Minotaur Chieftain
Tier: F-tier boss
Talent: F-tier Minotaur Strength (+5% Physical Attack, +5% Health)
Level: 5
Physical Attack: 220
Health: 2000
Physical Defense: 150
Magic Defense: 150
Evasion: Unable to evade Kun's attacks
Movement Speed: 0.8 M/S
Skill: Minotaur Charge: Locks onto a target within 10 meters. The target cannot evade. Movement Speed *2. Deals Physical Damage equal to (Physical Attack *1.5) to the target and stuns them for 2 seconds!
Trample—After stomping with both hooves, the target enters a 1-second Stiffened state and takes 120% Physical Damage!
Description: A chieftain that had fought its way out of an F-tier Barbarian Bull herd. It was extremely violent by nature. Any being that provoked it would surely suffer its relentless charges until death. Weak enemies were only fit to tremble and submit beneath its heavy hooves!
After reading the information on this Minotaur Chieftain, which was as mighty as a small mountain, Xu Kun gulped.
"These stats are fucking insane!"
Other than its talent still being the ordinary F-tier talent of a normal minotaur, every aspect of this giant minotaur's attributes had increased explosively!
Although its enormous size had reduced its Movement Speed by 0.1 M/S compared to ordinary minotaurs, Minotaur Charge, one of its two skills, perfectly made up for that shortcoming!
Within a ten-meter radius, any enemy locked onto by it would have nowhere to run!
Its 220 Physical Attack alone was enough to easily break through Xu Kun's defense, which was currently at Level 4 with 136 Physical Defense!
With 150 in both Physical and Magic Defense, coupled with its 2000 Health, Xu Kun's normal attacks were not even worthy of scratching its hide!
Not to mention that, aside from Minotaur Charge, its Trample skill, which shared the same name as those of other minotaurs, also dealt much higher damage. More importantly, both skills came with crowd control!
One caused Stun, making the target unable to do anything, while the other caused Stiffness, making the target unable to move. Beyond the considerable damage threat it posed to Xu Kun, the more important point was that, as a boss, it could command its subordinates in battle!
Even if ordinary minotaurs could at most force a -1 damage on Xu Kun!
That was still enough to threaten Xu Kun's life!
After recovering from his shock, Xu Kun wiped the excited drool from the corner of his mouth... no, tears!
Heavens have mercy, he had thought that there would be no opportunity on the first floor of Haotian Pagoda's beginner trial to increase his Myriad Races Bestiary's boss kill count!
And now, this old bull had delivered itself right to his door!
A lucky opening—beef tonight!
"I'll be taking your talent. I'm looking forward to the moment you explode with loot!"
As he spoke, sparks appeared in Xu Kun's palm—the precursor to activating his SSS-tier skill, Unyielding Starfire!
That was right. Against a boss whose attributes were even slightly stronger than his own, Xu Kun intended to use Unyielding Starfire, which he had already fully collected from the Cavern Giant Rats in the Level 1 monster area, to carry out an instant-kill plan!
Who cared how high its defense was or how thick its health bar was!
As long as its Fire Resistance was insufficient, Unyielding Starfire, which could now deal nearly thirty thousand damage instantly at Level 4, would be enough to kill this Minotaur Chieftain more than a dozen times over!
"No!" Xu Kun was about to stand up, but after thinking it over, he extinguished the Fire Seed in his palm.
At that moment, the Minotaur Chieftain was heavily surrounded by a group of minotaurs. He could instantly kill it, but afterward, he probably would not be able to casually loot its corpse anytime soon!
Boss drops were different from looting the corpses of ordinary monsters!
As an academic ace, Xu Kun naturally knew that ordinary monsters could only be looted for some materials, whereas bosses were different!
Why were bosses so sought after? Because killing each boss was an incredibly profitable business!
Even the most basic Spirit Stone Shards were the universal currency circulating throughout Haotian Pagoda and among the myriad races!
According to unreliable rumors, a single F-tier Spirit Stone Shard was worth as much as ten thousand Human Race Currency!
A boss would naturally not drop just one or two of them. Just thinking about it was exhilarating!
Besides that, boss drops also included equipment, skill books, high-grade materials, and all kinds of valuable miscellaneous items!
The most important among them was equipment. Take the beginner trial stage, for example—99.99% of trial-takers completed the entire beginner trial map wearing nothing but the standard three-piece beginner set!
Without killing bosses, they would have no chance of obtaining new equipment!
Xu Kun might have obtained a complete A-tier set at Level 0, but by his own estimation, this equipment would probably remain useful all the way to Level 20!
Even many people who reached Level 20 could only look up in awe at the Zenith Flame Spirit Set!
An ordinary single-piece F-tier equipment item cost anywhere from tens of thousands, and it was still something with a price but no market!
