I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 475: Legendary Herbs

“What is that thing?” Song Jian turned his head and looked into the distance.

His current field of vision was only within a radius of five meters, and that was due to the vertical eye on his forehead. Otherwise, in this black mist, even his perception was compressed to a minimum. A player who entered this area could see only the surroundings within less than a meter.

Song Jian stared in the direction where the glittering light had just flashed. Shortly, another burst of light flashed very quickly. If Song Jian hadn’t been staring in that direction, it would have been difficult for him to notice.

After some hesitation, Song Jian slowly moved towards the position of the flashing light.

In no time, Song Jian saw a verdant plant about a foot high growing on a desolate land filled with rubble.

This plant was jade-green all over as if carved out of jadeite. It had only seven leaves from top to bottom. The entire plant emitted a faint green glow, which resisted the invasion of the surrounding black mist.

The black mist around it, constantly transforming into tentacles, attempted to uproot this plant but ended up being shattered by the plant’s glowing surface.

The green glow on the surface of the plant was very faint. Beyond a distance of one meter, no one would notice the plant.

However, after every certain period, a palm formed from the surrounding black mist would emerge and try to slap the plant as if it wished to destroy it completely. At such times, the whole plant would emit dazzilng light that shattered the black hand. What Song Jian had seen earlier was the plant emitting that bright light.

“Seven Stars Shard (Legendary), Herbal plant, Harvestable, Usability: 1. One of the main ingredients to make Pill of Tribulation; 2. When used on pets, it can significantly enhance their potential; 3. Successful harvest can directly increase the Medicine Gathering Skill by one level; Harvest requirements: Gathering Skill Level 7;”

“Damn, a legendary herb…” After reading the attributes of this herb, Song Jian could not help but catch his breath. He had never seen a legendary herb before. Unexpectedly, for the first time, he discovered one in the Protection Black Mist.

Moreover, harvesting this herb required the Medicine Gathering Skill to be at level seven. It was a rarity for one’s Medicine Gathering Skill to reach level seven. Even Song Jian only had a Medicine Gathering Skill level of five.

“Luckily, I have the gear to compensate for my lack of level!” Song Jian pulled out a spade from his inventory and equipped it.

This spade was a silver-quality spade that Song Jian had obtained, known as the Purple Bamboo Spade. It was quite powerful, with attributes like “Increase Medicine Gathering Speed by 40%, Medicine Gathering Success Rate +8”, and most importantly, “Medicine Gathering Skill Level +2”.

After equipping the Purple Bamboo Spade, Song Jian met the requirements to harvest this herb.

The moment Song Jian swung the Purple Bamboo Spade and started digging the ground, a light blue progress bar appeared in front of him.

“Ten…ten minutes? To harvest this herb, it takes ten minutes?” Song Jian felt surprised. This was the time after increasing the gathering speed by 40%. Normally, it took him only a few seconds to gather herbs.

“As expected of a legendary quality herb…”

The progress bar moved slowly. Song Jian dared not move while maintaining his herb-gathering posture. Although the Purple Bamboo Spade provided a “+8 Medicine Gathering Success Rate”, Song Jian’s Medicine Gathering Skill barely met the requirement for gathering the “Seven Stars Shard”, hence it did not guarantee 100% harvesting success.

Just as the progress bar was about to finish, Song Jian suddenly heard the voices of a few players behind him.

“The light I just saw was in this direction…”

“Be careful, this Black Mist is too strange. Be careful with your life, it could be some powerful monster…”

“I don’t think so, it’s probably a treasure. Let’s go take a look. Fortune favors the brave. If you’re scared, don’t follow us!”

“Yes, this place has never been entered by players before. If there is a treasure, it makes sense. We are the first batch of players to enter here. If we miss the treasure by chance, won’t we regret it to death…”

Song Jian’s heart sank as he glanced at the progress bar which indicated that he had more than fifty seconds left for successful harvesting.

In no time, Song Jian saw about six players emerging slowly from the left side. All of these players were above level twenty. Judging by their gear, they were quite powerful, and among players, they were considered the cream of the crop.

“See, I told you there was a treasure, and you didn’t believe me…” one player pointed to the ‘Seven Stars Shard’ herb and exclaimed excitedly.

“Mist Weed, a legendary-ranked herb!” someone cried out in astonishment.

“Heh, buddy, finders keepers. You can’t monopolize this herb…”

“Stop talking and attack him. Interrupt his gathering!”

“Right, right, we can’t let him succeed!”

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All at once, the players pulled out their long-range weapons and aimed at Song Jian. They only used normal attacks, without using any skills, as they merely wanted to stop Song Jian from gathering, not kill him.

If they had really used skills, they would become mortal enemies with Song Jian, which would result in a fight to the death;

“Thirty-six seconds left…” Song Jian could feel the ill-intention from these players. Seeing them raise their weapons towards him, Song Jian was taken aback.

“Abyssal Phantom!”

With a thought, a semi-transparent, grey shadow appeared beside Song Jian. The blurry figure was similar to Song Jian in stature and wore identical gear. During the gathering process, Song Jian could not suffer any damage, or else it would interrupt the gathering.

Once the gathering of ordinary herbs was interrupted, it could cause irreversible damage to the herb. If the gathering of this legendary herb was interrupted, there was a high chance of it being ruined;

The gear on the Abyssal Phantom matched Song Jian’s exactly, but it was mere appearance without any attributes. If the Abyssal Phantom could also copy the attributes of Song Jian’s gear, that would be way too overpowered.

Thud, thud, thud~

Several attacks were shot at Song Jian, but they were all blocked by the Abyssal Phantom. Instantly, the phantom’s 1000 vitality points decreased by more than half.

To serve as Song Jian’s shield, the phantom couldn’t move or dodge, and so had to bear all the attacks;

“Keep attacking, let’s burst this thing first!” someone yelled, the muzzle of his gun started emanating a dazzling red light.

The players were blinded by the legendary herb, and all they could think about was gaining the treasure. While they were attacking, they failed to realize that once they attacked a target, or were damaged themselves, the effect of the Concealment Ring would dissipate;

As they were jointly attacking Song Jian’s phantom, they didn’t notice that their figures had already begun to appear gradually;

“Crack~”

A faint cracking sound echoed, but it was drowned out by the roar of their attacks;

Song Jian nervously watched the last bit of the progress bar, turned back to look at those players, his eyes gradually sharp.

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