With a storm brewing, Jiang Chen had no choice but to start preparing.
The Black Market was closed today.
He went straight to Elder Qi, the man in charge of the Jiangbei branch market, and entered Zhenbaoge. His purpose was simple: to buy a batch of pills.
During his previous battles, the Spirit-Origin Pills had already begun to fall short.
Once he used a Three-Star Card, even shoving them into his mouth by the handful could not keep up with his Demonic Power consumption.
After hearing what he wanted, Elder Qi frowned slightly, looking troubled.
"To be honest, young friend Jiang."
"We do have pills that work better than Essence-Gathering Pills, as you requested, but the price... even I find them rather poor value."
"Generally speaking, the stronger the expert, the less effective restorative pills become. You're aware of that, aren't you, young friend Jiang?"
Jiang Chen nodded.
He understood this.
The stronger someone became, the tougher their physique and the greater their drug resistance. Correspondingly, the effects of enhancement pills would also diminish significantly.
It was said that at King-Level, pills became almost unusable.
Although King-Level experts possessed nearly inexhaustible power, once even their reserves were drained, they often needed a very long time to recover on their own.
That was also why Jiang Chen had been so shocked earlier when he heard that the Restricted Zones would erupt one after another.
If every Restricted Zone opened once within six months...
It was even possible that a King would be severely injured and drained of power, only for another Restricted Zone to develop problems before they had recovered. That would practically be the death of them.
"As long as they work well and there are enough of them, price isn't an issue," Jiang Chen said. With his current fortune