The Great Thief - Chapter 225

Chapter 225
What happened to Buggy was only an accident, so Lu Li didn’t take the incident to heart .


The only reason he had lent money in the first place was because of Aunty Niu . Even until her very last moment, the kind, old woman was still hoping for her son to repent and start again .
There was nothing wrong with playing games, especially when the government was promoting them . At the very least, playing games was preferable to becoming a gangster .
At the same time, Lu Li wasn’t worried about not being able to get his money back . Buggy was a man with great abilities and if it wasn’t for the fact that he strongly upheld his principles, he would have already become a real gang leader .
Although he only had a small crowd that couldn’t compare to the other average guilds, they were much more united .
Like Lu Li, these people who started from the bottom all had some sort of tenacity . They could withstand loneliness, endure through bitter pain and were all suited to playing games .
He only made Buggy remain under his command in order to annoy the man .
The next day, when Lu Li logged on, the weather was nice and sunny in Astrana .
Many people were still discussing the defense of Meisnera on the streets outside the inns . Of course, even more people were talking about Sorrowless and the mysterious player who had assassinated him .
Lu Li stopped by the mailbox outside of the inn .
Inside the first package was a Jade Statue, sent by Hornet’s Nest, alongside another 28 Starwood .
There were another 76 of them in another package, sent over by Jade Flower Lover from the Blood Red War Flag .
On top of the $500,000 transferred to Lu Li in the real world, these were the total gains he had made from yesterday .
He had forgone his chance to level up and receive precious skill points in exchange for these gains .


Azure Sea Breeze and the others had all received a skill point, which compared to EXP, were much more desirable . Skill points were something that one could only hope to come across with luck . If Lu Li was given another chance to choose, he was honestly not sure if he would insist on staying to level up .
Lu Li shook away his pointless thoughts and set his attention on the materials that he had finally managed to acquire .
It was hard for him not to look back and sigh . He had spent one month to achieve what Azure Sea Breeze could not achieve in two years – to acquire all the materials for upgrading the Supreme Ring to LV3 .
Lu Li had no clue about the statistics of the Supreme Ring after the upgrade, but that wasn’t a big issue . He only needed to know the location to upgrade the ring .
This information was all given to him by Azure Sea Breeze during the past life . Azure Sea Breeze had spent a great deal of time to gather this information, but in the end, it was Lu Li who ended up up using it .
Since they had all spent too much time online yesterday, the two high school students from the Xin Xin Mercenary Group were still catching up on sleep . The others also wanted to take a good rest as well . It was still six hours away from twelve o’clock, the time that everyone had agreed to come online and run through the dungeons .
There was probably enough time to upgrade the ring .
After teleporting to Booty Bay, Lu Li spent another half an hour sailing on a boat before he arrived at the The Vile Reef .
The Great Sea was only a little further ahead .
There were some who claimed that you would be able to reach Kalimdor, the other continent of Azeroth, if you travelled across The Great Sea . Rumor had it that great wealth was hidden in the depths of the Sea, and some also believed that the big whirlpool within it would take you to another world .
However, there was no proof to prove these legends as true . Those who dared to adventure deep into The Great Sea for evidence had never returned .
To be fair, there was no need to try at all . Teleportation channels had connected the two continents since ancient times, so there was absolutely no need for anyone to explore the depths of The Great Sea .
Lu Li had no interest in investigating these sorts of things either; he was only here to travel to the desert island near the coastline of The Vile Reef .


It was much more dangerous to travel to his destination by swimming – the monsters underwater were not only a high-level, but also come in great numbers .
Fortunately, he could fly, courtesy of Mr . Medivh .

Lu Li had already passed on his Bloodstained Badge, which was also given to him by Medivh, to Azure Sea Breeze .
After upgrading his crow transformation to LV2, the damage that he received was almost negligible . As well as this, he could also travel at a faster speed .
However, after Lu Li got closer to the island, he didn’t dare to act presumptuously anymore . These ferocious seabirds were extremely xenophobic and would attack anything that looked different to them .
Lu Li cursed under his breath as he landed on a surrounding reef and cancelled his crow transformation .
Even before he had the chance to jump off the reef, a tentacle emerged from the water and launched towards his chest .
Despite being caught by surprise, Lu Li still reacted in time with a successful block .
-126!
Unsuccessful with its first attempt, the tentacle struck again .
Lu Li could now finally see what had attacked him .
Squid?
It was a squid indeed . After Lu Li dodged another attack, even more tentacles emerged from the sea and shot forwards in a flurry towards him .
This would be a frightening and suffocating situation to be in for anyone .
Fortunately, a strong mentality has always been Lu Li’s greatest asset . Leisurely drawing back his dagger, he jumped and escaped .
Seal transformation!
His Seal transformation had become much stronger after also being upgraded to LV2 .
Firstly, the LV1 seal transformation provided no Armor, and was therefore unable to absorb any damage . The LV2 transformation came with Armor that was equivalent to 50% of Lu Li’s Armor from his gear . Normal attacks would no longer kill him instantly .
Secondly, the LV2 seal transformation allowed him to stay underwater without time restriction .
Last of all, swimming speed was also greatly increased . Lu Li was small, but agile, and although the squid chased him relentlessly, it was still unable to catch him through the reefs .
This place was too close to the shore, and it had no intention of going on land .
Even though Lu Li had set foot on solid ground, he didn’t feel safe at all .
A few Murlocs beside the campfire started charging towards him with their harpoons after they noticed him . They were chanting things that he couldn’t understand, but one thing was certain – they definitely weren’t trying to be friendly .
The Murlocs were all LV25 elite monsters .
Their attacks would often cause attribute-decreasing debuffs, making them even more troublesome for thieves .
Killing them was quite hard for Lu Li, but fortunately, he was equipped with extremely good gear and was only two levels lower than them . He would be fine as long as he didn’t aggravate too many monsters .
Murlocs had been around Azeroth for a long time . They had a strong belief in the Water Lord - Tidehunter Neptulon and could can be considered as the rulers of the seas from the past .
After the appearance of Nagas, the Murlocs fell from their dictating position .
Murlocs were intelligent beings, often cooking a great variety of food . There would be a pot on top of almost all of their campfires .
However, Lu Li wouldn’t ever dare touch their food, especially after the time when he looted a particular recipe of theirs .
The title of the cooking recipe was “Barbecue Murlocs” and it had the following description: “After I completed a quest for the Murlocs, one of the Murloc Elders gave me a book as his token of gratitude . It was a book about how to cook the best Murloc dishes . ”
Lu Li was bewildered by the recipe that he had looted .
The Murloc Elder must have been insane to give out a recipe book on how to barbecue his own kind .
Lu Li appreciated this joke – it was hard to not be impressed by the staff members who wrote the lore .
However, even if the dish was capable of removing the hungry status from a character, and gave a short buff of +5 to all attributes, Lu Li was determined to not touch the recipe .
He ended up placing the recipe on auction at a high price . Perhaps there would be a player out there who was into this sort of thing .
After two hours of tough battle, he finally made it into the depths of the island .
The Altar of Tides – what Lu Li was searching for had finally come within eyesight .