Qin Feng's gaze fell on the "Black Flame Ceremony: Piercing Leather Armor."
This was an Emerald-tier piece of equipment, with the "Black Flame Ceremony" effect that could weaken a target's defense and elemental resistance by up to 35%.
"Use, Cursed Slate."
Qin Feng issued the command.
The Ancient God Slate in his hand suddenly emitted a black mist, from which murmurs could be faintly heard, mingled with the pale power of calamity, enveloping the Emerald-tier leather armor on Qin Feng!
——
[You have added "Utos's Curse" to the "Black Flame Ceremony: Piercing Leather Armor"!]
[Utos's Curse]
[Positive Affix: The maximum stack of the "Black Flame" state increases to 15 layers]
[Negative Affix: Equipment's base attributes reduced by 31%]
[Do you wish to retain this curse?]
[Yes/No]
——
Qin Feng glanced at it and was a bit shocked.
"The Black Flame state, maximum stack increased to 15 layers?"
"Each layer weakens defense and elemental resistance by 7%, so 15 layers would be... 105%!"
"In other words, with this effect, I can reduce a BOSS's defense and elemental resistance to negative numbers!"
No wonder it's a positive affix from the Ancient God Slate!
Originally, the maximum was a 35% defense reduction, now it's become 105%.
This effect is completely incomparable!
"However, the negative affix is a bit of a drawback."
"The base attributes of this equipment, physical defense 95, all resistance 120 points, with 77 points of damage block and constitution..."
"All four attributes will be reduced by 31%."
Qin Feng thought for a moment and decided to keep it.
After all, he's an Assassin.
At this stage, with the protection of the "Blacklight Shield," his defensive attributes aren't particularly important.
Moreover, with the newly evolved Legendary-tier "Shadow Blink Slash," which can provide a shield worth up to 900% of his health, survival isn't much of a concern.
After Qin Feng used the Ancient God Slate once, it turned into an ordinary stone.
It looked completely unremarkable.
"However, as long as I carry the slate and kill monsters, it can continuously absorb the death energy of the creatures to recharge the slate."
"About three hundred monsters need to be killed to use it once."
"Then I can try again to see if I can get a better positive affix."
Originally, a 35% defense reduction increased to 105%.
This effect is enough to shock all players, but Qin Feng wasn't particularly satisfied.
This shows how much the Ancient God Slate can enhance a player!
Of course, a single Cursed Slate can only curse one piece of equipment.
If Qin Feng uses it on other equipment and retains it, the curse on the Black Flame Ceremony will become invalid.
"That's what they say."
"But there's no rule that says a piece of equipment can only have one curse or blessing!"
In other words.
Each additional Ancient God Slate means an additional powerful affix from the ancient gods on a player's equipment, with no upper limit!
For this reason, the more Ancient God Slates, the better.
Only one thing needs attention.
Some ancient gods do not get along, and even have conflicts... This can cause conflicts between some Ancient God Slates' effects.
Of course, this is something to consider after acquiring more Ancient God Slates.
For now, the benefits Qin Feng gains from the Ancient God Slate are immeasurable.
After finishing up, Qin Feng collected all the loot from the scene.
Then he sent a message to An Yu: "The BOSS is down. I'm going to level up, do as you please."
Qin Feng had a plan.
He would level up until evening, and when night fell, the Ghostly Night Wolf could become invisible in reality!
Then, he would ride to the Magic Metropolis to find Qian Shishi and deal with her.
This woman had set her sights on Qin Feng, and she was the only one who posed a real threat to him in reality, so he couldn't let her go!
"Grinding in the Jianghai City Ruins until evening should just get me to level 15."
Qin Feng estimated and was quite satisfied.
After all, by that time, according to the previous life's pace, no one in the world had reached level 11 yet...
In the Abandoned Gods Game, the further you progress, the harder it is to level up.
Sometimes, it seems like just one level difference, but the experience required is vastly different.
In terms of experience, Qin Feng's total experience now is already dozens of times that of most level 10 players!
