novelraw Chapter 248: Storm, Rare Artifact [Binding Bramble]
Chapter 248: Storm, Rare Artifact [Binding Bramble]
— Elimination Information: Stag Shelter (Rank 4999) has been eliminated by Yu Yuan Shelter (Rank 4499). Time: 13:31. (New players will enter in 12 hours.)
As this elimination information appeared pinned at the top of the Chat Channel, everyone in the entire channel quieted down for a moment.
Stag Shelter and Yu Yuan Shelter, as the two most widely discussed figures over the past couple of days, had always been under observation, with people constantly comparing them.
Many had been speculating on which of the two was more powerful.
After all, Yu Yuan Shelter was suspected to have backing from a high-ranking big shot, while Stag Shelter had always been a representative of the Driven Faction players, launching Player invasion wars with extreme frequency.
Extremely wolf-like in nature.
Coupled with their consecutive, significant rises in Leaderboard ranking during this period, they also showed strong staying power.
And now, with this notification, all debates were settled.
Regarding the elimination of Stag Shelter, those players with lower rankings were naturally very happy; with this killing god dead, one less threat loomed over them.
But those Driven Faction players who had good relations with Stag Shelter, while feeling regret for Stag's demise,were all, without exception, feeling relieved that they had reined themselves in at the precipice in time, removing Yu Yuan Shelter from their hunting list.
Stag Shelter served as their warning.
However, there was one person who, upon seeing this elimination notice, cheered within his shelter.
"Haha, I knew it, I knew it!"
Xiao Wu stared excitedly at the information on the Virtual Light Screen.
"To think it was him who made a move on Yu Yuan Shelter. I originally planned to turn Yu Yuan Shelter into a Descendant and then make him a Blood Slave. A pity."
"Still, for Yu Yuan Shelter to take down Stag so quickly... it shouldn't be possible!" Xiao Wu was no fool; on the contrary, his invasion experience was quite rich.
"Could it be that his shelter's location is extremely dangerous? He turned that danger into a barrier? Or has he already developed a faction?"
Xiao Wu speculated rapidly.
Generally speaking, developing a faction is something only those in the top 1000 of the Leaderboard begin to touch upon, but one only truly starts developing their own faction upon advancing to the Bronze tier.
Not only because developing a faction requires massive resources, but more crucially, it requires sufficient means and foundation.
In the end, Xiao Wu still leaned more towards the guess that Yu Yuan Shelter's location was extremely dangerous.
For no other reason than that Yu Yuan Shelter had entered the game too recently.
As for a mere month or so... in that short time, a normal player would be hard-pressed just to ensure food and shelter, even living in fear every day.
Even if Yu Yuan Shelter developed rapidly, developing a faction in just over a month...
That thought seemed a bit too sci-fi.
Attempting to launch an attack on Yu Yuan Shelter only yielded the prompt message that the target had entered a grace period.
"Still need to wait 7 days... Damn Stag Shelter, you truly deserved to die...."
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"Is this that rat?"
Inside the shelter.
Masier looked at the little black coal ball on Yu Yuan's shoulder with a curious expression.
Mie Mie glanced at it a couple of times and then stopped paying attention.
Fang stood on Yu Yuan's other side. Although she didn't speak, her gaze also revealed curiosity.
Yu Yuan took the Stealth Rat in his hand and, pointing at Fang and Masier, said, "You follow them first to familiarize yourself with the shelter..."
As he spoke, he placed the Stealth Rat on Masier's shoulder.
"Investor, what's its name?"
Hearing Masier's question, Yu Yuan was also slightly taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Just call it [Zhi Zhi]! It pairs nicely with Mie Mie!"
"Wow~~ Zhi Zhi~~"
The Stealth Rat was handed over to Masier and Fang.
Yu Yuan returned to the Rest Area and looked at the Virtual Light Screen.
He checked the prompt messages from the previous victory in the invasion war.
This time, eliminating Stag Shelter yielded a Silver-grade Civilization Treasure Chest and rewarded 20 Civilization Points.
