NOVEL NEXT Chapter 865: Cheating? This Is Wisdom—Do You Even Understand Wisdom?
Xia Feng's vision went dark, as light flooded in, bringing data information afloat on the square low pillar.
[Seat: 9]
[Ember Stones remaining after the third round: 62]
[Ember Stones currently in possession in the fourth round: 660]
[Zero-level Prop Cards (2): Active Position Exposure Card, Recording Card]
[First-level Prop Card: None]
[Second-level Prop Cards (9): Store Price Increase, Unbreakable, True Heart Card*2, Designated Exposure Position*3, Forced Robbery*2]
[Third-level Prop Cards (3): Ash Domain Divine Punishment, Parasite (Effective this round), Death Carnival]
[Special Prop Card: None]
[Fourth round settlement in progress——]
[Hunt: 1 (50 Ember Stones per person)]
[You successfully hunted Player 7 and earned a hunting reward of 50 Ember Stones. As it was your first kill, you received an additional 50 Ember Stones]
[As the Black King, you have an extra settlement task—you successfully concealed your identity for 4 rounds, earning 20 Ember Stones]
[Deaths this round: 3]
[Seats of the deceased this round: 2, 4, 7]
[You possess a 3rd-level Death Carnival, gaining 60 Ember Stones per death, totaling 180 Ember Stones income!]
It's undeniable that Yophiel really helped him greatly.
Taking Jinyang Tian down in one stroke, he also brought considerable income.
[Currently possessing Ember Stones: (+50+50+20+180) 960]
An influx of three hundred immediately made Xia Feng's heart leap to his throat, just 40 short...
Just short of 40!
If one more had died earlier, he could have surpassed 1000 and ended the contest directly!
Unfortunately, these Holy Realm entities are hard to kill.
The three who died were due to some cunning means Xia Feng employed to bring them down.
As for the other five... those five are really useless, not even managing to claim a single kill.
[Store opening, personal exchange starts now, you have one minute to exchange prop cards, the store will close after one minute]
[Current fourth-round settlement, store recycling is closed]
[Store prices increase by 150% this round]
[You possess a 2nd-level Store Price Increase Card, would you like to adjust the price increase rate of this round?]
Currently, his real body is in the Heavenly Realm, where the density of the ash land is significant. As long as he can acquire a Super Ash Inspection Card, there's a very high chance of earning a profit of 40 Ember Stones in ash land exploration!
So after a moment's thought, Xia Feng decided to keep the prices unchanged this round.
[A player has used the Store Price Increase Card, changing store prices from an increase of 150% to 100% this round]
In this way, he could buy a Super Ash Inspection Card at a slightly lower price.
[A second player has used the Store Price Increase Card, changing the store prices from an increase of 150% to 200% this round]
Xia Feng: "?"
Who the hell is it! Xia Feng looked around, even though there was no light at the moment, he vaguely heard a light chuckle from Lady Mi's direction on the high platform directly opposite.
[Due to two players simultaneously using the Price Increase Card, the higher increase rate is adopted as the valid result——200%]
Alright, you're formidable! Xia Feng sighed, lowering his head.
With the store pricing doubling, zero-level cards are priced at 12, first-level cards at 80, second-level cards at 200, and third-level cards at a whopping 600.
200 Ember Stones to buy a 2nd-level Super Ash Inspection Card, and the income might not even exceed 100; it's just not affordable.
As for 3rd-level cards, there probably aren't many with total assets exceeding 600 in the field.
In fact, Unbreakable can also be used to negate the single effect of a Store Price Increase Card. For example, Xia Feng still has an Unbreakable card to counteract his price increase, making the price rise by only 1.5 times.
But even so, it's still somewhat counterproductive, unless one like Xia Feng adjusts 1.5 times to 1 time, making the prices not increase, leaving some room for profit.
After a minute passed, Xia Feng ultimately refrained from making a move, abandoning unnecessary operations.
With the current store premiums, any purchase carries significant risk, making it unjustifiable.
[2, 1... Exchange phase ended——]
[Since there are already two players with Ember Stones > 800, entering the late decisive battle, rankings will be announced now——]
"Hmm?"
Two people? Xia Feng gasped; he thought only he, with such a cheat... with intellect, could have more than 800 Ember Stones, seemingly leading by a margin.
But he didn't expect another's Ember Stones to be so many?
Who the hell is it!
Soon, with the refresh of the panel information, Xia Feng saw a seating sequence number unexpected to him.
[As of now: Below is the number of Ember Stones at all seats
First Place · 9th Seat: 960 (Black Spade)
Second Place · 8th Seat: 880 (Pope)
Third Place · 3rd Seat: 543 (Tu Lin)
Fourth Place · 6th Seat: 271 (Lady Mi)
Fifth Place · 1st Seat: 30 (Huang Zhaoyue)
Sixth Place · 5th Seat: 0 (Zong Yue)
2nd, 4th, 7th seats eliminated——]
The moment the ranking appeared, everyone was startled, collectively raising their heads, all looking over to the 9th high pillar.
Xia Feng became the focus.
However, since the auction phase hadn't begun, everywhere was pitch black, obscuring any figures.
Huang Zhaoyue's beautiful eyes slightly narrowed, surprise filled her heart. How did this fellow achieve this?
Although the gap with the Black Moon Pope isn't vast, 960 such a massive number, only a step away from the max, is nearly a leading gap.
"Did you cheat?" Huang Zhaoyue's doubtful thought echoed in Xia Feng's mind.
"?" Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, "What are you saying, Your Imperial Highness, just because your mind doesn't work well doesn't mean mine doesn't. My achievements now are entirely due to my brilliance, brilliance! Understand?"
"Oh, so you cheated."
"....."
However, more surprised than Huang Zhaoyue were Lady Mi and Zong Yue.
"Why is Black Spade not dead?" Lady Mi's doubtful thought echoed in Zong Yue's mind, "Didn't you say Black Spade was certainly dead?"
"....." Zong Yue was silent; when Jinyang Tian hunted Black Spade, the speed was too fast, going too far; he didn't follow up, hence not seeing what exactly happened.
But even without following, he could guess that Black Spade ought to have been instant-killed by Jinyang Tian....
Of course, it seemed from the current situation, he only guessed half correctly, instant-kill it was, but Jinyang Tian was the one instant-killed!
Black Spade not only didn't die but retaliated against Jinyang Tian, also taking down Yophiel along the way....
Also, don't know where this long-gone Yophiel popped out from again....
But that isn't the most important thing, the most important thing is that Black Spade has astonishingly raised his Ember Stones count to 960, what on earth did he do?
Zong Yue frowned, lost in thought, then mentally asked Lady Mi in a muffled voice: "What shall we do now? Could this affect your plan?"
Lady Mi quietly observed the darkness ahead, chuckling lightly: "It hardly matters seriously, it's rather a good thing. The old man of the Pope praised Black Spade as no simple being, I was skeptical, but now it seems he was right."
Saying so, her gaze returned to the panel's display of her Ember Stones count, red lips curving into an eerie arc: "With this, the game should end early."