Ring Upgrade

I opened my Tian Mu to observe the current situation.

Name: Gravedigger Old Dick

Description: This house, surrounded by death qi, is continuously strengthening the undead Old Dick. To interrupt his leveling process, you need to get him out of the house as soon as possible, the farther the better!

Note: You know the restrictions of fighting monsters above your level; you don't want to fight a BOSS 11 levels higher, do you?

Remaining time: 03:58

Yang Jian's brow twitched violently. It seemed that this countdown meant that in nearly four minutes, this guy would reach level 22?

Once the level suppression rule took effect, Yang Jian estimated he would only be able to run away!

Yang Jian immediately ordered Little Boar to use Taunt!

Once Little Boar attracted the BOSS's aggro, he immediately ran out of the house.

It proved that the BOSS could be lured away.

After all, Little Sea Turtle had done it once just now.

And this time, Yang Jian used the same trick again, successfully luring the BOSS to the doorway.

Unfortunately, as soon as he exited the door, the BOSS seemed to trigger some mechanism.

He raised his hand again, summoned ten undead monsters, and tried to run back into the house!

Yang Jian frowned, concentrated fire, and killed all the summoned wild monsters.

Then he arranged for Little Sea Turtle to take over taunting the BOSS.

This time, Yang Jian attacked while quickly following up.

When they reached the doorway again, the BOSS raised his hand, intending to summon. Yang Jian followed up, stood behind the BOSS, and gave him a kick!

The BOSS stumbled, fell out of the house, and landed face-first... Gravedigger Old Dick was originally an old man from Nightshade Town. Due to his old age and declining health, he took on this grave-keeping job.

He couldn't compare to the tall and burly Yang Jian. It was a planned attack against an unsuspecting target.

Coupled with Yang Jian's shamelessness, resorting to sneak attacks from behind... he suffered a great loss!

Yang Jian quickly went out and then closed the door... This kick opened the door to a New World.

Because just now, he clearly interrupted the BOSS's summoning spell!

Yang Jian never expected that he could interrupt spellcasting without using a skill... Although there was an element of luck this time, it was undeniably a reliable method.

When he had time, he could thoroughly research this technique!

Perhaps that blow from behind left too deep an impression on the BOSS.

Now, Old Dick ignored the two pets desperately taunting him and charged at Yang Jian with red eyes.

Gravedigger, Old Dick, LV21 (Evolution process interrupted)

Undead, Bronze-level (Evolution process interrupted)

Current status: Enraged

Yang Jian was momentarily unsure whether to be happy or sad... Since things had come to this, he could only make the best of a bad situation and use this BOSS to practice the kiting technique mentioned in the novel.

Fortunately, Yang Jian's agility was high enough, and his speed was fast enough, so he wasn't worried about being caught by this BOSS.

Current low-level BOSSes don't have many ranged attack methods!

It took Yang Jian a total of one hour to go from unfamiliar to proficient with the kiting technique!

In one hour, he still couldn't kill the gravedigger... because Yang Jian was not yet very skilled at the kiting technique.

The output efficiency was definitely not as good as standing still and attacking, where he could focus solely on hitting him... "Finally, I'm free..."

With Old Dick's sigh, Yang Jian's quest panel showed the quest completed!

Thank heavens, this guy finally died!

Before looting the spoils, he had to first confirm whether to use the 'Specified Loot' skill... Of course, he used it!

After all, the map was larger now, and he wouldn't encounter a BOSS for a long time, so finding an opportunity to use the 'Specified Loot' skill wasn't easy!

The surroundings were safe. With the skill activated, he first looted the BOSS's drops.

Three purple-grade items, six blue-grade items, eight blue-grade materials of various types, fourteen green-grade materials, and too many gray-grade ones to count... He clearly saw the dropped items, but unfortunately, all the equipment required level twenty to equip!

Then he looked at the 'Specified Loot' option.

He prioritized pulling the drop list to the last page.

It was somewhat unexpected, yet within reason.

There was no guild token, no dungeon stone, and not even a dungeon upgrade stone!

Helpless, he could only start looking from the beginning!

Soon, Yang Jian's gaze was drawn to a skill book.

Skill Book: Enhanced Tame Beast!

Skill Description: Greatly increases the success rate of Tame Beast. Tame Beast is no longer restricted by the level difference between both parties!

Without another word, Yang Jian directly specified this item as a drop.

Instantly, a skill book dropped into Yang Jian's hand.

Clicking 'Learn', Yang Jian immediately learned this passive skill!

He wouldn't even complain about the original Tame Beast skill failing; it could also only Tame Beasts of the same level as himself at most.

And Yang Jian, relying on his talent advantage, would probably spend most of his time with wild monsters ten levels higher than himself.

If he encountered a promising talent but couldn't tame it, wouldn't that be a headache?

The arrival of this skill perfectly filled this shortcoming for Yang Jian!

After clearing the battlefield, Yang Jian went back into the house for another look.

Not bad, there was also a Bronze-level chest.

He opened it and picked up over ten items: one purple-grade accessory, and the rest were various materials like cloth, leather, and ores.

Will of the Undead (Purple)

Equipment Level: 20

Accessory

Stamina + 30

Use: Removes all control effects, such as stun, freeze, slow, blind, etc.!

Good stuff. Besides being a bit high-level and currently unequipable, there were no other issues!

Yang Jian's offense and defense were impeccable now. Although his HP was still a bit low, making him not truly invincible.

But he was far ahead of the main group, so he didn't have to worry about being targeted by others in the short term.

After handling the scene, Yang Jian finally saw a message notification that Zhou Yue had sent him an email half an hour ago.

