This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Chapter 399 Event Shop: Six Limited-Time Offers!
The "Changing Day Pill" can change your appearance, gender, and name once!
So that's what you meant by "changing the world"!

What good is that!
Jiang Liu was so angry that his face almost twisted out of shape after seeing the effects of the "Changing the World Pill".

Do I need to modify my appearance, given my stunning looks that I've had for eight years in Asia?

Changing my gender, being a man is great.

It must be admitted that, judging by its effects alone, it can be called a top-grade Dao pill, after all, it gave people a chance to start anew.

But it's no use on him!

He was very satisfied with his appearance, gender, and name, and had no intention of changing them. Giving him this top-grade Dao Pill was a complete waste.

hateful!

Another completely useless item!

1888 million spirit stones wasted!

Consider it an offering of incense to the planners!
next.

Jiang Liu grumbled as he looked at the next high-grade Dao artifact.

【Nine Netherworld Demonic Qi Flag】

[Rank: High-grade Dao Artifact]

【Attribute 1: +300% All Attributes, +300% Damage Against Righteous Path Units】

【Attribute 2: +10% final damage reduction against righteous units】

【Attribute 3: Attached active skill 'Soul Devour', each time a righteous unit is killed, its essence will be devoured and added to the flag. When the essence value is full, a large-scale devastating attack will be unleashed, dealing damage equal to 1000% of the original value.】

[Attribute 4: Attached active skill 'Soul Annihilation', which permanently reduces all attributes of righteous units by 30% when they are killed, up to 10 times]

[Note: For use only by players of the Demonic Path game]

Jiang Liu: “????”

Wornima!

When Jiang Liu saw the first few attributes of the Nine Nether Demonic Qi Banner, he was quite pleased. It had all attributes, increased damage against righteous units, and reduced damage against righteous units. Although it was a bit targeted, at least the additional attributes were quite high.

Not only are its attributes high, but it also comes with an extremely powerful active skill that can cause devastating damage over a wide area, dealing ten times the damage!
The final, fourth effect can reduce all attributes of righteous units by 30% once, and 300% ten times!

It can reduce a player's all attributes by 300%!
That's terrifying! It truly lives up to its name!

However.
When he saw the last note, the smile on his face froze instantly, slowly disappearing and replaced by a fierce look.

For use only by players of the Demonic Path.

You're fucking kidding me!

Jiang Liu almost vomited blood from anger.

The attributes were described so well at the beginning, but then there's a clause saying it's only for players of the "Witchcraft" genre. Did you do this on purpose, game designer?

There are actually such restrictions, and yet he still managed to get his hands on equipment with these restrictions.

Angry! Furious! Laughing in extreme anger!

He finally understood that the Gouba anniversary celebration was just a pretext for ripping off customers!

The superior-grade Dao artifact sold for 1888 million spirit stones is completely unusable!

Isn't this just plain disgusting?

An anniversary celebration for the players?

This is clearly a planned harvesting frenzy!
The Nine Netherworld Demonic Banner is only for use by players of the Demonic Path. Can you exchange it with other players of the Demonic Path?
The thought crossed Jiang Liu's mind, but he quickly suppressed it.

There's only one demonic player in the entire server who can trade top-grade artifacts with him. This isn't a trade; it's aiding the enemy.

If Ye Longying were to use the Nine Nether Demonic Qi Flag she traded from him to reduce all of his attributes, that would be a huge joke.

I can't use it myself, and trading it would only benefit the enemy. I'm dumbfounded. I can only keep this Nine Nether Demon Banner in my warehouse.

Damn planning! Can't a proper anniversary celebration just be a little fun?

next.

Jiang Liu's face darkened with anger, and he looked expressionlessly at the next high-grade Dao technique.

Ten Directions Suppressing Fist

[Grade: High-grade Taoist grade]

[Effect: Gathers the power of the ten directions—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, and yang—consuming a large amount of spiritual energy to unleash a devastating punch, dealing a fatal blow to the current target. There is a 99% chance to instantly kill player units with less than 20% health and a 9% chance to instantly kill BOSS units with less than 5% health. Cooldown: 10 minutes]

"call"

Upon witnessing the effects of the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist, Jiang Liu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been pounding in his throat, quietly settled down.

Tears!

It works!

Those 1888 million spirit stones were well spent!

After obtaining the Heaven-Changing Pill and the Nine Nether Demonic Qi Flag in succession, he dared not ask for too much of this high-grade Dao technique, which was only worth 1888 million spirit stones.

As long as it works, that's fine.

Fortunately, the third high-grade Dao-rank item was usable, otherwise he would have really started ranting in the public chat.

The Ten Directions Suppressing Fist is a punch that gathers the power of the ten directions: force, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, yin, and yang. How terrifying would it be if it were unleashed?

Don't dare to think. Don't dare to think.

With a 10-minute cooldown, this is undoubtedly a powerful ultimate move!

Not only is the damage terrifying, but it also has a finishing effect.

