Chapter 29: First Kill of the Platinum BOSS
"Stomp!"
"Stomp!"
"Stomp!"
Wen Yu walked quickly along the stairs, heading to the fourth floor of the Minotaur Castle.
"Insight!" This was the nice-sounding name Wen Yu had given to Insight Technique; he had always felt that Insight Technique sounded too tacky.
[Minotaur Musketeer] (Platinum BOSS)
Level: 20
HP: 80,000
Physical Attack: 700
Defense: 600
Skills:
Fatal Shot (Fires three shots in a row at a designated target, the last shot is guaranteed to be a critical hit, each shot deals 200% physical damage to the enemy)
Hail of Bullets (The Minotaur Musketeer fires into the sky! After five seconds, the shells land and deal 100% physical damage to all enemy units on the entire map)
Shock Grenade (Throws a shock grenade at a designated location, exploding after 3 seconds to deal 150% physical damage to all enemy units in the area and causing stun)
"One single-target burst kill, one map-wide damage, and one high-damage stun!"
"You have to be the final BOSS, right? And you're a guy carrying a gun and a cannon! Why don't you just nuke me directly!" Wen Yu didn't want to experience failing to show off a second Time. Especially not in the same dungeon.
Wen Yu didn't plan to test the BOSS's performance either.
He directly activated Magic Shield, teleported into the BOSS's range, threw out a Magic Missile, and Ice Shard also covered the entire area!
It turned out the BOSS reacted even faster than Wen Yu; seeing Wen Yu arrive, it raised its gun and fired immediately.
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While Wen Yu took damage, his skills had already reached the front of the Minotaur Musketeer!
- 49761 (Magic Missile)
- 30239 (Ice Shard)
As the large damage numbers jumped above the Minotaur Musketeer's head, the BOSS's massive body crashed down.
"Not bad! You're not bad at all! To actually survive in front of my Magic Missile! I am willing to call you the strongest before level 20!" Wen Yu nodded at the BOSS's corpse and said,
"It seems my Talent is still not enough, to think I couldn't one-shot the Moo-Moo! I'll find Time to go grind the bunnies again!"
...
There were no surprises this Time, and the system prompt Wen Yu was looking forward to rang out immediately.
"Ding! ~"
"Killed [Minotaur Musketeer], EXP +200,000"
"Congratulations on obtaining Gold Coins * 34121"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Left)]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Coiling Dragon Ring (Left)]!"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Dark Light Ring]"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Wish Necklace]"
"Congratulations on obtaining [skill upgrade card] * 12"
"Ding! ~"
"Regional Announcement: Congratulations to player [Time] for successfully clearing the hell difficulty [Minotaur Castle]! System Reward: EXP +100,000, Gold Coins +10,000!"
"Regional Announcement: Congratulations to player [Time] for successfully killing [Minotaur Musketeer]! Achievement [You Dare to Play with Guns?] achieved. Reward obtained: Reputation +200, Gold Coins 500!"
"As the first player to kill a Platinum BOSS! System Reward [Platinum First Kill Treasure Chest] * 1"
"Ding! ~"
"You can now explore deeper areas~"
"..."
The rewards were as generous as ever, and Wen Yu saw a pattern.
"So the level 20 dungeon has become a dungeon that only drops accessories?"
He checked the equipment decisively.
[Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Left)] (Platinum)
Level: 20
Description: Rumored to be born from the place where the phoenix rests; wearing it is said to make enemies feel as if the phoenix is alive!
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Agility +50
Luck +5
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
[Coiling Dragon Ring (Left)] (Platinum)
Level: 20
Description: Rumored to be born from the place where the divine dragon rests; wearing it is said to make enemies feel as if the divine dragon is alive!
Physical Attack +300
Strength +50
Agility +50
Luck +5
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Warrior
[Dark Light Ring] (Gold)
Level: 20
Physical Attack +100
All Attributes +20
[Wish Necklace] (Gold)
Level: 20
Physical Attack +100
Agility +30
Luck +5
Trait: Life Recovery (Restores 100 HP every 10 seconds)
"It's all level 20 equipment! I'm only level 16, I'm still so far off."
"But these stats are really good. It seems the level 20 Mage set is called the phoenix breath set. Another goal!"
He checked his new achievement.
[You Dare to Play with Guns?]
