My talent is 1.

[Elemental Gauntlets +10]

French equipment

★★★★★★★★★★

Durability: 32/32

Grade: Silver

Wearing level: 25

Magic Attack +1410

Magic Attack +9014

Spell critical strike damage +100%

Constitution +156

Physical defense +307

The entry 【Elemental Protection】: After taking damage, the user gains an elemental shield equal to 100% magic attack + 12% of maximum health, lasting for 1 minute. During this time, if the shield breaks, it deals elemental damage equal to half the shield value to surrounding enemies. Cooldown: 5 minutes.

I'm just one bracelet away from completing my 10-star gear set, but for now, I'll have to keep using the Flame Heart Bracelet.

Moreover, on one hand, the Flame Heart Bracelet has the highest magic attack bonus, even higher than that of weapons.

Later on, when you change equipment, if conditions permit, you can try to enhance it to +8 and then use enhancement scrolls to upgrade it to 8 stars, and then use the talents on the stats or other attributes.

Sea Breeze City, the easternmost city of the Azure Dragon Empire.

After Zhong Wuyai teleported here, he saw players from many countries.

People from the US, people from the white elephants, people from the cherry blossoms, and people from the bears.

The Russians and the Americans are still bitter enemies, each unwilling to submit to the other, but they are now restraining themselves, dividing up their territories, and no major conflicts have occurred.

There are very few people from the Dragon Kingdom here; most of them are here to complete missions.

Zhong Wuyai's arrival made many gamers nervous.

Zhong Wuyai ignored these people and headed towards Yuhu Town.

You can see many players teaming up to farm in the wild along the way.

Currently, only the Guyang Village instance is open. The entire mountain city is inhabited by people from the Dragon Kingdom, so the instance is basically unavailable to them.

Therefore, these players don't give Chinese players a friendly look, and it's not uncommon for them to clash with Chinese players here from time to time.

But with the arrival of a great deity today, the various forces in Sea Breeze City have lost their usual arrogance.

It's unclear whether Shen Mengli did this intentionally from time to time, but the S-rank hidden mission she gave Zhong Wuyai was located not far from Yuhu Town.

"Ogawa-kun, something bad has happened! Zhong Wuyai has come to Yuhu Town, and he's heading in our direction."

"Zhong Wuyai? What's that number one player from the game doing in Yuhu Town?"

"I'm not sure, but in our direction, it seems like only that epic boss is somewhat attractive."

"Baka! That's our boss! Is he trying to steal him?"

"But we can't defeat the boss right now, so even if Zhong Wuyai tries to steal it, there's nothing we can do!"

The person giving the report was also speechless...

The epic boss has always been there. If anyone can defeat it, why would they let someone else have it?

"They've surrounded the BOSS with their men. Zhong Wuyai wants the BOSS? Not so easy! ...How many of them are there?"

"Just one person!"

"Just one person?... What's there to be afraid of? Gather everyone and set up an ambush. Use your control skills to subdue him immediately. Taking care of one person is easy, isn't it?"

If all the people from Xianyang Palace had come, they might have had no choice but to obediently give way, but since only Zhong Wuyai came, there was no need to be afraid.

"Everyone, get ready. Today we'll see what this number one player in the game is really made of."

As soon as Ogawa Saburo finished speaking, he saw Zhong Wuyai's figure, but...

Aside from his name, Zhong Wuyai's rank was not visible.

This only happens between players who are level 10 or higher; they won't see the information.

Ogawa Ichiki couldn't understand how Zhong Wuyai leveled up, or why his level was so high.

Zhong Wuyai naturally noticed these cherry blossom people, but judging from their appearance, they seemed to have ill intentions.

A dozen or twenty people were standing together, and this position was just enough to surround them.

Moreover, many of them are mages and warlocks, classes with control skills.

Well, regardless of whether these Japanese dogs really want to take action, dealing with them is within my plan, so it's good to collect some interest in advance.

With nine ten-star equipment pieces and one six-star equipment piece, Zhong Wuyai is still quite confident.

Enhanced Set Bonus: True Damage +9500

Star-level Set Enhancement:

[Fireball damage +5%][Fireball casting range +8]

[Chain Lightning Launch Distance +2][Chain Lightning Cast Distance +10]

Zhong Wuyai activated the five-star enhancement effect, which can enhance two skills and their effects.

