Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 357 Huge Harvest
After being struck by lightning for a day, the tree spirit, whose roots had covered an entire hill, was almost completely obliterated, leaving only a green branch as thick as a thumb.

At the moment of his death, the entire East Sea team also vanished from this world.

The main god space.

Xu Feng handed the branch to Mei Yi and explained, "Tree Spirit Arrow, a powerful enchanted arrow. This arrow can be reused and strengthened by absorbing the energy of what it kills. Remember to retrieve it."

The little shrine maiden's main fighting style is currently divine intervention, using Murasame for close combat; but normally, she is an archer.

The world of "A Chinese Ghost Story" experienced by the East Sea team this time has been enhanced by the main god, and the Tree Demon Granny's combat power is far stronger than in the original story.

Ordinary reincarnation teams would struggle against those enhanced monsters.

But in Xu Feng's eyes, the strengthened tree spirit naturally became a better material, and the arrows made from it became much stronger. The little witch could use these special arrows to unleash a destructive power no less than that of the borrowed power state.

"The lightning grants it speed and the power to ward off evil, while the essence of the thousand-year-old tree spirit gives it an inexhaustible force. After it hits its target, it will grow energy-form tree roots to absorb the target's life energy... This arrow is probably even stronger than the most powerful enchanted arrow." Mei carefully accepted the arrow.

On the other side, Shoko, who had grown up to fourteen years old again, couldn't help but pout when she saw the arrow.

This prop... actually suits her quite well.

However, having just received a great benefit, she couldn't say much at the moment, and only kept exchanging glances with the little witch.

At this moment, the half-dragon Sato Yoichi said, "The strength of some of the items created by the captain has probably already surpassed that of the same items at the main god's place!"

This veteran who joined during The Hobbit era was very obedient and became Captain America's number one lackey.

Xu Feng smiled and shook his head: "The Supreme God can naturally create even more powerful items than this. Theoretically, the exchangeable items it can provide are unlimited. However, we ordinary reincarnators are limited..."

The East China Sea team gained a lot from this team battle.

Reincarnating Luo Yinglong in the world of "A Chinese Ghost Story" did not cause any unexpected problems; the East Sea team still had a positive seven points, and the point for eliminating Luo Yinglong was not deducted by the main god.

This means that each member of the East China Sea team will receive at least 14,000 reward points.

This reincarnation experiment provided Xu Feng with a new idea—to lower the evaluation.

Xu Feng doesn't kill his teammates for no reason. All along, he has been providing limited resources to his teammates under the guise of a transaction, allowing the sufficiently dangerous cycle world to naturally eliminate teammates he doesn't accept.

Now, this method of reincarnation has given him another option: to have his teammates reincarnate as 'gods' in the cycle of reincarnation.

In theory, if most of the members of the East Sea team 'commit suicide' and remain in the cycle of reincarnation, the rating of this highly rated reincarnation team will drop slightly... or at least the rate of increase will not be too fast.

Most reincarnators were ordinary people before entering the God Space; becoming a 'god' in a world with good living conditions and staying in the reincarnation world is definitely a benefit. Compared to following a captain whose strength far exceeds their own and facing dangers they cannot handle, that choice is more suitable for most members with insufficient potential.

Xu Feng believes that the vast majority of members of the Donghai team will gladly accept this choice.

Of course, Xu Feng needed to gather some intelligence before doing this.

After all, this way of dealing with teammates is disrespectful to the God, and it's uncertain whether the God will hold a grudge afterward and significantly increase the East China Sea team's rating.

In fact, Xu Feng didn't care much about the Donghai team's evaluation by the God.

His S-rank ancient blood granted him the ability to travel between different worlds. The only problem was that traveling between worlds on his own was very dangerous. Although he was not weak now, there were still many dangerous places in the infinite worlds that could kill him.

The gains from this team battle, combined with the side quests he had accumulated, were enough for him to continue strengthening his dual S-rank Ancient Blood.

At that time, his ability to travel through time and space will be further enhanced.

Most of the enhancements from S-rank Ancient Blood are to amplify his spatial talents, while dual S-rank will allow him to gain initial mastery of the power of time!

Xu Feng's indifference to the high praise given to the East China Sea team does not mean he is prepared to leave the Main God Space.

Staying in the God's Space, the cycle of reincarnation arranged by the God follows certain patterns.

Even if they encounter insurmountable danger, they can still be rescued by the God of the Main God Space by the life-saving items in the Main God Space.

Such 'rules' often contain opportunities hidden within dangers.

The East China Sea team has a low rating, so he can experience more cycles of reincarnation.

The higher the score of the East Sea team, the more resources they can obtain in a single cycle of reincarnation.

Just like the Tree Demon Granny, whose strength has greatly increased, has become an even better material for refining weapons.

Whether the method of "reincarnation to lower one's evaluation" succeeds or not, Xu Feng himself will not be greatly affected.

