Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian

by Stayrr

The phoenix is a creature of legends, a wonder of the world, an imagery of life and destruction. This fabled creature signifies the rise of a hero in a virtual world where battles occur for the sake of honor and glory! Zhang Yang was a professional gamer in the first and most fantastic game that revolutionized the world: God’s Miracle. A game where traditional knowledge in RPGs di

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Chapter 93: The Pub

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"Guild Master, the people of Sword and Fire Mercenary just filled a screen of red texts in the Capital. They wanted to challenge you to their Fastest Hardcore Clear Ranking and gloat at us!" Someone spoke out in the guild channel. With everyone talking at the same time, it was hard to get the content of the message. The person then sent a private message to Zhang Yang and repeated what they said.

Zhang Yang delivered the message to his party members and it sparked anger in all of them.

"What the hell! They think they're so strong for breaking the new ranking? They're just following our steps!" Fatty Han spoke angrily.

"Hey, noob tank! This is intolerable. We have to break the new ranking and show it to them!" Drizzler chipped in as well.

"Okay! After killing Marzerway and looting some equipment set, I'll study the strategy tonight and we'll break the new ranking tomorrow morning!"

The 20-man Main Wing dungeon raid started at 7:00pm sharp. With the party members' equipment and their skillful fighting style, they successfully killed Marzerway without using their magic scrolls and looted two Warrior equipment set along with a two-handed weapon.

Both of the Warrior equipment set were chest plates that could only be used by Zhang Yang and Drizzler. Aside from that, Drizzler also owned a two-handed weapon and she could finally challenge up to Zhang Yang's damage.

[Brave Chest Plate] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 12

Vitality: 48

Strength: 24

Dexterity: 8

Level Requirement: 20

Brave Set Equipment (2/5)

[Hammer of the Fallen Knight] (Gray-Silver, Two-handed Hammer)

Weapon Attack: 343-405

Attack Interval: 3.6 seconds

DPS: 104

Equipment: Each attack has a 5% chance to make the target dizzy for 1 second.

Level Requirement: 20

After clearing the Hardcore Mode, Zhang Yang did not continue with Marzerway but told Ironhill to train the guild members that can fight by leading them into a dungeon raid.

Zhang Yang, Fatty Han, Drizzler and Little Snow then disconnected from the game and met up at Blue Sky Pub as promised.

Zhang Yang was waiting at the residential area's entrance for a while when he saw Fatty Han coming over. They tried to grab a taxi but most drivers dared not to stop their car after seeing Fatty Han's body size in fear of him damaging their cars.

Fatty Han got upset and yelled loudly, even showing his middle finger to those that drove away.

Finally, after ten taxis later, a kind taxi driver appeared and was willing to pick them up.

"Fatty, you should lose some weight!" Zhang Yang placed the back of his palm onto his forehead and sighed with relief.

Fatty Han refused without thinking twice. "How can I lose weight? This is my signature! Besides, after losing weight, how can you still address me as Fatty? It'll be so awkward!"

"Fine, but if you still continue to gain weight, which girl will dare to be your girlfriend?"

Fatty Han's face turned gloomy. It was actually alright to be a little fat, but it was really rare to see someone his size!

Suzhou city was not too big, and so long there was no traffic jams, they could arrive at any corner of the city in just 20 minutes. They soon reached Blue Sky Pub's entrance after.

They paid the taxi fare and then walked into the pub. Zhang Yang phoned up Drizzler and Little Snow using his cellphone. Drizzler gave him her number in case they could not recognize each other but warned him not to let Fatty Han have her number. How could he do that, when Fatty Han already grabbed his cellphone and recorded the number when they were already in the taxi?

The call got through but they informed that they would be coming out a while later as they were still picking clothes.

The guys went on to have a seat first and ordered beer.

After a while, a pretty girl with sexy long legs came over with the beers. "Hey, handsome guy. First time here? I don't think I've seen you before!" Dressed in a miniskirt, black silk stockings, high heels and a sleeveless garment, she revealed her plump bosom and her flattened, fat-free belly. Not perfect, but her beauty was pretty above average.

Fatty Han immediately went into his "wolf mode", drooling and staring at her legs.

"Hehe, it is our first time here!" Zhang Yang nodded his head and acted natural to avoid any awkwardness. It really was his first time here, but in his previous life, he often visited the pub before he settled down on his feelings. Besides, many lonely young women and urban white-collared ladies were swooning over him for his sturdy, muscular physique and handsome look. It was safe to say he had no stage fright at all at this point.

The gorgeous waitress served Zhang Yang with a sweet smile, then twisted her curves and plump booty and walked back to the bar.

"Little Yang, you have all the luck to be adored by a pretty girl! She's definitely attracted to you! As long as you wanted to, you could definitely 'have fun' tonight!" Fatty Han was really envious.

Zhang Yang laughed. "No! Fatty, aren't you falling in love with Liu Jing?"

"Damn it, it was a long time ago! I've already broken up with that money-minded lady long time ago! Hehe, however, she was an expert at giving head and I've been yearning for it for quite some time!" Fatty Han spoke with a look of reminiscing the past.

"Hahaha!" Zhang Yang could not help it and laughed even louder. "I sympathize her for searching for such a small bug under a pile of fats. Her vision was definitely 20-20!"

"F*ck off!"

After a breath of fragrance swung over, the long-legged waitress came over again and walked over to their table side. She quietly delivered him a small note and used her plump booty to gently rub Zhang Yang's arm and she twisted away once more.

"Wow, holy shit!" Fatty Han immediately grabbed the small note and read, "'I'm off work at 11:00pm, wait for me!' Damn, Little Yang, I curse you have a rapid cum and can't get it up after!"

Zhang Yang could only laugh again. "Fatty Shit, you're jealous of me!"

"Damn, it's the first time I realized you have the potential to be a gigolo! Fine, I'll be your manager and I'll get you some rich women as your customers!" Fatty Han is pretty evil!

They finished the beers between jokes but Drizzler and Little Snow still have not shown up yet. Zhang Yang rang them up again and they were finally heading over.

"Let me go!"

A light yell came from behind them, so Zhang Yang and Fatty Han turned around and saw the long-legged waitress' wrist being clutched by a frivolously behaved young man at the next table accompanied by three other young men with tattoos all over their body.

"B*tch, you think you could just walk away after splashing beer on our Brother Hair?" A young man sat cross-legged, smoking cigarette in his mouth and his eyes were staring at the waitress' assets.

The young man that was clutching on her wrist suddenly reached out his other hand and slapped her behind which made a loud, crisp sound. He laughed evilly and said, "What are you pretending for? I'm touching your ass, what can you do about it? If you're daring enough, splash beer on me again! You look like a b*tch, and you still want to pretend to be innocent? Believe it or not, I'll rape you here and now!"

"Hahaha!" The four men laughed coldly and one of them said, "Brother Hair, how does it feel?"

"Tender and elastic. It feels awesome!" Brother Hair, still holding her wrist placed his hand that he used to slap at his nose to sniff said, "It's still fragrant! Damn, it even has a lewd smell!"

"Hahaha!"

The waitress was anxious and splashed beer on him when he was harassing her. However, she knew she could not afford to offend them, so she had to endure the humiliation and humbly asked, "Brother Hair, you're an open-minded person. Please forgive me!"

"Fine!" Brother Hair waved his hand and a young man immediately delivered a glass of liquor to him. He gave it to her and said, "Finish up this glass of liquor and I'll forgive you!"

The waitress was powerless. She held up the liquor and slightly hesitated before drinking it. Facing upward, she drank the entire glass; liquor passing through her throat and causing her to choke and cough nonstop! She turned the cup upside down and said, "Brother Hair, satisfied now?"

"Haha!" Brother Hair pulled her closer forcefully, and not being able to stand straight anymore, she fell into his embrace. She wanted to struggle but her limbs had no more strength. She wanted to yell, but she could not make a single sound! She was entering a nightmare, having only to see and hear but she could not talk or move like a puppet.

There must be something wrong with that glass of liquor, she thought. Since she served the liquor to them, they must have spiked it with some drug before serving her glass!

As she thought about what the four young men were about to do to her, her heart felt hurt as she could not even more not speak. She could only feebly turn her eyes elsewhere.

"Now, now, sister, you should not drink so much liquor as you can't hold your alcohol! Look at you, you're so drunk now!" Brother Hair hugged her, pretending to be caring and loudly said, "Let's go home!"

The four of them hugged and supported the waitress with their hands and walked out of the pub. They acted natural to avoid suspicion as it was normal for people to be drunk in a pub.

As soon as they got out, they held the long-legged waitress into a dark alley.

"Brother Hair, are we not going back?"

"Let's have fun first. I can't wait anymore, I want to blow my load first!"

"Brother Hair, this lady's shape is fine. Long legs, plump bosom and a curvy ass. It'll definitely feel good to have sex with her!"

"What are you worried about? After me, everyone gets a chance to try!"

The four of them went into the dark alley and put the waitress on a trash can and tore off her clothes.

"Oh, if everyone gets a chance, then both of us should have joined you guys!"

A mocking tone came from behind them and the four of them were shocked.

Brother Hair turned around immediately, and under the dim street light he saw a huge fat guy standing there with his hands crossed at his chest. He also vaguely saw a stout shadow standing behind the huge body.

Just the two of them? Brother Hair and his people were less worried having only saw the two of them. One of the young men walked towards them and said, "You could live longer if you don't butt your nose into other people's business. You better get the hell out of here!"

The huge fat guy was Han Guang. He grinned and could roughly see the agitated eyes of the beautiful waitress through the group. "When I was still a gangster, you guys were still playing with the dirt in the playground! It's been a long time since I've last done street fighting. How about this, I break a leg of each one of you and make it an exercise for my own bones!"

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Chapter 94: Two Ladies' Arrival

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"Shit, the fatty is insulting us!" A young man took out a long iron bar from his back and started to act like a hero, and he charged towards Fatty Han's direction. "I'm going to kill you!"

Fatty Han lightly stepped aside and the iron bar struck his arm. He grinned as if the iron did not hit him at all! As Fatty Han mentioned before, due to the fats in his entire body, he could not feel any pain in fights!

The young man was left helpless and stunned. Fatty Han lifted his foot and stepped on the young man's foot. "AH!" He suddenly uttered a painful cry, dropping the iron bar onto the floor. He began rolling around on the ground with both his hands hugging his foot. It could be broken as it was obviously bent!

The other three young men panicked and were frightened when they say Fatty Han's fierce and violent side. Brother Hair pretended to be courageous and said, "You… we're the gang under Brother Ma. Do you dare offend Brother Ma?"

"Damn you, be it Brother Ma, or Brother Cow, I'll beat anyone as soon as I see any of you!" Fatty Han charged at them like a huge bulldozer, rapidly rolling in and crushing three of them forcefully, easily breaking another three more feet!

All of a sudden, the four men in the alley were hugging their injured feet, wailing in sorrow with tears flowing from their eyes.

"Look at you guys, so useless!" Fatty Han's face showed disappointment. "In my years, I broke two of my ribs and still continued fighting with the people. It's only a small matter if your leg broke!"

Zhang Yang then spoke, Fatty, go get a taxi. Find a hotel room and settle this lady down first!"

Fatty Han nodded his head, carried the long-legged waitress and said, "Don't worry, I'm a good guy! I'll bring you to a hotel room and I'll wait for you to wake up from the drug effect first!"

"Haha! Usually it's the girl that decides whether you're good or not but you actually gave yourself the 'good guy' title. Yeah, that's really unusual!" Zhang Yang smiled and said.

"Scram!"

Fatty Han did not delay any more time and took the taxi with the waitress and left the pub. Zhang Yang laughed and went back in.

He intentionally let him personally appear and settle the hooligans to let the lady have a sense of gratitude towards Fatty Han! He knew if Fatty Han liked her as well, they were best buddies and he was thinking for the sake of Fatty Han's happiness.

If Fatty Han had any great ability, Zhang Yang thought that he could "roll" on the bed with her tonight! But having Zhang Yang imagining Fatty Han's super plump body covering the whole bed, he could not help but to spit and say, "Oh my god, so bad luck!"

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

His cell phone was ringing and he then picked it up. Drizzler and Little Snow finally arrived and were waiting for him at the entrance of the pub.

When Zhang Yang stepped out, he saw two pretty girls standing at the entrance! One of them was mature and curvaceous, and she looked to be about 23 or 24 years of age. Dressed in her black skirt that accentuated her slender legs, curved booty, and slim waist that matched her 36E bosom, she was even more soul-stirring!

Her perfect and refined facial features that had beautiful eyes and lips that were flame-red were very sexy!

The little pretty girl looked like she was 16 or 17 years old with her innocent face. Though she was pretty, her skinny body did not really make her special as compared with the matured one.

They held beautiful and luxury handbags; Gucci and Chanel respectively.

Zhang Yang walked near to them and heard the little one talking on the phone, "Noob tank, are you out yet? Are you out yet? Are you out yet?" She asked over and over again and laughed nonstop.

Zhang Yang to her back but kept his mouth shut and stood there with his hands crossed. The mature girl noticed and glanced at him but she never thought that he was the "noob tank" that they were searching for, so she just smiled and not nudge the little girl about it.

"Noob tank, noob tank, noob tank!" The girl started to sing while she was calling him.

Zhang Yang shook his head and laughed. He placed his cellphone to her ear.

The little girl was stunned at first and pursed her lips when she realized that something was not right. 10 seconds later, she jumped, turned around and stared at Zhang Yang.

"Eh, you're the noob tank?" She scanned Zhang Yang from top to bottom.

Zhang Yang sighed and said with a ridiculing tone, "You little brat, it's not easy to raise you! You actually did not get abducted!"

"Idiot tank!" The pretty little girl got arrogant and said, "Let me re-introduce, my name is Wei Yan Er, and this me my cousin, Han Yin Xue!"

It was no longer a secret that her name was Han Yin Xue, because whenever the little bray was angry with Little Snow, she would grit her teeth and shout her actual name. Even though Zhang Yang had long ago guessed that Han Yin Xue might her appearance to appear somewhat ordinary, he never thought that she could be so gorgeous when meeting in person!

"My name is Zhang Yang, also called Zhan Yu, and noob tank!" Zhang Yang laughed.

"Let's go! Let's go in! I want to have a look at the pub!" Wei Yan Er was cheerful and full of energy. She pulled Han Yin Xue's sleeve and walked in.

"You little brat, don't pull me so hard! What if the sleeve tore off?" Han Yin Xue immediately exclaimed.

"Hehe!"

The three of them walked in, and the two girls, especially Han Yin Xue, attracted all the men's attention regardless of whether they took a quick look or just ogled at her.

Han Yin Xue ordered a martini, Zhang Yang got a beer and Wei Yan Er was just drinking a Sprite with a straw. She wanted to actually try alcohol but Han Yin Xue stopped her so she got upset and ignored them both.

While Zhang Yang and Han Yin Xue chatted for a while, a man could not bear with her prettiness that he came over and tried to strike up a conversation with her. She generally refused him by saying Zhang Yang was her boyfriend. Another guy came over and tried to chat up Wei Yan Er this time, but she was cunning as well. She used Zhang Yang as her "boyfriend" to deter them. The rejected men glared at Zhang Yang with envious and jealous eyes. In their mind, they were probably thinking, brother, you're too greedy. You already have such an enticing girl and you still want to have the little one? You're so voracious to have two girls at the same time! I curse for you not to be able to get it up!

"You girls are so cruel! I bet if I walk out of the pub now, I'm going to be pounced on by the other men!" Zhang Yang laughed. "Did you two do it on purpose?"

Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er laughed like a blossomed flower.

After their conversation, Zhang Yang knew that Han Yin Xue was a top student that just came back from UK, studying Business Management and she was currently unemployed, resting at home. Wei Yan Er was just an ordinary high school girl on her summer holiday so she came over to stay at her cousin's place.

As they talked, joked, and laughed, more single people visited the pub to spend their lonely night at about 10:00pm, and the atmosphere of became more uncertain. Han Yin Xue was worried that Wei Yan Er would follow the bad examples so she insisted on them heading home.

But Han Yin Xue could not hold her liquor at all, and her footsteps were not steady anymore. When Zhang Yang saw that she was almost drunk and her insisting on driving home, he stopped them in case they would get into an accident because of this!

It was no wonder Zhang Yang never heard of these two girls' name in his previous life. Perhaps this pitiful little brat died due to her cousin!

"Little brat, do you know how to drive?" Zhang Yang asked.

Wei Yan Er shook her head. "My dad didn't allow me to learn driving yet!"

Zhang Yang sighed, and said, "Hey, drunk girl, go and sit at the back. I'll send both of you home!"

Han Yin Xue's cheeks turned red, making her even more attractive than before. She squinted her lovely eyes, laughed foolishly and said, "Stupid guy, are you trying to get a chance to go to our house? Yan Er, get the pepper spray and use it on him!"

"Yes!" Wei Yan Er was always spirited when it came to monkey businesses like this. She immediately took out the pepper spray from Han Yin Xue's handbag and triumphantly waving it in front of Zhang Yang.

Looking at her, he said, "Little brat, think carefully. If she drives while being drunk, you girls might hit into an electric pole! It's okay if a girl dies on the spot, but what if she hit her face and became disfigured like this…" Zhang Yang pulled his cheek and made a contorted expression. Shocked, Wei Yan Er suddenly threw the pepper spray on the ground.

"Cousin, I command you to sit at the back immediately!"

"Hey, sunny side-up, you're brave now, huh? How can you talk to me like that?" Han Yin Xue was inebriated as she reached out to pinch Wei Yan Er's face.

"Han Yin Xue, go to hell! You're such a cow, how can you be so heavy?!" Wei Yan Er tried to move Han Yin Xue directly into the back seat but it was exhausting to do so.

Zhang Yang shook his head and opened the car's back door. "Let me move her to the back!" He directly pulled Han Yin Xue from the driver's seat to the back and closed the door.

He then drove the car skillfully and headed for their home.

In his previous life, he bought a luxury car that was the same brand as the one he was now driving and it was his precious. After so many days of not driving, made him miss his car even more.

Zhang Yang stopped under a residential building that was 30 stories high. Wei Yan Er helped Han Yin Xue out from the car and into the residential building.

"Yan Er, let's scare people with some ghost make up!" Han Yin Xue laughed foolishly.

Wei Yan Er's eyes radiated. "Let's go! Let's change our clothes first!"

Zhang Yang thought of leaving as soon as he sent them home, but hearing what they just said made him think that they would be coming out once again to be up to no good. Zhang Yang merely found a spot and stood there to see what they would do.

After a while, the two girls were dressed in white, head with disheveled hair and ghostly make-up on their face. Form the pretty face they once had, it was now pale white.

They laughed foolishly and guarded the entrance of the elevator.

"Ding!"

As the elevator door opened, a rich lady in her 30's walked out, holding her Chihuahua. The two fluttered to her side, slowly turning their head and looked at her with their eyeballs rolled upward, only showing the whites of their eyes!

"Oh my god!" The rich lady was terrified. Shocked, she threw her pet dog upwards and ran back into the elevator, frantically pressing the button. "Pa! Pa! Pa!"

The Chihuahua somersaulted a couple of times before landing and ran back into the elevator as well, barking at the girls. "Bark! Bark! Bark!"

Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er were laughing uncontrollably.

But Zhang Yang was bored and started counting the number of people that were surprised by these two. Within half an hour, there were already eleven people frightened back into the elevator!

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Chapter 95: Not Afraid of Ghosts

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Zhang Yang had just about enough. Just when he finally decided to leave, the door of the elevator opened and the two troublemakers hopped out again.

A policewoman walked out of the door, glanced at them, and moved on as if nothing had happened.

The two girls did not like her reaction, and they tried to move in closer to her. Wei Yan Er was dressed as a zombie, and she reached both her hands out to grab the policewoman's shoulder.

Swoosh! Pak!

The policewoman swiftly turned around and caught her hand before Wei Yan Er could make any contact. She locked her shoulder and flipped her off her feet, causing her to fall onto the ground hard.

"Argh…" The little brat was tears. Her hand rubbed her painful butt. Her cute and happy little expression was now replaced with a painful one. Tears flowed down her cheek, removing a part of her thick make-up.

"Hmph! Dressing like a ghost in the middle of the night! You're disturbing the residents who live here!" The policewomen scoffed coldly and took out a pair of handcuffs. "I'll just bring you to the police station!"

"Hold up there!" Zhang Yang quickly stepped in. "Excuse me, officer! They're just playing around. They don't mean any harm to anyone! Try to reason with them! Maybe they just went slightly overboard!"

"Hmph! She was about to assault a poli-" She raised her head. Zhang Yang and her finally met face to face. She was completely stunned when they saw each other.

He was the man that had defeated me in the alley! Not to mention, he… he… grabbed…

She was the policewoman that Zhang Yang met when he encountered the scammers in the streets! The beautiful and sexy, but cold and arrogant policewoman!

"Hmm... Hmm! It's you!" Her face tensed up as she looked at Zhang Yang with serious eyes.

Ka chack!

She cuffed Wei Yan Er and let her be; she won't be leaving anytime now. The policewoman rolled up her sleeves and stared Zhang Yang with a strong killing intent.

Sigh…What a shitty coincidence! He would not have left the car if he knew this would have happened!

Zhang Yang heavily sighed.

The policewoman kept quiet. She kicked off the ground and dashed towards Zhang Yang like a leopard going for the kill. She swung her leg out flying, aiming for his shoulder!

Zhang Yang had his dose of fighting experience with this woman. He knew that he should not underestimate her, which meant no room for mistake. He tensed up, gathered his focus and quickly raised his hands to block the kick.

When the first attack missed, the woman flipped around and went for her next attack! Furious as ever!

Zhang Yang was not a just a random street fighter. He was a member of the Wushu Club that beat the National Wushu Tournament all time champion down to a pulp. His strength was not something you could find randomly at anywhere in the world! But when these two titans clashed, their fight could be described like a tiger going at a lion; extremely intense!

Han Yin Xue immediately sobered up from the surprise "attack". She quickly ran up to Wei Yan Er to help her up.

"Sister…wuu… My butt felt like it was cracked in two!" cried Wei Yan Er.

"Stupid little girl! You have two butt cheeks there!"

Ah… it was over. The policewoman must have caused this little girl to be the complete idiot of the century!

Han Yin Xue raised both her legs, lifting her skirt and almost revealing what lied beneath, and took off both of her high heels. She held them in her hands, preparing to hit the policewoman with it if she insisted on dragging her little Wei Yan Er to the police station.

After battling and trading blows for a while, Zhang Yang had finally gotten the upper hand! Zhang Yang had the body of a man that had always been stronger than a woman; even when his arts and skills were not as strong as a military man, he could still overpower with sheer strength.

Zhang Yang dodged and attacked, jumped and kick, and finally managed to pin the woman to a wall with a headbutt. He quickly reached out his hand and firmly grabbed her neck before she could turn around! She did not want to give in just yet, as she raised her leg backwards, trying to kick him at the very least. However, Zhang Yang was quick enough, and he was able to dodge the kick and quickly trap her leg between his thighs.

"Let go!" The policewomen cried out while panting tiredly.

"Sigh… If I let go, would you still fight?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Of course!"

Stupid! Why would you say it out loud?! At least try to keep it to yourself. How can I let you go now?

Zhang Yang shook his head and sighed. "Look, we have absolutely no reason to fight. Why would you come to me and start to fight like your life depended on it? Why don't we put this all behind us and be friends? They say that we should solve a problem rather than letting it grow worse. If we continue this fight, an eye for an eye and soon the whole world will be blind."

"Hmph! I don't care! Try and hold me for the rest of your life, then!!" the woman scorned.

How stubborn could this woman be! Argh!

Zhang Yang got furious and yelled back at her. "Fine! I'll hold you on for the rest of my life! Let's see who will give up!"

Both of them were so busy at each other's neck that neither of them realized their current position and their conversation could have a double meaning. After a while, the policewoman's face flushed with embarrassment.

Holding on to her neck and legs, Zhang Yang could feel her tensed body suddenly relax and turned as soft as cotton.

Gah! That's just so sexy!

"Officer! My cousin and I were just playing around! Please don't take us to the station!" Both Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue walked over to her. The little girl raised her hands up, with her apologetic face full of honesty. Her makeup was completely removed, revealing a clean, natural beauty.

The policewoman turned and snorted. But she quickly turned back and stared at her intensely and said, "You're Drizzler?"

"Eh? How did you know my IGN?" Wei Yan Er startled. Just when she was about to raise her hand higher, she pulled the clutches between her hands as she was still in handcuffs, and nearly scratch herself.

"And you're Little Snow?" She turned her gaze towards Han Yin Xue, or rather her breasts, since those were the things that stood out most.

They were always her most prideful "weapons", but when they were stared at by a woman, it felt a little strange, as it was not the usual stare she would normally get. She took a step back and covered her chest with her hands and whispered to Wei Yan Er, "She's not into girls now, is she?"

Zhang Yang stuttered. "Y-You… Are you playing 'God's Miracle' as well?"

This kind of cold and arrogant woman, who had never seen smiling the entire time could actually be a gamer? Zhang Yang could not help but to think that he was actually dreaming right now!

"And you're Zhan Yu, I suppose." The woman turned back to him and stared menacingly. "I'll beat you one day!"

Zhang Yang jumped. He let her go and withdrew. He picked up his courage and cried. "You are Frost Night!"

"Eh?! You're really Frost Night? Oh my! You're so beautiful! And I'd always thought that underneath that piece of black cloth was someone ugly!" As expected of a little kid, she always said what immediately came to her mind. There was no secret that she would keep from the world.

The policewoman turned back and flexed her arms and feet. She pointed at Wei Yan Er and scolded. "Next time, don't go around troubling the neighbors!"

"Yes…" Wei Yan Er dropped her head and accepted the scolding obediently. She then raised her hands and said, "Miss Officer, could you please let me go? My wrists are hurting!"

"Hey! Little brat! How could you suddenly say something like that!" Zhang Yang teased.

"Hmph!" Wei Yan Er rolled her eyes.

The policewoman took out her keys and opened the cuffs. She then turned around and asked Zhang Yang.

"Do you live here?"

"He doesn't live here! We do!" Wei Yan Er quickly interjected. "Miss Officer, you just came out from the elevator just now, did you came over for a case or do you live here as well?"

"I live here." She answered coldly.

Zhang Yang could not help to think that this place was not a random place that anyone could just live in. This place was considered to be the "uptown" of the entire Zhou Su City! Each house here could cost at least 10 million dollars! How could a police officer like her have the money to live here?

Could she be the lover of some billionaire or a greedy government officer? Tsk tsk tsk…Such a pity. Such a beautiful lady and yet she would waste her youth for this… Zhang Yang could not help but to look at her in a different perspective.

Zhang Yang's sudden change in perception was just for a second. A moment where no one could have even picked it up. Being as sharp as she was, she avidly managed to catch his thoughts and suddenly turned colder.

"You… you must be living a boring life that makes you want to die now, do you?"

What was that? Is she really an officer of the law or a street gangster?

However, Zhang Yang was not afraid. He only snickered evilly and said, "Hey, be nice. I'm still your guild master. If you've wronged me, I'll make sure you'll never get any equipment!"

"What kind of person are you? You sick bastard!" Wei Yan Er rolled her eyes at him and changed her look at the officer with great admiration. "Miss Officer, you're so cool! You even know how to fight like a pro, unlike my cousin here who can only boast about her black belt karate crap. She can't even beat me!"

"You little brat! Do you really want me to mess up your life?!" Han Yin Xue finally voiced out after being quiet for the entire scene.

"Cousin, I really think that you should get a breast reduction surgery! Or else you're gonna have saggy breast by the age of 30! By then, you can't even fight, what more properly walk!" Wei Yan Er said with a serious tone.

"Pfft!" Zhang Yang could not hold it in and choked. He laughed loudly and said, "Kids these days are really just plain scary, aren't they!"

"Stinking brat! If I don't teach you a lesson today, you'll never learn how to behave properly next time!" Han Yin Xue growled. With one hand on her waist, and the other pointing at her chest, she said, "Look at these! How could you say that they would sag huh?!"

These two sisters are just the best!

"Miss Officer, which floor did you live in? Can I go and visit sometime?" Wei Yan Er's innocent smile was just too pure to ignore. This little brat really knew how to take advantage of her cuteness to get close to others.

"Please stop calling me Miss Officer. It's annoying. My name is Sun Xin Yu!" To be able to make her be treated like an acquaintance instead of a complete stranger was a feat that even Zhang Yang had to be impressed with.

This girl could someday win an Oscar Award!

"Haha! Looks like we have been fighting the wrong side after all. We are all a big family!" Living among each other, they should not start war when there was no reason to. Zhang Yang laughed and started to walk back. "You ladies have a lovely night. I have go back now to make more potions! Remember to bring me grinding tomorrow yeah! See you then!"

"Since when were a family, noob tank?!" Wei Yan Er rushed to Zhang Yang and pulled a face.

"I have to go now! You guys head back! Remember, no more pranking!" Sun Xin Yu ordered coldly.

"Okay…" Wei Yan Er answered like a baby. Her thought was wandering elsewhere, namely, how to bring Sun Xin Yu to play along with her. With her subzero cold expression, she could easily be the best ghost there was!

Just when Zhang Yang exited the building, Sun Xin Yu managed to catch up to him and said, "No matter in the game or in real life, I will defeat you!"

This woman was just so prideful!

"In that case, you have to put some effort into it! See you tomorrow!" Zhang Yang did not even turn back to look at her. He only walked on and waved goodbye.

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Chapter 96: Speed Achievement

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Ever since the incident at the club, Fatty Han had been missing in action for the next two days, before finally popping online, during the afternoon of the third day.

"Fatty, are you all shriveled up now? Be careful not to break your hips!" Zhang Yang teased.

"Little Yang! Only today have I finally understood why men love hearing girls say "I want it", but what that follows next, "I want more" is a nightmare! I'm telling you! For the past two days, I've had to listen to her saying "I want more" for 17 times! SE-VEN-TEEN TIMES! God! I'm all skinny right now!" Fatty Han "complained" about his proud achievement.

"Hah! Congratulations on popping your cheery!" Zhang Yang laughed.

Even though Fatty Han had always layered his speech with dirty talk, he never had been able to walk the talk. He has never carried out his spoken intentions. The closest friend he had was just someone called Jean, or was it Jenny…

Fatty Han snickered. "Little Yang! As a little brother, you must not talk like that to your elder! You're still but a virgin! Alright, looks like this brother has to bring you to a hotel grand opening, it's happening tonight! I heard that there will even be western chicks! Haha! Imagine having your cherry popped by a girl from overseas! Little Yang, you'll make your country proud!"

"Get lost!"

"Hehe!" Fatty Han was happy. He had good news to share. "Just now when I checked my weight, I found out that I've lost 3 kilos! Girls are really like black holes, she has sucked all of my future generations if you know what I mean!"

"Fatty, I have always known you to be a pervert. But I would never have thought that your perversion could reach to this level! It's my loss!"

"Hahaha! Oh right! Yun Yun has many friends around, I could hook you up with them if you want."

"Please don't. Keep them to yourself. Who knows, perhaps you could go for a threesome or foursome, even, sometime in the future."

As they joked around, Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue logged in. Once they were partied up together, they bombarded Fatty Han.

"Pervy Fatty! It's your fault! Why didn't you log in yesterday! We could not break the dungeon speed record! Now, everyone is talking about how puny we are! They are also saying that we are even weaker than the mercenary group, which was why we never accepted the speed record challenge!" Drizzler complained.

Fatty Han was smiling widely from ear to ear since he had such a good time. He could not find the bearings to get angry at all.

"Chill. Fatty bro is here today! Let's give them a show to remember forever! Oh right, wasn't Frost Night with you guys all the time, why didn't you just party up with her and take the speed record?"

"Sister Sun has been busy!" Wei Yun Er shook her head.

"Sister Sun? Who is that?" Fatty Han did not know that Frost Night was called Sun.

"Sun is Frost Night!" Zhang Yang answered him and turned to Drizzler. "Why is she so busy?"

"Something to do with gang fights. She's had her hands full with that!" By the sound of it, it looked like Wei Yan Er had been hanging out closely with Sun Xin Yu.

"Oh right!" Han Yin Xue suddenly looked serious. "She wanted me to tell you not to mess around at any night clubs or anything like that. You might get caught!"

"Are you sure she said that? Or are you only speaking on her behalf?" The ice cold lady would never had said anything like that!

"Erhm…I erhm…I could tell from the look of her face!"

"Oh right! How was it that night? Did you guys actually meet up with each other?" Fatty Han suddenly recalled.

"Nishishishi…Once the noob tank saw my cousin, he was so excited that he actually had a nose bleed! He lost so much blood that he is now an even noober tank!" Wei Yan Er teased Zhang Yang.

"Is that so…" Fatty Han observed Han Yin Xue intently, his face full of suspicion.

"I never would have thought that Little Yang had so little willpower…"

Han Yin Xue had a devilish body for sure, but her complexion was only normal at the very least. She had those alluring eyes, but that could not have caused him to have a nose bleed! Fatty Han could not imagine it since he had never actually saw Han Yin Xue in reality.

"Fatty, did that girl suck out your intelligence as well while doing it? Do you seriously believe what that little brat just said?" Zhang Yang shook his head disapprovingly.

"Woah! Pervy Fatty! Were you with your girlfriend for the past two days!?" Wei Yan Er tried to butt into his private life. "Where does she live? Is she fatter than you are?"

"Please…that girl has the body of a super model!" Fatty Han said proudly. "Her 3 sizes are 34C-23-33. How 'bout that? Impressed?"

Wei Yan Er had always hated it when people started to compare body figures with her. She rolled up her sleeves and showed her fist to Fatty Han. "Pervy Fatty, do you want to know how hard I can punch?"

By the time they had their fun joking around, Hundred Shots logged in and the team started to head over to the hunting fields.

So far, Zhang Yang and Hundred Shots were at Level 28 while the rest were at Level 27. Even though Sun Xin Yu was rarely online, she managed to keep up with them at Level 27.

The guild's experience points had reached the maximum points for the first level. Everyone in the guild had two benefits to enjoy. All experience points obtained from monsters or quests were increased by 10%. All equipment repairing fees were reduced by 5%.

Additionally, the guild shop had started selling items to all members of the guild. The shop had special items, but they were low in stock. Most items will only be unlocked when the guild reaches Level 2. For example, the Windy Wolf Mount! However, to achieve a Level 2 guild, they would need to obtain the Level 2 [Guild Upgrade Order]. As far as Zhang Yang knew, this item could be found at the Hardcore Mode of the Shadowmoon Castle, in separate pieces, as loot from the last boss.

Because the Order could only be farmed in the Hardcore Mode, most guilds would have to raise their members' average level to the mid-fifties to farm the dungeon. They could also buy the Order as a last resort if their luck was terrible. However, at this stage, nobody had any idea how high the pieces of [Guild Upgrade Order] could be sold! There was no known price for the item in the market.

There were tens of thousands of big or small guilds in this game, but how many party could really be capable of raiding that dungeon? Furthermore, the item's drop rate was not fixed! There was a chance for the item not to drop at all!

Sun Xin Yu did not log in the entire day. Perhaps she was so preoccupied with work that she could not play the game. It was a good thing too. Zhang Yang did not have to crack his head too much in selecting from his current party when it came to the speed run.

If she had been online, Zhang Yang would had have to leave one member out. Even if they remained passive about it, nobody would be happy about being kicked selectively for a favoured player. Zhang Yang wanted to avoid that situation.

For the past few days, Zhang Yang had learned and made [Level 2 Dexterity Potion] and [Level 2 Intelligence Potion]. He kept some especially for the party members. They might not be necessary for normal monster fights, but when it came to attempting the dungeon speed record, every tiny upgrade was worth it. A [Level 2 Dexterity Potion] only provided a bonus of 10 Dexterity points. Even though it's a very small bonus, it still counted!

The party started their attempt at 7pm sharp.

They raided the Hardcore Mode of Marzerway's Lair for 4 times already. As they were the main attacking force of the guild, they also accumulated a lot of guild contribution points! Not one party member had been left out from claiming the loot exclusive to the Hardcore Mode. Wei Yan Er was the luckiest of them all. She was only lacking one more Gray-Silver set equipment to complete her set while Zhang Yang was only lacking a helmet. The rest of the party all had at least 3 pieces of the set equipment. Their levels and attack power were strong enough to handle the entire dungeon with ease.

Zhang Yang started the timer and initiated the raid. By the time the party had killed their way till the second boss, Zhang Yang cried out. "Stop. Stop. Stop! Time out! 3 minutes break!"

"What?" Everyone was confused. They were here to break the speed record, but why were they stopping for a 3 minute break? What the hell?!

"We're too god damned fast!" Zhang Yang exclaimed.

Everyone was even confused. Isn't being fast a good thing?

Zhang Yang saw the confused faces around him and laughed. He quickly quoted, "Nothing lasts forever, everything falls from grace". Our target was only to break the Sword and Fire Mercenary's time record! We should not be too greedy. It's only enough that we defeat them, not more than that! Understand?"

Han Ying Xue was the first to respond, "Oh. We have already obtained 3 First Clears from the Level 20 dungeon. Now that we have done that, the other guilds can only claim one more thing. That would be the dungeon Speed Achievement! It's one thing for us to beat their record reasonably where others would still have a chance. But if we set the gap way too high, others will be floored by it, and in a bad way too. If they see no chance of breaking our record, they could only direct their ire elsewhere and name us public enemy number 1. Soon, they will gang up and try to wage war with us!"

"That is why, we must give them room to claim some glory for themselves. Otherwise, it could end up badly for us!" Zhang Yang nodded his head and said, "This is like piracy on the internet. If the main publisher is too greedy, more consumers will turn to sites like Pirate Bay! The main victims would be themselves in the end. Since they aren't earning anything from their customers, they would be digging their own graves! That is why, we cannot be too greedy with all the glory, we have to leave achievements behind for others!"

Wei Yan Er looked at Han Yin Xue with her eyes wide open, full of admiration. "Wow! Sister, I would have never known that you're so smart!"

Han Yin Xue lifted her chest that caused her breasts to jiggle. "Of course I am!"

Neither of the guys could find the nerve to open their mouth once they saw the heavy bounce of her well-endowed bosoms.

"*Ahem, it's about time. Let's go!" Zhang Yang unsheathed his blade and charged at the boss.

The last battle started.

After 1 minute into the fight…

"Please, show some restraint! Don't be too aggressive! We only need to beat the record by 10 seconds!" Zhang Yang continuously reminded the party as their attacks rained down, sending the boss' HP down like an avalanche.

With some careful micromanagement on Zhang Yang's part, Wei Yan Er and the rest managed to hold back on their attacks. They finally managed to beat the boss 7 seconds earlier than the stipulated time! That meant that the party had defeated the speed record of Sword and Fire Mercenary by 17 seconds!

'Ding! You and the party members around have broken the speed record of Marzerway's Lair: Main Wing (Hardcore Mode)! This result will be recorded in the Hardcore Speed Achievement Board! As the party leader, please key in your team name!'

Zhang Yang keyed in "Lone Desert Smoke" and the server's channel was filled with server-wide announcements!

However, the reward for breaking the speed record had been reduced. Everyone got 10 gold pieces, 250 Reputation points, and a [Level 2 Gemstone] by class category. Zhang Yang obtained a Vitality Gem which provided 20 Vitally effect. Wei Yan Er obtained a 10 Strength Gemstone, Hundred Shots and Fatty Han both obtained a 10 Dexterity Gemstone, and Han Ying Xue obtained a 10 Intelligence Gemstone.

"Sister! Look at these stones! Kyaa! They are so shiny and beautiful!" Wei Yan Er screamed like a little girl as she observed the Gemstones.

"Keep that thing! Shouldn't you be ashamed of yourself?!" Zhang Yang sighed and shook his head. He said, "Level 4 Gemstones and anything lower can be bought at any Gemstone Shop! This one piece here costs 100 gold pieces at most! Oh right! You have those equipment that can equip Gemstones, have you put them to use?"

Hundred Shots shook his head. "Not yet. I haven't reach the level yet! My socket is still empty!"

The rest of the party also shook their heads.

"Just go and insert. There is actually a success rate for slotting in a Gemstone. You'll need money to buy Gemstone. You'll also need money to insert a Gemstone, and it would not be 100%! Level 1 Gemstones have a 10% failure rate, Level 2 Gemstonse have a 20% failure rate, that failure rate will go all the way up with the Level 8 Gemstones at the top having a failure rate of 90%! What a load of fortune wasted there!" Zhang Yang complained.

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Chapter 97: Level 30 Job Quest

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Lone Desert Smoke has successfully broken the speed record for Marzerway's Lair Hardcore Mode! Rumors of how Zhang Yang's feeble team, merely lucky in their triple chain of First Clear Achievements had dispersed. Their achievements invoked a burning fury in all the other guilds. One by one, they tried to break the record themselves.

Zhang Yang's speed record did not hold up for long. Only half a day later, their record was replaced by Breaking Dawn, who broke it by 9 seconds! Several hours later, Crimson Rage broke the record, clocking a time that would last longer. They had successfully raided the dungeon in only 17 minutes and 2 seconds! However, even this speed record was broken and the process repeated itself, each time with a difference of just a few seconds! Still the record was continually broken to a point where the strong and the weak began showing their differences.

Since Zhang Yang's team managed to break the record once, they had no intention of staying at that point. They had their levels to grind up! With the frenzied rate the Speed Record changing hands, no one would dare to claim that their speed record was unbreakable! However, a dungeon's First Clear Achievement was very much different from the Speed Achievement. Once taken away, it was the end for the others, no one else could ever claim it again.

For the past few days, Zhang Yang had been receiving a steady income of 300,000 gold coins into his savings. However, the gold to dollar exchange rate had decreased to 6:1. It had slightly affected his savings but the amount was still remotely large.

The second recipe for [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] was found in Violet Star City. Even though Zhang Yang finally had a competitor, both of them still could not fulfill the demands for the potion, which did not affect Zhang Yang's own sales. Days like that would last for at least 10 days or so, whereby more players would have achieved the level of 30. By then, they would not need to depend of the potion to raid the Hard Mode Marzerway's Lair.

Deep down, Zhang Yang wanted the days of him making potions like crazy to end quicker. His fortune may have been piling up like mountains, but he had been so preoccupied with making potions to the point where the progress bar of the synthesis would remain as an afterimage beneath his closed eyelids whenever he tried to sleep.

On the last day of July, when most of the server was deep asleep, Zhang Yang had raided Marzerway's Lair one more time and gained a level, finally reaching Level 30!

His luck chose that special moment to also give him the last piece of his set equipment, fully triggering the set effect! For the past two raids, Marzerway had been exceedingly stingy to him, never dropping the required helmet equipment that Zhang Yang needed the most.

And so, his final stats1 were as such:

HP: 4,350

Strength: 191

Dexterity: 74

Defense: 260

Melee damage: 445-467

Critical chance: 12%

Before this, Hundred Shots was the first to achieve Level 30 before Zhang Yang. Fatty Han and the rest were still at Level 29. At best, they would only reach Level 30 by tomorrow night. Zhang Yang had managed to pick out 4 other capable players who logged in consistently and had decent fighting skills, to temporarily fill in the blank spots in his team to raid the Shadowmoon Castle dungeon.

However so, despite the best efforts of this selected four, they were still under Level 27. They would need at least another four days to reach Level 30! From Zhang Yang's recollection of his alternate history, Crimson Rage's main force will reach Level 30 in two days. Once their team was properly assembled, they would move with 20 members in 2 separate 10-man parties to raid the dungeon.

These two 10-man dungeons were different from Bangar Crypt or Marzerway in a way where there were no terrain bugs to exploit nor were there any special potions required to survive. These two dungeons could be easily conquered once players were fairly well equipped, and had sufficient knowledge on the boss' skills. This was the most classic and straightforward dungeon in the game so far.

No matter the case, Zhang Yang had no intention of surrendering the dungeon's First Clear to anyone else. He will raid the dungeon tomorrow, even if he only had 6 people!

When he arrived back at the city, the first thing Zhang Yang did was to ride on his Skeletal War Horse.

"Neigh…!" The horse snorted, standing behind Zhang Yang with its fiery flames emitting from all its hooves. The huge beast of bleach-white bones was a sight to behold. The emerald flames glowed wildly from those eye sockets! The moment it appeared, everyone started gathering to have a look at the magnificent mount. They were all shocked to suddenly see a monster appear in the middle of the town!

"Little Yang! God damn! I'm so jealous!" Fatty Han cried as he approached and rubbed his hands on the horse until he was satisfied.

"Oh well, since I can't ride this. I'll ride my own girl back at home!"

"Please Fatty. You're so pitiful that I'm dying here."

Zhang Yang got on the horse and carefully maneuvered it. The horse bellowed loudly, raised its flaming hooves, and started to gallop across the city.

"Wow! What NPC is that? I've never seen it around before!"

"Look at that ride! It's not the usual horse you see around! It's the Skeletal War Horse!"

"Oh man! I want it so bad now!"

"So cool! So awesome!"

Zhang Yang arrived at the auction house and stood in front of it. He then revealed his profile name.

Zhan Yu, Crypt Slaughterer, Physician's Friend, Hero of White Jade Castle, Level 30, Lone Desert Smoke.

With the long chain of titles and his magnificent horse, he had successfully captured the attention of players who were on their way to the auction house.

"WTF! That's not an NPC!"

"Hey look, is the famous Zhan Yu! As expected of the guy who achieved so much, just look at those titles!"

"That skeleton horse looks so damn cool!"

"I thought you could only ride a mount at Level 40?"

"Dude! What are you talking about? That guy is Zhan Yu! Of course he could have a mount at Level 30!"

"Whoever gifts me this kind of mount, I'll sleep with him for 3 nights!"

"F*ck! With your looks, no one would be willing to do it with you for even 10 dollars! Keep living in your dreams, ugly bitch!"

Personally, Zhang Yang was against riding out in the open. He was forced to promote their guild by both Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er.

He was not willing to stand out in the crowd but he was less willing to withstand the bombardment from every single one of his "gang" members. Some of them basically told him to whore himself out for the greater good, to help the guild to promote their name. Zhang Yang had absolutely no say in the matter. He had to listen to their requests obediently and rode the horse out there like an exhibition's display. His situation was not unlike the gigantic robot model in Japan, completely surrounded by fans enjoying the view.

"Damn you, little brat!"

The spectators grew larger and larger. Even though Zhang Yang had disabled private messaging from strangers, he was still barraged with so many friend requests that his view was practically blocked by the pop ups! Zhang Yang could no longer endure this public embarrassment. He quickly hid his profile, got off the horse before unsummoning it, and ran off by himself.

Wei Yan Er was giggling like a mad girl. "Haha! You took my precious horsie! This is the price to pay!"

Zhang Yang shock his head and said, "I have nothing to say to you! Guys, listen up. There is a job quest in Level 30. The quest is fairly easy and straight forward. All you have to do is defeat an NPC! However, the quest can only be done alone without any help! The quest has 4 difficulty levels. Different difficulties will reward you with different Skill strengths! S difficulty could only be accepted at Level 30. A difficulty can be delayed till you're Level 35, B difficulty could be taken late at Level 40 while C difficulty could be taken anytime, even after Level 300!"

"S difficulty is truly difficult, but I strongly suggest that you take this option. The difference between the rewards is just too much to ignore. Do it for the sake of your own futures! Just endure it! There is another catch. For the entire duration of the quest, your character will be the same as not wearing any equipment at all! All equipment bonus attributes will be muted2. This quest will fully test a player's skill!"

"Interesting! Very interesting! I will go and try it out!" Wei Yan Er cheered. "Sister, let's go and grind for a bit! The noob tank had been leeching3 our experience points for several days now! If he hadn't, we would already be Level 30!"

Zhang Yang laughed. He summoned the Skeletal War Horse and rode all the way to Warrior's Home, to meet the pretty class instructor.

Emmy was still wearing the same revealing armor and the ever-present crowd of horny guys surrounded her as usual. The only difference between those players and Zhang Yang was that from his own perspective, he could see a huge glowing yellow exclamation mark floating on her head.

Zhang Yang first learned the Level 30 warrior skill Shield Wall and continued the conversation after to start the quest.

"Zhan Yu! Your excellent growth in strength has been most impressive. The empire will always need warriors like you to protect the land from spectres, demons, and other threats to the empire's interest! However, you will still need to undergo a test and based on your results, I will teach you a class skill!"

Emmy placed one hand on her waist and bent over. Zhang Yang could clearly see her cleavage, deep down into darkness.

"Are you ready for it?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yang instantly replied.

"There are four quests here for you to choose! Different quests will have different levels of difficulty. However, I'll have to see your willpower, only then will I grant you a strong skill!"

"S level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 30!"

"A level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 40!"

"B level difficulty! Must be completed by Level 50!"

"C level difficulty! No level limit!"

Zhang Yang did not even need to stop and think, he immediately picked the S level difficulty.

"Wise decision, young warrior! You have an indomitable heart of a true warrior, but now, I want to see whether you have the capability to finish this quest! If you're ready, you can talk to me anytime and I will open the training gates for you!" said Emmy.

'Ding! You have accepted the quest: The path forward (S level)! This quest must be completed at Level 30, the quest will be automatically deleted when the character gains a level!'

The quest limited the character to only be able to complete the quest at their current level; they have blocked off players with higher levels from coming back to complete the quest with their level advantage.

Zhang Yang drew a long breath and said, "Respected instructor, I'm ready for my test!"

Emmy nodded and took out a huge, green crystal. She held the crystal with both her hands and started to chant a spell in an unknown language.

Is she a warrior? Or a magician? Or perhaps both? Zhang Yang thought absent-mindedly.

A progress bar appeared on her head. She carried out the chant slowly and only finished the spell 30 seconds later. A green orb of light appeared in front of Zhang Yang. The orb was so huge that it was enough to let 3 men walk across simultaneously.

Zhang Yang stretched his legs and stepped into the orb. After a flash of bright light that quickly faded away, Zhang Yang was now in the middle of a huge battle arena. It looked like the same battle arena that Ancient Rome used to have gladiators fight each other. The audience set was completely filled with races of all types. Aside from the 4 main races of the world, there were also Dragons, Elementals, Gnomes and many other extremely rare races.

"Welcome! To the Battle Arena! To all fighters out there! There are no other rules but to kill, or be killed! If you want to leave this place alive, you have to be the last man standing! May the God of War bless you!"

The sound of the announcer echoed across the arena. There was no telling where was the voice came from!

Kang Kang Kang…!

The sound of a metal gate dropping down could be heard from a corner of the arena.

"GRROOOOAN!"

A thundering growl echoed through and a huge 3-meter-tall blue-skinned giant rushed out of the pathway furiously.

"HULL!" The giant had glowing bloodshot eyes. It raised its fist and smashed it down on the ground, sending shockwaves through the floor! Above its head was written the name tagged "Blue Giant Hull".

Is the developer trying a little too hard to copy Marvel's Hulk?"

'Ding! The Deathmatch will begin in 10…9…8…"

'3…2…1!"

"GRAHHHHH!"

Boom!

It smashed the ground, propelling itself, and charged towards Zhang Yang.

From Zhang Yang's perspective, he was staring at a huge mountain moving on its own, seeking to trample him.

Translator's Notes

1 Stats – The short form of statistic, is the full attribute of the character information.

2 Muted – Mute or muted is the nullification effect of an equipment during a special event or scenario. If all equipment is muted, your character will still be wearing the equipment but the bonus attribute it carries will not be added into the character's attribution.

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Chapter 98: Blue Giant Hull

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[Blue Giant Hull] (Elite)

Level: 30

HP: 30,000

Defense: 0

Melee damage: 500

Attack interval: 2 seconds

Immediately after entering the battle, Zhang Yang's equipment was all muted. Every skill level was reset down to Level 1! To ensure a fair battle among all players, every player that underwent this test would have the same stats. All players would have equal Attack power, HP, and MP.

[Player: Zhan Yu]

Level: 30

HP: 3,000

Defense: 0

Strength: 100

Melee damage: 100

Attack interval: 2 seconds

Critical chance: 0

Lucky strike chance: 0

The monster he was about to fight was much stronger than he was! If they were to compare with each other, numerically:

30,000X500 : 3,000X10

That's 50:1! The player would not have a chance based on statistics alone!

Furthermore, when Zhang Yang had entered this battle field, all buffs and boons were purged1. All items in the inventory would be locked out from use. The only good thing in this field was that the system did not lock the 3 optional skills he had! Vanguard's Aggression and Eagle Eye may not be useful against this monster, but Horizontal Sweep would serve him well enough!

In his previous life, Zhang Yang had been trying repeatedly to clear this quest in S level difficulty. But since his skill was not as polished as he was now, the best results he could manage was to bring the boss down to 37% of its HP. However, he was not patient enough to endure it and ended up completing the A level difficulty.

However, as he played on, he had regretted that decision thoroughly. He should have simply endured the hardship and completed the quest in S level difficulty! Even though the quest rewarded everyone with the same skill, the difficulty level determined the strength of the skill! If he had been patient enough, he could have cleared the quest. But since he was still new to the game and way behind the first generation of players, he thought that a single difficulty level would not do much harm. He lived to regret that decision!

The reward was a skill called Destructive Smash. Back then, what Zhang Yang had obtained was from the A level difficulty quest.

[Destructive Smash: Immediately attacks a target with destructive strike, causing 150% melee damage and reduces all healing effects received by 50%. Lasts for 10 seconds.

Cost: 30 Rage

Requires: Melee weapon

Cooldown time: 8 seconds.

Less than 100 players around the world had cleared the S level difficulty, and out of that, only 10 players in entire China! These 10 players would be the S tier Professional League battle team's trump card!

Zhang Yang gathered his thoughts and focused on the battlefield. The opponent attacked with its fists. Zhang Yang activated Block, gaining 10 Rage and dealing 100 damage in reflect damage. He pivoted and swung his sword in a backhand, dealing another 100 damage and gaining additional 25 Rage.

Boom!

Zhang Yang stomped on the ground and activated Thunder Strike.

'-100!'

'-200!' Shield Bash.

The blue giant began moving in slow motion, debuffed with a Slow status.

Zhang Yang quickly turned around and started to run away, increasing the gap between them.

He was completely outmatched in terms of attack power and HP. He could not just simply take the monster head on! He needed a plan of attack! This giant monster's attack speed was another damned matter altogether. No human could evade its light-speed attacks. One could only survive this Deathmatch by properly utilizing the skills of a warrior!

5 seconds after, the slow effect wore off and the giant, in huge giant stomps, quickly caught up to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang kept calm and waited until the distance between the two of them was reduced to about 3 meters, before using Charge to stun the giant. He then dealt a normal attack and gained 40 Rage, just enough for him to cast a Horizontal Sweep.

'-100!' Normal attack.

'-200!' Horizontal Sweep.

Zhang Yang did not fret; he ran and kept his distance again from the monster.

Once Hull recovered from the stun, it moved its massive feet and gave chase.

In only 3 seconds, Zhang Yang was beneath Hull's shadow, the blue giant growling loudly and raising both its fists, ready to flatten Zhang Yang.

Block! 10 Rage.

'-100!' Block reflect damage.

'-100!' Normal attack.

'-200!' Shield Bash.

Zhang Yang ran away again. One second passed and his Thunder Strike was ready to be used again. He stomped the ground and reapplied the slow effect on the monster, before running circles around the monster.

The monster suddenly growled deafeningly and his body started to give off a faint, blood-red glow.

'Ding! Blue Giant Hull has gained Enraged! All attacks increased by 10%. Lasts for 10 seconds!'

Zhang Yang remained calm, unwavering, and focused. With the 5-seconds of slow effect on the monster, Zhang Yang could properly maintain a safe distance from death. The cooldown time for his Thunder Strike was 8 seconds, which meant that there was a 3-second gap where he would be within reach of the beast! Zhang Yang could use Block to protect himself during that time in case the monster catches up. This was his plan, to kite the monster around.

However, to properly execute the kiting strategy required a good, calculative mind. He would need to properly calculate the time and match the rhythm of the fight to cast Thunder Strike accurately. Since this skill was an AoE attack and debuff, he needed to gauge his distance. Cast it too far away and it wouldn't affect the monster. Too close and he would be struck even if Thunder Strike hit. This quest would not only test a player's skill but also his patience. There was no other way but to slow the monster down and gradually attack the monster until all 30,000 HP is drained. If he slipped up even once, everything would be a waste and he would have to start the fight all over again.

Zhang Yang was only dealing bouts of 100 and 200 damages to Hull each time he attacked. Even though it may seem insignificant, but the overall damage accumulated was good enough to gradually cut its HP down. Zhang Yang was doing a good job so far. After only 5 minutes, Hull's HP was reduced down to 11%.

Still, Zhang Yang did not dare to lower his guard. On the contrary, he gathered his mind and focused even harder.

10%!

'Ding! Blue Giant Hull has gain Uncontrollable Rage. Gained immunity to all debuff and 100% attack damage!'

The last 3,000 HP; the most dangerous part of the entire battle! Since Zhang Yang could no longer rely on any slow and stun effect, he had to fully endure the giant's monstrous speed and colossal attacks!

Zhang Yang first activated Block to negate the first attack and took the chance to deal as much damage as he can.

'-100!' Block reflect damage.

'-200!' Shield Bash.

'-100!' Normal attack.

'-200!' Horizontal Sweep.

'-100!' Thunder Strike.

'-100!' Force Strike.

Zhang Yang dealt a total of 900 damage just as he completely used up all his Rage.

Two seconds later, the blue giant growled and swung its fists to pulverize Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang immediately activated Shield Wall.

[Shield Wall] (Level 1): You are protected by a shield. All ill effects purged, and reducing all incoming attacks by 75%. Lasts for 10 seconds.

Requires: Shield.

Cool down time: 10 minutes.

'-200!'

The damage Zhang Yang was receiving had already gone through significant reduction, thanks to Shield Oath and Shield Wall. He ended up receiving only 20% of the onslaught. (Shield Oath Level 1). He then begun his counter attack. The last ten seconds was where the curtain closes, it was now up to the amount of damage he could deal before the 10 seconds ends.

8 seconds, Zhang Yang: HP 2,600, Blue Giant Hull: HP 1,700!

6 seconds, Zhang Yang: HP 2,400, Blue Giant Hull: HP 1,600!

4 seconds, Zhang Yang: HP 2,200, Blue Giant Hull: HP 1,300!

2 seconds, Zhang Yang: HP 2,000, Blue Giant Hull: HP 1,200!

Shield Wall duration ends! Zhang Yang will now receive damage in almost all it's entirety!

Block!

'-100!' Block reflect damage.

'-200!' Shield Bash

'-100!' Normal attack.

The giant roared and smashed Zhang Yang with its fists.

'-800!' With no way of defending himself, Zhang Yang finally received a direct hit. His Rage was completely filled. Remaining calm, Zhang Yang returned fire!

'-100!' Force Strike.

'-100!' Normal attack.

'-100!' Force Strike.

Zhang Yang: 1,200 HP.

Blue Giant Hull: 500 HP.

'-800!'

This time, Zhang Yang let everything lose like a Berserker. Every time he received a hit from Hull, his Rage instantly filled up!

'-100!' Normal attack.

'-200!' Horizontal Sweep.

'-100!' Force Strike.

'-100!' Force Strike.

"GRAaaa…"

Thud!

The monster fell, defeated. The colossal body slammed against the ground and sent a slight tremor throughout the arena.

Zhang Yang drew a deep breath and let out a sigh of relief. His pulse shot up as he did a double take on his HP bar, with only 400 HP remaining.

"Cheers for the mighty warrior!" A round of a applause rang throughout the entire arena as the many races gave him a standing ovation!

"Zhan Yu!"

"Zhan Yu!"

"Zhan Yu!"

He knew that this was all scripted, nothing more than a programmed response to a player's victory. Still, he reveled in the applause and bathed in its afterglow. He felt as if he had teleported back to ancient Rome and became one of the gladiator champions.

Foosh!

A sudden flash of light blinded him momentarily and Zhang Yang was teleported back to the city, standing in front of the sexy Warrior class Instructor, Emmy.

"Congratulations young warrior! You have passed the most difficult test! Praise the God of War, I believe that one day you could be a great hero of the land!" said Emmy with great excitement. Who said that NPCs couldn't bootlick.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: The Path Forward (S level)!'

'Ding! You have obtained a system reward: Luck 1!'

'Ding! You have learnt a new skill: Destructive Smash!'

Zhang Yang quickly opened his Skill Window to check on his skill description. He had to see for himself, the power of a skill gained from an S class quest!

[Destructive Smash: Performs a destructive strike at a target, dealing 200% melee damage and cause all healing received reduced by 75%. Last for 10 seconds. Effect cannot be stacked.

Cost: 30 Rage

Requires: Melee weapon.

Cool down time: 8 seconds

The high attack was nothing to be surprised about. The main factor that made this skill so strong was the reduced healing effect it inflicted on its targets! In dungeons, there were bosses that leeched HP from its enemies, while many others had healing skills! However, if he were to use this skill on such bosses, they could only heal by about 25% of their original power!

On the other hand, in the Professional League, this skill had always been considered to be an overpowered skill. In every 5v5 team battle, there would always be a warrior in the team, and it was all because of this skill's power and potential. Some of teams did not even need you to be strong and powerful. All you had to do was to make sure that every opponent player was struck with the healing reduction effect!

Normally, the majority of players would only complete the B level difficulty quest and obtain the Destructive Smash which had only 25% healing reduction effect. Only a handful of people could complete the A level difficulty, with a rate as low as one out of a thousand!

According to Zhang Yang's memories, there was only one person who completed the quest in S level difficulty and he was called One Sword Stroke the "Peerless Blockade". This guild master of Imperial Sk, naturally became China's number 1 tank! He was the team captain of "Sky and Ocean Electronic", the strongest S-level Professional League battle team in the China server.

According to rumors that spread across the internet, One Sword Stroke was Sky and Ocean Electronic's only successor, his real name was Cheng Ran. People called him 'Son of the Heaven'.

Zhang Yang looked at the time. It was almost for him to step out and show his achievement off to the world!

Translator Note:

1 Purged: Purged is the verb used to get rid of any beneficial effect on a player.

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Chapter 99: Super Healer!

Translator: Zenobys Editor: TheRealSeal

"Zhan Yu, this S level quest is really tough!" Still lost in his sea of thoughts, Zhang Yang received a private message from Hundred Shots.

He laughed a little. Was it called S level for nothing? There were only very few people in the entirety of China who could finish this quest! Well, if the quest was positioned somewhere further down the progress of the game, there could have been more people completing this quest as many would already have gotten used to the controls of the game, thereby having the skills, intuition, controls, and attack plan to make it possible! This early in the game, nobody would truly be skilled!

Hundred Shots was bound to be one of the famous players from China! He was the top among the Top 10 Hunters! However, his strength would lie on the little red pet dragon. When the dragon would have popped out, he would rule the world! Even if he was slightly lacking in individual skill, his dragon more than made up for it!

Zhang Yang mulled over it for a while and replied, "Just try your best and give it a few more rounds. The Level 30 skill is extremely important! Try your best to get the S level difficulty reward!"

"Okay!" Hundred Shots was a man who cared about his self-worth. He clearly understood that Zhang Yang was a man of talent and kill. He wanted to stay beside him through thick and thin. Even if he could never be as strong as Zhang Yang, the least he could do was to avoid being dead weight.

Zhang Yang had never played as a Hunter before, so there was no way he could provide any advice on the Hunter questline. Zhang Yang could only ask for him to have a deeper understanding of his class skills. The developers would not simply design the game to have players equipped with a particular set of skills at a particular moment of the game for nothing! The quests have been tailored specially to accommodate the use of everything they had been given. The raw materials were laid out on the workbench, one only had to use them wisely!

