My Dream After Having a Do Over Is To Become The Best Player - Chapter 8.2: Killing Xiluos

Shi Feng’s eyes flashed with determination as he activated [Levity Ring] Weightlessness Equipment Skill, making dodging much easier.

Facing a special elite monster with only 15% of its health remaining, giving up was not an option.

Shi Feng continuously circled around Xiluos, madly hacking away.

Each strike dealt 3 points of damage, slowly draining Xiluos’s remaining health.

14%… 10%… 9%… 8%… 5%…

The time for Weightlessness was running out, with only 7 seconds left, and Xiluos still had 5% of his health remaining. As soon as Weightlessness ended, Shi Feng would surely be struck down by Xiluos.

Quick! He needs to finish it quickly!

Shi Feng’s eyes turned bloodshot, and the speed of his sword strikes increased.

As Shi Feng watched, Xiluos’s health dropped to 10 points, but Weightlessness had already ended.

Shi Feng’s speed suddenly decreased, and Xiluos, with a human-like smirk, swung his fist, akin to a giant boulder, down at Shi Feng.

“Hah! Game over” Shi Feng’s Tempestuous Thunderstrike cooldown, which he had been counting down in his mind, ended.

Tempestuous Thunderstrike!

In the blink of an eye, Shi Feng unleashed three lightning bolts, which pierced through Xiluos’s body.

-4, -5, -6.

Dealing the final 10 points of damage to Xiluos.

With a loud rumble, Xiluos turned into a pile of rubble.

System: By defeating the Special Elite [Xiluos], who is beyond 4 times your level, you gain 400% experience points, obtaining 940 experience points.

Suddenly, Shi Feng’s experience bar surged by 27%, bringing him a significant step closer to level 3.

After defeating Xiluos, Shi Feng searched through the rubble.

The drops from special elites surpassed those from ordinary elites. In one go, he obtained a piece of equipment, a skill book, and 16 copper coins.

“Haha! To think I’d get a Bronze-Tier Shield; it could definitely fetch a high price if I sell it. If only I could farm a few more times,” Shi Feng thought, eyeing the blue cross shield in his hand. He could already envision many guilds willing to pay a hefty sum for this shield.

— Stoneforge Shield (Bronze), Requires 8 Strength to Equip, Equipment Level 5, Defense Power +21, Defense Rate 23%, Strength +2, Endurance +4, Health Point +30.

With such attributes, it could be considered a small treasure. Equipping it would significantly boost the wearer defense, moreover, the additional 110 HP that the shield give is equal to ⅓ of a level 5 Warrior, if a [Shield Warrior] were to equip this, it’s enough to have them  withstand bosses in level 5 dungeons, or even level 8 dungeons.

As for the skill book, it was also good. It contained the melee universal skill “Parry,” which required a melee weapon and could block one frontal attack with a cooldown of 30 seconds.

[Parry] was a popular skill for any melee class and an essential skill for Warrior Category classes. It was in high demand on the market but had an extremely low drop rate, almost never appearing for sale. After all, it was a lifesaving skill that could potentially save one’s life in a critical moment. Especially during boss fights when healing couldn’t keep up, blocking an attack might just buy enough time for healing to catch up.

After contemplating for a moment, Shi Feng ultimately chose to learn the Parry skill. Although selling the shield along with this skill book could fetch a better price, he wasn’t willing to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.

After dealing with Xiluos, Shi Feng continued his ascent.

The Bronze-Tier Shield was just pocket change; the [Mithril—Treasure Chest] was the real ticket to wealth.

With less than a third of the distance to the mountaintop remaining, encountering monsters was a real possibility. However, with only 4 exploding fruits left, Shi Feng had to carefully choose his path.

Half an hour later—

Advancing cautiously all the way, Shi Feng finally reached the mountaintop. Covered in thick mist, visibility was low, limited to only about 20 yards in every direction.

Along the way, Shi Feng had used up 4 exploding fruits to kill the rock giants. If another monster appeared now, Shi Feng would have no choice but to retreat and start over from scratch.

Just as Shi Feng took a few steps forward—

Vague figures could be seen ahead.

At this moment, the system issued an urgent alert: You have discovered the Lost Land, triggering the hidden quest “Past Glory.” All external contacts are temporarily disabled, and players cannot leave this place until the quest is completed.

‘Damn it, those assassins lied’ Shi Feng cursed inwardly. Those assassins must have hidden some information.

The situation at the mountaintop was completely different from what the assassins had reported.