96: Chapter Ninety-Six: Gold-Tier - Thunder Set

Urged on by Xiaoqi, the group marched grandly toward the second floor.

Lin Feng took the lead to scout the way. As soon as he stepped onto the second floor, a gust of chilly wind blew in his face.

Not far away,

he could faintly see a slender figure slowly approaching him. It was a young girl wearing a long white dress.

She had a graceful posture and beautiful curves, every movement of her figure exuding a unique charm.

However, as she drew closer, the scene before him suddenly changed dramatically.

Her face was severely disfigured, covered in cracks and making her original appearance almost unrecognizable.

"Holy shit!"

Lin Feng was instantly scared out of his wits!

The other girls were so terrified they immediately screamed.

Trembling, Lin Feng stepped forward and quickly cast Detection to check the monster's attributes.

[Palace Maid] (gold-grade Elite)

Level: 35

Magic Power: 2050

Defense: 210

Health: 132,000

Skills: [Coquettish Glance], [Laser Lightning]

Description: These maids were once loyal servants who followed the Holy Lord. However, after the Holy Lord joined the Abyss Legion, they were ultimately sealed within this ancient tower. In the end, their souls were devoured, and they have served the Demon Dragon Saint Lord here for years.

...

While he was dazed, the Palace Maid had already floated over, her hollow eyes looking at him coquettishly.

For a moment, Lin Feng's gaze locked with hers.

*Ding!*

[Battle Notification: You have been affected by the Palace Maid's Coquettish Glance skill and have entered a dazed state. The effect lasts for three seconds and will be removed upon taking damage.]

As Lin Feng's consciousness instantly blurred, his hands uncontrollably wrapped around her.

Before he could even enjoy the feeling of a female ghost in his arms,

immediately after, two fierce beams of light suddenly burst from the maid's chest!

With two loud bangs, Lin Feng was blasted dozens of meters away by a massive laser, his body crashing heavily right next to his teammates.

-1305!

-1389!

His health plummeted to a critical level. The moment he snapped out of it, Lin Feng retreated in sheer panic.

Damn it... did I just get set up?

Uh... they didn't see that, did they?

Lin Feng stealthily glanced back,

only to find the girls covering their mouths and laughing. Especially Liu Qingqing, who was already doubling over with laughter.

"Boss, so you like this type..." Naitang Xiaoqi couldn't help but tease.

"Damn it."

Ignoring their mockery, he turned back to the monster, only to find that she was still looking at him with a coquettish expression.

Lin Feng shivered instinctively, not daring to lock eyes with her again.

However, since the maid had just used her Coquettish Glance skill, she wouldn't pose that specific danger again for a short while.

"Go to hell... you ugly woman!"

Lin Feng could no longer hold back and launched his attack.

Opening with Poisoning, followed by Heaven-Opening Slash and Shuriken, and finally finishing her off with Ten-Step Kill.

Under this combo, the maid had no chance to resist. In just ten seconds, he instakilled this mage-type monster.

Meanwhile, the health he had lost was instantly fully restored thanks to his 5% lifesteal attribute.

"Hand of God."

After killing the Palace Maid, he directly cast his looting skill on her corpse.

[You have received: Tattered Loincloth ×1]

[You have received: Broken Silver Hairpin ×1]

[You have received: Gold Coins +5]

[You have received: Thunder Ring ×1]

...

Oh? I actually looted a piece of equipment?

He immediately opened his inventory. Ignoring the first two items, his gaze locked onto the equipment.

[Thunder Ring] (gold-grade)

Quality: Excellent

Attack: +80

Strength: +45

Agility: +40

Required Level: 26

Required Class: Assassin, Archer

Set Attribute: ???

...

Holy shit! A set item actually dropped, and it's even a top-tier gold-grade set!

When we cleared the first floor, I thought my guess was wrong.

But that wasn't the case. The monsters on the first floor just weren't high enough level to drop this grade of equipment.

No wonder nothing dropped earlier. It turns out the exclusive set for this map is gold-grade.

Zhang Qinhong, who was only wearing the Silver-Grade magic god set, already had a combat power of over 4,000, ranking second on the combat power leaderboard.

If one were to collect and equip this entire gold-grade thunder set, how much would their combat power skyrocket?

Reaching at least 7,000 to 8,000+ wouldn't be a problem.

This was the impact of a terrifying set effect,

which was completely incomparable to single pieces of equipment.

The only pity was that this ring overlapped with his [Ring of Hopelessness].

"The quality is only Excellent, with no exclusive special effects attached, so it lacks those precious percentage attributes."

"Before gathering the whole set, it won't be of much use to me..."

Lin Feng shared the ring's details in the party chat.

Just because he didn't need it for now didn't mean it was useless to others.

"Oh my god. Is... is this gold-grade equipment?"

Naitang Xiaoqi was shocked. In her mind, Bronze Grade was already equipment that only experts could wear,

and Silver Grade was reserved for top-tier players.

As for gold-grade?

She had never even heard of such a thing.

It was no wonder she was so surprised. In the entire Blue Star Region, except for Lin Feng, indeed no other players had ever seen equipment of this level, let alone had it drop.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Haha... you're not seeing things. I looted this piece of equipment right off this maid."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Xiaoqi's eyes lit up, and she immediately stepped forward to search the corpse on the ground.

??

"Holy crap! Are you stupid? Get your hands off..."

Seeing that Xiaoqi was about to touch the maid's private areas, Lin Feng hastily called out to stop her.

"Boss... I've been feeling around for ages, and there's nothing here!"

Xiaoqi frowned, giving him a "you're lying to me again" look.

"Sigh! This is my exclusive skill. It's not something just anyone can loot."

"Don't do anything so outrageous again in the future. We must respect the deceased, got it?"

Xiaoqi shrugged. "Oh, so that's how it is. Got it!"

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly, then turned his gaze to Liu Qingqing. He opened a trade with her and placed the ring in the slot.

"What is this for?" Liu Qingqing asked in surprise.

"What I'm wearing is better than this. I'll help you complete a set first this time."

"Ah! Really? Captain, you're so good to me!"

As she spoke, she wrapped her arms around Lin Feng's.

"Do I look like I'm joking? Take it!"

Lin Feng acted completely nonchalant,

as if this top-tier equipment was nothing in his eyes!

Once the trade was complete, Liu Qingqing was all smiles, her grin impossible to suppress.

"Let's go. We'll level you up first and gather the rest of the set today. That way, our team's overall strength will take a massive leap forward."

"Alright!"

...

Lin Feng looked into the distance with a deep gaze.

The Palace Maids wandering the second floor now looked like delicious morsels in his eyes.

Since the monsters on this floor were long-range mage types with high attack power and crowd control skills,

to prevent accidents like the one earlier, they had to pull and kill them one by one.

This also meant their clearing speed was noticeably slower than on the first floor.

Fortunately, the Palace Maids on the second floor had very low health. Under the group's burst damage, it took only about half a minute to kill a single one.

A gold-grade elite monster being killed in such a short time—

if other players found out, they would probably accuse them of hacking again.

But they couldn't be blamed.

Even Lin Feng himself couldn't help but marvel at the sheer damage output of their party,

which was probably enough to rank among the top in the entire Divine Domain!

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