- Online Game : God Level Assasin, I am The Shadow!
- GTA Chapter 82
“Finally, level 15.”
“It’s probably nightfall outside by now, right?”
In the ruins of Jianghai City, Qin Feng, riding his Phantom Nightwolf, slowly exited the northern gate of the city ruins.
Behind him lay the vast expanse of the Jianghai City ruins, stretching for hundreds of kilometers in every direction. The size of the ruins was almost identical to the real Jianghai City…
Ahead of him was a boundless, misty wasteland.
“It’s time to head to the Magic City.”
“But before that, I need to acquire the *Divine Bestowment Book*.”
The *Divine Bestowment Book* was something that, theoretically, everyone needed after the arrival of the *Forsaken Game*.
Qin Feng had been reborn with the knowledge that the apocalypse was coming, and that the world order would drastically change. Yet, why hadn’t he stockpiled food, water, and other essential supplies in advance?
The answer lay in the existence of the *Divine Bestowment Book*.
In the *Forsaken Continent*, outside every ruined city, there stood a *Tower of Divine Authority*, each guarded by an NPC. By completing a challenge, players could trade their lifespan with the NPC to obtain different types of *Divine Bestowment Books*.
The simplest way to understand the *Divine Bestowment Book* was to think of it as a kind of “3D printer.”
You input lifespan.
It outputs supplies.
Different types of *Divine Bestowment Books* had varying lists of items they could produce, such as food, living essentials, materials, medicine, and so on.
However, all the items that could be “printed” were things that already existed in the world of Blue Star.
Anything that existed on Blue Star could be “printed” by the *Divine Bestowment Book*, as long as you spent the required lifespan.
For Qin Feng, the most important books were those related to food and daily necessities.
He couldn’t live off instant noodles forever, after all.
Moreover, once he extracted his *Soul Cleansing Hideout* into the real world, he would need the *Divine Bestowment Book* to provide essentials like generators, lights, tables, chairs, and beds.
“The *Divine Bestowment Book*…”
Qin Feng gazed out at the endless wasteland ahead, lost in thought.
This item consumed a player’s lifespan, yet it was crucial to survival.
In his previous life, over the course of nine years, many speculated that the existence of the *Divine Bestowment Book* was simply a method for the gods to harvest or drain the lifespan of players.
“Using lifespan as a resource to create the things humans need… this is definitely a power only gods could possess.”
Qin Feng shook his head, pushing the thought aside.
He opened his friends list, preparing to gather some people to challenge the *Tower of Divine Authority*.
Of course, the reason for bringing others along wasn’t because he couldn’t handle it on his own.
It was because…
The NPC guarding the *Tower of Divine Authority* outside the Jianghai City ruins was notoriously tricky.
“If the challenge is too easy, the price for purchasing the *Divine Bestowment Book* will be exorbitantly high!”
“But if the challenge is too difficult, the types of books available for purchase will be limited…”
“You have to perform moderately well to get the best price and access to the widest selection of books.”
Qin Feng recalled how things had gone in his previous life.
Back then, he hadn’t taken Qin Xiaoyou along when he challenged the tower.
This was because the NPC, as cunning as he was, had a bizarre trait—if there was a female player present, the challenge’s difficulty would skyrocket!
“Six-Fingered Warlock, Vikli.”
According to some players who had studied this NPC in Qin Feng’s previous life, he had a bit of background.
In Vikli’s world, having six fingers was seen as a sign of misfortune. He had faced discrimination from everyone around him, especially from women, who viewed him as a monster.
After being publicly humiliated by the woman he admired, Vikli became mentally twisted…
What happened after that, no one knew.
Now, as the guardian of the *Tower of Divine Authority*, Vikli harbored an intense hatred toward women. He relished the sight of them being brutally killed.
Thus, if any female players joined the challenge, the difficulty would increase tenfold or more!
Even if the challenge was completed, female players would still have to pay a premium price for the *Divine Bestowment Book*.
As a result, in Qin Feng’s previous life, most female players from Jianghai City had gone to other ruined cities to challenge their *Towers of Divine Authority* and obtain their books.
Qin Feng didn’t want to challenge the tower alone, nor did he want to bring any female players along.
He opened a private chat with Wang Meng: “Wang Meng, are you free? I’m taking you to get something good. Aside from you, gather four other male players and meet me at the northern gate ruins.”
Wang Meng quickly responded: “Of course, if you’re asking! But can’t Captain An, Xiao Hei, or Xiaoxuetian come?”
Qin Feng replied, “No. Only men, no women.”
Wang Meng was a bit puzzled by the odd request.
What’s going on here?
But he didn’t argue: “Got it. Give me twenty minutes to round up two guys from Director Dai’s team and head over… It’s a bit far, sorry about that.”
“No problem.”
After finishing the conversation, Qin Feng closed the chat window and began riding his Phantom Nightwolf across the charred landscape.
Since it would take Wang Meng’s group twenty minutes to arrive, Qin Feng wasn’t about to waste time. He decided to hunt some monsters in the area.
At level 15, he could finally equip the Emerald-tier necklace he had looted from the *Soul Cleanser* boss earlier.
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[*Heart of Faisal* (Emerald): Assassin accessory. All attributes +25, Lightning resistance +180, Cooldown reduction +50%. Equipment requirement: Level 15.]
[*Soul Cleanser’s Blade* (Unique Effect): Any attack will drain 125 mana from the target and deal an additional 125 damage.]
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The stats on this necklace were decent.
The 50% cooldown reduction was especially good for Qin Feng.
As for the *Soul Cleanser’s Blade* effect, it wasn’t particularly useful at the moment. This was more of a PvP effect, and since Qin Feng could one-shot anyone in PvP, mana drain wasn’t all that helpful.
Of course, for other players, having an extra 125 damage per attack would be a huge boost.
But for Qin Feng, 125 base damage wasn’t much, considering his skills often added seven or eight hundred points, sometimes even over a thousand.
“Time to swap out the *Trickster Pendant*…”
“Losing 1 level of stealth.”
“But it’s fine. I’ve got this skill book I can learn.”
Qin Feng glanced at a new skill in his skill list:
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[*From the Depths of Darkness* (Emerald): Assassin passive skill. When you enter stealth, gain +1 stealth level. Every 5 seconds in stealth increases stealth level by 1, up to +3 levels. Requirement: Level 14.]
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This was a passive skill that had also dropped from the *Soul Cleanser* boss, which Qin Feng had retrieved from his *Soul Cleansing Hideout* after reaching level 15.
“Time to evolve it.”
“I wonder how high I can raise my stealth level?”
With 188 evolution points remaining, Qin Feng decided to evolve the Emerald-tier passive skill right away.
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