Upon receiving Qin Feng's message.
An Yu notified the six official players guarding the valley entrance.
When those six players went to check, they found that the seven Gold-level BOSSes in the valley were really gone, not even leaving a corpse, and they were instantly dumbfounded!
"We were just wondering if Shadow could take down those seven BOSSes."
"And now, in just over ten minutes, those seven BOSSes are gone?"
"Damn! We didn't even notice he was here!"
"And aren't these BOSSes supposed to respawn? How did he do it?!"
For a moment, these six official players felt deeply shocked!
The name "Shadow" now held a different meaning in their minds!
...
Time flew by.
As the Abandoned Gods Game descended, causing global upheaval.
In Great Xia, night had fallen.
On the Forsaken Gods Continent, in the Magic Metropolis Ruins.
A female player with the codename "Ace of Spades" was hiding with five foreign men in a residential ruin, observing a battle ahead.
In that battle, eighteen Great Xia players were besieging a Gold-level BOSS!
This female player, "Ace of Spades," was dressed provocatively, with a spade tattoo on her calf.
She was watching the three Great Xia teams outside with a mocking expression.
If Qin Feng were here, he would recognize at a glance that this woman was Qian Shishi!
Of course...
Qian Shishi and the five foreign men had all activated the Face Concealment Function.
If you weren't familiar with them, you naturally wouldn't recognize their identities.
At this moment, Qian Shishi looked at the Gold-level BOSS battlefield outside and chuckled, "Great Xia men are such weaklings, needing eighteen people to take on a single Gold-level BOSS, they're scared to death."
"My dear Qian, don't say that."
The quiffed White Man, Tony, smiled warmly and gentlemanly, "They're working hard for us, and we should thank them for delivering the BOSS's loot to us."
Qian Shishi giggled, "Hehehe~ You're so polite."
Due to the Magic Metropolis having a larger population than Jianghai City.
The Magic Metropolis Ruins had already attracted thousands of level 10 players, and its area was several times larger than the Jianghai City Ruins.
These players were all striving to reach level 11.
However...
The fastest among them was only halfway to level 10, and hadn't even undergone class advancement.
You can't blame them for leveling up so slowly, nor say there are too few monsters.
It's just that...
The monsters in the Abandoned Gods Game are intelligent and won't just stand there waiting to be killed!
They'll run if they can't win.
They'll run if they see too many people from afar.
Often, they'll ambush, and even team up to hunt players.
All of this has caused great trouble for players leveling up in the Abandoned Gods Game, making efficient leveling nearly impossible...
Ten minutes later, in a hidden spot in the Magic Metropolis Ruins.
Qian Shishi, hiding in the shadows, frowned, "These Great Xia pigs' damage output is too low, taking so long to deal with a single Gold-level BOSS?"
The heavily armored, spear-wielding White Man Tony chuckled, "It's almost over, let's get ready to accept their gift."
With those words, Tony led Qian Shishi and the others, a total of six people, out from their hiding place.
With the advantage of the equipment and skills provided by Qian Shishi, they almost effortlessly crushed the remaining dozen Great Xia players, mowing them down like grass!
"Damn, it's the Spade Group!"
"We're doomed, how did the Spade Group end up next to us?"
"Run, whoever can run, run!"
"Damn it! How can there be such scum, bringing foreigners to kill their own people?"
The scene was chaotic, with bodies constantly falling.
"These useless fools deserve to die, just for being Great Xia people? Hehehe~"
Qian Shishi leisurely walked through the scene, looking disdainfully at the Great Xia players being slaughtered around her.
With the backing of the Qian Group, she had amassed a lot of resources, always staying at the forefront in terms of equipment and skill books!
"Let's have some fun here in the Magic Metropolis."
"I heard the Great Xia authorities are hunting us..."
"Although our real identities haven't been exposed, it's better to leave Great Xia early and head to North America, just to be safe."
"Then, we can form a guild and specialize in hunting Great Xia pigs!"
However, the complacent Qian Shishi didn't know...
Her end was near!