Luck +5
Description: You dare to play with guns in front of our protagonist? Die!
Another 5 points of Luck were added, and Wen Yu's critical hit rate had reached 49%.
"Basically, I can get a critical hit every two hits. I'm truly terrifying! If this continues, I'll reach 100% critical hit rate one day," Wen Yu bragged to himself.
"And if I really enter [After Tomorrow] in the future, the equipment I sell will definitely far exceed other regions. China players will definitely be the most fierce group of people!"
...
Only the last gold treasure chest remained. Wen Yu opened it decisively.
"Congratulations on obtaining [Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)]"
"Congratulations on obtaining [skill upgrade card] * 12"
[Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)]
Level: 20
Description: Rumored to be born from the place where the phoenix rests; wearing it is said to make enemies feel as if the phoenix is alive!
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Constitution +50
Luck +5
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
Up to this point, all items from [Minotaur Castle] had been counted. 3 Platinum accessories, 2 Gold accessories, plus a full 24 skill upgrade cards!
...
After tearing the Return Scroll, Wen Yu arrived in Glory City again.
Wen Yu wasn't in a hurry to grind monsters; it was already very late. Today, Wen Yu's goal was to finish the remaining two runs of [Minotaur Castle] and then return to Novice Village No. 13241 to grind rabbits.
Entering [Minotaur Castle] again from the location of the [Dungeon Teleporter], this Time it felt more familiar than the last.
First floor: threw Ice Shard to clear the field; second floor: threw over twenty Magic Missiles.
Third floor: threw Ice Shard to clear the field; fourth floor: Magic Missile instant critical hit kill.
It took less than 10 minutes to clear [Minotaur Castle] again. And Wen Yu's level had reached 17 (42,100 / 1,212,000).
At this moment, Wen Yu wished that Ice Shard could be a skill with no cooldown. If that were the case, he could probably be out in less than 3 minutes.
It took another 10 minutes to finish today's [Minotaur Castle] runs.
In three dungeon runs, Wen Yu obtained a total of 7 Platinum accessories, 6 Gold accessories, and a full 48 skill upgrade cards!
And among the 7 Platinum accessories, in addition to the initial [Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Left)] and [Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)], another piece of Mage equipment dropped.
[Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)] (Platinum)
Level: 20
Description: Rumored to be born from the place where the phoenix rests; wearing it is said to make enemies feel as if the phoenix is alive!
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Constitution +50
Luck +5
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
The stats were exactly the same as the [Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)].
Wen Yu guessed that perhaps the stats of the [Phoenix Breath Ring (Left)] would be the same as the [Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Left)], it all depended on which hand it was worn on.
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Arrived at Novice Village No. 13241 again.
Perhaps because it was night, or perhaps because most players had reached level 10 and headed to their respective favorite main cities, there were almost no players in the village.
The rabbit territory was even more so; there wasn't a single person.
Equipping the [wooden sword], Wen Yu prepared to start his journey of grinding Talent tonight.
Without the [enforcer mask], Wen Yu's act of grinding rabbits might attract many people's speculation about his Talent, but Wen Yu was relieved.
So what if they guessed it? You can't beat me anyway. Can you stop me from hacking rabbits?
With Wen Yu's level far exceeding the rabbits, Wen Yu didn't consider items like gold coins and equipment.
But the 1 EXP point that every rabbit gave was constantly reminding Wen Yu that grinding rabbits was effective.
After grinding for half an hour, Wen Yu's stomach began to growl.
"Forget it, I'm not grinding anymore. I'm really starving. I haven't eaten anything since I had hotpot with Brother Rong at noon."
"It must be past 11 PM. Time to log off. See if I can order some takeout or something to eat."
...
"Enforcer! Enforcer!"
"...?"
Wen Yu knew who it was without thinking.
It was that man again, that NPC without dreams.
"Brother Ruan, how did you find me? Can you find me even when I'm in the Novice Village?" Wen Yu used Insight Technique on this NPC for the first Time.
[Ruan Yuming]
Level:???
Description: Rumored to be the brother-in-law of Glory City Lord Chen Ping, but he refuses to admit it even to his death.
...
You absolutely are! If you weren't a connected person with that brain of yours! You would have died somewhere long ago!
"Enforcer Sir! Lord City Lord requests your presence!"
