Chapter 167: The Queen's Reward

Xu Han: "..."
Serve?
What kind of service?
He dared not ask, fearing the Queen would fly into a rage.
Right now, he was no match for her combat prowess.
Yao Mei continued, "The second condition: find for this monarch a branch of the World Tree, water from the Spring of Life, and a Spirit-Imbuing Orb."
Xu Han was momentarily stunned.
A branch of the World Tree?!
There was no World Tree within the borders of the Dragon Country.
The World Tree seemed to be located in a super-large secret realm near the Bermuda Triangle.
The primary prerequisite for entering that secret realm was reaching Level 100.
Many people had ventured into that realm in search of the World Tree, but almost none returned alive.
That place was known as one of the world's eight major zones of peril.
As for the Spring of Life, it was situated on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.
This island was also one of the eight major zones of peril, commonly referred to as Dragon Island!
The island was inhabited by subspecies of dragons and even true dragons!
Even many Tier 8 and Tier 9 powerhouses held this place in awe.
It was said that many adult dragons on Dragon Island possessed the terrifying strength of Tier 9.
Once, a foolish small nation coveted a dragon cub and sent people to Dragon Island to steal one.
The consequence was that they enraged every single dragon on the island.
All the dragons struck together, and almost in an instant, the entire nation was annihilated.
From then on, no one ever dared to harbor thoughts about dragon cubs again.
Fortunately, as long as humans did not provoke the dragon race on ordinary days, there was no major conflict between dragons and humans.
And she wanted him to go to Dragon Island to fetch water from the Spring of Life?
The difficulty of this task...
As for the final item, the Spirit-Imbuing Orb, Xu Han had never heard of it.
However, being mentioned in the same breath as a branch of the World Tree and water from the Spring of Life, its rarity was undoubtedly no less than the other two.
He subconsciously asked, "What do you need these things for?"
Yao Mei did not hide it and replied directly, "To reshape my physical body."
Xu Han widened his eyes in astonishment, looking Yao Mei up and down. "Don't you already have a physical body?!"
Yao Mei let out a cold snort. "This body is merely materialized from this monarch's spiritual power."
"Would you like to see what this monarch truly looks like?"
Xu Han hurriedly shook his head.
She looked much better the way she was right now.
If she turned into a desiccated corpse...
Just thinking about it was somewhat terrifying.
Yao Mei cast a sidelong glance at Xu Han and stated, "The final condition: before helping this monarch reshape my physical body, you are not allowed to seek out other women, especially that woman from just now."
"Otherwise, this monarch will turn you into a dried corpse."
Xu Han's mouth twitched.
Turned into a dried corpse?
How would that happen?
Could it be sucked dry?
How wicked!
What a bizarre set of conditions.
He nodded, indicating his agreement.
Apart from the second task, which was immensely difficult, the other two seemed relatively simple.
However, since she hadn't specified a deadline, there was no need to rush.
Yao Mei continued, "Take out the Brute Beast Bracers."
Xu Han took out the Brute Beast Bracers, somewhat baffled.
"As this monarch's kept favorite, your strength cannot be too weak."
She slowly raised her slender hand, and a pitch-black staff materialized out of thin air.
At the tip of this staff was a ferocious beast head, which looked remarkably similar to the beast head on the Brute Beast Bracers.
Yao Mei reached out and gently gripped the staff. A rare hint of softness flickered in her eyes.
With a wave of the staff, a streak of dark light shot into the Brute Beast Bracers.
Xu Han looked down at the bracers. After absorbing the black light, they were now enveloped in a faint dark aura, appearing even more substantial. Faint roars of wild beasts could be vaguely heard.
Yao Mei spoke slowly, "Alright, have a look."
Xu Han checked the attributes of the Brute Beast Bracers and was instantly dumbfounded.
[Brute Beast Bracers]
[Quality: Epic]
[Strength +900]
[Physique +1000]
[Skill 1: Brute Strength (Passive skill: Imbued with the power of brute beasts, increasing the wearer's strength by 20%, boosting melee weapon damage by 20%, and reducing equipment level requirement by 5)]
[Skill 2: Binding Beast Claws (Summons beast claws to bind the target for 1-3 seconds, cooldown: 10 minutes)]
[Skill 3: Gravity Field (Creates a gravity field up to 10 times normal gravity, lasting for 1 minute, cooldown: 15 minutes)]
[Skill 4: Beast Soul (Summons a hidden beast soul to fight for 5 minutes, cooldown: 1 day)]
[Description: Funeral offerings of the Tomb Corpse General, once bestowed by an emperor, brimming with the power of brute beasts. Those who wear them possess boundless strength.]
[Equipment Requirement: Level 30]
They had actually transformed into epic-tier equipment!
Not only had the attributes changed, but the accompanying skills had also been enhanced!
Strength and melee damage were boosted by 20%. For melee classes, this was simply a divine artifact!
If put on the open market, selling it for hundreds of millions would be effortless.
Moreover, the equipment requirement was reduced by 5 levels.
This meant he could equip them right away!
He immediately put on the Brute Beast Bracers, and his attributes underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.
[Name: Xu Han]
[Race: Human]
[Class: SSS-Tier Grand Gourmet]
[Level: 27]
[Strength: 5814]
[Physique: 3834]
[Agility: 2580]
[Spirit: 1319]
His strength directly surpassed five thousand.
His physique had also broken through the three-thousand mark, nearing four thousand!
Only his agility and spirit lagged slightly behind, but compared to ordinary Tier 3 or even Tier 4 professionals, they were not much inferior unless the opponent possessed top-tier equipment just like him.
Wearing the Brute Beast Bracers, Xu Han felt his arms surging with savage power.
"Thank you, Queen!"
This time, Xu Han was entirely sincere. After all, she had directly gifted him an epic-tier piece of equipment, a favor of no small magnitude.
Yao Mei nodded slightly. Then, she released the staff and gave it a light flick. The staff floated through the air and came to a stop quietly right in front of Xu Han.
Xu Han was momentarily dazed. What did this mean?
He checked the attributes of the staff.
[Nether Spirit Staff]
[Quality: Epic]
[Spiritual Power +2000]
[Skill 1: Tomb Guard (Summons five tomb guards to fight for the wielder, cooldown: 10 minutes)]
[Skill 2: Nether Breath (Passive skill: Imbued with nether aura, doubling the effectiveness of undead-type magic)]
[Skill 3: Plague Toxic Fog (Summons a cloud of toxic plague fog; targets afflicted enter a poisoned state, continuously losing health, and the effect spreads upon contact. Duration: 1 minute, cooldown: 30 minutes)]
[Skill 4: Undead Resurrection (Resurrects a corpse to fight for the wielder, cooldown: 10 minutes)]
[Skill 5: Descent of the Queen (Summons the projection of the Tomb Corpse King to descend for 1 minute, cooldown: 3 days)]
[Description: Funeral offerings of the Tomb Corpse General, once bestowed by an emperor, brimming with the power of brute beasts. Those who wear them possess boundless strength.]
[Equipment Requirement: Chosen of Yao Mei]
Xu Han's eyes widened abruptly.
An epic-tier staff?!