A regular skill book actually sold for 240 gold coins, which was higher than expected.
A piece of bronze-level Valor equipment sells for about ten gold coins in the marketplace.
A full set of equipment costs a total of sixty gold coins, and adding a level 20 bronze weapon would only be 130 gold coins.
"Maybe I can afford a necklace this time."
A piece of Valor equipment adds three attributes, each with 20 points, which is a huge boost.
[Valor Shoes, Bronze Level, Strength +20 Agility +20 Intelligence +20, Speed +18]
With such bonuses, it's understandable why it sells for so much.
[You have obtained the Valor Helmet!]
[You have obtained the Valor Gauntlets.]
[You have obtained the Valor Belt.]
[You have obtained the Valor Top.]
[You have obtained the Valor Pants.]
[You have obtained the Valor Shield.]
[You have activated the Valor Set, Total Health +1000, Total Defense +100.]
[You have obtained a Bronze Bow.]
[Bronze Bow, Bronze Level, Equipment Level 20
Strength +30 Agility +30 Spirit +30 Attack +101 Range +10 meters
Effect 1: 10% chance to trigger a critical hit, Attack Power +200.]
A necklace is actually more expensive than a weapon, probably because it has no level requirement.
As long as you have money, even a level one can wear it.
Of course, the bonuses from the necklace are also quite significant.
"100 gold for a necklace, that's outrageous."
[You have obtained the Wind Necklace.]
[Wind Necklace, Bronze Level, Equipment Level: None
All Attributes +10 Attack Increase 10%]
After buying a bunch of stuff, Xiao Chen was left with only two gold coins.
"Still missing two rings, otherwise this set of equipment would look quite splendid."
Opportunities to earn 200 gold at once are rare, and encountering one is like a chance to change fate.
"Hard work always pays off, soloing hundreds of times for a skill book is reasonable!"
Now, Xiao Chen's equipment is already ahead of most people of the same level.
Of course, he still has a significant gap with people like Su Ming.
[Xiao Chen LV22 (60000)
Total Attributes: 2086 Attack: 2658 Health: 5196 Defense: 215 Attack Range: 30 meters]
[Undead Skeleton LV 20 Attack 205 Health 1600 Defense 40]
With such attributes, if he still can't solo difficult dungeons, then Xiao Chen has no other tricks.
The entry fee for a level two difficult dungeon has already increased to 1 gold coin.
This increase is fivefold, it's simply outrageous.
The first time soloing a level two difficult dungeon, he has to prepare some strategies in advance.
Xiao Chen opened the forum and quickly found out why the dungeon entry fee was so high.
"Difficult dungeons will randomly spawn five bosses, each with the same skills as normal bosses, but with greatly increased attributes."
There are actually five bosses, and clearing it once can drop five pieces of equipment.
With good luck, there might be special drops.
"There is only one difficult map, and after all bosses are defeated, an achievement can be obtained."
Getting this achievement is quite simple, with good luck, it can be completed in three or four runs with nine bosses.
After completing such a dungeon, the number of kills will definitely be much less, but the leveling efficiency might be higher.
[Thief Leader: LV20 Health: 32000 Attack: 1600, Defense 400]
"Damn, that's quite an increase!"
One hit could almost instantly kill Xiao Qiang, and Xiao Chen's health couldn't withstand four attacks.
If he gets hit by a skill, he might be instantly killed.
"Soloing difficult dungeons requires extreme caution!"
Fortunately, Xiao Chen is very familiar with these bosses' skills.
And with his current attack range and power, he can kill a boss within 20 arrows.
"My movement speed is twice theirs, their skills won't have a chance to hit me."
Bosses usually have a movement speed of only five or six.
Xiao Chen's movement speed has reached 12, allowing him to kite the boss while attacking.
Letting Xiao Qiang be the frontline is impossible, with these bosses' attack power, they could swat Xiao Qiang to death in one hit.
"Xiao Qiang, you better stand by and keep watch."
Xiao Chen felt a bit helpless, having a summoned beast seemed to make him more exhausted than before.
***
The perception range of level two bosses has increased significantly, and they will actively attack anyone entering within 20 meters.
"Luckily, my attack range is 30 meters."
