Four special monsters were located in four different spots.
Lu Chen traveled back and forth between these locations. If there were no respawns, he would hunt a few Level 1 or 2 normal monsters until they respawned.
In forty minutes, Lu Chen's experience had increased by half, and he had already collected enough 1-Star materials!
"Hehe, got some gear... but I'll talk about the gear later," Lu Chen grinned mischievously. "Time to upgrade talents and quality!"
Two golden lights flashed from his feet, and Lu Chen completed his evolution!
"Check attributes!"
[Character Bound: Lu Chen]
[Character: Gnoll]
[Quality (1-Star, Stage 1): To be selected: Strong; Agile; Burly]
[Level: 3 (Level Up Progress: 540/1000)]
[Physical Strength: Strength: 7, Agility: 7, Constitution: 7]
[Attack Power: Physical Attack 13-16]
[Defense Power: Physical Defense 4]
[Health Points: 240]
[Talent "Inferior Werewolf Bloodline" (Tier 1): Normal attacks have a chance to critically hit, 10% chance for double critical damage.]
[Talent Evolution Shard: 0/40 (Tier-2 Shard)]
[Quality Evolution Points: 0/20 (1-Star Evolution Points)]
[Monster Reputation: 0]
"Damn, a 10% critical chance!" This boost was beyond Lu Chen's expectations; a double-digit critical chance was already showing its effect!
However, the quality hadn't fully improved yet. The system seemed to require Lu Chen to choose one of the three attributes.
Without much hesitation, Lu Chen decided, "In the early stages, strength is definitely the most effective, so I'll choose 'Strong'!"
As the quality upgrade completed, the data on the panel changed significantly!
[Quality (1-Star): Strong (Base Strength increased by 50%)]
[Physical Strength: Strength: 11, Agility: 7, Constitution: 7]
[Attack Power: Physical Attack 17-20]
[Defense Power: Physical Defense 6]
"Damn, a 50% strength increase? That's too powerful!" Lu Chen's eyes widened.
This meant he gained 4 strength, which also added 4 attack points and 2 physical defense points!
The key is that the quality boost is percentage-based, meaning the higher the level, the greater the increase, and the more noticeable the effect!
"This is too strong! Players don't get this kind of treatment!" It took Lu Chen a while to calm down. "By the way, why does it still require 1-Star materials after a quality upgrade?"
Lu Chen noticed this point.
"Could it be that I can't upgrade stars anymore...?" Lu Chen frowned and shook his head. "Not likely, talents can still be upgraded."
No one could answer his question for now, but adding more prefixes could only benefit Lu Chen, so he decided to keep grinding!
With the attack boost, Lu Chen's monster grinding speed increased significantly. This time, it only took thirty minutes to reach Level 4, and then he upgraded to the "Burly" quality.
After the second quality upgrade, the quality panel still didn't show any new evolution.
"There's one last prefix, let's grind it all together!" Lu Chen gritted his teeth and continued grinding monsters.
When he reached Level 4, the experience gain from Level 1 gnolls suddenly dropped to half, and they didn't even drop materials anymore.
It seemed the game had a level gap restriction for farming, with a noticeable drop in benefits when the gap was 3 levels.
Without hesitation, Lu Chen went to bully Level 3 special monsters.
Half an hour later, Lu Chen finally collected the third prefix, Agile!
Taking a deep breath, Lu Chen looked at the long name above his head and sat by a tree stump, "Damn, my name is so long... Open Personal Panel!"
[Character Bound: Lu Chen]
[Character: Strong, Agile, Burly Gnoll]
[Quality (1-Star Perfect): Base Strength, Agility, Constitution increased by 50%]
[Level: 4 (Level Up Progress: 630/3000)]
[Physical Strength: Strength: 12, Agility: 12, Constitution: 12]
[Attack Power: Physical Attack 21-24]
[Defense Power: Physical Defense 6]
[Health Points: 390]
[Talent "Inferior Werewolf Bloodline" (Tier 1): Normal attacks have a chance to critically hit, 10% chance for double critical damage.]
[Talent Evolution Shard: 0/40 (Tier-2 Shard)]
[Quality Evolution Points: 0/40 (2-Star Evolution Points)]
[Monster Reputation: 0]
"Haha, I can still upgrade the star quality! That's great!" Lu Chen exclaimed excitedly.
Thanks to the difficulty of star upgrading, Lu Chen managed to boost all his attributes by 50%. As he levels up, his attributes will be 1.5 times the normal value!
"Heh, just 1-Star gives a 50% attribute boost; I wonder how much 2-Star will add!" Lu Chen was increasingly looking forward to the next star.
Even if he didn't know which monsters dropped the next level, the simplest method was to use 1-Star materials for synthesis.
Another advantage of these special monsters was their higher drop rate compared to normal monsters!
Lu Chen had just defeated 60 special monsters and 40 normal monsters. The normal monsters didn't drop a single piece of equipment, while the special monsters dropped a total of six clubs!
He had sold one before, and now Lu Chen still had five clubs in his possession.
He quickly opened the Nine Heavens official trading platform.
The trading platform was still empty, while the buying channel was flooded with scrolling purchase requests.
"300 yuan for a club! I'll buy as many as you have! You can send it via game mail, saving on fees."
"Please, those asking for outrageous prices, wake up! Selling Level 1 equipment for two thousand, are you crazy for money?"
"350 for three clubs, if you have them, don't hide them, because once everyone's level goes up, they won't be worth much."
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It seemed there were still many people looking to buy clubs.
Some were even offering high prices for them.
However, Lu Chen didn't plan to bother with it. He didn't know if those guys were online, and there was no guarantee the equipment wouldn't depreciate or that there wouldn't be any trouble later. It was more efficient to just put them on the trading platform.
"300 should still attract buyers." Lu Chen put all five clubs up for sale, each priced at 300!
Only after seeing the empty trading platform display five "Worn Gnoll Clubs," all consigned by "Lone Madman," did Lu Chen log out of the official website.
[Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!]
Just as he returned to the game, Lu Chen's mail started ringing like crazy.
"Hmm? Is it stuck?" Lu Chen wondered. He had put five clubs up for sale, and even if they were bought instantly, it shouldn't be all at once.
Opening the mail, there were indeed five messages!
[Your consigned equipment "Worn Gnoll Club" has been purchased by player "Nine-Kill." The platform charged a 5% fee, and 285 yuan has been transferred to your linked bank card. Please check it promptly.]
[Your consigned equipment "Worn Gnoll Club" has been purchased by player "Nine-Kill." The platform charged a 5% fee, and 285 yuan has been transferred to your linked bank card. Please check it promptly.]
[Your consigned equipment "Worn Gnoll Club" has been purchased by player "Dragon Emperor Xuanyuan"...]
[Your consigned equipment "Worn Gnoll Club" has been purchased by player "RTS Storm"...]
[Your consigned equipment "Worn Gnoll Club" has been purchased by player "RTS Storm"...]
"Damn, that was fast!" Lu Chen was shocked.
Three players had instantly snapped up all five weapons.
Were these three guys watching the trading zone 24/7?
"Connect to phone, open messages."
[Agricultural Bank: 285 yuan has been deposited into your bank card ending in 6880 at 12:07...]
[Agricultural Bank: 285 yuan has been deposited into your bank card ending in 6880 at 12:07...]
[Agricultural Bank: 285 yuan has been deposited into your bank card ending in 6880 at 12:07...]
***
Lu Chen could hardly believe it himself, "I made... 1700 yuan this morning?!"
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