The reputation is mine, the equipment is yours

As a sweeping attack forced back an approaching adventurer, the Naga Highlord suddenly began casting spells.

Agutanis (Naga Highlord): "The plague will render you weak and powerless!"

With a casual gesture, the surrounding ground suddenly turned muddy, and bursts of green mist rose up. This mist covered a wide area, instantly enveloping all the nearby adventurers.

Venomous Swamp: Summons a swamp filled with a highly poisonous aura, reducing the movement speed of targets within by 30% and inflicting continuous poison damage.

This skill is an evolved version of Swamp Spell, a BOSS skill, so its power is naturally different. Suddenly, groups of adventurers began to be poisoned, their health dropping rapidly. Those with poor survivability died in the blink of an eye. But it didn't matter, more adventurers rushed in to be cannon fodder, and those with combat resurrection skills began to revive the fallen players.

The Priest began Dispel, the Druid began casting spells, Paladin began purifying; in the blink of an eye, the poisonous mist was completely Dispel.

Agutanis (Naga Highlord): "The serpents will devour your flesh and blood!"

The Naga Highlord made another casual move.

Summon Black Tentacles: Summons a group of tentacles to emerge from the ground and attack nearby enemies.

This summoned dozens of tentacle monsters. These tentacle monsters could not only attack, but also entangle the adventurers, preventing them from moving and causing them to lose health continuously. However, as the saying goes, even the strongest fists can't fight off a pack of wolves. Faced with a group of ferocious adventurers, the dozens of black tentacles were cut down in the blink of an eye, without even a ripple.

As the saying goes, "Even a master can be defeated by a flurry of punches," and "Many ants can kill an elephant." Under the relentless onslaught of adventurers, the Tide Lord's health continued to drop. Seeing that its health had fallen below 20%, it decisively couldn't hold on any longer. Forgetting about saving face, it began to shout for help to its minions.

Agutanis (Naga Highlord): "Heal me! Heal me now! Naga Warrior, your master needs your help!"

Upon seeing this Xiao Yu thought to himself, "Wow, really? This BOSS can even find someone to heal him and ask for help. He's got some intelligence. But I won't let him have his way."

A group of Naga witches, Naga priests, and Naga Warrior were about to rush up to help.

Xiao Yu quickly created another Deep Sea Maelstrom, pulling them all towards him. Then, Xiao Yu activated his Biting Wind Protection, and the fierce airflow swept all the approaching Naga, along with the seawater, into the sky. Instantly, the Naga witches and Naga priests were sent flying into the air like rockets, spinning rapidly before crashing down again. They either fell to their deaths or landed among the adventurers, where they were killed in the blink of an eye.

While it might be difficult for Xiao Yu to deal with the Naga Highlord, his skill set is more than enough to kill any number of ordinary monsters that come at him.

While Xiao Yu blocked the Naga who came to his rescue, the adventurers also reduced the Naga Highlord's health to almost zero.

With only a few hundred thousand health points remaining, the Naga Highlord unleashed his power once again.

Agutanis (Naga Highlord): "Power of the Tides, I am Invincible!" Centered on him, Enrage torrents of water surged out in all directions, repelling all the melee adventurers around him.

This move is somewhat similar to Xiao Yu's Boiling Current Blast, except that it ejects seawater instead of boiling water. Although it doesn't cause much damage, it successfully keeps adventurers from getting close.

Then came another Tidal Shield, a giant bubble that enveloped him, beginning to block magical damage and granting him a brief period of Invincible.

"Looks like I'll have to make the move," Xiao Yu thought, and charged forward, unafraid of the force of the water.

Azathoth (Water Elemental Lord): "Your magic is meaningless to me, die—creep!" With a wave of his hand, a Fission Orb blasted towards him.

One after another, Fission Orb were thrown out. This spell ignores spell resistance, and the Naga Highlord, who had to maintain Tidal Surge and Tidal Shield, had no way to defend against it. After being hit by seven or eight Fission Orbs in a row, the Naga Highlord's health was finally depleted.