This class quest was to test each player's knowledge on their own class skills!

Fatty Han, Han Yin Xue, and Wei Yan Er were still busy grinding their level up to Level 30. Zhang Yang left them be, there was no benefit to gain from pestering them about the quest. He then went on to craft more potions, ready to be sent out to the 7 main cities, where more gold would end up in his hands still.

Beep!

The messenger rang and Zhang Yang quickly answered the call. There was no need to worry about the the person at the other end of the line, for only those who were added into his friend list could contact him.

"Yo! Zhan Yu!"

Zhang Yang was startled, he did not expect a phone call from this person out of his list of acquaintances. "Yo! Crimson Fire guild master!" The person over the phone was the guild master of Lost Paradise, someone he had partied with back at Bangar Crypt.

"Ahhh…Back then, I would have never thought that this person who ran dungeons with me would become the man who would defeat so many super guilds in this China Server! There are only a few people in this world that I admire. I must tell you that my bar was set at quite a high standard. You sir, surpassed that and beyond!" Crimson Fire's tone sounded a little too boastful.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Haha! You said it. I'm so happy that I could just float away now!"

"If only I'd known sooner, I would have rather given up my position as a guild master to have you in my guild!" His tone had changed, layered with regret.

When Crimson Fire first met Zhang Yang, he had already set his eyes on him. But he could have never expected Zhang Yang to be at this level! Initially, he wanted to pull him in and have him as part of his guild, however he believed that keeping the authority of guild master in his hand was more important.

But now, regret was not even close enough to describe how he felt!

What was the purpose of a Professional Guild? Was not it for name, glory, and money!?

With all that said, he could have given up on his positon as the guild master and hid behind the scene. Since the sponsors were in direct contact with him, he would still be the boss of the guild as long as the guild maintained its rank!

If the guild name were to spread out further, the sponsorship fees would also increase! If they could match the level of super guilds, being a millionaire was not just a dream anymore!

But now that he had missed that golden opportunity, how could he not regret?!

Ah…the original guild master of Lone Desert Smoke was far smarter than he was. She was willing to give up the position of the guild master to Zhang Yang and trade that position for a huge amount of money! Smart! No, genius!

However, what that Crimson Fire did not know was that Wei Yan Er had passed the guild master position to Zhang Yang on a whim. Yes! She felt it was troublesome! If Crimson Fire had known this, would he go bang his head on a wall?

"Erhm? Why would the guild master of Crimson Fire grace me with his presence? Is there anything I can do to help you?" Zhang Yang never liked to beat around the bush, he thought it was only troublesome to do so. He would rather have a conversation with someone as straightforward as Wei Yan Er.

Crimson Fire gathered his thoughts and said, "I represent Lost Paradise, seeking an alliance with Lone Desert Smoke! Perhaps we could help each other out in the future! This is the purpose of my call!"

Zhang Yang thought of it for a while and said, "This is a good thing. Okay! I agree! May we help each other out! We are now a family!"

After some light banter, Crimson Fire hung up, saying that he had to bring his team to raid a dungeon.

In the afternoon, Fatty Han, Wei Yan Er, and Han Yin Xue had reached Level 30. Zhang Yang instructed them to undergo the S level difficulty class quest. Hundred Shots had been trying his best since morning until the afternoon with no luck. He said that he had died a few hundred times!

After 3pm, Sun Xin Yu logged in and went to grind alone. She did not take long and managed to reach Level 30 as well!

Curious, Zhang Yang asked her. "Are you finally free now? How is it that you could log in at such an early hour?"

"Work shift!" Sun Xin Yu replied coldly.

Hmph! Ice Queen! I hope that you'll have a chatterbox of a husband who annoys the hell out of you!

Zhang Yang acknowledged her reply with a simple exclamation, "Oh!". But his curiosity was not yet satiated and he pressed on. "You haven't been online for long, how could you level up so damn fast?"

Sun Xin Yu silently posted an item description on the chat window.

[Heaven's Pearl] (Special Item)

Item description: Grants you an extra 50% experience point from monsters or quests.

Bound.

F*ck! How could such a godly item exist?! No wonder she had been leveling at such fast pace, spending so little time! However, it was no longer a mystery on how she could remain at the top of the Level Ranking Board, guildless as she was!

Guild members would have experience point bonuses as the guild levelled up. A Level 1 guild would have a 10% experience point bonus, Level 2 guilds double that amount at 20%, and it went on up to a 100% bonus points at Level 10! However, Guild Upgrade Orders from Level 5 onwards were freakishly tough to farm! In his previous life, the strongest guild in the entire game was only at Level 7!

"Where did you get this?" Zhang Yang asked. Such a valuable item would ultimately have the lowest drop rate ever! She could be holding the only one in the entirety of China! With Sun Xin Yu's solitary nature, she would not have shared the news with anyone else. No wonder Zhang Yang had never heard of this item before in his previous life!

"Reward from a hidden quest!"

"Ah!" Zhang Yang sighed heavily. Hidden quest. It was no wonder. She was holding the only one in the entire China! No one else would have had the chance to obtain it anymore!

"I'm going to do my class quest now. Do not bother me or… I'll kill you!" snapped Sun Xin Yu coldly before she left the conversation without another word.

Zhang Yang was bored, since everyone was doing their respective class quests and should not be disturbed as well. Zhang Yang was always smart enough to not talk in the party channel. He continued to make potions.

"Wah! This is frustrating!" Fatty Han roared "WTF! I just equipped my hard-earned Gray-Silver equipment! And now the system won't allow me to use them?! F*ck! One attack was only 100 damage! How long am I supposed to continue to fight? 1 year?!"

"You stupid fat pig! I failed my quest because of your sudden screaming!"

"Cousin…you startled me…I died as well!"

"You guys…"

Everyone failed their quest ever since the dummy Fatty Han started a ruckus in the party channel.

"Pervy Fatty! If you ever disturb us again, I'll rip your balls off!" Wei Yan Er scolded.

Fatty Han suddenly tightened his legs closer and quietly obeyed. His happiness was only just blossoming. The erectile problem should not exist now, it should only be a problem when he would be 50 years old!

After all that happened, everyone was smart enough to mute their chatting system to avoid being distracted.

Zhang Yang knew that Fatty Han's capabilities was no match with the S level difficulty. He sighed and sent a private message to him.

"Hey Fatty, try and change the difficulty."

"WTF? Are you looking down at me?"

"You're absolutely correct!"

"Haha! You sure know me well brother! Alright, I'll confess. I attempted the quest 16 times already and the best I could do was with 97% of the boss HP still remaining! Little Yang! What do you think? What difficulty level should I do?" One of Fatty Han's greatest attitude was that he had never been dishonest to himself nor anyone else. If he was bad, he would not try to hide it. He would not try to keep his shortcomings in the dark for the sake of his pride.

"Try C!"

"Is there a slightly simpler one?" Fatty Han asked.

"B is easier!"

"Ok!" Fatty Han took the bait and went on to met his respective class instructor.

After a while, he had managed to complete the quest. A level B difficulty was not easy, but since Fatty Han had been following Zhang Yang to many raids, he was skilled enough to handle a level B difficulty.

"Little Yang! I've gained a new skill!" Fatty Han posted the skill description to Zhang Yang, like it was a trophy of some kind.

[Beast Link: Obtained the power of a wild beast! 25% of all received damage will be shared to your pet! Increases your ranged attack damage by 50%. Last for 10 seconds.

Cooldown time: 3 minutes.

As expected of a level B difficulty reward, it was pathetic! If he were to complete the S level difficulty, he would have the skill power raised to 75% shared damage and a 100% increase in attack power!

However, there were only a handful of players who could defeat a S level difficulty, Zhang Yang did not chastise him for it. On the other hand, he had high expectations from Sun Xin Yu. Someone like her could possibly beat the S difficulty quest! She was the future number 1 Thief after all. No one could beat her in the underlying knowledge of Thieves! If she could not clear the S level difficulty quest, no other thieves would.

To Zhang Yang surprise, the third person to complete the class quest was Han Xin Yue!

"I'm beat! I finally healed the freaking donkey!" She complained.

That was…quick?

Zhang Yang could not help but frown. "What difficulty did you picked?" he asked suspiciously.

"Didn't you ask me to pick the S level difficulty? Did I pick the wrong one?" She replied.

Zhang Yang was surprised. He immediately straightened up. "So, you're saying that you completed the S level difficulty quest?"

"Stupid Zhang Yang! What am I? A kid? Of course I did! Hmph!" Han Xin Yu snapped.

Zhang Yang laughed it off.

"Ahahaha. I was only asking. Oh right! What was your quest?"

"There were two NPCs fighting each other. My job was to make sure one of them does not die, and that he kills the other NPC, that's it!" Han Xin Yue said it so flippantly as if it was the most common thing in the world.

As expected of the team healer! No, Super Healer! No! Not even that! She was the Goddess of Healing herself! She should just hang her gigantic cups and let the world healers worship them! Those were the best in the world!

Zhang Yang sighed in awe. He had always known that Han Yin Xue was a strong healer in the team. But to think that she would even reach to this level on her own was beyond his imagination! Looks like he struck the jackpot!

"What skill did you get for your reward?" Zhang Yang asked.

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Chapter 100: Shadowmoon Castle

[Divine Soul (Passive): Your heart and soul is filled with faith and devotion. All spells and skill costs are reduced by 75%.

Zhang Yang's mind went blank the moment he saw the skill description.

A 75% spell cost reduction! She could now deal 4 times the amount of healing! What an OP skill!

His voice shaking in uncontrollable excitement, Zhang Yang said, "Honestly, I had never held such high hopes for us to clear the Level 30 dungeon. But now that you have this passive skill, our chances to clear the dungeon has now increased 5-fold!"

The ideal 6-man party for this dungeon was supposed to be comprised of 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 6 attackers. In his case, Zhang Yang alone could take the place of both tanks. Now that Han Yin Xue gained the passive skill, she could also take the role of both healers as well! On the other hand, Zhang Yang himself was a unique tank with strong offensive powers! That would mean that their 6-man team could match the strength of a 10-man party!

Zhang Yang had a sudden change of mind. He had wanted to search for another 4 players to fill in the empty slot to make it a whole 10-man party anyway, but to have that many players in the party would increase the chances of them making mistakes as well! One must not fear the godly strength of the enemy more than the useless imbeciles and incompetent partners in battle! Since his team could now ignore the shortage of 4 other players, he would rather proceed with this group of trustworthy six than adding unnecessary risks into his party. Without any further ado, he initiated the raid of the Shadowmoon Castle.

The most crippling factor in a dungeon raid was not the mistake of a party as a whole; it was the mistake he as the vanguard would make alone that could start a domino effect, leading to the fall of the entire team!

Zhang Yang spent his time making more of the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] while waiting for the rest of the remaining party member to complete their class quests. If they could complete it before sunset, the success rate of clearing the dungeon would be even higher!

However, it was a pity that even after dinner time, the remaining 3 party members were still struggling to compete the quest. Zhang Yang could not help but admire Han Yin Xue. She was truly born to be a healer!

She had just only gotten her hands on the game and yet she could perform professionally. In contrast, Zhang Yang already had acquired, rather unfairly, 5 years worth of experience prior to his rebirth, and it was only by that advantage that enabled him to successfully clear the S-level difficulty!

Han Yin Xue and her wonderful healing! The one true goddess of healing!

After they had their dinner, Zhang Yang gathered everyone and started their journey to the castle.

According to the lore, long before anyone had known, there was a village that worshipped the Wolf God. Every year, they would hold a ceremony and offered many valuables to him. Because of that, they were all blessed by the Wolf God and were able to borrow his powers to obtain incredible strength. There was no battle that they could not win. However, intoxicated by countless victories, these people started to forget about their benefactor and lost faith in the Wolf God.

Enraged by their betrayal, the God cursed the entire village, turning its inhabitants into mindless werewolves. Unable to revert back to their human forms, the villagers secluded themselves from all civilization and hid themselves far in the wilds. They created their own sanctuary, a lair known as the Shadowmoon Castle.

This castle had two dungeons; the Garden, and the Castle, and both were built for 10-man parties and both had 5 bosses each. These dungeons contained by far the most bosses in a dungeon.

The entrance of the dungeon did not require any prerequisite quest. Any party could just enter the dungeon as they wished. However, only Level 30 players and above were eligible to raid the Garden, while the Castle dungeon would require Level 40 players.

The party took the Gryphon service and flew across mountains before needing to take a hike on foot, to the top of the mountain, where the Castle was.

Just as the party got off the Gryphon, Zhang Yang saw there were other players around. It was a team of 10-men that belonged to the The Dominators!

There was a saying, the more you hate someone, the more you will meet him in the street!

Humbly Gentleman walked out among the crowd with a smile on his face. "Oh! Look here, it's the famous guild master Zhan Yu! Eh? What's wrong? Lone Desert Smoke could only dispatch this many members? Hahaha, with the 6 of you only, you guys might as well just farm at Marzerway's Lair!"

Humbly Gentleman would actually dare to act "Humbly" in front of so many people...

No wonder Sky Shaman would always call him a hypocrite.

Zhang Yang laughed back. "Hahaha. You jest! Humbly Gentleman guild master, would you like to buy more of the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion]?"

Humbly Gentleman's suddenly changed his expression. He was busy in his conceited world of self-entitlement back then, but was tricked by Zhang Yang instead. The scam humiliated him most shamefully! Now that Zhang Yang was rubbing salt on his still open wound, Humbly Gentleman got angry. His eyes were burning with the flames of rage and intense killing intent. He was actually close to attacking there and then, with Zhang Yang's party being outnumbered!

However, Humbly Gentleman was a calculative man. He did not just jump into action without having everything well thought out. 10 versus 6. Humbly Gentleman was clearly having the upper hand in numbers, but Zhang Yang's team was extremely strong. They would put up a good fight which would be a huge disadvantage to The Dominators.

Humbly Gentleman's guild was not in a position where he could suffer any losses! Lose just one man and his entire party could not raid Shadowmoon Castle! Humbly Gentleman had placed high hopes to conquer this dungeon before anyone else could claim the First Clear Achievement.

If only Lone Desert Smoke and The Dominators were the only two guilds fighting for fame and glory, Humbly Gentleman would not mind having any random skirmish! But in White Jade Castle alone, he had to contend with Crimson Rage and Sky High as well! To have this fight with Zhang Yang would only bring nothing but disadvantage to him, and benefit the third parties. This was not a wise course of action! There were also other 8 major cities in the entire China server, with at least 20 other guilds that were at the same level as him! With the battle for the top being so intense, how could he do anything that would lead the guild to suffer?

Obviously, Humbly Gentleman decided to just let this off for now. Since he was not some hot-head brat, he deduced that he was in no position to make a move now!

He stared at Zhang Yang viciously and said, "I would really love to see how the 6 of you take on a 10-man party dungeon!"

With that, he waved his hands and led the party up the mountain towards the castle. Time waited for no man, every second counted. The fastest guild was Sky High that had already started the raid 30 minutes ago. Crimson Rage might catch up with them anytime soon!

"Let's go!" said Zhang Yang as he led his team up the mountain.

Soon, the party arrived at the top, there stood a large emerald stone castle. The castle door was opened wide and there were two teleportation doors on the left and right. One led to the Gardena and other led to the Castle Interior.

"Zhan Yu, which one should we enter?" Han Yin Xue asked.

"We could choose either one. The left door would be the Garden and the right one would be the Castle Inte...F*ck! You made me mess up! The Castle Interior dungeon is the Level 40 dungeon! We cannot enter that!" Zhang Yang cried.

"Stupid Zhang Yang! Who do you want to f*ck with!?" Han Yin Xue placed both her hands on her waist. She wanted to pose like she was mad but no matter how she adjusted, her facial features looked like they could never produce anything remotely angry. Rather, she looked like she was flirting instead of being angry. There were no traces of any anger within her, only seduction.

Wei Yan Er wanted to play along and somehow managed to have Sun Xin Yu to joined her. All 3 ladies of the party were staring madly at him. One carried a form of noble scorn, one was innocently mad, and the last one was ice cold. Each of them had their own trademark style. It was really sight to enjoy, rather.

"Alright! Alright! Let's not waste anymore time shall we? Let's raid!"

Battles for the best guild were always intense, older guilds (from other games) knew each other by name and performed with consistency. Newer guilds were also holding their ground! Just like Zhang Yang's previous life, One Sword Stroke of Imperial Sky, China's number 1 tank had led his guild to glory by taking many dungeon's First Clear Achievements. His strength was not something that anyone could rival. On the other hand, the Sword and Fire Mercenary was the strongest among all 5-man party and 10-man party, they were incredibly strong in their own right.

Still, Zhang Yang was confident of his own godly "Blocking" skill!

When he reached Level 30, the system awarded him with 3 skill points, plus the addition of 4 skill points he had obtained from 4 dungeons' First Clear Achievements, an additional skill point from the hidden quest reward, as well as the shield bonus attribute that raised the Block level by 1. Altogether, Zhang Yang's Block had reached Level 9. The skill's cool down was reduced to 2 seconds only!

Technically, Zhang Yang could depend on this skill alone to fight any physical attack type boss with brute force! No matter how OP that this may have seemed, this jubilant period would not last forever. 5 months later, the release of the game's first patch, this skill was severely nerfed1. The initial cool down of the skill was prolonged to 15 seconds, causing many Guardian players to be deprived of their endless Block spamming2. A 1 second Block cooldown was considered to be over powered. It was so strong to the point where practically all physical attack type bosses were rendered useless in the face of this attack nullifying skill! During the revising of the game bosses and character classes, the game developers finally dropped the hammer of justice on the head of all Guardians!

Since the hammer has yet to fall onto his head, Zhang Yang's 2 second Block cooldown was enough to render most of the physically attacking bosses useless!

'Ding! You have entered the Shadowmoon Castle: Garden (Hardcore Mode)!'

Zhang Yang and his team arrived at a huge garden. There was a huge courtyard and in the center of it, a water fountain. Beside the fountain, stood an old man dressed up rather lavishly like a butler from a noble family.

There were 5 pathways that were leading out of the Garden and Zhang Yang's party was standing on one of them. The pathway they were standing on led to the exit of the dungeon. They would automatically forfeit the dungeon raid once they withdraw.

Everyone could not help but look at the butler since he was standing out.

[Chief Butler Mack] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 34

HP: 3 million

"What an easy dungeon! There is already a boss waiting for us right where we go in! Erhm...don't you think that his HP is a little too much?" Wei Yan Er raised her hammer and walked towards it to try and fight.

"Hey! Stop! If we fight him now, it will be the death of all of us!" Zhang Yang screamed.

Wei Yan Er jumped to her feet and walked back obediently. "Why?" she asked immediately. This was one of Wei Yan Er's good points, she would immediately try to clear her doubts rather than feign awareness.

"This dungeon has 5 bosses, and Chief Butler Mack is the last one!"

"If he is the last boss to fight, why would he appear at the beginning of the dungeon?" Wei Yan Er asked again.

"The system set is this way to trick players!" Zhang Yang shook his head. In his previous life, many parties were completely wiped out because of this setting. The first thing they saw was this butler, and they did not hesitate to kill it! In the end, they were all wiped out! Zhang Yang elaborated. "Inside the dungeon, every boss we kill will reduce this Chief Butler's HP by 50% and attack power by 25%. If we were to fight him right now, we would most definitely be reduced to ashes. However if we do fight now and we manage to win, we can get an achievement called "I am the strongest!"

"So...should we go around?" Fatty Han asked.

"Yeah. This entire garden is a huge circle. We are standing right in the middle of it. All 4 other bosses are spread all over the edge of this circle. It does not matter which path we take or which boss we fight first!"

Zhang Yang led the team to the rightmost pathway.

"Please be careful. Walk at the far edge of the pathway. This old fart may be old but his eyesight is still strong as ever!"

The party walked in a straight file towards the far right of the courtyard. Everyone was walking very carefully, not wanting to trigger the boss and when they finally managed to get past him, everyone sighed heavily

"That was scary..." said Wei Yan Er.

Right then, there were 2 NPCs dressed up like maids, with each of them holding broomsticks, sweeping the floor.

[Diligent Maid] (Elite)

Level: 32

HP: 50,000

1Nerf - This is the verb to used when a skill or a character is weakened by the official developer. Sometimes when a character's skill is too strong and may cause imbalances within the game, the developers would make changes to anything in the game, Eg. reducing the attack power of Thief or increasing the Mana cost for healers since their skills were too potent in a way that it may cause other players to feel unfairly treated.

2Spamming- Spam or Spamming is the verb to describe an act of repeated action. For example, a player could spam the party channel with insults. Here, spamming would refer to the repeated posting. Spamming skills would means the act of casting a skill repeatedly without stopping.

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"Here I go!"

Zhang Yang swung his sword and used to dash to the boss. After one normal attack, he gained enough Rage to immediately cast Horizontal Sweep. Both maids received nearly 1,000 damage each and had their aggro was fully fixed on Zhang Yang. He then quickly tagged a "Sun" symbol and cried out. "Kill the Sun-marked monster!"

Everyone started to attack and monster and completely drained her HP.

"What an Ill-behaved guest! You have dirtied Master Waller's flower garden!"

When her HP dropped below 50%, the maid let out a loud scream. She held the broomstick with both her hands and horizontally cleaved everyone.

'Ding! You have received the Expulsion by the Maid effect! Dazed for 3 second!'

Dazed and Stun were two different type of status effect. Under Dazed the character could not perform any action, but once attacked, the character will regain its senses and will be able to continue to fight. Stun was different, rendering a character completely immobile and there was no way to recover from the effect until the duration expired.

Once everyone was dazed, the two maids continued their attack on Zhang Yang since he was still holding onto the aggro. With one hit and Zhang Yang immediately recovered. He quickly activated Block and easily endured the next 3 seconds alone, attacking both of them.

Everyone recovered after and continued their attack until the enemies were defeated.

Wei Yan Er opened the corpse and obtained a Black-Steel equipment.

[Stolen Boots] (Black-Steel, Leather Armor)

Defense: 2

Vitality: 9

Dexterity: 6

Level requirement: 30

"F*ck, these maids are cheaters!"

"Don't mind that first. Keep the boots in the guild storage!" Zhang Yang said. Even though neither of them wanted the equipment, one man's trash was still another man's treasure. Other normal players would want to have it.

The party then moved forward and deeper into the garden. Along the way, they met several more maids and they would only drop the same Black-Steel equipment and many [Cotton Cloth].

[Cotton Cloth] was important for raising a Tailoring mastery. It was also an important material to make [Cotton Bandage]. Only Level 30 humanoid monsters would drop this item. The party continued pushing and obtained a number of [Cotton Cloth].

Finally, the party had come to the end of the pathway. Further up was a curved road which led to the other parts of the garden. On the left side of the party, was a beautiful woman in a red maid outfit, sitting on a stone bench enjoying some desserts and afternoon tea. She seemed to be having the time of her life relaxing and enjoying the day.

[Winny the Maid, Master Waller's Lover]

Level: 34

HP: 800k

"Holy f*cking moly! The master of this castle even has a lover!" said Fatty Han as he widened his eyes and stared at every inch of the boss' body. "Hmm...Target confirmed. Three size: 34C-23-34. WTF! Master Waller sure has good taste in women!"

"Calm your d*ck Fatty! Let the noob tank explain the strategy!" Han Yin Xue rolled her eyes.

Zhang Yang laughed at the new insult she used. "This boss would require very good teamwork. Her attacks are not as strong but when we start the fight, she would gain a buff called "Master Waller's Roar". It will increase her attack by 500%! Whoever she attacks will be definitely be dead!"

"Crap! Then why are we still here?! Let's bail!"

"Chill... there's always a way to win!" Zhang Yang explained further. "The buff would only last for 10 seconds after activation. Which is why in 10 seconds we..."

"We must kill the boss in 10 seconds?!" cried Wei Yan Er.

"Kill your sister!"

"But I don't have a sister!"

"Kill your cousin then!"

"Damn you Zhang Yang! You want a piece of me?" Han Yin Xue rolled up her sleeves.

"Okay! Alright! Okay! I give! I give!" Zhang Yang went back to the main topic. "In this 10 seconds, there will be another NPC appearing into the fight. She would be Master Waller's real wife. Her..."

"WTF! What's wrong with this Master Waller! First, a lover and now he has a wife too?! Argh! What a lucky man!" Fatty Han suddenly interject!

"Master Waller is the owner and master of the Shadowmoon Castle! He will be the Castle Interior dungeon's last boss! F*ck you all really! Would you please let me explain everything in one go?!" Zhang Yang finally complained.

"Sorry. Please go on..."

"Go, your mama! Where was I?!"

"The wife part."

Zhang Yang scratched his head in frustration and sighed. "When the wife comes into the fight, she will purge the boss's buff! However, when the wife appears, she will fall under the boss's trap. She will be encased inside an ice block with 10,000 HP. We must break her free out of the ice and only then can she purge the buff off of the boss! After purging, the buff will reappear after 30 seconds. Again, she would be trapped in the ice and we would have to repeat the saving process over and over again."

"Wow! Sounds like fun! Will the boss and the lover fight each other?"

"On the other hand..." Zhang Yang continued to speak. "The boss will randomly control any players aside from the player with the most aggro. The controlled player will automatically attack the wife and since her pitiful HP is only about 3 to 4 thousand or so, she will be killed off quickly and we will fail this dungeon! During the controlled period, I will be the first to pull away the controlled player. All you of just focus on the boss and ignore the player and me. The effect lasts for about 10 seconds, I think. After that, the player will regain back their control."

"Now, even though the wife is fighting the boss, she's not on our side, which is why we can't heal the wife's HP! So, when there's nothing happening, please keep yourself away from the wife. It's better since I can have more time to react when none of you are controlled!"

Zhang Yang paused a while. "Everyone keeping up?"

"The boss has two other skills. The first, she will randomly cast Rain of Fire on a random player that will cause a fixed total damage of 10,000. This damage can be shared among us, so when the skill pops, we should stand together to split the damage. The second skill is Bomb. It's a simple bomb that will explode after 5 seconds and will cause only 1 damage to the targeted player but causes 5,000 damage to the surrounding players! So, we must be alert to run away from the targeted player and regroup only after the bomb has been triggered."

"Everyone take a minute to digest the information I just gave. If there's anything you want to ask, now is the time. Don't f*ck up our plan!"

No one was showing signs of confusion; they looked confident. However, Zhang Yang immediately received a private message from Fatty Han.

"I'm already confused. Just remind me what to do, okay?"

"Damn you, really fat f*ck!"

After a while, Zhang Yang gave the signal to attack.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Yang was the first to attack. He quickly noticed the moment he approached the boss.

Winny was startled and jumped off the stone bench and screamed from the top of her lungs.

"Master Waller! My beloved! Someone is here to kill me!"

Immediately a response was heard bellowing from the depths of the castle.

"Fear not my love! I will grant you powers to slay these killers!"

'Ding! Winny has gained Master Waller's Roar. Attack will be increased by 500%. Effect takes place after 10 seconds!'

Just in the nick of time, a green colored shadow suddenly jumped out of the bushes nearby and roared. "Waller you stupid dog! How dare you betray my love! Winny you sick woman! Why would you even want to take my husband away!?"

[Jenny, Master Waller's Wife, Winny's Elder Sister] (Normal)

Level: 44

HP: 4,000

However, just as she stepped into the battlefield, she stepped on a trap and was instantly encased in an ice block. She could not move, yet her face was expressing her anger.

Fatty Han was happy all of the sudden. "Oh ho... the lover is the wife's little sister huh...! This is just so exciting. To think that he could actually pull it off! Mr. Waller is now my idol! You have my full respect! Such a pity that both of them couldn't get along with the idea. What a shame indeed!"

"Fatty, work more on your arrows instead of your mouth! Save the NPC!" Zhang Yang used Charge and slammed at the boss. Once he was at melee attack range, he unleashed his skills and swung the sword around.

Jenny was saved fairly quickly when everyone other than Zhang Yang was attacking the ice.

Jenny took out a bow and fired an arrow to her sister. "Go to hell!"

'Ding! Winny's Master Waller's Roar was dispelled!'

Even though Winny's attack was at around 2,000, and Zhang Yang would only receive about 1,300 damage after his passive skills. Zhang Yang had been depending on Block to block out 80% of all Winny's attacks! The amount of damage he received was so rare that Han Yin Xue had nothing to do! She only casted Regeneration on him to completely heal him!

Without the help of the attack buff, this boss' attacks were nothing worth mentioning at all!

On the other hand, Jenny had been attacking repeatedly with her arrow. Although her attacks were full of wrath, her damage was so low that they could not even measure it. Still, she was useful enough to dispel the Master Waller's Roar.

"Hundred Shots, Fatty, Little Snow! Come to my side and attack from behind me! Don't stray too far!" Zhang Yang made an arrangement to their position.

"Enough, Jenny! You're annoying!" The boss suddenly took out a bow and shot a love shaped arrow head to Sun Xin Yu.

Poof!

Sun Xin Yu's instantaneous reaction was astounding. She vanished instantly as soon as the arrow was about to hit her.

'Ding! Winny used Cupid's Arrow on Frost Night!'

'Ding! Frost Night used Vanish!'

Two system notifications appeared almost instantly. Sun Xin Yu reappeared and started to attack the boss like nothing happened.

Zhang Yang saw everything, but no words could get out of his mouth. He could only stare at her in awe. Strong!

There was a moment, in only a split second... no, 1/10 of a second, when the character would enter stealth mode, and if there was no enemy around, the user would gain an "Invincible" effect, nullifying all damage and status effect!

However, the timing of activation had to be perfect! Too early, and you would have missed the I-frame1, too late...than what was meaning to it? Only those with extraordinary reaction speed could fully utilize this skill to even evade a boss' skill!

This cold lady... no wonder she could be the strongest Thief in the game!

Winny continued her attack on Zhang Yang when she suddenly raised her hand up in the air and said, "Ah... the romance under the rain of fire! Burn to hell, O' invaders!"

Simultaneously, a cloud appeared on top of Wei Yan Er and rained droplets of fire.

'-1666!'

'-1666!'

'-1667!'

Chains of damage text floated across the heads all of 6 members. Luckily, they were all wearing almost a full set of Level 20 Gray-Silver equipment and had more than 3,500 HP!

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Han Yin Xue quickly casted Holy Prayer to recover a portion of the HP and casted Regeneration to slowly heal them. Her current magic attack had reached 600, which allowed Regeneration to heal 240 HP per tick. Such an impressive healing power!

96%! 94%! 92%! The boss' HP started to drop.

Winny suddenly around and shot an arrow towards Hundred Shots, crying out, "Explosive Arrow!"

A ring of twirling fire appeared around Hundred Shots and a debuff icon appeared on his head.

[Explosive Arrow: Explodes after 5 seconds. Dealing 1 Fire damage to the target. 5,000 Fire damage will be dealt to targets around 3x3 meters of the vicinity of the target.

Hundred Shots immediately ran away from the crowd. It was not hard to run 3 meters away in 5 seconds.

BOOM!

A loud blast was heard and Hundred Shots blasted off like a rocket, with flames at his butt! He rose up about 10 meters into the sky. Fire waves spread out everywhere but stopped when it reached the 3-meter border.

"AAAAaaaaagh!"

Hundred Shots fell from the sky and slammed onto the floor. Even though he only received 1 damage from the arrow, but he also received 1,000 physical damage from falling down 10 meters from the sky!

After successfully surviving the blast, Hundred Shots immediately returned to his position and resumed his attacks.

90%.

"Master Waller! Help me!" Winny screeched.

An instant replied could be heard from the castle. Followed closely with a loud roar.

"My love! I'll make sure you'll be out of harm's way!"

'Ding! Winny has gained Master Waller's Roar. Attack will be increased by 500%. Effect takes place after 10 seconds!'

After the boss gained the buff, Jenny the wife cried out angrily. "Waller! I'll come home and strangle you myself!"

She walked a few steps and was trapped in ice again.

Without Zhang Yang needing to order, everyone turned their target and started to crush the ice.

With haste, Jenny was freed from the ice and shot an arrow to dispel the attack buff on Winny again.

"Damn you! DAMN YOU! I WILL KILL YOU! I WILL KILL YOU, BITCH!" Winny screamed from the top her lungs angrily. She quickly drew her bow and shot an arrow towards Wei Yan Er. The red heart-shaped arrowhead pierced into Wei Yan Er's body.

'Ding! Player Drizzler received the effect Mad Love!'

Unable to control her character, Wei Yan Er turned to Jenny and ran towards her.

Provoke!

Zhang Yang casted Provoke and Cripple Defense on her. He quickly turned his sword back toward the boss. He would only need to temporary pull Wei Yan Er's aggro. Once the effect wore off, she would regain control.

Mad Love effect duration was 12 seconds. Every passing second would increase its aggro towards Jenny. To counter this skill, a tank was needed to control the character's aggro. Zhang Yang purposely chose the low damage and high aggro skill to cast on Drizzler, to prevent killing her before she could regain her character's control.

Still, Wei Yan Er could see that Zhang Yang was dealing damage to her and screamed. "Noob tank! A little lighter, would you?! I'm being killed here, you villainous bastard!" 12 seconds went past, and she recovered with her HP reduced by only 1,000 points or so.

The boss then repeatedly used Rain of Fire, Explosion Arrow and repeated the cycle over and over again.

80%, 70%, 60%!

The battle went on smoothly without any hiccup, and Zhang Yang deepened his understanding to the phrase "One must not fear the godly strength of the enemy, but the imbecile and incompetent partner in battle". He would never invite any player that he doubted into his party! He could not sacrifice quality over quantity to fill in the slots!

40%, 30%, 20%...

With every 10% HP lost, Jenny the wife provoked the boss, creating a lover's conflict scene, like those typical soap operas!

14%, 13%, 12%, 11%, 10%!

'Ding! Winny has gained Transformation effect. Attack interval has been reduced by 20%. Attack have been increased by 20%!'

Winny suddenly roared to the sky. Her body started to grow larger, tearing apart the maid uniform, revealing the furry body of a huge werewolf. She stood slightly higher than of a regular man. Her fangs were sharp and pale, carrying a terrifying and intense killing intent.

"Haha! I wonder what would Master Waller think when he sees you in this ugly form!" said Jenny coldly.

Winny could not speak or say anything at all. After transforming into a werewolf, she lost control of her verbal ability, being able to only huff and puff.

"F*ck! What the hell! How could a pretty sexy woman like her turn into an ugly beast?! Ahh... this is bad! I think I'm going to have a nightmare tonight!" Initially, Fatty Han wanted to think about Winny's voluptuous breasts when he wanted to whack the stick, but that idea was completely blown off when he saw her turning into a beast.

Even though the boss had turn to a frightening beast, it did not stop her from her fate. After only a minute, she wailed and was defeated.

As soon as the boss fell, Winny returned to her human form. She was practically naked with her private parts hidden underneath thin broken pieces of cloth, though her snow white legs and the shape of her breasts could be clearly seen.

Jenny laughed coldly and turned towards the castle.

"What the f-f-f*ck!" Fatty Han could not help but cry out with saliva drooling down his lips when he saw her "naked" form. "I take back what I said about her. This boss died with a bang!"

"Hehehe! I don't think we could bring the little brat into this dungeon anymore. This dungeon should be tagged 18-SX!" Zhang Yang laughed.

Wei Yan Er bit her lips and said, "Hey! Every day is an 18-SX moment when I wake my cousin up in the morning!"

In a split second, Zhang Yang, Hundred Shots, and Fatty Han all turned to look at Han Yin Xue, imagining her on her bed sleeping, with her blanket knocked off to the floor, wearing nothing but her panties...What a breath-taking scene indeed.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Han Yin Xue crack her fingers and screamed at the guys. "All three of you must really love for me to pluck your balls off, don't you?"

"Hahahahahaha! Good one! Open the corpse!" Wei Yan Er seemed to be enjoying her time.

[Sword belonged to Winny's Lover] (Gray-Silver, One handed sword)

Weapon attack: 310-362

Attack interval: 2.8 seconds

DPS: 120

Level 1 slot

Level 1 slot

Equipment Skill: Grants Lifesteal effect on the next 3 attacks, restoring the same amount of HP. Last for 10 seconds or 3 strikes.

Cooldown time: 3 minutes.

Level requirement: 30

Note: This sword was a gift by the Defense Army Captain Lothar! Dear, this sword represents our everlasting love!

"F*ck! What kind of mess is this? This is much worse than the 8:00pm TV drama show!" Fatty Han sighed.

"Not bad for a cheating boss!"

There was no other Defender, Guardian, nor Bandit in the party, so the item automatically went to Zhang Yang. In fact, he could get the item if he wanted to; he would just voice it out and no one will object him.

After equipping the new sword, Zhang Yang used a [Level 2 Whetstone] and increased its attack power, raising to (597 - 649) x 110%. The 110% extra damage due to the 5 set equipment he was wearing.

[Small Sack of Gold]

Use: Open to obtain Winny's personal savings.

"Mine! Gimme!" Wei Yan Er cried.

A tiny fight broke out between the two cousins but was eventually won over by Han Yin Xue with 78 points while Wei Yan Er only got 44 points. Han Yin Xue smiled from ear to ear when she obtained the 17 gold coins. On the other hand, Wei Yan Er was wielding her weapon and tip toed towards the boss, trying to imitate Jenny to do something to her sister.

"Was that all?"

They picked up another 88 silver coins and 4 pieces of [Cotton Cloth]. The corpse disappear after.

"Let's move on!" Zhang Yang said. "With the current Level 20 set equipment, no one was willing to swap their equipment for any helmet, chestplate, boots, or anything else that this Level 30 dropped! Why? Because it will break the set equipment and its effect would not activate. Still, the developer was smart enough to raise the equipment stats! If they want to have players raiding this dungeon, they would have to let the boss to drop some random equipment. The quantity is just few enough for the players to enjoy! However, this way was much better. Originally, rings and necklaces could only be farmed at hidden bosses or field bosses. However, these items can now be found in this dungeon as well! Think of it as a reimbursement!"

Rings and necklaces drop rates were extremely low. Majority of players would still wear the accessories obtained from the Level 10 dungeon. There were players who did not even wear them; leaving their accessories slot empty!

"What's next, boss?" Han Yin Xue asked since she was born to be a directional idiot.

"It's a circle! It does not matter if we go upwards or downwards. We could just circle around the garden and we will encounter the other 3 bosses." Even though Zhang Yang may have said that, he still followed his habit of turning left, following counter clockwise.

There were many minions along the way. After clearing waves of them, the minions changed from a cute maids to large, well-built men. All of them looked like the gardeners of the dungeon, trimming trees and cutting grass before they jumped at Zhang Yang when the party approached them.

[Tough Gardener] (Elite)

Level: 32

HP: 50,000

Still, no matter how strong the minions were, they were unable to survive the attacks by the monster-like party! As Zhang Yang proceed further into the garden, they found the second boss right in front of them.

Standing right beside a huge Red Pine Tree, was a man in his 30's, trimming the branches of the tree by a stool. The scenery was beautiful, as if it was taken directly out of a painting.

[Laxus the Gardener] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 34

HP: 800k

"Ahem!" Zhang Yang cleared his throat, signaling another long explanation.

"This boss doesn't have a super strong skill that requires attention. He would randomly cast fire pits on the field during the battle, and you will receive DoT damage when you step on it! You would need to occasionally check the ground and avoid it. However, the boss does have a chaotic skill that would cause us to run around. At that moment, there would be a large chance for anyone us to run into the fire pit. This boss' main challenge lies on the healer, but we won't have to worry since we have Little Snow the Super Healer! With her, any boss would be as simple as tofu.

There was one point that Zhang Yang had skipped, which was the powerful physical attack. However, since he had the 2 second cool down Block which he could activate any time he want, and if needed, he could activate Shield Wall any time as well. There was no reason to be afraid of his attacks anymore! The best bosses to fight with were the ones that had ultra-high attacks but super-slow attack intervals! He would only need to master the timing to activate Block and he could basically be free from any damage throughout the entire battle!

That was why the nerfing of Block was a huge deal. If it wasn't, all dungeons would be as easy as pressing a button!

Since Zhang Yang had gained so many extra skill points to invest in the skill, he needed to take this chance before the patch to make use of this skill!

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"Little Snow, I'm counting on you!" Zhang Yang rushed towards the boss to start the battle.

"Argh! What a bunch of rude bastards! Look at what you've done to my garden! Oh... my Crescent Moon Flower..." He suddenly stopped talking. The face that the party saw was filled with malice and anger, they could feel the burning rage emanating from him. Laxus lowered the giant scissors in his hand and jumped off the stool. As he approached the party with the anger of a thousand angry men, his face, bulging with blood vessels that looked like they would burst at any time, looked frightening as hell.

"You will pay for your impudent behavior!"

Shush! The boss used Charge to dash towards Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang used Charge as well, taking him head on. He screamed, "Don't start anything yet, I haven't gotten a hold on his aggro!"

As the both of them slammed against each other, the boss remained unscathed while Zhang Yang was stunned for 2 seconds.

'-2,137!'

Laxus struck Zhang Yang furiously, dealing extreme damage to him. As circumstances would have it, the boss did not circle around to hit him from behind, lest the attack would have not been absorbed by the shield, and he would have taken an additional 200 damage!

Once Zhang Yang recovered he had lost more than half of his HP. The Rage he gained filled up, enabling him to chain his skills.

"Attack now!"

Cripple Defense!

'-278!' Cripple Defense.

'-664!' Normal attack.

'-2,546!' Horizontal Sweep critical strike.

'-1,388!' Destructive Smash.

The skills casted was almost continuous without any pause in between them. If a warrior had enough Rage, the burst damage would not be any weaker than Thief; even more so if the warrior was a Berserker, since the weapons they wielded were two-handed weapons with slower attack intervals. Their attack power was devastating high and their skills damage were much higher than a dual-wield Thief. In any PK fight, if a Berserker was able to chain their skills, they could easily kill off any class!

"Damn boy! That damage is just too much!" Fatty Han cried.

Zhang Yang shook his head. "That was the reason I wanted you to complete the S-level difficulty class quest! This is WAI1!"

"WAI you mother! Don't go all western with me! I hate in-ge-ri-su!"

Wei Yan Er could only stare at Zhang Yang with envy. Her weapon was a two handed weapon, her normal attack alone was far stronger than Zhang Yang. If she could get her hands on a 200% melee damage skill, her total attack power would increase drastically!

However, the little kid was quickly discouraged. The S-level difficulty quest was just too difficult for her. She had been an impatient and drastic little kid, not having the persistence to slowly kill off the monster in her quest!

"Hey! Noob tank! Why don't you help me complete my class quest?" Wei Yan Er nudged Zhang Yang.

"I can't. The quest can only be done by the character alone. Even if you bring me in, the system will automatically deny you entry to the quest zone since this has to be done alone!" If this wasn't the case, he would have naturally helped everyone in the party to complete their S-level difficulty quest for them to obtain the best possible outcome!

"You can use my account!" said Wei Yan Er with a smug look on her face, staring at him with a patronizing look.

"...Young lady, pray tell, how do I log into your account?"

"I'll lend you my gaming helmet! You could use my helmet to log into my account!" Wei Yan Er frowned. "How could you be our team captain when you're this dumb?!"

"BUAHAHAHAHA!"

Everyone laughed.

This little brat was oblivious to the existence of brain waves and the fact that developers had used this scientific phenomenon to bind each account to their respective owners. It did not help that she could blatantly criticize Zhang Yang with a smug on her face.

"Insolent pest! I will burn you alive!" The boss roared. Fiery pits started to roar to life on the ground. The skill was similar to that of Bangar Crypt's third boss.

Everyone started moving around to evade the fire.

Han Yin Xue immediately casted Regeneration on everyone. She kept Holy Shield for later use.

"Tremble in the presence of my powers!" Laxus the Gardener let of a thunderous roar that rivaled the sound of actual thunder! A skull appeared above everyone's head.

'Ding! Laxus the Gardener had used Mad Fear. Lasts for 6 seconds!'

Everyone started to run around randomly in all directions, unable to control their own character. Some were screaming, some were cowering while others ran into the fire in the midst of their haphazard running.

[On Fire: Receive 800 Fire damage every 3 seconds, for 15 seconds.

'-2,337!'

Laxus dealt another powerful attack, immediately forcing some to recover from the Mad Fear. This skill could be dispelled early before the stipulated duration if a player took damage. The higher the damage, the faster you could recover.

The boss pupils glowed red and the huge scissors in his hands skewered through the air towards Zhang Yang.

'Ding! Laxus the Gardener has used Piercing Blade!'

Block!

Zhang Yang could not afford to receive any damage since the healer Han Yin Xue was still on the floor cowering.

With no healer, Zhang Yang had to resort to the skills he had at hand.

Zoom!

Zhang Yang activated the sword skill effect. The sword gave off a blood red glow and Zhang Yang quickly attacked the boss with all his highest attack skill.

'-1428!' Destructive Smash.

'1429!'

'-1399!' Horizontal Sweep.

'1399!'

'-657!' Normal attack.

'657!'

Zhang Yang activated Lifesteal and completely recovered all his HP in an instance.

6 seconds passed and the effect of Mad Fear had worn off. Everyone returned to their positions and attacked. Little Snow begun to heal the party.

As expected of Han Yin Xue the Super Healer. With only a few healing spells, she had healed everyone till full health.

"It's time for an IQ test!" Fatty Han cried.

"Hahaha! With your level of intelligence! What kind of questions can you ask? For 3 year old? 5 year old?"

Everyone was calm. Even after the commotion, none of them had lost their composure.

Fatty Han scoffed. "Haha! It shall be for 7 years old and above!"

"Come! Give it to us!"

"Here's the situation. There were two men and two women stranded on an inhabited island. They waited for a rescue but there were no boats passing by! Now, it was hopeless to just wait there so they wanted to do something to pass the time; to have an orgy in the middle of the night!"

"...Fatty, are you giving us an IQ question, or are you just trying to show off your perverted-ness?"

"Hey! At least listen to what I have to say!"

"Finish it then..."

"Hmm. Hmm. Here is the problem. But they cannot just do it since they might spread STD! So, everyone started to find some rubber! But here's the real problem! Both of them wanted to have a two-way so, here's the question for you guys! What could they do to make sure everyone stays safe?"

"Fatty Han!" Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er screamed at Fatty Han through their teeth. Sun Xin Yu on the other side was only focused on attacking the boss with no visible changes to her expression.

Zhang Yang and Hundred Shots on the other hand were not at all offended by such indecent topics. In fact, they were actually taking the problem seriously, racking their brains.

After some time, Zhang Yang laughed. He said, "I know the answer!"

"Hey idiot! If you ever think of saying anything to corrupt my Yan Er, I'll personally smash your face in!" warned Han Yin Xue.

Zhang Yang laughed even louder. He then said, "Alright, how do I put this delicately...Ah hah! Gloves! Man A puts on glove number 1 and then puts number 2 gloves over glove number 1! He will then erhm...hold hands with Girl A. After that, he will take off glove number 1 and hold Girl B's hands. Man B will then put on glove number 2 and hold Girl B's hand. After putting on glove number 1 and holds Girl A's hand."

"Woah there stud! Looks like my Little Yang here has the potential to be a cheating bastard!" Fatty Han laughed.

"Alright! Enough with gloves, focus on the boss!"

Laxus tried to hit Zhang Yang with his powerful attack but Zhang Yang utilized his Block that only needed 2 seconds to cooldown to completely turn himself invulnerable to the boss. Even after changing into his wolf form, Laxus was unable to endure the party's immense firepower and fell defeated after a short while.

"Phew...In my own humble opinion, I think that so far, of all the bosses we've encountered in Hardcore Mode, this was the easiest!" said Hundred Shots.

Zhang Yang smiled without commenting. The only reason he could say that was because of Zhang Yang's unparalleled skills as a tank and a Guardian. If anyone else could replace him, and have more a than 5 second cooldown time for his Block, Hundred Shots would quickly change his mind..

"Time for the spoils!" Wei Yan Er walked up and opened the corpse.

[Gardener's Proposal Ring] (Gray-Silver, Ring)

Vitality: 15

Intelligence: 15

Use: Increase Magic critical by 2%

Level requirement: 30

Everyone exchanged looks.

"How much of a slut could this Winny be?!" Fatty Han sighed.

"She could have everyone in this garden falling for her!"

"I'm telling you. Not even the TV series in Taiwan about family drama could be as complicated as this! Winny could even be eligible for the mainland's *ahem* romantic action movie!"

"Attention to all bosses in the Garden! Please put on safety GLOVES when SHAKING hands with Jenny. . and put a few more on over it just in case! You don't want to contract any HANDS disease!"

The three guys joked around and laughed heartily. Even guys could gossip sometimes. However, their jokes were wasted on Han Yin Xue as she rolled her eyes, while Sun Xin Yu remained stoic and unfazed.

The ring automatically fell into Han Yin Xue's hands. She put it on and gained a slight increase in stats.

[Smithing Recipe: Garden Scissors]

Use: Teaches you how to make a [Garden Scissors]

Requirement: Amateur Smithing.

"Is this...bad? Or good?"

"Don't mind that first. Just roll the dice and use it!"

The only players in the party who had learned Smithing were Wei Yan Er and Zhang Yang. Both of them rolled and Wei Yan Er obtained the item. She quickly patted it lovingly.

[Garden Scissors] (Special Item)

Item description: Allows an extra 1% success rate to harvest an additional herb during harvesting.

Requirement: Herbalism.

"Hmm...this is good. Sort of. Additional herbs are like additional minerals, they are considered to be rare items. Farmers would love them. Little brat, you should start making a bunch of this item and sell it. You might not earn a fortune but at least you can raise your mastery level with this recipe. Talk about killing 2 birds with 1 stone!" said Zhang Yang.

Wei Yan Er did not look like she heard him. She did love the concept of getting rich, but she had no patience for it. She would have died of boredom if she was somehow forced to sit down, making items for days like Zhang Yang did.

"Let's get a move on!"

"Hehehe...I have another IQ test for you lots!"

"Shut up!"

1WAI- In the conversation, Zhang Yang used English language in his speech. WAI = Why.

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Chapter 104: Defense Army Captain Lothar

The party continued circling the garden in counter-clockwise. As they moved on, the minions they encountered were slowly transitioning from simple gardeners to full-on werewolves.

[Werewolf Guard] (Elite)

Level: 34

HP: 50,000

These type of monsters were technically stronger, as they had healing abilities which could heal them by 20,000 HP in one spell. However, Zhang Yang countered their healing with his Destructive Smash, reducing their healing amount down to 5,000 HP.

As they cleared all the monsters along the way, they obtained 4 Black-Steel equipment, and a bunch of [Cotton Cloth].

They arrived at the third boss after 10 minutes.

[Defense Army Captain Lothar]

Level: 34

HP: 800k

"Little Yang, are we doing this fast enough? Or are we falling behind?" Fatty Han was worried that they could not obtain the First Clear Achievement as they had been fighting for at least an hour.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry about us. I'm sure by now the other parties are still getting themselves killed over and over again at the entrance where the butler is. They do not know that they are supposed to kill the other bosses first.

This was one of Zhang Yang's best perks in being reborn. In his previous life, Mark the Butler had killed every single exploration team that had entered, continuously, for two days! So, in protest, those "victims" complained on the official forums, claiming that the developers had placed an undefeatable boss to stop players from advancing! However, the officials only responded by saying that everything has gone as planned and asked them to carefully think outside the box. After that, players returned to the dungeon to fight and when they could not endure it anymore, they tried skipping the first boss to fight the other bosses first. In the end, they had found out that every boss taken out reduced the butler's HP and attack. They had unintentionally found the secret to defeating the boss, swiftly claiming the First Clear Achievement.

You could say that the hardest part of the dungeon was to find out which boss to fight first!

When everyone heard Zhang Yang's explanation, everyone grinned evilly. Even Sun Xin Yu the Ice Queen curled the edges of her lips. It was a pity that no one could see her completely covered face.

"Alright! Now, it is time for me to explain the attack plan!" Zhang Yang clapped his hands together for everyone's attention.

"This boss has a hidden ability, to transform into a "Grandmother Wolf"!"

"Grandmother... wolf? As in, the story of the little red riding hood?"

"Exactly! During the period of that form, he will ignore whoever that's holding aggro, and start chasing after a random player! This goes on until the skill's effects end, or when the unfortunate player gets killed. The selected player will turn into 'little red riding hood'. You will not be able to use any skills at all! The only option is to run for your life!"

Han Yin Xue raised an eye brow and asked. "I'm guessing that the player's movement speed will be slower than the boss."

"Correct!" Zhang Yang nodded. "That is why everyone needs to attack the boss, and stand in his path at the same time. We must try our best to slow the boss down by blocking his way! In that form, the boss will have a fixed 3,000 attack damage which will not be effected by defense value. That attack comes once every 2 seconds. There's no chance for us to heal or to tank the damage head on. Not even two healers could heal that amount in time!"

"Other than that 'red riding hood' transfiguration, the other skills in his arsenal are mostly meant for the tank. You guys need not worry when it comes to that!"

"Now that everyone knows how easy this is..." Zhang Yang unsheathed his sword and prepared to charge, but before he could finish his hanging sentence, Wei Yan Er screamed "Haha! Go! Go! Let's go!"

Zhang Yang sighed. He ignored Wei Yan Er and dashed forward.

"Guards! Guards! Intruder alert!" Lothar looked around. When he could not find any other backup coming to him, he got angry and shouted as he dashed to greet Zhang Yang. "A bunch of lazy bastards! I'll come back later to flay your skin!"

The battle started.

Lothar was a dual wielding, physical attack monster. He wielded shiny white axes in each of his hands. His attack rate was rather fast, causing Zhang Yang's Block effectiveness to drop tremendously, as he could only block half of the attacks. However with that speed, the attack power was also lowered. His attacks could inflict about 1,000 damage to Zhang Yang, which was nothing more than 1 healing spell for Han Yin Xue.

97%, 96%, 95%...

"Frost Night! I'll sink my teeth into your lovely neck!" Lothar roared to the sky and immediately turned into a gray colored werewolf.

Poof!

Sun Xin Yu turned into a little girl with a red cape, a red hood, and a little bamboo basket in her hands.

'Ding! Defense Army Captain Lothar had used Run! Little Red Riding Hood!'

'Ding! Player Frost Night had received Little Red Riding Hood Transformation. Last for 30 seconds!'

"Run! Run now!"

Sun Xin Yu turned around and ran away as fast as she could.

Lothar's werewolf transformation only took about 1 second. He jumped off his hind paws and started to chase after Sun Xin Yu. However, the moment the boss took his first step, Zhang Yang quickly shifted and blocked off his route. When the skill Run! Little Red Riding Hood was in effect, the boss would only be fixed on chasing after the targeted "Little Red Riding Hood". If anyone were to stand in front of him, blocking his path, the boss would have to move around the player to proceed, delaying his time in reaching the target.

"Could we just stand around the boss to block him completely?" Han Yin Xue thought that it would be a better idea.

"No, we can't do that. If the boss could not track any paths to move on, he will jump and close the distance to his target instantly!"

Zhang Yang tried his best to block the boss path while trying to maintain his DPS on the boss.

This round, it all depended on the capability of the targeted player. Fatty Han would most definitely fail this. He could not keep up with Sun Xin Yu's pattern of running. Her path was mostly based on the boss's own movement she managed to stay behind the boss, keeping him circling endlessly. Hundred Shots and Han Yin Xue performed quite well while Wei Yan Er was even better than the both of them. She was almost on the same level as Zhang Yang!

"Not bad little brat!" Zhang Yang complimented.

"Hehe! When I was a kid, I was always good at playing the game 'Eagle catching the chicken'!" said Wei Yan Er happily.

"When you were a kid? That must have only been a few days back!" Zhang Yang laughed wildly.

"Stupid! Idiot! GYAA!" Wei Yan Er cried out in anger. "Ask my cousin if you don't believe me!"

"Oh. That's right, she had not been playing this game for a while now!" Han Yin Xue suddenly giggled. "For at least 10 days I think!"

At first Wei Yan Er nodded her head in agreement with her cousin's statement before her could hear the other half of it. But when the other half followed, she cried out and scolded, "Han Yin Xue! What are you blabbering about! I'll poke your tits later!"

30 seconds later, Lothar regained his human form and resumed the initial state of aggro prior to his transformation, attacking Zhang Yang first.

After a short fight; the boss only lost 4% HP before he used Run! Little Red Riding Hood for another 30 seconds. This time, the selected player was Han Yin Xue. She froze, like a deer caught between headlights, before stiffly turning around to run, her quarrel with Wei Yan Er completely forgotten.

Wei Yan Er was ecstatic! She did not even bother to block the boss. She only ran after the boss excitedly, hacking at its rear end like a slavedriver. "Haha! HIAH! Go! Wolf! Faster! Bite her! Hahaha! Bite her head off!"

Han Yin Xue ran like a madwoman, shrilly screaming at Wei Yan Er. "Stupid little brat! The next time you get turned into the red riding hood, don't expect me to heal you!"

"BLEH~~" Wei Yan Er stuck her tongue out, pulling down one of her lower eye lids to Han Yin Xue.

The boss would use this skill every 30 seconds or so. This battle had turned from a trading of blows into a game of tag.

80%, 70%, 60%... the boss HP dropped gradually and when the skill was activated for the fifth time, the unlucky player was Fatty Han!

Transforming into a little girl, Fatty Han ran haphazardly like a wild chicken, without looking out for the boss. It wasn't long before his random running sent him smacking into the boss!

Bang! Bang! Boom!

Since Hunters did not have any attack reduction skill, and even if they did, Fatty Han was locked out from activating it! Han Yin Xue could not heal him in time and Fatty Han was killed off instantly.

'Ding! Player Slim and Handsome had died!'

"Stupid Fatty! It's time for you to lose some weight!"

"Haha! It's useless for him to lose weight! He actually bumped into the boss! GAHAHAHAHA! It's so funny!"

Everyone laughed.

However, Zhang Yang was the only one who sighed quietly. Fatty Han's skills and capabilities were not as good as the real professionals. As the difficulty of dungeons went higher, his performance would suffer even further. He had been performing well in the past dungeon since it was only a race of attacking. But now that dungeons involved moving strategically or other dungeon gimmicks, he would not be able to keep up with the difficulty!

Furthermore, his incompetence was becoming more prevalent. So far, the party consisted of people like Hundred Shots and Sun Xin Yu. These were future superstars. Han Yin Xue had already easily beaten the S-level difficulty quest while Wei Yan Er's performance was not as consistent. However, she could easily be among the professionals with a little bit of training. While everyone else was improving, Fatty Han was the only one who was lagging behind. If this continued, Fatty Han alone could single-handedly drag the entire team down with him!

Zhang Yang recalled his earlier epiphany today: "One must not fear the godly strength of the enemy, but the useless imbeciles and incompetent partners in battle!" Even if everyone was happily laughing and playing along with each other now, the moment Fatty Han showed signs of being the weak link of the party, people would inevitably start to have negative thoughts of him! Once it would drag on longer, the team would literally be split apart! Since Fatty Han was a prideful man, he could make a mess out of it!

What can I do about it?

Zhang Yang cracked his head to think of a solution and had finally found one. He would find a perfect opportunity to have Fatty Han lead another team!

40%, 30%, 20%!

With Fatty Han dead, the boss HP reduced slower but it was still steady. Technically, there was no time limit to kill a boss. The party could merely consist of a tank and a healer to clear this boss.

After 3 minutes, the boss fell lifeless.

After being revived by Han Yin Xue, Fatty Han walked over to the boss and kicked it furiously.

The boss had been picking out players randomly but why he was the only person who died when he was picked!? This infuriated him so.

"Pervy Fatty! You are such a noob!" Wei Yan Er spoke out directly.

Zhang Yang noted her statement, and attempted to divert the topic, "Little brat, if you're not opening the corpse, I'm moving on now!"

"Ah! Wait! I'll open it now!" Distracted, Wei Yan Er ignored Fatty Han and quickly headed to the boss.

[Waverly Heart] (Gray-Silver, Necklace)

Vitality: 15

Dexterity: 15

Equip effect: Increase Take Aim damage by 50%

Level requirement: 30

Note: "Lothar, my love to you is as deep as the ocean!" by Chief Butler Mark!

"WHAT THE F*CK! WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ?!" Fatty Han screamed at the top of his lungs.

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Chapter 105: Young Master Wrath

"What on earth is happening?!"

"There's even a Brokeback Mountain dude here too!"

"A cheating woman, and the star of Brokeback Mountain! This is even better than that TV drama at 8pm!"

With a serious look on his face, Zhang Yang said: "I'll say. It's harder to sort out their relationship than to actually fight them in battle!"

Judging from the attributes of the ring, Hunters and Thieves could both benefit from it. However, Take Aim was a Hunter's Skill, so the special effect within would not be triggered if given to a Thief. Therefore, it would make perfect sense that the ring go to either Hundred Shots or Fatty Han.

[Recipe: Dwarf Potion]

Use: Teaches you to make the Dwarf Potion.

Requirement: Amateur Alchemist.

As Zhang Yang was the only Alchemist among the group of six, naturally, no one would want to have the item. Zhang Yang pocketed the item and posted the properties of the Dwarf potion for all to view.

[Dwarf Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Incredible! You have turned into a dwarf! Effect last for 3 minutes.

Cooldown time: 10 minutes.

Level requirement: 10.

"It does not seem to have great effects, but it's definitely great for entertainment purposes!" Zhang Yang laughed.

"It seems fun! Noob tank, please make a few hundred for me!" said Wei Yan Er, greedily assuming that Zhang Yang would actually do that.

Zhang Yang laughed dramatically before replying, "I think that you need a Growth Potion instead of a Dwarf Potion!"

"What! Why would you say that! Gyaaah! I'll kill you myself!" snarled Wei Yan Er furiously.

The party then continued forward unto their journey to locate the last boss.

Along the way, the number of minions increased. Zhang Yang found it annoying to kill them off one by one. Thus, he decided to just kite them all at once. Instantly, he dragged around 20 monsters and killed them. Under the attack of so many monsters, Zhang Yang's set equipment effect triggered so quickly that it rivaled even a healer!

Zhang Yang had been "One Straight Flushing" the monsters for 3 times and before they finally arrived at the fourth boss area.

This time, it was not just one boss in the arena, but five of them! One big boss, surrounded by 4 mini-bosses. Yes, this time, the Boss was a 20-year-old youth, surrounded by four beautiful, enchanting maidens. The lad appeared to be most contented.

[Young Master Wrath] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 34

HP: 400,000

The four maidens were Victoria, Emma, Merainy and Melanie, all Level 32, with 100, 000 HP respectively!

"The number of the enemies, seem a little bit more than we expected!" Han Yin Xue stared intently at Zhang Yang with narrowed eyes, "Can you handle them?"

"Little Yang, pretty Little Snow is suspecting your capabilities! Hahaha!" Fatty Han laughed.

Without any comeback for Fatty Han, Zhang Yang simply shook his head and said, "They may seem to have upper hand on numbers, however, we do not have to face them head on! The Boss does not have any skills of his own. Our main focus should be on the four maidens, each of them possess a unique skill. If any one of them dies first, the Boss will acquire the skill of the fallen maiden, healing 25% of his health points at the same time! Furthermore, the Boss will have 200% of the skill effects he acquired! But, the Boss will only be able to acquire 3 skills. When the forth maiden dies, the Boss will abandon the first skill he acquired."

"So... we should take care of the boss first?" Hundred Shots asked immediately.

