Mage equipment

Ding! You have been killed by player "Dustseal." Level -1. As the aggressor, you have randomly dropped two or more pieces of equipment.

"Dust... Dustseal?" Standing at the Novice Village respawn point, Brother Hao's lips trembled. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that some random person he picked on would turn out to be Dustseal. He bitterly regretted it now.

He immediately turned and slapped the young man who had first picked a fight with Dustseal across the face. "Fuck your whole damn family! You got me killed!"

The young man didn't dare say a word. Just thinking about how he had spoken to the legendary Dustseal made his legs give out.

After venting his anger, Brother Hao opened his chat history and sent someone a message. "Boss, I ran into Dustseal."

After killing the group, Wu Shaozhen headed to the Flame Lizards as though nothing had happened. He needed to check whether his talent could keep improving after reaching Bronze rank.

His strength had increased dramatically once again. Looking at the Flame Lizards before him, Wu Shaozhen went straight up and struck one twice, then moved on to another and struck it twice as well. With his poison damage now at 260 per second, two sword strikes were enough for each lizard.

Soon, the lizards fell one after another, and the system notifications rang out nonstop. Wu Shaozhen smiled as he listened. Just as he had suspected, advancing his rank raised the upper limit of his poison damage.

Let's keep going and see how high it can get, Wu Shaozhen thought, then continued killing lizards. Just then...

Ding! Your item listed at the Auction House has been purchased for 50,000 yuan. After deducting a transaction fee of 7,500 yuan, the remaining 42,500 yuan has been transferred to your linked bank account.

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Four notifications sounded in succession. Wu Shaozhen excitedly checked his transaction history. It felt like ages since he had last received any money.

The [Wolf King Legguards] had sold for 50,000, the [Wolf Fang Mace] for 70,000, and the [Bear King Necklace] for 80,000. Most importantly, the [Black Bear King Armor] had fetched a whopping 180,000.

Wu Shaozhen's eyes narrowed with delight. The four pieces of equipment had sold for a total of 380,000 yuan. After the 57,000-yuan transaction fee, he still received 323,000 yuan.

This feels amazing. Looks like even though everyone has changed classes, most are still using plain equipment. Very few have Black Iron gear, let alone Bronze. The main cities have much larger populations than the Novice Villages. Looks like there are more rich players, too.

"Ha! One step closer to that gaming pod. Keep it up!" Brimming with motivation, Wu Shaozhen charged at the lizards again.

In Jinling City, World-Proud Under Heaven learned what had happened from Brother Hao. He glanced at World-Proud Jueqing beside him and asked, "What do you think of Dustseal's strength?"

"According to Zihao, his defense is extremely high, and he's fast. His damage is average, but his poison is a real pain. We don't know whether it comes from his equipment or his talent. It deals 260 damage per second and prevents healing. More importantly, none of them know how long it lasts," World-Proud Jueqing analyzed.

"Normally, poison damage lasts at least ten seconds. If it's ten seconds, I could barely survive it with the [Black Bear King Armor] equipped. If it lasts any longer, nobody can survive it at this stage," said World-Proud Lone Peak, their top Shieldguard.

"Right. Early-game equipment doesn't come with skills, so it's probably his talent. If that's the case, it makes sense that he managed to gain such a huge early advantage. That poison is practically a bug in the early game, but only in the early game. Once our levels and equipment catch up, killing him will be as easy as slaughtering a dog," World-Proud Under Heaven declared arrogantly. Perhaps no one could have imagined that such an obnoxious talent could actually grow stronger.

Meanwhile, Wu Shaozhen sat beneath a tree with Stealth active, browsing the forums. Ahead of him, a large group of Flame Lizards scurried about like headless chickens. White -574 numbers kept rising above their heads as their health bars plummeted. Probably no one in all of Oracle had an easier time leveling than he did.

Just then, a private message arrived...

Xue'er: "Thanks for the scroll. I've successfully cleared the challenge."

"With that thick-skinned Boar King tanking up front, even a pig could clear it," Wu Shaozhen casually replied.

The other side immediately fell silent.

Time to get up and collect the loot. Seeing that all the lizards ahead had fallen, Wu Shaozhen stood and walked over to check for any good equipment.

Three pieces of equipment lay on the ground. Aside from two plain items, there was actually a piece of Black Iron equipment. An item's quality was obvious from its sheen.

He hurried over and picked it up. This was money!

[Flame Ring]: Magic attack +60, fire skill damage increased by 5%. Additional attribute: Intelligence +16. Equipment requirement: Mage.

"Oh, Mage equipment. First time I've seen any. The stats are pretty good," Wu Shaozhen muttered. He opened his chat window and sent Su Muxue a screenshot of the equipment's stats. She soon replied...

Xue'er: "How much? I'll take it!"

Wu Shaozhen thought for a moment, then said, "80,000."

The Bear King Necklace had just fetched 80,000 at the Auction House, so asking the same price outright seemed reasonable.

Xue'er: "Okay!"

After the trade was completed, another private message arrived.

Xue'er: "Did you get this from a boss too?"

Dustseal: "No, it dropped from a regular monster."

Xue'er: "Regular monsters drop Black Iron equipment too?"

Dustseal: "Yeah, higher-level ones do. The drop rate is just way too low." He had already killed several hundred monsters and only gotten two pieces.

Xue'er: "Then can you tell me what monster dropped this? Mage equipment is so hard to find."

Wu Shaozhen cast Insight on a Flame Lizard and shared the results with her.

Elsewhere, Su Muxue was fighting level 12 foxes in a forest. When she saw the monster information Wu Shaozhen had shared, she was speechless. She finally understood why he was always ahead of everyone else. While everyone else was fighting level 11 and 12 monsters, this guy was already fighting level 18 monsters. It was ridiculous.

After seeing the monster's stats, Su Muxue completely abandoned the idea of going there to farm Mage equipment. She could only take her frustration out on the foxes.

Watching Su Muxue, Uncle Liu wore a worried expression. He had noticed that his young lady had changed. In the past, she had faced everything with composure. Lately, he often saw her gritting her teeth and quietly fuming. He had no idea whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.

After Wu Shaozhen killed another dozen or so Flame Lizards, a golden light flashed. He had leveled up!

He checked his talent. Its poison damage had reached 337, meaning he had killed 77 Flame Lizards. He still hadn't reached the cap.

Immortal Body had increased his maximum health by 395 points-nearly four hundred, equivalent to adding 40 points of Constitution. That felt great.

After leveling up, his health reached 2,826. He kept the 10 attribute points unspent, planning to allocate them later once he knew what he needed. Experience, LV14: 38/60000.

It was time to check out the Black Wind Stronghold.