Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 368 - Chapter 368 Chapter 356 Who is the King of Spending (Third

Chapter 368: Chapter 356: Who is the King of Spending? (Third Update) Chapter 368: Chapter 356: Who is the King of Spending? (Third Update) After the holy spirit game store launched, there was something quite malicious.

The pay-to-win ranking system.

Currently, the highest-ranked player on the pay-to-win leaderboard was Shen Meng. In less than a day after the Holy Spirit game store had launched, Shen Meng had reached the top of the leaderboard with a staggering 480,000 pay-to-win points.

The second-ranked was the cola fanatic Bubble, who spent only 180,000 to empty out the Holy Spirit store and then stopped spending any further.

On the other hand, Shen Meng had already spent 120,000 earlier to secure all the best rewards from Fureya’s Wardrobe and the Fantasy Pet Pool and bought every variety of fashion and small props in the store. He truly emptied the store!

But Shen Meng was still spending… Her 24-hour broadcast was all about extravagant spending, this kind of lavish spending session brought unprecedented popularity to Shen Meng’s live stream.

However, Shen Meng was not after the top ranking on the pay-to-win leaderboard for the sake of her livestream’s popularity, but because the first-place player would win a private photo album of Queen Mei every month.

As the sole holder of the title ‘Guardian Knight of Queen Mei’ across the server, Shen Meng would never allow such a terrible thing as the private photo album to fall into the hands of other players! Never!

Luckily, the other wealthy players in the Holy Spirit respected Shen Meng enough not to compete with her for the top spot as they saw how furiously she was spending.

Honestly, the prize of Queen Mei’s photo album… wasn’t as attractive to some players as a piece of exclusive Special Equipment.

On the pay-to-win leaderboard, most players spent around 150,000 to empty the store and then stopped spending.

“Thrilling!”

Shen Meng was sitting in the breeder’s main city… on a massage chair prepared for the players, enjoying the ultimate comfort it brought while quietly waiting for the rankings to update.

Even though Black Wind Village had joined the Gods’ Alliance, Shen Meng, as a game streamer, preferred to take her viewers on tours of the Holy Spirit’s scenery over competing for fame on the prestige leaderboards.

So, Shen Meng often took the bandits of Black Wind Village on trips around the three alliances, and upon arriving at the breeder’s main city, Shen Meng felt as if she had discovered a treasure.

The abundance of facilities in the breeder’s main city truly left Shen Meng at a loss for words, especially the touch of the massage chair, which was so comfortable she wanted to make some unharmonious noises just sitting on it.

If she spent a few more days on this massage chair, she felt like her various spinal disorders and herniated discs could be cured.

But what really brought her pleasure… was still her position at the top of the Holy Spirit’s pay-to-win leaderboard.

This N0.1 line on Shen Meng’s screen always looked particularly pleasing to her, filling her with a sense of achievement and joy.

Just as Shen Meng was about to fall deep asleep on the breeder’s massage chair, the roaring voice of the Swordsman from nowhere suddenly woke her up.

“Boss!”

“What’s up? What’s up?”

Shen Meng immediately sprang up from the massage chair, wielding her giant sword and looking around.

“Scaring people in broad daylight? Aren’t you afraid I’ll chop you?” Shen Meng glared at the Swordsman, almost ready to strike him with her sword.

“Boss! Trouble! The owner of Leap Nuclear has started a live stream and is beginning to spend heavily!” the Swordsman shouted.

“Ah?” Shen Meng immediately turned on the Raccoon Live Streaming interface, and sure enough, in the third spot for popularity was Boss Yin from Leap Nuclear’s live broadcast room.

Although Boss Yin rarely streamed, this did not mean he lacked popularity. As the owner of Leap Nuclear, the most down-to-earth esports entrepreneur, Boss Yin had considerable popularity and heat on both Weibo and Baidu Tieba.

The moment this live stream started, it shot directly into the third place of most popular streams.

Boss Yin’s streaming content was simple… it was all about spending, showing only the Holy Spirit’s pay-to-win store.

“He’s probably just planning to empty the store?” Shen Meng’s first reaction was that Boss Yin, like other players, would probably stop after emptying the Holy Spirit store.

At that moment, Boss Yin only had 10,000 points from spending, which didn’t even get him on the leaderboard, but then he instantly added 200,000 points during the live stream.

“Do all tycoons spend this way?” Shen Meng was stunned as she watched Boss Yin dump close to two million tokens, but her first thought still was that Boss Yin was just planning to raid the store.

Without saying a word, Boss Yin directly opened the interface of Fureya’s Wardrobe, then lightly tapped on the ‘Draw 11’ option and started clicking frantically at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

“He’s done…” Shen Meng, the Swordsman, and all the viewers watched in silence as Boss Yin, in less than ten minutes, managed to draw all the prizes from Fureya’s Wardrobe at an astonishing speed.

Bad luck is just countered with money, but perhaps Boss Yin’s luck was so bad that despite the 200,000 points spent, the top rewards in Fureya’s Wardrobe, Fureya’s Fragrance and the Golden Rose set, were still missing.

So under everyone’s watch, Boss Yin spent another 200,000.

“Who said Fureya’s Wardrobe has a guaranteed drop system? Why couldn’t Boss Yin get the Fureya’s Fragrance and Golden Rose sets even after spending 200,000?” Shen Meng watched as Boss Yin’s points immediately jumped from over a thousand to second place and panicked.