However, Shoko and Mei might benefit from this scheme. Xu Feng also doesn't think all members of the East Sea team are qualified to become gods in the story world... This approach gives the weaker members of the East Sea team another option, not their only option.

Some of the new recruits this time will not have the opportunity to receive such benefits.

"Team battle points plus team wipe total one C-level side quest and 14,000 points; killing seven members of the Celestial Team gives seven B-level side quests and 49,000 reward points; defeating the Black Mountain Demon gives one B-level quest and 5,000 points; Bing'er's killing of Cihang Pudu gives one C-level quest and 2,000 reward points; the Tree Demon also gave me a D-level quest and a few hundred points... Hehe, the reward points are finally more plentiful."

Hsu Feng smiled.

This time, he alone obtained more than 70,000 points, and he only needed two D-levels to complete an S-level side quest.

As for teammates.

At least one C-level side quest and 15,000 points, plus a dozen or so teammates, that's more than 200,000 points!

The Heavenly Gods team has few members, but the East Sea team has plenty.

"However, with my own reward points alone, I'm still a bit short of strengthening the Ancient Blood to S-rank, and I also lack some of the side quest points."

A double S-grade Ancient Blood requires a full 80,000 reward points.

With a smile, Xu Feng instructed, "Sato, Minamino, and Matsuoka, each of you will provide me with a C-level side quest and 12,000 reward points to help me strengthen my dual S-level Ancient Blood."

These three veterans had all benefited from the enhancements provided by Xu Feng and were well aware that their captain would not mistreat them, so there was no need to arrange intra-team trades.

In addition, Shoko ordered the insolent newcomer, Koizumi Masao, to provide funding. This guy had already suffered a mental breakdown and become an idiot, and would absolutely obey Shoko until the main god repaired him.

Unlike the three veterans who reserved some of their reward points, this newcomer will give up all of his reward points and side quests.

The four of them contributed over 50,000 reward points, plus Xu Feng's own 29,000 points. After the five of them finished communicating with the God, a huge beam of light was projected down from above the God... This time, the beam of light lasted for a very long time.

It's been so long that a newcomer can quickly skim through all the enhancements in the main god's system.

"According to the data given by the main god, the strength of these bloodlines seems to be quite average... How exactly did Captain manage to be so strong?" The newcomer Miyata Kuraki couldn't help but mutter.

He naturally knew that this captain was exploiting the ordinary members of the East China Sea team.

But the captain had already killed most of the monsters in the story world, and the majority of the reward points for the East Sea team members were in the captain's hands. Even if he absorbed blood, it would only be a few times more than the reward points and side quests he originally received. Could those side quests really make him that strong?

Miyata Kuraki couldn't help but recall the battle during the team fight.

Earth-shattering.

His math grades were average, but he could still figure out that the data from his bloodline didn't support the level of destructive power he could achieve.

"Bloodline is just the foundation; the key is development."

Xiangzi explained, "To be specific, the most direct way to develop is to unlock the gene lock. For bloodlines of the same level, whether the gene lock is unlocked and the degree to which it is unlocked will result in completely different combat power."

"However, unlocking the gene lock is very difficult. Our team in this battle is composed of the best in the main god space, but most of them have only unlocked the second-tier gene lock."

"As for the captain..."

Xiangzi smiled but didn't continue.

“The items here at the main god aren’t cheap either…” the newcomer Yoshio Horimura said. “I noticed that the C-rank side quests can only be exchanged for the doll robot from Full Metal Panic! The pilot robot modified from that doll is nowhere near as good as the combat suits the captain made for us!”

In this cycle of reincarnation, apart from Zhao Yingkong, who wreaked havoc in the demon city, everyone else only received a C-level side quest.

They originally thought the exchange system in the God's Space was very powerful.

But after learning about the prices here at the main god's place, I was immediately disappointed.

"That's why we give our reward points and side quests to the captain. The captain has enhanced logistics skills. The stronger his abilities are, the stronger the weapons and enhancements he can provide for us. He can even provide some items that even the main god doesn't have."

"The difference in power between the enhancements at the main god's place and the difference in reward points required are not entirely proportional. The side quests required for D-grade items and S-grade items differ by only eighty-one times, but a D-grade enhancement can at most destroy a space the size of a small town, while an S-grade item can easily destroy the surface of the earth or even a planet!"

"The difference in power is more than a trillion times!"

"This is only calculating the energy difference. S-grade items often have special characteristics that low-grade items do not possess. Let alone eighty-one D-grade items, even if eighty billion D-grade items were added together, it would be difficult to achieve the attack effect of an S-grade item."

Young Matsuoka Jintaka said earnestly, "In this situation, the best survival strategy in the Main God Space is to pool all the resources from the side quests to exchange for high-level items!"

(End of this chapter)