Chapter 553 - 366: Nine-Nine Supreme Spirit Vein

Chapter 553: Chapter 366: Nine-Nine Supreme Spirit Vein

’This Hundred Battles Treasure Manual can simulate combat. It’s undoubtedly useful for strengthening myself, which is pretty interesting. But to make it work, do I have to achieve another hundred-battle winning streak?’

Wang Yi shook his head. He had no desire to go through another hundred-battle winning streak anytime soon.

After putting away the Hundred Battles Treasure Manual, Wang Yi examined the third piece of loot: a Space-Time Compass. It was a technological artifact that could be used for traversing space and time.

The item was called a compass, but its true form was massive. Its core was a time machine, sealed within the compass housing. To make it work, the time machine had to be removed from the compass first.

Activating the Space-Time Compass allowed for either spatial or temporal travel, but not both simultaneously.

Spatial travel was simply a jump through space. Each activation of the Space-Time Compass could cover a maximum distance of one hundred million light-years. However, the startup process was somewhat complex, requiring a full hour of preparation regardless of the travel distance.

Temporal travel, however, was different from what Wang Yi had imagined.

Using the Space-Time Compass for temporal travel was a one-way trip to the past. It allowed him to witness history, essentially creating an observation point. He could only watch; he couldn’t enter the historical space, much less interfere with the course of events.

’Even if it can only be used to observe history, this compass is still incredibly powerful. It has immense value for scientific research...’

Wang Yi made a silent assessment. As he continued his examination, he discovered that powering the device required a vast amount of energy. Furthermore, the Space-Time Compass itself was neither stable nor durable; it was a precision instrument that the average person couldn’t possibly repair if it malfunctioned.

After stowing away the Space-Time Compass, Wang Yi finished taking stock of his spoils. He walked out of the ancient castle shop and looked around. Seeing no sign of Mingyu Divine Lord, he returned to the mountaintop, took out the large batch of high-end Chaos Blind Boxes he had purchased earlier, and began to open them at a leisurely pace.

’This place is peaceful enough, and you rarely see any Players here. I’ll open the blind boxes here for now and wait ten days for Li Mingyu. If she doesn’t show up by then, she was probably defeated and sent back to Windless Cliff, and there’d be no point in waiting any longer. Besides, the Secret Treasures in the ancient castle shop will refresh in ten days, so I can check if there’s anything worth trading for. But regardless, I have to leave after ten days. The Mind Relic is a massive threat, and the sooner I deal with it, the better...’

Wang Yi mused to himself.

Wang Yi had previously purchased a total of 72 Chaos Blind Boxes from the ancient castle shop: 48 of Five-Color Quality and 24 of Seven-Color Quality.

Wang Yi started with the Five-Color Quality boxes. The very first one revealed nine options. After careful consideration, he chose the Enhance +9, Five-Color Quality Thunder Shock Sword!

The Thunder Shock Sword was a powerful weapon. In its base form, it would summon a single bolt of lightning to strike a target on hit. Now, at Enhance +9, it summoned an additional 512 bolts.

With a feature like that, it was safe to say that anyone without a powerful enough Physique would be instantly doomed if they were struck by the Thunder Shock Sword!

’Not a bad sword. It can serve as my backup weapon. If I use Thunder Slash while equipped with this, the target will be bombarded by 512 bolts of lightning.’ ℯ

Wang Yi imagined the scene of himself using the Thunder Shock Sword to unleash Thunder Slash and found the thought quite thrilling.

He continued opening the Chaos Blind Boxes, successively obtaining an Enhance +6 Heart-Questioning Mirror, an Enhance +6 Ghostly Armor, an Enhance +5 Celestial Feather Wings, an Enhance +5 Rising Dragon Pill, and an Enhance +7 White Jade Flute...

He was getting one great item after another!

Wang Yi was quite pleased. Before he knew it, his Luck Blind Box had leveled up to Seven-Colored. Opening it, he received an Enhance +5 Mechanical Storm: Black Dragon Demon Venerable!

This Mechanical Storm: Black Dragon Demon Venerable was on the same level as the Mobile Storm: Azure Dragon Flame Emperor. It was both a mount and a Cosmic Spaceship, equipped with its own weapons system and autonomous combat capabilities. Its performance was powerful, its appearance was striking, and it was certainly worth collecting!

’Before I knew it, I’ve ended up with a lot of these high-level Mobile Storms. I should probably use them once in a while. It’s a shame to just let them collect dust!’

Wang Yi muttered to himself and continued opening Chaos Blind Boxes. A moment later, he obtained a Seven-Color Quality, Enhance +6 "Ancestral Industry."

This ancestral industry was something else—it was actually a "Cigarette Factory"!

Checking the description, he saw that the cigarette factory had a history of 18,000 years. It featured three main brands of cigarettes: "Universe," "Starry Sky," and "Sun and Moon"!

The "Universe" brand cigarettes were the highest quality.

And as an ancestral industry, the factory had a rather unique method of production: manufacturing cigarettes simply required excavation.

The cigarettes were buried underground, and digging them up counted as production.

The "Universe," "Starry Sky," and "Sun and Moon" brand cigarettes were all Bronze Artifacts. They were also relics that were very valuable and possessed archaeological significance.

As for whether they could actually be smoked, Wang Yi had no idea yet. He would have to dig one up and test it.

’Interesting. Even if the excavated cigarettes can’t be smoked, I can treat this ancestral cigarette factory as a Bronze Ore mine. I’ll place it in the industrial city!’

Wang Yi’s consciousness descended into the Divine Body, Wang Pingyi. He quickly constructed the ancestral cigarette factory, then moved it and placed it next to the ancestral brewery.

Now that the cigarette factory existed, it needed a manager and some essential workers. That would be a matter for Jelena to handle.

Jelena was the City Lord of Eggshell City in name, but in practice, she managed the other five cities as well.

Wang Yi took a short break. When his consciousness returned to his main body, he still saw no sign of Mingyu Divine Lord, so he went back to opening blind boxes.

Soon, he had finished opening all the Five-Color Quality blind boxes. Wang Yi then began to open the Seven-Color Quality ones.