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Chapter 1516 - Chapter 1516 Chapter 1518 Inner Hall

Chapter 1516: Chapter 1518: Inner Hall Chapter 1516: Chapter 1518: Inner Hall Song Jian, at the edge of the inner chamber, searched carefully once more, but found nothing else; he could only continue to move deeper into the inner chamber.

The terrain of the inner chamber was even more complex, and the number of three-headed six-armed brutes at Legendary Level that appeared was greater than in the outer chamber. However, the brutes inside the inner chamber held much higher status than those outside; they did not patrol around but gathered in small groups, seemingly discussing something.

“If I could encounter one that’s alone, it might be worth trying to slay it!” Song Jian thought to himself.

The likelihood of these Legendary Realm brutes dropping Vitality Domain orbs was much higher compared to second and third-tier brutes, and Song Jian felt that the Vitality of these brutes in the inner chamber was much more profound than that of other brutes of the same level in the town.

Song Jian continued his search in the inner chamber, but did not encounter any solitary brutes. These Legendary Realm brutes were at least in pairs and if he couldn’t take them down swiftly, he would likely face even more powerful enemies immediately.

However, to his surprise, Song Jian found a Purple Crystal treasure chest in a secluded corner of the inner chamber. The chest lay quietly on one side of the chamber, covered with dust and debris.

“Is there really a treasure chest here?” Song Jian couldn’t believe it and double-checked, his face inadvertently showing a look of delight.

Emerging slowly from the ground, Song Jian walked towards the chest.

He looked around, and seeing that the area was very secluded with almost no brutes passing by, he knelt down, brushed off the dust and rubble from the chest, revealing its original appearance.

This was a Legendary Level treasure chest that only appeared in high-level maps and could only be found the first time an area was explored. Once opened, a chest of this quality would never appear again.

Suppressing his excitement, Song Jian began to open the treasure chest.

System: The treasure chest is opening, progress 10%, 11%, 13%…

Legendary Level treasure chests opened slowly and could not be disturbed. A disturbance would mean all previous efforts were wasted. Fortunately, although the inner chamber was dangerous, there were no brutes nearby in this secluded corner, allowing Song Jian to open the chest without interruptions.

With a click, the treasure chest opened.

Song Jian reached in and pulled out a book radiating a Dark Gold glow.

It was a Skill Book, and delight appeared in Song Jian’s eyes. A Legendary Level Skill Book, no matter which class it was for, would sell at an astronomical price. He was just unsure whether a skill book found in the Bloody Arena could be taken out of the secret realm.

Besides the Skill Book, there were no other treasures in the chest. After Song Jian took out the Skill Book, the chest slowly began to disappear.

Song Jian looked at the attributes of the Skill Book; it was a magic book that all Mage classes could use. Moreover, the appearance of this skill on the market would definitely trigger a frantic bidding war among them.

Vitality Conversion: Passive skill, Legendary Level, Skill effect: When taking damage, mana points are lost first, and after all mana points are depleted, Vitality Points would then begin to be consumed; the mana lost will be at a 2:1 ratio; the skill is upgradeable, and upon upgrading, the consumption ratio will decrease further. Exchange price: 50,000 merit points.

Mage classes are known for their fragility, with low Vitality Points and defenses, making them easily killed in one hit by enemies before they get defensive skills like a magic shield. Even with a magic shield improving their defense, their Vitality Points remain low.

However, with this Skill, the Mage’s Vitality Points would leap to match that of a melee barbarian bull in toughness. Keep in mind that Mages usually have thousands of points in mana, and those at Legendary Level even have mana surpassing ten thousand points, while Vitality Points are often only a couple of thousand at most. Even with a 2:1 conversion rate, over ten thousand points of mana are equivalent to just over five thousand Vitality Points, which means the Vitality Points limit would instantly quadruple, greatly increasing safety.

Furthermore, as the Skill level increases, this ratio would diminish even more, perhaps eventually reaching 1:1 or even 1:2. By then, ambushing and killing a Mage with this Skill would be nearly impossible.

“A god-tier Skill!” Song Jian’s eyes were shining. He would never sell such a Skill Book for fewer than a thousand Purple Crystals, but regretfully, he would have to either learn the book inside the Starry Sky Ten Thousand Races Secret Realm and leave the realm, or he could only exchange it for merits in the Star Hall, as the book could not be taken out of the Secret Realm.

After placing the Skill Book into his inventory slot, Song Jian continued his search. He was looking for Life and Death Grass on one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to find some isolated barbarians; killing them may yield a chance to drop Vitality Domain orbs.

The Vitality Domain was like a universal domain oil, incompatible with no other Domain Power. Instead, it would integrate with them, boosting the upper limit and recovery rate of Vitality Points.

Time flew by swiftly. After three to four hours, Song Jian had not found a single Legendary Level barbarian alone, but he did make some unexpected discoveries.

In the inner hall, he found a small plantation devoted to herbal medicine. When he first came across the plantation, Song Jian was thrilled, thinking that Life and Death Grass must be within this garden, but after a thorough search, he couldn’t find a single trace of it.

The plantation wasn’t large, no more than about thirty square meters. The herbs planted there weren’t particularly rare–mostly blue and green quality ones. Even if he took them to the Bloody Arena in the Star Hall, they would only be worth single-digit merits. Song Jian was so disinterested that he didn’t even bother to collect them.

Just as Song Jian was about to leave, the large door to the plantation suddenly opened. Startled, he immediately used Earth Escape Skill to hide underground.

Shortly after, a barbarian with three heads and six arms, wearing a grey robe, entered the plantation. After picking and choosing for a while, it gathered three ripe herbs and turned around to leave.

A thought struck Song Jian, and he quickly followed behind the barbarian, curious to see what it would do with those herbs.

Suddenly, the barbarian walked into a corridor, its three heads chatting with one another as it moved.

The leftmost head, which was bald, took a glance at the three herbs in hand and sighed, “This is a cursed land. Growing a single mature herb here takes ten, a hundred times the effort than in the outside world. If this continues, our entire tribe will be dragged down!”

“It’s been over a thousand years. If we stop now, all our efforts will be wasted. Just endure a little longer; if our king can be revived, it will all be worth it!”

“But our king fell a thousand years ago, and his bones have turned to dust. Can he really be revived?” complained the head on the right, with a single braid.

“Yes, he can. I have a premonition that the Life and Death Grass will mature in the next few days. Once it matures, our tribe can be free from the responsibility that we’ve carried for a thousand years, and our king will be reborn!”

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“Life and Death Grass?”

Song Jian’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but smile.

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