“Boss, I got those two sets by spending just around 200,” the Swordsman said.

“Shut up, you smelly seal! Just a Golden Rose? I’m done…” At that moment, Knight realized that her top position on the spending leaderboard might not be secure anymore.

As expected, in that moment, Silver had already transformed into a relentless spender. After initially spending two hundred thousand, he spent another two hundred thousand, ultimately securing the top position on the spending leaderboard with a total of seven hundred thirty thousand points.

“Is this guy from Mount Kilimanjaro?” Knight stared in disbelief as Silver spent seven hundred thirty thousand without seeing a trace of Fureya’s fragrance… she found it outrageous.

“Boss, should we… follow suit?” The Swordsman, Mo Dao, knew Knight was here for the top spot in spending.

“We should follow, but I’m afraid we might not be able to outspend him… I saw from the viewers that Silver is spending to get some ‘dog food?'”

Knight knew her economic capabilities well; though she made a lot of money from streaming, she couldn’t match these wealthy tycoons. However, some analysis from the viewers made her realize something.

If it was really for Fureya’s Legendary Suit’s fragrance, there was no need to spend so much; you could simply use the spending points to exchange for it.

“Divine Power Crystals? When did this ‘dog food’ get added to the prize pool? I remember it was used for exchanging Divine Alliance equipment…”

Suddenly, Knight rushed to check her friends list and found Silver’s account. His friends’ list included all the top-level players of the Divine faction, so she hurriedly sent him a message.

‘Hey Silver, are you collecting Divine Power Crystals?’ Knight hastily asked.

‘Yes, buying unlimited amounts. How many do you have?’ Silver replied instantly.

‘Hold on…’

Knight was aligned with the Planar Pirates, and she only had six Divine Power Crystals, but she still had a lot of challenge vouchers left. She hadn’t used much of her four hundred thirty thousand spending.

Originally, Knight thought she wouldn’t need to spend any more in Divine, but then she bit the bullet and spent the remaining three million-plus challenge vouchers entirely on Fureya’s wardrobe.

The three million-plus challenge vouchers resulted in three thousand four hundred instances of ten consecutive draws, and because of the current thirty percent discount on Fureya’s ten-draw pool, Knight obtained seven hundred fifty-two Divine Power Crystals from these draws.

‘I have seven hundred fifty-eight.’ Knight said.

These items were of no use to her as she was currently collecting the Planar Pirates’ plunder tokens.

“I’ll take them all. Can I buy each at four hundred twenty?” Silver replied.

Four hundred twenty. Knight pulled out the calculator and did the math; this price would essentially let her break even on the money she had spent for the draws and even make a small profit!

‘Silver, you know that in the Divine Alliance, a single instance could yield between five to twenty crystals. You… this is a loss for you.’ Knight, still kind-hearted, reminded Silver.

To the players, Divine Power Crystals were just ‘dog food,’ an item for exchanging equipment. Although you can only play the instance once a day, and not necessarily succeed each time, selling five Divine Power Crystals could make over two thousand dollars? Although this was a sensible price, practically no one bought them because… it wasn’t necessary.

‘Some items only hold their value during specific times, just like the Challenge Vouchers back then. The value of Divine Power Crystals is only significant these few days.’ Silver kindly reminded Knight, ‘So, will you sell them?’

‘Sell!’

Knight was still thinking about clinching the first place on the Divine spending leaderboard. She would reinvest the money she earned back into Fureya’s wardrobe, and then sell the Divine Power Crystals she drafted back to Silver… It was like a perpetual motion machine, wasn’t it?

Wait… Wasn’t there a limit to the number of Divine Power Crystals in Fureya’s wardrobe?

Knight saw this prompt and hesitated for a moment as she looked at Silver’s trade request. Ultimately, she decided to sell all of them to Silver. She didn’t have a head for business and couldn’t figure out what Silver was planning with these items.

………..

‘Are you crazy?’

Mo Shigui sent this message to Silver, his first private message while inside the instance.

He was currently at the forefront of battle against Magic Thief, and had just taken a short break when he saw Silver spending heaps of money on Divine Power Crystals.

‘Look at this…’ Silver sent Mo Shigui the webpage detailing the NPC strategy event.

‘Do you want the Stone of Building? Can you buy the favor of NPCs from the Divine Alliance faction with Divine Power Crystals?’ Mo Shigui understood Silver’s intentions immediately after reading the event description.

‘You can’t buy it, but you can monopolize… I asked Xingxing, and only four characters in Black Tide Island have been rated SSR, with only twenty-five rated SR. Most of the SRs are in the Divine Alliance, so better to be the early bird.’ Silver replied.

‘…’ Mo Shigui could only reply with ellipses as he was busy fighting Magic Thief and really had no time to care about this… favorability grinding event.

Less than three hours since the event launched, Silver had gathered a total of five thousand seven hundred Divine Power Crystals, enough to fill a large sack!

Silver directly pulled Xingxing, and the scribes’ team, to the gates of the City of Gods, with a large sack of Divine Power Crystals behind him, looking just like Santa Claus and his reindeer.

“Tell me where the city’s finest ladies are!” Silver told Xingxing.