We searched until it was almost dinner time. Finally, surrounded by a group of Armored Rhinoceroses, we found our target — the Variant Rhinoceros King!
Qin Yun's mouth fell open. "Ah!
Why are the other rhinoceroses black, but this Variant Rhinoceros King is red? "
I didn't know how to answer. This question was too difficult. It was like "why do guys have a dick but girls don't?". I couldn't say that it was because it could urinate higher and further. That explanation was too far-fetched. Thus, I used Eye of the Stars. This boss shouldn't be very high in rank — —
[Variant Rhinoceros King] (Heaven Rank Boss)
Level: 135
Attack: 2950 ~ 3450
Defense: 4500
HP: 3200000
Skills: [Wild Charge], [Earth Collapsing Blow], [Horn Sword Rend]
Passive: Defense against basic attacks + 20%
Passive: Resistance to all magic effects + 40%
Introduction: One of the overlords of the Moonlight Plains. It has the ability to charge and tear. Even the cavalry of the Silvermoon Alliance can do nothing against this armored monster...
"Wow, such high Defense!"
Qin Yun blinked and asked with a smile, "Can you break its Defense?"
I nodded with a smile. "Of course. It's just a Level 135 Heaven Rank Boss with 4500 Defense. Even though my max Attack is only 3480, the Ghost-grade and Heaven-grade weapons I have are enough to greatly increase my attack power. Breaking through its Defense shouldn't be a problem."
Qin Yun smiled and gave me another resurrection prophecy. Then, she said, "Ling'er is a pet, so she can't use resurrection prophecies. Be careful..."
I couldn't help but smile. Actually, Ling 'er's attacks didn't require me to control since a long time ago. She was the daughter of the Phantom Goddess, so her intelligence definitely far surpassed that of Purple Moon's.
And so, Ling'er and I attacked the Variant Rhinoceros King at the same time!
Clang!
With a flash of sword light, the Soul Demise Sword slashed diagonally across the Variant Rhino King's neck. The sharp sword left a shallow mark on the Variant Rhino King's armor. A damage of 3478 immediately appeared above the Variant Rhino King's head.
Damn, it really has such high Defense!
Inwardly shocked, I retaliated with another slash — — [Shield Breaking Slash]!
“12763！”
Yes, this is the real standard!
After my two consecutive strikes, the sword mark on the Rhino King's carapace expanded into a bloody scar!
"Roar!"
The injured boss was clearly enraged. It suddenly let out a long roar and turned its huge head. Its movement was so fast that I couldn't dodge it at all. The rhino's horn directly hit my armor!
"Puchi!"
Blood splattered everywhere. A small hole had actually been drilled into the Battle Soul Armor by the horn, and its durability instantly dropped by 10%. At the same time, a system bell rang — —
Ding ~!
System Notification: You have been hit by the Mutated Rhino King's skill, Horned Sword Rend. You have lost 5782 HP and suffered a lacerated wound. You will lose 2000 HP every second for 30 seconds!
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F * ck!
I didn't expect the Rend effect to be so overpowered. I lost 60000 HP in just half a minute. Thank goodness I brought Qin Yun with me. If not, I wouldn't be able to tank this damage even if I healed myself!
Swhoosh swhoosh!
Qin Yun reacted quickly and healed the Rhino King twice. Then, she used Holy Dispel, but the wound still bled profusely.
"Qin Yun, this is a bleeding wound, not a magic attack. You can't dispel it …"
"Oh?" Qin Yun smiled. "Then you should bandage it. That's a nurse's job, I don't know how to do that!"
At this time, Ling'Er leaped forward and swung her sword in all directions. Then, she transformed into a Frost Wolf and used Freezing Fang. The Rhino King's body was covered in a beautiful layer of frost.
Taking advantage of the boss's movement being restricted by the frost, I swung my sword at the wound on the boss's neck. Soul Demise was extremely sharp, and after a few hits, the wound had been split open!
“9054！”
“9486！”
“9217！”
After a few more hits, I was pleasantly surprised to find that attacking the boss's weak points was everywhere. If I just slashed at the wound, the boss's Defense would be useless. In fact, its Defense was even lower than an elite monster's!
This way, the process of killing this high Defense boss would greatly increase!
Ling'Er was extremely smart. After seeing my actions, she started to move to the other side of the boss and also started to use her sword to cut open a bloody wound. At this rate, when this Variant Rhino King died, we would definitely cut off its head!