Agutanis (Naga Highlord): "I—I'm not reconciled!—Ah!" With a scream, the Naga Highlord's massive body collapsed.

System Announcement: In November of the Sky Era 1375, the Water Elemental Lord Azathoth, with the help of a group of adventurers, killed the Naga Highlord Agutanis Yarvis City. This event has been recorded in the Firmament Chronicle.

System notification: You have defeated Agutanis (3-Skeleton-level BOSS), gaining 1785 reputation points. Your template has been upgraded from the Advanced BOSS template to the 1-Skeleton-level BOSS template.

I had already accumulated nearly 3,000 reputation points while fighting in Hydra City, and with the bosses I killed on Lost Island, I finally advanced to Skeleton level 1.

Hahaha, that's awesome! Seeing the skull mark finally appear above his head, and his health instantly increasing from 570,000 to 1,140,000, Xiao Yu felt incredibly happy. The health bonus increased from 1000% to 2000%, and every time he obtained a skull, his health would increase by 1000%. Finally, he was starting to look like a BOSS.

However, looking at the Naga Highlord's corpse on the ground, Xiao Yu felt a pang of regret. It was a pity he couldn't pick up the equipment; this guy would definitely have legendary gear on him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to pick it up, but that he didn't dare. For adventurers, stealing their honor wasn't a problem, since the boss's head wouldn't be attributed to them anyway. But if they stole their equipment, then he could expect the other side to lash out. If these hundreds, even nearly a thousand, adventurers got angry, they could take down three skeleton-level bosses in a matter of minutes, let alone Xiao Yu. Although Xiao Yu was confident he could escape thanks to the Little Finger effect of the Deep Sea Maelstrom, he wouldn't be able to have any peace and quiet afterward.

So he decisively pretended not to see the corpse on the ground, letting the adventurers happily distribute the equipment.

However, this is only to be expected. The equipment is yours, the reputation is mine; even the BOSS can't keep everything to himself.

Without the Naga Highlord's command, the remaining Naga finally couldn't hold on any longer. Already suffering heavy casualties, they immediately began a large-scale rout. Those who remained to continue fighting lacked proper command and coordination, fighting entirely on their own. Under the attack of the Water Elemental Legion, they were swept aside and pushed into the Yarvis City in one fell swoop. The adventurers on the battlefield were busy distributing equipment, arguing fiercely and almost coming to blows. So, in the end, the Water Elemental Legion had to fend for itself.

Ignoring the Naga's routed soldiers on the city streets, Xiao Yu led the Immortal Legion directly into the Lord's Hall of Yarvis City.

System notification: You have completely conquered Yarvis City. In the battle for the Lost Island, you have achieved a stage victory. Do you want to stop the advance and immediately settle the reputation rewards for the story event? Yes/No.

(What the hell? We're about to unify the Lost Island, what kind of nonsense is it to stop the advance now?) Xiao Yu thought, and decisively rejected it.

In this storyline event of vying for the Lost Island, starting from when he first landed on the island, he estimates he's earned at least a thousand or two thousand reputation points by now. But that's still less than the reputation points earned after completely conquering the Lost Island.

System notification: You have completely defeated the city's garrison and captured the Yarvis City. As the conqueror, the fate of this city is now in your hands.

Option 1: Destroy the city.

Option 2: Plunder the city.

Option 3: Capture the city.

Xiao Yu hesitated as he looked at the options that popped up before him. Of course, he wanted to occupy this city, or even the entire Lost Island. The problem was that this territory was completely an enclave. The Lost Island was surrounded by Naga territory. If he just grabbed a piece of land and left, that would be fine. But if he stayed for a long time, the Naga army would definitely launch a counterattack. If the adventurers didn't help him then, he didn't have much confidence. Besides, his goal was to become the strongest BOSS, not to become a lord.