Five-Star Card of Legendary Quality

"Sure!"

As his voice fell, the light screen before them suddenly shifted and condensed into the Class Teacher's phantom. He spread his hands, a twenty-sided Crystal Dice in his left palm and a card shrouded in divine light, its contents impossible to discern, in his right. Holding up the dice and card, Wu Hai said, "Next, I'll let you roll this die yourself. The number showing on top after 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 previous Placement Test. If it lands on 20, you'll face twenty times as many enemies as before. You may use any power within your Divine Domain, including descending in your True Body."

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

Five-Star Divine Domain Card—Fertile Land (Legendary): Permanently increases the Divine Domain's area 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—an Orange Legend. This was his first time seeing one.

The rarity rankings of Cards, from low to high, were common, rare, Uncommon, Epic, Legendary, and Golden Myth.

Rumor had it that even rarer Cards existed above Golden Myth, but Orange Legend Cards were already extraordinarily scarce. Myth-grade Cards went without saying, and as for anything higher, he had never even heard of them, much less seen one.

A permanent increase of 2 kilometers × 2 kilometers to a Divine Domain was already larger than half of Lin Xiao's current Divine Domain. And it was specifically Fertile Land, which made it even more precious.

Even though his primary race was currently Murlocs, who were unsuited to farming, that did nothing to lessen his desire for this card.

Just because his primary race was Murlocs now did not mean it would remain so forever. The races in a Divine Domain could be changed, and other races could be added. If Murlocs could not farm, he could just get some race that could.

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

"What do you think? Tempted?"

Seeing the interest on his face, the Class Teacher, Wu Hai, said:

"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 lingered in the Class Teacher's voice, jolting the feverish Lin Xiao awake like the toll of a massive bell.

Calming down from his excitement, he began weighing the pros and cons.

Just as the Class Teacher had said, the difficulty of this additional trial really did depend heavily on luck.

If he was lucky and only rolled a few points, he could still withstand several times the added 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 acting in his True Body might barely hold the line, but the risk was far too great.

A Player's True Body strength was linked to the overall strength of their Divine Domain. The more believers they had, the stronger the Player, as the Lord of the Divine Domain, naturally became. The fewer believers they had, the weaker they naturally 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 a difficulty more than ten times greater—over two hundred Snake-Men and twenty Snakemen Leaders—even deploying 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 key was his True Body. If it was injured, the consequences would be serious.

While Divine Creatures gained Transcendent power through the blessing of divinity, once they were injured, recovery became extremely difficult. Ordinary healing divine spells could not heal such wounds. They either had to consume a tremendous amount of Divine Power or slowly recover in slumber.

And such slumber was measured in centuries. In the Main World, that still meant over a hundred days. It would severely affect his growth progress—he might as well be finished in advance.

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

Lin Xiao was already wavering. Once he regained his calm and thought rationally, he knew the risk of this additional trial was too high. Even though a card that increased the area of a Divine Domain was incredibly rare... Wait!

He suddenly looked up and asked:

"Teacher, can I claim the reward from this Placement Test first, then try it?"

Wu Hai froze for a moment and instinctively asked:

"You really want to try?"

Then he answered, "Yes. 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, half female.

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

His gaze swept over the four Cards. When he saw the second and last ones, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

Just as I expected!

The reward cards given by the Class Teacher would definitely cover various types for students to choose from. He had guessed there would most likely be a weapon card.

And in fact, there was not only a Weapon Card. He had also found a Troop Card, one that could directly summon three hundred level-three Bugbear Boar Riders. Whether it was the Weapon Card or the rider card, either could greatly boost his strength and give him enough confidence to attempt the additional trial.

But Lin Xiao found himself torn over which one to choose.

Normally, choosing the Boar Riders would be better. They were immediate combat power and more reliable than the 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 powerfully built and fiercely imposing. They were voracious eaters, and their three hundred boar mounts ate even more. He could barely support these Murlocs in his Divine Domain as it was. How could he possibly support so many Boar Riders?

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

In other words, this thing was purely expendable, a one-time resource.

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. They were not one-time use.

"I'll take the Weapon Card."

That was what he said.

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

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

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

"Here's a Two-Star Cod Card."

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