Chapter 157: Killing the Minotaur King! The players were shocked: Were we not playing in the same dungeon?
[Congratulations! The +2 Dead Leaf Blade has been enhanced successfully! ]
A pleasant reminder sound rang out.
[Do you want to continue strengthening? ]
[+2 Dead Leaf Knife → +3 Dead Leaf Knife]
[Attack Power +168 → Physical Attack Power +172]
[Consumable materials: [Colorless small crystal blocks] 30, gold coins 288]
Sure!
Xu Mu didn't think twice.
As Linus swung the hammer hard, hitting the sword.
Soon, the reminder for strengthening +3 appeared.
From +3 onwards, there is a chance of failure.
The higher the level of enhancement, the greater the chance of failure.
However, Xu Mu felt like he was possessed by the Emperor of Europe today.
Linus helped him knock it eight times in a row, all the way up to the +8 Dead Leaf Blade, without failing once.
At this time, the attack power has increased to 199 points.
At this stage, when the average player is still holding a white weapon with an attack power ranging from 10 to 30, the dead leaf knife in Xu Mu's hand is about to break through the 200 mark.
"Warrior, if we go any further, our enhancements may be reset to zero. Do we need to continue upgrading?" Linus asked.
Xu Mu thought seriously for a moment.
He tapped the remaining funds on hand again.
It cost nearly 3,000 gold coins to upgrade to level 8 without any failure.
2000+ left
If you fail, the remaining funds will be enough to at least strengthen yourself to level 5.
The difference in attack power between +5 and +8 is not that big, fluctuating around 15 points.
But after +8, there will be a qualitative change.
Every successful enhancement will increase the attack power by at least 15 points.
Simply put, it is the improvement from +8 to +10.
It’s bigger than +1 to +8.
"Go ahead." Xu Mu decided to take a gamble.
If you fail, you still have the +5 Leaf Knife to use.
Once it is accomplished, it will be a qualitative improvement.
"Okay!" After Linus agreed, he continued to swing the hammer, hitting the leaf knife that was already glowing red.
Xu Mu stared intently and prayed silently in his heart.
"Brother Ma, it's me, come up to daddy!"
Although I don’t know whether Xiao Ma is still in charge of the copy of the other world, I still have to do the whole show.
Fortunately, what made Xu Mu feel relieved was.
It actually worked!
Today's European energy is overflowing.
Two consecutive enhancements were successful, reaching +10 in one go!
Powerful attributes also unfold.
[+10 Dead Leaf Knife]
【Quality: Purple】
[Level: Level 10]
[Attack: 232]
[Critical Hit Rate: +10%]
[Skill Cooldown: -15%]
[Entry 1: Ghost Swordsman General Skills +2]
[Entry 2: The wearer can reduce the wearing ]
[Item 3: When attacking, there is a 3% chance of causing the enemy to enter a withered state. In this state, the enemy will receive +50% damage from this weapon.]
…
The attack power has increased by 70 points compared to when I first got it!
What does 70 points mean?
A level 5 blue item has a total attack power of only about 50 points.
And the extra damage of my own +10 Dead Leaf Blade is nearly 150% higher than the total attack of the other person's level 5 blue equipment!
Not to mention the attack bonus that the Dead Leaf Knife originally came with.
"Congratulations, warrior. This knife is sharper than before. I hope you treat your equipment the same way you treat your lover." Linus breathed a sigh of relief and handed over the red leaf knife in his hand with a smile.
To be honest, when he was strengthening it just now, Linus was very nervous, fearing that this excellent weapon would be destroyed in his hands.
Now it seems that the ancestral blacksmithing skills have not been forgotten!
It can be said that we have not let down our big customers.
"Thank you very much, uncle. I'll treat you to a meal when I have the chance." Xu Mu smiled and reached out to take the leaf knife.
As soon as he held the hilt of the knife, a surge of power surged up, and even his arm trembled!
The sword was obviously coated with a layer of red light, and the blade was sharper.
