24: First kill of the Black Iron BOSS

Xu Shian kept casting Scouting Technique, but unfortunately, the gap in strength was a bit too large, and he couldn't get a full look at the BOSS!

Less than fifteen seconds later, he heard An Xixi gasp.

"What's wrong?"

She didn't reply, but instead posted the BOSS's attributes in the party channel.

【Merman Guard Kun Kai】

【Black Iron BOSS】

【Level: 5】

【Species: Merman】

【HP: 60,000】 (Black Iron BOSS entry bonus)

【Strength: 80】

【Agility: 80】

【Stamina: 150】

【Physical Attack: 320】 (Black Iron BOSS entry bonus)

【Physical Defense: 50】

【Magic Defense: 50】

【Skill 1: Dash】 Kun Kai activates Dash, movement speed increases by 40%, attack speed increases by 30%, dual defense -20, duration 15 seconds, cooldown 1 minute.

【Skill 2: Heavy Strike】 Kun Kai's Bone-Crushing Hammer deals explosive damage, with a 15% probability to cause heavy strike damage to the target unit, damage increased by 25%, stun for 0.3 seconds!

【Skill 3: Merman Smash】 Slams the ground, dealing 150 magic damage to all enemies within a 5-meter radius and stunning them for two seconds. Consumes 75 magic, cooldown 2 minutes.

【Skill 4: Corrosive Mist】 Exhales a cloud of mist to corrode enemies, reducing the target unit's dual defense by 30 points, duration 1 minute, consumes 45 magic, cooldown 2 minutes.

Hiss!

There was a collective gasp in the party!

Xu Shian's eyes widened. With this attack power, no wonder it took a life every time it hit him!

"Ranged classes, output from maximum distance!"

Actually, even if the BOSS panel hadn't been detected, everyone could roughly guess what skills it had!

After all, 'Sad Fish' had already endured a round of attacks just now!

He didn't know what his defense talent was, but there was definitely some proportional damage reduction!

Because he had taken a hit of Corrosive Mist immediately, was stunned on the spot by Merman Smash, and then was slapped several times by the BOSS in acceleration mode...

Even so, 'Sad Fish' only lost 150 HP in total.

And 'Go Against the Current to Form a River', who had only been hit by one Merman Smash, saw his HP plummet by 142 points, losing two-thirds of his health—he almost died on the spot!

Fortunately, Liu Lili's healing was quite powerful; she rushed and finally managed to pull their HP back up.

Afterward, she was seen drinking a small blue potion!

In myriad realms online, all recovery potions share a 1-minute cooldown during combat.

Status potions, however, do not have a cooldown during combat; they only enter a 3-minute cooldown after leaving combat.

So, although Liu Lili's mana hadn't dropped to the danger line, it was nearing one-third, so she drank early to get the cooldown started!

After all, with this BOSS having 60,000 HP, to say nothing of anything else, it would take everyone at least several dozen minutes to fight it.

This kind of BOSS almost exclusively tests the Class and the healer! The Class had already withstood the test, and now it was her turn.

Everyone was curious about the HP and defense of Xu Shian's four chickens!

Not only did they only lose 130 HP, but looking at their health bars, they had only lost a sliver...

"My pets don't need healing, just keep an eye on the Class!"

Xu Shian had already thought it through: if his four chickens really died and entered their revival period, he would just summon Wild Rabbits to take their place!

The healer's mana still needed to be conserved.

Liu Lili nodded; this was fine, as it put less pressure on her mana!

If everyone's damage when fighting the Wild Boar: Princess could be considered decent, then fighting Kun Kai was truly just scraping the skin!

Even the damage from Xu Shian's four chickens had dropped to below 20...

But the good news was that a Black Iron BOSS was, after all, only a Black Iron BOSS!

As long as the Class could hold out, and everyone dodged the skills well and didn't take group damage head-on, the BOSS would basically be defeated!

Although it might be a tiny bit slow!

【Ding, congratulations to you and your team for successfully killing the Level 5 Black Iron BOSS 'Merman Guard Kun Kai', gaining EXP +450, extra lifespan +45 days!】

【Ding, your talent 'Whats Wrong With Me Slacking Off??' has taken effect, revenue modified! You gain EXP +1500, extra lifespan +150 days!】

A flash of golden light passed, and Xu Shian reached Level 3!

Fortunately, everyone had been fighting in the Goat area for half a day, so they were basically at the threshold; they all leveled up now!

It didn't make Xu Shian seem too abrupt!

