Chapter 518: Dark Gold Treasure Chest
Lin Feng's back was still damp with cold sweat, and the last syllable of his curse had barely left his lips when a clear system notification sounded in his mind.
【The dungeon has been conquered. The conqueror can check the status at the dungeon core and obtain 1 Dark Gold Chest.】
He paused for a moment, then instinctively turned around.
Behind them, the pure white, high-backed throne was silently disappearing.
Starting with the oak tree relief with outstretched arms on the back of the chair, the entire throne gradually disintegrates into fine dust, like sand paintings scattered by the wind, quietly disappearing into the air as if it had never existed.
Where the throne vanished, two things appeared out of thin air.
A dark golden orb of light hovered half a meter above the ground, slowly rotating, its light like flowing lava.
This is the core of the Demon King-level dungeon, and next to the orb of light, lies a treasure chest that is entirely dark gold.
"Dark Gold Treasure Chest!"
Lin Feng's gaze was fixed on it, his mind racing.
"Gold equipment is upgraded to Dark Gold? Could the item in this treasure chest be of Dark Gold quality?"
His heart suddenly raced, and the corners of his mouth, which had just been cursing, involuntarily turned up. He muttered a complaint under his breath.
"Although the Nightmare World is a real rip-off, it's not stingy when it comes to being generous. The greater the risk, the better the reward. Okay, that's fair."
Just then, a soft panting came from behind.
The confinement of Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan has finally been lifted.
The moment Jiang Yelan's wrist regained its freedom, it was already on the hilt of the knife. His gaze quickly swept across the hall, and after confirming that there was no other danger, he slowly exhaled and his gaze fell on Lin Feng's back.
Jiang Zhaoyue stood up, supported by the Silver Moon Heavenly Spear, her hands still trembling slightly.
She raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, her voice a few decibels lower than usual: "That wave of control just now... I was fully conscious the whole time, but I couldn't even move a single finger. I almost thought you couldn't take it either."
“Seflin’s final 【Nightmare Ultimate Fear】 is indeed unsolvable,” Lin Feng shook his head, his tone calm. “As long as the resistance is not 100%, they will be frozen in place for 30 seconds. If all three of us are controlled, it will be a total wipeout.”
He turned to the two of them, his tone relaxed: "The most important thing is that everyone is safe. This adventure was worthwhile. Besides the items dropped by Severine, there was also a unique treasure chest. Let's go take a look."
"A dark gold treasure chest?" Jiang Zhaoyue raised an eyebrow, took a step to follow him, turned her head to look at him, her eyes filled with surprise, "There's dark gold on gold equipment? I've never even heard of it."
"That's what the system message says, but I don't know what it means."
Lin Feng quickened his pace noticeably as he spoke.
The three walked up to the treasure chest.
The box is entirely dark gold, and the edges on its surface reflect almost no light. There are a few thin, shallow marks on the edges, as if they have been worn away by the passage of time.
Lin Feng took a deep breath and reached out to lift the lid of the box.
There were no dazzling golden effects inside the box, nor any magnificent beams of light shooting into the sky; only two items lay quietly at the bottom of the box.
One was a golden plate armor with an ancient luster, and the other was a job change book wrapped in purple light.
Lin Feng picked up the plate armor first. The armor was quite heavy. A diamond-shaped gold crystal was embedded in the center of the breastplate, a dark red hexagonal crystal was embedded in the edge of the left shoulder plate, and a silver-gray square crystal was embedded in the edge of the right shoulder plate.
The belt is inlaid with a dark blue round crystal and a dark green oval crystal at each end.
Each of the five crystals refracts light in a different hue, creating a dazzling display under the light.
The inside of the armor has a thin lining that doesn't feel cold to the touch; instead, it has a persistent warmth.
Lin Feng turned the plate armor over and saw a line of tiny embroidered characters on the edge of the lining.
Oak leaves and sword, until death do us part.
With a slight thought, the attribute panel unfolded before his eyes:
【Elegy of Elderland - True】
Quality: Gold
Location: Chest
Equipment requirements: Constitution ≥ 45, Strength ≥ 45
Basic attributes: Defense +200, Constitution +10, Negative Resistance +15%.
Special Effect 1 - Loyalty (Passive): When the holder's health is below 25%, the amount of healing received is increased by 25% until the health is restored to 50%.
Special Effect 2 - Betrayal (Passive): When attacked from behind, the damage of that attack is reduced by 30%, and there is a 30% chance to reflect the full amount of the damage back to the attacker.
Special Effect 3 - Glory (Passive): After successfully blocking an attack, the damage of the next attack is increased by 15%.
Special Effect 4 - Sacrifice (Active, 12-hour cooldown): When an allied unit within vision dies, within 30 seconds, you can consume 40% of your current health to revive it on the spot. The target will recover 40% of its maximum health after revival.
Special Effect 5 - Despair (Active, 12-hour cooldown): Activates when health is below 20%. The user consumes all remaining health to deal true damage equal to 1.5 times the consumed health to the designated target, ignoring shields and damage reduction effects. If the user does not have a life-locking skill, they will die instantly.
Note: Elderland's Lament requires absorbing 5 Memory Crystals to be worn.
Lin Feng's gaze first fell on the word "Gold" in the quality column, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously curled slightly. It was still gold. His expectations for the dark gold equipment just now were dashed.
But then, his gaze was immediately drawn to the word "True" after the equipment's name.
He was no stranger to equipment with the word "True" on it; in the Nightmare World, equipment with the word "True" could be brought back to Earth.
But since gold equipment can be brought back to Earth anyway, what's so special about gold equipment with the word "true" on it?
He searched through all the General Administration's records and never saw anyone obtain a gold-tier equipment with the word "genuine" on it.
He suppressed his doubts and continued reading.
When he saw "Negative Resistance +15% (Permanent)," his eyebrows twitched.
It's a fixed increase, with no trigger conditions and no duration limit; it's a permanent bonus that takes effect once equipped!
His current negative resistance is 85%, plus the 15% from "Elderland's Lament"...
Permanently stationed in Manchuria to resist!
The smile on his lips grew more pronounced, and then he glanced at the five special effects below.
Loyalty increases healing efficiency when low on health, betrayal counters sneak attacks, glory increases damage after blocking, sacrifice revives teammates, and despair is a life-for-life kill.
It has five special effects, plus a fixed 15% negative resistance.
This piece of equipment is absolutely the strongest gold-tier equipment on Earth, bar none!
The only drawback is that the self-destruct kill effect of 【Despair】 is extremely risky and must be paired with a life-locking skill to maximize its power and avoid the cost of death.
As he pondered this, Lin Feng's gaze unconsciously drifted toward Jiang Zhaoyue, who was standing on his right.
To be precise, it drifted toward the golden belt around her waist, the Blood Oath Armor.
He remembered the belt's special effect very clearly: when he received fatal damage, it would lock his health and restore 30% of his maximum health.
He stared at her for a couple more seconds, and Jiang Zhaoyue followed his gaze and looked down, raising an eyebrow: "Why are you staring at my waist?"