All things considered, according to official data, even the lowest F-tier race boss was worth no less than one hundred thousand Human Race Currency. That was enough for an ordinary person to live comfortably for several years!
All of that only applied to ordinary people. But was Xu Kun ordinary?
He was a Child of Destiny with maxed-out Luck!
As long as a boss casually dropped even one piece of equipment, it would start at E-tier and could easily sell for hundreds of thousands, or even more!
From the perspective of maximizing profit, instantly killing the Minotaur Chieftain from afar right now would definitely be an unwise choice. Under the threat of the minotaur herd's Trample skill, Xu Kun would likely be unable to take a single step after killing the boss!
The talent, the boss kill count, the drops—I want them all!
But a boss's drops only remained for a limited time. For an F-tier boss as low-level as the Minotaur Chieftain, the drops would only exist for ten minutes. Xu Kun did not think he could break through the minotaur herd's layers of encirclement and safely retrieve them within ten minutes!
"I'll have to outsmart them!"
Xu Kun suppressed the excitement in his heart and decided to proceed step by step!
First clear the trash mobs, then deal with the main course—the boss!
When Xu Kun stepped out from behind the tree concealing him, the quietly drinking minotaur herd had already noticed his presence.
Moo~
The minotaur closest to Xu Kun let out a warning growl. Its front hooves scraped against the ground, and its bull eyes fixed tightly on Xu Kun, as if it would charge at him the moment they disagreed!
"What the hell are you mooing at?"
Xu Kun did not indulge its temper. He immediately hurled an Explosive Fireball, which burst into sparks against the bull's head!
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The Child of Destiny's 100% Critical Hit made killing low-level monsters as easy for Xu Kun as cutting melons and vegetables!
The massive damage number had far exceeded this minotaur's maximum Health. It unwillingly let out a moo before collapsing in hatred after trying to intimidate Xu Kun!
Ding, you killed a minotaur. Experience +0.5%!
The experience gain had decreased again. If Xu Kun's experience bar was currently only at Level 4, 0%, then he would need to kill the entire minotaur herd to gain just enough experience to reach Level 5!
After he instantly killed one minotaur, the death of their kin immediately drew the hatred of the others. Yet instead of attacking right away, they all looked toward the Minotaur Chieftain in the center!
The Minotaur Chieftain slowly raised its massive head. Xu Kun could even see contempt in its eyes!
Then it let out a deep bellow. The other minotaurs understood and began walking toward Xu Kun in groups of two and three.
"Heh, sending your underlings to die first? Just what I wanted!"
Seeing several minotaurs gather together, Xu Kun acted decisively and cast Wildfire Scorches the Plains. Before the kill notifications could even sound, he had already raised his sword and charged toward the flank!
"Quick attack!"
Xu Kun's speed abruptly increased as he charged toward the three minotaurs encircling him from the side.
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Bleeding and Paralysis Venom took effect at the same time. The already slow minotaurs were slowed even further, and the Flame Spirit Sword's splash attribute could also apply these two buff-type skills!
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Under True Damage, all defenses were useless. Taking advantage of the Bleeding and Slow effects, Xu Kun gave each of the other two minotaurs struck by the splash another slash!
After three swings, Xu Kun retreated without looking back. The three minotaurs, whose Movement Speed had been reduced by 14.3%, could not catch up to him at all. With Bleeding hovering over their heads, they staggered two steps before their health bars quickly emptied. The three minotaurs crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust!
In the blink of an eye, the four minotaurs pursuing Xu Kun were also killed within the range of Wildfire Scorches the Plains!
Ding, you killed 7 minotaurs. Experience +3.5%!
"Moo moo moo~"
Seeing its subordinates fall one after another at the enemy's hands, the Minotaur Chieftain let out an enraged roar. The earth trembled, and Xu Kun, who had already pulled away, turned around to look.
Aside from the dozen or so relatively scrawny minotaurs gathered around the Minotaur Chieftain, the remaining hundred and eighty-plus minotaurs were charging at him with steady strides!
"Picking guards but not choosing any strong ones? Don't tell me those are all little cows?"
Seeing that the Minotaur Chieftain still did not move, Xu Kun joked casually, but an idea had already formed in his mind!
Without giving these slow minotaurs a chance to surround him, Xu Kun used the terrain of the forest to play guerrilla warfare with them. With Explosive Fireball and Wildfire Scorches the Plains, his two ranged skills, he began kiting the stupid bulls.
"Sigh, Wrath of the Fire Dragon still has ten minutes left on cooldown. Otherwise, I could just wipe them all out in one wave!"
Though Xu Kun spoke as he fought, his hands did not slow down. From time to time, he found isolated minotaurs and easily harvested their lives before they had the chance to use Trample!
Indeed, Wrath of the Fire Dragon could easily clear the field, but that was not Xu Kun's goal. His science teacher had told them that blindly relying on powerful skills and equipment would make it difficult to master superior combat methods himself!
