My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 220: Farewell to Plain Equipment

Li Rui hadn't closely examined the task rewards before, because he had to complete them regardless of the reward. Now, upon closer inspection, he realized that if you didn't consider the inflated experience points due to level progression, the other rewards were quite similar to the high-risk world events of Zuo Qiutian's avatar.

Last time, after the great battle with Brother Zuo in Peach Blossom Spring, not counting the separate gifts from Madam Peach Blossom, the task reward alone included an epic equipment item, two additional free attribute points, and better materials and items.

This time, even though it wasn't a high-risk world event but rather a dangerous ordinary task, it also included an epic equipment item, although the materials and items were slightly inferior, but it did offer an additional skill point.

This probably had to do with level progression, as there's a possibility of encountering advanced beings in the Secret Realm between levels 25 and 30, so the rewards tier would increase accordingly.

Kong Ji had mentioned that as the Secret Realm level increases, the chance of encountering higher-quality items also increases, and this seems to be where it starts to manifest.

Now that Li Rui's level had broken through to 30, the upper limit for skill levels had increased, allowing up to lv5 before level 50. However, he had many useful skills, at the very least, Fire Bell Spell, Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture, and Dabidou would definitely need to be enhanced, so his previously surplus skill points suddenly became scarce.

He didn't rush to use the skill points, as the mental task could wait until he was done.

Scanning his inventory, he found that the rewarded epic-level equipment was a necklace.

[Soul Bone Pendant.]

[Item Level: 30.] 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

[Quality: Epic]

[Attributes: Spirit +18, Power +16.]

[Special Effect: Spiritual Power consumption reduced by 10%]

[Passive Skill - Thousand Faces: Allows switching stances for different attribute bonuses. Bear Stance: Physique +5%; Deer Stance: Spirit +5%; Crane Stance: Power +5%; Alligator Stance: Defense +5%; Tiger Stance: Combat +5% (unusable), minimum switch interval 30 seconds.]

[Eternal: Yes.]

Li Rui noticed that the design of this item was exactly like the Magical Artifact from Dangkong Mountain, only miniaturized to fit a human-sized form.

Aside from the energy-saving aspect of casting, the different attributes could be useful at different times.

If engaged in close combat, he could use Bear Stance to increase physique; if he needed to restore spiritual power, he could switch to Deer Stance; Great Fire Bell Spell would use Crane Stance, and when under attack, he could combine earth elements with Alligator Stance.

Only the combat attribute of Tiger Stance was useless because it was an attribute for professions like Martial Artist, Martial Monk, and Warrior.

With this item, he no longer had any plain whiteboard equipment without attributes all over his body, with the minimum being two excellent quality rings.

He was a bit curious and asked Wu Bing, "Uncle Bing, did you get the dangerous task's reward?"

"Yes, I did," Wu Bing replied.

"But you didn't even do anything," Li Rui said frankly, as their relationship was close enough to speak that way.

Wu Bing answered, "Who said I didn't do anything? I was calculating your probability of winning from behind the whole time."

"...Is that even valid?"

"That's just how we Prophets are. Why don't you mention that we basically have no combat ability? Sometimes, we can even just give up when facing a solo Secret Realm."

On hearing that, it seemed to make sense.

Li Rui shrugged, "Alright then."

He didn't continue to waste time since there were other matters to attend to.

Demon Dragon Valley was territory of the Demon Race, where humans lived, but it had never produced a human king.

However, the current situation was quite awkward.

Aside from Li Rui, there didn't seem to be anyone capable of commanding respect. The group of human aides was sycophantic, praising Li Rui to gain a favorable impression before the new king.

They didn't know that Li Rui wouldn't stay here.

The leading officer, Hu Chengshan, also came to express his admiration, not as flattery but out of genuine respect.

"Hero Li is truly a chivalrous person of our time. Without your righteous aid, we would not have been able to slay the Demon King today."

"Director Hu, aren't you forgetting something?"

"Hmm? What is it?"

"It seems we didn't come here to kill the demon leader," Li Rui said. "Shouldn't you be looking for the general's daughter?"

"...Oh no!"

Hu Chengshan couldn't afford to delay and turned to leave.

"Hey, wait, we're coming too."

Li Rui called out, signaling for Li Bailang and the others to follow, especially Wu Bing.

Hu Chengshan gratefully said, "You're really generous and righteous, but I dare not trouble you, I'll go myself."

"No, I want to see if there are any good things."

Li Rui spoke frankly.

Hu Chengshan coughed twice, "Please."

Before leaving, Li Rui called Zhi Yan and Yue Ni: "Organize them to treat the injured and comfort the weak. Send a team to come with me."

After they agreed, he followed the group of soldiers toward Black Stone Slope and deeper areas.

They encountered some "noble" old and weak among the Tiger and Leopard Races and a few remaining guards.

When these people heard that Mountain Lord Lou and Bi Long were dead, they had almost no will to resist and were bound and escorted back by the demon group that accompanied Li Rui.

Li Rui arrived at Bi Long's residence, feeling a bit dumbfounded.

He thought this guy would live like the previous three kings, in palaces built by human craftsmen, but unexpectedly, he was a traditionalist, living in a big cave that was rather luxurious inside.

Li Rui signaled two little demons to ransack the cave and move out all the valuables, while also checking if there were any human women captured. They found none.

Impatient, Hu Chengshan led the soldiers further inward, leaving a few to continue combing through the pile of treasures.

The gold, silver, jewelry, literary and artistic objects, spices loved by the demon race, and even the celestial materials and treasures collected were useless unless it was Secret Realm-recognized equipment or items that could be stored in the inventory.

The reason they were searching here was that Wu Bing calculated that there was something valuable in Bi Long's collection, showcasing the benefits of having a Prophet.

And being able to obtain something might also be somewhat related to his main attribute—luck. However, that's hard to say, as luck is a rather mysterious attribute in the Secret Realm system.

Searching for treasure was an impossible task for Li Rui, someone with bad luck who couldn't find anything no matter how long he searched.

Finally, it was Wu Bing, with the highest luck attribute, who personally found a small treasure chest.

Seeing the chest, everyone was delighted; this was an additional reward outside of the task.

"You open it," the three modestly offered the box to Li Rui.

"No, no, no, you do it," Li Rui dared not take on the task and backed away hurriedly.

In the end, it was Wu Bing who acted, opening the chest, revealing a floating light sphere to everyone.

Li Rui approached and found an epic-level consumable after interacting with it.

[Cave Profound Extinguishing Fire Talisman: Immunity to fire attribute damage for 3 minutes.]

"Wow! An epic-level reward on top of everything, we've hit the jackpot this time!"

An Qing, like a financial fanatic, clutched the talisman tightly; though it seemed to differ in effect from Li Rui's, it was also of epic level. Li Bailang and Wu Bing were all smiles as well.

Watching their joyous expressions, Li Rui was quite baffled.

It's just a purple item, is it really that big of a deal?

Well, the well-fed don't know the hunger of the starving; he had a whole set of epic-level equipment and couldn't comprehend the poverty of others.

However, that Fireproof Talisman was useful; Madam Peach Blossom mentioned that the birthplace of thunder once gave birth to a Flame Demon. The Community Thunder itself is associated with fire, and when they reach that place, this talisman might indeed come in handy.