[Stone Giant]
Type: Bronze Rank BOSS
Level: 8
HP: 180000
Attack Power: 1644
Magic Strength: 950
Defense: 1200
Skills: Stone Camouflage, Stone Throw, Falling Stones, Rock Volley, Boulder Charge.
Description: The boss of the Mossy Stone Forest.
"A Bronze Rank BOSS, just as I wished!"
Lin Chen retreated, quickly drawing his longbow.
Within the Myriad Heavens Game, BOSS ranks are categorized the same as equipment above White Rank:
Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Starfall, Legendary, Epic, Mythical!
Since the opponent is a Bronze Rank BOSS, it means it will drop at least Bronze Rank equipment.
Furthermore, due to it being a First Kill, there is a certain chance of dropping items exceeding the monster's rank.
In the blink of an eye, a Double Shot was fired!
The Stone Giant roared and charged toward Lin Chen.
Boom!
It took large strides, kicking up a small gale as it moved, causing the surrounding stone trees to tremble slightly.
This monster's speed completely overwhelmed Lin Chen!
Hiss! Hiss!
-1007
-1007
The sound of arrows piercing its body rang out, and two True Damage numbers appeared above the BOSS's head.
At the same time, the powerful attack damage slightly hindered the monster's body.
This time, Lin Chen was no longer as careless as before.
He began maneuvering, sidestepping, and rushing under the nearest stone tree, using it to block the BOSS's attack.
Just as he finished his movement, the Stone Giant's attack arrived, its tall, heavy rock body slamming fiercely into the stone tree in front of Lin Chen.
Boom!
Rocks flew everywhere!
"Rapid Fire!"
Lin Chen retreated backward, activating the Attack Speed Buff skill, using the terrain to kite while attacking (walk-A).
The Stone Giant's attacks were wide and sweeping; every hit could deal at least 1600 damage to Lin Chen.
But Lin Chen hit it more frequently because the target was too large and obvious.
This meant Lin Chen didn't have to worry about accuracy; every shot fired was effective output.
Ten seconds later, the Stone Giant suddenly raised its hand, and amidst intertwining magic power, a skill was released: Falling Stones!
Rumble!
-805
-804
...A rain of falling stones smashed down, causing Lin Chen to lose several thousand HP.
This must be a magic-based skill, calculated according to Magic Strength, otherwise Lin Chen would have lost even more HP.
Lin Chen wasn't flustered; he calmly maneuvered, kited, and maintained continuous output.
He knew well that a wide-area skill like Falling Stones must have a long cooldown, so he just needed to maintain his attack rhythm.
Soon, Lin Chen's attacks on the BOSS reached ten stacks, and a prompt sounded:
[You have stacked ten Marks of Life on the Stone Giant and entered the Wrath of Life state. Attack Power and Magic Strength +5000!]
Instantly, a faint bloody light emerged from Lin Chen's body, and he felt filled with power.
This was the second effect of Wrath of Life!
An Archer with Blood Rage, are you scared yet?
Originally, Lin Chen considered using the "Replication Replacement" effect of his talent if the BOSS was too strong, to elevate his class and gain stronger combat power.
Now it seemed completely unnecessary. In the Wrath of Life state, he could deal 4000+ damage per hit. Killing the BOSS wouldn't be an issue, so there was no need to waste replication uses.
The most abnormal ability of God-Tier Replication is directly replicating items; increasing the item rank is just a secondary effect, which is why it has a limit.
Archer is a basic F-Rank Class. Elevating it to the limit would definitely require multiple replication enhancements. It would be more worthwhile to do so when he finds a high-rank class.
The battle continued!
Both sides' HP continued to decrease!
Lin Chen kited (walk-A) and maneuvered toward areas where the stone trees were densest.
Compared to the Stone Giant's massive body, his figure was much smaller, allowing him to use the terrain to obstruct the Stone Giant and facilitate kiting.
Lin Chen's hit count gradually decreased, and his HP loss rate was far lower than the BOSS's.
Boom! Boom!
As its HP drained, the Stone Giant sensed danger and intensified its attacks.
Soon, Lin Chen had just over 70,000 HP remaining.
Yet, he remained calm, because the Stone Giant had lost much more HP and had less than 30,000 left.
The Stone Giant's attack rhythm began to reveal urgency.
Lin Chen easily kept the opponent entangled.
"Roar!"
As its HP bottomed out, the Stone Giant swung both arms continuously, throwing rocks at Lin Chen like raindrops.
This time, Lin Chen neither dodged nor avoided; he concentrated, drew his bow, and the condensed arrows flew through the air!
Double Hit + Normal Attack + Armor-Piercing Arrow combination!
