Chapter 459: Earth Spiked Beas (1/2)
Satisfied with my current leveling speed, I resolved to hit Level 120 in the next three days. In the meantime, He Yi and Murong Mingyue could manage the guild territory.
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There were Magic Stones and equipment everywhere on the ground, and I decided to keep any equipment that was above the Silver grade. Surprisingly, the Level 140 shadow-rank mobs dropped mostly equipment between Level 115 to Level 125. Once these items became mainstream in the next half a month or so, I could unload them all at Air Force One and earn both money and popularity!
Next, I aimed my palm at a One-horned Rhino’s body and used Death Plunder!
Swhoosh!
A heavy horn appeared in my hand. Huh, I wasn’t expecting to get something like this!
Fire Horn: Forging material. A material used to forge chest armor. Chest armor will be imbued with 6% Attack and 10% resistance to fire magic.
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Tsk tsk, not bad at all! I’m going to collect as many Fire Horns as I can and unload them at Yamete’s place later. He might have a use for this.
I happily used Death Plunder on the bodies one by one, but unfortunately the chances of looting a Fire Horn wasn’t as high as I would’ve liked; only about a 33% chance in general. The better news was that horns stacked, meaning they wouldn’t take many of my inventory slots.
I tallied my overall loot. In total, I had collected almost 40 top-tier equipment of varying types. As the players at the foot of the mountain had mentioned earlier, high-level shadow-rank mobs definitely had a chance to drop a top-tier Outstanding Dark Gold–grade equipment. Two such items were sitting in my bag right now—
Purple Heart Dagger (Dark Gold–grade, Outstanding★★): Level 115 dagger. 420~585 Attack, Agility +87, Stamina +82, Tactics +9. Increases user’s physical Attack by 14%. Outstanding Property: 9% chance to ignore Defense when attacking a target.
Melody Robe (Dark Gold–grade, Outstanding★): Level 115 cloth-armor robe. 245 Defense, 180 Magic Resist, Intelligence +75, Stamina +70, Tactics +7. Outstanding Property: Magic Shield tenacity increased by 15%.
Bone Eroding Wristguards (Gold-grade, Outstanding★): Level 120 metal armor wristguards. 275 Defense, 190 Magic Resist, Agility +80, Strength +75, Tactics +10. Outstanding Property: Defense increased by 8%.
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The rhinos had also dropped Phantasmal Magic Stones and Big Magic Stones but unfortunately, it looked like 500 bag slots still weren’t enough to accommodate my needs, not because I couldn’t pick up all the Magic Stones right now, but because I still had to kill another 800 One-horned Rhinos and 1000 Fire Lizards. With my karma and Luck, it was only natural that my bag would be overflowing with equipment by the end of the grind. Hah, the feeling of returning to the city with a truck load of equipment every time I was done with a leveling trip was so awesome!
Anyway, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and I continued to sweep through the Dragonspine Basin. By the time we were done, it was already 4:30 pm. During this time, I had successfully killed most of the One-horned Rhinos in the area and fulfilled first of the quest requirements. Right now, the UI displaying the kill count was sitting at 1107 and well over the quest requirement. Moreover, I had leveled up from Level 116, 99% to Level 117, 21%. I was satisfied with this leveling speed to say the least. If there was one small flaw I would like to point out, it would be that I was losing durability, Health Potions and Magic Consumables at an astonishing rate. Only an extraordinary player could undertake such an exhausting and high-consumption task.
That being said, my extraordinary effort was rewarded with extraordinary return a normal player could only dream of. I’d picked up over a dozen or so Outstanding items in the process, and seven of them were high-level Outstanding Dark Gold–grade equipment. They could all be sold for a good price once I returned to the city. So far, this trip was turning out to be an extremely rich one!
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I used Death Plunder on the last One-horned Rhino and got a Fire Horn from it. Currently, 324 Fire Horns were sitting in my bag. I was sure that these high-rank forging materials would be useful to Yamete.
I raised my head and gazed to the horizon. The other side of the basin was overflowing with gigantic Fire Lizards, and they were none other than the other mob I had been tasked to kill. Green Dragon Knight Tia was a callous woman for sure; making me run all over the place and kill so many mobs like a tireless worker bee.
As I slowly approached a Fire Lizard, its stats appeared in my vision—
Fire Lizard (Shadow)
Level: 142
Attack: 1670~1850
Defense: 1850
HP: 110000
Skills: Gaze, Crush, Venom
Introduction: As the guardians of Dragonspine Basin, these Fire Lizards are extremely heat-resistant because their diet consists mainly of fire-attribute vegetation. Over time, the fire energy accumulating inside their body grew into a thick shell that protects them from any weapon.
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Mn, it was basically the same kind of mob as the One-horned Rhino. The only difference was that its Attack was a tad higher, but its Defense and HP were much lower compared to the One-horned Rhinos. Theoretically this should be a much easier battle, but its skills made me feel a bit apprehensive. Gaze and Venom, huh? If I wasn’t mistaken, trying to AoE down the Fire Lizards would only be harder than the One-horned Rhinos!
I raised my arm and threw out a Dragon Slaying Slash!
Boom!
The green sword aura hit a Fire Lizard in the head and caused it to rush me with a growl immediately. It was extremely quick, so I activated Thunderous Charge before it could get close to me!
Swhoosh!
A successful stun later, the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf and I both comboed it with the most damaging skills we had in store. It had lost nearly half its HP in just the blink of an eye.