Qin Feng leaped into the well.
He noticed that the well wasn't deep, and there were protruding bricks along the sides that could be used to climb back up.
But once inside the well, he entered the tomb's domain.
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[You have arrived at the 'Tomb of Resentment'! Your remote communication will be blocked.]
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Qin Feng didn't mind.
When he reached the bottom of the well, a three-meter-wide passage appeared in front of him, dimly lit by faintly glowing stones on either side.
Maintaining his stealth, Qin Feng proceeded silently...
After advancing a hundred meters, Qin Feng saw a rotting, obese monster wielding a large machete guarding a dilapidated door.
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[Resentful Ghost (Lv12)]
[Grade: Gold]
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This BOSS stood over two meters tall, extremely burly, with two large, rusty machetes in its hands, and its entire body exuded a putrid aura, like a massive lump of decaying flesh.
This gatekeeping BOSS was the one that made An Yu and her team 'flee in panic'!
Qin Feng believed that knowing their personalities, they must have tried to take it on.
After all, they were equipped with gold gear and skills, so they wouldn't have run at first sight.
But clearly, they had failed in their attempt.
"Resentful Ghost..."
"I haven't encountered this BOSS much."
"But judging by its form, it should be a physical attacker with high attack power and range."
"Wang Meng couldn't withstand it?"
Qin Feng speculated a bit.
The equipment and skill books he sold didn't have much in terms of defense.
If Wang Meng's defense wasn't enough, he'd lose health too quickly under the BOSS's attacks, and even the strongest healer couldn't save him.
Of course, he wouldn't be one-shotted.
After all, Wang Meng's Holy Shield Battle had at least four to five thousand health now.
He probably got hit by the BOSS once, lost more than half his health, felt he couldn't hold on, and just ran...
However.
For Qin Feng, there was no need to consider whether he could withstand it.
Because...
"Gift of Liberation."
"Shadow Blink Slash."
Qin Feng activated the Gift of Liberation's active effect, gripped the Plague Blade, and burst into action!
The rotting mass of the Gold-level Resentful Ghost wielding two large machetes erupted with flashes of blade light!
-3987!
-13555 (Weak Point Attack)!
-3987!
...
A total of nine blade lights, each bringing up a damage number, appeared above the rotting behemoth's head.
Qin Feng glanced at it, slightly surprised.
"This BOSS has high defense!"
"My Subshadow skill is now Epic-level, with a stealth attack power of 535 points, much higher than before."
"Even against Platinum-level Land of Purification, a single Shadow Blink Slash can deal nearly 5000 damage now."
"But it only did less than four thousand to this fatty?"
Fortunately, it didn't matter much.
Now Qin Feng had almost all Epic-level skills, all stacked together, creating an explosive effect.
Epic-level skills against your Gold-level BOSS? It's like slicing through butter!
With one Shadow Blink Slash, Qin Feng maintained his stealth and retreated to a distance!
The BOSS had a total of about 120,000 health.
The 'laceration' damage from the Gift of Liberation triggered twice, killing the rampaging 'Resentful Ghost' on the spot!
A mass of rotting flesh exploded across the area, scattering everywhere.
Qin Feng remained in stealth, keeping a distance of over thirty meters from the BOSS's corpse.
Only after more than ten seconds did Qin Feng slowly approach...
He had suffered too many losses in his previous life, making him very cautious.
Some BOSSes would self-destruct after death, and many people had fallen victim to this, with some teams even being wiped out after finally defeating a BOSS, only for its corpse to explode, resulting in a total party kill!
The hard-earned loot would then be picked up by passing players...
"Greedy Hand."
Qin Feng activated Greedy Hand towards the Resentful Ghost's corpse.
A golden hand seemed to stretch out from the void, grabbing at the scattered flesh of the Resentful Ghost's corpse!
Immediately, five extra pieces of loot exploded out.
There were as many as seven beams of platinum light!
Among them, there was a skill book and a piece of equipment that Qin Feng could use.
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[Night Ring Blade (Platinum): Assassin-type skill. Imbue blades with dark power, dealing dark elemental damage to all enemies within 5 meters, adding 500 points of dark elemental attack. Cooldown 10 (5.7) seconds. Required level: 11]
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This is an elemental output skill for the Assassin class!
"My Shadow class has base attribute bonuses of 3, 3, 8, and 5 points."
"The spirit bonus is even higher than the strength bonus."
"So my base spell attack power is higher than my base physical attack."
"However, the Plague Blade is a common physical weapon, adding physical attack power."
"If I use the Plague Blade to cast a spell-assassin skill, the damage would be much lower..."
Still, this is an 11-level initial Platinum-level skill with a high additional attack!
"Let's evolve it to Epic-level and see."
Qin Feng issued the command.
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[You consumed 1+2+3 Evolution Points, leaving 36 points.]
[Night Ring Blade (Platinum→Emerald→Diamond→Epic): Deals dark elemental damage to all enemies within 5→7→9→12 meters, adding 500→750→1000→1300 points of dark elemental attack. Cooldown 10 (5.7) seconds. Required level: 11]
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After evolution, the skill's range expanded from 5 meters to 12 meters, a definite transformation!
And the additional attack increased from 500 points to 1300 points.
"Since it's an area attack, not a single-target attack, the additional attack isn't too strong."
"The total damage from a single cast is still less than Shadow Blink Slash..."
"But it's a godly skill for clearing mobs."
Although Shadow Blink Slash has a 5-meter slash range, it's ultimately a straight-line skill.
Often, it can't clear an entire area of mobs.
But 'Night Ring Blade' is different.
Dark elemental damage within a 12-meter radius around oneself, equivalent to a 24-meter diameter circular area!
If Qin Feng had learned this skill earlier, his speed in clearing the 'Land of Purification' would have been twice as fast!
After learning this skill, Qin Feng looked at the next piece of Platinum-level Assassin equipment.
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[Resentment Leather Armor (Platinum): Physical Defense +55, All Elemental Resistance +45. Damage Block +42, Health +777. Equipment Requirement: Level 12]
[Resentment: After being attacked, gain 30 points of base attack power.]
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Once he reaches level 12, Qin Feng can replace his level 5 Gold-level 'Ghostfire Leather Armor.'
The 'Resentment' effect may not be very useful, but it's better than nothing, especially since this leather armor has high base defense, resistance, and block.
As for the other loot dropped by the BOSS, there were about twenty items in total.
Selling them all would net over ten thousand days of life!
It's worth noting that killing this Gold-level BOSS 'Resentful Ghost' only granted about 1000 days of life, and even with five extra rewards from Greedy Hand, it only totaled 6300 days.
"I can enter the tomb now, hopefully, there's something good... getting a mount would be the best!"
Qin Feng approached the dilapidated stone door and pushed it open!
...
Meanwhile,
In Shell Town, Qin Xiaoyou was already feeling lost and desperate!