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Chapter 1365 - 598: The Divine Thief Leaves No Trace - Part 2

Chapter 1365: Chapter 598: The Divine Thief Leaves No Trace - Part 2

[On your way back to the Kun Peng Nest, you noticed that the Thief Crow Man also left the village behind you but kept his distance, following you from afar.]

[You pretended to be unaware of his presence and went directly to the Kun Peng Nest, where you fed the Kun Peng 30 points of Divinity, asking it to carry you back to the previous mountain top.]

[After swallowing the Divinity, the Kun Peng neighed with its head raised and swallowed you in one gulp...]

[...Minutes later, the Kun Peng’s mouth opened and the environment around you had changed to the familiar top of Demon Scorpion Mountain.]

[After watching the Kun Peng fly away, you descended the mountain and went into the jungle at its base. After searching nearby, you quickly found a den of 3-star wild monsters and charged at them with a dagger...]

Mu You had his character grind the monsters alone in the woods while opening a forum on another phone.

At this time in the group chat, news about the Crow Tribe had already spread, and a group of people were in the midst of a heated discussion.

Mu You created a separate group and added the ten people he had pinpointed earlier, including Blue Eyes White Dragon, into this group. At this moment, these players’ characters had actually already been lying in ambush near his leveling point. With the help of Lu Yao’s Relic concealing their presence, not even Mu You could sense them at all.

"No movement, huh? Don’t tell me they’re not coming?" Someone couldn’t help but speak up.

Everyone watched as Mu You’s character soloed monsters for over ten minutes, yet the scene remained calm without a hint of extra noise.

"Don’t worry, they will definitely come," Mu You said.

The Crow Man had gone out of his way to tail him after leaving the village. There’s no way he would pass up such an opportunity.

As for why the Crow Man hadn’t shown himself yet, Mu You guessed that this person was naturally cautious, still observing and would only make a move after confirming it was safe.

Mu You advised everyone to remain calm and stay hidden while he continued grinding, keeping an eye on the Divinity column on his panel at all times.

After more than an hour and grinding through seven or eight waves of monsters, finally, at the instant the last monster fell, Mu You suddenly noticed the data in his Divinity column change.

[Your carried Divine Crystal: 54 points...]

Mu You immediately looked back in time, quickly typed a message in the group: "He’s here, everyone get ready!"

The group that was lively moments ago became quiet instantly, everyone intently turned their attention to their own games.

After Mu You looked back in time, he silently counted down.

9... 8... 7...

2!

Just one second away from the theft, Mu You suddenly pressed a button on the panel.

[You’ve released the Divine Arts ’Silent as the Grave’, cancelling all Divine Arts effects within your sight radius immediately!]

[As the spell is cast, you notice a Crow Man, invisible up to this moment, quietly appear three meters behind you, standing sneakily and incredulously still in shock.]

[Simultaneously, a Bone Dragon emerged from underground not far away, roaring as it charged at the Crow Man, while several Fools hidden around also leapt out, swarming towards the Crow Man.]

[The Crow Man was immediately startled, turned around in a panic to flee, took a couple of steps, and instinctively transformed into Crow Form, spreading wings to take flight...]

[You were well-prepared, closely chasing behind. As the Crow Man took off, you released ’Low-altitude Combat’.]

[A halo formed above your head; the just-taken-off crow, as if hit hard, fell straight down from mid-air, right into the encirclement of the crowd.]

[The crowd and the Bone Dragon swamped forward, inflicting a brutal beating on the crow, which struggled desperately to break free. Unfortunately, under the bind of the Silent Barrier, the Crow Man had no power to fight back,]

[Your Blood-sucking Velvet hit the Crow Man several times, significantly lowering its defense, and a Spider Web slowly taking form on the Crow Man, sticking it in place...]

What followed was a simple beatdown with not much to say. Ten people plus a dragon, along with the silence barrier blocking Divine Arts – if they couldn’t stop it from escaping, they might as well stop pioneering and retire early to the Star Spirit World.

Two minutes later, the Crow Man with over 7000 health points was heavily injured and bloodied, completely devoid of any resistance, entangled by the Bone Dragon with the Petrifying Eye gazing upon it, unable to move.

