Chapter 63: The Guardian of Treasures

"What the hell is this? It's so ugly!" Wu Shaochen complained and quickly used his Insight skill.

[Guardian of Treasures] Boss of the [Linlang Guardian] instance dungeon

Level: 20

Health: 700,000

Physical Attack: 1,800

Physical Defense: 900

Magic Defense: 800

Movement Speed: 320

Skill 1: Extreme Charge - Swiftly charges towards the target, using its wings to deal 180% physical damage, reducing defense by 30% for 10 seconds, with an attack range of 5 meters. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Skill 2: Whip Strike - Strikes the target with its tail, dealing 185% physical damage. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Skill 3: Stomp - Stomps the ground, causing 170% physical damage and stunning targets within a 2-meter range for 1 second. Cooldown: 2 minutes.

Skill 4: Forcefield Suppression - Suppresses all targets within a 10-meter range, reducing their attack power, attack speed, and movement speed by 20% for 1 minute. Cooldown: 5 minutes.

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"Mastermind, are you serious?" Wu Shaochen looked at the monster's attributes and couldn't help but curse. This thing is definitely a high-level boss, probably close to a gold-tier boss. Even if it doesn't reach that level, it's not far off. A level 20 instance dungeon with this thing? The mastermind must have a twisted mind.

"But it's just a pitfall for others. It's within my tolerance range. It's a melee attacker, slower than me, and although its attack is high, it can't kill me in seconds. With over 9,000 health and over 700 defense, even if I take all three skills, I can handle it. So, I can just kite it around, no problem."

Since he could take it on directly, Wu Shaochen charged without hesitation. This thing was too ugly, and he couldn't let it live for too long; it would ruin his appetite.

However, as soon as he entered the enemy's aggro range, he was rammed by its horns before he could react, losing over 2,300 health and having his defense reduced by 30%. The speed of the extreme charge was truly worthy of its name. Wu Shaochen couldn't even see it clearly before being hit. He was about to drink a health potion when the enemy used Stomp, taking away nearly 2,400 health again and stunning him for a second. Then, its tail came swinging towards Wu Shaochen, but he promptly activated his Void skill, dispelling the stun and avoiding the whip strike.

"Damn, do these skills really coordinate so well? Luckily, I have high defense. If I were squishier, you would have killed me." Wu Shaochen was frustrated and slashed at it four times, applying four layers of poison, before turning around and running away.

The boss immediately activated Forcefield Suppression, reducing Wu Shaochen's movement speed by 20%. Unfortunately, Wu Shaochen's movement speed was already too fast, even with the 20% reduction. The Guardian of Treasures couldn't catch up.

While walking, Wu Shaochen continued to drink health potions. He couldn't be stingy with them at this moment. After a while, his health was fully restored. He led the boss through the middle passage and arrived at the end of the right passage. Then, he turned back and casually delivered a Heavy Strike and a Weak Strike, dealing over 3,000 damage. The main reason for using Heavy Strike was to silence the boss, as he didn't want to deal with its combo skills. Although it couldn't kill him, the pain was still at 10%, and the impact was quite painful.

In this manner, Wu Shaochen kept kiting back and forth. It took him over five minutes to finally wear down the boss. As he looked at the enormous body of the boss lying on the ground, he gained 56,000 experience points. Wu Shaochen excitedly rubbed his hands together and quickly looked down, where he saw a golden glow. His whole being became excited.

"Haha, a piece of golden equipment!" Wu Shaochen was thrilled. Golden equipment came with skills, which couldn't be compared to silver or bronze equipment.

He quickly picked up everything that had dropped on the ground. There was one piece of golden equipment, two pieces of silver, two pieces of bronze, and a skill book.

Just as Wu Shaochen finished picking up the items and hadn't had a chance to look at them, a system prompt sounded.

