45: Chapter 45: Epic-level [King of One-on-One]! Good stuff shouldn't be killed only once!

These three metal monsters were practically miniature versions of the original BOSS.

The only difference was an extra diamond-shaped launcher on their arms.

As soon as they were summoned, they autonomously launched an attack on Zhang Jian.

It seemed they knew he was the culprit bullying their master.

From the launchers, several bright white, thin beams of light erupted instantly, resembling lasers.

-200!

-200!

Although these beams didn't deal much damage, they carried a strange, scorching sensation.

Zhang Jian felt his body become slightly sluggish.

He glanced at the notification; sure enough, it had the effect of reducing his movement speed by 25%.

However, he did not panic.

Even though the beams were extremely dense and the attack speed was incredibly fast.

In an instant, his HP dropped by over a thousand points.

But his two shields were nothing to sneeze at.

They could fully block it.

On the other hand, although these beams were a ranged type of attack, truth be told, their attack range wasn't long enough.

With the enhancement of his skills, Zhang Jian was able to counterattack.

"Sword Qi Slash"!

MISS!

-4680!

-4680!

...

Several Sword Qi poured down, causing the struck metal monsters to wobble.

Yet, even after all seven Sword Qi were released, the opponents were still standing there.

Zhang Jian was somewhat surprised.

"It's just a summoned creature, yet it's this strong?"

He observed carefully and then realized.

These three monsters actually possessed a trait.

"Metal Resistance": When receiving physical damage, the final damage result is reduced by 50%. When receiving Spell damage, there is a 30% chance of deflection/evasion.

This trait's effect was quite strong, but once Zhang Jian understood it, he didn't care anymore.

"Isn't it just damage reduction? It just means a one-sword job becomes a two-sword job!"

He kept his shield up and continued to deal damage.

MISS!

-4680!

...

A strange scene formed in the arena.

Zhang Jian was facing four large and small monsters alone.

The opponents were continuously firing beams and intermittently mixing in the BOSS's "Bullet Storm" attacks.

Zhang Jian, on the other hand, was continuously unleashing "Sword Qi Slash". Sword Qi and light beams crisscrossed, appearing quite spectacular.

Wang Fei sat on the ground, watching with great interest.

The HP of the summoned monsters wasn't high, only one-fifth of the BOSS, which was 100,000 HP.

Even though Zhang Jian's damage effect was reduced, a single "Sword Qi Slash" could still deal at least over 30,000 damage.

Basically, after casting it four times, he could kill one metal monster.

Just after his shield had continuously withstood several strikes, he finally killed the three summoned monsters one by one.

Just as he stepped forward, preparing to finish off the BOSS in one go, the tentacles behind the BOSS waved again.

The metal parts of the slain summoned creatures flew up instantly and were absorbed by the BOSS.

+50000!

+50000!

+50000!

Three green numbers floated up. The BOSS's HP, which had just dropped, was instantly restored to full.

Zhang Jian was stunned. "It can actually restore HP using the corpses of its summoned creatures? This BOSS is quite something!"

However, he wasn't worried. "Isn't it just 150,000 HP? It just means a few more "Sword Qi Slash"s."

Swish! Swish!

The BOSS, however, did not have the "Metal Resistance" trait. Although it had the "Armor Overload" effect, its defense had been raised to an extremely terrifying level.

Zhang Jian's normal attacks couldn't break through its defense to deal damage at all. But the true damage from his "Sword Qi Slash" Sword Qi was something the BOSS couldn't resist.

Before long, the BOSS's HP had once again reached the danger zone.

Just as Zhang Jian prepared to finish it off in one go, the BOSS's eyes turned blood-red again.

Rip!

Three metal monsters were summoned once more.

"Again?" Zhang Jian frowned.

Patiently, he killed them one by one.

"You have killed the Rank 25 excellence-Rank BOSS summoned creature [Omen of Scrap]."

