Equipment Promotion

Xiao Yang accepted the promotion quest for the Shovel of Freedom. After a string of garbled characters, a quest appeared before him.

Excavate everything: Use the Shovel of Freedom thirty times.

This quest was simple, but it wasn't. Its difficulty depended on how the Shovel of Freedom defined a "new environment."

The shovel could only be used in a new environment. And the new environments it recognized might mean entirely new land, or even an entirely new world. If that was the case, successfully swinging it thirty times wouldn't be easy.

After all, Xiao Yang wasn't some madman who roamed the myriad worlds. If only an entirely new plane counted as a new area, he couldn't spend every day doing nothing but wandering between planes. Besides, even if he wanted to, he had no idea how to travel between planes!

And the things this shovel dug up were downright creepy.

At the same time, the Shovel of Freedom's promotion quest could be easy. Again, it all depended on how it defined a new environment. If he could dig in every dungeon level, then completing the quest wouldn't be all that complicated.

But the things this shovel dug up were downright creepy.

Holding the Shovel of Freedom, Xiao Yang's mouth twitched. If he really had to use it thirty times, he was worried it might dig up an evil god.

The Shovel of Freedom felt way too bizarre and overpowered. It was just a blue shovel—what quality could it possibly have? Yet it could dig up elite bosses and even change the ecology of a dungeon. What was it trying so hard for?!

As these thoughts crossed his mind, time passed. Midnight came and went, and a new day began. Xiao Yang opened the game interface, and the Myriad Worlds Trading Area tab in the trading module lit up.

There was no reason to hesitate. Xiao Yang immediately chose to teleport. He couldn't stop stocking up.

Amid a hazy white glow, Xiao Yang arrived at the bustling trading area once again. Looking at the scene before him, a dangerous idea inexplicably arose in his mind. He paused, thought it over, and fell silent.

Then Xiao Yang suddenly pulled out the Shovel of Freedom.

Come to think of it, even if the promotion quest hadn't appeared, sooner or later he would have used it thirty times anyway. There was nothing else to it—he just couldn't keep his hands to himself.

The Shovel of Freedom came down. Nothing happened.

Actually, that wasn't quite true. God Game issued Xiao Yang a warning.

Detected a possible dangerous action by a player in the Trading Area. The action has been stopped. The player has been penalized: 10,000 Spirit Coins deducted. Warning: if this happens again, the player will be barred from entering the Trading Area!

Red text popped up. Xiao Yang had finally paid the price for his itchy fingers, his mouth slowly falling open.

After that, Xiao Yang behaved himself. He found a spot tucked away in a corner, sat down, and deftly pulled things out of his Personal Backpack.

He'd considered putting up a flashy banner to draw in customers, but after looking at the things laid out before him, he decided against it. They simply weren't impressive enough. There was no hook to them, even if he shouted himself hoarse.

A Rusted Broken Sword, a Large Bone Club from a skeleton, a few odds and ends—and, oh right, a bat fang.

Xiao Yang had been stuck at his junk shop for quite a while without many customers stopping by. But he couldn't afford to be short on Spirit Coins; he was still waiting to boost all his attributes in one go and then charge through several dungeon levels.

After some thought, Xiao Yang took out the most valuable purple item he could currently spare—the one that was also the least useful to him.

The purple Large Bone Club he'd gotten from the Dungeon Guardian.

A Large Bone Club

Quality: Epic

Type: Material

Description: An excellent large bone club from a powerful skeletal undead.

As he put the Large Bone Club on display, Xiao Yang made sure to drum up some interest. He stood up and shouted a few times.

"Come take a look! Epic items for sale!"

There was no denying it: the tactic worked.

It was rather absurd. Ever since Xiao Yang had used a sensational headline to sell goods to Redbeard in the Myriad Worlds Trading Area last time, other God Game Players had shamelessly copied the stunt. The moment he entered the Trading Area, Xiao Yang spotted colorful banners everywhere. Shouts rang out now and then, and players crowded around lively stalls to watch.

For a moment, he was taken aback. It felt strangely like he'd arrived at a bustling country fair.

Of course, these people couldn't compare to him. Xiao Yang had genuinely brought out a purple item for sale! There was nothing he wouldn't sell!

Even if what Xiao Yang had brought out was only a Large Bone Club, an item of Epic Rank was still an item of Epic Rank. Things like this generally weren't priced in Spirit Coins.

In truth, Xiao Yang was wasting its potential a little, but that wasn't the right way to look at it. After all, he had the Pot of Greed—a cheat item.

At Xiao Yang's cries, a crowd of players gathered around him. His stall, at the edge of the Trading Area, was suddenly surrounded by a large group. Most of them were far higher level than Xiao Yang; not one was below level fifteen.

That was only natural. Xiao Yang hadn't entered the Myriad Worlds Trading Area through the usual means.

Among the players clustered before him were many renowned figures in their own planes. Some were even famous throughout their plane groups. Yet at that moment, they all stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yang, visibly excited as they waited to see whether he could really bring out a purple treasure.

In theory, high-level players shouldn't have been this excited. But the truth was, players had been starved of Epic equipment for far too long.

Epic items were exceedingly rare. Take the Shovel of Freedom, the only item Xiao Yang owned that had triggered a promotion quest. To rise from blue, Excellent quality to Epic Rank, it would need to descend through thirty dungeon levels and cause thirty disturbances in the best-case scenario. In the worst case, it would have to cross thirty planes and trigger thirty major crises.

Only then could the promotion quest be completed. That alone was enough to show just how rare Epic-quality items were.

Not everyone had the qualifications or the nerve to take part in a massive battle. Just consider the name of the massive battle currently recognized in God Game as having the highest drop rate for Epic equipment—and one that might even yield Legendary equipment.

That massive battle was called the Calamity of the Primordial Era.

Given all that, it was no wonder the players were so excited. And Xiao Yang wasn't about to disappoint them. He really was here to sell something. Whether his wares suited most players was another matter.

In front of the players of the myriad worlds, as they stared at him with eager anticipation, Xiao Yang leisurely took out an item.

It was purple! A purple Large Bone Club!