Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 577 277: Beginning to Harvest Faith

"Each Issue's Hotspot" was forcibly cut off, and Wu Chang left the Crimson Courtyard directly. He didn't linger too much in Yanjing and immediately took a flight back to Wanghai City.

He's not concerned about what changes might occur in the Management Bureau afterward, nor does he plan to intervene.

He has already delivered the intelligence at the earliest opportunity, and the Order Sect in the Desolate Realm Administration Bureau is in a strong position. If they can't control the situation in this scenario, it can only be said that they are like mud that can't stand upright.

Getting overly involved as their babysitter is far less worthwhile than using this time to improve himself.

Ultimately, one's fate must be grasped in one's own hands.

As True Self was on a return flight, Wu Chang in Wanghai City began preparing for the next dungeon.

The Brocade Chamber of Commerce, knowing their place, saw the small line on "Each Issue's Hotspot" and immediately sent him 100,000 Rotten Silver Coins.

Wu Chang really appreciated the Brocade Chamber of Commerce's straightforwardness and was also curious about who exactly was the boss behind the scenes and what they aimed to do.

The Brocade Chamber of Commerce belongs to an elite force that, before promoting themselves through him, had an unimpressive reputation known only to a small portion of players specializing in bounty tasks.

Even the Management Bureau, with the information Wu Chang can access at his current stage, rarely mentions this force, let alone in player forums.

No one knows who the boss of the Brocade Chamber of Commerce is, who the members are, or the exact size of its operations.

People only know that the Chamber is supported by many wealthy real-world patrons with wide connections and no lack of funds.

At first glance, the setting of a small wealthy force seems unproblematic, but it doesn't withstand scrutiny.

Over time, the Brocade Chamber of Commerce has spent over 200,000 Rotten Silver Coins placing ads on Wu Chang. How much in antiques would they need to gather to offset this ad expenditure?

Spending so much money on just one person, if their goal was truly to collect antiques, wouldn't the cost of gathering these antiques in Rotten Silver Coins have to reach millions?

Besides items like the All-Knowing Crystal, the antiques identified by the Abyssal Game are genuine antiques, having no value beyond their appearance.

It's normal for wealthy individuals to spend thirty to fifty thousand Rotten Silver Coins on a few items for entertainment, but the market for this domain isn't that large.

Judging by the current situation, the Brocade Chamber of Commerce seems more like it's searching for something, using antique collection as a disguise.

But if this were truly the case, the Four Major Organizations should have noticed them long ago and conducted investigations accordingly.

Wu Chang gazed at True Self's player name, showing a pondering look in his eyes. His number one brother on the leaderboard had quite a mysterious identity.

However, with the approaching world dungeon, both the Desolate Realm and the Realm of Reason are set to undergo upheavals, shaking the waters to reveal hidden big fish.

He believes it won't be long before he engages with his number one brother on the leaderboard.

Wu Chang looked at the 200,000 Rotten Silver Coins in his account, silently thanking the generous patron, then turned his focus to the attribute panel and chose to enhance Space Magic.

"Cultivation Technique Name: Advanced Space Magic"

"Cultivation Level: C"

"Space Magic can be enhanced by paying Rotten Silver Coins or by absorbing Spatial Attribute Spiritual Objects to elevate the cultivation level. This magic can be upgraded to a maximum of A-Level."

"Advancing to B-Level requires 120,000 Rotten Silver Coins."

Unlike the Thunder Skill Fragment, which offers more without an additional cost, the original cultivation technique, space magic, capped at A-Level, is very expensive even if he has the resources obtained by perfectly clearing each stage, which would be challenging without his number one brother's support.

This is the disadvantage of a lone wolf player, even if lucky enough to obtain a powerful technique, lacking sufficient resources for enhancement.

"Upgrade cultivation technique."

As 120,000 Rotten Silver Coins vanished, advanced space magic upgraded to master-level space magic.

As the cultivation technique advances from C-Level to B-Level, it undergoes a qualitative change. This upgrade stage doesn't directly increase attributes but turns the magic entirely into the player's ability.

When the Thunder Skill Fragment evolved from C-Level to B-Level, Wu Chang truly acquired a cultivation method, and space magic follows similarly.

With space magic elevated to master level, he attained full control of this magic, no longer bound by skill restrictions when using it.

During the advanced space magic phase, he could only perform spatial shifts through long-distance teleportation, whether or not he was carrying ten people, regardless of the teleportation distance, triggering a one-hour cooldown.

In short-range one-on-one battles, it worked only as a one-time surprise move, not as a conventional attack method.

But now, his long-distance teleportation skill evolved into teleportation, increasing the maximum number of people carried to 20, and the maximum teleportation distance to 30 kilometers, with cooldown time reset through teleportation methods.

For example, when he used it and the single-use distance didn't exceed 100 meters, the teleportation cooldown was only 15 seconds.

During high-intensity combat, a 15-second cooldown isn't short, but it's sufficient to be a regular offensive and evasive tool, greatly enhancing his mobility during battles.

Original skills in space magic also underwent changes, with "High-Efficient Space Utilization" increasing the amplification rate to 1000%, and the "Inner World" became more solid, possessing a space-locking effect, rendering ordinary escape items ineffective once pulled into the Inner World.

Besides upgrading old skills, master-level space magic introduced a new ability.

"Skill Name: Space Folding."

"Skill Description: You have touched the essence of spatial transformation, allowing you to flexibly adjust an object's spatial position through stretching and folding space. Usage Range: 100 meters; Maximum folded space: 10 meters; Cooldown time: depends on skill usage intensity, minimum 15 seconds."