Strong-as-a-Bear lived up to his name. Standing at 1.85 meters tall, he was burly and robust, likely a gym enthusiast in real life.

Without a word, Strong-as-a-Bear charged at Lu Chen, club in hand.

"Your name is BOSS, right? Let me show you my power!" Bear roared, swinging his club with the force of a thunderstorm, aiming fiercely at Lu Chen!

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"Die!"

With a loud bang!

A number appeared above Lu Chen's head.

-1...

The crowd was silent for a second...

"What the hell, only 1 point of damage? What kind of defense does this guy have!" Bear looked incredulously at the gnoll in front of him.

"Damn, did I see that right? Its health is... 1150?"

Compared to their three to four hundred health points, Lu Chen's four-digit health was indeed intimidating.

Lu Chen's physical defense was 28, while a level 5 player with a level 1 club had an attack of 20-23. The -1 damage was due to forced deduction...

At this critical moment, it was White-as-Jade who remained calm, quickly rallying the team.

"It must have been the lowest damage. His defense should be 19! High defense is no problem; we have plenty of potions. By shifting aggro and distributing damage, and using healing potions to recover, we should be able to wear him down. Everyone, attack together. Bear, keep attacking and hold the aggro!"

"Right, we're currently the highest-level players, and we all have weapons. With our coordination, we can definitely wear it down!"

"We can do it! We're the strongest! Let's go!"

The other four charged at Lu Chen together.

-1, -1, -1, -1...

"Jade, why is it all minimum damage?"

White-as-Jade's face turned pale: This...

Lu Chen frowned slightly. Do these guys have a screw loose...

Minimum damage? Stop fooling yourselves, it's because you can't break through the defense.

Forget it, let's just fight. As a wild monster, I have to fulfill my role. I can't just keep attacking my own kind all the time.

Lu Chen casually let out an "uh" and, pretending to be a wild monster, swung a soft club at Strong-as-a-Bear.

-52... The opponent's defense should be 5. Lu Chen was unlucky, not only missing a critical hit but also dealing the minimum damage.

Strong-as-a-Bear's health was 380, and his health dropped significantly.

"What the hell!?" Bear was shocked, exclaiming, "Damn, one club took a seventh of my health!"

"Bear, use a potion!"

The healing potion restores 20 health initially, then 10 health per second, for a total of 100 health, with a cooldown of 10 seconds.

Seeing his health rise a bit, Bear felt slightly relieved.

However, Lu Chen's second club was already coming.

"Uh, you pathetic humans are courting death!" Lu Chen added some drama for himself, since it's normal for a BOSS to have lines.

-57!

Bear King's health had just been replenished, but it dropped significantly again.

"Damn, this BOSS is too strong! The attack is terrifying, and the attack speed is so fast!"

"Don't panic, try again, pay attention to aggro control, and watch your positioning!"

The five attacked fiercely, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1...

-54!

-1, -1, -1, -1, -1...

-116 (double critical)!

Bear King almost spat out blood. The BOSS hit him for 279 health in four strikes, and with the healing potion's effect, he only had 150 health left.

Three more hits, and he'd be done for!

"Damn, the attack is too high, the critical rate is high, the defense is probably higher than our attack, and the attack speed is fast!"

"We can't win, everyone retreat!" White-as-Jade quickly commanded.

The group turned and ran.

However, Lu Chen's agility far exceeded these five, meaning his movement speed was faster.

With two thuds, Strong-as-a-Bear fell into a pool of blood...

"Ah, it's too fast!" Foxy Charm panicked, looking back to find she had attracted a group of gnolls.

Of course, it was mainly because Lu Chen was driving her towards the wild monsters.

Seeing Foxy Charm surrounded by wild monsters, Lu Chen went after the others...

With the gnoll group in chaos, they were more likely to attract monsters, making the scene lively.

Apart from Strong-as-a-Bear, the other four were soon overwhelmed.

"No, I don't want to go back to the Starter Village!" Fierce-as-a-Tiger screamed as he was the last to fall under a gnoll club.

All five from Yunding were sent back to the Starter Village. Lu Chen shook his head, "Don't blame me, I'm doing this for your own good. Zakas is even stronger than me..."

"As compensation, I'll just take your healing potions." Lu Chen smirked, "So many dropped, 27 bottles again!"

Since only Yunding Strong-as-a-Bear was killed by Lu Chen personally, he only gained 25 points of Ambient Spiritual Qi.

"No loss of Reputation?" Lu Chen was a bit frustrated. It seemed the level difference was too great, not only halving the experience but also not dropping player Reputation or wild monster materials.

But Lu Chen didn't mind. A 3-Star Material could be exchanged for 100 Reputation, so he didn't care about a few points of Reputation.

The key was, on this trip, he not only collected 76 healing potions, but with his own 4 bottles, he now had 80 healing potions.

Additionally, he understood why players were heading this way.

They must have seen the item description for the Cragbreaker Great Club, knowing it was dropped by Quinn Zakas, and were searching for this BOSS.

However, based on their strength, even if they found it, they wouldn't be able to defeat Zakas.

"In other words, I can keep farming here for a while." Lu Chen contentedly returned to find the three fools, planning to continue leveling up on the hill.

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On the 14th floor of Morning Light Tower in Jiangcheng's technology development zone.

Chen Xuecheng and his teammates sat in a small office, none of the five speaking, the air filled with a strong sense of loss and frustration.

Finally, as the team leader, Chen Xuecheng spoke up.

"Everyone, don't lose heart. After all, that was a BOSS, and it was three levels higher than us!"

"But our attacks couldn't even break its defense..." Huang Jianxiong, who looked just like Strong-as-a-Bear in the game, stood at 1.85 meters tall, but now sat with his head down, lacking the initial momentum of Strong-as-a-Bear.

"The attack was insane!" Foxy Charm, unlike her in-game character, wore makeup in reality, looking quite attractive, "One club took a whole bar of health, who could withstand that?"

"There were so many small monsters around, it was easy to accidentally attract them." Zhang Jie, known as Fierce-as-a-Tiger, said.

Chen Xuecheng said, "Don't lose confidence. Once we level up, we can definitely farm it. At least we found the BOSS!"

Huang Jianxiong shook his head, saying, "Xuecheng, it's not just because we were wiped by the BOSS that we're losing confidence! We're not that fragile. We've been wiped plenty of times, but I just can't figure out how Lone Madman is farming it? I really don't understand..."

This time, Chen Xuecheng didn't know what to say either.

Yeah, how is Lone Madman farming it! Such a strong BOSS, how could he possibly handle it!