4: Chapter 4: Obtain consecutive entries, easily defeat the boss!

In the Normal difficulty trial dungeon, the distribution of monsters was quite regular.

Basically, within his line of sight, what he could see were all Rank 1 Gluttonous Rabbits.

He went looking for them one by one.

Now, every sword strike he unleashed dealt 42 points of damage.

He only needed five strikes to kill a Gluttonous Rabbit; the speed was not slow at all.

Not long after, he had killed 10 of them.

The Affix upgraded again!

[Sword Qi Slash] (Excellent) (+2) LV0/2 (0/1000)

When using a sword-type weapon for a basic attack, there is a 100% chance to add three additional strikes, dealing Sword Qi attribute damage equal to 100% of the original attack.

(To upgrade the number of Sword Qi, you still need: Use this Affix to kill 0/100 monsters)

(To upgrade the Affix quality, you still need: 1 Rare-grade attack skill book)

Three additional strikes! Zhang Jian instantly felt motivated.

His previously exhausted body instantly became full of energy, and he began to search again.

The efficiency of killing Gluttonous Rabbits also increased once more.

Just half an hour later, he had almost finished killing all the Rank 0 monsters in the dungeon.

He also happened to gather enough numbers to upgrade the Affix to the +3 level.

Every time he attacked, he could add four Sword Qi strikes.

Besides the Affix upgrade, two pieces of equipment also dropped.

One was a Rabbit Fur Hat, which could increase defense by 2 points.

It had 1 point more than the Trial Helmet, so Zhang Jian put it on directly.

The other was a weapon.

[Rabbit Claw Sword] Quality: Normal. Rank requirement: None. Attack +8.

After equipping this sword, Zhang Jian's attack reached 18 points.

Although the increase seemed small, he was already very satisfied.

After all, for these types of ordinary monsters, the drop rate of equipment was very low, roughly around 1%.

Being able to get two drops after killing about 100 monsters was already considered good luck.

However, there was a problem at the moment.

Almost all the Rank 0 Gluttonous Rabbits had been killed by Zhang Jian.

Further ahead were the areas for Rank 1 and Rank 2 monsters.

He would be facing stronger monsters.

Zhang Jian frowned.

Generally, when people enter the trial dungeon, they can reach Rank 1 after killing 20 monsters of the same Rank.

Even if they were in a team and shared experience, a few dozen would be enough.

After increasing his Rank, his strength would naturally increase, and he would be well-matched to challenge higher-Rank monsters.

Due to the influence of his talent, Zhang Jian's leveling speed was actually slowed down.

However, he didn't worry too much.

Since the Rank 0 monsters were all killed, he would just kill the Rank 1 ones!

Zhang Jian trotted to the edge of the Rank 1 monster area and saw a group of yellow chicks clucking.

With a cautious mindset, he first found one that was alone to test it out.

[Screaming Chicken] (Normal) Rank: 1. Health: 250. Damage: 14. Defense Value: 3.

This monster had slightly higher health and damage than the Gluttonous Rabbit, though its defense was the same.

Zhang Jian felt reassured and immediately started attacking.

-15! -18! -18! -18! -18!

With one sword strike, the Screaming Chicken's health dropped by almost one-third.

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" It shook its head, let out a high-pitched scream, and charged toward Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian dodged to the side and struck again.

The opponent's health dropped by another third.

When the Screaming Chicken turned back to chase, Zhang Jian used some footwork to stab it again.

"You killed the Rank 1 normal monster [Screaming Chicken]."

"You gained 10 experience points."

"You killed a monster above your Rank and gained an extra 10% experience."

"You ultimately gained 11 experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a monster 1 Rank higher than yourself; your kill progress increased by 2 points!"

"For the first time, you killed a monster above your Rank solo; [King of Affixes] activated successfully, and you obtained the achievement Affix [I Only Hit the Elite]!"

Although this Screaming Chicken didn't drop any equipment, the rows of System notifications made Zhang Jian extremely excited.