"You have gained 8800 (+84480) EXP."

"You used "Sword Qi Slash" to successfully kill a BOSS-Rank monster 16 levels higher than yourself; your kill progress has increased by 71680 points!"

"[I Only Hit the Elite] kill progress increased by 40960 points."

"[King of Solo] kill progress increased by 17 points."

"Achievement Title [King of Solo] has leveled up!"

Notifications kept popping up. Zhang Jian glanced at them inadvertently, and his heart stirred.

"These summoned creatures give EXP when killed? And it's calculated as a Rank 25 excellence-Rank BOSS?"

Although they didn't drop items, the gains in EXP and title progress were very rich.

BOSSes were rare to encounter usually; this was equivalent to killing four in a row, causing the title to level up directly.

[King of Solo] (Epic): When fighting a BOSS, critical strike rate increases by 25%, evasion rate increases by 25%; when fighting alone, the effect is doubled. (To upgrade title quality: Use this title to kill 1/1000 BOSS-Rank monsters not lower than your own Rank.)

Looking at the title's effects, Zhang Jian was overjoyed. The Epic-Rank provided a full 10% increase over the previous Legendary-Rank!

If it were upgraded further to Mythic-Rank, would the improvement be even greater?

He previously thought that the kill count for this title was hard to increase. Even the bonus for level-skipping wasn't significant.

But he didn't expect such a good opportunity to appear right now.

After killing the other two summoned creatures as well, the title's progress increased by another 34 points.

Zhang Jian calculated in his mind. "At this rate, if a few dozen more come, wouldn't the title have a chance to level up again?"

His gaze toward the summoned creatures became incredibly fiery. "These are good things; how can just killing them once be enough? I must farm them infinitely!"

With this thought in mind, when dealing with the BOSS after killing the summoned creatures, Zhang Jian slowed down his pace.

He was afraid that if he were careless, he would one-shot the BOSS, leaving it no time to summon again.

And the BOSS lived up to expectations, indeed performing [Omen of Scrap] again and again when its HP was low.

Zhang Jian was also leisurely, controlling the killing speed and harvesting them one by one.

Wang Fei, by the furnace, was watching the continuously scrolling notifications, completely dumbfounded.

"Teammate [Zhang Jian] has killed the Rank 25 excellence-Rank BOSS summoned creature [Omen of Scrap]."

"You have gained 3300 (+5280) EXP."

"You have gained 3300 (+5280) EXP."

"You have gained..."

This was the third time running this dungeon. From the Rank 10 monsters all the way to now, Wang Fei had basically understood the EXP values of monsters at various Ranks.

The EXP for a Rank 25 normal monster was 1100 points. An excellence-Rank BOSS was 10 times higher, at 11000 points.

As a teammate who didn't make a major contribution, he could only receive 30% of the allocated EXP. That was 3300 points.

But the 160% bonus brought by the 16-Rank level skip added an extra 5280 points of EXP. This meant a single monster yielded 8580 points of EXP.

It might not look like much, not even enough for the initial upgrade of an excellence-Rank skill. But in reality, leveling from 9 to 10 only required 9000 EXP.

For other trainee Professionals, that might be the cumulative gain from an entire dungeon run. But for Wang Fei, he could easily obtain it just by sitting on the ground and watching the show.

Furthermore, under Zhang Jian's strategy, the BOSS was sparing no effort in continuously summoning, attempting to wear the opponent down. It could summon a wave almost every 3 minutes.

For Wang Fei, he could basically gain EXP every minute or so. It was absolutely exhilarating.

Wave after wave of EXP accumulated continuously, and the numbers on his panel kept increasing. Looking at it, he felt incredibly fulfilled.

Just when Wang Fei thought they could farm like this until the end of time, a notification floated past.

"You are about to stay in the dungeon for over two hours. At that time, stamina consumption will increase by 50%, and the dungeon rating will decrease."