"You have a boat?" Yuluo Chenfu was mildly surprised.
A boat was like a mount — a luxury item.
Right now, even independent players at the top of their game were fortunate to have one or two gold coins to spare.
After all, the stronger the player, the better their equipment, and the more expensive the repair costs. They also had to constantly purchase potions, scrolls, and other items, so they rarely had much money on hand.
As a result, in Wanghai Town, even players who had reached Level 40 often couldn't afford an ordinary mount...
He'd only managed to save up some extra money because he'd formed an adventurer party and had gotten lucky recently, opening several treasure chests for a small profit. He'd been planning to splurge on renting a small fishing boat with a sail.
He hadn't expected
"Our captain really found a top player. We're in luck now."
"I wonder when our party will have its own boat. That'd save us a lot on every adventure."
The rest of the party looked at Shi Feng with envy.
...
Under Shi Feng's lead, the group arrived at a harbor where few boats were docked.
As everyone wondered why Shi Feng had brought them so far, he retrieved a glass bottle containing the Swift Dragon speedboat from his inventory and chanted the incantation to release it.
As rolling black mist poured from the glass bottle onto the water's surface, Yuluo Chenfu and the others nearly popped their eyes out.
A typical fishing boat released roughly ten yards of black mist, and even the larger ones barely reached twenty. But the black mist pouring from Shi Feng's bottle was a full forty yards — twice the size of the best fishing boat in Wanghai Town.
"Am I seeing things?!"
"Is that a... a speedboat..."
"This speedboat is so cool! Look, there's a cannon on the bow!"
"Holy crap, there are magic runes carved on the hull!"
"That's not right. I've seen high-level speedboats NPCs operate before, and none of them had magic runes carved on the hull."
Yuluo Chenfu and the others stared at the Swift Dragon speedboat, completely awed by its imposing and sleek appearance.
"Let's go," Shi Feng said, satisfied with the Swift Dragon speedboat as he gestured for everyone to board.
Its streamlined hull was faintly surrounded by flowing light, making it by far the coolest speedboat he'd ever seen. What was more, its propulsion system was composed of two separate parts.
Under normal conditions, it relied on wind power for propulsion.
If the speed wasn't sufficient, magic crystals could serve as a power source for a boost, though the cost was substantial — one magic crystal per ten minutes, or twenty-five silver coins. That was nearly a day's income for an average high-level player.
The moment Shi Feng released the Swift Dragon speedboat, passing players in the distance were stunned as well.
"What kind of boat is that?"
"Did some top-tier guild's elite team really come to our Wanghai Town?"
"That boat is incredible! I don't know which top adventurer party that is, but I want in!"
News of the Swift Dragon speedboat quickly spread through all of Wanghai Town, and the major adventurer parties and guilds began inquiring about it.
Just as the crowd wanted to get a closer look, Shi Feng activated the Swift Dragon speedboat.
Immediately, the magic runes on the hull emitted a faint blue glow. The seawater around the vessel parted as if sliced by a blade, and with a gentle gust of wind, the Swift Dragon speedboat began to move.