246: Chapter 246 A+ Rating Reward! Synthesized Star Core Fragments?

A drop of a full 2000 star core fragments was something Zhang Jian could never have anticipated before entering the Dungeon.

Part of this was due to the further exploration of the map.

But more so, it was due to the super-strong bonuses brought by the entries.

A huge sense of satisfaction welled up in Zhang Jian's heart.

This quantity should be enough to last for a good while, right?

Just as he was thinking this...

...something inside his backpack suddenly flashed.

Zhang Jian's heart stirred, and he looked closely.

[synthesis protection voucher]

Automatically synthesized from synthesis protection voucher fragments, it can provide an additional bonus when performing regular synthesis on star core fragments.

Success rate increase: 10%

After glancing at the drop notification, Zhang Jian suddenly realized.

In this Dungeon, killing monsters didn't result in a wide variety of drops like in other regular Dungeons.

Aside from a small amount of star core fragments dropping...

...the only other things were epic-grade and mythical level skill books.

And a Material called [synthesis protection voucher fragment].

Once 999 pieces are collected, they automatically synthesize into a complete synthesis protection voucher.

Zhang Jian had just had a massive amount of fragments drop, and now one had already been automatically synthesized.

This drop rate left him feeling somewhat surprised.

Does this mean the drop rate for this item is even lower than star core fragments?

No wonder. He hadn't heard Xuan Jizi or the others mention it.

And its function, being used to synthesize star core fragments, made him even more expectant.

What could it eventually synthesize? Higher quality star core fragments, or perhaps...

He carefully put it away, planning to study it properly when he had some free time.

The Dungeon countdown had finished, and the journey came to a smooth end.

Compared to Xuan Jizi and the others' previous best C-Rank evaluation, which rewarded them with an extra 3 star core fragments...

...this time, Zhang Jian directly led the team to achieve an A+ Rank evaluation.

Although the initial evaluation was only A-Rank, the sheer number of monsters killed forced it up by another level.

Zhang Jian estimated that to get an S-Rank evaluation, they would likely need to successfully kill a planet-level seventh-Rank BOSS.

But even with the A+ evaluation, it still contributed a harvest of 50 star core fragments for each person.

As the biggest contributor, Zhang Jian received an additional reward of 100 star core fragments and 100 [synthesis protection voucher fragments].

Everyone was very happy.

After leaving the Dungeon, the others lined up to hand over all of their star core fragment rewards to Zhang Jian.

By this point, the number of star core fragments in Zhang Jian's backpack had reached 2498.

The various scattered skill books were also a huge harvest.

There were over three hundred epic-grade ones, including thirty-five passive types.

Zhang Jian no longer needed this quality, so he mailed them all to Wang Fei.

There were also over a hundred mythical level ones, including fourteen passive types.

Zhang Jian had already learned most of them, but he did pick out two that he hadn't seen before.

After learning them, he should be able to increase his base attributes a bit more and enrich his foundation.

The remaining 12 books were borrowed by Xuan Jizi, with an agreement to return them later with items of equal value.

Zhang Jian was happy to do so. It was a good thing that his teammates understood the importance of base attributes.

After bidding farewell to General Protector Zhang Haotian, Xuan Jizi piloted the flying boat and returned Zhang Jian to the Galaxy Academy, to his exclusive Materials warehouse area.

Once things quieted down, Zhang Jian began to re-examine his harvest from this trip.

After learning a mythical level passive skill called "Rapid Streamer" that increased agility, and raising it to the max level...

...Zhang Jian's total attribute points successfully reached the cap of 11.25 million points.

Wang Fei was still leading the team members, split into several groups, continuously rushing around and challenging various Hell-level Dungeons.

He believed that with the batch of skills Zhang Jian had just mailed him, they would be able to raise their strength to the current level cap as quickly as possible.

This would allow them to clear various Dungeons better and faster.

In this way, relying on the effect of the bound Sword Puppet, Zhang Jian could also quickly obtain more Heavenly Dao rewards.

To activate the wager set for him by the Will of the Heavenly Dao.

On the other side, He Zhongtang and Wang Donghai's team were also steadily improving.

Although they weren't as destructive as Wang Fei and the others when challenging Dungeons of the same Rank...

...as their coordination became increasingly tacit and their use of the Sword Puppet became more proficient...

...basically, they were able to clear a Hell-level Dungeon every one or two days recently.

On the other hand, there was Huang Tianfang's side. The five old men had originally been prepared to enjoy their twilight years.

But the sudden increase in strength had practically made them feel like they were back in their youth.

Filled with passion and vitality.

In just a few short days, they had consecutively cleared three Hell-level Dungeons above Rank 95 at the extreme difficulty level.

They could truly be called "old but vigorous."

Thinking of this, Zhang Jian's heart stirred.

During the nearly 30 hours he had been inside the relic Dungeon, he hadn't seemed to see any news of these old rascals clearing any Dungeons.

Had they been too tired from the rush and taken a break?

He casually sent a message to ask.

Huang Tianfang replied immediately.

It turned out that while their previous rapid clears were certainly due to their own improvement in strength and the addition of the Sword Puppet...

...there was another important factor. The locations of the Dungeons they chose were all within the Galaxy Academy or the surrounding areas of the Galaxy Academy.

When they wanted to find suitable Dungeons and traveled a bit further away...

...without the various bonuses from the Domain, their combat power changed significantly.

Although they could still clear the Hell-level difficulty, it wasn't easy to achieve the extreme-level evaluation.

His solution was to purchase supplies on the market, preparing to further improve the strength of their group.

To equip the Sword Puppet with better gear and more suitable skills.

They would lay low for a few days before trying again.

Zhang Jian frowned. This problem wasn't an isolated case.

It didn't just affect Huang Tianfang's team; it was actually simultaneously affecting the clear efficiency of all three groups.

It was just that Wang Fei and the others had such an obvious advantage that they were less affected by the Domain bonuses.

The Dungeons that He Zhongtang and the others were challenging were not yet high Rank, so they hadn't encountered a Bottleneck for the time being.

Once they continued to challenge higher ones, they would likely all encounter this problem.

Zhang Jian's mind sank as he began to review the relevant information about the Domain.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, which were shining brightly.

He pressed a button beside him.

"Director Yun, please help me retrieve some items."

The next moment, Director Yun Wenhong walked out from the adjacent room.

Following the list Zhang Jian had provided, he brought over weapons of the corresponding Rank and quality one by one.

Ten pieces. Twenty pieces. Fifty pieces. One hundred pieces!

The pile of weapons grew larger and larger. Only when Zhang Jian felt the quantity was sufficient did he call a stop.

Looking at the mountain-like pile of weapons, Zhang Jian took a deep breath. Next, it was time for a proper upgrade!