Episode 217

Level C Challenge “Dragon” completed perfectly: 3000 points

Number of Surviving Team Members: 4, 400 points

Participation and Extent of Contribution: A+, 1000 points

Completed Optional Quest to Destroy Entire Draconic Race: 1000 points

Points Received: 5400

Total Points: 5500

Su Jin gave a pleased nod when he saw the calculations inside his Handbook. He was sure that he’d complete the Challenge perfectly. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have put in so much effort to ignite a fight among the dragons.

He looked through the list of items offered carefully. Equipment wasn’t his first choice, since one had to choose to use them extremely cautiously with these new rules in place. For Su Jin, the Boning Knife, the Gift from the Gods, the Demon Lord’s Longbow, Black Fire, and White Ash were the items he used the most. Most of them were meant for attacking an opponent, and the only defense item he had was the Gift from the Gods. Then again, Su Jin’s physical body was already extremely strong. With the addition of the Stellar Streams Heavy Armor, he didn’t really need such a good defense item anymore.

“If only I could get more defense items that could defend me against the supernatural,” murmured Su Jin to himself. But such items were very rare to begin with, which was why he was so surprised when he saw Wu Chen give Zhou Xinyu such an item.

There were actually two items in the catalog that could defend one against the supernatural, but the price for these items were jaw dropping. The cheaper one already needed 3,000 points, which was enough to exchange for a Spirit Power weapon.

In the end, Su Jin decided against exchanging his points for either of these. He glanced at the Lucky Draw Bags and was unable to resist the temptation yet again. He used 1,400 points to exchange for them, and sadly, he was still unable to escape disappointment.

Out of the 14 Lucky Draw Bags, he ended up with 12 that just contained a note to thank him for trying. Only two of them actually contained something.

“An All Purpose Healing Pill.” Su Jin’s lips twitched in annoyance. He had just given his last one to Zhou Xinyu and another box of it appeared in this bag. Just like the last box he had, there were a total of three pills inside.

At the same time, he wasn’t too upset about it, since this item was quite rare. He had gone through several Challenges now, but it had only appeared in his catalog once. To be able to get one of these in one out of 14 Lucky Draw Bags was considered enough for him to break even.

But the other item really left him speechless. It was a priceless painting – the Mona Lisa.

The writeup on the item was very simple as well: A priceless piece of art and one of the best art pieces in human history! It seems this one is genuine!

Su Jin sighed heavily as he looked at the painting. This was completely useless to him. Even if it were really the genuine Mona Lisa, he couldn’t possibly exchange this for money. He couldn’t possibly let this surface in the real world.

He put away the All Purpose Pill and the Mona Lisa, then proceeded to the team’s Hell Domain. The other three were already there. They stood up and walked over when they saw him enter the place.

“Challenge completed perfectly! That’s amazing!” Wu Chen immediately gave Su Jin a compliment with a smile. “I’ve gone through so many Challenges and I’ve only managed to complete one Level D Challenge perfectly. And that was possible only because I had met a really incredible strategist. I didn’t expect to complete a Level C Challenge perfectly not long after joining the team.”

Kano Mai smiled and said, “Our team leader is a really incredible strategist!”

Su Jin quickly interjected, “Don’t be in such a hurry to compliment me. Actually, this Challenge wasn’t that difficult to begin with. The way to completing this Challenge had some overlaps with the optional quest, so you can say we had a lucky streak!”

“Don’t you think you’re being a little too modest?” said Kano Mai with a laugh.

But Su Jin responded solemnly, “I’m really not being modest. I suppose the Handbook was trying to help everyone get used to the changes in future Challenges, so I think many others would be able to complete their Challenges perfectly too.”

The other three felt that he really wasn’t just trying to be modest after he had responded so solemnly. After giving it some thought, Wu Chen said, “Are you saying that… this Challenge isn’t difficult enough?”

“Of course there’s some level of difficulty, but the entire process seems to have been laid out in front of us, including how I found out the difference between natural dragons and humans turned dragons, how a fight among the dragons started… Fabian’s appearance looked pre-arranged even. I felt like I was playing a first person shooter with an NPC specially designed to help us. We just needed to follow the system’s instructions,” said Su Jin with a glum face.

The other three were a little stunned. Wu Chen smiled bitterly and said, “Jin, could you… could you not make it sound like it was so obvious? We didn’t notice any of this at all.”

Su Jin blinked in surprise and burst out laughing when he saw the annoyed looks on his teammates’ faces. “I can’t blame you guys. You guys aren’t in charge of strategizing, so it’s alright if you didn’t notice this. But if I failed to notice this despite being the team’s strategist, I would have failed at my job as well.”

Kano Mai suddenly piped up, “Jin, if… I’m just putting this out there… if there’s anything we could help with, could you tell us directly?”

“Huh? What’s wrong?” Su Jin didn’t understand what Kano Mai was trying to say.

“I know what Mai is trying to say. Going through a Challenge with you is a worry-free experience, but it also makes us feel… somewhat useless. It’s comfortable to live without having to think about how to survive, but give us something to do whenever possible, will you?” said Wu Chen with a smile.

Su Jin didn’t realize that his actions would make the rest feel this way. He smacked his forehead after thinking about the way he behaved during Challenges.

“I’m so sorry! I didn’t consider this part! It’s true that I shouldn’t be the one deciding on everything. We’re a team, so we ought to play our part and work hard together,” said Su Jin very seriously.

Before this, he had already thought about how he had to have a team of very formidable members because he had to fight Shen Wu in the future. But once a Challenge started, he subconsciously started to take on every responsibility. While this didn’t really matter in low level Challenges, such behavior would end up killing the rest if they ran into another high level Challenge like All Have Sinned.

It was true that doing everything himself could help his team to get through a Challenge safely. But if they were faced with a situation where Su Jin was unable to resolve it by himself, his teammates might end up being at a loss because they didn’t have any experience in handling crises. That would most certainly get all of them killed.

The other three all laughed merrily after getting Su Jin to promise to include them. They weren’t being cheeky – they knew deep down that as a team, they had to use their abilities to their fullest potential. That would make the team complete and truly formidable.

They then turned their attention to the item catalog in the Team Hell Domain. As they slowly flipped through the catalog, Wu Chen suddenly gasped and stared at one of the items in disbelief.

“The Heart of a Traveler!” Wu Chen’s eyes were round and wide, as though he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.