Chapter 3: A Hidden Mission! Soloing the Boss?
The next moment.
Above the head of the Storm Rabbit at the forefront, a tear-shaped blue energy orb suddenly appeared out of thin air and crashed down!
[-7.]
[Talent not triggered, execution probability +0.01%.]
[Current execution probability: 0.02%.]
“Keep going!”
Su Nian tugged while swinging his staff, quickly rediscovering the feel of kiting from his past life.
[Killed a level 1 Storm Rabbit, gained 10 experience.]
[Killed a level 1 Storm Rabbit, gained 10 experience.]
[...]
Before long, Su Nian had slain ten Storm Rabbits.
[Congratulations, you have reached level: LV2.]
[Completed novice task, gained: 5 free attribute points.]
Staring at the five free attribute points before him, Su Nian did not hesitate for a moment—he allocated all of them to attack speed!
Others sought balance.
He pursued the extreme!
Although in his past life, some players had confirmed that such extreme specialization only led to suffering in the mid to late game.
But does your single extreme compare to my hexagonal extreme?
Watching his attack speed rise from 0.4 to 0.65, Su Nian tried a few basic attacks on wild monsters, then smiled in satisfaction.
[Congratulations on completing the novice task. For more gameplay, please visit the Novice Village!]
Ignoring the novice tips before him, Su Nian fixed his gaze on the talent section of his personal panel.
[Current execution probability: 0.58%.]
[Talent upgrade requirement: Execute three bosses, no level restrictions. Current progress: 0/3.]
“Execute bosses, huh?” Su Nian narrowed his eyes.
This requirement was nearly impossible for 99.99% of players at this stage—like reaching the heavens.
In the Divine Realm, early bosses were divided into three categories:
Field Bosses, Dungeon Bosses, and the mightiest World Bosses.
The last two were out of the question.
The weakest dungeon required at least level 10 to enter.
Field Bosses had no level restrictions but were not to be underestimated.
As far as he knew, just outside the Novice Village were four Field Bosses, each boasting at least 10,000 HP!
Such a boss could not be taken down in less than half an hour, even by a well-coordinated ten-man team with everyone at level eight.
“But I recall reading a post in my past life with plenty of strategies for Field Bosses, and one of them suits me perfectly!”
At this thought, Su Nian’s eyes gleamed.
The Rock Beast was the most durable, highest damage-dealing, and slowest of the four bosses outside Novice Village.
However, the Rock Beast’s clumsiness only manifested during the first three minutes of battle!
After three minutes, it would enter a berserk mode!
At that time, its speed and strength would increase by 100%!
Therefore, as long as a long-ranged player used perfect kiting and control before the Rock Beast went berserk,
it was entirely possible to solo it without taking any damage during those initial three minutes!
“Then there’s no reason to hesitate!”
With his mind made up, Su Nian did not rush to the Rock Beast’s territory.
Instead, he returned to Novice Village and headed for the village’s only blacksmith shop.
From afar, he could already spot the large bald head of Blacksmith Li.
Drawing near, before Su Nian could speak,
Blacksmith Li beat him to it: “Kid, looking to craft some gear?”
“How about coming inside and taking a look?”
“My place is pretty big, and I’ve got tons of equipment!”
Listening to Jerry’s words, Su Nian twitched the corner of his mouth and said, “I want to customize a piece of gear—a purple grade one.”
Blacksmith Li was taken aback, looking troubled.
“Purple grade? The highest we can craft here is blue grade, but...”
At that moment, Blacksmith Li paused.
Simultaneously, a prompt appeared before Su Nian’s eyes:
[Hidden quest triggered. Would you like to learn more?]
“Here we go!” Su Nian’s eyes brightened.
In the early game, equipment came in four grades: green, blue, purple, and red.
If a player got their hands on a purple-grade item early on, their growth would skyrocket!
Therefore, this hidden quest, which anyone could trigger, caused quite a stir when it was discovered in the past.
However, Su Nian’s true purpose wasn’t the purple-grade gear.
It was...
The Ancient Necklace!
Yes, this was the extra reward given to players who completed the very first hidden quest server-wide!
Su Nian looked at Blacksmith Li, feigning ignorance: “But what?”
Blacksmith Li smiled. “But if you can bring me three Lord Hearts, crafting a purple-grade item for you isn’t impossible.”
[Blacksmith Li has issued a hidden quest—collect three Lord Hearts. Do you accept?]
“I accept!” Su Nian answered decisively.
[Hidden quest accepted—collect three Lord Hearts. Progress: 0/3.]
Lord Hearts sounded unfamiliar at first.
But in truth, they were rare materials dropped 25% of the time when killing the four Field Bosses outside Novice Village!
Su Nian vaguely remembered.
In his past life, when the Star Rain Club first completed this hidden quest and it was announced server-wide,
countless teams formed daily to farm bosses.
The wealthy hired others to grind.
Those without funds had to team up with just a few players.
“Farm for you, then farm for me...”
Because of that commotion, Su Nian was even betrayed by some ruthless teammates...
“Damn it, the more I think about last life, the angrier I get!”
“Forget it, forget it—time to farm monsters first.”
After a few curses, Su Nian continued heading to the Storm Rabbit spawn area.
Of course, farming monsters was secondary.
Killing hundreds of small monsters early on couldn’t compare to the experience gained from a single boss!
He was using monster farming primarily to stack execution probability.
After all, with only three minutes, he wouldn’t feel confident without at least a 3% execution rate!
Don’t think that a 1% chance triggers easily.
At least in some game he played, 95% of the time, there was no hope at all...
...
An hour passed in the blink of an eye.
[Player: Emperor.]
[Super S-tier Talent: Percent Execution (LV1).]
[Level: LV4 (211/500).]
[Class: Priest.]
[HP: 350/350.]
[MP: 150/150.]
[Attack: 15. Magic Power: 8. Attack Speed: 0.65.]
[Armor: 7. Magic Resist: 5. Movement Speed: 2.]
[Physical Penetration: 0%. Magic Penetration: 0%.]
[Free Attribute Points: 0.]
[Equipment: Novice Staff.]
[Skills: None learned.]
[Inventory: Empty.]
Ignoring the slight improvement in his template, Su Nian shifted his gaze aside.