This was something Zhong Wuyai hadn't expected. Of course, even Shen Mengli didn't know that very few people possessed 10 pieces of 5-star equipment in their previous life, and these attributes were all secrets.

No matter where one's talent is used, it would be absolutely explosive; it's just that Zhong Wuyai has held back for now.

What if we use it now but can't use it later? Wouldn't that render the entire enhancement introduction page useless?

Furthermore, I will have other skills in the future, and I can change the effects of the upgraded skills.

My current weakness is the lack of control immunity. I only have 20% control reduction and no super armor skill to prevent control. Once I get controlled, I'm in danger.

So no matter what they want to do, we should take the initiative and clean everything up first.

Chain lightning!

Zhong Wuyai made the first move, and while Ogawa Saburo was still in surprise, a chain of lightning bolts struck.

A series of damage spells emitted steam, and those standing around Ogawa Saburo were constantly being ejected and sent back to the city.

Furthermore, due to Ogawa Saburo's arrangement, the people were positioned quite densely to facilitate concentrated fire attacks...

More than thirty people were immediately sent back to the city.

Zhong Wuyai did not stop, continuing to unleash chain lightning, occasionally a single spark killing several people.

At this moment, Zhong Wuyai regretted giving Naxi's ring to Shen Mengli, as the self-destruction would have been more effective in this situation.

The damage from the explosion of the fire seed can also trigger a normal attack. Putting everything else aside, the more than 10,000 elemental damage alone is something no one can withstand right now.

"Run!... Spread out, run separately, don't crowd together..."

He was shot to death by lightning as soon as he finished speaking, and those around him also suffered the same fate.

Zhong Wuyai's skills never stopped; whoever entered the attack range would be hit with a chain lightning bolt first.

After being resurrected, Ogawa Saburo immediately opened the world chat channel...

"Zhong Wuyai, why are you attacking us? We were just farming monsters. Does Xianyang Palace not allow other players to farm?"

The other newly resurrected Sakura players were also crying out in the world chat.

"Zhong Wuyai attacked us directly in Yuhu Town without distinguishing right from wrong. What is his purpose?"

"Xianyang Palace is in Yunhai City, and Yuhu Town is on the easternmost edge of the empire. The people of Xianyang Palace are too domineering. Do they want to dominate the entire Azure Dragon Empire?"

"Feed me peanuts! Feed me peanuts!"

The Sakura people all protested in the world channel, but Zhong Wuyai just smiled and continued cleaning.

The people of China were all amused, but people from other countries were completely bewildered.

"What is the Dragon Kingdom trying to do? We all entered this fantastical world together, and it's only been less than a month, and they're already starting a war?"

"This can't be! We should develop peacefully and work together to survive in this fantastical world!"

"We strongly condemn Zhong Wuyai, a player from the Dragon Kingdom, for instigating war!"...

To this, the people of the Dragon Kingdom had only two words: idiots...

Although he didn't understand why Zhong Wuyai would attack the cherry blossom people, he secretly felt pleased that he was hitting cherry blossoms.

Meanwhile, other forces took the opportunity to woo more countries into alliances.

"See? The Sakura people are the first to be stabbed. You don't want your loved ones to be slaughtered like that, do you? Alliance with us is your only way out!"

The people of the Flame Dragon Empire, the Demon Dragon Empire, and the Star Dragon Empire also began to form an alliance to fight against the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

On the Azure Dragon Empire's side, both the world channel and the national channel were filled with condemnation of Zhong Wuyai.

However, no faction sent anyone to Yuhu Town to support the Sakura people.

Including other guilds of the Sakura people...

"Yamamoto-kun, our people are being slaughtered, and you remain unmoved?"

"Xiao Chuan is an idiot. He should have left earlier when Zhong Wuyai came. Don't blame me, why didn't you go yourself? And Xiao Chuan Saburo, why didn't you go to save your subordinates after you were resurrected? What's the point of spending money to spam the world chat?"

"No matter what, you are now the highest-ranking combatant in the Sakura people on the surface. You need to make a statement, otherwise how can we lead the Sakura people in the future? Who will obey you?"

