Seizing the BOSS Template at the Start

Chapter 321: Chapter 182: The Tower of Soul Is the Enemy! (Part 2)

Only a few undeterred individuals remained, still attempting to strike up a conversation with him.

However, as the Bone Dragon took off, the players could only look at him reluctantly, and then leave with equal reluctance.

Baiyi calculated the time needed for the missile to arrive here.

The missile’s speed was Mach 30, which is 10 kilometers per second, and from here, the launch silo in Dongwu City was nearly 2,400 kilometers away.

As long as the timing is right, this mission would be quite easy.

As for why not go in directly to defeat that boss?

It would be tedious, even though Ghosts are restrained by Evil Thought, but even so, this was a Golden Upper Tier boss. If it decided to flee, capturing it would be very hard.

Initially, he planned only to gather materials upon entering the Mysterious Town and then, once value extraction was close to completion, send a missile to finish it off.

Now it’s almost time.

As those few players entered the Mysterious Town, the mission spread rapidly, and once large streamers like the Guard Brigade accepted the mission, its value increased significantly.

More players started heading this way, but of course, it would take them a long time to arrive.

Even at maximum speed, it would take seven to eight hours of navigation time.

This time lag was the fundamental reason stopping the dungeon from becoming overwhelmingly popular.

Baiyi contemplated that with the players’ physical qualities improving, perhaps teleportation arrays could be arranged, maybe for those Ancient Divine Realms.

If players had access to teleportation arrays, they might attack proactively rather than wait passively....

Unfortunately, stable teleportation arrays were too scarce, he’d have to ask Heidinger if there’s a way.

The teleportation arrays he controlled were not viable since anything beyond 10,000 kilometers lacked precision, and the spatial tears were not bearable for players....

He glanced at the Crafty Merchant Specialization.

[Current participants in the large-scale mission: 709.

Current experience value gained: 638,100.

Current gold coins gained: 2,127.]

Originally, this mission was worth 3,000 experience value +10 gold coins for players, now it’s only 2,100 experience value +7 gold coins.

Of course, they were unaware of this.

During the waiting period, the dungeon which was already nearing its end saw players becoming increasingly cautious, as truly, many felt that ten gold coins for a life wasn’t worth it.

But when adding the mission rewards, it equaled seventeen gold coins, and seventeen gold coins = 510 in real currency.

Spending 500 bucks to buy an extra life in the game, except for those streamers and wealthy players, many were willing to make that purchase.

Moreover, their mission still offered 2,100 experience, and for levels below twenty, one could level up with just ten to twenty thousand experience, and below level twenty-five, it wouldn’t exceed thirty thousand.

That made even more people willing.

Of course, not everyone was willing, and those unwilling simply didn’t take the mission and left the dungeon directly.

As time passed, when the sky gradually darkened, the heavy snow, which had stopped with great difficulty, started falling again.

At this time, Diane’s closed-door training was completed.

During this month, only in the first few days were the two of them in contact. If not for waiting for Or, she might have entered her exclusive plane for cultivation long ago.

It was a large subspace plane filled with Undead Creatures, and from that world, connecting with the Undead Realm was a lot simpler.

It also allowed for easier comprehension of the Undead Realm’s rules.

This was part of the Di Feng Family’s heritage, their soul resources were absurdly abundant, with part of these resources connecting to certain bigwigs in the Undead Realm.

Then using the bigwigs’ power, they projected this plane towards Xia, eventually targeting the world’s entrance, making this world Diane’s exclusive realm.

When Baiyi first heard it, he was startled. What’s the difference between this model and buying a world?

However, the Di Feng Family’s wealth also came from a Divine Artifact with similar attributes to the Soul Lantern, which belonged to a Plane God named Soul Master, one associated with souls.

Yet no one knew where the Soul Master was, or even if it was still alive, since during the Divine War, there were no Plane Gods involved, but its Divine Artifact had ended up in Xia.

