BXBX NOVEL Chapter 236 - 236: Ghostly Leather Armor
Boom-
With a muffled sound, the energy cluster in the shape of fangs exploded under the feet of the Necromancer Witch, causing more than eighty points of damage to float above her head. At this point, the witch’s vitality points had already dropped below one hundred, and her body was practically invisible due to its transparency, even as she floated and moved slowly near the ground.
How could they let such a piece of fat meat escape when it was so close to their mouths?
Song Jian charged towards the Necromancer Witch while running and pulled out the “Flame Skeleton Repeating Crossbow” from his offhand slot, aimed at the silhouette of the witch’s back, and pulled the trigger.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
Three flaming crossbow bolts were fired at the Necromancer Witch’s back, hitting the escaping transparent figure.
Crackle, crackle, crackle-
Three bursts of fire sparked on the witch’s back, and the nearly transparent Necromancer Witch seemed to explode like fireworks, her wails echoing in the corridor for a long time.
System: Your experience points are full, your level has been upgraded to Lv. 12, and you have gained one skill point.
After killing the Necromancer Witch, Song Jian gained a large amount of experience points, which fulfilled his level upgrade requirement, going from level eleven to twelve. He glanced at the skill bar and saw that the proficiency of all the active skills hadn’t been maxed; even if he practiced them continuously, the skills still took a long time to improve. The fastest among them was the “Earth Teeth Assault,” with 87% proficiency, while the others ranged from 20% to 30%.
After some thought, Song Jian used the skill point to upgrade his talent skill “Thick Skin” to level nine. In battle, Song Jian was not afraid of enemies with high attack power but rather the countless negative effects they could inflict, making “Thick Skin” the perfect skill to counter such attacks.
Tinkle, tinkle, clang-
Several items fell from the sky, making a crisp sound, and one of them gleamed with a silver light so intense that it almost illuminated the entire corridor.
“Silver quality?” Song Jian’s eyes lit up, and he sped up even more to reach the pile of loot, grabbing the silver-quality item.
“Ghostly Leather Armor (Silver), upper body armor; Equipment effect: Physical defense +10, magical resistance +8, damage +25, strength +5, constitution +2, + 5% damage bonus against monsters;, Special effect 1: When taking damage, there’s a chance to trigger the skill ‘Void.’ Void (Passive): Immunity to the damage from the current hit, reducing the damage taken from the next hit by 50%; this skill can only be triggered once every 60 seconds, Special effect 2: Shadow (Passive): Reducing your presence, making you less noticeable and reducing the detection range of monsters by 1 meter; during combat, the dodge rate gradually increases, up to a maximum of 30% dodge rate; equipment requirement: Level 15, Can it be taken out of the game: Yes.”
“As expected from silver quality equipment!” A satisfied smile appeared on Song Jian’s face; just based on the attributes, it was far better than the Zombie Overlord Set he currently had. Even if he lost the +3 Strength set attribute after changing, the Ghostly Leather Armor could still handle it and may even provide 2 additional points of strength attribute.
“Wearing this equipment would boost my attack power by at least 30%,” Song Jian thought to himself. However, since the armor required level fifteen to wear, it had to be stored in his backpack for the time being.
Of the remaining loot, there was an “Advanced Enhancement Stone” for enhancing any type of armor, and a “Vitality Stone” that increased vitality points recovery speed by 2% when equipped in the bag. In an emergency, it could be directly used to restore 300 vitality points, so it was quite a valuable item.
In addition, the Necromancer Witch had dropped a “Necromancer Crystal Core,” a level 5 forging material that required at least an expert-level Forge Art to use—obviously a good item.
“Not bad, it seems that hiring you to escort me to Kantelu Ruins was one of the wisest decisions I’ve made. *cough* One of them!”
With the danger gone, the Goblin merchant Canaan followed along; watching as Song Jian collected the spoils of battle, a hint of envy appeared on Canaan’s face.
However, being a Goblin merchant, silver-quality equipment may be rare but not unheard of. In his mind, only equipment with golden quality or above was the most precious; he had not even traded a golden quality item.
“A level 15 elite BOSS is no match for you. If you try your best, you might be able to defeat the level 20 elite BOSS. Do you want to give it a shot?” Canaan spoke in a soft voice: “There must be at least one gold-quality item in that treasure chest; if you don’t need it, you can sell it to me, I promise to give you a fair price!”
Song Jian glanced at Canaan and shook his head, saying, “If you dare to take on the BOSS’S attacks upfront, we might have a chance to kill it together. But with just me alone, haha!”
Although the Goblin merchant Canaan had no offensive capabilities, his defense was extremely strong. Song Jian estimated that even against a level 20 elite BOSS like the Ghostfire Beast, it would only take single-digit damage at most.
If Canaan was really willing to tank the BOSS in front, with the terrain advantage, they might have a high chance of taking down the Ghostfire Beast together;
With an indecisive expression, Canaan hesitated for a while before ultimately sighing and shaking his head, saying nothing more.
Song Jian looked at Canaan with a hint of contempt in his eyes. He wasn’t sure if all the members of the Goblin Clan were like this or if it was because Canaan was a merchant. Song Jian believed they would have an 80% chance of defeating the level 20 elite BOSS if they worked together. Moreover, Canaan himself had an acceleration skill, which would allow him to escape faster than Song Jian if necessary. Yet still, he didn’t want to join forces. This just showcased how much Canaan feared combat.
“Alright, let’s continue going forward,” said Song Jian.
Canaan sighed and seemed to feel a little embarrassed, walking forward with his head down.
On their journey, the pair encountered several traps and wiped out several waves of monsters. They had already mapped nearly half of the area when Canaan yawned and shook his head, saying, “Let’s rest here for a while. We have plenty of time; there’s no need to hurry.”
Song Jian nodded. Just as he was about to speak, a rumbling sound came from ahead, resembling large rocks scraping against the ground.
“Haha, let’s go, let’s go! We’re in luck!” Canaan heard the sound, and his spirits immediately lifted. He ran toward the sound with a joyful expression, Song Jian closely following behind him.
After running tens of meters along the corridor and turning several corners, they were suddenly met with a bright light shining in the dim passage. Both of them couldn’t help but squint and shield their eyes with their hands.
“Hurry up, hurry up! We only have a few minutes before the door closes!” Canaan shouted, running faster toward the light.
In no time, the two of them entered the light.
“What… what is this place? Could this be Kantelu Ruins?” Song Jian looked around in amazement. They had somehow arrived at a valley surrounded by towering mountains. In the valley, there was a forest, and next to it, an abandoned village with a huge stone pillar standing in front of it.
As Song Jian was astonished, the rumbling sound came again from behind. He turned to see two enormous rocks over ten meters high and more than a meter thick slowly closing together, blocking the entrance to the corridor they had just passed through.