"System notification: Your pet Cerberus has killed a level 33 Yellow Rank boss, Steelback Beast, and gained experience."

"System notification: Your pet has killed a level 33 Yellow Rank boss, Steelback Beast. You have gained experience, gained extra experience, gained 14 gold coins and 56 silver coins, gained 500 merit points, and gained an extra 1000 merit points."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, granting you 2 points of Strength, 1 point of Spirit, 3 points of Agility, 1 point of Stamina, and 3 free attribute points."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, granting you 2 points of Water Attribute Enhancement, 1 point of Wood Attribute Resistance, and 2 points of Metal Attribute Resistance."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, gaining 1 skill point and 1 soul power value."

"System notification: You have obtained 5 Steel Crystal Essences."

Steel Crystal Essence (Special Item)

Grade: Rank 4

Note: The raw material for crafting rare items, refined iron essence, is extremely precious.

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Wang Ming looked at the boss, where the yellow crystal pillar was no longer on the boss's back.

"Huh? I didn't level up? No first kill reward?" Wang Ming checked the system information and indeed found no notification of a first kill.

"What's going on? Could it be that someone has already gotten the first kill on this boss? But that doesn't make sense."

"I haven't left the game during this time. If someone else got the first kill, I should have received a server-wide announcement."

"Also, there are only a few hundred players above level 30 right now. Although the chance of killing a boss is not high, the stats of a yellow-tier boss are not great either. Not to mention the level 33 Steelback Beast, someone should have gotten the first kill of the level 31 and 32 bosses by now, but I have never heard of a first kill announcement."

"Could it be a system bug? No, I have to figure this out, or I won't feel at ease." Wang Ming then opened the forum to check the latest news.

[Damn, is this something a human would do? A second job advancement requires killing a boss?!]

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[There's a big knife in his pants! You bastard, trying to steal my boss! Come on, xxx, xxx, I'll kill you!]

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[Shocking! Crimson Flame Alliance, Dragon Roar, and Heroes of the World are engaged in a massive open-world PvP battle, reportedly to seize a Heavenly Rank boss. Coordinates: xxx, xxx. It's incredibly exciting, everyone come and watch!]

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The forum has posts complaining about the difficulty of the second job advancement, posts challenging people to PvP in the wild, and various other shocking posts.

Among them, the post about the Crimson Flame Alliance, Dragon Roars to the Nine Heavens, and Heroes of the World in the Wild received the most clicks.

"These coordinates are the coordinates of the snake pit; the Red-crowned Python should have spawned."

Unfortunately, there was no information about first kills on this forum, and even the first kill leaderboard post that Wang Ming had browsed last time was gone.

Wang Ming closed the forum, opened the official website of Yuanyu, and then began browsing information related to "first kill".

A moment later, Wang Ming got the information he wanted.

"So that's how it is."

Before level 30, to encourage players to level up, any boss above level 5, even the lowest-level Yellow Rank boss, would have a first-kill reward. However, after level 30, only the highest-rank bosses in each realm would have a first-kill reward.

Furthermore, the rules for ownership of items dropped by monsters level 30 and above have changed and are no longer the same as before.

Once a monster reaches level 30, any player who has hit the boss during its lifespan is eligible to loot the boss's loot, and experience will be distributed based on the player's DPS.

The same applies to bosses. However, when attacking a boss, it is usually one or more teams attacking the boss together. Therefore, in addition to the above rules, the player who delivers the final blow to the boss can receive the full experience of the boss.

"Phew, thankfully I used skill points to upgrade my punch in the snake cave and landed the final blow on the Crimson-Crowned Python. Otherwise, if the experience had been split, I wouldn't have reached level 30, and the outcome would have been different."

"For monsters between levels 30 and 40, the highest-ranking boss is Heaven-rank. There is no longer a first-kill reward for Yellow-rank, Profound-rank, and Earth-rank bosses. The Steelback Beast I just killed was a Yellow-rank boss, which is why I didn't get the first-kill reward."

"This is pretty good. I don't have to worry about getting a +1 level reward for killing a boss anymore. Not only that, but the attributes stolen by the Soul Eater from killing a boss are much more than those from ordinary monsters, and high-star equipment can only be dropped by bosses."

"Hehe, it's perfect for me."

If it weren't for upgrading the Chaos Origin Gauntlets, Wang Ming wouldn't have bothered to kill this Yellow-tier boss. Now that the first kill threat is gone, Wang Ming can confidently kill any boss he encounters.

After exiting the official website, Wang Ming began collecting the boss's loot.

"Yellow-tier bosses are trash; their highest-level equipment is only 3-star, so they're not worth pursuing. However, this enchantment card is alright."

Yellow-tier boss Steelback Enchantment Card

Grade: Intermediate

Enchantment effect: Take this item to the enchanter in the main city to enchant your armor. When you take damage, it will reduce the damage by 200 points.

Enchantment slot: Armor

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"It can negate 200 points of damage. If you collect 5 of these enchantment cards and enchant them onto armor, it can negate 1000 points of damage. This effect is already quite good."

Wang Ming has also obtained quite a few Bristleback Enchantment Cards from killing Bristlebacks recently.

However, ordinary enchanted cards can only mitigate 30 points of damage, and those dropped by elite monsters can only mitigate 60 points of damage, which is completely inadequate compared to the boss card.

"Not all monsters in the Elemental Realm can drop enchantment cards. This Bristleback's enchantment card can also mitigate damage, so it will definitely be farmed by players in the future."

"I have five steel crystals on hand. I don't know if that's enough to refine refined iron essence. Just to be on the safe side, I'll get a few more before the main force arrives at Daylight City."

"Little dog, let's go find the boss."

"Awoo~"

......

Inside the snake cave, a giant snake-shaped boss's health was steadily decreasing. Beside this boss were three factions: the Heroes of the World, the Dragon Roars to the Nine Heavens, and the Crimson Flame Alliance.

The ranged classes from all three factions fared well; the Sky Feather Archer and the Sorcerer were constantly attacking the boss, the Crimson Crown Python, while the Spirit Sound and the Suspended Pot were continuously casting buffs and group heals.

Although they were wary of each other, things weren't as chaotic as described on the forum.

However, the melee classes in each guild were in big trouble.

Because of the short attack range, all of these people surrounded the boss and attacked it.

When the ranged classes from the three guilds unleashed their skills, they would occasionally miss. The boss would be hit, but members of the other two guilds would also be within the skill's range.

Moreover, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the melee players from the three guilds, despite being melee classes with more precise skill control, would occasionally hit other guilds' melee players with their skills.

Therefore, the melee classes of the three guilds have had their health continuously decreasing since they ganged up on the boss.

Aside from a few shrewd players who retreated to their own guilds to heal when things got too tough, some unlucky ones were killed on the spot without warning.