"Alright, stop hitting." Seeing the opponent’s health drop to double digits, Mu You quickly ordered everyone to stop. He temporarily needed to capture this prey alive, as the bounty only asked for a living target.

At a command, everyone tactfully stopped what they were doing.

Mu You took control of his character to search the severely wounded bandits.

[You rummage through the seriously injured bandits.]

[You have acquired ’Bandit Mask,’ ’Bandit Gloves,’ and ’Bandit Backpack.’]

[You found 3827 Divine Crystals in the ’Bandit Backpack’!]

Just from the backpack alone, nearly four thousand Divinities were scavenged, plus another 1000 from the bounty, not only have the previous losses been recouped, but an extra two to three thousand were made, not to mention the three props found!

"Come on, everyone gets a share."

Mu You wasn’t stingy. As soon as he got the Divinity, he immediately distributed 100 to each of the ten people present as a reward.

Although everyone tried to decline a few times, under Mu You’s insistence, they all happily accepted it in the end.

Divinity is equivalent to the income from hunting a 5-star creature alone, for them, it usually takes half a day to get it, and they are quite likely to get injured, whereas now they acquired it without injury after just an hour of waiting; they would take on as many of these easy tasks as offered.

"City Lord, we’ll be taking our leave... "

"Contact us if you need anything..."

"See you later!"

...

After the division of spoils, everyone bid their farewells and dispersed, leaving only Mu You and Bone Dragon at the scene.

Only then did Mu You have time to check the effects of the three props.

[Bandit Mask: A special mask made by Sparrow people, after equipping it can perfectly transform a Sparrow person into a Crow Man, even Crow people themselves can hardly distinguish. Only Sparrow people can equip it.]

[Bandit Gloves: The hand is quicker than the eye, a thief never leaves empty-handed, grants the ability to steal upon equipping, can randomly steal a certain amount of Divinity from nearby targets within three meters, but there is a certain probability of failure, exposing oneself. Proficiency can be improved through practice to reduce the failure rate and to some extent control the proportion of theft. Only Sparrow people can equip it.]

[Bandit Backpack: A backpack specifically for storing Divine Crystals, with a maximum capacity of 100,000, upon equipping, stolen Divinity appears directly in the backpack. +2 to equipment slots when equipped. Only Sparrow people can equip it.]

"These are some great items!"

Mu You was pleased upon reviewing the items. All three materials were remarkably eye-catching.

The first thing Mu You noticed was the ’Bandit Backpack’—setting aside how much Divinity it could hold, the fact that this thing could add two equipment slots at once was astonishing!

This means that while equipping this backpack, he could additionally snag an equipment slot for free, just this point alone makes its value no less than a Hidden Relic!

As for the remaining mask and gloves, there’s even less need to mention.

The Bandit Mask is the basis for Sparrow people to disguise themselves as Crow people and blend in with the Crow Tribe. With this mask, unless they expose themselves, no one would be able to reveal their identities.

As for the Bandit Gloves, they are the core prop for the Sparrow people, a thieving race. These reminded Mu You of the ’Saint Thief Gloves’ from the Star Spirit World, which are gloves that also provide thieving abilities and even look somewhat similar. Mu You even suspected whether the Saint Thief Gloves from the Star Spirit World were designed based on the Bandit Gloves...

Mu You hadn’t managed to utilize the Saint Thief Gloves he acquired in Star Spirit World due to skin restrictions. (The gloves needed to be downgraded with a Degradation Stone before use, and Mu You had not come across any such stone.)

Unexpectedly, before he could develop the Saint Thief Gloves, he had coincidentally come into possession of a higher-grade real prop in the Real World...

Unfortunately, these gloves also came with a restriction: only Sparrow people could equip them, which directly blocked other races from exploiting these gloves, unless someone could transform into a Sparrow person...

Wait... transform into a Sparrow person...

Suddenly, Mu You remembered something.

From the Vampire skills he obtained in the Vampire Park, there was a rare Blood Rhythm called ’Shapeshift,’ the signature ability of the Transformer clan: after killing a creature, one could perfectly transform into the creature’s appearance.

If he learned this Blood Rhythm and personally killed a Sparrow person, wouldn’t he then be able to equip these props?