World chat channel opened
Both Yang Jian and the Xia sisters seemed to have incredibly high attack power.
In about ten minutes, the crab's health had already dropped by half.
Although their talents varied, they all boosted attack power.
Xia Mingwei's talent was a combination of offense and defense; while it didn't increase defense directly, it enhanced her sustainability, which was effectively the same as boosting defense.
However, they were still limited by their low levels and incomplete equipment.
The attack power of this giant crab was indeed a bit excessive, forcing Xia Mingwei to constantly flee.
Fortunately, the two others had strong enough attack power that if Xia Mingwei paused for a moment, they could pull the aggro back.
She would then sneak behind the crab and deal damage for two minutes, fully restoring her health, becoming a good fighter once more.
It was just that their team composition was suboptimal; if she had even one healer, she wouldn't have to move an inch while fighting this crab.
This was the power of purple talents... The three slowly adapted to the rhythm of the giant crab and were mentally prepared for its high attack.
They initially thought they could smoothly grind it down, but just as they relaxed a little, disaster struck!
"Giant Pincer Swing"
As soon as its health dropped below half, the crab began to use its skills.
Its two large pincers swung like swords, dealing a cleaving blow that instantly took away a third of Xia Mingwei's health.
-527, +145, +98
"Run!"
Xia Mingwei hadn't paid much attention initially, but hearing Yang Jian's shout, she turned and ran.
After all, they had been fighting this monster for over twenty minutes, and the three of them had already developed a certain synergy.
Why was its health dropping slower and slower?
Because Xia Mingruo was out of mana!
As a heavy mana user, she currently didn't have many intelligence-boosting equipment pieces.
Her weapon was still the Thorn Staff that Yang Jian had traded to her when she reached level five.
That item, if it were with the cheat Zhou Yue, she wouldn't even bother to look at it.
But it was genuinely top-tier equipment for their current stage.
What was currently limiting Xia Mingruo's explosive output was a lack of mana and a lack of skills!
Yang Jian felt that once these two problems were solved, his own output might not be able to match this little mage in the short term.
After all, mages, in any game, are known as mobile turrets.
Xia Mingruo even had critical hit chance and haste, leaving no room for others to breathe!
"I'm still taking damage!"
Xia Mingwei, jogging along, was a little panicked.
She checked her status while running.
Status: Tear, Bleeding.
Looking closer, she was losing 60 health per second, lasting for one minute.
This really startled Xia Mingruo.
60 health per second, for 60 seconds.
Who could withstand such constant health loss? This bleeding was far more ferocious than a period!
"What do we do?"
"Don't look back, keep running and step on Consecration!"
"How long will it take for my sister to clear aggro like this?"
"Just worry about staying alive! Stop chatting, hurry up and increase your attack speed!"
Yang Jian put more effort into his output; now he only had these few skills, so there was no talk of a skill rotation or anything like that!
Half an hour later, as its health dropped to zero, Xia Mingwei also collapsed to the ground with the Boss.
"I'm telling you, I might as well have let this Boss kill me earlier..."
Xia Mingwei spoke weakly, truly exhausted!
It was only because this body was game-ified; if this were outside, let alone running for nearly an hour.
She wouldn't even last ten minutes!
"Both of your talents are quite good, try not to die!"
Xia Mingruo was a bit confused.
"What does having good talents have to do with trying not to die?"
"You'll understand later!"
Yang Jian's answer was very pretentious, but the truth was, he himself wasn't sure why it was important to avoid meeting the angel sister.
He could only use a high-sounding phrase to gloss over it.
"Ding, congratulations to your team for achieving the First Kill on the Level 8 Bronze-level Boss Beach Crab King. Would you like to hide your ID?"
"Don't hide it!"
A man of integrity doesn't change his name or surname. Anyway, he wasn't running around with a hidden ID, so why not take such a good opportunity to gain fame?
If his reputation grew, the studio would be able to attract more skilled talents to join in the future!
"Ding, Server Announcement! Players 'Tianmu Zhenjun, Xia Yuan Weiguang, Xia Jingruohua' have achieved the Server First Kill on the Bronze-level Boss Beach Crab King. Rewards: Major city reputation +100, Gold +1. This is hereby announced!"
"Ding, Server Announcement! Players 'Tianmu Zhenjun, Xia Yuan Weiguang, Xia Jingruohua' have achieved the Server First Kill on the Bronze-level Boss..."
