I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 816. A Big Bet
"Hehe~ Gentlemen, it seems that the Divine Realm of the Sun has been born." Lady Mi turned around and smiled. "No wonder that old Pope wasn't interested in the fragments of authority. It turns out he found such a divine object."

Xia Feng was also somewhat surprised. They moved so quickly? They've already found the spirit paper of the Ember Sun Divine Realm?
That cunning Red King still hasn't been caught after all this time, and now he's being hunted down. But then the Ember Sun Divine Realm suddenly appears, leaving him no time to snatch it.

Ugh—one trouble after another.

[Countdown: 3, 2—]

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Forget it, let's see how things go in the initial settlement phase.

Fortunately, although it took almost 15 days to stay in the blood vessels of the gods and another 10 days to break through the Light Ruins Realm, the total time was only 25 days, which did not exceed the 27-day limit and was still within the time limit of the Ember Stone Multiplier Card.

In this way, it can be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

The flowing blood mist, the unrestrained stream of light, and the curved hips of the black and white female figure in front of them all suddenly froze.

[The Red King reveal phase has ended, and the second round of settlement has begun.]

Xia Feng's vision went black for a moment, and when the light came on, he was already on the columnar platform.

It was the same familiar scene, with eight other tall pillars forming a ring around the front in the dim light.

"Click-clack—" A square, low pillar slowly rose from in front of Xia Feng's feet, and data information appeared.

[Seats: 9]

[Remaining Ember Stones after Round 1: 14]

[Currently possesses: 9 Ember Stones]

【0级道具卡：主动暴位卡*1、录影卡*1、0级·烬石倍增卡*4（生效中）】

[Level 1 Item Cards: Fusion Card *2, Random Information Card *1]

[Special Item Card: Black King Item Card *2 (Not Activated)]

[Second round of settlement in progress—]

First kill: None

[Hunting: None]

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[Guessed the Red King correctly: None]

[As the Black King, you have an extra reward quest—you successfully completed two rounds of identity concealment and received 20 Ember Stones!]

[Currently possessed: 95]

[We are currently in the second settlement phase. You have two special cards that you can destroy and exchange. Do you want to exchange them?]

[Exchange successful - You destroyed 2 Black King Item Cards and obtained 10 Ember Stones!]

[Because you have 4 Ember Stone Multiplier Cards, every 10 Ember Stones you gain will be multiplied by 4 – for a total of 36 extra Ember Stones this round!]

[Currently possessed: 131]

Settlement complete —

Xia Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his account balance had finally exceeded one hundred, but the matter was not over yet.

The settlement and exchange process is divided into four sub-stages.

[1. Settlement → 2. Private Exchange → 3. Public Auction → Identification of the Red King]

[The shop is now open. Private exchanges are now available. You have one minute to exchange for item cards. The shop will close after one minute.]

[In rounds 1-3, you can sell your current item cards to the shop for buyback at the same price as the item cards already listed in the shop.]

[Note: Your Ember Boosting Card x4 has 1 day, 13 hours, and 5 minutes remaining. Do you wish to sell it to the shop for recycling?]

[Ember Multiplier Card x4 - Sold Successfully (Note: After this sale, you will not be able to use or sell this type of card even if you obtain it again)]

You have obtained (4 x 15) 60 Ember Stones —

[Currently possessed: 191]

Goodness, that's almost 200 now. Xia Feng nodded in satisfaction. Although the four multiplier cards he bought at the beginning had a high degree of uncertainty, the returns were indeed very considerable.

[Second Round Exchange - Shop Prices Increased by 200%] [Level 0 Ashlands Exploration Card - Price 6]

[Level 0 Active Slot Card - Price: 6]

[Level 1 Advanced Ashchaka - Price: 40]

[Level 1 Luck Card - Price: 40]

The price increase is terrifying. It tripled in the first round and doubled in the second round, driving the price of level 1 cards down to 40 each.

The level 2 card obtained in the last round of Huang Zhaoyue auction only cost 50 Ember Stones.

In addition to these cards, the store has also updated with two level 2 item cards and two level 3 item cards.

Level 2 Super Jinchaka
Effect: Activating this card allows you to accurately sense the location of Level 2 Emberlands within a radius of 100 kilometers.

Effective time: 10 minutes (the card will disappear after the time expires)

Price: 100 Ember Stones

[Level 2 - Designated Exposure Position Card]

Function: Using this card, you can designate any numbered player and expose their location information to all players.

Effective time: 10 minutes (target location displayed in real time)

Price: 100 Ember Stones

Designated exposure location?

Unexpectedly, after destroying the Black King's exploration, another designated exposure location was discovered.

Xia Feng couldn't help but facepalm; this thing was really disgusting.

But whatever, at such a high price, who would be so bored as to buy this thing?

The total target is only 1,000, so 100 directly accounts for one-tenth, which is outrageous.

[Level 3 - Outlander Card]

Function: Can summon a being below the level of a sage from outside the Sumeru Realm to descend upon the Sumeru Realm (requires the summoned target's consent).

Duration: Can stay in Sumeru Realm for 3 days

Price: 300 Emberstones

3 Hmm?
"Snatching the young master?!" Xia Feng was completely stunned. He thought this World-Destroying Witch Summoning Card would cost at most two hundred, but he didn't expect it to be priced at 3, which is three times the price of a level 2 card!
As I said before, the total target is only 1000!

What's the difference between this and a shady shop?
Level 3 Temporary Departure Card
Function: After use, the user can temporarily leave the Sumeru Realm and return to the present world.

Duration: Allowed to stay outside for 3 days

Price: 300 Emberstones

What's the use of this thing? Xia Feng thought about it and realized it wasn't very useful to him.

But it might be useful to those in sacred realms, for example, if they temporarily need spiritual materials or divine relics, they can go back to their own forces to retrieve them.

Of course, there is another major function: if you are being targeted, you can use it to evade being hunted for 3 days!

This is equivalent to a 3-day invincibility period.

From this perspective, it might be a surprisingly good card.

[Countdown to store closure: 30/29]

Xia Feng fell into deep thought.

Now, only by merging with Miss Mu will he have a chance to contend with multiple Saint Realm experts.

So there are two options: either accumulate 300 Embers and buy the Outer Boundary Descent Card, but the problem is that the price in the third round of the shop might increase, and it could be more than 300! It will most likely start at 400?
This is really ridiculous. To get Emberstones, you need to be strong, and to be strong, you need to consume Emberstones. This cycle continues, and I'm afraid I'll never be able to accumulate 1000.

Therefore, instead of accumulating Ember Stones to honestly buy level 3 cards, Xia Feng felt it was better to go all in on luck cards, as this would be more cost-effective.

Most importantly, he now has the help of Yue Hongli's 'conservation of fortune and misfortune', which means he can gamble big.

(End of this chapter)