Vampire Bat

Qin Chuan had never run the Scarlet Tomb in his previous life, because this dungeon had only been discovered a month after the servers opened.

And it had a level cap.

By then, Qin Chuan was already over level thirty. Even if he had spent a fortune to return to the Newbie Village, he still would not have been able to enter the dungeon.

Still, he had looked up the dungeon's walkthroughs and strategies.

He had mainly wanted to understand the BOSS's skills, so he could be prepared if he encountered similar BOSSes in the future.

As for the mobs, there was nothing much to say. The mobs on Nightmare Difficulty were instantly killed by his throwing knives, without any difficulty at all.

Qin Chuan immediately decided to end this quickly and kill his way in.

Faced with the razor-sharp throwing knives, the Vampire Servants used every trick they had but could not locate the enemy hidden in the shadows. They could only roar in helpless fury and wildly swing their claws before silently falling, becoming experience points.

"There's no bonus for killing above my level. The experience is so little."

Qin Chuan could not help complaining.

He was used to killing monsters above his level, so suddenly being limited to monsters of the same level felt somewhat uncomfortable.

If there had been players running the dungeon beside him at that moment, they would have wanted to stab Qin Chuan.

Was that even something a human should say?

They were being tortured half to death by mobs on Normal Tier difficulty, yet he was one-shotting Nightmare mobs and still complaining that the experience was too little?

Protest! Serious protest!

A few minutes later, the first batch of Vampire Servants that had rushed over had all become ghosts beneath Qin Chuan's blades.

Besides providing a decent amount of experience, they had also dropped two level-ten Normal Tier pieces of equipment.

Their attributes were mediocre. He would deal with them later.

They would not sell for much, but they could at least help improve his meals.

Even in a Nightmare-Grade Dungeon, no matter how high the mobs' attributes were, they would only drop Normal Tier equipment if their grade had not been raised.

So, trying to obtain quality equipment by farming mobs in high-difficulty dungeons was not feasible.

Qin Chuan had complained about this more than once in his previous life.

In his previous life, he had been a Heavy Armored Warrior with the A-Tier talent Conqueror. Once his level and equipment improved, he could easily solo mobs, but Normal Tier equipment simply did not sell for much, greatly dampening Qin Chuan's enthusiasm for making money.

"Forget it. I never expected mobs to drop anything good anyway. I should put my hopes on the BOSS."

Qin Chuan pulled himself together.

Although the Scarlet Tomb was not particularly high-level due to the dungeon's level restrictions,

it was still Nightmare Difficulty. Its regular BOSSes were all Silver Tier, while the hidden BOSS, the Vampire Baron, had reached the terrifying Gold Grade!

And after activating Special Mode, the transformed Wolf King had also broken through its original limits and reached Silver Tier.

In other words, the final BOSS battle required facing a Gold Grade BOSS and a Silver Tier BOSS at the same time!

This put enormous pressure on ordinary players.

Even Elite Squads from the major guilds could barely handle it.

But Qin Chuan did not care in the slightest.

As long as the BOSS had no means of countering stealth, he could solo it.

He cleared mobs as he went, killing them instantly along the way. After filling a backpack with Normal Tier equipment, Qin Chuan arrived before the first BOSS.

A massive bat hung upside down from the ceiling of the tomb.

[Vampire Bat (Silver Tier)]

Level: 10

Health: 350000/350000

Attack: 1500(+300)

Defense: 800

Skills: Screeching Sonic Wave, Blitz Pounce, Summon Bat Swarm, Life Drain

Description: The Vampire Baron's pet. It loved feeding on human brains the most.

Its attributes were somewhat inferior to Amos's.

But that was hardly surprising, because Amos's origins were far greater than those of this lousy bat.

Even after being sealed for countless years, Amos had still maintained Silver Tier strength. It was impossible to measure just how powerful Amos had been at his peak.

Watching the seemingly peaceful, sleeping Vampire Bat, Qin Chuan took a deep breath. The moment he sent out his throwing knives, he entered stealth again and took off at a sprint.

Boom!

A black shadow dove into the area where he had been standing moments earlier, smashing cracks into the hard stone floor.

Amid the swirling dust, the Vampire Bat shook its head and let out an irritated screech.

It was already fast enough, yet it had still failed to keep the enemy behind. This battle would likely not be easy.

Qin Chuan knew very well that he was merely in stealth, not hidden within the Void. If an enemy attack landed on him, he would still take damage.

The Vampire Bat's specialty was speed—extreme speed. If he had not fled immediately, he would have long since been crushed just like the floor.

But dodging its pounce did not mean he was safe.

After its attack failed, the Vampire Bat immediately changed tactics. Its abdomen swelled, and then it opened its mouth and let out a piercing cry.

An invisible shockwave spread outward in a fan shape, reducing the stones before the Vampire Bat to powder.

One could imagine that even a fully equipped Main Tank would not feel good taking that blow head-on, much less Qin Chuan and his frail body.

The Vampire Bat looked at the ruins before it. When it failed to find the intruder's corpse, it immediately realized the enemy was not there. With a flap of its wings, it returned to the tomb ceiling, its blood-red eyes sweeping back and forth.

Hidden in the shadows, Qin Chuan's expression turned solemn. As expected of a Nightmare Difficulty BOSS, its chain of counterattacks had been flawless. An ordinary assassin likely would not have survived even the first pounce.

"Too bad you ran into me."

Qin Chuan smiled faintly. Once Shadow Stealth came off cooldown, he attacked again, then sprinted away once more.

Boom!

The Vampire Bat dove down and landed, immediately following up with Screeching Sonic Wave.

Several more huge rocks shattered, while Qin Chuan remained completely unscathed, waiting for his skill cooldown in another corner.

Even a Silver Tier BOSS could not find Qin Chuan as long as it lacked the ability to break stealth.

Of course, this was also related to Qin Chuan having evolved Shadow Stealth to Bronze Tier.

If it had still been at its initial Normal Tier, then with its sharp senses, the Vampire Bat would have been able to roughly pinpoint his location and prepare in advance.

But now, Qin Chuan could only say, sorry, just wait for death.

After taking several more throwing knives, the Vampire Bat's health fell below half.

The enraged Vampire Bat let out a screech. Countless bats rushed out from the surrounding burial chambers, circling continuously through the tomb.

The Vampire Bat's second phase was to summon a large number of bats at once to attack the player.

Most importantly, these bats' attacks had a lifesteal effect. If players could not clear the smaller bats in time, they could end up in the awkward situation where they dealt less damage than the BOSS recovered.

But for Qin Chuan, this phase was no different from before.

These small bats were slower than the Vampire Bat and could not touch him at all, much less heal the BOSS.

Of the BOSS's four skills, three were useless against him, and the final one, Life Drain, was no exception.

The Vampire Bat could not even lock onto Qin Chuan, so how could it use the skill?

Its destruction was therefore inevitable.

Rumble.

The Vampire Bat's Health Bar emptied, and it fell from the ceiling.

"Ding, you killed the level 10 Silver Tier BOSS Vampire Bat and gained 20000 experience points. Your experience limit has been locked. Excess experience will automatically be transferred to the Experience Pool."

"Hunting Hour activated. You gained 1 Evolution Point! Current points: 2."

The summoned small bats immediately scattered and fled.

Qin Chuan stepped forward and picked up the dropped equipment.

[Blood-Draining Blade: Silver Tier, Attack Power +300, Agility +15, Equipment Requirement: Level 10]

He equipped it directly. His Attack Power soared on the spot, reaching three hundred and sending Qin Chuan's damage skyrocketing once again.

Now, he was even more confident that he could cut down the Vampire Baron.