"You all can stop wondering now. I’ve found the answer…"

Less than three minutes later, Lin Yixin looked at us with an attractive smirk on her face. "A spy I planted in Warsky Alliance confirmed it to be an item. As it turned out, the day before the contest for the Cities of Heaven, Farewell Song obtained a godlike necklace-type item called the Ghost Lake Mirror. As for its exact effects, search the database yourselves…"

"Oh?!"

I hurriedly did as she said and typed the name "Ghost Lake Mirror" into the search bar. Soon, I found what I was looking for—

Ghost Lake Mirror (Seventy-two Ghost Armaments, Outstanding★★★★★★★)

Agility: +2000

Stamina: +1850

Intelligence: +1700

Effects: Creates a ghastly mirror that refracts all light around the user, ensuring that the user’s stealth can never be pierced. Effect lasts until the user has removed the Ghost Lake Mirror.

Passive: Damage received is reduced by 9%. Stackable.

Level Requirement: 220

Reputation Requirement: 700000

Luck Requirement: 25

……

"Fuck! It really is the Ghost Lake Mirror!"

I stabbed the Chill of Nine Provinces into the ground like it was Farewell Song himself. "No wonder he managed to pull that comeback. If we had known this back then, Purple Lily would’ve gotten Gold City, and we would be swimming in money right now! Dammit!"

He Yi chuckled. "Is there nothing else you want in life except money? Seriously though, this Ghost Lake Mirror is quite something. It’s OP enough on a regular assassin, but on Farewell Song its makes him near invincible. No wonder Moonkiss couldn’t improve her win rate against him."

I defended Moonkiss, "That’s a bit unfair. She did a pretty good job considering all the odds that were stacked against her. There literally isn’t a single assassin in China—not even Assassin’s Creed and Beautiful Little Naughty—who can determine Farewell Song’s position based on some near-invisible footprints and slight rustling of shrubbery, except her."

Lin Yixin tilted her head at me curiously. "I heard you were there, by the way. With your skill, you should’ve been able to determine Farewell Song’s position and make it a 2v1, right?"

I shrugged awkwardly. "Not really? Both Farewell Song and Moonkiss were buffed by Swift Dash at the time, so I couldn’t keep up even with the Fusion Armor. Plus, I didn’t want to interrupt the duel because Moonkiss was clearly trying to best Farewell Song with her own strength…"

"So that’s how you threw Gold City."

"Please, stop. My heart aches…"

Beiming Xue blinked once. "What are these Seventy-two Ghost Armaments, by the way? I’ve never heard about them."

I explained to her, "It’s similar to the Twelve Divine Armaments except lousier. The Seventy-two Ghost Armaments are an assortment of armor, necklaces, rings and the like. They all have their own special functions. Think of them like super support-type equipment or something. There are only 72 of them in total in the world, and I have no idea how many of them are in the China server, but of course, the more, the better. They’ll definitely give us an advantage in the future Nation Wars…"

Beside us, Moon Dew spoke up, "Guys and girls, you can stop chatting now. The mob’s here…"

"Oh."

……

The shrubbery directly in front of us was parted unnaturally as low hissing noises appeared from behind the morning mist. Soon, two skeletons wielding rusted iron swords and wearing rotting armor entered our view. They had green hair growing out of their bones, and their eyes were glowing an eerie green light. I supposed that their ear-piercing howls were supposed to make them scary, but all I noticed was that the leaking helmets they were wearing were copper green!

"Oh no, the green hat[1] skeletons are here…" Moon Dew joked.

I brandished my weapon and let out a chuckle. "Green hats, eh? It’s certainly not the worst start in the world. Let’s go!"

I scanned the skeleton soldiers with Dark Pupils and read their stats. As expected of a mob from the inner area of Bloody Shield Domain, their level and stats were insanely high—

Undying Berserker (Fiend)

Level: 300

Attack: 44000~52000

Defense: 50000

HP: 4400000

Skills: Undead Bone Skewer, Twin Blade Slash, Undying Rebirth

Introduction: Demonized undead warriors. Once outstanding soldiers of the human race, the devils of Purgatory stole their souls away and turned them into their puppets. Moreover, Coldblade’s devilish energy had corrupted them and imbued them with the power of rebirth. Every time they are killed, there is a 35% chance they will revive with full health. Their refusal to die makes them the nightmare of countless adventurers.

……

"Fuck!"

I swore after reading the Undying Berserkers’ stats. "Not only do they have an insane amount of Attack, Defense and HP, this Undying Rebirth’s base chance is even higher than my Immortality. Anyway, Eve and I are going to aggro one mob each, and Yiyi will be the pure DPS. Twin Blade Slash is an AoE skill, so make sure you stand far back and don’t get caught, squishies."

While saying this, I ran toward the right Undying Berserker and hit its head with a Dragon Slaying Slash. Then, I followed up with a Coiling Dragon Revolution that punched right through its skeletal torso—

359828!

432029!