Starting the fight from 30 meters away, by the time the boss reaches him, Xiao Chen has already fired five or six arrows.
By then, the boss's health would have dropped by 20-30%.
"I still need to keep moving while attacking, I want to kill without taking damage."
To improve his strength, experience is one aspect, and Xiao Chen's own abilities are another.
He has to keep practicing, killing enemies while moving, dodging boss skills, practicing attack routes, and improving efficiency.
Initially, he can play conservatively, and later he might even pull four or five bosses at once.
As long as the attack power is sufficient, archers really have an advantage in low-level dungeons.
Especially since these bosses have the same skills, just with greatly increased values, once familiar, there's no difficulty at all.
Of course, another reason is that after buying a full set of bronze equipment, Xiao Chen can no longer be considered an ordinary professional.
"-2183"
"Critical Hit -2313"
"-2212"
Soon, the first boss fell.
"It's still a bit too easy!"
Of course, being easy is a good thing, he hopes to clear every dungeon with ease.
[Killed the Thief Leader, Experience +800 (200), Silver Coins +40, Guild Contribution Points +1]
A boss can yield 800 experience, reaching level 23 requires killing 75 bosses, 15 runs!
It doesn't seem that difficult.
[You have obtained a Black Iron Helmet, level 20.]
Even though it's black iron equipment, level 20 equipment still has some improvements.
But now Xiao Chen is already wearing bronze gear, so black iron equipment goes straight to the marketplace.
[Silver Coins +60]
"Without the drops from small monsters, will running difficult dungeons not be a loss?"
If each boss's yield is similar, then it's definitely a loss.
The entry fee is 1 gold coin, each boss needs to earn 200 silver coins to break even.
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The first boss's yield is exactly 100 silver coins, losing half.
Of course, as long as the runs are frequent, it will definitely not be a loss.
Because this dungeon already drops bronze-level sets.
Getting just one piece can sell for ten gold coins.
With no pressure in soloing, Xiao Chen plans to keep running until level 25.
If he goes all out, he can complete it within a week.
Once the equipment is in place, leveling isn't too difficult.
Then, he can try soloing level three normal dungeons.
***
After connecting five difficult dungeons, Xiao Chen finally cleared all the bosses.
[Ding, you have cleared the level two dungeon without taking damage, earning the achievement: Rising Star.
All Attributes +3, Attack +10]
On the eighth run, Xiao Chen finally got a bronze gauntlet, making a small profit.
Continuously running level two difficult dungeons, earning over a hundred silver coins daily is possible.
With such earnings, what more could he wish for, just keep running.
If a special item drops, then it would be a huge profit.
With a bit of foundation, Xiao Chen's mindset isn't as anxious.
After changing his equipment, his combat power increased significantly, but his strength still ranks behind in the guild.
If calculated by contribution points, his contribution points always rank around fifteen thousand.
Not enough to be kicked out of the guild, but also hard to move forward.
Nothing much to say, just keep running dungeons.
Someday, he can continue to get special drops.
With daily practice, Xiao Chen's archery skills are rapidly improving, and he's slowly becoming a mature archer.
While Xiao Chen was crazily kiting and positioning monsters, all the awakened ones in Tiannan City suddenly received a broadcast.
[Professional Xiao Yan cleared the level 10 dungeon, killed the real boss, all professionals in Tiannan City gain +10 to all attributes, level 11 dungeon unlocked.]
[The World Fusion Rate is still accelerating, be sure to quickly improve your strength, try to kill monsters above level 100.]
Seeing this broadcast, Xiao Chen had a question: What does it mean to kill a real boss?
"Are the bosses I killed not real?"
The top guilds in Tiannan City also had the same question:
"Who is Xiao Yan?"
"Is there such a strong person in Tiannan City?"
Even those at level 50 or 60 have some fame in Tiannan City.
A strong person who can clear a level 10 dungeon, and yet no one knows about them?
The strongest ones were already preparing to tackle the level 10 dungeon, and someone cleared it ahead of them.
"Wait, why is only Xiao Yan's name broadcasted?
Shouldn't it be Xiao Yan's team that cleared the level 10 dungeon?"
Everyone had this question, it was hard to believe.
"Did he solo the level 10 dungeon?"
