“W-what… what?! You killed seven Lord-class bosses?” Li Zhu was stunned.
He’d heard all sorts of exaggerated versions yesterday—some said a four-kill streak, some said six—but after asking the person involved, he learned it had actually been seven in one night!
Bai Qiu spread his hands helplessly.
Everyone kept asking him the same question, and whenever he told the truth, they looked at him like he was cheating.
At this stage, being able to solo even one Lord-class monster was already incredible.
Li Zhu was increasingly curious about Bai Qiu, but instead of asking more, he simply gave him a thumbs-up and said, “You’re unbeatable, kid!”
Huh? Why the sudden personality shift?
Bai Qiu was full of question marks.
He vaguely remembered that the [Blacksmith] Li Zhu was supposed to be a quiet, stern man.
Yet the chatterbox in front of him—who even carried a hint of chuuni energy—felt like a completely different person.
Truly, you can’t judge a book by its cover.
“Haha… ha…”
Bai Qiu could only laugh awkwardly to ease the embarrassment.
He really didn’t know how to respond.
Admitting it outright felt arrogant, but acting modest felt pretentious.
“Right, your armor—leave it here for repair as well. Even though it’s been cleaned, there are still a lot of hidden cracks and internal damage. Use some rare dragonfangs as materials… Oh! I almost forgot—you killed seven Dragonfang Monarchs, of course you’ve got plenty of rare dragon fangs!”
Li Zhu motioned for Bai Qiu to remove his armor.
Bai Qiu nodded, took off all his gear and handed it over, then asked:
“When can I pick these up?”
Finally, the topic was back on track.
Bai Qiu was relieved.
Li Zhu quickly replied, “That depends on the [Enchanter]. But if everything goes smoothly, you can probably pick them up around this time tomorrow. Just come by later.”
Bai Qiu nodded and quietly slipped away.
“Eh? I… Where’d he go?”
Li Zhu tinkered with the equipment for a while, and just when he was about to start rambling again, he noticed Bai Qiu had disappeared.
After leaving the smithy, Bai Qiu suddenly realized he had nothing to do.
So he returned to the potion shop, opened Guinelia’s bedroom door, saw that she was still sound asleep, and placed the Riptide Potion recipe on her bedside table—along with the storage ring and all the materials needed to brew it.
“Mm… she should understand, right?” Bai Qiu muttered to himself.
He wanted Guinelia’s help to brew the potion, but didn’t want to wake her.
Leaving the items like this might confuse her, but writing a letter could be even worse—after all, while the system enabled spoken language communication, it didn’t guarantee written languages matched.
Now that he had no gear, with only six staves left as weapons, he really had nothing else to do.
So he sat in the living room and browsed the chat channels.
“What’s even going on outside right now? I don’t dare leave the safe zone anymore!”
“Same here! Those Lord-class monsters that appeared in Zone 2233 yesterday—just one of them could beat ten of me!”
“Be more confident, dude. You haven’t even unlocked your Noble Phantasm yet. Even a hundred of you wouldn’t be enough. Didn’t you see the video? Hundreds of people were just tickling the boss.”
Bai Qiu frowned.
It seemed the players were so terrified of Lord-class monsters that they didn’t even dare step outside the safe zone.
This was bad.
Bai Qiu knew that once the interworld portals opened, monsters would keep appearing not as respawns, but as teleports—meaning creatures from other worlds would continue to be transported here.
If they weren’t cleared regularly, their numbers would only grow.
Combined with future “waves,” who knew how many safe zones would fall?
And all of this fear, all these problems, might’ve started because he dragged the Lord-class monsters to the safe zone and killed them—and someone leaked it?
Bai Qiu felt he needed to explain the actual mechanics of these new monsters to the public.
Otherwise, if people were too scared to grind and level up, the negative chain reaction would only worsen.
So he immediately bought a pinned world-horn and started entering detailed data about all types of Dragon-Tooth soldiers.
Dragonfang Soldiers (Lv. 13–15, Flying Type)
Strength: D-
Magic: E ~ D
Endurance: D-
Agility: D
Trait: Flies faster than it runs.
Attack Type: Melee.
Note: At level 15, its Magic stat increases by one full grade, and it gains the ability to spit fireballs.
Dragonfang Axe Skeleton (Lv. 15)
Strength: D
Magic: E
Endurance: D
Agility: D-
Trait: Deals double damage to heavy armor.
Attack Type: Melee. Has a charge-up jumping cleave—looks flashy but is very easy to dodge.
Dragonfang Crawling Walker (Lv. 15)
Strength: D-
Magic: E
Endurance: D
Agility: E
Trait: Can climb 90-degree vertical walls and even obtuse-angled surfaces; excels in ambush and stealth.
Attack Type: Melee.
Dragonfang Mage Skeleton (Lv. 15)
Strength: E
Magic: D+
Endurance: E
Agility: E
Trait: Extremely fast casting speed.
Attack Type: Ranged. Effective range 30 meters. No special skills, but casts almost one fireball per second.
