Chapter 130: First Kill! (Bonus Chapter for the Helm Master)

At a moment like this, Huang Yunshuo was especially vigilant. Regardless of whether Gekeluo could actually threaten him, the instant he saw that the cooldown was ready, he launched straight upward into the air.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

The rocket launcher attacked without mercy.

The final rocket in the magazine exploded against Gekeluo, and at last the creature’s life reached its end.

A mournful, wretched shriek rang across the entire town of Shitai. Then, with a tremendous boom, Gekeluo exploded.

Countless items and materials flew through the air like a meteor shower, with dropped loot scattered across the entire area within ten meters.

Two successive flashes of white light blossomed over Huang Yunshuo, and he rose to Level 20.

[Global Announcement: Level 20 Frostfeather Eagle, Idiot, has slain the Level 10 Plastic-tier Boss, Rooster Gekeluo, earning the title “Golden Warrior” and a massive reward. As the first player to kill Gekeluo, the player gains one additional level and randomly learns one of Gekeluo’s skills.]

[Global Announcement: Rooster Gekeluo of Shitai Town has been slain. Current number of monsters that have invaded player castles in Shitai Town: maximum 7,631. Players of Shitai Town dealt a total of 58% of the damage to Gekeluo. Players of Shitai Town killed a total of 1,012,319 monsters—Shitai Town has successfully defended itself! The level of all players currently in the town increases by 1. PvE attributes increase by 10%, and PvE rewards increase by 10% for three days.]

[At least one player has reached Level 20. Reforged Era’s built-in version 0.0.3 will now upgrade. Duration: 60 minutes. Players do not need to log out. Update contents: 1. The Capture the Flag event is officially upgraded to “Rise of the Mages.” The shop now stocks twenty-point Mana Recovery Potions and a limited quantity of fifty-point Mana Recovery Potions; 2. Racial talents unlocked; 3. The three-player dungeon “Glazed Flame” and the ten-player dungeon “Mine Crisis” added; 4. Mounts unlocked, the Arena opened, the Guild system activated, and the Team system activated. The Brotherhood can complete quests to upgrade into a Team; 5. Main Quest Two—“Shadow of the Marauders”—begins.]

Before Huang Yunshuo could react, two more beams of leveling light descended upon him in succession, and his level jumped straight to 22.

There was no question about it—he was absolutely going to take first place on the level rankings this time!

“You have obtained Rooster Gekeluo’s skill—Stampede Leap: Leap toward a target up to ten meters away. Upon landing, deal massive trampling damage and stun all targets within a three-meter radius for three seconds. Cooldown: 100 seconds.”

“Your badge, ‘Chicken Slayer,’ has expired. You have lost the series of privileges associated with it, and you have lost the skill ‘Charged Assault.’”

“Your badge, ‘Golden Warrior,’ has taken effect. You will permanently gain the following privileges.”

“Physical penetration +2.”

“Experience gain speed +20%.”

“Rage gain speed +20%.”

“Defense +10. While out of combat, gain ten points of armor.”

“You have obtained the skill ‘Charged Assault’: Hold your weapon in both hands and charge for one second, then dash ten meters forward. During the dash, gain Super Armor, reducing damage taken by 20%, and increase movement speed by 200%. Your weapon attacks all targets along the path, dealing damage that begins at 150% and decreases by 10% with each successive hit. Cooldown: 300 seconds.”

So the Golden Warrior title was simply a permanent, enhanced version of Chicken Slayer!

Not only did he permanently retain the benefits and skill granted by Chicken Slayer, but their power had been doubled and the cooldown had been improved as well. What thrilled Huang Yunshuo most was the additional two points of physical penetration. That single extra point of penetration increased his damage output by another 10%!

In the late game, no amount of attributes could make up for something like this.

Then there was Charged Assault. During the charge, its Super Armor had increased by another 10%, while its initial damage had risen from 100% to 150%. If it struck the same target ten times, the former Charged Assault would have dealt a total of 100% + 90% + ... + 10% damage, or 550% in all.

