Serial Player
Chapter 1447 - 1114: The Strange Sister

Chapter 1447: Chapter 1114: The Strange Sister

Li Changhe placed the Japanese Fusang tree branch and the mechanically repaired bow into the [Forge] to synthesize.

Found out that the success rate was only 23%?

Moreover, because of the high quality, it cost 200 game coins to increase the success rate by 5%.

To bring the success rate to 100%, he would need to spend 3200 game coins.

For an average player, this would virtually wipe out their assets.

The general task rewards game coins around 200—400, and perhaps a bit higher if completing a side or hidden task. Considering the players’ expenses on medicine or purchases, most players could hardly save any game coins. That meant even with the materials, they wouldn’t dare to risk synthesizing.

However, it would be a different story if there were spoils of war.

"Thank goodness I don’t lack game coins," Li Changhe chuckled.

Ever since Chen Mazi robbed the Ghost Train, General Mountain had amassed a considerable amount of game coins.

Tens of thousands of game coins were readily available in the Guild Warehouse.

In addition, both medicines developed by Bai Luohe had been officially recognized for their effects and were purchased in bulk.

Thus... the Great Wall had become the major financial backer of General Mountain.

With such a financier, every player from General Mountain had a sizable reserve of game coins.

Before entering this task, Li Changhe had considered the lengthy duration of the task and that he might need to synthesize or decompose some special materials, so he brought along exactly 10,000 game coins.

He effortlessly spent 3200 to bring the synthesis success rate to full, then awaited the appearance of the new weapon.

If it could reach legendary quality, Li Changhe wouldn’t need to worry about breaking a bow each time he used the bone-arrow skill.

This would significantly enhance Li Changhe’s output capability. Of course, it would be even better if not so many people had to die.

Li Changhe strongly disliked the activation condition for Dawn Prayer.

The power gained at the cost of the lives of his allies or friends deeply troubled him. This wasn’t the first time—Soldier, Indomitable Ride of Hundred Tigers, Dawn Prayer—all these powers erupted on the premise of friendly sacrifices.

Upon hearing Li Changhe’s evaluation of his own abilities, the Supreme King commented, "Such fascinating power. If I were among the fallen, I too would hope that someone could bring us hope and would pray for you. Of course, it will be tough for you because obtaining this power means your allies, your comrades, and even your family are dying. But... you can at least carry their power of prayers and avenge them, rather than fleeing in disarray like me..."

The Supreme King was reminded of Yanyun’s invasion war; his fellow disciples and his parents had died in the conflict, and being outmatched by a Demigod, he had to retreat from Yanyun.

Li Changhe sighed internally and changed the topic, "What do you plan to do next?"

The human side had won a major victory in the Border City, but ultimately they were still at a disadvantage.

The four main human fleets—Comrade’s Hammer, God’s Mercy, End of the God War, and Hellsprings Reverse—constituted humanity’s strongest military forces.

Their existence meant the giant cities remained stable, and other races dared not act too aggressively, at least not openly against the giant cities.

Now only Hellsprings Reverse remained combat-capable. The others were either corrupted or heavily damaged.

As a result, several giant cities had already suffered.

"I have discussed it with Brother Dong. We’re waiting here for reinforcements from the other giant cities to resupply. Then, we’ll contact the remnants of the other fleets to gather here," said the Supreme King. "Apart from the ’God’s Mercy’ fleet which is thoroughly corrupted, Comrade’s Hammer and End of the God War still retain some strength. If we can assemble their remaining forces here, we’ll have some capital."

"Do you want to take the offensive?" asked Li Changhe.

Even if Hellsprings Reverse returned to peak condition, the enemy fleets outnumbered the humans. When all four human fleets were present, they could barely maintain a balance; achieving that now seemed very difficult.

"You should know that over the years, the various powers have been fighting each other relentlessly. Humans could achieve a subtle balance because Different Race fought Annihilation, Chaos fought Different Race, and even humans and Different Race united against Annihilation, and then turned on each other," said the Supreme King. "There’s also unrest among the Different Race Corps, with Beastmen fighting the Sea Clan, the Sea Clan fighting the Blood Clan, and so forth. And Chaos goes without saying, with the followers of the four Divinities at each other’s throats."

Indeed, they were originally enemies.

Chaos and Annihilation were sworn enemies and against all life forms, focusing primarily on humans.

Different Race simply wanted to eradicate humanity and take over the world.

After initially suppressing humanity, they started to fight over resources and territories.

Rather than saying the previous human situation was one against three, it was more like a free-for-all. That’s how humanity managed to maintain some power.

"And now, they eerily began to cooperate. During this Border City war, the Different Race’s Beastmen Corps, the Sea Clan Corps, Chaos’s Plague Legion, and half of an Annihilation fleet—even though they should have been enemies, they coordinated to fight against humanity. And to annihilate the Hellsprings Reverse, they even prepared a spatial lock. If it was just for Border City, they wouldn’t need to go through such trouble." Supreme King analyzed, "Of course, your appearance was an unexpected event for them."