"..." You absolutely are!
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Chapter 30: The Release of the "Talent Ranking"
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"Ding-a-ling!~" "Ding-a-ling!~" The alarm clock once again woke the sleeping Wen Yu promptly at 7:30 AM.
After being caught by the Glory City guard, Ruan Yuming, while hitting rabbits in the Novice Village last night, Wen Yu naturally followed him to meet the City Lord.
He also accepted a hidden quest at the City Lord's office again, but since it was too late yesterday, Wen Yu decided to wait until he woke up to complete it.
Wen Yu did manage to eat his takeout last night, but he had to wait bitterly for over an hour.
Dragon God Yunzhou, being a high-end villa district in Rong City, was home to the wealthy and powerful; basically, no one ordered takeout to eat at home.
Therefore, there were no restaurants in the vicinity.
Wen Yu felt it was time for him to hire a cook.
Once he thought of it, he took action and went directly to the property management office.
Fortunately, as a high-end villa district, many residents hired nannies.
Through the property management's recommendation, he arranged for someone to come over at 8:00 AM this morning for an "interview."
After getting up early to wash up and tidy up, Wen Yu sat on the first floor and waited.
Opening the "Toilet Forum," Wen Yu remembered that Lin Sirong had said yesterday that this morning was the day the official Talent ranking would be released.
Sure enough, the first post in the hot topics section was clearly: "After Tomorrow Talent Strength Ranking!"
Wen Yu decisively clicked in to take a look.
OP: Hello everyone, as everyone knows, the Talents in "After Tomorrow" are strange and varied, and many Talents have no reference point. Therefore, this Talent Strength Ranking is for reference only.
Floor 1: Through a few days of analysis, we have broadly divided Talents into two types: Class Talents and Special Talents. Here, we will first talk about Special Talents.
Floor 2: Special Talents are named for their uncertainty. Special Talents also have strengths and weaknesses. We will now list a few for everyone's reference.
Floor 3: Special Talents: S-Rank Talent: Infinite Growth (Player gains 100 HP for every 1 point of Strength gained). A-Rank Talent: Clone (Player gains a clone every 10 levels; the clone possesses 70% of the main body's total attributes
Ta-da!~ Players with Special Talents, have you finished comparing? Where does your Talent rank approximately?
Floor 4: Then, next we will start reviewing Class Talents!
Floor 5: Class Talents: S-Rank Talent: ×× Class total skill effect +300%. A-Rank Talent: ×× Class total skill effect +200%. B-Rank Talent: ×× Class total skill effect +100% / ×× skill effect +300%. C-Rank Talent: ×× Class total skill effect +50% / ×× skill effect +200%. D-Rank Talent: ×× skill effect +100%. E-Rank Talent: ×× skill effect +50%.
Ta-da!~ Regarding the classification of Class Talents~ did everyone understand? Because many friends have reported that they don't have total class bonuses, but rather bonuses for specific skills! Obviously, these types of Talents are not considered powerful!
Using a B-Rank Talent as an example: The strength of Warrior class total skill effect +100% = the effect of a certain skill in the Warrior class's Second Class Transfer +300%.
And for players who obtain this type of Talent, their future path is basically already determined. It's completely out of their own hands!
Floor 6: So, that is the review for this Class Talent ranking! Is your Talent powerful enough?
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Floor 7: Is my Talent powerful enough? I originally thought I was very powerful. After reading this, I feel my Talent is too trash.
Floor 8: I'm also very trash; my Talent is Archer Third Class Transfer skill "Storm Arrow Rain" effect +200%.
Floor 9: With a Talent like yours, you should have known it was trash the moment you got it. Whether you can even play to the Third Class Transfer is another question. By the way, what is the Archer Third Class Transfer called?
Floor 10: Mine seems to be a Special Talent, but just comparing it to the few listed, I don't know where I rank either.
Floor 11: Tell us and we'll help you analyze it (doge face).
Floor 12: Not telling you guys.
...There were many replies; in just one morning, the thread had over 7,400 floors.
Wen Yu didn't continue reading. Instead, he started analyzing his own Talent.
"According to the official statement, my Talent must be a Special one."