In this remote wilderness, there was no way to receive an email even if it was sent!

Checking the time, he had departed Zhenhai City before dark and arrived at Nightshade Town at 8:30 PM!

After defeating the BOSS, it was just past midnight.

However, the night in Nightshade Town was even darker than elsewhere, and Yang Jian felt a bit apprehensive.

Maybe he should just turn in the quest and leave decisively!

Back in town, except for the patrolling night watchmen, the entire town was quiet.

It seemed the situation where 'true NPCs' took turns on night duty was only limited to Newbie Village?

He asked a patrolling guard, and the town chief had gone home to rest... Yang Jian was not a stubborn person who would insist on waking someone up to redo their sleep.

After all, he still needed their help!

He simply decided to go out and find a place to continue leveling up.

He checked the level rankings.

First place: Tianmu Zhenjun, Level 11 97%, Class: Hunter, Guild: Star Palace (Guild Master).

Second place: Yueyin Qingya, Level 10 48%, Class: Mage, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Master).

Third place: King Arthur, Level 10 1%, Class: Mage.

Fourth place: Thousand Years of White Clouds, Level 10 1%, Class: Sky Ranger, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Master).

Fifth place: Laurence Rost, Level 9 78%, Class: Warrior.

Sixth place: Templar Knight Borg, Level 9 62%, Class: Paladin.

Seventh place: Bi Luo Jing Feng Yu, Level 9 54%, Class: Daoist.

Eighth place: GOAT, Level 9 35%, Class: Priest.

Ninth place: Bettina Sanchez, Level 9 35%, Class: Hunter.

Tenth place: Xia Yuan Weiguang, Level 9 23%, Class: Paladin, Guild: Star Palace.

Eleventh place: Xia Jingruohua, Level 9 20%, Class: Mage, Guild: Star Palace... Very good, he saw many familiar names again, and quite a few acquaintances had dropped down.

He needed to maintain his lead. During the Blood Moon period, he couldn't just wait around here!

As Yang Jian was about to leave, he was stopped by a night watchman on duty at the door.

"Hey, adventurer, where are you going?"

"To level up! Everyone else has gone to sleep. It's not right for me to just wait here alone! I'll come back when it's light!"

The night watchman hesitated upon hearing this.

"What's wrong?"

"It's not safe outside..."

Yang Jian: ...I know it's not safe. If it were truly safe, where would I go to fight monsters?

"Uh, I'm quite confident in my own strength. Otherwise, I wouldn't have completed the task your town chief gave me so quickly!"

"I'm not talking about those wild monsters..."

Hmm? Is there a hidden quest?

"About six or seven days ago, during a Blood Moon night, a wandering monster suddenly appeared. It was very strong, could blend into the night, and was extremely cunning, specifically targeting lone individuals! When our large group went out, we couldn't find it, but if we went out alone, we were easily ambushed by it..."

This made Yang Jian even more interested!

"Who is it?"

"I don't know! No one has seen it... or rather, those who have seen it are dead!"

"Don't worry, I am also a member of the City Defense Army. For the safety and stability of the town, it is our bounden duty!"

This... the guard was stunned. Could there really be such a pure person?

"Then, then I'll arrange another city defense mission for you! As a centurion, I only have this much authority!"

Nightshade Town Patrol

Description: Nighttime Nightshade Town is even more terrifying than daytime. There are assassins lurking in the shadows in the wilderness. If you find any information about it, please report it to the night watchman immediately!

Quest Reward: Basic Reward, EXP + 1000, City Defense Army Points + 2

He checked his current City Defense Army points, which were 27.

As long as he completed quests to repel various beasts and factions within Zhenhai City, he would earn City Defense Army points.

However, if it wasn't a specialized city defense quest, each quest only gave one point.

A professional patrol quest like this, issued by a centurion, even if there were no gains, still gave two points, which was quite good!

After accepting the quest, Yang Jian went to the mailbox to retrieve the email Zhou Yue had sent him.

Congratulations! You have obtained Wisteria Wood (Green) x 5, Cat's Eye Gem (Green) x 3, Carnelian (Green) x 5.

This... this is the bond between Children of Destiny!

Yang Jian: Thank you, great one. You'll be eighteen forever... Zhou Yue: ... Yang Jian: Where did these come from? I see only four people have reached level ten so far?

Zhou Yue: I went out to fight monsters tonight, and as I was thinking about where to gather these materials for you, they just dropped on their own... Yang Jian: ...Red talent, how terrifying!

So, I have nothing in common with you cheat-like players!

He quickly fed the materials to the ring. A flash of light, and the ring on his hand had already transformed greatly.

malorne's oath of loyalty (Green)

Finger: Ring

All Attributes + 5

Skill: Travel Form (Land, Water, Movement Speed increased by 80%)

Note: A demigod artifact made from a shed antler of the Wild God Malorne, once gifted to his second son, then lost and damaged.

Repair Requirements

Condition One: Collect Souls (0 / 1000), required soul level not lower than host level.

Condition Two: Wildsteel Flower (Green) 0 / 20, Royal Blood Grass (Green) 0 / 20, Silverlight Fruit (Blue) 0 / 10, Blood Mother Stone (Blue) 0 / 10

Condition Three: Silver BOSS Soul 0 / 1

Bound, cannot be dropped, cannot be traded

Very good, now not only was the Travel Form faster, but he could also go underwater!

The water system leading directly to Zhenhai City was extremely developed. If he could move even faster in the water, the possibilities for maneuverability would be greatly increased!

He just didn't know at what level this ring would allow him to fly...