The biggest star item in this Treasure Map Secret Realm has to be the Guild Card. Factions like Endless Longevity, Threeking, and Shadowkill all came here specifically for this thing.
A single Guild Card costs 15,000 points.
It doesn't sound like much at first, but then Qi Xu realized that if Ingrid also redeemed a Guild Card, she would only have 1,000 points left over.
It wasn't that the Guild Card was cheap at all—it was just that he was sitting on way more points than he'd thought.
Qi Xu took this perfectly in stride, happily scrolling further down. The three essential materials required to level up to level 8 had already dropped in price.
Originally, they cost exactly 5000, 4000, and 3000 points respectively, but now all of them were 10 percent off.
After a moment of hesitation, Qi Xu bought 10 more Spiritstream Eyes.
After all, these items could only be obtained in the Treasure Map Secret Realm. With so many people in his guild right now, he could upload all these good items he had gotten, and let everyone redeem them using their guild points.
As for the specific rules and details, he would naturally leave that up to Bian and Laicai to work out. One of them was sharp-witted, and the other knew exactly how many points every member had in their pockets.
Qi Xu kept browsing, adding every item he wanted to his cart, planning to check out all at once after comparing everything.
Spiritstream Eye x10: 27000 points
Space-ignoring Heal Card for Ability Users x5: 5000 points
Space-ignoring Combat Boots x1: 2000 points
Space-ignoring 4-Hour Battle Power Double Card x3: 2600 points
Training Arena x1 (usable in guild service area): 4000 points
Mini Communicator x12: 5000 points
Pet Training Ground Ticket x10: 1000 points
Pet Battle Suit (customizable DIY design) x3: 9000 points
World Arena Ticket x500: 5000 points
Special Ingredient Space Pack x10: 1000 points
Void Shatter Stone x1: 10000 points
Immune to All Toxins Genetic Agent: 30000 points
When Qi Xu tallied up the full total at checkout, he realized that even all the points he had earned this trip weren't enough to cover it. He even had to use the last 1600 points left over from the major player gathering.
Every last point was spent, his points pool completely emptied. But that was fine too—all the items he got were incredibly valuable.
Every item prefixed with the words "space-ignoring" could be used in any secret realm across any dimension, which was exactly why Qi Xu had bought all of them.
From now on, he wouldn't be caught penniless the next time he ran into a tough spot. Adding the extra Heal Card for Ability Users he had saved by taking it from Shadowkill, he now had six of those cards in total. Next time, he could afford to play a little more loose and have even more fun.
Qi Xu downed the Immune to All Toxins Genetic Agent in one go. It had cost a full 30,000 points, and it didn't have a hint of sweetness at all, but a new "Immune to All Toxins" label popped up on his personal status panel.
Qi Xu thought to himself that next time he ran into Jin Wen Xing Mang Yue, he would make her pull out every single poison trick she had to test just how overpowered this new constitution was.
All the other items were straightforward enough, and he already had plans for each of them. There was only one item, the World Arena Ticket, that made Qi Xu stop and read its description very carefully.
Welcome to the World Arena! Once you use your ticket, you will be teleported to a special isolated space, where you will be randomly matched against opponents from all around the world. The more matches you win, the higher your global ranking will climb!
Once the total number of players in the World Arena reaches 100, the system will match players based on their Victory Point totals, and it will prioritize pairing players with opponents from different countries during the matching process.
In the World Arena, players who lose a battle must hand over 10,000 Survival Coins to their opponent, but this will not result in the player's death. When a fatal injury is about to land, the player will be automatically teleported out of the World Arena.
During battles, players can use any items and weapons. As long as you can defeat your opponent to claim victory, there are no restrictions on what methods you can use. The winner takes all, and strength is the only thing that matters here!
The final rankings will be locked at the end of every month. The top 10 players on the leaderboard will receive special titles, which may even come with unique opportunities. They will also be able to use their Arena Victory Points to unlock an exclusive redemption shop! Strength is the only passport in this world. The World Arena awaits all of you!
This ticket only costs 10 points each, which is very cheap, so Qi Xu immediately bought 500 of them. He is sure that all the battle-hardened, fight-loving members of their team will be very interested in this World Arena.
Besides, this is a global ranking. Their first step to step beyond the borders of their own server has arrived just like that. Qi Xu gently touches the ticket, and the global leaderboard immediately pops up before his eyes.
There are already players who have tried it out! Even so, the total number of participants is only 10 right now, just enough to fill the top 10 spots on the leaderboard.
The current first place is none other than Ingrid, the new friend he just met, who has already notched up three wins.
The second place's username is also very familiar to Qi Xu: Baba Yaga, a player from Server E. Both of them were the second players on their entire server to reach level 7 and level 8 for their vehicles, one after the other.
The rest of the players on the list are strangers to Qi Xu.
But he has already decided that he will give it a try as soon as he gets back, and bring all the fight-loving members of his gang to clear out the top spots on the leaderboard first.
After Wang Buyu has fully recovered, she stares at the massive amount of points in her account, feeling a little dazed. She looks through the exchange list, and most of the items there feel like things she could take or leave—she wants them, but not enough to feel desperate for them.
The Gang Formation Card that everyone else is craving the most means next to nothing to Wang Buyu. Even if she sets up a gang, she has no idea who she could invite to join.
Everyone fears being alone, and Wang Buyu is no exception. She tried to team up with other players who had shown her kindness before.
But the ability to hear other people's inner thoughts is a double-edged sword. That old saying "Judge a person by their actions, not their intentions" exists for a reason.
Seeing someone put on a gentle, warm smile on their face while their mind is filled with schemes and suspicion is like two twisted ropes tangling together, buzzing nonstop right next to her ears.
The first time she teamed up with a pretty older sister, who kept smiling and saying to her, "Don't panic, Little Buyu, big sister will protect you," but her inner thoughts were all "This mute girl looks so easy to fool. We can kick her out as soon as we leave the instance, no need to split the loot with her"...
Another time she met a firefighter man, who was very warm, helpful, and quite strong, just a little unlucky. Out of admiration for his profession, Wang Buyu teamed up with him to clear an instance.
On the surface, he said, "I'll definitely team up with you again in the future, you're so reliable," but in his head he was sighing, "I thought she was really capable, but she can't even help out with such simple things. Ugh, why can't she be more aware of that and not drag the team down"...
Wang Buyu was completely stunned back then. She wasn't lying when she said she got the first place on the leaderboard mostly thanks to luck. The firefighter man also told her it was fine, that they could just make friends while playing together, but...
After so many run-ins, Wang Buyu no longer wanted to team up with other people. Even though the false pleasantries were gone from his ears, even the sound of the wind whistling through the vehicle windows felt far more lonely. Wang Buyu was only average in combat strength, and he hated bloodshed and fighting, but what he had never feared was fighting monsters all by himself. What he feared was that the glimmer of hope he had just nurtured would be shattered to pieces by the unspoken thoughts hidden in other people's hearts! He had grown completely tired of every last person who said one thing and meant another.
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