My talent is 1.

The Purple Zombie King dropped a lot of loot; it was the first kill, so the loot was better.

Perhaps it was because the drop rate bonus from killing monsters of a higher level was very high, or perhaps it was because of the Annihilation kill, but I directly got 7 pieces of silver materials.

Five silver crystals were also found, along with more than thirty blue and green crystals in total.

Zhong Wuyai also discovered a scroll.

[Beginner's Guide]

Used 1/1

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Experience points gained within 1 hour after use increased by 50%.

This is damn good stuff.

Without a second thought, he used his talent on it... With a 510% experience bonus, Zhong Wuyai would level up much faster.

After packing up everything, Zhong Wuyai discovered that the spot where the Purple Zombie King had been standing had collapsed, revealing a passage.

[Enter the fourth level of the mine?]

[Note: The fourth level of the mine is very dangerous. It is recommended to enter only after reaching level 30.]

Dangerous, well, maybe dangerous, but I have a cheat code...

Zhong Wuyai went straight in.

The light was dim, but Zhong Wuyai could see it clearly.

A series of low hisses were heard, interspersed with occasional sounds of collision.

[Purple Zombie]

Elite Monster

grade:??

I can't see anything anymore.

The level is too high, so the information is not visible at all.

Actually, even if you come at level 20, you'll only see question marks. You can only see information after you come at level 30.

The boss on the third floor is no longer a king here; it becomes an elite monster.

The Purple Zombie's attributes should be quite high.

But simply retreating like this is not Zhong Wuyai's style.

Let's try it out first.

Zhong Wuyai carefully circled around to the edge, making sure this monster was relatively far from the others.

A fireball was fired...

-16880 (Spell Critical Strike)

Unexpectedly, the attack landed a critical hit, and the damage was quite considerable.

Although the specific attributes of the Purple Zombie are unknown, it is clear that it is much weaker than the Purple Zombie King.

The health bar decreased significantly.

After being attacked, the purple zombie immediately bared its fangs and claws and charged at Zhong Wuyai.

It's not as fast as the Purple Zombie King; it's a bit slower.

It's doable...

Zhong Wuyai was overjoyed and controlled his speed, circling around the purple zombie.

However, the space was small, and when the first purple zombie was about to be killed, it alerted the other purple zombies.

Damn it... two of them came at once.

Zhong Wuyai quickly killed the purple zombie in front of him, preparing for the battle to come.

[Ding! You have defeated the elite monster Purple Zombie and gained 1800 experience points. Defeating a monster of a higher level grants an additional 13500 experience points.]

Not only are the experience points incredibly high, but the loot dropped on the ground is also very generous.

A blue crystal and two other materials were found, and they were bronze materials.

Ganlin's mother, what's there to think about? We're definitely going to clear all four floors today!

The beginner's experience scroll was used up without a second thought.

Chain lightning! ...

Crackling and popping... Lightning bolts bounced back and forth across the two purple zombies.

Both purple zombies were instantly paralyzed.

This is much easier to fight.

Fireball~Fireball~...

Taking advantage of the paralysis of the purple zombies, Zhong Wuyai continuously cast fireballs on the two zombies, one on each side, treating them equally.

Before the 51 lightning bolts had even finished, the two purple zombies had already collapsed to the ground!

[Ding! Elite monster Purple Zombie defeated, gaining 9180 experience. An additional 68850 experience is gained from defeating a monster of a higher level.]

Damn... this experience scroll's bonus is insane, even killing monsters above your level gives you an experience bonus.

And it's another blue crystal, what a steal...

However, the situation just now gave Zhong Wuyai a lot of inspiration.

Zhong Wuyai used the fireball spell to lure five monsters this time.

"Chain Lightning"

Fireball~Fireball~Fireball~...

Damage surged from the five purple zombies, but they remained paralyzed.

When the chain lightning ended, only three were killed, but the other two didn't have much health left.

After quickly resolving the issue, Zhong Wuyai had a bit more room to maneuver.

This time, we controlled the number well, only luring four monsters. ...

And so, little by little, they lured the purple zombies over and killed them.

Soon, Zhong Wuyai's experience points were full.

Level 14! It only took a few minutes to go from level 13 to level 14.

No wonder I killed so many bosses in the starting village, but I still didn't pull ahead of some people in terms of level.