And his Civilization Points, accumulated through the Wasteland Battle Royale and invasion wars, had now reached 750 points.
Completely exceeding the 500-point requirement for promotion to the Bronze tier.
Next, he only needed to focus wholeheartedly on improving his ranking.
And Stag Shelter had also contributed 270,000 survival points to him.
The only regret was that this war did not trigger a reward multiplier, which was a bit of a shame.
Still, with the current rewards, it was a huge profit anyway!
Yu Yuan also quickly checked the gains from this encounter.
The weapons Stag used were an Epic-grade longbow and that Bone Spear. Unfortunately, the Bone Spear had pierced into the Giant Mutant Rat's body and was long ago burned and destroyed in the previous Pit Trap fire.
That Epic-grade longbow, however, was quite good, with built-in wind attribute attacks when shooting.
But it wasn't suitable for Yu Yuan, so he could only wait and see if he could sell it later.
Most of the items and equipment on Stag's person earlier had been shattered by Yu Yuan's Machine Gun fire.
Only a single sharp tooth wrapped in Brass survived, strung on a thin cord woven from some unknown plant fiber.
[Wolf Clan Totem]
Description: This is a symbol of joining the Wolf Clan, though it is sometimes also used as a witness item during member trials.
Quality: Special
Equip Requirement: Wolf Clan member or prospective member.
Function: ① When a prospective member undergoes a trial, it serves as a witness token, representing the gaze of the Wolf Clan ancestors. ② Members who have formally joined the Wolf Clan gain a 15% ability boost while wearing it, and it continuously and slowly purifies their Wolf Clan bloodline.
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Yu Yuan studied this item for a bit and then put it away.
Next was that Thorny Vine that had been bitten off by the Giant Mutant Rat.
[Binding Bramble] (Damaged)
Description: This is a living plant-type Rare Artifact, quite rare.
Quality: Rare Artifact
Ranking: Unranked
Function: Can entangle and bind a target. The bramble thorns can absorb the target's blood, strengthening the binding effect. When broken, it can regrow and recover by absorbing Spiritual Creature Blood.
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Yu Yuan instantly understood why this Thorny Vine had been so easily broken free from by the Giant Mutant Rat back then.
The thorns on the Thorny Vine simply couldn't penetrate the Giant Mutant Rat's tough fur, let alone absorb blood to strengthen itself.
But this Rare Artifact was quite good for Yu Yuan.
He happened to lack a strong control-type binding ability, and [Binding Bramble] arrived just in time.
As for the Spiritual Creature Blood it required, Yu Yuan happened to have quite a stockpile.
He immediately took the Binding Bramble to the [Spiritual Creature Laboratory] and took out a jar of Mutant King Cobra blood.
As the jar was opened, a strong, fishy, foul odor of blood assaulted his nose, and Yu Yuan frowned tightly.
But the Thorny Vine in his hand seemed like a cat that had smelled something fishy.
The previously somewhat wilted vine trembled and wavered as it reached towards the blood jar.
Yu Yuan brought the blood jar closer.
When the Thorny Vine probed into the blood jar, a red pattern slowly lit up on the originally dull, grayish vine.
That red pattern lit up bit by bit from the point of contact with the blood jar, gradually illuminating the entire vine.
Then this blood-red color concentrated at the broken end of the vine and began to regrow and recover.
And the blood in the jar visibly decreased at a rapid pace.
Seeing this, Yu Yuan immediately took down another jar of blood from the storage cabinet. The vine immediately split off another tendril to probe into the new blood jar and absorb the blood.
Yu Yuan directly took this Thorny Vine along with those blood jars to the fourth floor and handed them over to Dale to help look after.
And Dale found the appearance of this Thorny Vine quite miraculous.
He had never seen a plant like this before.
Yu Yuan returned to the Rest Area. Before him now remained only that Silver-grade Civilization Treasure Chest.
"Who knows what can be opened from this time!"
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(Second update complete. Thank you, big shot [Ah Kai..], for the tip of [Great God Certification] ×2! Thank you for the support, brothers and sisters!)