Demon Hunter Academy, boys' dormitory.
At this hour, no matter how restless or nervous they were, many people had already begun falling asleep.
They would be setting out tomorrow. Although the students' tasks would probably only involve some relatively simple work, many still wanted to get plenty of rest so they could deal with the resistance effort beginning the next day.
Thus, the brightly lit state of the academy when Su Ming left had already subsided somewhat. The lights in most rooms had dimmed, with only a small number still holding out.
Su Ming's dormitory was clearly not among those holding out.
When Su Ming returned to the dormitory, the carefree Lei Hao was, as expected, already snoring like thunder. Even Ye Bai had fallen asleep after tossing and turning.
Su Ming glanced at the two rotten friends, then ignored them and climbed straight into bed, burrowing under the covers.
However, Su Ming had no intention of simply falling asleep.
He closed his eyes, opened the Marketplace interface in his mind, and looked at the diamond-shaped crystal icon in the lower-right corner.
Beside the icon was a string of numbers—"147365."
That was right!
After throwing all the supernatural items he had obtained into the Marketplace, Su Ming had gained more than one hundred and forty thousand Crystals!
Looking at a number he would never have dared imagine in the past, Su Ming felt a surge of emotion.
There was no helping it.
One hundred forty-seven thousand three hundred sixty-five Crystals, calculated at one thousand Crystals per package, meant a full one hundred forty-seven packages!
"In the year since I came to this world, I probably haven't opened this many packages in total, have I?"
Su Ming did not know whether the packages he had opened before added up to this many.
After all, he had never deliberately kept count. Every time he had enough Crystals, he could not help opening packages.
When it came to things connected to his strength, restraining his own hands was practically impossible.
Thus, Su Ming did not know whether he had opened this many packages in total over the past year, but he could be certain that he had never opened more than two packages at once.
This time, however, he would not be opening one or two packages, but a full one hundred forty-seven!
That was right. Su Ming planned to spend all his Crystals!
"What's the point of saving Crystals? Why bother restraining my hands?"
Su Ming desperately needed this batch of packages to enrich his collection and raise his strength as quickly as possible.
Under such circumstances, asking him to restrain his hands was simply impossible.
"Rustle!"
In an instant, packages began appearing one after another in Su Ming's backpack, making him feel as though he could hear a continuous rustling sound.
At that moment, Su Ming did not hesitate in the slightest. With a wave of his hand, he spent over one hundred forty thousand Crystals all at once.
As the Crystal count of "147365" changed to the rather pitiful value of "365," one hundred forty-seven packages landed in Su Ming's backpack, filling it to the brim.
Looking at the pile of packages, Su Ming could not help rubbing his hands excitedly.
"Should I go wash my hands, light some incense, and cleanse myself of this bad luck before opening them?"
Su Ming considered it, but immediately dismissed the thought.
People said that superstition could not change one's fate. After being tormented by two female School Belles who were practically sending him to his grave, Su Ming refused to believe he could continue being unlucky.
"Then I'll just open them!"
As it turned out, Su Ming was quite decisive. When it came to many things, he acted as soon as he said he would, never dragging his feet.
Thus, Su Ming opened the first package.
In the past, whenever Su Ming opened a package, he would slowly feel around inside and take out the items one by one.
This time, perhaps because he had become wealthy, or perhaps because he knew there were more than a hundred packages waiting afterward, his movements were somewhat more violent. He simply pulled everything out of the package at once.
To Su Ming's delight, the first package yielded a full five items.
A package randomly produced three to five items, with a minimum of three and a maximum of five. Getting the maximum five from the very first package was indeed a pleasant little surprise.
"A good start!"
Su Ming began examining the items in high spirits, but that slight delight soon vanished.
Of the five items, three were Lesser Phantasmal Demon materials, one was an Alchemy Tool of little use, and one was an elixir.
Dragon Blood Elixir (Fake): An Alchemy Potion created by imitating the factors of the legendary dragon. When consumed by a Hunter, it grants power comparable to that of a dragon breed for a short period.
Of the five items, only this bottle of Dragon Blood Elixir was somewhat worth looking at. Yet it was merely "fake" rather than "genuine," giving Su Ming the feeling that he had hit the guaranteed consolation prize on his very first pull.
"Forget it. I have plenty of packages this time anyway."
Su Ming's mood was rather complicated.
If this had happened under normal circumstances—if he had worked hard to earn enough Crystals for a single package, only to get such a consolation prize—Su Ming would have been furious enough to explode.
"Stay calm. Stay calm."
Su Ming adjusted his mindset and continued opening packages.
What followed was a period of emotional highs and lows.
Sometimes, Su Ming would open a truly excellent item, making him beam with delight.
Other times, he would open something as infuriating as the contents of the first package, making him curse and grumble.
But as the saying went, quantity led to qualitative change. As package after package was opened, Su Ming did indeed obtain many treasures that would cause a huge sensation in the outside world.
For example, in the twelfth package, Su Ming obtained a bottle of Greater Phantasmal Demon Blood. If the Hunter Families learned of this, they would definitely fight over it desperately.
