086 Diamond and Jade Necklace!

If the Frost Snow Team really intends to enter the professional league, lacking equipment is simply not an option. Without a dedicated analyst to research and synthesize gear, or massive financial resources to collect materials and equipment, the only way to surpass other teams in equipment quality is through in-game acquisition. However, their individual capabilities still lag behind professional players, creating a noticeable gap.

To be honest, selecting equipment from the Alliance Armory this time was indeed a golden opportunity to strengthen the members of the Frost Snow Team, though it felt somewhat wasteful to use it for Chen Feng's gear.

"Hello, Commander Duan Chen Feng! Is there anything I can assist you with?" Upon seeing Chen Feng approach the Alliance Armory, the guarding soldiers immediately stepped forward to greet him. This was one of the perks of holding a high military rank—NPC soldiers were programmed to salute you.

"I am here to enter the Alliance Armory to claim my spoils of war. May I bring a few people inside to help me choose?" Chen Feng had brought Lin Shanshan, Cheng Xue, Zhang Xinting, and Wang Xiaodie along. He was unsure whether bringing guests into the armory was permitted.

The number of items allowed for selection was fixed, so letting people tag along just to look should be fine, right? If Chen Feng's rank hadn't been Commander, this would have been extremely difficult, but a Commander held this specific authority. The Alliance soldier replied respectfully, "Certainly. Everything is at your Commander's convenience."

The four beauties truly had not expected Chen Feng's military rank to leap straight to Commander, meaning Chen Feng wouldn't even need to grind battlefield quests anymore. At his current rank, further promotions could no longer be achieved through mere contribution points; he would have to accomplish monumental feats for the Alliance. They also never imagined they would actually be granted entry into the Alliance Armory. Given their current strength, they probably wouldn't have had a chance to set foot inside the armory even by the end of the game's lifespan.

"Just look around yourselves! I'm going to take a nap!" Once inside the armory, Chen Feng found a chair and sat down to sleep. The Alliance Armory was simply too vast; he was too lazy to search through it himself and preferred to let them do the hunting. Besides, he didn't plan on claiming any particular gear this trip anyway—even if he found something, he wouldn't necessarily take it.

Being able to enter the Alliance Armory and yet choosing to sleep? Had the previous battle drained him that completely? The beauties could scarcely imagine that Chen Feng would actually fall asleep here. If it were anyone else, they might have suspected Chen Feng was just putting on a cool act, but they understood his personality well enough to know he genuinely lacked interest in the armory's contents.

The Alliance Armory contained a massive trove of materials, items, gemstones, and equipment. Chen Feng had no intention of sorting through them item by item, so he let them turn it into a gaming broadcast to show players what kind of treasures were hidden within the armory. Chen Feng slept for a full half-hour and wouldn't even have woken up if not for a system notification.

System: Player "Mengmeng Xiaoyue" wishes to add you as a friend. Do you accept?

There was no need to guess; this was definitely Li Xiaoyue. Chen Feng accepted her friend request and initiated a voice call, asking, "Why are you only adding me now?"

"There was an event just now, and I didn't want to disturb you. By the time I wanted to add you, I found out you had already logged offline, so I'm doing it now. How did you do in the event?" Li Xiaoyue hadn't participated in the event, so she had no idea what Chen Feng's results were.

"Barely passable." The harvest this time was merely passable in Chen Feng's eyes. What satisfied him the most were the two class enhancement skills and the 2 talent points; everything else was rather underwhelming.

"Can you carry me through leveling? I'm only level 23." Li Xiaoyue hadn't had much time to grind, so her low level was completely expected. Being a Priest, her solo leveling speed was notoriously slow, and her unstable online hours made it difficult to join regular groups, making rapid leveling quite a challenge.

While Chen Feng's Warrior avatar continued to sleep in the armory, his Doppelganger avatar added Li Xiaoyue to its friends list and escorted her outside to grind levels. With the Dark Rhinoceros Warrior helping to pull mobs alongside Chen Feng, the leveling speed wouldn't be too shabby. Chen Feng felt it was time to experiment with the dual-control capabilities of Soul Division. Operating on dual tracks was indeed a massive challenge for him, far more difficult than making different movements with his left and right hands simultaneously. Without the Soul Division ability, achieving this would be utterly impossible for a player unless they suffered from literal schizophrenia.

Fortunately, having the Dark Rhinoceros Warrior assisting this time meant Chen Feng didn't have to focus too intensely on pulling mobs. His Magic Ring was equipped on the Warrior avatar, so it wouldn't matter even if the alt character got killed. Somewhat surprisingly, the Five Major Guilds hadn't come to trouble him. Upon brief reflection, he realized his Warrior avatar was tucked away inside the Alliance Armory while the Frost Snow Guild and the others were live-streaming; the Five Major Guilds probably hadn't realized he was capable of dual-character multitasking.

"What kind of class is this? How can you turn into a bear and then into a leopard?" Seeing Chen Feng's Doppelganger character, Li Xiaoyue felt immensely curious, having never encountered a class that could transform into various forms.

"It's a class called Druid, I suppose. Who knows if this class will be officially opened up in the future?" Gwen, who shared the same class as Chen Feng, had already received two class-unlock quests—one for her native class, and another triggered by her orange accessory. However, one could easily imagine that the difficulty of these class-unlock quests was legendary-tier and not easily completed. Even Atlas had stated that it would be extremely difficult for him, let alone Gwen.

