What Good Was All This Attack Power?

Wu Shaozhen blinked at all the Silver and Bronze equipment. He had practically looted the guy down to his underwear. Still, with his already high luck, the first-kill bonus, and the double drop-rate scroll, this haul wasn't excessive. More importantly, almost everything was usable. This was a massive upgrade. Once he equipped it all, his strength would at least double. He couldn't even be bothered to inspect the Black Iron equipment.

After checking the equipment, he turned to the Skill Books...

[Crushing Blow]: Consumes 80 mana. Strikes the target heavily with the butt of the weapon, dealing 160% physical damage and silencing them for 3 seconds. Skills cannot be used while silenced. Cooldown: 1 minute. Class requirement: Assassin.

[Weak Point Break]: Consumes 100 mana. Deals weak-point damage to the target. This damage ignores defense and is guaranteed to critically hit. Cooldown: 3 minutes. Class requirement: Assassin.

"Holy shit, both those skills dropped? I finally won't be an Assassin who relies entirely on poison!" Wu Shaozhen exclaimed.

Ever since entering Oracle, his attacks against monsters had never even pierced their defense. With his new equipment and these two damage skills, he could finally deal damage like a normal Assassin.

Wu Shaozhen learned both skills immediately, adding two more entries to his skill list.

After learning the skills, he checked the remaining items one by one. One scroll was the [Damage Immunity Scroll] he had used before, which granted 10 seconds of invincibility. The other was a [Random Teleport Scroll], which teleported the user to a random location one kilometer away. Both were lifesavers, and both were useful.

Next came two attribute fruits, both [Agility Fruits]. Each permanently increased agility by 10 when eaten. Naturally, Wu Shaozhen used them immediately. The more of these he could get, the better.

Three unfamiliar items remained. The first was a very old parchment scroll. He took it out and read its description: [Treasure Map]: Records the location of a treasure. It showed a map with a treasure chest marked on it, which was clearly where the treasure lay. However, Wu Shaozhen didn't recognize the map, and it didn't name the location either. He would probably have to stumble across the place first.

Next was the key. Wu Shaozhen took it out and saw its description: [Treasure Chest Key]: Used to open a treasure chest.

Could it be for the chest on the treasure map? Wu Shaozhen wondered, then returned it to his inventory.

Last was the strange potion. He had never seen it before, but his instincts told him it was no ordinary potion.

[Restriction-Breaking Potion]: Removes the usage requirements of equipment and skills.

"!!!"

"Holy shit, now this is the good stuff!" Wu Shaozhen immediately grew excited. At first glance, it didn't seem like much. Removing equipment restrictions wasn't especially useful. What was an Assassin supposed to do with a staff?

But this potion didn't just remove equipment requirements. Most importantly, it removed skill requirements. Nothing was more frustrating than finding a great skill he couldn't use.

For instance, he still had a Brutal Charge Skill Book in storage. It was a Warrior skill, but with this potion, he could learn it directly. Of course, Wu Shaozhen had no interest in that particular skill. Still, he was bound to find a skill he wanted but couldn't learn someday, and that was when this potion would come in handy.

He carefully returned the potion to his inventory and began changing his equipment. Almost everything he wore was replaced this time. For his rings, he kept the Silver Wolf King Ring and removed the Attack Speed Ring he had only just equipped. The main reason was that the Silver Wolf King Ring added nearly two hundred health, while the Attack Speed Ring added none.

A single Chief of Black Wind Stronghold had dropped an entire set of equipment for him. Now, aside from his legguards, practically everything he wore was Bronze or better.

After changing his equipment, Wu Shaozhen saw that he had another 40 unassigned attribute points and put them all into bone root. Then he checked his stats again.

Name: Dustseal

Realm: Bronze Grade

Level: 16

Health: 5487

Mana: 1180

Physical attack: 1245

Spell attack: 84

Physical defense: 543

Spell defense: 533

Movement speed: 430

Attack speed: 104%

Critical hit rate: 5%

Attack lifesteal: 10%

Damage reduction: 5%

Defense ignored: 15%

Cooldown reduction: 5%

Critical resistance: 8%

Luck: 15 (title +10, equipment +5)

Experience: 7406/80000

Strength: 158 + 20% = 189

Intelligence: 35 + 20% = 42

Constitution: 174 + 20% = 207

Bone root: 303 + 20% = 363

Spirit: 67 + 20% = 80

Agility: 309 + 20% = 370

Talent: 428 poison damage, stacks up to 4 times

Immortal Body: Increases maximum health by 577.

Equipment:

Weapon: [Soul-Devouring Dagger], Silver Grade; helmet: [Black Wind Helmet], Silver Grade; armor: [Black Wind Leather Armor], Silver Grade; legguards: [Bear King Legguards], Black Iron Grade; belt: [Graphite Belt], Bronze Grade; boots: [Graphite Boots], Bronze Grade; necklace: [Graphite Necklace], Bronze Grade; left bracelet: [Gale Bracelet], Silver Grade; right bracelet: [Graphite Bracelet], Bronze Grade; left ring: [Graphite Ring], Bronze Grade; right ring: [Silver Wolf King Ring], Bronze Grade.

Practically all his stats had doubled, and his attack had shot straight past a thousand. Yet looking at that enormous attack stat, Wu Shaozhen rubbed his nose. No matter how high my attack gets, can it hit harder than my poison?

"Man, what good is all this attack power?" Wu Shaozhen sighed.

He opened the Auction House and checked the recent sale prices for Black Iron equipment. During the ten-odd minutes he had spent fighting the chief, another four pieces had sold, still mostly for around 40,000 to 60,000. However, quite a few players had probably already gotten Black Iron drops from ordinary monsters. The drop rate might be low, but there were just too many players.

Black Iron equipment prices would surely plummet soon. Once the big spenders had full sets, the remaining solo players wouldn't be willing to spend that much on equipment.

Wu Shaozhen listed the two Black Iron pieces he had replaced, the [Boar King Armor] and [Wolf King Helmet], at a fixed price of 20,000 each. Both were low-level Black Iron equipment, especially the Boar King Armor, which had dropped from the level 6 Boar King. Its stats were already pretty terrible, barely better than common equipment. Somehow, he had kept wearing it until now. He needed to cash in on one last batch of suckers before the gear became impossible to sell.

Two minutes later, both pieces sold. Wu Shaozhen then listed the [Bear King Bracelet], [Attack Speed Ring], and all eight pieces of Black Iron equipment dropped by the chief together, pricing each at 60,000. Their stats were better than those of the Black Iron equipment currently on the market. Aside from the [Bear King Bracelet], they had all dropped from level 20 bandits, so he wasn't worried about finding buyers.

Sure enough, all ten pieces sold out quickly, bringing in 540,000 in one go.