51: It only takes one move to identify the pet in the main city!

“The BOSS is here!”

Lu Ziming exclaimed, then flashed behind Grandpa Chen.

Chen Beixuan’s forehead creased with black lines.

“You’re getting addicted to hiding, aren’t you…?”

“Alas, with Grandpa Chen here, there’s no need for us to act.”

Lu Ziming said without batting an eyelid.

Chen Beixuan rolled his eyes, then turned and cast Reconnaissance on the giant scorpion.

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Desert Giant Scorpion: Level 20 Black Iron BOSS

HP: 55000

Attack: 500

Defense: 300

Magic Resist: 250

Skills: Stab, Virulent Poison, Tail Whip, Frenzy.

BOSS Specialties:

[Primary Tough Life]: HP +50%.

[Poisonous Insect]: Additional poison damage increased by 200%.

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“True One-Hit Kill!”

Chen Beixuan attached the Power of Destruction entry he had previously obtained to his Lightning Spell.

Then he let out a low cry!

“Lightning Spell!”

Boom—

True Damage -23240, -11620.

Lucky Strike +1!

Cold Blooded triggered!

True Damage -34860!

Crack—

Before the giant scorpion could even react, several bolts of lightning directly split its body!

Its HP bar, over fifty thousand, instantly vanished, exploding into a shower of light!

[Ding! You have killed the Level 20 Black Iron BOSS [Desert Giant Scorpion], gaining 525 experience points!]

“Hmm… this time I didn’t miscalculate.”

Chen Beixuan nodded in satisfaction.

Lu Ziming and the other person were instantly mortified.

The damage overflowed, did it matter if he miscalculated!

“Grandpa Chen, what kind of talent did you awaken, exactly?”

Lu Ziming leaned in, his face full of curiosity.

Chen Beixuan glanced at him while picking up items, then grunted.

“Don’t ask. If you ask, it’s cheating.”

Seeing that Grandpa Chen wouldn’t say, Lu Ziming wisely didn’t press further.

The items dropped by the Black Iron BOSS no longer caught Chen Beixuan’s eye.

After a few glances, he listed them all on the auction house.

What made his eyes light up was that this time, another Guild Token dropped.

After sending a message in the Guild Leader group, it was bought by the Dragon Clan for 5 million.

Another dozen minutes passed.

A golden light descended, and Lu Ziming successfully leveled up to 20.

Equipping the Black Death Sword, his stats surged significantly.

“Grandpa Chen, I should go back and help them with their class change quests. Thanks for carrying me.”

“Thanks for nothing, scram!”

Chen Beixuan glared and kicked him, speaking irritably.

His purpose in leveling Lu Ziming was to get one person strong first.

Only then could he help the others in the team.

With Lu Ziming’s level 20 stats and equipment, he was Far Ahead of other players.

With such a huge advantage, even a pig could make it into the top 32.

Seeing the Super Dad looking a bit disappointed, a thought crossed his mind.

“Brat, remember to help the Healer complete his class change first. If you encounter a BOSS you can’t beat, call me.”

“Ah, oh, okay.”

Lu Ziming reacted and quickly nodded in agreement.

The Super Dad’s eyes lit up upon hearing this.

A hint of gratitude appeared in his gaze towards Chen Beixuan.

With Lu Ziming’s help and Old Man Chen as a backup, the class change quest was guaranteed!

After the three parted ways, Chen Beixuan sprinted back to the main city.

With a 140% movement speed bonus, he was as free as the wind.

He returned to the main city in less than ten minutes.

He had returned specifically to appraise and hatch his pet!

He found the Pet Shop NPC and placed the obtained pet egg on the table.

The pet shop owner was a tall, thin woman named Rowling.

A parrot was perched on her shoulder, very spirited.

Seeing the pet egg on the table, her eyes lit up.

“Oh? It’s an Epic-grade pet egg.”

She leaned down with interest to observe, gently stroking it.

Then she looked up at Chen Beixuan and spoke.

“Appraisal fee is 10 gold coins. Shall we begin?”

“Begin.”

Chen Beixuan, with a grand gesture, slapped 10 gold coins onto the table.

But inside, his heart ached terribly.