A mob with only 50k Defense could no longer tank my super-high Attack. On the other side, He Yi spurred her Snow Crystal Dragon forward and fired a cyan-colored wind-type slash at her own mob and dealt a sizable amount of damage—

287676!

290109!

283712!

Not only did it inflict three hits, it also dealt continuous damage to the target. Even now, I could see tiny wind blades cutting away at the skeleton’s body. Stormwind Break was an absolutely wonderful skill!

Right. Stormwind Break was a new skill she picked up from her hidden class, Stormwind Holy Knight. It was a triple-hit skill with high Attack boost that inflicted continuous damage to the target afterward. It had more or less replaced her Purgatory of Ice and Magma. There was also Stormwind Slash that summoned a storm to deal continuous damage to a large area and a highly durable Cyan Wind Shield that reduced damage received by 35%. Both her offensive power and survivability had grown considerably since the class promotion.

Meanwhile, Lin Yixin had decided to give up on using the Seven Star Veluriyam Sword completely and just focused on being the Fruit Knife Goddess. She stabbed my skeleton in its weak point again and again until its HP dropped to zero. Of course, Beiming Xue and Lian Xin’s DPS were amazing as well. Our 7-man party was almost invincible at this point!

"Please let this skeleton drop something good! This is the first Level 300 mob we’ve ever hunted!" He Yi said excitedly.

I was smiling in anticipation as well as I stabbed the skeleton in the skull and unleashed a Universe Break. Instead of dropping an item though, it did what everyone of us had been dreading since reading its stats—

592827!

+4400000!

I would prefer that the system had lied to us, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. The Undying Berserker had triggered its Undying Rebirth revived with full health. Shameless! Utterly shameless!

On the other side, He Yi had run into the same issue as well. Her skeleton had come back to life when her Stormwind Slash landed, and she looked like her heart had shattered when she saw the green +4.4m healing number. "OMG, why did you revive? Do you know how long I’ve been whacking away at you!!?"

We laughed. Despite the annoying skill, we were in no danger of dying. It was only a matter of time before we killed them permanently.

In just the blink of an eye, the skeleton I was fighting dropped to low health once more. I raised my Chill of the Nine Provinces and shouted, "DIEEEEEEEE!"

Crack!

My sword pierced through the skeleton’s skull, and thank heavens it didn’t revive this time. It dropped a round helmet and a bloody card.

Lin Yixin picked up the helmet and let out a disdainful snort. "Earth-grade, stall stuff. Does anyone want this?"

While she was passing it to Moon Dew, I picked up the card it dropped and was stunned by what I saw. A few seconds later, I finally returned to myself and said, "Holy shit, this card is OP…"

Undying Berserker Card: Increases user's Attack by 45%, max HP by 100%, and grants a 25% chance to revive at full health upon death. Effect can be stacked with other revive effects. Level Requirement: 225. Reputation Requirement: 700000.

……

For a time, the girls couldn’t say anything. After He Yi killed off her skeleton, she declared, "If we sell this at the auction house, its reserve price alone will be 5000 RMB…"

I nodded. "I know right? This Attack and HP boost are pretty amazing already, but a 25% chance to revive too? This card is one of, if not the best card I’ve picked up so far. Hehe. I’m going to keep this one, okay? We’re going to kill every single skeleton we encounter along the way and drop as many of these cards as possible. I only hope that its drop rate isn’t too low."

"Just in case, we’ll have you score the last hit from now on!" Lin Yixin said.

"Yeah!"

After that, we fought for 3 hours straight and slaughtered nearly every skeleton there was in the wilderness. Unfortunately, the card’s drop rate was abysmally low, and we only dropped 11 in total. I managed to roll two of them, by the way. Considering how high my Luck was, the card’s base drop rate probably wasn’t even 0.1%. Eternal Moon Corporation was stingy as usual.

Of course, the Undying Berserker Card was all the more precious due to its rarity. We quickly agreed that we would only use it when we were fighting the final boss. If possible, we didn’t even want to use it then. Nobody would begrudge a 25% chance to revive for free after all!

I put away the cards and the dozens of equipment I picked up during our grind. The equipment’s value ranged between 100 to 1000 RMB, which was good because they were all worth selling!

……

Night arrived inside the game, and our vision became extremely constricted once more. Flying the Snow Crystal Dragon about ten meters in the air, He Yi commented, "Turn on your equipment luster, everyone. It’s either that or travel completely blind. Something’s weird about this map. It’s pitch black to the point where you can’t even see the moonlight. So scary…"

I raised the Chill of the Nine Provinces and cast its light as far away as possible while taking point. The girls followed closely behind me while Lin Yixin protected our squishes and He Yi covered our rear. I had also summoned the Phantom Wolf King and my apparition for the additional firepower I would surely need in a moment. Although the apparition’s Attack was only 75% of mine, it was still a lot.

……

"Look. There’s someone on the hill…" Suddenly, Beiming Xue pointed above us.

I looked. It was a girl carrying a lantern, and her face was shrouded by the darkness. At least she was curvy in all the right places.

1. T/N: green hat is the slang for cuckold