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Chapter 216 - 186 Fishing Law Enforcement_1

Chapter 216: Chapter 186 Fishing Law Enforcement_1

Of course, this post also knew how to keep things vague, it didn’t mention specific details, just said that this mysterious god played a significant role in the battle.

This post got quite a bit of attention, but in the end, it didn’t lead to much discussion, after all, the entire post looked like hearsay without any substantial evidence, so its authenticity needed verification.

Mu You briefly looked at it and then lost interest.

At this time, Zhang Yang had already sent him a message, saying that the reward for yesterday’s task was ready, and asked him to check it as soon as possible on the Dragon Soars software.

Mu You switched to the Dragon Soars app and, indeed, a whole new batch of points had been credited. Because he was quite active on the nineteen battle lines during yesterday’s task and later took part in the reinforcement task, he ended up being given a total of twelve thousand points.

Aside from that, he also had the power to choose from the 485 spoils of war. These so-called spoils were the Magic Beast materials and other items dropped during yesterday’s battle, and some additional materials supplemented by the officials from the warehouse.

Of course, he could also choose to give up picking, or exchange it for points at a 1:10 ratio.

Mu You wasn’t sure how they came up with this precise number, but he assumed that the officials had their algorithm to ensure as fair distribution as possible according to merit.

Mu You wasn’t modest about this, opportunities like this, where he could freely choose materials, don’t come around often. He promptly picked out some things he needed for refining medicine from the array of materials provided, filling in the gaps in his first and second order Magic Medicine materials.

Of course, these materials only used up less than a hundred of his choices, he exchanged the rest of the chances for points.

He needed to deliver a mid-level Earth Series scroll and a high-level Wind Series scroll to someone next week, which required quite a few points.

After the exchange, his total points amounted to 16200. However, to exchange for a high-level spell and a mid-level spell scroll, it was still a bit short.

Mu You listed the ’Life Draining’ scroll from last week, this mid-level scroll could probably be exchanged for about five thousand points. As long as he could successfully sell it, he would definitely have enough points.

As for the two new spell scrolls he just acquired at this week’s meeting, there was no hurry. If he listed too many high-value items at once, it might arouse suspicion, so he decided to wait and see if there were better cashout channels.

Besides this, Mu You also listed all the equipment and props he had gathered from the captives on the website.

These items were clearly sourced and there was no need to worry about people tracing their origins. What he needed to worry about instead was whether or not he could sell them. After all, objects of this low level were plentiful on the Dragon Soars website, and there wouldn’t be much interest in them.

Having sorted out the exchange, he spent the next while working on making the cards.

The first one was the new secret technique ’Dark World’, he made several copies of this one.

Then it was two life-related spells, ’Unceasing Trick’ and ’Life Draining’, both successfully converted to Black Magic.

The Black Magic version of ’Unceasing Trick’ is called ’Life Barrier’, which allows targets within a hundred meters to be immune to all damage that could cause death for five seconds.

The Black Magic version of ’Unceasing Trick’ has undoubtedly become a real life-saving secret skill!

Being undead for five long seconds, and it can even be cast on others. Whether it was saving lives or working with certain blood-related abilities, it could have a tremendous effect, and if used well it could even turn the tide of battle.

More importantly, the original version of the ’Unceasing Trick’ had a long cooldown time of ten hours, basically it could only be used once in a battle. After being transformed into Black Magic, the cooldown time was reduced to thirty seconds. Then under Mu You’s Blessing of Cooldown Reduction, it was further reduced to twenty-seven seconds!

A life-saving secret technique that can be used every twenty-seven seconds, it goes without saying how strong its effects are.

As for ’Life Draining’ Black Magic, it was still called ’Life Draining’ after the transformation, but the effect was much stronger.

[Life Draining: Mid-level Black Magic, establishes a life link between the caster and the target, draining 50 HP from the target per second until the distance between the two exceeds 20 meters, at which point the link automatically disconnects. When the caster’s HP is full, the absorbed life is converted into magic value.]

After the transformation, Life Draining’s absorption capacity and termination distance were significantly increased, and most importantly, it no longer required sustained casting. Once the enemy was within sight, you could link with them. If the enemy chose to fight at close quarters, they would be continuously drained, and if they chose to run away, they still couldn’t break the link without creating a sufficient distance.

A high drain of 50 points per second served as both an excellent recovery means and a powerful offensive method.

As for the remaining Wooden Clone, since it was a high-level spell, it was a bit more difficult to make, and it wasn’t completed yet.

Having worked on making the cards all day, the time was now 3 a.m. on Friday.

Mu You went out to complete the patrol tasks, and then called Lin Xue and Little Ya over from the opposite district, because today was the day the Tree of Life would mature.