"The E-Rank Talent 'Making Money!', is a bit more of a mid-game class; I don't know if it can trigger in dungeons too. Once my level goes up, I'll be able to easily crush low-level dungeons. Making a hundred thousand gold coins a day, then buying equipment to fight higher-level ones, then making more money and buying more... Ranking it at E doesn't seem quite right."
"As for 'Artifact Preview,' in my opinion, it might not even be as good as 'Making Money!'. It requires the player to reach level 90 to get one class-specific Artifact, but by the time you reach level 90, the money earned from an E-Rank Talent might be enough to buy many Artifacts."
"The C-Rank 'Leveling Maniac' isn't very useful either; doesn't 'Leveling Maniac' not level up faster than me? Could Emperor have this type of Talent? But, other players have to kill 1,000 monsters to level up, while this Talent only requires killing 500. Looking at it this way, it can save a huge amount of time cost."
"The B-Rank Talent 'Demon Pact' is a good Talent: buying life with money. If given to a tycoon, it might be effective. Find people to collect gold coins, hoard a few billion, and even a god couldn't kill you; though it seems the damage output is too lacking?"
"If it were possible to exchange gold coins for damage output, that would definitely be a god-tier skill." Wen Yu fantasized. Wen Yu currently had about 400,000 gold coins on him; if he could exchange gold coins for damage, that would definitely be awesome.
"'Clone' is only useful in the late game. Right now, everyone is only level 10-something; their equipment and attributes are still very trashy. If this skill were given to me, it would be somewhat useful. If other players get it, they have to wait until the late game to play group fights."
"The S-Rank Talent reviewed by the National Team is indeed powerful. By dumping all stats into Strength, one could choose to be a tank Warrior, or wait for the Second Class Transfer to play a heavily armored Archer. Their health would be incredibly thick. It just requires too much equipment. Currently, it seems that every level up gives 5 points of Strength, and 500 HP increase per level up; combined with good equipment, it would be unsolvable. The best choice is still to play as a tank. If they transfer to a Shield Warrior at the Second Class Transfer, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to kill them."
"Hmm... not necessarily; playing a damage-dealing class would also be very powerful. After all, with so much health, if the damage output is also high, there would be no psychological burden at all when fighting."
Either hack the opponent to death, or neither can kill the other.
"This Talent is great; this Talent even allows one to choose the path they want to take, unlike me, I can only play as a Mage, hahahaha!"
After reading the Talent ranking released by the National Team, Wen Yu had a rough understanding. Special Talents are basically functional Talents, and they also have strengths and weaknesses. He felt that his Talent should still be stronger than the S-Rank Talent among the Special Talents. Although not by much anymore. But in the late game, one is the king of health, and the other is the king of damage output. Wen Yu felt that he would still win. At least looking at the Talents ranked on the surface, there was no Talent whose damage output could compare to his, and it couldn't even reach his level.
At the same time, Wen Yu also realized that there isn't much of a distinction between strong and weak within Special Talents. As an A-Rank Talent, if 'Clone' is developed well, it might challenge the S-Rank Talent in the future. A round of group beatings; perhaps when everyone's damage scales up, it might even pose a threat to Wen Yu.
'Demon Pact' could also create a situation where Wen Yu and the opponent can't kill each other.
Everything depends on development.
Looking at the Class Talents again, Wen Yu was relatively confused. What kind of concept is this so-called skill effect +300%?
Wen Yu remembered that the initial damage of Magic Missile was 100% magic damage, at a common level.
Or does this Talent mean the initial damage directly becomes 400%? Four times the damage? Then can this skill still use a skill upgrade card? Is it still at the common level? And the skill effect of Teleport is instant movement within a 10*10 meter range. What is the concept of skill effect +300%? And this so-called 300%, what if my Magic Missile finally upgrades from 100% magic damage to 200% magic damage? He was confused; he would know once he got hit by one later.
However, Wen Yu wasn't worried, just curious. He felt that even if it were 4 times the damage, or even 5 times the damage, the gap with him would still be very far. As long as he continued to stack damage, the gap would only widen in the future.
He didn't know if there was anyone in an unknown corner with a Talent similar to his. Gaining damage increases just by killing monsters.
To this, Wen Yu could only express: "I hope not!~"
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Chapter 31 Li Jue
"Ding dong! ~"
"Ding dong! ~"
The urgent doorbell interrupted Wen Yu's thoughts. He glanced at the Time: 7:56.
