অধ্যায় একশ চল্লিশ: নতুন এক সপ্তাহ

archer's leveling speed is far too slow. Coupled with the fact that divine-forged equipment requires experience to consume, even with the experience bonus provided by the experience orb, he still couldn't keep up with the mages' leveling speed. On the level leaderboard, half of the top ten were mages. The group skills of mages cleared monsters way too fast, a speed that other classes simply could not match.

su yang was alone in the moon demon forest, lonely grinding minor monsters. he would have to wait until the troll chieftain reached level thirty before he could make a move on the moon demon king. judging by the current leveling speed, he would have to wait until monday.

throughout the weekend, su yang had immersed himself in the game. he frantically completed quests and killed monsters, finally bringing the troll lord to level thirty around eleven o'clock on sunday night.

it is worth mentioning that he participated in the arena every day, and both daily matches resulted in complete victories. currently, players on the points leaderboard basically had a record of all wins. the rankings on the list were determined by level, so su yang's name fell to the very bottom, but this didn't matter at all. since everyone had all-win records, the rewards were identical. he also went to the pet island, but he had been constantly fighting the troll lord. according to their prior agreement, he had to give the acquired troll souls to chu fei. keeping his promise, su yang gave all the surplus troll souls to chu fei, enabling chu fei to successfully summon a troll soul as well. of course, chu fei did not let su yang suffer a loss; he bought the troll souls from su yang with money. he always liked to do things this way, so su yang did not refuse.

the arena rewards would not be distributed until past midnight. taking advantage of the available time, su yang planned to go meet the moon demon king. the eight-star enhanced troll lord had reached level thirty and should be able to withstand the moon demon king for a short while.

with this idea in mind, su yang immediately took action. he recalled the troll lord, then sneaked into the moon demon cave, and only summoned the troll lord upon reaching the third floor of the moon demon cave.

[moon demon king] (purple-tier boss): level forty, magic attack eighteen hundred to twenty-five hundred, health points eight hundred thousand, physical defense eight hundred, magic defense eight hundred.

this was the attribute estimate su yang calculated for the moon demon king. even if there were some discrepancies, it would be very close.

[troll lord] (ultra-rare) +8: level thirty, attack nine hundred twenty-three to fifteen hundred eighty-five, health one hundred sixty-eight thousand two hundred seventy-two, physical defense eight hundred thirty-eight to fourteen hundred eighty-seven, magic defense seven hundred sixty-five to thirteen hundred twenty-six.

these were the attributes of the troll lord. its magic defense and health points were both very high, and it had eight skills, but exactly how long it could withstand the moon demon king still required some testing.

"troll, charge up!"

su yang immediately placed a hunting mark on the moon demon king, and the troll lord let out a low roar, then fiercely charged forward, aiming straight for the moon demon king.

"whoosh!"

a wave of black poisonous wind burst from the ground, sweeping across su yang and the troll lord on the spot, while shaving off a little over a thousand health points from both of them. the troll lord rushed to close the distance and immediately swung the iron hammer in its hand to smash toward the moon demon king, only for a huge "miss" to pop up, making su yang unable to bear looking at it.

"swish!"

su yang raised his bow and loosed an arrow. the arrow hit the moon demon king, but the "miss" number popping up above the moon demon king's head left su yang feeling utterly speechless. his accuracy attribute had already grown to fifteen points, but against a purple-tier boss like the moon demon king, it still appeared extremely strenuous; the hit rate was simply too low.

fortunately, su yang had gained ten levels compared to before, and his accuracy and agility attributes had each increased by two points. his accuracy attribute had now reached fifteen points. compared to the past, it was definitely much better, but even so, his hit rate still failed to reach fifty percent, and half of the arrows shot out were missed.

the troll lord had high health and thick defense, but facing a purple-tier boss like the moon demon king, it still appeared very fragile. its health of over one hundred sixty thousand could only sustain it for about five minutes. within these five minutes, su yang definitely could not kill the moon demon king; according to his estimation, it would take ten minutes.

the troll lord held off the moon demon king's attacks, and the moon demon king could not instantly kill su yang, so su yang successfully survived safely on the third floor of the moon demon cave. however, this situation only lasted for four or five minutes. after a little over four minutes, the troll lord's health was depleted, turning into a beam of light that vanished inside su yang's body. wanting to summon it again would require waiting ten minutes. without the troll lord tanking in front, su yang definitely couldn't hold his ground on the third floor of the moon demon cave. therefore, seeing the troll lord disappear, su yang immediately slipped away to the second floor. after exiting combat, he took out a town portal scroll to return to the city.

"still far off!" after returning to the city, su yang couldn't help but sigh aloud. now that even the troll lord couldn't hold out, the endeavor to hunt the moon demon king had to be suspended once again. once the troll lord reached level forty, there should be hope for success, but wanting to raise the troll lord to level forty would take at least two days.

"just wait another two days then." apart from this, there was no other way; he could only wait for the troll lord to reach level forty. a level forty troll lord should be able to hold out for ten minutes, and two days later su yang's own level would also have increased, which would likewise raise the success rate of hunting the moon demon king.

there was also another point: su yang had to strive to improve his own accuracy attribute. a hit rate that was too low was extremely fatal for an archer like him who relied on basic attacks for output; he had to get his hit rate up.

with nothing to do, su yang ran over to shui ling'er again, traded for the materials, and then set about crafting arrows.

when the time pointed to midnight, su yang received a system notification.

"congratulations on obtaining the top-tier arena reward. the reward has been sent to your inventory; please check it yourself."

su yang immediately checked his inventory, and sure enough, there was an extra purple gift bag inside. opening the gift bag immediately, the rewarded items were indeed very precious.

true qi flame x2
trace of earth x2
divine forge fragment x2
purification talisman x10
enhancement stone x100

true qi flames were used to arouse true qi. gathering thirty of them was required to arouse it, which could increase the accuracy attribute. traces of earth were used to arouse footprints, similarly requiring thirty to activate, which could increase the agility attribute. in the future, these true qi flames and traces of earth would inevitably become rare items.

he had harvested two more divine forge fragments, making it thirteen pieces now. the distance to sixty-four pieces didn't seem all that far away anymore.

"ling'er, it's getting late, log off quickly." su yang looked at shui ling'er and said softly. once midnight had passed, there was no need to continue staying up late. he had only wanted to find out what the arena rewards were, and now they looked very good; he would have to keep persisting in the future.

"mm mm, brother su, you should rest early too." shui ling'er was truly very sleepy; usually by this time she would have already gone to sleep.

"log off." su yang reached out and patted shui ling'er on the head, finding that this gesture of his was becoming increasingly practiced.

"goodnight." shui ling'er flashed a smile at su yang and immediately logged off.

su yang also logged off immediately, then took off his helmet, crossed his legs on the bed, and began to meditate and cultivate.