"I'll take this book. The rest of the items are yours." Shi Feng produced the silver ancient book, his gaze turning toward Shenqiu Mingdong as he spoke.
With that, Shi Feng stored the silver ancient book in his backpack. As for the other four items, he had absolutely no interest in them.
Although all four items were currently invaluable treasures—especially the Level 70 Dark Gold-grade Shield Warrior helmet—even experts from superpowers would drool at the sight of them.
In the Divine Realm, the drop rate for equipment had plummeted after Level 50. Even now, the main raid teams of the major superpowers still wore Level 65 Gold-grade equipment, which spoke volumes about how difficult Dark Gold-grade equipment was to obtain.
In the main raid teams of first-rate guilds, Level 65 Gold-grade equipment still made up the majority. A single Level 70 Dark Gold-grade piece was absolutely top of the top—usable all the way to Level 80 without issue.
However, compared to the silver ancient book, the value of these four items became quite ordinary—to the point where they weren't even in the same league.
In the Divine Realm, ancient books came in many varieties. Some could reveal clues about hidden items, while others could trigger disasters like tearing open an abyss. The silver ancient book, however, was a particularly special type—it didn't affect external objects, but rather the player themselves.
Once used on a player, it would sharpen their neural reaction speed.
Generally speaking, a player's neural reaction speed depended entirely on the player's real-world self. To improve it required intense training in reality, and ordinary training methods couldn't enhance neural reaction speed at all—special techniques were necessary. Moreover, no matter how hard an ordinary person trained, there was a hard limit to how much their neural reaction speed could improve.
But the silver ancient book broke through this limitation, allowing players to forcibly enhance their neural reaction speed within the Divine Realm.
Of course, this enhancement wasn't dramatic—the actual effect varied from person to person. But even a small boost had an enormous impact on a player's performance.
The silver ancient book could be considered a special item that compensated for a player's innate deficiencies. It wasn't as practical as raw physical conditioning, but even so, a single silver ancient book on the market was worth a fortune and nearly impossible to buy. The major superpowers would even trade fragments of Legendary items or ordinary bloodlines just to obtain one, all to enhance the neural reaction speed of their veteran experts.
Obtaining a silver ancient book now had genuinely surprised Shi Feng. If he let one of the guild's Entry-level Perfection experts use it, they might use it as a stepping stone to reach the Flowing Water Realm. After all, players with faster neural reaction speeds improved more quickly in this regard. Many large guilds conducted a series of tests before recruiting players for internal training, and those whose neural reaction speed exceeded the norm were given priority.
Currently, the four Zero Wing members stuck at the peak of Entry-level Perfection—Huowu, Shui Se Qiangwei, Bai Qingxue, and Ziyan Liuyun—if they could obtain a silver ancient book, combined with their natural talent, they might very quickly become masters of the Flowing Water Realm.
And once they became masters of the Flowing Water Realm, if they also gained an entry-level understanding of the Logic Realm, they would be combat powerhouses on par with peak experts—invaluable pillars in any superpower.
After Shi Feng stored the silver ancient book, Shenqiu Mingdong looked at the remaining items in the Dark Gold treasure chest, clearly torn.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, this is Level 70 Dark Gold-grade equipment. Our Purple Shadow Adventurer Team only avoided a total wipe because of you. Accepting this item as well would be too much." Shenqiu Mingdong looked at Shi Feng and said earnestly.
Right now, even the top experts were only around Level 67 or 68. Level 65 Dark Gold-grade equipment alone was enough to make the major powers go crazy fighting over it, let alone Level 70 Dark Gold-grade equipment—and this was a main tank's piece at that, which only made it more valuable.
"I already said I'd only take one item from the chest, and it's just a piece of Level 70 Dark Gold-grade equipment. For Zero Wing, it's really nothing." Shi Feng looked at the guilt-ridden Shenqiu Mingdong and chuckled. "If you feel bad about it, do me a favor instead. Consider this equipment your commission fee. How about that?"
He didn't know much about the Purple Shadow Adventurer Team's situation, but from their earlier performance and the atmosphere among its members, he could tell that the people of Purple Shadow were loyal and principled. Otherwise, when facing Morning Radiance's overwhelming force, the team members would have scattered and fled at the first sign of trouble.
And that was exactly why he had chosen to help Purple Shadow on a whim. If it had been any other team, they could forget about the boss and the treasure chest—he wouldn't have given them up.