18: Chapter 18 The Sleazy Abyss Merchant NPC, Gurudu!

Whenever a class-changed player triggers the flawless clear condition, the Abyssal Merchant NPC is forcibly teleported to the third floor of the Abyssal Dungeon by the quest rules, regardless of what he is doing.

Guru Du tried to feign composure, quietly putting away his book, pulling up his pants, and taking an Abyssal cloak from his inventory space to put on, leaving only his pair of deep blue eyes exposed.

Now, he finally had a hint of an Abyssal Merchant NPC's aura!

"Ew! Master, it looks like he didn't wipe his butt!" A thought suddenly popped into the Fire Sparrow's mind.

"Hey! You little beast pet, if you don't speak, nobody will mistake you for a mute!"

Guru Du's composure shattered instantly, and his aura vanished completely. He scrambled away to take care of business and wash his hands before returning.

"Greetings, young Human Race class-changed player. Let us reintroduce ourselves. My name is Guru Du, and I am an Abyssal Merchant NPC who walks the Abyss!"

"..." Seeing that Lu Chen didn't respond and continued to look at him with disdain, Guru Du coughed and continued in a deep voice: "Ahem! You are very powerful and have successfully triggered me. You may now purchase some rare items from me."

"I don't need anything for now!" Lu Chen had expected some ancient NPC, but he didn't expect a sleazy fat man who was reading inappropriate books—zero stars!

"Don't be like that! Although my entrance was a bit off, I am an Abyssal Merchant NPC after all. Since you triggered me, you have to buy at least one item! Otherwise, I can't go back!"

Seeing that Lu Chen was about to go farm the Elemental Lord BOSS and was ignoring him, Guru Du panicked on the spot, instantly reverting to his goofy self.

"Whether you can go back or not doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, does it?"

Lu Chen had been quite expectant, but now that he saw this sleazy NPC, his disappointment was total, and he didn't intend to buy any quest items from him. He could kill the Elemental Lord BOSS easily anyway; it would just take some time to find them.

"Little brother, just take a look at my goods first. Not only do I have items that can reduce the Elemental Lord's elemental damage by 70%, but I also have rare Legendary equipment!"

"Do you know what Legendary equipment is? It's super fierce! It's the top-tier gear that Human Race class-changed players can currently wear. The drop rate is very low; there aren't many in your Human Race world!"

Guru Du displayed the merchandise page.

"Sorry! The gear I'm wearing right now is a set of Legendary equipment. I'm not lacking in that department!" Lu Chen opened the Legendary equipment effects for him to see.

"Holy crap! Is your family a Legendary equipment wholesaler?" Guru Du's small eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

At this moment, Guru Du finally noticed something unusual. He realized that this Human Race teenager named Lu Chen seemed to have contracted thousands of beast pets. Although they were all F-Rank, it was still a violation of the rules.

Oh my! What is this little guy's background? Isn't the Beast Tamer class limited to contracting at most nine beast pets? And where did he get this set of Legendary equipment? A Prodigy! He is definitely a cheating Prodigy!

No wonder he could kill the Abyssal Dungeon BOSS without taking damage. With this equipment and number of beast pets, he is undoubtedly a super newbie!

Thinking this, Guru Du's small eyes darted around, and he had an idea: "Ahahaha, little brother, I know that with your strength, any Elemental Lord BOSS can be easily killed in seconds, but they refresh randomly every 30 minutes, which makes them hard to find!"

"Coincidentally, I have an item here that can lock onto the location of the Elemental Lord BOSS. It's not expensive—not 998, not 888, just 666 gold coins! It even comes with elemental resistance rune items!"

Lu Chen, who had originally been uninterested, suddenly became interested. If there really was an item to lock onto the locations of the four Elemental Lord BOSSes, that would save a lot of time.

And coincidentally, the amount of gold coins in his inventory was exactly 666! Wait! This dead fat NPC couldn't have known he had exactly 666 gold coins left, which was why he quoted that price, right? Otherwise, that would be too much of a coincidence, wouldn't it?

Probably not. If an NPC could see a class-changed player's inventory gold count, that would truly be a bug.

Guru Du was nervous inside: "He won't discover that I can see the number of gold coins in his inventory, right?"

