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Chapter 233 Sponsored by the Dragon King, Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, Sword Technique: The Moon Rises Over the Sea! (4K, please continue reading!)

Send four spirit-grade items, a top-grade spiritual root, a special physique, and a demon beast bloodline, and a peach of immortality.

It's safe to say that the benefits offered by this celebration shop are the biggest since the opening of the fourth server. Other "freebies" are nowhere near as good as this.

Although the peaches were leftovers from the immortals' party, they could instantly restore 50% of health and mana, so Jiang Liu said he could tolerate it.

The sheer generosity of the plan astonished Jiang Liu, who stared at the exquisite props in front of him several times before finally regaining his composure and continuing to read.

The items that followed weren't anything special; they were just some materials from Xuan-rank demonic beasts, some materials for alchemy and weapon crafting, and some spirit-restoring pills and health-restoring pills—classic stuff of junk to fill the gaps.

After browsing through the entire celebration shop, Jiang Liu turned around and stepped into the Dragon Palace instance.

Next, it's time to grind through dungeons like crazy.

He wanted to empty the event store as quickly as possible.

[Enter the Half-Year Anniversary Celebration Dungeon - Dragon Palace?]

【Yes】

His gaze shifted, and a dungeon selection interface appeared before him.

[Half-Year Anniversary Celebration Dungeon - Dragon Palace]

[Introduction: This instance is modeled after the Dragon Palace of the East Sea. To express their gratitude to players for their support of dragon boat merchandise, the Dragon King of the East Sea has sponsored this half-anniversary celebration. Let's all thank the Dragon King for his generosity!]

[Dungeon Difficulty: Normal, Hard, Hell, Infinite Abyss]

[Dungeon Rewards: Celebration Dragon Scales, Mystic/Spirit-Rank Dragon Cores, Mystic Dragon Blood, Mystic Dragon Bones, Mystic Dragon Hide]

[Countdown to Dungeon: 28 days]

Jiang Liu: “.”

After seeing the description of the Dragon Palace dungeon, he instantly understood.

No wonder the organizers were so generous; it turns out they had sponsors!

Damn, I thought the planners had a change of heart. So all the items in the celebration shop were sponsored by the Dragon King of the East Sea?
Are you trying to use someone else's flowers to present to Buddha?
That's a bit unnecessary.
Ok?
wrong.

What does it mean that the Dragon King of the East Sea is thanking players for their support of dragon boat props?
Is the super-benefit celebration shop only available because we bought the dragon boat?
Is the half-year anniversary celebration because we bought a dragon boat?
Holy crap, if that's the case, then aren't we just giving ourselves this half-year anniversary perk?
Our large-scale purchase of dragon boats has led to a surge in dragon boat sales.

That's why the Dragon King of the East Sea specially sponsored this half-year anniversary celebration.

The cause and effect are now complete, brothers.

We spent the money, the half-year anniversary celebration was sponsored by the Dragon King of the East Sea, and the good reputation was the result of our planning.

What did the planners do?
He sent the players a letter!

He simply apologized to the players!
I am a poet.

The plan remains the same, without the slightest change.

But Dragon King of the East Sea, you are our true friend.

He made money, and he's genuinely giving back to the players.

My personal suggestion is to stuff Laozi (Taishang Laojun) into an alchemy furnace and let the Dragon King of the East Sea be the chief planner of the cultivation era.

After learning the truth about the half-year anniversary celebration, Jiang Liu couldn't help but mutter a few complaints to himself, halving the period during which the planners were exempt from criticism, and continued to look at the Dragon Palace dungeon with a dark expression.

What are the differences between these four difficulty levels?

His gaze fell on the dungeon difficulty at the bottom, and for some reason, a very bad premonition suddenly welled up in his heart. He subconsciously clicked to check it.

【Dragon Palace (Normal): There is a 5% chance to drop Celebration Dragon Scales after defeating Dragon Palace monsters, a 2% chance to drop Mystic-Rank Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Piercing Stone, and a 1% chance to drop Mystic-Rank Dragon Pills. Recommended Realm: Early Foundation Establishment】

Jiang Liu: “????”