"No!" Zhang Yang shot down the suggestion, and explained further. "The Boss would instantly gain invincibility when he has 1% HP left if we attack him without taking out the four maidens first. The Boss would be undefeatable! "

"Then we can only take care of the little ones first?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yang nodded, "But, we have to bear in mind that the sequence of the skills the boss acquired will determine the difficulty of the Boss battle, because each of the maidens possess different type of skills. Victoria is a healer, giving the Boss a boost of 10,000 HP for every three seconds. Emma is a Spellcaster with the Chain Lightning Skill. She can cast her skill every two seconds, hitting up to four targets at a time. The first hit would do 500 damage, before jumping to the next target, which is reduced to 400 damage, and so on. Merainy deals physical attacks with Bleeding effects that makes her target bleed, inflicting 1,000 damage every two seconds. Melanie also deals physical attacks, but with a different effect known to be the Traumatize. This skill basically does not pose any threat to the enemy. Only one negative effect is forced onto the target. When the target has the Bleeding effect, the target would receive 50% more damage!"

On second thought, Zhang Yang did not want his party members to be too dependable on him, so unlike his usual procedure of laying out a strategy after his briefings he remained silent this time. After all, Zhang Yang only got to Level 179 in his previous life, not to mention that there were more dungeons with higher difficulties to be challenged in the future. If the party members never start thinking up battle strategies, Zhang Yang was certain that it would be a disaster by then.

"So what do you guys think? Who do we start on first then?"

"We take down the healer first! Healing once gives it 10,000 HP, and it would become 20,000 HP when the Boss acquires it. So we should force the Boss to abandon this skill in the end by the time the maidens are dead!" Fatty Han seemed confident in his decision.

"Hmm." Hundred Shots nodded to agree with Fatty Han.

Well, it is a common strategy to take out the healer first.

"Take out Merainy first, then Melanie!" Sun Xin Yu cut in. She fell silent soon after as they turned to her.

Wei Yan Er clasped her hands together in agreement, "True, either Merainy or Melanie should be taken out first, and leave one of them to be killed last. The Bleeding effect increases 100% damage every time it is cast. If one skill is stacked one with another, it would be 4,000 HP lost in a single tick. Any more stacks than that would kill off our noob tank!"

Zhang Yang silently agreed. To take down this Boss, the most important thing was to prevent the Boss from having both Bleeding and Traumatize skills. Otherwise, any tank below Level 40 would never make it!

Han Yin Xue joined in and said, "Melainie's Traumatize alone could not do much damage to as compared to the Bleeding effect that Merainy has. So letting the Boss acquire the skill for a bit longer will not become a problem for us!"

"Fatty and Hundred Shots, both of you are not seeing the big picture! Hahaha!" Zhang Yang laughed hard. "Indeed, we should kill both Merainy and Melanie, either first or last. Killing Merainy first would be a bit easier then killing Melanie first!"

Wei Yan Er was pleased with her idea being recognized by Zhang Yang. She made a funny looking face at Fatty Han and Hundred Shots, and she giggled.

"Take out Merainy first, and then we take out Emma, then the healer Victoria. We should leave Melanie as the last to kill!" Zhang Yang made a final statement before letting the party rush into battle.

"The healing spell can be interrupted, so, those who have their interruption skills ready to cast, just do it! Better than none!"

Zhang Yang unsheathed his sword. "Little Snow, cast a shield on me. I'm going in!"

Han Yin Xue waved her hand, casting Holy Shield on Zhang Yang. A translucent magical shield appeared on his character.

Zhang Yang charged forward, in just an instant, he was already within the aggro range of those monsters!

"Assassins! Assassins are here! Protect the Young Master!" The four maidens cried out loud, charging towards Zhang Yang.

As the distance got closer, Zhang Yang activated Charge and dashed toward Merainy. With a full swing of his sword, he dealt a damage of 578. As his Rage gauge increased to 41, he swept his Horizontal Sweep outwardly, inflicting a series damage that exceeded a thousand damage.

Even though they have seen it many times, everyone would still be lost in awe of his devastating melee combo.

"That skill is just too strong! 200% melee damage with area effect! That's insane!"

"Wuwuwu. Noob tank, I want to use Horizontal Sweep too!" Wei Yen Er cried out.

Zhang Yang used Block, quickly following up with Thunder Strike, locking on the aggro. After that, he turned his focus to Melanie. He stacked five layers of Cripple Defense and a series of Destructive Strike to reduce the healing rate.

Victoria had no physical attacks. When the battle commenced, she first healed Young Master Wrath and then she turned towards Merainy, healing her like no tomorrow.

Pow pow pow!

Every other monster landed their attacks on Zhang Yang. Chain Lightning, Bleeding, with a number of additional melee attacks lit up the battle. However, the damages from the minions were weaker, and since the Boss was known as a spoiled young master who did not possess any skills of his own, his attacks were as weak as the other monsters. There was nothing to worry about.

Everyone else locked their target at Merainy and attacked with everything they had!

Zhang Yang intentionally did not remind the party about interrupting the healer. The three party members with the skills to interrupt did not disappoint Zhang Yang, as they had already discussed on the chain of order on whose turn was it when it came to interrupting. The interruption started with Fatty Han as the first, secondly by Hundred Shots, followed by Sun Xin Yu.

All skills involved had the effect to interrupt, however, it was clear to see the difference of skill levels and the experience among the party members through the manner and the timing of their skills.

Fatty Han used his skills to interrupt the moment he saw the healer starting to cast the healing spell; on the other hand, Hundred Shots waited for the maiden's progress bar to be half-filled before he interrupted, while Sun Xin Yu would interrupt at the exact moment when Victoria finish reading the spell.

The three of them had different senses.

It did not matter if it was Silencing Shot or Low Kick, the effects were similar. The targets would be interrupted from casting their spells, making them unable to cast their spells again for the next three seconds!

As it took 3 seconds for Victoria to chant the spell before casting it, Fatty Han only managed to delay the monster from healing for 3 seconds since he interrupted almost instantly. Hundred Shots would score at least 4 seconds as he waited for Victoria to read the spell for approximately 1 second. Meanwhile, Sun Xin Yu would not only manage to counter Victoria for 3 seconds, but also causing her to waste almost 3 seconds as she interrupted after the maiden almost finished reading the spell, delaying her for up to almost 6 seconds!

Zhang Yang could not be any prouder. As expected of the Queen of Shadow Dance!

With a 75% decrease in healing effect after receiving Destructive Smash, Victoria could only heal her target by 2,500 HP. It was obvious that the healing effect was thoroughly surpassed by the damage done by Zhang Yang and his party members! With or without healing, Merainy's HP dropped as fast as an open hydrant!

After approximately 100 seconds, Merainy had finally been taken down to zero! She let out a scream, saying, "Young master, allow me to give you my last drop of blood to fulfill my loyalty to you!"

Boom!

She transformed into a pillar of light and merged into the forehead of the Young Master Wrath.

"Ding! Merainy has used Dying Loyalty!"

"Ding! The Young Master Wrath has acquired a new skill: Bleeding, and under his grief, the effect of Bleeding has increased by 100%!"

With one maiden down, the party felt the sense of urgency! With the Bleeding effect increasing by 100%, Zhang Yang would receive double the damage from Bleeding! That was 1,600 damage every tick!

Everyone stuck to the plan. They immediately turned their assaults toward Emma.

In no time, Emma suffered the same fate as Merainy.

"Young Master, allow me to offer you my last drop of blood to prove my loyalty to you!"

The similar scenario as the previous maiden unfolded, continuing with Victoria, lastly followed by Melanie.

As mentioned earlier, when the four maidens are dead, the Boss would regain 25% of his full health. So it was expected that the Young Master Wrath would be at full health again when they went up against him after all the maidens had fallen!

The Boss had 3 skills at the moment: Healing, Lightning Chain, and Traumatize.

Proceeding into stage 2, let the battle begin!

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Chapter 106: Irresistible

Translator: Zenobys

Editor: TheRealSeal

"Unforgivable Bandits! You killed all my beloved maidens! I shall rip you all into tiny pieces that even God cannot count!" Young Master Wrath let out a roar that would awaken the gods in the heavens, as his body began to increase in mass, "Plak Pak Plak", the tearing of his clothes as his body bulged out revealed that there were dark long hairs covering his entire body. The handsome, pretty boy's face instantly transformed into an enormous Werewolf!

"Ding! Engulfed by rage, Young Master Wrath transformed into his werewolf form, his attack interval decreased by 50%!"

"Rawgh --!" The Young Master Werewolf mindlessly charged towards Zhang Yang with his deadly, powerful claws. Leaving Zhang Yang with no other options, Zhang Yang back-pedaled rapidly, evading the deadly attack by a paper-thin margin. At the same instant, he swung his sword in retaliation, managing to make a scratch on the Boss.

Fatty Han decided to step up on the assault! He started to unleash his heavy skills onto the Boss!

"Rawh! Rawh! Raaawwh!" The Young Master Werewolf kept on roaring in rage, as if he was speaking in the language of the werewolves. He ceased on his melee attacks and switched to the Chain Lightning skill.

2 breaths later, he shot out a bolt of white thunder from his hands. The blazing thunder struck Zhang Yang, inflicting a damage of 800. The thunder chained next onto Sun Xin Yu, inflicting a damage of 900. The bolt leaped at Wei Yan Er, with the damage decreasing to 800. Lastly, the attack landed on Han Yin Xue, the final strike diminished to only 700.

After the chain attack, Wei Yan Er hastily cast Holy Prayer on Zhang Yang, healing him by 600 HP. She quickly did the same to the other victims of the Chain Lightning. She tossed Regeneration on the remaining players off-handedly, keeping their HP bars filled. Showing great foresight, she had reserved her Holy Shield as a last resort.

Although Young Master Wrath had indeed become mighty, spurred on by the demise of his harem, his hit points were his Achilles Heel. 400,000 hit points was simply not enough to go against Zhang Yang and his party. Phase two had only begun for about 30 seconds, and the hit points of the Boss had already been reduced to 88%!

"Rawh! Rawh! Rawh! Raawwhh!" As the Boss let out another series of intimidating roars, a progress bar appeared right below his neck! He was trying to cast Healing!

With immediate reaction, Fatty Han shot a Silencing Shot over to the Boss, interrupting the boss from chanting.

Young Master Wrath was even further enraged. He bounded towards Zhang Yang slashing wildly with his claws. He immediately switched back to chanting his Chain Lightning.

So this were the disadvantages for having multiple skills! If the Boss focused only on chanting Healing, although he cannot avoid being pushed around, he could buy himself more time! However, due to having 3 different skills in the game, the game setting has set up the Boss to use all three skills circularly!

Even if the enemies in this game had been equipped with a sophisticated AI, and Bosses acting almost humanly, the sequence was set as so! So, if the Boss was interrupted while chanting Heal, he would switch to a few melee combo attacks, and then he would use Chain Lightning, before enhancing his attacks with Traumatize. The Boss would repeat the process all over, starting from Healing again!

The whole process only takes 5 to 6 seconds long, of course.

The second cycle of Healing by the Young Master Wrath was interrupted by Hundred Shots, and the third round of Healing was interrupted by Sun Xin Yu. However, when it came to the forth cycle, Fatty Han was unable to follow up. His Silencing Shot was still under cooling down period of 9 seconds. That was it! The Boss finally got his opportunity! It was as if the Boss had been suffering from constipation for the last 6 months, and that moment of relief was torrential!

"5,000!"

It was quite a high recovery amount for the Boss. Still, the special effect of Destructive Strike had removed 75% of the healing effect, therefore, what that would have granted the boss 20,000HP only gave him 5,000HP now.

However, the healing rate of 5,000HP was already enough to take away the breaths of all the Priests and the Sacred Knights! Still, considering the fact that the Healing spell could only be triggered successfully every 30 seconds, the healing rate per second was barely over 200! The damage output from the party was over 400! His attempt to heal himself was just like pouring a cup of water into a burning cart of firewood!

The HP bar continued dropping! 70%, 60%, 50%!

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Don't hold back now! Give it all you got!" Fatty Han spammed his Beast Link at a rate that it was perpetually kept on cooldown! Relying on his Level 30 class' passive skill, the damage he gave was pretty high indeed!

"Hey Fatty, why are you so pumped up all of a sudden? Did the boss poke your ass?"

"F*k this pretty face! I only have one pretty lady on my side, and this pretty boy has, wait... had four! I won't forgive him!"

Everyone could only roll their eyes, to think that Fatty Han would be jealous of such a matter!

"Wow, Fatty is doing great... He is now the third on the damage statistics board!" Zhang Yang was surprised.

Wei Yan Er hurriedly checked on the list upon hearing that. Her jaw dropped.

[Damage Statistics]

Zhan Yu, 25%

Frost Night, 19%

Slim and Handsome, 19%

Drizzler, 19%

Hundred Shots, 18%

It made sense for Zhang Yang to be in the first place of the list, for Zhang Yang cleared a large number of weaker monsters with Horizontal Sweep and Thunder Strike during the Stage 1 battle, picking up lots of extra high damage points.

What about Sun Xin Yu? She did not use Blade Dance even once, how could she be one rank ahead? Wei Yan Er could not comprehend how.

Furthermore, Wei Yan Er managed to use Tornado Cleave for a few times during the Stage 1 battle, similarly picking up some extra damage points. However, her ranking was beaten by Sun Xin Yu, one rank above her.

At that very moment, Wei Yan Er felt the heat of adrenaline and anger, swinging her heavy mace with more gusto than ever! Her fury could not be any clearer! "You stupid Boss! I am going to crush you into pieces! Then I'll crush those pieces into pancake!"

Good camaraderie did not count anymore when it came to a competitive situation! Every party member was fighting for their pride, with no one willing to be one step back. Every point counted, as some tried to surpass the players above their ranking. Likewise, those who were ahead were equally unwilling in letting those behind them catch up!

The unfortunate werewolf boss was a collateral, caught in the midst of this internal conflict. He was beaten to the point where he could only scream miserably, hardly able to retaliate! Instead of unleashing his wrath, he became the very punching bag for everyone to unleash their ire onto.

The HP bar dropped, going down to 30%!

20%!

10%!

0%!

Finally, the last trace of HP vanished! Letting out a roar, loud and long, Young Master Wrath collapsed in an earth-shaking heap. He was finally relieved of his misery!

Looking at Damage Ranking Report again, the results were to be expected. Zhang Yang is still in the first place of the list, but his percentage of damage dealt has dropped to 22%.

Meanwhile, Sun Xin Yu was the close runner-up, with 21% of total damage dealt. Fatty Han was overtaken by Wei Yan Er, falling to rank number 4. He only managed to score 19% of the total damage dealt. Wei Yan Er managed to climb up to the third place, scoring 20% of the total damage dealt. As usual, Hundred Shots was last in the ranking report, scoring only 18% of the total damage dealt.

Everyone knew Sun Xin Yu had a well-earned reputation. The moment she changed into top-tier gears, she would become the ultimate Queen of Shadowdance that Zhang Yang vividly remembered from his past!

"Sister Sun, how could you always be so awesome?" Wei Yan Er had to ask.

Sun Xin Yu, surprisingly did not ignore her, and posted a skill description for the others to see. "When I was Level 5, I did a secret mission and I was rewarded with this skill!"

Rear Attacks: Instantly attack the target with two weapons on both hands, dealing 150% damage of both primary and secondary weapons in melee attacks. User must be behind the target. Gain two consecutive combo strikes. Requirement: Dagger. Cost: 20 Stamina. Cooldown time: 10 seconds.

With tears rolling in her eyes, Wei Yan Er complained "How come all of you guys have these skills from secret missions? Sister Sun has hers, noob tank has one, even this wretched fatty" - she pointed a shaking finger- "has one!"

"Little Yan Er, why did you have to put it that way? What do you mean that even I have one! I am almighty! Completing a few secret missions was a piece of cake!" Fatty Han boldly proclaimed.

"Hmph! I don't give a sh*t!"

"Come on, little one. It's time to look at our loot!" Zhang Yang waves his hands at Wei Yan Er.

Wei Yan Er pulled a funny face at Fatty Han, as she would always. Then, she trotted to the dead body of the Boss for the loot.

[Lovely Mantle] (Gray-Silver, Cape)

Vitality: 20

Strength: 10

Equip: Each normal attack has 10% chance to add 20 strength points for 5 seconds.

Level requirement: 30

Note: "Sewn by the four maidens thoroughly, full of their love!"

"I already have a [White Bone Cloak, you guys can go for it!" said Wei Yan Er while curling her lips.

An equipment that purely increased strength was not what a hunter or a thief would want. Therefore, Zhang Yang took the mantle without any hassle.

[The Maiden's Long Dress] (White-Wood, Cloth Armor)

Equip: Makes you into a cute maiden.

Level requirement: 1

Requirement: Female

"Holy cow! The uniform of seduction!" Fatty Han's eyes bulged at the sight of it!

Zhang Yang turned to the girls. "Would any one of you like to have it?"

Both Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er shook their heads instantly. So Zhang Yang turned to Sun Xin Yu. As expected, the woman stared at him with a cold glare, pulling her daggers halfway from their respective sheaths. "Xing!"

"You guys have no appreciation for treasure! Abandoning such a great piece of fabric!" Fatty Han shook his head dejectedly.

"Cheh! You fat shit! If you like it so much, why not wear it on your own!"

"You guys can forget it then. I can use as a gift for someone!" Since all three of the girls did not want it, Fatty Han benefited greatly from it. It was a wonder whom he would give it to. His new girlfriend, or the few so-called "Soul mates" back in the Feet Wash City? They could only wait and see.

"Finally, we have cleared the small minions, shall we move on to the final Boss then?"

"The Head Butlers of Brokeback Mountain!"

"Very witty..."

If the party went straight ahead, the distance to the final Boss would be shorter, but they would have to take on a few waves of smaller monsters. On the other hand, if they doubled back on the path they've already taken, they would need to walk further, but there won't be any pesky monsters.

After having some thoughts about it, Zhang Yang has finally decided, "It is better to take the shorter route, kill everything in our path! We would gain experience points, additional items and equipment as well!"

"And also coins!" Wei Yan Er added on.

"Yes, coins!" Zhang Yang nodded his head to express his agreement with Yan Er.

The party continued to push forward. After seven or eight waves of monsters, they arrived at the center of the garden, a plaza!

The Head of Butlers Mark remained where he was, languishing on the edge of the fountain pool, with his face filled with tranquillity, like the old aristocrat he was.

[The Head of Butlers Mack] (Gray-Silver Rank Boss)

Level: 34

HP: 1,000,000

The boss's HP had decreased considerably, comparing to the first time when they freshly stepped in. It was just about as much as the HP of Marzerway in Hardcore Mode.

Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief, "This Boss does massive damage at melee range, inflicting a debuff that decreases healing effects on tankers by 50%. So, I say we keep an eye on the level of healing while Little Snow reserves her shield! That shield absorbs damage, and has nothing to do with healing at all. It should not suffer as much as healing effects!"

"The boss also tends to knock back the player who holds the most aggro, dealing a certain amount of damage. More importantly, it also decreases the aggro held by his target by 50%!" Zhang Yang let out a deep breath before he continued, "Well, hunters have Fake Death and Thieves, their Vanish to withdraw themselves from battle to clear their own aggro. So that leaves you, Drizzler, in a dangerous situation!"

"Hahaha! Well, if you fail to keep his aggro onto you, I am going to break your skull myself!" Wei Yan Er cracked her knuckles while saying it.

To be able to keep the Boss at bay, two tanks were required at the scene. But Zhang Yang just could not find any tank who could keep up with the aggro of Sun Xin Yu and the remaining party members. Adding one additional member without the capability to do that would be a completely moot!

"Dear Drizzler, if you do not wish to die, focus on the aggro bar. Do not let it exceed 50% of my aggro!"

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Chapter 107: The Head of Butlers Mack

"Those who are in the same Dungeon as we are now, we are going to take on The Head of Butlers Mack!" It was a sudden announcement posted by Fatty Han in the region channel.

"F*ck off! What are you, a newscaster? Take out the Boss first, duh! "

"To think that the amazing Lone Desert Smoke is also stuck at the First Boss like we are!"

"Kill! Carry on!"

"Well, shit. What is wrong with the game company? Are they out of their minds? A boss with this much HP, and sky-high damage! It's impossible for anyone to take it!"

That one comment made by Fatty Han was akin to throwing a fat boulder into a calm lake, stirring up murky waves that broke the surface. The channel became lively all of a sudden! Other parties did not know that they had to go through four mini bosses to be able to stand up to this Boss. Everyone had already been wiped out by this particular Boss dozens of times over!

Repeatedly being defeated, making no progress whatsoever, would certainly infuriate anyone. A comment like that from Fatty Han would certainly provoke a large number of critics!

"You are so mean, wretched fatty!" Wei Yan Er smiled grimly.

Fatty Han had no intention to give in, "So what?"

"Now, everyone will know the methods and techniques to countering this Boss when we are done!" Zhang Yang said it all. If they were remotely intelligent, the other guilds would hopefully catch on Fatty's comment, and possibly figure out that there were other ways around that butler boss. That meant they could challenge the other Bosses first without going through Head of Butlers Mack.

Wei Yan Er was upset, "You are one hell of a fool, you wretched fat f*ck!"

Fatty Han only remained dumbstruck, "..."

"It is not that a big deal as long as we are the first to clear it!" Zhang Yang pulled out his long sword, "To hell with this! Let's begin!"

He charged straight into the final battle.

The range of the aggro vision of The Head of Butlers Mack seemed to be vast. From afar, he already detected Zhang Yang's intrusion! He laughed, "Welcome to the Shadowmoon Castle! Or should I say, you are NOT welcome! How rude, intruding such a beautiful place like that! As a butler must fulfill his duty, I hereby will tear you all into pieces, and make use of the pieces into the main dishes for dinner!"

Zhang Yang bulldozed through with a Charge, smashing into the Boss, following up with a backhanded swing of his blade as he pirouetted on his heels, striking the Boss with '-558' damage. He finished up with Cripple Defense.

"What in the world man! This old man is disgusting! Eating human flesh? Eww!" Wei Yan Er followed closely behind Zhang Yang, burning with rage! Her red eyes devilishly narrow, she focused so hard on putting everything she had to the point that she had totally forgotten Zhang Yang's advice! She did not even spare a glance on the Aggro Bar!

The assault was chaotic, lighting up the boss like a Christmas tree!

Before this battle, everyone had been reserving their energy. When this battle commenced, everyone let loose. They gave it their full power, increasing their damage in any way they could, not letting any opportunity go wasted. They were competing for the damage ranking boards!

Sun Xin Yu was performing on par with Zhang Yang, putting her new equipment to use. She had also acquired a secret mission's skill that provided a high damage output! More importantly, Zhang Yang was a Guardian, a class built to hold shields as their secondary weapon. Unlike any thief build capable of dual wielding, or a Berserker class with two-handed weapons, Zhang Yang was meant for a very different role.

To have a powerful amount of resistance and defense, one must sacrifice a certain amount of damage output. You would only be left with one hand to strike the enemy with. His skills and equipment used were to make up for his handicap in terms of offense. Now he was being surpassed!

Looking at the damage statistics, Sun Xin Yu had surpassed him by about 1%. Zhang Yang knew, deep down in his heart, that was natural for him to lose to her. When equally well-equipped, Guardians should end up with the lowest damage output among all classes. But still, he could feel it, the unwillingness to lose to others!

Level 100! Zhang Yang was looking forward to it so much! When the first players in their respective classes and jobs reached level 100, they would acquire an "Inheritance". The inheritance exclusively only for Warrior classes was called the "God of War". Benefiting exceptionally well from it, Guardians could now equip a two-handed melee weapon in one hand, while still equipping a shield as a secondary!

Having this inheritance would wipe away the intrinsic weakness of Guardian, they would be able to produce a damage output that will not lose to other classes!

In Zhang Yang's previous game, the inheritance of "God of War" was acquired by God of Flame Roger from the North-America server. That had led him to secure his place as the world's number 1 Warrior in the game! Even the skills and the will of One Sword Stroke had no place when placed in the front of the almighty inheritance, the "God of War"!

Several forms of Inheritance happened very often, however, each of the classes had only one true inheritance. In the vast servers of the game that hosted eight continents with billions of players, only 6 lucky players would acquire the one and only Unique inheritance. Other than the one and only Unique inheritance, there were others. Star-tiered inheritance and Moon-tiered inheritance were below the Unique inheritance, with Star being the higher tier. Still, whichever inheritance it was, they were all sacred and rare, not to mention extremely difficult to get. It was definitely as hard as completing a main quest!

In the previous game, Zhang Yang had managed to acquire a Moon-tier inheritance, "King Kong". In the last part of the mission, he had to summon 5,000 high-tiered members of the Clear Water Guild to slay the mission boss, "The King Kong"! The guild members had unleashed all of their might on the boss for one full day, taking many casualties before they finally put the mighty boss down. They were lucky that the game had a Gaming Capsule. In addition to that, the in-game time and the real time had a difference by the ratio of 3 to 1. If not for these factors, they would not have taken out the boss at all.

Pulling his focus back on what was right in front of him, Zhang Yang swung his blade purposefully, dealing blow after lethal blow.

"Curse you, intruders!" without any warning, the butler pointed his finger right at Zhang Yang, and a dark bolt shot out, striking him almost instantly.

'Ding! You are affected by the Black Curse! Your healing rate has been decreased by 50%!'

Following the prompt voice by the system, the debuff symbol popped up, at the top of Zhang Yang's head.

With a wave of her hands, Han Yin Xue put Holy Shield onto Zhang Yang, ready to cast Heal.

Zhang Yang did a quick survey of the battle and noticed something most unfavorable. "Little brat, stop using skills if you don't want to die! Use normal attack!" Zhang Yang looked at the aggro bar, his aggro value may currently be twice as much as Sun Xin Yu's, but it would be halved when the boss used Backward Shock on him. At this rate, the boss would only use Backward Shock on him for another two times at most. After that, the boss would most probably switch his target to the one person who could not clear her aggro bar, Wei Yan Er.

How would she notice when she was single-mindedly giving the boss her all? She did not earlier on, but her hands were saying otherwise, as she swung blow after blow relentlessly!

"I am going to smash you in little pieces that even your mom won't be able to tell!" The butler yelled, exploding with a fist that flew at Zhang Yang's face! Bam! It was a concussive blast that sent Zhang Yang 5 meters backward!

'Ding! You are affected by the Backward Shock effect!'

Without loosening up, Zhang Yang immediately used Charge to rush back to his former position. He took the opportunity to glance at the aggro bar. Currently, his aggro value exceeded the number 2 in rank, Sun Xin Yu by just a little!

"Backward Shock will happen once every 2 minutes. For the coming 110 seconds, Thieves can use Vanish while hunters can use Fake Death to clear your aggro up."

Wei Yan Er was never mentioned, so she spoke up, "How about me?"

"Wait for death to come!"

"Oh, so that's how it is now huh, you shitty noob tank! Picking on me for revenge now!" she continued to cry out loud.

"My little Drizzler, didn't I tell you to hold back a little? You did not listen!"

80%, 70%, 60%, the HP bar was dropping rapidly! Even though the boss had unusually thick skin, with everyone hitting so hard, the HP loss suffered by the boss was outrageous!

"Begone! You maggots!" Head of Butlers Mack used his Backward Shock once again!

At that instant, the aggro value on everyone has changed. Sun Xin Yu, Fatty Han, and Hundred Shots used their respective skills to clear their respective aggro, leaving them out of the boss' consideration. On the other hand, Wei Yan Er was in a tight pinch! Her aggro was even higher than Zhang Yang's, making her the primary target of the boss!

'-3129'

With one very heavy and powerful punch, the butler pummelled Wei Yan Er, dealing serious damage.

"Cousin, heal me!" Wei Yan Er maintained her composure, knowing that whenever she received a large amount of damage, her rage gauge would fill up quickly, giving her the opportunity to spam her skills consecutively.

'812'

It was Han Yin Xue's attempt of healing Wei Yan Er. However, it was no good. Her HP could not be restored! What she could do was to hold on for a few seconds before she went down to the ground.

"Argh... Noob tank! You suck big time! You couldn't even hold the aggro for me! I hate you!" Wei Yan Er could only lie on the ground like a ragged doll, but it did not stop her from talking.

"Hey, girl! If I hear another f*cking word from your mouth, you don't get to touch the corpse for loots!" Those words had a profound effect on her.

She instantly kept her mouth shut.

Now short of one powerful attacker, the damage done by the party decreased dramatically. They were fortunate though, as their healer was powerful enough to hold on.

Truth to be told, taking out the four mini bosses first did make it easier for them to fight the butler. Even though the decrease in healing rate and the aggro management was a little annoying deal with, it was nothing that a strong party like them, familiar to carefully planned tactics and strategies, couldn't handle. This battle was actually easier than the battles they had previously fought with some bosses.

30%, 20%, 10%...

The HP bar of the final boss continued plummeting! Just as the HP bar touched 10%, the boss transformed into a werewolf! It may have seemed terrifying, but it was more of a death threat. As he unleashed his final assault, Zhang Yang activated Shield Wall to avoid being crushed to death by him.

'Ding! You and your party members have obtained the First Clear Achievement of Shadowmoon Castle: The Garden Area (Hardcore Mode). As the Captain, please provide the name of your party to be registered on to the Hardcore Mode First Clear list.'

Zhang Yang entered "Lone Desert Smoke", and the screen was filled with red announcements.

Just as before, they all acquired another new skill point, 10 gold coins and 500 alliance reputation each as rewards.

The guild channel burst into life.

"That's my beloved guild leader! Acquiring the title for first clear of the dungeon in such short notice!"

"Who was it talking about glory and dominance? Kiss my ass! Well, those guilds are nothing before us, the Lone Desert Smoke!"

"Zhan Yu, please accept me, please have me!"

Han Yin Xue tried hard to stop herself from smiling and glanced sideways at Zhang Yang, "Never expected you to be so favored by others."

"Pretty Snow, you have no idea at all! Our Yang boy has no interest in girls who are in their 20s, rather, he is into well-developed ladies in shining armor! With all his heart!" Ogling at the hot body of Han Yin Xue without conservation, Fatty Han continued to speak, "He loves mature ladies with incredible hot bodies, just like you. It's simply irresistible, it keeps him up all night!"

Zhang Yang knew Fatty Han better. That was Fatty Han's attempt at creating a chance for Zhang Yang to hook up with Little Snow! -- Well, a plain face like hers would not really matter. Once you're in bed with the lights out, the shape of the body would be all that mattered!

"Fatty, you misused the pronoun!" Zhang Yang sighed heavily, thinking to himself. Come on, you fat f*ck, don't try to be such a lousy matchmaker, I already have someone in my heart!

"Hmph hmph hmph, if you want to hit on my cousin, you will have to go through me!" Wei Yan Er quickly rescued her cousin, as she stepped in between them, with her nose wrinkled up and arms crossed.

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Chapter 108: So I See

Lone Desert Smoke has done it again! They got the First Clear Achievement again!

The stream of announcements had sent many parties who were exploring new Dungeons into shock!

What in the world was happening?

During the series of challenges in the previous Hardcore Mode Dungeons, they could see a realistic gap between them and Lone Desert Smoke, even if they ultimately lost. They had managed to push forward until the boss transformed into the fifth stage. If it wasn't for the bloody [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion, Lone Desert Smoke would never have stood a chance in finishing the battle. By doing so, the Lone Desert Smoke claimed the First Clear Achievement.

But this time around...there were no excuses! They had not even gone past the first boss yet! How could their party take out 5 bosses? Was there really such a big gap between their capabilities?

Furthermore, they only used 6 players to clear the whole dungeon! The elites from the larger guilds who took pride in their abilities begun to question themselves. Were they really elites in the end? Compared to those formidable members in the Lone Desert Smoke, they were not even half of what they were!

It was such a blow on their pride!

Many of them were infuriated beyond words.

"How can this be? Is our strength so far behind Zhan Yu and his party members?" Perfumed Water was so surprised.

Thorny Rose murmured, "Is that cheap liar really that powerful?"

"No way --" Snow Seeker's pretty eyes widened in realization. "Did any of you notice? It was about 10 minutes ago when that Fatty Hunter made an announcement in the region. 10 minutes!"

"Oh, that wretched Fatty?" Thorny Rose could not help herself, shivering from head to toe, "That disgusting Fatty that does have a pair of disgusting eyes. I remember the last time he checked me out, from top to bottom, it gave me such a fright! So I black-listed him ever since!"

In God's Miracle, once a player black-listed another player, that player would not be able to see any news or messages sent by the marked player.

"Me too!"

"So did I!"

A series of voices rose up, 7 out of 10 girls there had blacklisted Fatty Han! If he ever found out about this, would Fatty Han take pride in his great "influence", or would he burst into tears knowing that he was quickly becoming a renowned pervert!

Snow Seeker smiled bitterly, "The Fatty did mention that they were just about to challenge that Head of Butlers Mack! It sounded like they just got into the dungeon, simply declaring that they were joining the race for the First Clear title! Now that I think of it, there's more to it than that! This could only mean... what do you guys think about it?"

White Orchid reacted instantly, "Oh! I get it! If the Fatty did not lie, they must have already taken down the other 4 bosses before that!"

Thorny Rose was stumped. "If the boss is over that area, how did they get pass without luring the boss?"

"You will find out once you've tried!" Snow Seeker made a prompt decision to walk along the road located at their right hand side. Moments later, she made it into another small alley.

Not even a glance in her direction!

Thorny Rose and the others followed through. They realized that none of them had startled the boss!

"So, it is real! We can make it without a fight!"

And so, they pushed forward, clearing a path straight to the second boss Venneya the Maid, the unfaithful girl.

"Winny the Maid, Master Waller's Lover, Level 34, 800,000 HP!" Moonlight Dancer read out the attributes of the boss.

"So I see!" all of the girls exclaimed!

So this is how it really is! The first boss had 3,000,000 HP, but the second boss only has 800,000 HP, isn't this obvious?

"Sister Snow, you're really brilliant. It didn't take you long to see through their deceit!" Thorny Rose made no attempt at hiding her emotions, admiring and worshiping Snow Seeker. She continued, "Unlike me, having only big boobies without --"

"Stop it right there! Stop! Thorny Rose, you have no brain, that part is true. But having big boobs? Oh please... do you want to talk about your D-cups in front of Sister Snow's F-cup? B*tch, please. It's totally obvious that yours are no match to hers!" Perfumed Water snapped.

Thorny Rose was furious, "You little c*nt, you better watch out, or I will put a stopper to that hole beneath your underwear with a gigantic cork and turn you into an old virgin for the rest of your life!"

Women seemed to turn into entirely different creatures when no men were around.

"So I see!"

As for the Sky High guild, they have also discovered that there was a hidden path that led them straight for the Head of the Butlers Mack, defeating the other 4 bosses on their way.

"Guild master, from the looks of it, Zhan Yu and his gang are not that amazing after all. All they did was discovering the shortcut!" one of the guild members spoke out dejectedly.

Sky Shaman shook his head slowly, "If not for the fat Hunter saying it out loud in the channel, we would have never even found out about the shortcut. So, tell me. How long would we have been stuck with the first boss before we even know that there's a shortcut?"

"Well..."

"We must not be envious of others out of nothing. We must first be clear of our strength when compared to theirs. Then, only can we improve ourselves and overcome our own weaknesses, to catch up or even surpass them! Arrogance that ignore the strength of our rivals would only make us weaker!" Sky Shaman spoke with great insight.

The words were spoken with absolute sincerity. Sky High guild has been known to be one of the top guilds in the world. As many in-game players had been role-playing as powerful leaders for a long run, they might have become a little arrogant in their subconscious.

And from the looks of it, these people needed a slap to wake up and thanks to the Lone Desert Smoke, it happened!

Deep in thought, Sky Shaman could not help himself and wondered, "But, how did Zhan Yu and his party discover the shortcut to go around the first boss? All the Official forum did was to state that there are 5 bosses in this dungeon, and no further explanation was given! 3,000,000 HP is definitely too much for any party to handle. Normally, players would explore for alternatives in taking down the boss, thinking that their reason of failing was because they have not discover the correct ways to defeat the boss! It is just common sense for any of us! But why... why can they think so dynamically, so soon?"

"Guild Master, could there be a Beta player among them?" one of the guild member took a wild guess.

"A Beta player?" Sky Shaman widened his eyes for an instant, remembering that he had heard about it before, from special channels. He knew that a small number of players took part in the beta test before! But, logically speaking, these beta players should not be even allowed to participate in the official release of the game. If they did, they would understand the game so much more due to their prior knowledge of the game. They could simply conquer all secret missions, main missions, becoming the kings and queens at the front line of the game! It would be so unfair!

The balance of the game would be broken! The Dreamtech company was not so foolish as to ruin their epic game in such manner!

"So what is it then?"

A big question mark etched itself deep within Sky Shaman's heart.

"So...that's how it is!"

The moment they saw the boss again after circling around the map and killing everything else, the members of The Dominator saw the simplicity of the dungeon!

"How could we not see it? We are such morons!" Humbly Gentleman spat on the ground, "He is damn lucky! I can't believe he found the correct method for this so fast! F*ck! Why must it always him being the first at getting the good stuff! [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion]... "

Thinking about the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] scam again, Humbly Gentleman was overwhelmed with feelings of hatred, rage, jealous and even envy of Zhang Yang!

It was a huge market! A truly huge one!

4 gold coins for a bottle, what a rip-off!

Humbly Gentleman had no idea how much Zhang Yang could earn exactly, but there was one thing to be sure of, Zhang Yang was going to make a fortune out of it!

Zhang Yang must not be left to feel full of himself!

Humbly Gentleman narrowed his eyes, before turning his head around, "Sky Key, after we clear the dungeon, I want you to contact with that ruthless bunch, Sword and Fire Mercenary. Put a bounty on Zhan Yu, the reward for every level taken off him will be a 10,000 gold!"

"But boss, isn't that too much?"

"Too much? You cannot trap a wolf without sacrificing a few children!" Humbly Gentleman put up a cold smile on his face, "It is best to sow discord between Sword and Fire Mercenary and Lone Desert Smoke! Never underestimate those "Scumbags", they are all masters in what they do, even if they are small in numbers. Once provoked, they will make your life miserable, waiting to ambush you right outside the city wall for every single day. Even if you have 10 thousand members, there would always be a day where you will be alone. That will be when they strike!"

After the Lone Desert Smoke acquired the first clear title for that dungeon, many parties had commented on the chat channels, "Oh I see! We simply had to circle around! This dungeon is not too difficult, you just had to find the correct sequence on which boss to take out first!"

"Little Drizzler, come and get the share of the loot!" as Zhang Yang shouted at her from afar, he had just finished adding the newly acquired skill point into his Block. With the godly skill Block at Level 10, he could use it every second! This was going to make things even more interesting!

But it was a pity that this excitement will only last for another 5 months.

Wei Yan Er hopped over, "Let's see, what comes out of my draw now?"

"Draw a hot chick like Little Drizzler!" Fatty Han was slobbering already.

Listening to Fatty Han call her a hot chick, Wei Yan Er decided overlook his perversion. As she giggled to herself, she fired back, "It's a pity though, a pretty maiden like myself is special, there's no one like me, but me!"

Zhang Yang laughed, "Take away your godlike narcissism, and you'll be a petite little girl instead!"

The glee Wei Yan Er had quickly dissipated, and she started kicking and punching at Zhang Yang, releasing her tantrum.

While they were at it, Sun Xin Yu had walked up to the boss and touched the corpse.

[Pillar of Courage] (Gray-silver Weapon, One-handed Hammer)

Attack: 149 - 211

Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Damage per second: 120

Level 1 Socket 1

Level 1 Socket 2

Equip: For every hit on the target, there is a chance to trigger the effect of Bleeding from Behind, 50 points bleeding per second.

Level required: 30

Note: Forged by Head Butlers Mack for the captain of the platoon.

"What!!" Hundred Shots could not stop himself from laughing.

Fatty Han was in hysterics, "If you poke anybody with this thing, they are in for a load of trouble! HAHAHA!"

"An impressive weapon for Thief classes! It's a pity though, having that name and that effect, along with that amazing description!" Zhang Yang shook his head around.

"So what is so wrong about it?" Wei Yan Er blinked her eyes a few times while asking, with her puzzled face.

"This..."

Everyone was united on one mission only, to protect the pure and untainted seedling. They instantly changed the topic to avoid that.

"Let's just put this in the guild's warehouse then. At least 200 guilds out there would aid in increasing the value of a Gray-Silver grade weapon if we put it up for auction!"

Zhang Yang nodded in unison with the others. It was Fatty Han's suggestion. So, the weapon would be taken by Fatty Han to the guild to be auctioned. Fatty loved running errands such as this, because when the equipment would be put up on auction, people would call him "Fatty Brother" in a tone of somewhat reverence, and it pleased him greatly so.

"Little Yang, why not use cash for auction?" Fatty Han could not understand it.

Zhang Yang shook his head, "Within the guild, we shouldn't involve money, it ruins the mood! While handling a guild, we should make everyone feel totally at home! Just think about it. Do you pay your father for the rice you eat at home?"

Fatty Han fell silent. " ..."

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Chapter 109: The End of the Hot Sale

"Sister Sun! Sister Sun! Please, let me touch it!" Wei Yan Er skipped towards the corpse delightedly. Sun Xin Yu simply wanted to move things on, but it didn't matter to her on whoever touched the corpse first. So she stepped aside.

Wei Yan Er grinned, before putting her hands upon the cadaver.

[Skill Book: Berserker's Heal]

Use: Teaches the skill Berserker's Heal.

Required: Warrior.

"Eh, noob tank, what does the effect of this Berserker's Heal do?" Wei Yan Er looked up at Zhang Yang before throwing the question to him.

"This is actually a pretty practical skill, I must say. It depletes your rage to fully heal yourself!" Zhang Yang said. The skill was really extremely practical, but, the skill book had a decent drop rate as well. Almost every Warrior would have one in their hands as they progressed in the game, but to have it at Level 30 was pretty uncommon.

"Oh! Then I shall give it to you since you're always dying!" Wei Yan Er did not hesitate at passing on the skill book. For a party, it was most vital for tanks to survive a battle. Although she could be a little mischievous sometimes, but she realized the importance of this.

Naturally, others also passed on the roll. Zhang Yang used it as soon as he obtained the book. Another new skill appeared in his skill set column.

[Berserker's Heal: Ignite the rage, immediately recovering 100% of health.

Consume: All rage point.

Cooldown: 2 minutes

After picking up another few rags and some coins, the dead body of the Head of Butlers Mack faded gradually.

"Alright, that's it for today! You're all free to your own devices!" Zhang Yang took out a [Teleportation Scroll] and tore it up, activating it.

Back in the White Jade City, Hundred Shots, Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er went on to continue attempting their class specific quests. Han Yin Xue logged out immediately as healers couldn't do much without other players to support them in combat.

Zhang Yang carried on crafting some [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] as it had reached its peak market value, every second now counted!

The day passed. Hundred Shots and the others who went on their own missions made no progress. They vowed to go again on the next day.

Sun Xin Yu managed to complete her mission on the third day by afternoon. By doing so, she has become the third party member who completed the mission in S-rank for her profession!

Zhang Yang was overwhelmed with joy -- This was like a joke! In the China region, there were only a dozen players who managed to complete their S-rank missions of their own profession, and 3 such players were in his own party!

Five days later, Hundred Shots and Wei Yan Er were still unable to overcome the difficulties in their S-rank mission of their own profession. Wei Yan Er had almost gone mad. The frustrating battles with the blue giant had taken such a toll on her that she was nauseous! She could not take it anymore, so she attempted the A-rank mission instead. Of course, she accomplished her mission smoothly after that.

Hundred Shots persisted for another two days before seeing the fact that he cannot complete his missions, no hope at all! So he too had no choice but to attempt the A-rank mission instead. He completed it without a hitch.

At this point, all 6 of the party members had completed their respective Level 30 missions.

When they were gathered, Zhang Yang made a proclamation, "From now on, we will train on our own, unless necessary. This would mean that unless we are raiding dungeons, unless we are taking any missions that require more than a single participant, unless we are hunting field bosses, we shall be working on our own."

Sun Xin Yu was especially pleased with this, being the eccentric, indifferent person that she was. She was most comfortable working as a lone wolf. Although others did not see the point of doing this, they did not object. It wasn't as if Zhang Yang was disbanding them permanently, they were just going to train separately. That would also give them the freedom to plan their own schedule individually, without the limitation of compromising with others.

Zhang Yang had given much thought over this before he made such an announcement, of course.

Firstly, it would be a waste if they go in a team of six when it came to field leveling! It would be riddled with redundant combatants, and they would only get in each other's paths.

Secondly, it concerned the potential futures of his prospective superstars!

He did not want to interfere in the development of Hundred Shots and Sun Xin Yu's future! One would acquire the Red Dragon pet, while the other would acquire the Shadow Dance inheritance. When both of them did so, their accomplishments in the future would be limitless! So, if he intervened too much with their in-game progression, he might even deny them the destinies he had witnessed first-hand.

Zhang Yang had firmly decided to give them more freedom and space! Even though he inevitably affected them both, it was nothing profound. It could still be fixed, everything should fall back into place as they were meant to be.

Zhang Yang only focused on crafting potions over the next few days. He did not lead Fatty Han or Wei Yan Er to training, but urged them to find something they could grind their level with. He had no intentions of letting their levels fall behind! He would not want to see the first clear title for the "Shadowmoon Castle: The Castle Region Hardcore Mode" being taken away by other guilds!

As for himself, he will soon be able to resume his training after the sales of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion, currently at its peak, has dwindled down! Furthermore, he already has planned ahead on a few special places for him to grind. He is confident that he would definitely catch up with the others!

After entering Level 30, the amount of experience required to proceed to the next level takes a huge leap! Even if a player stays online everyday to grind, it would still take 3 full days to proceed by 1 level. Dungeons in the castle region were labeled as Level 40 dungeons. Larger guilds would only be able to gather enough members to take those dungeons on, by the beginning of September.

Furthermore, the bosses in the castle region... Zhang Yang smiled again, knowing that the first 2 bosses were basically free kills, with the remaining 3 bosses being actual challenges. The forth boss would be so much harder to handle than the third with the fifth boss being an absolute nightmare! As Zhang Yang recalled in his previous life, the 3 bosses had held off every large guild for an entire month!

Knowing all this, he would be able to take his own sweet time.

On the 12th of August, the sales for the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] finally begun to die off. On the 9th, he had sold 5,000 sets, 3,500 on the 10th, 1,800 on the 11th, and finally only 700 sets on the 12th. The sales had finally ended! However, it did not mean that the sales for the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] is completely dead, they had merely stabilized as supply and demand found a singularity.

In the future, he would be able to sell even more than the 90,000 sets that he already did for now. At the moment, the player base from China had a population of 5,000,000, but the number might grow up to 9 billion! A full 9 billion! Even if only 1% of that amount bought the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] from him, that would be 9 million purchases! 450,000 sets!

Of course, it would take another 5 years before the population ever grew that much, a whole different level compared to the 90000sets of sales that he has generated over the brief, brief period of the past 22 days!

Zhang Yang checked on the amount of savings he have at the moment -- 34,870,000!

Even if a similar outcome was to be expected, gazing upon that amount with his own eyes still shook him deeply!

In terms of numbers alone, in his previous life, he had only managed to deposit about 40,000,000 into his savings account. This was before taking into account the many hardships he experienced just to get there. But now, this was the result after freaking 22 days! 22 days!

Knowledge is wealth.

Zhang Yang had unconsciously allowed a smile to creep upon his face as he thought about it. It was broader than the sun now. It was also a relief, as he only needed to craft 500 - 600 sets of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] to satisfy the market's current demand. It also meant that he only had to dedicate an hour a day, crafting potions to make that future happen. The final product would be divided among the 8 main cities to be sold, and the price will drop from 4 gold pieces for one bottle to 1 gold piece for each. However, the price for the herbs will also drop down to 20 silver pieces a set, consistent to the old price margin. He could still benefit from it.

In this period of time, Zhang Yang had naturally earned the most. Since he was a little biased to his own city, he had sold half of his stock in White Jade Castle. Fatty Han profited the most from it, earning 1,700,000. As for the sales in the other 7 main castles, other than Yu Li, each one of them earned about 300,000! They were all grateful to Zhang Yang as he had made them all wealthy folks, with grins glued to their faces throughout the days!

Always have faith in the veteran!

Relieved of the heavy demands, Zhang Yang could finally prepare himself for his insanely intense grinding plan. Firstly, he planned to mount the two sockets on his weapon with gemstones. Even if there was a rate of failure when mounting gemstones, the fail rate for Level 1 gemstones was negligible, at just 10%. When Zhang Yang's high luck value came into play, it would decrease the failing rate significantly, and the two [Vitality Gemstones] will most probably be successfully mounted in one single attempt!

Even so, purchasing the required gemstones required 20 gold. Hiring an NPC to mount them to the sockets required another 10 gold. That would mean 30 gold would be spent in an instant! The current gold and the cash had a ratio of 1:5. It would be like spending 150 dollars in real life! All in the blink of an eye! Zhang Yang was shaken in the face of that reality. The gaming company would always be the biggest winner, the 30,000,000 that he just earned, if compared with the earnings of the company, would be like an insignificant tiny little fish in the ocean! It's not even worth being mentioned!

Of course, he could choose to save the money and not mount those gemstones. But how many battles could he endure without them?

In 'God's Miracle', the vitality attribute was the most invaluable attribute among all others, having the priority ratio of 2:1 compared to other attributes. At the same level, vitality gemstones could give a 10, but the gemstones of the other 4 main attributes, the intelligence gemstone, spirit gemstones, strength gemstone,and agility gemstone only gave a 5 statistics.

Zhang Yang proceeded to craft some [Intelligent potion, [Agility potion, [Strength potion, [Healing potion, [Mana potion] and mailed them to his party members. Then he equipped himself with enough [Strength potion] and [Healing potion] before heading to his special training ground.

After grinding his weapon on the [Whetstone] and consuming some [Strength potion, Zhang Yang boosted his attributes temporarily:

[Player: Zhan Yu]

Level: 30

HP: 4,750

Defense: 260

Strength: 226

Melee damage: (646-698) X 110%

Critical rate: 11%

Lucky one hit rate: 0.5%

Zhang Yang summoned his Skeletal War Horse and mounted the saddle. Under his command, the war horse galloped upon it's hooves of flame, picking up speed until they were but a blur to the players he passed. Indeed, as he went on, he attracted the attention of many players. There it went again, the screams to get his attention, the requests to get into a relationship with him, the offers to get in bed with him.

After interacting with the Griffin keeper, Zhang Yang sat down on the saddle behind the beast and took off to Tullon Town.

Even though flying was so much faster than riding on the ground, the map for 'God's Miracle' was just too vast. It still took Zhang Yang approximately 20 minutes to land in Tullon Town.

After getting off the Griffin, Zhang Yang summoned Skeletal War Horse once again to ride on towards the Misty Valley located at the outskirt of the town.

There were a number of players in the town. Looking at Zhang Yang on his war horse, male players would drool, female players would scream again and again, chasing after him until he left town. They were eventually left behind as he went on, leaving them to stare at his back longingly.

Even so, it was enough for them to exchange a few words with their idol.

The Misty Valley was labeled as a Level 30 training area on the map. The monsters ranged from Level 30 to Level 39, with Spectres making up the majority of the monsters' population. Rumor had it that a fierce battle once occurred there, and the dead soldiers, discontented with the nature of their deaths, never moved on, staying long enough to turn into Spectres roaming around in the valley.

Knowing that these poor souls would never leave the valley, the Imperial had stopped sending armies to cleanse those Spectres. Even though cleansing them once and for all was the safest way to do it, clearing the Spectre Crypt would also cause a lot of casualties. With the presently tensed situation, any loss was a great blow to the strength of the Imperial!

Zhang Yang stopped at the entrance of the valley. He sent Skeletal War Horse back into his inventory, stepping forward to meet a NPC with a yellow question mark at the top of his head.

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Chapter 110: Another Encounter with Rouge Clan

"Boss! Zhang Yang has finally left the city!"

44 Bandits spoke in the Sword and Fire Mercenary party channel.

"About damn time! That bastard sure took his sweet time hanging around there!" Dominating Blade spat on his blade. "And here I thought that this guy was gonna stay in there forever!"

"That's right, we've received the contract on the first of the month and he's been camping inside for several days now! How do we kill this guy?"

"I thought he might know that we're waiting for him outside, that's why he's been hiding in there since forever!"

Dominating Blade crossed his arms, staring at 44 Bandits.

"Where did he go?"

"No idea, boss! He was taking the Gryphon service. Could be far!" 44 Bandit replied nonchalantly.

Dominating Blade acknowledged in a deep voice, "Hmm, I see. Let those guys in the guild find out his destination. I want to know where he is right now!"

"Roger that, boss!" 44 Bandits nodded.

Anyone in the guild could have access to other members' basic information like character level, class, race, and also the region of their current location. However, the character's region location would only provide a general information; for example, 44 Bandits and Dominating Blade were at the White Jade Castle region, and it would not reveal the exact coordinate.

For some time, Lone Desert Smoke had been trampling on the other guilds to reach to the top. Their extraordinary feat was not something the other guilds would let go easily without a proper fight. Guilds from other major cities were powerless in doing anything, but the guilds in White Jade Castle managed to insert spies into Zhang Yang's guild. Since the Mercenary group were only a small party, they could not send anyone out to be a spy; but their benefactor, The Dominators had been helping them by pulling a few strings inside Lone Desert Smoke itself. Their spies would observe every single thing Zhang Yang did and report it all back.

As soon as Zhang Yang left the city, the undercover player immediately informed the mercenary group.

"44, I know you failed a contract one to kill Zhang Yang. How could you lose? Was he really that strong?"

44 Bandits sighed. "I guess... he was kinda strong. His controls were superb, and he could even detect me when I was in stealth! Ever since I was killed, my equipment has been kinda shitty! But I think I can kill him this time!"

"Stupid! Killing anyone should be an easy job! Guarding the body is the hard part! How about this? Go and kill Zhang Yang with Floating Up, Beauty Healer, Broken Uranus, and All Wounded. Make sure you kill him as many times as you can. Each kill is worth 10,000 gold coins!" Dominating Blade patted 44 Bandit's back.

"Boss! I'm good with just Beauty Healer. I could definitely kill him as many times as I want to if I had a healer with me!" 44 Bandit was confident. He was still holding a grudge for being killed in the previous encounter.

Dominating Blade laughed. "Just do your job; guard the body and maybe grind some level for a bit. You can also kill some bosses and get some equipment to sell them for more money! Ah, money does make the world go round!"

"Alright, now that's settled, fan out and find that guy! Get more people! The more players you have, the faster we can chop off his head!"

The Misty Valley, where the mist had been lingering around for almost a year, showed no signs of dissipating. It gave off a creepy feeling, especially with having poor visibility range once a player enters.

"Young man, stop!" The voice of an old man could be heard, and at the entrance of the valley stood an NPC; a soldier. The 40-year old had a muscular body frame and he carried a stoic facial expression. An old rusty sword was hung on the side of his waist and a normal iron shield was on his back. All that he had and wore were worn out, showing signs of previous wars and battles that he had been through.

[Veteran Soldier Baylor] (Normal)

Level: 30

HP: 3,000

Zhang Yang stopped when he was close enough to talk to the NPC. "Respected warrior, why would stop an adventurer?"

"Young man, it's far too dangerous ahead. If you value your life, turn back and never return!" Though his was fierce, Zhang Yang could hear a tone of despair from his warning as well.

"Why should I? Is there anything up ahead?" Zhang Yang casually asked. The developers did a good job in making the characters as realistic as possible, but that meant that he could not accept the quest immediately and had to have a conversation with the NPC.

"Herein lies the souls of the restless spirits of a thousand heroes of the past. Even death could not quench their thirst for battle!" Baylor sighed sadly. "They've all turned into spectres! Young man, heed my warning. Do not disturb the dead!"

"O, respected warrior! You meant to allow anger and rage, letting them roam free in their corpses? Is that how you want them to properly rest in peace?!"

Baylor, wavering, said, "You... you meant to give them peace? You want them to have eternal rest?"

"Yes, I would do that, respected warrior!"

"In that case, I shall take your word for it. Here, take this bottle of [Holy Water]. You will need to kill all the vengeance spirits that have taken over my departed comrades. Once you have defeated them, you'll need to sprinkle the [Holy Water] on their skeletal remains. Only then will they have peace!"

'Ding! You have accepted the quest: Peace!'

'Ding! You have obtained an item: Holy Water!'

[Peace] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest description: Kill the vengeful spirits that roam around the Misty Valley! Pour the [Holy Water] over their skeletal remains and allow them to rest in peace.

Progress: Calmed Vengeances 0/40

[A bottle of Holy Water] (Quest Item)

Use: Allow the dead to rest in peace! The blessing of the gods beseech protection on your soul.

Zhang Yang summoned the Skeletal War Horse and rode into the Misty Valley.

After riding for about 40 to 50 meters, he still did not find any monsters around. It was not normal. Zhang Yang frowned. Was there another player here?

Ding! Tang! Clang!

The sound of metal clashing against each other; the sound of battle. Zhang Yang went further in towards the source and found a party of players killing the monsters. However, the ratio was completely off, having 12 to 13 players killing just 4 monsters. They might as well have just gone off and fought alone without a party...

Zhang Yang could not care less about it and rode further into the valley. His riding speed was quite fast and since visibility was already poor, the party disappeared into the mist. He could not even make out anything that just went past him; everything either looked like they were submerged in milk or covered by cotton wool. He preferred to think of cotton wool instead... the atmosphere was already creepy enough and Zhang Yang would not want to have any further negative thoughts.

As he continued forward, he triggered many monsters along the way, and they were all furiously chasing after him. The monsters' visions were not affected in the mist at all. As he rode on, Zhang Yang "fished" about 80 monsters in his path.

He quickly jumped down and recalled the horse. Finding an excellent position at the edge of the mountain with a wall of dirt behind him, Zhang Yang was prepared to slay any monster that tried to fight him!

[Restless Spirit] (Normal)

Level: 32

HP: 3,200

The monsters' movement speed was just too fast. In just a few seconds after they arrived, Zhang Yang drew out his sword.

"KIKIKIKIKIKIKI!"

"Come at me, freaks!"

The battle has begun!

The total of monsters that Zhang Yang lured had exceeded 10, and with the geographical shape of where he was, only 10 monsters could simultaneously attack him, while the rest had to take turns, circling around and waiting for the monsters in front to kill him or be killed.

Block!

Zhang Yang's current Block level was just too powerful. He did not even need to calculate the timing and could spam the skill like there was no tomorrow.

Block! Block! Block! Block! Block! Block!

'-224!' '-224!' '-224!' '-224!' '-224!' '-224!'

10 monsters were attacking together and at least 6 of the attacks were successfully blocked. The reflected damage was normal but when Zhang Yang drew his sword to cast Horizontal Sweep, every single monster there popped a '-1,400!' damage text on their heads.

At the same time, he stomped the ground hard and activated Thunder Strike.

'-224!'

Even though the damage from Thunder Strike could not match with Horizontal Sweep, it made up in terms of having higher number of attacked targets. Horizontal Sweep was an AoE attack skill but the damage range could not pierce through to the monsters behind. Thunder Strike, however, was a skill that could damage anything in a 2x2 meters around the caster, regardless of the number of targets.

As the battle pressed on, Zhang Yang's [Absolute Defense Ring] activated, increasing his Defense value by 100 points, totaling up to 360 Defense!

'-1!'

'-1!'

'-1!'

'100!'

The monster count was too much for Zhang Yang to block; he was continuously taking damage. However, having only about 300 attack damage, the monsters could not surpass Zhang Yang's defense value and could deal only 1 physical damage at a time.

Zhang Yang had the complete "Brave" equipment set, and the 3-equipped set effect allowed him to have 50% chance of recovering 100 HP after receiving an attack. To sum it, Zhang Yang would be able to heal 100 HP after losing only 50 HP! He was healing more than he was losing!

That was why most players would want to have the "Brave" set! A warrior could survive in a sea of monsters without the help of a healer! The grinding efficiency would be increased to a greater speed!

This is, of course, the advantage of only a few well-equipped Guardians. Not many of them could have as much as 260 Defense value such as Zhang Yang! Most Defenders and Guardians would only use the shield that Zhang Yang made, giving only 80 Defense value! Zhang Yang's [Absolute Defense Ring] was a rare item that could only be found at the field bosses, and it was a greater task getting that than the shield!

In just 10 seconds, Zhang Yang cleared the first wave of monsters around him, and the second wave immediately rushed in for him. After 2 minutes or so, Zhang Yang completely eliminated every single one of them; his killing speed was off the chart!

If he were to face the monsters one by one, he could only kill 4 to 5 monsters in the same 2 minutes. His own method of killing them all at once was 10 times faster!

While others took 3 days to gain a level, Zhang Yang only needed 8 hours to do the same! The monster respawn rate could not cover up his killing speed!

"Boss, there's no monsters around anymore!"

"He's right. There was a bunch of monsters not two minutes ago, and there isn't a single one left!"

"Hey, hold up! I think there's a monster there!"

"You're right! Wait, that's not a monster! F*ck! Look at that shining armor! I think that's a high-levelled boss!"

Zhang Yang bent over and picked up the items that the monsters dropped. He had not been picking up items ever since he met with Wei Yan Er. At that time, a bunch of players suddenly emerged from the mist, all staring at him.

"Do they think I'm a boss or something?" Zhang Yang laughed in his heart. He had his profile hidden, and the players must have mistaken him for being a boss because of that. However, even a boss would reveal its name! The only two characters that could hide names were either a player or a special NPC.

"Kill the boss! Take his equipment!" No one knew who yelled but they did not care. They charged towards Zhang Yang with their weapons wielded, ready to strike.

Just as Zhang Yang was about to draw his breath to yell at them, he stopped. He saw their name and the guild they belonged to; Rogue Clan!

He squinted his eyes to see them clearer. Isn't their boss Rogue Bunny?

Still, it was a coincidence! He could not kill them the last time since PK was not allowed in the beginner's village, but they were all now in the field! Zhang Yang stood there motionless and allowed them to strike him from all directions.

'-1!'

'-1!'

'-1!'

A chain of weak attacks went through, and neither one of them had the attack power to break his defense. These players' attacks were even weaker than the players themselves! No wonder they had to fight in a large group!

'Ding! You have been attacked by Rogue Bunny party! You now have 10 minutes to counter attack!'

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Chapter 111: Land Lease

Zhang Yang waited for them to strike, to have them gain the Red Name Penalty[1] first. With just an effortless swing, Zhang Yang activated Horizontal Sweep and took out at least 1,400 HP of everyone around him!

Some of the players were still confused on what happened, but they jumped immediately when they saw the damage they just took.

"Holy crap! This boss is strong as f*ck! Look at me! Half of my HP is gone!"

"Damn! His defense is strong too! I could only deal 1 damage to him!"

"Haha! Noob! The stronger the boss, the better the drops!"

"He must be a Gray-Silver boss!"

"No! Stupid! He must be a Yellow-Gold boss!"

Rogue Bunny was fuming with rage. He screamed. "Stupid bunch of mindless, good for nothing idiots! Look at the system notification! Stupid f*cks, it's not a boss you dimwit! It's a player! Eh?! Isn't that Zhan Yu, the guy with the First Clear Achievements?"

As usual, Rogue Bunny was so brute and rude, the words that came out his mouth were filled with so much vulgarity.

Zhang Yang stomped the ground and released Thunder Strike. What followed was a series of attacks of Charge, Destructive Smash, a normal attack, and a Shield Bash. Instantly, he had sent one healer to the grave.

"Stop! Please! Stop! For God's sake, please stop!" Rogue Bunny cried out.

But Zhang Yang did not. He raised his sword and proceeded to kill another healer with two strikes of Force Strike and one critical normal attack.

Bunny Bro 4 nudged and whispered to Rogue Bunny, "Psst... Boss. I remember this guy. He was the one that tricked us into dying in the valley last time!" He was sure it was the same guy that had tricked them to shout "Vee Arm Suu Pi".