Moreover, after entering the main city, players of level 11 gradually appeared.

Some players with SS-level talents and five times the experience are probably already higher level than me.

As for players with SSS-level talents who get ten times the experience, I don't know if there are any. If there are, their level is probably already very high.

However, I currently have more than five times the experience and am killing monsters of a higher level, so I will catch up soon.

After about ten minutes, most of the purple zombies had been cleared out, and Zhong Wuyai finally saw the BOSS.

【Ironclad Corpse King】

Golden BOSS

grade:???

How do you fight this thing?

It has no attributes, its speed is unknown, and it's unclear whether it has ranged attacks.

Zhong Wuyai pondered for a while, then made up his mind to take a gamble...

The reel has already been used; it can't just be wasted like this.

The chain lightning has 51 strikes, and a maximum of 26 strikes can be applied to the Ironclad Corpse King.

But you need to lure out a purple zombie... No need to lure it out, there are already purple zombies around the Ironclad Corpse King, you just need to lure them away and kill them, leaving one alive.

In this case, it would take 25 to 26 seconds for the chain lightning to launch all 51 lightning bolts.

During that time, one of them will definitely be paralyzed, and after 25 seconds, there will be another 5 seconds of paralysis time.

This is the 30-second output time.

Even against a Gold-tier boss, due to level suppression, the paralysis time is shortened, giving you at least 28 seconds to deal damage.

Chain Lightning has a cooldown of 55 seconds, which is reduced by 11 seconds with the Oxbone Staff, making it 44 seconds.

What should I do during the 14 or 16 seconds after the paralysis period ends?

The armored zombie king wasn't fast, otherwise it would have been able to escape after unleashing its chain lightning.

Carefully dealt with the two purple zombies, then unleashed a fireball on the armored zombie king...

-5217... The damage reduction is terrifying, even with my own damage reduction from ignoring certain damage reduction plus magic penetration and armor penetration.

"Roar~..." The armored zombie king took heavy steps as it approached Zhong Wuyai.

It's not slow, a little faster than the Purple Zombie King, but it seems to be about the same speed as itself.

I'm not sure about his ranged skills, but... I'm betting he doesn't have any.

Zhong Wuyai fired a fireball at another purple zombie.

Then circle around to pull the mobs and the boss closer together...

"Chain Lightning!" Fireball...

Zhong Wuyai dared not stop at all. The damage of Chain Lightning was too low, only a dozen points. It was only thanks to the power of Annihilation that he could have dealt even those dozen points.

The damage from triggered normal attacks is negligible; it's all missed.

After casting a fireball, Zhong Wuyai continued with fireballs. When the chain lightning ended, he cast four more fireballs before the Ironclad Corpse King finally woke up.

The paralysis time was reduced by one second, which is alright... a little better than expected.

Then comes the 15-second escape.

Zhong Wuyai ran around in the open space, not daring to go to other places where the purple zombies were. After all, he didn't know the purple zombies' skills, and if one of them had a slowing effect, he would be done for.

After running for a while, Zhong Wuyai also confirmed that the Iron Corpse no longer had any ranged skills.

Or rather, the Iron Corpse's skills have a range of no more than 30.

Because the closest I ever got to the Iron Corpse was 30.

With perfect timing and positioning, Zhong Wuyai ran towards the original purple zombie, and as soon as the BOSS arrived, he immediately unleashed a chain lightning attack.

Fireball! Fireball! ...

After two waves of attacks, Zhong Wuyai reduced the BOSS's health by 33%.

continue……

Continuing to run along the original route, unfortunately, a purple zombie entered the aggro range. Zhong Wuyai was immediately in a bind, as he had to calculate the number of purple zombies he had to deal with.

Helpless, Zhong Wuyai could only pull the purple zombie away first, and the BOSS followed.

Then Zhong Wuyai quickly led the BOSS away, almost alerting the other purple zombies.

"That was close, I was careless just now."

Continue... Chain Lightning...

After an unknown amount of time, the purple zombie's health bar, which had been paralyzed by lightning, had been reduced by half.

The BOSS's health bar has also dropped below 20%.

Zhong Wuyai decided to fight both of them at once, since a purple zombie had already spawned over there. Although he would deal less damage to the BOSS, his own safety was the top priority.

