10: Chapter 10 [King of One-on-One]! Achieved solo completion of the Hard difficulty dungeon!

The affix skill [Sword Qi Body Protection] was currently Zhang Jian's only means of defense.

After several consecutive upgrades, its current HP-blocking effect was as high as 500 points.

When the Wolf King's second claw swung toward Zhang Jian's body...

Blocked!

Zhang Jian's heart instantly steadied.

As expected.

Under the high priority of the skill, the Wolf King's normal attacks could not deal any damage.

Surging with heroic pride, Zhang Jian took a step forward.

"Since you can't hurt me, it's my turn to shine!"

-45!

-226!

-226!

-226!

-226!

Although no critical hits occurred, he had dealt a terrifying cumulative damage of over 1,000 points to the Wolf King.

The Wolf King hissed, striking with its claws again.

However, amidst the clanging sounds, the seemingly ferocious movements were all blocked one by one by the Sword Qi.

Zhang Jian took the opportunity to speed up, delivering strike after strike.

Damage numbers floated up continuously, causing the Wolf King to roar incessantly in fury.

Before long...

The Wolf King's HP dropped by nearly half, with only a bit over 8,000 points remaining.

At that moment...

The Wolf King's movements suddenly stopped.

The next instant...

Its left claw began to shimmer with light.

Alerted, Zhang Jian prepared to dodge.

But it was already too late.

In a flash, a series of claw shadows blurred before his eyes.

-146!

-146!

-146!

Zhang Jian was greatly shocked.

It was actually damage with a special attribute that Sword Qi Body Protection could not block.

This attack was enough to instant-kill any player who, like him, hadn't invested in Physique.

Fortunately, after the Wolf King struck, the light on its claws dimmed slightly; it likely needed time to recover.

Zhang Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He tried to use [Sprinting Sword] to increase his damage.

But he found it wouldn't work.

This BOSS was clearly an Agility-type, and its speed was significantly faster than his.

Whenever he tried to run at full speed to trigger [Sprinting Sword], the opponent would catch up.

Just a normal claw strike was enough to interrupt his sprinting state.

Zhang Jian had no choice but to return to his normal attack state.

Sword after sword, he slowly bled the Wolf King.

Seeing the Wolf King's health start to slide again, its left claw began to shimmer once more.

Zhang Jian hurriedly retreated with all his might, trying to dodge this move.

But after he had run several meters away...

The Wolf King actually leaped into the air, pouncing right in front of Zhang Jian in an instant.

It was actually a target-locking skill!

Zhang Jian's heart sank.

-146!

The Sword Qi shattered into pieces like fragile glass.

Another claw strike.

-146!

Zhang Jian's HP directly entered the warning zone on the interface.

He quickly grabbed a health potion and downed it.

+100!

+5!

+5!

The Wolf King's final claw was unavoidable; Zhang Jian gritted his teeth and tanked it head-on.

When the opponent's body grew weary and stopped attacking, and the light on its left claw vanished...

Zhang Jian's HP was down to only 62 points.

It looked like he couldn't block even a single normal attack from the Wolf King anymore.

Zhang Jian felt an urge to retreat.

But then he saw that the progress for [The More Crits the Merrier] had reached 99%.

His eyes lit up, and he gritted his teeth, stepping forward with his sword.

The next moment...

As the Wolf King roared and charged at him again...

With a fearless gaze, Zhang Jian decisively swung his sword!

-765!

-3842!

-3842!

-3842!

-3842!

The continuous Sword Qi damage caught the Wolf King completely off guard.

Its eyes turned red, as if it had one last trump card.

But the consecutive critical hits were incredibly devastating, and the Wolf King's HP instantly plummeted to zero.

It was slain on the spot!

"You have gained 840 (+672) experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a BOSS-level monster 2 Ranks higher than yourself; your kill progress has increased by 40 points!"

"[I Only Hit the Elite] kill progress has increased by 20 points."

"[So You Call Yourself a Boss] kill progress has increased by 20 points."

"[So Youre the So-Called Elite] kill progress has increased by 8 points."

"You have obtained [Shadow Continuous Raid]."

"You have obtained [moon shadow wolf fang blade]."

"You have obtained [crescent wolf king armor]."

