My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 289: It’s Impossible to Kill Our Way Through

"Priest! There should be spoils in the Father's box."

The Polar Alliance team has already begun exploring the Divine Wood Forest, where they discovered a small monster cave. According to Dragon Country standards, these creatures belong to the Demon Race just awakening their intelligence, possessing weak strength.

This team consists of over a dozen people, with the Father as the leader and the Priest as his deputy.

In the Polar Alliance's ecclesiastical system, both the Father and the Priest hold certain positions, and they are considered equals.

Originally, the two positions stemmed from different branches of the ecclesiastical factions. Later, with the emergence of a powerful Pope in the Polar Alliance religious countries, he unified all the branches while preserving their unique characteristics.

So normally, the Father does not rank higher than the Priest, but this particular Father named Alan Nathan is special; he is very strong.

Thus, here, he naturally becomes the one in charge.

"Rare-grade enhancement materials, quite a few of them."

One of the inspectors remarked, "It doesn't match the monster's strength at all."

Father Alan smiled and said, "But of course, this is the Secret Realm battlefield. As we explore further, there'll be better things."

"Father, I'm worried that as we get closer to the forest's depths, the monsters' strength might become overwhelming."

"Don't always think of solving problems with slaughter. Have you really read the materials issued by the ecclesia from above?"

Alan was somewhat irritated, "This forest has many races. I want to engage with them amicably, establish friendships, and only then can we gather intelligence."

"Even if we use the powers granted by the gods, we must be cautious. Do you really want us to slaughter our way to the forest's center? That's impossible."

He was slightly angry, seeing that they were chosen for the Secret Realm battlefield, yet still had flawed thinking.

The ecclesiastical training manual clearly states that in such large spoils production areas, the most taboo is blindly using force, which could provoke local natives and result in gaining nothing.

...

"All traitors, behead them!"

Li Rui crossed his hands behind his back, coldly issuing the command.

Crack!

The executioners from the Profound Bear Race sent all defiant demon souls back to the underworld, but Li Rui did not watch what was happening behind him. On the other side, the newly appointed leaders of the three main tribes—Sheep, Deer, and Antelope—were ordering their subordinates to present treasures hidden by the former leaders and others from the other governing tribes.

Li Rui instructed, "Yuan Ju, handle the aftermath as I told you."

"Understood!"

"Wait a moment."

Li Rui stopped the Powerful Ape Race's king, retrieved the Seven Treasures Saber from the carried box, and tossed it over, "If there are rebels, use this saber to kill them."

The Sheep, Deer, and Antelope tribe new leaders beside them shivered, their faces full of ingratiating smiles, leading the Monkey Demon: "Please, Ape Leader, this way."

They were all promoted to new leaders because of their excellent attitude and willingness to lead after the camp was breached.

Their strength exceeded that of the powerless Ape Race's leaders, but faced with Yuan Ju, they were very respectful because he was the trusted aide of the formidable figure who kicked open the camp's gate.

Li Rui had concluded his appraisal of Yuan Ju, finding this Monkey Demon quite capable. If not for the inherent weakness of the Powerful Ape Race, they wouldn't have been continually oppressed by the Flying Leopard Race.

However, Li Rui also saw the Monkey Demon king's weakness. He was not the best commander; he needed someone to guide him in the right direction to utilize his strengths fully.

Li Rui no longer cared for the departing demons. He waved his hand, dismissing the waiting Demon Race, and locked the door before carefully searching through the objects left by the three tribes.

The main reason for sending everyone away was self-awareness, estimating that his eyes would gleam while searching for treasures, which would harm his established cold image.

After thorough searching, over a dozen large iron boxes yielded more than a dozen Epic Level materials, dozens of rare materials, three Epic Level pieces, plus several props and a skill book.

Among the equipment, there was a sword weapon he couldn't use, plus an accessory that increased damage to axe-type weapons, also unusable. However, the spoils from the Secret Realm battlefield were different; if you couldn't use them, you could give them to others.

Meaning these pieces can be carried, and upon meeting the main force, delivered to the command center for exchange with others for what he needed.

The best news was that the remaining Epic Level piece was a ring. Li Rui could finally swap out that rare quality ring.

[Sheep Horn Ring.]

[Item Level: 33.]

[Quality: Epic]

[Attribute: Physique +8, Sharp +7 (unusable).]

[Effect 1: +10% damage to staff skills.]

[Effect 2: +8% Fire Attribute damage.]

[Eternal: Yes.]

Apart from the unusable sharp attribute meant for those using sharp weapons, the rest of the attributes and effects were a good match, making it cost-effective equipment.

The only issue was its relatively low level, though to Li Rui, it was entirely insignificant.

He equipped it and felt extremely comfortable.

At this point, the worst equipment in his inventory was rare-grade with blue font, critical for future secret realm battles. Even the rare gear had only two slots, the Blue Silver Lamp Ring and the Fragmented Thunder Belt, the rest being Epic Level and above.

It's foreseeable that once the Secret Realm battlefield concluded, he could likely achieve an entirely Epic Level standard, with the only question being how many Legendary pieces he could obtain.

After finishing with the equipment, he inspected the skill book—beast hide with symbols etched on it. Despite its unreadable nature, it didn't matter; who said learning a skill required understanding it?

[Poisoned Blade.]

[Quality: Rare.]

[Effect: Upon activation, physical attacks carry medium poison attribute damage.]

"Damn, another rare."

Li Rui was somewhat disappointed, expecting to obtain an Epic skill this time.

However, skills possess exceptional value and rarity, like the Demon Witch Zago in the Land of Chaos having three Epic skills, elevating him from a lowly gambler to a renowned figure.

Should he continue to grow, there's even a chance to become a rising star like Nan Jiumei, since the latter has just one more Epic skill.

Despite the curses, Li Rui took other belongings first, then found a place to experiment. Soon he realized something incredible: he had acquired a four-in-one skill.

The original Monkey King Thunder Shock fusion involved Great Tail Sweep, White Bone Wandering Body Staff, Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture; now, combined with Poisoned Blade to form a new skill.

[Yin Thunder Strike.]

Upon contemplation, Li Rui found the rare skill had its merits.

The Monkey King's Triple Thunder purification endows each post-attack's scattered lightning with poison, causing ongoing damage, and every strike can stack, leading to paralysis and slowing with high enough layers—ideal against tough-skinned bosses.

Thus, this skill proved valuable since others acquiring a rare skill merely obtain a rare one, yet with Great Tail Sweep and Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture, any skill could morph into a Legend.

"However!"

As he walked, he muttered, "Still need to set a goal. In this Secret Realm battlefield, one must try to merge the Great Fire Bell Spell and Great Tail Sweep somehow."