“Fortunately, according to my contract with the Extreme Martial Arts School, the first purchase ignores contribution point limits and allows me to buy at the best price.” Luo Feng felt his heart beating fast. He could not help it, this was a full 100 million Chinese yuan. Buying Zhang Haobai’s family row villa would probably be easy.
Moreover, Luo Feng’s family had poor finances since childhood. Spending 100 million at once, one could imagine how he felt.
“Good thing it is not my money.” Luo Feng grinned.
After successfully purchasing the secret manual, the next step was to buy weapons, combat suits, and other equipment.
“I have 20 million startup funds, I need to save where I can.” Luo Feng opened the weapon list page and quickly found the ‘Blood Shadow Battle Saber 2’ series.
Blood Shadow Battle Saber 2 series, A1 model, price: 100,000 Chinese yuan (full price), 50,000 yuan (half price, requirement: 1 contribution point)
Blood Shadow Battle Saber 2 series, A2 model, price: 500,000 Chinese yuan (full price), 250,000 yuan (half price, requirement: 1 contribution point)
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A5 model, price: 6 million Chinese yuan (full price), 3 million yuan (half price, requirement: one star contribution points)
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Luo Feng carefully read through the descriptions of each model and frowned slightly.
“My strength is improving very quickly. I believe it will not be long before my physical fitness reaches the advanced fighter level limit. If I buy a weapon, I should naturally get a better one.”
If it were an ordinary primary fighter level warrior, A2 or A3 would usually be enough. A 1 contribution point requirement only needed a donation of 10,000 yuan to obtain.
In fact, the so-called 1 contribution point was to distinguish internal martial arts school members from external warriors. The Extreme Martial Arts School had an internal network, the ‘Extreme Home’ online marketplace, but also a physical martial arts marketplace. Warriors from other forces could also purchase, but they could only buy at full price.
“With my current rate of improvement, I should at least buy an A5 or A6 Blood Shadow Battle Saber.”
“One star contribution points, that is 10,000 contribution points.”
Back when he bought the secret manual, he could ignore contribution requirements and buy at the best price. That benefit only applied to the first secret manual purchase.
Now, buying weapons, combat suits, and other items no longer had that privilege.
“The A6 Blood Shadow Battle Saber costs 20 million at full price. The A5 model is 6 million.” Luo Feng shook his head. The A5 model could fight most intermediate beast general level monsters without worrying about the weapon breaking. The A6 model could handle most advanced beast general level monsters.
Given his rate of growth, low-grade weapons were clearly not suitable.
“Full price purchase? Too expensive.” Luo Feng shook his head.
“Let’s look at shields.”
He opened the shield section. Shields were much cheaper than sabers. A B5 model capable of resisting intermediate beast general level monsters cost 3 million yuan full price, 1.5 million half price, but still required one star contribution points.
“Backpack.”
For wilderness survival and monster combat, the backpack was also specialised equipment. It needed to be high quality and must not affect movement during combat.
“The backpack is the cheapest, only 1 contribution point requirement. A decent one is only 100,000 yuan.” Luo Feng smiled slightly.
“The combat communication watch has satellite positioning, time, phone and many functions. Also about 100,000 yuan.”
In truth, those functions were not valuable. A few hundred yuan phone already had calls, time and GPS. The reason the watch cost 100,000 yuan was the material quality.
In monster battles, a beast might claw at the watch at any moment. It had to be durable enough to withstand attacks, so the price could not be low.
“Saber, shield, watch, backpack, all checked. Only one left, the full combat suit including combat boots.”
Luo Feng had already heard that a full combat suit was usually the most expensive equipment for a warrior. It needed strong defence, comfort, and must not affect agility or movement.
He clicked in.
“My god.”
“So expensive.”
Luo Feng was completely stunned.
Even the D5 series combat suit that could resist intermediate beast general monsters, including arm guards and boots, cost 18 million yuan full price, 9 million half price. The D6 full set cost as much as 80 million yuan.
He already knew combat suits were expensive, but he did not expect a level 5 suit to be three times more expensive than weapons of the same tier.
After calculating:
A full level 5 set cost 18 million for the combat suit, 6 million for the Blood Shadow Battle Saber, 3 million for the shield, a total of 27 million. With one star contribution points, it would be 13.5 million.
The watch and backpack were just minor costs in comparison.