Rogue Bunny turned around and stared until he finally remembered the incident.

Yes! He was right! It was the same $% bastard that made them scream "We are stupid" all over the place! It was a shameful event and had them thinking of revenge, even when they were dreaming! Zhang Yang had his profile hidden when they met him then. What were the odds of finding him again in this vast world?

As the saying went, "when enemies meet, the world could be burning". Why would they care about it, since their hearts were already burning with raging flames? Rogue Bunny did not care about his achievements or whoever had his back, as long as Rogue Bunny could finally have his revenge. If he missed this chance, there would not be a second time.

The entire team of Rogue Clan comprised of 16 members deployed there, with 3 of them as healers. Zhang Yang had already taken 2 of them down. The last healer was so petrified that he ran away into the crowd. Zhang Yang did not care about the others, and he waited until Destructive Smash finally finished its cooldown and to begin his rampage again. He killed the last healer in the manner as the others.

"What the actual f*ck are you guys doing!? How could you let one guy take down our healers while you were all standing like strawmen?! There's so many of you! Get off your ass and kill him now!" Rogue Bunny screamed in rage.

Zhang Yang was laughing. He does not even have the slightest fear in him while slaying them all.

Without a healer, the wounded players could only consume their own healing potions and use their own bandages to heal themselves. Zhang Yang could not stop them from taking the potions but he would not let the remaining players finish fully applying their [Bandage]. Zhang Yang stomped his feet and casted Thunder Strike just in time to interrupt[2] the [Bandage] effect.

They say you could not beat an army with just sticks and stone. But when Zhang Yang was facing the entire Rogue Clan, it was as if he was holding a machine gun with infinite bullet battling a bunch of weak-ass zombies (left 4 dead reference sv_infinite_ammo). No matter how many tries to battle, Zhang Yang could just simply kill them all.

Zhang Yang raised his sword to land a normal attack. Those who had already taken Horizontal Sweep twice would be dead in just one more strike. One by one, the Rogue Clan members were sent to the graveyard.

Rogue Bunny made an effort to intimidate him with threats. "Zhan Yu! Don't get over your head, you pipsqueak! I am the guild master of the Rogue Clan! If you were to kill me, I'll dispatch every single one of my guild members to find you and kill you!"

Zhang Yang could not care less. After removing the healers from the equation, he moved on to kill the Spellcasters, and took care of the physical attackers last. He had a thick defense; strong against physical attacks but weak against magic. The only defense for magic attacks was the passive skill that gave him 20% damage reduction. That was why he had to kill in that order.

He had the overwhelming advantage against every single one of the Rogue Clan in terms of strength, level, and skills. As compared with Rogue Bunny that was at Level 28, which was the highest level in the guild, Zhang Yang's Horizontal Sweep, Eagle Eye, and Destructive Smash left Rogue Bunny and his entire guild with no chance to stand against him.

With little effort, Zhang Yang killed everyone, leaving Rogue Bunny alone among the corpse of his guild members. He was left withdrawing endlessly like a little girl being cornered.

"Bastard, if you stop now, I-I-I would let you g-go! Or e-else, y-you'll r-regret it!"

Zhang Yang lowered his sword and pressed his hands on his chin, posing as the Thinker. Just when Rogue Bunny was just about to escape from his grasp, he grinned evilly and said, "I've thought about it, and if I don't kill you now, I'll definitely regret it later!"

He raised his sword and struck the killing blow. There were corpses everywhere and equipment lying around. Even though Zhang Yang was not interested in them, but since he could do more damage to the Rogue Clan, he would gladly do it. He picked up the equipment one by one and kept them in his inventory. He then summoned his horse and started to lure more monsters. As for the consequences of his action against the Rogue Clan, he was not at all afraid of them coming for him, if they dared to come anyway. Zhang Yang would gladly send them back to the graveyard.

After two hours of luring and killing, Zhang Yang actually managed to clear every monster around the valley, and then went back to the old soldier NPC to complete his quest. Just as he predicted, the monsters' spawn rate was not as fast as his killing speed. Aside from the mist, there were literally no monsters left for him to kill. There was still a few monsters left, but they were not worth being dragged to kill. As for the Rogue Clan, not one of them appeared around the area. They were probably scared shitless by now.

"You've done it now, lad! Great work!" Baylor praised Zhang Yang gratefully as he waved his hand.

As the system notification popped out, Zhang Yang had obtained 50,000 experience points with nothing else. Just when Zhang Yang was about to turn around and leave, he stopped when he saw an exclamation mark on top of the NPC's head. Zhang Yang than prompted him. "Why are you still here, soldier?"

Baylor sighed heavily and had a sad expression while looking up to the sky, as if he was reminiscing the past.

"20 years ago, I was part of the same battalion that perished here. I... no... We were soldiers of the Empire that were dispatched here to safe guard this area. And one faithful day, I was off-duty and went to the nearest town for a date with a young lady. I had funs, but when I got back to report in, everyone was already dead! No, worse! They had been cursed with Necro magic! Their skeletal remains were filled with malice and only killing would satisfy them!"

"By the time the rest of the army arrived to investigate, they reported that it was the contaminated food supplies that caused this massive massacre! The Empire did not want to waste any more resource to clear this area. In the end, they were left here alone to wonder the valley for all eternity!"

"Lad, I do not want my friends to die in vain! Which is why I spent 20 years to personally investigate their death! And finally, I've found it! Deep in the valley lies the resident of the Evil Sorcerer! It was him! He killed all my comrade; my officers!"

Baylor's expression gradually changed from sad to rage as he continued, "Brave young lad. Would you help me kill the Evil Sorcerer and bring justice to the fallen heroes?"

'Ding! Baylor as a quest for you: Enact Justice! Would you accept it?'

Zhang Yang heart sank a little. Could it be the same Sorcerer that he was supposed to search for the main story quest? If it was, then Zhang Yang must call in the rest of his gang to finish the quest!

Accept!

"I thank you lad! May the god of war beseech you with the strength of a thousand men!" Baylor said as he saluted Zhang Yang.

[Enact Justice!] (Difficulty Level: S)

Quest description: Kill the evil Necromancer Terpot Ryhar and assert justice to all fallen warriors! You can find the Sorcerer at the Underground Tower in the Misty Valley. Note: Terpot Ryhar is very strong. Please bring your friends to fight this evil Sorcerer.

Progress: Kill the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar 0/1

What a shame! The Evil Sorcerer was not the same one he needed to find!

Zhang Yang summoned his horse again and rode deeper into the valley. After some time of searching, he arrived at a graveyard. After searching for a little more, he found a glowing lever, pulled it and the ground trembled and a half-moon doorway rose from the ground. The doorway had a 10-meter-tall, 6-meter-wide steel door that gave off a strong presence.

Zhang Yang pushed the steel door with great strength and it opened, revealing a dark pathway that led deeper inside.

Poof! Poof! Poof! One by one, the fire torches lit, illuminating the entire pathway.

'Ding! You have opened a steel door and found a new area!'

'Ding! You have discovered Underground Tower. Obtained 5,000 experience points!'

'Server announcement: Underground Tower have been found by a player. The tower has 12 floors and each floor would have unlimited number of monsters for players to challenge! The first player to defeat the Underground Tower final boss, Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar will obtain the game's first Land Lease and will be able to buy the specific land in this city! Before anyone claims this Land Lease, all non-boss monster spawn rate will be increased to 1000%. The location of the Land is : XXXXX, YYYYY.'

Holy f*cking Moly! Land! It's Land!

In a flash, Zhang Yang's eyes flashed with the symbol of money! If Han Yin Xue and Wei Yan Er were here with him, people might think that they all shared the same mental disorder.

What is the most valuable thing in the real world?

Land!

That's right! Land!

It's the same in the game!

If a player could get their hands on a land property, he could open his own shop! There would be no need to pay for any service charges like in the auction house! If business was good, it could be the same as opening a shop in the real world!

Previously, out of 100 players that made a fortune in 'God's Miracle', 90 of them possessed property!

However, buying land property in the game was not just about money; you would also need a lease! You could only obtain a Land Lease by killing a boss and the drop rate was so low that you could even farm two or three more mounts before getting one! That was not the worst part. Every piece of Land Lease could only buy a fixed land! That meant that even when a player worked his ass off to farm a Lease, the area in which he was supposed to buy the land would be a dead town. So even if he could buy the land, it was not worth one bit!

Just like reality, the most valuable and expensive property would be those that were near the business center. However, the original land near those area were so scarce that once it was sold out, there could never be a second one.

That was how valuable land properties were! In his previous life when Zhang Yang had first entered the game, all of the lands near the main city were already grabbed away. He could only watch in tear as other players counted their money until their fingers bled!

He had never known that he could have found the game's first Land Lease!

Even though he was on cloud 9, he could not stop cursing the bloody system!

What the hell!? Why would it even announce it to the entire world?! Did the system gain self-awareness that it bore a grudge against Zhang Yang's luck?! Just like that, the system let the entire world know about how valuable the Lease could be!

Notes:

[1:Red Name Penalty- When Player A strikes the first attack to Player B, Player A will gain the Red Name Penalty. This penalty will incur a two-level deduction and have a chance to have one of the currently equipped equipment to drop.

[2:Interupption- Spell or item interruption. During a casting of a spell, a player can stop the spell for being cast by casting an interruption skill. This is also applicable stopping someone from using and item as well. In other case, when an enemy had successfully casted a spell, which require channeling*. A channeling spell is a spell that will continue in effect as long as the caster did not stop the spell. Like a flamethrower, the flame will continue to spit flames as long as you press the fuel. A channeling spell can be interrupt in the same manner. This is also applicable to items like [Bandage]. [Bandage] does not require channeling, but it can be dispel with an attack from someone else or by moving.

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Chapter 112: Run for Your Life!

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Somewhere around Tullon Town...

"Floating Up. What are we gonna do now? Should we change our course to grab that [Land Lease] or should we stay on course?" said 44 Bandits. Both of the Sword and Fire Mercenary leaders were tanks, and Dominating Blade was the captain of the team. He was a Guardian just like Zhang Yang. Floating Up, the second-in-command, was a Defender, and he led this small man-hunt party.

He answered with a deep and low tone. "I have no idea what this [Land Lease] is. But if the system would go all out to announce it, it must be of some value! We will temporary change our course. Let's kill the 'what's-his-face' evil sorcerer and get that [Land Lease]! Zhan Yu isn't going to go anywhere anyway, might as well postpone his inevitable death!"

Following the coordinates provided by the system, the party arrived at the Misty Valley.

Broken Uranus suddenly called out. "Isn't this place the Misty Valley? I heard that the Rogue Clan had met Zhan Yu here!"

All Wounded laughed menacingly. "He must have come here to get the lease as well!"

Floating Up grinned. "What a coincidence! He'd actually saved us the effort to locate him! Hah! What luck! We can kill Zhan Yu, and kill the boss for the [Land Lease]! Talk about killing two birds with one stone!"

After 10 minutes...

The party managed to found the entrance to the Underground Tower.

"There! I see the entrance!"

"Let's go!"

As the system notification flashed through the chatting channel, everyone's greed grew larger. Who cares if they did not have the capability to get that item? They could at least have a try! For the least, there was always a possibility of a "What if?" moment! What if I got it? What if I got the [Land Lease]? What if I can really get that valuable item that the server juts announced?

Every big guild gathered their best players and headed straight to Tullon Town! In a split second, the entire sky was filled with flying Gryphons, covering the sun and making so many silhouettes that it changed the afternoon to evening!

All of the Level 50 maps and below were just mirror images; all of China's 8 major cities had the same Underground Tower and were simultaneously released to the public. The only difference was the [Land Lease]. The dropped lease from any city Underground Tower was unique and there could never be a second one.

That meant that not only the players inside each city would have to compete with each other, they would also have to compete with the other cities as well! This was a test; a test of player cooperation and willingness to surpass the other cities! But if they had to cooperate properly to kill the final boss, they would lose the chance to get themselves a rare item!

Zhang Yang cursed everyone's mother and grandmother as he ran further into the pathway. After roughly 30 to 40 meters in, the pathway widened into a huge flat ground!

This was nothing like a tower! This was just a huge-ass building!

In front of Zhang Yang was a short, 7 to 8 steps of stairs that led down towards a huge flat land. The area was basically endless as Zhang Yang could not even see the end of the field. What was worse was that skeletal monsters filled the area with rusting long swords in their boney hands.

Zhang Yang selected one of them and checked on their properties. He almost puked when he saw the information.

[Skeleton Tower Guard] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 50,000

Zhang Yang would not have had a large reaction if there were only 7 to 8 monsters. But as he looked up and gazed into the never-ending field, he could make out at least thousands of them patrolling around. The entire place was cramped! Even if Zhang Yang brought his entire guild to clear these monsters, he was not sure whether they could even manage it!

And then there was the narrow pathway. How many people could squeeze through this pathway at a time? They would have to slowly kill their way in to make more space for more guild members to enter! An extremely slow domino effect!

However, Zhang Yang did not have the luxury of time now. If he were to kill one at a time, it would take him long enough for the other guilds to arrive and take over the tower!

Zhang Yang scratched his head. "Looks like I have to give it a try!"

Zhang Yang started to calculate; if the tower has 13 floors, then according to the system norm, the entrance to the next floor would be located at the furthest part of the current floor! If Zhang Yang could do what he did with the Cave of Bones, having to lure all monsters while he ran towards the entrance of the next floor, he could use the monsters to block the other guilds from proceeding with the tower!

Zhang Yang took a deep breath and walked quickly into the swarm of skeletons. Yes, he walked! Not run, but walk!

Even though there was limited space between the monsters, there was a gap in between their patrol. As long as he could grasp the timing and rhythm, he could avoid the monsters from being triggered.

1 meter, 2 meters... 10 meters... 20 meters!

Zhang Yang kept his mind calm and fully utilized all 3 years of his past gaming experience and walked through the swarm like snakes across a field. If anyone witnessed Zhang Yang's feat, it would be as if a ninja was sneaking into the enemy base undetected. Every step he took could spell disaster, and the tension was so high that other players would perhaps already cower in fear.

Tap... tap... tap...

Each step he took was as light as feather and his sweat was constantly dripping to the floor, like breadcrumbs when Hansel and Gretel were eating in the Candy House. Though this feat did not require him to swing a sword, it was still worse than actually killing something. Zhang Yang calculated every step so many times as he could not afford to make even a tiny mistake which could trigger any monster's aggro; and since this place was full of them, if one notices him, the others will just follow suit!

50 meters... 80 meters... 100 meters! He could barely notice it, but he finally saw a black object that looked like an exit!

His heart jumped with happiness for a second and then -

"Crack..."

He made a misstep.

"GROOAN!" One Skeleton Guard growled and started to swing its sword, chasing after Zhang Yang, while 10 other monsters followed behind it.

Holy f*ck! Here they come!

Zhang Yang had no choice but to fight. He quickly used Charge and dashed towards the nearest monster to stun it. He then dealt one normal attack to raise a little Rage before he turned and ran towards the exit faster than Usain Bolt could!

The run started a chain reaction, like ripples from a stone thrown into a lake. Every single monster in the field had their eyes set on Zhang Yang and began running towards him. The area in front of him got larger and larger as the monster cleared.

Their movement speed was faster than Zhang Yang's, and just when they were about to touch him, Zhang Yang stomped the ground and casted Thunder Strike, slowing 7 monsters around his skill area. In that instant, Zhang Yang distanced himself even more from them.

However, the monsters that were not affected quickly ran past the slowed ones and got closer to him, jumping into the sky. Zhang Yang somersaulted to counter their attack by quickly activating Block.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

A chain of system notification rung as Zhang Yang had blocked the attacks! Zhang Yang landed and continued sprinting to the exit.

This was a type of kiting technique for the Hunter class. Even though he was not a Hunter, it was still extremely useful here.

The problem was that there were still too many monsters on his tail, and there were some attacks that he could not block.

'-518!'

'-529!'

'-532!'

With just 3 attacks, he lost a third of his HP already!

Zhang Yang quickly consumed a [Level 2 Healing Potion] on the move.

[Level 2 Healing Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Immediately restores 1,000 HP.

Cooldown time: 1 minute.

Using any grade of Healing Potion would cause all grades of Healing Potion to have the same cooldown.

Level Requirement: 30

As he kept on running, Zhang Yang jumped a full circle and activated Block as he turned behind to keep his momentum going!

Thunder Strike, Charge, Block. Everything Zhang Yang could do had been done to stall the monsters behind him. He had to speed up more to maintain his HP! The monsters around him were just too many that he had already lost 90% of his HP by just moving 20 meters forward!

Berserker's Heal!

'4750!'

Zhang Yang fully healed himself and quickly moved further up. But with only moving 30 meters forward, he was down to 1,000 HP again!

Zhang Yang quickly activated the Lifesteal effect of the sword and casted Horizontal Sweep to deal a chain of devastating damage to the monsters behind him. Simultaneously, 3 green healing texts of '1400' popped out and his HP was fully healed once more!

Shield Wall!

Zhang Yang used another skill with a long cooldown that instantly reduced all incoming damage by 75% for 10 seconds! But in this short amount of time, he could only depend on the set equipment effects to keep his health at the same amount!

Another 20 meters forward! There was only 30 meters more to reach the exit!

Shield Wall expired!

'-414!'

'-431!'

'-422!'

Zhang Yang began to take continuous damage again. Argh! Just a little more!

Zhang Yang gave it all he got and cried out as he leapt into the sky, dodged the monsters, and rolled into the exit!

"RAWRR..."

Countless monsters squeezed together at the exit. All of them were trying their best to move closer as they growled furiously, but neither of them could take one more step to reach Zhang Yang.

"Phew!" Zhang Yang let out a long breath of relief. He checked on his status and had goosebumps when he saw he had only 127 remaining HP left. If he had made a mistake any bit earlier, he would have probably died in the middle there!

Before the aggro effect disappeared, the monsters outside would not leave and Zhang Yang could not leave the battle mode to eat some health recovering snacks. He could only activate the bandage skill to recover his health.

[Cotton Bandage] (Consumable)

Use: Heal 1,000 HP over 10 seconds. The effect will be cancelled when you enter any action or receive any damage.

Cooldown time: 1 minute.

Requirement: Advance First-Aid

As he had the "A Physician's Friend" title, the bandage effect was doubled. He healed over 2,000 HP from just one cast itself. He turned to look outside and noticed that all the monsters gathered there had already long dispersed. There were only a few left still standing there staring at him.

What a pity! If only the monsters could just remain there forever! That would be a free blockade for him! Who would dare to get through the entrance when there were so many elite monsters standing together like that? Aside from Zhang Yang, no one else could proceed further into the tower!

With the last monster finally walking away, Zhang Yang got out of battle mode and sat down to eat some health recovering snacks.

"Hey! Noob tank! Did you see the system announcement? Shall we go and fight for the lease?" Wei Yan Er suddenly called Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang smiled and replied. "If I were waiting for you to come over, my little potted plant would have grown into a sky-scraping bean stalk! I'm already in the tower!"

"What the hell, dude! Why didn't you tell us?! I'm sure you're planning to hog all the treasure in there for yourself! Hmph! Cousin! Cousin! Stop counting the money already! Let's go!"

Beep.

The little brat hung up the communicator.

Zhang Yang smiled happily as he lifted his sword and walked towards the second floor with happy feet.

The monsters here at the first floor should hold the other players off for quite some time.

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Chapter 113: The Second Floor

"What. The. F*ck. Look at those elite monsters!" 44 Bandits scratched his head in frustration. He could not hold in his surprised and cursed as he saw the ridiculous number of monsters cramped up together at the end of the stairs.

Floating Up frowned with frustration. If they were to enter a regular dungeon instead; even if there were a lot more elite monsters around, the party could take their own sweet time to kill them off since no one else would be competing. But things were not the same with a field boss. Every second counted. They had already gained a huge advantage when they were the first to arrive here, but if they were to start clearing all these monsters here and now, they would lose their advantageous stance.

"Where's Zhan Yu?" Beauty Healer asked. "Based on the information we got, Zhan Yu should be ahead of us. But from the looks of it, I don't think he could be in the tower."

All Wounded replied, "The system explained that the monster spawn rate was increased by 1,000%. Could it be that the monsters he killed already respawned?"

"Impossible!" Floating Up shook his head and explained. "As the official data explained before, monsters outside of the beginner village would respawn every 3 hours. Elite monsters would take 5 hours. Even if the spawn rate had been increased to 1,000%, it would take at least half an hour to fully respawn them all! The system made the announcement only about 20 minutes ago, yet here we can see that none of the monsters were taken out!"

"Perhaps he was under stealth mode?" Broken Uranus joked.

44 Bandits shook his head. "That wouldn't work. The monsters here have True Sight. I saw the True Sight icon on the monster's head when I sneaked in earlier.

Monsters with True Sight were naturally born to counter stealth users; Thieves in general. Phantom Assassins, especially, loathed these type of monsters.

"Could it be...that he actually hasn't arrived yet?" Floating Up muttered alone.

"Who cares about him? Let's just go ahead and kill the monsters! If that guy hasn't arrived, so be it! If he does, we'll kill him. End of story!" said 44 Bandits with a strong killing intent. He was killed 3 times consecutively by Zhang Yang. Even though he did say it was all for business and nothing personal, he could not say it willingly as he was made a fool by everyone else in the Mercenary.

Floating Up kept quiet for a while before he spoke. "So be it. Let's go. Follow the path on the side, we have to attract as few monsters as we can."

The connecting path from the first floor to the second floor was a long and winding staircase. Zhang Yang walked around at least 7 to 8 circles before he was at the bottom.

Similarly, the second floor was another huge field filled with the same Skeletal Guards. However, the number of monsters drastically dropped. He estimated that there were only less than 10% of the monsters from the first floor!

Did it just get easier?

It didn't make any sense! Instead of getting happy, Zhang Yang frowned worriedly. It was once said that peace was just the calm before a storm. The game developers could not have been that generous enough to lower the difficulty when they had just placed that many monsters in the first floor!

Zhang Yang observed carefully again before he proceed further, and he noticed something different. The tiling on the ground were made up of black and white stones; like a chess board to be precise, but there were slightly more black tiles than the white ones. The monsters were gathered around only on the black tiles.

Zhang Yang tried to walked towards the edge of the platform and stepped on one of the black tile.

... Nothing happened.

He switched and moved on a little and stepped one foot on the white tile.

Fuushh!

'-1,600!'

A pillar of fire burst out from the white tiles and damaged Zhang Yang.

Hmph! As expected! No wonder there were lesser monsters, there are traps everywhere here! One wrong step and I'll be cooked for sure!

Zhang Yang continued to observe. Not far from where he stood, a new Skeleton Guard spawned out on top of a white tile. The trap was sprung and it dealt 2,000 damage to the monster. The monster then moved away from the tile and stood on a black tile instead.

Elite monster's AI system was just simple programming. The monster must have been set to patrol around the area. That was why even though a trap was there, it would still walk over it without any consideration.

'-2000!'

'-2000!'

As it continuously walked over the white tiles, it took damage each time. 50,000 HP seemed plenty but no matter how strong it was, it would still die from constantly taking too much damage. After a minute or so, the monster was defeated. Zhang Yang turned around and saw many monsters spawning and dying in the same manner. It was no wonder that the number of monsters around here was that many. The traps laid around here was set to damage even their own soldiers. Talk about realistic friendly fire... The remaining monsters were only roaming around the large black tiled area.

Now that Zhang Yang understood the concept of this floor, he worked a plan and walked on bravely. He stepped on a black tile and followed the path onwards without stepping on any traps. There were still times where he had to jump around as if he was in a gymnastics competition, unwillingly drawing the attention of the monsters around.

"Rawr!"

It did not take long for one of the Skeleton Guard to notice him and charged at him. Zhang Yang scanned the area quickly, forming a battle plan and withdrew 7 steps back.

The monster approached towards him with its sword swinging in the air.

Block!

'-224!' Block reflect damage.

'-2000!'

The trap that the monster just triggered was part of Zhang Yang's plan. He wanted the monster to step on it to take the trap's damage. Two seconds later, the pillar of fire burst out again and dealt another 2,000 damage.

"Damn, I love this place!" Zhang Yang was overjoyed. He was happily activating Block and since the skill only had a 1 second cooldown, he did not need to reserve it.

Block!

Block!

Block!

The monster's attack rate seemed to be one swing every 2 seconds, and it did not have any special skills that Zhang Yang had to pay special attention to as well. He could basically lose his weapon and solely use his shield to bash the hell out of them, not to mention making use of the traps all over the field to help him! With Zhang Yang strong attacks, the monster was defeated under 30 seconds and granted him a luxurious amount of experience points.

It was all because of the OP skill Block that Zhang Yang could be so relaxed! 1 second cooldown? No problem man! With the monsters' long attack interval, they could not break his defense, let alone even trying to leave a scratch mark on him!

No wonder the skill Block had to be nerfed! This skill is just too OP that every Guardian could be so relaxed even in an intense situation!

"Awesome!"

A single monster alone granted him 50,000 experience points, and he only took 30 seconds to defeat one. Talk about super grinding speed! Zhang Yang could not help but to scream out in ecstasy!

Zhang Yang looted the corpse and carried on. One by one he killed the monsters with much ease. As he had already gotten used to the mechanics of this field, he took the trap and used it to his advantage instead. It was like a walk in the park! He arrived at the next floor entrance in no time at all!

"Hmm... the first floor was all about the number of players. If there were not enough manpower, it was instant death! The second floor required the party to limit the number of players! If they were to bring in their entire fleet, this place would burn them all extra crispy style! What an interesting battle ground. I wonder how would it be for the third floor?" Zhang Yang talked to himself.

He has never encountered a place like this before in his previous life. The entire game map was just too large! Just Level 30 training grounds would have exceeded around 11 maps. Previously, when he just entered the game, most of the players already left the low-level maps. Almost all low-level training grounds were filled with a small number of players. Since there were more monsters than players around, just one map alone was sufficient to train from Level 30 to Level 40!

However, after reaching Level 50 and above, things got a little slower. Since the eight major cities in the China server did not have their own respective training grounds for players above Level 50, players beyond that would have to share the training ground, and things got a little rowdy after that; especially after Level 100. The entire world, all 8 servers including China, had 64 major cities' players come together to fight in their respective level map, and the situation got worse. There were even fights and little skirmishes happening every day!

Zhang Yang walked down the stairs and arrived to the third floor.

There was another overly large field again, but this time the monsters were magic attack types. Instead of wielding swords, the same Skeletal monsters were wearing robes, and the number of monsters around had also dropped once more. There were at least 10 meters of distance between each monster.

[Tower Dark Sorcerer] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 30,000

They had the same level and elite tier, but these monsters were 20,000 HP lesser than the previous floor's monsters. Magic-based monsters were naturally built with low defense. However, Zhang Yang could not lower his guard against them since Guardians were only strong against physical attack types. Block would not be as effective against them!

Oh well, since the bridge was there, he had to cross it. Time for another killing spree!

Zhang Yang raised the sword in his hand and charge forward. Without delay, one of the monsters quickly noticed him and raised its staff to cast a magic spell.

This is... Shadow Arrow!

Zhang Yang was happy for a moment. He then quickly took a [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] and ran into the effective range to cast Charge and stunned the monster. The monster's spell was cancelled before it could finish.

'-742!' Normal attack.

'-3022!' Critical strike! Horizontal Sweep.

The Sorcerer quickly recovered from the stun. Zhang Yang could not tell what expression it made since its face was completely made out of a human skull. However, he knew that the monster began to chant another spell when the boney jaw started to clatter. The Shadow Arrow progress bar continued as it chanted.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds!

Pew!

A Shadow Arrow flew across the field and damaged Zhang Yang with 700 damage.

Zhang Yang's Rage rose to 62 points. He first started off with Cripple Defense to drop its Defense down to 0 with his passive skill, Eagle Eye.

Destructive Smash! Force Strike! Horizontal Sweep!

Zhang Yang prioritized to cast Destructive Smash and Horizontal Sweep first before the Defense reduction effect wore off before casting Force Strike to deplete his Rage.

20 seconds into the battle, Zhang Yang had taken 6 of the Shadow Arrow and had his HP reduced down to 550 HP. He quickly consumed a healing potion and healed 1,000 HP. He took another 6 of the Shadow Arrow in just 6 seconds!

By then, Zhang Yang only had 150 HP remaining while the Sorcerer had more than 10,000 HP left.

"Damn, I have to rely on my other skills to fight!" Zhang Yang sighed and activated Berserker's Heal and fully recovered his HP.

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Chapter 114: Clear Lotus – The Ice Whisperer

If monsters had conscious thought, they would be bawling in frustration and denial like sore losers by now!

What kind of cheating douche was this Guardian?! How does he heal himself back to full health like that?! The worst part of it was the fact that he could heal way faster than any Priest or Scared Knight at his level! What was the point of attacking him anyway... he would just heal himself and they would start from ground zero again... we might as well just give up and drink tea...

The Tower Skeleton Sorcerer however, was not sentient or self-aware in any way, and was chanting non-stop, his boney jaw chattering, to cast Shadow Arrow after Shadow Arrow. It would stop at nothing to kill Zhang Yang.

However, with one full health bar, Zhang Yang could bring down 2/3 of the monster's HP before he activated any of his HP regenerating skills, as if his healing was on steroids. The one having rough days would be the monsters facing Zhang Yang.

It took him roughly 10 seconds to kill the monster.

"Phew! Sorcerer-types are definitely troublesome!" Zhang Yang sighed as he slowed down to eat some health recovering snacks.

"Ooi! Noob tank! Where are you? Are you inside?" Wei Yan Er called out to Zhang Yang via the voice messenger.

"I'm in the third floor now! Are you guys here already?" Zhang Yang replied as he walked to the corpse, picking up some [Cotton Cloth] and coins. There was even a Level 30 Green-Copper equipment. It was not worth much, but it could at least be sold for 10 to 20 gold coins.

"Don't even dream of that happening. There are so many players outside here that the line stretches from Misty Valley all the way to Tullon Town! Some even started getting into brawls since they're out of options. Woah! Speak of the devil. Woohoo!! Kick his ass! *ahem* As I was saying, there's no way for us. We'll definitely not be entering. What do we do now?"

"Might as well just do something else. You can either wait for the crowd to disperse and then sneak in, or just give it up. If you don't see any way in, then just go back!"

Against such numbers, they would never be able to fight their way into the tower. They had better odds finding a high-level boss to cast Silence on every single player out there.

"Sigh! What a letdown!" Wei Yan Er abruptly hung up on the call.

"What a rude little brat!" Zhang Yang laughed as he continued further down the floors.

Upon encountering the second Sorcerer, he activated the sword's Lifesteal to fight it. He made quick work of it, and sat down, waiting for the Berserker's Heal to finish its cooldown before proceeding.

One by one, he continued to repeat the same cycle of skills to cut his way through the floor. The progress was snail-paced, only reaching the end of the floor after half an hour. By then, the first Sorcerer that he killed had already respawned.

"Finally! The fourth floor! I'm pretty sure everyone else is still struggling on the First Floor!" Zhang Yang grinned evilly and proceed.

Eh!? What the hell? What a vast difference!

The fourth floor was not a huge field like all the others, it was a huge maze! From the top of the stairs, Zhang Yang could see the maze and all its complexities, but he could not see the end of it. He could not even make out the right path!

"How old-fashioned! This is just an old-school method used in the olden days of RPG to waste a player's time! Sigh!" Zhang Yang dragged his feet into the maze.

He came across a 3-way intersection after only walking 8 meters in.

"I'll only need to keep following the right wall, might as well just walk a few more!" Zhang Yang muttered. This method was slow, but fool proof. If you were out of directions, you could just walk along the walls to your right or left to find your way out.

Shush!

There was a sudden disturbance in the air as Zhang Yang walked. He noticed it immediately and used Charge towards the general direction of the disturbance.

'-691!'

A damage text popped out and a shadowy figure appeared. It was holding a pair of short swords in its hands, as it dashed towards Zhang Yang to attack.

Zhang Yang activated Block and Shield Bash to reveal its true form.

It was a Spectre Assassin. Its skeletal body was covered in a thick gray colored cloth, its face was also completely covered with the same material but its eye sockets were lit with dark flames.

[Tomb Assassin] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 50,000

Only one of the attacks was blocked! The other sword was cutting through the air as it swiftly approached Zhang Yang! A dual-wielding monster! Its attack interval was extremely short!

Zhang Yang quickly activated another Block and tumbled over to evade another incoming attack that he could not block. This assassin struck hard and fast, and did so very frequently. Just when it could not get any worse, it revealed its skill! Zhang Yang saw a flash of black light appeared on his body and a DoT icon appeared on his head.

[Fatal Poison: Receive 500 Natural damage over 15 seconds. Can be stacked 5 times.

Damn! Of all things, he got poisoned! Damn DoT!

Zhang Yang quickly attacked to finish the monster off as fast as he could. Zhang Yang could evade and block almost all physical attacks but he could not prevent himself from the DoT skill!

'-1,516!'

'-3,072!'

'-711!'

Zhang Yang chained attack after attack on the monster, giving all he got and finally killed off the assassin about a minute later.

Zhang Yang sat down and restore his HP with health recovering snacks. Luckily the monster was not as strong as a player. Its DoT effect infliction success rate was low. Zhang Yang was only stacked with 2 layers of the poison before he killed the monster off. He only had 300 HP remaining but he had not activated any of his emergency skills with long cooldowns.

After restoring to full health, Zhang Yang got up and walked over to pick up the loot.

[First Aid: Level 1 Antidote Bandage] (Skill Book)

Use: Teaches you how to make a [Level 1 Antidote Bandage]

Require: Advance First Aid.

Zhang Yang eyes glinted with joy. It was just like a Fatty Han giving him a phone charger when his phone was running out of battery! It was just what he needed, and the game decided to help him with it! He quickly took the skill book and learned it.

[Level 1 Antidote Bandage: Remove a Level 60 and below Poison effect.

Require: Advanced First Aid.

Cooldown time: 15 seconds.

The items required to make the bandage were only slightly more costly than the [Cotton Bandage]. It only needed an additional [Cotton Cloth, bringing the total to 2!

Zhang Yang snickered. He immediately crafted 10 stacks of [Level 1 Antidote Bandage] for later use. He was now a Specialist-tier First Aid; he could make 6 items at one time. It only took him 30 to 40 seconds to make that amount.

Along the way, Zhang Yang encountered many more Spectre Assassins. None of them could sneak up to Zhang Yang, not when he had so much experience in fighting actual assassin players. Without the fear of getting poisoned, Zhang Yang could easily counter the attacks of the thieves and kill them all without a scratch!

At times like these, a skill book, an item, or an equipment with special effect, any one of these could actually turn the tide of battle for some! Before Zhang Yang had the [Level 1 Antidote Bandage, he could only face one assassin at a time, but now, he could take several of them at a time!

This maze was so complicated that it turned from being tiring to being downright annoying. Coupled with the endless amount of assassins sneaking around, Zhang Yang only managed to escape the maze after 2 hours of wandering about inside!

"GAH! F*cking annoying!" Zhang Yang sighed heavily. He looked up and saw a tightly sealed door no further than 10 meters ahead that led down to the fifth floor. Just as he was about to move his right leg forward, he felt a sudden sensation. It was a killing intent.

Shush!

Zhang Yang slashed at the air to his left side, and a splash of blood appeared in the air!

'-661!'

The slender body of a woman appeared out of thin air as Zhang Yang had forced the thing out of stealth. It was a super sexy Elf woman with pointy ears, sparkly eyes, and skin so fair that no one on Earth could compete with!

A Spectre! And a highly leveled one too at that!

Only a high leveled spectre could maintain the appearance of its previous life before it died. Based on its appearance alone, you could never differentiate a high level spectre from a normal living being!

[Clear Lotus - The Ice Whisperer] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 36

HP: 400,000

Note: She was the Wind Ranger of the Flame Wolves Army. She was converted into a Spectre by the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar

Damn! No wonder all the monsters here are are Spectres. It looked like those high ranked ones were trapped down here! If the fourth floor has Clear Lotus as the boss, it could mean that up to 10 bosses stood between him and the last floor!

A field boss was quite rare, unlike the boss in the dungeon where a normal player could fight it alone! That was one of the reasons why most of the field bosses out there had better drops than dungeon bosses! Those valuable items like skill book, recipes, pets, and mounts were all drops from field bosses!

10 Gray-Silver field bosses for him alone to kill! Talk about digging up an oil rig!

Zhang Yang recalled back to the time when he killed the Cave of Bones's Shurian; how many awesome items did he have to give up to the team!

Right now, the question was whether or not he could go all the way to the last floor!

If his opponent was a physical attack-type monster, he would be able to force his way through fairly easily. But if he faced a magical attack-type, his Block will be rendered useless! That still would not be too much trouble if that particular boss had 30,000 or 50,000 HP, but if the boss had more than 1 million HP, where would he even begin?

"This is a restricted area. All intruders must die!" Clear Lotus let out a crystal crisp voice. She gripped the daggers in her hands and slashed at Zhang Yang's throat!

Block!

'-199!' Block reflect damage.

'-447!' Shield Bash.

An eye for an eye, after a normal attack, Zhang Yang cast Horizontal Sweep and inflicted a critical attack.

'-2,472!'

The boss snarled in anger and swung the daggers in her hands even faster than better.

Block!

Block!

Block!

'100!'

The set-equipment effect would still trigger with a successful Block.

No matter what kind of boss it was, it would be most definitely be frustrating when fighting someone who could activate Block every freaking second!

In an instant, a black outline appeared around the boss' daggers and Zhang Yang head was adorned with a DoT icon above it.

'Ding! You have received Spectre's Decay (1 stack). Received 800 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

'Ding! You have received Spectre's Decay (2 stack). Received 1600 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

As expected from a boss, she could inflict two layers of DoT skill at one go!

Zhang Yang quickly consumed a [Level 1 Antidote Bandage] to clear one Poison effect. The second Poison effect could only be cleared after 10 seconds.

'-640!'

'-640!'

'-640!'

In just 10 seconds, Zhang Yang received a total of ,1920 points of poison damage!

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Chapter 115: A Change of Heart

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Almost all of the boss' normal attacks were deflected by Block. With that fast attack speed and frequency, Zhang Yang could not spare any single Block to waste. At the same time, the Brave set-equipment constantly restored his health. Slowly yet steadily, many green texts of '100' popped over his head.

The DoT effect had inflicted 1,920 damage to Zhang Yang in 10 seconds, but at the same time, the Brave set-equipment effect had healed Zhang Yang by over 500 HP. After removing the second DoT skill, he healed another 500 HP again.

'Ding! You have been afflicted with Spectre's Decay (1 stack). Receive 800 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

'Ding! You have been afflicted with Spectre's Decay (2 stack). Receive 1600 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

20 seconds later, the boss inflicted another DoT Poison.

Zhang Yang immediately removed the first layer, and the second layer after 10 seconds.

The boss was not like a player that could think and act unpredictably. Their attacks were all fixed with a rotational cycle. For example, some skills would be activated after a fixed duration, other skills would be activated after dropping to a certain level of health, others when losing a certain amount of health within a certain period of time, and many other fixed conditions.

After being inflicted with poison twice by the boss, Zhang Yang learned that the boss would cast the DoT skill once in roughly every 20 seconds! If Zhang Yang had not possessed any [Level 1 Poison Antidote, he would have accumulated over 5 layers of [Spectral Decay] in just 40 seconds! Even though he had the 20% damage reduction passive skill, he would still receive at least 3,200 damage every tick! Shield Wall, Berserker's Heal and the Lifesteal effect of the sword would have only prolonged his struggle for another 10 or 20 seconds!

What luck!

No... could it be that the developers purposely designed the monsters on the upper floor to have the bandage recipe? If they had not done so, even a tank with a healer would not be able to hold for long against this boss!

Zhang Yang was the only oddball in the game that had maximized his Block skill level. The [Level 1 Antidote Bandage] required the player to have the First Aid skill mastery raised to Advance-tier to be able to use it. Majority of players around would be estimated to be only around Amateur-tier currently. There could also be players who were unwilling to invest in raising their mastery level, and could be at the lowest rank, Beginner First Aid. Even if they managed to get their hands on the recipe, they could do nothing but stare at it in agony.

With that in mind, Zhang Yang could be the only person in the game with the ability to fight the boss alone!

Zhang Yang started to calculate. If he could nullify every single physical attack from the boss and only receive the poison damage, he would lose, on average, 1,920 HP every 20 seconds. With the help of the set-equipment healing effect, he would heal at least 1,000 HP. This brought down the loss to 46 HP every second! He had Berserker's Heal, Lifesteal effect of the sword, and also the occasional healing potion consumption, he would last for a long, long time in battle!

There was hope!

Zhang Yang gathered his wits, before stacking 5 layers of Cripple Defense, and began his onslaught.

With the cooldown of Block reduced down to 1 second, the efficiency of Shield Bash grew more significant as it contributed to the total damage over time! Under 5 stacks of Cripple Defense and Eagle Eye, the Block damage reflect could exceed 250 damage and Shield Bash could deal at least 530 damage!

That meant that, by only activating Block and Shield Bash alone, at least 800 damage was dealt per second!

This was definitely a major upgrade, since a 2-second Block cooldown could only deal 400 damage, 3-second cooldown could deal 266 damage while a 4-second cooldown would only deal 200 damage!

Of course that could only be applied to bosses with fast attacking speed. If the boss attacked every 2 seconds or even once in every 3 seconds, the combined damage of both Block and Shield Bash would be reduced tremendously.

Watching how he had managed to pull it off smoothly, Zhang Yang could not help but feel a little prideful of his feat. He sighed again to know that this godly Block would be nerfed in the future! If it remains unchanged, Guardians would definitely obtain the highest in the damage statistics against all fast attacking bosses!

After a minute into the battle, Zhang Yang's HP had dropped down to 1,990 HP while the boss still had roughly around 320,000 HP! He immediately consumed a heath potion and restored his health back up to 2,990 HP. Another minute went by and Zhang Yang was left only with 230 HP while the boss's HP had dropped down to 250,000 HP! That was 100,000 HP worth of damage in over 1 minute!

Just as the health potion cooldown was done, Zhang Yang quickly consumed a bottle and brought up his HP back to 1,230 HP. However, this little bit of HP recovery could only last him for about 20 seconds! His HP continued dropping like a roller coaster down the slope!

Berserker's Heal!

Foosh! His HP was restored back to full health!

40 seconds later, the health potion cooldown was done and Zhang Yang took another bottle and his HP was back up to 3,910 HP. The boss still had around 180,000 HP left!

GAH! What an awesome feeling! It's been ages since Zhang Yang had a solo boss fight!

Block and the Brave set-equipment effect was just too OP! He could literally just depend on Block alone to kill the Gray-Silver boss!

After another minute, Zhang Yang consumed the fourth bottle of health potion and restored his health to 2,250 HP. The boss was only left 100,000 HP!

40 seconds later, Zhang Yang activated the sword's Lifesteal effect. Slash! Slash! Slash! He sliced the boss 3 times and stole more than 3,000 HP from the boss! He had healed his HP back to the maximum amount!

20 seconds later, his health potion cooldown was done. At the same time, his Berserker's Heal was ready to be used. Zhang Yang remained front of the boss like an annoying cockroach, taking all the hits without even budging from his place!

With this, the defeat of the first boss would be imminent! It was not even a challenge at all!

Zhang Yang could not help but to feel a little sympathetic. A thought came into his mind. If some other party tried to fight this boss, the Spectral Decay effect would have easily stacked up to 5 layers which would ultimately reach a super high damage value and could easily kill 90% of any tank out there! In this case, it was not about the other tanks being weak, it was Zhang Yang's excellent exploitation of the game's bugs1!

The boss wailed in despair as it turned into a pillar of light and fell defeated, dropping its battle loot all over the floor.

"Aww yiss!" Zhang Yang clapped his hands. He was extremely excited! To have the ability to solo a boss was every single player's ambition, including Zhang Yang's! But ever since he had defeated the Black Panther King at the beginner village, he had been so preoccupied with raiding dungeons, forming a party, managing a guild, and making potions like there was no tomorrow, that he had been completely drawn into the idea of making money!

Ever since he was reborn, he had always been carrying an emotional baggage. To prevent the misery from occurring again, he increased the load on his bag. The game was supposed to be a tool of entertainment, but Zhang Yang did not see it that way. To him, the game was a tool for him to make a fortune!

At this moment however, Zhang Yang finally had a taste of the game's true purpose! He had experienced the fun from killing a boss! He finally felt the rush of battle! The feeling of victory! Money was important, but so was having fun in the game!

However, he could not ever forgive the man who had cause him despair in his past. Liu Wei and his guild Myth must pay the price! But a man must not live with only vengeance in his heart. If a heart remained wrecked with poison and twisted with nefarious intent, one cannot be his true self.

With a sudden epiphany, Zhang Yang had felt that the future was not as heavy a burden as he thought it would be. The weight on his shoulders was now lighter than before. He smiled. For the first time after a long while, he smiled, both physically and mentally.

"Time for the loots! Loots!" Zhang Yang laughed as he tried to imitate Wei Yan Er screaming every time they finished a boss fight.

[Blade of the Abyss] (Gray-Silver, Dagger)

Weapon Attack: 125-187

Attack Interval: 1.3 seconds.

DPS: 120

Level 1 Socket

Level 1 Socket

Equip Effect: After a successful attack on a target, there will be a chance to inflict Darkness Decay. Target will have 5% increase in all Natural damage. Last for 10 seconds.

Level requirement: 30

Poison was a Natural damage. A dagger was meant for Thieves, especially the Phantom Assassin. This weapon was the best weapon by far in the game!

Zhang Yang sent a private message to Sun Xin Yu containing the description of the weapon. He then call her on the voice messenger.

"Do you need this?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Yes." She replied coldly.

"Do you really need it!?" He said a little louder.

"Yes! I need it!" Her tone raised evenly.

"Are you sure...?" Zhang Yang played with her a little longer.

"YES! I NEED IT!" She finally screamed.

"...I don't feel the spirit there. Let me start over again. Do you need this?"

"What the hell are you doing!?" Sun Xin Yu finally got angry. Is he playing with a dog?

"Haha! I was just playing with you! You need to speak up more! Don't always wander off alone like that! Get along with us a little more!" Zhang Yang laughed. After he had managed to arrange his thoughts, he was now a little relaxed.

"There... There's something different about you." A woman was always sharp with these subtle changes, especially since it was The Ice Queen Sun Xin Yu.

"Is that a good thing? Or a bad thing?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Who cares about that? I'm going to grind my level now! Leave me alone!"

Beep.

Sun Xin Yu hung up.

Zhang Yang continued to laugh at Sun Xin Yu's reaction and continued to delve deeper into the loots.

[Strength Necklace] (Gray-Silver, Necklace)

Vitality: 15

Strength: 15

Equip Effect: All your attacks will have a 5% chance to trigger a buff that grants 50 strength. Effect cannot be stacked. Last for 10 seconds.

Level requirement: 30

Not bad. It was almost time for him to change the necklace he had since Bangar Crypt. After swapping the new necklace, Zhang Yang's HP rose a little higher, reaching 4,870 HP. It was almost breaking the 5,000 benchmark!

[Will of Defense] (Green-Copper, Shield)

Defense: 120

Vitality: 60

Level requirement: 30

Even though this shield was just a Green-Copper tier, it could still be sold off for a good price because shields in the market were scarce! The best shield so far was [United Elemental Shield, the shield Zhang Yang obtained from the Hardcore Mode of Marzerway's Lair.

There were not many teams around that could conquer Hardcore Marzerway's Lair. Furthermore, even if they did manage to kill Marzerway, there was still the drop rate to worry about. Furthermore, the 20-man dungeon would only be available 3 days after the first raid. So far, the number of players in White Jade Castle who would have this shield was no more than 10!

The shield that was one rank below the [United Elemental Shield] was the [Earthen Round Shield, and its recipe could only be found at the Hardcore Mode Hidden boss of the Bangar Crypt. So far, players around Level 30 had turned back to farm the Level 10 dungeon. Since they could easily defeat the dungeon with their level advantage, the recipe had been found by many players and the shield was now obsolete among the top players. Almost every regular Joe or Jane who called themselves tanks out there had the same [Earthen Round Shield] hanging on their backs.

This [Will of Defense] was not as strong as [United Elemental Shield] but it was far stronger than the [Earthen Round Shield]! Zhang Yang continued laughing softly to himself as he kept the shield in his inventory. Zhang Yang reached out his hand to get more items.

There were no other Gray-Silver equipment but there were at least 4 more Green-Copper equipment for him. However, these were all helmets, gloves, boots, and armor type equipment. Since there was already a set-equipment around, these equipment could only be sold for a low price!

Was that all?

Zhang Yang reached out his hand again to make sure. This was the first death of the boss; the drop rate must be high! There had to be some more good stuff!

[Servant: Spectre Assassin] (Silver-tier)

Use: Summons a Spectre Assassin as your servant in battle. Last for 5 minutes. You can only summon one Servant at a time. Summoning any Servant will cause all Servants to be in cooldown.

Cooldown time: 30 minutes.

Level requirement: 30

Binds on obtain.

A Servant! Zhang Yang eyes glinted with joy!

So far, Hunters were the only class in the game that could summon beasts as minions in battle. In the future, during the Inheritance patch update, Spellcasters and Priests would be able to have the "Summoning" Inheritance. They could form a pact with a demon to obtain a demon pet. The only way for the other classes to have a summon would be Servants!

As far as Zhang Yang knew, there were 3 tiers of servants; Copper-tier, Silver-tier, and Gold-tier. Zhang Yang did not know whether or not if there were any other higher tiered summonable Servants available in the game, since the highest-level player in the game in his previous life was only Level 204. It was quite a stretch from reaching the maximum level of 300!

The biggest weakness of a Servant compared to a Hunter's summoned pet was the duration. Unlike the Hunter's pet, Servants could not last forever in the field. Furthermore, a Hunter's pet would follow the owner's level and gain strength as the owner levelled up. A Servant however, remained the same forever. The drop rates of servants were so rare and limited that only field bosses had a chance of dropping it.

A Copper-tier Servant was the weakest among all. The damage was low and it did not possess any skill. They existed to allow players to have a thrill of becoming a master of a summoned Servant. The benefit of this Copper-tier Servant was that once a player had gotten sick of it, he or she could sell it off to other players. A Silver-tier Servant was much more valuable. It would only be dropped by high level bosses. This Servant's attack was much stronger and had a set of skills to use. The downside of a Silver-tier Servant was that it would be bound to the player once he or she obtained it. It was untradeable and unsellable.

The strongest among all Servants was the Gold-tier. They would only be dropped by super strong bosses! In his previous life, when he did the Inheritance quest mission to defeat the King-Kong, it was capable of dropping a Gold-tier Servant which was an extremely powerful miniaturized version of itself!

1Bug - Bug is an error in programming in the game which would cause the game to have some functions to go out of the norm. There are some cases where the bug could be taken advantage of, like the ones in the previous chapters. In this case, Zhang Yang was exploiting bugs that allowed him to be capable of performing extraordinary feats that no human could possibly perform.

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Chapter 116: Powerful Servant

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Logically, Silver-tiered Servants were not as rare as Gold-tier Servant, but it was still not supposed to be dropped by Clear Lotus - The Ice Whisperer, a small-fry of a gatekeeper boss! Rather, it should have been dropped by the final boss which was that Evil Sorcerer!

Probably this was due to the first kill of Clear Lotus - The Ice Whisperer, so it was a bonus loot!

Yes! Great fortune indeed!

Zhang Yang felt euphoric, and continued to the staircase, step by step to the entrance of fifth floor.

He followed the steps and walked down, turning 7 to 8 rounds before entering the tower's fifth floor.

This floor was different again. It was full of stelae which were at least as tall as seven or eight people and as wide as about three people. Untamed flora grew across the ground. Zhang Yang was felt like he had just stepped into ancient historical remains, fit to be an archaeological excavation!

Zhang Yang raised his head and gazed into the distance. It was dead silent, and the only thing that caught his eyes were some unknown grade of gemstones glimmering on the top of stelae.

"Stealth monsters again?" Zhang Yang grumbled in his heart.

He gingerly stepped forward, sword and shield drawn and raised.

Shwoop!

A number of projectiles suddenly shot rapidly toward Zhang Yang from all directions!

"I am not able to dodge them all!" Zhang Yang calmly said to himself. He still had Block!

'-562!'

'-534!'

'-571!'

'-557!'

Block was completely ineffective! Zhang Yang caught sight of four skeletal archers stepping out from the back of a stela in front of him. The skeletal archers were holding bows, each as long as half a person, gazing at him with strong killing intent.

[Underground Tower's Archer] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 40,000

Block was definitely an overpowered skill but it was invalid for ranged attacks!

Zhang calculated that the distance between the skeletal archers and himself was at least 20 meters. Their effective range was 2 to 10 meters so Zhang Yang had to take some shots from them if he tried to close the distance. The skeletal archers would always pull away to maintain the distance between themselves and their targets, while unleashing their attack continuously. However, they would only use melee attacks when they fail to shake their targets off. However, Zhang Yang did not have any AoE immobilizing skill so whenever the skeletal archers spread out, Zhang Yang could only chase after them one at a time and swing at it with all his might!

In a moment. Zhang Yang already thought up numerous strategies, and decided not to rush towards the skeletal archers but instead retreated to take cover behind a huge stela.

In 'God's Miracle', be it by players or monsters, ranged attacks would never penetrate the obstacles unless they broke the obstacles themselves. The four skeletal archers clattered noisily, approaching the stela to attack Zhang Yang.

As the skeletal archers drew closer to the stela, Zhang Yang immediately used Horizontal Sweep and four '-1400' damage texts appeared above their heads.

The four skeletal archers punched at Zhang Yang pathetically. Ranged attack monsters' had naturally low melee damage, and the most they could deal was just 100 points of base damage, which was completely nullified by Zhang Yang's defense. They each only inflicted 1 point of damage to him. Additionally, as if things weren't bad enough for them, their valid strikes had also activated Zhang Yang's set equipment's HP recovery effect, and three '100' green text floated above his head.

Still, things won't be so simple. The four skeletal archers jumped backwards after that attack, and gained about 10 meters of distance!

Tumble, this was the unique skill for Hunters as an evasive maneuver whenever danger came too close!

Zhang Yang only curled his lips knowingly, before slipping back behind the huge stela.

If those skeletal archers coordinated like actual players, they could actually occupy each corner and surround the stela so that Zhang Yang would be within one of their line of fire no matter where he hid! Unfortunately, this was not the case; as soon they saw Zhang Yang hiding behind the stela, and as per scripted response, they roared, and approached Zhang Yang's position again.

Zhang Yang jumped out again when the skeletal archers approached the stela. Ten seconds of cooldown was up, and Zhang Yang used Horizontal Sweep again, with four damage texts carrying high numbers appearing above their heads.

Once again, the skeletal archers tried to retreat from Zhang Yang!

This was the programmed combat tactic for a ranged attack monster. Although Tumble was still in cooldown and unavailable, the four skeletal archers spread out, retreating after throwing punches in retaliation!

Luckily, Zhang Yang was well prepared, he used Thunder Strike and the speed of those skeletal archers were immediately reduced. In the meantime, Zhang Yang zoned in on one of them, forcing the skeletal archer to run towards the direction of another skeletal archer, bunching them up together.

With excellent situational and combat awareness, Zhang Yang herded them like sheep, able to force four skeletal archers to the same direction, with none of them being able to keep their distance away from Zhang Yang in order to perform ranged attacks.

30 seconds later after receiving a lot of harassment from Zhang Yang's sword, Tumble was ready once again, and skeletal archers fled as one.

Charge!

Zhang Yang dashed towards them, keeping close.

Tumble and Charge had the exact same 30 seconds of cooldown period, so the monsters would never be able to disengage from Zhang Yang!

Three minutes later, those four skeletal archers died miserably while Zhang Yang's HP had recovered, instead of dropping. He was just 2,000 HP short of his full HP! Those skeletal archers' melee attacks activated his set equipment's healing effect so frequently that it was laughable.

This combat seemed easy but it was actually very difficult to fully execute! To herd four monsters into the same direction, while keeping an attentive eye on the monsters' movement patterns, along with further judgment of when to intercept were required to work concurrently. A lesser fighter would have already been turned into a pin-cushion when the archers had spread out.

Zhang Yang managed the entire fight using his experience and excellent senses.

Zhang Yang looted from the monsters' corpses and continued to move forward.

Zhang Yang only moved another few steps forward when he immediately came under attack again. This time, six skeletal archers jumped out. If it had been more than six monsters, Zhang Yang would have really been in trouble!

Zhang Yang repeated his tactic, using the huge stela to take cover from their arrows, while luring them towards him! However, it was much harder to keep six monsters in a group compared to four, so Zhang Yang simply summoned the servant, taking the opportunity to gauge the strength of this Silver-tier servant.

[Spectre Assassin Clear Lotus - The Ice Whisperer] (Silver-tier Servant)

Level: 36

HP: 3,600

Melee Damage: Main Attack: 256-316 (Attack Interval: 1.8 seconds), Secondary Attack: 84-124 (Attack Interval: 1.3 seconds)

Skill: Steath, Shadow Walk, Backstab and Substitute.

Steath: Blends into the shadow and reduces the chance of being detected but receives a penalty of 50% movement speed reduction. Cooldown time: 10 seconds.

Shadow Walk: Walks in the dark, immediately flickers to the back of the target to deal an increased 20% skill damage. Range: 10 meters. Cooldown time: 30 seconds.

Backstab: Immediately attacks the target's back, dealing 150% damage as main servant. Can only be activated at the back of target. Cost: 50 Energy. Requirement: Dagger.

Substitute: Transfer master's debuff to the servant and renders the master immune to all damage for the next 5 seconds. If the servant dies before that, the master's immune effect will be ended immediately. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.

It was amazing! It was deserving to be called a Silver-tier Servant, its damage was comparable to a Level 36 player equipped with Level 30 Green-Copper equipment!

The most awesome thing was Substitute as it could transfer all of the master's debuff! It was an excellent anti-control trick, even with 5 seconds of invincible status. It was absolutely the most divine skill up to current phase.

Besides that, this Spectre Assassin was a carbon copy of Clear Lotus - The Ice Whisperer. The servant was a bombshell, her top tightly bound with leather and leopard-patterned strips which exposed her plump and firm bosom. Her bottom was wrapped in a leather miniskirt with similar leopard-themed patterning, accenting her curvy and firm booty. Her exposed legs were long and fair!

Such a glamorous appearance added a lot of marks to her! If Fatty Han saw her, he would definitely fall unconscious from a massive nosebleed!

How would it feel like if I touched her? Such an idea popped up in Zhang Yang's mind and he quickly shook it off. This was definitely due to Fatty Han's dirty-minded influence!

Unfortunately, she could only materialize for 5 minutes!

Zhang Yang sighed in dissatisfaction as he quickly dispatched the six monsters and proceeded on.

For the next 5 minutes, with the help of the servant, he wiped the floor with the monsters. As the servant's duration was up, it suddenly turned into a ray of white light and disappeared into thin air.

There were several more monsters along the way, and he had to deal with several more groups of these pesky ranged attackers. Half an hour later, and only with one-fifth of the entire passaged covered, the servant was once again ready.

He summoned it immediately, even if it was not due to the increase in the speed of his kills, Zhang Yang felt good only from looking at her! After all, killing monsters alone was pretty boring and at least having a pretty girl to accompany him was pleasing to the eyes.

Zhang Yang finally came to the end of this floor after three hours. In front of him was a hall, designed not unlike a Roman-architecture, supported by twelve huge pillars. The hall had undergone significant damage, with most of the rooftop being completely missing, and the rest of it in powdery decay.

There was a throne carved out from a large boulder at the bottom of the hall, it's back about three persons tall, towering in dominance despite its neglected state! There was a closed door to the left side of the throne. Zhang Yang believed that it was the entrance to the sixth floor! That also meant...

There was also a stout, chunky figure atop the throne, dressed in thin armor which seemed to glow silver-white under the weak lighting. There was a huge bow, at least twice his height, resting against the left armrest of the throne!

He was a Dwarven hunter!

[Supreme Archer Barga - The Mead] (Gray-Silver Boss)

Level: 36

HP: 400,000

Note: Supreme Archer, chief of Flame Wolves Army's archery division. He was the pride of Dwarves but he became a spectre due to Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar.

Looks like the bosses on the earlier floors were the key people of Flame Wolves Army. Unfortunately, all of them had fallen victim to the Evil Sorcerer.

Drawing in a deep breath, Zhang Yang drew his sword and sprinted explosively towards the throne, taking note of the boss' ranged nature.

"Bold intruder, how dare you step into the domain of Lord Terpot Ryhar! Just die!" Barga immediately grabbed his long bow and unleashed a lethal arrow with deadly speed and precision!

Zhang Yang raised his shield and ducked. Although Block was invalid, but as a tank, raising the shield whenever encountering an attack has become second nature to him.

'-1,324!'

A huge amount of damage text floated above Zhang Yang's head, at the same time, his speed was reduced as well.

'Ding! You are affected by Concussion Shot. Movement speed reduced by 50% and lasts for 4 seconds!'

The distance between him and Barga was 20 meters which was out of the range of Charge. Even if he was within Charge range, he did not intend to use it! The hall may be supported by twelve huge pillars, but the base of the hall was so destroyed it could only cover half a person's height, therefore taking cover was not an option either!

Shield Wall!

Zhang Yang decided to use this long cooldown duration skill and continued dashing towards the Barga.

'-134!'

Barga unleashed another shot but the damage was greatly reduced.

4 Seconds later, the speed reduction effect ended and Zhang Yang closed the distance.

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Chapter 117: Barga - The Mead

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Barga - The Mead tried to regain its distance. As an archer, despite being a boss, it was not going to take any situation lightly and avoid any melee contact.

However, moving back while fighting, and fully rushing towards the enemy were completely different matters altogether. 4 seconds later, the speed reduction effect had ended and Zhang Yang rapidly rushed towards Barga.

14 meters, 12 meters, 10 meters... 5 meters, 3 meters, 2 meters!

Barga - The Mead used Tumble and jumped backwards by another 10 meters!

Charge!

Zhang Yang had been saving his Charge earlier on for this very occasion!

'-673!'

'-1,520!'

'-1,492!'

Zhang Yang immediately swung his sword, slashing vigorously. After the series of normal attacks, he used the Horizontal Sweep combo along with Destructive Smash instantly dealing a massive amount of damage.

"Wretch, you dare challenge my archery?!" Barga cried out according to the script, but due to the situation, ironically raised his two fists and punched Zhang Yang.

'-525!'

Bosses were definitely on another level when compared to typical monsters. Although Barga was a ranged attack class boss, it could still deal about 1,000 base damage with its bare fists. However, whenever Barga punched Zhang Yang, the damage was assimilated by Zhang Yang's 20% immunity to offense, combined with his 260 defense value. Thus, the damage that actually got through was only half of its original value!

Barga - The Mead suddenly swept a stout leg beneath Zhang Yang, and the latter received another debuff.

'Ding! You are affected by Stumble. Movement speed reduced by 50% for 5 seconds!'

Zhang Yang only smiled as he stomped the ground and activated Thunder Strike, returning the favor, as Barga was afflicted with a movement reduction effect as well.

Barga - The Mead tried to turn around and regain distance but with its movement speed reduced by 50%, it was useless, and he could only continue engaging in melee combat with Zhang Yang.

Block!

Block!

Block!

Zhang Yang continued recovering HP due to the set equipment, as Barga continued attacking him.

Zhang Yang laughed triumphantly as he summoned his servant, Clear Lotus and tag-teamed Barga.