When the purple zombie had only 5% health left, Zhong Wuyai focused all his attacks on the boss.

Until the chain lightning ended, Zhong Wuyai fired a shot at the purple zombie, and then continued to move around and dodge the armored zombie king.

This time, Zhong Wuyai pulled the armored zombie king to the side of the purple zombie he had just dragged away...

"Chain Lightning..."

Fireball! Fireball! ...

Finally, when the BOSS had less than 8000 HP, we managed to heal it a bit and continued running.

When the health has almost recovered... Fireball...

Then... annihilation!

[Ding! Defeat the Golden BOSS Ironclad Corpse King, gain 1275000 experience points. An additional 9562500 experience points are gained for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

Holy crap, over ten million! Killing monsters above your level is amazing!

Zhong Wuyai was constantly emitting a light of leveling up, and his level soared to level 22.

He was promoted eight ranks in a row.

Damn it, who can compare their level with mine?

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Zhong Wuyai for achieving the first kill of the level 40 Gold BOSS, Ironclad Corpse King! Rewards include 10000 Reputation, 2 Skill Points, and 1 Level 40 Gold Equipment]

"Is this insane? Is this even human?"

"A level 40 gold boss? Who the hell believes that?!"

Not to mention others, everyone in the Azure Dragon Empire was stunned. At this moment, whether it was the former high-ranking officials of the Dragon Kingdom or players with unparalleled talent like Sikong Shen, they were all somewhat incredulous.

Everyone else has just left the newbie village, and you've already taken down a level 40 gold boss? Is that even fair?

The people inside the mine immediately stopped.

"Boss, is our leader really a person? Or an NPC?"

"Of course, we're all from the same newbie village as me, how could it be fake?"

"Are you sure he wasn't just pretending to be a player? He's really not a GM in this fantasy world?"

"This...you've stumped me! I'd like to know too!"

The Xiang and Yang families looked terrified. Luckily, they only had some conflicts with Xiang Yang and Yi Mu. Otherwise, if they had offended this powerful figure, both families would probably have been finished.

Lin Xihang silently fought the monsters, not daring to utter any more boastful words.

It's unnecessary to get emotional with this freak, really unnecessary. Luckily, I've only been saying it, and haven't actually dealt with him.

Otherwise, people might die, or even a lot of people might die.

The world chat channel is in an uproar this time...

"Someone tell me how the hell he found the level 40 Gold Boss Zhong Wuyai, while all the monsters above level 30 are just question marks. I just want to know, how did he even fight them?"

The person who sent the message is located in the Dragon Empire.

Judging from the ID, he's probably not from China, but more like someone from the US or Britain.

"I'd like to know too. I have SSS-level talent, and I'm struggling even with level 30 mobs. How did he manage to defeat level 40 monsters? And a level 40 gold boss at that!"

Immediately, all the SSS-level talents were asking various questions in the world chat.

This question prompted people to start checking their accounts.

"My SS-level talent has a 50% critical hit chance and increases critical hit damage by 200%. I wouldn't even dare say I could definitely take down a level 20 silver boss. What's up with this guy?"

"There's definitely something wrong. My SSS-level talent, Iron Body, reduces damage taken by 80% and grants 50% true damage immunity, and even that couldn't withstand a level 20 Gold Boss. I needed a healer to keep me alive just to fight the boss. This guy's talent is definitely more than SSS-level!"

"My SSS-level talent reflects 200% of the damage I receive back to the target attacking me. It's level 13, and my health is decent, but I can't solo a level 20 gold boss. I need a healer, otherwise I can't handle it!"

"What if he really did cheat?"

The world channel suddenly went silent...

Upon checking the accounts, all the players began to suspect that Zhong Wuyai was cheating...

The national channels of the four great empires also started to buzz...

"Damn it, you guys are all got some serious talent, and you still don't have any confidence? How are we supposed to survive?!"

"A true Versailles!"

"If we're using cheats, then what is Zhong Wuyai? A GM-only cheat?"

"Hey everyone, I need help getting carried!"

"Hey everyone, anyone need a leg? Plenty of milk available!"

"Hey everyone, I need help with the outside leg position for three crowd control skills!"

……

Zhong Wuyai ignored the loudspeaker announcements and instead kept picking up the things that had fallen to the ground—there were just too many!

