Bloodthirsty Bat

The Skeleton Warrior only dropped one green Equipment.

[Undead Slayer (Skeleton)

Quality: Fine

Type: Accessory

Effect: +2 damage against Skeleton-type Undead.

Description: Yes, you've become a more seasoned Skeleton Killer. Let's give you a round of applause!]

A slightly more exquisite skeleton bone fragment, with some added brass edging, appeared in Xiao Yang's hand. He was certainly no stranger to this item.

In reality, such a pendant was merely an interesting toy for most Players, given its poor versatility. However, for Xiao Yang, it was quite practical. After all, he had no other channels for upgrading. For now, his only recourse was to deal with these miscellaneous skeleton frames in the Skeleton Dungeon.

Little Bone rummaged through the Skeleton Warrior and found something – a broken sword.

[Rusted Broken Sword

Quality: Fine

Type: Weapon, Heavy Weapon

Damage: 12

Effect: Attack has a chance to inflict Bleeding.

Description: A rusty sword sinks into fresh red flesh. Do you hear it? It's the cry of tetanus!]

Perhaps because it was a boss, the Skeleton Warrior's drops were quite decent. Xiao Yang managed to get two green Equipment pieces from it in total, no blue items, but that was hardly surprising. After all, these skeletons, Skeleton Warriors, and even the Skeleton Warrior weren't considered overly powerful.

It was difficult to expect them to drop truly good items.

A door leading to the second level of the dungeon appeared before Xiao Yang. Such a simple conclusion left him feeling somewhat unsatisfied. In situations like this, some unconventional actions were inevitable.

Xiao Yang took out the Shovel of Freedom.

Of course, such an action was somewhat suicidal, but sometimes, being suicidal could also be described as maximizing resource excavation efficiency.

With a heavy swing of the shovel, the entire Skeleton Dungeon shook for a moment. Xiao Yang heard a tremendous roar.

Clearly, something extraordinary had been unearthed by the Shovel of Freedom. Simultaneously, prompts from the God Game began to pop up incessantly.

[Regional environment has changed. New enemies and monsters have joined the environment. Players are to explore the specific details themselves.]

[The Player's Equipment, Shovel of Yearning for Freedom, has found its Epic path. Do you wish to initiate the Equipment Advancement Quest?]

Xiao Yang's face twitched at this development.

It seemed he had stirred up something extraordinary! Perhaps he shouldn't have acted on impulse!

Raising the Shovel of Freedom in his hand, Xiao Yang noticed that its description had changed.

[Shovel of Yearning for Freedom

Quality: Excellent

Effect: Allows for an additional excavation action in each new environment.

Description: This is a key used by a group of prisoners to open the door to freedom. Dig, dig, yearn, explore. In short, swing it a few more times! Swing it a few more times!]

In the corridor outside the boss room, red-eyed bats had already begun flapping their wings, searching for suitable spots to hang upside down. Xiao Yang cast an appraisal spell on them.

These bloodthirsty bats weren't powerful, but it was worth noting that they excelled in the Agility attribute.

Furthermore, similar to those Prisoner Zombies, they possessed a trait called Bloodthirst Carrier.

They weren't strong, but getting hit by them could be troublesome.

However, unfortunately for them, these large bats were facing Xiao Yang.

Their attack was a bit weak, not even breaking through his defense.

As Xiao Yang exited the boss room, he was attacked by a bloodthirsty bat. Its flapping wings launched an assault towards him. Xiao Yang swung Justice's Condolence, but missed. The creature was too agile, as if it had foreseen Xiao Yang's movements.

With a flutter, the basketball-sized bloodthirsty bat landed on Xiao Yang. Its furless, wrinkled head pressed close to Xiao Yang's face, looking extremely ugly and horrifying.

It opened its mouth, its sharp teeth extending to bite down fiercely on Xiao Yang's neck.

Yet, it couldn't even break his skin. Xiao Yang's Defense wasn't at its absolute maximum, but this bloodthirsty bat still couldn't penetrate his defenses.

Even though it bypassed the leather armor on Xiao Yang's body and targeted his exposed throat, theoretically, this bloodthirsty bat should have landed a critical hit, at least dealing one or two points of damage.

But unfortunately, Xiao Yang had the Tough Skin trait. The damage exemption attribute proved more valuable than Xiao Yang had anticipated.

A large, red-typed zero popped up. Since it failed to break his skin, the bloodthirst couldn't be transmitted to Xiao Yang. At this moment, the scarlet glow in the ugly bat's eyes faded, replaced by a hint of astonishment.

Its attack sequence was over. Now it was Xiao Yang's turn. Xiao Yang grabbed the large bat.

It was difficult to handle when it was flitting around in the air, but once it landed on him, dealing with it became much easier.

He yanked the bloodthirsty bat off his body. The creature had annoyed him. He had only just begun to enjoy the pleasure of a stat-based monster's overwhelming power, only to find himself outmaneuvered again by the bloodthirsty bat's Agility, falling a step behind!

This feeling was truly unpleasant!

One swing of Justice's Condolence dealt nine points of damage. With a second swing, the bat, struggling in Xiao Yang's grasp, went still and peacefully passed away.

Unexpectedly, it dropped something.

[Stab

Quality: Normal

Type: Skill

Restrictions: Daggers, Clubs, Swords, Spears

Effect: Deals a piercing attack that ignores 2 points of the enemy's Defense.

Description: Shove what you're holding forward fiercely, understand? Shove what you're holding forward fiercely!]

Another skill, another white-quality skill. Its effect was very ordinary, but it had the advantage of having no specific requirements. And Xiao Yang's Justice's Condolence was perfectly compatible, so Xiao Yang directly chose to learn it.

After such a simple battle, Xiao Yang was not satisfied. Even though he had the upper hand, he was still charged by the Bloodthirsty Bat.

He couldn't stop taking potions. Since tomorrow is the Myriad Realms Trading day, Xiao Yang planned to properly improve his Defense and Agility.

He could put Strength aside for now. With the Blackrock Prison Guard Badge, Xiao Yang didn't need to worry about increasing his damage for the time being; his current damage was severely overflowing.

However, it was clear that he would face new challenges in this Skeleton Dungeon. That impulsive shovel swing was essentially adding difficulty for himself.

But it wasn't a big problem. More monsters weren't necessarily a bad thing; at worst, he'd just have to grind a bit more.

Just a little more grinding! Just a little more grinding would be enough.