Chapter 1852 Complete Philosophers Hand
The instant Shi Feng retrieved the Philosophers Hand from his bag, he felt the space around him grow heavier. It felt as if space itself couldnt withstand the pristine energy within the Philosophers Hand.
Now that Shi Feng had the chance to get a better feel for the Philosophers Hand, he felt a powerful inspiration well within him. His mind felt sharp and focused like never before. It was as if the world had faded away, leaving him alone with his thoughts.
So, this is the true Philosophers Hand? Shi Feng could not help his excitement as he gazed at the crimson bead in his hand.
[Philosophers Hand] (Legendary Rank Item)
A special gemstone crafted by the Philosopher Urhart, containing incredible power that is capable of manipulating the soul.
Additional Passive Effect: The wielder of the Philosophers Hand will have all of their subclasses temporarily raised by one rank.
Additional Active Skill 1-
Philosophers Soul: Offers players guidance for 10 hours when crafting items.
Cooldown: 12 hours Additional Active Skill 2-
Soul Fantasy: Allows players to enter an imaginary world for 8 hours. During this time, players may use the materials that they know of to produce items without limit.
Cooldown: 15 hours
Although the Philosophers Hand only possessed three Skills, these Skills were heaven-defying.
Based on Shi Fengs knowledge, only the Epic ranked Icaruss Heart could temporarily raise a Lifestyle player to Master rank. In Shi Fengs opinion, Icaruss Hearts ability to do so was already heaven-defying, but compared to the Philosophers Hand, Icaruss Heart was a cheap knockoff. However, compared to the Philosophers Hand, Icaruss Heart couldnt even be considered a cheap knockoff...
The fact that the Philosophers Hand could unconditionally raise a players subclass by one rank meant that it could transform a Basic Master into an Intermediate Master or an Intermediate Master into an Advanced Master...
The Philosophers Soul also offered the systems guidance, which would be a great help to players when they produced items. Originally, the Skill had been limited to a 1-hour duration. Unfortunately, it was almost impossible to accomplish anything useful in that time. Crafting items was a time-consuming process, after all, especially complex items. How many items could players possibly make within one hour?
Now that the Skills duration had increased to 10 hours, players could attempt to craft far more complex items with the systems guidance.
Lastly, Soul Fantasy granted players access to the Main God Systems resource warehouse...
After seeing the Philosophers Hands two active Skills, Shi Feng finally understood why the item was capable of producing so many Lifestyle Masters. Regardless of the subclass, any Lifestyle player would require materials to craft new items.
Although some tools allowed players to participate in simulations, these simulations couldnt truly replicate the materials properties. At most, these simulations allowed players to get a feel of the production procedures. An actual attempt would still require real materials.
Meanwhile, to reach the Master rank, players needed very high-ranked items. Hence, the material requirements were quite high. However, high-ranking materials were not easy to obtain, and players would need these materials in large quantities. Experimenting with a few sets of materials would barely yield any results.
Every Lifestyle Master was born of an astronomical resource investment. This was even true for the talented geniuses. Only, geniuses would need to spend fewer materials compared to ordinary Lifestyle Masters.
However, with Soul Fantasy, players could experiment to their hearts content without worrying about lacking materials. Naturally, this would make new-item creation very easy.
Im going to have a headache once I return. Shi Feng revealed a bitter smile as he looked at the Philosophers Hand.
While he had acquired the alchemy treasure, there was still the matter of how to use it.
There was only one Philosophers Hand, yet the Candlelight Trading Firm had tons of Advanced Lifestyle players waiting to use it. He would have to decide which players were worthy of the privilege. Most importantly, hed have to worry about information leaks.
Due to an information lea, Kingdoms Sword, the Philosophers Hands owner in the past, had become a target for the various superpowers, eventually vanishing from Gods Domain altogether.
Although Zero Wing was impressively powerful right now, if multiple superpowers decided to make it their target, it would suffer a similar fate.
He needed to be extremely careful when using the Philosophers Hand.
Shi Feng stored the Philosophers Hand and exited the scorched valley. When Zero Wings members, whom Violet Cloud had resurrected, saw Shi Feng emerge, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to the Flame Demon Kings outburst, the entire team had been annihilated in an instant. They had barely bought their Guild Leader any time.
Guild Leader, how did the quest go? Aqua Rose asked worriedly.
Not only were high-ranked quests incredibly dangerous, but they also gave players very few chances of success. Plenty of quests only gave players a single attempt, and since their deaths had been so unexpected, they knew it was likely that this attempt had been a failure. Hence, Aqua Rose wondered if theyd have a second chance.
On the off chance that this quest didnt offer a second chance, Shi Feng would have to suffer the systems penalty. To ordinary Guild experts, suffering a system penalty wouldnt be much of a problem. At worst, if the penalty were severe, they could just start over with a new account. However, Shi Feng was different. He was Zero Wings Guild Leader. If he suffered such a severe penalty, it would shake the very foundation of the Guild.
Relax. I completed my quest, Shi Feng said, chuckling at the worried expression on Aqua Roses face.
Thats wonderful. I worried that we had failed the quest and youd have to pay a high price for it. Now that the quest is complete, we didnt waste our trip here, Aqua Rose said, breathing a sigh of relief. She then looked at Shi Feng curiously and asked, But, Guild Leader, you really are amazing. You actually escaped the Flame Demon King after completing your quest. Looking at the terrain, there should only be one path out of the valley. How did you manage to hide from the Boss, Guild Leader?
She had experienced the Flame Demon Kings frightening might personally.
The World Boss had been beyond terrifying. It was basically a God to current players. She found it very difficult to imagine any players defeating the Flame Demon King, even after reaching the same level. She didnt even know if a 100-man team of Level 100 players had any hope against the Flame Demon King.
Hearing Aqua Roses question, the rest of Shi Fengs team turned towards him, curious.
The Flame Demon King had slain Turtledove, a Tier 2 MT who had activated her Berserk Skill, in just three hits, yet Shi Feng had escaped the Boss unharmed. It was incredible!
Hide? I wish I couldve hidden from it, but the valley is only so large. Where would I possibly hide? Shi Feng said, shaking his head.
Huh? If you didnt hide from it, how did you get away safely, Guild Leader? Didnt the Flame Demon King discover you as you left? Shi Fengs reply on confused Aqua Rose further. When the Flame Demon King had killed her, she had caught a glimpse of the Boss as it charged back into the valley, where Shi Feng had still been.
It discovered me, of course, Shi Feng said, smiling. But rather than wait for it to attack, I decided to strike first.
Then, Guild Leader...how did you get out? Aqua Rose asked, utterly confounded. Did you use an auto-resurrection tool?
Although auto-resurrection tools were very rare and precious in Gods Domain, they were nothing new. Aqua Rose couldnt think of any other way that Shi Feng wouldve escaped the Flame Demon Kings pursuit.
Take a look at this, Shi Feng said, smiling as he retrieved a gigantic, crimson crystal ball from his bag. The fire-type Mana within the crystal ball was so dense that the ambient fire-type Mana automatically gathered around it
Isnt that...a Flame Core? But the fire-type Mana in the core is incredibly dense. Its even denser than the Flame Cores we obtained from Great Lord ranked Flame Demons. Looking at the gigantic Flame Core in Shi Fengs hands, Aqua Rose realized a possibility. Doubtfully, she asked, Could it be... Guild Leader... Did you kill the Flame Demon King?