[Ding~ You have picked up 22 Silver and 48 Copper Coins!]
[Ding~ You have picked up 14 Soul Stones!]
The monsters in the Nether Ghost Tower don't drop equipment or skill scrolls. The only and most valuable item they drop is the Soul Stone!
"Fourteen Soul Stones in one drop!"
Lu Ming was slightly surprised.
After all, in the Nether Ghost Tower, the drop rate for Soul Stones from regular monsters is only 10%.
Normally, an Elite Monster would drop at most 3-4 Soul Stones.
Thanks to Lin Youwei's 300% drop rate increase, Lu Ming was able to collect so many Soul Stones from this Elite Undead General in one go!
Moreover, Lu Ming noticed that the purity of these Soul Stones was quite high!
As everyone knows, the value of Soul Stones in the Nether Ghost Tower is determined by their purity.
"According to the guide, monsters on the eighth plane are the only ones with a chance to drop first-grade Soul Stones with 100% purity, but the drop rate is only 1.34%. The drop rate for second-grade Soul Stones is 9.78%, and for third-grade it's 28.76%..."
While flipping through the guide, Lu Ming weighed the Soul Stones in his hand.
Among the 14 Soul Stones, there was 1 first-grade Soul Stone with 100% purity!
There were also 4 second-grade Soul Stones with 91%-99% purity;
4 third-grade Soul Stones with 71%-90% purity;
3 fourth-grade Soul Stones with 41%-70% purity;
2 fifth-grade Soul Stones with 1%-40% purity!
This shows that Lin Youwei's drop rate increase talent not only boosts the quantity of Soul Stones dropped but also their quality!
According to market value, a first-grade Soul Stone is priced at 1000 each; second-grade at 300; third-grade at 100; fourth-grade at 50; fifth-grade at 20.
The total value of these Soul Stones has already reached 2790!
Adding the 22 silver coins.
The total profit from just this one Elite Undead General for Lu Ming was over 7000!
Is this making money?
This is simply picking up money!
So next.
"Grab the sack and start picking up money!"
As he spoke, Lu Ming mentally commanded all the Death Lords: "Slay."
In the next second, under the dual formations of War Tread and Life Barrier, the Undead Legion spread out across the vast Shadow Nest, automatically slaying monsters.
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The refresh rate for Elite Monsters isn't that high.
The Shadow Nest is mostly filled with ordinary undead monsters ranging from level 46-50.
These monsters are much weaker than the Undead General just defeated.
Ordinary level 46-50 undead monsters have only about 8000 attack power, over 5000 armor, 4000 speed, and 120,000-150,000 health points.
With the thirtyfold enhancement from War Tread, the Death Lords, boasting 20,000 attack power, roamed through the monster groups in the Shadow Nest, launching a massive slaughter.
Slash, slash, slash, slash!
-17985!
-15362!
-16421!
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Although not enough to deal fatal damage to these undead monsters, it posed a significant threat.
Despite the monsters dealing over ten thousand damage per hit, the Death Lords remained unfazed.
Because the E-grade Life Barrier provides the greatest shield value to allies, at 50% of the Trickster's health limit.
With a thirtyfold enhancement, it directly increased to 15 times the health limit!
Combined with Lu Ming's 2488 health points, the maximum shield the Death Lords could obtain had already reached over 37,000!
The main point is, this shield isn't one-time.
As long as it's below the maximum value, a 4253-point shield will automatically generate every second!
Therefore, for the high-level undead in the Shadow Nest, this group of level 20 Death Lords seemed like unkillable cockroaches.
Unkillable.
Absolutely unkillable!
Thus, under the massacre of over four hundred Death Lords, Lu Ming once again sat back and enjoyed the spoils.
[Ding~ Killed level 49 Undead Mage, Experience Points +5250!]
[Ding~ Killed level 46 Undead Warrior, Experience Points +4880!]
[Ding~ Killed level 48 Undead Archer, Experience Points +5110!]
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Players need a total of 3 million experience points to level up from 20 to 21.
This means that each small monster killed increases Lu Ming's experience bar by about 0.15%!