“I also need flying knives, telekinetically controlled flying knives. At least six or ten of them.”
He opened the flying knife section. Flying knives were small items, so naturally much cheaper than sabers.
Level 5 flying knives cost 50,000 yuan each full price.
Level 6 flying knives cost 300,000 yuan each full price.
Level 7 flying knives cost 3 million yuan each full price, 1.5 million half price, requiring two star contribution points. The price increased tenfold. Level 7 flying knives could injure low level lord class monsters.
The gap between beast general and lord class monsters was huge. It was surprising that weapon prices also differed so much.
“My spiritual power is strong, and it will keep growing. I originally wanted level 7 flying knives, but each costs 3 million, and half price requires two star contribution points. If I buy five or six, that is over 10 million.”
“How can I afford that?”
“There is never enough money.” Luo Feng had thought 20 million startup funds was a lot, but now he realised warrior equipment was extremely expensive.
In fact, he did not know the prices were not unreasonable.
Lord class monsters could not even be destroyed by missiles. A flying knife that could pierce them showed how high the material requirements were. 3 million yuan per flying knife was reasonable.
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In reality, warriors spent a lot on equipment, but once they started hunting powerful monsters, they could also earn a great deal.
Unfortunately, Luo Feng had not started earning yet.
The next morning around 10 o’clock.
In Moonlight Community, inside Luo Feng’s private garden, a stranger arrived.
“Mr Luo Feng, this is the secret manual you purchased. You can unlock it using your fingerprint.”
Luo Feng took the sealed alloy box handed to him. He swiped his finger across the top.
“Beep. Fingerprint verification passed.”
An electronic voice sounded. The box opened, revealing a book about one centimetre thick, with two discs inside.
“Nine Layers Thunder Blade.” Luo Feng saw the four words on the cover.
“Mr Luo Feng, please open it and confirm, then sign here.” The delivery man smiled, but there was a hint of envy in his eyes.
Nine Layers Thunder Blade.
Ordinary warriors could not afford it.
“Mr Luo Feng, you should know the restrictions after purchasing secret manuals, right?” the delivery man said. “According to the rules, I will repeat it. The copyright belongs to the creator. The creator of Nine Layers Thunder Blade is Thunder God. Buyers only have learning rights, not transfer rights. Copying, reselling, or teaching the manual is forbidden. Anyone who violates this will be hunted down jointly by the Extreme Martial Arts School, Thunder Martial Arts School, Underground Alliance, and government forces.”
Luo Feng nodded. He naturally knew this rule.
After inspection, the delivery man left.
“Just this manual, with two discs, costs 100 million yuan.” Luo Feng stood in his garden, sighing. “The real money is made by creators. For example, Thunder God. The more copies of Nine Layers Thunder Blade sold, the more he earns.”
With a rough calculation, one could imagine how much Thunder God had made.
However, for someone like Thunder God, founder of the Thunder Martial Arts School, money was not very meaningful anymore.
Just as Luo Feng was about to enter the house holding the manual, a voice sounded.
“Luo Feng.”
He turned around and saw Extreme Martial Arts School chief instructor Wu Tong.
“Uncle Wu,” Luo Feng smiled.
“I just saw the delivery person from headquarters. You bought something?” Wu Tong asked with a smile.
“Yes.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Nine Layers Thunder Blade?” Wu Tong immediately saw the four words on the cover and was shocked. “You, you actually bought this?”
Secret manuals were strictly controlled by all major forces worldwide.
“Anyway, it is not my money.” Luo Feng smiled, then said helplessly, “But I have realised money really is not enough. Weapons, combat suits, everything costs so much.”
“By the way, Luo Feng, I came here to tell you something.” Wu Tong said with a smile. “Not long ago, did a young man named Zhang Haobai offend you?”
Luo Feng paused. Zhang Haobai? He had not even gone to deal with him yet.
“Yes, he once tried to have people break my arms and legs,” Luo Feng nodded.
“It is like this. Zhang Haobai’s uncle, Zhang Zelu, is a warrior from the Thunder Martial Arts School. He asked the general instructor of the Thunder Martial Arts School in Yangzhou City to intervene and help mediate. They want to settle this privately.”
Wu Tong smiled and said, “Luo Feng, aren’t you short of money? This is a chance to make money. You can take this opportunity to earn a big sum.”