Chapter Seventy-Three: White Silk Gauntlets
“Youyou girl, what do you do? How do you have so much time to hang out in the game?” Bai Gei Nai Dad said after casually casting a healing spell.
“I’m a student. It’s summer vacation and I have a lot of free time.”
“Oh, what major are you studying?”
“…Art.”
“Wow! You must be great at painting, right?” Bai Gei Nai Dad exclaimed. “Do you have any finished work? Take a picture and show us!”
“No… I’m really bad at it…”
“It’s fine, just show it to us. It’s not like anything will happen.”
“No thanks…” Youyoufen shook her head.
“Okay, which city do you live in?”
Endless Sea couldn’t hold back anymore. “Are you going to heal or not? I’m about to die.”
“What’s the rush? I’m watching!” A healing spell and gradual healing were cast.
Endless Sea’s health bar slowly started to rise under the assault of the Wolf Spider.
Lord Xisi and Brother Shiu silently provided fire support from the back.
The monster respawn rate was satisfactory, but the Wolf Spider was a 20-level black iron grade monster, and the experience rewards were just average. After farming all morning, their experience had barely increased by half.
“Youyou girl, you…” Bai Gei Nai Dad wanted to continue the previous topic.
“I mean, have you never seen a girl before?” Brother Shiu quipped.
“How, how is that possible! I have a girlfriend!” Bai Gei Nai Dad raised his voice, afraid others wouldn’t hear.
“Then come chat with us! Talk about what men should talk about!” After finishing off this batch of small monsters, Endless Sea hooked his shoulder and dragged him forward.
Bai Gei Nai Dad’s expression changed wildly, this idiot!
“Pu!”
Youyoufen couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.
Watching them go ahead, Brother Shiu whispered, “Just ignore pointless conversations; otherwise, he’ll only become more annoying.”
“Yeah…”
“Let’s not talk about that, let’s keep fighting.”
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As a 20-level black iron leader level Boss, the Tree Spirit King had been killed by numerous players over the past two days.
Lifestyle players with specialized sub-professions took risks for rare materials and ended up getting one-shot by the Tree Spirit multiple times.
Tree Spirit King (Leader Level Boss)
Rarity: Black Iron Grade
Level: 20
Health: 10,000
Attack: 112-135
Physical Defense: 50
Magical Defense: 27
Skills: Entangle, Earth Spike
Description: A maple tree that accidentally evolved in the Maple Blossom Forest has become the Tree Spirit King after years of experience.
As a black iron grade boss, its attributes were clearly over the top; however, it only had two skills.
Moreover, Tree Spirit monsters had a common flaw—they moved too slowly.
If you didn’t keep an eye on the ground, you could barely tell it was moving.
Just at that moment, with no one around, transformation!
The light dispersed, and a blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl appeared!
Against such a monster, even Starry wouldn’t need to make a move.
After equipping the Ring of Magic, Zane’s magic attack reached a high of 482-502.
Adding in the 50% fire damage bonus from the Crimson Flame Staff and the 10% attack bonus from the Pride of the Wolf Clan, she might be able to one-shot this immobile monster.
Entangle! Countless branches stretched out from the trunk, reaching towards Zane.
She didn’t mind and continued her spellcasting.
“Wishing—Flame!”
Feeling an immense threat, Earth Spike!
The Tree Spirit King thrust its vines into the ground, perhaps about to erupt from under Zane’s feet.
However, the Fire Curtain was formed first.
“Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh—”
The searing flames erupted inside the Tree Spirit King.
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The counter damage appeared, and in just 2 seconds, the arrogant Tree Spirit King was thoroughly cooked to death, its body even still burning.
Setting fire to the mountain and wearing it down.
Experience points surged by over 20%. It was indeed a boss, giving out much more experience than small monsters.
Looking closer, a pair of silvery-white gauntlets dropped.
White Silk Gauntlets:
Rarity: Black Iron Equipment
Required Level: 20
Defense: 12
Stamina: 10
Agility: 21
Strength: 15
Special Effect: When attacking, there is a 33% chance to enter a light state, increasing movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds with a cooldown of 30 seconds.
Description: Soft white silk, enjoy it infinitely smooth.
An exquisite special effect!
Although the description suspiciously sounded like GHS, it didn’t overshadow the excellence of this equipment.
Attributes were relatively normal for a 20-level black iron equipment. Starry was precisely lacking in the gauntlet slot, and the speed boost from the light state, albeit only for three seconds, could help Starry dodge most attacks!
In addition, the boss dropped a few coins.
How stingy, not even reaching double digits.
It’s no wonder; this boss had likely been killed numerous times.
As player levels gradually increased, these high-level bosses could be taken down through perfect coordination in parties or the sea of numbers tactics from guilds.
After being killed too many times, the drop rates were far worse than the first few attempts.
It was perhaps the benefit of that 6 points of luck that enabled equipment drops.
Star Cat directly leveled up to 10.
“Ding”
System Notification: Your pet ‘Star Cat’ has learned a new skill ‘Frost Claw’.
New skill?
Looking at it, it was similar to skills like Venom Claw and Corrosive Claw, adding some attributes or effects to ordinary attacks.
The Frost Claw should be a slowing effect?
“Star Cat, scratch it!” Starry pointed at the Tree Spirit ahead to say.
“Meow~” Star Cat seemed a bit drowsy, opening its small mouth with a dazed look. Shaking its head, it leaped up, Frost Claw!
Its claws dealt an astonishing number on the Tree Spirit.
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The Tree Spirit’s health dropped by a quarter, its entire body enveloped in a layer of icy blue, and then—the power of frost seeped into the Tree Spirit, turning it into an ice sculpture from the inside out.
First slowing, then freezing effect…
I didn’t expect it to freeze successfully at level 10. Once it levels up, it should be very helpful!
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“Hey!!! What are you still doing here?!” the girl screamed.
The high volume made Zane cover his ears.
“Why can’t I be here? The Maple Blossom Forest isn’t your family’s property,” Zane stated matter-of-factly.
The girl huffed, “Where’s the Tree Spirit King? It should have killed you and sent you back to town!”
“It can’t defeat me. It’s that simple.”
The girl looked at Zane in disbelief, “No way… you really killed it, right?”
“Believe it or not.” Zane casually picked some Blood Herbs.
“Ah…” The girl seemed struck by lightning. “This is bad, this is really bad.”
What is this guy doing? Zane raised his head, meeting the gaze of the girl named ‘Cute Orange’.
Seeing her stunned expression, yes, she really looked silly.
Out of curiosity, he asked, “What’s so bad?”
Her big gray eyes rolled around, tears shimmering continuously. “I sold information about being killed to Rain Flower Guild, they are recently buying boss coordinates at a high price. If they find out the boss is dead, they will definitely make me pay double!”
“Is it that exaggerated? How much did you sell it for?”
She shyly raised her index finger. “100 gold coins.”
“What a bold move, farewell.” Zane turned and left.
