The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

"It's hard to say," Li Mengdie said thoughtfully. "I watched for a while, and he must have activated some extremely powerful skill or used some powerful item, which gave his attributes an epic boost, but... this is not his true strength after all. Once the effect ends, he may be instantly killed by the BOSS."

"That would be such a waste," Hu Bing shook his head. "Getting promoted isn't easy."

"It's alright, this is a secret realm. Dying here only means losing one level. If it were later..." Li Mengdie didn't finish her sentence.

Hu Bing nodded. Why do most people level up so slowly, or even stop playing the game after awakening?

Isn't it just because dying once means you're really dead?

If everything could be like a secret realm, who would be afraid of leveling up?

"Then... should I help you?" Li Mengdie hesitated.

Hu Bing is the same.

If Lin Yuan really can't hold on, then helping him is actually a win-win situation—they can gain experience points, get a share of the spoils, and also gain Lin Yuan's favor.

The problem is, with such a powerful boss, even if they use their trump cards, can they defeat him?

Even if the BOSS has only 1% health left!

"Let's see how it goes. If we can resolve this by fighting, then we'll make our move. Otherwise... we don't need to waste our time leveling up," Hu Bing said.

Li Mengdie nodded.

The two continued to watch the battle from a distance, while Lin Yuan continued at his own pace.

With the three main attributes combined and increased tenfold, he is practically a god-like being; perhaps even level 100 gold equipment is no better!

As time went on, the BOSS's health steadily decreased, while Lin Yuan maintained a healthy health level thanks to his 30-second recovery from battle, the passive damage absorption of the Dragon Bone Shield, and the tit-for-tat healing.

Five minutes... have passed!

This is the most crucial point.

The Star Avatar effect has disappeared.

Lin Yuan's three main attributes immediately "separated". Although there were still special effects to enhance him, with agility and spirit each temporarily increasing by 5000 points, the effect was completely incomparable to before, causing his damage output to plummet.

Even the most powerful Thunder Dance only deals slightly over 14 damage per hit, which is less than 10% of the previous peak.

How much health does the BOSS have left?

It's about 10 million, around 1000%.

It works!

Lin Yuan thought to himself, the main reason is that as long as there are a lot of monsters, he can always get the effect of 10 times the attribute boost. Even if the Blood Shadow Sword does not have the special effect of adding 5000 points of strength, he still has a strength value of more than 20000!

With this sword strike, plus the 50% damage amplification from the Moon Goddess Necklace, it can still deal nearly 3 damage.

Ten swords per second, that's 300,000 damage.

He only needs to fight for another half minute or so to defeat the BOSS.

Of course, this is the ideal situation, because the BOSS also has various control skills, so it is impossible to comfortably deal damage for 30 seconds.

Sure enough, with a roar from the BOSS, Lin Yuan had no choice but to run around aimlessly. It took him a full 5 seconds to stop before the BOSS unleashed a flurry of attacks, causing him to lose nearly 100,000 health points.

He once again used the strategy of fighting to sustain himself and restored his health.

Seeing that the BOSS was turning red again and about to unleash its ultimate move, Lin Yuan decisively activated the equipment's special effects this time.

Imperial Belt.

Bang!

The Leopard King immediately went limp and knelt heavily in front of him, held in a 3-second stalemate, unable to make any movement.

You tell me to run away, and I'll make you kneel down!

At this moment, the cooldowns of the Acceleration Gloves and Giant's Boots have just ended. Activate!

Lin Yuan once again transformed into the "Shadowless Hand," swiftly unleashing a hundred sword strikes in a single second.

This is terrifying; the BOSS's health bar is dropping at an alarming rate.

Lin Yuan nodded secretly. Basic attacks were indeed the way to go. With the attack speed buff, the damage was ridiculously high.

Of course, your strength must be high enough, otherwise you won't be able to break through the defense at all. If you're just scratching the surface, even if you're hit by a thousand swords in a second, you'll only end up blowing your own bones until they're smoking, and you won't do any damage to the BOSS!

After the three-second control effect ended, the BOSS had less than 100 million HP left!

Suddenly, a green light surged from the BOSS's body!

This is the BOSS's healing skill, which Lin Yuan had seen before. It can restore about 5 million health points at a time, and the cooldown time should be 1 minute, because the BOSS used it a total of 500 times before.

Lin Yuan had never interrupted the BOSS's skill before because its control methods were limited and its cooldown time was extremely long. Therefore, control skills must be used at the most critical moment.

—Now is the most crucial moment.

A fierce wind swept through!

Although it's only an A-level skill, it's now proving surprisingly effective.

The BOSS's spellcasting was immediately interrupted, and its massive body was forcibly blown up, spinning in circles in mid-air.

Only 3 seconds!

We must kill it within 3 seconds, otherwise the BOSS will heal again, and it will take a long time to fight with those 500 million HP. The key point is that Lin Yuan has used all his trump cards and is also about to be overwhelmed.

"die!"

In his berserk output state of unleashing a hundred sword strikes per second, Lin Yuan emptied the BOSS's health bar in just two seconds.

The Leopard King let out a mournful cry and collapsed to the ground. It then immediately turned into shattered light and disappeared, leaving behind three glittering golden spoils.

Two pieces of equipment and one treasure chest.

Golden Treasure Chest!

Lin Yuan was overjoyed. He had made a fortune! He had made a huge profit!

You have defeated the Shadow Panther King and gained 30% experience.

Awesome, 30% experience!

Lin Yuan got excited again.

He quickly put the two pieces of golden equipment dropped by the BOSS, as well as the golden treasure chest, into his backpack without even glancing at them.

Once it's in the backpack, that's his. He can look at it anytime he wants, for as long as he wants.

This is called "taking the money and securing the gains".

"Clap clap clap clap!"

Li Mengdie and her companion then walked over, clapping their hands and showing great admiration.

"Junior Brother Lin, if it weren't for all the photos of you online, I really wouldn't believe you're a freshman this year!" Hu Bing exclaimed. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Hu Bing. Like you, I'm a student at Shanghai Martial Arts University. I'll be a senior this semester."

Li Mengdie smiled sweetly: "Li Mengdie from Wuhan University in the capital will also be a senior when school starts."

What does this year's new students mean?

It has only been a little over 30 days since I first became aware of this.

It's only been 30 days, and you're telling me I can solo the Gold Boss?

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would have scoffed at anyone who told them—"Do I look like an idiot? If not, why try to fool me with such a stupid thing!"

Lin Yuan nodded slightly to the two of them: "Hello, Senior Brother Hu! Hello, Senior Sister Li!"

However, the three of them only added each other as friends before going their separate ways.

They have limited time in the secret realm, so they need to hurry up and grind monsters to level up!

Or just a greeting?

When is it not allowed?

While pulling the monsters, Lin Yuan also took out the golden treasure chest.

Forget about the gold armor; you need to be at least level 80 to wear it. You either have to sell it or refine the core materials. But the gold treasure chest can yield star-level equipment or items.

Come on, let me surprise you again.