Boom!
Lin Chen was struck repeatedly by the rocks imbued with enormous force, and his HP plummeted!
However, the BOSS, struck by the arrows, let out a cry of pain and immediately collapsed.
Crash!
Accompanied by a dull impact sound, the Stone Giant turned into a corpse.
[You have killed the Level 8 Bronze Rank BOSS Stone Giant. EXP +160,000, Reputation +800, Survival Points +710.]
[Congratulations! You have completed the first BOSS First Kill and received a special reward: Free Attribute Points +100, and 1x Level-Agnostic Weapon Selection Chest (Random Rank)!]
[Congratulations, you have leveled up!]
[Congratulations, you have leveled up!]
...Killing the BOSS solo, coupled with the Level-Skip Bonus, earned Lin Chen 160,000 EXP.
The leveling light flashed repeatedly; he consecutively leveled up 3 times, reaching Level 8.
Just as he predicted, the first BOSS First Kill came with special rewards!
Following this, an announcement rang out, reverberating across Dimensional World No. 1 and even all Dimensional Worlds:
[All-Dimensional Announcement: Congratulations to Dragon Country Player 'Peerless Dust' from Dimensional World No. 1 for achieving the first BOSS First Kill, receiving a special reward. This is hereby announced!]
The announcement sounded, shaking the hearts of all!
"It's actually an All-Dimensional Announcement. It looks like players in other Dimensional Worlds will know about this too..."
Lin Chen could imagine the disbelief of those people.
Immediately, he walked over to the Stone Giant's corpse and picked up the loot:
[You obtained 40x Silver Coin, 7x Equipment, 1x Primary Energy Stone, 12x Defective Energy Stone.]
"The haul is a bit small..."
Compared to the special reward for the First Kill, the BOSS's own drops were somewhat underwhelming.
Lin Chen opened his inventory. The most prominent item was a chest radiating colorful brilliance—the Weapon Selection Chest.
He wasn't in a hurry to open the chest. He first looked through the equipment dropped by the BOSS and found two usable items.
The rest were either unsuitable or White Rank junk; he genuinely wasn't interested.
Finally, there was the Weapon Selection Chest.
[Level-Agnostic Weapon Selection Chest]
Type: Chest
Effect 1: Upon opening, you can freely select the weapon type. The resulting weapon will match the selected type.
Effect 2: The obtained weapon has no level requirement, and its rank is random. The higher the rank, the harder it is to acquire, with the highest possible rank being Mythical Weapon.
Description: A weapon chest prepared specifically for the elites among adventurers. Good luck!
"The limit is Mythical Rank. Can I use Replication Enhancement on it?"
Lin Chen tried to use Replication Enhancement on the chest.
[Target has no rank classification. God-Tier Characteristic cannot take effect. Do you wish to proceed?]
Lin Chen could only choose no.
Since he couldn't enhance the rank, replication was pointless. He decided to open the chest immediately.
"I hope my luck isn't too bad."
Lin Chen selected the chest and opened it.
[Please select weapon type.]
"Longbow!"
[Type selected. Opening chest...]
[Congratulations, you have obtained the Platinum Rank weapon 'Flowing Shadow Bow'!]
Only Platinum Rank?
Lin Chen was instantly displeased.
This was a chest that could yield up to a Mythical Weapon; did they think a Platinum Rank item was enough to satisfy him?
"Heh, God-Tier Replication, enhance it for me!"
Lin Chen's eyes sharpened, and he activated his talent!
[Please select the replication target or target carrier.]
"Target: Flowing Shadow Bow!"
[Please select Direct Replication or Replication Replacement.]
"Replication Replacement!"
[Consuming one Direct Replication to activate Replication Replacement, consumption is halved. Current remaining Replication Replacement uses: 1!]
[God-Tier Characteristic takes effect. Replicated item rank +1. You obtained the Diamond Rank 'Flowing Shadow Bow'!]
"Continue!"
[Consuming one Replication Replacement. Current remaining Replication Replacement uses: 0!]
[Replication Replacement successful!]
[God-Tier Characteristic takes effect. Replicated item rank +2. You obtained the Legendary Rank 'Flowing Shadow Bow'!]
...[Replication Replacement successful!]
[God-Tier Characteristic takes effect. Replicated item rank +1. You obtained the Mythical Rank equipment 'shadowless bow'!]
[Target has reached maximum quality and cannot be enhanced further!]
Lin Chen consumed two Direct Replications, activating Replication Replacement a total of four times.
During the process, there was one instance of a Rank +2 enhancement, ultimately forcing the Platinum Rank Flowing Shadow Bow to be enhanced into the Mythical Rank "shadowless bow"!