The clown is myself

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [Dark Warboots], obtaining a Tier 1 enhancement.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the equipment — purgatory warboots (gold grade).]

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [Dark Warboots], successfully enchanting it with the green attribute: Swiftness.]

[purgatory warboots]

[Quality: gold grade.]

[Level: 10.]

[Durability: 450/450.]

[Movement Speed: +45%.]

[Special Effect 1: For every 10% decrease in HP, Movement Speed increases by +15%.]

[Special Effect 2: When your HP first drops below 10%, you can perform an instant teleportation with a distance of 10 meters.

This can be triggered once every 10 minutes.]

[Additional Attribute: Swiftness (Green): Movement Speed +25%.]

[Description: I once walked through purgatory.]

...

After putting on the equipment,

Chen Ming activated his talent's enhancement effect on the remaining two pieces of equipment, successfully obtaining one Platinum-grade piece and one Dark Gold Grade piece.

"Sweet!"

Chen Ming glanced at his backpack.

In his backpack now, there were a total of 21 pieces of equipment.

After the talent enhancements,

There were 10 bronze grade pieces, 6 silver grade pieces, 2 gold grade pieces, 2 Platinum-grade pieces, and 1 Dark Gold Grade piece.

If all were sold, the total value would exceed ten million.

"Time to keep grinding."

Chen Ming took a short rest, then stood up to continue wandering through the catacombs.

Compared to the outside world, the experience and drop rates of the catacomb monsters were significantly higher, making it an excellent place for grinding levels.

However, just then, a friend message suddenly arrived.

[Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan]: Brother Calamity, congrats on getting the first kill on the silver boss. Did you get anything good? (rubbing hands emoji) (smiley face)

Chen Ming thought for a moment and replied: There's definitely good stuff, I'm just afraid you guys won't be able to afford it.

[Dragon Soul - Tie Bu Shan]: Brother Calamity, I'm not bragging, but with the scale of our Dragon Soul, as long as you can provide it, we can definitely afford it.

Tie Bu Shan was right; the Dragon Soul Guild had tens of millions of players.

If nothing else, their daily gold income reached several millions.

This was why Tie Bu Shan messaged immediately after seeing Chen Ming take the first kill of a silver grade boss to ask if there was any good loot.

Chen Ming didn't waste words and sent screenshots of all the equipment in his backpack directly to Tie Bu Shan.

"Twelve million gold coins total, non-negotiable. If you're interested, we can trade directly when I return to the village this afternoon."

After saying this, Chen Ming closed the chat interface and began grinding again.

...

Silver Dragon Village.

Looking at the string of equipment screenshots sent by Chen Ming, Tie Bu Shan couldn't help but gasp.

Holy cow!

Currently, the highest quality equipment seen on the market was only gold grade.

Yet in this batch of equipment from Calamity, there were two Platinum-grade pieces and even one Dark Gold Grade piece.

If they could secure this batch, the overall strength of the Dragon Soul Guild would definitely skyrocket.

But after seeing the price, Tie Bu Shan couldn't help but wince.

Twelve million gold coins!

With Dragon Soul's current financial power... they really might not be able to afford it.

Recalling how confidently he had just claimed they could definitely afford it, Tie Bu Shan felt a wave of embarrassment.

Suddenly sitting up from a deathbed, it turns out the joke is on me.

"Whatever, these aren't things I should be worrying about."

Tie Bu Shan screenshotted the chat and sent it directly to the Dragon Soul Guild headquarters.

Upon receiving the message from Tie Bu Shan, the Dragon Soul headquarters immediately convened an emergency meeting.

[Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] printed out all the equipment information and distributed it to the high-ranking members present.

No one spoke; there was only the sound of paper rustling and the occasional sound of sharp breaths being drawn.

"Everyone, what do you think of this batch of equipment?"

Once everyone had finished reading, [Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] tapped the table.

"What's there to think about? Of course we take it all."

"Securing this batch will definitely boost our Dragon Soul's top-tier combat power significantly."

"For instance, if that [Brave Man's Sword] is given to the Sword God, his combat power will undergo a qualitative transformation."

"Buy it? With what?"

"Twelve million gold coins is no small sum; we only have thirteen million in the treasury right now."

"The problem is, if we don't buy it, Calamity will surely continue to sell this equipment. If other top guilds get their hands on it, the gap between us will widen."

The meeting room suddenly erupted into a heated discussion.

"Everyone, I have an idea."

"The levels of these items are too low; it won't be long before they are obsolete."

"Compared to buying them outright, renting them would be more cost-effective."

As soon as this suggestion was made, it quickly garnered agreement from many.

Indeed, compared to purchasing, leasing was clearly more economical.

"I object!"

[Dragon Soul - Sword God], sitting beside [Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord], voiced his opposition.

"Calamity is no fool."

"Setting aside whether he'd even agree to rent, it would definitely offend him."

"To offend a top-tier player over twelve million gold coins..."

At this point, [Dragon Soul - Sword God] sneered and didn't continue.

But everyone present understood that this was a world where the strong preyed on the weak and power was everything.

With the strength Calamity had shown so far, his future achievements would surely be terrifyingly high.

Offending him over such a small amount of gold was undoubtedly a poor move.

[Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Sword God is right."

"It's indeed not worth offending a top player with infinite potential for twelve million gold coins."

"How about this: have Tie Bu Shan reply to Calamity, saying we'll take the equipment."

"However, we can only provide 10 million gold coins. For the remaining 2 million, we'll use some equipment, items, and skill scrolls as collateral."

"If I remember correctly, Calamity is a Ranger class with a focus on summoning."

"We happen to have a gold grade Summoner skill scroll and a Platinum-grade Calamity Arrow in the warehouse."

With [Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] making the decision, the matter was quickly settled.

...

Silver Dragon Village.

Inside the catacombs.

“Whoosh, whoosh!!”

As arrows flew out one after another, bright red kill notifications flashed frantically before Chen Ming's eyes.

[You have successfully killed a Mutated Banded Krait, Experience +420.]

[You have successfully killed a Crescent Toad, Experience +350.]

[You have successfully killed a Blazing Flame Spider, Experience +370.]

...

By the time evening arrived, the monsters in the catacombs had been mostly cleared out by Chen Ming.

And his level had subsequently reached Level 12.

"Going up three levels in a row, sweet!"

With a thought, Chen Ming opened his personal attribute panel to check.

[Name: Chen Ming.]

[Nickname: Calamity.]

[Level: 12.]

[Talent: Calamity (Unique. Forbidden).]

[Class: Hunter.]

[HP: 9752/9752.]

[MP: 4585/4585.]

[Growth Attributes: Level +1 / Strength +15, intelligence +10, Agility +15, stamina +14, Spirit +14, Free Attribute Points +20.]

[Strength: 235.]

[intelligence: 174.]

[Agility: 230.]

[stamina: 206.]

[Spirit: 144.]

[physical attack: 485.]

[magic attack power: 370.]

[Physical Defense: 376.]

[Magic Defense: 364.]

[Dark Attribute Resistance: 20%.]

[Equipment: sun chaser, Faith Bracelet, Armor of Holy Light, purgatory warboots, Hunter's Quiver, life goddesss blessing belt.]

[Title: Slayer: Hundred Slashes.]

[Skills: Source of All Evil (Damage: 1350, 7 stacks), Azure Source Ice Wolf Summoning Art, Flame Incineration World-Ending Arrow, Skeleton Knight Summoning Technique, Ice and Snow World.]

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