"Ridiculous... Why don't you go yourself?... That guy's fireball deals over a million damage, and now a chain lightning attack wipes out a whole bunch of enemies. No matter what skill he uses, it's an instant kill. Do you want my men to go and die?"

Within a minute, there were no more players around Zhong Wuyai, and those in the distance also fled or returned to the city to escape.

While the world channel is still protesting, the Azure Dragon Empire channel has already been flooded with messages.

Zhong Wuyai's own message bar was also flashing continuously.

"Boss, you didn't even tell me you were going to fight the Japanese! I'm coming right now!"

"I've arrived in Sea Breeze City. Wait for me, boss! Save two for me!"

Zhong Wuyai was stunned for a moment upon seeing the message in the guild channel, and quickly replied.

"Go back to your original places, get back to what you were doing, the fight's over!"

"The boss is the boss; he's done in the blink of an eye!"

"Hey hey hey~! No way, I'm already halfway there!"

"That's right, I even went all the way to Seawind City, and the round trip cost dozens of gold coins!"

"Stop talking nonsense. If you want to gain experience, just say so. Stop pretending... Boss, are you doing quests or grinding? Can you help me out? I've been level 15 for ages!"

"Solo mission, no teammates!"...

Meanwhile, the various factions within the Dragon Kingdom discussed how to deal with the alliance of other countries…

"With Zhong Wuyai's move, the alliance's pace will likely accelerate, and the territorial battle will intensify. This is a huge problem!"

"We currently occupy 176 main cities, but half of these cities are controlled by other countries. We've also occupied most of the monster-spawning spots around the capital. However, this means our forces are relatively scattered, making us vulnerable to being picked off one by one should war break out!"

"We have a significant advantage in high-level combat power, especially from Xianyang Palace. Although Zhong Wuyai won't obey us, the people from Xianyang Palace fight like madmen, and their combat power is terrifying. Each of them is comparable to the top combat power of various forces. Moreover, Zhong Wuyai fired the first shot. If a large-scale war really breaks out, he will definitely not remain indifferent."

"So now we need to focus on the resource points and monster spawning areas in the major cities. If there is any unusual activity, we should abandon the less important ones and concentrate our personnel to protect the important resource points and the golden BOSS spawning areas."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

"I have an idea that might allow us to completely seize control of the capital!"

"Who's going to see this!"

"We have two of the three mines in the capital, and the US has one. We will exchange one with Zhong Wuyai. Moreover, if we take over the other resource points, Xianyang Palace will receive 10% of the profits from each captured resource point, and the security of these resource points will also be guaranteed."

"The royal capital's mines are giving away tens of thousands of gold coins a day, just like that?"

"So what? You have to understand that there are still more than ten medicinal herb spawn areas and two epic BOSS areas that are not under our control. Add to that the gold BOSS spawn area, and if Zhong Wuyai takes over that mine in the US, what does giving up a mine and 10% of the profits matter? We'll make several times more!"

"Not only that, the safety of the capital is also guaranteed. There are only a little over a hundred people in Xianyang Palace. We need people to guard the mines, and we need people in the mine map. At most, we'll give them one BOSS spawn point. Aren't the rest ours?"

"Moreover, with these beasts around, no one is causing trouble anymore. Other countries' forces have no choice but to withdraw from the capital's territory. This gives us, a large number of ordinary players in the outer areas, more room to develop. There are quite a few wild monsters around the capital."

"A sure-fire way to make money, what's there to hesitate about?"

"Yingjie, go and contact Zhong Wuyai to sound him out."

"I'll let it go. Last time, we didn't even add each other as friends. It would be more convenient for Zhang Haitao to talk to Xiang Yang directly. Zhong Wuyai doesn't care about these things."

"That would be even better. Xianyang Palace isn't losing anything anyway; their profits have doubled. It would be wonderful if Xiang Yang and Yang Yimu could make the decision."...

【Sea Sand Serpent King】

Epic BOSS

grade:???

What kind of weird mechanism is this? I'm level 28 and I still can't see the stats of a level 40 epic boss.

According to Shen Mengli, the Sea Sand Serpent King cannot be killed instantly; its health bar should be reduced to below 50%.

Zhong Wuyai launched a fireball...

-4850504 (Spell Critical Strike)...and there's a whole bunch of trigger damage that follows.