Once they climbed to higher floors, they could easily encounter beings with skill-sealing abilities. At times like that, they would have to rely on their own qualities to engage the enemy in the bloodiest hand-to-hand combat!
Positioning, finding opportunities, using strengths to cover weaknesses—these were qualities that a strong person had to possess!
His PE teacher: The science teacher is right!
"Hehe, positioning, positioning, once the ghost blade is out, you can't see me!"
Although Xu Kun's shameless tactics had thoroughly annoyed the minotaur herd, their Movement Speed was too slow. They could only watch helplessly as Xu Kun harvested the heads of their companions one after another!
"The time's about right!"
He glanced at Wrath of the Fire Dragon's cooldown, which had entered its final one-minute countdown. During that time, he had killed dozens of minotaurs, and the ones behind him had already formed shoulder to shoulder, attempting to compress his range of movement!
This time, instead of retreating, Xu Kun advanced and charged directly toward the minotaur herd!
At the sight, the minotaurs, who had been suffering because they could not touch Xu Kun, let out delighted roars!
However, just as the minotaurs faced him like a great enemy and prepared to attack together, Xu Kun leaped up and easily stepped across their backs, landing behind them!
"Hey, stupid bulls! Come hit me! Nyah nyah nyah!"
Feeling that their intelligence had been insulted, the minotaurs angrily turned around. But their shoulder-to-shoulder formation made it impossible for their massive bodies to turn quickly. One after another, they rammed into each other's backsides and squeezed one another's faces, plunging the scene into chaos!
Xu Kun jogged a few steps and returned to the small river, facing the mountain-like Minotaur Chieftain across the water!
Seeing that its subordinates could not deal with this little shrimp, the Minotaur Chieftain was so angry that two streams of white mist blasted from its nostrils!
"What are you looking at?"
"Moo moo moo moo~"
"Tch!"
Ignoring the Minotaur Chieftain's furious low growl, Xu Kun formed a fireball in his palm and threw it toward the boss's side.
"Moo~"
One "delicate" minotaur beside the Minotaur Chieftain could not withstand that kind of damage and immediately collapsed next to it!
At the sight, the Minotaur Chieftain's eyes turned red. It sorrowfully licked this "beautiful cow," whose face had been blown to pieces by the Explosive Fireball, then fixed its eyes tightly on Xu Kun!
Ding, you have been locked onto by the Minotaur Chieftain!
"So it really is this guy's harem. Come on, avenge your wife!"
Xu Kun provocatively beckoned to the Minotaur Chieftain. Just as he wished, it kicked its four hooves into motion and charged straight into the river, rushing toward Xu Kun!
Its enormous body even caused the little river to briefly stop flowing!
Water splashed everywhere as the Minotaur Chieftain, whose speed had doubled, quickly entered within ten meters of Xu Kun!
Xu Kun's expression remained calm. At that moment, the minotaur herd was divided into three groups!
One group was still struggling to turn around in the forest, preparing to join their leader and ram Xu Kun, the uninvited guest, to death!
Another group was the "beautiful cows" across the river, cheering for the Minotaur Chieftain as it launched Minotaur Charge!
The last was this giant minotaur that had already approached Xu Kun, and the greatest target of his trip—the boss of the minotaur herd!
Sparks flickered in his palm. Xu Kun waved his hand toward the Minotaur Chieftain, scattering sparks across the sky. They fell onto the Minotaur Chieftain's broad back!
"Snap!"
Xu Kun snapped his fingers, then naturally turned around.
Boom!
The Minotaur Chieftain's body exploded midway through its charge, sending shockwaves through the air as the river beneath it was instantly evaporated dry!
Real men never looked back at explosions!
Hearing the massive body crash to the ground behind him, Xu Kun calmly looked toward the minotaur herd that had already emerged from the forest!
Previously, the minotaurs had been scattered across both sides of the river. Even with Wrath of the Fire Dragon's immense power, it could not cover the entire field. But now, after Xu Kun had deliberately lured them together, the range was just right!
Xu Kun swung the Flame Spirit Sword, feeling familiar heat spread from its blade as the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
"I'll send you to meet your leader!"
A Fire Dragon leaped from the sword and plunged into the forest ahead. Before long, flames soared into the sky. One minotaur after another could only kneel helplessly before being swallowed by the fire!
The battle was decided. Only then did Xu Kun slowly turn around, patting the Minotaur Chieftain's massive head beside him with one hand before looking at the dozen or so trembling "beautiful cows" across the river!
"Go keep your king company!"
His final move, Wildfire Scorches the Plains, transformed into a rain of fire that fell down and covered the heads of those delicate minotaurs!
Ding, congratulations on killing the F-tier boss Minotaur Chieftain. Experience +...
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