Chapter 51 - 49: Is My Luck Really That Bad?

There are no annoying green-cap figures here; the carnivorous plant monsters and tree spirit guards are relatively easy to kill, with plenty of time on hand, and a treasure chest waiting to be opened—how wonderfully satisfying is that? Moreover, when acting alone, all the loot can be enjoyed solo!Hang Yu naturally needs to make the most of his time.

He cleared out all the nearby cannibal flower demons.

With one vigorous sweep, he slaughtered nearly a dozen or so cannibal flower demons.

The drop rate for ordinary monster equipment is noticeably low, so no decent equipment dropped, only seven Gray Crystals and a dozen or so venom sacs. But there’s nothing to regret—these flower demons are just appetizers, the main course hasn’t been enjoyed yet.

"Hmm, the nearby area’s cannibal flower demons should be all cleaned up." Hang Yu inspected the vicinity to ensure no disturbances or ambushes, then immediately set his sights on the tree spirit guards, drew out the black wooden crossbow, and it was time to slaughter the elite monsters again!

Shoot, shoot, shoot!

Bang, bang, bang!

The tree spirit guard let out a wail and died.

It dropped two pieces of equipment, two White Crystals, and a fruit.

The two equipment orbs were light gray, indicating that this time the luck wasn’t particularly great, as no White Items dropped.

However, after checking the two items, Hang Yu still showed a relatively satisfied expression, getting a mallet and a ring. Even though they’re gray tier equipment, the attributes are satisfying.

"Dizzying Iron Mallet," Level 3, gray upper-grade equipment, Physical Attack +4, Dizziness Attack +2, Attack Speed -1, Durability 15 (bringing into the real world requires the consumption of six Gray Crystals).

This is absolutely a top-grade piece!

The Forest Long Saber in hand only has 4 points of Physical Attack, and this big mallet adds 2 points of dizziness attack, which means it has 6 points of attack power, 50% higher than Hang Yu’s Light White Quality Long Saber!

points of special attack effect.

There is a certain probability of stunning the target.

For a Level 3 gray gear, this is already outstanding!

Of course, gray gear rarely has attribute bonuses. Hang Yu’s Forest Long Saber adds 1 point of agility, while this equipment weakens the attack speed by one point, so it has great power in use but is inferior in terms of speed.

Overall, it’s not much worse than the Forest Long Saber.

As for the dropped ring, the attributes are also not bad.

"Exquisite Black Wood Ring," Level 3, gray upper-grade equipment, Physical Attack +1, Magic Defense +1, Magic Resistance +1, Durability 10 (bringing into the real world requires the consumption of five Gray Crystals).

Hang Yu put the ring on his finger, immediately feeling a surge of power into his body.

This ring is also a top-grade piece in gray gear, given it has three attributes.

Among them, the +1 Physical Attack is undoubtedly useful.

Magic Defense and Magic Resistance are two concepts; the former blocks Magic Damage, while the latter resists Magic Effects like dizziness, slowdown, and blindness, which are quite useful.

Hang Yu regretted not having the Tree Spirit Guard Set drop.

The tree spirit guard’s other white equipment drop rate is relatively low, but there’s a higher probability of dropping a level 4 set component, and now Hang Yu only lacks a chest armor to complete the Tree Spirit Guard Set.

The motivation for Hang Yu to farm monsters here is largely occupied by the Tree Spirit Guard Set.

No matter what, this set of equipment must be obtained; now there are still several tree spirit guards in the small valley, and he believes that as long as luck isn’t too bad, he can definitely gather it!

Just missing the chest armor!

Hang Yu hurried up to clear the monsters.

One after another, flower demons fell under the long blade.

One after another, tree spirit guards fell before the crossbow.

Hang Yu acted alone, and the efficiency was quite impressive.

Exterminated more than thirty flower demons, and consecutively took down four tree spirits.

In total, he harvested twenty-five Gray Crystals and fourteen White Crystals.