[You used ’Rapid Growth’ on the Tree of Life, the Tree of Life grew taller, reaching a height of 120 meters and officially maturing. The mature Tree of Life exudes a stronger life aura, enables the surrounding plants to grow more robustly, but also attracts the covetousness of certain hostile creatures. Your Forest Elf Prestige has increased by 20.]

[You used ’Rapid Growth’ on the mature Tree of Life. The Tree of Life remained unchanged.]

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As expected, the mature Tree of Life could no longer be forced to grow, so Mu You finally had nothing to worry about.

After Little Ya and Lin Xue arrived at the shop, the three of them immediately lurked near the Troll Cave.

The text already hinted that it aroused ’covetousness of hostile creatures’, he didn’t believe that these trolls could still hold themselves back.

Sure enough, after lurking for about half an hour, a new text prompt appeared.

[Ten trolls quietly emerge from the cave mouth. They are carrying woodcutting axes and ropes among other logging tools. They seem to have set their sights on the Tree of Life.]

[You notice the ten trolls approaching the Tree of Life and sneakingly chopping it down. Do you wish to stop their atrocities immediately?]

"No."

Mu You looks at the text and slightly frowns.

Unexpectedly, they’d drawn the attention of ten trolls at once!

You should know that these trolls had always acted subtly before, daring only to come one or two at a time.

This is the first time the trolls have moved in such an showy way, despatching as many as ten of their number. It is clear that they have long coveted the Tree of Life —they’re even willing to risk exposure to steal it.

"Can you handle ten?" Lin Xue inquires from the side.

"No problem."

Mu You nods. If he were still at level 9, dealing with ten trolls at once would indeed cause some trouble. However, he has evolved now and obtained a powerful set of equipment, handling ten trolls is no longer a problem.

The trolls were quite efficient. Clearly, they were seasoned criminals as they finished the tree-stealing process in about ten minutes.

[The trolls have cut down the Tree of Life!]

[The enormous Tree of Life crashes down, causing a minor commotion in the forest. This commotion has presumably attracted the attention of the forest patrollers. Patrols may soon come to investigate, but there should be enough time for the trolls to transport the logs away.]

[Do you want to take action to stop the trolls in time?]

"Yes!"

Mu You immediately signaled the others to attack.

[You, the anonymous person, and the Pea Breeder launch a surprise attack on the trolls.]

This time there is no need to capture the trolls alive, so Mu You did not hold back. He quickly activated all the skills available in his panel. Along with the assistance of numerous summoned creatures, they had no disadvantage on the battlefield.

[You killed the Troll Laborers, Life +1, Experience +5 ...]

[You killed the Forest Troll Assassin, Life +1, Experience +10 ...]

[The trolls’ formation rapidly collapses under your assault; they flee in chaos towards the cave entrance ...]

This sudden outbreak took the trolls by surprise. Furthermore, they were involved in unlawful activities hence they were stunned when the surprise attack happened. They thought they were surrounded by the Elf Army and without offering much resistance, their first thought was to escape.

Of course, with just the three of them, they couldn’t possibly stop all the trolls from running away.

In the end, after killing six trolls, the remaining trolls escaped into the cave.

Mu You didn’t care about them, he hurried over to the Tree of Life, and packed the fallen tree into his backpack.

[You received ’Dead Tree of Life*1’.]

As he obtained the Divine Wood, Mu You finally breathed a sigh of relief. The process was smoother than he had imagined.

Afterwards, the three of them controlled their characters to leave the spot and moved to a safe location to avoid being discovered by other elves that might come to investigate.

In the real world, Mu You immediately opened his backpack space, found a sufficiently large space in the backpack, and retrieved the Tree of Life.

A hundred-meter-long giant tree suddenly appeared in the space, making a rumbling noise. A flurry of leaves fluttered down, startling the animals in the space.

This was the first time Mu You had ever seen such a long tree in reality. At the height of over thirty stories, it was far more impressive than he had imagined. The trunk, which stretched straight out and connected to the tree crown a hundred meters away, was seven to eight meters wide.

The crown was covered in leaves. Of course, after the death of the Tree of Life, the leaves began to fall rapidly. A large amount of green leaves fell in the space and landed on the bottom of the tree crown, forming a thick carpet of leaves.

Mu You walked over to pick up a few leaves and examined them.

[Inferior Tree of Life Leaf: A leaf from the Tree of Life that was overly catalyzed. It contains only a very weak life energy and has no medicinal value. However, it might serve as pet feed.]

Most of the leaves on the ground were of this inferior quality. Only occasionally could you see one or two ordinary or fine quality leaves.

Ordinary or above quality Tree of Life leaves can be used as Magic Medicine Materials to make Potions of Appearance, Recovery Potions, and some other low-level magic potions. Their value is quite considerable.

As for these inferior quality leaves, there’s not much use for them. They wouldn’t sell for much, and are probably only useful as pet feed, just as the prompt suggests.