Legendary-Quality Five-Star Card

"Alright!"

As his voice fell, the light screen before them suddenly shifted, condensing into the Class Teacher's phantom. He held out both hands, palms open. In his left hand was a twenty-sided Crystal Dice, while in his right was a card shrouded in divine light, its contents impossible to make out. Wu Hai held up the dice and card with both hands and said, "Next, I'll have you roll this die yourself. The number showing on top once it stops rolling will represent the intensity of the trial you must face next."

"If it lands on 2, you'll face twice as many enemies as you did in the Placement Test. If it lands on 20, you'll face twenty times as many enemies as you did in the Placement Test. You may use any power within your Divine Domain, including directly performing True Body Descent."

Then the Class Teacher raised the card in his right hand. With a flash of clear light, the card revealed its true form.

Five-Star Divine Domain Card—Fertile Land (Legendary): Permanently increases the area of the Divine Domain by 2 kilometers × 2 kilometers. Limited to fertile land.

"Damn!"

Lin Xiao's eyes nearly popped out. It was actually a Five-Star Card that increased the area of a Divine Domain, and its quality was so high—Orange Legend. This was his first time seeing one.

The rarity of cards, from lowest to highest, was Common, Rare, Uncommon, Epic, Legendary, and Golden Myth.

It was said that even rarer cards existed above Golden Myth, but Orange Legend cards were already extraordinarily rare. Myth-grade cards were even more so, and he had never even heard of anything higher, much less seen it.

A permanent increase of 2 kilometers × 2 kilometers to the Divine Domain—this was already more than half the size of Lin Xiao's current Divine Domain. And it was specifically Fertile Land, making it even more precious.

Even though his primary race was currently Murlocs and thus unsuited for farming, that did not lessen his desire for this card.

His primary race being Murlocs now did not mean they would remain Murlocs forever. Races within the Divine Domain could be changed, and other races could be added. If Murlocs could not farm, then he could just get some other race that could.

Almost instantly, Lin Xiao made up his mind. He had to try this additional trial. He could not let such a good opportunity slip away.

"What do you think? Tempted?"

Class Teacher Wu Hai saw the eagerness on his face and said,

"You'd better think it through. If your luck is bad and you roll too high a number, the enemies that appear could deal a devastating blow to your Divine Domain. You might never recover from it and sink into decline."

A trace of divine power lay within the Class Teacher's voice, jolting Lin Xiao out of his frenzy like the toll of a great bell.

Once he calmed down, he began weighing the pros and cons.

Just as his Class Teacher had said, the difficulty of this additional trial depended heavily on luck.

If he was lucky and rolled only a few points, he could withstand a few times the difficulty. But if his luck was worse and he got seven or eight times the difficulty or more, there would be no way to handle it. Going all out and deploying his true body might barely hold the line, but the risk was far too great.

A player's true-body strength was tied to the overall strength of their Divine Domain. The more believers they had, the stronger they naturally became as Lords of the Divine Domain. The fewer believers they had, the weaker they became.

But for new players like them, who had only recently opened their Divine Domains, no matter how strong their Divine Domains were, they could not be that strong. If he faced more than ten times the difficulty—over two hundred Snake-Men and twenty Snakemen Leaders—even personally descending in his true body would not guarantee victory.

Even if he won, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

Losing itself did not matter. With the Class Teacher here, he would intervene once the Divine Domain was damaged to a certain extent. It was like a stop-loss line.

The crucial thing was his true body. If it was injured, the consequences would be serious.

While Divine Creatures gained transcendence and immense power through the blessing of Divinity, once they were injured, recovery became extremely difficult. Ordinary healing divine arts could not treat such wounds. They had to consume vast amounts of divine power or slowly recover through slumber.

And that slumber would be measured in centuries. In the Main World, it would still amount to more than a hundred days. That would severely affect his growth progress—one could practically call him crippled in advance.

Damn it, if only this had come a little later.

Lin Xiao was already having second thoughts. Having regained his composure and thought things through rationally, he knew the additional trial was too risky. Even though cards that increased the area of a Divine Domain were extremely rare... Wait!

He suddenly looked up and asked,

"Teacher, can I receive the reward for this Placement Test before trying it?"

Wu Hai froze for a moment before asking instinctively,

"You really want to try?"

Then he answered, "You can. I have four Five-Star Cards here. You may choose one."

Five-Star Species Reproduction Card (Rare): Species fertility rate +300%, survival rate +300%, duration: 10 years.

Three-Star Unit Card—Boar Rider (Common): Summons 300 level-three Bugbear Boar Riders at once. Note: Equipped with standard weapons and five days' worth of rations.

Five-Star Resource Card—Sheep Herd (Common): Summons 500 sheep at once. Note: Half male and half female.

Five-Star Weapon Card—Short Spear (Common): Obtains 1,000 short spears at once. Note: Wooden shafts, refined iron spearheads.

Lin Xiao's gaze swept over the four cards. When he saw the second and final cards, his eyes lit up.

Just as I expected!

The reward cards given by the Class Teacher would definitely include various types for the students to choose from. He had guessed that there would most likely be weapons.

And in fact, there was not only a Weapon Card, but also a Troop Card. It could directly summon three hundred Bugbear Boar Riders with level-three strength. Whether he chose the Weapon Card or the Boar Rider card, it would greatly enhance his strength and give him enough confidence to attempt the additional trial.

However, Lin Xiao hesitated over which one to choose.

Normally, choosing the Boar Riders would be better. They were immediate combat power and more reliable than a Weapon Card.

But in reality, he could not choose them, because he could not afford to feed them.

Bugbears stood over two meters tall and were incredibly muscular and ferocious. They had enormous appetites, and their three hundred boar mounts ate even more. He was already close to being unable to support the Murlocs in his Divine Domain. How could he feed so many Boar Riders?

Most importantly, all those Bugbears were male and could not reproduce. If he kept them in the Divine Domain for a few decades, they would basically die of old age.

In other words, this thing was purely consumable—one-time use.

The Weapon Card was also consumable, but it could increase the overall strength of the Murloc tribe. More importantly, even if the weapons were damaged, the Refined Iron Spearheads could be recovered. It was not a one-time thing.

"I'll take the Weapon Card."

That was what he said.

The teacher said nothing about his choice. He simply took out the Weapon Card and handed it to him, then pulled out a large stack of cards and said,

"You still have a Two-Star Card. What type do you need?"

"A Resource Card. Preferably food, something like a school of fish."

"Here is a Two-Star Cod Card."

Wu Hai drew out a card and sent it flying into Lin Xiao's hand. With a flick of his hand, all the cards vanished, leaving only the twenty-sided Crystal Dice in his left palm as he looked at Lin Xiao.