Unfortunately, Su Ming already had a bottle of Nightmare Breed blood. This bottle of Phantasmal Demon Blood was merely from a Hazard Breed. Although it pleasantly surprised him, it was nothing extraordinary. He could only store it in his backpack for the time being.
Then, in the thirty-seventh package, Su Ming obtained another high-level Spiritual Art.
Myriad Karma Brahma Vista (Eighty-One Forms): A high-level Spiritual Art that alters celestial phenomena and thereby manipulates their power. Whether storms, thunder and rain, or ice and snow, all can be summoned at will.
Without a doubt, this was another outrageously powerful Spiritual Art.
Just from reading the description, Su Ming felt an urge to try it immediately and see whether he could learn the technique.
Of course, with a Spiritual Art of this level, even if Su Ming truly learned it, just like with Celestial Revolution, he would lack sufficient Spiritual Power to cast it.
But Su Ming still wanted to try.
In this batch of packages, he had also obtained many treasures that could increase his Spiritual Power.
Spiritual Power (Small): Extremely pure, ownerless Spiritual Power. Merging it into the body can slightly increase the amount of Spiritual Power, without any side effects.
Spiritual Power (Medium): Extremely pure, ownerless Spiritual Power. Merging it into the body can moderately increase the amount of Spiritual Power, without any side effects.
Spiritual Power (Large): Extremely pure, ownerless Spiritual Power. Merging it into the body can greatly increase the amount of Spiritual Power, without any side effects.
Su Ming had truly obtained quite a few treasures like these that could increase his own Spiritual Power this time.
Naturally, he used every one of them on himself at the first opportunity.
Thanks to this, Su Ming could clearly feel the Spiritual Power within his body surging wildly. It had now increased to several times its previous amount.
Su Ming believed that by the time this package-opening session ended, his Spiritual Power would have increased by at least tenfold.
If so, that should more or less satisfy the requirements for using high-level Spiritual Arts, right?
"I definitely need to find a chance to try it later."
As Su Ming made this decision, he continued opening packages.
The items that appeared afterward barely stirred Su Ming's emotions.
It was not that there were no good things. It was simply that with Greater Phantasmal Demon Blood and the Eighty-One Forms setting the standard, even more good items later could not excite Su Ming too much.
When he reached the sixty-sixth package, however, Su Ming obtained a Hunter-specific weapon, which gave him a considerable surprise.
Unfortunately, Su Ming could not use the weapon yet.
Thus, he could only continue keeping it at the bottom of his collection, storing it in his backpack to increase his hoard.
During this process, Su Ming continued opening packages and obtained all kinds of Spiritual Arts.
There were low-sequence Spiritual Arts, as well as some mid-sequence intermediate Spiritual Arts that were still fairly useful to Su Ming.
He mastered some Spiritual Arts after merely glancing at them. Some were even duplicates, which made Su Ming shout that the system was ripping him off.
It was not until he opened the one hundred eighteenth package that a sudden, enormous surprise nearly made Su Ming throw off his covers.
It was a bottle of Alchemy Potion.
A bottle of Alchemy Potion Su Ming had been waiting for, something he had always wanted but had never managed to obtain.
Viridian Elixir: An adaptation agent that can greatly increase the user's adaptability.
At first glance, this Alchemy Potion did not seem remarkable. Even its written description appeared plain and ordinary.
But Su Ming knew very well that to many people, a potion like this was even more precious than a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
There were two reasons.
The first was its rarity.
Producing a potion like this required an extremely rare material. Even in the Spirit Fiend Abyss, that material was considered exceptionally rare. Needless to say, it was even harder to find in the modern world; one might not see it even once in several decades.
The other was its effect—"greatly increasing the user's adaptability."
What did that mean?
"It means that if you had a bottle of this potion when consuming a Phantasmal Demon Elixir, you could greatly increase your body's adaptability to and compatibility with Phantasmal Demon Blood!"
In other words, this adaptation agent could reduce the chance of failing to consume a Phantasmal Demon Elixir as much as possible!
This was what Su Ming had been waiting for!
The reason he had not used the Nightmare Breed blood was, first, that he had not yet refined it into a Phantasmal Demon Elixir, and second, that he was worried about the success rate.
As a Warlock, the chance of successfully adapting to a Phantasmal Demon Elixir was already pitifully low. Su Ming wanted to consume one made from the blood of a Nightmare Breed among the Greater Phantasmal Demons, so the success rate would plunge even further.
Therefore, Su Ming had been waiting—waiting until he could obtain a supernatural item from a package that increased the success rate of consuming a Phantasmal Demon Elixir.
Now, he had finally obtained it.
"Looks like the plan to refine the Phantasmal Demon Elixir can be put on the agenda."
Su Ming was so excited that he could not help laughing loudly.
"Holy crap!"
"Are you trying to scare someone to death in the middle of the night!?"
Lei Hao and Ye Bai in the neighboring beds were jolted awake and immediately began spewing curses.
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