Number One on the Level Rankings

In fact, the reason why the leaders of the major guilds were leveling up so frantically on the first day of the new server was right here. Every powerful guild isn't simply built with money; it needs to constantly earn the recognition of players through one honor after another. Only then can they recruit top-tier players. Otherwise, the guild becomes a mercenary organization—they come for the money and leave when it's gone.

The public relations officers of the major guilds began using all sorts of connections to find Lu Yang. Unfortunately, no one could find any information about him. Lu Yang himself had turned off friend requests, so no one could add him, and he wasn't accepting any private messages either. This left everyone completely stumped.

On the U-shaped mountaintop, Lu Yang was still grinding. At level 4, he put all his points into Intelligence. His Intelligence had reached 34 points. Adding the Demon God's Heart's 10 points, the Crispy Electric Eel Meat's 5 points, and the Hexagonal Ring's 2 points, Lu Yang's Intelligence had reached 51 points.

Now, with the Arsonist Staff's 10 points of Intelligence, Lu Yang's total Intelligence reached 61 points, which translates to 61 Spell Damage. Adding the Hexagonal Ring's additional 5 points of Spell Damage and the Arsonist Staff's extra 24 points of Spell Damage, Lu Yang's total Spell Damage was a terrifying 90 points. The Arsonist Staff also added 12 points of Critical Hit Chance, which is 2.3% at this level.

Now, when Lu Yang killed a Wild Bull, each Fireball could deal over 120 damage. A Wild Bull only had 580 health, meaning it now only took five Fireballs to kill one, twice as fast as before.

He casually tossed a Fireball, and one of them landed a critical hit, instantly taking off half of the Wild Bull's Blood Essence. This exhilarating feeling was amazing.

Just as Lu Yang was about to continue leveling, suddenly, a burst of intense white light appeared in the middle of the valley, causing Lu Yang to close his eyes involuntarily.

As the white light appeared, an angry, low roar came from the center of the valley. Lu Yang endured the stinging in his eyes and looked into the valley, only to see a snow-white, level 8 Wild Bull Chieftain emerging from the white light. The Wild Bull Chieftain glared angrily at Lu Yang, pawing the ground with its hooves.

Lu Yang couldn't believe his luck. Not only had he encountered a Golden Wyrm in this U-shaped map, but now a Wild Bull boss had spawned. No wonder that player in his past life was able to catch up with the first echelon even after entering the game three days late, and then become stronger and stronger. This place was indeed a good spot.

With such a low drop rate in Second World, there were only two ways to obtain equipment: either enter dungeons to get low-stat equipment, or kill world bosses.

However, every world boss possessed powerful attack, high health, and strong defense. The Wild Bull King boss, in particular, was recognized as one of the most difficult bosses to kill in the early game.

According to information from his past life, the Wild Bull boss had a base attack of 106-150 and came with three special attacks: Bloodthirsty Charge, Wild Bull Stomp, and Wild Bull Tail Whip.

Bloodthirsty Charge: Physical damage, increases physical attack by 32 points and charges at the enemy at high speed.

Wild Bull Stomp: Magic damage, increases magic damage by 10 points and stuns enemies within a 5-yard radius for two seconds.

Wild Bull Tail Whip: The Wild Bull turns and kicks out its hind legs, dealing physical damage to the target, increasing physical attack by 60 points, and inflicting knockback.

Putting aside those three skills, the Wild Bull King's base attack was already higher than Lu Yang's health. With just a light touch, Lu Yang would be sent back to the newbie village for free.

If they were on flat ground, Lu Yang wouldn't dare provoke it even if he was beaten to death. But now, Lu Yang was on the bug spot! Looking at the huge Wild Bull boss, Lu Yang chuckled and started casting Fireball.

The Wild Bull boss had 8000 health, and Lu Yang's Fireball dealt 129 damage.

The Wild Bull boss roared in pain and charged towards Lu Yang. However, like the other Wild Bulls, it couldn't climb the 30-meter steep slope, so it could only let Lu Yang attack it with one Fireball after another.

After attacking for more than three minutes, just when the Wild Bull Chieftain had less than 5000 health left, Lu Yang tragically ran out of mana again.

Shrugging helplessly, Lu Yang could only rely on the Crispy Electric Eel Meat's 8 mana/5 seconds regen buff to slowly grind the Wild Bull to death.

Two hours later, the Wild Bull boss let out a mournful cry and was killed by Lu Yang. Looking at the four items that dropped, Lu Yang cleared out the small monsters and quickly jumped down the cliff to pick them up.

Focus Staff (Silver)
Attack 2-6
Stamina +1
Intelligence +2
Spell Damage +14
Mana Regen +5

The best staff for healing classes in the newbie village. He didn't expect it to drop here.

Hexagonal Ring (Black Iron)
Spell Damage 2-5
Intelligence +2
Equipment Level 3

Lu Yang equipped the ring. Now, Lu Yang had obtained the best mage ring in the newbie village. He wouldn't need to worry about rings until level 10.

Ox-Horn Dagger (Black Iron)
Attack 5-8
Agility +1
Stamina +1
Equipment Level 3

An assassin's equipment. Newbie weapons only deal 1-2 damage. Lu Yang believed that many people would be fighting over this weapon.

Blink
Type: Spatial Magic (Shared by all three mage classes)
Cost: 20 Mana
Cast Time: Instant (Cooldown 8 seconds)
Range: 20 yards
Description: Tears through space, instantly teleporting to a designated location (can be used while stunned).

Lu Yang was stunned looking at this skill book. He originally thought that the Wild Bull boss would drop either the Warrior's Savage Charge or War Stomp, both of which were important skills for warriors. In the early game, they were the main way for warriors to kill people, and they could be sold for a good price at auction, about 10 Silver Coins.

But he didn't expect it to drop Blink. This book was the most important skill for mages, especially fire mages.

As a pure damage-dealing class, fire mages have very few life-saving skills in the early game. Therefore, Blink was the main way for fire mages to escape in the early game. This book was even more valuable on the market. Few people sold it in the early game, and the price was ridiculously high later on, costing 2 Gold Coins for one book. He didn't expect to get it here.

After quickly learning Blink, a light blue spatial orb appeared in Lu Yang's skill bar.

Now that the Wild Bull boss had spawned, the other bosses in Giant Town should also be spawning. Lu Yang glanced at the players on the Level Rankings. The second-ranked Xiong Ba to the fifth-ranked players were all tied at level 3. If there were no accidents, these players would all reach level 5 by this time tomorrow.