No more worrying about sea turtles calling for help.

Jiang Hao bypassed the sea turtle and returned to where the skeleton weasel had recovered. A minute passed, and the skeleton weasel's health had finally almost fully recovered. After waiting another half minute until it was at full health, Jiang Hao ordered it to engage the monster.

Summoned creatures regenerate health too slowly, so kiting is the most time-efficient strategy.

In the first second, relying on the skeleton weasel's extremely high movement speed, it launched a sneak attack on the sea turtle.

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The damage is dealt, and the turtle enters a stunned state, while the skeleton weasel continues its attack.

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The second later, just as the sea turtle regained consciousness, Jiang Hao's staff landed on its head, and the sea turtle fell into a daze again.

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After biting again, the skeleton weasel immediately retreated 5 meters. The sea turtle, ignoring Jiang Hao beside it, chased after the skeleton weasel. The skeleton weasel didn't go far, only circling within a ten-meter radius of where the sea turtle had been lying.

In the sixth second, the talent was restored. The Skeleton Weasel kicked off with its hind legs and launched another swift sneak attack on the turtle. Before the turtle's outstretched neck could even touch the Skeleton Weasel, it was bitten and immediately stunned.

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Just as she was about to wake up, Jiang Hao struck her with his staff again, forcing her back into a state of dizziness.

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By the eighth second of the battle, Jiang Hao and the Skeleton Weasel's two rounds of attacks had already reduced the turtle's health by half.

Once the white-shelled sea turtle recovered from its dizziness, it stopped chasing the skeleton weasel. Instead, it retracted its head and limbs and hid motionless inside its shell.

Jiang Hao knew that this was the sea turtle's skill: Fortitude. The Fortitude skill could immediately increase the sea turtle's defense by 40 points, and also restore the sea turtle's health by 100 points per second.

Jiang Hao had been waiting for this, and immediately ordered the skeleton weasel, which was still circling around, to pounce.

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+100

The increased defense of 40 points mitigated some of the Skeleton Weasel's physical attacks, reducing its damage to only 76 points. The 100 health regeneration per second ensured the turtle's health increased instead of decreasing.

In the eleventh second of the battle, Jiang Hao immediately ordered the Skeleton Weasel to cease its attack. The weasel's innate skill was ready, but Jiang Hao didn't want to waste it on the stun ability at this moment.

He crossed his arms, unhurried. The turtle's skill only lasted 5 seconds, with a 20-second cooldown. By the time the sturdy skill ended, the turtle, already at half health, couldn't withstand three rounds of attacks from him and the weasel.

Sure enough, 13 seconds into the battle, the turtle's skill ended, and as soon as its head emerged from its shell, the weasel bit it on the head, immediately stunning it.

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After the third round of attacks, the weasel started running in circles again, and the poor turtle couldn't catch it at all.

Finally, at the 25-second mark of the battle, the Skeleton Weasel withstood a hit from the turtle and depleted the turtle's health bar, which was frantically stomping its right front leg.

The unwilling white-shelled turtle drooped its head and fell directly to the ground, dead.

In the end, its companions did not arrive.

Gain experience +12

"Player detected defeating a monster 5 levels higher than their own. Talent effect enhanced, stun duration increased by 0.01 seconds. Current stun duration 1.01 seconds, true damage 5 points."

That's all?

After waiting for quite a while, I still didn't receive any further notifications from the system.

Aside from 12 experience points and a 50% increase in equipment drop rate when fighting monsters 5 levels higher, not a single piece of equipment dropped.

The drop rate for dogs in this game is freaking pathetic!

Jiang Hao used his skill to revive the fallen white-shelled sea turtle.

"Resurrecting the current target requires 220 mana points. You do not have enough mana. Resurrection has failed."

Ah, this...

With no other option, Jiang Hao could only continue leading the Skeleton Weasels in executing the kite-flying tactic.

The man and the skeleton returned to the beach. Jiang Hao chose the nearest sea turtle, raised his staff, and gently tapped it in the air. The turtle instantly teleported beneath his staff, catching it with its head. Taking advantage of the turtle's momentary daze, Jiang Hao nimbly ran backward.

Next came the Skeleton Weasel's performance. The turtle had barely awakened when the Skeleton Weasel immediately bit it, stunning it again. Then, the Skeleton Weasel began relentlessly attacking the turtle. One stun attack, plus two normal attacks, finally managed to steal the turtle's aggro from Jiang Hao. The Skeleton Weasel then began to fly the turtle around in circles like a kite. Unable to catch the Skeleton Weasel, the turtle started stomping its feet, calling for its companions.