Appraisal is so expensive, 100,000 yuan just gone like that…

As if sensing Chen Beixuan’s subtle expression, Rowling chuckled and explained.

“The appraisal fee is determined by the pet egg. The rarer it is, the more expensive it is.”

“This Epic-grade pet egg of yours is very unusual. 10 gold coins is already a discounted price.”

Chen Beixuan nodded. Hearing that, he felt much more accepting.

“Appraisal will take a moment. You can wait here.” Rowling said with a polite smile.

She then lifted her hand to brush off the parrot on her shoulder, took the egg, and entered the back room.

Only Chen Beixuan and a parrot were left in the small shop.

One person and one bird stared at each other for a long time.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward…

Just as Chen Beixuan was about to ask if it could talk, the parrot spoke first!

“Hey! Silly old man, why aren’t you talking?!”

Chen Beixuan was first stunned, then a little exasperated.

He wanted to tease the bird, but he was teased by the bird instead.

Could a living person be bullied by a bird?

Thinking of this, he gently stroked his staff and smacked his lips.

“I was just thinking if boiled parrot is tastier, or roasted parrot… Hmm, I think roasted parrot. What do you think?”

As soon as these words came out, the parrot was startled!

“Eating bird, killing bird, bad person, bad person!”

It flapped its wings and flew to the top of a high cabinet, trembling.

At this moment, Rowling finished the appraisal and came out with the pet egg.

Seeing the parrot on top of the cabinet, she was full of confusion.

“Come down, what are you doing up there?”

The parrot dared not come down, chirping incessantly.

“No, no, someone wants to harm me…”

“Such a drama queen…”

Rowling muttered, no longer paying attention.

She turned and smiled, placing the pet egg on the table, and spoke.

“Please excuse me. The pet egg has been appraised. Here you go.”

Chen Beixuan took the pet egg and clicked to view it.

[Extreme Cold Black Tortoise Egg]: Purple Epic

Description: After hatching, you can obtain an Extreme Cold Black Tortoise hatchling. Hatching time: 8 hours.

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“Black Tortoise… Uh, isn’t that just a turtle?!”

Chen Beixuan’s face darkened.

Sure enough, his luck was as bad as ever.

Being old was one thing, but his pet was also a thousand-year-old turtle.

Hey, don’t say it, they actually match quite well.

Did this mean his lifespan would be as long as a Black Tortoise?

Thinking that way, it didn’t seem so bad?

Thoughts flashed quickly through Chen Beixuan’s mind, and he gradually accepted reality.

“Start hatching.”

After choosing to hatch, the pet egg entered a countdown.

When he logged in again tomorrow, he would be able to see the little turtle.

After putting the egg into his backpack, he noticed the Dark Swordsman’s diary.

A thought stirred in his heart, and he took it out.

As he flipped through it, a long-buried past unfolded before him.

Dark Swordsman Trick.

He was originally an ordinary man, with a virtuous wife and an obedient daughter, living a happy family life.

But all this beauty was cruelly shattered one night ten years ago.

The Mont Town mayor, indulging in debauchery, accidentally saw his daughter and harbored evil intentions.

So, he used his position to abduct his daughter, Sira.

After assaulting her, fearing exposure, he cruelly murdered Sira.

His wife, unable to bear the blow, committed suicide by jumping into a well.

He once tried to seek justice in the main city but was mercilessly killed by the mayor’s backer.

Finally, his soul’s resentment entered the Dark World, where he was captured by the Lord of Darkness and bestowed with the power of a Dark Swordsman.

He willingly went with the Shadow of Darkness to guard the frontier, using Mordo’s teleportation array to return to the human world for revenge.

After his great revenge was exacted, he settled in Mont Town.

However, this also gave Mordo leverage over him, preventing him from interfering with Mordo’s monster teleportation activities.

Perhaps influenced by the good in his heart.

He stayed on as the mayor’s assistant, secretly helping to resist the Dark monsters teleported by Mordo.

As time passed, he gradually discovered that the events of that year were not so simple…

The story abruptly ended here, and a prompt sounded!

[Ding! You have triggered an S-rank hidden quest [Trick’s Last Wish]. Do you accept?]