When Jiang Liu saw the drop rate displayed after the ordinary-level Dragon Palace, he was stunned and his mind was filled with question marks.

Planner, what are you doing?
He believes it's normal for dragon materials to have a drop rate, since they are special materials and can't just be found everywhere.

But honestly, it's a bit of a rip-off to let your celebration items drop randomly, isn't it?
Moreover, the drop rate is 5%!

Is this a setting that humans could come up with?
Is this something a human being is capable of doing?

"I was careless, it was my carelessness."

Jiang Liu stared intently at the extremely glaring '5%' drop rate, muttering to himself as his face gradually darkened.

The long interval since his last dungeon run, which was the Turbid Monarch dungeon during the Full Moon event, had made him forget the quirks of dungeon design.

He had assumed the Celebration Dragon Scale was a guaranteed drop, but now it seems...
Haha, he was wrong. He shouldn't have tried to understand animals using human logic.

The Celebration Shop is giving away amazing freebies!
I'll give it to you, but can you empty the store?
He calculated that if he didn't buy the limited-edition items, he would need 47000 Celebration Dragon Scales to buy all the top-tier items.

At a 5% drop rate, that means you have to kill 94 monsters!
He can finish it, but can other players finish it?

He believed that few players in the entire region could empty the entire celebration shop.

A perfectly good half-anniversary celebration was ruined by this 5% drop rate.

Yes, the players have become the clowns.

"Wow, this is amazing. This is the first time I've ever seen an event where you can't empty the store, especially a half-year anniversary event. The planners must be dead."

Jiang Liu couldn't help but curse. The planners have canceled the no-flame period. It's time for the brothers to show their true Zaun skills. Let me see your strength in the world chat.

Planner: We're very sorry, but we won't change it.

Player: Go to hell.

"The recommended difficulty for this normal-level Dragon Palace dungeon is the early Foundation Establishment stage. Hopefully, other players will try to run it more often."

He shook his head and continued reading.

【Dragon Palace (Hard): 7% chance to drop Celebration Dragon Scales, 3% chance to drop Mystic-grade Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Hide, 1% chance to drop Mystic-grade Dragon Pills. Recommended Realm: Mid-Foundation Establishment】

[Dragon Palace (Hell Level): 9% chance to drop Celebration Dragon Scales, 4% chance to drop Mystic-Rank Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Hide, 2% chance to drop Mystic-Rank Dragon Pills. Recommended Realm: Foundation Establishment Great Perfection]

[Dragon Palace (Infinite Abyss Level): 10% chance to drop Celebration Dragon Scales, 1% chance to drop Spirit-Rank Dragon Blood, Dragon Bone, and Dragon Hide, 0.5% chance to drop Spirit-Rank Dragon Cores. Recommended Realm: Golden Core Stage]

[Note: The Infinite Abyss level is an infinitely spawning dungeon. Regular monsters, elite monsters, and boss monsters will spawn in fixed waves in extremely large numbers. Please choose carefully.]

Endless monster spawning?
Upon seeing this, Jiang Liu's eyes lit up; he had finally found a level of difficulty that interested him.

The drops in the first three difficulty levels were all Xuan-rank dragon materials, which were of little use to him. Apart from the Celebration Dragon Scales, he had no interest in them.

But the Spirit-Rank Dragon materials in the fourth difficulty level are different; this is what he wants. Although the drop rate is a bit low, it doesn't matter.

You keep grinding monsters, I keep grinding monsters, so what if the drop rate is low?
Even if I kill 100,000 or a million of them, I still won't get a few hundred spirit-grade dragon pills?

I don’t believe it.

Dragon Palace - Infinite Abyss Level, click to enter.

The scene changes.

When Jiang Liu saw himself reappear on the sea, he thought he had returned to cross-regional operations.

Directly ahead, there is a phantom image of a giant palace, a thousand meters high. The palace has a crystal exterior and shines brightly under the sunlight, just like a mirage, dreamlike and illusory.

Above the front hall of this Crystal Palace hangs a magnificent plaque with the four large characters "East Sea Dragon Palace" engraved on it.

The surrounding map, like the cross-region event, is a boundless sea, and the map is labeled as [East Sea].

Ok?
Is this a ploy to make me wreak havoc in the Dragon Palace of the East Sea?

