46: Chapter 46 Advanced Quest: "Raging Roar (Legendary)"

Within the dim cave passage, the air fell quiet for a moment.

The damp moss on the rock walls shimmered with a dark green luster in the dim light, and water droplets dripped from somewhere overhead, making tiny pattering sounds on the rocky ground.

Shen Qingci and the other three looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

The raid team hadn't even seen the boss, yet the boss was already dead.

Such a situation was something they hadn't even heard of, let alone witnessed!

Especially since this was a dungeon that had never been cleared before, belonging to the progression phase!

After a moment of silence, Zhu Tongchen said quietly: "Brother Lu's dual auras deal over four thousand damage per second. Judging by its name, this boss seems to be an assassin. Its health and defense shouldn't be very high, and it probably wouldn't last four seconds. Brother Lu's aura range is already close to two kilometers. In four seconds, it's normal that the boss couldn't run up to us..."

This was the first time Zhu Tongchen had said so many words in one breath.

Hearing Zhu Tongchen's words and thinking about it carefully, the others' expressions suddenly turned strange.

Shen Qingci couldn't help saying: "...It really seems to be the case. How is this kind of situation still considered normal?"

Rebecca rolled her eyes powerlessly: "Normal my foot... What novice professional has an entire map attack range of nearly two kilometers and over four thousand damage per second before even reaching Rank 1..."

Lance scratched his head: "There is, Brother Lu."

Rebecca: "..."

Listening to the four of them discuss, Lu Yang himself felt that his strength was a bit exaggerated.

It could only be said that the power unleashed by the combination and superposition of multiple Soul Talents far exceeded simple addition.

If it were solely the War Frenzy Soul Talent, although it would allow Lu Yang to possess strong combat power, it would definitely not be like this now, possessing a terrifying full-map coverage ability.

His attack range definitely couldn't reach this level.

Lu Yang briefly checked the drops.

Just as Zhu Tongchen said, this Night Fang was indeed an assassin.

The dropped Shadowwalker Bracers were leather armor, and the Night Fang Blade was a dagger.

Only that cloak could be used by Lu Yang at present.

[Night Fang's Shadow Cloak (Legendary)]: Cloak, Defense +10, Agility +13, Strength +8, Stamina +8. Required Rank: 8

Lu Yang decisively equipped it.

The grayish-black cloak covered his shoulders and back; its texture was light yet carried a steady draping weight, and its edges fluttered gently in the air.

His attack power increased by another 8 points, feeling wonderful.

Of course, for this dungeon, whether these 8 points of attack power were there or not made no difference.

The final "Shadow Step" was a legendary-tier assassin skill.

For Lu Yang, it couldn't be used either.

Zhu Tongchen could use it, but since the kid had just said he wouldn't accept his items, they would just have to wait until they left the dungeon.

Lu Yang led the four of them deeper.

Walking for about a kilometer or so, they saw a corpse lying on the ground in a passage.

That was a Goblin less than 1.3 meters tall and looking quite skinny.

This Goblin's skin was a translucent grayish-white, and under the dim light of the cave, one could even faintly see the cyan blood vessels beneath the skin.

His limbs were disproportionately slender, and the ends of his fingers were black, horny sharp claws, each about an inch long, scraping a few shallow scratch marks on the rocky ground.

This Goblin was sprawled on the ground in a mesmerizing posture, wearing a tattered set of leather armor.

This fellow was that Goblin Shadowwalker Night Fang.

Unfortunately, Lu Yang didn't even get to see what skills it used, which was a bit regrettable.

They continued deeper and soon passed through an exceptionally dim cave.

The light inside here was almost completely swallowed up, pitch black, and the air was even colder and drier than outside.

The cave was not large, only about a hundred meters in radius. Scattered on the ground were some bone fragments and tattered cloth, and in the corner was a crude bed made of animal skins and dead branches.

The five of them guessed that this was probably where Night Fang usually stayed.

Shen Qingci and the other four suddenly felt a bit fortunate.

Shen Qingci patted her chest: "It's a good thing we didn't encounter that boss in this kind of environment, otherwise it would be too dangerous."

Rebecca nodded with a serious expression: "Yeah, in such a dim environment, even teammates are hard to see clearly, let alone an assassin boss. If we were ambushed, it would be very dangerous."

Lance and Zhu Tongchen both nodded with deep emotion.

The little chubby guy Lance even shivered. A healer standing in the back row like him, if stabbed by an assassin in this environment, might not even have time to activate a Holy Light Shield.

However, the boss of this damn place was already dead.

They followed the passage behind the cave and continued deeper.

Along the way, Shen Qingci and the other four eagerly discussed how the four of them would clear Night Fang in that dark environment if Lu Yang weren't around.

Shen Qingci suggested using ice walls to block the path and restrict the assassin's movement, Rebecca recommended keeping their backs against the wall to reduce the angles of ambush, Zhu Tongchen thought they needed to set traps in advance to trigger the boss's stealth, and Lance stated that they could apply sustained healing over time to prevent being instantly killed.

Lu Yang found it quite interesting as he listened, occasionally interjecting a couple of words to join the discussion.

The five of them strolled through the dim cave as if they were on a picnic, occasionally seeing fallen Goblin corpses on the ground along the way, with scorch marks and frost traces intertwining to cover the ground.

In the System prompts, messages of monsters dying and dropping items refreshed non-stop.

The experience points of the few of them were skyrocketing wildly.

Lu Yang's experience was also increasing very quickly.

However, Level 10 was already the final Rank of the novice stage.

Once his experience value reached maximum experience at Rank 10, he could unlock the advancement quest.

Only by passing the advancement quest could he advance to Rank 11.

What if the advancement quest failed?

Then there was no other way; he would be forever locked at his current Rank and could never gain any further improvement.

Moreover, this was the real Universe, not a game.

The advancement quest carried extreme danger.

Failing the advancement did not mean one would necessarily survive.

Furthermore, if one chose an advancement quest with extremely high difficulty, failure would likely mean death.

Therefore, for any professional, the difficulty choice of every advancement quest required careful consideration.

Every advancement quest required long-term preparation.

Even for Lu Yang, the advancement quest needed to be prepared for with care.

For instance, getting more attribute points, boosting attributes, and upgrading all of one's equipment to the limit.

And learning a few more skills or something.

In this aspect, Lu Yang didn't need to worry too much.

After all, Sister Shangguan had already told him that the Alliance would support him unconditionally.

At that time, there would definitely be resources from the Alliance given to him.

And because Rank 10 was the final Rank of the novice stage, the required experience value was the sum of the experience values from Rank 1 to Rank 9, so leveling up required much more experience.

Even with Lu Yang running Unmatched, up until now, he had only increased his experience by a third.

However, if this dungeon was large enough, he might be able to raise his experience to the maximum directly within this dungeon.

By then, it would be time to prepare for the advancement quest.

While Lu Yang was pondering the advancement quest, a muffled rumble suddenly came from afar.

That sound was deep and heavy, as if some massive thing was running across the rocky ground.

Immediately followed a roar filled with pain and anger.

"Roar!!"

Amidst the screaming and roaring, a sharp scream rang out, filled with unwillingness and despair: "No!! I shouldn't die here! Steel-skin, avenge me! Avenge me!!"

The next moment, the impassioned prompt sound unique to killing a boss rang out once again.

At the same time, the drop information also appeared.

[Ding! You killed Goblin Beastmaster · Spinebreaker, and obtained: Experience points, Spinebreaker's Beast-Driving Whip (Legendary) x1, Spinebreaker's Beastmaster Gloves (Legendary) x1.]

Lu Yang frowned with a bit of bewilderment: "Why did it only drop two pieces?"

Seeing yet another boss die before they even saw anyone, the other four were initially a bit shocked.

But thinking that the previous Night Fang was also like this, they simply gave up thinking.

Forget it, anyway Lu Yang was already fierce to this extent, whatever...

Just lie down and leech experience.

So they also focused their attention on the drops.

"That shouldn't be right, normally a Hero template boss drops four items, right?" Shen Qingci said with some puzzlement on her pure and pretty face.

Bosses were different from regular mobs. If it were a Hero template mob, it might only drop one or two items.

But the number of boss drops was fixedly related to its template.

Even if the quality of the dropped items was slightly worse, there would definitely be four pieces.

How could there be only two?

Just as they were perplexed, a miserable scream came from not far away.

Afterward, another impassioned System prompt sounded.

[Ding! You killed Siege Beast · Steel-skin, and obtained: Experience points, steel-skin breastplate (Legendary) x1, "Furious Roar (Legendary)" x1.]

Seeing this message, the five of them suddenly understood.

It turned out this boss consisted of two targets, the Beastmaster and the Siege Beast, each counting as half, and each dropping two pieces of equipment!

As for Lu Yang, he looked at the items dropped by this Steel-skin with a bit of pleasant surprise.

He felt that this steel-skin breastplate and "Furious Roar" seemed to be things a warrior could use!

Could it be... a skill book he could use finally dropped?