"Coming!" It must be the cook Aunt Huang, whom the property management had helped him contact.
Wen Yu opened the door to find a woman around 40 years old standing there.
She was slightly plump and about 1.58 meters tall.
His first impression was that she was quite introverted, and Wen Yu felt that she seemed like someone who lived a happy life.
"Hello, please come in." Wen Yu stepped aside to invite her in.
"Hello, the property management contacted me. Are you the one who needs to hire a cook?" The woman greeted Wen Yu politely as well.
"Yes, I live alone. First, I don't know how to cook, and second, I don't have much Time to cook. I'd like to hire a cook."
Through chatting with her, Wen Yu learned some of her basic information.
Her name was Aunt Huang. She was 45 years old and had worked in the finance industry a long Time ago, but returned to focus on her family after getting married and having children.
Now that her children were older, they didn't need as much care, so she came out looking for something to do.
It was by chance that she encountered this industry. Since she had to buy groceries and cook every day anyway, cooking one meal or two made no difference.
Her husband's income was quite optimistic, so there was no issue of not being able to afford meals. She would cook when someone hired her, and stay idle when no one did.
She didn't live far away, just a 10-minute walk from Dragon God Yunzhou.
Wen Yu was satisfied with every aspect, so they quickly signed the contract and took a picture of her ID for safekeeping.
Wen Yu offered a monthly salary of 20,000, which really gave Aunt Huang a shock.
Because he didn't have much life experience, Wen Yu transferred 30,000 to Aunt Huang, asking her to arrange the downstairs garden and the rooftop terrace.
After giving Aunt Huang a spare key and discussing the daily cooking Times, she left.
Now, Wen Yu could finally play the game with peace of mind.
After Tomorrow! Start!
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Just logged in, Wen Yu stood at the entrance of the Glory City Lord's Mansion and first glanced at the rankings.
[Time] Level 17 (48%) (Mage)
[Dynasty - Emperor] Level 15 (76%) (Archer)
[Fantasy - Doomsday] Level 14 (92%) (Mage)
[Still Not Calling Mom] Level 14 (62%) (Warrior)
[Sharp Blade - Wang Bin] Level 14 (39%) (Archer)
[Gathering Righteousness - Righteous Brother] Level 13 (89%) (Warrior)
[Fantasy - Yu Yu Hakusho] Level 13 (72%) (Archer)
[War God - War Invincible] Level 13 (70%) (Warrior)
[Hidden Kill - Asura is Here] Level 13 (49%) (Assassin)
[Sharp Blade - Lin Sirong] Level 13 (45%) (Warrior)
The rankings hadn't changed much. Dynasty - Emperor had reached level 15 and should be able to tackle Minotaur Castle now.
The guild leader of Hidden Kill had finally relied on his own superior skills to secure a spot on the rankings for Assassins.
Lin Sirong had also finally started to exert his strength, jumping from being off the rankings yesterday to the tenth position.
That's how the rankings were; some go up, some go down, and the hardcore grinders compete against each other.
However, Wen Yu didn't care. Wen Yu had slept very well last night, and hadn't even slept late.
He didn't know about their livers, but Wen Yu's liver was still useful.
"You have a new message!"
He opened it and found it was from Big Smart.
[I Can Fly]: "Boss, you've logged on."
"Just arrived. Come to the Dungeon Teleporter in Glory City." Wen Yu replied.
In a short while, [I Can Fly], dressed in tattered clothes, arrived.
Wen Yu took one look and felt a bit appalled.
"What's going on with you? You're already level 10, why are you wearing such trashy equipment?" Wen Yu asked curiously.
"Hehe, excuse me, excuse me. I'm just a lone player, and my Talent isn't powerful. It's already very lucky that I managed to reach level 10!" Big Smart said.
"..." Wen Yu suddenly felt a bit of regret. This didn't look like a smart person at all.
Seeming to see the disdain in Wen Yu's eyes, [I Can Fly] said: "Don't look at me like that! I'm making money! Boss, it's enough that you have good equipment!"
"My name is Li Jue, Assassin class! Boss! Please take care of me!"
"How much money did you make from that White Wolf King dungeon statistic you did earlier?" Wen Yu asked. Wen Yu wasn't surprised at all that Big Smart switched to the Assassin class; having tasted the benefits of being an Assassin at White Wolf King, Li Jue must want to continue doing this.
