Killing Level 8 Boss

"Let's go, let's go! No more leveling! We're gathering people to run dungeons!" Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon sheathed his longsword back into his backpack and said excitedly.

"What is it now?" Winged God Dragon, the stunning beauty, shot him a sidelong glance. "Did that guy named Nemesis assign you another task?"

"How did you know?" Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon froze.

Before Winged God Dragon could answer, Sky Dragon, the little loli beside them, chimed in with a giggle, "We saw your simpering expression, Uncle Crimson-Eyed, and knew who you were talking to."

Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon: "..."

"Besides," the little loli added the finishing blow, "you've never been this enthusiastic about tasks assigned by the Guild Leader!"

Facing the mocking gazes of his teammates, Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon couldn't take it anymore.

He waved his hand, "Alright, let's head back to the village first."

Without waiting for his teammates, he took the lead and walked towards Novice Village.

On the way back to the village, Crimson-Eyed Black Dragon opened his private chat interface and forwarded the chat log between him and Nemesis to his Guild Leader, Emperor Blood God Slayer.

At the same time, he added, "Guild Leader, I think it's best if our guild doesn't stick to the 'chaotic evil' route."

"I've found an excellent opportunity to cooperate with Nemesis. If we go the 'righteous path,' we'll have more chances..."

Meanwhile, Su Yu arrived at the area where the level 8 monster, [Woodland Grizzly Bear], was located.

There were already a few scattered players in the level 8 monster zone.

These players were hardcore grinders; they logged in at midnight and played until 10 AM.

Some of the top players were already level 7, two levels ahead of Su Yu.

However, Su Yu didn't care. Everyone only had 12 hours of game time per day, so leveling early or late was pretty much the same.

He scouted the monster zone and found a spot hidden from other players, then began killing monsters to level up.

Compared to before, Su Yu's leveling method had become much more aggressive.

Previously, he would kill wild monsters one by one, and his leveling efficiency was decent.

Now, he could aggro three or four grizzly bears together and use [Chain Lightning] along with spell scrolls to defeat them, increasing his efficiency exponentially!

The only downside was that the [Woodland Grizzly Bears] were spread out, and Su Yu wasted most of his time luring them.

If he could stand still and had plenty of monsters in front of him, he could level up in just one or two minutes.

But due to the time spent luring monsters, it took him nearly 40 minutes to go from level 5 to level 6.

After 40 minutes, Su Yu successfully reached level 6.

His Spell Power naturally increased, reaching 63 points.

However, Su Yu didn't stop to check his stats; he continued to lure and kill monsters.

He planned to reach level 7 and then head to the level 9 monster zone to train.

Another 20 minutes passed, and a massive bear roar echoed through the forest. This roar was several times louder than that of its peers!

"Here it comes!" Su Yu's eyes lit up.

He looked towards the source of the bear roar.

A giant bear, completely dark brown and a size larger than a normal grizzly bear, appeared in the clearing ahead.

[Woodland Grizzly Bear Leader lv8 (Excellent)]

HP: 1200

It was another Excellent quality boss!

Su Yu focused his attention and began to deal with this boss.

At the same time, the grizzly bear boss's roar reached the entire monster zone. The hardcore grinders training there all heard the roar.

The grinders looked towards Su Yu's location with looks of "immortal energy":

"Huh? Which unlucky player triggered the level 8 boss?"

"Haha! You can call for help when you trigger a low-level boss, but when you trigger a level 8 boss, you can't even run away. It's a complete waste of half an hour of game time."

"Yeah! Let's light a candle for that unlucky guy."

The grinders chatted casually, but their hands didn't stop attacking the grizzly bears in front of them.

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A series of numbers popped up above the heads of the [Woodland Grizzly Bear lv8]. The grizzly bear's HP was slowly decreasing.

But after a while, the grinders realized something was wrong.

Because the bear roar didn't stop!

"Something's wrong! Why hasn't that player died yet?"

"Not only am I not dead, but I also heard the boss's pained howl? Normally, only when you deal 30% of a monster's HP in a very short time will it let out such a howl!"

"Who's dealing with the Grizzly Bear boss?"

Howl—

While the hardcore players were still surprised, the Grizzly Bear boss's dying whimper also reached them.

The hardcore players were stunned. They all craned their necks to look towards Su Yu's location:

"What happened?"

"Less than 8 seconds have passed! The boss is down?"

"Could someone be using a cheat to instantly kill the boss?"

Because the distance was too great, they couldn't see what was happening on Su Yu's side.

So, many hardcore players stopped leveling and ran towards Su Yu.

But when they arrived, all they saw was the corpse of a dead [Woodland Grizzly Bear Leader]. They didn't see any other players.

The players gathered around the Grizzly Bear boss's corpse, examining the magical traces on it with disbelief:

"What's going on? Did the game system have a bug, and the bug killed the Grizzly Bear boss?"

"Could a player have killed it? I heard that the great Nemesis is in Novice Village 6. Could it have been him?"

"I don't think so! Even if the great Nemesis killed the boss, we should have seen him, right? Did any of you see a player named 'Nemesis' or an anonymous player pass by?"

"No."

"Me neither."

"Didn't see anyone."

The hardcore players shook their heads.

At this moment, Su Yu canceled [Invisibility], and his figure appeared behind a large tree dozens of meters away from the players.

"Spectating players are so troublesome. I should go to the level 9 monster area."

Su Yu sighed softly and walked towards the level 9 wild monster area.

Just a moment ago, he had faced the Grizzly Bear boss head-on.

With Su Yu's Spell Power of 63, it should have taken no more than 3 seconds to kill the Grizzly Bear boss with 1200 HP.

However, during the process of killing the Grizzly Bear boss, the boss used [Iron Mane] to reduce the damage it received and also used [Berserk Recovery] to heal a significant chunk of its HP, which dragged the entire battle out to 8 seconds.

But it didn't matter; Su Yu had successfully dealt with the boss.

After the Grizzly Bear boss died, Su Yu saw nearby players rushing towards the area, so he cast [Invisibility] and left the scene.

He left as if nothing had happened, his merits and fame hidden.

Fortunately, because it was the first kill on the entire server, the Grizzly Bear boss's drops were still generous.

Cloth Armor Top [Vagrant Wind Robe (Excellent) Lv8], Mail Gloves [Terrifying Scale Gauntlets (Excellent) Lv8], Skill Scroll [Frost Nova (Excellent)], Skill Scroll [Slide Kick (Normal)], [Woodland Grizzly Bear Leader's Paw (Excellent)] x1.

Su Yu could use the cloth armor top and [Frost Nova].

[Slide Kick] was a skill for the Archer class, a signature skill for a "Martial Arts Style" Archer in the future.

Su Yu casually learned the [Frost Nova] scroll and upgraded it to Rare quality.

[Frost Nova (Rare)]: Impacts all enemies within 15 meters, dealing 100% Spell Power frost damage and freezing enemies for 4 seconds. Instant cast, 30-second cooldown, 30 mana cost.