Now, however, it could deal 150% + 140% + ... + 60%, for a total of 1,050% damage—equivalent to ten and a half of his ordinary attacks!

It was outrageously powerful!

If he locked onto a target and hacked away without interruption, and the opponent had no means of escaping, then no amount of health would be enough. The target would be blown apart into white light within minutes.

Stampede Leap was a weakened version of Gekeluo’s enormous twenty-meter leap. Its distance had been reduced from twenty meters to ten, its stun radius from ten meters to a three-meter diameter, and its cooldown had been increased considerably.

Even so, Huang Yunshuo was more than satisfied. It gave him yet another means of escape—and, at present, it was the strongest movement skill in his arsenal!

A single leap carried him ten meters. Upon landing, it inflicted both a stun and trampling damage, with the stun lasting a full three seconds. With this skill, it was practically impossible to die even if one wanted to.

The Golden Warrior title also granted ten points of defense, raising his total defense to forty-eight. That was another benefit he never could have imagined.

Now, if Chenlu Qingshuang attacked him, she probably could not even take ten points of his health. He could simply stand there while Frost Beauty hacked away at him for at least half a minute before killing him. The thought alone was almost cruel.

The ten points of armor passively gained while out of combat were nothing special. They were merely ten points of automatically regenerating health, but of course, that was still better than nothing.

Huang Yunshuo began picking up the loot scattered across the ground.

More than 3,000 copper coins!

Eight silver coins!

Two Medium Rage Gems!

Two Flawed Low-Grade Health Recovery Gems!

One Source of Frenzy!

One Adventure Badge Upgrade Recommendation Letter!

Three green pieces of equipment!

One blue piece of equipment!

He quickly stored away the copper and silver coins. A wave of relief passed through Huang Yunshuo. Sure enough, killing bosses was the fastest way to get rich. Those eight silver coins had instantly lifted him out of poverty once again.

The two gems that increased rage recovery speed by 20% also excited him greatly.

With a Rage Gem socketed into his rocket launcher, Huang Yunshuo’s rage recovery bonus had reached 40%. The cooldown of his rage skill, Suppressive Fire, had been drastically reduced!

As for the two Rage Gems, Huang Yunshuo had no intention of socketing one into Champion’s Lament. That felt somewhat wasteful. Whirling Slash was a decent rage skill in its own right, but it could not compare with Suppressive Fire.

The Health Recovery Gems went without saying. He would keep one for himself and give one to Yeye Liuguang Xiang Jiaojie. Then he would find four more fragments. In total, that would give her two large and eighteen small Health Recovery Gems, which would at least make him feel he had somewhat repaid her lavish expenditure of 90,000 copper coins.

The Adventure Badge Recommendation Letter could raise his badge from Level 2 to Level 3.

In truth, Huang Yunshuo no longer cared much about the current bonuses of the Adventure Badge, aside from the movement speed. Still, he understood the significance it represented. The higher the Adventure Badge’s level, the easier it became to communicate with NPCs. And the storage slots independent of his backpack were truly valuable.

The two storage slots he currently possessed could hold items that would never drop upon death.

The Source of Frenzy required identification. It was obviously a high-level item, and Huang Yunshuo could not help feeling a faint sense of anticipation as he wondered what it might be.

Frenzied Chainmail, Level 15, Green

Defense: +18

Constitution: +6

Frenzied Cloak, Level 15, Green

Agility: +8

Movement Speed: +5%

Frenzied Heavy Shield, Level 15, Green, Rare

Defense: 35

Agility: -10

Equipment Requirement: Strength 100

Unique Passive Skill—Steadfast as a Mountain: While holding the shield upright, you cannot be knocked back. Twenty percent of all damage received is transferred into the earth.

Gale Armor, Level 20, Blue

Defense: +24

Agility: +20

Strength: +16

Movement Speed: +10%

Gale Step: Increase movement speed by 30% for ten seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Evasion: Dodge one ordinary attack that is about to hit you. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Unique Passive Skill—Thorns: While out of combat, gain the Thorns Mantle effect. When attacked, reflect a total of 100 points of melee damage.