Throne of Seals: Underworld Priest, Demon Nightmare

Chapter 51: Everyone gets a makeover, glorious level! Exploring the Cave of Terror and Howling!
The second floor of the Demon Hunter Trading Center.

Inside the magnificent hall, a dazzling array of items gleamed with an alluring light, ranging from fine equipment to rare elixirs and even magic scrolls, all of which were of far superior quality.

"Wow, the food here is amazing!" Chen Ying'er's eyes lit up, and she bounced around like a little rabbit seeing delicious food.

"Remember the budget and act within your means," Chu Zichen reminded them with a smile, then said to everyone, "Split up and find what you need. We'll meet at the exit on the first floor in an hour."

"Alright!" everyone responded in unison, and then split up to carry out their tasks.

Chu Zichen also started making selections with Cai'er.

An hour later, the group regrouped at the exit on the first floor and returned to their lodgings.

After returning to their residence, Chu Zichen asked the women to show off the equipment and items they had purchased, so that they could get to know each other better.

"I'll go first. I bought a pair of Brilliant-grade fire-type knight swords called the Crimson Twin Swords, which cost 8,500 merit points."

Li Xin spoke first, showing everyone the equipment she had purchased.

They were a pair of ornately designed longswords. The blades were long and slender, their entire surface a dark red like lava, while the edges shimmered with a golden glow like the rising sun.

When Li Xin infused a wisp of spiritual power into the sword, it seemed to come alive, its surface ablaze with a layer of pure and blazing golden flames, radiating an astonishing heat wave.

"The Crimson Twin Swords come with a fifth-tier skill—Sunfire. When combined with the Fire Dance Radiance Secret Technique that I learned, the attack is enhanced with double flames, greatly increasing its power."

Li Xin triumphantly brandished her twin swords, unleashing two golden fire wheels that caused the surrounding temperature to rise several degrees.

“Not bad. Yuan Yuan, what about you?” Chu Zichen nodded and continued to ask Wang Yuan Yuan.

Wang Yuanyuan quickly revealed her haul.

It was a dark silver-gray full suit of armor, with an ancient design yet exuding a powerful aura.

The armor has bold, flowing lines and is covered with fine, scale-like magical patterns. The shoulder armor is as thick as a giant shield.

"This is a Brilliant-grade armor called Rock Solid. Its main function is to directly enhance one thousand external spiritual power, which is a huge boost for a warrior like me who follows a pure strength path."

"It also comes with an extension skill, which can extend the duration of all physical skills, such as my Shield Splitter Impact and Spatial Shock. I feel it was well worth the 8,000 merit points!"

Wang Yuanyuan explained.

Next up is Li Xuefei.

With a wave of her hand, several magic scrolls floated beside her, radiating the unique cyan glow of the wind element.

"I bought wind-type magic scrolls, a total of three sixth-tier magic scrolls: [Wind Barrier], [Wind Net], and [Wind Trap]. The total cost was nine thousand merit points."

Then there's Chen Ying'er:

"I'm the most frugal! I just bought some pills specifically for magical beasts, all good things to help McDull advance and replenish energy, and it only cost me four thousand merit points in total! I've saved the rest."

Finally, everyone's attention fell on Cai'er and Chu Zichen.

Cai'er spoke softly, showing off the equipment she had chosen: "I chose a Brilliant-grade inner armor called the Cicada Wing Armor, which costs 8,000 merit points."

The entire cicada wing armor is as thin as gauze, conforms to the body's curves, and is extremely tough.

"It can release protective spiritual power at close range, with defensive power comparable to the level of an elemental shield. It also comes with a skill called 'Sturdy'. The inner armor protects the vital areas of the chest, abdomen, and back, which are strong enough to withstand three attacks from a sixth-tier expert without breaking."

It was finally Chu Zichen's turn.

Amidst everyone's expectant gazes, he took a scepter from the Forget-Me-Not Ring.

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The moment the scepter appeared, the surrounding air seemed to freshen up. The scepter was not made of traditional wood, but rather from the main branch of a strange plant called "Ancient Vine of Life," which was carefully crafted. It was a deep and warm emerald green, naturally entwined with silver patterns like veins.

The staff head is not inlaid with a single gemstone, but rather suspended by an ingenious magical circuit, supporting a life-giving jade stone the size of a pigeon egg.

"I chose a Brilliant-grade priest's staff—Blessing of Life. This is an extremely rare staff that is close to the attribute of life. It can automatically absorb the life elements of the surrounding environment, reduce its own spiritual power consumption, and amplify the effect and strength of life magic."

Chu Zichen began by introducing:

"Its accompanying skill is called [Ode to Life], which can continuously restore the life force, stamina, spiritual power, and mental power of itself and its teammates for 5 minutes."

"Although it costs 15,000 merit points, it's still worth it."

After everyone's gains were displayed, Li Xuefei, who was in charge of managing the finances, quickly discovered that their inventory of merit points had been completely depleted.

"Huh? It's all gone already?" Chen Ying'er's mouth gaped slightly.

“Yeah,” Li Xin exclaimed, somewhat surprised. “It seems we’ll have to work harder to take on more missions to support ourselves. This Brilliant-level equipment is great, but it’s really expensive.”

Wang Yuanyuan added, "Worth it! This money was well spent! With these new guys, we'll be able to take on even more difficult missions!"

Cai'er nodded slightly in agreement.

Chu Zichen concluded, "You're all right. Merit points can be earned again, but strength and security are always the most important. Today, everyone should familiarize yourselves with your new equipment. Tomorrow, we'll head to the quest tower to prepare for quests!"

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The second floor of the Demon Hunter's Guild quest tower.

The Demon Hunter's Guild's quest tower has the same size and layout on each floor.

The 300-square-meter hall is surrounded by six tall counters.

The six counters represent six different tasks.

In order, they are: killing missions, finding objects missions, exploration missions, intelligence missions, war missions and comprehensive missions.

This is the Demon Hunter Guild's quest tower, so almost all quests are geared towards demons, with only a very few special quests unrelated to demons.

"We split up and went to the six counters to see if there were any suitable tasks."

Chu Zichen spoke up, but he had already made his choice in his heart.

After the women split up, Chu Zichen arrived at the counter where exploration missions were being issued.

Soon, he saw a task that looked very familiar.

The mission is called: Explore the Cave of Fear and Howl.

The mission reward is 20,000 merit points.

Danger level: Unknown.

Knowing the plot well, Chu Zichen was well aware that this mission was not a simple general-level mission; its true difficulty was at least a king-level mission.

The final mission reward is not just a mere 20,000 merit points, but a full 200,000 merit points!
Most importantly, hidden within the so-called Cave of Fear and Howl is an incredible opportunity!

Chu Zichen didn't want to miss this opportunity!

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(End of this chapter)