35: Chapter 35 Shadow Whispers Set

Hearing Sun Wenyuan's crude and straightforward suggestion, Shen Yanshan slowly turned his head. He gave him a deep look with eyes that seemed to be looking at a fool, his tone carrying undisguised rebuke:

"Sun Wenyuan, is your brain filled with paste? Forcibly detaining someone with a barrier? Are you afraid that our Tianqi Tower hasn't offended this super genius enough, and you want to push him directly to the opposing side, right?"

The full story was this: These past two days, it happened to be Sun Wenyuan's turn to carry out daily patrol duties in the southern district of Zhongnan City. This secret realm area, located on the edge of the city and covered by dense forests, was within his scope of responsibility.

Just as Lin Muyang had entered the "Roaring Forest Land" team Dungeon less than three minutes ago, the perceptive Sun Wenyuan noticed the abnormality here. After all, he was level 95 and possessed extraordinary insight into energy fluctuations and personnel movements within his jurisdiction.

He noticed from afar that the eight-person student squad, which had been fully equipped and had a clear goal, had inexplicably split into two groups. One group left, while the other remained at the Dungeon entrance, seemingly having encountered some obstacle.

Out of duty and curiosity, he approached to observe secretly and indeed discovered the problem—the golden team Dungeon entrance light screen showed "1/8" for the number of entrants, and the status had been locked!

One person, entering an eight-person difficulty gold rank team Dungeon?

This discovery caused a shock in Sun Wenyuan's heart. He immediately realized this was by no means an ordinary event and reported the situation to the Tianqi Tower master, Shen Yanshan, via encrypted communication at the first opportunity.

After receiving the news, Shen Yanshan showed a very high level of importance, actually putting aside his current affairs and personally rushing over at the fastest speed! This was enough to show that Shen Yanshan saw immeasurable value in that "super genius" who ventured into the Dungeon alone.

"We don't need to do anything; just wait patiently here until he successfully clears the Dungeon and comes out," Shen Yanshan said in a calm tone, yet it carried an unquestionable decisiveness. He flicked his sleeves, found a relatively flat and smooth large rock nearby, and sat down calmly, gazing deeply at the shimmering Dungeon entrance.

He calculated quickly in his heart: It seemed that in the entire Zhongnan City, his Tianqi Tower should be the first and only force to have noticed this mysterious genius's actions and have the opportunity to make contact with him. This was undoubtedly a huge preemptive advantage!

Even if the other party was arrogant and unwilling to be bound, refusing to join any organization, Tianqi Tower must at least strive to establish a good cooperative relationship with him. At the very least, they must not become enemies with him. Being able to forge a good relationship in advance with such a future powerhouse with infinite potential would bring immeasurable benefits to the future development and stability of Tianqi Tower!

"Alright, I'll listen to you." Sun Wenyuan shook his head helplessly and also found a rock nearby to sit on. In fact, he hadn't proposed that stupid method because he was truly foolish.

Rather... he felt a bit anxious and unsure deep down. He had a faint feeling that he might have already crossed paths with this mysterious genius yesterday—it was that time at the entrance of Hongwu Mall when Guan Nailiang and the others inexplicably went bald and started spraying! Although he hadn't seen anyone at the time, he had called out to the air. The other party had clearly heard him but couldn't be bothered to pay him any mind.

This feeling of being possibly within arm's reach, yet seemingly separated by a chasm, was truly too agonizing!

Today, the master Shen Yanshan had come out in person; the standard could not be higher, and the sincerity could not be greater. But what if that guy inside was still like yesterday, disappearing immediately after clearing the Dungeon and turning a blind eye to them? After all, the other party's unfathomable stealth ability was something even he couldn't see through. If the other person didn't want to pay attention to you, you wouldn't even have the chance to talk, let alone discuss cooperation?

Therefore, in his anxiety, he had thought of the clumsy method of forcibly detaining the other party with a barrier. Although he knew this would likely cause the other party's resentment, it could at least create an opportunity for a face-to-face conversation. However, he also understood that this was indeed a last resort. Since Shen Yanshan chose the gentler and more respectful "waiting" strategy, he naturally followed orders.

"I hope he'll be willing to show himself and talk this time." Sun Wenyuan thought silently in his heart.

...

At this moment, deep inside the team Dungeon "Roaring Forest Land".

