Chapter 69: End

This page was incredibly powerful. Even though it was just a fragment, it was already of Dark Gold Quality. Every attribute it had was extraordinary.

It increased ten attribute points for each star level raised. Xu Feng was now at the Two Star Peak level. After rising to Nine Stars, he could gain seventy Free Attribute Points. Although it was not as exaggerated as his own SSS-grade talent, those seventy Free Attribute Points were enough to create a significant gap between him and most people at the same level.

With the additional judgments, increased Health Points, increased defense, and seventy Free Attribute Points, Xu Feng’s overall abilities underwent a qualitative leap.

In addition to these, there were two skills. The Insight Skill could not only observe enemy information but also identify equipment attributes.

Anyone who had played online games knew that some high-level equipment required identification. The quality of the identification skill often determined whether the full potential of the advanced equipment could be unlocked. Some people with low-level identification skills, when acquiring good equipment, would either fail to identify it or only identify part of its attributes, causing these top-tier items to be wasted.

Xu Feng had heard of the Absolute Defense skill in his previous life. This skill was known as the Mage killer. In his previous life, a video had circulated showing a Warrior facing dozens of spell-attackers from an enemy guild. The Warrior actually withstood the enemy’s storm-like attacks, charged into the spell-attackers’ formation, and slaughtered them all, killing dozens of spell-attackers while receiving very little damage himself.

Xu Feng guessed that the person at that time might have had a similar skill, or perhaps that person possessed the same “Page of Protection” he now held.

The Absolute Defense skill had a cooldown time of twenty-four hours, which meant it could only be used once a day. It could only be used as a trump card at critical moments.

Xu Feng treasured the “Page of Protection” and kept it close to his body. This item could be stored in a Virtual Backpack but could not be placed in a Storage Ring. Since Xu Feng did not have a Virtual Backpack at the moment, he could only keep it on his person.

After storing the page, Xu Feng’s attributes improved significantly. This page, whether in his previous life or this one, was the most precious piece of equipment Xu Feng had ever owned, and he needed to take good care of it. If he died, this valuable page would drop and could be picked up by someone else.

Since there was a Page of Protection, there must be other page fragments. Xu Feng secretly made up his mind to collect all the other pages. By then, these fragments might combine into a single item, and the level and attributes of that item would surely be incredibly powerful.

Xu Feng let out a long breath and stayed quietly inside the dilapidated house, listening to the earth-shaking roars and sounds of battle outside.

These people and monsters were all drawn by the sudden burst of golden light from the page. Such a dazzling golden light in the darkness was as brilliant as fireworks. An item capable of emitting such light had to be top-tier equipment. Both Earth’s Chosen and monsters craved increased strength, especially in this town of slaughter.

It was not until the horizon began to brighten at dawn that the sounds of battle gradually subsided.

“After this battle, there must be very few monsters left in the town,” Xu Feng thought to himself.

Such loud noises must have alerted all the monsters. Originally, it would have taken several more days of fighting to completely clear the town of monsters, but after one night of intense battle, that time would likely be greatly shortened.

“However, the teams that stayed in the town last night probably suffered heavy casualties.”

Men die for wealth, birds die for food. For a piece of top-tier equipment, even at the cost of their lives, people would not regret it. If Xu Feng had not obtained the page and saw such a dazzling golden light suddenly appear in the darkness, he would surely have been tempted to investigate. Once he approached that small courtyard, he would undoubtedly be noticed by the monsters rushing to the scene, and escaping unscathed would have been mere wishful thinking.

Unless, like Xu Feng, he left before the monsters arrived.

In the morning, sporadic sounds of battle could still be heard in the town, but compared to the previous day, the number of fights was pitifully few.

Soon, Xu Feng heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from the town. Looking out the window, he saw rows of soldiers in military uniforms, holding cold weapons, entering the town.

The casualties among the monsters last night were too high, leaving only a few stragglers. The military from the Linhai area began to advance into the town for a detailed investigation.

Naturally, as the cannon fodder vanguard, the bounty squads that had accepted the mission could end their tasks early.

This outcome brought both joy and sorrow to these squads. Some squads that had suffered heavy losses and earned few Points were naturally left with nothing, while others had profited greatly and were more than happy for the mission to end early.

Xu Feng was also too lazy to continue going out to hunt monsters like searching for a needle in a haystack. There was also the risk of unnecessary conflicts with the soldiers. So, he stayed quietly in the small room. He had not slept all night, and this was a good time to rest.

After more than an hour, a sharp sound suddenly echoed through the town.

“Woo-woo~~”

A sound similar to an air raid siren echoed over the town, and at the same time, a deep voice broadcast through a loudspeaker resounded throughout the town.

“The mission to clear the monsters in Xinfu Village has ended. All bounty squads still in the town, please proceed to the town exit immediately!”

The broadcast repeated three times before the piercing air raid siren finally stopped.

“It’s finally over. The rumors I heard in my previous life were half true and half false. Fortunately, that monster was relatively friendly and only asked a question. Otherwise, I might have lost my life in this town,” Xu Feng thought with lingering fear.

However, overall, this trip to the town had been quite fruitful. Not only had he hunted many Two-Star Insect Crystals and collected materials from many Two-Star monsters, but most importantly, Xu Feng had obtained the “Page of Protection.”

Since it was a fragment, there must be other fragments. Xu Feng was filled with anticipation for the Book of the Universe mentioned in the page’s description.

After packing up briefly, Xu Feng left the small room and hurried toward the town exit.

At the town exit, squads slowly emerged. These people came in twos and threes, almost everyone stained with blood, their faces showing exhaustion and fear.

Among them, some were even disabled, being carried or supported by their teammates as they made their way out.