"Right, that makes sense. If it were just about taking down Border City, in which the Different Race’s Corps had already infiltrated, they shouldn’t have deployed so many warships, even including two Great Monarchs." Li Changhe pondered, "So... were they planning to target the Hellsprings Reverse from the start? Could Border City possibly have been just a lure to draw you out?"

"Yes!" Supreme King responded, "but... why is that? We, the Hellsprings Reverse, first fought against God’s Mercy, which had been corrupted by Chaos. Then, we directly clashed with the Biluo Nomad from Annihilation. The fleet’s strength and numbers have dropped to less than half of the original. In the eyes of various powers, we aren’t considered a threat anymore. Why would they still commit such great forces specifically against the Hellsprings Reverse? Therefore, I believe they must have a next step planned, and this plan must not be disturbed by human fleets, so they collaboratively crippled the four major human fleets. Naturally, they wouldn’t spare the Hellsprings Reverse either."

"So, next, we need to understand what their so-called plan is?" asked Li Changhe, "Regardless of what the enemy wants to do, just stop them from succeeding."

"That’s the idea, so we need to assemble a fleet first, to guard against any possible contingencies," said the Supreme King. "Otherwise, if a real danger comes, our lacking strength will indeed be troublesome."

"Additionally, the present demigods all fear that arrow of yours and have hidden themselves. But in reality, that shot of yours isn’t repeatable. And neither you nor I have yet ascended to the throne. If the opposing demigods find out, that could be dangerous, and they will surely gang up to attack you," the Supreme King said. "Without using that arrow, could you kill a demigod?"

Li Changhe thought for a moment before responding, "I can! But if it’s a siege, that’s difficult to say. If I really get surrounded, create a one-on-one scenario for me."

"You’re still quite confident, even though the paths to Heaven have branched," the Supreme King chuckled lightly.

He had already noticed that Li Changhe’s Heavenly Road had split into three, not like his One vital energy transforms into Pure Ones; his could split into three or merge into one at any time.

In the eyes of many beings, Li Changhe’s condition was commonly deduced as one incapable of achieving divinity.

"This world is too hopeless; it has also given me enough strength to kill a demigod," Li Changhe responded somberly. "In other worlds, I wouldn’t dare guarantee that. But in this world, full of psychic storms, where the thrones of demigods recover their divinity slowly, yet also filling humanity with despair. When it comes down to one-on-one fights, no one here is my match!"

Li Changhe, with his molecular self-healing, was nearly immortal. And in this world, humans continuously supplied him with Black Mud Divinity. Whereas the opposing demigods, whether it be their throne or the Void Engine, were being affected by the psychic storm, slowing their recovery of divinity.

Li Changhe could completely exhaust a demigod’s divinity before they had the chance to replenish their strength using either the Black Dragon Spear or Old Lead to end the fight by shattering their throne or engine.

"And what about you?" Li Changhe asked.

The Supreme King possessed unfathomable power, having previously unleashed the Extinction Meteor, evoking a destructive power akin to a natural disaster.

It even had a prowess comparable to the Apocalypse strategy of the Crying Hero.

Deeply delving into various mysteries, he eventually managed the capability to move mountains and fill seas.

"I just woke up too and haven’t directly confronted a demigod yet. Otherwise, Hellsprings Reverse wouldn’t have been bullied by the Biluo Titan," the Supreme King pondered and then said, "I have researched a type of combined Immortal Skill, Slaying Immortal Sword Array. But I’m not certain of its effect on demigods. Plus, I haven’t found a suitable fourth person to cooperate with me to execute it."

"This actually isn’t too much of a concern," Li Changhe said. "Besides me, there are also many strong players among the human players, even including the Xuanyuan sword master. Perhaps he could cooperate with you to use Slaying Immortal Sword Array. Honestly, in special circumstances, who ends up besieging whom is still uncertain."

Later, Li Changhe and the Supreme King returned to the research lab.

Inside a specialized device, Li Changhe invested over two thousand points of Black Mud Divinity as samples for the Supreme King to study.

The Supreme King, under the guise of Blue Midnight, constructed a Face and began his research on Black Mud Divinity.

At this moment, with some time to spare, Li Changhe exited the research lab.

Intending to walk around for a bit on the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Then, in the corridor of the cabin, he saw a girl in a Daoist robe approaching from the opposite direction.

Was that Sister Wu Yan?

Had she returned from the meeting room?

Was she coming to check on the Supreme King, her junior brother?

Regarding this unfamiliar senior sister, Li Changhe genuinely wanted to express his goodwill.

So, he greeted Wu Yan using sign language.

"Hello there, Sister Wu Yan."

Wu Yan was somewhat surprised but also lightly chuckled, presenting her own sign language to Li Changhe.

"Hello"

However, Li Changhe fell silent, possessing the Cold Reading Skill ex. He noticed some slight changes in the girl which were barely detectable against their earlier sign language exchanges in the meeting room.

Li Changhe, gazing at the Daoist-robed girl in front of him, gradually shifted to a colder expression. A murderous intent was slowly brewing.

"Lady Nanzhuang?"