And, he could steadily collect 20-25 copper coins!
On average, every 2-3 undead monsters would drop a Soul Stone!
Lu Ming had imagined that once he obtained the Soul Set, ignoring level restrictions to grind in the eighth plane of the Nether Ghost Tower would be exhilarating.
But he didn't expect it to be this exhilarating!
Following Lu Ming, Lin Youwei's experience bar also soared.
Wow!
After an hour, the first golden light fell.
Wow!
After two hours, the second golden light fell.
Without any quest rewards, purely by grinding.
By four in the afternoon, Lin Youwei smoothly reached level 20!
The speed was astonishing, making those players who take ten days to half a month to achieve this goal gape.
Meanwhile, Lu Ming had long completed the [Kill 200 level 20+ monsters] third transfer quest.
The Nether Ghost Tower could be farmed anytime.
The urgent task...
"First, head to the black market, claim the quest from that golden goblin BOSS, and see if I can boost my strength again!"
Lu Ming was well aware of his current capabilities.
If Dragon Soul Guan Yu came knocking again, with his current strength, it would be hard to handle.
So, Lu Ming took Lin Youwei and left the Nether Ghost Tower.
On the way back to Starlight City, he organized his backpack.
He found that in just one afternoon, the total market value of all the Soul Stones and silver coins he collected had already exceeded 80,000!
Lu Ming remembered that back on the first plane of the Nether Ghost Tower, he only earned 50,000 after a whole day of grinding!
"It seems that to make quick money, you have to be on the eighth plane!"
"It was worth the high cost to get two Soul Sets!"
So, Lu Ming immediately put all the Soul Stones up for sale in the auction house.
He kept the silver coins to use at the black market.
Just as Lu Ming finished handling these.
He inadvertently noticed Lin Youwei, who had been silent all along, suddenly glanced at him, hesitant to speak.
Since entering the Nether Ghost Tower, he noticed something was off with Lin Youwei.
From start to finish, she hadn't said a word, not even saving up her little treasury.
She seemed downcast, as if something was on her mind.
So, Lu Ming asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Youwei didn't dare look at Lu Ming, keeping her head down.
After finally gathering the courage, she asked softly, "Nether brother, are you really with that God Slayer, Moon?"
"Yes." Lu Ming answered without hesitation.
Lin Youwei's face inexplicably turned red.
Her voice became even softer.
"Do you like her?"
When Lu Ming heard Lin Youwei ask this question, it was as if he suddenly realized something.
He looked at Lin Youwei, whose face was as red as a ripe tomato.
He suddenly asked Lin Youwei, "Have you ever been in love?"
Lin Youwei shook her head and said, "My brother doesn't let me date early."
Lu Ming asked again, "Can you tell the difference between gratitude and liking?"
Lin Youwei shook her head again.
Like an elder brother, Lu Ming smiled at Lin Youwei and said, "You're still young. When you grow up a bit more, you'll understand."
"Come on, let's head back. We still have somewhere to go later."
With that, Lu Ming continued forward.
Lin Youwei stood there, still pondering Lu Ming's words.
"What is gratitude, what is liking..."
"Could it be that Nether brother is with God Slayer, Moon out of gratitude because she helped him get the Soul Set?"
"So, Nether brother isn't with God Slayer, Moon because he likes her?"
Thinking this way, Lin Youwei's mood brightened considerably.
She quickly caught up with Lu Ming.
After returning to the city, Lu Ming headed straight to the Profession Hall.
He submitted the third transfer quest to the Trickster mentor.
[Ding~ Congratulations on completing the third transfer. Level cap increased to 30, attribute growth enhanced, skill slot +1!]
With the system prompt.
Wow, wow!
Two beams of golden light fell from above.
With the level cap increased, all the experience points Lu Ming accumulated in the Nether Ghost Tower were released, raising his level to 22!
The third transfer not only enhanced the growth of the five main attributes: strength, spirit, endurance, agility, and constitution.
For Lu Ming, the most important thing was unlocking a new skill slot!
"Finally, the Undead Legion can welcome a new boost!"
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