Because Zhang Yang had accumulated so much aggro, Barga's back was completely at the disposal of Clear Lotus and damage texts floated across Barga's head as she struck at leisure.

Half a minute later, Barga - The Mead's Tumble was ready again so it immediately jumped backwards.

Foosh! Zhang Yang chased after Barga with Charge. At the same time, Clear Lotus servant used Shadow Walk, flickering behind Barga and continued attacking rapidly like a furious cat.

Zhang Yang alone could cause up to at least 1,000 damage to Barga and Clear Lotus servant caused about 300 damages. In total, they caused up to at least 1,300 damage; they removed 40,000 HP from Barga within 30 seconds!

"Nasty Warrior, if you have any guts, feel the draw of my bow!" Barga loudly proclaimed, continuously using Stumble to try shaking Zhang Yang off. Each attempt was reciprocated with Thunder Strike and nothing was gained from it as they plodded along together in reduced speed.

Zhang Yang could not afford to be careless so he had to time Thunder Strike precisely. If he used Thunder Strike too early, or too late, Barga could pull away from him successfully.

Pah!

Barga - The Mead drew his bow and released an arrow at Zhang Yang at point blank. Zhang Yang's character got Dazed and kept on turning around in the same place.

'Ding! You are affected by Breaking Shot, Dazed for 4 seconds!'

Zhang Yang hurriedly selected Clear Lotus servant's Substitute, instantly removed Dazed effect and Clear Lotus servant replaced Zhang Yang to keep on spinning around at the same spot.

Hoo! Finally Zhang Yang had forced Barga to use Breaking Shot but Substitute's cooldown duration was 5 minutes long, meaning it could only be used once per summoning of Clear Lotus. However, Breaking Shot only had a cooldown of 1 minute. Zhang Yang would have to find a way to deal with the following Breaking Shot.

90%, 80%, 70%... Barga's HP dropped rapidly due to the bombardment by Zhang Yang and his Clear Lotus servant.

Pah!

One minute later, Barga - The Mead's Breaking Shot cooldown's time was up and unleashed an arrow towards Zhang Yang once again.

This time, Zhang Yang could not remove the debuff but commanded his servant step in between them both.

'-1,335!'

Barga - The Mead successfully pulled away from Zhang Yang and unleashed an arrow towards Zhang Yang

'-1,322!'

Barga consecutively unleashed a second arrow towards Zhang Yang and his HP dropped by more than 50%!

4 Seconds later, with the Dazed effect ended, Zhang Yang used a health recovery potion and dashed towards Barga.

Barga being foolish, shot an arrow towards the sky and a volley of arrows fell from the sky like rain.

'Ding! Barga - The Mead cast Barrage, duration lasts 10 seconds!'

'-1338!' A damage text floated above Zhang Yang's head but he quickly rushed out from the range of Barrage!

Silly boss!

Barrage was used to attack a bunch of enemies but this idiot used Barrage on a single target! Besides, once Barrage had been activated, it would continuously rain down at a fixed area as Barga remained rooted to his spot. Thus, Barga had turned himself into a huge wooden pole, unable to react to any attacks!

Zhang Yang strode purposefully towards Barga and began a series of attack with his sword.

Perhaps it was too much to call Barga an idiot because it was part of his design. Barrage always existed in its skill list to deal with a bunch of players! The bosses in the game were set up to deal with entire parties of players, even more so when the boss was an open world boss, where there was no limit to the number of players allowed to engage them. AoE skills would be a staple part of their combat mechanisms.

All skills that existed in Barga's retinue would be used based on the situation, and thus, Barrage was finally used! In fact, Barga's Barrage was truly destructive as it inflicted 2,000 points of damage for every volley of arrows. If Barrage was cast to a group of players crowded together, three volley of arrows would absolutely wipe them out!

Barga had to rely on its comparably weaker melee attacks and every punch he threw was being nullified by Zhang Yang's Block. It only served in activating the set equipment's HP recovery effect, and a series of green '100' appeared above Zhang Yang's head continuously, until he was fully healed!

Tumble, Charge, Stumble and Thunder Strike. Zhang Yang corresponded to every skill Barga used and he stuck closely to Barga like a parasite throughout the fight.

Barga used Breaking Shot once every minute which posed a significant threat to Zhang Yang but Barga would often do so in poor timing. Whenever Barga happened to cast it at the right time, Zhang Yang used Berserker's Heal to remove the debuff!

Five minutes later, Barga - The Mead had lost 370,000 HP and Clear Lotus suddenly turned into a ray of white light and disappeared into thin air.

It was a fair bit of damage output lost, with the servant's departure, but Zhang Yang kept his cool and dealt with Barga patiently.

30,000, 20,000, 10,000...

Another ten seconds later, Barga - The Mead cried out in agony, falling to the ground and dying in miserable manner.

Finally, it was over!

Zhang Yang raised his fist, his posture clearly conveying his excitement.

Suddenly, Barga - The Mead's corpse turned into a ray of white light, swiftly reforming again! It was as if he just resurrected himself!

Zhang Yang reflexively swung his sword at Barga, before any thoughts could take form in his head.

His sword hit nothing but air, and Barga remained untouched.

"Warrior, stay your hand, don't be nervous! For I'm just a soul right now!" Barga - The Mead spoke gruffly.

Don't be nervous? You assh*le of a corpse, how could I not be nervous after what that just happened?!

Zhang Yang looked carefully and saw that Barga's corpse had remained on the ground. The Barga that stood beside the corpse, was actually different compared the translucent Barga that stood over it. It was definitely how "ghosts" in game looked like.

[Barga - The Mead's Soul] (Normal)

Level: 1

HP: 0/50

Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief as on the head of Barga's soul showed a huge exclamation mark which marked the availability of a quest.

"Sigh, I had been turned into spectre, no thanks to that Evil Sorcerer. Because of the Dwarves' secret technique, a part of my soul had survived, unaffected by that Evil Sorcerer, but I have remained trapped in my own tainted body! My soul has finally been released upon my defeat!" Barga - The Mead bowed its head to Zhang Yang and said warmly, "I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Warrior!"

This was a rare scene of a boss thanking a player for killing it!

Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Dwarf, do you have any other wishes that I can help you fulfill?"

Dwarves were a race, bold and straightforward. Iit was easy to deal with them, unlike the 'hum and haw' pondering and musings that the noble elf race enjoyed so much, and also unlike hypocritical humans, often riddled with malicious motives. In a way, Dwarves were similar to Beastmen.

"Please, take my my bow, and hand it over to my son at the Hammer Heart Castle!" Barga's soul looked at Zhang Yang earnestly.

"Ding! Barga - The Mead's soul has a quest for you: Remnant. Will you accept it?"

"Okay, you have my word!" Zhang Yang nodded his head and accepted the quest.

"Thank you, I hope the God of Titans will always be with you!" Barga's soul bowed to Zhang Yang again, before dispersing in gentle light.

[Remnant] (Difficulty Level: D)

Quest Description: Hand over Barga - The Mead's bow to his son, Sith - The Mead! Sith - The Mead lives in the Hammer Heart Castle.

Progress: Hand over [Bow of the Fallen Moon] to Sith - The Mead (0/1)

"Noob tank, have you killed the boss yet?" Wei Yan Er sent a message and asked.

She had already asked once when Zhang Yang was still fighting Barga, but quickly read the situation and left him alone.

"Yeap, he's dead!"

"Wow, did it drop another servant? You promised to give me a servant!"

Zhang Yang shook his head and smiled as he had never made such a promise, Wei Yan Er had put those words in his mouth. "Little brat, servants don't fall from the sky! Besides, the tradable servants are only Copper-tiered, they're nothing much!"

"Waa, you piss me off! I want to kill the boss, I want the servant!"

"Stop fooling around, how's the situation outside?"

"Hee, people are dying by the dozens, and most of them have given up! It's so much quieter here now! The Guild Masters of Crimson Rage and Sky High have been unable to contact you but they would like to work with Little Snow and me. They plan to set up a toll at the Underground Tower, keeping the monsters dead. The toll would only allow entry to members of the guilds involved. So what do you think, should we accept?" Wei Yan Er said.

Zhang Yang limited his private messaging function to only his friends, which was why he could not be contacted. He thought about it and said: "Accept their request!"

Although this was somewhat domineering to others, but, in order to become a strong guild, instilling a degree of fear and respect was necessary. Otherwise, people would think that they were pushovers!

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Chapter 118: Sixth Floor

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Zhang Yang reached out to loot Barga - The Mead's corpse.

[Bow of the Fallen Moon] (Quest Item)

Item Description: Remnant of Barga - The Mead, one of the seven sanctified equipment of the Dwarves.

Sanctified equipment! It was just a grade lower than Celestial-tier equipment. Unfortunately, this was merely a quest item. If Zhang Yang got an actual sanctified weapon now, nothing would stand in his way!

Zhang Yang shook his head while smiling. There were two types of sanctified equipment, Holy-tier and Ascended-tier. The Holy-tier equipment could only be looted from above Level 170 bosses while Ascended-tier equipment could only looted from above Level 200 bosses. Zhang Yang was able to obtain only 2 pieces of Holy-tier equipment in his past life!

Dream Technology would not be foolish enough to release such divine equipment and break the balance, with the game being this young.

[Recipe: Legendary Beast Mane]

Use: You will learn to make Legendary Beast Manes.

Requirement: Advance Smithing Skill.

Mining Specialist had always been sending Green-Copper Bars to Zhang Yang, and thus, Zhang Yang already increased his Smithing to Advanced level as he worked on the craft in his free time. All he had to do now was to tap the recipe against his body and learn to smith [Legendary Beast Mane].

[Legendary Beast Mane] (Consumable)

Use: Add [Legendary Beast Mane] to ranged weapon and increase 50 Dexterity points.

It was awesome!

An additional 50 points of Dexterity was absolutely beneficial to Hunter job! The Hunter's Dexterity was the equivalent of the Warrior's Strength, and Zhang Yang had only about 170 points of Strength, even with his Gray-Silver equipment. A [Legendary Beast Mane] added so many points of Dexterity. As a result, this item was definitely divine at the current phase of the game!

But looking further at the ingredients for smithing [Legendary Beast Mane, Zhang Yang let out a sigh! It required 10 units of [Silver Bar] and 2 of the [Meteor Fragment]. [Silver Bar] could easily be obtained from the spawn points of Silver Veins but [Meteor Fragment] was a rare drop, and the chances of harvesting it was very low.

It meant that [Legendary Beast Mane] could not be sold in bulk like [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion]!

Zhang Yang thought about it before contacting Mining Specialist, asking, "Master Miner, can you mine [Silver Ore] yet?"

"I have achieved its requirements but I'm only Level 25 and will be unable to reach the locations of Silver Veins!" Mining Specialist replied immediately.

The spawning points of Silver Veins started as high as maps for Level 30 players, it was really hard for a Level 25 player to go reach such places.

Zhang Yang said: "Dude, you should train faster, I'll be waiting to buy [Silver Bar] from you!"

"It's not like I'm against the idea of levelling! I wish that I was Level 100 now, mining away Gold and Violet-Platinum Veins!"

Zhang Yang laughed and said: "You should cut down on mining and train more! Those low-grade ores won't sell for long, higher grade ores are rare and valuable. Go ahead and train, claim your position in the ore market!"

"Alright, alright, I will train later! With more and more players picking up Mining nowadays, the spawning points of Iron Veins are getting scarce. Whatever that took me half a day previously to get takes a full 3 days now. If this goes on, I'm going to starve to death!" Mining Specialist complained.

It would be strange if Mining Specialist really did starve to death! Zhang Yang had bought over 100 stacks of [Green-Copper Bar] from him for 5 gold per stack. The exchange rate was 1 to 5, so Mining Specialist had actually earned 2,500 dollars! Besides that, he must have sold the remaining stacks to other players. It wasn't much, but he could actually earn another 3,000 dollars.

Zhang Yang knew about it but he had nothing to gain from debunking Mining Specialist and said, "Fine, keep all [Silver Ore] for me when you get there, especially [Meteor Fragment]!"

"Okay, bye!"

Zhang Yang ended the conversation with Mining Specialist and continued looting from Barga's corpse.

[Skill Book: 10 Strikes]

Use: You will gain the skill: 10 Strikes.

Class Requirement: Hunter.

Level Requirement: 30.

Unexpectedly, it was 10 Strikes!

This skill was useless in the beginning as it required 100 Focus Points to be activated and the damage was pretty low which only 40% of ranged attack. But this skill could be leveled up. Whenever a Skill Point was added to it, an extra arrow would be added to the skill as well. When it reached Level 10, ten arrows would be shot at once!

This skill would only start to shine when upgraded to at least Level 5. However, Skill Points were highly limited for players. Zhang Yang and his team who continuously claimed multiple "First Clear" and the additional skill points that came along with them were a different case. Regular players who obtained Skill Books were usually at a high level, but even if they learned 10 Strikes, they would not have enough Skill Point to increase the skill level.

The requirements of levelling increased as players levelled higher. It would take 3 days for a Level 31 player to gain a level up to Level 40, while at Levels 41 to 50, each level would take 5 days. Players would only be rewarded with a Skill Point after one to two months. How many players could stand to invest in a long term skill like 10 Strikes instead of gaining immediate advantages from upgrading other skills?

Therefore in his past life, while many Hunter players did learn 10 Strikes, you would rarely find anyone with Level 5 10 Strikes or more!

"None of my concern, really. I'll just toss this skill book to Fatty Han and Hundred Shots and let the two of them figure it out!" Zhang Yang tossed the skill book into his inventory and continued looting from Barga's corpse.

The remaining loots were a pile of Green-Copper equipment, a few pieces of [Cotton Cloth] and about 80 Silver Coin.

After looting, Barga's corpse slowly disappeared.

The door beside the throne creaked opened upon Barga's death, and Zhang Yang walked down the stairwell, turning 7 to 8 rounds before reaching the sixth floor.

It was a desolate land, and it smelled so rotten that even the Graveyard could not compare! The mud on the ground was masked by a black fog. Visibility was limited to about 10 meters. Zhang Yang couldn't see anything beyond that.

"Stealth monsters again?" Zhang Yang thought in his mind. This place was wide and open, there were no stelae for him to hide this time, unlike the previous floor.

... This was too perfect for anything that lurked in the shadows!

Zhang Yang cautiously advanced.

One step, two steps... seven steps, eight steps!

The mud on the ground morphed suddenly. Close to his left foot, mud flew up and a figure jumped from the ground, charging towards Zhang Yang!

[Sleeping Warrior] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 50,000

Zhang Yang laughed at the circumstances, activated Block, simultaneously cutting at the black shadow using his sword.

Block!

'-750!'

The monster which attacked him had its whole body covered in mud, even its face was completely covered. Zhang Yang could only see its eyes, glowing with dark flames.

Such eyes were the feature of a spectre. Dark flames were their inexhaustible power source! According to the official statement, it was alright for spectral monsters to lose their limbs as they were undead, they only needed to reassemble themselves!

The spectral monsters would be killed only if their flames were extinguished!

Higher leveled spectres usually had their dark flames hidden inside their body, undetectable at first glance.

"Spectres everywhere! This is seriously getting old!" Zhang Yang slashed mechanically at them.

Suddenly, that monster started to spin at high speed, dull light reflecting off its sword as mud flew off its body.

"Ding! Sleeping Warrior has cast Tornado Cleave Dance. Lasts for 3 seconds!"

Tornado Cleave Dance caused great damage every second but Zhang Yang's Block also came into effect every second. Block! Block! Block! 3 Seconds later, the Sleeping Warrior stopped spinning and Zhang Yang remained unscathed!

Currently, Zhang Yang was like a God, fighting in single combat against physical-type monsters!

Slash! Slash! Slash! Zhang Yang continuously attacked, removing the monster of all 50,000 HP in slightly over a minute!

'Ding! You have killed Sleeping Warrior. Obtained 50,000 EXP!'

Zhang Yang looked at his EXP bar, it was at 96% of Level 30. He was close to levelling up! But when he glanced at the Player Level Ranking, Fatty Han and the gang were no longer in the Top 10. Currently, a Level 36 player was in the first position, while the 10th position was held by a Level 34!

The leveling addict, Floating Fire Ball was nowhere to be seen in the Player Level Ranking. According to Fatty Han, someone had hired Sword and Fire Mercenary to kill Floating Fire Ball continuously, causing him to drop 10 levels! Zhang Yang also had thought of killing him previously. However, Floating Fire Ball had a paranoid fear of death, and he always brought along hundreds of members along with him whenever he went training. Those members would lure the monsters to him and he had more than ten healers to stay behind him. So, it was really hard for a Guardian like Zhang Yang to kill him alone unless he killed all of them one by one. Otherwise, it was almost impossible to even spot Floating Fire Ball.

However, Sword and Fire Mercenary had sent out two Thieves who waited for the chance to kill Floating Fire Ball. They found their chance seven days later, to assassinate Floating Fire Ball even amidst his huge crowd of followers, and they had killed him ten times instead of once! Zhang Yang had to acknowledge that "Trash" Mercenary had some capabilities indeed!

Besides the Player Level Ranking in China Server, the system had recently added another new ranking which was categorized by Capitals, where system listed the top 20 Player Level Ranking in each Capital. Currently, those who were in the top 20 of White Jade Castle were the people from Crimson Rage, The Dominators, Sky High and Sword and Fire Mercenary.

Previously, these strong guilds kept their strength hidden. Nowadays, with the many spies pouring in from other guilds, there was no point in hiding any longer. So, the Guild Masters simply let it all out into the open. It was a good method of promoting their guilds as well!

Zhang Yang thought deep, and decided that it was time to show himself in the list again! He was already considered as "public figure", anyways.

However, even the twentieth player in White Jade Castle's Player Level Ranking was Level 33. Things were getting really competitive!

"I must get Fatty Han and the gang to train faster! They wasted too much time on the Level 30 class quest!" Zhang Yang sighed gently, "Anyway, those who just bother about getting their levels are going to regret taking the class quests lightly!"

Zhang Yang fought on for two hours before reaching the end of the sixth floor. It was strange that he was able to enter the seventh floor without having to fight a boss!

Zhang Yang walked in and out through the entrance of seventh floor, trying to trigger something, hoping that the boss may be stuck, or bugged, but nothing happened. Zhang Yang was disappointed!

Looking at the time, it was already later than 7 P.M.!

Zhang Yang immediately logged out from the game and went out to get food. He was so busy fighting through the Underground Tower that he had skipped his lunch! He was already feeling faint!

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Chapter 119: Dual Boss

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After finishing up his meal with his mind refreshed, Zhang Yang reconnected back online.

"Hey, warrior of stink-ass, where have you been?" the attractive voice of Han Ying Xue floated lightly by his ears.

"Entering the seventh floor! How's the situation up there?" Zhang Yang asked casually.

"Stage clear! We're currently clearing the monsters in the first floor, and we're almost done with it. Give us another 10 minutes tops, and we'll be able to enter the second floor!" Han Ying Xue spoke squeakily, as if she would not accept it if she failed to melt the others with her sweetness and charm.

"Oh, yea..." Han Ying Xue paused for a second, and said, "Sky Shaman and Snow Seeker had been asking about your whereabouts!"

The world system made the announcement, so everyone knew that the value of the land was definitely sky high. Sky Shaman and the others refused to believe that Zhang Yang would sit himself out of this golden opportunity, so it would be natural for them to suspect Zhang Yang planning some scheme in some dark corner of the game.

Zhang Yang asked, "Then what did you tell them?"

"I just told them you're still crafting potions, you money-grubber!"

Zhang Yang burst into laughter. "You dare to accuse me of being a money-grubber? If I really am, you must be the female money-grubber! We're meant for each other, then!"

Zhang Yang regretted immediately as soon as he said that. You could flirt with anyone else, just don't flirt with this witch!

"Tsk tsk tsk, you don't even have your pubic hair yet and you dare to make an attempt on me?" Han Ying Xue squeakily insulted him.

Zhang Yang thought about throwing back at her, "In fact, I actually have all my pubic hair.", but giving more thought about it, it would be unwise to do so with this witch, giving her the opportunity to fire him from all directions. So he distracted her by changing topics.

The seventh floor and the floor before it were similar in a way that both were uncultivated and had a gloomy environment. Not a single monster was in sight.

Pushing forward.

"Gong!" the swampy ground rifted open all of a sudden, and a Skeleton with a shield equipped on its left hand and an axe on its right jumped out of it. It lunged towards Zhang Yang without holding back.

[The Shield Holder of Undead] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 60,000

A shield-armor warrior type?

Zhang Yang charged straight up to the enemy without hesitation.

'Blocked!'

'Blocked!'

Both the monster and Zhang Yang had the word 'Blocked!' appeared just above their heads.

Zhang Yang felt a pleasant rush, thinking to himself, how many times can this monster use Block? Could the monster really compete with him?

The first normal attacks were blocked on both sides. Only a little rage point had been accumulated over the battle as each second passed. It was not even nearly enough rage points to launch any simple skill, so Zhang Yang could only wait for the next turn to attack.

'-571!'

'Blocked!'

On their second clash, Zhang Yang launched another successful Block and avoided the damage while the monster took a solid hit from Zhang Yang's swing of his sword.

With the accumulated rage point from the hit, along with the rage point from embracing the damage received, he was ready to launch his respective skills.

'-1,390!' Horizontal Sweep.

'Dodge!'

A normal attack followed by a skill damage was not enough to cut it, even after using Block once after every second. Zhang Yang made preparation for this early on, moving his body with his legs, as he dodged the heavy attacks.

The good thing was that the monster's skills usually had very long cooldown time, unlike the players, otherwise Zhang Yang would have had to crack his head to win the fight.

Being a shield-armor type, not only did it have a significantly high shield armor defense value, it also had a passive skill that granted 20% damage reduction. Even after slamming 5 layers of Cripple Defense onto the monster, coordinated with Eagle Eye in effort to bring the defense down to zero, Zhang Yang could only cause so much damage that was still lower than his basic attack damage!

But a low damage was damage nonetheless. It did not bother Zhang Yang to make more cuts. It was just a matter of time, and it did not take that long for the monster to let out a screeching mourn before shattering onto the ground, turning into a pillar of white light and giving a substantial amount of experience points to Zhang Yang.

He touched the dead body of the monster to find only 3 silver coins. "Poor bloody bastard!" Zhang Yang could not help himself but feel despise again and again.

He spent more than 2 hours clearing all the way down and tossing himself around the dungeon before finally reaching the end of the seventh floor.

Rawgh! Rawgh! RAWGH!

Two heavily armored NPCs were clashing on each other. One looked short and fat; without a doubt being a dwarf, with a shield on one hand and a mace on the other. The other one is a big orc with a tall and sturdy body, holding a long spear with both of his hands. Horizontal swipe, slice, chop, poke, every move he made with his spear forged ahead with the vigor and vitality of a tiger!

To have the ability to hold a shield, it must have been either a shield-armor type warrior or a guardian. For the other NPC, it could either be a berserker or a Templar to be able to wield a two-handed weapon. Since both monsters had a rage slot over each of their heads, Zhang Yang was certain that they must have been warrior-type monsters.

[Brandon - The Ale] (Grey-Silver Boss)

Level: 36

HP: 380,000 / 500,000

Note: The battalion commander of the first battalion of Flame Wolves Army. It is definitely authentic!

[Akashic - The Lionheart] (Grey-Silver Boss)

Level: 35

HP: 300,000 / 400,000

Note: The battalion commander of the first battalion of Flame Wolves Army. It is definitely authentic!

So this was why he could not see any bosses on the sixth floor, as they were all gathered here!

Seeing the bosses battling fiercely with each other from afar, Zhang Yang suddenly widened his eye a little, as he suddenly had an idea, "Why don't I wait until their HP depletes until 100,000 or 200,000 first before I charge in to kill both of them instantly?" So he waited quietly in the corner.

"Akashic, you dumbass orc! Today will be the day I tell you, only shield-armor type warriors are the true warriors of all, and I am the legitimate battalion commander!" Brandon was swinging around his attacks while screaming at his enemy!

Akashic rustled up with two stabs from his spear, "Nonsense! It will never be a coward shrinking in his own turtle shell! Only the fearless man is legitimate to claim the title of warrior! And to think, you becoming my battalion commander, I rather knock my own brain out to the ground!"

"You asshole! No one can criticize the great warrior of the dwarf, especially calling me a coward!"

"Hahaha! I shall pierce your weak turtle shell ass with my almighty spear!"

The two bosses were obsessed with slaughtering each other, leaving Zhang Yang to enjoy watching their drama, cheering quietly from the bottom of his heart! The more ruthless they fight among themselves, the easier it would get for him to clean up the mess afterwards!

The battle among NPC was on a totally different level compared to the battle among players. Just looking at the damage values that popped up on the screen was absolutely terrifying. Damages exploding at 100,000 and 20,000! Taking a moment to imagine, if this amount of damage was applied onto the players, there would be no way out of it at all! Death would be inevitable!

It did not take long for the bosses to bring down their HP to the stage, with one boss left with 30,000 HP while the other with only 10,000 HP.

Zhang Yang was uncertain of whether one of the bosses would actually die by the end of their battle, but he was sure of one thing, a boss being killed by another boss would never allow him to pick up its equipment!

Zhang Yang charged straight up to the bosses, ready to be the fisherman that collected the mussels before the crane, to take advantage of the situation. Bam!

'-1374!'

'-1492!'

With his Horizontal Sweep rising high, he dealt a substantial amount of damage in one shot on both bosses in an instant!

"Despicable c*nt! You dare to interrupt our sacred duel?" Brandon was furious in that instant, brushing up his battle mace towards Zhang Yang.

Akashic aimed the tip of his spear at Zhang Yang as well, yelling furiously, "Human filth! Only your filthy kind would know no shame! I will crush you, you shorty sh*t!"

"You dumb orc, do not mention the word shorty in front of me or I shall knock your brain out!" Brandon yelled at Akashic almost immediately.

"Kill!"

Both bosses turned their assault towards Zhang Yang.

'Block!'

Zhang Yang prioritized his assault onto Akashic as he has the least HP. Using Destructive Smash and summoning Clear Lotus at the same time, he commanded her to join their attacks on Akashic.

'-1488!'

"Argh...!" Suddenly, both bosses let out a roar at the same time, and their bodies instantly glowed in red light.

"Ding! Brandon - The Ale used Berserker's Heal!"

"Ding! Akashic - The Lionheart used Berserker's Heal!"

"500,000!"

"100,000!"

Two large numerical green texts popped out right on top of Brandon and Akashic's heads!

"Oh, f*ck me!" Zhang Yang immediately cursed! Are you kidding me? Both bosses knew how to use Berserker's Heal? If their cooldown is as expected to be 2 minutes long, killing the bosses would not be possible forever unless my firepower is strong enough to blow the bosses' HP to zero in that time!

It was lucky that Zhang Yang used Destructive Smash on Akashic before that. Under the influence of decreasing 75% of the healing effect, the Berserker's Heal only healed 100,000 HP!

At that moment, Brandon was at full health, while Akashic only had 110,000 HP!

This meant that Zhang Yang dealt a full 290,000 damage on the boss with one swing of his sword! This was even bossier than the boss! To do a 300,000 damage in a single attack, players would require to equip themselves with a full set of legendary artifacts and use high-level skills with long cooldown time before making that happen!

So cool!

While dodging the attacks from both bosses, Zhang Yang focused all of his damage output on Akashic, swearing to take out one of the bosses first.

With 2 bosses around, it was impossible for Zhang Yang's Block to achieve zero damage! Even with his godly pick-and-roll dodging skill, he would still be caught in some of the attacks. So Zhang Yang tried his best to reserve Block for Akashic, because a Berserker warrior would have an insanely high damage output in a single blow which was way too much to be handled, as a Guardian warrior was well known for its low offense and high defense, which meant that Guardians could still hit back even after sustaining some damage!

'-915!'

'-724!'

Brandon's basic attack was around 1,500, so when it hit Zhang Yang, the damage output was about 900 damage, and with the addition of the [Absolute Defense Ring] effect being superimposed, the damage dropped further to 800. But Brandon knew Thunder Strike that had the tendency of dealing damage that ignored Block and Dodge. The target would suffer as soon as they fall within the attack range. The boss would use the skill approximately after every 10 seconds, causing a considerable damage to the defending Guardian.

At the same instant, Zhang Yang would also tried to unleash his damage on Akashic. With the bosses attacking from both at the front and rear, Block was fully utilized to the point that the shield was hit hard, until it flew!

In just a minute, Zhang Yang was beaten to the bottom of his HP while Akashic only had 30,000 HP left! As for Clear Lotus, she took 4 direct hits of Thunder Strike and died, letting out a sad cry after.

Berserker's Heal!

'4,870!'

Zhang Yang instantly returned to full health and continued to unleash his attacks wildly on Akashic.

Suddenly, Akashic raised up his spear and started spinning in high speed!

"Ding! Akashic - The Lionheart used Tornado Cleave Dance! Speed increased by 100%, causes 3,000 physical damage to radius of 3X3 meters per second, last for 3 seconds!"

Zhang Yang would have used Block to embrace the boss's skill if there was only Akashic on the battlefield, but the dwarf was just right beside him knocking him with that big-ass mace, pushing him to use Block on Brandon instead!

'Shield Wall!'

Without hesitation, Zhang Yang made a life-saving decision by using the right skill.

'-240!'

'-240!'

'-240!'

10 seconds passed and the Shield Wall had faded, and Zhang Yang continued to unleash his assault. Fighting two bosses at the same time was really too stressful for him! But if he could somehow take out one of them, then he would be able to torture the other boss slowly to his death!

Horizontal Sweep, Destructive Smash, Force Strike, Shield Bash!

Once again, Zhang Yang was beaten to the bottom of his HP bar again!

The vampiric effect of the [Lover's Sword] activated!

Kill! Kill! KILL!

Bastard boss, please die faster!

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Chapter 120: Luck is also part of strength

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300,000, 200,000, 100,000!

With Akashic's HP depleting wildly, it finally hit as low as 100,000!

Zhang Yang had only... 2,489 HP left to be exact!

'-528!'

'-528!'

'-528!'

In that instant, Shield Bash burst out a strong lethality onto Akashic! The Shield Bash was supposed to have a lower basic damage value, dealing approximately 400 damage point to bosses that were wearing high-defense armor. But Zhang Yang could neutralize the boss' armor to zero with Cripple Defense and Eagle Eye, completely unleashing the full damage of Shield Bash!

"Urgh!" Akashic was finally beaten to his last drop of HP, falling hard to the ground, while Zhang Yang only had 518 HP left!

'Ding! You killed Akashic - The Lionheart, acquired 400,000 experience points!'

'Ding! Congratulations! You have reached Level 31! All attributes 1, acquired 5 attribute points!'

A golden light flashed, with Zhang Yang progressing one level higher magnificently! And more crucially, leveled-up players would have their health reset to full!

Zhang Yang burst into laughter, as there was no more convenient time than this! He was mentally prepared to die once and to run all the way back to take out the second boss, but this sudden level-up occurrence was perfectly placed to solve his dangerous situation!

Now that he was battling a boss with low offense and high defense, Zhang Yang had no stress anymore. It was just a matter of time before he took it down.

Furthermore, Zhang Yang also believed that the boss would not continuously use Berserker's Heal. It was obvious that it would be a one-time occurrence, allowing the two bosses to square up with the players with full health regardless of the time they were battling each other. But it may also be a negligence in the design, seeing that there was a little delay before the skill triggered. If the bosses were programmed to use Berserker's Heal the moment they detected any players within their aggro sight range, it would become impossible for them to be affected by the reduction of healing rate in the first place, otherwise, facing Akashic with 400,000 HP would make it impossible for Zhang Yang to take out the boss without having his own HP being emptied out.

With more luck on his side, he actually leveled up the moment he took down the first boss!

Sure enough, luck was also part of strength!

Zhang Yang turned around to face Brandon!

The difficulty of this stage was facing two bosses at the same time, so taking out one of them instantly took away any further difficulty to face the other boss!

Every melee attack that Brandon threw at him was counteracted with Block. Zhang Yang only sustained some damages from the area effect damage coming from Thunder Strike. Even though AoE damage was around 600 every time it struck, the damage only happened once in every 10 seconds. Depending on his armor set's healing effect, some [Healing potion, constant use of Berserker's Heal, and the special effect of the [Lover's Sword] in play, Zhang Yang could totally hold on to it!

The only disadvantage at hand now was that the boss had a passive reduction of 20% damage in play, not to mention the boss having over 500,000 HP, making him slower and harder to kill compared to the previous bosses he encountered before.

The battle dragged for 12 minutes long before Brandon was finally beaten down to his last bit of his HP, forcing him to close his eyes.

Phew! Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief. It was really tiring, but definitely satisfying! Beating two bosses at the same time all by himself, it felt awesome!

He could not help it but to giggle, "Hehehe...", to the point that he could not hear Han Ying Xue calling out to him from afar. With her multiple shout-outs on his name, he finally came back to his senses.

"Hmm?"

"Are you deaf or retarded? I have been calling your name for so long and you couldn't hear me at all?" Han Ying Xue was sullen.

"I was distracted, forgive me!"

"... Should I call you stupid Zhan or stupid Yu?" Han Ying Xue did not talk down to business, instead, she was mumbling to herself.

Zhang Yang let out a heavy sigh, "I'm guessing you are not here to ask me about this?"

"Oh, right!" Han Ying Xue quickly reacted, "So, we have passed through the first floor, but while doing the clear-out, the players in the whole city were provoked. So I did some discussion with Snow Seeker the others, and we came up with the conclusion to let the other players to come in as well. We've already entered the second floor, and the monsters on the first floor had already been cleared out!"

Zhang Yang nodded his head a few times, "It is best not to provoke any public anger, because when they are united, any guild will just be powerless!"

"So how's your progression now?"

"Just cleared the boss on the seventh floor!"

"Yo, that was actually pretty fast! You can take down a boss all by yourself? That's awesome!"

"Well about that..." Zhang Yang spoke out of his pride and smiled, "Alright, keep me posted on the progress up there!"

"Alright, roger!"

The most exciting moment after killing a boss was to open the dead body of the boss in front of him; the best moment to look forward to.

[Bloody Chest Plate] (Gray-Silver, leather armor)

Armor: 8

Vitality: 70

Strength: 8

Agility: 42

Level 1 socket 1

Level 1 socket 2

Required level: 30

Judging from only one attribute, [Bloody Chest Plate] had 50% more attribute value than the armor sets of the Thief and Hunter classes. But players would normally not give up on the set effects to wear the armor separately as the set effect only worked when all pieces of the armor were together.

Just like the current Zhang Yang, with the 5 pieces of armor as a set giving him a boost of 10% damage, it would take changing up at least 4 pieces of Level 30 Gray-Silver grade equipment to have the same effect again! The 3 pieces of armor that triggered the set bonus of healing attribute was one hell of the advantage for him, too. It was like having Heal with him all the time! Definitely not going to replace it!

If they were to be compared to each another, Level 30 equipment had the advantage of increasing higher HP, which was great for supporting the maximum HP.

But we should keep that aside first, because he could not meet the requirement of the maximum HP to challenge the 4th boss in a Level 40 castle region dungeon with his current Level 20 armor set. So he took precaution and kept it to prepare himself for what's coming in the future!

[Rapid Traveling Boots] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Armor: 12

Vitality: 40

Strength: 16

Agility: 4

Level 1 socket

Equip: Increase Movement Speed by 10%.

Level required: 30

Increasing movement speed by 10%... that's really awesome! But it's a shame that the [God Oil] has been used up already. At recent times, even though Lone Desert Smoke conquered the boss in the Cave of Bones, but the [God Oil] that increased movement speed never appeared again among any loots ever since.

[Akala's helmet] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Armor: 12

Vitality: 80

Strength: 34

Agility: 6

Level 1 socket 1

Level 1 socket 2

Level required: 30

Not bad at all... two pieces of equipment with high vitality values out of these draws!

After collecting the 3 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, there were still 7 to 8 pieces of [Green-Copper Clothing]. Without any consideration, Zhang Yang put all of them into his inventory. If he could acquire the title deed for the land, in corresponding with a better property location, then maybe he could start a shop of his own. By then, these equipment may be used to make a merrier scenario.

There was also a skill book among the equipment.

[Skill book: Blood Rage]

Use: Teaches the skill Blood Rage.

Required: Warrior.

Zhang Yang had his eyes widened a little at the moment. He instantly touched the skill book onto his body.

Blood Rage: Sacrifice a part of HP to generate 30 points of rage.

Consume: 1% HP.

Cooldown time: 1 minute.

It was definitely useful for starting up battles on monsters. 30 rage points was actually enough to launch a skill!

Zhang Yang continued his journey forward, heading into the entrance of the 8th floor of the Tomb Tower.

Ting, ling, ling!

Just when he stepped out of the stairs on the right, he suddenly saw a flash of white light, followed by continuous thunder claps, issuing a deafening sound of thunder!

This was completely a world full of lightning, with flashes of white light constantly coming down from the top of the rock pits. They were just so dense and frightening!

At the ground, there were a few monsters scattered in the area. But they were constantly being struck by the lightning strikes. With just a few strikes, they died and were turned into white ashes. And then, new monsters began to spawn again in the area just to be struck down again by those frightful lightning strikes. The whole process was quick and short. Similar to the 2nd floor of the tower, this floor was more of the mechanism-style. Even the ground was covered with the same material of stone in the shape of square, just that this time they were not black and white but all white!

Zhang Yang did not have to personally test the damage these lightning could do, because all he had to do was to look at how fast the monsters were being struck to death, and he could already know the damage output of each lightning strike, which was about 4,000 points!

It's so disorganized!

That was the first impression Zhang Yang had when he first stepped in. There seemed to be no pattern for where the lightning would strike, with different strikes ending on different spots of the ground! He eventually began to grasp a pattern for it, with his eyes wide open with every passing second.

Left, left, right, right, right, and then left, right, right, left, left!

Zhang Yang repeated the sequence deep down his heart, took another look at the patterns again before he finally decided to act!

Go!

Left, left, right, right, right, he made it safely!

Left, right, right, left, left, it was a smooth breakthrough as well!

The lightning struck him once, but Zhang Yang insisted to push forward!

"Ow..."

One skeleton warrior spawned just beside Zhang Yang, holding a gigantic mace with both hands, instantly drawing Zhang Yang straight into battle. It slammed the mace heavily towards Zhang Yang.

He turned around and used Block, totally ignoring the monsters and kept on pushing forward!

Bang!

The lightning directly struck the monster, reducing 4,000 HP of the monster. It seemed like that was just 10% of the monster's health.

The enraged monster howled and smashed over and over again with his mace.

Zhang Yang turned around and used Block on the attack before pushing forward just like before, as he did not dare to stop even for a second.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The lightning strikes continued to drop, and the monster did not hold for long. Just in the matter of seconds, it turned into a white light, dropping a few loots. And among the loots, there was a piece of equipment that flashed a Green-Copper luster!

Zhang Yang could only take a peek without having any thoughts about stopping for it; he could only push forward. He knew that if he even gave in to his slightest greed, he would definitely end up being struck to death by those horrible lightning strikes!

At that exact same time, Zhang Yang suddenly had a weird thought: What if Han Ying Xue or Wei Yan Er were to be in the same situation? Would these two women rather be struck by lightning just to get to the loots?

Well with 80% probability, they would!

A gray shadow flashed by. It was another monster that spawned not far from Zhang Yang. This time, it was a spell-type monster. The moment it sighted Zhang Yang, it raised its staff and started to chant a spell.

Bang!

One lightning strike struck down, beating the monster's spell back by a length. With unyielding will, the monster continued to chant the spell again.

When players or normal monsters read spells, the incoming attacks would delay the time for them to finish chanting their spells.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With the continuous strike of the lightning, the spell was interrupted continuously, with the initial 3 seconds to chant a spell delayed to 6 seconds! After that, a sound of "Shew" was heard, seeing a shot of shadow bomb being launched towards Zhang Yang.

'-800!'

In return, the monster was brutally struck by the lightning, 300,000 HP was instantly being brought down to 6,000 HP!

Bang! Bang!

Another two lightning strikes. The monster was turned into ashes while trying to chant its second shadow bomb spell.

50 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters... Zhang Yang constantly pushed forward.

1 monster, 5 monsters, or even 7 monsters, countless monsters were spawned on the way, but none of them survived even more than 15 seconds. Every single one of them were heavily struck by the lightning!

Monsters that deal physical damage did not worry Zhang Yang because he could use Block to neutralize the incoming damages. It was the monsters that dealt magic damage that worried him, as Zhang Yang would have no choice but to sustain one or two damages from their spells. However, one red potion, coordinated with Berserker's Heal, would allow him to maintain his high HP.

It was more than 10 minutes later when Zhang Yang had finally made it through the lightning area!

Phew!

He let out a very long sigh. Even though it was just about 10 minutes, but maintaining high focus for that long was mostly tiring!

And there wasn't even a boss over there!

Zhang Yang looked at the widely opened entrance. Deep down in his heart, he understood the design in this area: If the door to the next floor was shut still, then there must be a boss nearby. But, if the door was opened widely, it would only mean that there was no boss!

After reaching the door, there was no boss, only a chest with a flash of silver white light luster that was lying quietly by the entrance side of the wall.

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Chapter 121: Rescue Merlinda

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Zhang Yang went up to open the silver chest.

10%... 40%... 70%...

Pow! The chest opened. Zhang Yang could see the loots in the chest with his own eyes. 3 pieces of Green-Copper equipment and a bottle of potion.

It was natural that Zhang Yang would not waste time on checking the Green-Copper equipment, as he readily loaded them straight into his backpack. He then took a closer look on the last bottle of the potion. All potions that would fall from bosses or treasure chests were impossible to be crafted or be learned to craft; they were normally very rare and valuable.

Just like these 3 pieces of Green-Copper equipment, they could also be considered to be a product of foundry, leather-made, tailored, but the pattern or design of the equipment was not something players could learn to craft.

[Beginner's Colorful Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Increase all magic resistance by 1,000, last for 8 minutes.

Cooldown time: 2 minutes.

Level required: 30

As expected, the effect was astonishingly good!

There were 5 type of magic attributes in 'God's Miracle': Ice, Fire, Shadow, Nature, and Light. Alchemist players could learn to craft all 5 different types of magic resistance potion, but with only one effect in one potion, never more. It was just like Zhang Yang learning how to craft the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion, only enhancing the shadow resistance of the player. Zhang Yang carefully put the potion into the backpack with a wavering heart.

At first, he was worried about how to take on the final boss, the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar. Seeing obviously from its name "the Evil Sorcerer", that boss was definitely a magic-casting monster which would deal in spell and magic damages. Battling an elite spell-casting monster was already hell to him, he would definitely die horribly if he went up against this boss!

But now there was still hope to give it a try after acquiring the bottle of [Beginner's Colorful Potion].

Zhang Yang went into the tunnel and walked on the stepping stones, with twists and turns all around the places, as he finally found himself a way into the 9th floor of the tower.

"Argh..."

"Argh..."

"Please help me..."

The countless voices of crying and groaning were heard as soon as Zhang Yang set foot into the floor. He felt a chill straight up in his heart as he gazed around. He could only see the design of the floor and it looked like the wards in the hospitals, not being able to move his eyes away from the neatly placed experimental tables. In every table there was a soul tied up on it; human, elves, orcs, dwarfs, even gnomes!

Every one of their stomachs were ripped open and their limbs cut off. They look utterly in pain! With a few of them still barely alive, they moaned and cried miserably.

Countless Skeletal monsters were patrolling and shuffling back and forth, with all holding swords, maces, axes in their hands. Every step gave off the fractioning sound of the bone joints, combining with the moaning and groaning, making the atmosphere creepier than ever!

"There is no doubt he is one evil sorcerer, much eviller than Jack the Ripper or any BBK1 kind!" Zhang Yang instantly lifted his Lover's Sword and started charging forward. In an instant, he approached a Skeletal monster and he continued to charge forward explosively.

[Elite Guard] (Elite)

Level: 36

HP: 80,000

Even though the HP was slightly more, it did not change the fact that it was still a monster that only dealt physical damages. That meant that the monster would only be tortured to death slowly by Zhang Yang!

A minute passed, and the elite guard roared in anger before turning into white light and died, leaving some loots behind.

Zhang Yang picked everything up and continued to push forward.

It was a slaughter all the way down, killing countless monsters, leaving countless insignificant items and equipment to occupy Zhang Yang's backpack to the point that he had to cast away some invaluable stuff to clear out spaces for better things to come.

Bam!

With another monster beaten death to the ground, Zhang Yang went on to touch the dead body as he would.

[No.1 Laboratory Key] (Special item)

Use: Open the door to No.1 Laboratory.

Zhang Yang went blank for a moment. Even though there were hundreds or even thousands of experimental tables, none of it was categorized as "room/laboratory". He took a closer look at the monster again, noticing that the name was really different from the other monsters. This was labeled as "No.1 Laboratory Guard".

It didn't matter for now, just put it in the bag first and think about it later.

Zhang Yang kept the key and continued to move forward. Killing, slicing and chopping all around, it took him 3 hours to finally reach the end of the floor.

Look at the time, it's almost 1am in the morning! Wei Yan Er and the gang had definitely gone offline to sleep by now.

But remembering what they told him earlier, Crimson Rage, The Dominators, Sky High and the other guilds were progressing overnight with the resolution to acquire the server's No.1 [Land Lease] title!

Thus, Zhang Yang lost his courage to sleep or rest anymore!

With the bosses in every floor being taken out by him, there was no way the other players above would be delayed for too long by the monsters and the traps. He would wake up to find that he was surpassed by others, or might even loose his [Land Lease] to others!

So, he decided to go all out, then! It was just staying overnight for this one time!

The entrance of the 9th floor was similar with the 8th floor. With the door opened wide, it meant that there was no boss in this floor. Zhang Yang gazed further; if there was not any boss in the area, there should at least be a treasure chest lying around somewhere.

There was no treasure, but on the same spot where a treasure chest would be found, there was an intermediate small room made of stones with the door locked, and it would not budge.

Zhang Yang took out the key from his backpack, and with the slightest effort, "click!" he opened the lock on door and pushed the door wide open.

This was a standard laboratory with many reagent tubes braving a variety of color bubbles in the corners of the room. There was a large experimental bench in the middle of the room. On top of the desk lay an Elvish female, with her four limbs and her neck shackled in the form of strange halo. She could not even move an inch.

There was an infusion tube inserted into one of her arm, transmitting some kind of green chemical substance into her, only god knows what that could be!

The Elvish female overheard the sound of the door opening, forcing herself to look over. When she realized that it was an actual pure human walking through the door, her face instantly revealed her surprise and joy buried within her heart, "Brave warrior, please help me!"

[Captived Merlinda - Song of the Forest] (Elite)

Level: 45

HP: 38,123/45,000

Right above her head was a huge yellow exclamation mark!

"Friendly elf, can you tell me how could I help you out of this place?" Zhang Yang did not believe that he could easily cut those strange looking halo shackles off her so easily.

"I have been held captive by the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar with his Shackles of Shadow, and only the Elemental Stone can free me from these shackles! The Elemental Stone is in the hand of Ron Weasley - The Death General. He is in the deepest place you can find just beneath next floor. Brave warrior, please help me, I can feel that my will has been forcefully shaken, the evil force of Terpot Ryhar is affecting my beliefs to the God of the Moon, and I will not be able to hold it for much longer!"

Merlinda uttered a painful groan.

'Ding! Captived Merlinda - Song of the Forest has assigned you a quest: Rescue Merlinda - Song of the Forest, accept or decline?'

Accept!

[Rescue Merlinda - Song of the Forest] (Difficulty: S-rank)

Description: Slay Ron Weasley, take the Elemental Stone from him, and rescue Merlinda - Song of the Forest! You can locate Ron Weasley at the 10th floor of the Underground Tower.

Note: You must be fast. If Merlinda's soul is being controlled by Terpot Ryhar before that, the quest will fail.

Progress: Rescue Merlinda -Song of the Forest 0/1

Zhang Yang noticed that the HP of the NPC dropped by 90 since she began talking. It was dropping about 3 HP every second! If the NPC supposedly hit the bottom of her HP bar, it would only mean that she would be controlled, just like the bosses in the previous floors, becoming an undead soul!

After a series of calculation, Zhang Yang realized that he only had 3 hours left! Although it seemed well, but in practicality, clearing the monsters and minions of the whole floor would take about 2 to 3 hours, in addition with the time to slay the boss, the time gap just got so much tighter!

Without wasting any precious time, Zhang Yang headed straight to the entrance of the 10th floor after accepting the quest. Even though he did not know what the use of rescuing the NPC was, but since the system has assigned an NPC here, she must have a special role in it!

'Server Notice: Player Zhan Yu has become the first player to enter the 10th floor of the Underground Tower, getting closer to the [Land Lease]!'

Zhang Yang just set foot into the 10th floor when the system decided to give him a big surprise with an announcement!

With shock going through his spine, Zhang Yang almost cursed out of anger!

The plan to make a fortune silently had been interrupted by the server announcement that attracted the crowd. Fine, I can live with that. But announcing him setting his freaking foot onto the 10th floor? That was like informing every player on the top without getting anything in return; telling them that there was someone clearing the floor faster than them!

Originally, conflicts exist among guilds such as Crimson Rage, Sky High, and The Dominators. Even though they were temporary joining forces together to charge further down the tower, they would still try to slow each other down, hoping that they were leading at the front line. A little delay in time could do no harm anyway. It would be even better if they could get other guilds to get themselves killed in the process!

But in this sudden event, being made a fool by the system server, whether it was the guilds in the White Jade City, or the remaining guilds in the other seven main cities, everyone temporarily put down their grudges against each other and worked together to clear the floors all the way down the Underground Tower!

Fighting against each other again? Things were about to be taken away, what kind of fart do they still think about fighting against each other for?!

The original plan was to enter the stage quietly, but now... This is just great, the whole world knows about this now!

"F*k me!" Zhang Yang was already rushing to complete his quest, and now he could afford to make any more mistakes.

The 10th floor of the Underground Tower had fewer monsters, but the monsters were mostly magic type. It was the most hated monster-type of all for Zhang Yang to face in battle!

[Hermione's Witch Apprentice] (Elite)

Level: 34

HP: 30,000

With a Charge, followed by summoning a puppet, he continued with some mad hack and slash attacks!

As Zhang Yang held all his anger and grudges within him for quite some time, he finally found a chance to vent it all out on these monsters. Charging his way through, he staggered his Berserker's Heal and the Lifesteal effect of [Lover's Sword] together to put them into good use, and when both skills are on cooldown, he would use some bandages to make up for it.

The lucky thing was that there was not that much monsters on the way. Zhang Yang already reached the end of the stage in about 40 minutes or so.

The door to the 11th floor was tightly shut, with a gray shirt man standing in front of the door with his sword. The man had an extremely tall body and both eyes blinking with a ghostly green flame, indicating his identity as one that became an undead soul.

He held a large and long sword in his hand.

[Ron Weasley - The Death General] (Gray-Silver leader)

Level: 36

HP: 600,000

Note: Terpot Ryhar's best servant.

This should be a physical-type boss!

There was no need to fear! Not to mention it had just 600,000 HP. With even 1,000,000 HP, he could still take the boss out!

With a raise of his [Lover's Sword, Zhang Yang charged forward to the boss with quick steps.

With no time to lose, he had to act fast, whether it was to rescue Merlinda, or to stay in the lead to obtain the [Land Lease]!

1BBK - The author used this term to describe a sort of horror element. I have no idea what this BBK stands for.

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Chapter 122: Ron Weasley

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"Damn it, I was still wondering, after 5 floors of battle, there's still no sign of any boss. So it was Zhan Yu, that little brat who is one step ahead of us!" Humbly Gentleman spoke out with anger, tightening his teeth. His hatred towards Zhang Yang had not been just for one or two days; and now he got fooled by Zhang Yang without knowing again. He was about to burst into flame, out of his own anger!

"No wonder the Lone Desert Smoke members went offline already. It seems like they have already sent a part of them ahead of us!" Humbly Gentleman tried to provoke the other two guilds to channel their hatred towards Zhang Yang, with the thoughts to crush Lone Desert Smoke to the ground by having the 3 guilds to work together.

But, Snow Seeker smiled gently and said, "Getting the field bosses has been a first-come-first-serve basis for all of us! It all depends on our own capabilities on whether we get to them first or not, so what's with all the angry ranting, Humbly Gentleman?"

Sky Shaman laughed with contempt, "This hypocrite is just greedy and stingy, only having thoughts about having all the good things to himself. Pui! And he does not even reflect on his own bad virtue!"

With two of them criticizing him to the point that his face turned greenish, he spoke with his gloomy face, "So we just sit by and let the Lone Desert Smoke claim the [Land Lease, and then we congratulate them with smiles on our faces?"

Snow Seeker smiled again and said, "I already said it, field bosses are claimed by those who acted faster the others. So we will never know the results until the very last moment of it. Things might still change! So now, we shouldn't take arms against each other, because what we should be doing is to work together to speed up our progress down this tower without any restrain!"

"Haha, guild master Snow is really fast in basically everything!" Humbly Gentleman spoke and took a peek at Snow Seeker's pretty face and her mountain-shaped boobs, secretly drooling. Previously in other games, there were offline competitions held, and that was how he had the honor to see her true person, which was both beautiful and sexy. He already accumulated his bad intentions towards her for quite some time, but it was a pity. No matter how he tried to serve or impress her, she just did not react to him!

With wrinkled eye brows, Sky Shaman said, "We should be well aware of the situation when it involves the Lone Desert Smoke! Other than Zhan Yu, the capable ones are Little Snow and the gang; only 5 of them altogether! We know that all 5 of them are offline at this very moment, and the number of remaining scattered members of the Lone Desert Smoke does not exceed 300! But, we do know that these 300 members are held up in the 3rd and the 4th floor!"

With a slight idea on her mind, she asked, "Sky Shaman, are you saying that Zhan Yu is now alone?"

"If the Lone Desert Smoke did not keep any secret units from our knowledge, I am afraid so!" Sky Shaman nodded his head.

*gasp!*

The people who were listening to the 3 guild masters talking could not help themselves but to take in a breath of surprise! They have certainly experienced it, the might of the monsters in the Underground Tower, every one of them are strong as f*k that the players had difficulties in holding their souls together in one piece!

If Zhan Yu could clear through the path all by himself... Let alone clearing the regular monsters has already proven him to be unimaginably strong, what about the bosses?

Is the gap between the two sides in terms of their strength really that wide?

On the other side of the tower, the Sword and Fire Mercenary had fully dispatched their forces into their crusade in regards of the [Land Lease]. They assembled a party of 10 for their storm fortification strategies. Although they were small in numbers, but every single member was an ace of their own expertise. They were like a sharp spear; unstoppable, clearing all their way through to the 7th floor of the Underground Tower, being more efficient than the 3 main guilds combined.

The moment they knew about the announcement, Dominating Blade paused and said, "This Zhan Yu is far more powerful than we can imagine!"

"44 Bandit and I are the first group to reach, so we can guarantee that none of the monsters in the tower had been slain! That meant that Zhan Yu has forcefully charged through the herd by taking advantage of the special particularity of the entrance, without taking out any monsters. He turned the table around by using these monsters to block players who are coming in!" Floating Up analyzed seriously.

"But this also explains that -"

"He is definitely alone!"

Dominating Blade and Floating Up spoke in unison.

"44 Bandits, Not Telling My Name, you two get past through quietly and do a sneak up on Zhan Yu, take him out! The [Land Lease] can only be claimed by us, the Sword and Fire Mercenary!" Dominating Blade spoke with extreme domineering!

44 Bandits and Not Telling My Name were both Thief class players. With Stealth, they could easily get through the monsters without laying a finger on them. Monsters with "True Eyes" were only located in the 1st and 2nd floors!

"Yes!"

The two thieves then instantly immersed themselves into stealth mode at the same moment, and slowly fumbled forward.

"Ah, ha! Another living material to be used as a test subject! Master Terpot Ryhar will definitely be pleased!" Weasley had a vast aggro radius. He instantly spotted Zhang Yang charging towards him from afar. Swoosh! He pulled his huge sword and started waving towards Zhang Yang with the attempt to hack Zhang Yang in half!

Block!

'-195!' 'The block has neutralized some of the damages.'

With the shield raised up high and coming in contact, clashing with the huge sword that the boss swung towards him, a burst of fiery stars flashed on sight.

"Oh sh*t, son of a boss, just give up on the futile struggle! Just lay out your neck and be ready to die!" Zhang Yang laughed happily. Instead of being bored by himself, why not tease the boss and have fun? With his brain waves surging, he even summoned out his servant Clear Lotus, launching his attacks towards Weasley.

Unlike players, a boss had a specific time of discharging skills, beginning with the simplest normal attacks.

97%, 94%, 91%, the HP bar of Weasley was decreasing slowly.

"Ouh...!" the boss suddenly let out a burst of roar. After a swing that missed his target, Weasley held his sword with his other hand and plunged it straight into the ground.

Boom!

A black light suddenly started to spread in all directions. At least a 3 meter radius of the area where the boss was standing was instantly turned into an atmosphere glowing with only darkness!

'Ding! You have received the Plaque of the Undead effect, movement speed has been decreased by 50%, receive 500 damage from dark-shadow effect every 2 seconds, last until you leave the effective range of the Plaque of Undead!'

Zhang Yang already started to retract the moment he saw the boss acting weird, but the skill discharge was way faster than the player's movement speed. A new negative effect symbol instantly appeared on top of Zhang Yang's head, followed by an instant decrease in his movement speed.

He was lucky to have ran earlier. Even with his decreased movement speed, he could still manage to run out of the effective radius of the Plaque of the Undead, with just a damage of '-400' popped out on top of his head. After leaving the effective radius, the negative effect on him was automatically lifted away.

After Weasley was done with that powerful skill, he immediately pulled his sword out from the ground and continued to pursue his attacks on Zhang Yang.

Block!

Block!

Block!

It was too bad that the frequency of the boss' attack were not exactly high, with a swing of his sword only in every 2 to 3 seconds. But judging from every vigorous and heavy strike of the sword, Zhang Yang believed that the damage output for each of slashes would definitely be higher than 3,000!

Shoof! With a shadow-step, Clear Lotus managed to escape the radius of the Plaque of the Undead. She then continued to poke and stab the boss from the back, dealing a series of damage on the boss. But it was unavoidable that she had to sustain two attacks from the boss, decreasing a total of 1,000 HP!

Zhang Yang did not lose much of his HP after a few successful Block, and he could just rely on his armor set effects to heal his HP back to the max.

Another 10 seconds or so has passed, and Weasley plunged his sword into the ground once again, discharging another round of Plaque of the Undead.

Zhang Yang was certain, the boss would use the skill once his HP dropped every 10%.

78%, 77%, 76%, 75%!

Weasley's pupils instantly flashed. His ordinary eyes which did not differ much from an ordinary person's eyes ignited with greenish ghostly flames. With an explosive "Boom!", the large sword was surrounded by black aura, emitting a palpitating horrific atmosphere.

'Ding! Ron Weasley has used Shadows of Death, all physical attacks have been increased with additional 100% dark-shadow damage, last for 5 seconds!'

Block!

'-3200!'

Oh lord!

Zhang Yang immediately activated Substitute!

'Immune' 'Immune'!

Within the 5 seconds, the boss did a series of 3 consecutive attacks with his sword. Other than the first attack, the damage from the remaining attacks were neutralized by the additional effects of Invincible which came after Substitute!

Even with the 20% damage avoidance passive, Zhang Yang still took some dark-shadow damage of 3,200, which meant that the boss dished out 4,000 damage in his regular attacks!

The boss triggered Shadows of Death when his HP hit 75%. That would mean that the skill would be triggered every time 25% of his HP was deducted! The servant could only sustain one attack from the Shadows of Death, leaving Zhang Yang to forcefully take on the last two remaining attacks that was yet to come!

3 minutes later, the boss' HP was brought down to 60%. The 4th Plaque of the Undead was triggered, with two consecutive numerical value of '-500' popped out right on top of Clear Lotus, emptying out her HP. With a miserable scream, she turned into a white light and disappeared into thin air.

"Hahaha, you weak soul, just accept your fate!" Weasley waved his sword to dance. Usually, when a boss kills a player or a player's pet, he or she would speak a few dialogues.

"You've spoken too much nonsense!" Zhang Yang stared closely at the boss' HP, because the moment it dropped below 50%, Plaque of the Undead and Shadows of Death would be discharged at the same instant, definitely making that instant the most dangerous moment in the whole battle!

Unfortunately, if he knew the skills of the boss a little earlier, he would have summoned his servant a little slower, reserving Substitute until then!

59%, 55%, 50%!

"Go to hell, you insignificant soul!" Weasley plunged his sword heavily into the ground and triggered Plaque of the Undead once again.

Zhang Yang withdrew himself at the very first moment!

'Ding! Ron Weasley has used Shadows of Death, all physical attacks have been increased with additional 100% dark-shadow damage, last for 5 seconds!'

Followed closely with triggering Shadows of Death, the boss quickly pursued Zhang Yang with his sword pulled out of the ground.

'-400!'

Block!

'-3200!'

Zhang Yang could only use Berserker's Heal in that instant.

Shoosh! Instantly healing his HP back to full health!

Block!

'100!'

'-3200!'

The second swing of the sword was negated with Block, but the dark-shadow damage was unaffected and banged up on Zhang Yang!

The Lifesteal effect of the [Lover's Sword] activated!

'-1573!' Horizontal Sweep.

'1573!'

'-1499!' Destructive Smash.

'1499!'

'-777!' Regular attack.

'777!'

In just an instant, Zhang Yang's HP was restored back to full once more!

Block!

'-3200!'

The effect of the Shadows of Death ended with the 3rd strike of the boss!

"Hahaha, you should be the one that should accept your fate... to die!" Zhang Yang burst into laughter. With every slash he did onto the boss, relying on the armor set's recovery effect, along with the additional use of red potion, he could slowly replace back the HP that he lost.

40%! 30%!

Another 2 minutes has passed, the boss' HP was nearing 25% left, which meant that the 3rd Shadows of Death was about to begin.

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Chapter 123: Double Assassination!

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25%!

'Ding! Ron Weasley has used Shadow of Death, all physical attacks have been increased with additional 100% dark-shadow damage, last for 5 seconds!'

During the voice notification from the system, Weasley was swinging his huge sword, at that moment surrounded with dark-aura, charging towards Zhang Yang in huge steps, ready to cleave him in two!

Shield Wall!

Block! Block! Block!

'-800!' '-800!' '-800!'

With effects of Shield Wall and Shield Oath in play, the damage was reduced by 80% The 3 huge swings that could have dealt 4,000 point of damage ended up only doing 800!

With his final trump card, Shadows of Death having been used up, the boss was finally set on the one and only path remaining - the path to his demise!

Zhang Yang was in the zone, swinging the sword in his hand, slicing and dicing, ferociously depleting the HP of the boss.

24%, 23%, 22%...

The boss' HP continued to drop, from 15% to 10%, and then down to 5%. Victory was already beckoning Zhang Yang!

4%, 3%, 2%, 1%!

"Argh... Master Terpot Ryhar shall revive me! I will be back! I will definitely be back!" With that, "Clang!" Weasley dropped his huge sword and his tall body collapsed heavily onto the ground.

'Ding! You have slain Weasley Ron, and acquired 600,000 Experience Points!'

Zhang Yang turned his head to glance around, and he could see that a new batch of monsters had begun respawning further away from him. The respawning boom would catch up to his position in no time! Time... There was no time to waste! He hastily grabbed all the loot dropped from the dead body of Weasley Ron and jammed them into his backpack, before he turned around and jogged to the 9th floor.

As he rushed back, two thirds of the monsters had already respawned and were blocking his way, leaving him with no choice but to clear them out one by one.

