The iron sword took away the last sliver of life from the King of Wild Bulls, causing it to fall completely in unwillingness, turning into a corpse.
"Swish!"
The high amount of experience directly caused Jiang Han to be enveloped in golden light, warming his whole body, reaching level 7, and fully restoring his health!
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Congratulations on killing the Bronze-Level BOSS [King of Wild Bulls]. As the first player in the game to defeat a Bronze-Level BOSS, you receive an extra reward: Free Attribute Points +10, Reputation +1000, Rare Item [Heavenly Blessing Pearl]!
"First kill comes with a reward?" Jiang Han's eyes lit up.
Free Attribute Points!
This was something he had been searching for since the server opened, and he finally encountered it after achieving the first kill.
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Would you like to announce your glorious achievement to all adventurers on the Tianheng Continent? (Note: After the server-wide announcement, you will receive 10,000 reputation points.)
Ten thousand reputation!
Although Jiang Han temporarily didn't know the use of reputation, since it appeared in the player's basic information panel, the more the better. Moreover, the first kill of a Bronze-Level BOSS only gave 1,000 points, so it must be quite difficult to obtain.
"Yes!"
After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Han couldn't resist the temptation and chose to agree.
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Congratulations to the Eastern District player [Yi Jiang Han Shui] for becoming the first player to defeat a Bronze-Level BOSS, hereby announced!
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Congratulations to the Eastern District player [Yi Jiang Han Shui] for becoming the first player to defeat a Bronze-Level BOSS, hereby announced!
...
The system announcement was broadcast three times in total, with bright red, enlarged, and bold font, as if afraid that other players wouldn't see it.
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Player [Long Zhan Yu Ye] requests to add you as a friend. Do you agree?
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Player [Yuegong Xiaotu] requests to add you as a friend. Do you agree?
...
"I knew it..."
Jiang Han sighed helplessly, quickly calling up the system settings to choose to block all friend requests, finally bringing peace to his ears.
Naturally, there are various interests and conflicts in the game. Once the news of his first kill was announced, many guilds would definitely want to invite him to join. Besides, there would probably be no shortage of people wanting to buy the BOSS drop equipment.
Then, he quickly checked the equipment dropped by the King of Wild Bulls, totaling 50 copper coins and two pieces of equipment, a sword and a pair of shoes.
Suppressing his excitement, Jiang Han checked the equipment attributes—
[Cowhide Boots] (Whiteboard Grade)
Defense: 2-3
Description: Made of cowhide, more durable than ordinary shoes
[Wild Bull Sword] (Bronze Grade)
Attack: 10-12
Effect: +25% damage to bovine creatures
Required Level: 5
Description: A divine weapon infused with the blood of the King of Wild Bulls, unmatched in killing cattle
Damn, that's awesome!
Jiang Han looked at the sword blade emitting a faint red glow, fully imagining that his efficiency in killing cattle would be unparalleled.
He decisively replaced his rusty iron sword and put on the cowhide boots, finally feeling like a bit of an expert in the Novice Village—
[Yi Jiang Han Shui]
Level: 7
Health: 700
Attack: 22-24
Defense: 13-15
Reputation: 11000
Luck: 0
Free Attribute Points: 10
...
There were still 10 free attribute points unallocated...
Without hesitation, Jiang Han put all the points into attack, directly boosting his attack to 32-34!
"Invincible!"
Looking at the character panel, he made a very humble evaluation.
Now, not to mention one King of Wild Bulls, even ten would be a piece of cake for him!
After all, being in the novice stage, the stats were pitifully low, so the improvement in strength was quite rapid.
Checking the time, Jiang Han found it was already four in the morning. He had been a bit sleepy, but due to the BOSS fight, he was now wide awake. With the Wild Bull Sword in hand, his excitement could be described as exuberant, leaving no room for sleepiness.
Thinking that staying up late was bad for his health, Jiang Han decided to just pull an all-nighter.
Carrying the sharp sword, he swaggered through the Wild Bull's territory, no longer needing to be wary of being surrounded, killing any bull he encountered.
-270!
-255!
The three-digit damage made Jiang Han's blood boil. With the Wild Bull Sword's 25% damage bonus against bovine creatures, it took only two or three hits to take down a Wild Bull, and they would even bring their companions to die together, greatly boosting Jiang Han's leveling efficiency.
Therefore, even though he reached level 7, surpassing the Wild Bulls and reducing the experience gained, his leveling speed did not decrease but instead increased. By six in the morning, Jiang Han had reached level 8!
By then, the excitement from obtaining the Wild Bull Sword had mostly worn off.
"Oh right!"
As he was about to log off, he suddenly remembered something and opened his inventory: "I seem to have something from the system reward that I haven't checked..."
At this moment, as the system reward for being the first to kill a BOSS, a blue pearl was quietly lying in his inventory—
[Heavenly Blessing Pearl] (Grade A Item)
Effect: Unconditionally upgrades any Silver Grade or lower equipment by one grade
Description: A magical pearl containing a thin yet precious special power, seemingly formed from the tears of a powerful being
"Hiss!"
Looking at the effect of the Heavenly Blessing Pearl, Jiang Han couldn't help but take a deep breath.
This thing was practically a divine artifact for players at this stage!
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If he were to obtain a Silver Grade piece of equipment and use the Heavenly Blessing Pearl to upgrade it, wouldn't he unconditionally get a Gold Grade piece of equipment?!
Of course, he definitely wouldn't use the Heavenly Blessing Pearl to upgrade the Wild Bull Sword; that would be a waste of a treasure.
"Ding!~"
System Notification: Congratulations to the Great Cold District player [First Killer] for becoming the second player to defeat a Bronze-Level BOSS, hereby announced!"
Not long after his first kill, the second player followed closely behind.
Jiang Han wasn't surprised by this; there were many skilled players, and his first kill had a lot of luck involved.
Speaking of which, his good brother Qing Yun deserved much credit for his first kill.
"The first kill of a Bronze-Level BOSS comes with free attribute points and the Heavenly Blessing Pearl; the first kill of a Silver-Level BOSS probably has even more benefits!" Jiang Han rubbed his hands eagerly.
With the rewards from the first kill, the gap in strength between him and ordinary players had widened, giving him a much better chance at the next level's first kill than other players.
...
Taking off his helmet, Jiang Han let out a heavy breath, washed up a bit, and fell asleep.
"Ding dong! Ding dong!"
He didn't know how long had passed when he was awakened by the continuous ringing of the doorbell.
"Who is it?"
Jiang Han groggily got up, put on his pajamas, walked out of the room, and hurriedly opened the door to see a delivery man: "Hello, your package!"
"Okay, thank you."
After receiving the package, Jiang Han returned to the living room and opened it, finding a large bag of dried plum vegetables and a few pieces of baked flatbread inside, immediately realizing it was sent by his mom.
Taking out his phone, Jiang Han was about to call his mom to let her know he was safe. Halfway through dialing the number, he suddenly thought of something and paused.
"I should sell the Soldier's Iron Sword and Soldier's Leather Armor first!"
Currently a bit tight on cash, Jiang Han decided to sell the equipment first.
In the early stages, most players were stuck in the Novice Village and couldn't get out, so those two pieces of equipment, regardless of their attributes, wouldn't be cheap and could definitely fetch a good price. Then, when he called his mom to let her know he was safe, he would have the confidence to say he could send some money home.
Of course, whether his mom wanted it or not was one thing, but he felt that whether he said it or not was another, at least letting his mom know he was doing well outside.