About ten minutes later, this guy that was like an iron plate finally couldn't hold on any longer. With a cry, it fell to the ground. At the same time, its giant head fell to the ground with a "plop", staining the ground with fresh blood.
The scene was too horrible to look at. It reminded me of a political book where primitive tribes surrounded and killed wild horses and then cut up their meat. In this world, barbarism was everywhere. Even though it was just a game, we still had to follow the rules of the strong and the weak.
Qin Yun walked forward. "There's blood on all the gold coins …"
"It's okay, we can use them after washing them …"
I didn't care that much and directly put all the gold coins into my bag. Then, I looked at the equipment that the boss dropped. A fiery red armor, a pair of fiery red battle boots, and finally a fiery red skill book — —
【Flame Battle Armor】 (Armor — — Earth Tier)
Defense: 380
Magic Defense: 170
Strength: + 65
Stamina: + 45
Agility: + 40
Additional: Increases user's Defense by 25%
Additional: Increases reflected damage by 20%
Required Level: 110
(Unappraised)
【Flame Battle Boots】 (Armor — — Earth Tier)
Defense: 350
Magic Defense: 150
Strength: + 55
Stamina: + 48
Agility: + 45
Additional: Increases user's attack speed by 5%
Required Level: 110
(Unappraised)
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Two Earth Tier armors with decent stats. I looked at Ling 'er's eyes that were filled with hope. Forget it, I'll go back to the city and appraise Ling' er's equipment. A God Tier pet actually only wore a set of Gold Tier equipment. It was a bit unreasonable. I had to get her a set of good Warrior equipment as soon as possible. At the very least, it had to be an Earth Tier set.
When I looked at the skill book again, I glanced at the back of the skill book and saw the words "Dragon Speaker can learn". At that moment, my heart couldn't help but tremble — —
【Wild Charge】: Using the divine power of the God of the Wild as a guide, the brave warrior will charge at the opponent, stunning them for 3 seconds. Also, for the next 5 seconds, the target will be temporarily disabled, and their movement speed will be reduced by 50%. Requirement: Swordsman, Berserker, Knight, Frost Warrior, Dark Swordsman, Dragon Speaker, Level 110.
… …
After Qin Yun glanced at it, she immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations Scholar, you've finally learned the Charge skill that all warriors must learn. From now on, your chances of winning in PvP will greatly increase!"
I nodded, "Yeah, but it doesn't seem like there's any mage equipment. I'm sorry, Qin Yun …"
Qin Yun couldn't help but smile. She looked up at me and said, "Don't tell me I need to pay you for accompanying you on this quest. Besides, the Variant Rhino King is an armored monster. If this kind of boss drops mage equipment, that would be too strange …"
"Yeah.
Oh right, the quest item … "
I looked around and saw that the Rhino King's head had fallen to the side. The horn on its head was shining.
Thus, he slashed down heavily with the Soul Demise Sword!
"Keng!"
Sparks flew everywhere. It didn't look like the horn was very hard, but the Soul Demise was even sharper. It had already cut a small hole in the horn.
I continued and slashed several more times. Finally, a horn fell off and I put it in my bag.
I looked at the other one. Forget it, I'll just cut it off as well.
"Peng peng peng!"
Qin Yun covered her mouth and laughed, "What are you doing? You're cleaning up the battlefield so cleanly. Are you going to return everything to the warehouse?"
I waved the second rhino horn and said, "Look, this thing seems to have some uses …"
Qin Yun was slightly surprised. She reached out and took a look — —
[Variant Rhino King's Horn] (Quality 90): Crafting material. With the help of gems, it can be made into a sharp weapon.
… …
"Ah, it's a crafting material!"
"Yup!
This is a Quality 90. I also have a Quality 70 in my bag. So, when it's time to turn in the quest, I'll turn in the lower quality one. Maybe the other one will be useful. Items dropped by a Heaven Rank boss shouldn't be too bad. "
"Then, should we return to the city to turn in the quest?"
"Yup!"
I looked at Qin Yun and smiled, "Thank you. This time, it's all thanks to your help. Otherwise, I would have been in a mess."
"Just a word of thanks?" Qin Yun asked with a smile.
I felt a bit awkward and said, "There's even a way to thank me. Didn't you already give me one this afternoon?"
"But, that was in the game. It doesn't count!" Qin Yun said in a small voice.
I was speechless and could only say, "In the future … if there's a chance …"
"Yup."
And so, after returning to White Cloud City, Qin Yun went to meet up with Ling Xue and Ling Yue. Apparently, Jiangnan's Little Qiao and Xun Meng's healing wasn't as high as Qin Yun's. Most importantly, without the resurrection prophecy, Xia Xia Tian had even died once while grinding in the afternoon.
