Returning to the abandoned mining area, Wu Shaochen navigated his way to the section he hadn't finished grinding last time. There were still four to five hundred skeleton warriors here that he hadn't killed yet. Although he couldn't level up his talents, it was still good to grind their four to five hundred health points. After clearing them, he estimated he would be close to leveling up again.
He summoned Silver Wolf and positioned it in the passage to share the experience, while he rushed ahead to lure the monsters. These skeleton warriors had long-range skills that dealt over a hundred damage, so he needed to lure them out in batches to kill them. Even though his attributes had greatly improved, he couldn't withstand too many at once. However, dealing with ten or so at a time was not a big issue.
While Wu Shaochen was diligently grinding the skeletons, various main cities began to stir. Each second-tier main city had millions of players, and naturally, countless ambitious players wanted to achieve something in the game. Guilds emerged one after another, and every main city began to exhibit a situation of fierce competition. It must be said that the top ten guilds deserved their reputation, as they were the best-developed guilds in all main cities except for Jinling City.
Jinling City also had numerous guilds, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of people. Although no guild had surpassed Aoshi Qunxiong yet, Aoshi Qunxiong's prestige had been greatly affected by their repeated losses to Wu Shaochen, severely limiting their development.
In a private room of a tavern in Jinling City, the core players of Aoshi Qunxiong were all present. Aoshi Tianxia sat in the first seat, rhythmically tapping the table with his fingers. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Aoshi Tianxia spoke, "How many players in our guild now have attack power exceeding one thousand?"
"We have over three thousand players with attack power exceeding one thousand. They all have a full set of black iron equipment, and some even have one or two pieces of bronze equipment," Aoshi Fangyu replied.
"Very good. We have remained silent for so long, and now the people in Jinling City probably think that Aoshi Qunxiong has declined. It's time to let them know who rules Jinling City," Aoshi Tianxia said.
"Boss, are you suggesting that we take action against those emerging forces?" Aoshi Jueqing asked.
"No, no, no. Dealing with those ants is not interesting. If we're going to fight, we should first eliminate a stumbling block," Aoshi Tianxia replied.
"Boss... Are we really going to fight against DustySeal?" Aoshi Gufeng hesitated and swallowed his saliva.
"Hmph, I can't swallow this anger unless we kill him and send him back to the newbie village," Aoshi Tianxia sneered.
Aoshi Gufeng opened his mouth but ultimately couldn't bring himself to say anything.
"Based on our previous battles, DustySeal's defense is probably around seven hundred, his health is over six thousand, and his attack is not that high, around one thousand five hundred. As an assassin playing a tank role, he's doomed to fail. Previously, our teammates had poor equipment and strength, so they couldn't break his defense. But now, we have three thousand players with attack power exceeding one thousand, so we can easily deal with him," Aoshi Tianxia analyzed.
"But boss, that was before. His strength must have improved faster than ours, and he already has legendary equipment. That golden equipment should be his as well. And Son Hao mentioned that his talent should be poison. We shouldn't overlook that," Aoshi Gufeng reminded.
"Poison? It's just an early-stage talent. We haven't seen him use any poison when he fought against us. I'm sure that talent is useless now. Even if his poison is really strong, with so many of us, how many can he poison? As for the equipment, it's a perfect opportunity for us to get some drops. I'm particularly interested in that legendary belt," Aoshi Tianxia said, clearly determined to deal with Wu Shaochen.
The others didn't dare to speak anymore and quickly instructed their subordinates to find out DustySeal's location.
In the abandoned mining area, it took Wu Shaochen less than an hour to clear out the remaining 465 skeleton warriors. This brought him 143,220 experience points, raising his level to 21: 62,790/400,000. He gained 80 health points, 40 mana points, 4 agility points, and 20 free attribute points. Silver Wolf also reached level 18.
After level 20, each level-up grants 20 free attribute points. Combined with the original unallocated points, Wu Shaochen had a total of 40 points. He allocated them all to Constitution since his main focus now was fighting the tiger. His speed was sufficient, but his defense was lacking, as the tiger's 4,200 attack power was no joke.
After allocating the points, Wu Shaochen's physical defense reached 893 with the bonuses from the medal and title, while his magic defense reached 882. His health, including the benefits from Undying Body and the level-up, was increased by a total of 545 points, bringing it to 12,957. The title provided a 10% boost to his health.
He obtained three pieces of black iron equipment, which he sold for 8,000 each at the auction house. Then, he continued forward, passing through a long corridor. Once again, he arrived at another mining area filled with a large group of skeletons. Among them were level 22 skeleton archers with 580 attack points and 48,000 health points. They had a skill called Armor-Piercing Arrow, ignoring 30% defense and dealing 165% physical damage. The cooldown time was only 10 seconds.
"The skill hits me for a little over 300 damage. As long as I don't lure too many at once, I'll be fine. I'll take it slowly," Wu Shaochen didn't worry too much. His main goal this time was to grind his passive abilities and increase his health. As long as he could withstand the tiger's skill set, he could defeat it.
I'm ready to try out this new skill, but after giving it some thought, I decided against it. The skill has such a wide range, and it would attract more than half of the skeleton archers. I would be in big trouble then, so it's better to take it one step at a time.
It took me over two hours this time to clear out all 578 skeleton archers in the mining area. I gained 203,456 experience points and the Immortal Body skill increased my health by 578 points. Silver Wolf also leveled up to level 19. After reaching level 20, I'll unlock the second skill. I hope it's a strong one, not just relying on others.
After clearing this mining area, Wu Shaochen continued walking forward and soon entered the next area, where there were level 23 skeleton mages. They had 640 magic attack, 54,000 health, and skills like Fireball and Lightning Bolt. It didn't matter much with Fireball since it couldn't break through my defense, but Lightning Bolt had 180% damage and a one-second paralysis effect, with a cooldown of only 10 seconds. It was a bit disgusting.
Wu Shaochen thought it would be better not to engage with them for now. If accidentally attracting more than ten of them, they could paralyze me to death. Activating Stealth, Wu Shaochen planned to bypass these mages and move on to the next mining area. However, the skeleton mages were too densely packed, and after several attempts, there was no way to bypass them without encountering them.
"Well, you're forcing me to deal with you." Wu Shaochen said helplessly, looking at the positions of the skeleton mages. Wu Shaochen felt a headache. No matter how they were lured, at least ten of them would come out due to their density. Glancing at the Silver Wolf following behind, Wu Shaochen smiled. It's time for you to prove your worth. With its 38,000 health at level 19, it should have no problem withstanding a wave of Lightning Bolts.
With this in mind, Wu Shaochen commanded the Silver Wolf to move forward. As soon as they entered the aggro range, the thirteen skeleton mages at the edge noticed and started casting Lightning Bolts and Fireballs at the Silver Wolf.
Watching the paralyzed Silver Wolf being bombarded by fireballs and lightning, its health quickly dropping, Wu Shaochen quickly ordered it to retreat. Fortunately, these skeletons didn't coordinate their attacks. If they used Lightning Bolt one by one, it would have completely paralyzed the Silver Wolf.
Seeing that the Silver Wolf successfully lured the mages out, Wu Shaochen quickly rushed in to take its place, allowing it to retreat and recover health on the side. Since these skeleton mages didn't understand how to coordinate their skills, there was nothing to fear.