At this stage, the stealth-detection skills players could obtain all had a detection level of 1.
But Qin Feng...
His Shadow class came with +1 stealth level.
Naturally, these players couldn't detect Qin Feng!
Qin Feng wasn't in a hurry to collect the loot on the ground. It had an ownership protection period, so nobody else could pick it up anyway.
When he saw those players summon a Ghostly Horned Eagle, Qin Feng knew what they were planning.
Trying to kill me and steal my loot? Dream on...
Qin Feng sneered inwardly.
Like an invisible ghost, he prowled around nearby.
There were a dozen or so of them, all clustered together as they approached the Golden Ghost Ship's remains...
They assumed Qin Feng had already fled.
Otherwise, there was no reason they couldn't find him after releasing the Ghostly Horned Eagle.
"Smart of him..."
The tall, thin young man sneered and raised a hand. "But don't let your guard down. Be ready to fight at any moment. Boss loot has a five-minute ownership protection period. After five minutes, this boss's loot is ours."
The Ghostly Horned Eagle flew overhead, sending out wave after wave of stealth-detection energy, giving them a strong sense of security.
But...
Suddenly, a figure flashed through their field of vision.
Countless flashes of blades erupted across all dozen of them at once!
All they saw were damage numbers rising around them. Then their vision went black, and they died on the spot!
Instant Shadow Slash!
If they had spread out, killing them would have been a little troublesome for Qin Feng.
Since they had clustered together, they couldn't blame Qin Feng for being ruthless.
He killed them all!
As the blades flashed, twelve grayish-white lifespan orbs appeared beside the Golden Ghost Ship's shattered "corpse"...
The entire swamp finally fell silent.
"Speaking of which, where did that girl Lin Liyu go?"
Qin Feng glanced around the swamp but saw no one.
Rather than immediately using Greedy Hand on the Golden Ghost Ship's remains, he opened his skill panel first.
I had 6 evolution points before, and this boss gave me 7. That's exactly 13.
"Evolve Greedy Hand!"
[Greedy Hand (Diamond Tier → Epic Tier): Assassin skill. Grants a 220% → 300% chance to obtain an additional set of loot rewards. Additional loot obtained has a 100% chance of increasing by one tier.]
Epic Grade Greedy Hand!
It had undergone a complete transformation!
"A guaranteed upgrade of one tier?"
"Isn't that unbeatable?"
Even Qin Feng's breathing quickened.
Despite spending nine years fighting his way through the Godforsaken Game, he had never heard of a skill this absurd!
There was nothing more to say. Time to loot the corpse!
[You used the skill "Greedy Hand."] [You obtained 7 evolution points!] [You obtained 7 evolution points!] [You obtained 7 evolution points!] [You obtained 216 days of lifespan (tradable).] [You obtained 216 days of lifespan (tradable).] [You obtained 216 days of lifespan (tradable).]
The string of system notifications made even Qin Feng's heart race.
He had obtained 21 evolution points and 648 days of lifespan in one go!
Qin Feng collected all the tradable lifespan dropped by everyone in the swamp, including the thousand-plus days he himself had dropped...
Then he checked his tradable lifespan: 3,115 days!
"I have another 21 evolution points now."
"Let's keep evolving Greedy Hand."
Qin Feng opened his skill panel.
But just as he was about to evolve Greedy Hand, a system notification sounded.
[The skill "Greedy Hand" has reached Epic Grade. Further evolution requires ten times the evolution points.] [Spend 210 evolution points to evolve this skill?]
Qin Feng selected no.
Where was he supposed to get 210 evolution points?
"Evolving from Epic Grade to Legendary Tier already takes ten times the evolution points..."
"Won't it cost even more after that?"
Qin Feng sighed.
Fortunately, he could now earn evolution points much faster.
With Epic Grade Greedy Hand, a single Gold Tier boss would yield 28 evolution points.
"In that case, I'll have to use my evolution points on other skills first."
Qin Feng shook his head, leaving them untouched for now.
Instead, he collected all the loot from the Golden Ghost Ship and examined it piece by piece.
The most important item was, naturally, the special item Qin Feng had wanted!
[Ghostfire Bell (special item): While carried, prevents lifespan from dropping upon death. This effect has a cooldown of 1,800 (1,565) seconds.] [Soul Siphon [passive]: Increases lifespan dropped by Demons you kill by 20%.] [Soulshock [active]: Shake the Ghostfire Bell to immobilize all enemies within 100 meters for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 600 (521) seconds.]
In the later stages of the Godforsaken Game, even a thousand years of lifespan wouldn't necessarily be enough to buy this special item!
Its most important effect was Soul Siphon.
It increased the lifespan dropped by slain monsters by 20%!
In the Godforsaken Game, the importance of [tradable lifespan] went without saying.
Not only did bringing abilities into reality consume tradable lifespan, but many other things required it in the middle and later stages.
Simply put, the more tradable lifespan a player had, the stronger they would become!
"And the Ghostfire Bell isn't equipment. It's just an item."
"It doesn't take up an equipment slot, only one inventory slot. Very convenient to use."
With the Ghostfire Bell, its bearer could die without losing lifespan once every half hour.
That gave Qin Feng more room for error, too.
After all, although he could now remain permanently invisible, he was still far too fragile...
Of course, there was one more thing that delighted Qin Feng most of all.
"Even killing the Golden Ghost Ship doesn't guarantee a Ghostfire Bell drop."
"According to the statistics, its drop rate is around 30%."
"But this time, between the base loot and Greedy Hand's three additional drops, I actually got two Ghostfire Bells?"
In his previous life, nobody had ever obtained two Ghostfire Bells!
So even Qin Feng didn't know whether their effects could stack.
He checked his detailed attributes.
He found the "lifespan bonus from kills" entry, and there it was: 40%!
"Holy shit. That's insane."
Qin Feng was stunned.
The effects of two Ghostfire Bells actually stacked?
From now on, the tradable lifespan he gained from farming monsters would increase by 40%!
"Unfortunately, in the Godforsaken Game, identical items share cooldowns for their special effects..."
"Once the passive that prevents lifespan loss on death activates, that passive on both Ghostfire Bells goes on cooldown."
"The [Soulshock] active works the same way. Use it once, and both go on cooldown."
This was a basic rule of the Godforsaken Game.
Having played for nine years, Qin Feng knew it all too well.
Of course, even if only Soul Siphon could stack, that was already absurdly powerful.
Qin Feng's growth had been fast enough already.
Now... it would be even faster!
Next, Qin Feng continued examining the loot.
Thanks to Greedy Hand, killing the Golden Ghost Ship had earned him well over a dozen pieces of loot.
Among them were eleven Gold Tier pieces of equipment and skill books, along with two Platinum Tier pieces of equipment and one Platinum Tier skill book!
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