Chapter 180 Gemstones and Crystals

Nie Yan checked his personal storage, examining the collected gems and crystals.

To hatch the Darkwing Dragon, he needed to find twenty magic crystals, thirty radiance crystals, two life crystals, and one strength crystal. Previously, Nie Yan had posted the task of collecting these crystals on the Assassin League's task board, and also mobilized the entire Asskickers United to find radiance crystals. Currently, he had collected twenty magic crystals, thirty radiance crystals, one strength crystal, and one life crystal. He was just one life crystal short of being able to hatch the Darkwing Dragon. It was truly regrettable to be unable to hatch it because of such a small thing.

Items like life crystals had an extremely low drop rate. Finding one depended on luck.

If he could hatch the Darkwing Dragon before entering the Land of the Dead, then he would be more confident in the battle of the Land of the Dead.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and had the players of Asskickers United anonymously post a high-reward bounty task in the Mercenary Union: 100,000 gold to purchase one life crystal. Such a high bounty would definitely cause a sensation. If someone had a life crystal, it would be difficult for them not to be tempted.

If he could acquire a life crystal, that would be great. If he really couldn't get one, then he could only give up.

Before entering the Land of the Dead, there were many things to prepare.

Nie Yan remembered that Hilton Fortress seemed to have a Mysterious Shop, but he couldn't remember the exact location. In his past life, he had only heard people mention it, but he had never been there. He had heard that the cheapest items there were one-time consumables, costing at least 1,000 gold, and the most ordinary items sold for as high as 10,000 gold. He couldn't afford them back then.

In addition to the expensive prices, opening the Mysterious Shop required a one-time payment of 10,000 contribution points. After killing so many monsters, Nie Yan had accumulated nearly 30,000 contribution points, which was definitely enough.

He hadn't been to the Mysterious Shop in his past life, so he didn't know its exact location, but he had heard people say it was nearby.

Nie Yan asked Ignatius for information. As a native of Hilton Fortress, he should know this information.

After a few minutes, Nie Yan learned the exact location of the Mysterious Shop from Ignatius.

Xie Yao and the players of Asskickers United had gone to level up together. To avoid being caught by the people of the Alliance of Mages, they were being very secretive. Nie Yan planned to go to the Mysterious Shop alone.

As he walked down the street, at least a dozen people were following him, but if Nie Yan was determined to avoid them, they wouldn't be able to track him.

Nie Yan entered stealth and walked into a nearby alley, quickly shaking off the people who were tracking him.

He weaved through the narrow alleys for more than ten minutes. The intricate paths made it difficult to find direction. After passing through several narrow alleys that were only wide enough for one person, Nie Yan arrived at the entrance of a shop. Two fully armed guards stood at the entrance of the shop, their silver-white armor dazzling.

These two guards were responsible for guarding the Mysterious Shop. They were usually very arrogant, but when they saw Nie Yan, they quickly bowed respectfully.

Nie Yan paid a certain amount of contribution points and walked inside. He checked and found that only 3,000 contribution points had been deducted, which should be due to the effect of the "Guardian of Hilton" title.

Nie Yan walked inside. It was a spacious hall with many counters on both sides, displaying a dazzling array of items.

The person selling the items was a middle-aged man, tall and sturdy, wearing a cloth robe. Nie Yan used Scout on him.

Faller: Adventurer, Earl, ??? Level.

The NPC named Faller greeted Nie Yan.

"Honorable Nirvana Flame, welcome here," Faller said with a smile, exuding an air of shrewdness and competence.

Nie Yan replied politely and began to examine the items for sale.

Seeing the prices of the items, Nie Yan was secretly shocked. As expected, the prices here were notoriously high. Many items were sold here, such as the Weaver's Ring and the Crawler's Ring, but the prices were terrifying. The Weaver's Ring was priced as high as 50,000 gold, and the Crawler's Ring was priced as high as 110,000 gold, and those were just the basic, unupgraded versions.

He continued to look. The next counter displayed many one-time consumables, including group teleport scrolls.

Asskickers United had a group of players dedicated to collecting group teleport scrolls. They had enough group teleport scrolls to use.

Nie Yan swept everything that might be useful into his bag. Items that sold for 1,000 gold here could be sold for 1,500 gold or more to those without inside information, while Nie Yan could buy them for only 300 gold.

Because of the "Guardian of Hilton" title, Nie Yan could enjoy a 70% discount when purchasing items here.

This was the benefit of titles. In his past life, countless players who had obtained high-level titles made their fortunes by reselling items. However, the Mysterious Shop had a limited supply. If an item was sold out, it would take several days or even dozens of days to refresh.