A large group of white-shelled sea turtles woke up on the beach, and the skeleton weasel immediately fled in the direction of Jiang Hao.

After chasing the turtles out of the 20-meter range of their aggro, they disengaged from the fight and slowly turned back to the beach to continue sunbathing.

Only the sea turtle that had summoned its companions remained where Jiang Hao had just waved his staff, its head held high, staring warily at its surroundings.

Just as expected, the turtle was alone again, but at this distance, it could still call for its companions.

Jiang Hao wasn't in a hurry; he stood quietly and waited for the talent time to pass.

Three seconds later, Jiang Hao stood 20 meters away from the lone sea turtle and waved his staff again...

Twenty-five seconds later, the second white-shelled sea turtle collapsed to the ground in frustration, while its companions continued to bask comfortably in the sun.

Gain 12 experience points.

Obtain the equipment [Turtle Bone Pendant].

"Player detected defeating a monster 5 levels higher than their own. Talent effect enhanced, stun duration increased by 0.01 seconds. Current stun duration 1.02 seconds, true damage 5 points."

The talent effect has improved again. Although each improvement is not significant, everything takes time to accumulate.

To his delight, new equipment finally arrived! Jiang Hao jumped for joy. He hurriedly opened his backpack to check the equipment's attributes.

【Turtle Bone Pendant】

Quality: Average

Accessories

Health +80

Intelligence +8

Spirit +2

Wearing requirements: None

Another accessory has been released, but this one offers significantly higher health and intelligence bonuses. The 80 health points alone are enough to tempt Jiang Hao, not to mention the additional 8 intelligence points. Jiang Hao had long understood that intelligence had a greater impact on him than any other attribute; without enough intelligence, he wouldn't even have enough mana to use his resurrection skill.

I promptly equipped this, and my health reached 110 and my mana reached 240.

Jiang Hao finally had enough mana to revive the white-shelled sea turtle, and used the revival skill on the turtle that had just died.

A gray ball of light flashed, enveloping the turtle carcass the size of a washbasin. Twenty seconds later, a turtle skeleton appeared in front of Jiang Hao, its empty head glowing with a ghostly blue soul fire. Jiang Hao immediately realized that he could control this turtle.

Jiang Hao glanced at the scattered skeleton of the weasel lying on the ground, sighed, and began to check the attributes of the skeleton turtle.

[Skull Turtle]

Faction: Necromancer Summoned Items

Level: 6

Lifespan: 1584

Physical Attack: 182

Physical defense: 52

Speed: 7.8

Skill: Steadfast. The Skeleton Turtle's shell is incredibly hard. By utilizing the powerful energy contained within the shell, it can increase its physical defense by 50 points and regenerate 120 health points per second. Duration: 5 seconds. Skill cooldown: 20 seconds.

Wow, that's awesome!

There's a piece of equipment I just changed out of in my backpack; I wonder how much it's worth.

Jiang Hao opened his portable auction house, only to find that apart from a few beginner outfits, there were no other equipment for sale at the moment.

Staff Physical Attack +2 (Beginner Equipment)

The price is 10 yuan.

Shortbow Physical Attack +3 (Beginner Equipment)

The price is 15 yuan.

Short sword physical attack +3 (beginner equipment)

Auction price: 10 yuan (bidding time: 30 minutes)

......

Jiang Hao was speechless. What player doesn't have beginner gear?

These people are really obsessed with money.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Hao placed the only piece of equipment he didn't need in his backpack, the Weasel Fang, on the plate.

Unsure of the market price, Jiang Hao opted for the auction mode. After some thought, he set the starting price at 10 yuan and the bidding period at 5 minutes.

"Your equipment has been put into the auction house. When the auction is successful, the auction house will charge a 10% commission based on the transaction price. Do you want to confirm the auction?"

A 10% handling fee is a bit expensive, but after thinking about it, it's only one yuan. Jiang Hao chose to confirm and closed the portable auction house.

Jiang Hao plopped down on the skeleton turtle's shell, gripping the edge tightly with one hand and raising his staff high with the other.

"Skull Turtle, let's go."

Jiang Hao shouted, and the skeleton turtle started running towards the beach, its four short legs quickly pawing at the ground, even faster than the white-shelled turtle.