It seems this is the only explanation.
What kind of powerhouse has such strength?
Even those ranked in the top ten of the dimension rankings can't do it, right?
Because of the emergence of an extraordinary figure, the entire Tiannan City was in an uproar.
The strongest in Tiannan City were even more excited, with such a powerful figure, their pressure could be greatly reduced.
That's the pressure of survival, and it's really not easy to bear.
"Hurry, get in touch with this powerhouse."
"I tried private messaging, but he has all private messages turned off."
"You can see his information on the dimension level rankings, go check it out."
[Xiao Yan, Elemental Mage, Level 106, Dimension Rank 11.]
Tiannan City actually hid such a powerhouse, it's really hard to believe.
Many have seen this name, just didn't know he was a member of Tiannan City.
While everyone was trying to contact Xiao Yan, the city channel suddenly pinned a few of his messages.
[Fellow warriors of Tiannan City, I am Xiao Yan. I've been focused on dungeons, and now I finally have the chance to greet everyone.]
The Tiannan City channel was in an uproar, with all sorts of messages flooding in.
"Thank you, master, for the attribute points!"
"So the master is a lone wolf, no wonder he's been so low-key."
"This is truly a stunning debut."
"Master, can you release a guide for the level 10 dungeon?"
Xiao Yan naturally couldn't answer all these questions.
[I've been hiding in the city, under everyone's protection, and I'm deeply grateful.
As a return, I invite brothers above level 50 to join my team.
We'll clear all monsters above level 50 outside the city.]
[After clearing the monsters, I'll take you to continuously run team dungeons for a few months.]
[Once I clear the level 11 dungeon, everyone will follow me outside the city to completely eliminate the threat of the Abyss Rift.]
For high-level professionals, it's extremely difficult to improve, even attacking level 5 or 6 dungeons has a very high mortality rate.
At this time, with a powerhouse stepping up, all the strong in Tiannan City saw hope.
Killing one more high-level boss, getting one more high-level equipment, is a huge boost for Tiannan City.
In the past six months, Tiannan City has suffered huge losses to fend off monster attacks.
Clearing all monsters above level 50 around the city is simply defying the heavens.
In the future, even professions at level 30 or 40 can venture out of the city to actively hunt monsters.
Xiao Chen saw the messages while in the dungeon and couldn't help but exclaim: Awesome!
A top-tier powerhouse can change a lot, and a powerhouse who can solo a level 10 dungeon can change even more.
It could even be said that one person saved a city.
The strength of Tiannan City's professionals will rapidly improve.
[I've already put a batch of high-level equipment and rare items on the marketplace, everyone buy as needed.]
Xiao Chen definitely couldn't afford these things.
Other strong in Tiannan City were frantically borrowing money.
Xiao Yan didn't just sell a few pieces of equipment, he released a whole batch.
Various skill books, crystal cores from high-level bosses, precious gems, silver equipment.
The following period was probably the happiest time in Tiannan City's history.
Every day, someone posted kill reports in the city channel, and many strong people changed into high-level equipment.
Tiannan City seemed less oppressive, and the battle lines outside the city weren't as deadly as before.
"That monster blocking the way for decades was finally killed, so many old brothers, your revenge is finally avenged."
"North City killed a level 100 beast, dropping a few pieces of gold equipment."
"I walked a hundred miles outside the city for the first time, there are monsters everywhere at level 70 or 80!"
"Brothers, hurry and level up, this is the best time to hunt monsters."
More people were venturing out of the city than before, and the city's professionals were improving at the fastest pace.
When Xiao Chen reached level 25, the high-level bosses outside Tiannan City had already been cleared once.
Of course, monsters below level 50 were still everywhere.
This time, humanity's counterattack was fierce, those high-level monsters didn't dare to get too close to Tiannan City, but they still constantly drove low-level monsters to attack the city.
The pressure on Tiannan City's defense was greatly reduced, but the situation was still very severe.
Originally, Xiao Chen planned to solo level three dungeons, but now that the situation outside the city has changed, he also wanted to go out and take a look.
Xiao Chen rejoined the guild's team, this time the leader wasn't Mu Feng, but a level 48 Berserker, Chen Zhan.