Items that cost 10,000 gold could be obtained by Nie Yan for 3,000 gold. It was an extremely good deal. Items that were priced as high as 10,000 gold here were all super-rare items.

Nie Yan swept up a large pile of goods, his eyes landing on a gold-rimmed box. Inside the box were twelve identical rings, each with a unique design, a silver-white frame, and a circular, mysterious array engraved on the front, simple yet ancient.

Each ring was priced at 30,000 gold, and they were sold together as a set of twelve, for a total price of 360,000 gold.

For ordinary players, 360,000 gold was a terrifying price.

If Nie Yan bought them, he would have to pay 108,000 gold, which was not a small sum.

He looked at the attributes of each ring. The twelve rings had the same attributes.

Teleportation Ring (Sub-Legendary): Special Item.

Attribute Description: Holding this item allows the use of the Teleport skill, teleporting the user to the side of another player holding a Teleportation Ring within the local map. The skill has a cooldown of fifteen minutes, and the maximum teleportation distance cannot exceed 5,000 yards.

Seeing the attributes of the Teleportation Ring, Nie Yan was moved. If this item could be used well, it would be very useful. The skill cooldown was also relatively short, only fifteen minutes.

These twelve Teleportation Rings were definitely worth the price!

"Mr. Faller, are there any more Teleportation Rings here?" Nie Yan asked. If there were more, he would buy them all at once.

"These Teleportation Rings are rare and exquisite items. There are only twelve. Mr. Nirvana Flame, I cannot find any more. They are like any other sub-legendary or legendary item, unique," Faller explained.

Since they were rare items, there was nothing he could do. However, twelve rings were enough.

These twelve Teleportation Rings would be held by the top players in Asskickers United, including himself, Xie Yao, Tang Yao, Dazzling Knife Light, Water Color Smoker, Sun, King of the World, Big Boss Seven, Ten Miles of Painted Gauze, Fond of Jiangnan, Hammer of Love, and Desire Stains Youth.

Of course, Asskickers United had many other experts, but there were only twelve Teleportation Rings.

Nie Yan paid 108,000 gold and bought the twelve Teleportation Rings. He also bought some useful items for the elites in the guild. These items were expensive, but they were definitely worth the price.

After a big shopping spree, Nie Yan spent more than 600,000 gold in one go, filling five bags with items.

Only then did Nie Yan leave the Mysterious Shop with satisfaction. Next time he came here, he could buy more items from the Mysterious Shop and resell them to others, which should earn him a lot of money. However, he didn't have time for that right now. Nie Yan still had to arrange the specific details of the battle of the Land of the Dead.

At Cripps Fortress, many players were also purchasing items from various places and returning. Guo Huai had these players deliver the purchased items as quickly as possible.

Nie Yan received them at Hilton Fortress and distributed them one by one to the members of Asskickers United who were preparing to participate in the battle of the Land of the Dead.

The reason the Alliance of Mages was able to successfully ambush Asskickers United earlier was also related to the fact that they had used a lot of scrolls. Those scrolls caught Asskickers United off guard, causing so many casualties. Otherwise, with the quality of Asskickers United, it would be difficult to say who would win or lose in the end.

An eye for an eye. If it came to spending money on scrolls, Nie Yan would definitely not lose to the Alliance of Mages.

Nie Yan summoned the players of Asskickers United back to Hilton Fortress and distributed some useful items to each class. Each player received at least 1,000 gold worth of various items for the upcoming battle of the Land of the Dead.

Everything was ready, and they were just waiting for tomorrow. It was estimated that the Alliance of Mages was also almost ready.

The people of the Alliance of Mages were gathered in the residential area in the north of Hilton Fortress. They had purchased several houses there. Those houses were located in extremely remote locations, and the prices were very cheap. Since they were far from the center of Hilton Fortress, they were very inconvenient and not in the same class as Nie Yan's villa.

They had gathered about 1,200 top experts. In addition, some experts from guilds such as Holy Guardians had also rushed over from various places. Cao Xu's side was quiet, or rather, Guo Huai's intelligence system was unable to penetrate Wolfblade Studio, so he couldn't find out what Wolfblade Studio was doing.

What kind of existence Wolfblade Studio was, and how many people were in it, was a mystery.

Nie Yan estimated that Cao Xu, the boss behind the scenes, would not let the Alliance of Mages collapse so easily. He would definitely make some moves and send some capable confidants over. It seemed that it would not be easy to win the battle of the Land of the Dead, but he finally had the opportunity to meet the experts under Cao Xu's command.