First Silver Boss Kill

Watching the Chief of Black Wind Stronghold's health dwindle, Wu Shaozhen suddenly remembered the Luck Scroll in his bag-a great item that increased drop rates by 100%.

Humanoid monsters had classes, and their drops matched those classes. The Strategist he had killed earlier, for instance, had been a Mage and dropped a whole pile of Mage equipment. This chief was an Assassin, so he was bound to drop Assassin equipment. This would also be the first Silver boss kill, which came with a drop-rate bonus. If Wu Shaozhen used a scroll to double the drop rate on top of that...

The thought alone excited Wu Shaozhen. He quickly took out the scroll and used it. The drop-rate bonus lasted thirty minutes, and the chief could hold out for five minutes at most, so there was no harm in using it early.

The poor Chief of Black Wind Stronghold had a whole arsenal of skills but never got to use any of them. Tormented to death by the ant before him, he finally collapsed to the ground in bitter frustration.

Ding! Congratulations on killing the Silver-grade boss [Chief of Black Wind Stronghold]. You have gained 500 reputation and 40,000 EXP. Your pet Silver Big Bad Wolf has gained 10,000 EXP.

Ding! Congratulations, you have leveled up. Health +40, mana +20. You have gained 10 free attribute points. Please allocate them wisely.

Ding! Congratulations, your pet [Silver Big Bad Wolf] has leveled up. Current level: 14.

Ding! Talent effect triggered. Poison damage +1, maximum poison stacks +1. Current poison damage: 428. Maximum stacks: 4.

Ding! Immortal Body has taken effect. Maximum health +1. Immortal Body has now increased your maximum health by 577.

At the same time, another server-wide announcement rang out across the entire Huaxia Server.

Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Dustseal on killing the Silver-grade boss [Chief of Black Wind Stronghold]. As the first player on the server to kill a Silver-grade boss, he has been awarded 1,000 reputation, 30 gold coins, and 30 free attribute points. This announcement hereby commemorates his achievement!

Perhaps they had grown numb, or perhaps they simply did not know what level the Chief of Black Wind Stronghold was. Although the announcement still stunned the players, they did not find it as hard to accept as before.

"It's been ages, but the mighty Dustseal finally made the headlines again."

"Real talent always shines. Someone like Dustseal couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to!"

"A Silver boss? How did he find one? I haven't even seen one yet."

"A Silver boss should be stronger than a Bronze one, right? Did you get any Silver equipment, legend? @Dustseal"

The regional chat channels instantly erupted, but this time, no one voiced any doubts.

In Extreme Ice City, Jun Lin heard the server-wide announcement and sighed. "Just as I thought. Even after reaching a main city, that guy is still ridiculously strong."

"Yeah. He's become a legend in Oracle," Hao Ran said with feeling.

Autumnwater City...

A team of twenty was surrounding an enormous turtle on the coast: the level 12 Bronze boss [Deep-Sea Giant Turtle].

The twenty players worked seamlessly together, with every class represented and impressive damage all around. What really caught the eye was that all twenty were women. Beauties of every kind constantly repositioned and attacked; simply watching them was a delight.

Among them, a woman in a white Priest robe and white veil stood out like the most magnificent rose in a flower bed. Even surrounded by beauties, she remained the center of attention.

With a casual wave of her hand, she cast Healing and brought a nearly dead female Warrior straight back to full health. Her healing output of eight or nine hundred would probably put every other Priest to shame. It was also the key reason the twenty of them dared to challenge a Bronze boss.

The female Warrior stuck out her tongue. "Sister Qing Wu, being a Priest is such a waste of your talent."

Dreamlight Dance shook her head helplessly. She had once been widely acknowledged as the number-one Mage, and her first thought upon entering Oracle had been to play a Mage again. But fate had played a joke on her: her talent increased healing effects by 100%. She had been forced to choose Priest for her class change rather than waste such an excellent talent.

"All right, all right, let's stop talking about that. Being a Priest is actually pretty good. At least I can keep you reckless girls from dying so often," Dreamlight Dance said.

