The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 263 Blood Sun (10)

They visited the amusement park three times in a row and found that the number of spirit stones they received decreased each time. It seemed that the monsters in this area also needed time to "rest and recuperate".

Su Ninglong let out a long sigh, deciding to temporarily leave this base she was already sick of grinding in. As she packed up her loot, she mentally planned which area to move to next.

Shen Zhaoming noticed her thoughts and offered a timely suggestion: "You could check out the ruins in the direction of Blood Sun. According to Lao Gu, there's a small chance of finding rare materials there. And one of the materials you're looking for happens to be on that list of rare materials. I'll see if I can adjust the data there to increase your chances of finding it."

The materials collected by Su Ninglong were too numerous and varied for him to study.

Moreover, this isn't a real game. Even with data, basic materials are needed, which is why pulse guns are easy to construct.

The only way to get what Su Ninglong wants is through swiping.

Since Shen Zhaoming mentioned that there was a chance of obtaining the necessary materials, changing the base became an inevitable choice, which can be considered a strategic relocation.

Perhaps because of the unique nature of that area, we might even run into two lost teammates.

There are two routes to choose from when entering and exiting the amusement park.

One of them has been occupied by lurkers and has been alerted; it hasn't quieted down yet.

The mind controller, having regained their freedom, has already left, heading in a different direction, and is temporarily outside of Su Ninglong's divine sense detection range.

Both paths ahead are shrouded in danger.

The road to the left is right next to the enemy camp, and the slightest movement could alert Viper and his crew. You'll not only have to deal with the stalkers, but you might also find yourself surrounded by other players.

The Mind Controller just went towards the abandoned bridge on the right.

Once you step into its sphere of influence, Lao Gu's will is likely to be affected.

She could solve the problem of erosion, but she was powerless to stop the drop in SAN value.

Faced with a difficult choice, Su Ninglong calmly considered how to decide.

"You guys can stick to the game for so long, is there someone who can solve the problem of mental pollution?"

“Yes, there is a spiritualist who calls himself a ‘magical purifier.’ He can perform a purification with just one purification crystal. The effect varies from person to person, but it can indeed reduce the risk of distortion,” Old Gu replied. “If you need, you can go to him. He doesn’t belong to any faction.”

Su Ninglong and Shen Zhaoming exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting briefly before looking away. They both understood that they were thinking the same thing.

In reality, they didn't need to worry about mental pollution at all. During this competition, Tong Zi, Lei Qingya, and Shen Zhaoming all formed bonds with Lian Xinyi and Charlie, and only the weakest, Lao Gu, needed extra protection.

"Here you go." Su Ninglong handed Lao Gu a disintegration pointer. "Check your SAN value."

The pointer shows that Lao Gu's SAN value is only 40.

This is the result of a purification he had just undergone not long ago; his current condition can only barely sustain him for a while.

Without hesitation, Su Ninglong quickly stuffed a pair of Qingxin earrings into Lao Gu's hand.

The cool touch and the crisp ringing of the earrings are like adding alum to a murky sea of ​​consciousness, bringing a moment of clarity.

"This is the only style I have left. You can use it for now." This was originally a replacement she had prepared for herself; it was a piece of women's jewelry.

Old Gu happily accepted the jewelry, completely disregarding its style, and immediately put it on, saying, "Thank you, Ninglong."

The elegant women's earrings hung on his earlobes, yet they did not appear feminine at all.

On the contrary, his slightly rough features and peaceful expression strangely neutralized the femininity of the jewelry itself. The silver light blended perfectly into his simple and gentle temperament, as if adding a unique charm to his usual ordinariness without being unpleasant.

Immediately afterwards, Su Ninglong unfolded a long robe and gestured for Lao Gu to put it on.

The runes on the robe and the power of the earrings intertwined to form an invisible spiritual barrier. Although it could not eradicate the pollution, it successfully slowed down and diluted the pervasive whispers and madness, giving Lao Gu more time to breathe.

Su Ninglong and Shen Zhaoming silently watched Lao Gu, who seemed to have become a different person. His originally ordinary temperament was surprisingly well integrated with his peculiar attire.

"You've gained a kind of high-class charlatan vibe," Su Ninglong commented mischievously. "If you appeared on screen with this image, you'd probably become a hit."

The assessment was sharp yet accurate, and Shen Zhaoming nodded in agreement.

