In less than five minutes, the Ice Resistance Gemstone, which added 5 points of Ice Resistance, had sold for seven Magic Crystals.
The price had exceeded Shifeng's expectations.
He had never imagined that Cold Wind City's players would need the Ice Resistance Gemstones more than he had expected.
With a total of 200 Ice Resistance Gemstones, Shifeng had earned 1,320 Magic Crystals. In addition, he had also digested the trade points he had received from the Adventurer Alliance's members.
"Crap! I just got here, and they're already gone?! "
"Why are there so many rich people? That's seven Magic Crystals! Why are people still competing?! "
"If I'd known, I would've taken action! As long as I had four or five Ice Resistance Gemstones, I could tank that ice-type Great Lord single-handedly! I'd be able to recoup all my losses!"
"Why are there only 200 gemstones?! There aren't enough for us to split! "
"What?! They're gone, just like that?!"
…
Everyone in the hall was stupefied. The auction had happened too quickly. Before many of Cold Wind City's Guilds could react, the 200 Ice Resistance Gemstones had already been sold out. As for the independent experts who had intended to observe the situation, they were already regretting their decision.
"Guild Leader, what should we do? I came too late. The Ice Resistance Gemstones have already been sold out."
"What?! They're gone already?! "
"What should I do next?"
"Wait a little longer. If there's really no other choice, buy them from the players who have obtained them. The Snow Ruin's environment is simply too harsh. Due to the lack of Ice Resistance, the main force's Basic Attributes have decreased significantly. They can't exhibit their true strength at all. We need to get our hands on those Ice Resistance Gemstones!"
…
Practically all of Cold Wind City's Guild Spies had received orders from their Guilds. Hence, they waited in the hall for the Ice Resistance Gemstones to appear.
After selling 200 Ice Resistance Gemstones in one go, Shi Feng did not rush to sell more. Instead, he waited for roughly ten minutes until the hall was filled with players interested in the Ice Resistance Gemstones. Only then did he take out 1,000 Ice Resistance Gemstones from his bag and place them in the exchange window. He then changed the starting price to 5 Magic Crystals.
Previously, he had only offered 200 Ice Resistance Gemstones as bait to attract the majority of players. Now that enough players had gathered, he could start selling them for real.
The instant 1,000 Ice Resistance Gemstones appeared on the exchange list, the players in the hall began to scramble for them like madmen.
The independent experts, adventurer teams, and Guilds that had not placed much bids on the Ice Resistance Gemstones began to bid, causing the price of the Ice Resistance Gemstones to skyrocket. In less than five minutes, Shifeng had earned another 7,110 Magic Crystals. This income was several times faster than Ling Yi City's Magic Crystal income.
However, the Shifeng knew that this was only the beginning.
Cold Wind City had over two million players. A measly 1,000-plus Ice Resistance Gemstones was not enough to satisfy the various adventurer teams and Guilds.
Following which, Shifeng no longer took the initiative to store the Ice Resistance Gems. Instead, he stored all of the Ice Resistance Gems with + 5 Ice Resistance Gems into his warehouse. He had the system sell a batch of 500 to 1,000 Ice Resistance Gems every 10 to 15 minutes. As for the other Ice Resistance Gems, Shifeng had no intention of selling them right now.
After all, 40,000 Ice Resistance Gems was already Cold Wind City's current limit. If they sold better Ice Resistance Gems now, they wouldn't be able to fetch a good price.
While the Ice Resistance Gemstones were being sold, Lifeless Thorn and the others returned to Asura's Residence to rest.
Inside the Snow Ruin, players' Stamina and Concentration depleted rapidly. Unlike in the outside world, players could recover some of their Stamina and Concentration by simply sitting down. However, inside the Snow Ruin, players' Stamina and Concentration depleted rapidly. If they fought, their Stamina and Concentration depleted even faster.
"Commander, this is the information regarding the third floor's Guardian Boss. This Boss does not require high Ice Resistance. However, it has a Passive Skill called Freezing Moment, which is extremely troublesome to deal with. When activated, not only will players within the top 20 DPS suffer a 100% Attack Speed reduction, but Chieftains of the same level will also attack them. These Chieftains have extremely high Attack Power, rivaling Great Lords of the same level. In addition, its second Passive Skill, Boiling Blood, increases a monster's Strength, Attack Speed, and Defense as its HP decreases." When Lifeless Thorn mentioned the third stage's Guardian Boss, he felt powerless, as if he couldn't exert his full power.
"How much HP do you guys have left before reaching the final Boss?" Shifeng asked.
"50% …" Lifeless Thorn replied, a little embarrassed.
"The team's average DPS isn't high enough?" Shifeng didn't seem particularly surprised.
After all, with its two Passive Skills, it was obvious that this Boss was a competition of DPS. Moreover, the raid team only had 12 Tier 2 players. Since the top 20 DPS players were limited, Lifeless Thorn and the others naturally couldn't deal enough damage. As for the rest of the raid team, their DPS obviously wasn't high enough. It wouldn't be surprising if they died before the Boss wore them down. Even if Shi Feng joined the raid team, the raid team's outcome wouldn't have changed much.
