Among the weapons gifted as ranking rewards, Cheng Jianyong chose a fine-quality Stonebreaker Greatsword, while Shen Yun picked a Crystal Hammer.
Their attributes were decent, but both required level 6 to equip.
Then came the Silver Treasure Chest.
The rewards inside a Silver Treasure Chest far surpassed those of a Bronze Treasure Chest, and they were extremely difficult to obtain at this stage.
Nearly every Silver Treasure Chest was guarded by powerful monsters. Unless someone was truly an incredibly lucky chosen one, they might find a Silver Treasure Chest without monster guards on an unexplored sky island.
Besides yielding large amounts of high-level materials such as mithril, Spirit Cores, and Blood of the Strong, Silver Treasure Chests were guaranteed to contain a piece of Blue Equipment, with a small chance of yielding secret medicine formulas, Blue Equipment Blueprints, and the like.
The two excitedly clicked to open them.
Next Moment, Cheng Jianyong shouted excitedly, "Holy crap! A Warrior Ring blueprint, Blue Equipment!"
"Hmm?"
Han Xing said in surprise, "A blue ring? You got that lucky?"
Cheng Jianyong laughed excitedly. "Hahaha, I really am a chosen one!"
Then he said somewhat disappointedly, "But unfortunately, it's a level 6 blueprint."
Han Xing replied, "Level 6? That's not bad. Once everyone gains another level or two, we'll be able to equip it. Besides, level 6 Blue Equipment is much stronger than equipment below level 5!"
At that moment, Shen Yun said dejectedly, "Damn it, I got a pair of level 6 Light Armor legguards. It's Blue Equipment too, but my holy class needs heavy armor. I can only let Cheng Jianyong benefit again!"
"Light Armor? Little Yunzi, give it to me!" Cheng Jianyong shouted eagerly.
Unwillingly, Shen Yun initiated a trade. A moment later, he continued, "Xing Ge, there's also a selectable Advanced Class Scroll. Which class should I advance to? Do you have any suggestions?"
Whenever they had to make a choice now, they would instinctively ask Han Xing for his opinion first.
They did not know why, but they always felt that Han Xing understood the mechanics of this world better than they did.
Han Xing pondered for a moment before saying, "According to the game introduction, the advanced classes for holy classes are High Priest and Knight. The former leans toward healing and support, and its combat ability isn't strong."
"The latter leans toward defense and close combat. Compared to a High Priest, it has more self-preservation ability. Both classes have their own pros and cons."
Shen Yun replied without hesitation, "Alright, then I'll choose High Priest."
Han Xing was somewhat surprised. "Have you thought it through? A High Priest's combat ability isn't strong. The system description says that High Priests rely heavily on teammates in the early stages. Only after the Third Class Advancement, when they become Bishops, will they gain a few offensive skills."
Shen Yun answered firmly, "I've thought it through. I'm choosing High Priest."
"Anyway, we'll have Cheng Jianyong for close combat and Xing Ge for ranged attacks. I'll just stay nearby and serve as support."
Han Xing pondered for a moment and stopped trying to persuade him.
He knew that Shen Yun had made this choice after considering the future development of the two of them.
At this moment, Cheng Jianyong asked, "Xing Ge, then what should I choose? Swordsman or Berserker?"
Han Xing said speechlessly, "What's there to choose between those musclehead classes? They're basically all the same."
"Damn it, you actually look down on musclehead classes! I'm shaking with rage! When will musclehead classes finally rise up?!"
Cheng Jianyong's tone was exaggerated. Next Moment, he sent Han Xing a trade request.
Han Xing accepted the trade.
Cheng Jianyong traded the Blue Equipment ring blueprint he had just obtained to Han Xing.
You have obtained Warrior Ring Blueprint (Blue) Lv. 6. Learn it?
Han Xing clicked to learn it.
At last, the first Blue Equipment Blueprint appeared in his blueprint list.
He checked the crafting requirements.
Materials required to craft Warrior Ring: Mithril ×10, Spirit Core ×50, Rare Earth ×100, Strength Crystal ×10. Crafting success rate: 15% (affected by the 'God-Tier Craftsman' talent, success rate has reached 100%).
"So much mithril?"
Han Xing walked over to several Storage Boxes and checked his material reserve. He had enough of the other three materials, but only seven units of mithril, this high-end material, remained.
That was not enough to craft even one ring.
So he asked in the Discussion Group, "How much mithril did you get from the Silver Treasure Chests just now? Trade it all to me first. We don't have enough to craft Warrior Rings."
"I have 13 pieces of mithril here."
"I have 16 pieces too."
After hearing that, the two immediately sent Han Xing trade requests.
Han Xing obtained 29 pieces of mithril in total. Combined with his own mithril reserves, it was just enough to craft three Warrior Rings.
That was only possible thanks to the 100% success rate brought by the God-Tier Craftsman talent.
For other survivors, a 15% success rate would be enough to make them question their lives after repeated failures.
After all, failed crafting attempts did not return materials.
The losses involved were not something ordinary people could afford.
Han Xing had no such concerns. He directly clicked craft, and a dazzling blue light appeared.
A 60-second progress bar appeared before him.
When the progress bar reached the end, a silver-white ring dropped onto the ground.
Han Xing also saw the ring's attributes.
Warrior Ring (Blue), Quality—Rare, Strength +12, Special Effect—Warrior's Soul Warrior's Soul: Upon entering combat, gain an additional 6 Strength. Equipment Requirement: Lv. 6
"All... Strength? The attributes of this ring really are pure..." Han Xing could not help complaining.
"But it gives a lot of Strength too!"
One piece of equipment directly added 12 Strength. Including its special effect, that was equivalent to an 18 Strength bonus.
Even after a Hunter equipped it, it could raise Attack by 36 points, comparable to the boost from a main weapon!
If it were given to a strength-based class like Cheng Jianyong, the improvement from the Warrior Ring would be even more outrageous.
"That's pretty powerful!"
Han Xing sighed, then continued crafting two more.
The second one was also Rare quality, with nearly identical attributes.
But when he reached the third one, Han Xing suddenly noticed something different.
The blue light that erupted this time was several times brighter than before.
Han Xing said with some excitement, "Could it be..."
Next Moment, he saw this ring's attributes.
Warrior Ring (Blue), Quality—Rare Quality, Strength +18, Special Effect—Warrior's Soul
"Damn it, Rare Quality!"
Han Xing was extremely surprised. This was the first time he had crafted equipment with Rare Quality attributes.
In Sky Island Paradise, equipment quality was divided into eight ranks: crude, ordinary, fine, rare, Rare Quality, legendary, epic, and mythic.
Ordinary green equipment could at most be ordinary quality, with the occasional one or two pieces of fine quality. Rare quality was the upper limit for green equipment.
Blue Equipment was generally also fine or rare quality, while Rare Quality was already the upper limit for Blue Equipment.
Generally speaking, if other survivors could craft rare-quality equipment from a Blue Equipment Blueprint, they would already be thanking their lucky stars.
Yet Han Xing's God-Tier Craftsman had effortlessly crafted Rare Quality equipment!
Compared to rare quality, its attributes had increased dramatically!
It could be said that this one Rare Quality ring alone had directly increased Han Xing's attack power by nearly 15%!
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