"Ding, Server Announcement! ..."
Three consecutive server announcements virtually fried the players who had been battling late into the night!
"This crappy game, why isn't there a world channel? I want to curse them..."
"To be honest, me too..."
"Ding, Server Announcement! Player 'Yueyin Qingya' through unremitting effort, has reached Level Six on the first day of the game's launch, unlocking the World Chat Channel, Level Leaderboard, Equipment Leaderboard, Wealth Leaderboard..., and earning the title 'Pioneer'!"
"Ding, Server Announcement! Player 'Yueyin Qingya' through unremitting effort, has reached Level Six on the first day of the game's launch, ..."
"Ding, Server Announcement! Player ..."
Let alone others, Yang Jian was stunned.
He checked his own experience points.
He still needed over five thousand more to level up, and he was practically taking down regular monsters with ten Multi-Shots!
How did she level up so quickly?
Two consecutive server announcements caused nearly a third of the players still fighting in the wild to instantly die.
Nothing more than being too shocked to react in time, leading to being killed by monsters.
Southern Tomb Sword Master: This world channel costs money to speak? ...I just want to ask, where did you buy your hacks? Give me a link, I'll pay for it!
Seventh Heavenly King: The world's fourth-ranked guild "Seventh Heaven" has entered "salvation," sincerely recruiting players 'Tianmu Zhenjun, Yueyin Qingya, Xia...' What was that Xia's name again? Interested parties, M me!
Brother Nan: Can't even recognize the words, yet trying to recruit people?
Flower of Understanding: This game is so hard to play! Are there any big brothers who can carry me?
...Players who had been holding back for a long time finally got the world channel unlocked.
But something even more speechless came: speaking actually cost one silver coin per message, with a limit of one hundred characters!
They must have gone crazy for money!
The high fees couldn't stop the wealthy from their desire to express themselves.
Sakura First Sword Saint: People of Xia, you only managed to get so many server announcements by taking shortcuts. If I hadn't been unable to find the Boar King, this Boss should have been our First Kill!
King Arthur: The Newbie Villages are all separate. Tianmu Zhenjun of Xia, do you dare to choose the same main city and compete head-on?
Freedom of America: Hurry up and level up; there are already Level SixBig Bosss, still chatting?
Freedom of America: Big shot, do you want to join our Stanford family? Excellent benefits!
..."Their names are so straightforward!"
Xia Mingwei no longer lay on the ground; having rested enough, she sat up.
"Mr. Yang, so many people are sending you friend requests! Why aren't you responding to them?"
Yang Jian certainly had the money to chat, but there was no need, absolutely no need.
"Instead of spending that time on their idle chatter, it's better to go check the Boss's drops! We still need to hurry and turn in the quest!"
Xia Mingruo, having been scolded, could only grudgingly go check what good items the Boss had dropped.
Meanwhile, Xia Mingwei, after sitting on the ground for a while, said to Yang Jian.
"Mr. Yang, so many people are adding me as a friend!"
"You can set it to reject friend requests from strangers! That's how I set mine; otherwise, it would drive you crazy!"
The two sisters performed some operations, and then the world became quiet again.
"Sand Crab Defender (Purple)"
"Off-hand: Shield"
"Strength: +15"
"Stamina: +15"
"Equip: Increases your Defense Rating by 30 points"
This equipment was amazing!
No need to think, there was only one class on site that could equip a shield.
Yang Jian, without a word, gave it to the Paladin Xia Mingwei.
Equipped with the new shield, Xia Mingwei immediately became much stronger.
"Skill Book: Multi-Shot (Hunter)"
"Description: Fires an arrow that splits into three segments, dealing 70%, 80%, and 90% physical damage respectively!"
Why even look? Yang Jian immediately clicked to learn this skill!
For ordinary people, this skill would only slightly increase attack power.
But for Yang Jian, this truly meant he could now instantly kill ordinary monsters.
"Crab Killer's Medal (Blue)"
"Accessory"
"Intelligence +5"
"Mana Regeneration +3 every 5 seconds"
Looking at the little mage who was eagerly eyeing him, Yang Jian didn't tease her anymore.
He directly allocated the equipment to her.
All of these were under contract with the studio.
For now, people only thought this was an ordinary game, and even their accounts belonged to Yang Jian!
When the truth eventually came out, Yang Jian estimated he would already be powerful enough to reach another realm.