Dugu Lengcang looked up at Huang Yi in the sky and immediately felt a tremendous pressure. Even someone like him thought Huang Yi was too violent and cruel at that moment. The ferocious silhouette was etched into his eyes.
He suddenly felt a bit relieved, grateful that they were friends who could fight together. If they were enemies, it would have been terrifying.
After Man Lie died, a massive amount of Experience Points poured into Huang Yi and Dugu Lengcang. Dugu Lengcang gained a level instantly while Huang Yi almost gained a level and a half, reaching Level 35 at 40%!
If he could kill dozens of bosses like Man Lie in one go, Huang Yi’s level would soar to the world’s number one. But that was just a wishful thought. Bosses as badly damaged as Man Lie were hard to come by and not something you could encounter all the time.
The Void Battlefield disappeared, and Huang Yi returned to the ground. He was covered in blood, holding two huge hammers, presenting a somewhat terrifying sight. He turned to look at Dugu Lengcang and said, "Man Lie’s weapon is part of a set with mine, so I’ll take this weapon. You can have the rest!"
"No need, you take it all. I’m not short of those things, I’m here for the Experience Points," Dugu Lengcang said with a shake of his head and a smile, waving his long sword, "My weapon is an Orange Weapon, so I really don’t care for ordinary weapons."
Huang Yi wasn’t surprised. Dugu Lengcang was rich enough to rival countries, he didn’t need to fight for his gear, he could simply buy the best directly at the auction house, naturally getting Orange Gear. These past few days, he had deeply witnessed the other’s formidable attack power. Although he was the one to ultimately kill Man Lie today, if one were to tally the total damage output, Dugu Lengcang would surpass him by quite a bit.
"Thanks!" Huang Yi didn’t bother with formalities and walked straight to Man Lie’s body, picking up everything that had dropped.
Including the hammer, Man Lie had dropped four items in total. Huang Yi, of course, checked out the weapon first.
[Split Hammer](Purple Gear, Weapon - One-Handed Hammer)
Close Combat Attack Power: 760–800
Strength +350
Attack Power +8%
Normal Attacks add a shockwave effect, creating a shockwave upon hitting an enemy that deals damage equivalent to 10% of the attack power to all enemies within a 5-meter radius
Attacks add Corpse Shatter effect, enemies killed will turn into pieces and cannot be resurrected by revival skills
Durability: 600/600
Required Level: 30
Equipment Score: 384
Item Description: A brutal weapon filled with barbaric strength, sharing the same origin as another hammer, [Barbaric Hammer]. After fusing both weapons, they can combine into one, ascending to a Level 50 Orange Weapon!
Seeing the item description, Huang Yi smiled inwardly. He had already heard about the relationship between these two hammers back at Wind Forest Stronghold. Now that he saw the item description of the Split Hammer, he had no more doubts. He didn’t expect that after fusing the two weapons, they could combine into one, ascending to an Orange Weapon!
Orange Weapon! This is the top-tier equipment that any player could currently possess! Be it Dao Feng from the China Region, the Pope from the United States Region, or Heavenly Dao from the Japanese Region, all the top-tier players could only get Orange Weapons at the moment. This was the pinnacle of equipment currently available, beyond which were the nebulous Legendary Equipments. But to date, no one had managed to obtain any.
Legendary without comparison, the number one orange weapon!
Now, the previous Barbaric Hammer was finally ready to retire. Although the Barbaric Hammer was powerful, it was, after all, only a Level 30 Purple Martial weapon. It had become somewhat outdated for Huang Yi at present, while the Split Hammer was a Level 40 Purple Martial with vastly superior attributes. Naturally, Huang Yi opted for this brand-new weapon!
As soon as Huang Yi equipped the Split Hammer, its massive size automatically adjusted to his physique, shrinking several sizes for his convenience. His attributes surged dramatically; the weapon is the most important piece of equipment, and a good weapon can often provide an increase in attributes that matches several other pieces of equipment.
After equipping the new weapon, Huang Yi placed his former weapon into the storage ring. While he could hold two weapons at once, it definitely wouldn’t work during combat. These two weapons were derived from the same source but weren’t designed for dual wielding; using them together would constrain each hand, preventing him from exerting his full strength.
Huang Yi checked the second piece of equipment. It was a Level 40 Purple Gear Ring with extremely strong attributes, far surpassing the [Overlord’s Contract Ring] he was wearing. But he couldn’t switch it out because if he did, he’d lose a set piece and be unable to activate the second set effect or to wear equipment above his level by 8 levels prematurely.
The value of the Overlord’s Contract Set lies in its set effects. Its own attributes are very poor, merely a set of green gear above ten levels. If Huang Yi wants to wear equipment that exceeds his level by more than 8 levels prematurely, he must continue wearing these four pieces of junk jewelry. At the moment, his approach is worthwhile, but as his level increases and the attributes of individual pieces of equipment grow stronger, the value of the set effect diminishes.
