The Level Seven Shop Gets a Complete Overhaul

They had successfully slain a Great General-level undead!

All ten of them finally relaxed.

"All right, all right, let's hurry back. We don't want the corpse horde cutting off our retreat."

The Hunter Mage leading the team relaxed for only a second before immediately taking command again.

The others also knew this was no safe place to laugh and celebrate. They quickly pulled themselves together and headed back in one push.

Ten people had gone out of the city to confront the Rotvenom Corpse General, and all ten had returned. A hundred percent survival rate was a pretty good result.

Everyone would receive a reasonably fair payment. As for the unlucky fellow who had lost his left arm, the authorities would provide adequate compensation.

Only after they had returned to the Corner Tower and finished reporting the mission did the realization truly sink in.

The youngest student, who had initially stayed at the very back of the group, had actually contributed the most to this mission!

That Flame Demon Tiger, that Spirit Seed, that domain—any one of them would have been enough to make jaws drop. Yet this young man possessed all three?!

And he looked no older than twenty, yet he could already cast Intermediate Level Two Earth Fiend.

That was beyond ridiculous. Ridiculous had come knocking, and its mother had opened the door!

After all, reaching the intermediate level before twenty already made someone a genius among geniuses, a monster among monsters.

Yet Zhou Sining had not only a whole collection of powerful magic equipment and a Spirit Seed, but also Intermediate Level Two cultivation, and even a domain that high-level mages could only dream of?!

Was this guy even human???

Hunters, students, and even the Military Mages all shot Zhou Sining astonished looks after learning the full story of the mission.

Zhou Sining acted as if he saw none of it.

There was nothing he could do. He had wanted to keep a low profile, but his strength simply wouldn't allow it.

Besides, these people couldn't possibly arrest him and experiment on him.

When someone possessed strength as astonishing as his, most people would assume he was the Chosen Heir of some great family and avoid provoking him.

Anyone who actually dared to provoke him either didn't know how strong he was or had bad intentions to begin with.

Precautions could deter decent people, but not villains. He would just deal with whatever came his way.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving," Zhou Sining said.

Once he received confirmation, he left the Outer City Wall without looking back.

He was tired after spending so long outside the city fighting the Rotvenom Corpse General, so he abandoned the idea of killing more undead for life points and dutifully returned to the barracks to sleep.

He slept until the sun was high in the sky. Fortunately, today was a rest day, and his dormmates were all busy replenishing their mana so they could kill as many Undead as possible in the days ahead.

They hadn't disturbed Zhou Sining—not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't dare.

Fuck, who would dare piss off that walking menace?

He only wanted a little more sleep. It wasn't like he was asking for the stars. What was wrong with cutting him some slack?

As his classmates in Fire Element Class One, they had long since recognized the gap between themselves and Zhou Sining.

They also knew who had earned them those two extra hours of rest each day over the past week compared to the other companies.

Zhou Sining didn't disturb his meditating classmates either. He quietly left the dormitory and went to the Military Camp Canteen to find something to eat.

Although the soldiers were still catching up on sleep in broad daylight, the canteen had kept a few small serving windows open for anyone who needed them.

Zhou Sining pulled up the system while he ate.

Killing the Rotvenom Corpse General last night had earned him over six hundred life points outright. With the low-level undead he had slain added in, he had probably qualified for level seven long ago.

[Zhou Sining]

[Life points: 10.8 (self)/13732 (Demon Beasts)]

[Fire Element: Intermediate Level Two][Innate fire element devouring seed][Summoning system: Basic Level Three][Psychic system: Basic Level Three]

[Demon-Slaying]

[Level: 6 (10000/10000)]

[Current draws available: 20 (requires 300 life points)]

[Level experience is full. Upgrade to level 7?]

[The level 7 shop will remove all existing merchandise and switch to a dual sales model: permanent stock + randomly refreshed stock.]

[Permanent stock will remain available, with more items added as your level increases. Random stock refreshes daily at exactly 00:00.]

Reading those lines, Zhou Sining frowned slightly. "Why are you pulling this kind of marketing stunt?"