Xu Mu is sure that with this sword, his upgrade journey will be smooth sailing, at least until the first level!
At the same time Xu Mu got the weapon.
A prompt sound also echoed in the air above the Novice Village!
[Congratulations to player 'A' for successfully strengthening 'Dead Leaf Blade (Purple)' +10! [Click to view detailed properties]]
[As the first player in the region to complete the purple equipment enhancement! Player 'A' obtains the achievement: Up-and-coming weapon master! ]
[Achievement Rewards: Primary Experience Capsule*1, Gold Coins*1000, Primary Training Dolls*10! ]
The moment the prompt sounded, the entire chat channel of the Novice Village exploded.
"ah???"
"What the hell is this announcement? Is there a bug? I'm still wearing my white gear, but someone else got a purple weapon?"
"Is the focus on purple weapons? Isn't the focus on strengthening to 10?"
"I just found out about this thing called strengthening. I just checked it out and was shocked... Damn, the first strengthening costs 288 gold??? Strengthening +10 costs 2888 gold at the minimum. All my belongings added up to only 28 gold. How could I say that?"
"I'm so jealous... If I had 288 gold , the first thing I would do would be to go to the tavern and order a pretty girl from another world to keep me company, hehe."
"Oh my god! God A is actually in the same Novice Village as me! Humph! He is our Huaxiu's top quasi-god!"
In addition to the ordinary players' repeated exclamations.
Even Xi Fandi, who is currently ranked first in the Novice Village, couldn't help but leave a message.
"This weapon's attributes are three times stronger than the one I have... My first place is in jeopardy. Master A, please help me!"
Xu Mu was not paying attention to the chat channel. He was still focusing on the reward he had just received.
The primary experience capsule can increase the experience points you gain by an additional 10% in the next half hour.
It may not seem like much, but it was a period in the early stages when everyone was racing against time.
Changing jobs faster than others means being able to enter higher-level areas faster than others.
Kill higher level monsters to get bigger rewards.
These processes are closely linked.
In addition, a reward of 1,000 gold coins is received, and after the income increase, you will get 10,000 gold coins directly!
This money can even allow Xu Mu to strengthen two additional pieces of purple equipment.
Of course, in the early stages, except for weapons, the cost-effectiveness of strengthening other parts of the equipment is not high.
Keep it for future use.
"Then there's the training puppet. This thing is quite helpful in the early stages, especially for a lone wolf player like me." Xu Mu thought to himself.
After the training puppet is used, a virtual puppet of random profession will be summoned at the location to assist the player in killing monsters, which lasts for 600 seconds.
As for the damage, it’s not high, but it’s better than nothing.
The most important function is that it absorbs the hatred of all monsters.
Allow players to find output angles more easily.
"The benefits of being ahead have gradually become apparent. If someone else gets the Enhancement +10 achievement first, all the rewards will be his, which will further widen the gap with other players."
In order to keep the pace steady, Xu Mu did not delay and walked towards Alvin's mission station with big strides.
As soon as he arrived at the mission station, Xu Mu's eyes were fixed directly on the highest point of the lord's bounty board.
[Bull-Headed Leader Sauta]
[Level: 13]
[Attack: 300]
[HP: 100,000]
[Difficulty of Subjugation: D+]
[Rewards for the expedition: Adventure team level +1, fatigue limit +5, gold coin exchange mall opened]
Xu Mu stepped forward and took down the letter of condemnation.
The NPC next to him immediately said, "Hey hey hey! Wait a minute! What are you doing, young man? Did you tear the wrong one?"
"This is the most difficult boss in Loran Forest, and you..."
The words haven’t been finished yet.
Xu Mu showed him the +10 Dead Leaf Knife in his hand.
The blade glowed a dangerous red light.
The NPC immediately changed his tone: "And you, my friend, you will be the hero returning triumphantly!"
…
With the petition in hand and following the instructions, Xu Mu walked alone into the center of the great fire in the Loran Forest that year.
Due to the ambition of the Delos Empire, which wanted to explore the feasibility of transforming mutant life, it secretly established a biological research institute in the Loran Forest.