This artifact produced soul resources, accounting for 50% of the Federation’s soul resource trade.

One could even say, in the Federation, the pricing of soul resources was set by the Di Feng Family.

If they deemed a price profitable, they could sell at that price, and no one could wage a price war against them.

Diane: [I want to come find you....]

Baiyi: [I’d better come find you, but it’ll have to be in a couple of days, I’m currently busy.]

Diane: [Alright, I’ll wait for you, and when you come, I’ll take you to see my plane, you must help me modify some subordinates, you can’t refuse!]

Baiyi: [Uh, will I get paid? I’m quite poor.]

Diane: [o(￣ヘ￣o＃)]

Baiyi: [Haha, just kidding, don’t worry, what’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is still mine, how can I charge for modifying my own things?]

Diane: [That’s more like it, when you come there will be mysterious rewards (￣︶￣)]

Baiyi: [What rewards?]

Diane: [Secret!]

Baiyi: [Video...]

Upon connecting via video, a flicker of amazement shone in Baiyi’s eyes as Diane looked even more beautiful, her pupils had turned a deep violet, giving her the aura of a queen.

A bit embarrassed from being stared at, Diane blushed and asked, ”Why didn’t you use this feature earlier?”

”I was crafting equipment earlier, I can’t help but want to look at you when you’re around, it would have slowed down my progress,” Baiyi replied seriously.

Diane immediately became pleased: ”Passing that, where are you now?”

”I sent out a mission to the Marvels, am currently waiting,” Baiyi glanced at the forum, noting that players were progressing rapidly, recalling that he remembered this dungeon, and that its boss was very troublesome.

Yet he didn’t know how to revive that boss, but it didn’t matter, as all the top players from Dongwu City, apart from those who abandoned the mission, were inside, and almost ten thousand players were participating in the mission.

This wave’s experience value was quite substantial, with just a few more hours, it should be about done.

”Marvels... I read your Miracle Usage Manual, but every time I interact with the Marvels, I always get a strange feeling...” Diane pondered, uncertainly said, ”It seems as if they want to steal my things!”

”Doesn’t matter, if you encounter such Marvels, just take them down, because those Marvels who died due to their own fault won’t hold grudges,” Baiyi said, pausing slightly, his eyes grew serious.

Because at that moment, the task had appeared on the panel.

[Due to special reasons, Saint 2: Netherworld Mission, forced to modify, Felix, the overseer of the Tower of Soul, noticed you, mission difficulty increased.]

[Felix’s favorability -10.]

[Mission: Netherworld Ghost.

Attributes: Extreme mission second stage.

Mission Description: Survive for thirty days.

Mission Rewards: None.

Failure Penalty: None.

Introduction: Perhaps Saints should never reappear, even other Saints now feel disgust toward you, He... It... might not be a guide, but a.... hindrance!]

”What’s wrong, Baiyi?” Diane called twice, a hint of concern appearing in her eyes.

Baiyi came back to his senses, smiling in response: ”It’s nothing, just a slight situation here, but I can still handle it.”

Diane sighed with relief: ”Make sure to say if there’s anything~ The Federation is even stronger than you imagine, I’ll definitely help you....”

”Mm, don’t worry, I’m not the kind to show off for no reason,” Baiyi responded, but his mind was no longer focused on Diane.

He had his eyes on the Guard Brigade’s live broadcast, while his thoughts kept drifting.

The panel wasn’t integrated with these grand existences, meaning the prompt from the panel was unknown to those grand existences.

In the absence of a panel, even if the soul reached its limit and could not be improved further, he would still strive to level up, to enhance other aspects.

And under such circumstances, the sudden escalation of difficulty....

This could only indicate one thing: the Tower of Soul was an enemy.

He conveyed an order in his mind: [Have the Alchemists of the Tianqi Army move, equip all 300 launch silos with Flame Missiles.]

Zero: [Message sent...]