When the figure of the gaunt old man appeared, cloaked in black, Wang Meng and the others immediately focused their attention.
The figure, ghost-like, appeared in the middle of the hall before them.
His entire body was covered by a black cloak and robe, making it impossible to discern his exact features or build, but a dangerous aura emanated from him.
"Players from Blue Star, congratulations, you are the first to pass my test..."
"As long as you are willing to sacrifice your lifespan, you can exchange it for the resources you need, heh heh heh!"
As this NPC laughed sinisterly, he extended his hand and displayed a list of goods...
"Damn, six fingers?"
Steady as an Old Dog looked and his eyes widened instantly.
The moment he said this, the atmosphere turned a bit awkward, and the black-robed NPC, who had just extended his hand, seemed to radiate coldness...
The next moment...
A dark aura erupted from within Steady as an Old Dog, boom!
-999999!
Steady as an Old Dog's tall and burly body was instantly blown to bits!
A sphere of lifespan light gathered from his shattered corpse...
Seeing this, Qin Feng's mouth twitched slightly, "Looks like this brother wasn't as steady as he thought..."
On the Forsaken Gods Continent, important NPCs that appear are basically from other civilizations, already possessing divine attributes!
They come to the Forsaken Gods Continent to provide various services to Blue Star players while collecting the lifespan that Blue Star players earn...
At the same time, they must adhere to some ancient rules.
They cannot be attacked by ordinary players.
But they also cannot attack ordinary players.
They can only set a 'taboo' within the rules, and when a player violates this taboo, they can harm the player!
Clearly, the taboo set by this old man is that his six fingers cannot be mentioned!
Steady as an Old Dog was steady.
But he clearly lacked experience dealing with Abandoned Gods Game NPCs, and his exclamation got him blown up on the spot...
"..."
The remaining four, including Wang Meng, swallowed hard and silently picked up the tradable lifespan that Steady as an Old Dog had dropped.
Thus, there was one non-tradable lifespan light sphere left in the field, which no one else could pick up.
Qin Feng silently raised his hand, and the flower of curse bloomed on that light sphere, absorbing it.
This situation made the breathing of Wang Meng and the others a bit rapid.
Non-tradable lifespan light spheres could only be absorbed by monsters, yet 'Shadow' used a skill to absorb it!
Looking at that eerie flower of death, Wang Meng and the others felt a chill down their spines.
Even the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, seemed a bit surprised.
But as a 'cool' NPC, he disdained too much interaction with these low-level Blue Star players.
"Choose the Book of Divine Bestowal you need, trade your life for goods, and then get lost."
The Six-Fingered Warlock spoke coldly, a list of goods appearing above his six fingers.
Book of Divine Bestowal?
What the heck is that?
Wang Meng and the others were dumbfounded, but having learned from Steady as an Old Dog's mistake, they dared not speak recklessly.
They began exchanging glances and making faces.
"..."
Qin Feng watched them, feeling a bit speechless.
He didn't hold back, directly opening the goods list and purchasing all nine types of Books of Divine Bestowal!
Each Book of Divine Bestowal cost 1000 days of tradable lifespan, nearly 3 years.
This was the standard price.
If there were females in the team, the price would at least double, and the difficulty of challenging the BOSS would also increase...
The nine Books of Divine Bestowal added up to less than 25 years of lifespan, and Qin Feng currently had 466 years of tradable lifespan, so this consumption was nothing.
"Nine Books of Divine Bestowal should meet my daily needs."
"However... there's an achievement in the Tower of Divine Authority that needs to be completed."
Before Qin Feng could make his next move.
Wang Meng and the others had already seen the 'Book of Divine Bestowal' on the goods list, and their eyes widened!
They couldn't hold back and started talking in the team channel.
"Damn, what is this? You can use lifespan to create living supplies in reality?"
"Various foods, water, drinks... With these Books of Divine Bestowal, I could damn well open a supermarket!"
"Not just that, look at this 'Book of Divine Bestowal: Mechanical Maid'... Don't stop me, I'm buying ten copies!!"
"Hey, friendly reminder, the Book of Divine Bestowal can be reused, one copy is enough..."
"Idiot, can't I sell them after buying?"
"No, you can't, it says soul-bound, little brother."
"Uh, okay..."
"Anyway, as expected of Brother Shadow, he said he'd take us to get good stuff, and it really is good stuff!"
"Of course, when has our big brother ever let us down?"
...
Wang Meng and the others also carried a considerable amount of tradable lifespan.
Of course, it was all concentrated on Wang Meng.
For a moment, everyone started trading, purchasing Books of Divine Bestowal from the Six-Fingered Warlock.
And the 'Book of Divine Bestowal' was something that these NPCs could supply infinitely.
After all, the Books of Divine Bestowal weren't produced by these NPCs; they were just couriers...
Ultimately, the lifespan taken by the Books of Divine Bestowal, whose hands it ended up in, even these NPCs didn't know.
Of course.
The total tradable lifespan on Wang Meng and the others wasn't much.
The four of them together only bought twelve Books of Divine Bestowal.
"I didn't bring enough lifespan this time, can I come back later to continue buying?" Wang Meng cautiously asked the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery.
Vickery chuckled sinisterly at this: "Of course you can, but each purchase requires a new challenge, and next time it might not be this price..."
Soon, Qin Feng saw that Wang Meng and the others had finished their transactions and didn't wait any longer.
He directly said to the Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery: "I see the Tower of Divine Authority's description mentions that a high-difficulty challenge can be completed solo to gain prestige... I want to challenge the highest difficulty, is that possible?"
As soon as he said this, Wang Meng and the others fell silent.
The Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery, turned around, his black cloak-covered figure facing Qin Feng, seemingly observing him.
After a moment, a chilling voice emerged: "Tsk tsk. You? Based on your recent performance, you can't even complete the lowest difficulty solo, let alone the highest?"
Qin Feng smiled: "Let's give it a try. What's the highest difficulty?"
Vickery laughed coldly: "The difficulty is divided into five levels, with the highest being the fifth. The BOSS remains the Gold-level Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet, but its attack, health, defense, and cooldown speed are increased by 500%!"
Qin Feng nodded: "Alright, I'll give it a shot."
Upon hearing this, Wang Meng and the others gasped.
Increasing attack and health by 500% was one thing; they knew that with Qin Feng's true strength, a no-damage strategy against the 'Obsidian Skullsplitter Puppet' didn't seem too difficult.
However...
Cooldown speed increased by 500%?
That means the BOSS's skill release speed increases fivefold, becoming six times the original!
Moreover, increasing defense to six times the original means the BOSS would be incredibly tough!
"We were already sweating dodging skills just now!"
"Six times the skill release speed, even the big guy can't dodge that, right?"
"No, I believe in the big guy; if he's willing to try, it means he's got some confidence..."
"Even if he can dodge the skills, how long will it take to kill a BOSS with six times the health and defense? One mistake and it's over!"
"If it were us, it wouldn't be done in half an hour..."
"Half an hour, isn't that too optimistic? It might take an hour to kill it!"
"Even for the big guy, it would take at least ten minutes, right?"