Taking advantage of that moment of brief respite to eat snacks to restore his stamina and HP, Zhang Yang finally had the time to look over the loots he obtained from earlier on.

[Glory of the Undead Warrior] (Gray-Silver equipment, Ring)

Vitality: 20

Strength: 10

Equip: Recover 30 HP in melee combat when attacking. Maximum rate of activation: Every one second.

Level required: 30

A Lifesteal ring!

Lifestealing equipment such as this one did not seem much by themselves, but if they were equipped as sets, a recovery amounting up to a few hundred points of HP would definitely be something!

Zhang Yang immediately replaced his initial ring with the new one, putting the Level 20 Gray-Silver ring into his backpack. Even though the ring was no longer useful to him, it was still an awesome piece in the eyes of 90% of the current players. It was still highly sellable.

[Proof of the Deceased] (Gray-Silver equipment, Holy book)

Intelligent: 54

Level required: 30

Profession: Sacred Knight.

Holy book was a special equipment exclusively meant for Sacred Knights and could be equipped in the secondary weapon slot. This was because Sacred Knights were unable to equip staffs despite being a magic profession. They could only wield maces as their primary weapons and Holy Books as their secondary.

"It's such a pity that we don't have any Sacred Knights in the gang at the moment!"

Zhang Yang could only sigh. Although Priests and Sacred Knight belonged to the same healing role, both of them had different focus points. Priests were more focused on group healing while Sacred Knights were more focused on healing individual targets. But with Han Ying Xue who has such a large large capacity (mana), supporting two players at the same time should not be a problem at all!

Other than the two Gray-Silver grade equipment, there were also 7 or 8 Green-Copper equipment. However, Zhang Yang was keener on getting a skill book, but that did not happen. Of course, the quest item [Elemental Stone] was among the loots, lying quietly within his backpack inventory.

After equipping the ring with the Lifesteal effect, Zhang Yang's efficiency in clearing monsters had found itself on another level. A recovery of 30 HP in one second did not seem much, but over time, that would be a total of 1,800 HP recovered in 1 minute, almost equivalent to two Grade 2 healing potions!

Another half an hour passed, and Zhang Yang was finally back at the 9th floor.

The moment he walked out of the stairs, Zhang Yang could vaguely feel an unusual disturbance in the air. He instantly pulled his sword out and acted, and slash at the top left position in front of him.

"-741!"

Blood splashed, a shadow figure was abruptly hit by Zhang Yang and he came out from his stealth mode!

'Ding! You have initiated an attack on 44 Bandits. You are now penalized with the Red Tag! If you are killed in this condition, you will drop by 2 levels and have a 100% equipment break off!"

It was this 44 Bandits again!

Zhang Yang lit up with a murderous glare, it did not matter if they tracked him on purpose or it was a meeting by chance, he would not hold anything back for the sake of his [Land Lease]!

"F*ck!" 44 Bandits let out a curse, "How the hell did you see me?!"

He also never expected to see Zhang Yang suddenly coming out from the stairs of the 9th floor. Even he was caught off guard, leaving him to wonder, how his opponent discovered him in stealth.

That could only be described as a sixth sense that Zhang Yang had developed over 3 years of experience in battling Thieves, nothing else!

Zhang Yang grinned, "Hey brother, there's demand for my head again?"

"-1,523!"

Talking was one thing, but his hands kept moving. Those hands did not show a single bit of mercy, coming straight up with a Horizontal Sweep, he took a big chunk of HP away from 44 Bandits!

44 Bandits only had a total of about 4,000 HP, give or take. Being sliced two times by Zhang Yang had taken half of his health already! Shocked, he groped for his HP potion while trying strike back, "That's right, you better be frank and let me slay you a couple of times, who knows if I'm in a mood, I might just kill you a few times lesser!"

Zhang Yang was surprised at those words. He consulted his instincts. A Thief being forced out of his stealth mode, facing a same level Guardian with the same level of equipment and a full health bar, yet had that expression on his face. This was not bravado! There must be another agenda behind it!

That was the instance where Zhang Yang felt another faintly unusual disturbance behind him... there must be a second Thief!

With an instant change of mind as swift as lightning, Zhang Yang summoned his servant Clear Lotus.

Ambush!

Another vague shadow appeared from behind of Zhang Yang, striking straight on the back of Zhang Yang's head, knocking Zhang Yang into stunned state.

"Haha, you must have never thought that there were 2 of us. Let's see how you die with our dual attacks! I shall get my revenge for the - Huh?" 44 Bandits was still laughing proudly until he saw servant Clear Lotus's appearance, suddenly he uttered a sound of surprise!

"Who is this... No, a servant! What is this sorcery?"

Substitute skill activated!

Servant Clear Lotus immediately replaced Zhang Yang to be stunned. Zhang Yang swung his sword and took another slash at 44 Bandits.

'-737!'

Immune!

At the same instant, the two Thieves unleashed a flurry of attacks, but they could only helplessly watch their attacks invoke the word that crippled their psyche - Immune.

Zhang Yang burst out in laughter, activating his Destructive Smash!

"-3,100!"

A critical attack that directly sent 44 Bandits to his demise!

Zhang Yang turned around and faced the other thief directly, Not Telling My Name.

Hmm, another famous player to be in the future, it was unfortunate for him to face Zhang Yang this soon!

Not Telling My Name was the type who let his actions do the talking, calmly reentering his stealth mode. His opponent had just been hit with regular attacks, there was no way for the opponent to instantly activate any skills at the moment with so little rage points. He will evade the enemy for now, before striking like a poisonous snake in the dark. When the opponent was at his most vulnerable state, he would jump out of his hiding to give the final blow to his opponent!

Zhang Yang closely followed after the thief, with his invincibility still in effect, the thief's Ambush posing no threat whatsoever.

Blood Rage activated, increasing his rage value by 30 points!

Thunder Strike!

'-234!'

Not Telling My Name was instantly forced out from the shadow, a damage value appearing on the top of his head. His face unable to hide his surprise, never expecting Zhang Yang to have this much Rage points.

The 5 seconds of the Substitute effect was over, and Clear Lotus recovered from her stun. With a "poof!" she instantly appeared behind Not Telling My Name with Shadow Walk and began her assault!

Zhang Yang had also followed up in tandem, slashing wildly.

Toot!

The whole body of Not Telling My Name turned translucent.

Both Clear Lotus and Zhang Yang found themselves striking a ghost.

Missed!

Missed!

The word 'missed' appeared on top of Not Telling My Name's head, with no changes to his HP bar. Some attacks from Clear Lotus managed to deal some damage occasionally, however.

Zhang Yang widened his eyes for a bit, and said, "So you have learned Blur!"

[Blur] (Level 1): Draw from the power of shadows to shroud your attackers, causing them to miss 75% of their attacks. Lasts for 10 seconds. Cooldown time: 10 minutes

Had it been mastered it to a full 10 levels, the cooldown time would be reduced significantly to 5 minutes. It was an emergency life-saving skill like the Guardian's Shield Wall! However, Blur was not one of the skills taught by the Thief Class Instructor, it was a rare drop from a certain Field Boss!

Not Telling My Name did not say a word, swinging his 2 long sword he resumed his assault on Zhang Yang. Unlike 44 Bandits, he was a fighter-type thief, far more effective in direct combat, unlike the literal cloak and dagger play style of agility-type thieves.

But the moment he swung his blade, he lost sight of Zhang Yang, unable to even see a trace of his shadow. The two swords landed on nothing but air. He vaguely realized that Zhang Yang had moved behind him, so he quickly turned. As he turned and turned, he could only see Zhang Yang's shadow out of the corner of his eye as the Guardian fleetingly stayed in his blindspot!

Not Telling My Name was shocked and stunned, as he attempted to charge forward, backpedal, side-step rapidly in order to face Zhang Yang! But Zhang Yang was just like a chewing gum, staying on his *ss!

A master player! Definitely a master, second to none!

Not Telling Your Name had used the same tactic before to toy with some players before killing them. This required both operational skills and situational awareness that far surpassed the capabilities of the opponent. He once took pride in that, but now the role of the predator and the prey had been switched, leaving him with cold sweat and a bottomless pit in his stomach. He wanted to bang his head against the wall, having been played with like that!

10 seconds had passed in the blink of an eye, Blur was over!

'-715!'

'-1489!'

'-1502!'

With a series of cuts, Not Telling My Name was manipulated, tortured to death, and butchered alive, with no chance of facing Zhang Yang from the front at all!

Phew!

Zhang Yang sheathed his sword, looking at the two corpses on the floor, smiling broadly.

Those who might become master players in the future were still in the learning stages, like how toddlers learning to walk. With an additional five years of experience, on top of his vastly improved self in his new life, Zhang Yang would not let anyone surpass him!

So tremble on, rookies!

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Chapter 124: Beyond Perfect Score

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Zhang Yang returned to the Lab Room. He took out the Elemental Stone and showed it to Merlinda, who saw the rock and was happy beyond measure.

"You've done it, brave warrior!" said Merlinda gratefully.

[Elemental Stone] (Quest Item)

Item Description: Dispels the bind on Merlinda - Song of the Forest.

Zhang Yang walked closer and held out the stone in his hands. "How do I use this?"

"Place it on my chest!" said Merlinda. "I will absorb the power of the stone to break free of these shackles!"

Zhang Yang nodded and walked over to the NPC. He then placed the crystal-like rock on her chest. What a beautiful elven woman. Her body was so alluring that when Zhang Yang placed the Elemental Stone on her chest, it slipped down and rested in between her voluptuous breasts!

If only the thing between her boobies could be replaced with his...

What the hell am I thinking!?

Zhang Yang shook his head violently! Could this be?! It has been a while since he had felt the warmth of a woman since he was reborn. Was he really that "dry"? Still! No matter how depraved Zhang Yang became, she was still an NPC! A program!

Sigh... He blamed the developers and designers for doing their job so excellently. If she could lose those pointy ears, her pale eyes, and the emerald colored hair, how would anyone differentiate this NPC from a real woman!? It was no wonder that movie producers would collaborate with 'God's Miracle' in the future to make their movies. The audiences could not even tell the difference between the actors and NPCs!

"Aun Vu Zin Du Ving Ga..." Merlinda started to chant a spell. As she chanted, white light started to radiate from the inside of the Elemental Stone. As she chanted on, a total of 8 rays of light burst out from within the Stone and formed a magic circle in the air. The circle expanded slowly and wrapped itself around Merlinda.

Ping! Ping! Ping!

The light rings that bound Merlinda shattered into pieces. There was a sudden tremor when the NPC started to glow brighter. Her hair started to float supernaturally, without any moving air in the room.

FOOM!

The light glowed brighter to the point that Zhang Yang had to shield his eyes with his armored hand as even his eyelids couldn't block out the light.

When the light dispersed, Zhang Yang lowered his arms and opened his eyes. Merlinda was freed and now standing right in front of him! Zhang Yang could only assume that the energy the stone released had been a little too powerful, it was the only explanation he could come up with, seeing that the dress she wore was now in pieces. Even her undergarments were all torn apart! Her body was only covered with less than a few torn pieces of cloth still sticking to her fair skin, conveniently at the places that really mattered! As she moved, the perfectly full breasts jiggled so seductively that any weak-willed man would fall to his feet! A sudden surge rose from within Zhang Yang that he started to sweat like a horny pig. Damn! How could Zhang Yang drool over an NPC!? He was starting to behave like the notorious Fatty Han!

Fortunately for him, Merlinda quickly produced another dress from the ring she wore and changed into it. The pale, purple Amherst colored dress complimented her green Emerald colored hair. As she flung her hair to adjust the dress, her hair gracefully came to rest on her back. The dress was soft and tight enough that it plastered itself on her skin, showing her slender form to the world. Everything about her was unearthly.

Hold up. Did she just pull out a dress from a ring? What's this? A Fantasy Novel? Or was she the Flash1?

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Rescue Merlinda - Song of the Forest. Obtained 100,000 Experience Points!

Total Time Taken: 97 minutes, Score: Good.

Player Count: 1. Increased Score.

Average Players Level: 31. Increased Score.

Final Score: Beyond Perfect!'

'Ding! You have obtained the reward: Merlinda's Appreciation Ring.'

Beyond Perfect? What was that score? He had never heard of it before!

Zhang Yang had never encountered a score that was beyond Perfect and no matter how hard he tried to recall; he could not remember anyone in his previous life scoring Beyond Perfect!

'Total Time Taken: 97 minutes, Score: Good.

Player Count: 1. Increased Score.

Average Players Level: 31. Increased Score.

Final Score: Beyond Perfect!'

Zhang Yang recalled the system notification and thought to himself.

"Perhaps I got this score since I completed the quest alone? Did the system award me with a 'Beyond Perfect' score since no one else has ever done it alone? After Excellent, comes Perfect. Perfect was the highest level there is - or that's what I thought previously. Could it be that there was actually a score higher than that?"

Zhang Yang grinned. "That has to be the case. I could be the only one player who maximized Block. Since I was lucky enough to obtain the [Servant] Clear Lotus and also Berserker's Heal, it was possible for me to kill Ron Weasley with them both!

A "Perfect" score reward was already considered to be the ultimate prize. What would the system's reward be when Zhang Yang scored a "Beyond Perfect"?

Zhang Yang took out the ring in his inventory.

[Merlinda's Appreciation Ring] (Yellow-Gold, Ring)

Vitality: 50

Strength: 50

Use: Summons Merlinda's Shadow to join the battle. Last for 10 seconds. During the summoned duration, she will act as your healer and has perfect Invincibility.

Cooldown time: 3 minutes.

Special: Item's level requirement has been dropped down to Level 30. Limited only to Player: Zhan Yu.

Bound.

WHAT IN THE NAME OF NEPTUNE?!

Level 50 Yellow-Gold equipment! And he could equip it now!

Now the system was just being lazy. A "Perfect" score must have awarded a Gray-Silver tier equipment. By its logic, the reward for attaining "Beyond Perfect" would be a Yellow-Gold equipment. However, a Yellow-Gold equipment had a requirement of level 50. They probably felt that the player was bound to let it collect dust in the inventory. So, taking the circumstances into consideration, they lowered the level requirement. This could be the only such equipment in the entire game! If other player got hold of this news, they would just cry their eyes out in jealousy.

Zhang Yang had struck the jackpot!

Now, he had a problem. Which of the rings should he remove?

[Absolute Defense Ring] granted a bonus 100 Defense points, while [Dead Soldier's Pride] had the Lifesteal effect. Argh! Which one of these had to go!? Damn it! If only the system had given Zhang Yang a necklace, then he would not have to crack his brain thinking about it.

In the end, Zhang Yang had decided to swap off [Absolute Defense Ring] and adapt based on the situation. If he were to grind his level, he would put on the [Absolute Defense Ring]. If he was fighting an elite, or a boss, he would swap back to the [Dead Soldier's Pride].

Zhang Yang swapped off the rings and his attribute was rose dramatically.

HP: 5,380.

Strength: 276

Melee damage: (716-768) x 110%

"Brave warrior! Let us make haste! We must now defeat the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar and rid this land of evil!" said Merlinda with vigor. An ancient magical staff appeared in her hands. She twirled it around as she walked, casting a healing spell to recover her own health.

[Higher Regeneration: Restores 5% of the target's HP every second for 30 seconds.

"Alright, let's go kill him!" Zhang Yang was delighted since an NPC was willing to lend a hand.

"Please lead the way, I will stay behind and heal you!" Merlinda pushed Zhang Yang upfront.

Hah! What a smart NPC! She even knew how to cower behind a player!

There was no time to waste. There were players chasing after him from the upper floor! There was literally no time for him to waste! Zhang Yang quickly stepped onward and led his "party" down to the tenth floor.

By then, the monsters that were the closest to the entrance were still dead while the monsters further down the floor had already respawned. Zhang Yang had to kill them all again to make it to the next floor.

As annoying as it may seem, this time, there was an NPC healing him, and Zhang Yang was able to kill his way through at leisure, without depending on his long cooldown skills to survive.

Underground Tower 11th Floor!

'Server announcement: Player Zhan Yu is the first player to set foot in the Underground Tower 11th Floor! Player Zhan Yu is now getting closer to the Land Lease!'

Just as he stepped in, the server acted up again.

Zhang Yang had already gotten used to it. It looks like the system would make an announcement every single time a player entered a new floor after the 10th floor of the Underground Tower.

The 11th floor was almost the same as the 10th floor. It was filled with the same magical attack-type monsters. His killing speed was tremendously slower since Block could not be used against magic attacks, which directly affected the usage of Shield Bash!

Their slow attacking speed was to be expected.

After 40 minutes, Zhang Yang arrived at the end of the floor and entered a small library.

A petite human girl was sitting high up a ladder, searching around for books as she muttered by herself. The girl had a long, straight, and blonde hair, and her figure was well built like a true Western beauty.

[Hermione, The Witch] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 36

HP: 600,000

Note: She was Terpot Ryhar's assistant.

"Hermione! You must have thought that I could never escape, did you!"

Before Zhang Yang did anything at all, Merlinda started to taunt.

"You beast! How could you do this to me!? We were friends! How could you betray my trust!?"

Hermione closed the book she was reading gracefully and looked up.

"Well well well...Look what we have here. You actually escaped now did you? What was Ron doing? Sigh...What a useless imbecile." She raised her staff and muttered, "Shrink", and the stairs then moved down on its own and placed her gently on the ground.

Merlinda quickly turned to Zhang Yang and said, "Brave warrior! You must kill this witch! Without her, Terpot Ryhar would lose half of his power!"

Merlinda quickly chanted a spell and cast a Higher Regeneration on Zhang Yang. Somehow, her expression looked like it was saying "Go ahead! I'll cover you from behind".

Sigh. Not like Zhang Yang had any say in the matter, did he?

Zhang Yang quickly dashed toward Hermione.

Hermione raised the staff in her hands and pointed it at Zhang Yang, beginning to chant a spell. "O Lord of Flames, beseech your almighty power and exterminate this heretic, cleanse his blasphemy!"

Shush!

Zhang Yang casted Charge.

'-728!'

Cripple Defense!

Cripple Defense!

Just as Zhang Yang had managed to inflict two counts of Cripple Defense, Hermione had finished her spell. A ball of fire blast out and hits Zhang Yang.

'-1,612!'

'269!'

Zhang Yang received a huge damage and received the first heal from the Higher Regeneration.

2 seconds later, another fire ball landed on Zhang Yang.

'-1624!'

'269!'

'30!'

'269!'

'30!'

Zhang Yang received 2 ticks of healing while the ring Lifesteal effect was triggered twice. Although Zhang Yang was recovering, but it was not enough to dampen the boss' damage.

After casting Higher Regeneration, Merlinda did not bother Zhang Yang anymore. She turned her target to Hermione and cast a Punishment Ray on the boss, dealing around 500 damage a spell.

Merlinda's healing spell could not be depended upon; since both of them started traveling from the 10th floor all the way to the 11th floor, she had never cast anything else other Higher Regeneration! Based on this reason, Merlinda could have only Higher Regeneration and nothing else besides that.

While this was happening, Zhang Yang was faced with a dilemma. It was concerning the [Rainbow Potion]!

If he took it now, he could increase all elemental resistance and fight the boss evenly. However, if he did use the potion now, how would he face the final boss later on?

Gah!

Zhang Yang finally decided to take the potion. He had to do whatever he could to survive here! Otherwise, he would not even reach the last floor!

1Flash - The Flash from DC Comics stored his costume in a ring.

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Chapter 125: Hermione the Witch

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Gulp! Zhang Yang drank the [Rainbow Potion].

His entire body radiated in 5 different colors.

"That's cool."

The light was then absorbed back into this body and a buff icon appeared on his head. 'All Elemental Resistance 1,000!'

Hermione pointed her staff at Zhang Yang and blasted him with a fire ball.

Boom!

'-600!'

To think that the potion could reduce all incoming magic damage by 1,000! It was the right call to make!

Zhang Yang swung his sword and laid waste on Hermione after inflicting 5 layers of Cripple Defense! He then summoned his [Servant] after. To maximize time and attack power, Zhang Yang had strategically summoned the [Servant] only after stacking the Cripple Defense. Every second saved counted!

"God! I hate warriors!" Hermione cried as she raised her staff up high. 3 dim orbs of light beamed across the room and landed on Zhang Yang, his [Servant, and the NPC Merlinda.

'Ding! You have received Weaken. All damage and healing will be reduced by 50%. Cannot be dispelled. Last for 10 minutes!'

WTF?! How was he supposed to fight in that condition?!

Zhang Yang quickly activated Substitute and transferred every negative debuff from him to the [Servant].

"Hmph! Petty little magic!" Merlinda scoffed. "Hermione! Do not forget this! I'm the loyal believer of the Moon God!"

She too raised her staff up high and similarly sent orbs of white light everywhere. Instantly, the debuff on her and the [Servant] was removed.

Woah...She'd even had this sort of thing hiding up her sleeves.

Zhang Yang thought. If he had not undergone the quest in the 9th floor, he would not have encountered the quest and saved Merlinda. He would not have been able to even survive this boss without her help! It was all linked together! Facing this kind of boss that could 'weaken' a player, in order to counter this painful headache, one would have to depend on numbers to defeat her.

It was inevitable for Zhang Yang to misjudge a field boss in having multiple target type skills. Sometimes, the sheer numbers never guaranteed victory. You could defeat a boss with a party of 5 men; yet sometimes, you could lose a boss with a whole 500-man army!

Had he known sooner, he would not have wasted Substitute! It was all because of Zhang Yang's superhuman reaction. It was a huge advantage to have, but at times it could lead to something like this.

'-845!'

'-5,070!'

'-1,575!'

Zhang Yang lost the edge granted by his OP skills of Block and Shield Bash whenever he fought a magic attack type monster. Zhang Yang could only depend on Horizontal Sweep and Destructive Smash as his main damage dealers, along with Force Strike for some negligible bonuses. With Lady Luck smiling at him, his was able to hit a Lucky Strike with Horizontal Sweep, dealing 3 times the damage!

If the damage had been directed towards a player, Zhang Yang could have instantly kill any class with just a single stroke of his sword! It was a shame that the Lucky Strike's proc rate1 was just too god damn low! It was not like he could control its rate; it would have been bloody fun having a never-ending kill streak in the PvP ground otherwise.

"Pesky little bugs! Let the shadow consume your souls!" Hermione pointed her staff directly at Zhang Yang and a debuff icon appeared on his head.

[Shadow Starbreaker: Explodes after 3 seconds, dealing 3,000 shadow damage to all targets within 10 x 10 meters around the inflicted target.

Zhang Yang read the skill description and quickly commanded the [Servant] to get away from him. Zhang Yang himself started to sprint away in the opposite direction to maximize their distance.

Boom!

'-1400!'

Shadow Starbreaker exploded and only damaged Zhang Yang.

Clear Lotus returned to the scene and continued her attack.

After a while, the boss raised her staff again to cast Weaken but was dispelled by Merlinda a few seconds later. Zhang Yang could not help but to praise himself for being able to discover the hidden quest. If he had wanted to save time and skip on saving the NPC, he would not have been able to "recruit" her and survive fighting this boss.

It was a miracle that he had saved her in time! He even got a Yellow-Gold tier ring out of it!

Hermione's favorite skill was the fire ball which would set off every 2 seconds, dealing 600 damage a pop. Zhang Yang had Higher Regeneration which would heal him 269 HP every tick. Coupled with the Lifesteal effect of the ring that he wore, healing him by 30 HP every second, Zhang Yang basically nullified the fireball damage.

The extra damage was from the Shadow Starbreaker that would activate once every 20 seconds that dealt a significantly high damage each time it exploded. Zhang Yang would have to activate Berserker's Heal after 1 minute. In that short amount of time, Zhang Yang drained away at least 50,000 HP. With additional damage from Clear Lotus and Merlinda, the total HP that Hermione had lost since the start of the battle was about 80,000 HP!

2 minutes into the fight, Zhang Yang's HP had dropped down to the danger zone. He then activated the sword's Lifesteal and recovered around 4,000HP. After a bottle of health potion, Zhang Yang recovered full health.

3 minutes in, Zhang Yang finally summoned Merlinda's Shadow to test out her ability.

The summoned shadow looked exactly like the current Merlinda. The only notable difference was that the shadow appeared translucent. Besides that, she had the same long pale dress, a magic staff in her hand, and those voluptuous breasts that would jiggle around lustfully.

'1000!'

'1000!'

Once the Merlinda's Shadow appeared, it started to cast healing spell on Zhang Yang. She would heal 1,000 HP every second! Foosh! Foosh! Foosh! After just 3 heals, and Zhang Yang was healed back to full health!

Awesome! No! F*CKING SPEACTACULAR!

As expected of a Level 50 Yellow-Gold equipment! Even Han Ying Xue, the finest healer in the entire server of China could only heal 1,100 HP every 2 seconds! This shadow could heal over 1,000 a second! How strong was that?!

In just 10 seconds, Merlinda's Shadow healed a total of 10,000 HP! The first few heals were effective as they were, but the rest were completely unnecessary! After 10 seconds, the duration of the skill expired and Merlinda's Shadow dispersed into thin air.

90%, 80%, 70%, 60%. The boss' HP was dropping quickly. Zhang Yang was progressing rather fast with the help of Merlinda (NPC) and Clear Lotus.

Zhang Yang realized that it was useless to have so many people just to fight this boss.

With more players around, the death rate would increase drastically when Shadow Starbreaker exploded. The most effective number of players would be Zhang Yang's own personal team of misfits, including Sun Xin Yu a.k.a Frost Night. Fire and Sword Mercenary party would also do quite well here.

53%, 52%, 51%, 50%!

"I've had it with you worms! Let me crush your body and soul with the Ray of Obliteration!"

Hermione struck the ground with her staff heavily and chanted something, keeping her poker face upright. A long progress bar appeared on her head. The cast time was extremely slow. Everything around her started to tremble as if she was emitting unimaginable power. Her hair started to float around violently on its own.

1 second... 2 seconds... 5 seconds, 7 seconds... Damn! It was still casting. Zhang Yang started to have second thoughts about the skill she was about to cast. It could be something extremely powerful.

Argh! No time to think! Activate Shield Wall!

9 seconds... 10 seconds!

The spell was completed. She plucked her staff out from the ground. A ball of black light emerged from her chest and floated no further than half a meter away from her. The orb of light began as a small fist sized ball but suddenly expanded to a 3 meter wide orb, looking just like a black colored wrecking ball!

Shuuoomm! Boom!

The orb exploded, releasing a wave of black flames everywhere around her!

'Ding! Hermione has used Ray of Obliteration dealing 10,000 shadow damage to all targets 100 x 100 meters around her!'

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

'-1,000!'

Zhang Yang, Clear Lotus, and even the NPC Merlinda received the damage from Hermione's Ray of Obliteration. Only Zhang Yang and Merlinda remained standing. Clear Lotus cried in pain and fell defeated.

What a powerful ulti!2 AoE multi target, 10,000 damage!

Zhang Yang could not help but wonder if there was any party around that could defeat her? It was not like everyone could use Shield Wall. In that case how does one survive that ulti-like skill?! If it really was a matter of numbers, then he would need to recruit at thousands of players just to fight her.

Merlinda's Higher Regeneration seemed to change according to the target. The effect on Merlinda herself was different from that of Zhang Yang. Merlinda had over 45,000 HP, every tick should have healed her by 2,250 HP. Somehow she only took 4 seconds to completely heal herself back to its full health.

Zhang Yang had a sudden epiphany. If he stopped fighting, Merlinda could kill off the boss, even if it would take an eternity for her to do so! Zhang Yang was not the main character here. Merlinda was! He was just taking a ride all along!

Now that he thought of her, Zhang Yang could not help but to stare at her body from behind her. Those long slender legs and seductive bodyline was truly a work of art! As expected of the genius minds in the development team! They had successfully brought out the most from the Elf race! Bravo!

"Impossible! How could you survive my spell? This is outrageous!" Hermione stared at Zhang Yang. He could see the fear in her eyes.

Impossible! Impossible!

Haha! I'm your greatest fear! I'm freaking Zhan Yu! The legendary Guardian!

Zhang Yang muttered to himself more self-praises as he slashed away her HP!

The boss was not programmed to respond to the player's taunts and speech. She then returned to casting fire balls.

Pew! Pew! Boom!

No matter how many fire balls she casted, it would always be reduced by 1,000 damage. With the Higher Regeneration on Zhang Yang, the boss could do nothing to kill him off!

The attacking power dropped when Clear Lotus had left the battle. Still, Zhang Yang was making progress.

40%... 30%... 20%... 10%!

By the time Hermione's HP was about to reach 0, Zhang Yang realized a terrible situation. The [Rainbow Potion] effect was about to end!

Crap! He had to be fast!

45,613!

10,141!

35,314!

28,718!

By the time it reached 22,000 HP, the potion effect ended.

'-1,600!'

A fireball landed and dealt its full damage!

Shit!

'-1600!'

'-1,600!'

After 3 shots, Zhang Yang quickly activated Berserker's Heal to restore full health!

Whenever Zhang Yang received huge damage, his Rage would pile up. This time, Zhang Yang could spam Force Strike and increase his attacking power.

'-1,600!'

'-2,400!' Shadow Starbreaker.

Merlinda's Shadow!

'1,000!'

'1,000!'

12,387!

8,134!

3,013!

1,343!

310!

0!

"Gyaa..." Hermione wailed pitifully as she crashed down to the floor, gracefully like how maidens died in classic Chinese martial art movies. Her eyes were still wide open as she died, unwilling to accept her fate.

Finally!

Zhang Yang sighed heavily. He had only 2,000 HP left. If Hermione had lasted a little longer, she could have killed Zhang Yang with two more shots of her fire ball.

"I pray that the Moon God blesses your soul. Rest in peace my friend..." Merlinda was kneeling down beside Hermione's dead body as she wept for her. She wiped her tears away and waved her staff around the body.

A white light flashed and a translucent, monochromic ghost appeared beside the body.

"Good bye..." said Merlinda as she nodded to the ghost. The ghost nodded back and dispersed into the air.

1Proc rate - The trigger rate of any skill, item effect, or critical/lucky strike, or almost anything at all that are governed by the rules of probability.

2Ulti - Short for Ultimate. Ulti is the common term for powerful skills. They usually have long casting time and equally long cool down. However, Ultis also deal extremely high damage. Usually an ulti is used once in a battle to deal extreme damage or to cast a strong debuff on the enemy. Ultis are commonly used to deal damage. However, there are also defensive or support type ultis. In other games for instance, a Priest Ulti could resurrect several dead players within the vicinity or cast a strong protection buff to prolong a player's survivability in battle.

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Chapter 126: Chimera

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"Yo Boss. Not Telling My Name and I would take a while before we could rejoin you!"

44 Bandits and Not Telling My Name had just only revived themselves and had to start all over again from the first floor. It was just like any save point system of any regular dungeon. At the floor, both of them would have to fight the monsters with True Sight head on, since Stealth was no longer an option.

There were players around, joining them in their crusade down the tower. However, the other players were in similar circumstances as 44 Bandits and Not Telling My Name. They too, had died before and were separated with their main party. Alone, they could not perform any better and those who had just revived.

Dominating Blade was speechless. "How could you not beat Zhan Yu? There're the two of you and only one of him!"

"That bastard was just too strong for me. It only took him 2 to 3 strikes to kill me off! I didn't even have a single second to react!" 44 Bandits complained.

Dominating Blade ignored that ridiculous excuse, he continued on and asked the other guy.

"What about you Not Telling My Name? Didn't you have the skill called Blur? What's your excuse? That you've been killed without having time to react?" Dominating Blade was confused. Not Telling My Name was one of his elite members. He was only able to defeat Not Telling My Name in a friendly match thanks to his Shield Wall.

"I did use it!" said Not Telling My Name. "It's still useless! That guy stuck to my back like a gnat! I couldn't shake him off! Blur ended by the time I managed to get back on track!"

*Gasp*

Everyone in Dominating Blade's party sucked in a breath collectively. They knew that their own ability was fairly strong. They thought they could just play with Zhang Yang, like a lion playing with its food. However, when someone as strong as Not Telling My Name was defeated by Zhang Yang in such a manner, they knew that he had overly underestimated Zhang Yang's prowess.

"What do we do now boss?"

"...pick up the pace. We have to kill him before he gets to the last boss!"

It was time for the prize!

Just by looking at it, Zhang Yang grew excited when he saw a silver glimmer.

[Hermione's Staff] (Gray-Silver, Staff)

Magic Attack: 522-558

Level 1 Socket

Level 1 Socket

Equip Effect: Increase critical chance by 1%.

Level Requirement: 30

"Was Han Ying Xue's staff a level 20 Gray-Silver?" Zhang Yang rubbed his chin as he tried to recall. "Oh well. I'll give this to her if she needs it. Or I could sell it if she doesn't."

[Petrification Necklace] (Gray-Silver, Necklace)

Vitality: 15

Dexterity: 15

Equip Effect: Creates a chance to Petrify the target on every attack received. Petrified targets will be immobilized and cannot perform any action. Lasts for 2 seconds. This skill will only trigger once every 30 seconds.

Level Requirement: 30

OP equipment. It was too bad that the attribute was Dexterity. This item could be useful for Hunters and especially Thieves. Since Hunters were ranged attackers, and they had their pet to help them take damage, the effectiveness of the necklace would be at minimum. Thieves had to fight at an extremely close range. The necklace effect would be at best when Thief-class player trade blows rapidly with a monster or another player.

Hmm. Too bad Sun Xin Yu had logged out. Zhang Yang had wanted to have a little more fun with her.

The rest of the equipment here were only of Green-Copper tier. Zhang Yang did not even take a second look and scoop them all into his inventory.

"Warrior! We do not have much time left! I can feel the evil sorcerer's magic grow stronger by the minute. We cannot drag this any longer!" said Merlinda.

Zhang Yang stood up and replied. "In that case, let us depart with haste!"

After the death of Hermione, a door at the corner of the library unlocked. The door opened and revealed a secret staircase that led down to the 12th floor.

'Server announcement: Player Zhan Yu is the first player to set foot in the Underground Tower 12th Floor! Player Zhan Yu is now getting closer to the Land Lease!'

Keep calm... Keep calm...

Zhang Yang muttered to himself and observed the entire floor.

The area around this floor was somewhat smaller than the previous floor. He could clearly estimate that this entire circular field was only around 200 meters in size! There were lighted torches hanging on the wall. However, the light from it was so dim that they only illuminated 5 meters around each torch. The rest of the field, mainly the center, was completed covered in darkness. Metal chains dangled from all over the ceiling as if they were massive cobwebs. It felt like this was the lair of a beast that was currently hiding in the darkness, ready to jump out anytime.

"All du lah fe li zi do ri ah som lu!" Merlinda chanted as she pointed her staff toward the darkest region of the area.

Orbs of light started to form at the tip of the staff and flew across the area, giving off a bright and warm sensation as the light touched Zhang Yang, and the entire field was illuminated like stars in the sky.

"ROOAHHH!" A thunder growl blasted through the air. The walls and everything on it started to shake. Torches rattled in their metal holders. Dust dropped from everywhere.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

Like the sound of a train crashing into one another, a huge beast appeared in the field. Its entire structure was the shape of a dog. It was almost 10 meters in size and 4 meters in height. It had 3 heads with boney wings attached to its back. The 3 heads were not that of dogs but of a wolf, a lion, and a tiger. Every head was panting, their jaws open and slack. Foul, viscous fluid was dripping from its lower jaws.

[Chimera, the Demon Hound] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 38

HP: 800,000

Note: Terpot Ryhar's experimental product.

"By the gods! That sorcerer! He has done it! H-he has done it!" Merlinda's face went pale. Her voice was shaken.

Zhang Yang asked calmly. "What is that?"

"He had always wanted to create the ultimate beast. He had been experimenting with animals. To combine them all into one, to make a Chimera so powerful that it has the power to crush an entire civilization! T-the world...We are doomed!" Merlinda dropped to her knees and cowered.

"H-he has done it! Our world...the Union...everything will be destroyed!"

"ROOOAHHHH!" All three heads growl together in unison and started to charge towards Zhang Yang.

Block!

Block!

Block!

Zhang Yang quickly countered the attack. He gritted his teeth and said. "As long as we kill that sorcerer, as long as we kill the source of this madness, the world will be safe from this kind of threat!"

Merlinda raised her head. Her pointy ears flicked. "T-that's right! The world will be safe without the Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar! In the name of the Moon God and everything he stands for, bless this humbler follower! Grant this servant of yours strength to vanquish this evil from this earth!"

She waved her hand out and casted a Higher Regeneration to Zhang Yang.

The Chimera would not stop attacking him. Each head had its individual rhythm of attack that it felt like there were 3 individual monsters attacking him at the same time. Block could not properly negate every single attack from the beast.

Block!

'-1348!'

Block!

Zhang Yang stacked 5 layers of Cripple Defense and summoned Clear Lotus immediately after. Because of its insanely quick attacking frequency, Zhang Yang had to maximize Block to its full capability, simultaneously raising his overall damage since Shield Bash could be triggered every time Block was used.

'-304!' Block reflect damage.

'-607!' Shield Bash.

Just these skills alone had 900 DPS!

Even when Hundred Shots, or Sun Xing Yu, or Wei Yan Er were hitting a stationary boss, their DPS was only around 700 - 900! So far, anyone who had DPS higher than 500 was considered to be insanely strong!

If he included his normal attack and the other skills such as Horizontal Sweep, Destructive Smash and Force Strike, his DPS would already sky rocket to 1,800! That was not normal! It was not even beyond insane! Zhang Yang had reached a level beyond any professional player!

Just like that, Zhang Yang's super powered attack had managed to reduce the monster's HP by 10% in just 40 seconds!

"HOOOAHHH" The Chimera howled and spread its wings out, covering nearly every inch of the stone chamber.

Suush!

The wings started to rotate like a high-powered screw driver. The sight of it truly struck fear into anyone who witnessed it.

'Ding! Chimera the Demon Hound has used Mad Wings. Every target in the effect range will receive 2,000 damage per second for 3 seconds!

'-1,340'

'-2,000!'

'-2,000!'

Everyone, including Merlinda and Clear Lotus took damage. Clear Lotus had only taken 2 damage ticks and fell defeated.

Zhang Yang had to quickly consume a healing potion to save himself. The Rage gauge was already filled instantly by that attack, allowing Zhang Yang to spend it all to attack with a chained skill. [Servant] was just too weak against strong AoE skills.

However, if she was replaced by any other player, they would have suffered the same fate as she did.

89%, 88%, 87%...

Even without the summoned [Servant, Zhang Yang could still deal as much damage as before.

The boss unleashed Mad Wing again at 80% HP threshold. Zhang Yang activated Berserker's Heal and survived the onslaught.

75%. No other skills.

50%. No other skills as well.

Looks like this boss had only one skill. However, that skill alone was enough to kill 99% of other party!

Zhang Yang could not help but worry. What if, he had brought the others along with him, how would they have attacked?

...Supposedly, it should start with normal attacks. Before the Mad Wing could be unleashed, Zhang Yang would have the party withdraw all the way to the entrance of the floor. The party will come back and continue the attack only after the skill was cast. It looked like the skill range could not surpass the border to the previous floor. During that time, the tank would have to rely on his own potions and skills to endure the damage.

40%... 30%... 20%!

No matter how earnestly the boss unleashed the skill, Zhang Yang managed to survive each time by switching between Berserker's Heal and the Lifesteal skill from the sword. It was just the same against any other physical attack type boss facing Zhang Yang. Their attempts to kill him would be the same as a dog trying to eat a porcupine.

10%!

"ROOAHHHH!"

Over and over, the boss could only roar as no matter what it did, it cannot stop Zhang Yang from tearing it apart.

7%! 4%! 0%!

BOOM!

The monster fell in an enormous heap! Like a crumbling mountain, it sent tremors all over the place. The stone floor even cracked at where it fell.

'Ding! You have successfully killed Chimera the Demon Hound! Obtained 800,000 Experience Points!"

"You've made it! Oh! Brave warrior! The world will be indebted to you!" Merlinda praised. "I have never seen a valor of warrior such as you!"

Alright... stop kissing my ass.

Zhang Yang swept every loot into this inventory without taking a look. Except one.

[The Bones of the Chimera] (Gray-Silver, Shield)

Defense: 300

Vitality: 120

Equip Effect: Every attack you received will have a 2% chance to miss.

Level Requirement: 30

It was a pity that the shield Zhang Yang was currently wearing had a 1 Block effect. He could not use the new shield there and then.

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Chapter 127: The 13th Floor

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[Light in the Shadows] (Gray-Silver, Necklace)

Vitality: 10

Intelligence: 20

Equip Effect: 1% increase in Magic Attack or Healing Power

Level Requirement: 30

This necklace was by far the best equipment for magic attack classes. It could be sold for at least 1,000 or 2,000 gold coins! If the lease he would get could be used for him to open a store, he could use this necklace as one of the main attractions!

Other than the 2 Gray-Silver equipment, there were also other 8 Green-Copper equipment. He also obtained one [Chaos Gem]. Zhang Yang was delighted! He helped himself to the gem and used it to expand his inventory for an additional 10 slots. His inventory now had a total of 60 slots. That was at least 50% more than any majority players around!

This was one of the benefits of going for solo raids. When good items appeared, he would not need to compete with anyone for it.

Sigh... If only this tower had 30 floors. Zhang Yang hopelessly prayed for it in his mind.

Merlinda cried out after she had been left standing there for some time. "Warrior! Let's make a move on! The time is nigh! Every second we waste here will only give more strength to Terpot Ryhar!"

Zhang Yang nodded and replied. "Alright! Let's go and kill the son of a b*tch!"

There was no door nor a visible entrance anywhere around, so Zhang Yang circled around the entire area before finally discovering a hidden lever. He pulled the ancient metal bar, and the floor at the center of the area split apart with loud cracks, revealing a spiral staircase leading down.

Moving down, Zhang Yang had to watch his step as the entire area was completely dark. After 30 seconds or so, a bright light flashed when he reached the bottom. The last floor was a laboratory about the size of a basketball court. Racks of cabinets were attached to every single surface of the walls around this room. Test tubes were arranged nicely in racks here and there. At the center of the room were the carcasses of dead animals. Not far from the mess was a man in black cloak, walking about in circles.

The man was completely shrouded in a black color magician robe. Underneath it was a face that was so shrivelled up that it looked like a skeleton! His eyes were gaunt and hollow, sunken deep in his eye sockets! His hands were all wrinkled up as if he had been left in the desert to dry up for years!

'Server announcement: Player Zhan Yu is the first player to set foot in the Underground Tower 13th Floor! Player Zhan Yu is now getting closer to the Land Lease!'

The system announced his arrival just as Zhang Yang placed his foot into the lab. Oh well, since he had arrive to his ultimate goal. Might as well just go along with it.

Zhang Yang walked closer and observed him and his description.

[Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 40

HP: 10,000,000

Bloody hell. How was he supposed to fight that? He just used the [Rainbow Potion]. Merlinda's half-ass healing was just as useless. Unless Berserker's Heal and the sword's Lifesteal had long cooldown, how was he supposed to fight this monster alone?!

"Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar! In the name of the Moon God, I'm here to exterminate you!"

While Zhang Yang was busy frowning, thinking of a possible battle plan, Merlinda had boldly went up and pointed her staff furiously at him.

"Kuh kuh kuh...You managed to escape." Terpot Ryhar raised his head and stared at Merlinda. He then turned over and gazed at Zhang Yang with those eerie eyes. "Did this little pest free you?"

Crap! I wasn't doing anything!

The innocent Zhang Yang had triggered the boss as he automatically entered battle mode; his Rage gauge had started to generate 2 points a second.

Now that it had come to this, might as well just try and fight him. At least he could understand the boss's skill.

Zhang Yang unsheathed his sword and dashed towards the boss.

"Hnng! Take this! Evil Sorcerer!" Merlinda cried out as she started to chant a Punishment Ray and fired it at the boss.

'-200,000!'

I'll be damned!

Was that real? Did she just blast 20% of the boss HP away? Zhang Yang nearly slipped as he ran.

Could this boss have done something indecent to her in the past? Why else would she suddenly become so enraged and powerful?

Well? Go ahead! Shoot more of those super beams!

Just four more times and Zhang Yang could just walk over to pick up the loots!

Zhang Yang was enthusiastic. He then used Charge and started to attack as soon as he was in melee range.

"Gargh! Damn you, woman! Stay still!" Ryhar muffled. He pointed his staff at Merlinda and waved.

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

6 orbs of grayish light appeared and flew across the field. It latched onto Merlina's hands, feets, waist, and head.

"ARGH!" Merlinda cried as she was bind by the light orbs. The staff in her hand clattered onto the floor.

Huh? What was that? Not 10 seconds ago she was the best attacker Zhang Yang had ever witnessed, yet now she was completely useless!

After taking care of Merlinda, the boss turned to face Zhang Yang. He pointed his staff at Zhang Yang and began casting a spell.

3 seconds later, black flames started to form in the sky and fused into countless spears. They rained downwards, piercing all over the 13th floor!

'Ding! Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar has used Rain of Flaming Spears. All targets within the effective range will receive 2,000 Chaos damage!'

'-1,600!'

Chaos damage is a special magic attack element. It would not be effected by any kind of Elemental Magic Resistance. It was the same as an attack that ignored defenses.

3 seconds later, the boss used the same skill again. Following closely was the same skill.

'-1,600!'

'-1,600!'

Could this boss only cast nothing but AoE magic attacks, just like Unduin? But this boss' attacks were from the sky! There were no rocks in the world to hide behind from that!

What now? What now!?

Zhang Yang quickly activated Berserker's Heal to save himself and started to rack his brain for a solution!

"Could I kite the boss to the entrance? Perhaps I could use the dodge and attack strategy there. Damn! The entrance is 200 meters away! It would at least take me 20 seconds to reach there! The boss would had already cast more than 7 times then! I will die before I even reach there!"

Might as well die trying! He used his summoned [Servant] to lure the boss over to the entrance and fight the boss there!

"Rise! My slaves! Fight for your master!" Terpot Ryhar raised his staff and unleased a different spell.

'Ding! Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar has used Summoned Servant!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Several pairs of boney hands burst out from the ground underneath Zhang Yang. 20 skeletal monsters crawled out from the ground and lumbered towards Zhang Yang.

[Terpot Ryhar's Servant] (Normal)

Level: 35

HP: 3,500

'-65!'

'-262!'

'100!'

'-69!'

'100!'

A chain of damage and healing texts popped up simultaneously, cluttering up his display. Those that were under 100 damage were monsters that attacked him from the front, those that had exceeded 200 were attacks that struck his back. The healing he received was from the Brave set-equipment effect.

Zhang Yang had wanted to give up. He had planned to just die and come back here as fast as he could. But when these skeletal monsters suddenly popped out, things have changed. He now had hope!

The monster's attacks were around 400! Zhang Yang had an idea. He quickly swapped his shield with the [The Bones of the Chimera] to increase his Defense by up to 360 points. He then adjusted his position to only allow the monsters to attack him from the front.

'-1!'

'-1!'

'-1!'

After the monsters' attacks have been reduced by 20%, the base attack of 400 was unable to break through Zhang Yang Defense. They could only inflict 1 damage to him, and because he was under attack by 20 monsters, the set-equipment effect was triggered continuously!

The boss continued casting Rain of Flaming Spears, one after another, creating several more flaming spears in the ceilings.

'-1,600!'

'100!' '100!' '100!' '100!'...

Zhang Yang HP dropped tremendously every time he received the attack, but at the same time, he was healing rapidly from the set-equipment. On average, Zhang Yang predicted that the monster's attack interval was around 2 seconds. Since there were 20 monsters around, he would heal an estimated amount of 1,000 HP every 2 seconds. This was based on his set equipment's 50% chance of healing. He would heal 3,000 HP at most over the course of 6 seconds! The boss would need 3 seconds to cast the Rain of Flaming Spear that would deal 1,600 damage. In 6 seconds he would lose 3,200 HP while he would still cover that amount concurrently. Ultimately, he would only lose 200 HP every 6 seconds, which would total up to 4,000 damage over 2 minutes. He could solve this healing problem with Berserker's Heal!

Just when he thought that this boss could not be defeated alone, he was now able to do it because of the boss's own attempts to quicken his death! Talk about eating his own medicine!

Zhang Yang kept circling around the boss endlessly while facing the monsters to ensure that they would only attack him from the front. All AoE skills that Zhang Yang had could not be used since it would only damage those skeletal monsters! Why would Zhang Yang kill off his 'healers'?!

79%, 78%, 77%... Zhang Yang was making extremely slow progress but at least he was shaving off the boss' HP.

Since he could not use most of his skills, the damage rate was slow. The skill's cooldown was longer than 10 seconds, and he could not use his major skills as they would hit multiple targets!

1 minute... 2 minutes... 3 minutes... 5 minutes...

75%... 70%... 65%... 55%...

Slowly and surely, Zhang Yang was definitely obtaining victory!

"Ayy boss, there's someone there fighting!"

"I bet it's Zhan Yu!"

"Haha! What perfect timing!"

"Kill that bastard! We can fight the boss after he is dead!"

The field suddenly turned rowdy as a group of players from the Sword and Fire Mercenary and entered the 13th floor. All of them had their eyes on Zhan Yu, preparing to unleash their fury upon him!

Let's see how you take on 8 of us together! We'll flatten you up nicely like a pancake!

Just then, the boss spell was completed. A ceiling full of flaming spear rained down on everyone.

'-2,000!' '-2,000!' '-2,000!' '-2,000!' '-1,600!' '-1,500'...

Among them all, Floating Up was the only player who had suffered the lowest damage! He was a Defender with a passive 15% physical damage reduction and another 10% magic attack reduction passive skill.

"Shit! What was that! We just walked in when the boss was using his ulti!"

"Healers! Do your job!"

Everyone remained calm and orderly even though they had just taken a massive group attack! Everyone was doing their role perfectly; the healers methodically healing everyone, while the rest of the party headed straight for Zhang Yang.

Boom! Shush! Shush! Shush!

3 seconds later, another wave of flaming spears rained down.

"WTF! Another ulti?!"

"How could the boss repeatedly use his ulti!?"

"We're in deep trouble now guys! 7 Feet! Don't just heal the tank alone! Save the rest of us as well!"

Eventually, they broke down in panic.

Shush! The third wave of flaming spear rained down while the mercenaries were just 60 to 70 meters away from Zhang Yang!

'Ding! Player Bottoms Up had died!'

'Ding! Player Broken Uranus had died!'

'Ding! Player All Wounded had died!'

The healers could not keep up with all the damage that their party had just taken. They had lost 3 players in just a few seconds! While the rest...the rest were standing on a thin ice!

Sword and Fire Mercenary has failed!

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Chapter 128: Lease Obtained!

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"Rise! My slaves! Fight for your master!" Terpot Ryhar waved his staff towards the party, and many skeleton monsters began to crawl out from the ground beneath everyone.

Dominating Blade and Floating Up were quite responsive. They both unleashed Thunder Strike and Devotion in the split second to keep every monster there. At the same time, they were side stepping towards the boss to prevent any monsters to attack then from behind!

However, unlike Zhang Yang, both of their Defense values were only below or around 260 points. Even if the monsters were attacking from the front, they could deal at least 60 to 70 damage. The Summoned Servant skill would create 20 monsters for every player on the field. Since the party, excluding Zhang Yang, had 5 surviving members, the summoned monsters totaled up to 100! The tanks would at least have to "eat" 3,000 damage alone! Though they might have the Brave set-equipment, it would only help them recover 2,500 HP or so; it would not be enough to cover the HP they had lost!

3 seconds later, and another Rain of Flaming Spear dropped down.

'Ding! Player Point And Kill has died!'

'Ding! Player Beauty Healer has died!'

Boom! Just like that, they lost two more members, leaving only 3 men standing.

"Damn it!" Dominating Blade was so angry at himself. Initially, he thought that he could take advantage of the situation, to have Zhang Yang killed and claim the boss as his own. Who knew that the boss' attack would be so strong that he could kill every one without even getting close to them! If Dominating Blade revived, he would have to start from the top of the dungeon all over again! By then, it would already be too late!

"Teeheehee..." Zhang Yang snickered.

"What an honor to meet the famous Mercenary! I had always wanted to meet you guys! Who knew that we would actually see each other here! What a coincidence?"

Coincidence, my ass!

The surviving members cursed under their breath, but there was nothing that they could do to turn the tide. How could a single Sacred Knight heal everyone?

Boom! Another Rain of Flaming Spear!

'Ding! Player Dominating Blade has died!'

'Ding! Player Floating Up has died!'

'Ding! Player 7 Feet Boobies has died!'

That attack had killed off every single player from the Mercenary group.

However, the problem was not solved just yet. The summoned 100 monsters still remain even after the Mercenaries were defeated. Soon, every single monster turned around and set Zhang Yang as their new target to be destroyed.

Damn it! What a drag!

20 to 30 monsters were not a problem for Zhang Yang to control. But when the numbers increased to 100 and more, Zhang Yang was drowning in monsters like a drop of sugar among ants. With the monster all over his back and front, his shield defense lost its meaning. Every attack was around 300 and more!

Sigh.

Charge!

Zhang Yang started to attack the monsters. He cast Thunder Strike, followed by a Horizontal Sweep. Countless of '-284' and '-1,600' damage texts popped out. Zhang Yang then used Block to give himself a little room to breathe and the reflected damage text popped out endlessly. On one hand, the boss was not chasing after him. Without the need to go closer, the boss could still hurt him since Rain of Flaming Spear had a massive attack range.

The moment Zhang Yang had dealt with the surrounding monster, another batch came flocking in. Zhang Yang tried his best to move around, to try and make the monsters to flock together into a cone shape so that he could at least try to bottleneck the monsters. However, no matter what he did, there were just too many to lure! If he were to expose his back for even a second, he would not be able to heal back the lost HP! There were many '-1!' damages but also a lot of damages that exceeded 200!

Luckily the monsters had only 3,500 HP maximum. Since Dominating Blade and his war buddies had damaged them a little, Zhang Yang could wipe them all quickly after recovering his HP with Berserker's Heal. Zhang Yang stopped killing when he had made sure that the remaining monsters were around 20 or so. Zhang Yang changed his target and started to hack and slash at the boss.

The remaining 20 monsters followed Zhang Yang while still hitting on him endlessly. With many '-1!' damages Zhang Yang received, he was healing 100 HP all the way happily.

Finally! Zhang Yang gleefully screamed in his heart. He was able to solve that problem.

50%, 40%, 30%, 20%!

From the looks of it, Terpot Ryhar only had two skills, Rain of Flaming Spear and the Summoned Servant! If he had only used the massive AoE attack over and over, he would be the undefeatable boss Zhang Yang had ever faced so far. Lucky for Zhang Yang and bad luck for Terpot Ryhar, the boss had also used the Summoned Servant to "help" Zhang Yang turn the tides of war!

15%, 10%, 5%!

"We're finally here!"

Huh?

"The system had not announced anything yet! The lease is definitely still there!

"Look! There's someone fighting there!"

"Go! Go! Go! Kill the boss and get that lease!"

Among the chattering, it looked like there were 60 to 70 players that just arrived to this floor. Following closely behind were many more players that were bottlenecked at the entrance!

"Take a look! The boss has only 4% left!"

"Haha! The timing was just right for us!" Humbly Gentleman laughed. "Brother! Get the boss! Get the lease! The Dominators are the strongest!"

"OOOOOOOAHHHH!"

"Go." Sky Shaman on the other hand commanded his team calmly.

Snow Seeker was smiling on one end thinking, "Zhan Yu... Indeed you have proven yourself as the best fighter there is. To think that if we had arrived just a few minutes later, you would have gotten your hands on the lease! What a shame!"

She immediately contacted Zhang Yang via the voice messenger.

At the same time, the boss unleashed a wave of raining spears!

'-2,000!'

'-2,000!'

'-2,000!'

Everyone received a devastating damage.

Zhang Yang was not afraid of them coming in to KS1 the boss. He was more concerned about the Summoned Servant! Right now, there were so many players that just arrived. If the boss used Summoned Servant now, it would definitely spawn a large swarm of skeleton monsters. When the players would be killed off, who will the skeleton monster target next? Even if Zhang Yang did everything that he could, he would still be trampled alive by the sheer number of them!

Zhang Yang picked up the call. "What can I do for you, guild master Snow?"

"I'll be direct. We will help you to block the other players here to buy you some time. In return, I want my guild to have a part of the [Land Lease]!" Snow Seeker offered him a bargain with hopes that someone as smart as Zhang Yang could accept. Unless Zhang Yang was a GM2 of this game, he could not survive the attack from all 3 super guilds at the same time! Even so, there were no GM in this game in the first place!

Without showing any sign of slowing down, Zhang Yang laughed and replied. "Guild master Snow, I suggest you'd better withdraw from this floor! You could at least still save some repairing cost!"

"What are-"

Boom! Another wave of Rain of Flaming Spear came down and caused a chaotic scene among them.

"What the hell? Did the boss just use another ulti?"

"Damn it! Heal me now! I only have 346 HP left!"

"Go back! Go back to the entrance! Wait until the boss is finished with his ulti and then we'll come back around!"

"Stop your bull crap! By the time we wait until the boss finishes his ulti, he will be dead! Just rush in and kill the boss! The skill will stop when he's dead!"

Some people were just being a Captain Obvious. The skill will stop when the boss is killed. That seemed natural. But could they even come close? Even the Mercenaries could not get close enough and died midway, how could a mediocre "elite" team from 3 super guilds handle the pressure?

"Rise! My slaves! Fight for your master!" When it all came down, the boss used the one skill Zhang Yang feared the most.

The field was instantly flooded with countless of skeleton monster that started to swarm the guilds.

Boom! Another wave of flaming spears! Just in the nick of time!

'Ding! Player MahGroin has died!'

'Ding! Player Stormbringer has died!

'Ding! Player Annie RU Okay has died!'

A series of system notification flooded the channel.

Zhang Yang did not pay any attention to them. He continued to concentrate on killing the boss

2%!

1%!

8,123!

By the time the boss hit 1% HP, everyone was either healing on one side or running around like a lunatic on the other. The situation was chaotic! The Skeleton monsters formed a brigade that looked like a swarm of hornet. Wherever it went, no one would survive! Just in a little time, all 3 super guilds were completely killed!

Thousands of skeleton monsters turned around and started to "buzz" towards Zhang Yang!

Crap!

5,612!

4,130!

With only a drop of blood left to kill of Terpot Ryhar, the swarm of monsters had arrived and flooded Zhang Yang.

Shield Wall!

Merlinda's Shadow!

3,413!

2,348!

1,345!

713!

124!

0!

'Ding! You have successfully killed Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar! Obtained 10,000,000 Experience Points!'.

Thud! The boss dropped on the floor. Zhang Yang did not stop. Swiftly, he took all the loots and shoved them into his inventory without even glancing at any of them. He did not even notice a black glowing orb that was among the loots.

'Server Announcement: Congratulation! Player Zhan Yu had obtained the first [Land Lease]! The battle of Underground Tower is now concluded! All monster respawn rates in the tower will return to its normal rate!'

Victory!

Shield Wall ended after 10 seconds and Zhang Yang started to receive damage faster than a minigun could fire! Zhang Yang become a hero just by enduring a few seconds in the last scene!

'Ding! You have died!'

Zhang Yang let out a long sigh of relief. He then released his soul from the body and was sent to the nearest graveyard. He was not alone there. There were many players around who were still wondering how did they perished!

"Zhan Yu..." Snow Seeker contacted Zhang Yang again. "I had never thought that you could still grab the lease when its completely chaotic down there!"

"Haha! Guild master Snow should not be that disappointed. This is not the only lease in the world you know! There will be a chance for you to have them as well!" Zhang Yang consoled her. Zhang Yang was not bluffing. In his previous life, Crimson Rage had obtained many land property in the past and one of them was on the hotspot, right in the center of Crimson Sky City where its true value would be shocking to know.

"Hehe! In that case, you would not mind that if you would hand over the lease to us! We will return you a lease the next time it's available!" said Snow Seeker while wearing a playful smile on her face.

"Huh? Hello? This is odd. Why can't I hear anything? Hello!! HELLLLOOO! Guild master Snow! Are you still there?"

Zhang Yang ran to the entrance of the Underground Tower. Without any command prompt window, he felt a sudden jerk and was revived immediately on the spot.

"Luckily I had managed to prolonged my death for a little longer! Or else, I had to run all the way down again to collect my goods!" That thought alone sent shiver down his spine. To think that he had to go through the sea of monsters again, he could actually feel sick!

Zhang Yang tore a [Teleportation Scroll] and went back to White Jade Castle. It was already morning by the time Zhang Yang was done with the tower. Zhang Yang immediately logged off.

ARGH! HUNGRY! TIRED! SLEEPY!

1KS - Kill Steal. A term used by most MMORPG gamers whenever someone else come to deliver the last killing blow to the monster that he or she were killing first. In most games, the last hit was the determining strike that will have the player who strike the last blow to have the most benefits. Other player might be able to steal the other players' monster's loots by delivering the last hit.

2GM - Game Master. The administrative personal of the game itself. They have complete authority over the game and can basically do anything they want.

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Chapter 129: Little Merchandize Shop

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Zhang Yang slept throughout the entire day and had only woken up after 7pm. After having his dinner, Zhang Yang turned on his computer and visited the official site to find out the aftermath of his feat. However, before he could even click on the forum link, he saw an update notice on the official site home page.

What was happening?

The update patch was only supposed to be implemented on 13th of August! There was still 5 months' time!

Zhang Yang felt a sudden omen. He must have done something to this timeline. It was probably affected by yesterday's feat when he solo killed a boss and obtained the Beyond Perfect score.

According to the summarized notice, the first patch update did not have much changes. It had several changes to the warrior, especially Guardian skill update.

"1. Block skill cool down has increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds! Every successful Block instant would grant 30 Rage points instead of 10 Rage points!'

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes in frustration. Just like that, the officials had nerfed his OP skill to become a trash! What a shame! If only this patch would only be implemented 5 months later, Zhang Yang would still have been able to perform better feats. It was probably due to his superior performance that forced the officials' hands to launch the patch.

The Rage generation was improved but even so, the number of Block instances for Zhang Yang, or anyone else for that matter, had been reduced! So, what if the system increased the Rage points by 20? It was still useless!

"2. Force Strike cool down time increased from 1 second to 5 seconds!"

Again! Another major nerf!

Unlike Hunter or Thief, a Warrior's Rage gauge would depend on attacking and receiving attack to refill. That was why in boss fights, whenever the boss struck the Warrior, the Rage will be filled up at a faster pace, allowing them to use Force Strike to properly spend off the remaining Rage after using other skills.

"3. Shield Wall cool down reduced from 10 minutes to 7 minutes!"

Ah! Finally, a buff1! After maxing the skill level, the cool down should be reduced down to 2 minutes! This would help a tank's survivability in battles! This buff was quite strong. Probably the system was trying to balance out the major nerf.

The other patch note was about combat behavior.

"1. Increased battle realism. A "Knockback" effect is added. The knockback effect and distance would be determined by strength of each side of the battle."

This would mean the stronger player would be able to knockback a weaker player by a certain distance. Before this, battles would look like two stick man fighting each other stationary.

"2. Anti-Disturbance Protection. Physical contact between players could only be established between friends. Players who are not added into the friend list would be alerted with a system notification. The player being touched without consent will be allowed to lodge a complaint to the system. Depending on the level of the offense, the offender would be locked in the main city's jail. The duration would range from 10 minutes to 3 days depending on the offence. Any Thief under Stealth would be automatically revealed once they have made contact with another player."

This update must be targeted to players like 44 Bandits. That sly bastard had dug his own grave. He had always been misusing Stealth to sexually harass other female players around.

"3. Dungeon refresh rate adjustment.

