Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Sure!”
As the voice spoke, the screen in front of him suddenly turned into the phantom of his class teacher. His class teacher spread both of his hands. On his left palm, was a 20-sided crystal dice, and on his right, was a card shrouded in divine light that couldn’t be seen clearly.
Holding the dice and cards in both hands, Wu Hai said,”I will let you toss this dice yourself. The number on the dice after it stops spinning will represent the difficulty of the test which you can choose to accept.”
“Should the number be two, the enemies you will face will be two times the number of enemies you battled in the placement test earlier on. Should the number be 20, the enemies you will face will be 20 times the number of enemies you battled in the placement test earlier on. You are allowed to use any power within your Divine Realm, including real-body descension.”
Then, the class teacher held up the card in his right hand, and following a flash of light, the card’s content was revealed.
5-Star Divine Realm Card——Fertile Land (Legendary): Increases area of Divine Realm by 2*2 kilometers. Limited to Fertile Land.
“Holy sh*t!”
Lin Xiao’s eye almost popped out. The reward was a 5-Star card that could increase the area of his Divine Realm. What’s more, it was even so high up in item quality. This was the first time he had ever seen something of the orange color, legendary quality.
The rarity of cards from low to high was: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical.
It was said that there were cards that were even harder to obtain above the Mythical quality. Nevertheless, an orange color legendary card was already extremely rare, let alone mythical cards. He hadn’t even heard what the name of the item quality above Mythical was, let alone seen one.
Increasing a Divine Realm by 2*2 kilometers… that was more than half the width of Lin Xiao’s current Divine Realm. What’s more, it was limited to fertile land, and that would make it even rarer.
Even though his main race as of now, Murlocs, weren’t suited for farming, it didn’t stop him from yearning for the card.
Having Murlocs as his main race now didn’t mean that his main race would always be Murlocs. A race within a Divine Realm could be changed, and other races could be added. Since Murlocs couldn’t farm, he could just put in a race that knew how.
Lin Xiao made up his mind almost instantly. He had to attempt this bonus test. He mustn’t let this kind of opportunity slip by.
“Tempting, isn’t it?”
Class teacher Wu Hai noticed the expression on his face and said, “Think about it carefully. If you’re unlucky and roll too high of a number, the enemies that appear will cause devasting destruction to your Divine Realm. It is possible that you may plummet into a state of no return.”
Within the voice of the class teacher, there was a hint of Divine Power. Like a great bell, it woke Lin Xiao who had plunged into a state of frantic enthusiasm.
Calming down from the fanatism, he began to analyze the pros and cons.
It was indeed true that, just as his class teacher mentioned, the difficulty of this bonus test… highly depended on luck.
If he was lucky enough to roll a small number, he could still manage a several-fold bonus difficulty. If was he was unlucky and rolled a number beyond a seven or an eight, it would become unplayable. He may be able to withstand it if he were to go all out and deploy his true body, but the risk of doing so was too great.
The strength of a player’s real body was related to the overall strength of the Divine Realm. The more believers there were, the player as the God of the Divine Realm would naturally be stronger. The fewer their believers, the weaker the player as the God of the Divine Realm would be.
But for new players like him, who had just opened up their Divine Realm not long ago, no matter how powerful their Divine Realms were, it couldn’t be too powerful. If faced with more than ten times the difficulty, with more than 200 Serpentmen and 20 Serpentmen leaders, even if he deployed his real body, he wouldn’t necessarily win.
And even if he did, it would be a Pyrrhic victory.
Losing in fact didn’t really matter. With his class teacher watching over him, when his Divine Realm was damaged to a point, he would definitely come to his rescue. That itself was like a damage prevention threshold.
The main thing was his Real Body. Should anything happen to his real body, the impact would be massive.
At the same time that divine life was blessed with Divinity and thus became transcendent and able to wield extraordinary powers, once injured, it was very difficult for them to recover. They couldn’t be treated with regular healing techniques. They would either have to expend large amounts of Divine Power or fall into a deep slumber to recover slowly.
This slumber was measured in the scale of hundreds of years. Even in the Overworld, it would be hundreds of days. This would greatly hamper the progress of their growth. In other words, one could say that the person had been crippled in advance.
“Geez, it would be great if I could take the bonus test at a later time.”
Lin Xiao was already thinking about renouncing. After he regained his calmness and thought about it rationally, he knew that the risk of this bonus test was too immense. Although the card to increase the area of a Divine Realm was extremely hard to come by, however…
Hold up!
He raised his head abruptly and asked,
“Sir, can I attempt the test after the get the reward from this placement rest?”
Wu Hai was stunned for a moment and said quietly, “You really want to attempt the test?
He then answered, “You can. I have four 5-Star cards over here. You may pick one.”
5-Star Racial Breeding Card (Uncommon): Species fertility rate +300%, survival rate +300%. Lasts 10 years.
5-Star Arms Card—— Hog Rider (Common): Summons 100 Bugbear Hog Rider. Note: Equipped with standard weapons and rations for five days.
5-Star Resource Card—— Sheep Herd (Common): Summons 500 sheep. Note: Male and female each account for half.
5-Star Weapon Card—— Short Spear (Common): Acquires 1000 Short Spears. Note: The body of the spears are made of wood. The Head of the spears are made of Refined Iron.
As his eyes swept past the four cards, Lin Xiao’s eyes lit up upon seeing the second and the last card.
“As I expected!”
The reward card given by the class teacher must consist of various types for students to choose from. He speculated that there was a high probability that there would be a Weapon Card.
And the fact was that there was not only a Weapon Card, but he also saw an Arms Card, a card that could instantly summon 100 Bugbear Hog Riders whose strength was at level 2. Whether the Weapon Card or the Rider Card, both could greatly improve his strength, giving him enough confidence to attempt the tests.
However, Lin Xiao had a hard time choosing which card he should pick.
Normally, it would be better to choose the Hog Riders. They would serve as immediate combat power, which was more reliable than the Weapon Card.
But the truth was, he couldn’t choose this card, because he could not afford to provide for them.
Bugbears were over two meters in height. They were burly, fierce, and had big stomachs. Besides, their mounts, the 50 wild boars were even better at eating. He could barely provide for the Murlocs in his Divine Realm, so how would it be possible for him to provide for so many wild boars and riders?
The most important thing was that these Bugbears were all male. Unable to reproduce, all of them would basically die old age after being kept in the Divine Realm for several decades.
That would mean that they were purely a one-time consumable.
For the Weapon Card, though it was also a consumable, it could increase the overall strength of the Murloc tribe, and most importantly, the spearhead made of Refined Iron could be recycled even if the weapon was damaged, so it wasn’t actually a one-time consumable.
“I’ll choose the Weapon Card then,” he said.
On this, his teacher did not say anything. He only took the Weapon Card and handed it to him. Subsequently, he took out a huge stack of cards and said to him.
“You still have another 2-Star Card. What type of card do you need?”
“Resource Card, preferably food like a school of fish or something.”
“I have a 2-Star Cod Card over here.”
Wu Hai drew out a card and flew it into Lin Xiao’s hand. With a flip of his hand, all the cards disappeared, leaving only the 20-faced crystal dice in his left palm as he looked at him.