For Hang Yu, who was running low on crystals, this was undoubtedly a great supplement.

Besides the guaranteed White Quality fruit, the tree spirit guards also dropped a Root Entanglement Scroll, five pieces of bright gray equipment, but only one piece of white gear, which was a Tree Spirit Guard Pants Hang Yu already owned.

There are only three pieces to the Tree Spirit Guard Set: upper wear, pants, and long boots.

Two pairs of pants and two pairs of long boots already, but still no chest armor! Seriously, is today’s luck that bad? Why can’t I get the item I want!

The number of tree spirits in the valley is running low.

Hang Yu approached the center of the valley, which was different from other places. In the very center of the valley, there was an exceptionally special spring, though the spring water was limited, it emitted a faint glimmer.

Around the spring, some Spirit Plants and Medicines thrived.

But the most striking is still a tree spirit rooted nearby.

This tree spirit was different from the previously encountered tree spirits; it seemed particularly larger in size, with each leaf brimming with vitality, the trunk almost as black as a boulder, surrounded by a faint aura.

Hang Yu couldn’t help but heighten his vigilance.

This is the Tree Spirit Guard Captain, though also a Level 3 Elite Monster, it was indeed a Silver Elite Monster.

The previous elite monsters, whether Goblin Warriors, Goblin Corpse Thieves, or Goblin Corpse Thief Captains, were all Bronze Heroic Monsters, and Silver Elites were stronger than Bronze Elites, and now this tree spirit standing before him was the most powerful entity in the entire valley.

It must be slain!

Not only because stronger monsters drop better loot.

There is also an Ancient Bronze Treasure Chest quietly placed on the open ground near the Tree Spirit Guard Captain, its surface covered in moss, as if it had been sitting there for dozens or hundreds of years, yet still enveloped, waiting quietly to be opened... this was the treasure chest Hang Yu spotted at the mouth of the valley last time, wanting to get it meant the tree spirit before him had to be slain.

Hang Yu began digging through his memory.

The Life Value of the Tree Spirit Guard Captain would be 30% higher than ordinary tree spirit guards, its attack power 20% higher than that of ordinary goblin guards, with its skill coverage expanding roughly an extra five meters.

These are of no consequence.

Hang Yu can keep his distance and slowly whittle it down with the crossbow.

But the more troublesome part is that when the Tree Spirit Guard’s health falls below 50%, it will perform a skill called "Summon Wood Demon Servant," utilizing nearby trees to summon multiple powerful Level 3 ordinary monsters at once.

Wood Demon Servants could pose a considerable threat.

Of course, this summoning-type skill has limitations; it must rely on trees to execute, which means that by reducing the number of trees nearby, the encountered threat could be lessened.

Hang Yu instantly turned into a lumberjack, chopping down five nearby big trees.

In this way, five fewer Wood Demon Servants would be summoned, but it wasn’t feasible to chop down all the trees, since three trees were too close to the Tree Spirit Guard Captian, getting near would definitely be detected by that guard.

Enough.

No time to waste.

Spirit Realm plants do refresh.

Hang Yu picked up the crossbow and began his assault on the tree spirit guard.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Bang, bang, bang!

Though equipped with a ring that adds one point of attack power, most damage dealt was only one point, occasionally two points would pop up.

Spirit Realm damage calculations can’t be as rigid as in computer games.

In an infinitely real world, there are so many factors influencing damage, beyond the calculable attributes, there are more uncontrollable variables involved.

Like the force of a strike, the position of an attack, environmental influence, target status reaction, and so on.

Over ten minutes passed.

The Tree Spirit Guard’s Life Value dropped to half.

It let out a muffled low roar, releasing a green light from its body,

The forgiving color flashed in an instant.

Spread radius over fifty meters!

Three trees began to contract and explode, and each wood demon, trembling like breakdancers, made a dazzling entrance, about 1.5 meters tall, fully limbed, extremely agile.

Everything was anticipated.

But what ensued would be a bit troublesome.

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