"666 gold coins is too expensive. Give me a discount, one final price: 66 gold coins! If you agree, I'll buy the item. Otherwise, you can just stay here yourself!" Lu Chen said, leveraging his position.

If he didn't sell, he couldn't go back! Therefore, Lu Chen was certain that the other party had no choice but to sell at a discount. He had him cornered!

"Th-this!!!" Guru Du gritted his teeth and, with tears in his eyes, took out a scroll-type item and said: "For the sake of our fate, I'll give you a bone-breaking discount. 66 gold coins it is!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen grinned, easily bought the item for 66 gold coins, used it, and opened the map. The locations where the four Elemental Lord BOSSes were about to refresh were marked out.

Lu Chen then led his beast pets in a massive procession to begin hunting the Elemental Lord BOSSes!

After Lu Chen had walked far away, Guru Du's tears turned into mist and dissipated, revealing a cunning merchant's smile: "Hehehe! The production cost of this BOSS location locking item is only 6 gold coins. As for the elemental resistance rune items, they are generated by the quest rules and cost nothing at all. He thought he had me cornered, but in reality, I made a killing!"

Before leaving, Guru Du smiled meaningfully in the direction Lu Chen had departed: "What an interesting Human Race little guy with infinite potential. Next time he comes to the Abyss, I might just give him some convenience!"

After saying this, Guru Du took out the book [How to Raise an Abyssal Succubus] to peruse, his blue skin turning red again. As a twelve-pointed star formation appeared beneath his feet, he was teleported back.

Meanwhile, [Ding! Congratulations on perfectly completing the first stage of the quest. The second stage of the quest has begun!]

Lu Chen found the Fire Elemental Lord BOSS spawn point on the third floor of the dungeon in advance.

[Name: Flame King · Elemental Lord BOSS] [Rank: First Order LV30] [HP: 54000] [MP: 48100] [Attack: 25500] [Defense: 3500 Physical Defense / 7000 Magic Defense] [Special Status: Abyssal Power (HP X5, Attack X5)] [Skills: Flame Breath, Fire Meteor Fall]

The stats were still very powerful! And this time, the bonus from the Abyssal Power BUFF had changed again; [Defense X5] had become [Attack X5]! 25500 Attack! This was enough to kill his beast pets in one hit with a single skill.

Fortunately, that Abyssal Merchant NPC had gifted him the elemental resistance rune items, so Lu Chen hurriedly took out the corresponding Fire Elemental resistance rune item and used it.

[Intruders will all wail, struggle, and die in my flames!] [Fire Meteor Fall!]

The Flame King unleashed an area-of-effect magic attack right from the start. Flames filled the sky, crashing down like meteors. Lu Chen and his beast pets had nowhere to hide! Bang, bang, bang! -0! -0! -0!

[This is impossible! How can there be zero damage?!]

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled. The elemental resistance rune item reduced elemental damage by 70%, and the remaining 30% of damage was not enough to break through Lu Chen's defense, so naturally, there was no damage at all.

"Well then, next, it's my turn!" Lu Chen snapped his fingers, and his beast pets swarmed forward crazily, instantly killing it in seconds and leaving behind a quest Fire Crystal!

[Name: Fire Crystal] [Category: Quest Item] [Effect: Collect the Fire Crystal, Ice Crystal, Green Poison Crystal, and Thunder Crystal to open the portal to the Abyssal Challenge Platform!]

Afterward, Lu Chen continued to hunt the other Elemental Lord BOSSes. Although the dungeon layout had changed when he returned to the second and first floors, it did not affect Lu Chen's ability to find the BOSSes at all!

The Ice King, killed in seconds! The Green Poison King, killed in seconds! The Thunder King, killed in seconds! As the four crystals were collected, they underwent Fusion, forming an Abyssal portal!

[Ding! Congratulations on perfectly completing the second stage of the quest. The third stage of the quest has begun!] Lu Chen stepped through. He arrived at the Abyssal Challenge Platform, which was floating in the Void Realm in the shape of an inverted triangle!

[Hmph! To be able to come here, kid, you actually have some skill!] A huge Abyssal Giant Wolf BOSS suddenly appeared before Lu Chen.