Hearing this, Li Jue almost cried: "Not much. It was replaced by others just a few minutes after I posted it. I only made about 100,000."
"Hiss! ~" Wen Yu gasped. Is it that profitable? In his impression, the few pieces of equipment he sold at the Time were less than 100,000, right?!
"Li Jue, do you think that in our cooperation, should it be centered around you or me?"
"Boss, of course it's centered around you. You can take me with you to try it out first! If it doesn't work, you can change people! All the money earned will be yours, Boss. I'll just take the video recording fee!" Li Jue was quite sensible and could distinguish primary and secondary roles.
"That won't be necessary. Business is business, and since the money earned probably won't be small, let's make it clear beforehand to avoid confusion." Wen Yu said:
"You are willing to earn this money, and I am willing to trust you once. If we really make money, I take 90%, you take 10%. From now on, you'll follow me, and I'll have your back if anything happens." Wen Yu said.
"Thank you, Boss! I understand! You just don't want to expose your information on the forum. I don't want to cause trouble for myself either. I understand the principle of long-term cooperation." Li Jue said.
Wen Yu nodded. He was indeed a smart person. His trust in Li Jue increased by 1 point in his heart.
"Then let's give it a try!" After saying that, Wen Yu added Li Jue to the team.
Triggered the dialogue with [Dungeon Teleporter].
A flash of white light, and the two appeared in the [White Wolf Kings Lair]. This was also the first Time Wen Yu had teamed up with someone to enter a dungeon.
Looking up, it was no different from when he entered the dungeon alone.
The white wolves in the first cave were still the same dozen or so.
After one cast of Insight Technique, the attributes were no different from when he fought solo.
"Shall I start then?" Wen Yu turned and asked.
"Start, Boss, I've already started recording." Li Jue responded.
Wen Yu nodded and walked forward slowly.
"Hello, fellow viewers. Today, I am very honored to be able to team up with the big shot Time to enter the Hell-level difficulty White Wolf Kings Lair. A tutorial session by the big shot! Charging everyone five dollars isn't too much, right?"
"So, today's commentary will be brought to you by myself, game/forum ID [I Can Fly]. Next, I will take everyone into the daily dungeon life of the big shot Time!"
Magic Missile initiated, and a white wolf was killed instantly.
-1200 damage popped up. It stunned Li Jue, who was recording and preparing to commentate on the side. How is he supposed to commentate this?
"Look, everyone! This is the strength of our number one big shot in After Tomorrow. The little white wolves can't even withstand a single Magic Missile!" He had to commentate even if he couldn't.
To highlight his handsome figure, Wen Yu used his staff to knock on their heads during the interval of the Magic Missile, not even breaking the white wolves' defense. But he couldn't just stand there doing nothing waiting for the CD. Since he was recording a video, he still had to go through the motions.
"Look everyone! How handsome the big shot looks when he knocks with his staff! Although it doesn't deal damage to the monster's health, every hit with the staff knocks the white wolf flying! Doesn't it look like an elegant golfer!"
"..." If you don't know how to commentate, just don't. Wen Yu thought, and even turned his head to look at Li Jue.
"Look everyone, the big shot turned his head! In such a tense and exciting Hell-level dungeon, the big shot Time is still handling it with ease!" Li Jue's voice grew louder.
Wen Yu didn't want to pay attention to him and continued to farm his monsters.
When they reached the second cave, he teleported directly to the center of the field. Ice Shard was released instantly.
The monsters were also cleared within a second.
The late-arriving Li Jue was completely depressed. Where are the monsters? Except for an ice crystal bursting with light on the ground, where the hell are the monsters?
"..." I really can't make this up anymore.
You guys just watch it yourselves. I can't be bothered to commentate.
Li Jue decided not to speak anymore.
"Let's go!" Wen Yu turned and called out to Li Jue.
Li Jue also ran over quickly and whispered to Wen Yu: "Slow down, Big Shot, the video duration is too short!"
Wen Yu nodded. Slow down? How to slow down? Just stand there and get hit by the monsters for a while then.
Walking into the cave where the White Wolf King was, Li Jue stopped walking. If he went any further, he would get caught in the crossfire.
"Remember to slow down, Bro!" Li Jue urged again.
