Chapter 4: A Server-Wide Announcement That Shakes Everyone!
[Current Execution Probability: 5.71%.]
“Huff... that’s enough for now.”
“Never thought I’d trigger an execution twice within an hour!”
“The probability seems legit, no trickery here—unlike some other games...”
Reflecting on this, Su Nian had also regained his strength.
After all, this was an ultra-realistic virtual online game.
Though his real body remained motionless,
after long hours of gameplay,
a genuine sense of fatigue still crept in.
Su Nian opened the map and began searching based on memories from his past life.
“The Rock Cavern, it must be here!”
After marking the location, he set off immediately.
Leaving the newbie village’s designated safe zone meant players could attack each other, and dying would result in dropping equipment and losing levels.
Although he carried nothing on him,
being cautious in dangerous areas was always wise!
...
In the blink of an eye, Su Nian arrived at his destination.
It was a vast open-air cavern.
To conquer the rock beast inside, the first step was to climb the nearly ten-meter-high sheer rock wall!
And that was just the beginning!
Once you exhausted your stamina to reach the top,
the player would enter the rock beast’s alert range!
At that moment, waves upon waves of earthen spikes would rush at you!
Without a coordinated team,
soloing this boss would be unimaginably difficult!
“Huff... time to test my strength!”
Having recovered, Su Nian fixed his gaze on the rocky cliff, took a deep breath, and began climbing with all limbs.
For someone who had cleared countless dungeons and braved countless perilous terrains in his past life,
a dozen meters was nothing.
In less than half a minute,
Su Nian nimbly reached the top of the cliff.
Looking down from here,
he immediately spotted the massive stone giant at the center of the territory—five or six meters tall, with thick, powerful limbs, its entire body composed of jagged rocks!
[Rock Beast: LV15]
[Grade: BOSS class]
[HP: 34,800/34,800]
[Attack: 235]
[Skills: Frenzy, Super Armor, Rock Spike, Rock Tremor, Rock Summon]
“Tsk tsk…”
“That attack power—just one hit and you’re done!”
As Su Nian stared at the info panel, a sudden whooshing sound broke through the air!
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“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
A dense barrage of earthen spikes shot toward him at high speed!
Su Nian’s eyes sharpened, muscles tensed!
One second before the spikes would hit,
his body flickered like a ghost, dodging back and forth along the rock wall!
With such exquisite movement,
each spike narrowly missed him by a hair’s breadth—any slight misstep and he’d have to start over!
Wave after wave of spikes came,
lasting for a full five seconds!
Despite his superb skill,
the sheer density of the spikes caused a shallow cut on his priest’s robe...
“This new character’s speed is a bit slow compared to my past life’s level 80+ speed… I’m not quite used to it.”
Glancing at the scratch on his sleeve, Su Nian took advantage of the few seconds while the rock beast’s spike skill was on cooldown to swiftly slide down the cliff!
Once on the ground, the rock beast couldn’t use its spike skill.
With its other skills’ casting speed, he could easily predict and dodge them flawlessly!
A deep, muffled roar emerged from the rock beast’s mouth.
Just as Su Nian landed, a new volley of spikes rapidly formed on the beast’s surface, speeding toward his face!
“Damn, that’s allowed?”
Su Nian hurried to steady his footing and calm his mind.
His eyes quickly analyzed every incoming spike as his body instinctively twisted and dodged!
The battle instincts honed through countless life-or-death fights against alien races in his past life were no joke!
In reality,
if Su Nian faced a top-tier soldier, he probably wouldn’t win with his current physique.
But in the game...
he could only say: buddy, you still have to train!
...
Soon, after dodging the last spike,
he looked at the sluggishly approaching rock beast and smirked like a crooked dragon king.
“You’ve used up your skills…”
“Now it’s my turn to enjoy this, right?”
With that thought, a blue glow flashed in Su Nian’s hand and his priest’s staff materialized!
“I attack!”
[-15.]
[Talent not triggered, execution probability +0.01%.]
[Current Execution Probability: 5.72%.]
Rock Beast: “???”
Your aura is on point!
I thought I was about to face a disaster!
But the damage from your normal attacks...
Hmm… it’s not even enough to give me a proper massage!
[+100.]
Su Nian watched the health regeneration tick above the beast’s head, twitching his mouth: “This boss fight is really frustrating!”
While bitterly thinking this,
he didn’t stop relentlessly attacking the rock beast!
Frustration or not,
luck was the key to survival.
Before the talent triggered, you’re arrogant.
After the talent triggers, life or death is uncertain!
[-17.]
[-15.]
[-15.]
“Roar?”
The rock beast, watching the player wildly swinging his staff and dodging left and right,
plopped down onto the ground.
Its wise-looking head was covered in question marks.
Is this player crazy?
Why not level up instead of wasting time fighting me?
Trying to solo me with such weak damage?
If you could really solo me with that damage,
I’d...
[-34,000.]
[Successfully triggered 100% execution talent!]
[Defeated LV15 BOSS Rock Beast, Experience +1540.]
[Congratulations, you've leveled up to LV5!]
[Congratulations, you've leveled up to LV6!]
[Rock Beast dropped: Lord’s Heart ×1, Battle Boots (Blue) ×1, 5 Free Attribute Points!]
Su Nian sneered, “This boss loot is really trash, huh?”
“But at least there’s the Lord’s Heart as a consolation, so it’s somewhat acceptable.”
[Congratulations on achieving the server’s sole achievement—First Boss Kill! The system will broadcast this server-wide. Hide your ID?]
[Congratulations on becoming the first player in the server to kill the boss—Rock Beast! The system will broadcast this server-wide. Hide your ID?]
Without hesitation, Su Nian replied: “No!”
...
[Server Announcement: Congratulations to player ‘Emperor’ for achieving the server’s sole achievement—First Boss Kill!]
[Special Reward: 1 Random Red Equipment, First Boss Kill (Title), 10 Free Attribute Points, 100 Gold Coins!]
[Server Announcement: Congratulations to player ‘Emperor’ for becoming the first player in the server to kill the boss—Rock Beast!]
[Special Reward: 10 Free Attribute Points, 1 Random Skill Book, 100 Gold Coins!]
[Server Announcement...]
As these announcements echoed repeatedly throughout the Divine Realm,
the world channel...
exploded with excitement!