Supreme Skill Book

Skill books were good stuff. They were even more valuable than equipment. Equipment could still be sold if not used, but skill books were gone once used.

Xiao Liang quickly ran to the Half-Orc Warrior's side and picked up the items dropped by the boss one by one. He returned to Lu Yang's side and said gloomily, "Boss, only two skill books dropped. One was Shield Wall, and the other was Gnome Protection. The rest were a bunch of instant recovery potions."

"What?" Lu Yang quickly looked at the skill book. When he realized that it was really the Shield Wall and Gnome Protection, he said excitedly, "Brother, you're so lucky."

"What's so good about it? It didn't drop any equipment either," Xiao Liang said stupidly.

Lu Yang said, "Silly brother, this Shield Wall can't be exchanged for even 10 gold-level level 10 equipment."

"Huh? Is it that rare?" Xiao Liang said in surprise.

"Of course." Lu Yang was really excited today.

Shield Wall: Reduces all damage received by 40% for 8 seconds. Cooldown: 4 minutes.

This skill was an incredible defensive skill. Even if the warrior reached level 200 in the future, he would still have to use this skill that he could learn at level 0 when fighting the boss in a team battle. This was because he could reduce the damage of the monster by 40%. Even if the boss went berserk, he could still resist the boss' attack.

Only with a Shield Wall could a defense warrior be considered a qualified defense warrior. In the later stages of the game, when players knew about the Shield Wall skill, unspecialized players would form teams to enter dungeons. If a defense warrior didn't have the Shield Wall skill, no one would form a team. As a result, the level 0 Shield Wall skill book in the later stages of the game was sold for 50 gold coins each.

However, the drop rate of the Shield Wall was extremely low. The location of the skill book in Second World was limited, and many dungeons did not produce skill books. It could only be obtained in a few specific places or by killing top-notch bosses in the wild. As a result, many defensive players could reach level 50 and learn high-level skills, but they did not have this Shield Wall skill book.

"Quickly learn this. With this skill, I'll dare to bring you to all kinds of high-difficulty dungeons. When the time comes, you can choose whatever gold-level equipment you want," Lu Yang said.

"Oh." Xiao Liang hurriedly learned the skill book. A burst of golden light shone, and Xiao Liang learned the Shield Wall skill.

"Boss, what's the other skill book, Gnome Protection, for?" Xiao Liang asked curiously.

"This is a priest's skill. It can increase everyone's earth defense. It will become an incredible skill as well eventually. You won't be able to use this book. I'll take it first." Lu Yang placed the skill book in his backpack.

"Oh."

Lu Yang looked at the monsters on his left and right. There were still one to two hundred half-orcs in the entire cave hall, all gathered on the right side of the hall.

"Brother, I'm going out to do a quest. Stay here and fight the monsters alone. Just follow the method I taught you and lure the monsters with your bow and arrows, then kill them with poison," Lu Yang said.

The bow and arrow were dropped by the hunter who was killed by Lu Yang. It was just ordinary bronze equipment.

"Boss, I'll go help you." Xiao Liang was almost level 6 and spoke confidently.

Lu Yang said, "If you want to help me, level up as soon as possible. It's faster for you to level up alone here than for me to share the experience. You'll only be able to help me when you reach level 10."

"Oh, okay." Xiao Liang was full of energy now that he had a goal.

After Lu Yang saw that Xiao Liang had lured the monsters twice without any problems, he was relieved and killed his way out of the cave alone.

When he returned to the Half-Orc Hills, it was already dark outside. Lu Yang ran towards the west side of the map under the cover of the night.

On the west side of the Half-Orc Hills, there was a forest where a group of trolls lived. Lu Yang's mission was to kill the leader of the trolls, the Shaman Priest, Walkins.

However, trolls were not that easy to kill. As the most difficult monster to kill in a level 15 map, not only did Trolls have the strong bodies of half-orcs, but they also had the agility of werewolves. Moreover, trolls had the fastest HP regeneration among level 15 monsters.

Even if Lu Yang wanted to kill the ordinary trolls among them, it would be very difficult. Fortunately, Lu Yang had his own methods.

When they reached the edge of the Troll Forest, Lu Yang began to slow down. It was even harder to detect the presence of the trolls in the forest at night.

Like half-orcs, trolls also had green skin and protruding fangs at the corners of their mouths. However, trolls were very muscular. They had well-defined eight-pack abs on their abdomens. They were also very slender. Their hair and beard were red. The weapon in their hands was a spear.

The reason why Lu Yang dared to come to the Troll Forest alone at level 7 was because the trolls here only knew how to throw spears. All trolls were long-ranged monsters. In this Troll Forest, as long as Lu Yang dodged properly, he could kill trolls without losing a single drop of blood.

However, that was during the day. At night, Lu Yang couldn't even find where the troll was hiding, let alone see the direction in which the other party threw the spear. Therefore, Lu Yang stayed where he was until dawn.

When he was bored, Lu Yang sent a voice chat to Lan Yu.

At that moment, Lan Yu was staring blankly at the first boss in the dungeon. She pressed the answer button and asked, "What?"

"How's your dungeon progressing?" Lu Yang asked.

"I've died three times," Lan Yu said gloomily.

Lu Yang couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Lan Yu became even more depressed. She said angrily, "You're still laughing."

Lu Yang hurriedly said, "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. Did you die when the boss's HP was left with 30%?"

"How did you know?" Lan Yu asked in surprise.

Lu Yang thought to himself, "Of course I know, because the boss of this dungeon is the nightmare of all players in the novice stage. In my previous life, countless elite players of large guilds thought that they could defeat the boss with 30% HP left because they didn't know how to fight the boss in the first stage. In the end, they were wiped out overnight."

"You guys don't have to think of a way. There's no other way to pass this stage. You can only rely on the warrior's own equipment to take it head-on. There's no chance if your defense doesn't reach 71 points," Lu Yang said.

The calculation of damage in Second World was very complicated. It was not something that could be explained with a few simple sentences. It involved a series of things such as basic defense penetration, attack, defense, and damage results. For beginner players like Lan Yu, Lu Yang could only explain that they could not fight if their defense was not up to 71 points.

Lan Yu said, "Alright, I'll persuade Sister Yuwei and tell them what you said. I hope they'll listen."

In the end, the little girl even sighed. Lu Yang could imagine the little girl's current appearance.

"Go," Lu Yang said.