ushernet Chapter 8 – King Grade, Secret Realm Scroll!
Chapter 8 – King Grade, Secret Realm Scroll!
Secret Realm, Doomsday City.
After slaying the Scorpion Leader, Zhang Yue approached its corpse to collect the loot.
The drop rate of a Lord Monster is significantly higher than that of a Common Monster!
As Zhang Yue reached out to touch the loot, a series of system notifications echoed in his ears:
"Ding~ You picked up 125 Copper Coins!"
"Ding~ You picked up the equipment [Lord's Ring]!"
"Ding~ You picked up 1-star [Equipment Blueprint] x2!"
"Ding~ You picked up 1-level [Meat Chunk] x5!"
At that moment, a purple barrier appeared beside Zhang Yue with a "whoosh."
Zhang Yue stepped through the barrier and left the Secret Realm.
"1.25 Silver Coins, equivalent to 140 Silver Coins in the First World... Hmm, that's enough for a hot pot meal."
Zhang Yue opened his storage space and took out a silver ring.
A level 7 Lord's Ring, 1-star quality, with white attributes. Apart from adding 10 points of attack power, it had no other effects.
However, when Zhang Yue spent 3865 points of Psionic Energy to refine the Lord's Ring from white to gold attributes, the value of the entire piece of equipment soared to new heights!
[Glory · Lord's Battle Ring] (lv7)
[Quality: 1-star]
[Attributes: Gold]
[Attack Power: +35]
[Bonus: Strength +3]
[Profession: None]
[Effect: Penetration (The wearer's attacks ignore 20 points of the enemy's defense)]
[Description: A ring forged from the Scorpion King's hard teeth, with excellent damage effects...]
This ring could significantly boost Zhang Yue's damage output.
The only downside was that the bonus was to Strength; if it were Intelligence, it would be perfect!
For now, the level 7 equipment would go back into his bag.
Next, Zhang Yue took out the most valuable item he had obtained in the Secret Realm.
[Secret Realm Scroll] (lv5)
[Quality: Black Iron Grade] (Can be upgraded to Bronze Grade by consuming 1000 points of Psionic Energy)
[Guaranteed reward upon opening: 5 Silver Coins]
[Reward upon opening: Black Iron Grade Bounty Mission]
Bounty missions offer very generous rewards and are far more valuable than ordinary missions!
Just now, someone in the regional channel had already offered 3000 bucks to buy the Secret Realm Scroll from Zhang Yue.
But Zhang Yue knew: even a Black Iron Grade Secret Realm Scroll was worth far more than that!
Moreover, a Secret Realm Scroll that could be upgraded by consuming Psionic Energy had limitless value in Zhang Yue's hands!
Saying this, Zhang Yue immediately consumed 1 million points of Psionic Energy to upgrade Scouting from D-grade to A-grade!
A-grade Scouting could view data of monsters not more than 10 levels higher than oneself!
The next moment, he locked onto a bristly boar and used Scouting:
[Berserk Boar] (Physical Type · Common Monster)
[Level: 10]
[Physical Attack Power: 100]
[Physical Defense: 68]
[Magic Defense: 65]
[Health Points: 720]
[Skills: Berserk, Charge]
[Description: A boar in berserk state is not to be trifled with. Before approaching it, consider whether you can withstand a 500-kilogram impact...]
"The mission NPC should be deep in this forest. Looks like I'll have to deal with you guys first!"
Saying this, Zhang Yue raised his Flame Pioneer Staff and targeted a Berserk Boar blocking his path, initiating an attack.
Fireball!
Boom!
A scorching fireball traced a perfect arc and landed on the boar.
-123!
-20 Burn!
-15 Burn!
Seeing this damage, Zhang Yue frowned slightly.
The defense of a level 10 boar was too high!
Even as a Mythic Grade Mage with 4 Intelligence points, wielding a gold-attribute staff and using A-grade Fireball, he barely made a dent!
The reason was simple: Zhang Yue's level was too low.
At this moment, the boar, in pain, "snorted" and charged towards Zhang Yue!
Zhang Yue's level 5 Ironclad Scorpion would be mere cannon fodder against a level 10 boar, too low-level to be of any use.
So, Zhang Yue stripped the Iron Armor · Hero Guard from the Ironclad Scorpion and equipped it himself, then faced the boar head-on!
Boom!
Boom!
Fireball!
Zhang Yue dodged the boar's charges with precise positioning while continuously attacking with his staff.
A series of "miss" appeared above Zhang Yue's head.
21 points of Agility greatly enhanced Zhang Yue's maneuverability!
One fireball after another landed on the boar, causing multiple damage numbers to appear:
-44!
-66 Critical!
-123...
Despite the 4-level gap, Zhang Yue finally managed to take down the Berserk Boar after considerable effort!
"Ding~ You killed a level 10 Berserk Boar, Experience Points +40, Psionic Energy +!"
"Ding~ Congratulations, during the process of killing the Berserk Boar, you triggered the Necromancer profession effect [Soul Harvest]. Do you want to take the [Berserk Boar] as a pet?"
Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan