Chapter 3: Soloing the Wolf King with Naked Gear! Server-wide Golden Announcement Triple Bombardment

Black Wind Ridge, entrance to the Wolf Kings Lair.

Lin Ye had just reached the entrance of the ridge when he bumped into several players running back with low health. Their faces were pale, their clothes were in tatters, and some were even leaning on broken iron swords. They were stumbling as if they had seen a ghost.

"Run! Don't go there to die! This Wolf King isn't something humans can fight! It one-shotted our MT with a single paw—a Level 8 Warrior in full blue gear didn't even stand a chance!"

"Damn it, our five-man party was wiped out in three seconds after entering. The Wolf King's health bar didn't even drop by 1%!"

"Don't waste your effort! Wait until three days after the server launch when everyone's level is up. Get a 20-man elite group together before coming back to grind it down!"

Seeing Lin Ye in nothing but white-tier coarse cloth clothes, carrying a novice iron sword and heading into the ridge alone, the few people couldn't help but stop and offer a kind word of advice.

"Brother, take some advice and don't go! You're Level 1 with white-tier gear; you're just delivering yourself as a snack. You won't even be able to withstand a single spit from the Wolf King!"

Lin Ye smiled and waved his hand, his pace never faltering. "It's fine, I'm just going to take a look."

A snack? It wasn't certain who would be the snack today.

He walked all the way in. The wild wolf mobs along the way pounced on him frantically, baring their fangs and looking fierce. But the moment they dared to touch Lin Ye, they were instantly hit with 10 stacks of Decay. Before they could run two steps, they died on the spot. They couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes; instead, they provided Lin Ye with a good amount of experience.

In just five minutes, Lin Ye reached the entrance of the Wolf Kings Lair.

The cave entrance was huge and pitch black. Deafening wolf howls echoed from within, accompanied by players' screams and the sounds of skills exploding, making one's skin crawl.

Lin Ye looked inside and saw a five-man party being swatted away by a giant black wolf as sturdy as a bull calf. The five people were instantly wiped out, a flurry of white lights flashing as not even their corpses remained.

[World Channel]

[Player [Brother Hu]: Holy crap! Isn't the Black Wind Wolf King way too broken? A Level 10 fully geared party went in and was gone in three seconds. They didn't even have a chance to fight back!]

[Player [Milk Tea Without Sugar]: Is there any big shot who can take down this Wolf King? The novice quest requires a Wolf King's tooth, but it's impossible to get. I'm being driven crazy!]

[Player [Little Prince of Pay-to-Win]: Hilarious. A bunch of poor losers with no gear and no levels actually want to touch a BOSS? Just wait until I hit Level 10, spend some money to buy a set of blue gear, and I'll solo it for you all to see!]

[Player [Solo Player Old Li]: Stop bragging, guy above. Just now, Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian, the guild leader, brought a 20-man elite group in and they were all wiped out by the Wolf King. Who the hell do you think you are?]

The World Channel had already boiled over. Dozens of messages per second were all discussing the Black Wind Wolf King. It had been nearly an hour since the server opened, and among the hundreds of Novice Villages across the server, not a single person had managed to take the first kill of the Novice Village's ultimate BOSS. Not even anyone had managed to bring the Wolf King's health bar down by 10%.

Inside the lair, the Black Wind Wolf King shook its head, a piece of blue gear dropped by a player dangling from its mouth. Its crimson eyes scanned the entrance and happened to see Lin Ye standing there.

[BOSS: Black Wind Wolf King (Bronze-tier Ultimate BOSS)]

[Level: 10]

[HP: 10000/10000]

[Skills: Rending Pounce, Wolf Howl Intimidation, Furious Rampage]

A Level 10 BOSS with ten thousand HP and three powerful skills—no wonder players were one-shotted upon entering.

But Lin Ye wasn't panicked at all; he was even a little excited.

No matter how much HP or defense you have, in front of my Decay Talent, it's all as flimsy as paper!

Seeing this Level 1 tiny tot dare to barge into its lair, the Black Wind Wolf King was instantly enraged. It let out a deafening howl that made the entire lair tremble. It lunged at Lin Ye, a foul-smelling wind hitting his face, its claws glinting with a cold light and carrying one-shot level damage!

The moment the Wolf King pounced, Lin Ye thought to himself: "Trigger Talent! Target: Black Wind Wolf King!"

[System Notification: Target is an aggressive, malicious BOSS. Determined as a malicious target. Perpetual Energy Level Decay Talent can be triggered!]

[1 stack of [Decay] Debuff has been applied to target [Black Wind Wolf King]!]

[2 stacks! 5 stacks! 10 stacks!]

Lin Ye's feet didn't stop. Relying on the positioning skills he practiced during school, he dodged the Wolf King's pounce by a hair's breadth while frantically stacking debuffs on the Wolf King. Several stacks per second, never stopping.

The Wolf King's pounce missed, and it froze for a moment. It hadn't expected this Level 1 tiny tot to actually dodge its attack.

What enraged it even more was that red true damage numbers kept popping up over its head. Its health was dropping frantically, and the strength in its body felt like it was being drained by something. Its limbs began to go weak, and it couldn't even stand steadily!

"Awoooo—!"

The Wolf King was completely furious. It opened its large mouth and let out a howl, activating the skill [Wolf Howl Intimidation], intending to stun Lin Ye and take the opportunity to one-shot him.

However, the moment the skill was released, Lin Ye had already stacked 30 layers of Decay on it. The skill's effect was directly reduced by 30%. The stun effect didn't even touch the hem of Lin Ye's clothes; instead, due to the skill's consumption, the Wolf King's health dropped by another large chunk.

