The next day, the two drunkards finally sobered up.
Yuan Zhu, upon learning of his actions from the previous day, stared at the drink card in his hand, lost in thought.
"Was I really that brave yesterday..."
When he snapped back to reality, he noticed Jiang Kai sneaking a glance at the drink card in his hand.
That guy's eyes seemed filled with curiosity and a hint of anticipation... Yuan Zhu quickly put away the drink card. Such a good thing couldn't be snatched away by Jiang Kai!
"What are you looking at? If you want one, go ask Brother Ruan for it yourself! I only have a dozen or so, don't even think about it!" Zhu said grumpily.
Jiang Kai snapped out of it and quickly denied, "I-I don't want it! You keep it for yourself!"
Seeing Nuannuan and the others looking at him with strange expressions, Jiang Kai quickly changed the subject, "Ahem, since you're all awake, let's see if yesterday's treasure chest has anything good."
At the mention of the treasure chest, the members of the Fire God Squad immediately got excited and gathered around.
"Kai, this is a rare treasure chest. Your luck isn't great, let Nuannuan open it," Hu Yan suggested, "She looks radiant today, her luck is much better than yours."
Jiang Kai was momentarily stunned, almost forgetting that Old Hu was also a fortune teller.
"Me... I..." Su Nuannuan suddenly felt pressured.
"No worries, it's okay if we don't get anything good. We didn't expect to encounter a phosphorescent drake anyway," Jiang Kai reassured, "Go ahead and open it boldly!"
With Jiang Kai's encouragement, Su Nuannuan had no more worries and opened the treasure chest.
"Superior Phosphorus Essence, can add a phosphorized coating to weapons and equipment, 10.4 kilograms, estimated value 104,000 Star Coins." Su Nuannuan identified the contents using her watch, skipping the appraisal process, "This type of ore is rare and seldom seen."
The first item was already worth a fortune!
She took out the loot one by one.
"Nuclear Soil 170 grams, Essence Crystal 48 grams, Heavenly Bone 3 pieces."
"Tier 2 Armor, Phosphorized Pants, White, Defense 13 points, Strength Increase 17 points, Physique Increase 16 points, Agility Increase 3 points, Special Effect 1, Misty Veil, Phosphorized Pants emit white mist, can temporarily affect opponent's judgment. Special Effect 2, Phosphorized Coating, adds extra corrosion resistance, slightly enhances high-temperature resistance. This equipment is fairly average among Tier 2 equipment, estimated value around 4,000 Star Coins."
After a few ordinary items, Su Nuannuan's luck started to turn.
"Hiss... It's a Mutated Essence Crystal! 18 grams, one of the materials for making attribute secret elixirs! Price 1.8 million Star Coins!"
"1.8 million Star Coins?" Jiang Kai asked wide-eyed, this thing costs 100,000 Star Coins per gram!
And this is just "one of the materials"!
How much was the merman secret elixir he consumed back then? Did he really swallow a fortune worth billions of Chinese Yuan in one gulp...
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"Yes!" Su Nuannuan nodded heavily, "The secret elixir increases base attributes, the materials are extremely rare, and less than 20 bottles can be made in a year in China, each bottle can increase 10 points of base attributes, priced at around 15 million Star Coins."
Jiang Kai felt a pang of heartache.
He really did swallow a Serenity Lake villa in one gulp back then!
"No wonder it's a Mutated Battle General! This is... 'Holy Water'!"
"Holy Water?!" Jiang Kai and the others immediately looked at the triangular small glass bottle Nuannuan mentioned, containing about 15 milliliters of light blue liquid.
Holy Water is one of the materials for the second-tier class change of a Barefoot Doctor, requiring 5 milliliters at a time, and here there are 15 milliliters!
"My god, this thing can sell for 1 million Star Coins for just 5 milliliters, this small bottle is worth 3 million Star Coins! 30 million Alliance Coins!" Hu Yan exclaimed in shock.
"Really got the doctor class change material!" Yuan Zhu said excitedly, "Nuannuan, your luck is amazing, even for a Mutated Battle General's treasure, the chance of getting class change materials is less than one in ten, and you got three at once!"
"This chest's value exceeds 5 million Star Coins!"
Just the Holy Water alone raised the treasure chest's value by 3 million!
Ruan Yu, on the side, said, "Kai, materialize the corpse card, I'll check if there's anything good."
Jiang Kai immediately released the corpse.
Ruan Yu took out his tool, a small metal disc, and placed it on the drake's head, exploring back and forth.
[Beep beep beep, detected Mutated Essence Crystal approximately 7 grams, Essence Crystal approximately 26 grams, Heavenly Bone one piece!]