There is a 99% chance to instantly kill enemies with less than 20% health!
There is a 9% chance to instantly kill a BOSS with less than 5% health!

This move is crucial whether you're using it for PvP or stealing kills from bosses!
It truly deserves to be called a superior Taoist technique!
Although he uses a sword, he also loves the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist. With the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist, he has three attack methods.

Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword, Raging Thunder Explosion, Ten Directions Suppressing Fist.

The first two skills require gathering energy and counting down, but the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist does not.

A punch was thrown in an instant, a powerful strike!
With the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist as a backup, the frustration in his heart dissipated a little.

Well, it's just a little bit, after all, the Time-Changing Pill and the Nine Nether Demonic Qi Flag are still in my backpack.

Alright, consider it as buying a Ten Directions Suppressing Fist with four 1888 million spirit stones.

Come on, I hope the last high-grade talisman will give me a surprise.

【Sky-Breaking Talisman】

[Grade: High-grade Taoist grade]

[Effect: Consumes a Sky-Piercing Talisman to teleport to any area on the Central Plains map.]

Jiang Liu: “.”

Alright, consider it as buying a Ten Directions Suppressing Fist with four 1888 million spirit stones.

The Sky-Piercing Talisman allows you to teleport to any area on the map of Central Plains!

I'm a player, do I need you?

Jiang Liu stared speechlessly at the Void-Breaking Talisman, thinking to himself, "Isn't this just a fixed-point teleportation talisman?"
You can just take a fixed-point teleportation talisman, change its name, and sell it as a high-grade talisman? Are you a heartless maggot, game planner?

The map of Zhongzhou is neither too big nor too small. At his speed, it wouldn't take him long to travel from the far south to the far north of Zhongzhou.

He can go anywhere in the Central Plains at will, so why would he need to waste a high-grade Dao talisman?

Damn, yet another item to weigh down my backpack!
My luck is just too bad – one out of four!

Jiang Liu looked utterly dejected. Of the four high-grade Dao-rank items, only the Ten Directions Suppressing Fist was usable; the other three were utterly useless.

The anniversary celebration welfare shop isn't about the developers giving out benefits to players; it's about the players giving out benefits to the developers.

After purchasing the four top-grade Dao-rank items, he turned his attention to the welfare shop.

One more look, and his face darkened even more. After the four top-grade Dao-rank items, what they were selling wasn't junk items, but long-lost privileges!
The welfare shop sells privileges, it's really become a welfare program for the developers by the players!

[Anniversary Celebration Material Bonus Privilege: After purchasing this privilege, the drop rate of Celebration Fragments after defeating Celebration Monsters will be increased by 100%. Price: 888 million Spirit Stones]

[Anniversary Celebration Experience Privilege: After purchasing this privilege, you will receive a +50% increase in cultivation points during the anniversary celebration period. Price: 888 million spirit stones]

[Anniversary Celebration Drop Rate Privilege: Purchase this privilege to receive a +100% drop rate during the anniversary celebration period. Price: 888 million Spirit Stones]

The drop rate of event materials is increased by 100%, the cultivation points gained are increased by 50%, and the drop rate is increased by 100%. To be honest, it's not expensive.

Buy it, and offer a few more incense sticks to the planner.

After purchasing the three privileges, Jiang Liu continued reading, and the items were still related to the anniversary celebration.

[Anniversary Celebration BOSS Locator: Consuming this talisman will display the coordinates of the nearest Anniversary Celebration BOSS. Price: 188 million Spirit Stones]

BOSS locator?
Buy and buy!
【Peach Juice (Diluted & Expired): Instantly restores 50% of HP upon use. Price: 88 Spirit Stones. Limited to 10 per customer.】

Are they selling peach juice now?
Buy and buy!
【Peach Pit (Diluted & Expired): Instantly restores 50% of spiritual energy upon use. Price: 88 Spirit Stones. Limited to 10 per customer.】

Buy and buy!
High-grade spiritual weapons, high-grade spiritual pills, high-grade spiritual talismans
Jiang Liu went on a shopping spree in the anniversary celebration welfare store, buying everything without a second thought, regardless of whether he could use it or not.

They went from buying Dao-rank items to Spirit-rank items, and from Spirit-rank items to Profound-rank items, emptying the entire welfare shop in just a few minutes.

Without considering their intended use, the items in the welfare shop are really inexpensive; they must be on sale.

The organizers were having a clearance sale, and he bought everything, even all the Xuan-level items. Even if he didn't need them, he could use them to feed the spiritual seeds of heaven and earth.

If the planner offers a discount, and he offers an additional 0.1% discount, the planner doesn't lose money, and he makes a huge profit.

Win-win.

After clearing out the anniversary celebration benefits shop, he turned his attention to the anniversary celebration event shop.

The former is just an appetizer, while the latter is the main course.

If all the exchangeable items in the anniversary event shop are junk, then I'm going to go back to the Nine-Layer Demon Realm for seclusion.
Jiang Liu muttered to himself as he opened the event shop.

What greets the eye is a dazzling golden flash.

