The Demon's Lament (I)
Volume 4 Dungeon Dungeons Chapter 185 The Demon's Lament (Part 1)
The price of Jianghui Crystal is ridiculously high!
Most of the magic crystals in the Free Market are level?, but they are still priced at one Wang Qing point. As for level 2 magic crystals, they are even more expensive, costing one Red Four points.
Even so, demand still exceeded supply, and Li Wei finally witnessed the immense purchasing power of the reincarnators.
Li Wei summoned the Yellow Paper and frowned as he looked at the thousands of points. He had already spent most of his points on buying weapons and materials, and now he was practically a poor man.
Even a Level 1 Reincarnator possesses more assets than Li Wei.
With so few points, buying magic crystals was out of the question. But considering what he needed to upgrade Sand City —a few level 1 magic crystals and a few level 2 magic crystals— Li Wei returned to the stall selling magic crystals.
Even without magic crystals, Li Wei figured he could still kill monsters with his own strength, right? He refused to believe that a living person could be held back by their own bladder.
While there are many subterranean demons in the outside world, they are not concentrated in one place. The time spent searching for them in order to hunt them down in large numbers would be enormous.
Therefore, Li Wei decided to find a shortcut. Since these stall owners sell magic crystals, they naturally know where to get magic crystals in large quantities. At the same time, Li Wei had another plan, which was to see if these stall owners were willing to buy magic crystals, because upgrading Sand City not only requires magic crystals, but also tens of thousands of points, which is not a small amount.
The stall owner was a young man in his early twenties. His scale armor was quite imposing. Li Wei glanced at it and immediately knew that the scale armor was a defensive suit that could withstand most bullets, making it a rare and valuable item.
"Brother, are you looking to buy or sell magic crystals?" The young stall owner greeted Li Wei very warmly.
"I'd like to buy in bulk, but I don't know how many you have here?" Li Wei wasn't a novice. Of course, he wouldn't directly ask his question.
Human hearts are unpredictable, and often the other party may not answer truthfully. Only by using roundabout tactics can we achieve our goal. At this moment, Li Wei pretended to be a wealthy and powerful reincarnator, and his voice was also slightly louder.
Instantly, he outshone those reincarnators around him who wanted to buy magic crystals but were hesitant to spend their points.
The stall owner's face immediately lit up, and he turned Li Wei into a major customer.
Because Li Wei had previously Innate Skill to its peak, he had developed the Dragon Whisker Armor, so he did not need any defensive armor. As for his weapons, Li Wei had stored them in his storage space. At this moment, Li Wei was completely unarmored and looked extremely ordinary.
However, the young stall owner judged from the imposing aura emanating from Li Wei that the person in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person.
However, there aren't many reincarnators who possess the insight of a young stall owner.
Seeing that Li Wei didn't have any particularly impressive equipment, the other reincarnators around him all looked down on him, and some even cast challenging glances at Li Wei. However, Li Wei didn't even bother to look at them.
The young stall owner chuckled and said, "I do have quite a few level 1 magic crystals here, but level 2 magic crystals are harder to come by. I only have three, and they've all been pre-ordered. What do you think?"
Li Wei immediately showed a hint of disappointment, which he did not pretend to show.
"Then let me ask you this: if I had magic crystals to sell, what price would you offer? I mean, a large quantity," Li Wei said softly.
The young stall owner across from him lit up, exclaiming happily, "That's perfect! You don't know, demand exceeds supply right now. Magic crystals are selling like hotcakes. If you're going to sell, don't look elsewhere. My prices are the fairest here. How about this: 30-40% for level 1 magic crystals and 40% for level 2 magic crystals?"
Li Wei thought about it and realized that the purchase price was indeed fair. Now that he had a general idea of the purchase prices in the magic crystal market, the rest was to see if he could find out which areas had a high concentration of underground demons.
So Li Wei feigned a hint of surprise and said, "The price is good, but we can only find a few underground demons. As you know, it's not easy to obtain a large number of magic crystals. If you know of any places where a large number of underground demons gather, we are willing to go hunting, even if it's more dangerous."
The young stall owner paused for a moment, looked Li Wei up and down, and then whispered, "I can see that too. Your combat strength is definitely above level 1, possibly even level 2, right?"
Li Wei smiled inwardly upon hearing this, but nodded nonetheless.
Class?
If you knew that my combat power had reached the level of the Bone Demon, you'd probably faint from fright.
Of course, Li Wei would not reveal his true combat strength.
Upon seeing Li Wei's admission, the young stall owner chuckled and said, "Then there's no problem. I have a map here showing the places frequented by reincarnators who regularly supply magic crystals. Compared to other areas, there are more underground demons there. However, these places also have demons with combat power exceeding level one, so be careful. Magic crystals are valuable, but life is precious."
