Unstable Life Essence Concoction

In such situations, even high-level players mostly have to make do with blue-tier equipment.

However, that's only the case for most players; some exceptional, powerful individuals are different.

Take Xiao Yang's good big brother, Redbeard, for example. This hot-tempered Dwarf is clearly not the type of player who would settle for just blue-tier gear. He's a powerful Dwarf craftsman who possesses his own Epic-tier items.

Of course, Xiao Yang doesn't have a very clear grasp of this. He's just a new player, currently happily browsing the Myriad Worlds Trading Area.

Putting aside his desire for equipment, Xiao Yang now needs two things: various potions, and given his pitiful Health, Health Potions are the priority.

He had originally planned to buy some Strength Potions, but after drinking that cup of Red Logan's Giant Root, the need for them vanished.

Health Potions and targeted items that can damage Undead creatures.

However, these two needs can actually be combined. After all, Health Potions can be put into the Pot of Greed to become targeted items effective against Undead creatures.

Of course, it's not that absolute. Xiao Yang has only experimented with Minor Health Potions.

At a timid Mushroom Man's stall, Xiao Yang purchased two bottles of Normal Health Potion, two bottles of Superior Health Potion, and two bottles of Exquisite Health Potion.

The difference between these three isn't particularly significant, only in the amount of recovery and the recovery time. Normal Health Potions restore twenty Health in ten seconds, Superior ones restore forty Health in five seconds, and Exquisite ones restore sixty Health in five seconds.

Naturally, the prices vary greatly.

A Minor Health Potion costs only 150 Spirit Coins, a Normal Health Potion costs 1,500, a Superior one directly costs 2,000, and an Exquisite one costs 5,000.

Finding an empty corner, Xiao Yang squatted by the roadside and began drinking the Health Potions in his hand.

This is an act that ordinary players would consider extremely wasteful, as Xiao Yang's Health is currently full. However, for Xiao Yang, downing these potions makes him feel exceptionally refreshed.

After all, other players can't see his soaring Health attribute.

After drinking one Normal Health Potion, Xiao Yang's Health increased directly from twenty-five to twenty-seven. With another Superior one, his Health went from twenty-seven to thirty-one. Then, he drank the best one – crystal clear, without a single impurity, and with no strange taste, even giving off a hint of life's mellow fragrance – an Exquisite Health Potion.

Xiao Yang's Health capped at thirty-eight.

Overall, it has little to do with the grade. Every five points of Health restored permanently adds one point to Xiao Yang's Health.

In this situation, it seems Xiao Yang doesn't need to prepare these expensive, high-quality potions at all. Using the cheapest and most cost-effective Minor Health Potions would suffice.

Theoretically, with the remaining 290,000 Spirit Coins Xiao Yang has, he could buy 2,900 Minor Health Potions. Each Minor Health Potion can increase Xiao Yang's maximum Health by one point.

If he drank all 2,900 Minor Health Potions, his Health would immediately increase to 2,937.

This number is outrageously exaggerated. Xiao Yang feels that with just this exaggerated Health, he could play a game of attrition with the Corpse Mushroom and the Dungeon Guardian!

You hit me, I hit you, completely unfazed.

But things likely won't go that smoothly. Xiao Yang's concern is about potential unknown limitations.

So, he can't be too optimistic. Next, he'll try to see what changes occur when these Health Potions of varying qualities are fed into the Pot of Greed.

When he put in a Normal Health Potion, the Pot of Greed didn't show as much resistance this time. After its metallic mouth on the pot smacked its lips, it spat out a square, red strip towards Xiao Yang.

Concentrated Life Essence
Quality: Fine
Effect: Can be used for long-term enchantment on weapons or items.
Status: Life Essence is slowly dissipating
Description: Smear it on your weapon, smear it on your body, smear it on your house, or use it to soak in water?

There weren't many significant changes afterward. Higher-quality Health Potions only extended the enchantment time and dissipation time of the Concentrated Life Essence; there were no earth-shattering changes.

He wasn't particularly satisfied. This meant Xiao Yang would have to charge headfirst into a melee with the Dungeon Guardian, which was still a bit daunting.

Smacking his lips, Xiao Yang held the Pot of Greed. Perhaps his approach was simply wrong.

Shortly after, Xiao Yang purchased another batch of Health Potions. This time, he began to stuff large quantities of Health Potions into the Pot of Greed, one bottle after another, until the gaping mouth on the Pot of Greed's body was bulging significantly.

This time, a new change appeared.

Unstable Life Essence Concoction
Quality: Gray
Effect: Explodes, performing one round of damage and one round of healing checks on all surrounding creatures. Deals two rounds of damage checks on Undead and Shadow-type creatures. Damage is determined by the total amount of Life Essence stacked.
Status: Unstable collapse in progress
Description: If I were you, I'd probably throw this thing far away within ten minutes!

Alright, this is what Xiao Yang wanted!

Before long, Xiao Yang's backpack was filled with Health Potions.

He had almost achieved all his goals for this Myriad Worlds Trading expedition. Now, Xiao Yang was continuously pouring Health Potions into his own stomach, one after another. He wanted to test the Pot of Greed's effects, to see if there were any limitations or caps.

Returning to a corner of the trading area, Redbeard had apparently gotten up at some point. Now, he lay on the ground with a look of satisfaction, seemingly savoring something wonderful.

However, his blissful state was about to end. Xiao Yang, who had just managed to drink another Minor Health Potion with difficulty, appeared beside Redbeard. To be honest, Xiao Yang still had a few questions that puzzled him.

First, regarding this trading area. After browsing it, especially after buying all the Health Potions, he found that the items sold in the trading area weren't that complete, which confused him greatly.

Redbeard lazily provided his answer to this question.

"Of course, little brother. Who would stay in the trading area all the time? If it weren't for the God of High Furnaces demanding Spirit Coins to upgrade the Hellish High Furnace, I would have already been in the abyss, dunking on those Flame Demons!"

Xiao Yang realized that Spirit Coins weren't just simple currency as he had initially thought.

After a brief conversation with Redbeard, the newcomer Xiao Yang vaguely understood the true purpose of Spirit Coins. They served as a universal currency, yet not entirely so.

They were a guaranteed currency born from the God Game anchoring the value of Myriad Spiritual Energy, magic elements, Bloodline Power, and a host of other miscellaneous things.

It was complicated, and Xiao Yang didn't quite grasp it. Redbeard was too lazy to explain further, but the gist was that they were useful in many different places, and it was best to hoard as many as possible.

Amidst Xiao Yang's bewildered expression, he received this explanation.