He figured it out: the planners had a penchant for gold and their aesthetic sense wasn't much better than that of coal mine owners.

The first row of items in the event shop are all limited-edition, off-the-shelf items.

[Anniversary Celebration Limited Title: King of All Time]

[How to obtain: Anniversary event in the fourth server of the Chinese server]

[Attributes: +100% All Attributes, +100% Damage, +100% Defense, +100% Max HP, +100% Max Spirit, +100% Critical Damage, +100% Critical Chance, +10% Attack Speed, +10% Movement Speed, +10% Casting Speed]

[Price: 999 Celebration Fragments]

Wow, a title that adds so many attributes!

The title of "King of All Time" adds ten attributes; how could I not want to change it?
999 million event materials should be easy to farm, right?

[Anniversary Celebration Limited-Time Constitution: One Lifetime Body]

[How to obtain: First anniversary event in the fourth server of the Chinese server]

[Effect: Instantly restores HP to 100% when HP drops to 0%, cooldown 3 days]

[Price: 999 Celebration Fragments]

There's even a constitution involved!
Jiang Liu looked surprised. Although this limited physique only had one effect, that one effect alone was enough to make him extremely happy.

When your health reaches zero, it will instantly be fully restored!

This constitution is like having an extra life!
It's also one of the must-have items!

[Anniversary Celebration Limited Edition Background Image: A Lifetime of Glory]

[How to obtain: First anniversary event in the fourth server of the Chinese server]

[Attribute: When activated, it intimidates all enemy units within a 10000x10000 meter radius and reduces their movement speed, attack speed, and movement range by 20%]

[Price: 999 Celebration Fragments]

"Background image?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Jiang Liu's eyes. What is this thing?
With a simple tap, the rendering appeared before his eyes.

Within ten meters of his character model, the original space turned into a white expanse, and behind his character model, a golden light covering an area of ​​tens of meters shimmered, even flashing off the screen.

Upon seeing this rendering, one word immediately came to mind.

Isn't this just a character illustration?
In 2D mobile games, purchasing a premium skin includes a background image in the skin's artwork, similar to how buying a swimsuit skin comes with a free beach background image.

However, this anniversary limited-time redemption only includes a background image, not a skin.

With this once-glorious background image, the space within ten meters around it is all blanked out, which looks a bit ugly.

Are the art directors of your Immortal Cultivation Era team incompetent? Can't you even make a decent background image?

Jiang Liu shook his head speechlessly. Oh well, he wasn't into appearance anyway, as long as the attributes were there, it was fine.

The free background image can reduce the movement speed, attack speed, and movement ability of enemy units within a radius of 10,000 meters by 20%. What more could you ask for?

[Anniversary Celebration Limited Aura: Eternal Aura]

[How to obtain: First Anniversary Celebration of the Fourth Server of the Chinese Server]

[Attribute: +5% Final Damage]

[Price: 99 Celebration Fragments]

[Anniversary Celebration Limited Edition Footprints: Footprints of a Lifetime]

[How to obtain: First Anniversary Celebration of the Fourth Server of the Chinese Server]

[Attribute: +5% Damage Reduction]

[Price: 99 Celebration Fragments]

[Anniversary Celebration Limited Edition Dao Pattern: One Lifetime Dao Pattern]

[How to obtain: First Anniversary Celebration of the Fourth Server of the Chinese Server]

[Attribute: On the first attack against a new unit, instantly reduce its maximum health by 5%]

[Price: 99 Celebration Fragments]

After the background image, there was a dazzling light effect, followed by footprints and Dao patterns.
Could this mark be a tattoo?

5% final damage, 5% damage upon first contact, and it even has a slicing effect? ​​It's really hard to believe the developers have racked their brains to appease the players.

"Title, Physique, Background Image, Aura, Footprints, Dao Pattern. Six limited items, totaling 3267 million Celebration Fragments."

Jiang Liu did the math and realized that just buying all these limited-edition items would require more than 3000 million celebration fragments. These celebration fragments shouldn't be too hard to get, right?
The planner shouldn't be too shady, right?
Besides the first three limited-time items that require 999 million celebration fragments, there are other items in the event shop that also require 999 million celebration fragments.

[Superior Dao Artifact: Purchase to randomly obtain one superior Dao artifact, priced at 999 million celebration fragments, limited to 1 purchase]

[Superior Dao Pill: Purchase to randomly obtain one Superior Dao Pill, priced at 999 million Celebration Fragments, limited to 1 purchase]

Top-grade Dao artifact!

Top grade Dao Dan!

You can even get the best equipment and elixirs in the entire server for free!

Has the planner finally had a change of heart?

My conscience stirred, but only a little.

The entire event shop only has these two high-grade Dao-rank items, followed by one mid-grade Dao artifact and one mid-grade Dao pill, and then low-grade items.

Six items are of the Dao rank, and the rest are all of the Spirit rank.

He roughly calculated that it would take at least 1 million celebration fragments to clear out the entire event shop.

Hmm, something feels off.

(End of this chapter)