body.
If the epic magical body can be reconstructed, the future of geniuses like Nightingale Zoya Lin will be limitless.
While everyone was discussing, several experts from the Xuan Yue Pavilion Guild also excitedly approached Zoya Lin.
"Sister Zoya, you're amazing this time!" A white-robed goddess oracle looked at Zoya Lin with shining eyes. "Not only did you pass the challenge on your first try, but you were also the first to pass the epic-level challenge. Now our Xuan Yue Pavilion has gained fame in Bai Liu City before other top guilds!"
"It's just a successful challenge, nothing special. It's truly impressive to be able to reconstruct the epic magical body," Zoya Lin smiled slightly, shook her head, and did not feel any pride about it.
Because the successful challenge was only the first step in reconstructing the magical body. The real difficulty lies in reconstructing the magical body.
Although Zoya Lin said so, many experts in the hall still approached her to discuss and seek advice on the challenge. After all, the difficulty of the epic-level challenge was evident to everyone present, and it was definitely not as simple as Zoya Lin made it sound.
While many experts from major guilds and independent experts approached Zoya Lin to discuss and seek advice on the challenge, Shi Feng also arrived at an empty arena where no one was challenging.
"Challenge once for 500 gold coins!" A level 150 fourth-order NPC who managed the arena looked coldly at Shi Feng and said, "Based on the final challenge evaluation, you can receive rewards of different levels. Do you want to challenge?"
"This is 500 gold coins!"
Shi Feng nodded and took out 500 gold coins, directly entering the arena.