Zhang Jian looked at the Wolf King's massive corpse, still a bit shaken.

He had almost lost just now.

Although, as a trial dungeon, it would automatically bind to a Trainee Professional's life force.

If HP fell below 10%, a protection mechanism would trigger, teleporting them out of the dungeon to prevent actual death.

But this dungeon attempt would have been wasted.

Not to mention missing out on a BOSS he actually had the ability to kill.

Fortunately...

In the end, he relied on the accumulated critical hit affix to unleash a burst of power.

After his emotions stabilized, he began to check the loot he just acquired.

[Shadow Continuous Raid] (excellence)

Consumes 120 Mana to deal 80%, 100%, and 120% of your attack power in consecutive damage to the target.

Cooldown: 5 minutes.

An excellence-grade skill!

Zhang Jian's breathing grew a bit ragged.

But after thinking about it, while the skill effect was good, it leaned toward Spell-type attacks and consumed a lot of Mana.

For him...

It couldn't compare to Sword Qi Slash; it was a bit of a white elephant.

He could, however, sell it to trade for something more suitable for himself.

While equipment from trial dungeons is bound and cannot be sold...

Skill books are tradable.

This meant at least several hundred thousand was in his pocket, easing his 5 million debt a little more.

Zhang Jian steadied himself and continued looking down.

[moon shadow wolf fang blade]

Quality: excellence

Rank Requirement: 5

Attack Power +25

Strength +15

Attack Speed +10%

[crescent wolf king armor]

Quality: excellence

Rank Requirement: 5

Defense +15

Physique +10

HP +150

It was actually excellence-grade equipment, and two pieces at that!

Zhang Jian's eyes sparkled.

It was normal for an excellence-grade BOSS to drop rare-grade equipment; dropping excellence-grade equipment was a low-probability event.

To drop two pieces at once was truly a stroke of incredible luck.

It was just that his Rank wasn't high enough, so he couldn't equip them yet.

And the surprises didn't stop there.

"You have performed your first solo kill of a BOSS-level monster. [King of Affixes] has activated successfully; you have obtained the achievement affix [King of Solo]!"

[King of Solo] (rare)

When fighting a BOSS, Critical Hit Rate increases by 5%, Evasion Rate increases by 5%; when fighting solo, the effect is doubled.

(To upgrade affix quality: Use this affix to kill 0/1 BOSS-level monster not lower than your own Rank)

Zhang Jian's eyes shone brightly.

This affix effect was excellent.

It was like having an automatic luck BUFF when fighting a BOSS.

Critical hits would occur more easily, and evading would be simpler too.

He couldn't help but feel a bit proud.

This was the reward for his courage in challenging a BOSS solo!

And as the loot inspection ended, it signaled the completion of the dungeon.

The notification voice rang out again.

"You have cleared the Hard-level trial dungeon."

"You have received an SS-grade evaluation."

"You have received an additional 2,000 experience points."

"You have cleared a dungeon solo again; the achievement affix [Experience Abundance] has leveled up!"

Zhang Jian's vision went dark as he exited the dungeon.

Seeing the light flash, many people turned their gazes toward him.

Zhang Jian's appearance made them somewhat surprised.

"He actually managed to stay in a Hard-level dungeon for so long before coming out?"

"Clearing it is impossible, but if you just want to run for your life, isn't that simple? You could do it too."

"By the way, why did he waste a precious opportunity just to show off?"

Facing the confusion and mockery of the crowd, Zhang Jian acted as if he hadn't seen a thing.

Instead, he jogged straight over to Instructor Wang Weidong.

"Old Wang, I did it!"

Wang Weidong looked surprised. "You mean, you cleared it alone?"

Zhang Jian nodded.

"Good luck, I got an SS-grade evaluation."

"Good!"

Wang Weidong's eyes were full of pleasant surprise.

"With this clearance evaluation, you can at least get into a key Professional university."

"Do you need to report this record as your internal school assessment grade?"

Zhang Jian pondered for a moment.

"Let's not report it for now. I want to try nightmare difficulty."

Wang Weidong was visibly shaken.

"Could it be that you still want to..."

Zhang Jian didn't hide it from him. "Yes, I indeed thought about challenging it alone."

"Even if it's in a team..."

He thought of Wang Fei. He wondered how that guy's development was going?