Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 882: Chapter 379: Olivia’s Promise

As the range and effects of the Great Stench continued to expand, only the ranking player Divine Tongue and Wu Chang’s True Self remained unaffected.

Seeing the Secret Magic Knight Order members marked with a weakened status, Wu Chang began to worry, considering whether to move everyone to the Gray Church Slums to use the Divine Kingdom to dispel the weakness from them.

While he hesitated, Divine Tongue took action.

Standing still as if sensing something, he seemed prepared, reaching into the air to grab a swirl of colorful Power of Root out of thin air.

He looked at the shimmering colorful mass emitting a strong stench in his hand, his face showed a tragic expression, and he forced it into his mouth with a frown.

Ugh!

Divine Tongue possessed the culinary Power of Root, and his in-game name demonstrated his confidence in his own taste.

When someone with the Divine Tongue consumes that stench aggregate-like Power of Root, it’s no less than throwing someone with severe cleanliness into Hills River.

Divine Tongue gagged while stumbling to the dining table, taking out various materials imbued with Extraordinary Power from his portable space and began mixing them.

His hand speed was extremely fast, and it took him only a dozen seconds to mix over twenty Extraordinary Items using more than ten different methods to form a cup of golden liquid.

Then he divided the liquid into portions according to the number of people, feeding everyone.

After drinking the ”Cocktail Potion” prepared by Divine Tongue, whether plane natives or Abyssal Game players, the look of pain on their faces eased somewhat.

Divine Tongue reserved a cup for both Wu Chang’s True Self and original body, but did not leave a portion for himself.

The Power of Root representing the Great Stench seemed to only cause nausea for Divine Tongue and did not affect him.

Wu Chang raised his brow, recalling a mythic story, Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs.

No wonder Cold Mountain previously speculated Divine Tongue’s Power of Root was related to eating and digestion; what Divine Tongue is doing now resembles a strategy guide version of Shennong tasting herbs.

His Power of Root enabled him to largely resist negative effects, even convert them into food, eat, digest, and analyze them.

As Divine Tongue operated, Wu Chang took out the All-Knowing Crystal, thoroughly analyzing Divine Tongue’s actions.

After all, what Divine Tongue prepared was meant for everyone in attendance to drink; if he was poisoned by the Power of Root of the Great Stench and made something fatal, it could potentially wipe out the Secret Magic Knight Order.

According to the All-Knowing Crystal’s analysis, Divine Tongue’s ability to concoct the golden liquid wasn’t a combat ability, but rather the professional skills of a secondary profession chef and pharmacist, both at the Grandmaster Level.

The two Grandmaster level secondary professions, combined with his ability to digest and analyze negative statuses, provided him with extraordinary effectiveness as team support.

The high-level Great Stench’s Power of Root, which he can neutralize with just dozens of not-so-precious Extraordinary Items, made Wu Chang reassess the strength of ranking players.

It’s important to note, Divine Tongue is a lone wolf player, who capitalized on the fame of star players to gradually establish a small faction for himself and a few companions.

Compared to other ranking players, even if Divine Tongue’s foundation isn’t the worst, it’s only mid to lower or medium.

Players like Cold Mountain and Phantom, top ranking players of the Four Major Organizations, definitely have a foundation that surpasses Divine Tongue significantly.

In terms of pure combat power or dungeon strategy, Wu Chang might not lose to them, but they’ve been in the Abyssal Game for too long; underestimating them could result in a major loss.

Wu Chang refocused his thoughts and used his True Self to approach the still gagging Divine Tongue, and asked:

”Are you okay?”

Divine Tongue managed a weak smile and said:

”Don’t worry about me, I’ll recover shortly.”

Wu Chang nodded and said: ”The Extraordinary Items you used just now must be your own collection. Calculate how much you consumed and list it; I’ll reimburse you.”

Divine Tongue was stunned; since entering the Abyssal Game and going through hundreds of dungeons, it was the first time he heard of item consumption being reimbursed by a plane native.

The items he used weren’t precious compared to ranking players, but replenishing them costs a few thousand Rotten Silver Coins; reimbursement is certainly welcome.

”Thank you,” he expressed gratitude to Wu Chang, while enduring nausea, began recording the items he consumed.

While his True Self conversed with Divine Tongue, Wu Chang’s original body approached Raventon.

Looking at Raventon, whose legs were barely supporting him, he asked: ”What’s your take on what just happened?”

Raventon took out a pipe from his pocket, took two fierce puffs, and said:

”Once this trouble is resolved, I must apply to spend some time in the new world.”

As a detective, he always believed that brains surpass brawn, but that’s predicated on the gap in power not being too vast.

For instance, during his last confrontation with the Steam Council, he only needed to use his brain to easily foil their plot, and aside from the final overwhelming siege, he hadn’t made a move.

But times have changed; now the Steam Council doesn’t even need to meet him, just creating a Great Stench can render him powerless in battle.

This disparity is unacceptable to him.

Wu Chang spent five years in the New World, allowing him to transform completely and remain unaffected in the midst of the Great Stench.