Dozens of gold coins. Gold crystals, gold materials: black iron and refined iron. Silver materials: steel bone fragments...

There were also skill books, scrolls, and finally, a token.

Guild Token

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This item can be used to establish a guild.

Zhong Wuyai was dumbfounded.

Is it appropriate for this thing to come out now? ...

This is perfect! Nobody else has it except me!

After collecting everything, Zhong Wuyai continued to grind monsters, spending all the remaining time killing purple zombies.

I can't enter the fifth level of the mine; the message says the conditions haven't been met.

Who knows what the conditions will be, but Zhong Wuyai had no intention of going in.

Now, farming purple zombies yields significantly less experience.

[Ding! Elite monster Purple Zombie defeated, gaining 9180 experience. An additional 31212 experience is gained from defeating a monster of a higher level.]

The experience bonus for killing monsters above your level has been reduced by more than half, but it is still very high under the 5.1x experience scroll bonus.

After clearing out all the purple zombies on the fourth floor, Zhong Wuyai looked around at the various colored ores and left the mine.

We must find someone to mine here in the future; it's all money!

【Phantom Moon Shadow】(Staff)

French equipment

Durability: 50/50

Grade: Gold

Wearing level: 40

Magic Attack +300

Intelligence +100

Spell critical strike chance +10%

Magic Vampirism +10%

Attribute 1 [Quick Casting]: Reduces skill cooldown time by 15%.

Attribute 2 [Phantom Moon]: Control effects increased by 10%.

This is the level 40 gold equipment reward.

All attributes are extremely powerful.

Zhong Wuyai wished he could use his talent to improve both of the attributes.

However, I still have to keep it for now, and I don't know what it will be like at level 40.

If there is a need for magical life steal, it may be added to it.

[Intermediate Enhanced Reel]

Equipment Enhancement Items

It can upgrade equipment enhanced to +3 or higher by 1 level, up to a maximum of +6, with a success rate of 20%.

Use on equipment enhanced to +3 or lower, and it will 100% increase the enhancement level by 1.

This is an even more remarkable thing.

Using the talent guarantees a 200% success rate, allowing you to level up instantly.

But Zhong Wuyai thought of another way.

if

It will upgrade from level 1 to level 11. Use it when you are at +3. If successful, it will be a +14 enhancement.

The highest enhancement level is only +10, so Zhong Wuyai had no idea what the effect of +14 would be.

Right now, let's establish a guild first, and then we'll talk about everything else.

When Zhong Wuyai came out of the mine, everyone looked at him with a strange expression.

"What are you doing? Is there something on my face?"

"Ahem... Boss, to be honest, are you a GM?!"

"What the hell are you thinking? This is a fantasy world. We all came in through the passage. If there really is a GM, they're gods, how could it be me!"

"That's true...!"

"Wait, boss, tell me honestly, are you the illegitimate son of some big shot in the game?!"

"Exactly! I was only level 12 when I went in, and now I'm level 22! I don't believe a level 40 gold boss can give this much experience!"

Well, now I'm speechless. There's no way to explain the 510% experience bonus to them.

"Oh, I used a special item that gave a lot of experience. Soloing and killing monsters above my level gave a lot of experience. I was already level 20 when I fought the boss, otherwise I really couldn't have beaten it!"

What a lame excuse! Leveling up to 20 by killing mobs? Who would believe that? You've only been in there a short time. Even if you killed one mob per second, you wouldn't get that much experience...

Seeing the suspicious looks in everyone's eyes, Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to argue with them; such things were hard to explain.

"Damn it, you guys are all questioning me now, can't you tell the difference between the big and small kings? Let me tell you, hurry up and level up, or you won't even meet the entry requirements when I create a guild!"

After saying that, Zhong Wuyai left; he didn't have time to waste here...

After asking the NPCs, Zhong Wuyai finally understood that establishing a guild required the city lord's approval.

Upon arriving at the City Lord's Mansion, Zhong Wuyai entered without any trouble. For players with over 5000 reputation points, entering the City Lord's Mansion is easy; they only need to state their purpose.

With over 20,000 reputation points, the city lord's guards didn't give Zhong Wuyai any trouble.

"What? It costs 1 gold coins to build this? Are you robbing me?"