The current level six shop not only covered all his everyday needs, but its magic equipment and magic tools could also meet almost every requirement an Intermediate Mage might have.

Even the impressive set of magic equipment and magic tools he had outfitted himself with was enough to make most children of prominent families green with envy.

And that wasn't even counting the Spirit Seeds he could exchange for to feed Gangsha and continually increase his strength. Unfortunately, he couldn't sell those Spirit Seeds. Otherwise, he would have shot straight to the top.

Honestly, he was reluctant to give all that up. But judging by the system's usual behavior, level seven shouldn't be worse than level six.

At least for Zhou Sining, upgrading was definitely a deal that could only make him a profit.

He quickly came to that conclusion and stopped hesitating.

[Upgrade?]

[Yes]

[Congratulations! You have successfully upgraded the Demon-Slaying System Shop to level 7.]

[Congratulations! You have received: 10 years of life points (self).]

[Congratulations! You have received: permission to purchase Spirit Essences.]

After those lines ended, the blue panel vanished, then slowly restarted.

[Zhou Sining]

[Life points: 20.8 (self)/13732 (Demon Beasts)]

[Fire Element: Intermediate Level Two][Innate fire element devouring seed][Summoning system: Basic Level Three][Psychic system: Basic Level Three]

[Demon-Slaying]

[Level: 7 (intermediate level/high level)]

[Current draws available: 27 (requires 350 life points)]

[Level 7 shop merchandise updates are as follows.]

[Permanent stock (limited to 7 purchases daily, except specified items)]

[1. Servant-level Spirit Essence, random quality. Required life points: 1000]

[2. Spirit Seed of a specified elemental system. Required life points: 1000]

[3. Spirit-grade Stardust Magic Tool. Required life points: 500]

[4. Spirit-grade Nebula Magic Tool. Required life points: 1000]

[5. Random magic equipment, no stronger than intermediate level. Required life points: 1200]

[6. 100 RMB. Required life points: 100]

[7. Life points (self). Required life points: 20000] (7 purchases total; unavailable once sold out)

[Random stock (limited to 3 purchases daily)]

[Random Star River Vein. Required life points: 15000]

[Lava Behemoth soul. Required life points: 36000]

[Beast Refining Blood. Required life points: 500]

As Zhou Sining read through the list, his brows relaxed, furrowed, then relaxed again. In the end, he didn't know what expression to make.

He couldn't exactly celebrate. The shop no longer stocked everyday necessities, meaning he would have to earn his own living from now on.

Moreover, prices had skyrocketed across the board, especially for exchanging RMB.

The previous daily exchange limit of 1,000 RMB had already made it difficult enough for him to act like a rich guy.

Now, not only had the limit been slashed to 700, but the price had also increased ten thousandfold!

Even a capitalist would want this system tattooed on their body!

On top of that, he had lost the right to choose specific magic equipment. Although he had already prepared two sets for himself, that change was still downright ruthless.

Still, it wasn't without benefits.

The most obvious was that he had received a full ten years of life points!

Ten years—even now, he would have to grind for almost half a year to save up a hundred thousand life points, and that was assuming there were enough lives for him to harvest.

Now he had gained ten years of lifespan outright. It would be a lie to say he wasn't happy.

Besides, he could buy Spirit Essences now!

Across the shop's previous six levels, Spirit Essences had never appeared in stock even once.

Zhou Sining had shelved his plan to strengthen his stars long ago.

After all, the system didn't have Spirit Essences, and none dropped when he killed Demon Beasts, so his only option was to buy them on the market.

But purchasing Spirit Essences would cost a huge, huge sum of money.

Relying on the system's daily exchange limit of 1,000 RMB was clearly unrealistic. He also couldn't sell anything produced by the system, leaving him with only the option of taking missions to earn money himself...

That was even less realistic.

But now the System Shop stocked Spirit Essences at a fairly modest price: 1,000 each, or just 7,000 for seven.

If he worked a little harder, he could gather that much in two or three days. Strengthening his stars would be a piece of cake.

It was just a shame that only Servant-level Spirit Essences were available for now. Otherwise, he would definitely put together a level five Flame Burst and test its power.

All in all, this upgrade had been worth it!