Looking at his own powerful attributes, Chen Lang's confidence soared.
With 4 points added to strength, his attack cap increased to 24.
The shoes and elbow guards added a total of 4 points to defense, plus the 2 points from constitution, making it 6 points in total, raising his defense from 14 to 20, which was on par with knights who focused entirely on defense!
Of course, his health was still quite low, only 100 points.
As for attack speed, a 1% increase was better than nothing.
Next, Chen Lang ran to the small apothecary and spent his last silver coin to buy two bottles of Minor Healing Potion.
[Minor Healing Potion]: Instantly restores 100 health points, cooldown time 180s.
In the early stages of the game, currency was extremely precious, and healing potions were consumables, so only an idiot would buy them. After all, health could be fully restored in at most ten minutes after leaving combat.
Besides, a healing potion costing 50 copper coins was beyond most people's reach.
If it weren't for the need to kill a boss, Chen Lang wouldn't have bought them.
"Three-minute cooldown... should be enough to kill me several times..."
Chen Lang sighed helplessly. Although his strength had increased significantly, he still wasn't confident about defeating the Poison Bee King. After all, the Poison Bee King's health bar was too thick, and with his mere 100 health points, he couldn't outlast it.
"Ding!"
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player [Jianqi Jinglan] for killing [Snot King], achieving the first boss kill in the China Region. Special rewards: Level +1, Luck +1, 10 Gold Coins."
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player [Jianqi Jinglan] for killing [Snot King], achieving the first boss kill in the China Region..."
As Chen Lang was still hesitating whether to go or not, three consecutive system announcements rang out, with red letters floating in the sky, causing the entire Novice Village to erupt in excitement.
"Is this guy really that awesome, taking down a boss!"
"Yeah, sigh... we can't even handle small monsters right now. It's really frustrating comparing ourselves to others!"
The players were all talking, full of envy.
It's important to know that players entering the game were randomly distributed across various Novice Villages. At this stage, factions couldn't organize effectively. At most, strangers from the same Novice Village could team up, with a limit of five people.
So, it was impossible for a large group to overwhelm the boss with numbers; it had to be a solo kill, not even a team effort, otherwise there would have been a notification.
"There are announcements and rewards?"
Chen Lang was also a bit surprised, but he was more interested in the rewards.
At this stage, ten gold coins were a huge sum, and the level +1, luck +1 rewards were quite generous.
"Looks like I need to hurry up, maybe I can still get a piece of the action."
Chen Lang pondered for a moment, then headed to the plaza, looking around.
After a moment, his eyes lit up, and he quickly headed towards the village entrance.
"Hello, young lady!"
At the village entrance, Chen Lang stopped a girl who was returning from outside.
The girl looked about eighteen or nineteen, with delicate features, wearing a shabby gray-white robe, and holding a wooden staff. She was a priest, and a level 2 one at that.
[Qingtian Xiao Yu], that was her ID.
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Qingtian Xiao Yu looked at Chen Lang in surprise, dazzled by his flashy equipment.
At this stage, most players only had a piece of novice clothing, while Chen Lang was almost fully equipped with a chest plate, hat, shoes, and bracers—four pieces in total, which was quite impressive.
"Here's the thing, miss. I have a task that requires a priest to team up. Could you help me out? I'll pay you three silver coins for your trouble."
Chen Lang spoke succinctly and quickly.
"Three silver coins?!"
"My goodness, are you a scammer?"
Qingtian Xiao Yu was quite surprised, looking at Chen Lang with suspicion.
"Do I look like a scammer?"
Chen Lang was somewhat speechless.
"Not really."
Qingtian Xiao Yu sized up Chen Lang and shook her head.
"Then that's settled!"
Chen Lang was a bit anxious and said directly, "So, are you in or not?"
"Is there experience to gain?"
Qingtian Xiao Yu blinked and asked.
"There is!"
Chen Lang nodded.
In a team, experience is shared, and killing a boss would naturally grant experience.
"How long will it take?"
Qingtian Xiao Yu asked again.
"About an hour or so!"
"Alright, I'll join you!"
Qingtian Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
"No time to lose, let's go right away!"
Seeing Qingtian Xiao Yu agree, Chen Lang quickly formed a team and invited her to join.
Then, the two of them hurried towards the southern mountain.
However, since Qingtian Xiao Yu was a priest, her speed was slightly slower, so Chen Lang had to slow down a bit to wait for her.
"By the way, Xiao Yu, how's your healing ability?"
On the way, Chen Lang asked casually.
"Not bad, I can heal 33-38 health points per skill, once every ten seconds, but I can't sustain it for long since I can't afford mana potions." This chapter was taken from novelping dot com without permission.
Qingtian Xiao Yu replied honestly.
She was only level 2, with only 120 mana points, and her mana regenerated very slowly, only 1% per minute.
"That should be enough."
Chen Lang calculated silently in his heart, and with the healing potions, it should be doable.
As for lending the Source of Mana to Qingtian Xiao Yu, Chen Lang didn't even consider it.
"Are you going to fight a boss?"
Qingtian Xiao Yu suddenly asked.
"Hmm?"
"Why do you ask?"
Chen Lang looked at Qingtian Xiao Yu, slightly surprised.
"Just a guess."
Qingtian Xiao Yu smiled and said, "You're already level 3 and wearing so many pieces of equipment. You're probably the strongest in our Novice Village. Ordinary monsters wouldn't require a team, as it would just split the experience. So I guessed you were going to fight a boss and needed a priest to team up."
"How's my analysis?"
With that, Qingtian Xiao Yu smiled brightly.
"Sometimes, a woman being too smart isn't necessarily a good thing."
Chen Lang flipped the rusty dagger in his hand, looking at Qingtian Xiao Yu with a blank expression.
"Oh, I guessed right? Are we really going to fight a boss?"
Seeing Chen Lang's demeanor, Qingtian Xiao Yu wasn't scared but rather excited.
"......"
Chen Lang was a bit speechless, realizing he couldn't scare this little girl...
At 11:30 PM, after running for half an hour, they finally reached the mountain stream again.
Although it was late at night, there were still players fighting the Poison Bees, though not many, just a few, and they were struggling. After all, the Poison Bees had skills, and their stingers were no joke.
"Ding!"
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player [Jinxiu Nianhua] (team) for killing [Slime King], achieving the second boss kill in the China Region. Special rewards: Level +1, Luck +1, 5 Gold Coins."
"System Announcement: Congratulations..."
Another three consecutive announcements rang out, and Chen Lang was suddenly anxious, pulling Qingtian Xiao Yu as they ran deeper into the mountain stream.
If they couldn't get the second kill, at least they could aim for the third!
Of course, only the first three kills had system announcements and rewards; there wouldn't be any after that.