For instance, at Level 100, although he could wear Level 108 equipment prematurely, the attributes of the four pieces of jewelry would be as if they were wasted. He would be equivalent to having only 7 pieces of Level 108 armor and one weapon, totaling 8 pieces of equipment. But if he took off the [Overlord’s Contract Jewelry Set], he could wear 4 pieces of Level 100 jewelry and 7 armor pieces, plus one weapon, totaling 12 pieces of Level 100 equipment. The combined attributes of 12 pieces of Level 100 equipment would definitely surpass the total of 8 pieces of Level 108 equipment.
Next, Huang Yi looked at the other two items dropped by Man Lie. One of them was a [Half-Beast Crystal], a material he once used during his Level 25 Evolution. Now, it was of no use to him and could be sold for a high price at the auction house, worth a decent sum of money.
The last item Man Lie dropped was a D-grade Energy Stone, which could increase the Energy Value by 1000 points—a very good item indeed. During the battle this evening with Man Lie, Huang Yi had been continuously using the Eye of Time, and later, he activated Judgment. His Energy Value drained away like water, spending over 1000 points. Now, this Energy Stone could barely make up for the loss.
"Let’s go! With this BOSS dead, I too will leave Thornbush City and head back to my own city," Dugu Lengcang said with a lazy smile. "The city I bought is in the east of the continent, named Lonely City. Feel free to visit if you have time."
"I’ll definitely visit when I have the time!" Huang Yi nodded emphatically. He now owed Dugu Lengcang a favor; the latter could have chosen not to risk his life to help him fight the boss, but he did, and he didn’t even take any of the loot that the boss dropped. That was simply lending a hand without asking for anything in return.
The two turned around and walked back towards Thornbush City, their figures gradually disappearing into the vast night.
In the forest, only the bright moonlight remained, quietly shining down on a massive corpse.
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After writing yesterday’s Chapter about the Plague, some readers expressed confusion, suggesting that the combination of the Plague and "Legal Protection" had become a bug, making the protagonist invincible. However, that is not the case. As emphasized many times in previous text, "Legal Protection" allows the protagonist to suffer only the highest 10 damages per second, and note the word "highest." This means that if the protagonist suffers greater damage, "Legal Protection" prioritizes the higher damage. For example, within one second, if Huang Yi is attacked 100 times, with 90 of those attacks causing 1 point of damage and the remaining 10 causing 1000 points each, then his "Legal Protection" only counters the ten 1000-point damages, granting immunity to the ninety 1-point damages. Essentially, he would sustain whichever damage is higher, exempting all others after the top ten highest damages.
Some friends also pointed out that the Plague rune seemed unreasonable; let me explain that as well. It has already been said at the auction that the Plague rune is a flawed rune. After being modified by Longwen, it changed significantly from the original Plague, meaning that it now causes the enemy to suffer damage equal to 10% of the attacker’s damage per second, and only for 10 seconds. Afterward, antibodies form, and a second infection is not possible. From the perspective of the populace of The Second World, this rune can only exist in this manner. If the Plague had not been modified and remained as strong as before, it would have run rampant again, destroying everything, and people would never have allowed such a thing to exist. Longwen, a top-level rune master, would have been hunted down by everyone on the continent. Only after the improvement, eliminating the Plague’s contagious nature, could it exist. And only a genius like Longwen could reform the rune to its current state.
Furthermore, some readers have raised issues with the Eye of Time and Tower of Pantheons, although these have been written about previously in the book, I’ll clarify them here once more. 1) The Eye of Time cannot see through players’ future proactive actions, only the system’s future proactive actions. 2) It’s easy for the Eye of Time to view the past, but seeing the future is difficult, and it can only see commands arranged by the system a few seconds ahead. 3) The Tower of Pantheons is a mysterious realm with different rules; there are no penalties for dying there, so there’s no level decrease and no reincarnation, which means one can repeatedly die to figure out the boss’s tactics. 4) Such mysterious realms as the Tower of Pantheons are actually instances, separate from the rules of the outside world. Players need the system to temporarily load an instance to enter it, meaning if nobody goes to the Tower of Pantheons, the tower essentially doesn’t have a single room. And at the moment of loading, whatever items the boss will drop have already been randomized (this is also the principle behind instance programming in most online games these days. So next time when you play a game and the instance does not drop good items, just direct your anger at the first player who entered; from the moment they entered, the instance’s loot was set). Therefore, when Huang Yi uses the Eye of Time to see the boss’s drops, it’s like viewing something that has already happened.
I actually put a lot of thought into writing, ensuring there are no bugs before beginning. If during the process of reading the book, you come across something that seems like a bug, I invite you to carefully review some of the previous settings, or ask me. If I see it, I will answer you. Thank you all! Of course, the thinking of one person is limited. Sometimes I may not have considered everything thoroughly, and some bugs might still exist. Your feedback is welcome, thank you!
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