"This one’s for you, and this one too."

Ying Fenger put two pieces of equipment into her bag while giving the remaining two to Lucien instead.

Lucien didn’t stand on ceremony either, putting them directly into his bag.

Just as Ying Fenger was about to enter chatterbox mode, her expression suddenly changed.

She turned her head to look at the distant sky, her face appearing extremely tense.

"Alright, I can’t chat with you anymore. If we have the chance to meet again next time, I’ll find you."

With that, Ying Fenger waved her hand, and a Pegasus five or six meters tall with purple wings appeared before them.

With a handsome flip, she mounted the horse directly.

In the blink of an eye, that Pegasus flew high into the sky and vanished.

This left Lucien completely bewildered. What was going on?

Just as he was pondering what had happened, the sky suddenly darkened.

Lucien looked up and saw a giant bird resembling a phoenix sweeping overhead.

The surrounding monsters were all shivering at this moment, lying flat on the ground and not daring to move an inch.

Only after that phoenix had gone far away did Lucien breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking from afar, there seemed to be a figure atop this phoenix.

However, that phoenix was flying too fast, and Lucien couldn’t see clearly who was on it at all.

But judging from the situation, the phoenix’s direction seemed to be in pursuit of Ying Fenger.

Lucien couldn’t help but sigh at this; these Native Residents were all so damn monstrous.

He was at least a bellwether among the players, but compared to these people, he was truly too weak.

But then he thought about how he had only been in Battle Online for less than a year; sooner or later, he would catch up to these Native Residents.

Clue to Maxey’s Laboratory

Uses: 1

Special Hidden Instance

Usage Level: 0

Description: Allows entry to Maxey’s Laboratory at a fixed location. Be careful of the monsters inside; it’s best to head there only when you have sufficient strength.

Special hidden instance?

This was the first time Lucien had heard of such a thing. He had never heard of any hidden instances before.

Aside from the fixed instances in the Novice Village, there were only two instances here in Jiuzhou: one was the Level 20-30 Xuanming Pagoda, and the other was the Level 40-45 Goblin Kingdom.

Other countries also had their own different instances.

As for hidden instances, they hadn’t appeared yet, though it was possible some people knew about them and the news was just circulating within a small circle.

At this moment, Lucien was actually a bit conflicted about whether he should go.

Because he didn’t know how strong the monsters in this instance were.

If he went rashly, his only chance might be wasted.

Moreover, he didn’t know if time would permit it; the Martial Arts Tournament was starting in a few days.

He didn’t want to miss the Martial Arts Tournament; an Immortal-grade equipment piece and an Immortal-grade Skill—he didn’t want to pass that up.

Forget it, I’ll wait until after the Martial Arts Tournament!

As for the remaining item, the Gold-grade enhancement stone.

This was also a good thing. After all, Silver-grade enhancement stones were already rare enough.

Not to mention this Gold-grade enhancement stone.

If one wanted to enhance equipment to +12, at least a Gold-grade enhancement stone was required.

Soon, the day the Martial Arts Tournament began arrived. Lucien had stayed here for a full four days.

He hadn’t even gone offline these past few days; as soon as he woke up, he would start looking for wild monsters.

His luck was pretty good, as an enhancement stone dropped from an Ugly Cat Demon.

Checking the time, Lucien pulled out a Return Scroll.

Soon, Lucien’s figure appeared in Wing Province City.

Wing Province City was extremely lively today.

The truth was that events in Battle Online were pitifully few.

With an event finally happening, everyone was naturally very enthusiastic.

Especially since there were equipment and skill rewards.

He quickly arrived at Wing Province Square in the very center of Wing Province City.

Staff members wearing very special glasses were already there.

When they saw a player coming over, they would immediately walk up and hand them a teleportation stone and a card.

Lucien naturally received a teleportation stone and a card as well.

The card read: "This is the teleportation stone for the Martial Arts Tournament." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Crush the teleportation stone between twelve and one o’clock."

"The teleportation stone will take you to the tournament venue."

"This tournament will last for two days; please bring your own rations."

After twelve o’clock, players crushed their teleportation stones one by one. As streaks of white light flashed, their figures disappeared.

Lucien also crushed the teleportation stone in his hand and arrived at the Martial Arts Tournament venue.

The tournament venue was a truly massive giant square.

Participating players from all over Wing Province were being teleported in one after another.

At exactly one o’clock, the light of teleportation finally stopped.

Under the gaze of countless people, the City Lord of Yizhou stood suspended in mid-air.

"All participating Chosen Ones, please pay attention. Since there are too many participants this time, we will use the Trial Tower to eliminate the vast majority of Chosen Ones."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small tower appeared in the City Lord of Yizhou’s hand.

He threw it directly into the air, and the tower expanded as it met the wind.

By the time the tower landed on the ground, it had become incomparably huge.

Facing this sudden Trial Tower, everyone held their breath.

At this moment, Lucien’s eyes were shining; this Trial Tower was definitely a good thing.

The City Lord of Yizhou continued, "This tournament will use a point system."

"Once you enter the Trial Tower, everyone will have their own independent space."

"There are countless monsters in the Trial Tower ranging from low to high levels; the lowest is Level 30, and the highest is Level 80."

"Killing a Level 30 monster grants one point, killing a Level 31 monster grants two points, Level 32 grants three points, and so on."

"The competition time is one day. Within that day, those in the top one hundred will successfully advance, while those outside the top one hundred will be eliminated."

"Remember, kill as many monsters as possible once you’re inside. There are seven hundred million participants this time, and only one hundred people will be selected from these seven hundred million."

"Now everyone line up to enter the Trial Tower. No lingering at the tower entrance; violators will have their qualifications revoked."

Everyone lined up, and the speed of entering the Trial Tower was very fast.

If anyone dared to delay, they would be teleported out immediately.

Those who were usually arrogant and domineering didn’t dare to cause trouble now.

Especially those who had withdrawn from the Nine Great Guilds; they were all like ostriches now, afraid of being recognized.

Lucien silently followed the queue into the Trial Tower.

Accompanied by a flash of teleportation light, he entered an independent space.

This Martial Arts Tournament even had the high-level officials of the Jiuzhou Empire watching the situation inside the Trial Tower.

Even the Emperor of the Jiuzhou Empire attached immense importance to this Martial Arts Tournament.

After watching for a while, everyone silently shook their heads.

They were not optimistic about competing for Japan’s Providence this time.

"Sigh, there are too few Chosen Ones with A-rank talents or higher."

"The only eye-catching one is Falling into the Human World, but unfortunately, he’s only Level 31. The level gap is too great."

"Wait, that kid is wearing a full Level 30 Gold-grade set, and it’s all enhanced to +10."