Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Chapter 520 - 349: Opening Treasure Chests to Obtain a Large Amount of Silver Ore, Purchasing Elite Troop Cards from the Mysterious Shop

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As idle chatter filled the air, time flew by.

At midnight, a layer of dark mist once again enveloped the territory.

However, compared to yesterday, the fog was much thinner.

The ghostly shadows within the mist were not as dense as before.

"Sure enough, the benefits from the Sea of Realms don’t come easy; the difficulty has jumped up significantly," Zi Liyuan mused.

Standing on the edge of his territory, he could barely make out the scene within ten meters through the protective barrier.

Just now, a fierce ghost had darted past in front of him, which he saw quite clearly.

The second day’s mist was much thinner, but the strength of the hidden ghosts had increased substantially.

If yesterday’s ghosts were at the First Order, today’s were at least at the Second Order.

"Thankfully I dispatched all the little skeletons far away, or even the Elite Skeleton Warriors would have been decimated by these fierce ghosts," he thought.

The issue with the Skeleton Boss was not a big deal, and with a hundred of them going out together, these fierce ghosts definitely wouldn’t dare to cause trouble.

But even the Elite Skeleton Warriors and archers, even in groups, would surely be hunted down by these ghosts.

Stepping out from the protective shield, a large number of Shadow Arrows instantly materialized in front of Zi Liyuan.

The Shadow Arrow Rain was conjured in an instant, mercilessly shooting towards the attacking ghosts.

Even the Elite targets among the ghosts, despite being Second Order Peak in strength, had no more than 10,000 health points.

Although the damage of Shadow Arrows was suppressed by the Sea of Realms, they still managed to deal 10,000 dark elemental damage, almost instantly killing a ghost per arrow.

The rain of Shadow Arrows, with a total of twenty-two, took down twenty-two ghosts and then was spent.

But no matter, what followed were the Spears of Death.

Rows of spears, forged from the Power of Death and lined up neatly, faced outward, ready to strike at any moment.

Now, all the ghosts in the mist were charging towards him, densely packed together—perfect targets for the Spears of Death.

With a hissing sound, each spear pierced through the bodies of five ghosts.

This wave alone had taken down more than sixty ghosts.

After that, various spells were used in succession, and with a group of Skeleton Bosses distracting on the side, Zi Liyuan himself only had to deal with about a dozen ghosts.

Given Lord Zi’s current base attributes, being mobbed by a dozen ghosts didn’t significantly deplete his health.

Moreover, he stood only a meter in front of the protective shield, able to retreat back to the safe zone at any moment.

The ghosts within the black mist had no chance; they could do no more than claw helplessly, unable to harm him. Read the latest on empire

Time trickled by, and Zi Liyuan, once his health dropped below one third, decisively led the Skeleton Bosses back to his territory.

He slowly recovered his health and Spiritual Power in the safety zone before stepping out again to continue the great endeavor of farming monsters.

As dawn’s first light appeared, the black mist instantly dissipated, along with the ghosts that had kept Lord Zi company all night, vanishing without a trace.

Looking at the mountainous pile of loot boxes within his territory, Zi Liyuan, after a night of hard work, couldn’t help but smile.

Though not as many as yesterday, there were still about seven thousand, another hefty sum of resources gained -- pure profit.

Unfortunately, such protective period benefits could only be plundered for three days; after that, the protective shield would disappear, and if he continued to venture out to farm monsters, he could swiftly be drained to death.

If a Second Order Peak ghost could force him to seek refuge in the shield to recover, what about even stronger phantoms?

According to the nature of the Sea of Realms’ rules, Zi Liyuan was certain that the likelihood of Third Order Peak ghosts appearing in tomorrow night’s mist was extremely high.

As for what kind of changes would occur after the three days of protection, that remained unknown.

Lord Zi knew well that if the Lord’s Mansion wasn’t upgraded to Level 2 within the three-day protective period, the Lord was bound to be eliminated.

It was either the Lord’s death or flight from the Sea of Realms -- there was no third option.

It goes without saying that on the fourth night, every Lord would face a monster invasion.

If they held their ground, they could continue to develop; if not, they would either die or flee the Sea of Realms, with no other path to take.

"Let’s open the boxes!" he exclaimed.

Lying on a prepared lounge chair, he gestured to the Skeleton Bosses to queue up with the loot boxes, bringing them one by one to his side.

Lord Zi, in his laziness, only needed to lift a hand to flip open the lids of the boxes.

"Dear Goddess of Luck, my love, bestow upon me some silver ingots! Or at the very least, grant me Silver Ore!"

Ordinary loot boxes could yield a limited variety of intact metal ingots, but ores, these things, would come out in much larger quantities.

Now in the Sea of Realms’ beginner zone, the range of ores wasn’t as rich as in the real Sea of Realms, with rare metals like gold and Truesilver missing from the beginner area.

As Lord Zi murmured, the first loot box dropped three cards.

The Skeleton Boss snatched them up and respectfully handed them to Zi Liyuan.

[Silver Ore Resource Card (White): A one-time use consumable. Upon use, adds Silver Ore (White) x2 to the Lord’s Mansion’s warehouse!]

One card was good for just two pieces of Silver Ore, needing ten to smelt a single silver ingot.

Three cards from a loot box amounted to a mere six pieces of Silver Ore, feeling like a loss to the extreme.

But in order to upgrade quickly, more Silver Ore was needed.

Fortunately, the subsequent upgrades didn’t require fine-quality silver ingots or the demand would be even greater.

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