Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 826 Golden Enhancement Stone, the Berserker's Lucid Nightmare!

When the passive skill [Frost Crystal Fury] is triggered, Cao Xing's next spell damage will be doubled.

Immediately afterwards, he conjured three more ice balls, each as big as a head.

Each ice puck exuded an intense chill, as if it could freeze the air itself.

It is the [Ice-Breaking Flying Blade] that has been enhanced by [Ice Crystal Fury].

His current limit is to simultaneously condense 10 ice spikes and hold them suspended without releasing them.

This allows you to unleash a burst of damage by combining it with other skills.

However, this approach also has a drawback: controlling the levitation of the Ice Cone spell consumes a significant amount of his mental energy.

The longer it drags on, the more mental energy is consumed.

After casting these spells, Cao Xing pointed his staff and said, "Go."

In an instant, ten ice spikes as thick as an adult's arm, along with three ice balls the size of basketballs, shot out at an extremely terrifying speed!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The sound of something cutting through the air echoed through the empty valley.

The golden Ska mouse below was also extremely alert.

Upon hearing the sound, it seemed to form some kind of neural reflex, instinctively arching its body and trying to crawl into the nearby cave.

But clearly, no matter how fast it is, it can't outpace the casting speed of a legendary mage.

"Boom! Boom boom!"

"Pfft! Pfft!"

After three consecutive explosions and piercing sounds, all the attacks accurately hit the Golden Skaarl's body.

The enormous ice spikes pierced its golden fur, leaving bloody holes.

The ice ball from the Ice-Breaking Flying Blade exploded directly on its back!

【-4424252! 】

【-5325927! 】

【-4724413! 】

【-7293524! 】

【-7252401! 】

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After a dense barrage of damage numbers, the Golden Skullcrawler's 2500 million HP was instantly depleted.

This burst of damage resulted in a total of 53 million damage.

This means that Golden Skemoss still owes him 2800 million in damages.

Strangely, although Cao Xing's attack caused massive damage, the Skulak did not die immediately.

To everyone's surprise, the golden Skaarl's surface was covered with a golden shield that protected it from the deadly attack.

Then, a golden light flashed on Skrod's body, and a dagger emitting a ghostly glow fell out of the bag on his back!
Cao Xing whispered, "This is... triggering the [Rat's Fortune] skill effect?"

"Zhizhi——!"

The golden Ska mouse below suddenly let out a shrill scream!

The golden shield on his body shattered rapidly, and then he took off running forward.

At this moment, it truly demonstrated what it means to flee for one's life, not even bothering to pick up the treasures that had fallen to the ground.

Seeing this, Cao Xing did not react.

With a flick of her staff, Isabel unleashed a spear condensed from golden holy light.

"call out!"

The spear slashed through the night sky, striking the Golden Skaven's chest with pinpoint accuracy.

"Pfft!"

【-5234215! 】

...

This time, it didn't trigger "Good Fortune in the Year of the Rat" again, and its last bit of health was completely wiped out.

[Your territory member: Isabel Evangelism has defeated the event monster: 'Golden Skullcrawler' lv90, gaining 3420 million experience points.]

[Combat personnel gained 1710 million experience points...]

[Achievement progress has been increased, current progress: 14/1000]

...

After the prompt ended, Skrod's corpse turned into white light and disappeared.

On the ground was a bulging bag with gold patterns on its surface.

Cao Xing said happily, "Finally, the first golden bag has been found."

"The contents of this should be more valuable than the Silver Skater's treasure pouch, right?"

With an expectant look on their faces.

The three figures flashed and quickly arrived below.

Cao Xing walked over and picked up the bag.

[Obtained: Golden Skagi's Treasure Pouch *1]

...

He couldn't wait to untie the bag and dump out everything inside.

"Crash..."

In an instant, a dazzling golden and orange light intertwined, and all sorts of new props that had never been seen before dazzled the eyes!
Since this is the Golden Skaarl's treasure bag, all the items inside are at least of gold quality.

