As soon as Shi Feng entered the library, he felt as if he had just stepped into a different world .
The library didn't contain any books whatsoever . Instead, the hall included a starry sky and organized shrubbery . Creeks and bridges snaked through the main hall . From time to time, one caught sight of glittering, translucent balls of water rising from the creeks before they dispersed into tiny drops .
All of these creeks originated from a single location, the massive water ball hovering in the center of the hall .
Not even Star-Moon City's library was this beautiful .
What an amazing library . It's fully automated with the use of magic water balls . The Mana density is double that of outside . If players could practice their Spells in here, their learning efficiency would double, maybe triple . Shi Feng could not help his surprise when he sensed the building's Mana .
However, Shi Feng was surprised to see only a few magical-class players in the library . At a glance, he only counted two to three hundred players . It was an abnormally small number for a library .
What he didn't know was that one had to become a Baron before they could enter Cold Wind City's library .
If not for Shi Feng's the Demon Hunter title, the Level 180 NPC guards at the entrance would've chased him away .
He didn't give the matter too much thought, though . He approached the central water ball and began to search for information on the Eternal Ice Crystals .
It was far more convenient to search through the magic water ball than it would be to leaf through numerous books .
There sure is a lot of information here . Shi Feng was astonished when his search for the Eternal Ice Crystal came back with over a hundred results .
Normally, he'd be lucky if he got ten or so results for a particular search . Fortunately, it was usually enough information to find the item they wanted, yet hundreds of entries mentioned the Eternal Ice Crystals . This almost guaranteed that he could find the crystals' location .
Following which, Shi Feng browsed through the information .
How is this possible?! What Shi Feng found shocked him .
The Eternal Ice Crystal was actually a Mana Crystal . Only, due to the Ice Crystal World's influence, the power of frost tainted these Mana Crystals, transforming them into Eternal Ice Crystals . These crystals could be found in the Ice Crystal World's various forbidden lands, but only Great Lord ranked Bosses and above had a chance of dropping them .
Unfortunately, these Bosses wouldn't drop complete Eternal Ice Crystals . Rather, they had a very low chance of dropping Ice Crystal Fragments . One had a 50% chance of successfully synthesizing ten Ice Crystal Fragments into one completely Eternal Ice Crystal .
No wonder she gave me a month for this quest . It's certainly not going to be easy . Shi Feng frowned . Although the Snow Rift was a forbidden land, it didn't have many Field Bosses . Considering the low drop-rate and the 50% success rate, it would take a long time to obtain one Eternal Ice Crystal, much less ten . I guess I need to hurry .
Now that he knew that Eternal Ice Crystals were actually Mana Crystals, he had even more reason to obtain them . He also needed Mana Crystals to evolve the Abyssal Blade .
Although the Tier 1 Abyssal Blade was plenty powerful, particularly when it came to compatibility rate, its Basic Attributes weren't quite on the level of top-tier Epic Weapons .
He wanted to evolve the Abyssal Blade, but he hadn't found any Mana Crystals, so he had been forced to set the matter aside for some time .
If he could evolve the Abyssal Blade once more, he'd be more confident of defeating the Ancient Shrine's Guardian Boss .
Armed with this new information, Shi Feng was glad he had decided to establish an adventurer team in Cold Wind City . He wouldn't have had any hope of collecting enough Eternal Ice Crystals in time if he were alone .
Following which, Shi Feng left the library and hurried towards Asura's Residence .
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Shortly after the Asura adventurer team had published the new benefits, the crowd outside the team's Residence went into an uproar .
"What?! Members can trade Contribution Points for combat techniques?!"
"Asura is actually willing to teach combat techniques! Not even the city's two large Guilds offer that benefit!"
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Although Cold Wind City had many experts, only a handful had learned combat techniques . These experts treated these techniques like family heirlooms, refusing to teach any outsider .
But the general public knew how powerful combat techniques were . A player with a combat technique could easily defeat one without .
Moreover, unlike Skills and Spells, players could improve their combat standards while they learned a technique . This was yet another reason that experts refused to teach others their techniques . They adamantly refused all sorts of payment for the training .
Yet, the Asura adventurer team wanted to teach its members various combat techniques . The news stunned countless players .
None of them doubted the validity of Asura's offer . As Cold Wind City's number one expert, Shi Feng certainly knew many combat techniques . There wasn't anything surprising about him teaching his members one or two of these techniques . Moreover, the more powerful an expert was, the more they would value their promises .
After a short moment, players crowded the previously empty registration area .
The crowd even included players who had yet to reach the Trial Tower's fourth floor . These players begged Solitary Nine to give them a chance and let them become reserve members .
For a time, Solitary Nine and the other players manning the registration area were incredibly busy . More players had come to apply than they had expected . Even fifth-floor experts were rushing to put in their applications . Among these experts, many had been main force members from well-known adventurer teams or experts from the two large Guilds .
In less than 30 minutes, Asura had over 100 official members and 500 reserve members .
Unfortunately, Solitary Nine rejected every player who hadn't yet reached the Trial Tower's fourth floor, telling these players to return after they did so .
News of the Asura adventurer team's offer to teach its members combat techniques quickly spread throughout the city . It became a hot topic among these players, and many expressed their intention to join the organization .
The city's two large Guilds suffered headaches because of this . They had planned to ridicule Asura for its high recruitment requirements, but now, they were only frustrated over the new adventurer team . If Asura gathered enough experts and taught them combat techniques, there was no doubt that the adventurer team would become Cold Wind City's overlord…
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"Guild Leader, I've notified Hecate . However, more than 500 players have already joined Asura . At this rate, Asura will rule the city long before Hecate opens a path to Cold Wind City," Feather Wind said, shocked as he overlooked the statistics he had recently received .
"This won't do . Go and… No… We'll go and find Wave Heart . Even if we have to pay a high price, we have to form an alliance with the adventurer team and convince them to deal with Asura," Thundering Sky said as he stood .
He had hoped to avoid allying with Wave Heart to deal with Asura, but it'd be enough if the adventurer team helped Matchless Family survive until Hecate arrived .
"Guild Leader, a report just came in . Wave Heart's Lifeless Thorn has led a team to Asura's Residence . By the looks of it, Lifeless Thorn plans to take action," Feather Wind said, smiling coldly at the latest report .
Lifeless Thorn was a battle maniac . Since his debut in Cold Wind City, not a single expert he had challenged had lasted more than five moves . Eventually, he had become Cold Wind City's publicly acknowledged, number one expert . Not even the city's main Guilds could do anything against the man and were forced to ignore his existence .
"He's making a move?" Thundering Sky could not help but laugh . "This is going to be interesting . Let's go . We're heading to the Residence to watch this play out . "
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