"Who do you think this Dustseal really is? I've played online games for years, but I've never seen that username," another girl said, changing the subject. They had all heard the server-wide announcement too.

"No idea. I never heard of him before Oracle. Maybe some top player changed his username," a female Archer said.

At that moment, Dreamlight Dance also began to grow curious about that username...

Jinling City...

World-Proud Under Heaven's expression darkened. "Him again. Looks like we'll have to put a cap on Dustseal's progress, or he's bound to interfere with our development."

"Yeah, but Zihao said Dustseal always wears a mask. That'll make him hard to find," World-Proud Lone Peak said.

"We have tens of thousands of brothers in Jinling City. Are we really afraid we can't find him?" World-Proud Jueqing sneered.

"Right. Once we find him, see whether we can recruit him. If we can't, destroy him. Jinling City is World-Proud Heroes' territory. I don't want anyone here I can't control," World-Proud Under Heaven said coldly.

Meanwhile, Wu Shaozhen paid no attention to the outside world. His eyes gleamed as he stared at the loot scattered across the ground. This was definitely the biggest haul he had ever gotten from a boss. It had practically piled into a mountain.

Moving his hands as fast as he could, he collected every drop. With his bag nearly full, Wu Shaozhen excitedly began sorting through everything.

First came a whopping 8 gold and 52 silver, almost as much as the reward for the first Boar King kill. Then there was the equipment: four Silver pieces, six Bronze pieces, and eight Black Iron pieces. He had left the common equipment behind. There were even two skill books, which had to be thanks to the Luck Scroll. Otherwise, there was no way two would have dropped.

Then came two special scrolls, two attribute fruits, a very strange potion, a key, a parchment whose purpose he did not know, and a head required for his quest.

This really was a massive haul. Players started with forty bag slots, and identical materials, potions, and similar items could stack up to a thousand in a single slot. Equipment drop rates in Oracle were so low that full bags were rarely an issue. Yet Wu Shaozhen's bag was genuinely almost full now. The drops from this one boss alone had taken up well over half of it.

Brimming with excitement, he inspected the equipment...

[Soul-Devouring Dagger] Silver grade: physical attack +280, attack speed +10%, lifesteal +10%. Bonus attributes: strength +24, agility +22, constitution +23. Equip requirement: Assassin.

[Black Wind Leather Armor] Silver grade: health +800, mana +200, physical defense +50, spell defense +50, damage reduction +5%. Bonus attributes: constitution +25, bone root +23, spirit +22. Equip requirement: Assassin, Archer.

[Black Wind Helmet] Silver grade: health +500, physical defense +45, spell defense +45, critical resistance +8%. Bonus attributes: constitution +22, bone root +21, agility +20. Equip requirement: all classes.

[Gale Bracelet] Silver grade: physical attack +160, attack speed +10%, defense penetration +10%. Bonus attributes: agility +22, strength +21, bone root +20. Equip requirement: Assassin, Archer.

[Graphite Ring] Bronze grade: health +300, physical attack +125, cooldown reduction 5%. Bonus attributes: strength +23, constitution +22. Equip requirement: physical classes.

[Graphite Belt] Bronze grade: health +400, physical defense +35, spell defense +35. Bonus attributes: constitution +21, bone root +22. Equip requirement: all classes.

[Graphite Necklace] Bronze grade: physical attack +140, critical hit rate +5%, luck +5. Bonus attributes: strength +20, agility +22. Equip requirement: physical classes.

[Graphite Boots] Bronze grade: movement speed +60, physical defense +30, spell defense +30. Bonus attributes: agility +21, bone root +22. Equip requirement: all classes.

[Graphite Helmet] Bronze grade: health +300, physical defense +30, spell defense +30, critical resistance +5%. Bonus attributes: constitution +24, bone root +25. Equip requirement: all classes.

[Graphite Bracelet] Bronze grade: physical attack +130, attack speed +5%, defense penetration +5%. Bonus attributes: strength +23, agility +24. Equip requirement: Assassin, Archer.