Chapter 90: Chapter 88: Golden Treasure Chest! Gold Dropped!

“Ah?”

Ye Mingqiu frowned, thinking: There’s actually someone else in this place, who the hell is this guy?

The name Calidos seems somewhat familiar, like I’ve seen it somewhere… but where? Can’t remember.

Forget it, someone as excellent as me couldn’t forget important things; if I can’t remember, it’s probably not important. If there’s hostility, active attack means they’re an enemy, and if they’re an enemy, just kill them directly. This is a high-risk area; hesitation could lead to greater danger.

[Calidos (Level 1 Monarch)]

[Race: Human]

Then, Ye Mingqiu bent down, his eyes calm as usual, staring at Calidos, Furious Pursuit activated; he didn’t intend to give the opponent any chance.

“Hmph! Painful Mud Swamp is my…”

“Bang!!”

The next moment, Ye Mingqiu punched Calidos’ head, exploding it, blood mist flying. He casually shook his hand, muttering to himself: “Hmm… such a weak Monarch… forget it, let’s continue exploring.”

He felt this guy might be crazy, a Monarch with Spiritual Talent, yet dared to boast in front of him.

….

Half a day later, temporary channel

Tian Qing: @everyone, I discovered a very troubling truth: in Elydenis’ world, the number of Marks of Corruption is more than we imagined, which means the Ancient God’s Aura affects the world more than we thought.

Tian Qing: Not only that, the location of the Ancient God Embryo is within the Marks of Corruption. Larger Marks of Corruption mean more Withered Land, further increasing the difficulty in finding the Ancient God Embryo.

Lu: Not just that, over here the calamities start at Leader Level BOSS, and there are many. Purifying them with a Child of the World will probably take quite some time, and there are even more advanced Monarch Level ones; we might have to give our all to defeat them.

Xing Ran: The hero I found once entered the Withered Land near the core Mark of Corruption, but he wouldn’t talk; I had to exert a lot of effort to get the information.

Xing Ran: Near the core Withered Land, there are at least thousands or even tens of thousands of Leader Level calamities, countless Monarch Level calamities, among which might be hidden Dominator Level disasters.

Tian Qing: Dominator?

Lu: ?

Yin Yue: What the heck?

Yin Yue: @Lu, stop chatting; a Child of the World was just assassinated again by people from Throat of the End; they’re ridiculously troublesome.

Lu: Additional information, there are many Monarch Level BOSSes in Throat of the End, the strongest being Calidos, a Monarch Level peak powerhouse; the four of us together might not defeat him, we must join forces with local heroes and the Child of the World who’s completed critical growth for a showdown.

Divine Monarch: Calidos?

Divine Monarch: He just tried to ambush me, and then I punched him to death.

Lu: ?

Tian Qing: ?

Yin Yue: ?

Xing Ran: ?

Tian Qing: @Divine Monarch, are you still alive? Why is your icon always flashing, and why haven’t you contacted us for so long? What’s happening?

Yin Yue: I guess he’s slacking off; just speaking up to play around, using some tool to keep himself in a state akin to suffering negative status to remain in combat mode, avoiding being judged as shirking battle by Spirit Realm.

Lu: Quite possible.

Xing Ran: @Divine Monarch, urgent summoning is a serious matter; for God’s sake, get serious, or you’ll face me when you get out! Just wait until I deal with you!

Tian Qing: Any achievements or discoveries to share? If we work together, we can definitely resolve this crisis; don’t just give up.

Lu: Wait! The side mission I triggered in Throat of the End just completed suddenly, and all the way to the final phase is completed! Calidos is really dead!

Tian Qing: ?

Yin Yue: ?

Xing Ran: Damn it! Wait, my skeletal plague mission also suddenly completed! What’s happening? What happened? Ah?

Tian Qing: ???

Yin Yue: Damn it! I understand now!

Yin Yue: This living dad must be from the Curse System; he’s directly cursed the high-level enemies of this world at a great cost, which causes him to suffer a constant abnormal state, hence the icon always flashing!

Tian Qing: Can a Monarch Level also perform Curse Killing? And killed more than one? What a huge cost!

Lu: God!

…

Withered Land

[Hint: You’ve completed the final phase of Throat of the End mission; you can immediately claim the reward or keep accumulating to get a higher-level reward]

“Accumulate.”

[Hint: You’ve completed the final phase of the skeletal plague mission….]

“Accumulate.”

The reward pool accumulation is akin to synthesis, combining a pile of Low Level rewards into one Advanced reward; when able to accumulate more, continuing to accumulate maximizes benefits.

Although the teammates aren’t strong, triggering side missions is good; if Ye Mingqiu were alone, he wouldn’t be able to complete the final phase of these two side missions. These teammates are still useful.

“It’s a pity they’re still too weak.”

Ye Mingqiu lamented.

He’s reluctant to talk much with those teammates for three reasons.

First: He wants to enjoy the experience alone.

Second: The teammates are too weak, they’re of no use; the small monsters here are Leader level and very numerous; whether they can survive is questionable.

Third: Compared to chatting with others, he prefers to engage in intense combat; it’s exhilarating.

Ye Mingqiu sat on a small hill, below him was a Monarch Level creature; this was the eighth Monarch he killed deep in the Withered Land, with quite good strength, much stronger than the previous Skeleton Giant.

He casually discarded the completely decayed armor, discovering no replacement in the Storage Space, then decided to open a wave of Treasure Chests before continuing the battle, maybe obtaining something more valuable.

Current Treasure Chest inventory: Black Iron Treasure Chest 89, Bronze Treasure Chest 188, Silver Treasure Chest 42, Gold Treasure Chest 1.

The quantity of chests is large, and quality is high, as the monsters Ye Mingqiu killed in this period were at least Leader level. Despite the low level, urgent summoning doubles the rewards, enhancing the kill yield and making high-level Treasure Chests easier to obtain, so the harvest is quite good.

Open the chest!

Ye Mingqiu first took out the Gold Treasure Chest, eagerly rubbing his hands, then opened it.

Whoosh!!

The brilliant golden light erupted!

Golden came out!

Is this the power of the Gold Treasure Chest?

[Congratulations, you obtained: Ancient God’s Aura]

Ancient God’s Aura

Type: Special

Introduction: A wisp of aura from the Ancient God, sealed in a special way.

Though the introduction doesn’t specify its use, anything related to an Ancient God wouldn’t be cheap; after all, in the world of Spiritualists, Ancient Gods are legendary mobile catastrophes, and moreover, world-level disasters. Such a level of existence’s aura definitely cannot be mundane.

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