I'm inexplicably a little excited.

Jiang Liu gazed at the enormous Crystal Palace in the distance, his eyes flashing with excitement, and his expression was somewhat agitated. He then pulled out Meteor Fall.

Enter battle mode immediately!
I'm going to storm the Dragon Palace!
I want to steal the Ruyi Jingu Bang!

The countdown timer floating in the sky disappeared, replaced by a new wave of instances.

[Dragon Palace - Unlimited Monster Farming Level Now Activated]

[The first wave of Dragon Palace monsters—100 shrimp soldiers—is about to appear. Players, please prepare for battle.]

As the system voice echoed through the instance, he saw the floating crystal dragon palace in the distance tremble slightly, and the crystal gate, which was thousands of meters high, slowly opened. Humanoid shrimp soldiers, each tens of meters tall, rushed out of the East Sea Dragon Palace.

"Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!"

One hundred shrimp soldiers, their faces ferocious and exuding a murderous aura, charged straight towards Jiang Liutahai with overwhelming force, roaring and shouting in unison. What a majestic and awe-inspiring sight!

What a formidable display of force!

Those who know them would mistake them for shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but those who don't might think they are heavenly soldiers and generals.

Jiang Liu glanced at the hundred shrimp soldiers, and while mobilizing his spiritual energy, he also checked their attributes.

【Name: Shrimp Soldier Phantom】

[Race: Demon Race]

[Realm: Early Golden Core Stage]

[Affiliation: East Sea Dragon Clan]

Thank goodness, it's only the early stage of the Golden Core realm. If a mere Immortal Realm soldier had appeared, he would have turned around and left.

But the Golden Core stage
What else is there to say? I'm going to enjoy myself!

"It's a good time to try out new skills."

Jiang Liu muttered to himself, his spiritual energy shifting, and an extremely moist rain-like spiritual energy burst forth. He raised his sword and swung it, creating a crescent moon shape in mid-air.

With a swing of the sword, a vast, ocean-like rain aura surged into the sky, condensing high above and falling as drops of cool rain, faintly glowing.

Mingyu Erosion Spirit!
Before the effects of the Mingyu Corrosion Spirit even appeared, Jiang Liu was so shocked that the corner of his mouth twitched.

The Mingyu Erosion Spirit, covering an area of ​​1 meters, drained 15% of the spiritual energy in one go!

I have several top-grade spiritual roots and a five-elemental spiritual body, yet I can't even use this skill more than a few times!
Isn't this consumption far too great?

Releasing it once consumes 15% of his spiritual energy, instantly shattering his fantasy of covering the entire map with the Spirit Rain Erosion.

You are now under the effect of the Rain of Destruction.

[You will accumulate one layer of 'Sudden Rain' and 'Moistening Rain' every second.]

When the layers of 'Sudden Rain' and 'Gentle Rain' accumulate to 50, you will enter the 'Dark Rain' state.

New buffs are stacking up!

From this moment forward, I will never leave this area!

Despite being in the cold drizzle, Jiang Liu's burning fighting spirit remained undiminished. Seeing a large number of Golden Core stage shrimp soldiers charging towards him like a hundred-meter-long tsunami, he felt no fear; on the contrary, his fighting spirit soared even higher.

"Primordial Dragon-Phoenix Beast, emerge!"

"Five Elements Sword Formation, Bloodthirsty Sword Formation, unleash!"

"The Register of Earthly Treasures and Immortals is here!"

"Five Elements Spiritual Ascension Technique!"

As usual, let's start with a chant.

After a chant, nearly a hundred streams of light flew out from within the river.

Five Five Elements Swords, twelve Blood-Red Swords, and forty-six Phantoms of Earthly Treasures!
Nearly a hundred streaks of light intertwined in the sky, creating a beautiful and colorful picture, just like a dazzling meteor shower, trailing long tails as they crashed into the Dragon Palace shrimp soldiers!

"It's truly magnificent."

Jiang Liu was slightly startled by the sight of hundreds of streaks of light falling obliquely like a rain of stars, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

With the addition of the Earthly Treasure Immortal Register, his automatic attack items are increasing.