Due to a misoperation, a fire broke out, engulfing the entire Roland Forest in a blazing sea of fire, killing and injuring countless animals.
Because of this, the forest king Sauta turned against humans. He wandered around the forest all day long with a huge axe in his hand.
It vowed to chop any intruder it saw in half!
Soon, Xu Mu found Sauta.
It was as strong as a hill, about twice as tall as a human. Its feet could create a deep trail of mud when it stepped on the ground, and the arm holding the giant axe was as thick as a tree.
With an attack power of up to 300 points, even for ordinary players who are currently at an average level of less than 5, with a health line of about 500 or 600, it can be destroyed with just two axes.
It was even more fatal for Xu Mu.
With the challenge difficulty ten times higher, Xu Mu would die instantly if the axe hit him.
However, the reason why Xu Mu dared to challenge the challenge was simply because he was too familiar with this big guy.
When DNF was first launched, the level increase was very slow, and 156 PL points could be completed in just two hours.
I have nothing to do in the remaining time, but I want to continue playing, so I create a new character.
As time went by, Xu Mu challenged Sauta using many professions.
Moreover, blue and red medicines were very expensive in the past, and ordinary players simply couldn't afford them.
This also enabled Xu Mu to develop the ability to defeat the Bull Head without any injury.
Although times have changed, the Minotaur King is no longer the thorn in the side that caused headaches for countless players back then. Later, when novice players joined the game, they could easily kill this once majestic overlord with just two cuts.
But Xu Mu had already memorized Sauta's mechanism.
It has only three attacks.
Collision: Move a long distance and collide with any enemies along the way, causing high damage equivalent to the attack power.
Roar: Deter enemies within a certain range, rendering them unable to move for five seconds.
Chop: Hold the giant axe and charge it down, causing damage twice as much as the attack power!
Among them, Roar and Chop are a combination of skills, which usually start by stunning the player and then attack with a chop.
The pre-swing of each attack method is actually quite obvious.
Xu Mu stepped forward and appeared in front of Sauta.
This soon angered the bull lord, who was like a mad man.
"You! Human! Damn it!!!"
It roared in a muffled voice, raised the huge axe in its hand and ran towards Xu Mu.
Every step he took on the ground seemed to be able to cause the earth to shake.
Xu Mu's eyes focused, he drew out the Dead Leaf Knife and entered combat mode.
Rushing forward and seeing that Sauta was about to drop his axe, Xu Mu took the lead in releasing the Earth-Splitting Wave Sword.
The sword tip swept forward, and the orange-yellow sword energy burst out in a fan shape, knocking Sauta directly to the ground.
Xu Mu kept moving, jumping forward and releasing silver blades in the air.
While falling diagonally to the ground, he bounced Sauta back up and then followed up with an upward strike.
“Snap!”
With a muffled groan, even with his huge body, Sauta could not resist the ghostly power exerted by the ghost hand, and his body flew into the air.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Mu began a gorgeous skill connection show.
Cross, Wave Break, Three-Section Slash, Mountain Collapse, whatever you have.
With the bonus of +10 Dead Leaf Blade, even if the damage is cut tenfold, it can still stably deal three-digit damage.
Once a critical hit occurs, the number can be close to 200 points!
Of course, this is somewhat boosted by the 3% withering gain.
A set of skills bombarded him, directly reducing Sauta's health to nearly 3,000 points.
"The speed is not slow. It only takes a few minutes to reduce 3%. According to this progress, it should be possible to kill it in about an hour." Xu Mu was quite satisfied with the damage.
After all, this damage frequency was inflicted when he was close to level 8 and in purgatory mode.
Otherwise, a few minutes of combo can reduce Sauta's health to more than 30%!
Seeing that Sauta was about to be stunned, he was forced to land.
Xu Mu quickly used the three-stage slash to run away and create some distance.
The BOSS is different from ordinary monsters. Once it is stunned, it will be completely unable to float in the air.