"Don't worry!" Wen Yu gave Li Jue an OK gesture.
He activated Magic Shield, teleported directly in front of the White Wolf King, picked up his staff, and knocked it on the White Wolf King's leg.
MISS
Then Wen Yu just stood there quietly, watching the White Wolf King perform.
It bit Wen Yu from the left, and gave Wen Yu a claw from the right.
-51
-51
-102 (Critical Hit)!
-51
-51
-51
-102 (Critical Hit)!
"..." Li Jue felt that Wen Yu might not have understood what he meant.
After two minutes, Wen Yu turned his head to look at Li Jue again and gave an OK gesture again.
A Magic Missile blasted out!
-40000 (Critical Hit)!
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Chapter 32 dawn set
"..." Li Jue knew that Wen Yu had understood his meaning.
"Ding! ~"
"Killed [White Wolf King], EXP +50,000"
"Congratulations on obtaining Gold Coins * 4,859"
"Congratulations on obtaining [Dawn Belt] (Mage)"
"Congratulations on obtaining [spirit control belt]"
"Congratulations on obtaining [skill upgrade card] * 4"
...
"As expected, the EXP and skill upgrade cards have all been halved," Wen Yu said.
"But the good news is that the final piece of the dawn set has finally dropped."
Li Jue also hurried over.
"Boss, you're too fierce! Anyone who didn't know better would think we were playing on normal difficulty!"
Li Jue continued, "Boss, I had a piece of gold equipment drop called the Dawn Dagger, and a piece of silver equipment called the Bright Light Greatsword. Plus some skill upgrade cards."
"Just give me the skill upgrade cards. The Dawn Dagger is a gold set piece for your Assassin class, so you should equip it too. Walking around in rags, don't tell people you're with me. Hurry up and change into some better gear!" Wen Yu rolled his eyes.
"You can just handle the silver equipment yourself. Consider it some extra pocket money."
"Alright, thanks Boss. Shall we head back to the city? I'm going to go post the video right now." Li Jue was already getting impatient.
"Let's head back to the city first." After Wen Yu said this, both of them chose to leave the dungeon.
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"Alright Boss, I'm logging off. I'm going to post the video and see how many people buy into it after a day!" Li Jue said, ready to slip away.
"Wait, do you think the boss stats for the hell difficulty [Minotaur Castle] can be sold for money now?" Wen Yu asked.
"Yes! Oh! Right! Boss, you also cleared [Minotaur Castle]! What level is it? Is it a level 20 dungeon?"
Immediately, Wen Yu told Li Jue about the various monsters and their skills in the hell difficulty [Minotaur Castle], telling him to release that information along with the video.
However, monster data cannot be prevented from being reposted like a video, so he believed it would quickly be replaced by others.
Therefore, Wen Yu decided to make a quick profit from it. He set the viewing price at 10 yuan.
"There's no way to protect intellectual property for something like this, so we'll just make a quick killing and then abandon it. If it gets stolen, so be it."
After giving his instructions, Li Jue logged off.
Wen Yu finally had Time to check the newly obtained [Dawn Belt] (Mage).
[Dawn Belt] (Mage) (Gold)
Description: A belt piece from the Dawn Mage set, crafted by the legendary master Leonardo, which went missing after the last Demon invasion.
MP +1,000
Magic Attack +100
All Attributes +20
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
Having finally gathered the 5-piece set, Wen Yu equipped the [Dawn Belt] immediately.
[Time]
Level: 17 (641280 / 1212000)
HP: 1370+1000
MP: 870+3000
Magic Attack: 36800+510
Physical Defense: 169+200
Magic Defense: 169+200
Intelligence: 18310+90
Constitution: 34+53
Critical Rate: 49%
Special Attributes: Luck: 29
Skills: [Insight Technique] [Magic Missile] [Teleport] [Magic Shield] [Ice Shard]
Equipment: [staff of dawn] [cloth armor of dawn] [dawn mage hat] [dawn cloth shoes] [Dawn Belt] [desolate bracelet] [plea bracelet] [shining ring] [gray wolf king necklace] [fault tolerance badge]
Set Effect:
dawn set (5/5):
2% of damage dealt to enemy units is converted into your own HP. 2% of damage dealt to enemy units is converted into your own MP. 20% skill cooldown reduction.