The sword formation and the register have been activated, and as its master, he naturally doesn't want to fall behind.

New Spirit Sword Technique, let me witness your power!
"I cycle through the five elements."

Just as he was about to raise his sword to unleash the Five Elements Revolving Sword Technique, a system voice suddenly rang in his mind, causing him to stop in his tracks. The scene before him was even more shocking.

You have defeated the Dragon Palace Shrimp Soldier.

You have defeated the Dragon Palace Shrimp Soldier.

You have defeated the Dragon Palace Shrimp Soldier.

Under the combined attack of the twin sword formation and the frenzied dance of heavenly treasures, the 100 Dragon Palace shrimp soldiers were cut down like ears of wheat, turning into fragments and disappearing without a trace.

In the blink of an eye, the first wave of 100 Dragon Palace Shrimp Soldiers died, leaving only a few pieces of debris floating on the sea surface.

Jiang Liu: “.”

I haven't even made a move yet, how come you're all dead?
He was shocked. He never imagined that he could kill a Golden Core cultivator instantly just by using auto-attack skills and items.

Isn't this too scary?
During cross-server events, the Twin Swords Formation couldn't instantly kill Golden Core players from the third server, but it can now.

Its success is entirely due to the reissue pool.

The level ∞ sword spirit root, rain spirit root, fighting god king body, and the purified Golden Dragon True Phoenix bloodline are too domineering!
This is the power of krypton gold!

Jiang Liu glanced at the empty sea, then looked up at the waves floating in the sky, his expression somewhat bewildered.

What's strange?

Isn't it just endless monster spawning?

Go ahead and swipe it, don't waste my time!

"Primordial Dragon-Phoenix Beast, appear."

Before the next wave of monsters spawned, Jiang Liu summoned his pet again.

"Go, go pick up the things."

He pointed to the debris that had fallen into the sea.

Last time we ran a dungeon, Yi Luoluo was in charge of picking up trash; this time, it's the pet's turn.

"Ouch."

The Hunyuan Dragon-Phoenix Beast cried out twice, then ran over on its short legs, and then ran back in a flash.

You have obtained 7 Celebration Dragon Scales and 1 Spirit-Rank Dragon Blood.

Jiang Liu: “.”

Gone?

This drop rate is so realistic.

Let's try a few more rounds. If that doesn't work, we'll have to summon Yi Luoluo.

[Second wave—200 Dragon Palace Shrimp Soldiers have been deployed]

One minute later, another wave of Dragon Palace shrimp soldiers rushed out of the Crystal Palace.

"Stop! Don't move!"

"I am subject to the Five Elements Reincarnation!"

Jiang Liu called a halt to the sword formation, and as he raised his hand, a dazzling five-colored light erupted from his body, starting with golden energy and converging on the Meteor Fall sword.

Swish, swish, swish!
In just one second, in the order of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, five sword energies, each hundreds of meters long, slashed out across the sky. The five sword energies of the five elements almost overlapped, and their speed and power even seemed to rival the line of the five elements.

The power of the first five swords is almost comparable to the Five Elements in a line, so how powerful must the sixth sword be?
The sixth sword has arrived!
Jiang Liuqi's sword moves like clouds and water, unleashing six sword strikes in a single second!

With the sixth sword strike, he felt as if his body no longer belonged to him, as if his wrists were being controlled by a hanging thread, and the Meteor Fall sword was erected in front of him.

Despite being less than two meters long, the sword emitted a dazzling light that reached a height of a hundred meters, its sword light covering the sky and the earth, its power shaking the waves and making them roar!

next second.

A full moon streaked across the sky and appeared.

This is a full moon radiating the five colors of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, standing upright on the azure sea, just like the legendary spectacle of the moon rising over the sea.

The bright moon over the sea, round and five-colored, was unleashed with a mighty sword strike as Jiang Liu stared blankly at it!
Five Elements Revolving Sword!
The upper crest floated on the sea, while the lower crest lay hidden deep beneath, like a meat grinder whipping up huge waves as it slashed towards the horde of dragon palace shrimp soldiers ahead.

The bright moon flashed across the sea!

Two hundred shrimp soldiers were shattered into dust!

(End of this chapter)