83: The Power of Kings

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have established a master-disciple relationship with player Bai Yuèyue.”

“Disciple Bai Yuèyue has been automatically added to your friends list.”

“Congratulations on acquiring your second disciple. Please patiently nurture your disciple’s growth.”

Li Si waved his hand, dismissing the system prompts, then looked at Bai Yuèyue and said, “Your quest, share it with me.”

“Okay!”

Bai Yuèyue nodded quickly.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have received a shared quest — The Secret within Cannibal Crocodile Swamp (5 Stars).”

“Within Cannibal Crocodile Swamp, there exists a hidden area — Cannibal Crocodile Lair (Level 30). Please proceed to Cannibal Crocodile Lair as quickly as possible, defeat the Cannibal Crocodile Leader, and retrieve its skull.”

Not bad.

This was a kill-type quest, not too difficult.

A Level 30 area meant the BOSS was at most Level 30. A 5-star difficulty rating indicated the BOSS was at most Gold quality.

“You two, join the party.”

Li Si then invited his two disciples into the party and quickly headed towards Cannibal Crocodile Swamp.

A long while later, inside Cannibal Crocodile Lair, Li Si felt helpless.

He had leisurely walked all the way, finally experiencing how ordinary players traveled, strolling step by step, with surprisingly low efficiency.

“Master, walk a little slower!” Bai Yuèyue was far behind.

“Alright, I’ll slow down a bit more.”

Li Si suppressed his movement speed to around 15 meters per second, which was still much faster than Bai Yuèyue. Could he be blamed for his speed being too high?

“Clang—”

Sword qi whistled, eliminating all the small monsters within a hundred-meter radius ahead.

“Swish!”

A brilliant golden light rose, and Bai Yuèyue leveled up to 22.

“Yay—I leveled up!” She excitedly shouted.

Unbearable Past also showed a hint of a smile.

“Stop yelling, walk faster!”

Li Si sternly criticized and urged them.

“Yes, Master!!”

They hurried along, pushing through and instantly killing everything in their path.

Finally, half an hour later, Li Si, with his two burdens, met the quest objective: a crocodile over ten meters long. The BOSS stood on a golden light cluster, with “Lv30” above its head.

Clearly, this was a Level 30 Gold BOSS.

“Use your talent to check the BOSS’s attributes.”

“Yes, Master!”

Bai Yuèyue nodded and looked at the BOSS.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have obtained a shared attribute illustration —”

“Cannibal Crocodile Leader” (Gold King)

Level: 30

Health: 1,200,000

Attack: 600

Armor: 50 (Physical damage taken reduced by 33.3%)

Magic Resist: 50 (Magic damage taken reduced by 33.3%)

Talent: [King’s Power]: All damage dealt increased by 600%. Damage taken reduced by 100 × Level (3000 points).

Talent: [Crocodile Leader]: Health increased by 100,000 points.

Talent: [Cannibal Bloodline]: Attack increased by 100 points.

Skill: [Bite]: Bites the target with teeth, dealing Attack × 200% physical damage.

Skill: [Brutal Tail Whip]: Whips its tail, dealing Attack × 300% physical damage to targets within range.

Skill: [Death Roll]: Wraps its body around the target, dealing Attack × 300% physical damage per second for 5 seconds.

Description: The absolute ruler of the Cannibal Crocodiles, possessing extremely powerful strength. You’d best not provoke it, or it will tear you to shreds.

“Abnormal!”

Is this the strength of a Gold King?

Its combat power was too abnormal.

Especially the talent — King’s Power, Li Si immediately saw that this talent was the main source of the Cannibal Crocodile Leader’s combat power. 600% increased damage, 3000 points of damage reduction.

For ordinary players, this talent was definitely a nightmare.

“Hiss hiss….”

Two gasps of cold air sounded behind him.

“Master, this BOSS… is so powerful!” Bai Yuèyue said, utterly shocked. This was her first time seeing a Gold BOSS.

“It’s alright, we can kill it.”

Li Si directly charged forward, starting with Phantom Sword Dance.

“Swish swish swish….”

54 sword auras per second, physical damage was negated by the 3000 points of damage reduction. But Skill - Life Scourge, could not be reduced by a mere talent. True damage, highest tier, ignores defense, ignores damage reduction.

-7055!

-7055!

-7055!

-7055!

……

In an instant, 54 white damage numbers popped up, accumulating 380,000 true damage, instantly depleting over 30% of the Cannibal Crocodile Leader’s health.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh….”