5-man dungeon Normal Mode: Unlimited entry.

5-man dungeon Hard Mode: Once a day.

10-man dungeon all difficulty mode: Once every 2 days.

20-man dungeon all difficulty mode: Once every 3 days.

50-man dungeon all difficulty mode: Once every 7 days."

"4. Auction House service charge has been increased from 10% to 20%!"

Bullshit! What is this? Daylight robbery?! Before Zhang Yang could continue to rage on, he remembered about the lease he obtained and breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, I would not have to face this kind of problematic situation!

"5. All high-level equipment would only display the equipment effect and sockets available after successful item identification."

Sigh! Another way for the company to make money!

For example, the [Combined Elemental Shield, if Zhang Yang had not identified it, it would look like this.

[Combined Elemental Shield] (Gray-Silver, Shield)

Defense: 200

Vitality: 80

Unidentified

Level requirement: 20

You can hire an Identifier to have the equipment identified and the sentence "Equip Effect: Increase Block skill by one level" would only appear and be applied. If you did not identify the equipment, you could still equip it. However, the special effect would not be in effect.

Black-Steel, Green-Copper tier equipment do not have special effect. Special effect would be available from Gray-Silver tier and onwards. Even if there were no special effects on the equipment, there were still the sockets there. The company could earn a massive fortune just when the number of player would increase to millions.

"6. Status effect skills would now have no effect on the boss. However, status effect skills could possibly interrupt the boss' casting."

Oh! Another buff! A boss could not be stunned by Charge but now, the boss could be interrupted when using a skill.

"7. Damage reduction recalculation. All damage received would first be reduced by the Defense or Magic Resistance, and further reduced by skills or passive skills."

Crap! A nerf! If a monster had 2,000 damage, a player had 400 Defense, with a 20% damage reduction skill... The previous calculation was (2,000 x 0.8) -400 = 1,200 damage received. After the patch, the calculation would be (2,000 - 400) x 0.8 = 1,280 damage received. The higher the Defense, the higher the effect.

"8. Inventory adjustment. To help save inventory space, every item group has been increased from 20 to 200 items count per stack. "

"9. Players killed in PK would not drop levels, they would only have all their collected experience point cleared. Red Name penalty would not have their levels dropped whenever they are killed, instead, the drop rate of the equipped equipment is increased to 100%."

If a Level 29 player with 34% experience points was killed, the player would still be Level 29 but the experience point would be 0%. No matter how many times the player was killed, they would still be at Level 29. However, the Red Name penalty has been lightened. What a pity. If only this new update was implemented in his previous life, the player Endless Starlight would have raged, quit the game and deleted his account.

"10. Removal of Deathmatch in battle arena."

Without the thrill of dropping a level, Deathmatch would be meaningless.

"11. Provoke effect adjustment. The current effect was to force the monster to attack the caster for 2 seconds while copying the monster's previous attacking target's 99% aggro value. (If the aggro value was higher, the copy effect would not be implemented). Monsters that could not be affected by Provoke would remain un-provoked.

This was a huge buff for a party with 2 tanks, or more. This was especially useful for a boss attack.

With so many changes in a time, Zhang Yang had to spend some time to digest everything. After a while, he went to the forums and found a complete chaotic mess. Players were mainly focusing their complaints towards the increased service charge for the auction house. Everyone was insulting the company for being a gold-digger. Some players mentioned that without the players' massive support to the game, the game would not have its current popularity. They even mentioned that the company had been ungrateful, that they were also being overly greedy to even chop off the players' limbs for their own profits!

However, no matter much the players complained, the officials did not care. Zhang Yang understood it better. Sooner or later, the players' rage would die down. Just like the situation in his previous life, players could complain all they want but no matter how much they hated the implementation, they could not leave 'God's Miracle' for other game after being immersed for so long!

What a greedy company!

Zhang Yang cursed as he put on the gaming helmet and logged into the game.

Just when he logged in, he was bombarded by his gang.

"Ayy! Noob tank! How long did you plan to sleep!?"

"Dumb Yu! Sleepy hog!"

"Little Yang, did you have a threesome last night? No wonder you had just logged in now! It must have been a tiresome night I reckon!"

"Zhan Yu! You're awesome! You could even raid the entire Underground Tower alone!"

Zhang Yang laughed as he replied their private message one by one. No long after, he summoned his Skeleton War Horse and rode to the Property Manager NPC.

He took out the [Land Lease] and handed it over to the NPC.

"Hmm... This has been identified. It's authentic!" said the NPC, Count Boggart as he flipped the lease back and forth.

"Right, the property would be yours for only 20,000 gold coins!"

"What? I would still need to pay?" Zhang Yang stared with his eyes wide open. Zhang Yang had not known about it since he had never owned a property before.

"Of course! Any transaction within the Empire has to be enumerated! What do you think this is? An under-table transaction with a private owner? Hehehe... that is an offense that could send you to jail. No, probably execution by beheading!" said Count Boggart while whickering his little mustache.

Oh well. It was just 20,000 gold coins. He could just earn that money back at any time he wanted to. However, he did wish that his money was for a hot spot instead of a rundown town!

Zhang Yang paid the sum, and the NPC snorted and stamped a seal on the [Land Lease].

'Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained: Property!"

Zhang Yang frantically took the paper and read it. The initial paper that had only two words [Land Lease] written on it now had a complete paragraph of words. The lowest part of the entire paper had the property's location.

White Jade Castle!

Zhang Yang was extremely delighted to see those three words! As long as he was getting a land in a main city and not somewhere far in the outskirts.

Zhang Yang exited the Property Manager building and rode to the location of the lease.

Almost there!

Zang Yang rode for around 10 minutes and arrived at a 2 story elegant building that was as wide as 3 houses. Zhang Yang examined the paper and the house's lot number and got happy again when it matched each other.

Ta Ta Ta. Not long after, a player, two players... more and more players walked passed by like a busy street. Zhang Yang turned around and saw that the building he was opposite to was the auction house!

JACKPOT!

Zhang Yang had always known that the first [Land Lease] was extremely valuable. But he had never known that the developers would be so kind enough to have his first property to be set directly opposite the popular auction house!

This was the best of the best of all locations ever!

Zhang Yang was so happy that he could just flip over. He got down from the mount and unsummoned it. He walked with heavy step into the very first building he now own.

'Ding! Player Zhan Yu had entered the property. Initializing Tutorial!'

'Ding! Player Zhan Yu, do you wish to set the building properties? You could have the building set to be: Shop, Repair Store, Hotel, Restaurant. Do you wish you set?'

"Yes!"

'Ding! Please determine the building properties!'

"Shop!"

'Ding! Please input your shop name!'

"...Little Merchandize Shop!"

'Ding! Little Merchandize Shop has been completed. Current level: 1. Sale item count: 1,000. Next level: Sale item count: 2,000. The first floor will be available. Upgrade cost: 100,000 gold coins!'

'Ding! You can now add items to the shop for sale. Please set the price for the item to be sold. The Shop inventory and the player personal storage can be identified.'

'Ding! Advise to have valuable items to be displayed on the Display Desk and the other items to be in the item menu!'

'Ding! Advise to hire a [Maid] to manage the shop! You can select the [Maid] from the Property Option, Shop Option window.'

'Ding! This concludes the tutorial. You can open the Property Option, Help, for further information! Good luck!'

In regards to setting up shop, Zhang Yang was bewildered. He tried and opened the Shop Menu window and selected to add items for sale. He then threw every Green-Copper equipment in his inventory into the menu.

The item price could be set to a fixed value like a shop in reality. He could also set the item to have a bidding value. He must have a fixed selling price but he could choose to not set the maximum price.

The ground floor was already designed to be just like a super market. There were aisle and racks around to have items placed on them. The items placed here could be viewed instantly so Zhang Yang had reserved them for rare and valuable items, while the rest of the items were set to be viewed in a menu like the auction house. You could key in words to search and locate the item.

A shop is like the combined version of a store and an auction house.

1Buff - Here in this context, a buff is an action that depicted a skill being strengthen. This term is not to be confused with the buff in the game when a player would cast a skill to grant a beneficial effect.

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Chapter 130: A Challenge of Sword and Fire

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Needless to say, items that should be placed in the display board should be the Gray-Silver equipment!

Zhang Yang had turned into a man of fortune. He had obtained plenty of Gray-Silver equipment from the Underground Tower. Even if he had kept some away for his gang, there were still plenty more that he could place at the display board to attract attention.

Others would definitely see it, but they might not be able to buy it. However, they would be intrigued to know what else inside that they could buy!

At least, Zhang Yang no longer needs to set bottles after bottles in the auction to sell them off. Now, as long as he set a fixed price in the shop, players could buy the desired amount of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion]. The shop will automatically restock the item from his storage to be sold! This was much easier than buying and selling from the auction house!

Zhang Yang opened the Shop Assistant menu and viewed it selections of helpers. There were many characters available for him; from man and woman, to humans, elfs, dwarf, and also beastman. Pity, there were not any Gnomes around. Those little devils were the best at making money!

So far, the current male players in the game far exceed the number of female players. Zhang Yang then picked the first option, to remove all male, beastman, dwarfs and plain looking females. The selection was reduced from over 100 to only 20 options left. Zhang Yang carefully selected one by one and finally decided on a maid. A cool, beautiful, and sexy looking human girl. Her chest was so pointy that they could just pierce through the outfit and reveal two small dots!

It's decided! Zhang Yang would pick this one!

[Natalia] (Normal)

Level: 1

HP: 50

3-size: 34D - 22 - 33

Personality: Cool.

Service fees: 1,000 gold coin / month

Zhang Yang confirmed his selections and 1,000 gold was taken away. A white light flashed and Natalia appeared in front of Zhang Yang. She bowed down and greet him, "Master."

When she bowed, the ultra-low-cut of her maid uniform dropped and accidentally (or was its intentionally) revealed a large portion of her pale white breast. Zhang Yang could clearly see her two ginormous melons as if they were shoved right into his face. When she stood back up, her breast bounced and jiggled a little. Extreme virgin killer, to be honest.

Zhang Yang placed Natalia to stand at the front entrance of the shop. A cool, sexy girl in maid uniform. How often could you see that in the street?

He then announced his shop in the local channel. "Today is the launching day of Little Merchandize Shop! Come at once if it's convenient! If it's inconvenient, come all the same! The shop is located directly opposite of the auction house! There will be a beautiful girl to welcome you to the shop! Today is a special day! You'll get a special 20% discount!"

When the announcement was released, it captured many players' attention; especially those who were close to the auction house. They walked over since they were so close and had nothing else to do. It was not like they would be forced to buy anything at all, there was definitely no harm in going.

Truthfully, Zhang Yang did not need to make that announcement. Natalia alone was sufficient enough to attract many male players around. Humans were indeed a funny being. Once there was a person standing there staring at the sky, and more people joined him to stare into the sky without knowing what to look at. Yet this little shop had something to look for, and that was Natalia, the sexy maid.

There were players who just stared from outside. Some entered the premise. Zhang Yang was not worried about his items not being able to attract the customers. As for security, it was impossible for any thievery to occur within the premise since there was the system protection. You would have to digitally buy the equipment to be able to have it.

Zhang Yang opened his inventory and found out there were still plenty of battle loots from the Underground Tower. He had forgotten to take out the rest of the item when he took out the [Land Lease]. As for the last boss, Terpot Ryhar dropped plenty of items. There were at least 14 pieces of Green-Copper equipment and 4 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment. There was only 1 Gray-Silver equipment he could use. The remaining items were a skill book and a piece of Alchemy recipe.

[Heart of Fallen Warrior] (Gray-Silver, Accessory)

Use: Increase your Defense by 2,000 points. Last for 15 seconds.

Cool down time: 5 minutes.

Level Requirement: 40

Finally! A decent item!

In 'God's Miracle', a character may equip the following equipment: Helmet, Necklace, Cape, Body Armor, Gloves, Pants, Boots, 2 Rings, Weapon, and 2 Accessories.

Weapon and Accessories were special.

Weapons could be categorized to one-handed weapon, shield, two-handed weapon, staff, and ranged weapon. A character may equip two pieces of one-handed weapon at the same time, but only one piece of two-handed weapon, staff, and ranged weapon. A Thief for example, could equip a one-handed weapon as his primary weapon slot and a shield as his secondary weapon, just like a Guardian and Defender. Only 1 Two-handed weapon, staff, and ranged weapon could only be equipped at a time.

Accessories were special. Accessory does not provide any bonus attribution, such as Dexterity, Strength, Vitality, and so on, but it does contain a special effect. The one that Zhang Yang had just obtained, [Heart of Fallen Warrior] was commonly called an Active Accessory. The player would have to manually activate the skills that the accessory provided. Merely putting it on or off would not have any effects on the character. On the other hand, there were also some Passive Accessory, such as the effect, "Equip-Effect: Increase all attack or Healing effect by 5%".

Accessories were equipment that would only appear in the late-game period. They were extremely rare. Level 40 accessories should be the game's lowest and easiest accessory. There were a majority of players would still be wearing a Level 40 accessories when they reached Level 200 because of the rarity. Accessories were only dropped by field raiding bosses such as the Underground Tower with 13th floors or the Cave of Bones.

[Skill Book: Apparate]

Use: Teach you Apparate.

Required Class: Spellcaster.

This is a must-learn skill for every PK Spellcaster. The character would be able to instantly move 10 meters into any direction and dispel any status effect such as stun, bind, slow, and other various debuff. This skill was a rare drop.

So far, there were no Spellcasters around that learned the skill yet. None of them truly understood the value of this skill. Zhang Yang then preemptively set the price to 10,000,000 gold coins to attract customers.

[Recipe: Beginner Iron Skin Potion]

Use: Teach you how to make [Beginner Iron Skin Potion]

Requirement: Advance Alchemy

Good item! Zhang Yang took the item for himself and learned it.

[Beginner Iron Skin Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Increase 100 Defense points for 30 seconds.

Cool down time: 2 minutes.

It was a good item, but the ingredient and material to make the item was just too much. It even required an extremely rare herb called [Iron Cane]. It was so rare that you could not even buy it with any money that you would have!

Just leave it aside for now.

Zhang Yang smiled satisfyingly and left the shop to meet up with Han Ying Xue. They party then went on and raided the Shadowmoon Castle's Garden dungeon. After that, the party proceeded on and gathered more guild members to raid Marzerway's Lair: Main Wing, and was able to procure a little more Gray-Silver equipment.

Everyone was going crazy when they saw Zhang Yang had the [Servant: Clear Lotus] and the Yellow-Gold equipment; especially Fatty Han. He was so impressed that he could make a river with his drooling.

The Level 20 Gray-Silver equipment from the Main Wing were sold out to the guild member via the guild contribution points. On the other hand, the Level 30 Gray-Silver equipment were prioritized to the gang. If there were equipment that were not suitable for any of them, Zhang Yang would sell the item at his shop and the profit will be shared among the 6 of them.

Not only was he able to fill up the empty spaces in the shop, the money that he obtained from the sales was not deducted by the system. It was a better advantage than Zhang Yang had expected.

"Dummy! I haven't seen you for a day and yet here you are a shop owner!" Han Ying Xue winked seductively at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang laughed and replied, "Haha, what's wrong with that? You want to be my muse?"

"Kekeke! You've learn to flirt now! Looks like the little doggy has turned into a fine doggy!" Han Ying Xue winked again.

"Please stop! Please act your age, cousin. I'm so ashamed to even walk with you!" Wei Yan Er gritted her teeth.

After raiding two dungeons, Zhang Yang had but little time left. He then put some effort to make more [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] to sell them in the shop. So far, Zhang Yang was the only player who could supply the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] in White Jade Castle. Even though the sales had dropped, the market was still stable at around 30 stacks of potions sales a day. Zhang Yang predicted that it would not go any lower than that. 600 gold coins a day was not that bad. Since there was no more stock in the auction house, players would have to visit the Little Merchandize Shop to buy the potions. This was one way to bring in more customers to his shop.

Before he logged out, Zhang Yang calculated the total earnings for just one night. He sold 17 Green-Copper equipment, 3 Gray-Silver equipment, and 387 bottles of potion. His total earning was 2,700 gold coins. It was much lower than his previous earning during the peak sales period, but Zhang Yang was not frustrated since the sales was going to be never-ending. Plus, the popularity of his shop should be getting higher over time, and by then, he should have more customers. By that logic, his sales should also be better than ever.

The main benefits of selling in the shop was the absence of the 20% service charge. He could sell items cheaper than any item being sold in the auction house and still earn a profit. For example, if an item was sold for 100 gold coins in the auction house, Zhang Yang can sell the same item for 90 gold coins in his shop. The other seller would have 20 gold coins deducted by the service charge, and earn only 80 gold coins for selling at 100 gold coins.

If Zhang Yang encountered other 'Gnomes'1 business players, he could still buy an item for 81 gold coins that was worth for at least 100 gold. Since those 'Gnomes' could supply a large number of stocks in a go, although it was only 1% profit charge, 1% service charge was still a large number!

Just like when Zhang Yang was selling massive amount of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion, the service charge has already taken over 40,000,000 dollars!

Zhang Yang arranged a few matters with Natalia and set the price for the several items to buy from players themselves. She was then tasked to approach passerby to promote some items to be sold. Anyone would be thrilled to have a lovely little maid striking a conversation with them. Zhang Yang then deposited 10,000 gold coins for the shop's purchasing funds and logged out to have his rest.

After a good night of sleep, Zhang Yang was finally free from the discomfort of staying overnight. He felt refreshed and revitalized. He spent an hour or so to exercise, and then he then logged into the game after having his breakfast.

Zhang Yang need not worry about the shop. He only needed to occasionally check on the shop's funds to make sure it was enough to buy more items from players. Eventually, the shop would progress better and the funds would no longer decrease but only increase.

'Ding! Player Dominating Blade has sent you a friend request. Will you accept it?'

Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment. He then recalled that he had turned off private messaging from strangers. If anyone wanted to contact Zhang Yang, they would have to engage him face to face or become friends with each other.

'Accept!'

Beep! A voice call request from Dominating Blade arrived.

The setting for the voice messaging could be toggled as so: Those who were closer to him would be set to immediate contact without the need to wait for the other party to accept the request. He had set it that way for Fatty Han, Han Ying Xue and the rest of his gang. They could just yell at him anytime and anywhere without any permission. Anyone else, Zhang Yang had set that they would have to wait for him to accept their call, like a cell phone, to be able to have a conversation.

"Dominating Blade, is there anything I could do for you?" Zhang Yang accepted the call.

"Hehe! We met you yesterday but could not engage in a proper introduction. You know, you are quite famous among our Fire and Sword group. Could I interest you in a match at the battle arena?" Filled with a dominating tone, he requested Zhang Yang through the call. After yesterday's incident in the tower, neither one of them were satisfied with the result.

Zhang Yang delayed his respond and answered nonchalantly. "I accept! However, a fight alone is just boring. How about we bet something for it?"

"What do you like to bet on?"

"Just a small thing to heat things up a little. One round, 1,000 gold coins!"

"Done!"

"Alright! Let's meet up at the arena in about 5 minutes!"

Zhang Yang ended the call and rode his horse to the area.

The battle area was the best place to release one's frustration. It was also the place where famous players were born! The game would document every player's battle record and display the player with the highest victory rate. Before the launching of the Professional League, this list represented the PK player's strength.

However, to prevent players from abusing the system ranking, the system would not record any battle that was pre-arranged by the player. Only through registering their fights by the system, and the system would arrange a random player by their strength, would only be recorded into the system.

However, this could not 100% prevent players from finding a loophole. At least this way, they could prevent two Level 10 players to have 100 matches every day and be listed in the top ranking. However, there was no special reward from being in the top. Even if you could get yourself up to the number 1, no one would acknowledge your strength.

Zhang Yang immediately received Floating Up's battle request once he arrived at the battle area.

"44 Bandits and Not Telling My Name has lost to you before! They're out of the fight! Healers are not a combative character, so they are out as well. What's left is the 6 of us. There's something I have to request of you personally. As long as you can defeat all of us, we will admit your strength and our weakness. We will never again accept any business regarding your death!" Dominating Blade said with a strong voice.

"Alright. I accept your promise."

Zhang Yang was always worried about the "Trash" Mercenary group. Right now, the difference in ability between him and them were miles apart. However, these group of people were extremely strong as they learned and progressed faster than anyone. If its 1v1, he strongly believed he would never ever lose of any of them, but what if they would ambush in a party of 5? Or the entire group of 10?

To be always in the grudge of others was not a wise move! Since neither side had any grudge nor vengeance to resolve, there was no need to have them fight to the death! If he could solve this problem now, why should he not take the chance to do so?

Zhang Yang accepted the battle request.

'Ding! You have accepted player Floating Up battle request. The battle will start after 5 minutes, please make your preparation!'

1Gnome: This part here is rather confusing. The author did not specify whether it was either a race of the player character or just a general term used to describe a player who is good at doing business.

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Chapter 131: Two down

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Both sides placed their bets of 1,000 gold coins and waited for the bells to ring.

With each team having famous players, spectators were already gathering in the arena. However, when they wanted to enter the arena to spectate, the room was locked with a password. They could only ask around, waiting for someone to reveal the password to enter the arena.

The password was placed by Floating Up, fearing that they may face public shaming if either one of them loses the fight, or so Zhang Yang thought.

5 minutes passed like the wind and both contenders entered the battle field. There was no one around the arena aside from the remaining 9 members of Sword and Fire Mercenary group.

'Ding! The battle will start in 10 seconds!'

[Player: Floating Up]

Level: 34

HP: 4,560

9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0!

Clang, Clang, Clang...Boom! The steel cage dropped behind them.

Shiing!

Floating Up glowed with a yellow golden light and there was a shape of a battle axe icon on his head. It looked like he gained a buff.

[Commanding Seal: Every melee attack will inflict additional 30% melee damage as Holy Elemental damage. Last for 30 seconds.

He then dashed towards Zhang Yang. When he was 15 meters away from him, Floating Up stomped the ground hard and tossed his shield towards Zhang Yang.

Shield Toss!

'-1!'

A nullified attack damage popped over Zhang Yang's head.

[Shield Toss: Throws the shield in your hand to cause 100% physical damage to the target and 2 other nearby targets. Inflicts a 50% movement speed reduction. Last for 3 seconds.

Floating Up was wearing a complete Level 20 Gray-Silver equipment, so his Strength should be around 220. Even of the set-equipment effect would increase his attack by 10%, it would only be raised to 250! Zhang Yang equipped the [Bones of the Chimera, which made his Defense to be up to 360 points. Floating Up damage was unable to break his defense and could only inflict a nullified damage value. However, Zhang Yang was still inflicted with the slow effect.

Floating Up was not surprised of his nullified damage, since he had crossed blades with Dominating Blade once and had the same effect. However, Zhang Yang's equipment was not weaker but only stronger!

Shush! Zhang Yang rushed in with Charge and stunned his opponent.

He then ran behind him and attacked him normally, followed by a Horizontal Sweep.

'-644!'

'-1,313!'

Defender had 15% damage reduction passive skill but would still be in effect even when an enemy attacked from behind.

Blood Rage 30 Rage!

'-1,325!' Destructive Smash!

2 seconds later, Floating Up recovered from the stun and consumed a bottle of healing potion. He then turned around to face Zhang Yang but only to find Zhang Yang following his back like a shadow. Zhang Yang swung the sword in his hands and dealt another attack on him.

'-656!'

Floating Up now realized that the opponent's ability to reposition was much better than his. If this dragged on, he willd be played around by Zhang Yang, only to be killed. Without hesitating further, Floating Up activated a skill. A flash of golden light beamed out and Zhang Yang was stunned.

[Sanction: Punish the target, stunning the target immediately. Last for 5 seconds.

Skill range: 15 meters.

This skill's advantage was that the caster did not need to face the target directly to activate!

Similar to Zhang Yang's strategy, Floating Up went behind Zhang Yang and sliced Zhang Yang's back.

'-453!' Normal attack.

'-150!' Commanding Seal.

'-501!' Strong Hammer

'-290!' Justice Bash.

'-827!' Judgement.

Defenders and Guardians possess a different kind of system. A Defender did not need any Rage. They could cast the skill at any time they wanted as long as the skill was not on cool down. Additionally, majority of the Defender's attacking skill was Holy element, which could not be reduced by Defense value.

Floating Up stomped the ground and activated Devotion. A golden light spread out and Zhang Yang started to receive 20 damage every second.

After a series of skill, Floating Up had to rely on normal attacks while waiting his skills to finish their cool down.

'-458!'

'-153!'

'-462!'

'-149!'

5 seconds' stun ended!

Zhang Yang had 3,000 HP shaved off by Floating Up. The moment he got control of his character, he quickly turned around and faced Floating Up directly. His skills was ready to be unleashed when his Rage gauge was already full.

'-1,322!' Destructive Smash.

Floating Up wanted to learn from Zhang Yang, to follow someone's behind like a shadow and to kill him that way. But that was just a beautiful wish that could never be granted. Before he was even able to react to Zhang Yang's attack, Zhang Yang had already smashed him to have only 1,500 HP left. Zhang Yang attacked him another round and was left with only a drop of blood from death.

Floating Up quickly reacted and activated Divine Protection and Holy Restoration.

[Divine Protection: Dispel all negative status effect and grant immunity to all attacks. All damage output and healing will be reduced by 50%. Last for 5 seconds.

Cool down time: 7 minutes.

[Holy Restoration: Fully restore all of the caster's HP.

Cool down time: 2 minutes.

Shiing! Floating Up had recovered all his HP in a second and also gained immunity to all attacks.

Zhang Yang only grined. After moving himself repeatedly, Zhang Yang was now behind him. This time, Floating Up could not cast Sanction to counter him as the skill still had 45 seconds of cool down time!

Zhang Yang waited until the immunity expired and then attacked him slowly.

Floating Up tried his best to move around faster than before, but no matter how fast he moved, he was unable to shake off Zhang Yang. He could only hope to deal damage to buy some time for Devotion.

'-671!'

'-1,341!'

'-656!'

One by one, Zhang Yang struck him as if there was nothing Floating Up could do to stop Zhang Yang. Eventually, he was killed.

"Damn!" Floating Up could not help but leave a curse at his death bed.

'Ding! Player Floating Up was killed. You have obtained victory!"

A flash of light passed and Zhang Yang was sent out of the battle ground.

What a pity. Floating Up may have damaged Zhang Yang by 3,000 damage but he could not force Zhang Yang to use any of his skills: Berserker's Heal, Shield Wall, [Servant, Lifesteal skill from the sword, and Merlinda's Shadow.

There was no one from this current timeline had the capability to even be on par with Zhang Yang!

They would need at least train hard for at least until half a year later, to have their skill sharpened to its best.

Victorious, Zhang Yang had obtained the 1,000 gold coins from the bet and thought to himself. "If I could earn 1,000 gold coins for every battle I fight, I could earn quite some money there!"

'Ding! Player Dominating Blade has sent you a battle request. Will you accept it?'

After Zhang Yang accepted the request, the battle was announced on the announcement board. However, the room was locked with a password. Players from outside were not able to enter the room to spectate the match. Many of them were already frustrated by it.

"Not bad." Dominating Blade sent a private message. "Alright. Just this match. The rest of them won't be fighting! They are all weaker than I am. Since both of us are Guardians, if I lose to you, the rest of them are not worth to be your opponent."

Zhang Yang smiled. "I listen and obey!"

5 minutes later, both of them were teleported into the corner of the battle ground.

10 seconds count down started and the battle began.

Both fighters dashed towards each other and once they were close enough, they activated Charge at the same exact second, causing both Dominating Blade and Zhang Yang to be stunned.

2 seconds later. Both of them raised their sword and simultaneously struck each other! They were like a mirror image of each other!

Block!

'-139!' Zhang Yang's Block reflected damage.

Block!

'-1!' Dominating Blade's Block reflected damage.

How could both side's Block reflected damage could have such high difference? On one end, Zhang Yang had a higher Strength and Defense value. The most important factor was Zhang Yang's Eagle Eye that could ignore 50% defense!

"Eh? Do you have a passive skill that could ignore defense?" Dominating Blade brandished his sword as he asked.

"Yeah." Zhang Yang nodded and swung his sword as well.

'-526!'

'-272!'

Dominating Blade was wielding the exact same sword as Zhang Yang but the damage done from both sides were so much different from each other!

When one was at the disadvantage of equipment and skill, maneuverability and tactics were depended on to overcome his opponent! However, could Zhang Yang's capability lose to Dominating Blade?

Before this, Dominating Blade always relied on his equipment and skill level to win a fight against others. But now, his opponent was Zhang Yang, who had better Strength, higher Defense, stronger equipment, and crazy amount of skills! Dominating Blade could not help but feel a little bitter. He wanted to say his catch phrase to Zhang Yang, as he always said to others: "If you have the capability to wear the same equipment as I am, then you have my permission to fight me!"

But with the huge gap in power, Dominating Blade had already lost more than 3,000 HP when Zhang Yang had only lost 1,700 HP. Zhang Yang had not used his regular play style, to hide behind the opponent's back and attack him there. Without a skill like Sanction Zhang Yang could torture him as much as he wanted to.

Dominating Blade started to flinch. He knew this battle was going south. He then quickly activated Shield Wall and fought Zhang Yang head on. Until Shield Wall expired, he activated the sword's Lifesteal.

Zhang Yang grined. He used Block to block off one attack and activated Shield Wall after.

Block!

'-68!'

'-134!'

In 3 attack instances, one was blocked. The total damage Dominating Blade had dealt was only 200 damage. He had only healed 50 HP since he had the Destructive Smash effect on him!

Dominating Blade was so frustrated he was not sure whether to cry or just give up the match!

Zhang Yang unleashed a fury of attack and ended Dominating Blade's life before he could decide to do anything.

"Boss! You're quite strong you know? You could last for 40 seconds! That's much longer than what Floating Up could get!" All Wounded laughed.

Floating Up was enraged at his joke. "Hey! At least I managed to deal 3,000 damage! Dominating Pig here had only deal 2,000 over, you want to compare my ass then?"

Dominating Blade smiled bitterly. "He must have held his punches when he was fighting with you! Floating Up, he didn't used Shield Wall when he was with you!"

After a temporary silence, 44 Bandits spoke.

"Are we going to reject every contract for him?" said 44 Bandits with a tone of disappointment. After all, Zhang Yang's head was worth 10,000 gold coins a kill. It was so much more than any other contract that they had ever received. Now that the system had implemented the new system, that kills would not cause a level drop, clients wanted the snapshot of the scene where Zhang Yang was killed. They wanted to use it and post it in the forums to demolish his reputation.

Dominating Blade suddenly went pale. He turned to 44 Bandits and said, "We had accepted two contracts to kill Zhan Yu. But how did that turn out again? Right. You and Not Telling My Name dropped a level!"

Floating Up solemnly said, "Our group strength is strong, but Zhan Yu also had a team. He even had an entire guild backing him up! If we ever cross paths again, he might turn it around and kill us all. His capabilities are just..."

All 10 members of the Sword and Fire Mercenary group turned sour.

They had never been afraid of any super guilds. 'God's Miracle' map was so god damn huge! How could anyone find them? They could just be hiding behind any tree or cave! As long as they were alive, they could just wait for the perfect moment and strike you down without you knowing it! Their controls were strong, equipment as well! The worst-case scenario, both of them would die!

But, Zhang Yang exceed them in every way they could think off. How could they even hope to attack him, much less kill him?

"There won't be a next time for us. We will no longer bother him ever again!"

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Chapter 132: Invitation from Snow Seeker

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Ah! What a waste! Zhang Yang had only earned 2,000 gold coins!

Zhang Yang sighed a little. He thought that he could have at least earned a little more before they gave up. Oh well, since they did forfeit their challenge, there was nothing else he could do. Zhang Yang summoned the mount and rode to his Little Merchandize Shop. From afar, he could see that there were at least 20 players in the shop, checking out the goods.

"Not bad." Zhang Yang nodded.

Outside the shop were a few nerds surrounding Natalia. They would not stop peppering Natalia with questions. Natalia answered each and every question coldly. Her cool, devil-may-care attitude was truly impressive. She could make that bunch of lonely nerds drool all over the street.

Sigh...what losers. They would even try to flirt with an NPC!

Beep!

The voice messenger rang. Zhang Yang glanced at the notification and saw that it was from Snow Seeker. He accepted the call without hesitation.

"Guild master Snow, is anything the matter?"

"Nothing...Why can't I simply talk to you when you're free?!" Snow Seeker voice was neither soft nor sugar coated. Her voice was something Zhang Yang could not properly determine. It was on a borderline of between direct and kind. It was somehow enticing, subconsciously convincing another to have a longer conversation with her.

"Of course you can!" Zhang Yang did not bother arguing. He knew that man will always lose to a woman in an argument.

Snow Seeker giggled playfully. "I merely jest. Indeed, I have some matters to tend with you. The reason I'm calling you was that I'd like you to help us, the Crimson Rage, to fight a boss!"

Zhang Yang was stunned by her sudden request. "Haven't you guys already beaten the Garden before? I remember that you even managed to break the speed record!"

"No. I mean...It's not a dungeon boss! Y-You have your own team. How could I ask you to waste your entrance count on us!?" Snow Seeker wavered a little. "It's a field boss. Yesterday, we spent a whole day just trying to take it down. We suffered several complete wipe outs for at least 30 times!"

"Oh ho..." Zhang Yang raised an eye brow. He was interested at where this conversation was going. A dungeon is always there, always available. The refreshment period of the dungeon was short and quick. Anyone could form a proper party to raid the dungeon whenever they wanted to. That was why, even though dungeon loots were strong, they were never as strong as the equipment found on a field boss! There could be only 1 or 2 of them in an entire region. If someone else kills it, there won't be another one replacing it anytime soon. The items that could be found from this field boss were extremely rare. Zhang Yang's mount, [Skeletal War Horse] was one of such.

"What's the boss name?"

Snow Seeker smiled. "If I tell you that now, you might take advantage of us. Who knows? You might even wait until every one of us is dead and claim the boss loots for yourself?"

"Hey!" Zhang Yang cried out defensively. "Do I look like that kind of person?"

"You're not. But as they say, you can't judge a book by its cover. Humans are just wolves in a skin suit." Zhang Yang could hear pain in her voice. She quickly laughed it off. "How about it? Will you lend us a hand? As a reward for your help, I will give you one item from the boss loots. I will even let you have the first pick!"

Zhang Yang started to think. He recalled the scene yesterday when every other guild were there to kill the boss for themselves. Snow Seeker on the other hand, had approached Zhang Yang to ask for cooperation instead. From a Guild master's perspective, that was a rather bold move.

No matter. This is a kind gesture. A favor to be precise. That said, Crimson Rage is a strong guild now and will be even more so in the future. If he could get on their good side now, it would only benefit him and his guild, the Lone Desert Smoke!

Zhang Yang made his decision on the spot. He nodded. "Okay. I'll help. Recruit me!"

Snow Seeker immediately sent over a party invitation. Zhang Yang was added into the main party once he accepted the invitation.

In 'God's Miracle' the party member limit could reach up to one thousand. Within the huge party, 50 members would be compartmentalized as a sub-group. There would be a total of 20 sub-groups. In the party list window, those sub-groups looked like a series of chain webbing. You could click the name of each group to see a party of 50 players inside. Each sub-group would have their own communication channel. They could also be able to listen to the main party communication and see any announcement made there.

Crimson Rage's expedition party had 13 sub-groups, with a total of 637 members. Zhang Yang entered the party and was immediately assigned to be in the first party with Snow Seeker.

Zhang Yang briefly scanned the area and found that all 49 members were female, by IGN at least. He was the only one that stood out among the crowd.

"Everyone, please welcome Guild master Zhan Yu!" Snow Seeker announced in the party channel.

Not long, a continuous chain of greetings in the form of chirps and shrill cheers broke through the air. They came in varying tones, cold, sweet, a little overtly excited, and a little monotonous. No matter the tone, all he could hear was the slightly higher pitched voices of females. Zhang Yang had thought that he had fallen into the Themyscira, the Amazonian island of Wonder Woman. He could not help but think that if other male players had joined Crimson Rage's party, they would either be high in ecstasy or be completely femininized by them on the other end of the same scale...

"Attention. From now on, only sub-group leaders are allowed to use the public channel, the rest of the member are only allowed to communicate within their own sub-groups! Let's proceed. Just like we did yesterday! Spread out, and rendezvous at the Bison's Hill!" Snow Seeker laid out her instructions clearly and full of commanding aura.

Zhang Yang joined Snow Seeker and her team and gathered at the Gryphon Manager. Some of his team members were familiar faces. There was Thorny Rose, White Orchid, and Perfumed Water. All of them made up a party of 10.

When Zhang Yang joined the girls, he was greeted by the rest but was insulted by Thorny Rose.

"Hmph! Bloody Swindler!" It was hard for her to forgive him.

Zhang Yang curled his lips and defended himself. "Well. Technically, I didn't rob of you of anything. In fact, you were very much on the winning side there. For your information, 2 pieces of [Refined Iron Ore] could be traded for more than 70 pieces of [Iron Ore]!"

"What has that got to do with you running off with our [Iron Ore]s!" Thorny Rose was frustrated. She jumped up angrily, causing her 34D huge boobs to bounce up and down vigorously.

Zhang Yang sighed. "Didn't you say it yourself, that you will not resort to sexual appeal whenever you lose in an argument against me! I've got to warn you though. I don't have much resistance against that!"

Thorny Rose was even further infuriated. With one hand on her waist, and the other pointing at Zhang Yang, Thorny Rose held her chest up high. She was fuming mad.

"That's enough Rose. You're being fooled here. You'll fall into his trap if you're angry!" Snow Seeker laughed lightly as she pats her shoulder.

"Sister Snow! I really hate that guy!" Thorny Rose rolled her eyes at Zhang Yang.

"Alright, alright. Let's go!" Snow Seeker cried. "Fly to Goodlands Town!"

Everyone sat on the Gryphons and flew off. Along the way...

"...Fei Fei, the guy that you met yesterday. How did the date go?"

The party channel started to filled with the idle conversation.

"Sigh...the guy is another big pervert. He would even get busy with his hands while we were watching the movie!"

"So Fei Fei, did you give him a good slap in the face?"

"Coral. It's not like you didn't know. Our Fei Fei is also a big sl*t, born to ride that stallion. She could do it forever till kingdom comes!"

"Damn b*tch! How could you even come up with such a description of me like that!"

"You stupid swine! Don't keep those obscene thoughts to yourself!"

"Honestly though Fei Fei, did you really go twenty toes with him?"

"Yeah yeah! Say! Say! What happened?"

"I mean. What can I do? He wanted it. He took the shot! I'm not the kind that would say no, so yeah. We did it!"

"Hehehehe. How was he? Was he good?"

"Ehhh...He looked good, but he wasn't that good in bed! I must say, he was so horny in the car. It was like he was so dry. I was thinking that he probably haven't been with a woman in his past 8 lives! That guy got on me and was done before I could even feel anything at all! I had to go back home and do it myself. Sigh..."

"That's right! Hah! Might as well get a vibrator than a boyfriend. Am I right?!"

"Hahahaha!"

"AHEM!" Snow Seeker purposely coughed loudly as she could no longer hold in her shame. "Girls, I'd like to remind you that we have a guest here!"

Only then did the girls lower their voices. Eventually their whispers turned into full conversations again. Zhang Yang could make out words like "length", "size", and "endurance". Even Zhang Yang began to tremble at the power of a woman's dirty talks. Once these women were brought together, they could just go on and on about any topics at all. It is no wonder that two women could just talk for an entire day!

The Gryphons' speed were fast but even so, they took almost half an hour to reach their destination. Afterwards, they walked into the depths of the mountains. All subgroups of the party were beginning to converge there. The numbers started to grow as more and more groups arrived. The entire plain was filled with women's chattering. There was a sense of power among the girls.

Even as a Guardian with super high defense, Zhang Yang knew that he could not withstand the number of lashes and heart piercing talks from the girls here. He lowered his head and followed Snow Seeker obediently like a dog and his owner.

As they proceeded further into the mountains, the region name changed from Goodlands Town to Bison's Hill.

Bison's Hill was pretty straightforward. There were Wild Bisons everywhere. However, no matter how ferocious they looked, they were just puny little calves from the girls' perspective. There were even several girls there voicing out that they want to cut down the Bison's horns, saying that they were better at performing compared to certain adult body parts. That topic alone induced a vigorous power among the girls.

The expedition took another 30 minutes to reach the peak of the mountain. The surface of the peak was extremely flat and wide. It felt like the peak was sliced away by someone else. The place was as huge as the football fields you see in the FIFA world cup! This field had a 10-meter tall and 1 meter wide stone pillar struck in the middle of it. On the top of the pillar was a gigantic humanoid monster sleeping on the flat surface of the pillar. It's entire body was covered in pieces of grayish rocks. There was moss grown all over the rocks on his body. The giant rolled over and a gigantic arm dangled from the edge of the pillar. It was as long as 10 meters!

The monster was sleeping soundly. Its snores were so loud and powerful that the nearby sand and rocks were rolling back and forth with each breath.

Zhang Yang selected the monster and examines its properties.

[Chalvos, King of the Mountain Giant] (Silver-Gray, Elemental Being)

Level: 40

HP: 50,000,000

Note: He was a King. But he got exiled when he has lost the fight for the true King's position.

Zhang Yang had never fought this boss before in his past life. But he did once fight another King of the Mountain Giant! That was a level 120 Mythical tier boss! One strike could kill you several times over! Every attack he has was imbued with AoE damage and Knockdown effect! A true party killer!

Zhang Yang turned to Snow Seeker. He knew that they had died over 30 times and must have a clear understanding on every skill the boss had.

Snow Seeker smiled knowingly back and said, "This is Zhan Yu's first battle! I will now repeat the attack plan! This boss's attacks are simple. He would either strike the target or stomp the target. Either way, both of his attacks has the same effect. Direct attacks would deal around 4000 physical attack, which would create a shockwave, causing 3000 physical damage to targets within 35 meters. It would also cause a Knockdown effect which would cancel spells or skills casting."

Strong!

Spellcaster, Hunters, ranged attackers could only have a maximum 30 meters attack ranged. Healer also had a 30-meter healing range. If anyone wanted to heal or attack, they would have to enter the boss's blast wave range and take 3000 damage. On top of that, it was a AoE skill. This would inevitably end up with a huge mess. The boss also had the ability to interrupt skill casting. If the healers were interrupted, the tank could be killed instantly!

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Chapter 133: King of the Mountain Giants

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The special feature of a field boss was that they had at least one powerful AoE skill. Even if there was a sea of players coming to kill him, they would be killed off with a clean sweep! The key to victory was not about the number of players!

"Zhan Yu will position the boss dead center in the field. The rest of us will spread into a circle. The first 50 attacking will attack within the 30 meters' range. The healers will form another circle 20 meters behind the first circle to escape the boss's attacking range. The first group of attackers will surely die as the healer will be unable to heal in time. Once the first team is down, I want the second team to take over the line. Do not break the chain!" said Snow Seeker's beautiful voice echoed clearly in the party channel.

"Fragrant! Petal! Both of you are in charge of healing Zhan Yu personally. Bitter Coffee, your team will stay behind and heal Fragrant and Petal. You must not let them die!"

"Yes Ma'am!" said the female army in unison.

Zhang Yang turned around and saw two human Sacred Knights standing behind him. Both of them were quite beautiful. Fragrant Baby was slightly taller than Little Petal. However, both of them were very well built. Their waists were slim and slender. Their butts matched the size of their breast, both pairs were full and well developed.

Zhang Yang checked their properties and was surprised to see them.

[Player: Fragrant Baby] (Sacred Knight)

Level: 32

HP: 4320

MP: 1520

[Player: Little Petal] (Sacred Knight)

Level: 31

HP: 4260

MP: 1510

Both of them had such high HP! They must have added all their AP (Attribute Point) to Vitality! There was no way they could have more than 4000 HP when their equipment was only level 20 Gray-Silver tier! Their MP was at 1520, that's just too little!

The most orthodox method to build a Magic class character was on a ratio of 3 AP on Vitality and 2 on Intelligence. The other common method was 2 AP on Vitality and 3 on Intelligence. If they had followed the orthodox way, they would have around 3600 HP maximum with their current equipment. Unless they had somehow managed to boost their HP, there was no way that their HP would exceed 4000!

Zhang Yang had to open his mouth. "As expected of the infamous Crimson Rage super guild. You have all sorts of dedicated builds here!"

Magic type classes all depended on Intelligence. Now that those two guys had sacrifice that and had invested all their AP in Vitality, they must have a tough time grinding their level. In order to level up properly, they would have to depend on others to, in a way, donate experience points. However, it looked like their levels were rather high. It must be the work and dedication of their guild!

Snow Seeker smiled gently. "We have many types of healers here with special builds. There are the full Vitality builds, but we also have full Intelligence builds and also full Spirit builds. All these are designed to handle different types of situations!"

Zhang Yang nodded his head, acknowledging her ideals. This was how a guild performs. How could you ask someone to give up on their plans and to invest in this sort of unorthodox, highly risky build? However, this was still the early stage of the game. When players start progressing further, the weapon levels will go higher, thus providing more bonus attribute. The bonus attribute could get so high that the attribute invested by the free AP would be negligible. You could even stock up all your AP without investing them and you'll get 1500 AP when you reach level 300. That amount was nothing compared the attribute points gained from equipment!

Still, right now, those two had only over 1500 MP. How are they going to last?

Frowning over their stats, Zhang Yang stared back and forth between the girls and Snow Seeker.

Somehow, she knew what Zhang Yang was thinking about and answered him. "They have Grace!"

[Grace] (Passive): Recover MP every time you receive healing. Convert 10% of the healing amount to MP.

Grace is a skill that only Sacred Knights could learn. This skill was not obtainable from the class quest, but through skill books. According to the early designs of the game, this skill was made specially for Sacred Knight. Since Sacred Knight is a class that depended on both Vitality and Intelligence, their MP and HP could not be as high as the other class. Originally, their MP would not last after a series of skills. How else to replenish their MP, but need to acquire this skill and have others healing them.

What a heavy expense!

Zhang Yang sighed mentally. Grace skill books were extremely rare, yet both of Crimson Rage's Sacred Knights were able to procure these skills. They must have a certain amount of strength to do so! The skill does not shine really well in normal fields. However, now that they could fight bosses like Chalvos, this skill has become their ultimate weapon!

Argh! A guild's power sure are strong!

Zhang Yang had to praise her. "Guild master Snow, you sure have a full head of ideas huh!"

Perfumed Water smiled slyly and said, "Hehe! Our Sister Snow here indeed has her head full of ideas. But you know what else is full and huge? Her tits!"

"Perfumed!" Snow Seeker uttered a rather cute squeak. She was so abashed that her cheeks turned pink. Normally they would have made similar jokes amongst themselves and Snow Seeker would not have anything against that. However, now that there was a male around, she was embarrassed beyond words.

Little Petal started to laugh. "Brother Zhan Yu! Our Sister Snow is still single, and ready to mingle. We could help you pull some strings and set you up on a date! Sister Snow is a lady among ladies! Not only that she is beautiful, she was also very smart and brave. She is the perfect wife any man could have!"

Once by one, soon the entire party started to talk up Snow Seeker to Zhang Yang. The scene was like several sales promoters in the supermarket, trying their best to get you to buy their product. In this case, the thing that they were selling was none other than their own guild master.

"Please...STOP..." Snow Seeker quickly stopped the scene before it could get any worse.

"Please get ready for the fight now! Take your potions!"

She turned over to Zhang Yang; he could still some pinkish hue on her cheeks that had not faded away. "Zhan Yu, everything is in your hands now! Yesterday, we were wiped because Fragrant and Petal were interrupted during their healing. The tank was killed instantly which eventually leads to a team wipe!"

Zhang Yang nodded his head. "I understand. I will do my best!"

"Prepare yourselves! We are starting now! Healers! Team 1 attackers! In your positions now!" Snow Seeker than gave the signal to Zhang Yang and he nodded back.

"Here I go!"

Zhang Yang unsheathed his Lover's Sword and dashed towards the boss.

1 meter, 2 meters, 3 meters,...10 meters...20 meters!

Still, the boss remained asleep! Even when Zhang Yang was already so close to him, he was still snoring happily.

Charge!

Zhang Yang slid across the ground and stunned him.

Unfortunate, the boss was not stunned. Instead, he merely stood up. His gigantic body was so tall that it looked like he was touching the sky! Chalvos looked down at Zhang Yang and bellowed. "Who dares disturb Chalvos's slumber! Chalvos will destroy him!"

"-688!"

Zhang Yang swung his sword in answer and raised his Rage to 41 points. Both Cripple Defense and Horizontal Sweep were cast simultaneously. The boss's defense was so strong that Zhang Yang had to stack up 5 Cripple Defense to see how he could damage him.

Crimson Rage's first attack team got into their position. After an instant, fireball, frost arrows, arrow heads were raining down on the boss.

The boss growled loudly and stretch out his arms to grab the pillar.

Crack! Boom! Chalvos pulled the pillar out of the ground, sending tiny broken pieces of debris flying everywhere. Some of them hit Zhang Yang armor, bouncing off with metallic "Ding Ding Tang!" chinks.

The boss then swung the pillar around like Sun Wu Kong and his golden staff, smashing Zhang Yang with its edge.

"-2912!"

The pillar struck Zhang Yang hard, at the same time giving off a strong shockwave that emanated everywhere. The first attacking team was hit by the waves and received 3000 damage each.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

All players within 30 meters around the boss had fallen down, revealing their hidden regions out to the sky as skirts bunched up and legs spread eagled! The healers outside the main circle was healing as hard as they can.

"Hahahaha! Now I have something to play with!" Chalvos laughed menacingly.

Zhang Yang had received around 3000 damage in an instant, causing his Rage gauge to fill up instantly. With a swift stroke, Zhang Yang quickly converted all that built up Rage into damaging skills.

Cripple Defense!

"-314!" Cripple Defense.

"-1610!" Horizontal Sweep.

"-764!" Force Strike.

"-224!" Thunder Strike.

Since Rage was currently not a problem for him, he could just spam all his skills without worry.

"1022!"

"1034!"

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal's heals had landed on Zhang Yang. As Sacred Knights, they had stronger healing in terms of single target. Even though they only had around 500 magic attack, they could heal over 1000 HP by casting Holy Light which took a mere 2 seconds each! That was even stronger than Han Ying Xue's healing capabilities!

Chalvos's attacking speed was not fast nor frequent. He only lifted the stone pillar after 3 seconds and struck Zhang Yang's head with it.

Block!

Zhang Yang immediately used Block. Since he had equipped the [Combined Elemental Shield, Block skill level had dropped down to level 9. The cool down was at 6 seconds!

Boom!

Even though Zhang Yang had blocked the attack, the attack could still generate the shockwave that exploded everywhere and caused everyone around to fall over.

Both Fragrant Baby and Little Petal fell, but they quickly got up and recast the healing spell to heal Zhang Yang.

Chalvos was laughing happily as he saw the players around falling over. Zhang Yang had deduced his laughter to be as innocent as a child playing with a dog. He then lifted the pillar and struck Zhang Yang like the game, whack-a-mole.

This time, Zhang Yang had no Block to use. He quickly rolled over and evaded the attack!

"-2112!"

Thud!

Even though he was able to avoid the attack, the shockwave was generated and knocked him off his feet. Zhang Yang leaped to his feet as swiftly as he fell and quickly attacked the boss.

Zhang Yang had managed to stack 5 layers of Cripple Defense but the boss' defense was so strong to begin with, that it still had a Defense value measuring over a hundred. Hunters around the boss were having a headache but the Spellcasters were not affected.

Chalvos attack pattern was indeed quite simple and straight forward. He would use the pillar to smash and the shockwave would knock down players around. Zhang Yang could endure the attacks but the attacking team could not. Even though they had a team of healers supporting them, eventually, they would all still perish after 1 or 2 turns of smashing.

Zhang Yang continued to slashed the boss as he talked to Snow Seeker. "Why didn't you recruit just a few elite attackers instead of a whole team? They could last longer if all the healers here were only focusing on a few of them instead of 50?"

"It's too slow! The fight will be dragged on for too long. The tank might not be able to last the whole fight!" Snow Seeker replied quickly.

That explanation didn't seem to make sense to Zhang Yang. The boss' attacks occurred once every 3 seconds. His Block cool down was 6 seconds, which would enable Zhang Yang to properly block off half of the assault. The remaining attacks would not be a complete hit either! Zhang Yang would only receive damage from the shockwave instead. 2000 damage was not that much, and 6 seconds was a luxurious time for the healers to heal him back!

As if he wanted to further confuse Zhang Yang, Chalvos smashed Zhang Yang once with the pillar and suddenly lifted a humongous foot, and brought it down on his head. Almost like a mountain dropping on his head, Zhang Yang felt a huge pressure crushing his skull.

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Chapter 134: Collapsed and Crushed

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Zhang Yang had just used Block three seconds ago, and there was no way he could evade that giant foot, so he simply had to take the full blow!

Time froze, as he did some quick calculations in his mind.

His Max HP was 5,780 and 2,112 HP had already been deducted as he received damage from Shockwave earlier. He had 3,668 HP remaining. If Chalvos' attack did 4,000 base damage points, The damage Zhang Yang going to receive would be around 3,000, so he could withstand that foot just fine, even if it was cutting a little too close.

But to be on the safe side, Zhang Yang still drank a bottle of health recovering potion and instantly, his HP rose to 4,668.

'-2912!'

Chalvos' giant foot landed on Zhang Yang, and a huge damage text floated above his head, along with a debuff icon!

Collapse: You were stomped on by Chalvos! All your armor was completed destroyed. Increases all damage received by 100%. Last for 10 seconds

Crush!

Zhang Yang immediately said: "Guild master Snow, why did you not mention this debuff from Chalvos!" Zhang Yang had defeated the Mountain Giant in his previous life, but there was nothing like this debuff!

"Ah, I forgotten!" Snow Seeker apologetically covered her mouth with her tiny hands, her eyes full of genuine remorse.

Oh god, this woman will be the death of me!

This time, Shockwave occurred yet again during the Stomp. Those who had landed on their butts not a moment ago, were hit by Shockwave again before they could get up! The interval between the two Shockwaves was just around one second and the damage inflicted in total was about 6,000, instantly killing a lot of players!

Luckily, Fragrant Baby and Little Petal had ten healers continuously healing behind the two of them. With their abundant HP and equally abundant healers, they survived the ordeal! However, they missed out on so many healing opportunities! They got knocked down, and got back up, and got knocked down again! It was just like the song "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba!

Boom!

Chalvos swung at Zhang Yang with a pillar once again.

'Block!'

This time Block was used promptly without delay which gave Fragrant Baby and Little Petal enough time to cast healing spells.

'1020!'

'1031!'

Zhang Yang's HP recovered up to 3,807.

"Little one, I'm going to crush your bones!" Chalvos laughed out loud, he raised the pillar and swung at Zhang Yang yet again.

Without a doubt, this time Chalvos would actually kill Zhang Yang! As Zhang Yang had a debuff, increasing all damage received by 100%, even a Shockwave, would cause at least 4,000 damage points to Zhang Yang. Once the tank dies, the whole team would be annihilated completely!

No wonder Crimson Rage was annihilated more than 30 times yesterday. When tanks encounter this situation, tanks would usually use lifesaving skills to buy some time. The problem was, how many times could the tank use such lifesaving skills?

Zhang Yang rolled aside once again to evade Chalvos' attack, activating Shield Wall at the same time.

'-1056!'

Terrifying! Even though Zhang Yang used Shield Wall, he still received at least 1,000 damage from Chalvos' attack!

'1021!'

'1029!'

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal healed Zhang Yang steadily.

Boom!

Three seconds later, Chalvos attacked once again with a pillar.

'Block!'

'1024!'

'1033!'

Hu! Zhang Yang let out a sigh of relief, finally, the debuff on Zhang Yang's body had expired.

However, Snow Seeker's brow was furrowed! As far as she knew, there were only two lifesaving skills for Warrior which was Shield Wall, used once every seven minutes, and Berserker's Heal, used once every two minutes. In addition to that, the lifesteal effect of Lover's Sword could be used once every three minutes.

After going through many times of annihilation yesterday, she knew very well that Chalvos' Collapse occurred as frequently as every minute! Under those circumstances, the most reasonable skill sequences used by tank should be:

1 Berserker's Heal,

2 Lifesteal effect of Lover's Sword,

3 Berserker's Heal,

4 Shield Wall

5 Berserker's Heal,

6 Lifesteal effect of Lover's Sword,

7 Berserker's Heal,

If no mistakes were made in this sequence, they could actually survive for seven minutes!

Crimson Rage could roughly reduce Chalvos' HP by 14% every minute, which gave them a high chance to defeat Chalvos!

However, once Shield Wall is used first, they could only survive for four minutes! After four minutes, they would definitely be annihilated completely!

Certainly, this was only a theoretical scenario! In fact, if they made a slight mistake, it could cause the whole team to wipe out as well. They spent an entire day trying to defeat Chalvos, and the best record they manage was only five minutes as somewhere, somebody, or something would make a mistake, leading to the eventual collapse of the entire party!

This was why she invited Zhang Yang as their tank against Chalvos, and she was greatly impressed by Zhang Yang's tanking ability!

"Forget about it, I should be blamed as I had never mentioned the sequence, he'll figure it out himself the next time!" Snow Seeker said to himself.

99%, 98%, 97%... Although the party was huge, only about 50 players could deal damage at any given moment. Besides, they were constantly knocked down. This greatly reduced the total DPS, with most of the players only able to use use four to five skills before being killed off!

10 groups of damage dealing teams lined up one after another, each team containing 50 members. It was like an assembly line of attackers, whenever the damage dealing team at front line is killed off, another damage dealing team would replace them. The dead members would resurrect at the graveyard, recuperating. The distance between this place and graveyard was quite far, so these 10 groups of member were functioning in an endless cycle, 9 groups of member either dealt damage or were in the midst of running back after resurrecting, with only 1 group of member remaining in the graveyard to recover.

However, in this game, the durability of equipment would decrease by 10% each time a player dies. So, when a player has died ten times, then the durability of equipment would almost be gone and they would need to search for a blacksmith to fix their equipment! When each team having died more than 10 times, it would cause their damage dealing to be reduced even further, unless they have second equipment set!

A minute later, Chalvos' HP reduced by 14%.

'Block!'

Zhang Yang raised his shield to withstand the pillar hurled by Chalvos towards him. Shield Bash immediately activated at the moment of impact.

'-607!'

After applying 5 stacks of Cripple Defense on Chalvos, Zhang Yang's damage dealing skills were maximized!

Chalvos roared loudly, suddenly lifting up his giant foot to stomp on Zhang Yang.

'-2912!'

Zhang Yang instantly received huge damage, at the same time, once again receiving a debuff from Collapse!

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal were interrupted when they cast healing spell half way, they both fell flat on their backs, their skirts slipping up to reveal their pink undergarment as well as their slim, fair legs.

"Hahaha, I had fun playing with you guys!" Chalvos laughed out loud, once again knocked over with pillar!

Even if Zhang Yang evades the direct blow and merely takes damage from Shockwave, with a debuff increasing all damage received by 100%, and with his current remaining HP of 2,868, he could have died even if he drank a bottle of 1000 HP recovering potion!

'Berserker's Heal!'

'5780!'

Zhang Yang instantly recovered to full HP, at the same time rolling aside to evade Chalvos' attack.

'-4224!'

A stupendous damage text carrying a ridiculous number floated above Zhang Yang's head!

'1023!'

'1031!'

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal had finally cast healing spells on Zhang Yang, relieving Zhang Yang's urgent need of HP recovery!

'Block!'

'1025!'

'1037!'

Three seconds later, Zhang Yang's Block cool down timed up, giving the Sacred Knights time to heal him.

'-4224!'

The debuff of Collapse had finally worn off, and Zhang Yang immediately drank a bottle of health recovering potion, recovering his HP to 2,448.

They survived Chalvos' Collapse once again!

They continued fighting and reduced his HP.

85%, 84%, 83%... Chalvos' HP reduced at snail's pace!

After Block's cool down time was amended, tanks were forced back to the ear when they needed to anticipate a boss' actions before deciding to use Block, otherwise, the one second duration of blocking frontal attacks from the enemy would be wasted! However, Zhang Yang started this game earlier in this life, except for him, no other Warriors ever enjoyed one-second duration of blocking frontal attack from the enemy, so it did not matter whether he used to it or not.

Still, how the Block was used would actually reflect the differences between an excellent tank and an ordinary tank. Zhang Yang always used Blockjust right in time without wasting a Block. Therefore, he also saved a lot of room for the healers to cast healing spells and subsequently reduced the possibility of the tank getting knocked down which could lead to the demise of his team!

72%! They had lasted 3 minutes!

Zhang Yang used Block once again to dodge Chalvos' attack. But at this moment, Chalvos lifted up his giant foot again!

'-2112!'

'Collapse!'

Shield Wall, ready! Berserker's Heal, ready!

Lifesteal effect of Lover's Sword activated!

Once again, they got through the third time of Chalvos' Collapse thrillingly!

At the third minute, Berserker's Heal cooled down completely and they got through Chalvos' Collapse once again.

At the fourth minute, Chalvos' HP remained at 44% and the fifth occurrence of Chalvos' Collapse was coming!

Snow Seeker could not help but sigh. At this time, all of Zhang Yang's skills were not ready, how could he possibly survive this?

Despite her slight disappointment, she was still full of admiration towards Zhang Yang. From the beginning till now, except for Zhang Yang's skill sequence was incorrect, he performed perfectly in all aspects, he never wasted his Block and every round he only absorbed the damage from Shockwave which greatly eased the pressure for healers to perform healing!

In comparison, Crimson Rage's main tank, Little Apricot, was not that strong. First of all, her Block cool down time was longer than Zhang Yang, besides, she could not successfully block frontal attacks from Chalvos every single time, nor could she reduce damage by taking the Shockwave instead of the direct hit. Thus, contrary to the seven minute scenario Snow Seeker had calculated, Little Apricot usually dies within two to three minutes.

Hu! Chalvos raised his giant foot and stomped on Zhang Yang once again.

'-2912!'

Boom, stone and mud flung to the air, Fragrant Baby and Little Petal's healing spells were interrupted and both of them fell on their bottoms!

Chalvos waved the pillar in a wide, unstoppable arc towards Zhang Yang!

Health potion! Merlinda's Shadow summoned!

'1000!'

'1000!'

Zhang Yang's HP instantly increased to 4,868!

'-4224!'

'1000!'

'1000!'

'1000!'

Merlinda's Shadow was impervious to all forms of damage and debuffs. She casted three healing spells and recovered Zhang Yang's HP bar to full.

'Block!'

Merlinda's Shadow stayed on for 10 seconds, so they easily got through Chalvos' Collapse!

"Zhan Yu, what skill is this?" Snow Seeker gawked with her eyes wide open. She was not the only one. The rest of the members were shocked at both Merlinda's great healing spells and her plump bosom!

"Hehe, secret! It is a secret!" It was better not to reveal his trump card. Zhang Yang immediately smiled and said.

"Stingy!" Thorny Rose said angrily.

"It doesn't matter if I'm being stingy or generous, it's as long as we can fight against Chalvos!" Zhang Yang replied Thorny Rose.

I don't owe you anything and you are always trying to get on my nerves, if I really got angry someday, I'm going to mark you with a circle and cross!

Thorny Rose could not help but stare down at her chest, the corner of her mouth twitched a little!

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Chapter 135: Loot distribution

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... The fifth minute, Zhang Yang activated Berserker's Heal.

... The sixth minute, the Lover's Sword Lifesteal was activated!

... The seventh minute, once again Berserker's Heal was activated!

3%!