Those above level 50 were all following the powerhouse to eat meat.
The team still had over ten thousand people, most of them formed small teams of a few people, each doing their own thing.
Xiao Chen didn't have many acquaintances, so he simply formed his own team.
After all, experience is distributed based on team contribution, the higher the output, the more experience gained.
After saving up contribution points for over half a year, Xiao Chen spent them all at once.
All four thousand plus contribution points were spent on low-level herbs, even buying intelligence and spirit.
Finally, Xiao Chen almost consumed all the low-level herbs available, graduating from the marketplace's low-level herbs.
Some people achieve this upon awakening, but for Xiao Chen, it's a significant personal achievement.
"Total Attributes +316."
Some rare low-level herbs are also quite expensive.
With such total gains, Xiao Chen was satisfied.
[Xiao Chen, Level LV:25 Total Attributes 2467 Attack +2853, Movement Speed: 13 Attack Speed: 0.3 Health 5936 Defense: 389]
Once outside the city, there was no shortage of monsters.
In a sense, this wasn't just grinding monsters, but an endless survival war.
Even after clearing the high-level bosses, Tiannan City's professionals could only operate within a mile or two of the city.
Moreover, people were still dying daily.
Xiao Chen had the advantage of range and speed, so he naturally wouldn't recklessly charge forward.
Abyssal Demon Spiders, undead creatures, blood-sucking bats, insectoid monsters, and many terrifying creatures never seen before.
[Ding, you have gained the War Aura buff, Attack Power +80]
[You have gained the Battle Will buff, Attack +60, Defense +30]
As soon as he reached the team's location, Xiao Chen instantly received dozens of team buffs.
With his current state, he could probably solo level three dungeons with ease.
Any random attack could reach over four or five thousand, which was truly exaggerated.
If he told others he was a D-rank archer, everyone would believe it.
-4736
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[You gained 16 experience (4)]
[You gained Copper Coins +26]
Unfortunately, there was no place like before where he could mindlessly output.
After moving around for an hour, Xiao Chen finally found a more ideal spot for grinding.
A few tanks were holding off a group of Abyssal Demon Spiders, with several healers frantically healing them.
However, the spiders kept increasing, and the melee classes clearly couldn't keep up with the output.
"So many level 20 Abyssal Demon Spiders!"
Xiao Chen was quite excited and directly summoned Xiao Qiang.
The few people were initially excited to see a level 25 professional arriving.
But after seeing Xiao Qiang, they lost hope.
Xiao Qiang's attributes were too poor, almost the same as a regular Abyssal Demon Spider.
"So it's a Summoner, I thought it was a level 25 strong output."
"Summoners are strong too, it's just that this skeleton isn't."
Xiao Chen was speechless, since when did he become a Summoner?
"Don't worry, I'm a strong archer."
In front of these level ten or so professionals, Xiao Chen was indeed considered strong.
This group was struggling against so many level 20 monsters, it was quite difficult for them.
If Xiao Chen had arrived a bit later, there would definitely have been casualties here.
"Archer?"
"Yes!"
Xiao Chen didn't say much, instead, he jumped onto Xiao Qiang's shoulder.
Xiao Qiang's current output wasn't high, his biggest use was as a mobile stepping stone for Xiao Chen.
Standing high gives a better view.
From over twenty meters away, Xiao Chen began drawing his bow and attacking.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
A round of Quadruple Shot, and four Abyssal Demon Spiders fell.
"Such a long attack range!"
"Wow, one arrow per spider, he's a master."
Level 20 small monsters only have about three thousand health, normally requiring two arrows each.
With all the buffs, Xiao Chen's output was already explosive.
"Not really a master, but dealing with these small monsters is no problem."
Xiao Chen's addition made the whole team instantly much more relaxed.
"My attack range is far, leave the close monsters to you."
"That brother, you can also pull some monsters from elsewhere and we'll clear them together."
Now Xiao Chen was somewhat arrogant, he no longer saw these small monsters as a threat.
"Master, can we add each other as friends? We can grind together in the future."
"We're all in the same guild, why not."
Xiao Chen had added at least a few hundred friends, but now only less than a hundred remained.
Honestly, seeing names disappear one by one was still a bit hard to bear.
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