Merit Exchange

"Looking to die!" A fireball the size of a human head came hurtling in with the furious shout.

Banruisi had never suffered such humiliation. At only twenty years old, he had already achieved an Overall Rating of D+. That was due not only to the resources his uncle had provided, but also to his own talent and hard work.

But as a mage, he shouldn't have been standing so close to his opponent.

The moment the fireball began to form, Chen Feng was already on his feet. His Grandmaster Level Lingbo Weibu made it impossible for the group to pin down his position.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Feng rushed to Banruisi's side and clamped his right hand around Banruisi's neck, cutting off the second spell he was about to cast.

What terrified Banruisi even more was that the Magic Power he had painstakingly cultivated through day-and-night meditation was rapidly draining away. His whole body had gone limp, and he couldn't react at all.

The moment Banruisi made his move, the group had prepared to rush in and overwhelm Chen Feng. But when they saw Chen Feng subdue Banruisi in an instant, they all hesitated, afraid to come any closer.

"You bastard, put him down! Do you know who he is? He's the nephew of the Seventh Knight of the British Round Table Knights! If you hurt him, your whole Gaoli Kingdom won't be able to protect you!" Nikalim shouted from the side, but he was already filled with regret. If anything happened to Banruisi, he'd be in trouble too.

The Northern Darkness Divine Skill was so overbearing because it drained other people's Internal energy destructively. That was why Ding Chunqiu's Bone-Melting Skill was so hated.

But since the other side had attacked first, Chen Feng had no reason to sit back and take it. Even if it had been Britain—or the nephew of the world's greatest man, Shiva of Tianzhu—Chen Feng would still have beaten him.

Before long, Chen Feng felt he wasn't absorbing anything more. He tossed Banruisi straight into the crowd.

As they scrambled to catch Banruisi, Chen Feng reached toward the nearby river with his right hand and activated Dragon Catching Skill. A stream of water shot out of the river and flowed into his hand.

He circulated the yin-aspected Internal energy of Tianshan Six Yang Palm. The water in his hand froze into thin flakes of ice—Life and Death Talismans.

Seeing that Banruisi was still alive, the group started toward Chen Feng, only to be struck by the Life and Death Talismans he casually flung at them. The spots hit by the ice flakes began to itch and tingle, and before long the sensation spread throughout their bodies.

Chen Feng watched the group scratch themselves incessantly, picked up his bundle, and left. He wasn't kind enough to remove the Life and Death Talismans for them.

The Life and Death Talisman caused itching for eighty-one days, growing worse with each passing day. But its principle was simply that Chen Feng's Internal energy wreaked havoc inside the victim's body. If they could return to the Reincarnation Sacred Hall, they would be cured at once.

If they couldn't return, they'd die when the city fell, and wouldn't have to worry about the unbearable itching anymore.

Back in Baqi City, Chen Feng hurried toward the center. There was hardly anyone there at this hour. It was already dawn, and the adventurers and Reincarnators in the city had all gone to clear out the Orcs.

At the military merit exchange office, Chen Feng tossed his bundle onto the counter. Orc Warrior fangs spilled out across the floor.

The guard registering military merit was startled. It would take a long time to gather this many Orc fangs. Anyone who could collect so many in a short period of time either had astonishing strength or a massive organization behind them.

The guard immediately began counting the fangs, but as he went along, something seemed off.

These Orc teeth were much harder and larger than the ones other people had brought in before.

"Could these be...?"

"That's right. They're all Orc Warrior fangs," Chen Feng said with a nod.

"What! Orc Warriors?!" Chen Feng's words left the guard stunned.

The guard's outcry caught the attention of an officer nearby. He was surprised by the Orc fangs Chen Feng had brought, too. But with enough people, it wouldn't be hard to collect this many fangs in a day or two. There were plenty of Orcs in the forests around Baqi, especially to the north.

But Orc Warriors were different. As far as anyone knew, they had never appeared in Baqi Province. They were said to dwell in Woma Forest to the north.

The officer hurried over, picked up a fang, and examined it carefully. It was indeed an Orc Warrior fang.

He looked at the bundle of fangs, then at Chen Feng. "Warrior, please come with me."

As he spoke, he instructed the guard counting the fangs to bring them along, then headed toward the palace with Chen Feng.

These many Orc Warrior fangs must have come from Woma Forest. Ever since word had arrived that the Orc Army was gathering in Woma Forest, no news had come back.

The officer was taking Chen Feng to the palace in the hope of learning more about Woma Forest from him.

Baqi's palace was enormous, but there was no king there at the moment. As a colony of the Divine Dragon Empire, the territory might be granted to a prince of a different surname once it was secured. The official in charge here therefore paid close attention to Baqi City.

When he learned from Chen Feng that an Orc Commander was among the Orc Army gathering in Woma Forest, the official grew worried.

The pioneers who had come here were certainly capable, but they were still no match for an Orc Commander who had lived for thousands of years.

After leaving the palace, Chen Feng went to the military merit exchange office set up outside its gates.

He had 278 Orc Warrior fangs. Each fang earned ten times the merit of an ordinary Orc fang. Together with the information Chen Feng had brought, they earned him a total of 3,000 merit points.

There were many rewards available for exchange, starting with Skill Scrolls. However, they were all skills below level 20 in the game.

Warriors could choose only Basic Swordsmanship and Attack and Kill Swordplay, while mages and Taoist Priests had more options.

Mages: Fireball Technique, Resist Fire Ring, Temptation Light, Hellfire, Lightning Technique

Taoist Priests: Healing Technique, Spiritual Power Tactic, Poisoning Technique, Soul Fire Talisman, Summon Skeleton.

The mage list was missing Instantaneous Movement. But that made sense. How could a spatial spell like that be so easy to obtain?

The three most basic skills cost only 20 merit points. The next level of Spiritual Power Tactic cost five times as much: 100 points.

The further you went, the more merit points the skills cost. Besides those, all kinds of equipment were also available for exchange.

Chen Feng first spent 20 merit points on a copy of Basic Swordsmanship. After all, a weapon was much more convenient than slapping thick-skinned Orcs with his bare hands. He also planned to go farm Reincarnation Points along the border of Woma Forest in a little while.

As long as he didn't run into an Orc Commander, Chen Feng was confident he could move freely in and out of the Orc Army.