【Ding, your talent 'Whats Wrong With Me Slacking Off??' has taken effect, you gained extra Black Iron BOSS drops: Gold Coin +5, equipment 'Thorn Tomb Dagger (Black Iron)', 'Fish Bone Ring (Bronze Level)', skill book 'Vanish', 12-slot container: Merman Backpack.】

Although the quantity wasn't much, this 'Fish Bone Ring' was actually a Bronze Level item...

【Congratulations, as the first team on the Blue Star server to kill a Black Iron BOSS, you are rewarded with Gold Coin +5, free stat points +10, skill point +1, extra lifespan +50 days.】

【The system announcement is about to be made, would you like to hide your name?】

"Don't hide it!"

Everyone had been brought to another world, and now they were all at the same starting line, so what was there to hide?

Want to find me in real life?

Come, come, come! At the entrance of Novice Village No. 12315, sniper duel at the middle gate; if you don't come, you're my grandson...

Xu Shian hid his real name only because he didn't want his terrible relatives to show up at his door after he became successful, fearing it would only add trouble...

After all, if they really came looking, should he kill them? Or just kill them?

In the past, it was a society ruled by law, so there was no way, but now, it was really hard to choose!

After waiting for about ten seconds, presumably waiting for the other five to finish making their choices.

The belated system notification sound finally rang out.

【Ding, congratulations to players 'Sad Fish', 'Shi Chuan', 'Go Against the Current to Form a River', 'Anonymous', 'Anonymous' for completing the world first kill of a Black Iron Tier BOSS, obtaining generous rewards. We hope everyone will continue to work hard and create more brilliance. This is hereby announced!】

【Ding...】

【Ding...】

Three consecutive world announcements, brief and shocking!

The World Channel was completely silent, without a single splash, because it cost one Gold Coin to send a message!

Ordinary people couldn't afford it, and those who could weren't willing to be such a sucker; how precious were Gold Coins now? Everything from eating to drinking to excreting cost money!

Of course, if you were always living in a shared dormitory and eating black bread, then pretend I didn't say anything.

And no one spoke on the East Dragon Empire's national channel either; wasn't one Silver Coin money? It didn't just blow in from the wind, right?

But the Novice Village channel was lively!

"Damn, I recognize these people; they seem to be from our village..."

"Isn't that 'Shi Chuan' the one who killed someone in the middle of the street at the village entrance?"

"It seems it really is him. How can they already fight a BOSS? I'm struggling to solo a Level 2 pheasant right now!"

"If you're afraid of pain, just say you're afraid of pain... Don't say other useless things!"

"You're not afraid of pain? I am! So I look for a Class to team up with. Level 1 shield specialization can reduce pain by 50%. If your desensitization is a bit stronger, you can basically adapt and fight monsters!"

"Damn, so that's why. I thought everyone playing the Class profession was just not afraid of pain!"

"Actually... if you have many skill slots, you can look for a passive skill called 'Pain Reduction'..."

"Sure enough, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of skills..."

"Forget it, I want to learn every skill I see; I already feel like my skill slots aren't enough!"

"Young man, learning everything will only harm you. You need to learn with a plan. I suggest you go check out Bai Xiaosheng's posts and study hard!"

...

The Novice Village No. 12315 channel was chaotic, but it didn't affect the happy mood of the five people here.

Looking at the BOSS's drop rate, everyone's eyes were shining!

A Level 5 Fish Bone Bow, which was a Black Iron item!

Attack +15, Agility +2, not much different from Xu Shian's ram horn bow, and it required Level 5 to equip, not worth spending a lot of money to take.

A pair of Bronze Level boots that added 1 point of movement speed...

This was powerful!

Theoretically, the initial limit speed for all players in myriad realms online was 10.

That is to say, the limit running speed was 10 seconds per 100 meters!

Of course, the limit is the limit, but how many people in reality can keep their state at the peak?

What? This is a game world with digitized bodies? Never mind then!

But even in a gamified world, even if everyone could do it, almost no one would run like that!

Because the speed of consuming energy points would accelerate as the running distance increased...

But speed +1, that difference was huge...

However, Xu Shian didn't intend to compete for this piece of equipment; his Cooking had attributes that increased movement speed.

Up until now, he hadn't even had the chance to eat them!

And looking at the situation, both An Xixi and 'Go Against the Current to Form a River' had their eyes on this piece of equipment; there would inevitably be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers in a while!

However, An Xixi had a clear advantage; after all, her mother's money was her money...

And Xu Shian's money was intended to be saved for buying herbs and ores to practice professional skills; he didn't want to bleed money here for a piece of equipment!

Fortunately, everyone had money now; even if they didn't get the equipment, the financial compensation would be sufficient!

There was also a skill book 'Search'...

Which was the stealing skill Xu Shian had his eyes on!

He had looked for this skill book in the Auction House all morning and hadn't found it; he didn't expect it to appear now...