Zhong Wuyai didn't expect to land a critical hit so suddenly, and the chain lightning he was about to unleash stopped.

The boss only had 500 million HP, and this fireball reduced it by more than 90%, almost emptying its HP bar.

No... my damage is that high?

Zhong Wuyai looked at the panel repeatedly, finally fixing his gaze on the spell critical strike damage.

The spell critical strike damage bonus has reached 440%...

That's equivalent to 6.4 times the normal damage.

The BOSS was down to its last sliver of health, and Zhong Wuyai even doubted that he could kill it with a simple attack using his staff without using any skills.

"Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss~ Hiss~!" The BOSS kept flicking its tongue, without moving, but instead summoned many sea sand snakes.

Zhong Wuyai continuously unleashed fireballs, instantly killing all the Sea Sand Serpents.

Until the last Sand Serpent was summoned, it was an elite monster.

Zhong Wuyai jumped away, skipping the elite Sand Serpent and instantly killing the BOSS with a fireball.

As soon as the BOSS died, the elite Sand Serpent immediately abandoned Zhong Wuyai and turned to flee to the other side of the beach.

Zhong Wuyai didn't even bother to look at the materials dropped by the BOSS. After picking up the scroll and guild token, he chased after the elite sea sand snake.

The fact that an elite monster can run away clearly indicates a storyline.

I wonder how others discovered this hidden quest; the conditions are so demanding, it must be very difficult to meet.

No matter which team you're on, you definitely won't leave an elite monster behind to interfere when you're fighting a boss.

It was actually a coincidence that in the previous life, players only started fighting the Sea Sand Serpent King after reaching level 50.

I don't know how many times I was killed, but one of the rogues in the team took advantage of his high movement speed to draw the Sand Serpent's aggro and then go after the boss.

After a series of skillful maneuvers to defeat the BOSS, I was just about to deal with this small monster when I saw the Sand Serpent running away.

Ignoring the exploding debris, they chased after it, which led to the hidden quest that followed.

Zhong Wuyai's speed was almost the same as that of the Sea Sand Serpent, and he was able to keep up with it. He followed the Sea Sand Serpent to a rock.

The sand snake burrowed into a crack beneath the rock.

The rock suddenly gained a health bar.

Fireball!

A single fireball spell finished it off, and a hole appeared in the ground.

Zhong Wuyai jumped down without thinking...

[Ding! You have entered an underwater cave.]

After landing, Zhong Wuyai looked around and saw that the area was full of stalactites.

This is an underwater cavity that has not been submerged by seawater, also due to a formation.

Inside the dimly lit cave, a sliver of light ahead gave Zhong Wuyai a clear direction. As he approached, he saw the stone pillars of the magic circle.

In the center of the magic circle, eleven corpses lay perfectly preserved.

However, this corpse was not human; it had a human face, pointed ears, and two tendrils resembling antennae protruding from the center of its long blue hair, with two dark blue spheres hanging from the tips.

Its body is also slender, with no legs or fins below its navel, just a thick, long tail.

There were three question marks on the corpse. Zhong Wuyai picked up the corpse, and a notification popped up instantly.

[Ding! A Singer corpse has been discovered, triggering the quest "Singer's Sorrow". Accept the quest?]

"yes!"

[Ding! You have obtained the Magic Crystal Coffin!]

Hidden Quest: The Sorrow of the Songstress (S)

Phase 1: Carry the corpse to Songling Beach and find Songling Watcher Carrie Greya.

[Mission Description: Delis Greya of the Goling tribe disappeared while playing on the beach. Carrie has been searching for her only remaining relative, waiting on the Goling beach for countless years, unwilling to return to the sea.]

[Tip: The higher the affinity level, the more beautiful the songs of the Songling race will be.]

After accepting the mission, Zhong Wuyai opened the magic crystal coffin, put Dilis's body inside, closed the lid, and put the crystal coffin into his pack.

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Wuyai walked into the center of the teleportation array... A flash of white light, and Zhong Wuyai reappeared on the beach.

"We've got the crystal coffin. What's next? Should we talk to the Watcher directly?"

Shen Mengli's lips curled into a smile after seeing the message...

"Don't turn in the quest right away. First, raise your relationship with the Watcher; there'll be a surprise!"

A surprise? What surprise?

