Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

The East Market wasn't very large, and Li Ming only spent half an hour browsing through all the shops.

The items sold here are mostly special herbs and minerals mutated by the dragon's aura, and the rest are scraps left over from the dragon's growth and shedding.

Dragon teeth that young dragons lose when they are changing teeth, dragon scales that are shed when they molt, and a small amount of dragon blood.

These items, which are of little use to dragons, are quite attractive to other races and are much more expensive than various herbs and ores.

"Look at this, a newly arrived 'Reverse Scale,' first come, first served!"

In the distance, a vendor's cry caught Li Ming's attention.

When they arrived at the stall, they found that it was already surrounded by people from various ethnic groups who had come to visit the East Market.

Several elves were haggling with a dragonborn vendor.

"Your 'reverse scale' is too expensive, make it cheaper."

"This was just shed its skin. Look, it still has dragon blood on it. I'm selling it very cheaply, it's not expensive."

While dealing with the elves' haggling, the stall owner also shouted a few times, "Take a look! New arrivals of Reverse Scales, first come, first served!"

Hopefully, this will attract the attention of more buyers.

"Although it's fresh, this piece of your scale isn't intact enough; it's not worth that much money."

"Even if it has some flaws, it doesn't affect its usability."

No matter what the stall owner said, he wouldn't agree to bargaining.

Li Ming walked out of the crowd to the stall. "Boss, can I take a look at this 'reverse scale'?"

Seeing that more people were coming to look, the stall owner immediately replied, "Of course!"

In this trading post teeming with dragonkin, he wasn't worried about anyone taking the Reverse Scale and running away without paying.

Li Ming took the Reverse Scale and carefully felt the energy fluctuations on it. This thing gave him a feeling of both ice and fire. At first touch, a coolness spread along his palm, but upon further touch, it felt unbearably hot.

"What's the use of this reverse scale?" he asked curiously.

"You don't even know what the reverse scale is for, what are you doing here?" One of the elves who was participating in the bargaining looked at Li Ming with disgust and taunted him, trying to get him to leave quickly so as not to delay their bargaining with the stall owner.

The stall owner also shouted again in disappointment, seemingly thinking that Li Ming was just there to join in the fun.

However, after shouting his sales pitch, he patiently explained: "These reverse scales can be used as magical materials to make magical items. Because they are the reverse scales of the two-headed dragons, they can be used to make extremely rare magical items with both ice and fire attributes."

"Moreover, the material of the Reverse Scale is excellent, with high hardness, making the magical items made from it sturdy, durable, and of high quality."

"These newly shed reverse scales are especially rare, and the magical items made from them are even more effective."

"So it's normal for me to sell it at a higher price."

The bargaining elf retorted, "It's just too hard. Only a high-level magician can perfectly utilize this reverse scale. It's not very useful for ordinary people. If you delay for a few days, it will be no different from an ordinary dragon scale. At most, it can be used as a breastplate. Yours is also damaged, so it's not worth anything at all."

"As I said, this minor damage won't affect its use or reduce its sturdiness."

Upon hearing the elf's disparaging remarks about his goods, the dragonborn stall owner immediately retorted angrily.

"It's worthless!"

"valuable!"

The two sides then entered a trash talk phase.

Li Ming intervened a few times before finally stopping their argument.

"Stop arguing, can you tell me how much this 'reverse scale' costs?"

The stall owner replied, "One million!"

Li Ming was taken aback upon hearing this, and a troubled expression appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "One million Moon Spring Crystals? That's really too expensive. I can't afford it."

Seeing his expression, the bargaining sprite immediately said smugly, "See? I told you it was too expensive! At most, 500,000 sprite coins!"

"It's worth..."

"Wait, Elf Coins?" Li Ming interrupted the stall owner. "You mean you're selling this Reverse Scale for 100 million Elf Coins?"

"right!"

"Okay, I'll buy it!" Before anyone else could react, Li Ming immediately pulled out his bank card. "Swipe!"

"Oh, right away!" The stall owner, afraid that he would change his mind, quickly took out the card reader to swipe the card.

Upon seeing the successful payment, the elf who had been haggling shouted angrily, "Wait, why would a second-tier human like you buy this Reverse Scale? You can't be a magic craftsman, can you?!"

"Oh~ of course I'm not a magician!" Li Ming took his bank card, then happily accepted the Reverse Scale. "But can't I buy something this cheap as a collectible?"

"You—let's go!" The three elves who were haggling were furious at his words, threw down a harsh remark, pushed through the crowd, and left.

Seeing that the excitement had died down, the people around dispersed.

Li Ming tucked the Reverse Scale into his pocket and silently said to himself, "System, absorb!"

The reverse scale transformed into a stream of light and was absorbed into the system.

[New hero template unlocked, current unlock progress 1/100]

Without even looking, he knew that the hero template that hadn't been unlocked yet was a two-headed dragon. There was no way around it; the two were just too compatible.

Looking at the various stalls in the East Market, Li Ming's interest grew even stronger.

He started browsing through the stalls one by one, touching the goods sold at each stall to see if they contained the rules required by the system.

The dragon scales and blood sold by other merchants in the East Market have been stored for a long time, and the power of the rules they contain is very little, but the selling price is still not low.

Li Ming spent another 500 million Elf Coins to buy all the dragon scales and dragon blood that still contained the power of rules, and the unlocking progress of the two-headed dragon barely reached 3%.

However, problems that can be solved with money are not really problems. He may not have much else, but he has plenty of Elf Coins.

After leaving Dongshi, Li Ming headed towards the meeting point he had agreed upon with Lina.

Along the way, he casually placed a few scout guards, and looking at the three familiar elves following behind him, he smiled helplessly.

"Even buying scraps of material gets me targeted, what a hassle!"

Fortunately, these three elves are only at the third tier, so we're not afraid if a conflict breaks out.

Passing through an empty alley, Li Ming turned around and went inside.

The three elves following behind him immediately rushed over.

"Where is everyone?" The three elves were dumbfounded as they stared at the empty dead end.

"Damn it, we've been tricked, that human got away."

"Boss, what do we do?"

The lead elf angrily kicked a pebble far away. "This is the Dragonborn's territory. We don't have enough manpower, and there's nothing we can do if we lose them. We can only go back and report. I hope the leader won't blame us."

The three elves turned and left the alley.

Li Ming followed the three of them invisibly.

The behavior of these three elves was quite strange. Logically speaking, there should be no shortage of Reverse Scales in this trading post, so why would the three of them risk following him? This was highly suspicious.

Moreover, he now has an inventory. Since the inventory and the items in his hand do not share a cooldown, he only needs to put a [Shadow Blade] in his inventory and hold another [Shadow Blade] in his hand to seamlessly switch to stealth.

His current energy recovery rate is sufficient to cover the energy consumption of continuous use of [Shadow Blade], so there is no need to worry about endurance issues.

So he followed the three elves invisibly until they arrived at a residential building near the trading post.