"! Holy crap! 20% Cooldown Reduction!" Although only one attribute line was added, this attribute was exactly what Wen Yu needed.
"Invincible! This is truly invincible now."
He glanced at his skills; the cooldown for Magic Missile had become 8 seconds.
And the cooldown for Ice Shard had become 1 minute and 36 seconds, reduced by a full 24 seconds.
"It seems that from now on, it's not just about critical hits; cooldown reduction is even more invincible!" Wen Yu was even more motivated now!
"Next is fierce leveling! Need to reach level 20 so I can wear the [Minotaur Castle] accessories. I wonder if they'll have cooldown reduction stats too!"
He finished the remaining two runs of the [White Wolf Kings Lair], gaining 4 pieces of gold equipment and 4 pieces of silver equipment. Wen Yu's skill upgrade cards also reached 80.
Among the 4 gold pieces, one was Assassin equipment, which Wen Yu planned to save for Li Jue. He planned to sell the rest to Lin Sirong.
He continued into [Minotaur Castle]. Wen Yu could now clear it very quickly.
The Time spent climbing the stairs was almost longer than the Time spent killing monsters.
As usual, Ice Shard on the first floor, Magic Missile on the second, Ice Shard on the third, then kill the BOSS.
It is worth mentioning that the Minotaur Gunner did indeed exceed Wen Yu's expectations. Because Wen Yu couldn't instantly kill the BOSS with Magic Missile yet, he ended up taking quite a few BOSS skills, including the long stun Time from the Concussive Shot and the guaranteed critical hit from the Kill Shot.
However, it was naturally impossible for it to defeat Wen Yu, who had over 50,000 shield points.
In half an hour, he finished the three runs of [Minotaur Castle]. He gained another 6 pieces of platinum equipment and 6 pieces of gold equipment, but no equipment that Wen Yu could use dropped. There was only one Mage item, and it was a Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Left) that he already owned. Wen Yu soared from level 17 to level 19 (17280 / 1412000).
After finishing [Minotaur Castle], Wen Yu clearly felt it was Time to upgrade his Talent. Even with a critical hit, a single Magic Missile couldn't one-shot the Minotaur Gunner with 80,000 HP.
Currently, Wen Yu was satisfied with both his shield amount and the damage ratio of his Magic Missile, so he wasn't in a rush to upgrade his skills to a higher level. With 116 skill upgrade cards stockpiled in his bag, Wen Yu planned to wait until level 20 to max out [Chain Lightning] and [Elfs Blessing].
Descending once again into Novice Village No. 13241, it felt like a forsaken land. He couldn't see a single player's silhouette.
"That makes sense. Even Big Smart could reach level 10 with that equipment, could other players be worse than him?"
"Start grinding! If I don't kill 30,000 rabbits today, I, This Person Wen, won't eat rabbit for a year!" Wen Yu thought for a moment.
"Grinding over 3,000 an hour, hiss! The goal is set too high. If I grind for 10 hours, I'll vomit every Time I see a rabbit in the future. I'll just grind 10,000!"
However, things didn't go as planned; he had only been grinding for a little over 2 hours.
"You have a new message!"
[Sharp Blade - Lin Sirong]: "So this is how you kid beat the [White Wolf King]?"
Wen Yu was confused. "? What?"
"Your video of beating the [White Wolf King] has gone viral! My brother! But are you really serious about calling this kind of video a tutorial?"
"... I didn't know, it was all posted by a friend. I'll go take a look." Wen Yu thought to himself, my influence isn't that strong, is it? It's been almost three hours? It just went viral?
"Don't rush, do you have any equipment today? The brothers are all hungry for gear! Get some for us to wear!"
...
He sold everything he didn't need to Lin Sirong. When Lin Sirong saw the pile of platinum equipment, he exclaimed that it was awesome! Very "generously," he directly transferred 800,000 to Wen Yu. However, Wen Yu no longer cared about how much money he could earn from the National Team.
He was already very wealthy, and there would be many places in the future where he would need Lin Sirong's help.
Wen Yu still had an empty ring slot, but seeing that he was about to reach level 20, he decided not to wear anything for now.
"I'll wear level 20 gear when the Time comes. Now it's Time for me to see how much money the [White Wolf King] video has earned!"
After Tomorrow! Closed!