"This beginner village's Slime King … was killed by someone else?"
After killing the Variant Slime King nine times, Chen Mo went to find the Slime King for the tenth time. However, when he arrived at the Slime King's spawn point, he didn't see any trace of the Slime King. Chen Mo couldn't help but be shocked.
The Slime King's spawn time was three days. If he had killed the Slime King two days ago, then the Slime King in this beginner village wouldn't have spawned yet. However, Chen Mo knew that the Slime King in this beginner village wasn't killed by him.
After every Aier town map, there was a number to indicate the difference. This Aier town, number 3014, was one that Chen Mo had never been to before.
Chen Mo walked around in a circle, confirming that the Slime King hadn't been pulled away by others due to its mutation. The Slime King had indeed been killed by another player.
The Slime King wasn't a difficult boss to kill. It only had a few skills. If one had equipment and a way to deal with it, killing it would only be a matter of a team. Previously, the Tycoon Club had only been able to kill it with a sea of players because they had gone all out and had no way to deal with it.
Take Chen Mo as an example. If he had a way to deal with it, he could fight it alone.
Chen Mo knew that the Slime King would be killed by another player. It was only a matter of time. Now that more than ten days had passed, it was likely that there was a team of players who had purchased enough equipment from the three main cities. Moreover, they had found a way to gather a team of players in the same beginner village.
Chen Mo didn't think that the competitors who had appeared would be like him, who had killed the Slime King in a duel.
Players often came to the Slime King's spawn point, so it was impossible to dig a hole to kill it. Even with Chen Mo's current equipment, it was impossible for him to be a match for the Slime King. Without any obstacles, he wouldn't be able to dodge the boss's skills.
Only a team with offensive, defensive, and healers would be able to kill the Slime King in a direct confrontation.
For this reason, Chen Mo deliberately went to the forum. After a little investigation, he confirmed his guess.
The situation was more serious than Chen Mo had imagined. It seemed that two different teams had appeared all of a sudden, and they had started to kill a Slime King Boss every day.
There was a post on the forums that mentioned it the day before yesterday. Chen Mo guessed that these two teams had most likely appeared two days ago.
Of these two teams, someone had taken a video of one of them killing the Slime King.
"A weapon with a silencing ability. No wonder."
The Slime King also had an AOE skill. Although it wasn't as powerful as the Variant Slime King's, it was still possible for the team with low HP to be instantly killed by a critical hit. Even if they weren't instantly killed, the entire team would lose a lot of HP, making it difficult for them to continue the battle.
The team's Cleric, on the other hand, could use a silencing ability to interrupt the Slime King when it was about to use its ultimate skill. This way, the Slime King wouldn't be a problem, and it would only be a matter of time before it was killed.
Competitors had appeared, and there was more than one of them.
However, Chen Mo wasn't moved. This was an online game, so having competitors was normal. There was no point in thinking too much about it.
There were quite a few people in the Novice Village, and there were only a few competitors. The chances of them bumping into each other weren't high, and he didn't lack a lot of equipment. As long as his luck wasn't too bad, he would at most spend a few more days.
Returning to the game, Chen Mo straightforwardly killed himself and respawned.
He appeared in another Novice Village. This time, Chen Mo exited Goblin Valley. Before reaching Level 10, he first went to the Slime Plains to confirm whether the Slime King was still alive.
"It's still here." The Slime King of this Novice Village was still here. Chen Mo let out a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to leave and continue leveling, Chen Mo abruptly stopped in his tracks.
He discovered that the color of this Slime King was different from the ones he had seen before. Moreover, his temperament seemed to be more docile.
Was it an illusion?
No!
Chen Mo was very confident in his observation skills. This Slime King was slightly different from the ones he had seen before.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Mo took out a bottle of Slime's Poison and drank it.
"Roar!"
In the distance, the Slime King fiercely let out an angry roar. Its body swelled, and its emerald color deepened. Its eyes ferocious as it charged towards Chen Mo.
"Its aggro range increased, its body size increased, and its attributes should have increased by quite a bit, but … it didn't mutate!"
Chen Mo was surprised. He had simply wanted to test it out, but he didn't expect it to be true!
This Slime King … should be a Slime King that had just respawned after being killed once!
It hadn't killed many players yet, so its color wasn't as dark as those that had killed many players. Its temperament was also much more docile.
Facing the Slime King's Poison, it didn't mutate. Chen Mo had two different guesses because of this.
First, the Boss would only mutate once in a certain period of time. Even if the conditions for mutation were met, after killing it, it would only mutate again after a certain period of time.
When the Boss mutated, it was the same as when a player used a skill. It had a cooldown time.
Second, the Boss hadn't actually met the conditions for mutation. The Slime King's Poison was only one of the conditions for the Boss to mutate. There was another condition. The newly respawned Boss didn't have it, and the old Boss had it. Just as he had guessed before, the Boss had to kill a certain number of players before it could mutate.
The reason the Boss didn't mutate was most likely one of these two reasons. It might even be both reasons.
No matter what, if the Slime King in front of him didn't mutate, he couldn't kill it.
Fortunately, he had come to confirm it first. If he had come back after reaching Level 10, he would have wasted another day. Now that he had confirmed it, he had only wasted an hour in the Goblin Valley.
Without hesitation, Chen Mo committed suicide again. If he started over now, he could still reach Level 10 at night.
After coming out of the Goblin Valley, Chen Mo naturally confirmed that the Boss was still alive.
The Slime King in the Novice Village was still there, and its color was very dark. It hadn't been killed by anyone.
Chen Mo immediately returned and quickly began to level up.
Those two teams were different from him. They didn't need to kill the Slime King at night. He had to hurry.
However, Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry. No matter how fast he leveled up, he still needed to wait until night fell before he could kill the Variant Slime King. Otherwise, if the method to kill the Variant Slime King was leaked, it wouldn't just be a matter of two more competing teams. At that time, it would be difficult to find another Slime King.
Chen Mo's luck wasn't that bad. Those two teams didn't suddenly appear to kill the Slime King while he was leveling. After Chen Mo reached Level 10, he hired players to dig a hole. It didn't take long for him to kill the Variant Slime King again.
"Another Mutated Skill Scroll … Haha, there's another piece of Purple equipment!"
The appearance of competitors caused him to waste another day. However, Chen Mo discovered that his luck seemed to have returned. After killing the Variant Slime King, not only did it drop a Mutated Skill Scroll, it also dropped a third piece of Purple equipment!
Mercury Bracers
Description: A metal bracer forged from mercury. It has the special effect of resisting poison.
Equipment Quality: Purple
Restrictions: Level 10 and above.
Attributes:
Basic Physical Attack Power + 12
Basic Magic Attack Power + 15
Physical Defense + 20
Magic Defense + 25
Strength + 15
Intelligence + 15
Additional Effect: Poison Protection
Poison Protection: Passive effect. Players who equip this equipment will receive 10% less poison damage. There is also a 10% chance of immunity to poison damage.
It was a Purple grade bracer!
The wristguard was a very special part of the five parts of the armor. It was the only part that increased basic physical and magical attack power. But correspondingly, the defensive effect of the wristguard was much worse than the other parts.
However, compared to defense, players preferred to pursue attack power. Therefore, the bracer's price was the same as the shoes. It was especially popular among the five pieces of equipment, and its price was also slightly higher.
With another piece of Purple equipment, Chen Mo was in a good mood. He tidied up a bit and continued to kill himself.
Half an hour after Chen Mo killed himself, a team of players with excellent equipment arrived at the Slime King's respawn location.