Zhong Wuyai didn't understand. He had never gained any favorability from any NPCs except for the 20 points he received from the village chief in the starting village.

Is this related to task rewards?

How do I increase my affinity level?

"The Songling race is a branch of the sea race. You can go to Sea Breeze City to buy some seafood and other food. By the way, the Songling race hates crabs, so crab and conch food will be more effective."

"Only food?"

"Then there are musical instruments. Delis was a singer in her lifetime, so instruments like conch shells, fishbone flutes, and sheng (a type of reed pipe instrument) will evoke memories for Carrie. If she sees any of these instruments and cries, don't hesitate to give them to her; her favorability will skyrocket. These can be made at the blacksmith in the royal capital."

"Okay, I understand!"

Zhong Wuyai closed the control panel and went to the restaurant in Haifeng City first. As for the food, this place should be the best.

Just as I was about to enter the restaurant, I saw the message from Xiang Yang.

"Boss, I need to talk to you about something!"

"What's wrong?"

"Zhang Haitao said that the higher-ups in the Dragon Kingdom want us to go to the capital; there's a mine there, and they want to swap it with the one in our Yunhai City!"

"What's going on?... Aren't all the mines in the capital city large-scale mines?"

"The capital city has influence with other countries. From what Lu Yingjie said, they want us to go there and help them maintain order. And we'll get 10% of the profits from any resource points we capture from other factions!"

"Just 10%?"

"Boss, there are more than a dozen resource points and monster-spawning areas, and tens of thousands of people from various major forces in the Dragon Kingdom. 10% is actually quite a lot. Besides, it's not like we're the ones fighting. We only need to make a move at the crucial moment. It's mainly them who are fighting."

"Alright, take your men and go. Let me know immediately if anything gets complicated. Also, we need 50% of what we capture!"

"I'll talk to them about this again, but boss, we don't have enough people. Even in the mines of the capital, our blacksmiths are far from enough. There are more than twenty resource points on the third level, and even more on the fourth level. As for other resources like herb gathering and logging, we still need them to develop them. If we can give them some concessions, we can just sit back and collect the money. What do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhong Wuyai realized that since he had fewer people, he couldn't possibly take over the entire mine. So, he contracted out two layers of the Yunhai City mine.

However, we will definitely need to recruit a large number of peripheral personnel and deputy positions later. The demand for deputy players in the future construction of the base will be huge, so we also need to prepare some resources.

"Tell them that Xianyang Palace will be the main force; take it all. We don't care about the previous ones, but we want 20% of the newly occupied ones!"

"Okay, I'll discuss it with them!"

Zhong Wuyai approached Shen Mengli again...

"Hurry up and recruit people. Put everything else aside. Your guild needs to find more trustworthy people, and you also need to recruit a lot of external staff!"

"What's wrong with you all of a sudden?!"

"The capital city has a large mine, and there are many resource points to be divided up."

"What's in it for me?"

"Find someone you trust to give him the guild, and you go into Xianyang Palace yourself. I'll get you a set of +10 enhancement gear."

"That's not feasible yet. There aren't many people I can completely trust, and the rest are all of good character. I'm not confident in completely delegating power. Besides, it's not the right time to recruit many people yet! This is the second-largest guild in the Divine Fantasy World, are you just going to give it away to someone else like that?"

"It's not for people, but to continue operating as an appendage of Xianyang Palace."

"Then I want to be the vice president of Xianyang Palace!"

"He's got quite a thirst for power!"

"I don't care, I already know about the five elements. You bastard, you had this totem and you didn't even tell me!"

There's no need to even think about it; it must be that Shen Youchu didn't keep her mouth shut.

However, Zhong Wuyai, who possessed the Five Elements attribute, did not intend to hide it from Shen Mengli for too long.

Shen Mengli is definitely going to enter Xianyang Palace. This woman knows who she can use, who she can trust, and who she will betray.

By making preparations in advance, losses will be greatly reduced once the guild war begins, and casualties will also be reduced for other members of the Dragon Kingdom in the future.

Moreover, as long as he can be sure she won't betray him, who cares about the rest? By the time they rise to power, he'll probably be entering the Tower of Babel himself.

"Okay, I'll give you the position of vice president. You can start recruiting freely. Of course, the management team must be people who will never betray you."

"You don't need to tell me that!"