Ye Yun tried to buy a Water Repelling Pill from the shop and found that his wealth column in his inventory had increased by 2 billion gold coins. This meant that Ye Yun could earn a 20% profit or commission from the items sold in the shop.
Seeing this, Ye Yun immediately upgraded the shop to level two without a second thought. The quantity of consumables like Water Repelling Pills for sale increased from 100 to 500.
This was an exorbitant profit! Damn it, 'Heavenly Dao' had already made him strip the players on the New Mortal Continent of their wealth, and now it gave him a massive basin to collect blood. Although it felt a bit inhumane, it felt incredibly exhilarating!
As long as he secured Cloud Sky City and this Dragon Palace territory, his earning speed would multiply exponentially!
While browsing the shop's myriad of consumables, Ye Yun happily daydreamed about becoming the richest man in the Ten Directions Universe.
Hmm? Premium Grain Pills? One spirit stone each?
Ye Yun's eyes narrowed as he stared intently at the pill emitting a faint green light.
It was just a bit too expensive! For one hundred billion gold coins, Ye Yun could refine no less than a hundred Premium Grain Pills by acquiring medicinal materials, let alone ordinary ones.
However, Ye Yun also knew that he couldn't calculate it this way. After all, with a global population of twenty billion, the supply of nutrient solutions couldn't even satisfy one ten-thousandth of the population. Therefore, Grain Pills were bound to become the mainstream pursuit of players on the entire Blue Star!
Ye Yun could still acquire them at a low price on Blue Star now, but once alchemists on Blue Star emerged, the price of these medicinal materials would be ten to a hundred times more expensive than they were now! Just like how Ye Yun acquired medicinal materials on the New Mortal Continent! He had to speed up the acquisition of medicinal materials on Blue Star, otherwise, if no one harvested them, they would be refreshed by 'Heavenly Dao', and it would be a waste!
"You guys stay here for now. I'll go out and try it." Ye Yun bought ten Water Repelling Pills and a Return Scroll, then looked at Liu Sao, who was looking heartbroken, and his dozens of tribesmen. He then tossed a few Water Repelling Pills to Black Ant and walked into the teleportation array.
The effect of the Water Repelling Pill was different from the Water Repelling Pearl. The Water Repelling Pill merely allowed players to move freely underwater like aquatic creatures, rather than forming a protective shield on their surface.
"System prompt: Player has entered an aquatic environment. Affected by player's profession, race, and long-term living environment, all player attributes are reduced by 50%, and attack speed is reduced by 60%."
As soon as he entered the sea, he received a system prompt. Simultaneously, a 30-minute countdown appeared above Ye Yun's head.
"This reduction is enough for the players on the New Mortal Continent!"
A 50% reduction, coupled with the fact that the ferocious beasts in the sea were all high-level, with the current strength of players on the New Mortal Continent, 90% of ordinary players in a five-person team would be wiped out by these high-level ferocious beasts here.
Roar...
A giant tiger shark saw Ye Yun and Black Ant and suddenly let out a roar filled with surprise. It vigorously swung its tail, creating a surge of water, and rapidly approached Ye Yun.
Before Ye Yun could react, Black Ant on the side charged out and engaged the tiger shark ferocious beast head-on!
Bang...
In the water, the muffled sound of the fierce collision was much quieter, but it was more unsettling. The surging water almost capsized Ye Yun, who hadn't adapted yet.
"System prompt: Congratulations to the player for killing the Level 8 ferocious beast 'Tiger Emperor Shark', obtaining 895.3 billion experience points, 8 Sea Palace Pearls, 1 Tiger Head Shoe Fragment, and 128 Spirit Stones."
What the hell, Sea Palace Pearls, and eight of them at once! This was clearly meant to help his Dragon Palace expand further!
Ye Yun's passion instantly ignited. He led Black Ant and began hunting ferocious beasts in the sea. Unfortunately, both movement speed and attack speed were greatly reduced in the water. In half an hour, he only managed to kill over a dozen ferocious beasts.
And this was because some ferocious beasts automatically charged at Ye Yun after discovering him. One had to know that these creatures' perception in the water far exceeded that of Ye Yun and the others. This was their home turf!
"Little Black, let's go! How long will it take to kill monsters like this!" Ye Yun waved his hand. He had just tried using the skill 'Fire Refines the World', but unfortunately, this skill, which covered the entire New Mortal Continent, only stirred up a few meters of sparks in the sea.
Here, many of Ye Yun's skills were greatly discounted, making it extremely difficult for him, who was accustomed to crowd control, to kill monsters.
After using the Return Scroll, Ye Yun returned to the Dragon Palace territory. At this moment, Liu Sao and his tribesmen were nowhere to be found, likely having gone out to hunt ferocious beasts.
Shua...
A silhouette emerged from the altar. It was a member of the Sand Flow tribe.
"What the heck, dying directly causes a level loss, and it even deducts the attributes I've already added. Is this how you want to play with me!" The tribesman grumbled as he walked out. Seeing Ye Yun, he was stunned.
"Master!"
He was one of the earliest to join Ye Yun under Liu Sao's leadership, so he called Ye Yun master along with Liu Sao.
"What? Dying causes a level loss? And it deducts the attribute points you gained from leveling up?"
"Yes, Master. This game is such a scam!..." the player couldn't help but complain.
It seemed that for these players who came from the Sea of Bitterness, the penalty for dying again was quite severe!
"Alright, risk and reward are proportional." Ye Yun patted his shoulder, then walked into his Dragon Palace mansion and began inviting the players from the Seven Tribes who were trapped in the Sea of Bitterness one by one.
The territory could now accommodate 500 players, and there were only a few dozen people at the moment. Ye Yun wouldn't let this slot go to waste!
After a series of operations, the entire territory began to liven up. Unfortunately, the Water Repelling Pills and Return Scrolls in the shop had already been bought out by that fellow Liu Sao.
He kept saying it was expensive, yet he cleared out the entire stock.