Chapter 43: Quickly Sweep the Dungeon!

Although Li Shuyai was the first boss in the dungeon, the usual rule that the first appearing boss was the weakest seemed to be overturned here.

A Bronze-tier boss, his HP was only 332,000, but coupled with the skill [Necromancer’s Power], Li Shuyai’s real combat strength was by no means inferior to a normal Silver-tier boss, perhaps even stronger.

With 100% lifesteal and 100% attack speed, most Silver bosses wouldn’t dare to engage him in a stand-up fight.

Hongsha Liusu’s main strategy to clear this floor relied on two ranged DPS kiting specialists in her team, dragging the fight for nearly twenty minutes to wear down the boss. In fact, other teams that cleared it also used this tactic.

Although [Necromancer’s Power] is very strong, it’s useless against archers and other ranged kiting classes.

“Watch out for his charge; cooldown is 60 seconds,” Hongsha Liusu warned.

Jiang Chen shot while using his pet Little Lava to help with crowd control, sidestepping the boss’s [Heavy Sword Charge] and silently counting down its cooldown.

Charge skills are the biggest threat to ranged classes; Hongsha Liusu’s timely reminder saved him from having to figure out the cooldown on his own, making the fight much easier.

“A mountain of loyal bones lies buried everywhere; no need to wrap the corpse in horsehide!”

“The Tianchao Empire will last forever!”

Li Shuyai roared fiercely, his heavy sword planted before him as he activated his skill [Soldier’s Valor]. Immediately, he gained buffs: +20% Physical Resistance, +20% Attack Power, +20% Movement Speed.

The effect was very powerful, but a 20% movement speed boost was nothing compared to Jiang Chen’s nearly maxed agility build.

“Frost Infusion!”

To make the fight easier, Jiang Chen switched the elemental mode of his arrows.

The [Frost Infusion] skill released bone-chilling cold that slowed enemies’ movement speed by 20%, a perfect choice for kiting.

“Shu shu shu…”

The longbow sang, icy crystal arrows firing in rapid succession.

Layer upon layer of frost coated Li Shuyai, and his movement was, as the saying goes, “walking on thin ice.”

Jiang Chen’s attack speed was extremely fast, nearly three shots per second. Such a ridiculously high attack speed combined with heavy damage made the boss miserable; its health visibly drained.

It could not get close to Jiang Chen at all, and Jiang Chen consciously kept track of the cooldown on [Heavy Sword Charge], preventing it from ever being used effectively.

Two minutes later, the boss fell to the ground full of resentment, its body quickly decaying until only a skeleton remained.

A white light simultaneously escaped from it, seemingly its soul; Jiang Chen vaguely felt a sense of gratitude transmitted from it…

“Aren’t you going to loot the corpse?”

Just as Jiang Chen was about to enter the second floor, Hongsha Liusu asked, “Ordinary monsters in the dungeon don’t drop equipment or items, but bosses are different. Although their drop rates aren’t as high as field bosses, they still drop some things.”

There’s such a thing?

One who hadn’t studied the dungeon rules carefully sighed in frustration, then happily started looting.

“Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained loot: Military Register…”

“Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained loot: Skeleton…”

“Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained loot: 93 silver coins, triggered [Hundredfold Reward] effect, you finally received 93 gold coins.”

“Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained loot: Standard Heavy Sword (Bronze), triggered [Hundredfold Reward] effect, upgraded to Silver Light Heavy Sword (Silver).”

The [Silver Light Heavy Sword] is a level 15 top-quality silver-tier weapon, +120 Attack Power, +10 Strength.

Its base stats are comparable to Jiang Chen’s Wind Spirit weapon; among silver-tier weapons, this is definitely top-notch.

“Lone Ranger, do you have any equipment you don’t need? How about selling it to me?”

Hongsha Liusu stepped forward and asked.

Now was the time all players were rushing the dungeon, and everyone was desperate for high-quality gear. Hongsha’s guild was wealthy and needed many high-end items.

Jiang Chen’s backpack had quite a few items, 87 in total, all dropped while farming maps.

78 pieces of bronze equipment, 9 silver-tier weapons, and 25 silver skill books.

The drop rate in Hope World wasn’t high. Even Jiang Chen, a farming maniac, hadn’t gotten more gear.

“Look through and pick what you like.” Jiang Chen tossed all the equipment and skill books out.

“Oh my god~”

Hongsha Liusu couldn’t believe her eyes. Her mouth opened wide, and her chest heaved visibly. Dozens of these pieces were bronze tier, and there were even 9 silver-tier weapons!

Not only that, but 25 skill books were silver-level — had the Lone Ranger found a printing factory or what?

Currently, in Hongsha’s guild, elite players only had blue-level skills by default; silver-level skills were owned by only one or two players out of tens of thousands.

Silver-level skills have very high caps, almost the highest early-game standard, able to raise a player’s strength by a huge margin.

“I’ll take them all!”

Hongsha Liusu asked eagerly, “Can I buy the whole lot?”

Although she was the guild leader of a big guild, to Jiang Chen, she seemed like a naïve girl who had never seen the “world.” White and silver gear were nothing special…

If other players heard this, they’d probably curse nonstop.

Jiang Chen was clearly a well-fed man unaware of the hungry’s hunger — most players hadn’t even fully popularized bronze gear yet; there were plenty of players still wearing basic white gear.

“Bronze equipment is 10 gold each, silver weapons 350 gold each, total 3,930 gold.”

With players leveling up, bronze gear wasn’t that rare anymore, so the price had dropped sharply.

Silver weapons were sought after by elite players, and since the dungeon just opened, their price was still quite high.

350 gold is equivalent to 175,000 yuan, not a small amount.

Hongsha Liusu’s pricing was very reasonable, slightly above market price. She was young but had sharp eyes.

“Silver skill books, how about 150,000 each?”

That’s a very good price; Jiang Chen agreed.

Final transaction price: 5,715,000 yuan.

Jiang Chen still had 6,218 gold coins on him, which would bring another three million after selling offline.

In other words, in just a few hours in the main city, he had already earned nearly ten million…