In the Gray Realm, completely depicting the scene of a stormy ocean, Wang Zhifan stood steadily on the hard ice surface beneath his feet, quietly watching the monstrous Gray Realm creature slowly emerging from the sea waters, its body several times larger than a building.

It's hard to specifically describe what type of sea monster it was; you could only say that its body seemed to be covered in vast areas of stone-like coral and a large amount of seaweed-like marine grass, as well as numerous tentacle-like limbs, giving an overall impression of extreme discomfort.

"Finally, I've encountered a Gray Realm Boss. It seems there should be some rewards this time."

In the previous two Gray Realm endeavors, Wang Zhifan got no rewards because those two Gray Realms, like most others, contained only regular small monsters without a Boss. With a few casual swings of the Dragon Blade, he cleared them out and left. But now, the Gray Realm he entered gave him a surprise. Not only was there a Gray Realm Boss here, but the Boss didn't appear very weak, suggesting that the rewards might be substantial.

Whoosh~ Boom~ Whoosh~ Boom~

The giant strange Boss that had now surfaced wielded its many tentacles, causing the surrounding sea to churn violently, emitting a thunderous sound that struck fear in the hearts of those near, as it launched an assault on the young man standing not far from it on the sea's surface.

Yet Wang Zhifan, standing atop the protruding hard ice, showed no change in expression in response to the monster's tumultuous actions. He merely slightly raised his head, his eyes calmly observing the grotesque and hideous giant body, then unleashed an absolute power of ice extending from beneath his feet. The thick hard ice rapidly grew and expanded across the stormy sea realm, and in almost a blink, it completely enveloped and encased the giant monster flailing its limbs, transforming it into a massive ice sculpture fused with the sea below.

"Still alive? Monsters with large bodies certainly have tenacious vitality, but can you withstand the next move?"

Wang Zhifan, having unleashed the source of ice power, initially confirmed in some surprise that the creature he froze into an iceberg was not dead, then mercilessly executed his usual move: manipulating the ice into small dispersed units, causing the frozen target to burst like scattered blossoms.

Thus, the immense creature frozen completely before him suddenly exploded, transforming into countless ice crystals cascading onto the frozen sea surface, as a familiar light screen unfolded before his eyes.

[Please select your reward (You can choose up to 2 items)]

[Common Level (50% probability of dropping)]

[...]

[Fine Layer (49% probability of dropping):]

[...]

[Rare Level (1% probability of dropping):]

[Coral Iron Ship (Rare)]

[This is an iron ship sunk to the seafloor and engulfed by coral. Though its surface is rusted and covered with various corals, it possesses the ability to swiftly navigate underwater. Correspondingly, it is unsuitable for surface travel, as forcing it to do so may result in anomalies.]

[Sea Fork (Rare)]

[A weapon favored by the offspring of the Sea God, according to legends. It resembles the fish forks used by seaside fishermen but possesses additional might in underwater battles.]

[Call of the Sea God (Rare)]

[Wearing this necklace during battles in the ocean causes marine creatures within a ten-kilometer radius beneath the leadership level to become allies and fight for you.]

[Sea God's Meditation (Rare)]

[Wearing this ring increases your stamina and energy recovery speed by 0.5% for every 1 Spirit attribute point you possess.]

[Sea God's Protection (Rare)]

[Wearing this ring, you receive protection in the ocean, adapting to the maritime environment like a marine creature.]

"Such a big Boss, and these are the rewards? Not even an outstanding level option?"

After quickly scanning through the rewards, Wang Zhifan began to complain. Compared to instances he had encountered before, this Gray Realm's Boss was evidently not weak, yet the rewards were rather lacking. It seemed that in terms of prizes, running instances was more efficient, as Gray Realm Bosses were stingy.

Perceiving the current Gray Realm starting to collapse, Wang Zhifan quickly made selections from the list before him, storing the treasure chest appearing on the ice into his portable space, hurriedly leaving that location, crossing the boundary back to the real world.

This time, he had chosen Sea God's Meditation and Sea God's Protection as rewards. Compared to other selections on the list, they were the most useful for him, though not greatly impactful.

Possibly Sea God's Meditation being slightly better, for this ring, paired with his high Spirit attribute, allowed his stamina and energy recovery to increase by approximately 25%, which to Wang Zhifan mainly relying on Biological Force Field for defense and the ice's source power for his trump card, increased endurance capacity.

However, Sea God's Protection was rather limited, effective only in oceanic environments, but the problem was Wang Zhifan, besides this Gray Realm experience, hadn't encountered any other marine settings.

Returning to the real world, Wang Zhifan had just taken out the treasure chest, extracted the two sapphire rings to examine and then placed them back into his portable space, when a message from Chu Wei came regarding the Gray Realm tower and gate information he had inquired about earlier.

"Fan, I completed checking the part of the library I have access to and found that towers or gates may indeed appear in the Gray Realm. There are three types of towers and two types of gates, but the occurrences are quite rare, and these towers or gates disappear upon Gray Realm solidification, not solidifying into reality."

"First, the challenge-type tower, which is typically black, requiring players to ascend layer by layer, battling monsters from bottom to top, with rewards only granted upon reaching the top defeating the final Boss."

"Second, the maze-type tower, recorded to be white, wherein players can independently explore a maze, potentially encountering monsters, traps, or treasure chests, with high random yield."

"Third, the rarest is the dual-spire tower, exclusively high difficulty. It has multiple layers, with each layer containing a Boss guarding a treasure chest or vault, suggesting avoiding challenges below Lv50."

"The Gray Realm's gates include two types: the blue teleportation and white event gate.

The blue teleportation gate transports players to unknown locations, generally monster nests, requiring monster defeat before returning.

The white event gate connects to special event instances where upon entering, players automatically begin the instance with varied types and unpredictable difficulty. It suggests allowing them to vanish rather than entering."

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