The Sword Master of Yaoguang has low attack power, and with Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms era tanking the monsters, everyone can just focus on dealing damage.
The Sword Master's health is also steadily decreasing.
But as time went by, Wang Ming realized something was wrong.
The boss deals more damage to Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms faction. At the same time, the damage output of the other characters, except for Wang Ming, has also decreased.
"Is your equipment out of durability?"
"Yes, brother."
"I just hope we can kill the boss before our equipment fails."
Wang Ming glanced at the boss's health.
There are about 3/5 left.
It might be too late to kill the boss.
Sure enough, half an hour later, all of their equipment became ineffective, causing negligible damage.
To make matters worse, Xiahou Dun of the Three Kingdoms period lost the support of equipment, resulting in a significant drop in defense, making him unable to withstand the boss's attacks.
Unfortunately, Wang Ming had no choice but to tank the boss, which greatly reduced his damage output.
That wasn't all. The boss then activated the skill Radiant Protection, instantly gaining a shield around itself.
Some of Wang Ming's attacks were absorbed by the shield, further reducing the damage he dealt to the boss.
"Brother, let's give up. There's not much time left in this mission. Right now, you're the only one who can deal damage. We can't kill this boss."
Wang Ming knew that Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period was right.
One can take money from others and then use it to make things disappear.
Moreover, that's 5 million Chinese yuan. If he couldn't help Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms complete this task, he wouldn't have the face to take the rest of the money.
"Boss Cao, I have something that might help us take down this boss."
"Brother, don't try to comfort me. I know you've done your best. We're the ones who dragged you down. I accept my fate."
"Boss Cao, I'm not trying to comfort you."
"I am a weapon refiner, and I can create something."
"This item can restore the durability of equipment and can be carried around with you."
"Once you have this, you can repair your equipment here, and then we'll still have a chance to kill the boss."
"What? There's such a thing? Bro, hurry up and make it. Let's hold off the boss for now."
"Boss Cao, I can't do it right now. I need to go back to the city to upgrade my weapon refiner level."
"And I'm missing one more material, which I need your help with."
"What materials do you need, brother? Just tell me. I'm willing to spend any amount of money."
"Actually, it's not a very precious material."
"This material is called refined iron. You can exchange it for iron ore at the blacksmith shops and equipment stores in every major city."
"You guys go to the nearest mining site and collect iron ore. We'll meet up here in ten minutes."
"It's that simple?"
"It's that simple."
"Haha, good. My Three Kingdoms Heroes have a large number of people, so we don't need to mine ourselves. I'll have them mine now."
"Oh, that would be even better."
"Boss Cao, let's leave here first. I also need to upgrade my secondary profession level."
"OK."
Looking at the boss's remaining health, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms felt a little regretful, but he also knew that time was running out, so he abandoned the mission.
"Boss Cao, lend me a return scroll to Chixiao City."
"good."
Wang Ming obtained the return scroll and used it immediately. He then opened the map of Crimson Sky City and found the Refiner's Association.
"Let's go back to town to repair our equipment and then come back."
Seeing Wang Ming leave, the others also took out their return scrolls and left the place.
...
Ten minutes later, Wang Ming arrived at the place where Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms was located again.
"Hey bro, how's it going? Have you leveled up yet?"
"Yes, it's improved. Boss Cao, have you received the refined iron yet?"
"Got it."
"Brother, come on, let's make a deal."
"System prompt: Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms requests a trade. Do you accept?"
"accept."
"System notification: You are currently conducting a transaction with Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period..."
After Wang Ming accepted, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period began to put refined iron into the trading slot.
In no time, more than 100 pieces of refined iron and more than 80 pieces of iron ore were put into the trading window.
"Brother, everything is here."
"Okay."
"System notification: Transaction successful. You have obtained 107 refined iron and 89 iron ore."
Wang Ming then looked at the refined iron and iron ore.
Refined iron:
Grade: Second Grade
Description: Materials used to craft various types of ordinary-grade equipment.
...
iron ore:
Grade: First Grade
Quality: 80
...
The quality of these iron ores is much higher than that in the starting village; even the lowest quality ones are over 60.
"Boss Cao, that's impressive. You've managed to get so much refined iron in just 10 minutes."
"Hehe, it's alright."
"In addition to sending my men to collect the iron ore, I also bought up all the iron ore in the auction house."
"So, is this enough?"
"That should be enough." Wang Ming stopped talking and sat down on the ground to begin refining the Philosopher's Stone.
"System notification: You have used 1 piece of refined iron."
"System notification: Your attempt to create the Philosopher's Stone has failed. You have gained 5 points of Refiner Proficiency."
...
"System notification: You have used 1 piece of refined iron."
"System notification: Your Alchemy Stone has been successfully crafted, and you have gained 10 points of Refiner Proficiency."
...
Ten minutes later, Wang Ming had used up all the refined iron and successfully refined more than 50 gold-pointing stones.
Philosopher's Stone (Special Item)
Grade: None
Durability: 200/200
Description: Can restore up to 200 points of equipment durability. Once the durability is depleted, the Alchemist Stone will break.
...
"Boss Cao, this is the Philosopher's Stone. It can restore 200 points of equipment durability. You guys can split it equally."
"good."
Everyone made a deal with Wang Ming one by one, and then challenged the Master of the Radiant Sword again.
This time, with the help of the Midas Touch, everyone's equipment was no longer damaged. Xiahou Dun of the Three Kingdoms faction pulled the monsters the whole time, and Wang Ming was completely freed to deal damage.
The others continued to bombard the boss, and finally, with only 10 minutes left in the mission, the boss was killed by the combined efforts of everyone.
"The grass has finally dried up."
After a long period of intense exertion, everyone was slightly exhausted and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
When Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms period saw the boss being killed, he immediately went forward and picked up a crystal-like item, which was probably proof of the mission's completion.
"Brother, time is running out. I need to head back to town to turn in the quest."
"Boss Cao, you go ahead with your work."
Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms nodded and then used the teleportation array to leave the dimensional space.
"Hehe, now I can take the 5 million Chinese yuan with a clear conscience."
After resting for a while, everyone left the dimensional space.
"Ding~"
"Your bank account xxxxxx has been transferred..."
The Huaxia coins have arrived in my account.
"Gentlemen, now that the mission is complete, I'll head back to Crimson Moon City."
"Okay, young man, you've really been a great help this time. I thank you on behalf of the boss."
"Hehe, don't be shy, I've already been paid."
"Also, Guo Jia, I think you're about the same age as me, could you please not call me 'little brother' like that old man Cao Cao?"
"When you call me that, I always feel like you're taking advantage of me."
"Haha, alright, then, Brother Shengji, we'll meet again sometime."
"Okay, bye-bye~"
Wang Ming summoned the wild horse and prepared to leave.
"Young man, wait a minute."
"Hey, Mr. Cao, you're back."
"Haha, yes, little brother, thanks to you this time, I have changed my job to become the Master of the Radiant Sword."
"Haha, you're welcome. Well then, Mr. Cao, I'll be going now."
"Young man, don't be in a hurry. I'd like to have a friendly spar with you. Would you be willing?"
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