Old Gu looked up at the sky, his tone tinged with a touch of melancholy: "Too late, I've already escaped the encirclement of beauties."

After the joke, Su Ninglong asked seriously, "Where exactly is the Magic Purifier located? Is it near other people's camps?"

"The magician is rather reclusive and doesn't like living with others. The only thing we can confirm is that he is a Haiyu person and he purifies through singing."

Charlie's mentor is also from Haiyu, and still works alongside Charlie handling miscellaneous tasks as his assistant. Although he is rather sentimental, he is upright and has strong moral principles.

Since Charlie turned ten, he has rarely appeared in front of Su Ninglong, to the point that Su Ninglong can hardly remember what he looks like.

"With such an ability, wouldn't he be forcibly kidnapped?" Such an important superpower would probably be something that anyone with a bit of ambition would want to control in order to better manipulate other players.

"It is said, or so I heard, that the Purifier is Teacher Ren Bing's apprentice and has already reached the strength of a two-star hunter. He is agile, his ability has a built-in counter-damage characteristic, and he also carries several bound holy artifacts."

Any student in the Star Alliance would be familiar with this teacher. Doug, Yuan Tingsu, and Ren Bing were all five-star hunters who joined the Star Alliance at the same time. One of Ren Bing's signature skills was damage transfer; her ability was extremely well-developed, making her arguably the most lethal hunter among support-type spirit users.

Her apprentices, in terms of both talent and character, are naturally top-notch.

Unfortunately, he has been traveling around with Ren Bing for the past few years, and Su Ninglong has never had the chance to meet him in person.

If the other party really is Ren Bing's apprentice, then it's only right to go and say hello, and incidentally, it can also help Lao Gu suppress his mental pollution.

In this way, they can only choose the path of the mind controller.

Su Ninglong turned her head to look at Shen Zhaoming. He wasn't a hunter, so wouldn't he find it too hard?
"Don't worry too much about me. With your sacred artifact protecting me, and Charlie waiting for you outside," Shen Zhaoming saw through Su Ninglong's concerns. She always treated him like a fragile piece of porcelain, but he didn't need such excessive protection. He was perfectly capable of handling ordinary monsters on his own.

To prove this, Shen Zhaoming generated a pulse gun brimming with energy and handed it to Su Ninglong and Lao Gu respectively. Sure enough, as soon as the weapons were generated, several blood beasts appeared around them.

Without a word, Shen Zhaoming swiftly dealt with the situation, demonstrating his ability to protect himself. "Then let's go."

Old Gu stared wide-eyed as he watched Shen Zhaoming casually "generate" a pulse gun.

He stroked the gun as if it were a rare treasure, even unconsciously softening his breathing.

His fingertips traced the cool metal casing and energy conduits inch by inch, and he couldn't help but mutter in admiration: "This is really a good thing. This kind of thing is so rare in the game. I've wanted it for so long."

While the single-shot power of a pulse gun may not be comparable to that of some large-caliber firearms, its sustained firepower makes it extremely effective against most flesh-and-blood creatures.

Since sticking with Suninglong, Lao Gu's equipment upgrade speed has been like a rocket.

The spirit stones that used to be hard-earned can now be easily earned by Su Ninglong;
The various kinds of equipment that he once longed for are now almost completely armed from head to toe.

Feeling this sudden "wealth," he had only one thought in his mind: this must be the simple and unpretentious happiness of being "kept" by someone.

On the way to the place where the magician was located, the density of monsters was suffocating.

Even the low-level blood slaves and blood beasts that could be easily destroyed exuded a ferocious aura like level ten monsters. With their excellent eyesight, the moment they spotted Su Ninglong and the others, they surged forward like a scarlet tide.

Behind the monster horde, several towering Blood Slave Lords roared in the deep, raucous air, commanding an endless, frenzied army that launched a devastating encirclement from all sides.

As their vision was completely filled by the twisted, writhing monster's figure, a chill ran from their tailbone to the top of their head, making Shen Zhaoming and Lao Gu's scalps tingle and their breath catch in their throats. They both swallowed in unison, trying to force their hearts, which had already leaped into their throats, back down.

Su Ninglong's lips curled slightly, showing no sign of panic.

She channeled her spiritual energy into her dantian, and a longsword with an ancient scabbard quietly appeared in her hand. The moment the scabbard touched her, it stretched and transformed as if it were alive, with layers of dark golden flakes unfolding into umbrella leaves, like a cicada spreading its wings, completing a silent metamorphosis.