"Ding! Congratulations on clearing the instance. You have obtained one silver treasure chest. As you are the first player to clear the Linlang Secret Realm, the quality of the chest has been upgraded by one tier. Congratulations on obtaining a golden treasure chest."

Then Wu Shaochen saw a golden chest appear in his backpack and checked its description.

Golden Treasure Chest: Can yield golden equipment for your class or equivalent-value skill books, special scrolls, pet eggs, materials, etc. There is an extremely small chance to obtain legendary-grade equipment or items.

"Great stuff!" Wu Shaochen's eyes narrowed with joy. Just as he was about to open the treasure chest, he was suddenly kicked out of the instance and found himself back at the entrance. Countless eyes stared at him.

"What the hell, no one said anything and they just kick you out." Wu Shaochen complained angrily. He wasn't even prepared.

"Dust Sealed God, did you clear it? Is the instance difficult?" someone approached and asked.

"Nonsense, with Dust Sealed God's participation, it must have been cleared." another person flattered.

Wu Shaochen was speechless. These people weren't even level twenty yet and couldn't enter the instance. Instead of grinding monsters to level up, they wasted their time and came here.

"Everyone, look! The stone tablet beside the instance is glowing." Suddenly, someone exclaimed.

Others followed their gaze and indeed saw the stone tablet standing by the entrance of the instance suddenly light up. Then, a line of text appeared on the tablet.

First place clearing team: Dust Sealed's team: Member: Dust Sealed. Time taken: 36 minutes.

"Damn, Dust Sealed God is really awesome, cleared it alone."

"Well, Dust Sealed God couldn't find anyone to team up with. Right now, he's the only level 20 player in the whole Oracle."

"That's true. But Dust Sealed God is truly amazing. We all know how difficult a 10-player instance is, and he cleared it alone. That's impressive!"

At this moment, Wu Shaochen also saw the words on the stone tablet, and his mouth twitched several times.

"I really don't want to be famous anymore."

He thought he could get away with it without a system announcement, but he didn't expect them to erect a monument on the spot. This is so damn annoying.

"Dust Sealed God, what's it like inside?" Soon, those people surrounded Wu Shaochen and bombarded him with questions.

"You guys better go level up quickly. It's useless to ask now since you can't enter anyway." Wu Shaochen left them with a remark and squeezed out of the crowd, disappearing. He still had a piece of golden equipment he hadn't looked at and a golden treasure chest he hadn't opened. He was itching to do so, but he didn't have time to chat with those people.

Finally back in Jinling City, Wu Shaochen immediately looked at the spoils in his backpack. First and foremost was the golden equipment, which he had never seen before.

[Treasure Boots]Golden Grade: Movement Speed +125, Physical Defense +60, Magic Defense +60, Additional Attributes: Agility +25, Constitution +25, Physique +25. Additional Skill: Evasion: Evades the next attack damage and control effects when used, expires after one second, cooldown time of 3 minutes. Equippable by all classes.

"Great stuff, usable. I also like this skill, although it requires some good timing. But it doesn't affect me, I've got the hang of it." Wu Shaochen happily replaced his old [Graphite Boots] with the new ones.

He then looked at the two pieces of silver equipment, a piece of clothing and a ring. He already had the Black Wind Leather Armor, so he didn't need the clothing, but the ring was useful.

[Tiger King Ring]Silver Grade: Health +700, Physical Attack +200, Additional Attributes: Constitution +24, Strength +24, Agility +22, Equippable by physical classes.

The Tiger King series equipment is dropped by the Tiger King boss, and the other piece of clothing, the Leopard King Leather Armor, is dropped by the Leopard King boss. The Guardian should be able to drop equipment from the three major boss encounters. It can even drop golden equipment from the Linlang series.

No need to say anything more, he quickly equipped it. He loved the attributes of the [Tiger King Ring], it was straightforward and powerful.

He didn't bother looking at the bronze equipment since he would just sell them at the auction house. Now, it's time for the main event.