Among them were even a few treasures of epic quality.

Cao Xing couldn't help but curse, "Damn it! As expected of the Golden Skullcrawler, which only has a 5% refresh rate, the loot reward is really generous!"

He took a deep breath to suppress his excitement.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he picked up all the spoils on the ground.

[Obtained: Raven Cloak (Orange)]

[Obtained: Royal Handle Axe (Gold)]

[Obtained: Skill Book - Death Swamp Trap (Orange)]

[Obtained: 5 Gold Skemoku Enhancement Stones]

[Received: 3529 Gold Coins]

[Obtained: Berserker's Lucid Nightmare Elixir (Orange) *8]

[Received: Thorn Honey Dew (Gold) *35]

...

Compared to Silver Ska's magic pocket, it doesn't have many different kinds of items.

However, the quality of the items far surpasses that of the Silver Skullcrusher.

"Great, we actually got an epic-quality potion and an epic-quality piece of equipment."

"No...it should be two epic items."

At this moment, Isabel picked up the dagger that had fallen to the ground and respectfully approached him.

"My lord, please take a look."

Cao Xing nodded and then took the dagger as well.

[Obtained: Viper's Kiss (Orange)]

...

This golden Ska mouse dropped four epic-quality loot items, which is quite a haul.

It's important to know that, barring special circumstances, the value of any epic item is several times, or even dozens of times, that of a gold item.

In other words, the loot in this bag is worth at least 100 million crowns.

If other survivors were to obtain this bag, it would be like becoming rich overnight!
Cao Xing thought to himself, "Now that I have some time, I might as well take a look at the attributes of these spoils of war."

He first took out the cloak and the dagger, and then examined them.

After a moment, Cao Xing looked away.

"Not bad, both pieces of equipment are level 70 epics, and their stats are similar to those of a regular epic weapon."

"The [Viper's Kiss] dagger is quite interesting. Its epic [Viper's Kiss] effect allows it to inject neurotoxins into enemies upon attacking, causing true damage."

"The other item, the Raven Cloak, has an extremely high evasion rate, and its epic effect, Raven Wings, can further increase evasion rate and movement speed."

Both of these epic items have very good stats.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, considering the candidates to be assigned to the task.

"This dagger could be given to Heri. Her current weapon is a level 50 gold-grade item, which is about time to be replaced."

"As for that [Raven Cloak]..."

After careful consideration, he finally decided to give the class to melee-type characters like Binglan or Xiao.

After deciding who would receive the two pieces of equipment, Cao Xing continued to examine the other acquisitions.

Next up is the skill book: [Death Swamp Trap].

This skill can create a large-scale "Death Swamp" in advance in a certain area, causing enemies who step into it to become trapped in the swamp.

Not only does it drastically reduce movement speed, but it can also inflict a variety of negative effects, making it quite powerful.

Unfortunately, this skill book belongs to the Snow Hunter, and no one in Cao Xing's territory has any use for it.

"Let's wait until we put it on the 'market' and see if we can get a skill book for another profession in return."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing put the skill book back into his backpack.

Next, we'll examine that bottle of epic-quality potion.

The next moment, he flipped his right hand.

A bottle of potion, glowing with a deep red light and containing dark purple powder, appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The medicine flowed slowly in the bottle, wriggling as if it were alive, occasionally producing strange bubbles.

【The Berserker's Lucid Nightmare (Orange)】

[Quality: Epic]

[Drug Effect: After taking the medicine, the user will quickly fall asleep and enter a 'nightmare' state.]

In nightmares, your consciousness will be distorted, everything you see will be connected to reality, and you will be unable to distinguish between friend and foe.

During this period, you will receive a 20%–50% increase in strength and a pain-paralyzing effect.

[Effect Duration: 10 minutes] [Cooldown: 300 minutes]

(Note: Dream or reality... can you really tell the difference?)

...

After reading the description of the potion's properties, Cao Xing's pupils dilated slightly.

"Wow, is the effect of this potion really that exaggerated?"

