BXBX NOVEL Chapter 295: Mineral Seed
Having defeated the enormous Rock Turtle Beast BOSS, Song Jian began to search through the pile of rubble.
Although this Rock Turtle Beast BOSS was only a level 15 elite, its power was comparable to a level 20 elite BOSS. Even a well-organized team would struggle to kill it without strong DPS and an MT to hold its aggro. They might even end up exhausting their supplies and getting wiped out.
Therefore, the items dropped by this BOSS would surely be much better than those of an ordinary level 15 elite BOSS; Song Jian was quite looking forward to it.
“Wow, not bad! It actually dropped a silver-quality shield! This can definitely be sold for a high price. Those warring alliances might even fight each other bloody over it,” Song Jian’s eyes sparkled with delight.
Rock Turtle Shield (Silver), Shield, Equip effect: Defense +10, defense rate +34%, strength +2, constitution +3, vitality points +200. Special effect: Boulder Fortitude (active), instant cast, increases self-defense by 30 after activation, reduces 25% of attack damage, reflects 10% of melee damage, self-immobility for 5 seconds; Equip requirement: 10 points in strength; Equip level: 15; Can be removed from the game: No
Even among silver equipment, such stats were considered exceptional. Equipping it greatly increased one’s defense, and vitality points were boosted by 260. Most level 10 players probably didn’t even have that many vitality points. As for the 10 points in strength required, that should be easy for anyone in a close range defense profession to meet. As strength and constitution were core stats for them, they would spare no expense in increasing them.
Apart from the shield, the BOSS also dropped a pet egg, a few pieces of dark iron ore, and an oblong grey stone the size of a fist, pulsating like a heart.
“Pet Egg – Rock Turtle Beast, after hatching, a level 1 elite Rock Turtle Beast pet will be obtained. Vitality 500/500, spirit points: 100/100, characteristics: ultra-defense, ultra-recovery, skills: taunt, reflect damage; pet description: this pet carries a trace of Black Tortoise bloodline, immune to intimidation from all creatures, purification of the bloodline can enable the pet to evolve.”
“This pet egg is nice; a Rock Turtle Beast is a natural MT!” Song Jian said, surprised. Turning to Li Ke’er, he asked, “Ke’er, you’re a long-range profession player. With this pet to tank for you, it’ll be much easier for you to level up. Do you want it?”
Li Ke’er frowned slightly, glancing at the BOSS that was now a pile of rubble and the dusty pet egg in Song Jian’s hand. After hesitating for a while, she finally nodded and reluctantly took the pet egg.
“Hatch!”
Li Ke’er immediately hatched the pet egg. A burst of light radiated from the pet egg, and more light shot out from within. In no time, countless rays of light enveloped the entire pet egg.
With a “crack,” a mini-rock turtle appeared in Li Ke’er’s palm.
“It’s so ugly!” Li Ke’er complained.
“Take good care of it. It’s a pet with a Black Tortoise bloodline. It might evolve into a divine beast someday!” Song Jian consoled.
“Little Purple, come out and meet your new buddy!” Li Ke’er raised her hand, and a jade-purple pet appeared above her head.
This pet was Li Ke’er’s first, and it used to be the size of a palm. Now, it had grown to the size of a soccer ball and reached level 10. Unfortunately, although it looked pretty, it was just an ordinary quality pet, incomparable to the elite BOSS born Rock Turtle Beast pet.
However, it was clear that Li Ke’er favored Little Purple over the Rock Turtle.
The small Rock Turtle scrambled restlessly on Li Ke’er’s hands, making weak cries towards her.
Li Ke’er seemed quite experienced, quickly taking out a finger-thick strip of meat from her inventory and holding it to the Rock Turtle Beast’s mouth. The Rock Turtle Beast swallowed it in one bite. After several pieces of meat were fed to it, the Rock Turtle Beast warmed up to Li Ke’er and kept rubbing its head against her palm.
“Hehe, tickles!” Li Ke’er laughed, then put the Rock Turtle Beast on the ground. The palm-sized Rock Turtle closely followed her, looking fearful and pitiful.
Song Jian smiled faintly, his gaze falling on the remaining ore and the stone that resembled a beating heart.
The ore was ordinary dark iron ore, a type of forging material that could also be used in the manufacture of engineering instruments. However, the pulsating stone seemed peculiar.
“Mineral Seed (Special), can be planted; Use effect: plant this item in the Spirit Field, and there’s an 85% chance of harvesting 10 random 1st to 3rd rank ores, a 50% chance of harvesting 3rd to 5th rank ores, a 30% chance of harvesting 6th to 7th rank ores, a 10% chance of harvesting an 8th rank ore, and a 1% chance of harvesting a 9th rank ore! Planting time: 6 hours; Planting requirement: occupies two Spirit Field spaces; Item description: This item cannot be moved after planting, and after 300 hours, it will form a small ore mother, increasing production!”
“This thing is quite good! Though the yield is a bit low.” Song Jian looked curiously at the inconspicuous Mineral Seed. With this item, it was like having a small mine!
To other players, this item might seem a bit useless. Besides occupying two Spirit Field spaces, it only produces ten ores every six hours. If you were to mine ores in a mine instead, even a beginner miner could gather dozens or even hundreds of times more ores in six hours.
Now, players’ levels are low, and they dare not venture into the subway station to mine. However, as time passes, and players’ levels and strength increase, allowing them to safely enter and exit subway stations, the usefulness of the Mineral Seed would decline even further. By then, it might be more beneficial to use the two Spirit Field spaces for planting other things.
“It still has some value at this stage; I’ll take it back and plant it to give it a try!” Song Jian thought to himself.
“Ke’er, I’m taking this Mineral Seed!” Song Jian showed her the Mineral Seed and said.
Li Ke’er glanced at the grey Mineral Seed and waved her hand nonchalantly. “Take it, take it!”
She looked down at the small Rock Turtle closely following her and muttered, “If I had known the spoils were these dusty items, I wouldn’t have come to fight this BOSS. I don’t like any of them!”
“Neither of us can use this shield, let’s sell it at the auction house and split the Doomsday Coins!” Song Jian glanced at the silver-quality shield and said.
He estimated that the silver-quality shield would be worth at least 5,000 Doomsday Coins. If several battling alliances competed for it, it wouldn’t be surprising if the price exceeded 10,000 coins.
“Alright, big brother Song Jian, we’ve finished fighting the BOSS, so I’m leaving. Bye!” Li Ke’er waved at Song Jian and then summoned a red warhorse. She rode off on the warhorse and soon disappeared from Song Jian’s sight.
“Hey, I was going to say…” Before Song Jian had a chance to speak, Li Ke’er had already run far away. Shaking his head helplessly, Song Jian collected the items and rode his motorcycle towards his Manor Castle.