Climbing trees, killing tigers, climbing trees, killing tigers...
Relying on his fluent operations, Jiang Yan reached level 5 after more than two hours, with a few close calls but no real harm!
ID: Jiang Taigong
Level: lv5 (40/5000)
Class: Thunder Tyrant (Hidden Class: Skill Damage +100%, Critical Chance +30%, Critical Damage +100%)
Constitution: 8
Endurance: 7
Spirit: 32
Agility: 7+7 (Tiger Cloak)
Free Attribute Points: 0 (Four free attribute points per level)
HP: 160 (Constitution*20)
MP: 640 (Spirit*20)
Physical Defense: 15 (Constitution + Endurance) +1 (Novice Clothes)
Magic Defense: 46 (Spirit + Agility)
Physical Attack: 16 (Constitution*2) +1 (Novice Wooden Stick)
Magic Attack: 64 (Spirit*2) +1 (Novice Wooden Stick)
Special Attributes:
Charisma: Hidden
Luck: Hidden
Talent: [Wrath of the Thunder God]: SSS Rank (omitted)
Skill: [Lightning Bolt] lv2 (149/1000): After a 2.5s chant, cast a bolt of lightning on the target, dealing 180% of the base magic damage! Mana cost: 25! Cooldown: 2.5s!
Jiang Yan allocated all 12 free attribute points gained from leveling up into Spirit.
Moreover, his Lightning Bolt finally leveled up to 2, increasing skill damage to 180% and reducing the cooldown by 0.5s!
At this moment, Jiang Yan's magic attack had reached 65 points, allowing a single Lightning Bolt to deal 247 damage (65*380% skill damage bonus)!
Critical damage would be 988 (247*400% critical damage bonus)!
Just a bit more, and he could critically hit and one-shot a tiger!
The only thing that left Jiang Yan feeling hopeless was the abysmally low drop rate!
In two hours, not a single piece of equipment dropped, but he did collect a total of 43 silver coins!
Besides that, his backpack was filled with tiger bones and tiger hides.
It was time to head back.
Jiang Yan planned to clear out his backpack. Just as he turned around, he heard a deafening Tiger Roar from not far away.
-100!
A glaring damage number floated above Jiang Yan's head.
"Damn, a Boss has spawned!!"
However...
Jiang Yan looked at his health bar, which was just over a third full.
He hadn't even seen the Boss yet!
Jiang Yan's HP and MP were shared, so he was unwilling to leave just like that. Even if he died, he wanted to see the Boss first!
Following the sound of the Tiger Roar, Jiang Yan walked over a hundred meters and saw a gigantic Mutant Tiger King, five meters long and two meters tall!
Mutant Tiger King (Bronze Boss): Possesses formidable dual resistances!
Level: Lv8
HP: 10000
Skills: Tiger Roar (strongly intimidates the target, reducing target's movement speed), Rend Bite (accelerated charge, dealing massive damage and causing continuous bleeding to the target), Frenzy (after accumulating a certain amount of rage, the White Tiger actively reduces its defense by 50% in exchange for a 50% boost in speed and attack)
After reading the Mutant Tiger King's information, Jiang Yan furrowed his brows.
With ten times the HP of a regular tiger, dual resistances, and three skills, one of which sharply boosts speed and attack, this Bronze Boss's attributes were quite monstrous!
At this stage, could any player really defeat it?
Jiang Yan pondered and concluded that the only way to defeat the Mutant Tiger King was through a group assault!
Alternatively, he could equip himself with a full set of pure mage Bronze Gear.
Currently, Jiang Yan only had a Novice Wooden Stick as his mage gear. If he could get a full set of pure mage equipment like Good Luck Comes, it would greatly enhance his critical damage!
"Mage gear..." Jiang Yan recalled that closed beta players had mentioned that the northern mining area exclusively dropped mage gear.
"It's time to head to the mine!"
Jiang Yan strode towards the Mutant Tiger King.
He initially intended to walk back, but now that a Boss had appeared, it was faster to die and return, saving at least an hour and a half, and he could also gauge the difference between them!
"Roar!!" The Mutant Tiger King was highly alert. As soon as Jiang Yan approached, it roared and unleashed a Tiger Roar.