If I stayed a few more seconds, I would probably be fed up with its roar.
"roar!!!"
As expected.
Just when Xu Mu had moved several dozen meters away, an extremely angry roar came from behind him.
There were even faint cracks on the trees nearby.
If you are hit by it, you will feel dizzy on the spot and be killed by a single blow from an axe.
"This is just me. If it were any other player, he would have died dozens of times." Xu Mu was thankful for the benefits he gained from his previous life's lessons.
Wait until Sauta's Roar skill ends.
Xu Mu turned back and stepped forward with his sword in hand, and decisively threw out the [Primary Training Doll]
The puppet created a virtual fighter image.
As soon as it was born, it completely diverted Sauta's attention.
It began to pounce on the puppet like crazy.
Xu Mu secretly went behind it and began to attack the lower three directions with one sword after another.
Of course, the puppet cannot bear all the hatred.
After all, the DPS of the +10 Dead Leaf Blade is not to be underestimated.
The hatred can be brought back in minutes.
Faced with this situation, Xu Mu remained calm.
Keep the three-stage slash when you perform a combo. Once the hatred is transferred, activate the three-stage slash decisively and run away smoothly.
This is how Sauta was tortured over and over again.
Finally, after about 50 minutes.
“Ah!!”
Sauta screamed, and a dazzling, colorful pile of rich trophies burst out!
Xu Mu was quick-witted and quick-handed. When it was about to fall to the ground, he directly knocked down the [Basic Experience Capsule]!
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Three white lights burst out from Xu Mu one after another!
"Tsk, that's a lot..." Even Xu Mu was surprised.
Even with the tenfold experience limit.
The rich experience points given by Sauta still allowed him to level up by 3 levels!
Reached level 8 with 57% of the experience bar.
After 50 minutes, the number one ranked Xifandi had only reached 66% of level 10. With his current level, Xu Mu had already entered the top 50 and ranked 47th.
Relying on the strategies he was familiar with in his previous life, the gap between Xu Mu and other players in normal mode was narrowing rapidly!
At the same time, an exclamatory prompt sound rang out.
[Congratulations to player 'A' for completing the first kill of the Forest King Sauta! ]
[Achievement: Bull-killing God of War! ]
[Achievement Rewards: Level +1, Gold +2000, Unlock hidden secondary job prerequisite tasks! ]
This notification sound once again confused all the players in the Novice Village.
"????"
"No, don't be so ridiculous! I just killed a level 5 cat demon and was bragging to my female companion, but how did you kill the boss directly? I can't accept it!!"
"The one I killed was the most difficult bounty boss in the mission. Is the difference really that big..."
"Aren't we on the same starting line as him? Can we open a global copy?"
"It's this B...A God again! Are all Huaxiu players so powerful?"
"Everyone is weak, why are you the only one standing out? I feel unbalanced!"
"Alright, stop arguing, just shout with me that God A is awesome, our Hua Xiu's God, why would he laugh with you?"
While the chat channel was buzzing, Xu Mu had already begun to plan his next move.
no way.
After all, I can only see the progress of my own Novice Village now, and I have no way of knowing whether other Novice Villages have made any progress, and to what extent those progress have progressed.
There are nearly 100,000 novice villages like mine alone!
When we return to the main city of Hermaden, the competition will be even more intense.
Especially when you are in Purgatory Mode, you have to bear more than ten times the pressure of other players.
If you continue to slack off, you will probably be left far behind by other players, and no strategy will be able to save you.
"I'll finish the prerequisite tasks for my secondary job first, and then I'll go directly to Flame Graca to level up! Grab the first spot for job transfer!" Xu Mu glanced deeper into the forest.
There, the embers of a forest fire that had been burning for ten years were still raging.
The monsters there were infected by the mutated fire aura and became extremely violent!
And if memory serves me right.
Here also lives the great elf magician Graka who has lost his mind!
If you kill her, there is even a chance that an extremely precious fire-attribute attack enchantment card will drop!
This thing is a good thing that has been sold at a price of tens of millions!