"That's it?" Lin Ye sneered, continuing to maneuver around the Wolf King. He didn't even bother to swing the novice iron sword in his hand, relying entirely on positioning to dodge skills while frantically stacking debuffs.

50 stacks!

The Wolf King's health dropped by 5,000, leaving only half. All its attributes were reduced by 50%. The pounce that could originally one-shot people would now only scrape off a few dozen HP even if it hit Lin Ye, unable to break through Lin Ye's defense at all (even though Lin Ye's defense was 0, the Wolf King's attack power had been severely crippled).

80 stacks!

The Wolf King grew desperate and activated its ultimate skill [Furious Rampage], wanting to rely on burst damage to one-shot Lin Ye. As a result, the attack power it just gained was instantly stripped away by the Decay Debuff. Instead, because of the health loss from the rage, its health was left with less than 2,000. It couldn't even run anymore and could only sprawl on the ground, panting heavily.

100 stacks!

The Wolf King's attributes and skill effects were reduced by 100%. It had completely turned into a target dummy with ten thousand health. Standing in place, it didn't even have the strength to lift a paw. For the first time, fear appeared in its crimson eyes.

It couldn't understand why this Level 1 human was about to die without even hitting it once. What kind of wicked ability was this?!

Lin Ye finally stopped his maneuvering. Carrying the novice iron sword on his shoulder, he walked slowly up to the Wolf King. Seeing this ultimate BOSS that had tormented all the players on the server now slumped on the ground like a dead dog, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Weren't you quite fierce just now? Keep pouncing! Keep howling!"

The Wolf King let out a whimper as if begging for mercy, its tail tucked between its legs. Where was the dignity of an ultimate BOSS?

But Lin Ye had no intention of letting it go. He raised his hand and continued to stack layers.

150 stacks! 200 stacks!

[System Notification: Target [Black Wind Wolf King]'s health has reached zero. It has died!]

[Congratulations to Player [Ye] for completing the server's first kill of a Novice Village ultimate BOSS!]

As the Wolf King's massive body crashed to the ground, it exploded into a pile of blue gear, materials, and gold coins. The golden light shimmered, forming a small mound. At the same time, the entire world of "gods domain: origin" was instantly flooded with three server-wide crimson-gold announcements!

[Server-Wide Golden Announcement! Congratulations to Player [Ye] for successfully killing the ultimate BOSS of Novice Village No. 003, the Black Wind Wolf King, and taking the server's first kill of a novice BOSS! Rewards: Level +3, Gold Coins * 1,000, Bronze-tier Chest * 1!]

[Server-Wide Golden Announcement! Congratulations to Player [Ye] for setting the server's first record of soloing a Level 10 ultimate BOSS at Level 1! Refreshing the record for the fastest BOSS first kill in "gods domain: origin"! Reward: Server-exclusive title [Wolf King Terminator]!]

[Server-Wide Golden Announcement! Detected that Player [Ye] possesses the server's only SSS-grade innate Talent, breaking the game's data limits. The official team will continue to monitor this!]

The three golden announcements were like thunderclaps, ringing in the ears of every player across the server. Even the gaming pods vibrated slightly!

The entire game fell into a dead silence for three seconds, and then it completely exploded!

[World Channel]

[Player [Wocao Wuqing]: ???? Did I see that right? Soloing the Level 10 Wolf King at Level 1? Server first kill?! This must be a cheat, right?!]

[Player [Brother Hu]: Crazy, crazy! Our 20-man group was one-shotted by the Wolf King, and he soloed it with Level 1 white-tier gear? GM, come out and investigate this now!]

[Player [Little Prince of Pay-to-Win]: Impossible! Definitely a hack! How could a Level 1 with white-tier gear beat a Level 10 Wolf King? He must be cheating!]

[Player [Milk Tea Without Sugar]: Wait! The third announcement! SSS-grade Talent! He actually rolled the server's only SSS-grade Talent?! No wonder he could solo the Wolf King!]

[Player [Solo Player Old Li]: Holy cow! SSS-grade! The legendary ultimate Talent! What kind of god-tier lucky bastard is this?! Please, big shot, carry me!]

[Player [Heavenly Temple Qin Wentian]: Investigate! Find out where this player named [Ye] is! Novice Village No. 003, right? I want all his information, no matter what method you use!]

The World Channel scrolled rapidly. Dozens of messages per second were all discussing this player named [Ye]. Some were shocked, some questioned him, some worshipped him, and others were thinking of recruiting or suppressing him.

The players in Novice Village No. 003 were even crazier. They all rushed toward Black Wind Ridge, wanting to see with their own eyes this big shot who took the server's first kill, to see what he looked like and what kind of Talent was so heaven-defying.

Inside the lair, Lin Ye was slowly picking up the gear dropped by the Wolf King: a blue chestplate, a blue iron sword, and a pile of materials scarce in the Novice Village. Gold coins were piled up on the ground. Looking at his experience bar which had jumped straight to Level 4, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Just then, the system notification sounded again, interrupting his actions.

[System Notification: Official GM001 requests a voice call with you. Do you accept?]

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

The GM is coming to find me?

He looked at the gear all over the ground, then at the frantically vibrating World Channel, and casually clicked accept.

From the other end of the call, the GM's hurried and serious voice immediately came through: "Player [Ye], please stop using illegal means immediately! Your operations have exceeded the normal player range. If you do not cooperate with the investigation, your account will be banned immediately!"

Lin Ye's eyes sharpened, his tone playful. "Illegal? I'm killing mobs based on my Talent; how is that illegal? It seems the officials want to join the fun and try to fleece me? No way!"

He knew that from the moment he took the server's first kill, his name was destined to resound throughout "gods domain: origin"! And for those pay-to-win whales and black-hearted guilds waiting to be fleeced bald by him, their good days were officially over!