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Ma Lu studied the newly acquired Blessings, and due to their sheer number, he decided to sort them by quality, starting with the Golden Blessing.

[Bursting Divine Arrow: When a team member performs a long-range attack and kills the target, there is a 50% chance that an explosion will be triggered within a 3-meter diameter, causing one-time area damage to all creatures in that area.]

The effect of [Bursting Divine Arrow] was similar to another Golden Blessing Ma Lu had obtained before, [Corpse Bomb], both bringing indiscriminate explosive damage upon death.

However, [Corpse Bomb] required sacrificing oneself or a teammate, while [Bursting Divine Arrow] affected the enemy, and its explosive range was much smaller at only 3 meters, and the damage it caused was not as terrifying as [Corpse Bomb].

But considering the astonishing cost of [Corpse Bomb], [Bursting Divine Arrow] was obviously more practical.

Moreover, this Golden Blessing could synergize with the [Splitting Arrow] and [Headshot] he had acquired before.

It seems that the work plan did indeed come into play.

Aside from that, two Purple Blessings also caught Ma Lu\'s attention.

[Extreme Marksman: When a team member performs a long-range attack, there is a 33% chance to additionally increase the effective attack range by 500%.]

A range-increasing Blessing, also something Ma Lu urgently needed.

The effective range of his Small Hand Crossbow was only 20 meters, a 500% increase would bring it to 120 meters, which, although still not comparable to a sniper rifle, was already close to a common submachine gun and could be used on the city walls.

The other Purple Blessing was even more powerful.

[Pain Link: Designate a target, causing it to link with the seven nearest creatures, transmitting damage to other linked creatures with a 33% chance whenever one of them is attacked, and each transmission halves the damage.]

Another area damage Skill, with a very interesting effect; the damage transmission seemed to be unlimited, meaning if one was lucky enough, it could continue indefinitely, although the damage would be halved with each transmission.

Ma Lu contemplated, feeling that the synergy effect of this Purple Blessing with [Bursting Divine Arrow] should be pretty good.

This time, in addition to the Purple Blessings, the enhanced White Blessings were also quite striking.

A total of 682 White Blessings were strengthened about ten times each on average, the effects now comparable to or even surpassing Blue Blessings.

However, this also made Ma Lu sweat, thankfully there were no White Ground Blessings, the lowest starting with Blue. Otherwise, just for the combat prohibitions, he would have to compile a booklet for the entire team to recite and write from memory for an afternoon.

After tallying up the gains from this time, Ma Lu couldn\'t wait to try out the power of the new Blessings on the city walls, and he also hadn\'t yet secured the high-star ingredients he meant to hunt this time.

The prey hunted outside the city earlier had no chance to be gathered, Ma Lu had only stuffed some into the Collection Bag as an afterthought upon entering the city—usual 1-star or 2-star ingredients.

However, before he could get to the wall, he was stopped by someone. The first to come over was Wang Zhen, followed by quite a few other Hunters, all from the group that had come back to the city with him, along with their relatives and friends, coming to express their gratitude to Ma Lu.

Hulk and Methe came over only after these people had left.

The Alien-Lipped Sand Worm Swarm was the thing those leaving the city feared the most, and unlike those powerful beasts that mainly stayed in the Death Forbidden Zone.

No one knew where the Alien-Lipped Sand Worm Swarm might appear; if one were unlucky, even in first or second-level hunting areas one might encounter them, being silently swallowed by the terrifying sand pits they created.

If it hadn\'t been for Ma Lu\'s intervention in the end, dealing with the underground Alien-Lipped Sand Worm Swarm, all of them would have likely ended up outside the city walls.

And Hulk was actually nearby when Ma Lu unleashed his power, witnessing the vice-leader of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group\'s godly descent, his thunderous strike filled with heroism.

The young guard, excited, kept mumbling, "So strong! So strong! That punch of yours was just too, too, too strong!!!"

He repeated "so strong" three times before continuing.

"I\'ve seen many skilled practitioners, and there are quite a few who have telekinetic psychic powers in the electrical category, but none of them can do what you did, conducting electricity into the sand! How on earth did you manage that?!"

"Oh, let me think... Mostly it\'s about enduring day after day of rigorous training and having an iron will, something like that, and of course, strong bonds with teammates are also very important. In any case, I couldn\'t have reached this level of strength without these factors."

"Aha, I\'ve learned a lot!"

The young guard treasured this insight from a master, earnestly etching the advice deep into his memory.

In contrast, Methe, who hailed from a family of high court judges and was equally young, was not so easily deceived; she had begun to suspect that her naive guard might have been conned.

Though Ma Lu spoke with fervor and conviction, in actuality, he had completely sidestepped Hulk\'s question with a bunch of correct but useless platitudes.

Yet, Ma Lu was, after all, their lifesaver, so Methe refrained from saying anything critical, instead sizing up the deputy leader of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group with a curious gaze.

She felt that Ma Lu was unlike anyone she had ever met, quite unique!

Hulk mentally repeated the lesson to make sure he remembered every word, then respectfully said,

"Miss Methe would like to invite you and the other members of the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group to come to the manor. Lord Dionysus, the First Judge himself, will make an appearance to express his gratitude personally and to offer gifts as a token of thanks."

"But I have other matters to attend to."

"Ah?"

"You\'ve seen the beast tide outside the city. The crisis hasn\'t been resolved yet, and the lives of several hundred thousand people inside the city are still hanging by a thread. As a Hunter, I really can\'t take leave at a time like this."

Ma Lu\'s words once again filled Hulk with deep respect.

"Then, please visit whenever you\'re free," the young guard didn\'t urge him, "Lord Dionysus\'s manor will always have its doors open for you."

"Sure."

Ma Lu also wanted to establish a relationship with the judge from the Giant Curtain; it would ensure that no one in the city would dare to trouble the Twin Sunflower Hunting Group in the future.

However, this was something Boggy could handle for him. With his time limited and having earned so many blessings this time around, he definitely had to go hunting for some good items first.

After Hulk and Methe left, Ma Lu turned to look for Boggy, only to find that she had just finished chatting with someone.

And Ma Lu recognized that person, someone he had encountered the first time he came to this plane of existence.

— The current leader of the Harpists, Guli.

"What did he come to see you for?"

"Nothing much, just checking to see if I was alright."

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Boggy said expressionlessly, "He had heard that I left the city and originally wanted to bring a team to find me, but the proposal was vetoed by the rest of the Hunting Group."

"Chi Qi?" Ma Lu raised his eyebrows.

"Indeed, he was the one who objected the most, but he did have a point. I\'m not with the Harpists anymore, and there\'s no reason for them to take risks for me."

"Speaking of which, have you decided what to do about Chi Qi?"

"I plan to talk to him in private once all this is over," said Boggy, "It\'s best if we can come to an agreement and stay out of each other\'s way in the future."

"And if you can\'t come to an agreement?" Ma Lu asked again.

Boggy fell silent for a moment, "We\'ll cross that bridge when we come to it."