48: The possibility of contracting the Wild Boar King

"On the Storage and Usage of extra lifespan!"

This is the hottest post recently by 【Jianghu Encyclopedia】.

Once this post was published, the comment section exploded with over a hundred thousand replies instantly.

The post pointed out:

【Acquiring extra lifespan seems surprisingly easier than imagined!

However, most players are hoarding it right now, reluctant to use it. In truth, once you start using it, you will realize...

Life is like money; it's never enough.

According to the current tests by the official top player, 'War God Xingtian', upgrading a normal skill to Black Iron Tier requires five years of extra lifespan!

Upgrading from Black Iron Tier to Bronze Level requires ten years of extra lifespan!

And upgrading a Bronze Level skill to Silver Tier requires twenty years of extra lifespan!

As for how much extra lifespan is needed for higher levels, we don't know yet, because currently, we haven't been able to gather enough to upgrade to Silver Tier!

Additionally, according to his plan, 'War God Xingtian' will first upgrade all main skills to Black Iron Tier, then upgrade them gradually!

So some might ask, my original body lifespan is running low, wouldn't it be better to prioritize saving the lifespan and exchange it for my own later?

This involves the issue of strength.

In 'myriad realms online', killing low-level monsters does not drop the extra lifespan attribute, even if it's just one level lower!

So, if you hoard all your extra lifespan and use normal skills to deal with high-level monsters, you will likely face the awkward situation of being unable to win...

Currently, according to our calculations, 'myriad realms online' still offers some care for novices!

It is currently guessed that every player can at least gather enough extra lifespan to upgrade all twelve of their own skills to Black Iron Tier by level ten... (six active skills, four passive skills, two weapon skills)

I hope everyone does not hoard blindly and feel reluctant to use it! Only by improving your strength can you better extend your life.】

After reading this post, Xu Shian's biggest takeaway was probably that the officials were also starting to reduce the preachy tone.

The entire post just laid out facts and offered suggestions, without any harsh wording.

This kind of change had become increasingly obvious in the posts updated over these days.

Another popular post detailed the major bosses currently in the Novice Village!

It included their species, locations, and discovered relevant attributes.

There was one level 5 boss, the Wild Boar King; one level 8 boss, the Silver Wolf King; and the level 10 Poison Arrow Frog boss and the level 10 Corrupted Ancient Tree boss!

Among these four bosses, only the level 5 Wild Boar King currently had attribute details.

【Wild Boar King】

【Black Iron BOSS】

【Level: 5】

【Species: Beast】

【HP: 60,000】 (Black Iron BOSS bonus)

【Strength: 130】

【Agility: 100】

【Constitution: 150】

【Physical Attack: 520】 (Black Iron BOSS bonus)

【Physical Defense: 100】

【Magic Defense: 80】

【Skill: Mud Armor: After activating the skill, the Wild Boar King covers itself with a layer of thick mud armor, increasing physical defense and magic defense by 50 points, duration 30 seconds, cooldown 2 minutes.】

【Savage Charge: Deals 300% impact damage to surrounding enemies with super high strength! Cooldown: 30 seconds】

【Rampage: Surging brute force allows the Wild Boar King to forcibly initiate a Savage Charge without needing a Charge distance!】

【Frenzied Biting: Launches three consecutive attacks, each dealing 85% of its own attack damage.】

【Serrated Fangs: During combat, being hit by the Wild Boar King's fangs causes 150% piercing damage; causes a bleeding effect, duration 15 seconds!】

【Death Gaze: Ignores aggro, randomly selects a unit far from the Wild Boar King, launches a Charge, deals 220% physical damage, and stuns for one second! Cooldown 20 seconds.】

【Wild Boss Trait: Restores 1% of its own HP per second!】

(The Black Iron BOSS trait has been changed to Wild Boss Trait, please be aware!)

This post must have been released during the day today!

When Xu Shian saw this, his first reaction was that the Merman Guard Kun Kai boss had absolutely no prestige!

Being the same level 5 Black Iron BOSS, 【Merman Guard Kun Kai】 was only fit to tie the Wild Boar King's shoes...

520 attack power would one-shot a squishy player with 390 HP like Xu Shian...

If it used skills like Savage Charge or Serrated Fangs, the damage would increase by another tier!