Tip: Caster-class players are advised NOT to engage in a magic shoot-out with it.
Weakness: Shields and armor with fire resistance.
Dragonfang Archer Skeleton (Lv. 15)
Strength: E
Magic: E
Endurance: E
Agility: D+
Trait: Very fast attack speed.
Attack Type: Ranged. Effective range 70 meters. No skills. Fires two arrows per second. After firing ten arrows, it becomes immobile and stiff for three seconds.
Weakness: Just be tanky— the tankier, the better.
Dragonfang Cavalry Skeleton (Lv. 15, Elite)
Strength: D+
Magic: E
Endurance: D+
Agility: D+
Trait: Balanced attributes.
Attack Type: Melee—usually trampling with the skeletal warhorse or thrusting with a lance.
Skill 1: Charge
Increases sprinting speed by 50% for 10 seconds.
Skill 2: Impale
A charged attack that increases the next strike’s damage by 100%.
If the skeletal horse is already running, damage increases by another 100%.
If used during Charge, damage increases by an additional 50%.
(Note: I strongly recommend NOT attempting to block this hit.)
Weakness: Poor turning and maneuverability. Skilled kiting players can exploit this, but the safer method is to hold high ground and chip away with ranged attacks.
Priest Skeleton (Dragonfang) — Lv. 15, Elite
Strength: E
Magic: C
Endurance: E
Agility: E
Skill 1: Randomly summons any Dragonfang-type skeletons except Priest Skeletons.
Skill 2: Soul Sacrifice
Sacrifices itself and up to ten nearby Dragonfang monsters to forcibly summon a Lord-class Dragonfang Monarch.
The Soul Sacrifice ritual lasts ~15 seconds.
Max aggro detection radius: ~600 meters.
Important: Avoid making a commotion that triggers its belief that Soul Sacrifice is necessary. Otherwise, it may immediately begin the ritual.
Do NOT let it cast this. Absolutely do NOT.
Note: Once encountered, focus fire at all costs. Its soul-fire inside the skull is the weak point. Fire or lightning magic works best.
Appearance: Wears a tattered cloak.
Does not actively attack players; begins summoning once players get close.
Weakness: Hit the skull—HARD!
Dragonfang Monarch: (Omitted)
……
After finishing the edits, Bai Qiu posted the guide through the pinned loudspeaker.
He wasn’t sure whether it would help, but it was all the intel he currently had.
To him, it was actually difficult to judge how strong elite monsters truly were—after all, he could one-shot all of them.
The only exception was the Priest Skeleton, the thing that had really given him a hard time—that one he remembered all too well!
Once the guide was published, many players clicked it out of curiosity, thinking it was just another unlucky guy recruiting or advertising something.
But once they saw the author was Bai Qiu, they immediately began reading carefully.
As the only over-level player at this stage, Bai Qiu knew very clearly that most players were still around level 10.
Without special detection-type skills, they couldn’t view the skill descriptions of monsters higher level than themselves.
In other words, even an ordinary level-15 Dragonfang Soldier could suddenly spit a fireball and catch players off-guard.
By listing their skills and countermeasures in detail, he hoped to help more players gain the confidence to leave the safe zone and grind monsters!
OneOrangeCat: “Extra, extra! Bai Qiu posted a guide! It’s the fourth pinned loudspeaker!”
LookatMeLookatMe: “Ahh, I see. Looks like aside from the Dragonfang Cavalry Skeletons, the others aren’t too dangerous after all!”
IAmaSha-B: “Did you not see the part about the Priest Skeleton—the one even Bai Qiu suffered from?”
It’sJustaTan: “@Bai Qiu, big boss, can you explain specifically what ‘don’t make too big a commotion’ means?”
I’manHonestPerson: “If the big boss replies to you, I’ll eat sh*t!”
Bai Qiu: “@It’sJustaTan, regarding the ‘Monster Grinding King Achievement’—the specifics are that I used a treasure tool from the top of the telecom building to kill a Dragonfang Monarch. The Priest Skeletons that arrived afterward all activated Soul Sacrifice. As long as you don’t use treasure tools in overly visible places, this situation shouldn’t happen.”
TheMoonIsBeautiful: “@I’manHonestPerson, you greedy little cat.”
OneOrangeCat: “?”
IAmaSha-B: “@I’manHonestPerson, trying to scam food now, huh?”
It’sJustaTan: “HOLY—HOLY—HE REPLIED!! Did you all see that? This is going into the S1 season chronicles! I’m writing it into history!!”
Bai Qiu had no interest in watching the cross-zone chaos any further.
He had already done everything he could.
Just as he was about to exit, a private message popped up—Ning Xingxue.
Ning Xingxue: “Um… are we still running the dungeon?”
Bai Qiu’s eyes lit up.
He’d been worrying about having nothing to do.
This was perfect—he could use the staves for practice.
He immediately replied:
Bai Qiu: “Let’s go!”
— The end of the Chapter–
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