"What the hell is this setting? You can even regenerate health like this during battle?"
"That's outrageous!"
He grumbled a few times, indulging in some verbal sparring, but didn't hold back in swinging his staff. It wasn't until the 40th second of the battle that Duss's health finally ran out, and he collapsed to the ground, dead.
If I hadn't replaced all my summoned creatures with skeleton gnolls beforehand, I probably wouldn't have been able to kill Dus.
Gained 308 experience points.
Obtain the equipment [Commander's Blade].
"Player detected defeating a monster 5 levels higher than their own. Talent effect enhanced, stun duration increased by 0.01 seconds. Current stun duration 5 seconds, true damage points."
"Player detected defeating an elite monster of level or higher. Talent effect enhanced, damage increased by 100 points. Current stun duration 5 seconds, true damage points."
"Player's first stage of talent development has been completed. The system will now integrate the talents. Integration is currently in progress..."
"Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Lord of Hell for defeating the level 18 Silver-tier boss [Commander Duss]. As the first player on the server to defeat a Silver-tier boss, you are rewarded with 100 gold coins, 100 free attribute points, 50 skill points, 25 class points, and one Silver-tier treasure chest. This announcement is made to encourage you!"
......
The server-wide announcement was still broadcast three times consecutively. No matter where the player was or what they were doing, as long as they were in the game, they could clearly hear the announcement. Jiang Hao was already used to this. Whether it was noisy or high-profile, as long as the rewards were generous enough, Jiang Hao couldn't be bothered to complain anymore. And this time, the system's rewards were unprecedentedly generous. Jiang Hao's mouth practically stretched to his ears in a grin.
In fact, Jiang Hao's mind was entirely focused on his talent indicators. It seemed to be asking for some kind of integration, so Jiang Hao quickly opened his personal panel and found the talent section.
The talent remains unchanged from the previous description. However, a progress bar has been added at the bottom, currently at 5%.
It looks like we'll have to wait quite a while longer.
Jiang Hao wondered what the combined talent effects would be like. He felt a faint sense of anticipation.
Jiang Hao opened his backpack and saw the only piece of equipment dropped by the boss.
Commander's Blade
Quality: Silver
Weapon: Long sword
Health Points: 900
Strength: 40
Physical Attack: 230
Equipment effect: When a warrior equips this weapon, their physical attack is increased by an additional 200 points.
Equipment requirements: None
Weapon Description: This is a standard weapon personally awarded by Alda, the Jackal King, to outstanding commanders. The blade is engraved with the four characters "To die for righteousness".
Hiss~
Jiang Hao took a deep breath, feeling his heart pounding. The weapon's luxury was in no way inferior to the shield staff he had obtained from the silver-grade treasure chest. What surprised Jiang Hao most was that this top-tier silver-grade weapon had no equipment requirements.
In other words, even a level 1 warrior can equip this, increasing their health by 1300 and physical attack by 490. This single piece of equipment allows a level 1 warrior to easily kill a level 3 rabbit with a single strike. If they're not afraid of the pain, they can even go toe-to-toe with a level 6 turtle monster! Of course, a bit of luck is also needed; they need to avoid missing too many times.
Jiang Hao thought of the Ice Queen again. It seemed that she would accept any equipment, regardless of the profession, as long as it had top-quality attributes.
I wonder what price she'll offer for this.
If the price is too low, just put it on an auction house.
Jiang Hao saw the silver-level treasure chest that the system had rewarded him with in his backpack, and his breathing quickened. The last time he opened a silver-level treasure chest, he got a top-tier staff. He wondered what usable equipment he would get this time. Jiang Hao opened the treasure chest, and after a moment, the dazzling light disappeared, and a pair of shoes appeared in his backpack.
[The Paranoid's Boots]
Quality: Silver
Location: Shoes
Health Points: 500
Intelligence: 170
Equipment effect: None
Special Feature: After specifying any coordinate on the map, these boots will give you a feeling of flying. (Can be used once every 5 minutes)
Weapon Description: A super running shoe obtained by a paranoid mage who wanted to travel the world, after voluntarily cleaning toilets for two and a half years, in exchange for it from his teacher.
Holy crap, what kind of weird equipment is this?
As a silver-tier item, its 500 health points are indeed low, but its intelligence bonus is simply phenomenal. As for its special abilities, there's only one word to describe it: incredibly powerful!
However, it's a bit of a double-edged sword now.
Jiang Hao, feeling both delighted and slightly disappointed, equipped the shoes to himself. His mana instantly surged from 4740 to 7290!
After organizing his equipment, Jiang Hao closed his backpack and looked at the boss's corpse lying on the ground. How could Jiang Hao possibly let a silver-level summoned creature go? So, Jiang Hao raised his hands high, like a giant supporting the sky, and released the resurrection skill.
Ninety percent of Jiang Hao's 7290 mana points were instantly depleted, leaving him with only 620 points. Jiang Hao let out a soft breath.
If it weren't for the fact that I got an item that increases intelligence from a silver-level treasure chest, I probably would have had to use my free attribute points.
A moment later, the first silver-level summoned creature stood in front of Jiang Hao.
The skeleton of Zhao's summoned creature before them was almost twice the size of the other summoned creatures. Its bones were broad and thick, gleaming with a silvery-white light, exuding an explosive and wild sense of power. If the other summoned skeletons were like porcelain carefully fired from clay by a ceramic craftsman, then this skeleton was a perfect war machine forged by a blacksmith from stainless steel through a series of meticulous hammering, quenching, and water polishing processes.
Jiang Hao was thrilled and immediately checked the attributes of the summoned creature.
Skeleton Commander
Faction: Necromancer Summoned Items
Quality: Silver-level Elite
Level: 18
life:
Physical attack: 9828
Physical defense: 2550
Speed: 265
Skill: Bite: Deals damage equal to 150% of attack power to the target and restores health equal to 100% of the damage dealt.
Stun: When attacking an enemy with your claws, there is a 30% chance to stun the enemy for 1 second.
Howl: Increases own physical attack and defense for 1 minute. Skill cooldown is 4 minutes.
Moonshadow: During a full moon, the gnoll's strength and health regeneration speed are greatly increased. (Passive)
Looking at those impressive attribute values, Jiang Hao couldn't help but let out a long roar in the empty room: "Damn! Awesome!"
Although the strength of the final boss is unknown, with the Skeleton Commander around, it shouldn't be too difficult. Jiang Hao led his summoned creatures forward.
Passing through the small door behind the boss, he entered another passage. As before, every 30 meters or so, two ghouls were stationed there. However, these ghouls wore white armor and carried various weapons—swords, spears, shields, and bows—looking like a well-equipped and formidable force. But with the skeleton commander leading the way, these bronze-level monsters were quickly cleared away without Jiang Hao needing to worry about them. It barely slowed him down.
After walking another two kilometers and clearing out more than 130 monsters along the way, they finally saw a door at the end of the passage. To Jiang Hao's dismay, he didn't know if his talent was still being integrated, because killing these monsters hadn't brought any improvement to his talent.
Pushing open the small door, Jiang Hao peeked through the crack and saw a particularly conspicuous teleportation array in the center of the hall. It was exactly the same as the swirling purplish-black vortex in front of all the dungeons, but this one was much larger, nearly 5 meters tall, almost touching the roof. Beside the teleportation array stood a gnoll leader who was nearly 3 meters tall.
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