At this stage, the anti-stealth skills available to players are all at level 1.
However, Qin Feng...
As an Assassin class, the Shadow profession automatically comes with +1 stealth level.
So, these players naturally couldn't detect Qin Feng!
As for the loot on the ground, Qin Feng wasn't in a hurry. After all, with the protection time for loot ownership, others couldn't steal it.
Seeing the players summon the Ghost Hawk, Qin Feng immediately understood their plan.
"Still want to kill me and steal the loot? Dream on..."
Qin Feng sneered inwardly.
He moved like an invisible ghost, circling the area.
The other party, a group of about ten, gathered together and moved closer to the corpse of the Golden Ghost Ship...
They guessed that Qin Feng had already fled.
Otherwise, there would be no reason for them to summon the Ghost Hawk and still not find him.
"He's smart..."
The tall, skinny young man sneered and raised his hand. "But don't get complacent. Stay ready for battle. The loot protection time for the boss is five minutes. After that, the loot belongs to us."
The Ghost Hawk flew above their heads, sending out anti-stealth energy waves, making them feel secure.
But then...
Suddenly, a figure flashed through their sight.
Accompanied by countless flashes of blade light, the damage numbers burst out around the ten players!
They only saw the damage numbers floating around them, and then everything went black—instant death!
Shadow Slash!
If the enemies were scattered, it would be a bit troublesome for Qin Feng to kill them.
But since they were gathered together, Qin Feng wouldn't hesitate.
Full wipe!
The blade light flashed, and beside the scattered corpse of the Golden Ghost Ship, twelve grayish-white life orbs appeared.
The whole swamp finally fell silent.
"By the way, where did Lin Li Yu go?"
Qin Feng glanced around the swamp but saw no one.
He didn't rush to use the "Greedy Hand" skill on the Golden Ghost Ship's body, but first opened the skill panel.
"I had 6 evolution points before, and this boss gave me 7 points, which makes 13 points in total."
"Let's evolve Greedy Hand!"
[Greedy Hand (Diamond → Epic)]: Assassin skill. 220% → 300% chance of getting an additional loot reward. The additional loot has a 100% chance to increase by 1 grade.
Epic-level Greedy Hand!
A qualitative change!
"100% increase by one grade?"
"Isn't this invincible?"
Qin Feng's breathing quickened.
Even after nine years of fighting in the God-Abandoned game, he had never heard of such an outrageous skill!
No need for further talk—he started looting!
[You have used the skill 'Greedy Hand'.]
[You have obtained 7 evolution points!]
[You have obtained 7 evolution points!]
[You have obtained 7 evolution points!]
[You have obtained 216 days of life (tradeable).]
[You have obtained 216 days of life (tradeable).]
[You have obtained 216 days of life (tradeable).]
A series of system notifications flooded in, making Qin Feng's heart race.
In one go, he obtained 21 evolution points and 648 days of life!
Qin Feng collected all the tradeable life orbs dropped by everyone in the swamp, including the over a thousand days of life that dropped from himself...
Then he checked his tradeable life: 3115 days!
"Another 21 evolution points."
"Let's continue evolving Greedy Hand."
Qin Feng opened the skill panel.
However, just as he was about to evolve Greedy Hand, he received a system notification.
[The skill 'Greedy Hand' has reached Epic level. Further evolution requires ten times the evolution points.]
[Do you want to consume 210 evolution points to evolve this skill?]
Qin Feng chose "No."
210 evolution points—where could he get so many?
"From Epic to Legendary, it requires ten times the evolution points..."
"Does that mean the later stages need even more?"
Qin Feng sighed.
Fortunately, he now acquired evolution points faster.
With an Epic-level Greedy Hand, a single Golden-level boss dropped 28 evolution points.
"With this, evolution points will need to be spent on other skills for now."
Qin Feng shook his head and temporarily decided not to upgrade the skill.
Instead, he looted all the items from the Golden Ghost Ship and checked them one by one.
The most important one, of course, was the special item he wanted!
[Ghost Fire Bell (Special Item)]: While carried, death will not cause loss of life. This effect has a cooldown of 1800 (1565) seconds.
[Soul Absorption [Passive]: When you kill a monster, the life dropped increases by 20%.]
[Soul Shock [Active]: Shake the Ghost Fire Bell to stun all enemies within a 100-meter radius for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 600 (521) seconds.]
This special item was something that, even in the later stages of the God-Abandoned game, could only be obtained by players with over a thousand days of life!
The most important effect was "Soul Absorption."
It increased the life dropped by 20% when killing monsters!
In the God-Abandoned game, the importance of "tradeable life" was undeniable.
Not only was tradeable life required for extracting abilities into the real world, but it was also needed for many other things later on.
In short, the more tradeable life a player has, the stronger they become!
"And the Ghost Fire Bell isn't considered equipment. It's just an item."
"It doesn't take up an equipment slot, only a backpack slot, making it very convenient."
With the Ghost Fire Bell, the player could prevent losing life upon death every half hour.
For Qin Feng, this increased his margin for error.
After all, even though he could remain stealthed at all times, his health was still too fragile...
Of course, there was one thing that excited Qin Feng even more.
"Even after killing the Golden Ghost Ship, it's not guaranteed that the Ghost Fire Bell will drop."
"Statistically, the drop rate for this item is about 30%."
"And this time, with the basic drop and the three extra drops from Greedy Hand, I got two Ghost Fire Bells?"
In his previous life, no one had ever obtained two Ghost Fire Bells!
So Qin Feng wasn't sure if their effects could stack.
He checked his detailed attributes.
He found the "Kill Enemy Life Increase" stat, which showed an astonishing 40%!
"Holy crap, that's insane."
Qin Feng was shocked.
The effects of two Ghost Fire Bells actually stacked?
From now on, the life dropped from monster kills would increase by 40%!
"Too bad, in the God-Abandoned game, the special effects of the same item share cooldowns..."
"The passive effect of not losing life upon death only triggers once, and both Ghost Fire Bells' passive effects will enter cooldown together."
"[Soul Shock] active effect is the same. Once used, both will enter cooldown."
This was the basic setting of the game.
Qin Feng had played for nine years, so he understood it all too well.
Of course, even if only the "Soul Absorption" effect stacked, it was already outrageous.
Qin Feng's progress was already fast.
Now... it would be even faster!
Next, Qin Feng continued to check the loot.
Thanks to the effect of Greedy Hand, he got over ten items from the Golden Ghost Ship, including eleven pieces of Golden equipment and skill books, two pieces of Platinum-level equipment, and one Platinum-level skill book!