"A direct 50% increase in strength without any pain—it's practically a god-tier secret medicine for melee-type powerhouses!"

It's important to know that even the legendary-quality potion developed by Francesca—the Power Magic Booster—can only increase strength by a maximum of 50%.

It's truly beyond imagination that this epic potion can achieve this as well.

"However... this side effect is also a bit scary."

"It actually went straight into a nightmare dream world, and it couldn't distinguish between friend and foe."

"It's far inferior to the Magic Power Elixir."

To put it bluntly, this thing is actually equivalent to a hallucinogenic drug.

After you drink this secret medicine, everything you see may be completely out of place with reality.

You might see a ferocious monster lunging at you, but in reality, that monster could be someone very close to you.

It's also possible that you'll see someone you know very well, but it turns out that person is your enemy.

In dreams, you can't distinguish things; you can only attack whatever you see.

Therefore, it is best to use this secret medicine only when there are no friendly units around.

Cao Xing held the bottle of secret medicine in his hand and examined it carefully.

The liquid shimmered with an eerie light under the moonlight, as if it contained an evil and violent power.

"My lord, this potion looks... very dangerous."

Isabel said gravely, her holy instincts making her uneasy about this potion filled with negative energy.

Cao Xing nodded. "It is indeed very dangerous, but a 50% increase in strength is an irresistible temptation for melee classes."

"Let's find a suitable opportunity to test its effectiveness once we return to our territory."

Isabel nodded slightly and said no more.

Cao Xing also put the dangerous potion back into his backpack.

We've basically seen all the loot that came out of the Golden Skaarl's bag.

There's one last thing left to check.

Those were several stones, each about the size of a fist.

The stone's surface was covered with concentric golden patterns, and it seemed to contain a special power within.

When Cao Xing's staff approached the stones, it would vibrate slightly.

Out of curiosity, I glanced at the attributes.

[Golden Skellington's Enhancement Stone (Gold)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Item Effect: When given to the territory's artisans for forging and fusion with weapons or equipment, it will increase the equipment's usability level by 5 and its base attributes by 20%]

[Note: A maximum of 10 enhancement stones can be used on the same piece of equipment.]

[Note 2: Enhancement stones do not occupy gem slots on equipment.]

[Note 3: This item is automatically bound upon pickup and can only be used on friendly units' equipment; it is untradeable.]

...

"Fuck!"

Cao Xing exclaimed in surprise!

He originally thought that these stones, at most, would be like those gems, giving the equipment some special enhancements.

Surprisingly, this thing can actually upgrade equipment levels and attributes!
And it can be used up to 10 times!
Obviously, the preciousness of this strengthening stone needs no further explanation.

As Cao Xing's level increases, many of his equipment and weapons are only level 70, which is becoming increasingly inadequate.

Now, with this enhancement stone, you can directly upgrade your equipment level to 120!
Not only that, but basic attributes can be increased by up to 200%!

It's a huge improvement!

Cao Xing exclaimed, "So, this kind of enhancement stone is the biggest gain after defeating the Golden Skrats."

Obviously, if the other survivors knew that killing the Golden Skaarl would yield such a thing, it would definitely cause a rat-catching frenzy!
Large numbers of survivors will form teams to search for these golden skats and develop a series of targeted tactics.

"Unfortunately, these enhancement stones cannot be traded."

"Otherwise, I could have collected a large quantity of them on the market."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing shook his head with some regret.

But he quickly put that regret behind him.

After all, with his current rat-catching efficiency, he can conservatively kill two or three golden squirrels a day.

After a month, the enhancement stones obtained should be enough.

Cao Xing shook his head, looked at the two women beside him, and ordered, "Let's go, let's continue and try to kill more Skrats!"

"Then upgrade everyone's equipment!"

"Yes."

The two women responded in unison.

...

...

Next, from nightfall until midnight.

Cao Xing was busy taking Isabel and Marlena around, killing those Skrats.

Just as he had predicted.

As night fell, the Bloodwing Knights spotted Skrats even more frequently.

