Wu Shaochen ran for five or six minutes and finally reached the depths of the valley, where he saw an exceptionally large Silver Wolf. It held its head high with an aura of a king.

"Damn, you can tell this thing is fierce just by looking at it," Wu Shaochen remarked, casting an Insight spell.

[Silver Wolf King] (Bronze Tier BOSS)

Level: 10

Health: 200,000

Attack: 550

Defense: 200

Speed: 40

Skill 1: Speed Burst: Lets out a long howl, gaining 50% attack speed and 50% movement speed for 30 seconds, with a cooldown of 2 minutes.

Skill 2: Fierce Wolf's Howl: The Silver Wolf howls to the sky, delivering a 130% ignore defense sonic attack to all targets within a 10-meter radius, reducing their output by 30% for 10 seconds, with a cooldown of 1 minute.

Skill 3: Summon: When the Silver Wolf King's health drops to 30%, it will summon nearby Silver Wolves to fight together.

"Damn, a Bronze BOSS, doesn't that mean it can drop Bronze-tier equipment? But these stats are insane, 200,000 health—if it just stood there and let me hit it, it would still take over two hours. Not to mention the disgusting skills, the second skill is an indiscriminate area attack that ignores defense, with my current health, I'd be killed instantly. Isn't this difficulty a bit too high? Is this really a Novice Village BOSS? And the third skill is just unfair, how many Silver Wolves are in this valley? If they all get summoned, there's no way to fight." Wu Shaochen was frustrated, thinking he was in for a big haul, but it turned out to be unmanageable.

Forget it, if I can't provoke this thing, I can at least avoid it, right? Wu Shaochen backed away, deciding to level up to 10 and quickly go for a job transfer. He resumed his endless monster grinding mode.

Meanwhile, outside of Novice Village 8365, other villages had large groups organizing to tackle the Boar King, because someone from Novice Village 8365 had posted the attributes of the Fang Greatblade on the forum, making everyone envious. Black Iron gear was far superior to blank slate equipment, so everyone started targeting the Boar King, thinking that since someone had killed it, it must be possible to defeat.

However, reality hit hard, and many teams paid a heavy price, but none succeeded in killing the Boar King. Many teams sacrificed lives to barely bring the Boar King's health down to 10%, only for it to recover back to 30%, and then after 5 minutes, it would recover again, leading to a cycle of futility. The damage was insufficient, and with the Boar King's 120 defense, very few players could break through it, making it impossible to reduce its health by 30% within 5 minutes.

The entire forum exploded, with everyone tagging Chen Feng, wanting to know how he managed to kill the Boar King, but there was no response.

"The forum's on fire," Linzi said gleefully as he closed it. In the game, you could also access the forum, but Wu Shaochen was too focused on grinding to notice.

"Should I join in? I also want to know how he killed the Boar King," Haoran said.

"His talent must counter the Boar King's regeneration, otherwise, at this stage, no one could deal 15,000 damage in 5 minutes, especially with the Boar King's defense at 120," Junlin asserted.

Elsewhere...

"Young Miss, didn't you say you know who Chen Feng is? Can you ask him how he killed the Boar King?" Uncle Liu asked Su Muxue curiously.

At this, Su Muxue's cold demeanor vanished, replaced by a slightly embarrassed look. "I can't contact him; he hasn't added me as a friend."

"Ah, okay."

"Achoo! Who's talking about me?" Wu Shaochen rubbed his nose and continued diligently killing Silver Wolves.

After nearly 6 hours and killing 152 Silver Wolves, he finally reached level 10, though he only got four pieces of equipment:

[Silver Wolf Belt] Blank Slate: Health +50, Defense +5

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[Silver Wolf Bracelet] Blank Slate: Health +20, Attack +12, Attack Speed +1%

[Silver Wolf Boots] Blank Slate: Speed +6, Defense +4

[Silver Wolf Greaves] Blank Slate: Health +60, Defense +4

Except for the [Silver Wolf Greaves], he could use the other three pieces, and the [Silver Wolf Bracelet] was a rare find, so he quickly equipped it. His attributes changed as follows: Level: LV9—LV10, Health: 680—730, Mana: 140—150, Physical Attack: 20—32, Physical Defense: 40—42, Movement Speed: 50—52, Experience Points: 60/20,000, with no other changes.

He opened the Auction House and saw many people selling Toad equipment, with prices ranging from 5,000 to 20,000, but none had sold. It seemed those with money and power weren't interested in such equipment anymore, and the remaining solo players weren't willing to spend so much. Wu Shaochen decided to list his [Toad Belt] and [Toad Boots] for 2,000 each, reasoning that even small gains were worthwhile. He listed the [Silver Wolf Greaves] for 10,000, knowing that no one else could currently defeat the Silver Wolves, so some wealthy player would likely buy it. Indeed, the three items sold quickly, netting him 12,600. After a night's sleep, the income from selling blank slate gear had dropped significantly, as such gear now offered limited improvements to players.

Finally reaching level 10, he hurried back to find the Village Chief to teleport to the Main City for his job transfer. But first, he submitted the Silver Wolf quest, looking at the over 200 wolf fangs in his backpack, which would also bring him some experience and money. The backpack could stack up to 1,000 of the same material, so space wasn't an issue.

Wu Shaochen quickly returned to the Novice Village, found the General Store Boss, and submitted the quest. The Silver Wolf Fang quest was issued by him. Turning in 100 wolf fangs, he gained 2,000 experience points and 10 silver coins, which was quite generous. He sold the remaining materials to him for over 100 copper coins.

Wu Shaochen went to the village entrance and politely addressed the Village Chief, "Village Chief, hello, I've reached level 10. Can you teleport me to the Main City?"

"Oh? Adventurer, your rapid increase in strength is astonishing. However, I'm sorry, adventurer, the teleportation array to the mainland's Main City has been damaged from disrepair. Can you help me by going to Silver Wolf Valley to kill the Silver Wolf King and bring back its Magic Core? With the Silver Wolf King's Magic Core, I can repair the teleportation array and send you to the Main City," the Village Chief said.

"Ding, the Village Chief has issued you a quest: Go to the depths of Silver Wolf Valley, kill the Silver Wolf King, and bring back its Magic Core to the Village Chief. Quest Reward: Title [Novice Village Hero]"

"What the...? Are you kidding me? I still have to fight that wolf?" Wu Shaochen was quite speechless. He thought he could avoid it, but it seemed he had to face it after all.

Though reluctant, he had no choice but to accept the quest, as there was no other way to reach the Main City. Moreover, the quest reward was a title, which was very hard to obtain. Multiple title attributes could be stacked, although only one could be displayed, or all could be hidden. So, no one could refuse a title reward.