Normally, a Gold Tier boss dropped two to four pieces of Silver Tier equipment, with a small chance of dropping Gold Tier equipment.
But now...
Thanks to the effect of the Epic Grade Greedy Hand, every piece of loot the boss dropped went up one tier!
That directly upgraded three Gold Tier drops to Platinum Tier.
Among all that loot, there were three items assassin-class players could use.
Qin Feng examined them one by one.
First was a Platinum Tier assassin weapon.
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[Ghost Ship Twin Blades (Platinum Tier): Assassin-class weapon. Attack +136, Agility +22. Attack speed +24%, Armor Break +17. Equipment requirement: Level 5] [Unique effect: Each of your basic attacks deals damage twice.]
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This effect isn't all that useful, since I deal damage with skills.
But this weapon's base attack is high enough, and it adds 22 Agility!
Attack speed also speeds up Skill Cast Speed and reduces recovery time, so it's not completely useless...
As for the Armor Break attribute, that's very valuable too.
When he had fought the Golden Ghost Ship just now, his skills had clearly dealt far less damage than they did against other Demons.
That was because this Gold Tier boss had exceptionally high defense.
The Armor Break attribute offered excellent returns.
Qin Feng equipped the weapon immediately.
Then he examined the next piece of equipment.
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[Ghostfire Leather Armor (Gold Tier): Physical defense +25, Fire resistance +50. Damage block +14, HP +419. Equipment requirement: Level 5]
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It was a good piece of armor.
Especially its damage block stat.
Once I put this on, most players at this stage won't even be able to get through my defenses!
And... I haven't put any points into Constitution when leveling up, so I only have 350 HP right now.
This armor alone adds 419!
It was Gold Tier equipment, after all.
The stats on this one piece surpassed other players' entire sets.
The final item was a skill book.
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[Ghostly Blur (Gold Tier): Assassin Skills. Passively grants a 15% Evasion Rate. When a dodge triggers, negates all damage.]
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Qin Feng's eyes lit up when he saw the skill.
At last, an assassin survival skill!
Dodge builds aren't mainstream in the Godforsaken Game, but that's because it's usually hard to stack Evasion Rate very high.
Even with a 50% dodge chance, you can still die easily.
But...
I can evolve my skills infinitely!
Even getting it to an 80% Evasion Rate would make a considerable difference...
Qin Feng checked his remaining evolution points. He still had 21.
Anyone else would have struggled to decide which of his skills to evolve first...
But Qin Feng quickly made his decision.
Keep boosting damage first.
The higher my damage, the stronger the bosses I can take down, and the better the loot I can get.
Qin Feng left his newly learned Ghostly Blur alone for the moment.
Instead, he chose to evolve Instant Shadow Slash first.
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[You have spent 3+5 evolution points. Remaining: 13.] [Instant Shadow Slash (Platinum Tier → Jade Tier → Diamond Tier): Blink in one direction (maximum distance: 21 → 24 → 27 meters) and enter stealth (duration: 7 → 8 → 9 seconds), delivering 5 → 6 → 7 slashes to all enemies along your path. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds.] [Slash width: 3.1 → 3.6 → 4.1 meters. Each slash gains 200 → 250 → 300 additional Attack.]
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Evolving Instant Shadow Slash twice in a row at least doubled the skill's damage!
Even without being in stealth or triggering a stealth-breaking attack, a single use could deal three thousand damage.
If he broke stealth and struck with a Back Attack, the seven slashes could deal a total of six or seven thousand damage!
With 13 evolution points left, Qin Feng chose to evolve one of his starting skills-Back Attack Enhancement.
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[You have spent 2+3+5 evolution points. Remaining: 3.] [Starting skill: Back Attack Enhancement (Common → Bronze Tier → Silver Tier → Gold Tier). Passive effect: When attacking a target from behind, damage increases by 15% → 20% → 25% → 30%.]
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This was a reliable damage increase, so the higher, the better.
After sorting everything out, Qin Feng's combat strength had risen another notch.
If he fought the Golden Ghost Ship again, he could finish it off in under five minutes, and he probably wouldn't die...
After all, his Agility had increased by twenty or thirty points, making him much faster. He could now even dodge the ghost ship's full-area attack at half health.
Next, Qin Feng looked through his inventory.
He still had one piece of Platinum Tier equipment and one Platinum Tier skill book.
The equipment was for an archer, and the skill book was for a priest.
It's not really the right time to sell Platinum Tier items.
I'll hold on to them for now.
It wasn't that Qin Feng feared exposing his Greedy Hand. As long as he was strong enough, what did he have to fear from exposure?
The real issue was that no one could afford Platinum Tier items at this stage.
Equipment of this tier could sell for at least five or six years of lifespan. Skill books were even more expensive; ten years of lifespan wouldn't be asking too much.
Besides the Platinum Tier items, there are another seven or eight pieces of Gold Tier equipment and skill books I can sell to Wang Meng's team.
Qin Feng considered it.
A mage skill book and a magic-class ring were for Lin Liyu.
They had agreed earlier that any drops for her class would go to her. That was only fair.
After all, Qin Feng had received a Spatial Ring from her. In terms of value, the Spatial Ring was worth considerably more.
As for the warrior, priest, and archer items, he could sell them to Wang Meng's team at a ten-percent discount.
They might not be able to afford them yet...
But Qin Feng trusted Wang Meng's character, so letting them owe him for now was fine.
After all, Qin Feng had worked with him for several years in his previous life and knew Wang Meng was reliable.
By a rough estimate, all of these added up to another several thousand days of lifespan!
With everything sorted out, he was ready.
Qin Feng left the swamp and opened Lin Liyu's private chat. "Little Black, where are you?"
Lin Liyu really couldn't stand being called "Little Black" anymore. She deeply regretted choosing that codename...
But names couldn't be changed in the Godforsaken Game...
So she answered helplessly, "Iron Man and his group caught up with me, and I died and respawned in town. Luckily, our team left all our tradable lifespan with Uncle."
The uncle she meant was Wang Meng.
Wang Meng had strong survival capabilities, so leaving their lifespan with him was safer and helped them avoid dropping half of it upon death.
"Okay. Wait for me to get back. I have some things for you."
Qin Feng entered stealth and headed back toward Shell Town.
Before long, he happened to spot Iron Man leading more than twenty people toward the swamp.
To Qin Feng, these players were no different from a pack of wild monsters. He went straight in for the kill!
Meanwhile!
In Moonlight Town, another town assigned to River-Sea City in Great Xia.
After obtaining the hidden class Life Priest, Qin Xiaoyou had found a team in Moonlight Town and was struggling to level up outside.
They were discussing the world's first Gold Tier boss kill that had just occurred.
"Hey, I heard Shell Town is one of our River-Sea City's Starting Towns."
"Doesn't that mean the legendary Dark Shadow is from River-Sea City too?"
Everyone buzzed with speculation.
As the priest, Qin Xiaoyou followed behind and healed them. Hearing her teammates' conversation, she was secretly delighted.
Dark Shadow!
That incredible player who got the world's first Gold Tier boss kill was actually from River-Sea City?
Qin Xiaoyou's eyes lit up, and she silently decided, Once someone in our town reaches level 5, I'm going to Shell Town to find Dark Shadow!
She was thoroughly dissatisfied with her current temporary teammates.
They took forever to kill even a minor monster, and sometimes the wild monsters chased them around instead. They were utterly pathetic.
She thought that if she could team up with Dark Shadow, killing monsters and leveling up would surely be lightning-fast.
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