Feng Xing Pavilion had found Spirit Gathering Stones and made some trades with Misty Pavilion. Thinking that they would soon be able to refine Spirit Gathering Pills, Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others were thrilled. They knew their chances of winning the Extreme Challenge in the future had increased.
"Heh, Uncle Feng Xing really came through at just the right time. We'd never been able to find Spirit Gathering Stones, but they found them for us at such a crucial moment," Hei Bai Qi said with a smile.
"We're not taking their materials for nothing. We promised them plenty of benefits, so it's an equal exchange," Breaking Waves Riding Wind said. Then her tone shifted. "But with Spirit Gathering Pills, we'll have a lot more advantages in the Extreme Challenge, and our chances of taking the championship will be much higher."
"Exactly. I'm already getting impatient to join the Extreme Challenge," June Flying Snow said.
"I'm afraid that won't be happening anytime soon. So far, there are only a little over fifty players across the global servers who have reached level 240, far short of the required one million," San Mei Shi said with a laugh. "Besides, entering the Extreme Challenge now would be unfavorable for us. On the China Server, only I've reached Sixth Advancement, while more than fifty players from other countries have. Korea alone has seven Sixth Advancement players. If we faced them now, we'd have almost no chance of winning."
There was a world of difference between Sixth Advancement and Fifth Advancement. Not only did Sixth Advancement greatly improve growth aptitude and create a degree-based suppression effect, but players could also raise the tier of the spirit artifacts they carried, greatly increasing their attributes.
Take Ye Luo, for instance. He currently had four spirit artifacts,