At last, after a battle lasting a full 36 minutes, the Boar King's massive body crashed to the ground.
Ding! Congratulations on defeating the Black Iron Grade boss [Boar King]. You gained 100 reputation and 5,000 EXP. Ding! Talent effect triggered. Maximum poison stacks increased by 1. Ding! Congratulations on leveling up. HP +20, Mana +10. You gained 5 Free Attribute Points. Please allocate them wisely.
At the same time, a server-wide announcement rang out across the entire Huaxia Server.
Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Dustseal on defeating the Black Iron Grade boss Boar King. As the first player on the server to defeat a Black Iron Grade boss, he has been awarded 200 reputation, 10 gold coins, and 10 Free Attribute Points. This achievement is hereby announced!
The announcement rang out three times across the Huaxia Server. The entire game seemed to freeze, falling silent for an instant before erupting into an uproar.
"Holy shit, am I hallucinating? Someone can already kill bosses? I still can't even beat a crab!"
"That has to be fake. With the Boar King's stats, how could any player kill him at this stage?"
"Damn, are we sure we're playing the same game? I think I'm playing a knockoff."
Across the various Novice Villages, the leaders of several top factions and some legendary players in the online gaming world all had sudden changes in expression. They had thought they were already ahead of everyone else, only to discover that someone was far ahead of them.
Beginner Village 8365...
"Jun Lin, could this be that person from our Novice Village?" Nan Feng asked gravely.
"It's possible. As far as I know, nobody in the other Novice Villages has sold any equipment with six attribute points. The best has only five, so this necklace I'm wearing certainly gives us plenty to think about," Jun Lin replied, equally grave.
"But you've seen the Boar King's stats on the forums too. I can't imagine how strong someone would have to be to kill him, and he might even have done it alone," Nan Feng said.
"I'd like to know that too," Jun Lin said helplessly.
Elsewhere, the woman wearing a white veil murmured to herself, "Is he really that strong already?"
Meanwhile, the string of system notifications had left Wu Shaozhen himself completely dumbfounded. He genuinely hadn't known that killing the Boar King would trigger a server-wide announcement, but the moment he saw the reward of ten whole gold coins, he stopped caring. Announcement or not, it didn't matter-the reward was fantastic. That was a thousand silver coins, a hundred thousand copper coins! He hadn't even managed to accumulate ten silver coins yet.
The 10 Free Attribute Points were also equivalent to gaining two levels, which was very nice. As for reputation, he still had no idea what it did, but it was probably something good too. He would likely find out once he reached the Main City.
Watching his friend request list and private message window flash nonstop and instantly reach 999+, Wu Shaozhen felt a headache coming on. He hurriedly disabled friend requests and private messages from strangers, finally getting some peace.
Next came the exciting part: collecting the loot. Looking at the pile of items the Boar King had dropped, Wu Shaozhen was thrilled. This was the first time in all his time playing that he had seen so many items drop at once. His hands moved as fast as they could, sweeping everything up without leaving even a single copper coin behind. After tallying it all, he found that the Boar King had dropped a full 1 gold and 34 silver, three pieces of Black Iron Grade equipment, four pieces of plain wild boar equipment, a skill book, and a scroll.
"I never thought anything could drop this much loot at once with this game's drop rates. What a surprise. Looks like I need to kill more bosses from now on. That's the way to get rich." He checked the stats of the three pieces of Black Iron Grade equipment. This was his first time seeing equipment of that grade.
[Tusk Greatblade] Quality: Black Iron Grade Physical attack +30 Bonus attributes: Strength +10 Required level: 6 [Boar King Armor] Quality: Black Iron Grade HP +100 Defense +10 Bonus attributes: Constitution +8 Required level: 6 [Boar King Legguards] HP +100 Defense +10 Bonus attributes: Bone Root +6 Required level: 6
Sure enough, plain equipment couldn't compare to Black Iron Grade equipment. In addition to the base stats, it came with a random bonus attribute. It was stronger by far more than a little.
As for the four pieces of plain equipment, they were the same wild boar equipment dropped by ordinary wild boars: [Boarhide Helmet], [Wild Boar Leather Armor], [Boar Leather Pants], and [Boarhide Belt]. Wu Shaozhen didn't need them, but they were all worth money.
He took out the skill book and scroll, looking at the skill book first...
[Brutal Charge]: Consumes 40 Mana to charge rapidly forward up to four meters in a straight line. Stops upon hitting a target, dealing 150% physical damage and stunning the target for 1 second. Class requirement: Warrior.
Damage, crowd control, and mobility-this skill was definitely a god-tier PvP skill for warriors.
In Oracle, characters could teleport to the Main City and choose a class after reaching level 10. Each class could learn two basic skills upon class selection, such as Healing for priests and Fireball for mages. All other skills had to be obtained through drops. There were no hidden classes in Oracle either, so the more skills someone had, the stronger they would naturally be. Skill prices would certainly be in a different league from equipment prices.
This skill book won't show its true value yet. I'll sell it after everyone has chosen their classes. It should bring in a tidy sum then, Wu Shaozhen thought.
Then he looked at the scroll in his other hand...
[Boar King Summoning Scroll]: Summons the Boar King to fight for you for 30 minutes. The scroll disappears after use.
"Good stuff. The Boar King is pretty powerful. If I run into a monster I can't beat, I can have him handle it."
Next, Wu Shaozhen began allocating his attribute points. Between gaining one level and the ten bonus points, he now had fifteen attribute points in total.
The only monsters in the Novice Village that would still give him trouble were the silver wolves, mainly because their skill increased movement speed by 50%, bringing it to 45. There was nothing to deliberate over. He put all fifteen points into agility, bringing it to 45. With the five movement speed from his shoes, he would just outpace them. Hehe! Easy prey!
Then he equipped the [Boar King Armor] and [Boar King Legguards]. His stats instantly received a complete overhaul, rising to unprecedented heights.
As for the weapon, Wu Shaozhen still had no intention of using it himself. That little extra attack was useless to him. He still wouldn't be able to break through the monsters' defenses and would have to rely on poison anyway. Selling it at auction for money would be more practical. Not yet, though-he would have to wait until tomorrow, when everyone's levels were higher. Black Iron equipment had level requirements, so even if people bought it now, they couldn't equip it.
He casually listed the [Wild Boar Leather Armor] and [Boar Leather Pants] he had replaced, along with the four pieces of wild boar equipment he had just obtained, in the Auction House as ten-minute bidding auctions.
When he listed that whole batch of wild boar equipment at once, it caused a huge stir in Beginner Village 8365. Almost everyone became convinced that Dustseal, who had killed the Boar King, was from their Novice Village.
Ten minutes later, all the equipment had sold, each piece fetching around 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. The total came to 156,000 yuan. After deducting the 15% transaction fee of 23,400 yuan, he had made a net profit of 132,600 yuan. It felt fantastic. When you were far ahead of everyone else in strength, making money really was easy.
His stats had changed quite a bit this time, so I'll post them again. Please don't find it annoying-I'm afraid I won't be able to remember them myself.
Name: Dustseal Level: 7 HP: 620 Mana: 120 Physical attack: 20 Spell Attack: 10 Physical defense: 40 Spell Defense: 11 Movement speed: 50 Attack speed: 10% EXP: 1003/6000 Strength: 5 Intelligence: 5 Constitution: 18 (8 bonus points from equipment) Bone Root: 11 (6 bonus points from equipment) Spirit: 5 Agility: 45 Skill: Insight Talent: Source of Venom: Deals 23 true damage to the target every second for 60 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.
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