[Prompt: You have slain the World BOSS Blade Cutter·Salka!]
[Prompt: You triggered the 10,000× Critical Hit effect!]
[Prompt: Your Reputation has increased by 100 million!]
[Prompt: You obtained 100 million kings medals!]
[Prompt: You obtained 100 blood soul crystal stones!]
[Prompt: You obtained 100 blueprints – Cutter's Blade (Epic Level)!]
[Prompt: You obtained 10,000 boss summoning cards!]
[Prompt: You obtained 10,000 Talent Books – Cutting (Extraordinary)!]
[Prompt: You obtained 1 Primal Force!]
[Prompt: Plunder successful! You triggered 10,000× Critical Hit! Your Vitality increased by 20 billion; your Spirit increased by 10 billion!]
The flood of prompts made Lin Bei dizzy.
But he had to admit that the rewards for killing a World BOSS were staggeringly rich.
First, he instantly gained 100 million Reputation and kings medals.
Second, he obtained plenty of useful items.
[blood soul crystal stone: a special item. Refine and absorb it to gain 10,000 Vitality and Spirit with zero side effects.]
He had received a hundred of them in one go; without hesitation he refined and absorbed them all.
[Prompt: You triggered the 10,000× Critical Hit effect!]
[Prompt: Your Vitality increased by 1 billion; your Spirit increased by 1 billion!]
[Prompt:...]
For some reason, every one of the hundred stones triggered the 10,000× Critical Hit.
In the end, the stones granted him a total of 10 billion Vitality and 10 billion Spirit!
Add the 20 billion Vitality and 10 billion Spirit plundered from the BOSS, and his stats had risen sharply since the start of the fight.
[Vitality: 166.9 billion (Epic Four-Star)]
[Spirit: 45.1 billion (Epic Three-Star)]
[Combat Power: 106 billion (Epic Three-Star)]
"Strange—when I killed Xue Yi he gave hundreds of billions in stats, yet this far stronger World BOSS only yielded 20 billion Vitality and 10 billion Spirit. That's pitiful."
Lin Bei frowned, puzzlement flashing in his eyes.
He muttered, "Could it be... the Plunder System gives different attribute ratios against different targets? In other words, only by killing other Survivors can I obtain the largest stat hauls?"
He roughly calculated the ratio: the difference between BOSSes and Survivors was about a hundredfold.
At equal Combat Power, killing a Survivor granted roughly a hundred times more stats than slaying a World BOSS.
"That gap is huge."
"It's practically forcing me to commit murder!"
Lin Bei grumbled inwardly.
Glancing at the gloomy-faced Blood War, he mused, "If I remember right, this guy at his peak had a full billion Combat Power. I'll quietly mark him; if he shows the slightest hostility later, I'll off him—Blood Spirit won't be able to complain."
With that thought, he stealthily cast Mark of Death on Blood War.
Even if the man used a Teleport item, Lin Bei could pursue through the mark and Execute him!
[boss summoning card: Epic item. Summons the remains of Blade Cutter Salka to fight for you (1 billion Combat Power) for two hours. Quantity: 10,000.]
Originally he would have received only one card, but the 10,000× Critical Hit gave him ten thousand.
With them he could summon ten thousand Epic fighters, each exceeding a billion Combat Power!
They lasted only two hours, yet their terrifying might could not be underestimated.
At a critical moment they could become a trump card that flipped the entire battle.
Besides, he had gained a Primal Force—an invaluable material for crafting Legendary gear.
Including this one, he now possessed two Primal Forces—enough to forge two Legendary items.
The only pity was his shortage of boundless star stones; crafting one piece of the Luck Set required one Primal Force plus a hundred boundless star stones.
He had also obtained 100 Epic blueprints; each could produce an Epic weapon called "Cutter's Blade" with explosive stats.
As for the 10,000 Talent Books, Lin Bei lost interest after a glance.
He already possessed the Cutting talent.
The books couldn't be stacked unless they could be fused into a higher-grade book that overrode his current talent.
Thus, although the quantity was huge, they were of little personal use.
"Still, they can be handed out as rewards, granting others the Extraordinary Cutting talent!"
"Talent's impact on strength is obvious."
"With talent bonuses my subordinates will grow far stronger."
"Xue Yi had the Extraordinary Cutting talent and was supposedly a key trainee of the Order Faction—proof that talented Survivors are extremely rare!"
"And I can now mass-produce ten thousand of them at will!"
"Setting aside actual strength, their potential alone will be off the charts!"
Lin Bei was thoroughly satisfied.
He glanced at the rotting chunks of flesh scattered across the special space; they were visibly dissolving into black mist that quickly dispersed.
"Even the BOSS's leftover flesh turns into black mist and Teleports away; some force must be reclaiming that residual power."
"No wonder my Plunder System could only harvest a pittance—that's the root cause!"
"Unfortunately, I lack the tech to store or Refine the energy in those chunks; otherwise a World BOSS would yield far more stats!"
"As always, mastering core technology is the key to rapid growth."
Lin Bei sighed, watching the black mist fade away.
But his face soon brightened again.
After all, this was merely the first World BOSS; he could kill many more!
If technology fell short, sheer quantity would make up for it!
Kill enough and his stats would rise all the same!
"Time's running short; I need to pick up the pace!"
Lin Bei left the special space and reappeared on the altar at the Abyss's edge, beginning to set crystals into the grooves to summon the second World BOSS.
But the moment he returned, a Red-armored Man with a hostile expression blocked his way.
It was the grim-faced Blood War.
Lin Bei raised a brow, delight rising within. "Could this guy be here to deliver me a warm gift?"