Her aura also changed, as if it had merged with the Guixu Umbrella in her hand, becoming as calm as a bottomless abyss.

The umbrella spun gently, without producing any dazzling light, but it subtly influenced the surrounding light, causing it to distort and dim slightly, as if even the light itself could be quietly swallowed up.

Gently tap the tip of the umbrella forward.

Several ferocious level 10 blood beasts rushed forward as if they had crashed into an invisible barrier. Accompanied by a tooth-grinding sound of bones cracking, their massive bodies were sent flying backward with a thud.

While still in mid-air, it disintegrated and disintegrated, turning into pure energy fragments, which were silently absorbed by the umbrella surface.

With the Guixu Umbrella in hand, Su Ninglong's combat power has increased exponentially.

Shen Zhaoming and Lao Gu watched in stunned disbelief, their faces showing identical shock.

The Su Ninglong before us is less engaged in battle and more embodying a violent aesthetic.

Wherever the tip of her umbrella pointed, the monsters shattered and flew backward like pieces of paper. The originally dense and surging horde of monsters was torn apart by her alone, creating a vacuum zone.

When Su Ninglong wiped out the last few monsters with overwhelming force, the Mind Controller, who had been hiding in the back, was finally exposed in the middle of the empty street.

Seeing the evil spirit slowly turn its head to look at it, the Mind Controller let out a strange scream in fright. No longer caring about the elegance and dignity of an intelligent monster, it scrambled and turned into a twisted shadow, fleeing in the opposite direction in a sorry state.

Old Gu stared in astonishment at its fleeing figure. "Is this even possible?"
Then he asked, "Are we just going to let it go like that?" After all, the Mind Controller is the most feared roaming boss in the game, and with such ferocious mobs here, it's hard to say that it wasn't exerting its influence behind the scenes.

Watching the mind controller flee, Su Ninglong appeared calm on the surface, but inside she was panicking.

Although the Guixu Umbrella is powerful, its ultimate move consumes too much energy. That attack just now almost drained her spiritual power, pushing her to the brink of forced shutdown.

At this moment, she had become a player who had a high level but had almost exhausted her mana bar.

The more stylish a pose is, the weaker the underlying substance is.

She thought to herself that she needed to find a safe place to meditate and replenish her spiritual energy as soon as possible.

Congratulations on reaching level 15!

The continuous upgrade brought a large amount of cold energy that instantly invaded her body, and a thin layer of frost quickly condensed on Su Ninglong's eyelashes and eyebrows.

Fortunately, the dantian immediately began to operate on its own, tearing apart the external spiritual energy and transforming it into pure spiritual power, and the chill was quickly melted away and dissipated.

The streets, which were just moments ago packed with people and filled with deafening shouts, now appear unusually empty and desolate.

The heavy stench of blood had not yet dissipated, and the ground was littered with the slime and limbs left by the monsters, but the monsters' density had decreased sharply, becoming sparse.

Su Ninglong planned to take a short rest. The amusement park wasn't far away, and there was an abandoned fountain in the middle of the main road. She lightly leaped onto the sculpture in the center of the fountain and said to the two men, "Old Gu, you help Shen Zhaoming level up. I'll watch over you two from here."

Shen Zhaoming worked hard to level up, but leveling up required completing a sufficient number of kills to gain experience, and he couldn't clear the field on a large scale like Su Ninglong.

Su Ninglong squatted on the sculpture, watching Shen Zhaoming meticulously clean up the scattered monsters.

His every movement was textbook perfect, precise but lacking in variation.

She couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly, thinking it was such a waste of that handsome face; his playing style was so old-fashioned, lacking any imagination or entertainment value.

She found it rather boring, so she simply took out a forging furnace and materials from her spatial equipment and began forging weapons on the sculpture.

After two full hours of focused effort, the buzzing sound inside the furnace finally subsided.

Su Ninglong let out a long sigh of relief, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat, but her eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

What she held in her hand was not a longbow in the traditional sense, but a weapon with an extremely smooth shape and elegant lines, as if it were forged by invisible light and light wind.

The bow is a translucent azure blue, like a solidified fragment of the sky, with star-like runes slowly flowing within it.

She glanced down at Shen Zhaoming, who was still slowly cleaning up the monsters.

He does lack talent when it comes to shooting. He's okay at close range, but at a slightly longer distance, his bullets often miss. Even with data analysis guidance, it doesn't help.