[Sword Qi Slash] killing monsters above Rank, the kill progress actually doubled! It was so worth it!

More importantly, he also automatically obtained an Affix.

[I Only Hit the Elite] (Excellent). After killing monsters above Rank, extra experience gained increases by 100%, and basic drop rate increases by 10%.

(To upgrade the Affix quality, you still need: Use this Affix to kill 0/10 monsters)

Zhang Jian was energized.

10 monsters and it can upgrade? Screaming Chicken, you just keep on screaming for me!

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Amidst the continuous screams, Zhang Jian kept chasing and killing the Screaming Chickens one by one.

Soon, this Affix upgraded.

[I Only Hit the Elite] (Rare). After killing monsters above Rank, extra experience gained increases by 200%, and basic drop rate increases by 20%.

(To upgrade the Affix quality, you still need: Use this Affix to kill 0/100 monsters)

After upgrading, the Affix's effect increased significantly.

When Zhang Jian killed another Screaming Chicken.

"You gained 20 (+6) experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a monster 1 Rank higher than yourself; your kill progress increased by 2 points!"

"[I Only Hit the Elite] kill progress increased by 1 point."

"You obtained [screaming ring]."

The original 10% experience bonus for killing monsters above Rank was directly increased to 30% by the Rare-grade Affix.

And the drop bonus from the Affix allowed him to obtain another piece of equipment.

[screaming ring]. Quality: Excellent. Rank requirement: None. Attack +10.

Seeing the attributes of this ring, Zhang Jian was a bit surprised.

This was not only an accessory, which had a lower drop rate, but it was even of Excellent quality!

If the probability of ordinary monsters dropping ordinary equipment was only 1%, then the probability of dropping Excellent equipment might be less than 0.1%.

This quality, although it only had one basic attribute, would have a certain enhancement compared to the Normal grade.

In fact, this ring had an even higher attack bonus than the weapon in his hand!

The effect of this Affix was so good that Zhang Jian became even more energized.

After killing more than 40 more Screaming Chickens, a golden light emanated from his body.

He finally reached a new Rank!

"You have reached Rank 1."

"All your attributes +1, and you gained 5 free attribute points."

The attribute points given by leveling up seemed quite a lot.

But one had to know, Rare professions got 7 free attribute points when leveling up. Unique professions got as many as 10 points.

Under the same attribute points, the corresponding attributes increased by each profession were not the same.

For example, adding Strength and Physique, Warriors gained more Attack and Health than Swordsmen.

And adding Agility, Assassins gained significantly more Critical Damage than Swordsmen.

Zhang Jian felt a bit helpless. "Jack of all trades, master of none" was exactly what described the Swordsman.

For him, what he lacked most right now was Attack power.

Zhang Jian did not hesitate and added all his free attribute points to Strength.

Immediately after, he equipped the just-dropped Screaming Battle Boots, which added another 2 points of defense.

Then, Zhang Jian encountered the first Boss monster since entering the dungeon.

This was a chicken with a larger body and a louder cry.

[Jumping Screaming Chicken] (Boss). Rank: 2. Health: 500. Damage: 18. Defense Value: 8.

Although it was only one Rank higher than an ordinary Screaming Chicken, its Health was doubled, and its Damage and Defense were also increased; it looked quite difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, Zhang Jian's current Attack was as high as 38 points.

Under the effect of [Sword Qi Slash], one strike could deal 182 points of damage.

After figuring out the gap in strength between the two, Zhang Jian relaxed.

He directly tanked the opponent's attacks.

After attacking just three times, he killed it.

"You gained 40 (+12) experience points."

"You used [Sword Qi Slash] to successfully kill a Boss-level monster 1 Rank higher than yourself; your kill progress increased by 4 points!"

"[I Only Hit the Elite] kill progress increased by 2 points."

"You obtained [Screaming Skateboard Shoes]."

"You obtained [screaming ring]."

"For the first time, you killed a Boss-level monster solo; [King of Affixes] activated successfully, and you obtained the achievement Affix [So You're The One Called A Boss, Huh]!"