Chapter 63
Chapter 63
[Low-Rank Title Scroll] (B Rank)
Description: How can you wander the world without a title of your own?
Item Effect: Randomly grants a B-Rank title. The title is related to the user’s strength, class, skills, Talent, and other factors.
Required Fame: 200
[Mid-Rank Title Scroll] (A Rank)
Description: How can you wander the world without an impressive title of your own?
Item Effect: Randomly grants an A-Rank title.
Required Fame: 1,000
[High-Rank Title Scroll] (S Rank)
Description: Sufficient Fame can bring unexpected benefits.
Item Effect: Randomly grants an S-Rank title.
Required Fame: 3,000
Note: This category of item cannot be enhanced by any means.
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At present, the Fame Shop offered only these three items.
Most players would choose the Low-Rank Title Scroll. After all, obtaining Fame was far more difficult than they had imagined. At minimum, a player needed to place highly in a large event or accomplish a noteworthy achievement.
Hunting Bosses could also grant Fame, but it wasn’t guaranteed.
If an overleveled player relied on overwhelming stats to farm Bronze Bosses, the system wouldn’t acknowledge the accomplishment either.
“High-Rank Title Scroll!”
Zhou Ming naturally intended to exchange for the highest grade available.
Even if SS-Rank titles became available in the future, that wasn’t something he needed to consider now.
The Fame Envoy looked at Zhou Ming in surprise. “I was wondering what adventurer could possibly afford a High-Rank Title Scroll. So it’s you!”
Zhouyou Shijie!
That name had already left a deep impression on the native residents too.
The fact that he had survived this long under the watchful eyes of countless gods and demons was nothing short of a miracle.
[You have spent 3,000 Fame and purchased High-Rank Title Scroll (S Rank)!]
Zhou Ming had 5,340 Fame in total. Even after deducting 3,000, he still had more than enough to meet the requirements of his War Soul equipment.
“A pleasure to meet you!” Zhou Ming nodded in greeting.
“Please, don’t say that!” The Fame Envoy hurriedly waved his hands, visibly frightened. “I wouldn’t dare call it a pleasure. Your situation is far too dangerous. You should worry about your own survival!”
As an ordinary official merely carrying out instructions from above, he wanted neither to offend Zhouyou Shijie nor become friendly with him.
Zhou Ming said nothing more and left the crowd.
“Judging by that man’s attitude, the senior officials are hostile toward you too,” Qianying said. “Even the emperor may be involved.”
The emperor!
Every national region had one such supreme expert.
The emperor might not necessarily be the strongest, but as the center of political power, he possessed a transcendent status and position.
Zhou Ming narrowed his eyes. “He’d better not provoke me. Even if he’s the leader of my own region, I won’t mind killing him!”
The term gods referred to the many god-tier experts.
They stood at the head of countless intertwined powers.
It was entirely possible that the Eastern Region’s emperor had joined forces with them.
“Chirp, chirp!”
Xuanniao stared at its master in surprise.
His words were tyrannical beyond belief.
If he truly accomplished such a thing, the Eastern Region might undergo a change of dynasty.
Riiip!
Right in front of Gaibang Laoer, Zhou Ming tore open the High-Rank Title Scroll.
“Fuck!”
Gaibang Laoer cursed, unable to hide his envy. “An S-Rank title?”
The Gaibang Guild had ample funds and never hesitated to spend money on power, but Fame was simply too difficult to obtain. It couldn’t be bought with cash.
Moreover, anyone purchasing a title still had to leave some Fame in reserve. Otherwise, they might no longer meet their equipment requirements.
At present, Zhouyou Shijie was probably the only player capable of obtaining an S-Rank title.
Whoosh!
A streak of white light appeared and flowed into Zhou Ming’s body, bringing an indescribably wondrous sensation.
[You have used High-Rank Title Scroll (S Rank). The system will randomly generate an S-Rank title based on your overall strength, class, skills, Talent, and other factors. Please wait…]
“What kind of title will it be?” Zhou Ming was filled with anticipation.
His class and Talent were both the very best. Surely the result couldn’t sound worse than Ironblood Warrior.
About ten seconds later, another system chime rang out.
[Congratulations! You have obtained the S-Rank title Flame Venerable!]
The next instant, the title appeared before Zhou Ming’s game ID.
[Flame Venerable ยท Zhouyou Shijie] (Flame Demon Lord)
Level: 50
HP: 93,840
Attack: 4,155-4,304
Defense: 3,850-3,988
Fame: 2,340
Luck: 9 (+30)
Skills: [Warlord] [Dawnbringer] [Rending Slash] [Greater Fireball] [Demonic Flame Armor] [Holy Flame Purification] [Flame Dragon Roar] [Flame Soul Art]
Description: For a ruler of fire who has yet to reach full power, the hardest challenge is staying alive.
[Flame Venerable] (S-Rank Title): HP +100%, Attack +20%.
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Flame Venerable!
It was just a little pretentious!
Zhou Ming was quite satisfied. “My title isn’t bad, right?”
“Hmph!”
The corner of Gaibang Laoer’s eye twitched. “My review? Not as good as Ironblood Warrior!”
“Interesting. Very interesting!”
Zhou Ming burst out laughing.
“What are you laughing at?”
“Nothing. I just thought of something funny.”
Zhou Ming gave him a meaningful look. “Come to think of it, your Talent seems pretty good. You even went out of your way to show it off to me…”
Gaibang Laoda’s Harmony could produce unimaginable effects in a group battle. But next, Zhou Ming had to fight the God-Demon Orb’s previous successor one-on-one. He couldn’t simply kite the opponent indefinitely. Gaibang Laoer’s Last Stand was clearly much more useful.
“Fuck! Don’t do anything crazy!”
Gaibang Laoer paled in fright, turned, and fled.
Unfortunately, no matter how fast he ran, he couldn’t escape Sovereign’s Descent’s copying effect.
[You have used Sovereign’s Descent, successfully copying Gaibang Laoer’s Talent Last Stand and raising its rank by 1!]
[Your Talent has transformed into Overlord (SS Rank)!]
[Overlord] (SS-Rank Talent): The lower your HP, the more damage you deal, up to a maximum increase of 200%.
In an evenly matched battle, this was unquestionably a divine skill for reversing defeat.
Afterward, Zhou Ming visited the apothecary and bought medicine called Healing Powder. Once he had prepared everything he could, he headed toward the coordinates indicated by the quest.
He arrived in an abandoned mountain range and confirmed that the coordinates nearly overlapped his position. “It should be below me!”
With that thought, he directly used Dawnbringer to violently reshape the terrain.
BOOM!
Rocks collapsed in an instant, revealing a hollow space below.
[You have discovered the hidden map Mountain Passage!]
Zhou Ming jumped into the passage and cautiously explored deeper.
At first, it was so narrow that only one person could pass.
After traveling another few dozen paces, the space abruptly opened into a room.
There were no tables or chairs. A decayed skeleton lay at the center, its clothes reduced to tatters. Only the boots remained intact, glowing with green light as though they had resisted the ravages of time.
Whoosh!
As if sensing Zhou Ming’s arrival, a wisp of remnant soul rose from the skeleton.
“Qianying. It’s been a long time.”
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