When Li Wei left the Free Market, he had a map in his hand. Looking at it, he saw addresses of several large cities in the Old World. Li Wei had also traveled to several of these cities, so he immediately opened a portal to the real world and used Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to arrive in a place called "Nansha City."
A small sphere, resembling a black hole, appeared on a street in the old Nansha City, and then Li Wei emerged from that black hole.
Looking around, Li Wei felt somewhat heavy-hearted.
The once bustling streets and the glittering five-star hotels lining the roads, decorated for tourism, are now dilapidated. Dust covers the neglected windows, and a gust of wind makes the debris and garbage on the street rattle and rustle.
Li Wei circled around several streets and could see from afar that the buildings ahead were severely damaged, with many buildings collapsed or tilted, because a huge crack had torn open the area.
Clearly, this is where one of the subterranean demons emerged.
From a distance, Li Wei could sense many auras emanating from the crack. Soon, a series of sounds came from the fissure, like ten thousand horses galloping, and then the ground seemed to begin to tremble.
A dozen or so dark figures crawled out of the crack in the ground a few seconds later.
Those were more than a dozen creatures that Li Wei had never seen before, covered in black scales, shaped like humans, but crawling on all fours.
Upon seeing Li Wei, the dozen or so monsters hissed and pounced.
"We've struck it rich!" Li Wei clearly knew that these monsters were a type of subterranean demon.
With his Eye of Perception, Li Wei saw their names: Level 1 Demons, "Flesh Devourer."
"Perfect, let's test my Heaven-Defying Profound Sword!"
Li Wei extended his right hand, making a sword gesture, and unleashed the move he had comprehended through the combination of the four methods. Unlike his martial arts days, Li Wei, now possessing the True Essence Pill, could rely on True Essence to provide a continuous energy output, and the giant flaming sword that materialized in his hand became increasingly scorching.
With a whoosh, Li Wei unleashed a flaming sword strike at a devouring monster. The monster didn't even have time to scream before it was sliced in two by the Heaven-Defying Profound Sword.
The cut was clean, and it was still glowing faintly; when it landed, the two halves of the corpse had already been burned to charcoal.
The remaining monsters didn't seem to be dying, but Li Wei killed them all one by one.
From the dozen or so charred corpses, Li Wei obtained a pile of black and gray magic crystals, all of them grade?.
For the next period of time, Li Wei guarded the crack, constantly killing the underground demons that crawled out from inside, and the number of magic crystals increased rapidly.
In one day, Li Wei had collected more than? level 1 magic crystals, but only 2 level 2 magic crystals.
This was obtained by Li Wei after killing a two-headed hunting dog that was the size of an elephant and had flames burning on its back.
The two-headed hound naturally has two heads, so even its magic crystal is one more than other demons.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Wei decided not to stay any longer. Counting the day he spent in the mission world and here, Li Wei had not contacted Zheng Yutong and the others for four days. It would be better to go back and check on them now.
Thinking of this, Li Wei collected the demon corpses scattered on the ground. He had killed them all by ordinary means; otherwise, if he had continued to use the Heaven-Defying Profound Sword, he would have only obtained charred corpses.
As for why Li Ju collected these corpses, it was to test the effects of the stitching technique he learned from the Undead.
After Shifting Forms and Changing Positions, Li Wei instantly arrived Sand City. By this time, it was completely dark, and a bright moon hung in the sky, adorning the entire Sand City in a bright silver hue.
Under the protection of Zheng Yutong and others, Sand City remained unscathed. After withstanding attacks for two consecutive days, the nearby Reincarnators realized that Sand City, guarded by one or several Level 1 Reincarnators, was not something they could occupy.
When Zheng Yutong and the others saw that Li Wei's combat strength had reached an astonishing level just four days after he left, they were all stunned. Li Wei did not hide his experience and even demonstrated the wonders of his immortal techniques.
Under the control of his true energy, Li Wei easily propelled a massive boulder weighing tens of thousands of kilograms dozens of meters into the air before slamming it heavily onto the ground.
He even used a Sword Control Technique to blast a distant boulder into pieces with the Black Spiral Sword.
This stunned everyone. Nina, who had already regained her senses, blushed and looked at Li Wei, but she didn't stick close to him like before.
Although Nina had taken medication a few days ago, she was fully conscious. She remembered every detail. No matter how bold she was, seeing Li Wei would inevitably remind her of how she had embraced him and begged for sex that day. And now, seeing Li Wei display his special skill, her heart was pounding even faster.
Zheng Yutong, with her keen observation, glanced at Nina, then at Li Wei, and understood something. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the preceding sentences.)