With the rhinoceros horn in my pocket, I headed straight for the knight training center at the north gate. In the distance, I could see the knight uncle teasing the female archer trainer again. However, the moment I arrived, the female trainer who had a good impression of me immediately smiled like peach blossoms.
I took out the 70 Quality rhino horn and handed it to the knight instructor. The middle-aged man turned pale with shock and huffed, "Boy!
You really surprised me! I didn't think that you would actually kill that ferocious beast! All the adventurers in White Cloud City will look up to you as a role model!
Come, this is the reward that belongs to you!
At the same time, you can also learn the special skills of knights from me — "
Ding ~!
System Notice: You have completed the quest [Variant Rhino King]. You have gained 20,000,000 EXP, 40000 gold, 5000 Reputation, and quest reward: 5 Honor Tokens!
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"Pa da!"
Five golden tokens fell into my bag. I was pleasantly surprised. I never thought that this quest would give me Honor Tokens. This really was an era where gold tokens were dropped all over the place!
I desperately tried to calm down and opened the conversation window with the knight instructor. As expected, the skill learning option had appeared. I clicked on it again and two skills appeared in front of me —
[Horsemanship]: Required skill to ride a mount. Learning Cost: 150000 gold.
[Tame Beast]: Has a chance to tame a beast into a mount. Learning Cost: 150000 gold.
… …
Every skill cost 150k gold to learn. Thankfully, gold had depreciated a lot, or I would've died of heartache!
Thus, he quickly clicked twice and learned both skills.
I now had the qualifications to ride a Heaven Rank boss. All it took was an afternoon of hard work.
Of course, the Heaven Rank boss I killed was relatively easy for me, but for the average player at this stage of the game, even a hundred-man party with an average Level 90 players might not be able to defeat a Heaven Rank boss.
Therefore, the only people who could own a mount in White Cloud City were either knights or core members of big guilds. Otherwise, there was no way I could gather enough helpers to complete this 2000 difficulty quest.
It was at this moment Ling Yue sent me a message: "Get ready to log out, it's dinner time!"
"Oh!"
I replied, but I didn't want to log out. Damn, I just learned Horsemanship, so let's go to Moonlight Forest and find a mount first!
So I ran out of White Cloud City's eastern gate with Ling'Er and entered the forest.
Rustle rustle...
The bushes in front of me moved, and I immediately went on high alert. I tossed Eye of Stars at the monster hiding behind the bushes. It was a Black-bristled Wild Boar!
Mn, the wild boar was about half the height of a human, and it had two tusks on either side of its mouth. Its obsidian eyes were staring at me, an uninvited guest!
"Little piggy, be obedient and yield to me!"
Without any hesitation, I chose this wild boar as my first mount!
"Pa!" The Taming skill was thrown at the monster, indicating that it could be tamed. Of course, not all animals could be tamed. Otherwise, if you used the Taming skill to throw beauties on the streets of White Cloud City and then rode on them, wouldn't all the players in China go crazy?
Activate skill — Tame Beast!
Ding ~!
System Notice: Tame Beast failed. The Black-bristled Wild Boar has entered a berserk state, and its Attack is increased by 50%. You cannot attack while tamed!
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Whoosh whoosh...
The Black Bristled Wild Boar snorted and charged at me. "Pa!" It slammed into my abdomen carapace, dealing 124 damage to me. On the other hand, it was the Battle Soul Armor's [Double Damage] that shook it and instantly lost 6800 HP.
I tried to tame it again, but it still failed!
Fuck, why is the success rate so low?
Logically speaking, it was one thing to tame a divine or spiritual beast, but this was a boar!
I didn't even have the time to tame Zi Yue, let alone this boar!
After failing almost a hundred times, I finally broke down and entered a berserk state just like the Black-bristled Wild Boar!
Tame!
Tame!
Tame again!
Ding ~!
System Notice: Tame Beast failed. The Black-bristled Wild Boar has officially become a strengthened monster. All stats increased by 25%!
… …
Ding ~!
System Notice: Tame Beast failed. The Black-bristled Wild Boar has officially become an elite monster. All stats increased by 25%!
… …
Ding ~!
System Notice: Tame Beast failed. The Black-bristled Wild Boar has officially become a Silver Rank boss. All stats increased by 50%!
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I went completely berserk. Is this even possible?
If you have the balls, why don't you evolve a Divine Rank boss pig for I to see!