"Mhm. Although the team's equipment is top-tier, and we should be able to clear the Boss as long as we can deal enough damage, the Boss's Evasion and Block are extremely powerful. Without a certain standard, it's very difficult to damage it," Lifeless Thorn said, nodding.
"I understand. It seems we'll need to upgrade our equipment. Gather everyone's equipment and bring it to me," Shifeng said, nodding. After giving the matter some thought, Shifeng decided to compensate for a lack of technique with Attributes. This was a common practice in God's Domain when it came to Boss battles.
"Upgrade our equipment? It's still possible to upgrade our current equipment? " Lifeless Thorn could not help his surprise. Their team already had top-tier equipment. Upgrading their team's equipment should be practically impossible, not to mention upgrading their entire team's equipment. That was simply impossible.
However, since Shifeng had already given the order, Lifeless Thorn didn't dare think too much about it. He immediately urged everyone to hand over their equipment. In any case, these items needed to be repaired and maintained.
After receiving the equipment, Shifeng headed to one of the Mansion's common lounges and retrieved Pandora's Cube from his bag.
In the past, Pandora's Cube had been so popular because, as players reached the later stages of God's Domain, there were many Regional Dungeons and even Team Dungeons. Sometimes, players couldn't even rely on tools to reduce the raid's difficulty. However, Pandora's Cube was an exception.
Pandora's Cube's strengthening effect was similar to an Enchantment. As long as players used the Cube in advance, they'd be affected. Hence, despite the Cube's severe negative effects, the various large Guilds still coveted it.
The only problem was that the Cube consumed a lot of Mana.
However, after selling several Ice Resistance Gemstones, Shifeng had sold over 3,000 of them. Instantly, the Shifeng had over 21,000 Magic Crystals on hand. This made Shifeng feel rich once more.
Moreover, they had only sold a little over 3,000 Ice Resistance Gemstones, which wasn't even 10% of what they had sold. They wouldn't have any problems upgrading their team's equipment.
Following which, Shifeng refined a large number of Magic Crystals into Mana Water, spending over 10,000 Magic Crystals in one go.
To other players, the Demon God's Curse was troublesome. To Shifeng, however, the Curse could be greatly weakened. Using Icarus's Heart's Divine Providence, he directly sacrificed 200 points of Life Force, increasing his Luck to its maximum. The Curse's duration and Cooldown also decreased significantly.
Without stopping, he began strengthening his team's equipment.
With Divine Providence's effects, he successfully strengthened over half of the nearly 1,000 pieces of equipment. As for the remaining half, most of them were ineffective. Only a little over 100 pieces of equipment were cursed and couldn't be used for a short time. However, Asura Adventurers had plenty of equipment that could be replaced.
Following which, he spent a total of 18,650 Magic Crystals to strengthen the 100-man team's equipment. If converted to 5,595 Gold Coins, 5,595 Gold Coins couldn't be easily converted into so many Magic Crystals.
If the various large Guilds found out about this, they would definitely curse Shi Feng for being a madman. Spending so many Magic Crystals just to strengthen a piece of equipment for 12 hours was equivalent to the total Magic Crystal stockpile of a third-rate Guild.
However, to the Shifeng, this didn't matter. After all, they had sold nearly 5,000 Ice Resistance Gemstones during this period, earning nearly 35,000 Magic Crystals. They were spending them much more slowly than they earned them …
Once the team's equipment had been upgraded, the Shifeng immediately gathered the raid team.
"Distribute the equipment. If there are no problems, we'll set out!" the Shifeng said as he handed the team's equipment to Lifeless Thorn.
After receiving the equipment, Lifeless Thorn was stupefied when he saw the equipment's Attributes.
"Commander, what did you do?! Why are these equipment's Attributes so much stronger?! " Lifeless Thorn could tell that most of these pieces of equipment were the ones they had handed in, yet the Attributes of these pieces of equipment had undergone massive changes. He had never heard of such a thing happening before.
"I've only strengthened the equipment's Attributes by 15%," Shifeng said. He had intended to use Mana Stones to strengthen the equipment, but he didn't have enough Magic Crystals on hand. Hence, he had no choice but to make do for now.
"15%?" Lifeless Thorn felt a little dizzy.
What did he mean by only 15%?
Every time a piece of equipment's quality increased a player's Basic Attributes by 15%. In other words, Shifeng had improved the equipment standards of every member of the team by a large margin.
Currently, their equipment standards were already the best in Cold Wind City. If they improved their equipment by another rank, it would be unimaginable …
When everyone received the equipment, their jaws dropped. They even wondered if the equipment they had just received was theirs. This was a 15% increase to equipment's Basic Attributes. After factoring in the various effects of Skills and equipment, the actual increase was far more than 15%.
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