Epic Equipment

The small wooden barrel yielded only two cups of beautiful, amber-red wine.

One for Xiao Yang, one for Redbeard.

Redbeard was impatient, yet incredibly careful, making for an awkward sight.

Before drinking, he completed his ritual. Redbeard raised his oak cup high and shouted loudly!

"Drink this cup, and our friendship will be as solid as the mountains!"

"Drink this cup, and our friendship will be as solid as the mountains!"

They each shouted their slogans. The moment they finished, Redbeard eagerly downed the wine in his cup. Instantly, his face turned red. No, more accurately, his entire body turned red.

He let out a burp, and the wine fumes that billowed from Redbeard's mouth transformed into a scorching flame.

Before he could even say a word, he instantly collapsed to the ground, motionless.

Drunk. He was drunk in an instant, sleeping as peacefully as a baby.

This wine is truly potent!

Xiao Yang opened his mouth, a strange sense of anticipation welling up. Though it sounded peculiar, he was genuinely curious about the taste of wine brewed with Dragon's Root.

He tilted the cup to his lips. The liquid slid down his throat, and after a moment of intense heat, nothing happened. The Pot of Greed had completely intercepted the Red Logan's Great Horn.

He swallowed the entire cup, and Xiao Yang didn't even have time to savor the taste of the fine wine.

Xiao Yang felt a pang of regret. He had truly wanted to taste it. Of course, this regret quickly vanished with the subsequent prompt from the God Game.

[Performing check, Pot of Greed is active, attributes greatly increased. Strength gains permanent enhancement, +10. Gains constant Fire Elemental Resistance, current tier: Weak. Performing race check, not of the Squamata order. Sub-dragon scales are being modified. Gains permanent trait: Tough Skin.]
[Tough Skin: Increases permanent Defense by 5. Damage below 1 can be dodged.]

Redbeard was truly a good senior. His fine wine not only saved Xiao Yang a considerable sum but also granted him permanent Fire Elemental Resistance and the Tough Skin trait on his status screen.

Of course, such benefits didn't come easily. It was Xiao Yang's sincere reward. He might have missed out on an opportunity for overnight riches, but he gained a hearty Dwarf elder brother and a cup of Red Logan's Great Root, which was only shared with true friends.

Xiao Yang thought that when he had the chance, he would brew some equally good wine for Redbeard to try. The Dwarf had completely passed out and was snoring loudly in the Myriad Worlds Trading Area.

There were no concerns about safety. As a trading area maintained by the God Game, while some loopholes might exist, its security was guaranteed.

He wasn't worried about Redbeard being manipulated by other players while he slept.

Xiao Yang packed up his stall. He still had 300,000 Spirit Coins.

240,000 were from Redbeard, and the remaining 60,000 came from selling the Zombie Flesh Boots and other miscellaneous items. He planned to browse around, look at things, and also prepare for the Dungeon Guardian raid.

Of course, before he started wandering, Xiao Yang proactively sent Redbeard a friend request.

Is 300,000 a lot? It's a tremendous amount! At least, it was for Xiao Yang a week ago. But after casually browsing the Myriad Worlds Trading Area, After a brief look around, Xiao Yang had to admit that while 300,000 Spirit Coins seemed like a lot, it wouldn't last long. Or rather, Xiao Yang's standards had been raised too high.

Equipment of green, Fine Quality, generally ranged from 10,000 to 100,000.

In reality, for a novice Player like Xiao Yang, who wasn't even Level 10, a set of green equipment was more than enough, capable of lasting him from Level 10 to 15.

If the equipment was well-matched or if he was frugal, some players even used a set of green equipment until Level 20.

If Xiao Yang was thrifty, 300,000 would be enough to equip himself with a full set of green gear.

But somehow, Xiao Yang's attention was now completely fixed on blue or higher-tier equipment. It could only be said that Xiao Yang had been spoiled by the Hidden Map and the Dungeon Delver.

However, with his current funds, it wouldn't be easy to acquire a few suitable blue-tier items in this trading area.

Blue equipment prices ranged from 100,000 upwards, with no upper limit.

This was due to a few simple reasons: the gap between the lowest and highest quality blue equipment was vast, and blue equipment was currently the primary gear for most Players.

The worst blue equipment might just be a cup capable of holding a lot of water, but more powerful blue items, like Redbeard's Lava Battle Axe, were still only in the blue tier.

If nothing else, if Xiao Yang were willing to put his Blackrock Prison set up for sale, it would undoubtedly fetch an astronomical price.

Equipment isn't the only way to become powerful. Many high-level Players only have a set of blue equipment. Profession, skills, various techniques, followers, personal advancement, profession advancement, skill evolution, and, of course, the main reason: the inability to obtain better-tiered equipment.

The next tier above blue Excellent equipment is Epic equipment. Epic equipment, as the name suggests, is equipment related to epics, either having the qualification to participate in an epic or being a participant in an epic.

Such equipment could only be obtained from terrifyingly indescribable Lord Bosses and main characters by participating in an unparalleled, massive battle.

Alternatively, one could immerse themselves in a magnificent story and complete it, thereby upgrading their equipment.

These stringent acquisition conditions meant that Epic equipment was rarely sold by Players, making it impossible to buy even with Spirit Coins.