"Warrior Zhong Wuyai, because you were the first guild to establish a guild in the Azure Dragon Empire, we'll only charge you 20% of the fee. Otherwise, it wouldn't be this price!"

"Hiss~..." What am I going to do? Ten thousand gold coins? This is going to kill me! I only have so much money, it's not even a fraction of what I have!

Moreover, the 1 gold coins must be collected as soon as possible; otherwise, someone else will get there first, and it will be 5 gold coins.

Xiang Yang and Yang Yimu probably didn't have much money, so Zhong Wuyai had no choice but to focus on his own family's assets.

Wan Gu Kai himself still needs it, and even if he doesn't use it, he's saving it for others.

The rest of the things can't be exposed to the light of day.

The Moonlight Ring gives 210 points of Spirit, which is higher than the stats added by level 30 equipment.

These things I have can't be sold yet, and besides, I can't let these terrifying attributes fall into the wrong hands.

In the end, Zhong Wuyai set his sights on the three job change certificates.

The Wolf Knight Job Change Certificate is a rare job, so 1000 gold coins is no problem, no, it's definitely worth more than that.

A job change certificate is not like equipment. Equipment becomes obsolete, but a job doesn't.

A good career can directly change a person's destiny.

Needless to say, there are also two hidden job change certificates.

Necromancer, Holy Light Mage...

I originally intended to create a guild for my own people, but now I have to give one up.

After seeing the broken Demon Gathering Ring, Zhong Wuyai had an idea.

I can get Xiang Yang and Yi Mu their equipment anytime; what I need now is to make money.

"There's a special piece of equipment, but I don't know if you have enough gold coins!"

Zhong Wuyai tried sending a message to Zhang Haitao.

Zhang Haitao, who was doing a mission, paused for a moment and immediately disengaged from the battle...

"What equipment?"

Everyone heard the previous server-wide announcement clearly; the last reward was 1 level 40 gold equipment.

Could it be that he wants to sell it? How desperate for money is he?

Let alone level 40, even level 10 transitional equipment, bronze equipment is currently in high demand but not available.

Silver equipment is incredibly expensive, and what does level 40 gold equipment even mean...? Will they really sell it?

Upon seeing the attributes of the shattered Demon Gathering Ring, Zhang Haitao's breathing became somewhat heavy.

Is this equipment? There are no level requirements; it's obviously something you'd get from the beginner village.

This is way too exaggerated! These stats... +11 mana regeneration per second.

What the hell does this mean?

This isn't equipment; it's a full-fledged logistics support station.

The team members take turns carrying, and their mana will be fully restored in no time.

I won't need to carry blue potions when I go out anymore!

"Are you... sure this is what you want to sell?"

"right!"

"Gulp~!"

Zhang Haitao swallowed hard; he seemed to see his opportunity, an opportunity to climb the ladder...

"800 gold coins. I only have 800 gold coins right now. If it's not enough, I'll find someone else to make up the difference, but you must leave the equipment for me!"

Zhong Wuyai hadn't expected this thing to be so valuable, far exceeding his expectations.

I tried giving a price...

"Two thousand gold coins. If you're willing, come to Cloudsea City, 514, 112!"

Even though Zhang Haitao was mentally prepared, he was still stunned by the price.

"This is too expensive... Can you lower the price a bit? You know, equipment in the newbie village becomes obsolete very quickly. Even if this thing is very valuable, it's basically useless after level 30. Some people with good talent don't even need it after level 20. Others will wear it without any attributes, and their combat power won't keep up, so it becomes a useless item!"

"Name your price!"

"1200!"

"No!"

After discussing it, the two finally settled on a price of 1500 gold coins!

Zhang Haitao was preparing to send a message to the Chamber of Commerce...

"Wait, there's more!"

Holy crap, and what are you trying to do...?

When the attributes of the deerskin belt were sent to him, Zhang Haitao gritted his teeth...

"Name your price!"

We absolutely have to get this thing. With 110 points of physical defense, even tanks can clear monsters without taking damage.

Especially on the other side, if Lin Xihang had this thing, he could easily handle the BOSS he dared not touch before.

And that ring, if I give it to Sikong Shen... I'll definitely be promoted!

"Don't rush, there's more!"

Can you please just say it all at once? My heart can't take it...