Chapter 30: Killing the Black Bear King

"Haha, thick-skinned and high HP, my favorite boss," Wu Shaochen exclaimed happily. However, this guy's damage shouldn't be underestimated. His normal attacks can take away over 600 HP from me, slams can deal over 900 HP, and the ground rupture can even deal over 1,000 HP. High-level bosses are truly formidable.

Looking at my own attributes, my HP has reached 2,307, and my physical defense is still at 111. Taking hits shouldn't be a problem. I have plenty of potions, and if things get tough, I also have an elusive skill to rely on. Solid!

So, I immediately rush in at high speed and strike twice, applying two layers of poison. It causes 520 HP damage per second, which means I can take away 31,200 HP in one minute.

I dare not stack three layers of poison. With high speed activated, my attack speed reaches 80%. Even with two strikes, I can only endure one normal attack from the Black Bear King. If I were to stack three strikes, I would have to endure two normal attacks. If it follows up with a skill, I'm done for. Therefore, after Wu Shaochen landed two strikes and took one normal attack, he turned around and ran.

Unexpectedly, before he could run too far, the ground suddenly cracked open, and the crack quickly caught up and sent him flying.

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After falling down, Wu Shaochen quickly got up and ran away. Thankfully, the Black Bear King hadn't caught up yet; otherwise, he would have to resort to using the elusive skill. With only 1,700 HP left after being hit by one normal attack and one skill, he was left with just over 400 HP. Indeed, one should never underestimate any Bronze-level boss.

Watching the Black Bear King chasing after him, Wu Shaochen activated Stealth with a try-it-out attitude. He quickly disappeared from the original spot, and the Black Bear King scratched its head and turned to run toward Yin Taro.

"It actually works." Previously, because he couldn't be bothered to use skills against normal monsters, he hadn't tried it. Unexpectedly, he could still use Stealth while the poison damage was still active. This was interesting. The original strategy was already quite shameless, but now it became even more shameless.

He recalled Yin Taro into the pet space to prevent it from being beaten to death. As a result, the Black Bear King headed straight for that soldier.

"What the hell, why is this idiot still here? Doesn't he know how to run?" Wu Shaochen, speechless, had no choice but to summon Yin Taro once again to withstand the damage. Then he drank a bottle of Big Red Potion and watched Yin Taro jumping around, being chased by the Black Bear King. Wu Shaochen quickly released Stealth, attracting its aggro, and then started leading the Black Bear King around. With a drag-along, he couldn't use Stealth anymore. This soldier might have a hidden quest, so he couldn't let him die.

The Black Bear King was indeed powerful, but unfortunately, it encountered Wu Shaochen's shameless strategy. It couldn't catch up and couldn't instantly kill him. The poison was also incredibly annoying. In the end, it could only reluctantly fall to the ground.

"Ding! Congratulations on killing the Bronze boss [Black Bear King]. You have gained 200 reputation, 24,000 experience points, and your pet Silver Wolf has gained 6,000 experience points."

"Ding! Congratulations, your pet [Silver Wolf] has leveled up. Current level: 12."

"Ding! Immortal Body activated. Maximum HP increased by 1 point. Current Immortal Body has increased maximum HP by 318 points."

Seeing the enormous body of the Black Bear King fall to the ground, Wu Shaochen rubbed his nose. It seems like I've become quite strong now. With 350,000 HP, I managed to kill it in just over ten minutes. I can only say that this talent is truly powerful.

Wu Shaochen glanced at his experience points: 29,710/50,000. Damn, boss experience is really high. Although boss experience is not affected by level difference, a Black Bear King gives a whopping 30,000 experience points. Even if I give 20% to Silver Wolf, I still gain 24,000 points. My experience points have increased by half in an instant.

Shaking his head helplessly, Wu Shaochen quickly picked up all the items dropped by the boss.

This Black Bear King drops much less compared to the Silver Wolf King. It seems that there is definitely a drop rate bonus for the first kill. He looked at his backpack and found a total of 2 gold coins and 76 silver, two pieces of bronze equipment, three pieces of black iron equipment, four pieces of white equipment, and one special scroll.

"How stingy!" Wu Shaochen complained. But it doesn't matter, as long as there are equipment drops. He glanced at the few pieces of equipment.

[Black Bear King Armor] (Bronze): +600 HP, +30 Physical Defense, +30 Magic Defense, Additional Attributes: +18 Constitution, +20 Vitality, Requirements: Warrior, Guardian.

[Black Bear King Boots] (Bronze): +50 Movement Speed, +30 Physical Defense, +30 Magic Defense, Additional Attributes: +18 Agility, +15 Vitality, Requirements: Universal for all professions.

[Bear King Bracelet] (Black Iron): +50 Physical Attack, +6% Attack Speed, Additional Attributes: +12 Agility, Requirements: Physical class professions.

[Bear King Necklace] (Black Iron): +60 Physical Attack, +5% Ranged Damage, Additional Attributes: +15 Strength, Requirements: Archer.

[Bear King Leggings] (Black Iron): +300 HP, +20 Physical Defense, +10 Magic Defense, Additional Attributes: +12 Constitution, Requirements: Universal for all professions.

Indeed, it's just profession requirements. Before reaching level 10, players haven't undergone class transfer yet, so only Black Iron and above equipment has level requirements. After level 10, equipment requirements are based on professions. This is good, as it saves the trouble of obtaining equipment that cannot be equipped yet.

Out of the five pieces of equipment, I can use the shoes, bracelet, and leggings. I'll have to sell the necklace and armor. I'll check later to see if there are many players around. If there are, I can go to the auction house.

The bracelet fits perfectly, and I replace the Silver Wolf leggings and shoes with the Bear King ones. Although both are Black Iron equipment, the attributes of the Bear King leggings are noticeably better. Higher-level monsters naturally drop better attributes than lower-level ones.

Let's see the other scroll, [Petrified Skin Scroll]: Increases defense by 100% and reduces physical damage taken by nearby targets by 50%, lasts for 5 minutes.

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What the heck? It's not a skill, just a scroll. If it were a skill, it would be awesome, but scrolls are a bit wasteful.

After sorting out the spoils of war, Wu Shaochen approached the soldier who was barely alive and said, "Hi, is there anything I can help you with?"

The soldier, upon seeing Wu Shaochen, suddenly became excited and said, "Brave warrior, thank you for saving me. However, I won't survive much longer. I am a guard of Jinling City, and there is an important matter I need to report to the city lord. Can you deliver this letter to the city lord for me?" He then handed a letter to Wu Shaochen.

"Ding! Deputy Captain Jiri of the Guard Squad has issued a mission to you. Mission content: Deliver the letter to the city lord of Jinling City. Mission reward: Unknown. Do you accept?"

"Damn, unknown reward? I hope I'm not running for nothing!" Wu Shaochen muttered. However, seeing the soldier's pleading look, even in his near-death state, Wu Shaochen couldn't bring himself to refuse. He could only nod and say, "Alright, I promise you." After that, he took the letter from the soldier's hand. However, his expression quickly turned cold when he saw the soldier's relieved expression.

"Is it that straightforward?" Wu Shaochen shook his head in disbelief, then took out a teleportation scroll to return to the city.

"Ding! Mission in progress, cannot use teleportation scroll."

"What the hell?!" Wu Shaochen widened his eyes in anger. So, my teleportation scroll was bought in vain, and now I have to walk back.

In the end, he could only helplessly run towards the city. Fortunately, he was fast, or else he would have wasted a lot of time.