Chapter 18: Solo Defeating the Black Iron-Level Boss in Ten Seconds!
Rumble!
With the earth-shaking roar, every one of the dozens of player squads scattered across the Burial Grounds was shaken to its core!
“What’s that noise?”
“No way! Could it be the Burial Grounds’ boss, the Skeleton King, respawning?”
“According to the strategy guide, the Skeleton King only appears when a player’s Slaughterer quest reaches the tenth tier. Is there really a level ten team today?”
Jealous players immediately hatched a plan. “Let’s head over and check out that team’s strength. If they’re not too strong, maybe we can snatch a few boss drops and make a quick fortune!”
Without hesitation, several groups on the outskirts of the Burial Grounds hurried toward the boss’s spawn point.
But when they reached the heart of the Burial Grounds, they were met with a shocking sight.
There knelt the massive form of the Skeleton King, Nock, motionless.
Surrounding him stood a group of necromancer warriors clad in iron armor and wielding iron swords, radiating an imposing aura!
A powerful necromantic energy enveloped the entire area.
“The boss is dead?”
“But the Skeleton King just spawned! Was he one-shotted? No way! This is a level ten Dark Iron boss!”
“Could it be these necromancer warriors who took him down?”
“These necromancer warriors… they’re only level ten, but why do they feel so powerful?”
Those who had come to snatch the boss’s loot dared not take a step closer under the necromancers’ intimidating presence.
Meanwhile, inside the circle of necromancer warriors, Lu Ming strode directly to the body of the Skeleton King.
Boss loot had to be picked up personally to feel the thrill!
[ Ding~ You have obtained Dark Iron equipment: Skeleton King’s Battle Boots! ]
[ Ding~ You have obtained 5 silver and 25 copper coins! ]
[ Ding~ You have obtained a white-grade item: Broken Slayer Longsword! ]
“Another piece of Dark Iron gear? Not bad luck at all!”
Lu Ming was pleasantly surprised.
According to market prices, this piece alone was worth around 800!
Five silver coins equal a thousand, and the white-grade item was worth two hundred.
During the slaughter of a thousand skeleton warriors, Lu Ming had also collected four white-grade items and over 1,600 copper coins, totaling another four thousand!
Grinding through a dungeon and killing a boss earned him six thousand in-game currency so effortlessly!
At this moment, the few patrons Lu Ming had been carrying were still in disbelief.
If the earlier killing of a thousand skeletons, where they had barely gotten a chance to act thanks to Lu Ming’s necromancer warriors plowing through, had stunned them,
then what stunned them even more was the fact that the Skeleton King Nock had been toppled less than ten seconds after spawning!
“This is a level 10 Dark Iron boss!”
“Even a team of level 15 to 20 players would take minutes to bring him down, right? And our big brother did it solo in seconds…”
“Holy hell! That’s terrifying!!”
Wu Liuqi, Big Wave Dad, and Shoot the Sky were utterly floored.
Lu Ming put the boss loot into his backpack without examining it closely and approached the trio.
With a faint smile, he asked, “So, gentlemen, how was the experience?”
The young assassin Wu Liuqi gave a thumbs-up, his excitement spilling over in a jumble of words. “You’re the most badass big brother I’ve ever seen! No, the absolute coolest big brother!”
Big Wave Dad bowed respectfully. “Master! I pay my respects!”
Shoot the Sky said, “Brother, add me as a friend. I have a cousin who wants to meet you!”
Lu Ming smiled and showed his WeChat payment QR code. “No problem!”
Without hesitation, the three scanned the code.
Soon, three delightful notifications chimed: “WeChat payment received: 10,000 yuan!”
“So this is the sound of money? It’s so pleasant!”
At that moment, the mage sister Qing Yan came by and scanned the code as well.
However, Lu Ming heard a different notification: “WeChat payment received: 100,000 yuan!”
He looked at Qing Yan, who wore a playful raccoon mask, and said, “You added an extra zero.”
Qing Yan smiled sweetly. “Let’s be friends! I’ll come to you next time if I need anything. The extra money counts as an advance payment.”
“Let’s leave it for next time.” Lu Ming promptly returned 90,000 yuan.
The group then disbanded, and Lu Ming turned and left.
Watching his receding figure, Qing Yan murmured, “He really does have quite the personality.”
“Phantom? Hmph, I remember you now!”
She opened WeChat and messaged a pinned friend labeled “ATM”: “Guess who I ran into?”
After a moment, ATM replied, “An ex?”
Qing Yan: “Get lost! You know I’ve never had a boyfriend, so no ex!”
ATM: “Then who did you meet? Speak quickly, I’m busy.”
Qing Yan: “An insanely powerful Trickster brother! Do you know how strong he is? He solo cleared the Slaughterer quest’s tenth tier, single-handedly pushed down a level 10 Dark Iron boss in ten seconds! And he’s only level 10!!!”
ATM: “Is his ID Phantom?”
Qing Yan was stunned. “How do you know???”
“…”
ATM: “Because I already reserved that guy.”
Qing Yan pouted. “I don’t care. You didn’t tell me, even if I introduced him to you! Hurry up, give me some money!”
“…”
“Didn’t I just give you fifty last week? Already spent it?”
“I don’t care, I want it!” Qing Yan bombarded him with an onslaught of emojis.
It wasn’t until a notification sounded: “Alipay payment received: 1,000,000 yuan” that she stopped.
Then, switching to a cute voice message, she said, “Brother loves you! Muah!”
…
On the way back to Moonfall Town, Lu Ming checked his status.
The massive experience gained from slaughtering the skeleton warriors and the final Skeleton King boss had boosted him from level 8 to level 10!
He had now reached the requirements for the second job advancement.
As long as he completed the job advancement quest, he could break through to the second class.
At the same time, the three major ten-star talents—Soul Slasher, All-around Amplification, and Phoenix Rebirth—were all ready for upgrade.
Once Lu Ming completed the second job advancement, these talents would automatically upgrade to level 2!
“Right now, the three major talents are only level 1, yet they’ve already made me this powerful,”
Lu Ming thought with a hint of anticipation,
“I wonder how strong level 2 will be?”
He then opened his backpack and examined the Dark Iron boots dropped by the Skeleton King.
[Skeleton King’s Battle Boots] (Dark Iron)
[Speed: ?]
[Additional Attributes: ?]
[Durability: ?]
[Class: Trickster, Warrior]
[Level: 10]
[Unidentified…]
He had planned to sell them, but since they could be used by the Trickster class and his footwear slot was empty, he decided to keep them.
In the Abyssal World, all monster-dropped equipment required identification by a professional appraiser before use.
So, Lu Ming temporarily put the Skeleton King’s boots back into his backpack.
Checking the time, it was already 2:30 PM.
He had been grinding the quest from 9:30 in the morning until now, forgetting even to eat lunch.
Yet, in just five hours, he had flawlessly completed the Slaughterer quest’s tenth tier, mostly soloing it—a new record for this quest!
And along the way, he had earned a whopping forty thousand in-game currency!
In his previous life, it had taken several months to earn that much.
“I deserve a treat. That new Frog Fragrance Restaurant downstairs seems pretty good. After logging off, I’ll go feast!”
Thinking of submitting the Slaughterer quest in Moonfall Town soon and receiving a generous reward, Lu Ming quickened his pace.