Chalvos had 150,000 HP remaining! After getting through the latest Chalvos' Collapse, the whole team broke out in cheers, with victory in sight!

2%!

1%!

There was a sudden change! Chalvos' body released a red aura, his grayish white colour body turning into bloody red colour.

'Ding! Chalvos is enraged! All damage increases by 200%!'

"F*ck!" Zhang Yang scolded, this Chalvos had such a violent death throe! He was planning to drag Zhang Yang along!

Fortunately... Shield Wall was ready once again!

Shield Wall activated!

'-1728!' A huge damage text floated above Zhang Yang's head.

All around, every member who stood within 30 meters away from Chalvos instantly died as '-9000' damage texts popped up on their heads.

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal responded quickly, activating Sacred Protection simultaneously like synchronized divers. Two semi-transparent, golden hued barriers surrounded them. They were now immune to all sorts of damage and debuffs but their healing effect was now reduced by 50%!

'502!'

'512!'

The next damage dealing team in line immediately moved up, replacing the dead team.

However, the range of Chalvos' Shockwave was 35 meters. They needed to run 5 meters in to strike Chalvos. Hunters with high Dexterity attributes could make it less than a second but Spellcasters needed at least one to two seconds to make it. They also they required a casting time in order to deal any damage, and if they came in at the wrong time, they would be killed before dealing any damage!

After Chalvos performed another cycle of AoE attack, the second group of damage dealing team were all annihilated once again while the first group of damage dealing team had only just resurrected and were recuperating. The group prior to that had just reached the end of the damage dealing queue. Snow Seeker hurriedly commanded the freshly killed team to start heading to the fight immediately. There was no point in recuperating any longer. With Chalvos killing them all with a single hit, there would be no difference between 1 HP and full HP anymore!

During this time, Chalvos still retained 29,000 HP!

Three seconds later, the latest attackers had reduced Chalvos' HP to 20,000 but were also wiped out in the process!

Fragrant Baby and Little Petal died after their Sacred Protection effect ended.

The fight went on, and Chalvos was barely alive, at 9,000 HP

However, there were no attackers around! They had been killed faster than they could return to the fight, with the closest team 15 seconds away.

Snow Seeker anxiously yelled, "All healers come forward and use spells to attack!" Because it was pointless to keep the healers at this moment, it was better than nothing if they could cause even 100 points of damage!

The field instantly became a very gory scene, with Sacred Knights and Priests moving forward one after another. They could only use a Punishment Ray or a Sacred Blast before they died screaming.

Chalvos still had 3000HP remaining.

'Shield Wall ended!'

[Servant: Clear Lotus] was summoned and Zhang Yang activated Substitute.

'Immune!'

'-9000!'

Although Zhang Yang had evaded the pillar itself, the Shockwave still came for him and Clear Lotus was needed to take that damage. As soon as she died, the invincibility quickly ended.

But Zhang Yang had just bought himself another 3 seconds to strike the boss!

'-1575! Horizontal Sweep'

'-845! Normal Attack.'

'-821! Force Strike!'

"Ding! The party you are in has killed Chalvos! Obtained 416,717 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!"

'Bang!'

Chalvos the giant's corpse crashed onto the ground and the battle had come to an end!

Hu! Zhang Yang's heart nearly leaped out from his chest, that was way too close!

"We have killed Chalvos the giant!" Less than ten survivors cheered in excitement.

After a while, everyone had regrouped, the huge lady army fully assembled again.

The atmosphere was truly joyous, with all the girls were dancing and hugging each other, and Zhang Yang was dragged into the crowd, pelted with kisses and assaulted with hugs. His anti-harassment system alarm went off like sirens! At this point, 'God's Miracle' had programmed it with equality in mind, so that both female and male players were protected by the anti-harassment system!

This gang of perverted girls!

Zhang Yang could not help but cry. He has not kissed anyone since his rebirth, and here he was, having his first, second, third and hundredth kiss robbed from him!

However, this event was indeed a good cause for such excitement! It may have only taken seven or eight minutes, but every second was as tense as anything else could ever be. A single careless mistake could have killed off their entire team! The lady army of Crimson Rage really couldn't restrain themselves, having been stomped on by Chalvos the giant for an entire day previously!

Perfumed Water looked at Zhang Yang, smiled and said: "How is it, our sisters are really lively aren't they! Would you like to join us?"

Zhang Yang laughed loudly and said: "Crimson Rage welcomes male players as well?"

"If it is someone else, of course not! But you Zhan Yu, I can make an exception for you and give you a title as the head of eunuchs!" After defeating Chalvos, even Snow Seeker visibly loosened up, joking with Zhang Yang casually.

Faced with these cruel and violent ladies, Zhang Yang hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, let's loot from the giant! I can hardly wait for my loot!"

"Tch!" Thorny Rose pursed her lips and said, "Look at those sneaky eyes of yours, we are women, we always keep our word unlike you guys who cheat on women and always hide your true intentions!"

This woman must have been dumped by men more than hundred times. It was the only way her resentment could be explained! Zhang Yang was slightly annoyed at how she ruined the mood. "Guild master Snow, I do not want anything else, I simply want this woman as my servant!"

Thorny Rose stood up proudly, proclaiming, "You damn liar, can you even afford me?"

Snow Seeker, however said with a deadpan expression, "Zhan Yu could indeed afford you! Did you think about how he sold plenty of [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potions] on previous days? He could have at least earned 10,000,000 to 20,000,000!"

"Sister Snow, how can you help the outsider?!" Thorny Rose shrieked, hugging Snow Seeker, causing her bosom to squish against Snow Seeker's own plump bosom. The scene would have given any other men a nosebleed!

Zhang Yang did not share Fatty Han's dream to have many girlfriends and set up a huge harem. But this did not mean that he could not admire pretty girls throughout his life. Faced with this hot-blooded scene, he definitely could not act like a gentleman, who would politely look away, but instead crossed his hands and stared directly at them.

Thorny Rose had thought of making a fool out of Zhang Yang, but she never thought that Zhang Yang would look at them so blatantly, so she was greatly disappointed and released Snow Seeker, rolling her eyes.

"Sister Snow, loot Chalvos' corpse. We worked so hard to defeat Chalvos, it just has to reward us fairly!" All the girls said together.

"Okay, okay, don't yell at me. I'll go deaf from all of you!"

"Sister Snow, the technology is developed nowadays, hymens could be replaced, your eardrums are no big deal!"

Zhang Yang felt cold sweat streaming down his head, these women were dangerous!

Finally, Snow Seeker looted Chalvos' corpse. Because she used Leader's Distribution Mode, she had to post each of the loots one by one.

[Salamander Battle Armor] (Green-Copper, Armor)

Defense: 10

Strength: 48

Vitality: 24

Dexterity: 8

Level Requirement: 40

"Ah, guild master Zhan Yu, why don't you take this equipment? It's for Level 40s and is definitely the first equipment of it's type in this game!" Snow Seeker smiled and said.

"Pass! Pass!" Zhang Yang hurriedly said.

[Stone Skin Boots] (Green-Copper, Leather Armor)

Defense: 6

Strength: 40

Vitality: 8

Dexterity: 32

Level Requirement: 40

"Guild master Zhan Yu, what do you think of equipment?"

[Chalvos Nose Ring] (Green-Copper, Necklace)

Strength: 10

Dexterity: 10

Level Requirement: 40

"Guild master Zhan Yu, what do you think of equipment?"

Snow Seeker incessantly posted seven to eight pieces of Green-Copper equipment together with their attributes continuously.

"Sister Snow, you are really bad!"

All of the girls were laughing hysterically.

Finally, Snow Seeker entered her businesswoman-like demeanor and posted a few pieces of decent equipment.

[Bloody Chestplate] (Gray-Silver, Armor)

Defense: 20

Strength: 96

Vitality: 48

Dexterity: 16

Unidentified

Level Requirement: 40

[Heavy Stone Shield] (Gray-Silver, Shield)

Defense: 400

Strength: 160

Unidentified

Level Requirement: 40

Only these two pieces of equipment were applicable for Zhang Yang, but due to the new version's update, special effects and sockets would only revealed after being identified by an Item Binder, so he could not know all the attributes of the equipment.

"That's all? Are you serious?! Equipment is not the most important loot from open world boss, but valuable skill books are!" Zhang Yang looked at Snow Seeker.

Snow Seeker could not help but shook her head and said, "Can't you just be dumb for once?!"

Zhang Yang laughed, "If I was dumb even for this instance, then I shall suffer a big loss!"

"There's always something to be won from losing, I'm sure some famous author actually said that before, right?" Snow Seeker smiled and said.

Nevertheless, she did as he said.

[Skill Book: Slice and Dice]

Use: You will grant Slice and Dice.

Class Requirement: Thief

Level Requirement: 30

[Skill Book: Deep Wound]

Use: You will grant Deep Wound

Class Requirement: Warrior and Knight

Level Requirement: 30

[Servant: Mountain Giant] (Copper-Tier Servant)

Use: Summons a Mountain Giant to fight for you and lasts for 5 minutes. You can only summon a servant at the same time. If you summon any other servants then all servants will undergo the same cool down timer. Cool down time: 60 minutes.

Level Requirement: 40

"That's it?" Zhang Yang asked.

Snow Seeker smiled forcedly and said, "There's really nothing else!"

Zhang Yang nodded his head and said, "Then I want the [Skill Book: Deep Wound]!"

"Zhan Yu, you have enough power already, give this [Skill Book: Deep Wound] to our Little Apricot!" Perfumed Water said and pushed Little Apricot to the front. Little Apricot was a pretty girl with sweet lips and slim long legs, "Ah, well. How about Little Apricot giving you a kiss for it!"

"Nope, nope! No kisses. I just want that skill book!" Zhang Yang said hurriedly.

Perfumed Water shook her head and said: "Sigh, you hurt our Little Apricot's heart!"

Snow Seeker saw that Zhang Yang had already made up his mind, and so, she gave the [Skill Book: Deep Wound] to him and kept the rest of the loot into her inventory. How they distributed the loots among themselves was none of Zhang Yang's business.

"Guild master Zhan Yu, happy working with you!" Snow Seeker reached out her tiny hands towards Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang did a handshake with Snow Seeker, smiled and said: "If there are any good tasks like that in future, you are more than welcome to find me! I also hope that Lone Desert Smoke and Crimson Rage could form an offensive and defensive alliance and together become famous in 'God's Miracle'!"

"He he, we also thought of forming an alliance with Lone Desert Smoke!"

"Then, I'll take my leave first!"

"Bye bye!"

Zhang Yang left the team and tore off [Teleportation Scroll] before the eyes of violent and cruel lady army, he was promptly teleported back to White Jade Castle.

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Chapter 136: Hammer Heart Castle

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Zhang Yang returned to White Jade Castle, where he took out [Skill Book: Deep Wound] and laughed heartily. He patted the skill book against his body and gained Deep Wound.

Deep Wound (Passive): After a successful critical attack, inflicts an additional 30% melee damage as bleeding damage. Lasts for 6 seconds.

This was a good passive skill, as long as any attack hits critically, Deep Wound would be activated automatically! Although 30% melee damage did not seem much, this was a free skill book and bleeding damage was unaffected by Defense.

Certainly, anything that ignored defense was kind of pointless for Zhang Yang who already had Eagle Eye. But in a battle arena, other than a tank versus tank scenario, otherwise, he would not have enough time to stack the effects of Cripple Defense, so the effect of bleed would be very practical in this kind of situation.

Zhang Yang did not fight Chalvos for long, but wasted a lot of time on the journey to Bison's Hill itself, so he had actually been away for an hour. Zhang Yang thought about it for a while, and took out [Bow of the Fallen Moon] from his inventory and decided to complete the quest of "Remnant" by sending the Dwarves' celestial item back to Hammer Heart Castle.

Hammer Heart Castle was far away from White Jade Castle and Zhang Yang needed to get through two training map rated to be over level 30. Hammer Heart Castle was located on the Sivar Hills in the Land of the Red Cloud.

Zhang Yang could not take a Gryphon to reach Hammer Heart Castle directly. Instead, he needed to reach Gutan Town in the Land of the Red Cloud before walking to Sivar Hills and finally arriving at Hammer Heart Castle.

After making payment, Zhang Yang sat on Gryphon and he reached Gutan Town after an hour. This journey made him bored and sleepy as besides chatting, players were not allowed to do anything, even if it was making potions, when they were taking the Gryphon.

Zhang Yang came down from Gryphon and summoned [Skeletal War Horse]. Once he mounted it, this impressive war horse immediately reared on its rear hooves and began to rush forward quickly.

Although the training map in the Land of the Red Cloud was kind of far away, Zhang Yang could still see a few players were training in this training map. Once they saw Zhang Yang's impressive mount, they could not help but stare at his war horse in envy.

The monsters in the Land of the Red Cloud ranged from Level 30 to Level 39, but Zhang Yang's level was just 31, so he attracted many Level 35 monsters' aggro and those monsters chased behind him. However, the [Skeletal War Horse] increased 300% player's movement speed, so those monsters were unable to catch up to Zhang Yang. After they chased Zhang Yang a distance, they went back to their spawning point when the aggro went out of range.

After another 40 minutes of galloping, Zhang Yang finally arrived at Hammer Heart Castle which was well-built, unsurprising for the Dwarves.

The castle was huge but it had only three levels, unlike human castles which were designed to be as high as at least ten levels. The castle was not high but covered a wide area which gave a stout, solid feeling. The shape of the castle was similar to a Dwarf's body shape, stocky and thick.

Dwarves' city defense was unlike human castle which was surrounded by moats and natural hazardous terrains, there was no moat or drawbridge surrounding the main entrance of Hammer Heart Castle but generously opened up their two huge iron gates with eight Dwarf Warriors patrolling forth and back. When Zhang Yang looked carefully, it was Level 60 Elites, who could probably kill the best players at the moment with a single blow.

However, this did not mean that defense of Hammer Heart Castle was lacking in any other manner, as they had placed cannons on their castle's wall! These cannons could cause a lot of damage with a single shot.

It was said that Dwarves loved to dig into the ground so they actually found a stone relic from many years ago which gave them many advanced technologies! In addition to that, Dwarves were the outstanding smiths, thus, they created cannons, and ballistae and several other siege engines.

"Stop there, this is the domain of Dwarves and you are not allowed to trespass on our domain!" Zhang Yang's path was blocked by the eight Elite guards at the entrance of Hammer Heart Castle.

Zhang Yang had no intention of provoking the guards, even if they spat on him. No even Zhang Yang would be able to fight against eight Level 60 Elites!

He removed his [Skeletal War Horse] mount earnestly, before walking forward and saying: "I'm the Union's adventurer, I was ordered by Barga - The Mead come to Hammer Heart Castle to send his remnant!"

"What? Lord Barga!"

"Didn't he die in a war twenty years ago?!"

Eight Dwarf guards instantly whispered and discussed with each other.

After a while, one of the Dwarf guards said: "Warrior, Lord Barga already died twenty years ago and you look like you're barely 20, how could Lord Barga entrust a baby to complete his testament?! Hahaha!"

The Dwarves laughed together.

Gaining entry wasn't going to be easy.

Zhang Yang took out the [Bow of the Fallen Moon] from his inventory. He held it with one hand and said: "Barga definitely died long time ago, but his soul was not destroyed. So I met his soul, and he passed me the Dwarves' celestial item and entrusted me to pass it to his son, Sith - The Mead!"

"This... this is 'Bow of the Fallen Moon'?"

"One of the seven sanctified items, 'Bow of the Fallen Moon'?"

"Oh god, I can feel the life force of the Great Sage Smith on this 'Bow of the Fallen Moon'! That's right, this sanctified equipment can only be created by our Dwarves' Great Smith!"

The eight Dwarf guards bowed respectfully as one.

"Young warrior, please forgive our previous impudence! You have brought back our long lost treasure, you are as good as any honoured guest and friend! Please follow me, and I will lead you to meet Lord Markan!"

One of the Dwarf guards bowed to Zhang Yang and that sudden change in demeanour somehow pleased Zhang Yang. They were not all too different from humans after all.

That Dwarven guard led the way at front and brought Zhang Yang into their castle. After walking through a few corridors, he followed the staircases and moved towards third floor.

Along the way, Zhang Yang saw several Dwarven women and children. The Dwarves stared at this human, strange looks on their faces. If Zhang Yang had not been escorted by Dwarf guards, he guessed that these Dwarf NPCs would have attacked him already.

Although the four races formed the Union to fight against the invasion of demons and specters. However, this did not mean that the four races were close to each other like family! In fact, before demons and specters became a disaster, these four races fought against each other for dominance over the land. They had no choice but to form the Union as they were defeated miserably by demons and specters.

Zhang Yang came to third floor, and the Dwarf guard leading Zhang Yang stopped in front of a stone room. That Dwarf guard announced in a low voice in obvious reverence of the occupant, "Lord Markan, there is a human adventurer here. He has brought us the [Bow of the Fallen Moon] and said it was Lord Barge - The Mead's testament!"

Clack!

The door of that stone room opened immediately. A male Dwarf with red hair and red beard walked from that stone room, his long beard, tied up in several braids, reaching his crotch.

[The Great Smith Markan, Leader of the Hammer Heart Castle] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: ???

The HP of a Yellow-Gold Chief NPC was not visible!

"Young warrior, welcome to Hammer Heart Castle. I thank you for your great effort! Please rest, we will hold a banquet for you later and will eagerly be awaiting your tale!" Markan spoke warmly.

Zhang Yang replied hurriedly: "Lord Markan, I was merely entrusted by Barga - The Mead, to send the [Bow of the Fallen Moon] to his son, Sith - The Mead. Please allow me to fulfill my promise towards the deceased!"

Markan revealed a trace of smile on his face and said: "Young warrior, you have a noble heart! Alright, Tumar, lead our noble guest to meet Sith!"

"Yes, Lord Markan!" That Dwarf guard bowed to Markan.

Markan went into the stone room once again. Zhang Yang followed that Dwarf guard and went all the way down to the basement.

Dwarves were inborn with a passion to dig, and dig, and dig, and thus, they constructed more buildings underground than they did above ground! From the outside, this Hammer Heart Castle was only three storeys tall. In fact, it had five levels of basements! They stopped at the forth level.

The three levels above the ground were the living quarters for Dwarves, while the five levels underground was the workplace for Dwarves and many Dwarf smiths were making items with their hammers underground.

That Dwarf guard led Zhang Yang to the front of a young male Dwarf and said: "Sith The Smith, there is a noble guest would like to meet you!"

That young male Dwarf was designing some sort of blueprint. He heard what that Dwarf guard said, he turned around and said: "Eh, who is that?"

[Sith The Smith - The Mead] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 40

HP: 4,000

Zhang Yang strode forward and said: "Mr Sith, my name is Zhan Yu, I'm an adventurer from White Jade Castle! I have explored Misty Valley and I accidentally found your father's soul who entrusted me with his will to send [Bow of the Fallen Moon] which is the Dwarves' holy equipment to you!"

"What? My father's testament!" Sith showed a puzzled facial expression.

After a moment only he said: "Respectful warrior, please follow me, I would like to know everything in detail!"

F*ck, I'm still not allowed to complete the quest directly!

Zhang Yang had no choice but followed Sith and went back to castle's third floor before entering a house. That Dwarf guard went back to his post at the castle's entrance, having completing his task.

Sith poured a glass of wine for Zhang Yang and said: "Respectful warrior, please tell me, how did my father die?"

Dwarves loved wine, wine was their most common beverage, and serving it was the same as how humans served their guests with tea.

Zhang Yang took out [Bow of the Fallen Moon] and put on the table then said: "Your father was turned into a specter by Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar. But with the protection of 'Bow of the Fallen Moon', his soul was not completely controlled by Evil Sorcerer Terpot Ryhar. Thus, he able to pass me [Bow of the Fallen Moon] and entrusted me to send it to you!"

"Thank you..." Sith immediately stood up and bowed to Zhang Yang.

"Ding! You have completed the quest: Remnant. Gained 50,000 Experience points!"

F*ck, I travelled such a long way but gained only 50,000 Experience points? If he had known this earlier, he would not come for this trip! Zhang Yang could not help but regretted.

Sith picked up [Bow of the Fallen Moon] on the table, gently touched the bow with an loving expression, clearly cherishing his father's memory, "My father was a great archer among the Dwarves since he was young. Hence, the King bestowed him 'Bow of the Fallen Moon' and let him use this celestial equipment!"

Eh, there is a subsequent quest?

Zhang Yang was about to tear up a [Teleportation Scroll] but he when heard what Sith said, so he stopped and observed the situation.

"My father..." Just as Sith begun speaking, a single tendril of dark light burst out from the [Bow of the Fallen Moon] and skewered his body!

"Ah!"

Sith suddenly uttered a roar like an earthquake!

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Chapter 137: One against Twenty Four

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There has been a situation!

Sith opened up his arms, the skin exposed from the clothes were like waves of water, trembling up and down continuously! His face was full of agony and his pair of coffee-brown eyeballs were emitting an evil aura that provoked evil thoughts just by the sight of it.

"Sha Sha Sha... I, Terpot Ryhar will be back, for sure!"

Sith spoke out in a low and husky voice before... 'thud', collapsing onto the ground facing up at the sky.

Oh f*ck, an evil spiritual possession had just happened!

Gong...

The door was knocked open, with about 10 dwarf guards charging in. Every one of them were staring at Zhang Yang with their angry eyes, pointing their wielded weapons towards Zhang Yang.

"You sly human bastard, how dare you use trickery to enter our castle with the purpose to ruin our kind?!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

The rage was fiery among the crowd, with everyone gritting their teeth together, seemingly wanting to crush and burn Zhang Yang into ashes.

Zhang Yang quickly raised his both hands up and said, "This was not my doing!" It seemed like he had triggered a new quest.

"Halt!" an impressive and dignified voice came from afar, and every dwarf in the room obediently put away the weapons. They opened out a path in between them, paying their respects to a red hair dwarf with a red beard; The Great Smith Markan.

"A very strong evil force!" Markan stopped by Sith's side, examined him thoroughly and said, "Sith's soul is being engulfed by an evil force as we speak, his body is also turning into one of the undead in a slow manner!"

Hearing such words, the Dwarves were even more enraged, pulling their weapons out again.

"I believe, this young man has a pure and noble soul, he would never be capable of such things!" Markan tried to back Zhang Yang up.

"But Sir Markan, why did something happened to Sith the moment he came? Besides, only two of them were in the room!"

"That's right, it must be him setting Sith up with his poisonous hands!"

"You fiend, release Sith of your witchcraft at once!"

Zhang Yang sighed and said, "The evil sorcerer who corrupted Barga's soul has infused his evil force into the Bow of the Fallen Moon, I think. He was just simply waiting for me to pass the bow to Sith, letting the evil forces infest onto Sith's body, leading to this transformation!"

Markan picked the Bow of the Fallen Moon up from Sith's hand, looked at it for a good while and said, "That's right, for it is real, the relic still contains a sense of evil force in it!"

Zhang Yang spread out both of his hands and said. "Now, that proves me to be innocent, right?" As of just now, he tried to use a teleporting scroll, but the system hinted him that the item was temporary unavailable!

Markan pondered for a moment, then he said, "Even if this was not your intention in the first place, but it was definitely because of the thing you brought, Sith has to suffer this way! So, you must save him, get him back!"

The old fellow was such a sly. What was sent back was one of the relics of the Dwarves, but now he intend to cover it up rashly with the word 'the thing you brought' to omit the credits by bringing up the matter about wounding one of his! So, there would always be old sly people, even among simple Dwarves!

Zhang Yang said, "But I am not a Priest, nor a Sacred Knight, I have nothing to disperse evil spell!"

Markan pondered for a while again, and said, "Deep in the mountains of Sivar Hills, there is a Fountain of Soul. Drinking the water from the fountain can disperse any evil spells! Young warrior, acquire the water from the Fountain of Soul to me, I beg of you, to save Sith!"

'Ding! You accepted a quest: Fountain of Soul! The quest cannot be deleted, before the quest is completed, you will be affected by the effect of the 'Dwarf's Warning'!'

[Dwarf's Warning: You are burdened with a dwarf's life, go save him quickly! In this period of time, you are forbidden to use any teleportation equipment, entering any main cities will result in banishment!

This was just too ruthless!

Zhang Yang opened up his quest list to check on the description of the quest.

[Fountain of Soul] (Quest: S-rank)

Description: Acquire the Fountain of Soul, return back to save Sith The Smith - The Mead!

Completion: Acquired Fountain of Soul 0/1

"The Fountain of Soul is a relic of the Centaur Tribe, a fine rare one. It is not easy to acquire the Fountain of Soul from their hands! Centaurs are cruel and aggressive tribe, young warrior, you must be extra careful on this!" Markan continued to say.

Zhang Yang tried to ask, "Master Markan, to be able to treat and cure Sith as soon as possible, can you spare some men for me to the way to acquire the fountain?"

Marken shook his head, then he spoke, "The relationship between the Centaur and the Dwarves have been tense over the time, and if our men happen to enter their territory, that would only mean war, and things will eventually get of hand!"

Player, to be tossed around; it was fated so!

"Quickly go and return, I will have a priest to slow down the irruption of the evil force into Sith with best effort, but time is of short!" Markan waved his hands, commanding the Dwarves to give way for Zhang Yang to take leave.

Zhang Yang left the Hammer Heart Castle. He summoned his Skeletal War Horse and advanced deep into the mountain forest.

Carrying the effect of the 'Dwarf's Warning' on him while having the limitation to never return to any main cities, he could only choose to complete the mission at hand.

Riding on a horse alone in the mountain forest, with only knowledge on the quest saying that the sacred fountain was deep within the mountains, without any specific coordinates given, he could only explore the mountain forest aimlessly like a headless fly, turning around at every corner within his sight.

After for about an hour, no fountain was sighted; only a large number of monsters were attracted instead. Since he was unoccupied at the moment, Zhang Yang kept his battle horse aside by a mountain wall and cleared out all the monsters on his ass. By doing so, he acquired a large amount of experience points and two additional black-steel equipment pieces.

Looking at the time, it was already 1 in the afternoon. So, Zhang Yang hustled down from the server for lunch.

After a cup of hot tea and a moment of good rest, Zhang Yang reconnected onto the server and continued his search for the sacred fountain.

Another half an hour or more has passed, and Zhang Yang had finally passed through the forest, but what he saw in front of him was a scene of big battle.

Over 20 players or more were besieging a huge grizzly bear, about 7 melee combatants, 5 hunters, 8 mages, and 4 healers in additional. It was obvious that they were in the same guild, wearing the title 'Pride' above their heads.

Although the besieged grizzly bear was a boss, but its HP was almost depleted out, with only 20% remaining at the looks of it.

[Frantic Bear King] (Green-Copper, Beast)

Level: 34

HP: 120,000

Among the people of 'Pride' guild, there was one player who did not engage in the battle. Instead, he had both of his hands behind his back, looking like a superior that gave commands to the crowd.

[Player: Floating Fire Ball] (Pyromancer)

Level: 30

HP: 3,600

Mana: 2,100

For a moment there, Zhang Yang could not help himself but to let a murderous sight escape through his eyes!

To secure his place in the first of the ranking list, this guy actually sent his underlings to murder those players before him! Fatty Han was pushed back a level because of him, furthermore, he also hired that trash 44 Bandits to assassinate Zhang Yang. But regretfully instead, 44 Bandits was brutally f*cked in the ass by Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang had long wanted to give him the dose of his own medicine, but since Floating Fire Ball was extremely afraid of dying, he would bring a large number of players along with him every time he went out for training, and the locations he went would also stay confidential. Zhang Yang did put all his focus on the dungeons and making money in his first phase in the game, with no time at all to free up his hands for taking him on.

Now this coincidence was just convenient!

Riding strategically on his horse, Zhang Yang charged towards Floating Fire Ball under high speed.

Thud thud thud, the Skeletal War Horse had an unusual speed when it came to running, so when Floating Fire Ball heard the sound and turned over to see, Zhang Yang was just less than 10 meters away from him!

Charge!

Zhang Yang instantly dispatched himself off the horse, rushed over like a lightning bolt.

Floating Fire Ball was struck into a state of unconsciousness.

With the summoning of his servant [Clear Lotus, Zhang Yang struck out his sword, slashing it at Floating Fire Ball, at the same instant, triggering his Blood Rage, causing his rage point to rush up to 67 points in just an instant!

'778!' Regular attack.

'1,680!' Destructive Smash.

'812!' Force Strike.

At the same time, [Clear Lotus] also dealt a series of damages on Floating Fire Ball from behind with her continuous strike from her dagger.

'-273!', '-66!', '-430!'

"Argh!" Those instant explosive high valued damages on Floating Fire Ball gave him no time to react at all, instantly got him killed in the state of his unconsciousness!

Crying out in misery, he dropped a piece of silver shiny equipment and turned into a soul ready to report himself to the graveyard.

Zhang Yang had quick eyes and agile hands, reaching out his hands for a scoop and obtained the equipment into his hand. But it was just a Level 20 Gray-Silver set's Mage Chestplate!

At this moment, only the other members of the 'Pride' guild managed to react to the situation. Other than a tank keeping the boss occupied and another mage healing the tank, all other members were aiming their assaults toward Zhang Yang.

Floating Fire Ball was furiously barking in the team channel as well, "F*ck this sh*t, kill him for me! Kill him! It wasn't easy for me to reach Level 30 with 89% experience point, now I'm being pushed back by this f*cker all the way back to 0% experience points! He also wasted my equipment set clothes that I bought for 3,000 gold!"

With a cold grin on his face and a stomp onto the ground, he activated his skill Thunder Strike, instantly slowing 6 of the charging melee combatants. With a wave in the [Lover's Sword] in his hand, he performed a Horizontal Sweep, instantly dealing 6 '1,500' high damages, hitting off at least half of the HP bar of six players respectively!

The servant [Clear Lotus, on the other hand, used Shadow Walk to appear at the back of the priest who was healing the tank from aside, and started her ferocious attack onto the healer.

Pak! Pak! Pak!

A ranged mage and a hunter attacked heavily over, inconsistent numerical symbols such as '-600', '-200' that instantly floated up on the body of Zhang Yang. The high damage value was coming from the attack of the mage, and because hunter's attacks were physical, and they were reduced by the protective armor, therefore giving lesser damage values.

So, that concluded that mages were the worst enemies of the roughened skin and thickened flesh, the Guardians!

8 mages launched a volley assault together with another 5 Hunters that caused about 5,500 of damage, which nearly emptied out Zhang Yang's HP bar within seconds!

Shield Wall! Merlinda's Shadow!

Zhang Yang was so light on his feet, he had already rushed into the long-ranged camp of the 'Pride' guild, instantly beginning his epic slaughtering!

With the Shield Wall in effect, the amount of HP Zhang Yang was losing mattered so little that he ignored it, and under the healing of Shadow of Merlinda, his health bar recovered back to full swiftly!

On the other hand, the servant [Clear Lotus] had already handled the priest!

One should know, the servant [Clear Lotus] was Silver-grade, her attack was on par with a Level 36 player wearing Level 30 Green-Copper equipment set. Meanwhile, the priest was only Level 29 wearing a full Level 20 Green-Copper equipment set, with a HP bar that did not exceed 2,400. So, how could he take all the ravages from [Clear Lotus]? He could only hold up for 8 to 9 seconds, and it would be the end for him after.

Once the priest died, the tank could not hold up longer than a few more seconds! The boss instantly switched his aggro onto the mages of the 'Pride', with a loud roar of "Aow!"

Unexpectedly, the boss knew how to charge! With a strike on a mage, a wave of its paw, the boss swung and created a series of blur, and it was a range attributed attack! Immediately, the HP bars of the mage and a hunter around him were knocked off by approximately 1,500 points.

The members of the 'Pride' were miserably screaming, for they did not know for a moment whether to get rid of the boss with little HP left or to attack Zhang Yang who had just restored his HP bar back to full.

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Chapter 138: Escort Mission

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Destructive Smash cool down was complete. Zhang Yang immediately used Destructive Smash, followed by a Force Strike on one of the mages, dealing two damages of '-1,680', '-821' respectively, sending the players to the afterlife in seconds!

[Clear Lotus] drifted back, under the command of Zhang Yang, and then she wildly unleashed her assaults onto the members of the 'Pride' inside out!

"Take out Zhan Yu first!"

The members of 'Pride' had finally come back to their senses and reacted. After all, the boss was just an NPC controlled by a computer (artificial intelligence), with limited IQ. As long as the tank returned, the problem could be solved easily! But it was different when it came to players, as players would exploit the softest spot before stabbing in!

Zhang Yang laughed loudly, and he said, "You guys are taking neither of us out!"

Thunder Strike, slow down movement speed!

Horizontal Sweep!

'-1,578!'

'-1,627!'

'- 3,360!'

'-1,611!'

A dozen of horrifying damage values fluttered on each of the players, with two of them as critical hits! Even before the effect of Deep Wound could trigger, the two members were instantly smashed into waste products!

The melee combatants of the 'Pride' had Zhang Yang rounded up, while the remaining 18 players that were still alive unleashed their attacks at him one after another. With their skills disorderly spammed, it would be unbelievable that so many players could not do the justice in killing one player!

Substitute skill activated!

Zhang Yang immediately escaped the controlled situation, descending into the state of 5-second invincibility. The [Lover's Sword] emitted a cold flashing aura. It was like a grim reaper frantically harvesting the lives of the players!

While on the other side, the Berserk Bear King did not go soft on them at all, waving its wrathful claws, landing it onto 3 different targets at the same time, dealing a basic damage of 1,500, give or take. When it came to a non-tanking class without any skills that decreased or avoided damages while not being, all it took for the boss to kill off the players were 2 aggressive attacks!

The 5-second invincibility ended, but the number of the 'Pride' members had been drastically decreased to only 11 people, with their magic-type players all gone, leaving 7 melee combatants and 4 Hunters behind!

"Sun of the beach, this b*tch's damage output is terrifying!"

"Heal? Someone please support me with some HP recovery!"

"There's no way we could fight anymore, one Zhang Yu is already hard enough, and there is a boss creating disturbance at aside!"

The members of the 'Pride' were screaming their miserable lungs out.

'Pride' guild was not a large guild in the gaming world, and there was not much master-level players around, with Floating Fire Ball more concerned with training instead of clearing dungeons. Because for him, equipment could be bought with money, but him being rich did not mean that his underlings would be rich too. Most of the members only had Level-20 Green-Copper grade equipment, while only a small number of them had a few pieces of Level-30 Green-Copper equipment.

As for the Gray-Silver equipment pieces? Sorry, there was no way for an ordinary level guild to roll against Marzerway in Hardcore Mode!

According to the setting of 'God's Miracle', in Normal Mode, players around Level 10 could perform a raid, and those at least Level 20 were be eligible to challenge Hard Mode, and lastly, the Hardcore Mode required players to be Level 30 or higher!

Players around Level 30 wearing Level 20 Green-Copper equipment with about 2,500 HP without equipping a shield were totally incomparable to Zhang Yang or the boss, no matter what!

Just like a whirlwind sweeping away some scattered clouds, Zhang Yang and the boss joined together to dispose of the remaining 11 players of the 'Pride', like tearing away some withered stumps.

However, the moment all members of the 'Pride' were taken care of, the boss navigated its aggro onto Zhang Yang.

"Ouw!" Berserk Bear King let out a furious roar, waving its huge paw, slamming towards Zhang Yang.

Block!

With a lift of his shield, Zhang Yang sheltered himself from the attack. But the impact was so strong that it pushed him 3 to 4 steps backward before he could regain his stance!

The presence of the knock back effect only meant that the strength that the Berserk Bear King had was so much stronger than Zhang Yang's!

'-274!' Deflected damage.

With a grin on his face, Zhang Yang said, "You stupid ungrateful piece of bear! I took care of those people for you, and you are trying to kill me instead of thanking me! Sigh, being a nice person is really a mistake, after all I have done, I only get a bite in return, no wonder there are lesser nice people around in this year!"

'-1,154!' Shield Bash, critical!

Instantly, the body of the Berserk Bear King was added with a negative effect, Bleeding, causing a damage value of '-79' to pop out once in every 2 seconds.

The battle must be ended quickly as his powerful skills drained him of his stamina quite enough. If the members of the 'Pride' happened to revive themselves at the moment, even he could not bear it!

After all, their equipment pieces were only 1 level different from each another. If he has his skills at ready, Zhang Yang could roll with it again. But once Shield Wall and Substitute were on cool down time, even Zhang Yang cannot underestimate a party with 20 members in it!

Berserk Bear King has only 20,000 HP left in the bar. Under the joint attacks of Zhang Yang and [Clear Lotus, the boss could only last for 20 seconds more. With the Lifesteal effect also in play with the Lover's Sword, Zhang Yang eventually took out the boss!

After picking up the loots from the boss and the equipment dropped from the members of the 'Pride' in a quick manner, Zhang Yang summoned his war horse and left the spot, leaving the 'Pride' people to their sulking.

About 7 or 8 minutes later, curses coming from the 'Pride' people started to appear in the regional channels. Zhang Yang smiled at it; only incompetent people would rely on cursing to make a scene for themselves.

Passing through the mountain forest, Zhang Yang continued for his search on the location of the sacred fountain. In fact, he was keener to locate a Centaur. According to Markan, the Fountain of the Souls are a sacred relic of the Centaur, so there should be Centaurian guards around the fountain guarding it.

'Pikplak!'

One of the bushes suddenly split in half, and from between the separated bushes came a weird looking creature rushing through... the lower body of a horse, and the upper body of a human! With 4 legs it could really run fast, just like a gust of wind blowing by, with a long bow in his hand.

A Centaur!

"Rawgh!" Right behind the Centaur was a sabretooth leaping out from the same way. Its size was bigger than a huge bear, tall and sturdy, with long and sharp teeth, gleaming with cold white light!

Having Zhang Yang in sight, the Centaur instantly ran towards him, at the same time, he shouted, "Help! Help! Please help!"

[Bangar Kukulo] (Normal, humanoid creature)

Level: 35

HP: 1,235/3,500

Note: "Coward" Bangar Kukulo, Kukulo of the Centaur tribe.

Instantly, Zhang Yang made an immediate judgment, went straight at the sabretooth and landed a slash onto it.

2 seconds later, the sabretooth regained conscious, switching its target to Zhang Yang and threw over a bite.

At first, Zhang Yang wanted to cast a Provoke, but seeing that Bangar Kukulo did not cause any damage to the sabretooth, it became easier to pull agro in.

No wonder Bangar Kukulo had a nickname of 'The Coward', assuming that he would run the moment he saw the sabretooth, the long bow in his hand might only be a decoration!

Although the sabretooth was indeed tall and sturdy, but it was just a normal Level 33 monster. With just a few tricks in his sleeves, Zhang Yang took it down for good, leaving only a few strings of tiger hair behind.

"Hero! Hero! Gratitude for saving Bangar Kukulo!" The coward Centaur put away the long bow into the backpack on his horseback. He made a move swiping away his sweat and said, "Bangar Kukulo will repay you!"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "In my travels I would draw out my sword whenever I would see any injustice being done!" As the words came out right from his mouth, he felt a shiver on his back for a moment.

"Hero, a person like you definitely would not want the dead body of this tiger! Then make it as a gift to Bangar Kukulo!" after talking to himself, Bangar Kukulo immediately pulled the dead sabretooth and hung it around his horseback! It was unforeseen that even though his courage was so puny, but his strength was definitely strong as hell, not to mention his face was so thick to the point where no words could describe it!

Zhang Yang continued to ask, "So how did you ended up in such a tragic situation?"

"Sigh!" Bangar Kukulo said, "Today is my coming-of-age ceremony, only by hunting down a sabretooth all by myself would I become one of the real member of the Kukulo family! But this beastly sabretooth was too powerful that Bangar Kukulo could not defeat it!"

Could not defeat? Or perhaps it was him who was so terrified to the point that he just could not do anything, being chased over by the sabretooth a few blocks through maybe?

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "Yes, this sabretooth is indeed very hard to hard to be dealt with!"

Bangar Kukulo was instantly very pleased in hearing that, seeing Zhang Yang as his friend, and he said, "Hero, Bangar Kukulo has another favor to ask of you! Please escort Bangar Kukulo back to sacred land! Bangar Kukulo will definitely pay you handsomely once we are at the destination!"

"Ding! Bangar Kukulo has a quest for you: Escort Bangar Kukulo. Will you accept it?"

Of course Zhang Yang naturally accepted it, having not to worry about finding the place where the Centaur lives anymore!

[Escort Bangar Kukulo] (Difficulty: C-rank)

Description: Escort Bangar Kukulo back to the Centaur camp. If Bangar Kukulo dies, the mission will fail.

Completion: Escort in progress

"Thank you so much, hero!" Bangar Kukulo filled his face with a smile, immediately leading Zhang Yang by walking towards a direction.

On their way, it was unavoidable to be attacked by sabretooths, thunderstorm wolves, chimeras and other beast-type monsters. Anyhow, Bangar Kukulo would escape as far as he could go whenever a battle began, and he would only return after Zhang Yang has taken care of the monsters. Then he would show that face of his that says "I was not refusing to aid you in battle, I was on the look-out for you." Meanwhile, he would pick up the corpses and hung them on his horseback, until the point that he no longer could move his ass, and then dropping the monsters' corpses with a bitter heart.

After heading straight for more than half an hour, they finally reached the Centaur camp. It was a very well hidden in a far-off valley. If it was not for Bangar Kukulo's guide, Zhang Yang might not even find the place even after searching for 3 days.

The entrance of the valley was surrounded with high wooden fence, each of the top sharpened, to prevent anything from invading over the wall. In the middle of the fence was an open wooden door, a Centaur guard armed with bow and arrows was standing guard of it.

The sight of that Centaur was extremely great, he could see Zhang Yang and Bangar Kukulo from afar. Immediately raising their awareness with arrow loaded onto the bow, they made a defensive stance.

"Matta Kukulo, do not shoot, it's me!" Bangar Kukulo was timid, worrying that the opposite side would shoot the arrow over to him, he shouted at once. It reminded Zhang Yang of the phrase, "Tai Jun, don't shoot, it's me"1.

"Bangar Kukulo, why did you bring a human into our camp?" the guard did not lower his guard down at all.

"He is an important guest which Bangar Kukulo invited to join the coming-of-age ceremony!" Bangar Kukulo was smart, giving Zhang Yang a title of 'guest'.

Zhang Yang could not help to have his mouth twitching about. Previously with the dwarves, he was also a guest, but in a blink of an eye he almost got turned into a prisoner! Hopefully this time around, the situation would not be the same!

The guard hesitated for a moment before putting away his bow and arrow, so he asked, "When did you know such a human?"

Maybe Zhang Yang was there backing him up, so Bangar Kukulo became bold and strong, with a head full of pride, he said, "Do I need to tell you?"

Under the guide of Bangar Kukulo, Zhang Yang had finally entered the Centaur camp.

1A line from a Chinese movie.

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Chapter 139: Polishing Reputation

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The valley was large, with rows of houses made of wood planks neatly arranged. From time to time there would be two or three Centaurs passing by, and they would all have this strange expression in their eyes, as if they just saw some kind of a monster.

Perhaps, just like how humans feel strange looking at these four-legged strange creatures, they also felt that two-legged humans are some sort of a monster!

Following Bangar Kukulo back to his staying place, the mission was prompted as completed, and Zhang Yang was rewarded with 50,000 experience points.

'Ding! You have activated the Reputation of the Centaur, current reputation: Unfriendly!'

Zhang Yang brought up the reputation list and took a look. Sure enough, he saw there was a new additional entry for the Centaur, currently labeled as Unfriendly 0/3,000. Continuing to walk outside, the initial names of the Centaurs shown in red have all turned into pale-red in color.

In 'God's Miracle', monsters with their names shown in red meant that they were aggressive, as soon as you entered their aggro range, you will be attacked. So the reputation system was basically the correspondent to the aggro.

Monsters with their names shown in pale-red meant that their corresponding reputation would be at Unfriendly. These monsters would not initiate their attacks on the players. However, if the players were battling these monsters, it would attract any nearby monsters of the same type, if there was any, to gang up on the players. It was just like people having a street fight in the street, if a person saw a relative or friend in some sort of trouble, they would definitely put their fists out to help.

Monsters with their name shown in yellow meant that their corresponding reputation will be Neutral. Neutral monsters also would not initiate their attacks on players. In fact, if players attacked these type of monsters, it would not attract aggro even though there were the same type of the monsters passing by around the place. It will be just like looking at one of their fellow villagers fighting, just enjoying the show from the side.

Monsters with their names shown in green meant that their corresponding reputation would be Friendly, Respect, Admire and Worship. Unless a player switched on the indifferent attack option, they would not be able to attack green-named monsters. However, green-named monsters were usually an NPC of a main city. Once players attack their kind, it was highly possible that the players would suffer the banishment from the main cities, which would only mean loss and detrimental to one self.

Not long after Bangar Kukulo returned to the camp, he vanished. As an NPC that guided players to activate the reputation of the Centaur, his mission was to continuously be pursued by monsters and turn to players for help, bringing players back to activate the Reputation of the Centaur.

Zhang Yang gave himself a thought that since there was a Reputation of Centaur, then there surely must be a reputation shop around selling some different levels of reputation-corresponding goods.

He took a look around the valley and found the reputation shop not long after.

[Tulong Kukulo, The Reputation Shopkeeper] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 120,000

"Hey, human, want to buy something nice? All we Centaurs have are only natural authentic goods, never a fake one around!" Tulong Kukulo was indeed a professional businessman career, and regardless of his cold corresponding reputation, he started selling immediately. As he was talking, he opened his sale catalog to Zhang Yang.

The first glance into the list was the Fountain of Soul! It was selling at the price of 1,000 gold per bottle!

So, the Fountain of Soul required in the quest can be bought from NPC! And, without any doubt, this is certainly the only way to get the Fountain of Soul!

The slight overprice of the item could be overlooked, but if this was a reputation shop, that meant the natural authentic goods that Tulong Kukulo sells had a reputation requirement to be fulfilled, And the reputation requirement for the Fountain of Soul was: Worship!

The Fountain of Soul would bind with the players that picked it up. Therefore, do not expect to let players that have fulfilled the reputation requirement to purchase the item on behalf of those who have not!

In fact, any items with reputation requirement would bind with the players.

However, the reputation requirement did not go without any benefits. Other than the Fountain of Soul, Tulong Kukulo had other nice goods including skill books, professional recipe blueprint, and small pets and so on!

There were a total of 6 skill books, corresponding to the six major occupations respectively, with the same reputation requirement of worship! The Warrior skill book was the Blast Wave, a skill that Zhang Yang saw before in previous game. The effect was to send a shock wave to the front, causing damage to all enemies within the range, stunning all targets for 4 seconds.

The recipe and blueprint for the forgery and alchemy were the Recipe: Centaur Battle Axe and the Recipe: Beginner Power Potion respectively.

Zhang Yang had no idea on what attribute was the Centaur Battle Axe, but he was very clear on the effect of the Beginner Power Potion: Increases the damage output by 20% for 15 seconds.

This potion was not bad at all, giving miraculous effects for situations that required focus and swift attacks.

During PK, players might get to make a total comeback with just a bottle of power potion! The disadvantage was that all the potions shared the same cool down, and consuming the power potion would prohibit players to consume other potions. So, whether it was life insurance or charging hard, it was necessary to consider for one over the two choices.

Zhang Yang had no love for small pets. Moreover, he could not sell it for money either because of the pick-up binding feature. So, he skipped straight through it.

Other than that, there was also a special whetstone -- Powerful Whetstone. Once applied on the weapon, it will grant 1% critical rate bonus.

Among the rest, skill books required Worship reputation tier, crafting recipes required Admire reputation tier, Pets and whetstones required only Respect reputation tier.

Why was this quest S-rank then? In 'God's Miracle', if the level of the monster was higher than the player which led to the label of the difficulty of the quest to become higher , it will only change between the ranks of B, C, and D. Rank-A mission meant that there must be a boss to kill, but killing the boss will not be too challenging. However, if it was an S-rank mission, there definitely will be a main boss, such as Shurian of the Cave of Bones, and Terpot Ryhar of the Underground Tower!

S-rank missions signify burden, but also stand for a very handsome reward!

Needless to say, it would be necessary to battle some kind of a big boss is in the process of elevating reputation!

"What say you? Tempted or not?" Tulong Kukulo grinned with a sinister smile of a businessman. "Such a shame you are a stranger, as our clan have rules, never to sell our precious goods to strangers that is! But, you can run some errands for us, errands that are not convenient for our hands to handle. Then we shall trust you, and gradually treat you as our good amigo (friend)!"

After finished talking, a yellow exclamation mark suddenly appeared right above Tulong Kukulo's head.

Here came the quest!

Zhang Yang immediately said, "Alright, Tulong Kukulo, I am willing to serve the great clan of the Centaur!"

That flatter had landed so solidly onto the ass of Tulong Kukulo, making the prestigious businessman melt in smiles, so he said, "Alright! We shall look upon your sincerity then. Prove it if you can, then I shall consider offering you more quests! Winter is upon us, we need food reserved for the winter. Go hunt us something upon your return!"

"Ding! Tulong Kukulo has a quest for you: Food for the Winter. Will you accept it?"

Upon accepting the quest, the exclamation mark right above Tulong Kukulo has disappeared, meaning that there were no other quest announcements.

"Ding! You have acquired a [Butcher Knife]!"

Zhang Yang summoned his Skeletal War Horse and left the Centaur camp, at the same time, he was checking on the quest list.

[Food for the Winter] (Difficulty: Rank-C)

Description: We want meat! Tulong Kukulo of the Centaur clan requests you to collect as many meat as possible to get them covered for the soon-to-be winter! You can hunt for monsters around Sivar Hills and carve their meat down with the [Butcher Knife].

Completion: Collected meats 0/100

Quest reward: 50,000 experience point, 250 Centaur reputation points.

[Butcher Knife] (Quest item)

Use: Cut the meat from the monsters/beasts.

Zhang Yang rode on his horse and pulled a few dozen of beast-type monsters such as sabretooths, drizzly bears, and violent wolves to him in one shot, then he got down and started his killing-spree. These normal rank monsters only have a basic damage of 600 more or so, hitting on Zhang Yang would only cause about 250 damage.

With just moving around and Block, triggering a Berserker's Heal or the special effect of [Lover's Sword] with no big deal, Zhang Yang slaughtered all the monsters with his slightest effort, and used the [Butcher Knife] to cut the meat down.

One beast gave about 2 to 4 pieces of meat, as for its specific numbers, it was totally random. For one turn of cutting the meat, Zhang Yang had an addition of 44 pieces of meat. With 2 more pulls and clearing monsters out, the number of the meat was summed up to 127 pieces.

But the set of meat could pile up to 200 pieces, and Zhang Yang was too lazy to discharge the excessive meat out, so he ran straight to Tulong Kukulo to deliver his quest.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Food for the winter, received 50000 experience points, Centaur reputation 250!'

Looking at Tulong Kukulo again, another exclamation mark in blue appeared above his head... a repetitive quest.

It was still the same, killing wild beasts to cut some meat, collect 100 pieces of meat to deliver the quest. On the basic practice of the game, these repetitive missions would only be unavailable when it reached a 'qualitative change', for example, when a player has leveled up, or the reputation has elevated to another level.

It required 3,000 reputation points to elevate from cold to neutral. Each mission rewarded 250 points, meaning a total of 12 times completion, which also meant collecting 1,200 pieces of meat. Just a walk in the park! Let's depart now!

Zhang Yang summoned his [Skeletal War Horse] and began his hunting operation. This time, he intended to fully score 1,100 pieces of meat before delivering back to Tulong Kukulo for the quest rewards, elevating the reputation level to neutral in one shot.

With Zhang Yang's current equipment, skills and strength, he could only take on as much as 30 or 40 monsters of his similar level. However, the beasts in the area were too spread out, making it possible to pull only about 10 monsters at a time, as the previous monsters that were pulled would leave their pursuit in combat due to target being too far away.

It required about 2 minutes for the whole process which included pulling monsters, gathering and killing the monsters in a spot, and cutting the meat. Most of the time would be wasted on searching for monsters, not to mention that cutting the meat was also a time-consuming process. However, killing the monsters consumed the least of time.

About an hour later, Zhang Yang had collected 1,100 pieces of meat and he headed back to Tulong Kukulo to deliver his quest.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Food for the winter, received 50,000 experience points, Centaur reputation 250!'

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Food for the winter, received 50,000 experience points, Centaur reputation 250!'

'Ding! You have completed the...'

After delivering the quest for 11 times, Zhang Yang received a glow of green light across his body, which meant that his reputation had been elevated by a level.

"Human, I can feel your worship heart towards us Centaurs. As a token of encouragement, I shall grant you a new quest!" Tulong Kukulo smiled with much satisfaction and he said, "Our food for the Winter is very much enough now, but we could need a large amount of pelts to fight the cold! Human, hunt the White Spot Antelope, cut their skin down for me! The more, the better!"

"Ding! Tulong Kukulo has given you a quest: Clothes for the Winter. Will you accept it?"

Was it possible to decline?

[Clothes for the Winter] (Difficulty: Rank-C)

Description: It's cold as hell! Hurry up and bring some exquisite fine woolen blanket made of antelope skin! Tulong Kukulo requested you to collect the skin of White Spot Antelope. Help the Centaurs solve their Winter problem. The Sivar Hills are full of White Spot Antelopes.

Completion: Collect skin of the White Spot Antelope 0/20

Reward: 5,000 experience points, 250 reputation points.

This was also a repeatable quest, just like the previous one.

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Chapter 140: Hunting Sheeps

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The White Spot Antelope was a social kind of animal, finding one would mean that you will find the whole herd. However, the number in each herd was only roughly 10 ;shorter time required to kill them all, but what upset Zhang Yang was that the antelope skins did not drop every time!

With only 3 antelope skins harvested from 17 White Spot Antelopes, the drop rate was considerably very low!

No other way, just keep searching!

White Spot Antelopes were all over the various location of Shiva Hills. To kill one or two herds, it was still easy. But to collect enough to support the criteria of elevating from neutral to friendly required 240 antelope skins. It was insanely difficult! Fortunately, Zhang Yang had [Skeletal War Horse] that increased his movement speed to extremely fast, enabling him to run the hills and the forest.

Even so, he could only collect 53 antelope skins by 6.p.m. And it was time for him to leave the game for his dinner.

After dinner, Zhang Yang went online again, continuing his quest to bring trouble to the doorsteps of the antelopes! In a while, came Han Ying Xue's sweet-moving voice through the voice communication device.

"Silly Yu, it's time to go down to the dungeons!"

Zhang Yang could not help himself but to give a gentle tap on his forehead, for him trying so hard polishing his reputation to the point that he forgot about his business in the dungeons tonight!

"I am engaged in a quest right now, you guys go ahead and find any tank you like!"

Han Ying Xue would not give in, and she said, "This cousin does not want to give her healing to anyone else! I only want to give it to you!"

Zhang Yang was full of black lines after listening to it. Big cousin, the tease was just so lavish! He smiled and said, "Oh why, you could not resist to be my second wife?"

"What the..." Han Ying Xue instantly broke out, "Become your second? Your pubic hairs are not even fully grown! Hmph, if I could be the first wife, then I shall only consider about it!"

"Fine, next time, we shall find a time and get married! That time, you'll belong to the Zhang household! Or, you can come over to warm the bed for your husband tonight?" One must be bolder and more direct than Sister Yu who loved to tease in order to scare her off!

Han Ying Xue went silent for a while and she said, "Silly Yu, so you have earned much wisdom and you even dare to take liberties with me!"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "By the way, I am polishing up my Centaur reputation. The reputation shop over here has some really good stuffs, you guys can come over and check it out. If you feel there is a need, come and polish yours with me!"

"Oh, let me ask Yan Er and the gang then! Silly Yu, let me tell you a secret of mine. When I sleep, I don't wear any clothes!"

Pak! Han Ying Xue disconnected the voice communication device.

You w... wit... witch!

Zhang Yang could not help himself into his own imagination, imagining Han Ying Xue lying on the bed with totally nothing on her, waking up in the early morning, with her upper body slightly lifted, the thin blanket sliding and getting stuck by her two prideful peaks, half-revealing pairs of plumpy boobs, some words were better left unsaid...

That was totally irresistible!

How could my will be so weak?

Zhang Yang ferociously slaughtered the herd of antelopes while sighing, admitting that the bewitched Han Ying Xue was indeed profound in her ways.

Hack and slash, slash and hack, all the way to 11.p.m. Where Zhang Yang went offline to sleep. He could only collect 97 pieces of the antelope skins, and it was still a long way before getting 240 pieces of the skins. However, his experience bar on Level 31 had advanced straight up to 87%, leaving him so much closer to Level 32.

He could have leveled up if it weren't for the scattered spawning of the monsters, totally unlike the concentrated spawning of the monsters in the Misty Valley.

Next day in the morning, Zhang Yang finished up his training and had his breakfast before logging into the game.

It was still the endless slaughtering of the antelopes. Unlike the 1,200 pieces of meat that he easily collected, this collection of antelope skins was on a totally different level of difficulty. Looking at the bright side, the experience points were not that bad or slow either, he could treat it as a training.

In the end, he spent his whole day in the Sivar Hills before he went offline to sleep. All he ever did was to increase the collection of the skins up to the amount of 207. As for his level, he already reached Level 32 around 1.p.m. in the afternoon; he was about to catch up with Hundred Shots.

Earlier on, Zhang Yang spent a total of 12 days to craft potions. That was why he got stuck on Level 30, letting the rest of his 5 gang members surpass him.

Fatty Han was at Level 35, being at highest level among them because he spent the least amount of time in his profession quests. Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er could currently team up to kill monsters for leveling up purposes. Although their time spent in leveling up was not as much as Fatty Han did, they had also reached Level 34. Meanwhile, Sun Xin Yu did not fall behind even though she was not online much, because she had 50% additional experience points to boost her up. She was currently Level 34 as well.

On the contrary, Hundred Shots was currently only Level 33 because he had put too much time into his class quests.

It was 11.a.m into the third day, Zhang Yang had finally collected exactly 240 pieces of antelope skins, with a burst of grievance, he returned to Tulong Kukulo to deliver the quest request.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Clothes for the winter, received 40,000 experience points, Centaur reputation 250!'

'Ding! You have completed...'

After the 12th time of his delivery, Zhang Yang received a glow of green light flashing across his body, representing that his Centaur reputation had been elevated to 'Friendly'.

However, to elevate from friendly to a higher level required a substantial amount of reputation points! From Friendly to Respect required 6,000 reputation points, from Respect to Admire required 12,000 reputation points, and lastly, from Admire to Worship required 21,000 reputation points!

Zhang Yang had faintly felt a pain in his eggs, no, felt his eggs being crushed!

Tulong Kukulo stared at Zhang Yang and smiled, "Human, you have done us a great deal of favors, even our chief has heard about your brilliant achievements! You see, she even commanded me to invite you to her tent! My admiration is all on you, human, master chief is the best beauty there is among the Centaurs, she is indeed a dreamy lover to all our Centaur men!"

Zhang Yang looked at Tulong Kukulo's head and there were no sign of any exclamation mark other than his title.

Obviously, Tulong Kukulo would not publish any quest at the moment. To proceed with the elevation of reputation, one must meet with the chief of the Centaur.

Zhang Yang asked Tulong Kukulo for the location of the chief, and he went to the largest wooden house in the middle of the tribe.

"Halt, human!" two female Centaur guards were guarding the wooden door of the house. Armed with their long spears and their heads looking down to him, it was extremely intimidating.

So, Zhang Yang informed, "I am here under the invitation of the chief herself!"

Chiang!

The two Centaur guards pulled their spears aside and said, "Go in ahead, the chief has been expecting you!"

Zhang Yang took a big step into the wooden house, he could only see a female Centaur wandering around the house. Noticing his footsteps entering the house, she instantly turned herself over and looked at Zhang Yang.

What a huge Centaur! Centaurs such as the kind of Tulong Kukulo was considered as tall and big, but to compare this Centaur with the others, others would become inferior in an instant, just like comparing the size of a baby elephant with a mother elephant!

[Maya Kukulo, Kukulo Centaur Tribe Chief] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: ???

With a firm fist of his right hand placed on his chest, Zhang Yang greeted with a respectful gesture of an adventurer, and he said, "Master chief, thank you for your hospitality, it is my great pleasure!" While talking to her, Zhang Yang also felt a sour sting in his heart.

Maya Kukulo seem pleased with Zhang Yang's performance, she nodded her head and said, "Human, you have made a series of contributions to our tribe in recent days, I have knowledge of it! Very well, you have proved your sincerity to, but, to be a friend to the Centaurs, sincerity is not enough. You must have enough strength in you! If you have thoughts to befriend us, go and have word with Andark Kukulo!"

Yet another 'kick you out of the house' scene has presented itself!

It was just like some office, A told you to find B, and then B told you to find C, and C would say it was none of his business and ask to look for D, and D would inform that you would need a stamp from A before you could proceed.

Andark Kukulo was located just above a platform set up with woods, with a shiny yellow exclamation mark above his head.

This was just like a chain pulling another chain, if the reputation had not reached friendly, Tulong Kukulo would not have allowed players to meet with the chief, which the talk with the chief would not happen, and Andark Kukulo would not be here publishing new quest.

[Andark Kukulo, Duel Manager] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 120,000

"Human, we Centaurs will never be friends with useless people! Come, prove your strength and see if you are worthy of becoming our friend!"

While waiting for Zhang Yang to come over, Andark Kukulo spoke in a low and draggy voice.

'Ding! Andark Kukulo has given you a quest: Ever the victorious! accept or decline?'

After clicking down the accept button, Zhang Yang immediately pulled out his quest list to check on it.

[Ever the victorious] (Difficulty: Optional)

Description: Challenge the Centaur opponents, prove your might and strength! You can only challenge once in every hour, you can choose your enemies among 4 difficulties, A, B, C, D. Defeating an opponent of different difficulty will reward you with different amount experience points and reputation points.

Rank-A difficulty: 100,000 experience points, 125 reputation points.

Rank-B difficulty: 50,000 experience points, 75 reputation points.

Rank-C difficulty: 30,000 experience points, 50 reputation points.

Rank-D difficulty: 10,000 experience points, 25 reputation points.

Progress: Centaur reputation reaches Respect. Current reputation: Friendly

The game was fair, players with stronger strength acquired reputation points faster than average players!

Zhang Yang immediately said, "Andark Kukulo, I would like to make the challenge now!"

"Very good, I favor your courage, please pick an opponent for your challenge!" Andark Kukulo laughed hard.

In the game interface, a selection box came out suddenly, and Zhang Yang picked the Rank-A difficulty without any hesitation.

Shew!

With a blur in his eyes, Zhang Yang found himself teleported onto the platform on the side above him.

Gong gong gong!

A huge Centaur entered the platform from the other side, and the heavy weighted body pressed against the wooden floor making a series of creaking sound 'creak creak creak'.

[Centaur Warrior] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 35

HP: 35,000

'Ding! The challenge will commence in 10 seconds!'

10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1!

"Rawgh!" The Centaur warrior let out a loud roar, opening up all four of his legs and started charging towards Zhang Yang with his long spear in his hands straight up. This attack would break a boulder or worse!

Charge!

In a flash, Zhang Yang charged and rammed over. Very good, a stun effect, giving a gap of 2 seconds for him to make his next move. Summoning his servant [Clear Lotus] would not cause any cool down problem because only one challenge can be made in an hour.

'-738!'

'-1,633!'

The Centaur warrior regained conscious very quickly, roaring in rage and striking his long spear towards Zhang Yang.

Block! 30 rage points.

'-254!' Block damage deflected.

'-557!' Shield Bash.

The HP of the Centaur warrior was going down fast like an avalanche.

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