Three hours later, Chen Feng's Warrior avatar finally began browsing the equipment racks in the Alliance Armory. He noticed that whenever he operated the Warrior avatar, it would occasionally mirror movements made by the Doppelganger avatar. If not for his strict mental control, both characters would likely have ended up performing the exact same actions.

"Operating two characters simultaneously really isn't easy!" Chen Feng didn't dare attempt too many contradictory actions right now for fear of causing chaos and messing things up. Since he was only just beginning to familiarize himself with dual-character control, taking it slow and progressing step-by-step was the wisest approach.

The Alliance Armory didn't contain an overwhelming number of legendary items; the last time Chen Feng entered, he had only spotted a single Arcanite Reaper. Lin Shanshan and the others had nearly completed a full circuit of the armory, unearthing plenty of powerful gear, including no less than 18 legendary items. Among them was a top-tier orange bow—Thas'dorah, Legacy of the Windrunners!

The viewership for the Alliance Armory live broadcast was astronomically high, instantly rocketing to the most-watched show on the platform. First of all, many people were curious about the sheer volume of military hardware stored in the armory, and coupled with the beautiful Wang Xiaodie acting as host, it attracted a massive horde of male viewers. One can only imagine how staggering the ratings were.

[Diamond Jade Necklace]
Legendary, Binds when equipped
Equipment Requirement: Female Priest
+30% Healing Critical Strike
+60% Healing Effect
Attached Skill: [Guardian of the Emerald Dragon]
Attached Effect: When you cast Power Word: Shield on a target, the damage absorbed by the shield is converted into health, and the damage absorption amount of the shield is increased by 100%.
Attached Effect: While your Power Word: Shield is active, it removes one movement-restricting effect from the target, increases their movement speed by 30%, and this movement speed buff can absorb the next movement-restricting effect or crowd control skill.
Attached Effect: When Power Word: Shield is applied to yourself, you enter an invulnerable state and convert incoming damage into health. This effect can only be used once every 30 seconds.
Description: A blessing from the Diamond Emerald Dragon!

[Guardian of the Emerald Dragon]: Invulnerability skill. Summons an Emerald Dragon to guard a target, rendering them invulnerable for the next 2 seconds and removing all negative status effects from them. While guarded by the Emerald Dragon, the healing effects received by the target are increased by 100%. Cooldown: 1 minute. Cost: Puts all skills into a cooldown state.

After browsing for a bit, Chen Feng stumbled upon a diamond box containing an exquisite and gorgeous jade necklace. Judging solely by its attributes, it was an absolute god-tier item. This was indubitably the ultimate orange necklace for a Discipline Priest: supercharged healing effects, enhanced shields, and an attached invulnerability skill that could function essentially as a PvP trinket—except far more powerful, with a mere 1-minute cooldown. However, the skill came with a severe drawback: upon use, all of the user's skills would be forced onto cooldown. If long-cooldown skills were affected, it could spell serious trouble.

This necklace leaned heavily toward PvP utility, though it was also decent for dungeon crawling and leveling. What Chen Feng valued most was that the necklace was Bind-on-Equip, meaning it wouldn't drop upon death. Honestly, possessing orange equipment wasn't always a blessing; without the strength to protect it, holding legendary gear could spell disaster. Chen Feng lacked confidence in these women; if he handed over orange gear obtained through sheer effort only for them to get killed and looted, it would break his heart.

Take that top-tier orange bow, "Thas'dorah," which they had their eyes on—it was not bound equipment. If they stepped outside a safe zone, they would instantly become prime hunting targets for professional players and game assassins. Wielding legendary weapons was naturally a sign of formidable power, but since they were acquiring the bow through Chen Feng, the situation was entirely different.

Seeing the box with the orange necklace brought over by Chen Feng, the group was startled, never expecting the armory to house such an incredible piece. Yet, they had already set their hearts on other legendary items: the orange bow and an orange one-handed scepter. Chen Feng could only choose two items in total; selecting the orange necklace meant giving up one of the orange weapons.

"Neither the orange bow nor the orange scepter are bound items. Do you honestly believe you have what it takes to walk out of a major city holding a legendary weapon without getting ganked and looted?" Chen Feng already felt somewhat worried that Wang Xiaodie's orange accessory might attract unwanted attention, let alone them brandishing far more conspicuous orange weapons. "My advice is to pick bound items instead; at least they're practical. If you carry unbound legendary weapons, I guarantee that within a week, the moment you dare step outside a major city, you'll be hunted down and stripped of them."

Every national zone was exceptionally dangerous, and the open-world map was even more perilous. Did they really dare wander around carrying legendary weapons? Even Chen Feng felt at risk despite owning the Magic Ring, let alone them, who couldn't conceal their coordinate locations. Organizations like the Cobra Syndicate, the Assassination Guild, and the Acid Rain Organization would undoubtedly target them without hesitation.

Neither Wang Xiaodie nor Zhang Xinting felt confident they could venture outside a major city with their weapons intact. Hearing Chen Feng put it so bluntly, the two began to seriously reconsider whether they should claim those weapons. Unless they kept the legendary gear locked away in their banks and only pulled it out during arena matches, orange weapons truly had no safe opportunity to see the light of day.

"Think it over carefully. My personal recommendation is that this necklace must be chosen. With it, our healers' survivability and support capabilities will be drastically enhanced." A defining trait of Priests was their vulnerability. Having an invulnerability skill every 30 seconds would undoubtedly allow them to evade numerous attacks, and the Guardian of the Emerald Dragon ability provided immense convenience as well.

Zhang Xinting also recognized the extraordinary value of this orange necklace and voted in favor of taking it. As for what to choose for the remaining legendary slot, the group began to deliberate once more.