Chapter 30: The Silver Blade

What exactly was a Bloodline Fruit?

How could it make someone awaken a special bloodline?

What was the effect of a special bloodline?

Countless players were curious and clicked on it curiously.

The post answered everyone’s doubts.

The publisher of the post said that he had encountered a Death Quest, and after completing it with difficulty, he was rewarded with a Bloodline Fruit by the game. After taking the Bloodline Fruit, he surprisingly awakened the ancient Barbarian Bloodline.

The publisher also posted his previous attributes and his current attributes with the Barbarian Bloodline.

He also explained, “My sister has awakened a special bloodline from the very beginning—the Body of Fire Energy. At that time, I thought this kind of physique was one in a million, but now I know that the Bloodline Fruit can stimulate the potential bloodline in the human body, so it can be said that everyone may have a special bloodline.

The person who published the post was none other than Yang Tianxing.

Ye Jun had authorized Yang Tianxing to post this. The purpose was to hype up the Bloodline Fruit.

The results were great and the post was an immediate hit.

The existence of special bloodlines wasn’t an isolated case.

With billions of players all over the world, there were quite a few people like Yang Chengcheng who had awakened their special bloodline right from the start, and all of these people were talented, many of whom had already made a great name for themselves in the game.

After Yang Tianxing’s post, it had also attracted the attention of these people, and soon many players with special bloodlines showed up to speak, which even excited the ordinary players.

It turned out that those people leveled up so fast because they had a special bloodline, not because they were inferior to them!

‘That makes more sense. Everyone has a brain and no one’s smarter than anyone else.’

‘You’re lucky to be ahead!’

Just as in modern society, countless people lamented the injustice of fate and attributed the success of others simply to good fortune.

But complaining was just complaining, they couldn’t do anything about it but to hide behind in envy.

It was not like it used to be.

The appearance of the Bloodline Fruit gave countless players hope for a reversal of fortune!

Countless players responded to the post asking how Yang Tianxing’s Bloodline Fruit was obtained and what the so-called Death Quest was.

Yang Tianxing naturally wouldn’t say that the so-called Death Quest was all made up by him off the top of his head and that the Bloodline Fruit was given to him by Ye Jun.

Yang Tianxing pulled out the rhetoric he had discussed with Ye Jun long ago and explained:

“The so-called Death Quests are serendipitous and almost impossible to survive, which is why the game gives a Bloodline Fruit to let the players have a chance to change their lives against the odds.”

Countless players were a little disheartened to see this.

They couldn’t risk their lives for the Bloodline Fruit. Besides, it wasn’t necessarily possible to get a Bloodline Fruit even if they risked their life.

“But…”

Yang Tianxing’s turn of phrase immediately made the other players’ eyes glow.

Everything had a completely different meaning as long as there was the word “but”.

Yang Tianxing posted a “guess” and said, “Death Quests are serendipitous for ordinary players, but for one person, it should be common.”

Some fast-reacting players immediately thought of the person Yang Tianxing was talking about, while the slow-reacting ones just typed fast, purely unwilling to use their minds to think. Wasn’t it convenient to just ask?

“Come on, tell me, who is it?”

“Ye Jun!”

Someone answered before Yang Tianxing did.

Immediately, it dawned on the others.

“So it’s Almighty Ye!”

Some people were puzzled. “Why are Death Quests common for Almighty Ye?”

These were the kind of people who simply weren’t too bright. Someone snickered. “Almighty Ye is a Death Mode player, so it is not unusual that Almighty Ye has to face death every day. Isn’t facing death a daily routine for him?”

“In that case, Almighty Ye must also have Bloodline Fruits?”

“No wonder Almighty Ye levels up so fast, killing sharks like eating food every day, so he has awakened a special bloodline?”

“I wonder what special bloodline Almighty Ye has awakened? I guess that it may be a Fish-killing (shark)[1] Bloodline, otherwise, why does he always have troubles with sharks?”

“Why not the Idiot Body[2]?”

…

The chat was sidetracked again.

The stupid players were still mucking around in the chat, while the smart players had already started contacting Ye Jun.

“Almighty Ye, I want a Bloodline Fruit, state your offer!”

“Almighty Ye, I’m willing to trade three pieces of bronze equipment for one Bloodline Fruit! The price is negotiable!”

“Almighty Ye, one Silver Blade for one Bloodline Fruit—Zhuang Xiaoqiang!”

In an instant, Ye Jun received countless messages.

The frenzied bombardment almost shook Ye Jun out of bed.

Ye Jun blocked the spam messages that were not from his friends, and there were still a dozen left.

The dozen or so messages were all those who had dealings with him and were friends with him.

The first one was Zhuang Xiaoqiang’s message.

Silver Blade!

Ye Jun was taken aback.

He was only rewarded with a silver glove as the player who killed a Boss for the first time in the world. But, Zhuang Xiaoqiang was able to obtain silver-grade equipment, so he must be truly skilled in some way.

On top of that, Master Bear also sent a message.

Even Master Ed, who had always been lazy and uncompetitive, surprisingly expressed his curiosity about the Bloodline Fruit. But what he was more interested in was what bloodline Ye Jun had awakened.

Seeing this, Ye Jun couldn’t help but shake his head and smile bitterly; he ate the Bloodline Fruit but didn’t awaken anything.

Ye Jun replied to these friends one by one. Plus, those who could befriend him were big patrons.

In particular, Zhuang Xiaoqiang even had a silver-grade equipment. No matter what, he had to get his hands on the silver equipment.

This Silver Blade must be his.

It just so happened that after a day of cultivation, a new Bloodline Fruit had ripened.

Ye Jun picked the Bloodline Fruit and sent it directly to Zhuang Xiaoqiang.

The Silver Blade was now in hand!

He wasn’t even going to give him the chance of regretting it.

On the other hand, Zhuang Xiaoqiang didn’t regret it at all.

Although he was reluctant, Zhuang Xiaoqiang’s character was extremely tough, decisive, and he understood his priorities.

It was imperative to improve his strength.

Awakening a special bloodline not only improved his strength quickly, but it would still be effective for a long time, and the longer it went on, the greater the benefits were. The Silver Blade was impressive now, but after a while, it wouldn’t be so special when there was an overflowing amount of silver-grade equipment.

“Silver Blade: increases damage by 30% and has a certain probability of generating a critical hit when a wild monster is below 10% health—a one-hit kill.”

With a gentle slash, Ye Jun split a forged iron ingot in two as if he was slicing tofu.

‘Not bad for silver-grade equipment, good stuff!’

With this dagger, it wouldn’t be a problem slicing a tiger’s belly open.

Afterward, Ye Jun looked at the friend channel that was still blinking, alerting him that a new message had been received. He couldn’t help but feel a little headache again.

Ye Jun’s purpose was to hype the Bloodline Fruit and sell it for a good price.

Now, the purpose of publicity had been achieved.

However, the vast majority of players couldn’t afford it, or rather, the items that ordinary players could take out for trade were not of interest to Ye Jun.

Ye Jun couldn’t possibly read and reply to every message; he just didn’t have the time nor the energy.

Simply, Ye Jun made a direct post, saying:

“Yang Tianxing is right. In Death Mode, you have to complete Death Quests everyday to be able to get various rewards, and Bloodline Fruits are one of them. If anyone needs Bloodline Fruits, they can find me in advance to reserve them, only silver-grade equipment and rare items are accepted in exchange.”

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