Chapter 1 What's the Level

"Heizi, how are things going over there? What level are you all now?" Shi Feng asked.

"Leveling up in this hidden spot is awesome. No one's come to snatch the monsters yet. Everyone's already over level 5, and we've gotten a lot of wolf meat and wolf pelts. Our bags are already full. We're about to head back and clear them out," Heizi said excitedly. In this short time, they'd gotten four pieces of level 5 Bronze equipment from the Forest Wolf den, including a level 5 Bronze staff, which greatly increased his magic damage.

"So quickly filled up? You guys are really efficient." Shi Feng was slightly surprised. A stack of wolf meat was worth a hundred credits, and Heizi and the others had bought a lot of large bags, but he didn't expect them to fill up so quickly. How much wolf meat was that? If he gave it to Ziyan Liuyun to make advanced dishes and sell them, it would be a lot of money.

"That's perfect, then. Give all the wolf meat to a female priest named Ziyan Liuyun. Just say my name. After that, take a short rest, buy some mana and health recovery potions, and wait for me in the trading area." Shi Feng thought about it. This little bit of time wasn't enough for him to run around, so he simply let Heizi and the others rest for a bit.

"Brother Feng, are we going to run a dungeon with the Ice Goddess?" Heizi thought of something and said excitedly.

"Yes, you guys rest well. You'll need to be on your toes after entering the dungeon." Shi Feng nodded and hung up the call.

But Heizi almost jumped up with excitement. He thought that Shi Feng wouldn't take them along, after all, their skills weren't good, and they would only be laughed at. Since Shi Feng didn't mind them, what could they say?

This made Heizi look forward to it. To have the honor of running a dungeon with the Ice Goddess, even if it was embarrassing, so what? It would be glorious to tell others about it. They were, after all, players who had teamed up and run a dungeon with the Ice Goddess.

White Sand Ruins, Stone Hammer Town.

Town Chief Blackbeard saw Shi Feng walk in and greeted him warmly.

"Brother Yefeng, you've finally arrived. The ice juice you sold me last time was too good. It's made everyone in our town addicted. Now, if we don't drink a cup every day, we can't sleep," Blackbeard joked.

"Respected Town Chief Blackbeard, is this the Titan's Heart you wanted?" Shi Feng smiled and asked, taking out the Titan's Heart.

Blackbeard was stunned when he saw the gray metal ball.

The shape, the color, the texture, were completely the same as the legendary Titan's Heart.

"That's right, this is the Titan's Heart. It's exactly the same as the one recorded in the ancient books. I never thought that I would be able to see it with my own eyes in my lifetime. Brother Yefeng, I really didn't expect you to be such an amazing adventurer, able to restore the glory of our Black Iron Dwarves. On behalf of all the Black Iron Dwarves, I extend my most sincere gratitude," Blackbeard said excitedly, taking the Titan's Heart and thanking him repeatedly.

System: Completed the unique quest "Steel Shell Fortress", rewarded with a Black Iron Emblem, obtained Blackbeard's letter of introduction, obtained Advanced Magic Energy Book, obtained 100,000 experience points, Stone Hammer Town's reputation reached Revered.

With a large pile of rewards, Shi Feng's eyes were dazzled, and his level also increased to level 6, 73%. This leveling speed could be said to have surpassed those leveling maniacs.

Shi Feng didn't really care about experience points, but the other things were the most important.

This quest reward exceeded Shi Feng's expectations. A Titan's Heart without any energy rewarded could turn a third-rate guild into a second-rate guild. Now, the Titan's Heart still had a quarter of its energy. He didn't expect the reward to be so good.

The reward that player received in his previous life wasn't so generous. He only received a letter of introduction and an Intermediate Magic Energy Book, and his reputation reached Revered, but he didn't get a Black Iron Emblem at all.

Black Iron Emblem, Fine-Gold rank, unique equipment, limited to the user Yefeng. The Black Iron Emblem is the highest honor medal of the Black Iron Dwarves. After wearing it, the forging success rate is increased by 5%, and there is a 10% chance that the proficiency will increase by 1 point more. When forging, there is a 1% chance to increase the attributes of the forged item.

Shi Feng was shocked after seeing these introductions. This Black Iron Emblem was simply a forging artifact, even stronger than a forging talent. Especially that 1% attribute increase, which meant that for every hundred items forged, one item's attributes would be increased. If he forged non-stop every day, making three or four hundred pieces of equipment would not be a problem, which meant that he could get three or four pieces of equipment with increased attributes.

Playing games was all about the quality of equipment. Even if the attributes were only a little higher, all the equipment accumulated would exceed other players by a lot. Whether it was PK or running dungeons, there would be a great advantage.

Although he didn't know how much the increase would be, the price of equipment would be several times more expensive if the attributes were increased by a little. If the increase was a lot, then the price would be several times higher. One piece of equipment would be worth more than ten pieces.

The Black Iron Emblem could be said to be an unexpected surprise. The main purpose of this quest was for the Magic Energy Book and the letter of introduction, which were the capital for a guild to rise. Especially the Magic Energy Book, which was actually advanced.

In addition to forging equipment, forging could also make other things, such as armor plates, gem buckles, alchemical magic wands, and so on. Among them, the demand for armor plates was the highest and the most popular.

Generally, armor plates could improve the attributes of the chest armor, such as increasing defense or attributes. These depended on the quality and level of the armor plate. The Magic Energy Book obtained from Blackbeard was an enhanced version of the armor plate, unique and the only one of its kind.

Therefore, earning a lot of money and turning a third-rate guild into a second-rate guild, this magic energy armor plate could be said to have made a great contribution.

As for Blackbeard's letter of introduction, it would only be useful when he arrived in White River City, and it wasn't needed now.

On the other hand, Stone Hammer Town's reputation reached Revered, so he could buy some Bronze-grade and even Mysterious-Iron-grade weapons and equipment bound to the individual here, and the price was cheap. Ordinary level 10 players could afford it, so it could be said to be the best place to obtain Mysterious-Iron-grade equipment. Therefore, many players liked to come here to grind reputation, and after reaching Revered, they would buy a set of level 10 Mysterious-Iron-grade equipment, which could be considered high-end equipment.

It was just that it was really not easy to grind to Revered. It was almost impossible to wear a set of level 10 Mysterious-Iron-grade reputation equipment.

Moreover, a set of Mysterious-Iron-grade reputation equipment was still a little worse than the Bronze-grade Silvermoon Set. Top players disdained to wear it.

Although Shi Feng wouldn't wear it, it had other uses, such as upgrading the Demonic Weapon Abyss. Demonic Weapons needed to devour weapons to upgrade. According to his understanding, the better the material of the devoured weapon, the more the attributes could be improved. It could be said to be a weapon that was developed, so it was much more powerful than those Epic-grade weapons, and could even compete with those Legendary-grade weapons.

If it was nurtured well, the attributes of the Demonic Weapon could completely surpass Legendary-grade weapons, but it needed too many good things. Even the president of a second-rate guild couldn't afford it, and had to bear the huge risk of backlash. This was why everyone loved and hated Demonic Weapons.

For the sake of Abyss's attributes, he originally planned to devour one level 5 Mysterious-Iron weapon and ten level 5 Bronze weapons. Shi Feng bought eleven level 5 Mysterious-Iron-grade weapons in the weapon shop, not knowing how much it would improve.

Then, he clicked on the Abyss's upgrade system bar and let Abyss devour these weapons.

ps: Thank you 沦落少年终成王 for the 100 reward!