At this stage, the anti-stealth skills players could use were only at level 1.
And Yang Shung...
The Shadow class came with +1 stealth level.
So, these players couldn't find Yang Shung!
Yang Shung wasn't in a rush to pick up the loot on the ground. There was a protection time for the ownership, so no one else could take it yet.
Seeing the players summon the "Ghost Horned Eagle," Yang Shung knew their plan.
"They still want to kill me and steal my loot? Not happening..."
Yang Shung grinned, invisible, as he circled around them.
There were ten of them, all gathered, moving toward the golden ghost ship's remains...
They thought Yang Shung had already escaped.
"If he's smart, he won't fight," the tall, thin young man sneered. "But don't get careless. We have five minutes to claim the loot before anyone can take it."
The ghost horned eagle flew overhead, and anti-stealth energy waves spread out, keeping them safe.
But then, a flash appeared before their eyes.
Countless sword lights rained down on them!
They saw the damage numbers float up, and then they dropped dead, all at once.
Instant Shadow Slash!
Yang Shung had no mercy. With them grouped together, it was an easy kill.
The sword light flashed, and twelve gray-white life light balls appeared next to the shattered BOSS corpse.
The swamp was silent.
Yang Shung looked around, but didn't see Lin Liyu.
He didn't hurry to use the 'Hand of Greed' on the golden ghost ship's body. Instead, he opened his skill panel.
"I had 6 evolution points before. Now, with 7 more from this BOSS, I have 13 points."
"Time to evolve the Hand of Greed!"
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[Hand of Greed (Diamond→Epic): Assassin skill. There is a 220%→300% chance to get an extra loot reward. The extra loot obtained has a 100% chance of increasing by 1 grade.]
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Epic Hand of Greed!
A massive upgrade!
"100% chance for loot to upgrade?"
"Isn't this insane?"
Yang Shung's heart raced.
Even with his nine years of experience in the game, he had never seen a skill like this!
No more hesitation, just touch the loot!
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[You used the skill 'Hand of Greed'.]
[You gained 7 evolution points.]
[You gained 7 evolution points.]
[You gained 7 evolution points.]
[You gained 216 days of life (tradable).]
[You gained 216 days of life (tradable).]
[You gained 216 days of life (tradable).]
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The system prompts poured in, making Yang Shung's heart race even faster.
In one go, he got 21 evolution points! 648 days of tradable life!
He picked up all the tradable life from the swamp's fallen players, including the over a thousand days dropped.
His tradable lifespan now stood at 3115 days!
"Another 21 evolution points."
"Time to evolve the Hand of Greed further."
He clicked on the skill panel.
But before he could upgrade, he received another system prompt.
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[Skill 'Hand of Greed' has reached the epic level. Ten times the evolution points are required to continue evolving.]
[Do you want to consume 210 evolution points to evolve this skill?]
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Yang Shung declined.
210 evolution points? Where would he get that?
"To evolve from epic to legendary, it needs ten times the evolution points..."
"Guess I'll have to wait."
Yang Shung sighed.
Luckily, with his new epic-level Hand of Greed, his evolution speed had increased.
With this, a gold-level BOSS gave him 28 evolution points.
He shook his head, putting off the next upgrade for now. Instead, he focused on the loot from the Golden Ghost Ship.
The most important item caught his eye.
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[Wilderness Bell (special item): When carried, life will not be lost upon death. This effect has a cooldown of 1800 (1565) seconds.]
[Soul Absorbing [Active]: When you kill a monster, the life you get increases by 20%.]
[Shock [Active]: Shake the will-o'-the-wisp bell to immobilize all enemies within a 100-meter radius for 3 seconds, with a cooldown of 600 (521) seconds.]
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This item was something players may never be able to buy, even with thousands of years of tradable life in the late stages of the God Forsaken game.
The key effect: "Soul Absorbing."
It increased the tradable life gained by 20%!
In God Forsaken, tradable life was extremely valuable.
It could be used to gain abilities in the real world or for other purposes later in the game.
In short, more tradable life meant more power.
"And this will-o'-the-wisp bell doesn't count as equipment, just an item."
"It doesn't take up an equipment slot, only a backpack slot, making it very convenient."
With the bell, there was a chance every half hour to avoid losing life upon death.
This increased Yang Shung's margin for error.
Though he could remain invisible, his physical body was still fragile.
What shocked him most was that...
"Even with the Golden Ghost Ship kill, the drop rate of the bell is only around 30%."
"Yet, I got two ghost fire bells?"
In his previous life, no one had ever gotten two.
Yang Shung checked his stats.
The entry for life increase after killing enemies now showed a 40% increase!
"Unbelievable."
Yang Shung was stunned.
Two ghost fire bells stacked their effects?
Now, his tradable life increase from monsters would rise by 40%!
"Too bad the passive effect of not losing life upon death only works once. When triggered, both bells will enter cooldown together."
"The same goes for the Shock ability."
This was the game's basic setting.
Yang Shung knew all too well.
Even with just one ghost fire bell's passive effect stacking, it was a huge gain.
His speed in getting stronger had just accelerated!
He continued checking the spoils.
Thanks to the Hand of Greed, he got more than ten items from the Golden Ghost Ship.
Among them were eleven gold-tier pieces of equipment, skill books, two platinum-tier pieces, and a platinum-tier skill book!