Compared to the previous daytime when they could only find one per hour, they can now find two or three per hour!
Sometimes Cao Xing couldn't handle things alone, so he would send Isabel and Malenina out to act separately.

After six hours of hard work, they managed to kill a total of 16 Skaven!

Among them are 15 silver Ska mice and 1 golden Ska mouse!
This amount even exceeds the earnings of an entire day.

At this moment, looking at the dozens of unopened treasure bags in his backpack, Cao Xing couldn't help but show an excited smile!

Moreover, these treasure bags are not all that he has gained today!
It should be noted that most of Cao Xing's troops are currently exploring the [Dream Fragments] to acquire more 'Dream Fragments' for him.

After a whole day of hard work.

Liu Muxue has led her team all the way from the 11th floor to the 23rd floor!
At this rate, we'll be able to reach the 99th floor in another week!

In comparison, survivors in other regions, even the fastest in region 141, have only just cleared the second level.

This clearly shows the difference...

More importantly, the simultaneous operation of the two events allows them to kill more monsters and continuously gain experience points.

Throughout the day, many who had recently broken through to the legendary level, such as Malenina and Assam, all leveled up.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "It seems that once these two events are completely over, the overall strength of my territory will increase dramatically again."

"At least, many of us legendary powerhouses can reach the maximum level of 150."

"At that time, everyone will be able to meet the conditions for breaking through to demigod status."

Thinking about this, a sense of anticipation arose in my heart, and I couldn't wait for the day the event would end.

Of course, imagination is wonderful, but Cao Xing also needs to consider some real-world issues.

"This Skullcrusher Treasure event will last for a month. To maximize your gains, you need to fight continuously."

"However, those Bloodwing Knights aren't made of iron; they also need rest..."

Legendary powerhouses like Cao Xing are a bit better off; this kind of low-intensity battle can easily last for one or two months.

However, those Bloodwing Knights were only at the fifth rank and could not withstand such a long battle.

Thinking of this, he pressed the communication device to his ear and ordered, "All Bloodwing Knights, listen to my command."

"Next, you will need to be divided into four groups to take turns resting, and each person must ensure at least 6 hours of sleep per day."

"Knight Captain Dela is in charge of the specific personnel."

There was a moment of silence on the communication channel, followed by the unified response of the Bloodwing Knights.

"As you command, Lord Lord!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the thousands of knights immediately sprang into action.

In the darkness, the fleshy wings on the backs of the giant bats folded slightly, and the knights on their backs listened intently to their captain's voice.

The selection of personnel was assigned by Knights Captain Dela.

He quickly divided the thousand-strong team into four squads over the communication channel.

Then, in order of seniority, the first squad of 250 people was sent back to their territory to rest.

After daybreak, at six o'clock in the morning, the first team joined the exploration team again, while the second team returned to the territory to rest, and so on...

This will slightly reduce search efficiency.

However, such an arrangement is necessary in order to maintain combat effectiveness for a long time.

After arranging the group of Bloodwing Knights, Cao Xing looked at Isabel and Malenina beside him.

The Valkyrie, sword in hand, stood solemnly in place, waiting.

Beside her, Isabel smiled eerily, toying with a ball of dark energy in her hand.

It is worth mentioning that her Holy Light Sage consciousness has entered a dormant state.

As agreed, the nighttime hours were given to the dark witch's personality.

She noticed Cao Xing's gaze, and a dangerous smile curled at the corner of her lips: "What? Is the lord more interested in 'me' tonight?"

Cao Xing glanced at her, shook his head, and said, "From now on, we will also adopt a rotation system."

"One person fights for sixteen hours, and spends the rest of the time resting in their territory."

At that moment, the dark witch, whose dark purple hair fluttered in the wind and whose aura of darkness was extremely strong, smiled gently.

She shook her head and said, "My lord, I don't need to rest."

"When I'm not active, I'm practically asleep, but I'm full of energy!"

"Leave tonight's battle to me, okay?"

……

(End of this chapter)