Chapter 230 Special Item Summoning Card, Trying to Outsmart Me?

Gai Qian gritted her teeth, her illusory fingers tracing through the void.

Clatter.

A pile of items appeared out of thin air on the open space of the corridor.

Most of them were Soul Stones, hundreds of them, emitting a faint, eerie aura.

The rest were various strange and peculiar materials, mostly of Rare quality, occasionally mixed with one or two Perfect quality materials.

Su Ze swept a glance over the scrap metal on the ground, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although the quantity was not small and the quality was not low, it was all just raw materials.

This made Su Ze somewhat displeased.

"Is this it?" His tone carried undisguised disdain. "You are at least a veteran player who has survived three rounds of the game; is your fortune really this meager?"

Hearing this, Gai Qian nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

What do you mean, "is this it"?

If these materials were placed in any new player area that had just passed the first round, they would incite intense competition, wouldn't they?

But facing Su Ze's critical gaze, she could only swallow her grievances.

"Mr. Su Ze, I consumed too many resources previously to save my life... and I took out a lot to use at the mansion, so..." Gai Qian's voice grew weaker. "This is already the majority of my net worth."

Su Ze didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.

That calm gaze brought immense pressure to Gai Qian.

She struggled for a moment, but finally unable to withstand the pressure, she gritted her teeth and pulled a card radiating a strange light from her player inventory.

"This... this is the last valuable item I have on me." She handed the card over with a pained expression.

Su Ze took the card.

Su Ze took it and looked down.

[Monster Replication Summoning Card]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Type: Consumable Special Item]

[Effect: After use, you can summon a replica of the strongest monster the host has killed. The replica retains 100% of the original monster's attributes and skills and completely obeys the summoner's commands.]

[Duration: 2 hours]

[Restriction: Limited to monsters that have been killed and have a kill record; cannot summon targets above Lord-level.]

Su Ze's eyes lit up.

This thing is good.

Although the strongest monsters he had killed so far were just some mutant zombies and those Level 3 Wandering Ghosts from just now, they weren't exactly formidable.

But the game had only just begun, and there would definitely be no shortage of high-tier monsters to encounter later.

Keeping this card, if he encountered any troublesome BOSS in the future, he could replicate it after killing it; it would definitely be able to turn the tide of battle at a critical moment.

He unceremoniously stuffed the summoning card into his own player inventory.

"Anything else?" Su Ze asked.

Gai Qian squeezed out a dry smile and shook her head repeatedly. "There really isn't any more. Mr. Su Ze, I've even handed over this trump card for saving my life; I've truly been squeezed dry. This was my most precious item."

"Is that so?" Su Ze's tone was casual. "Then open your player inventory; I'll check."

A look of grievance immediately appeared on Gai Qian's face. "You don't even trust me on this? Fine, I'll open it for you to see."

She very readily pulled up the system panel and displayed the projection of her player inventory in mid-air.

Su Ze looked over.

Rows of slots were clearly visible.

They were indeed all empty.

Su Ze nodded. "It seems there really isn't anything left."

Gai Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her tense shoulders slumping slightly.

She had finally fooled him.

As long as she kept that thing, she would have the capital to make a comeback.

Just as she was about to put away the panel, Su Ze suddenly turned his head and looked at Ye Qingqing and Shen Jie standing to the side.

"You two, now, immediately, open your player inventory at the same time." Su Ze's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"I have also already had my people simultaneously check the player inventory of everyone who just joined."

As soon as the words fell.

Gai Qian and Ye Qingqing's complexions turned deathly pale in an instant.

Ye Qingqing's legs went weak, and her whole body was trembling.

As soon as these words came out, the air instantly froze.

Gai Qian, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, turned deathly pale, and her illusory body even flickered violently a few times.

Ye Qingqing was struck as if by lightning, frozen in place, her mind going completely blank.

"What? Did you not understand my words?" Su Ze's voice turned cold.

Thump!

Ye Qingqing's legs went weak, and she knelt directly on the ground.

"Mr. Su Ze! I was wrong!"

Her voice carried a crying tone, and she was shaking like a sieve.

"We shouldn't have tried to be clever at a time like this! Please, spare me!"

Shen Jie, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. He spoke in confusion: "Qingqing, what are you doing? Wouldn't it have been fine if we just handed it over?"

Gai Qian could no longer care about her weakness; she threw herself in front of Ye Qingqing, blocking Su Ze's view.

"Boss Su Ze! This has nothing to do with Qingqing!"

Gai Qian's expression shifted uncertainly, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "I was the one who made her do it! All the ideas were mine; if you want to kill or execute me, come at me! I am willing to accept any punishment!"

Su Ze looked down at these two women from a high position and scoffed.

Did they really think such cheap tricks could fool him?

Before Gai Qian opened the system panel to prove her innocence, Su Ze had already guessed that she might use the trading system to directly trade the most important items to someone else.

Among them, Ye Qingqing was the person she trusted the most, so she was very likely the first choice.

After Su Ze finished checking her and confirmed there were no problems, when it was time to check Ye Qingqing, Ye Qingqing would then quietly trade the items back to her.

Of course, it was also possible that they were traded to someone else.

That was why Su Ze had said to have his subordinates simultaneously check the player inventory of everyone in their original faction.

That would completely block the possibility of secret trades!

You have to know that before anyone joins, everything is checked, including names, basic combat power, and, of course, the player inventory.

Therefore, this move completely eliminated the possibility of that trick.

"What are you still standing there for?" Su Ze ignored their pleas, his eyes indifferent. "Take it out."

Ye Qingqing shuddered in fear, quickly took an item out of her player inventory, and handed it over with trembling hands.

It was a porcelain bottle that was pitch black all over, its surface carved with eerie patterns.

Su Ze took it and stared at it for a moment.

[Soul Nourishing Bottle]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Effect: Can provide rapid healing for Supernatural Entities below Lv.10, significantly shortening the time for injury recovery.]

[Special Effect: Has a miraculous effect on Supernatural Entities that are near death, capable of forcibly keeping their soul body from dissipating (after this effect is triggered, the Soul Nourishing Bottle will completely shatter and be destroyed).]

Seeing this data, Su Ze understood completely.

No wonder Gai Qian took such a huge risk, even going so far as to let Ye Qingqing take the risk, just to hide this thing.

For normal human players, this bottle was worthless.

But for Gai Qian, who had already transformed into a Supernatural Entity, this was a second life!

More importantly, with this Soul Nourishing Bottle, she could recover her strength to its prime in a very short time.

Once she recovered to her peak state, then no matter what happened, even if she was weaker than Su Ze, she could still handle things much more easily!

Su Ze played with the black porcelain bottle in his hand, his fingers gently rubbing the patterns on it.

He didn't speak, but the oppressive aura radiating from his body caused the surrounding temperature to drop by several degrees.

Ye Qingqing knelt on the ground, not daring to even lift her head, tears falling drop by drop.

"Mr. Su Ze, we really know we were wrong! We will never dare to do it again in the future!"

"We will never hide anything again! Whatever you tell us to do, we will do!"

Gai Qian also lowered her head, her voice bitter to the extreme.

"All the faults are mine; Qingqing was just implicated by me. Winner takes all, loser suffers; I accept my defeat, I only beg you not to take your anger out on others."

Shen Jie finally reacted at this moment, terrified and dripping with cold sweat; he also followed suit, kneeling on the side with a thump, not daring to even breathe...