Boom!
Amidst the ruins, the five-meter-tall "Headless Assassin · Shaluo" crashed to the ground, completely demolishing an abandoned clock tower!
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[You have killed "Headless Assassin · Shaluo."]
[You have gained 48,000 experience points.]
[Congratulations, you have earned 20 Evolution Points!]
[You have gained 1,520 days of lifespan (tradable).]
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In addition to the BOSS's inherent 1,520 days of lifespan, a large number of lifespan orbs were dropped, all of which the BOSS had absorbed from other players but hadn't had time to digest.
By estimation, there were about 3,000 tradable days of lifespan, plus three to five hundred years of non-tradable lifespan...
However, Qin Feng didn't rush forward to collect the spoils.
Instead, he kept a certain distance from the BOSS's corpse.
He first equipped the "Disciple Pendant" and summoned the "Devout Believer."
"Burn it."
Qin Feng gave the command.
The Devout Believer immediately opened its withered mouth, spewing out a green flame that ignited on the Headless Assassin's corpse...
A series of shrill screams erupted.
Under the green flames, thousands of worms writhing beneath the Headless Assassin's skin were all burned to a crisp!
"Colony Parasites..."
Qin Feng was very familiar with these things.
If one wasn't cautious and approached the corpse of a parasitized BOSS recklessly, those worm parasites would burst out from the BOSS's body!
Even being parasitized by just one worm meant certain death for a player.
Because colony parasites could feed on player flesh and infinitely divide...
It sounded terrifying.
But in reality, these creatures had two fatal weaknesses: they feared fire and couldn't survive in the air.
Exposed to air, they would die in less than three seconds.
Qin Feng himself didn't have any fire-type damage.
But the Devout Believer did.
After the green flames swept over, the Headless Assassin's corpse turned into a giant mummified body!
Only then did Qin Feng step forward and use "Greedy Hand" on it...
A pile of loot exploded out, among which were several emerald glows.
Qin Feng collected everything and turned to leave!
Not long after he left.
A six-person team cautiously approached this direction...
It was a black-haired beauty with big waves, Gray Rose!
"Fourth, go and see if you can find anything!"
Gray Rose looked at the mummified corpse of the "Headless Assassin," her pretty face full of anticipation.
An assassin player from her team cautiously approached... and soon his expression changed: "Something's wrong, boss. The system tells me this corpse has already been looted, and can't be looted again!"
"What?"
Gray Rose was dumbfounded.
It turned out that this girl's team had also obtained a Bronze-level "Greedy Hand."
There was a 20% chance to loot an extra piece of loot from a monster's corpse.
They had hoped to take advantage of this.
But...
"It's already been looted?"
"Was it Shadow?"
"Did Shadow also learn Greedy Hand?"
Gray Rose immediately wore a wry smile. This expert was just too versatile, leaving no chance to take advantage at all!
...
Qin Feng headed back towards the center of Jianghai City Ruins.
Next, he planned to take up residence in the Magic Metropolis Ruins, as it was a larger city with more resources around.
"Once there, I'll first take over the Evil Spirit Academy as a hideout."
"This hideout can be placed under my own name."
A player could only own one hideout at most.
However...
Qin Feng could also create a guild and, in the name of the guild, own another hideout!
The Cathedral Sanctuary sold to the Jianghai City officials was in the Jianghai City Ruins, after all.
Qin Feng saw no need to have two hideouts in the same city.
But in the Magic Metropolis Ruins, he definitely needed a foothold.
"The Evil Spirit Academy, although not as hidden as the Land of Purification, has a magical defense barrier that's more than twice as strong as other hideouts."
"This is the ruin of a magic academy, and deep within the academy, there's a magical barrier enhancement device..."
Qin Feng planned to casually establish a guild.
In the name of the guild, he would take over this hideout!
On the way to the teleportation point, Qin Feng glanced at the loot in his backpack.
There were a total of about twenty pieces of loot, including two items for assassins: an Emerald-tier assassin weapon and a Platinum-tier assassin skill book!
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[Forest White Bone Blade (Emerald): Assassin-type weapon. Attack +388, +125 armor penetration. Strength +39, Agility +48. Equipment requirement: Level 15]
[Unique Effect: When dealing damage, your movement speed doubles for 5 seconds. When the movement speed doubling effect is triggered, you gain a 30% dodge rate.]
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This Emerald-tier weapon had nearly 80% higher attack power than the Plague Blade's 216 points, and it also added armor penetration, strength, and agility!
And the special effect was very useful.
"If I had this special effect just now, I could have completely avoided the BOSS's attack range with my movement speed after hitting it with Shadow Blink Slash!"
"No need for sliding..."
"And it seems that the BOSS at the Evil Spirit Academy requires extremely high movement speed to be defeated without taking damage."
"Perfect fit."
Qin Feng replaced the "Plague Blade."
Although he lost the 0.3 weak point attack multiplier, with the higher attack power and additional strength and armor penetration attributes, Qin Feng's total final damage wouldn't be lower than before.
Even if it was lower, it would only be due to the special effect.
Moreover, the Plague Blade's 50% poison explosion damage after 3 seconds was hardly ever useful for Qin Feng.
Because with Gift of Liberation, even a Platinum-level BOSS couldn't survive for three seconds!
Next was a Platinum-tier assassin skill book.
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[Shadow Blade (Platinum-tier): Throw a shadow blade condensed from dark elements, dealing single-target dark element damage to targets within 20 meters, adding 600 dark element attack. Upon hitting, dispel one random buff (not exceeding Platinum-tier). Cooldown 12 (6.49) seconds. Requirement level: 14]
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"Single-target dark element damage, plus dispelling buff effects?"
Qin Feng learned it immediately.
He didn't classify this skill book as a trash skill.
Because that dispelling effect was very useful.
Especially...
"A Platinum-tier Shadow Blade can dispel buffs not exceeding Platinum-tier."
"When I evolve to Epic-level, Legendary-level, won't the dispelling ability be heaven-defying?"
Qin Feng checked his panel.
He currently had 275 Evolution Points.
He directly evolved Shadow Blade!
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[You have consumed 1+2+3+50 Evolution Points, remaining 219 points.]
[Shadow Blade (Platinum→Emerald→Diamond→Epic→Legendary): Shadow Blade adds 600→800→1000→1200→1500 dark element attack, dispels one random buff upon hitting (not exceeding Legendary-tier). Cooldown 12→11→10→9→7 (3.78) seconds. Requirement level: 14]
[Legendary-tier Special Effect: When hitting a weak point, return 3 seconds of cooldown time.]
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Seeing the Legendary-tier special effect of this skill, Qin Feng was thrilled.
"Hitting a weak point, isn't that just a piece of cake?"
"As long as I hit a weak point, I can return 3 seconds of cooldown for this skill..."
"Doesn't that mean the final cooldown is only 0.78 seconds?"
Considering the skill's casting action, hand-raising, and after-cast delay, it was equivalent to this skill having no cooldown at all in Qin Feng's hands!
A nearly cooldown-free, high single-target damage plus dispel skill!
This was simply not a skill that could be obtained in the early to mid-game!