Ruan Yu scratched his head, "Nuannuan should have done it, should have let you check... This one didn't have a Dream Core."
Hu Yan slapped Ruan Yu on the shoulder, "Are you stupid? Even if you buy the Drunkard class change materials, the whole set of five materials is only about 100,000 Star Coins, a Dream Core is only two or three thousand Star Coins, how much is a Mutated Essence Crystal worth?"
"Can't you figure out which is more valuable?"
Ruan Yu suddenly realized.
As the worst profession in China, even the second-tier class change materials for a Drunkard total only 100,000 Star Coins, but the good stuff detected in the corpse just now, especially the Mutated Essence Crystal, can easily reach hundreds of thousands of Star Coins!
Including the previous elite treasure chest, it's estimated that the loot from killing this phosphorescent battle general drake could potentially exceed 7 million Star Coins!
A typical battle general-level treasure yields around 2 million Star Coins, but Jiang Kai and his team got lucky this time, encountering a Mutated Battle General and obtaining rare doctor advancement materials, multiplying their gains several times.
With such a bountiful harvest from the first battle, the Fire God Squad was even more motivated.
After a brief rest, the Fire God Squad immediately set off for the next battle general drake territory.
This time, killing the Mutated Battle General Drake, including rest, took them about a day and a half, but in the following ten days, the Fire God Squad didn't encounter another Mutated Battle General.
Although the gains weren't as terrifying, their hunting efficiency improved.
In a day's time, including travel and rest, they could clear out an average of one drake nest per day, sometimes even two battle general-level drake nests in a single day!
As the battles increased, Yuan Zhu's Armor Break attack combined with Jiang Kai's high critical hit pursuit made their kills increasingly smooth.
The only downside was the high consumption of alcohol.
Ten days later, of the 22 battle general nests marked on the Information Card, 6 had already been cleared by others, and the Fire God Squad swept through the remaining 16.
Yuan Zhu's level had risen from 10 to 20, Ruan Yu from 18 to 20, and even Nuannuan had leveled up from 10 to 12.
On this day, after resting, the Fire God Squad was slow to set off.
Ruan Yu was busy cooking, Nuannuan was helping out, and Yuan Zhu was asking Ruan Yu some strange questions on the side.
"Kai, where are we going next?" Old Hu asked Jiang Kai while studying the map on the Information Card, "We've already been through here, no battle generals will appear for a while."
At this moment, Nuannuan felt a vibration on her wrist. She looked at her watch and immediately put down what she was doing to find Jiang Kai.
"Jiang Kai, I just received news that over at the Burning Plains, a relatively strong small guild encountered a Mutated Commander-level Ghost Corpse King while hunting, and they were unprepared, resulting in a team wipe!"
"Now that Ghost Corpse King is hiding to recover."
Many small and medium guilds don't have the capability to hunt king-level BOSSes, so they can only hunt commander-level beasts.
Generally speaking, guilds act within their means, as the cost of a team wipe is enormous, especially for a small guild, it's a huge blow.
The Ghost Corpse King is a particularly troublesome monster in the Burning Plains, and a commander-level Ghost Corpse King is very powerful, indicating that the guild was quite capable. It's just hard to say if they were lucky or unlucky to encounter a stronger Mutated Ghost Corpse King.
If they had seized the opportunity, they would have hit the jackpot, but unfortunately, it seems they missed this chance to get rich!
China doesn't allow BOSS snatching, but that applies to king-level and above BOSSes, not commander-level ones.
Undoubtedly, this heavily injured Mutated Commander-level BOSS has already attracted many eager contenders.
"When did this news come in?!" Jiang Kai immediately stood up.
"Just now, it probably hasn't spread widely yet," Nuannuan said, "But some big guilds likely already know and are definitely sending people over."
"The Burning Plains... isn't it just south of here?" Jiang Kai frowned.
Those big guilds that just got the news would take some time to arrive from the Safe Zone or even the main city, but they were already near the Burning Plains!
Of course, they weren't the closest, as many teams were already training in the Burning Plains!
You can imagine, in this short moment, countless teams in the Eighteenth District were rushing to the Burning Plains.
And the teams on the Burning Plains were surely waiting for reinforcements.
This was a race against time!
Hu Yan also stood up and looked at Jiang Kai, "Kai, are we going?"
Jiang Kai thought for a moment and said, "Since we've already cleared the battle generals here, even if we can't get the Ghost Corpse King, we can continue leveling up over there."
Thinking of that Mutated Commander-level Ghost Corpse King, Hu Yan also got excited and shouted to the back, "Ruan Yu, Zhu, forget about eating, pack up, we're going to snatch the commander, hurry!"
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