9: Old man Chen had a great harvest and was far ahead!

Ding! You have achieved the First Kill on the Savage Pig Man King. A server-wide announcement will be made. Do you wish to hide your name?

“No, don’t hide it.”

Increasing his fame would bring him many benefits, so there was no need to hide himself.

As for being targeted and hunted down?

Heh… let them catch up first…

★ [Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player Old Man Chen for achieving the First Kill on the Black Iron-grade BOSS Savage Pig Man King! This is a special announcement, and we hope all players will continue to strive for excellence!]

★ [Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player Old Man Chen for achieving the First Kill on the Black Iron-grade BOSS Savage Pig Man King! This is a special announcement, and we hope all players will continue to strive for excellence!]

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Ding! Congratulations on achieving the First Kill on the Black Iron-grade BOSS Savage Pig Man King! Reward: 10 free attribute points, 1 professional skill book, 1 gold coin, and the title: Far Ahead!

Ding! You have killed the Savage Pig Man King beyond your level, gaining 600 (additional +100%) experience points and 50 copper coins!

Ding! Your level has increased to 5th level, gaining 3 free attribute points!

Ding! The Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment talent is active, granting the golden lexical entry Absolute Focus!

A flurry of messages flooded the screen, dazzling Chen Beixuan’s eyes.

He didn't have time to examine them closely.

He stepped forward and picked up the items dropped by the BOSS.

You have obtained green equipment: Pig Man King Staff and boar-skin cloth boots!

You have obtained white equipment: Rattan Heavy Armor and Rattan Heavy Boots!

You have obtained the skill book: Protective Flame!

You have obtained the special item: Pig Man King Heart!

“Comfortable—”

Chen Beixuan put away the items, preparing to leave the area.

Manager Zhang and the others would definitely not let this go and were probably already rushing here with their people.

Before transforming the equipment into combat power, blindly confronting them was not a wise move.

“First, find a place to sort out the gains…”

Having made up his mind, he directly followed the monster-free path towards a higher-level area…

And things turned out exactly as he expected.

Soon after he left, Manager Zhang arrived with his people.

Looking at the groups of Savage Boar-man on the grassland, there was no trace of that old man!

“Find him for me! Damn it, how dare he use me! If I don’t kill him, I won’t be able to quell the hatred in my heart!”

Manager Zhang’s face was gloomy as he waved his hand.

Behind him, over fifty 2nd level players scattered, searching for Old Man Chen’s whereabouts.

Only the original six-person team remained, their levels all having dropped back to 1st level.

Peerless 丿 Meat Mountain spoke up to comfort him: “Manager Zhang, don’t worry. With over fifty of our brothers mobilized, unless he goes offline, we will definitely find him!”

“Hmph, that old geezer is somewhat smart, knowing to escape beforehand. Otherwise, I would have used a pile of people to bury him!”

Manager Zhang stood with his hands on his hips, cursing and panting.

He had previously considered recruiting the old man into the guild, but now he only wanted to kill him quickly.

He had never provoked that old man.

The only explanation was that the other party had set a trap to harm him in order to snatch the BOSS First Kill!

They had also been deceived by the old man’s benevolent appearance, forgetting to be on guard.

What he didn’t expect even more was that the old man dared to attack their six-person team alone!

Simply audacious!

The most, most, most infuriating thing was that they lost, and the BOSS First Kill was gone!

The level reduction was an even greater blow!

They had wasted a lot of pioneering time and had dropped from the first-tier to the third-tier.

He didn't dare to reply to the messages from the head office asking about his pioneering progress.

He couldn't possibly say he was killed back to 1st level by an old man…

That would be too embarrassing!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, grinding his teeth.

“Besides the elite team continuing to level up, call everyone else who can be mobilized. We must find that old geezer!”

“Yes!”

Meat Mountain immediately started calling for people, sending messages to the guild chat.

Ding dong!

Chen Fan and a few others, who were currently grinding monsters, opened the message to check.

“Old Man Chen… Damn it! Isn’t that the old geezer who killed us?!”

Kun Ge’s spirits immediately lifted when he saw the wanted ID.

“To provoke Manager Zhang, isn’t that just asking for death?”

“Hmph, with Manager Zhang personally involved, that old guy is definitely going to suffer,” Chen Fan sneered.

Kun Ge suddenly had an idea and suggested:

“We must participate in such a good thing; otherwise, I won’t be able to vent this pent-up frustration. Are you guys coming?”

Hearing this, the few of them exchanged glances, their hearts stirring.

“Let’s go!”

Having reached an agreement, they immediately joined the large force searching for Old Man Chen…

At the same time.

Chen Beixuan had already arrived at the 9th level area, sorting through the BOSS drops.

He originally wanted to go directly to the 10th level area.

But the 10th level area was a dense jungle.

With tall grass and thick trees, wild monsters could pop out at any moment.

Out of safety considerations, he simply stopped at the edge.

He opened his backpack.

Looking at the items inside, Chen Beixuan grinned.

Four pieces of equipment lay quietly within…

He clicked on them one by one to view them.

Pig Man King Staff: 5th level Green Excellent

Effect 1: Magic Attack +30

Effect 2: Intelligence +5

boar-skin cloth boots: 5th level Green Excellent

Effect 1: HP +50

Effect 2: Agility +5

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The remaining two pieces of heavy armor were for warriors and knights, which he planned to sell later.

After equipping the two items, he clicked on the skill book to view it.

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Protective Flame ★

Description: Summons flames to surround the body, increasing dual resistance by 10 points, while dealing 30% burning damage per second to enemies within a 3-meter radius, lasting 10 seconds. Cooldown: 20 seconds. Mana Cost: 20.

Lightning Chain ★

Description: Releases a bouncing Lightning Chain, dealing 100% magic damage. Damage decreases by 20% with each bounce, up to a maximum of 5 bounces. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Mana Cost: 10.

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The former was a BOSS drop, and the latter was a First Kill reward.

Without hesitation, he chose to learn them.

You have learned the skill Protective Flame!

You have learned the skill Lightning Chain!

“Now my attack methods are more diverse.”

Chen Beixuan smiled.

Then he opened his character panel to add points.

The 10 points from the First Kill reward, plus the 3 points from leveling up, a total of 13 points, were all invested in Intelligence!

Finally, it was time for the anticipated Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment!

He first checked the lexical entry he had just obtained.

Absolute Focus: Golden Quality

Effect Description: Reduces the cooldown time of the assigned skill by 50%.

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Seeing the effect, his eyes lit up.

Reducing cooldown is a versatile lexical entry that can be applied to any skill.

Lightning Spell and Lightning Chain have relatively short cooldowns.

Reducing their cooldowns would allow him to cast them more frequently, increasing his damage frequency.

But compared to these two, he felt that Protective Flame was more suitable!

10-second duration, 20-second cooldown; reducing it by half would be equivalent to infinite casting!

The only issue to consider was the high mana cost.

However, he had full intelligence allocation, so his mana regeneration was very fast.

As long as he managed his rhythm, he wouldn't run out of mana.

More importantly, he had another golden lexical entry!

Defensive Array!

10-second duration, 50% magic attack dual resistance increase, it was simply a perfect match for Protective Flame!

“Assign to Protective Flame!”

After assigning both lexical entries to Protective Flame, he opened his character panel.

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