Translucent arrows shot out continuously, each arrow triggering Skill - Life Scourge, dealing 7055 true damage.

“Phantom Sword Dance has a 10-second cooldown, which means I can kill the BOSS in 20 seconds.”

Li Si chose to stand and fight the BOSS head-on.

He didn’t believe the BOSS could deal 70,552 damage to him within 20 seconds.

Moreover, there was still strong damage reduction.

Below 3000 points, all damage was negated; below 6000 points, over 50% was reduced; below 10000 points, around 7% was reduced. Besides that, there was armor and magic resistance, as well as 8% all damage reduction.

With multiple layers of damage reduction stacked, the BOSS’s damage was negligible, almost like tickling.

“Swish swish swish….”

Twenty seconds later, bursts of sword qi whistled, emptying the BOSS’s health bar.

Li Si quickly stepped forward to pick up the loot.

Two Gold-grade pieces of equipment, one quest item, and some gold coins.

“Too bad, no guild token dropped.”

Li Si sighed with a hint of regret. Logically, with his overflowing luck, a guild token should have easily dropped, but it didn’t. Was the drop rate for guild tokens really that low?

“Master, you want a guild token?” At this moment, Unbearable Past spoke up.

“Of course, who doesn’t want a guild token? But it’s fine, if this BOSS doesn’t drop it, maybe the next one will,” Li Si said with a faint smile.

“Master, I have a way.”

As soon as his words fell, Unbearable Past activated his talent, Reminiscing the Past.

In an instant, time around them flowed backward, returning to 10 seconds ago.

“What the heck?!”

Li Si was stunned. Amazing! His cheap disciple’s talent seemed heaven-defying!

It could actually briefly make time flow backward.

“Roar!”

The BOSS’s roar awakened Li Si.

“What are you roaring about! Don’t scare my precious disciples.”

This time, Li Si didn’t choose to finish with Phantom Sword Dance. Instead, he whittled down the BOSS’s health with arrow after arrow, finally clearing the BOSS’s last sliver of health with a single Desolate Arrow - No Edge.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have obtained loot: Equipment — Death Coil Battleaxe (Gold), Armor — Death Roll Armor (Gold), Item — Cannibal Crocodile Leader’s Skull (Quest), Item — Guild Token (Special).”

“Hahaha, holy crap!”

At this moment, seeing the BOSS drops, Li Si was ecstatic.

It dropped!

The BOSS actually dropped a guild token!

Li Si immediately activated his divine smith token, storing the guild token in Divine Smith Valley, then activated Great Teleportation Technique, returning to the hidden area.

“OK, item in hand, let’s go back and turn in the quest!”

“Oh, right, you received a 5-star quest, so I’ll reward you with a purple Priest’s Scepter.”

“And you, by activating your talent, allowed me to obtain a guild token, so I’ll reward you with a purple Mage’s Staff.”

Li Si traded the equipment to his two disciples separately.

Then it was time to return to the city, another leisurely stroll, most of the time spent waiting for Bai Yuèyue.

If it weren’t for the master-disciple points, he would have teleported away long ago. Unfortunately, master-disciple quests had limitations: the master couldn’t leave the disciple for too long, and the disciple couldn’t die during the quest, otherwise, there would be no master-disciple point reward.

An hour later, in Luanxing City, Li Si finally turned in the quest.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have completed the master-disciple quest — The Secret within Cannibal Crocodile Swamp (5 Stars).”

“Congratulations! You have obtained — 10 Gold Master-Disciple Points. (Determined by the number of disciples: Master-Disciple Points = 5 × number of disciples)”

Unbearable Past and Bai Yuèyue also received master-disciple points, but half the amount, only 5 points each.

Additionally, Bai Yuèyue was the quest trigger, so she also received the quest’s original reward, a Gold-grade Priest’s Robe.

“You two play on your own, I have a quest.”

Li Si activated a skill to leave while opening the Master-Disciple Shop, directly purchasing the Gold-grade skill Seven-Shot Barrage.

“Ding!”

“Congratulations! You have purchased — Seven-Shot Barrage (Gold).”

“Hint: The Master-Disciple Shop has refreshed.”

“Hmm?”

Li Si was surprised.

He quickly reopened the Master-Disciple Shop and swiftly found the location of the Gold-grade skill. Sure enough, a brand new Gold-grade skill appeared.

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