Global Shock!

At the moment Baron Gunar died, game notifications rang out one after another.

"Having slain a level 15 Gold Grade BOSS, you have gained 50,000 experience points. Your experience cap has been locked. Excess experience will automatically be transferred to the Experience Pool."

"Hunting Hour activated. You have gained 1 Evolution Point! Current points: 7"

"This kill is the server's first kill. Additional rewards: 100 Free Attribute Points, 10 Skill Points, and 50 Fame Points."

"A server-wide announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your nickname?"

"No."

[Player "Night Roaming God" has achieved the first kill of the Gold Grade BOSS Baron Gunar. All players are encouraged to keep up the good work!]

"Ding! Your Fame Points have reached 100, unlocking the Fame Rankings. Would you like to hide your nickname?"

"No."

[Player "Night Roaming God" is the first to reach 100 Fame Points, unlocking the Fame Rankings. All players are encouraged to keep up the good work!]

The instant the announcements rang out, players around the world stopped what they were doing.

What?

They hadn't heard wrong, had they?

A Gold Grade BOSS?

And Night Roaming God had killed it?

Damn it, did this guy have hacks or what?!

Protest. They had to protest.

As for the Fame Rankings, that was nothing. It was just a leaderboard, probably nothing important.

When the two announcements appeared, even Dragon Soaring World, who had great faith in Qin Chuan, was shaken to the core.

He had thought Qin Chuan clearing the Nightmare-Grade Dungeon first had already made him invincible. He never expected him to become even stronger.

That was a Gold Grade BOSS.

The Silver Tier Amos from before had already frightened him senseless, and now another Gold Grade one had appeared.

Where was the justice in that?

As he pondered, another announcement sounded.

[Player "Richardson" has achieved the first kill of the Bronze Tier BOSS Gale Wolf King. All players are encouraged to keep up the good work!]

This was the first time a new ID had appeared in a server-wide announcement. Dragon Soaring World could not help taking a closer look.

Judging by the name, he was not a player from Yan Country.

"Sure enough, there are countless experts across the globe. We can't afford to slack off."

Dragon Soaring World reminded them.

The rest of the team nodded in agreement.

Indeed, as Apocalypse was a groundbreaking online game launched simultaneously worldwide, the competition was bound to be countless times fiercer than in previous games.

Richardson's first kill of a Bronze Tier BOSS made that perfectly clear.

Yan Country had Night Roaming God, but the other regions were not to be underestimated either.

In 9527 Novice Village, Rakshasa One-Slash saw the news the moment he logged back in, and it left a bitter taste in his mouth.

He had not expected that while he was offline, lying low to avoid trouble, that damned Night Roaming God had grown stronger again.

Not only had he achieved the first clear of a Nightmare-Grade Dungeon, he could now even solo a Gold Grade BOSS.

Ridiculous.

Fortunately, when Richardson's first-kill announcement appeared, Rakshasa One-Slash's expression brightened. He told his subordinates, "In my opinion, Night Roaming God must have exploited a bug to take down that Gold Grade BOSS. His decline is already showing; he's nothing special. Richardson, on the other hand, slew a Bronze Tier BOSS with strength to spare. He will surely become a top expert one day."

His subordinates echoed, "Right, right, right."

A passing independent player mocked, "I'd heard long ago that Rakshasa Hall was a bunch of spineless trash. Seeing it today, it really is true."

Someone nearby agreed, "Exactly. A cowardly commander breeds cowardly troops. If the guild leader is this kind of person, what future does this guild have?"

"I used to think Rakshasa One-Slash was a ruthless guy. Turns out he's just another spineless coward."

"Exactly. When Night Roaming God was soloing a BOSS, who knew where that Richardson guy even was? Is there any need to praise him to the skies?"

"I bet Richardson couldn't have killed that Bronze Tier BOSS without help. Unlike Night Roaming God, who did it entirely solo."

"I support Night Roaming God! Night Roaming God is the most badass!"

"Same here!"

Once word spread, many players formed an extremely poor opinion of Rakshasa Hall, especially Rakshasa One-Slash.

