Scarlet Grief - Attack · Defense

He originally didn't plan to open the divine treasure chest now, but none of the Mountain God's drops were useful to him. Since that was the case, Jiang Cheng could only pin his hopes on this divine treasure chest.

Although he was already strong enough to stand on his own, the dangers of the Great Wasteland were still beyond his imagination.

Jiang Cheng would never miss any opportunity to increase his strength.

"I just hope it doesn't end up being a level 500 Divine Artifact..."

While carrying Huo Silou, Jiang Cheng took out the divine treasure chest from his cloak.

Instantly, a burst of crimson light shone in the sky, attracting countless gazes.

Below, above, and from the surrounding ground, greedy eyes turned toward them.

But when the soul fire in Jiang Cheng's eyes condensed slightly, these gazes immediately scattered, as if mice encountering their natural predator.

Only a few gazes from the sky remained, still reluctantly staring at Jiang Cheng, or rather, the treasure in his hands.

Jiang Cheng paid no mind, as he sensed no danger, meaning these monsters posed no threat to him.

If they were level 150+ wild monsters with too high damage reduction, Jiang Cheng could simply leave.

If they were below level 150 and insisted on seeking death, he wouldn't mind collecting more experience and evolution points.

"A crimson chest, hopefully it gives a Divine Artifact like the Dragon-Slaying Divine Ring."

Jiang Cheng's heart stirred slightly.

Then, he stopped in mid-air and, under Huo Silou's excited gaze, slowly opened the chest.

The moment the chest opened, even more brilliant light burst from the gaps, illuminating the entire sky.

Jiang Cheng and Huo Silou, bathed in crimson light, also felt anticipation about what the chest would yield.

Ding.

A pleasant sound echoed in Jiang Cheng and Huo Silou's minds, making their hearts suddenly feel very pleased.

As the chest opened, a delicate square pendant resembling a shield, wrapped in crimson light, appeared before Jiang Cheng.

"Divine... divine... Divine Artifact! This luck... isn't this too lucky?"

Huo Silou stammered in surprise.

Although divine treasure chests claimed they could yield Divine Artifacts, it was based on probability.

Minimum legendary, maximum Divine Artifact.

The chance of getting legendary was definitely high, but Divine Artifacts... that probability was certainly minimal.

Yet he managed to get this minimal probability. It was incredibly lucky.

This small square shield pendant should be the entire server's first Divine Artifact, right?

Huo Silou was extremely excited. If this weren't Jiang Cheng's property, she would have wanted to snatch it.

However, compared to Huo Silou's excitement, Jiang Cheng wasn't as pleased.

"A shield?"

Jiang Cheng's brow bone furrowed.

He always believed in offense over defense. Although he consciously increased his resistances, attack remained his main focus.

Shields meant nothing to him - he neither liked them nor found them meaningful.

Reaching out to grasp the pendant floating in mid-air, Jiang Cheng began examining its attributes.

【Scarlet Grief - Attack · Defense】

Quality: Mythic

Type: Shield

Class: None

Level: 80

Attack +4000

Defense +4000

Strength +500

Agility +500

Spirit +500

Equipped: Passively increases current attributes, all attributes grow with character level, gaining 10 points to all attributes per level.

Usage: When used, manifests as a crimson shield, blocking a fixed 1,000,000 damage, entering cooldown when damage limit reached, recovery time 30 minutes.

Conversion: Costs 10,000 magic, converts all above attributes entirely to attack or defense for 5 minutes, 1-hour cooldown.

After reading the Divine Artifact's attributes, Jiang Cheng's soul fire condensed slightly as he equipped it around his neck bone.

"I need to level up quickly," Jiang Cheng muttered to himself.

The attributes were simply... too good!

Jiang Cheng had to admit this shield was made for him.

At level 80, using the conversion skill could transform into 13,500 total attack!

The attribute growth per level didn't just add attack and defense - strength, agility, and spirit all increased!

And strength, agility, spirit - these three attributes could convert to attack. This single piece of equipment could provide 13,500 attack power.

He didn't know how Great Wasteland level 80 equipment compared.

In Mythic, level 80 equipment had significant stat growth. Even basic white weapons had 1,500 attack, blue had 1,800, purple around 2,000, green had 2,200, pink had 2,500, orange around 2,800.

Such high attack represented a qualitative leap for any player.

But compared to this Divine Artifact, they all paled in comparison.

"The divine treasure chest didn't disappoint, but... the level requirement is too high. Who knows when I'll reach level 80."

"Better deal with those troublesome players first."

After securing the pendant, wings spread, he was about to fly toward Luo Cloud City when something unexpected happened.

【System Announcement: All players please log off immediately. In 3 seconds, any players still online will be forcibly disconnected. Any unexpected losses are at your own risk.】

【System Announcement: This update will last 72 hours in real time. Beginning update now.】

Beep...

After the system announcement, Jiang Cheng felt dizzy as his consciousness suddenly faded.