Chapter 498: Chapter 498

Desert Curved Blade: Sharpness 23, prevents wounds from healing. (Light Green)

When Du You opened the only green orb, it revealed a large curved blade, similar to the ones used by the third-tier Quicksand Soldiers. This large blade would be best suited for someone at least 2 meters tall.

Regrettably, the value of this item is not very high, judging by its ordinary description, it doesn’t seem to rank high among third-tier weapons.

But having a full set of equipment is rare since the drop rate is not high, many people can’t complete a set. Many others use ordinary equipment acquired from the Other World and then spend a lot of money to have it authenticated.

However, the authenticated items’ quality is often inconsistent, and the additional effects are often lacking.

Therefore, the value of this Desert Curved Blade should still be somewhat significant.

Du You continued to open the orbs. There were not many left, but all of them contained higher-end treasures. The items left behind by the 20th level Sandpeople were particularly exciting.

Among the items left behind by the three Quicksand Soldiers, Du You only found two that caught his eye.

Vajra Bracelet: Defense 19, magic resistance 13, reduces damage from ranged attacks by 11 (Dark Red)

Quicksand Gourd: Automatically forms a quicksand shield to protect against attacks, strength 20 (Dark Red)

Those two are passive defense-boosting equipment. Even though Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi are Archers, and these items don’t entirely match their roles, Du You still gave these items to the two of them.

Lin Yucha was given the Quicksand Gourd, its strong defense is impressive, but the downside is that it can’t provide comprehensive protection, it can only automatically resist attacks from one direction. As a long-range Archer, Lin Yucha rarely faces attacks, but when it happens, it’s often highly lethal, making this item ideal for her.

On the other hand, Lin Yushi often leads the charge as a combat Archer, so using the Vajra Bracelet to increase her overall defense is optimal.

Of course, it would be even better if they didn’t get attacked at all. Take this time, for instance, even though Lin Yushi was careful, she was still attacked. If her equipment hadn’t been adequate, she would have been injured.

As for the Fine Steel Bracelet that Lin Yushi originally had, it was taken off. This item was only of white quality, and its selling price wouldn’t be that high.

Thus, Du You tossed Fine Steel Bracelet to Shaliya. It should at least add some protection for the territory manager on his own side.

When he opened the orb of the 20th-level Quicksand Priest, Du You found a skill inside.

Star Guardian: Priest skill, summons a mass of stars to protect the body, lasts for 3 seconds. (Level 1, 8 stars)

"It’s a powerful defensive skill, seems to be quite formidable. Why didn’t I see this guy use it before? Never mind, I am in need of new defensive skills; it fits the bill."

Du You has already decided to improve the Star Guardian to become his own skill. Although it may cost quite a few red crystal coins to reform a Priest skill into a Spell, given his current financial status, he didn’t care about the expense. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel※fire.net

Du You has no other option; the improvement of skills can only cost Crystal Coins equivalent to his current level.

Even though he has quite a few white crystal coins specific to him, there are still limitations in enhancing skills and self-improvement. After reaching his Hunter tier, even if he obtains white crystal coins exclusive to himself, they essentially have little use.

After all the orbs were opened, Du You suddenly realized there was an item flashing on his character interface. "This is odd, what’s going on here? Wait a minute, there should be a reward for completing the territory construction, why isn’t it mentioned in the booklet?"

Du You felt the truth of relying too much on the books bring inefficiency. He can’t always believe what others have written.

He just found out about the reward for successful territory construction for the first time.

Behind the panel, a shimmering box was reminding Du You to open it.

Opening the box, a piece of paper suddenly jumped out.

Light Recovery Potion (Potion Recipe): Slightly restores Magic Power and Dou Qi.

This was definitely a gift for him; his Potion Factory was about to be completed, and he was still lacking in potions. Even though it was only a first-tier potion, most of his soldiers were also at the first-tier.

Also, in a place where healing potions were scarce, even second-tier individuals would occasionally use a first-tier potion for recovery. Many times, being able to restore enough Magic Power and Dou Qi to use a skill can change the outcome of a battle.

Du You continued to open the box, and another blueprint appeared.

Food Processing Plant: Processes food into finished products, increases food usage efficiency, and can be sold to outsiders. Requires a food production type building. (20/20)

Du You didn’t fully understand, but the food production type building it mentioned, could it be referring to his own farm?

The farm produces enough food for ten thousand people, but the food produced by the farm cannot be taken out. If the number of people is less than 10,000, the excess is lost. If there were a Food Processing Plant, it should be able to process the food into tangible goods.

If it is indeed so, maybe he could trade the food. After all, every other territory and even White Stone City nearby were actually in need of food. Though it may not seem so apparent, a large portion of the food within White Stone City relies on supplies from the rear, or else many people would starve.

The box had yet to disappear. As Du You continued to rummage through it, another blueprint appeared.

"What is happening? All of them are blueprints. Could the final reward for territory construction be all related to the territory?"

Du You was a bit puzzled, but the last blueprint made Du You very excited. Because this was the rare blueprint of a defensive building — a function building.

Arrow Tower Blueprint (Permanent): Height four meters, attack range one hundred meters, attack interval one second.

"Why did it come now of all times?" Du You was a bit disappointed. If he’d had this blueprint earlier, defending during a siege would have been much easier. But thinking again, Du You gave up on the thought.

Because even if he had it earlier, facing a third-tier Quicksand Soldier or the Sand Dune Monster wouldn’t have made any difference due to the range limitation. However, it wasn’t too late now. As long as he built numerous Arrow Towers on his territory, there would be no problem with the territory’s defense.

Even if a second-tier creature or Sandpeople wanted to approach his territory under the dense attacks of the Arrow Towers, it wouldn’t be easy.

And what’s more, Arrow Towers can attack flying units, which solves the problem of the lack of air defenses in his territory. Even second-tier Sand Sculptures with weak defenses would know better than to invade his airspace under the intensive attacks of numerous Arrow Towers.