Then some players dredged up old grievances and brought up how Rakshasa Hall had camped the Respawn Point before. It immediately struck a chord with many others, who gathered together to seek trouble with Rakshasa One-Slash.

Outside the Newbie Village, several hundred players fought with wild enthusiasm.

In the end, limited by his disadvantage in numbers, Rakshasa One-Slash was driven back to the Respawn Point again.

Rakshasa One-Slash was furious. In a fit of rage, he logged out on the spot.

Fuck it, back to sleep.

Qin Chuan still had no idea about the turmoil outside.

At this moment, he had added the Attribute Points he had obtained to Agility, directly raising his Agility to three hundred and fifty.

[Attributes]: Strength 39, Constitution 14, Agility 344+5, Spirit 13

To be honest, even Qin Chuan felt his build was far too lopsided.

But on second thought, adding points to other attributes was not particularly meaningful.

Adding Strength could increase Attack Power, but did he lack damage? Not at all.

Besides, once he completed his class advancement and unlocked Dual Wielding, equipping the Bone-Rending Twin Blades would increase his Attack Power by several hundred points. That was far more effective than adding Strength.

Of course, increasing Strength had its benefits. It would allow him to equip heavy armor with higher defense.

But again, there was no need.

Even if an assassin wore a full set of plate armor, so what? Could he withstand damage?

As for Constitution, there was even less reason to mention it.

The BOSSes Qin Chuan fought were all high-level ones. As long as he was hit, he would basically be instantly killed. Adding a few hundred or even a thousand health points would not make much difference.

Spirit was needed by magic-based classes, so it had even less to do with an assassin like him.

All things considered, Agility was still the most practical.

Take this solo run through the Scarlet Tomb, for example.

Without the movement speed boost provided by his high Agility, he would have been carried off by the BOSS's skills long ago. How could he have made it this far?

"I'll save the 10 Skill Points for now. Shadow Stealth's stats are already high enough, so there's no rush to improve it further. Better to keep them in reserve."

Qin Chuan rapidly made his plans.

He was about to return to the Newbie Village to turn in the quest, then head to the main city for his class advancement.

After completing the class advancement, he would obtain new skills.

If there were any suitable ones, he could use his Skill Points to upgrade them.

Qin Chuan had also heard Richardson's announcement for the first kill of a Bronze Tier BOSS.

He recalled that there had indeed been such a player in his previous life, someone who had stolen the spotlight in the early stages and vaguely showed signs of becoming Apocalypse's strongest player.

Yet after Apocalypse began merging with reality, Richardson vanished without a trace.

If nothing unexpected had happened, he had most likely been solo killed offline.

As for how Richardson had managed to claim the first kill of a Bronze Tier BOSS, he had very likely awakened an SSS-Tier Talent!

But Qin Chuan was not worried.

Because even among SSS-Tier Talents, there were differences!

His Sniper God Talent could absolutely surpass any Talent of the same tier!

Brimming with confidence, Qin Chuan walked over to the Wolf King's corpse and collected all the spoils.

Then Qin Chuan cut off the wolf's head and held it up before his eyes, wondering whether the somewhat misshapen head would earn the hunter's approval.

If he could not complete the quest, that would be a real joke.

It should not be a problem.

Nor could he forget Baron Gunar's Blood Core.

It was the essential item for exposing the village chief's true nature.

Once he finished dealing with these matters, the blood pool had already dried up, revealing a magic array at the bottom.

This was the Teleportation Array for leaving. It could directly send him back to an Abandoned Hut in the Newbie Village.

But there was no rush to return.

Qin Chuan remembered that if players used this array to teleport back without the aura of the Blood Clan on them, they would trigger the village chief's trap and be ambushed by ghosts.

If he could swap out a couple pieces of equipment to increase his health or something, it would be safer.

If it came down to it, Qin Chuan planned to activate his shield and sneak back.

After going to such trouble to kill the baron, he could not possibly get killed by the village chief at the last moment.

Unfortunately, the baron was level 15, so Qin Chuan could not equip the gear he had dropped.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan decisively looked toward the Wolf King's loot.

First was a gray cloak.

[Wolf King Cloak: Silver Tier, Defense +50, Health +800, Agility +20, Equipment Requirement: Level 10]