Thanks to Big Brother Zuma Boss for the Carnival

By then, Xu Pengkun had already found a spot in the corner and tucked himself away. Only three bats in front of him could reach him.

And the bats' damage was pitifully low.

With a deafening crack, bolts of lightning crashed down onto Zuma Boss's head.

Zuma Boss switched targets, but it was merely a melee super minion. Skeleton Baby stood in front of Chen Hao, putting it out of reach, and it could only wander around like a headless fly.

Chen Hao dragged out the inventory window. When Zuma Boss overlapped with the edge of the window, he moved the mouse cursor from Zuma Boss into the equipment panel. At that moment, the words "Zuma Boss" appeared where they had overlapped, while Zuma Boss itself had already wandered elsewhere.

Cheats had only just appeared at the time, with nothing more than crude but highly practical no-candle and auto-run functions. Oh, and a self-deceiving Blazing Fire Sword Technique visual effect.

Before auto-locking had been developed, Chen Hao could only take this roundabout approach and lock targets manually.

After keeping at it for most of the day,

Chen Hao held down the F1 key for Lightning Technique with one hand and occasionally laid down Fire Walls on the ground. Watching Zuma Boss screech and flail about ahead of him, he yawned, growing a little bored.

After all, games from twenty years ago had graphics rough as hell, and character movements were stiff. The novelty only lasted for a little while at the beginning.

Xu Pengkun was not doing much better. He applied poison now and then, cast Group Invisibility, and tossed out a few Fire Talismans to join in the fun.

He had not noticed while he was concentrating earlier, but once he relaxed, Chen Hao turned around and took a look.

Good lord, a crowd of spectators had gathered behind them, all holding their breath as they watched the rare sight of someone fighting a boss.

They were all the ones putting food on his table, after all, so he had to treat them well. Hoarding knowledge was not Chen Hao's style, so he took the opportunity to explain how to fight Zuma Boss and how to manually lock onto monsters.

A few people in the crowd behind them had even exaggeratedly pulled out little notebooks and pens from somewhere, listening and taking notes. They had probably never paid such serious attention in their lives, not even during class.

Who knew how many minutes passed.

Chen Hao's explanation suddenly stopped,

because he saw a system prompt appear in the chat channel, along with an additional line of experience gained.

Zuma Boss was dead!

And it had dropped items all over the ground!

Chen Hao's eyes lit up.

Thanks to Big Brother Zuma Boss for the Carnival!

The next moment, once the people behind him saw the equipment on the ground clearly, wave after wave of startled cries erupted.

"Holy shit, a Staff of Judgment!"

"Fuck!"

"Damn!"

"Jesus!"

"Shit!"

???Something was wrong with someone!

The two-character mantra rang out nonstop. Though they all meant roughly the same thing, the slight changes in tone and rhythm conveyed correspondingly different levels of intense emotion~

Among the crowd of troublemakers, someone even shouted, "Brother Ban, pull the network cable!"

Fuck, there was a traitor in their party!

Humans were naturally drawn to excitement. At first, only five or six people had gathered around, but now everyone in the internet café, whether they played Legend or not, came over for a look. The space around Chen Hao and Xu Pengkun became packed so tightly that it was almost as crowded as Boss's Lair.

On the ground lay a huge black rod, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, divided into four sections with sharp edges. It looked very handy. Uh, no, very eye-catching.

Big Brother Zuma Boss had generously gifted them a—Staff of Judgment!

If Purgatory, Magic Staff, and Snake Charm were the dividing line for the Warrior, Mage, and Taoist classes,

then Staff of Judgment, Bone Jade Scepter, and Dragon Pattern Sword were the current version's ceiling-tier weapons for those three classes.

Especially on Chen Hao's server, there were only a handful of Staffs of Judgment, all in the hands of several major guild leaders. They were priceless and unavailable; even having money did not mean you could buy one.

A warrior holding a Staff of Judgment, wearing Black Iron on his head and a Heavy Helmet on his body—never mind his actual combat power, he would at least look cool as hell and be incredibly intimidating.

Warriors in Legend really were not great at Treasure Hunting, but they were beasts in PK. Especially warriors with a Staff of Judgment—one against ten was an exaggeration, but getting a triple kill was no problem. Wielding that huge club and swinging it wildly, every strike drew blood!

Above the Staff of Judgment, there was only the legendary Dragon Slayer. Chen Hao later learned that the first Dragon Slayer had been obtained through an official event. There had even been a bit of drama over it.

At the time, the Legend officials held a level competition across all servers. The player with the highest level would receive the only top-tier weapon for their class in the entire game. In the end, Prince Dan from Server Five stood above the rest as a level 52 warrior and claimed Dragon Slayer. Players from other servers heard the news and registered new accounts to come see it, once causing that server to lag badly.

Later, someone reported that Prince Dan had used cheats. The officials reclaimed Dragon Slayer and banned his account. Although Shanda eventually confirmed that Prince Dan had not used cheats when he obtained Dragon Slayer and had acquired it legitimately through the event, they still took the weapon back. As compensation, Shanda paid Prince Dan 25,000 RMB, making a huge mess of things and drawing a storm of criticism.

That was getting off track. Back to the matter at hand.

The instant Zuma Boss died, Xu Pengkun summoned Skeleton Baby back to his side, clearing a path for Chen Hao.

Chen Hao charged straight at the Staff of Judgment, but as expected, he failed to pick it up.

The next moment, Chen Hao opened his bag and flung his mouse around wildly, once again displaying his absurd hand speed. He tossed items out like scattering flowers from a celestial maiden—Big Red Potions, Big Blue Potions, whatever he had, all thrown onto the ground as if they cost nothing. When only one row of items remained in his bag, a black rod appeared in the first slot of the second row.

Staff of Judgment, acquired!

Unfortunately, it had not dropped Paralysis or a Bodyguard Ring. Those two were the real divine items, no worse than Dragon Slayer itself. Chen Hao was slightly disappointed. It seemed the transmigrator's halo could not reach this place.

Chen Hao scanned the remaining drops for anything else valuable.

A yellow book lay quietly by his feet.

Summon Divine Beast!

"There's even a Dog Book!"

"It's just a skill book. Why are you yelling? You scared the hell out of me!"

"I read the guide. That's the ultimate level 35 Taoist Summoning Technique. It can summon a Divine Beast! It looks cool as fuck and gives you a huge sense of security."

"I'm only level 26. Who knows when I'll reach level 35."

With the Staff of Judgment stealing all the glory, the others considered everything else trash, let alone just a book.

These people did not know its value, but Chen Hao did. Dog Books could only drop from world bosses, and their drop rate was absurdly low. Once people began reaching level 35 a month later, their value would become obvious. Demand would far exceed supply, and each one would sell for at least 1,000 RMB—and that was a bargain price!

Xu Pengkun directly picked up the Dog Book and put it in his bag. After another sweep, there did not seem to be anything else valuable. Still, with the attitude of rather picking up a thousand useless things than missing one valuable item, who knew if a Minor Godly Item might appear? Those were all money.

Other than leaving a few Red Potions and Sun Water for emergencies, they threw away everything they could and planned to sweep up all the equipment on the ground.

They had only picked up about half of it when a group of burly men suddenly barged in through the entrance. They were the same group that had been wiped out earlier, along with several unfamiliar faces. Clearly, they had called in some companions for backup.

The two sides stared at each other, and the scene fell into a strange silence.

Enemies met on a narrow road, and their eyes burned red with hatred!