Another -100 damage floated above Jiang Yan's head!
Jiang Yan didn't hesitate, immediately chanting Lightning Bolt.
Boom!!
A purple bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the Mutant Tiger King's forehead heavily.
-177
A faint red damage number floated above the Mutant Tiger King's head.
Jiang Yan's pupils contracted.
His Lightning Bolt's skill damage was 247, but it only dealt 177 damage, indicating that the Mutant Tiger King's magic resistance was 80!
With this magic resistance, even if Jiang Yan could deal critical damage, it would only be 708 (177*400% critical damage bonus)!
Without mage gear, he definitely couldn't damage this Bronze Boss!
"Roar!!" The attacked Mutant Tiger King roared furiously and charged at Jiang Yan, its speed as fast as lightning. Jiang Yan had only taken two steps to the side when the Mutant Tiger King was already upon him, its massive tiger claws accompanied by a Rend Bite.
-300
-300
Jiang Yan turned into white light and fell to the ground!
[Ding! Player killed by Mutant Tiger King, losing current level experience points!]
Simultaneously, two tiger hides dropped from Jiang Yan's backpack.
"Roar!!" The Mutant Tiger King, seeing the tiger hides, roared even more angrily, but unfortunately, there was no one else around!
Novice Village Plaza.
Jiang Yan emerged from the Revival Point. It wasn't as crowded as before, but every few seconds, a dozen beams of light would appear, bringing new players.
Jiang Yan checked his backpack, confirmed that only two tiger hides had dropped, and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he removed the Tiger Cloak and put it in his backpack to avoid unnecessary trouble.
After that, he quickly crossed the plaza and arrived at the Blacksmith Shop.
The crowd outside the Blacksmith Shop was no longer as terrifying as before. Jiang Yan patiently waited in line for ten minutes and finally entered the shop.
The Blacksmith Shop Owner was a middle-aged man with dark skin, standing behind the counter with a smile: "Jiang Taigong, welcome! Feel free to browse. Today is the anniversary celebration, and I can offer you a 5% discount."
Jiang Yan looked at the Blacksmith Shop Owner, who had a white exclamation mark above his head.
Upon closer inspection, a line of text appeared above the exclamation mark: The Sorrow of the Middle-aged Man, the Blacksmith Shop Owner forges day and night, appearing robust but actually suffering from severe depletion, urgently seeking vitality-enhancing items.
Vitality-enhancing?
Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and he smiled as he took out a piece of tiger bone from his backpack.
"This is..." The Blacksmith Shop Owner's eyes lit up upon seeing the tiger bone.
"Shopkeeper, do you buy tiger bones?" Jiang Yan asked with a smile.
"Of course, of course!" The Blacksmith Shop Owner's face flushed: "I'll buy as many as you have!!"
"What can you offer? I don't need gold coins." Jiang Yan was ready to make a good deal.
"I can teach you Mining for free!" The Blacksmith Shop Owner said: "Additionally, I can give you my treasured item!"
The Blacksmith Shop Owner solemnly took out a 1.5-meter-long bronze staff.
Jiang Yan looked at it.
[Bronze Staff] (Bronze): Magic Attack +8! Requirements: Mage, Priest!
It's a small treasure!!
Jiang Yan was overjoyed. Bronze equipment attributes range from 5 to 9, and this Bronze Staff adds 8 points to magic attack, nearly reaching the maximum!
"Deal!!" Jiang Yan was afraid the Blacksmith Shop Owner would change his mind.
"Hehe, don't rush." The Blacksmith Shop Owner said slowly: "Jiang Taigong, as you can see, this Bronze Staff is a treasure. One tiger bone isn't enough."
"Of course." Jiang Yan smiled and asked: "How many do you need?"
"Twenty!!" The Blacksmith Shop Owner replied.
[Ding~ The Blacksmith Shop Owner has given you a quest to collect twenty tiger bones. Quest rewards: Mining, Bronze Staff! Quest failure penalty: None!]
[Accept? Yes/No]
Hey!
Isn't this just falling into my lap?
Jiang Yan decisively clicked yes!