"There were quite a few people here to watch the show. They were all pretty clever."
Shen Fei had originally thought that suddenly exchanging for treasures would carry some risk and draw attention. But after entering Blue Castle, he discovered that quite a few people were coming and going. By overhearing their conversations, he learned that these people had not come to exchange for treasures at all—they were merely putting on a front.
The treasures within the World-in-World were undoubtedly exceedingly valuable. Although the major factions were currently doing their best to avoid fighting each other, everyone knew that brutal slaughter would inevitably erupt later. To avoid being jointly targeted by the other factions after obtaining treasures, they had all thought of using decoys. With so many people entering and leaving, it was difficult to determine who had exchanged for what treasures on behalf of which faction.
It had to be said that this was excellent news for Shen Fei, sparing him a great deal of unnecessary trouble. Otherwise, a fight would have been unavoidable later. After all, anyone exchanging for treasures at this stage could be certain to possess a considerable number of Thunderstones. Thunderstones were extremely valuable now. The Five Great Factions were all buying them, and the highest price had already reached three hundred cubic Cosmic Crystals per Thunderstone. Three hundred cubic Cosmic Crystals was roughly one billion Qianwu Coins, or one trillion Black Dragon Coins. For Star-level warriors, that was undoubtedly an enormous fortune.
The more than 160,000 people excluded from exchanging for treasures were now collecting Thunderstones as well. After all, this was much faster than excavating Cosmic Crystals. It was certain that quite a few Star-level warriors would become rich this time. However, whether they would live long enough to leave and spend that