Lin Muyang was completely unaware that two big shots were "waiting for a rabbit" outside the Dungeon entrance. He was currently leading the two young women, pushing toward the deepest part of the Dungeon with overwhelming force. Along the way, he had already successively killed five powerful BOSSes guarding different areas, reaping a rich harvest.

While rushing toward the final BOSS's lair, he was excitedly taking stock of the equipment harvested on this trip. What surprised him the most was that in this Dungeon, he had actually obtained multiple platinum-rank set pieces, and they all belonged to the same set!

"The shadow whisper set exclusively for Dark Mages?" Lin Muyang carefully checked the equipment description, his eyes getting brighter and brighter. "These stats... this is simply an artifact for early-game Dark Mages!"

This shadow whisper set contained a total of 11 pieces. The equipment description clearly stated that when 3, 6, and 10 pieces were collected, a powerful set effect would be activated respectively. And if the complete 11-piece set could be collected, the values of these three set effects would directly double!

"Three-piece effect: Cooldown time for all Dark-type magic skills reduced by 35%."

"Six-piece effect: Damage caused by all Dark-type magic increased by 50%."

"Ten-piece effect: After Dark-type magic hits an enemy, it will weaken their magic defense by 35%, lasting for 8 seconds."

One could imagine that if one could collect the complete 11-piece set, then the effects would become: 70% cooldown reduction, 100% damage increase, and weakening the target's magic defense by 70%!

These effects were practically heaven-defying for a Shadow Mage! It could greatly enhance skill release frequency, burst damage, and armor-breaking ability; it was no exaggeration to call it the ultimate end-game gear for the early stage.

But the key was that this kind of low-level top-tier set was extremely difficult to collect! Let alone an 11-piece set, even wanting to collect the basic 3-piece set was an unattainable dream for the vast majority of Class Transferees. Because this was a level 10 set, only by challenging platinum-rank Dungeons or secret realms in the 11-20 level range was there a very small probability of one piece dropping. However, at the level 10 stage, platinum-difficulty Dungeons and secret realms were already rare, and the probability of appearance was extremely low.

Therefore, in the market circulation, for 10th-level top-tier sets like the shadow whisper set, the price of any single piece was extremely expensive; any piece could sell for tens of millions of magic crystals, and they were often unavailable even if you had the money.

Lin Muyang then remembered that the leggings he had previously put on Elabess, which came with a "shadow stockings" appearance, were actually the bottom piece of the shadow whisper set! It was just that his attention had been drawn by the appearance at the time, and he hadn't paid much attention to the set attributes.

But he never expected that this "Roaring Forest Land" Dungeon would be so generous, dropping other pieces of the shadow whisper set for him one after another!

"Shadow Whisper Robe, Shadow Whisper Ring, Shadow Whisper Necklace, Shadow Whisper Belt... plus the previous leggings, that's already five pieces!" Lin Muyang looked at the items in his storage space that were emitting the same source of dark purple light and felt a bit incredulous. "Is this drop rate... a bit too outrageous?"

According to common sense, 10th-level sets covered all classes, so even if the Dungeon drop rate was high, the drops should be randomly distributed among equipment for various classes. How could it be possible to so concentratedly drop pieces of the same class and the same set?

"Could it be... that this is all the effect of the 100 points of luck from Heavenly Blessing?" Lin Muyang suddenly thought of this possibility, and a bold guess rose in his heart.

A whopping 100 points of luck! This number had never been reached by anyone in the recorded history of Class Transferees on Blue Star! The luck attribute was extremely rare; many top-tier late-game equipment that could provide 1 point of luck could already make countless people fight to the death for it. The highest recorded luck value in history, accumulated through equipment, skills, and talents, was only 22 points!

"Under the blessing of 100 points of luck, can even equipment drops intelligently 'tend' toward the class set I am currently using?" The more Lin Muyang thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and he couldn't help but get excited inside. "If that's really the case, that would be too awesome!"

He made a rough estimate: if it followed this current amazing drop rate trend... he only needed to focus on grinding level 11-20 gold rank Dungeons or secret realms for a day, and he might actually be able to collect this shadow whisper set for Elabess!

Lin Muyang was full of anticipation for this set. It wasn't just because of its immensely powerful attributes and set effects, which could greatly enhance Elabess's combat power... there was another point he was quite concerned about—the appearance of this set of equipment seemed to be designed quite well, very much in line with his aesthetic.