That was not even the worst part; it even had aggro-ignoring attack skills...

Basically, whoever it targeted was dead!

Defense didn't even need to be mentioned! He reckoned that only if An Xixi stacked her buffs to the max could she deal a bit of damage, but in the face of the Wild Boar King's whopping 60,000 HP, that was just a drop in the bucket...

Trying to grind it to death with -1 damage was simply wishful thinking; Brother Pig even had a healing effect...

If the team's DPS did not exceed 600, don't even think about messing with it!

Xu Shian scratched his head, simply not knowing how such a thing could be defeated!

Although the post only came out today, there were already tens of thousands of replies.

As they say, the comments are where the real masters are!

Several high-quality comments had already appeared under this post.

【Not exaggerating, this BOSS's strength is simply heaven-defying. I just want to know, how did those talents who first cleared the Black Iron BOSS manage to win?】

【Shouldn't we first ask where that Merman Guard Kun Kai boss came from?】

【Heard it was a boss from fishing...】

【Fishing gave a boss... Is that right?】

【Right or not, they already got the first clear, what do you want?】

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【Off-topic, shouldn't we be discussing the Wild Boar King now?】

【What's there to discuss? It ran past me, and its pig bristles brushed against me, and I died right there for it to see!】

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【Isn't this thing's species a beast? Can a Hunter contract it?】

【No... Hunters can only contract normal beasts! This thing is a BOSS...】

【Wrong, the Black Iron Tier 'Tame Beast' can already tame elite units. Are there any experts with Bronze Level skills who can come out and speak from experience?】

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【Bronze my foot, I haven't even been willing to upgrade to Black Iron yet!】

【Forget it, once the 'Tame Beast' skill is activated, it ignores any aggro skills and is dead set on killing you! How many hits can you withstand?】

【Elite monsters need to be tanked for 20 seconds... Don't ask me how I know!】

【Heh, just like the guy above said, if its pig bristles brush against me, I'll die right there for it to see...】

【Can't Freezing Trap work either?】

【Not sure about Black Iron BOSS, but Freezing Trap can only control elite monsters for at most 3 seconds...】

【Then I reckon this Wild Boar King would at most just pause for a moment!】

【Can't you upgrade Freezing Trap to Black Iron or Bronze Level?】

【I was talking about Black Iron Tier! As for Bronze Level... is it worth it?】

【Seems it's really not worth it...】

【Forget it, I've learned both 'Tame Beast' and 'Contract Pet'. For this thing, the success rate for normal monsters of the same level is very low. I wasted almost an entire day trying to get a pet. When you are contracting, as long as someone else touches it, you fail! I went out at midnight to get my two pets, trying to contract and tame them one by one! It took me four hours...】

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It had to be said, the real masters are among the people?

Some of the thoughts and guesses in the replies were quite constructive, and they provided Xu Shian with excellent ideas!

Xu Shian was so engrossed in the post that he couldn't pull himself out!

He didn't even notice that the time for fishing had passed.

Xu Shian suddenly realized that he seemed to possess all the conditions to contract this Black Iron BOSS!

First, his success rate for contracting pets so far was 100%.

That must be a hidden benefit given by his talent!

Second, although his HP was not high, he had many lackeys...

Most importantly, it seemed he didn't need to tank for fifteen seconds!

Five seconds, only five seconds!

Xu Shian could have a Black Iron BOSS-level lackey!

It was just that he didn't know if this BOSS had any changes, and whether that 20 seconds for elite monsters was true...

Moreover, there was another problem: there wasn't much time left!

As players' levels increased, once there were many people around the BOSS, don't even think about succeeding...

Human nature has always been like this!

If I don't have it, why should you?

...

No, no, his mind was a bit chaotic now, Xu Shian needed to calm down and think about the feasibility of this matter!

He put away his fishing rod and went to the Auction House to sweep up goods!

He bought ores, medicinal herbs, and low-quality stones that looked reasonably priced...

Sometimes Xu Shian wondered, was it really right for him to learn Herbalism and Mining?

He found himself very busy, with no time to engage in dual gathering.

Learning these two skills in the first place was just out of habit!

However, the situation in the Novice Village didn't need to change. After all, his current inventory space was insufficient and could not support him in learning new professions!