Chapter 10: Destroyer · Frost Staff
In the otherworld, when a player launches a hostile attack on another white-named player, they become gray-named for 10 minutes. After that, their name reverts to white.
For every malicious kill of a white-named player, 100 crime points are added, turning the player's name red.
Gray-named and red-named players face severe penalties in the otherworld. Upon death, they are guaranteed to drop equipment or items, and even if they have a resurrection scroll, they will suffer additional level penalties.
For every 100 crime points, the player loses 1 level. If crime points are less than 100, a percentage of experience is deducted from the current level.
Moreover, gray-named and red-named players are forbidden from entering safe zones or leaving the otherworld until their status clears.
This was precisely why Zhang Yue waited for Liu Yao to make the first move before retaliating.
Players can reduce their crime points by killing monsters. Each monster that is not lower than the player's level reduces crime points by 1.
Zhang Yue stepped forward, bent down, and picked up the golden armor and several dozen copper coins that Liu Yao had dropped upon death.
Around him, the other members of the Supreme guild stared at Zhang Yue, none daring to make a move.
In fact, as Zhang Yue approached, they all instinctively took two steps back!
The sight of Liu Yao, clad in full golden gear, dealing only 1 point of damage to Zhang Yue, followed by Zhang Yue instantly killing Liu Yao in one blow, had utterly shattered their confidence!
They realized that while this Beast Tamer appeared frail, he was far beyond their ability to confront.
Even though they each had resurrection scrolls provided by Liu Yao, the scrolls could only be used twice within seven days (starting from the first time they entered the otherworld). Most of them had already used one during the battle in the City of Apocalypse secret realm. Wasting another now would mean that if they died again within the next seven days, they would die permanently!
The fear of death gripped them all.
Zhang Yue stood up and cast a glance over the remaining Supreme guild members. His gaze lingered on Lin Yue'er.
Lin Yue'er immediately tensed up, taking a few steps back. Her hands clenched tightly around her staff, and her heart raced as her eyes filled with fear.
But Zhang Yue didn't attack. Instead, he took Ellie's hand and calmly walked past them, heading in the direction of Doomsday Town.
Lin Yue'er and the other members of Supreme were still white-named. Killing them would turn Zhang Yue into a red-named player.
If it had been any other time, Zhang Yue might have considered killing them. After all, the penalty was just extra monster kills to erase the crime points.
However, with the King-Level bounty quest to escort Ellie safely to the safe zone, killing even one player and gaining 100 crime points would require slaying 100 monsters to clear his name.
This group wasn't worth the effort.
In the face of the King-Level bounty quest, their lives were meaningless.
Once Zhang Yue had left, the Supreme guild members collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yue'er, however, watched Zhang Yue's retreating figure with a mix of complex emotions swirling in her heart.
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Meanwhile, in Doomsday Town, Liu Yao appeared at the resurrection spring as a white light enveloped him.
[Ding~ You were attacked by the player [] (ID hidden). You lost 462 HP and have died.]
[Ding~ Resurrection Scroll used. You have revived, but as a gray-named player, you've lost 30% of your current level's experience, -900 experience points.]
[Note: For the next 6 days, 22 hours, and 45 minutes, you will be unable to use another Resurrection Scroll.]
Liu Yao's first reaction was disbelief.
He couldn't comprehend how a common, supposedly weak Beast Tamer, who was widely regarded as the most underwhelming class in the otherworld, could have dealt a one-hit kill to him—a Level 5 Elite player!
After all, he was equipped with full golden gear!
His magic defense had reached an astounding 70 points, and his HP was over 300, which was more than half again as much as other Level 4 players!
With stats like his, even a full-intelligence Level 10 Elite or Rare-class mage shouldn't have been able to hurt him.
Yet somehow, he couldn't withstand a single Fireball from a Beast Tamer!
"Unless… he's also using golden weapons and rings?"
"No way! Lin Yue'er told me he's a broke nobody. How could he afford golden gear? Even if he could, there's no way two Level 0 gold-tier items would deal enough damage to break through my defenses."
Fuming over the fact that not only had he been killed, but that his golden armor had dropped as well, Liu Yao's fury overwhelmed his reason.
He opened his friends list and messaged his subordinates in the Supreme guild: "I don't care what it costs. Kill that Beast Tamer for me. I'll pay 20,000 for each death."
A few moments later, one of his subordinates replied, "Boss, he… he's already gone..."
"Useless trash." Liu Yao cursed, furious.
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On the other side, Zhang Yue safely returned to Doomsday Town with Ellie.
"Thank you, big brother!" Ellie thanked Zhang Yue before running off toward her home.
Zhang Yue opened his quest log and, seeing that the Rescue the Survivor quest was marked "Complete," clicked to submit the task.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You've completed the King-Level Bounty Quest [Rescue the Survivor]. Rewards: 10,000 experience points, 20 silver coins, 50 million energy points (with a 10,000x multiplier), [Frost Staff], [Skill Book: Ice Spike], and [Pet Egg] (Normal Grade).]
Shing!
A golden light shone from above.
[Ding~ Congratulations! You've leveled up. HP +30, MP +12, Free attribute points +6. Current level: 8. Next level requires 9,500 experience points.]
Zhang Yue opened his inventory and took out the frosty staff radiating cold energy.
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[Frost Staff] (Lv8)
Quality: 2-Star
Attribute: White
Class Requirement: None
Magic Attack: +25
Description: A staff imbued with powerful frost energy. Once upgraded beyond blue attributes, it will unleash potent ice-based damage...
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A 2-star item?
According to the historical records of the otherworld's First World, no one had ever discovered equipment beyond 1-star quality.
This was truly a rare find!
Zhang Yue's level happened to meet the staff's requirements, so before equipping it, he decided to reforge its attributes.
Refining a 2-star item cost far more energy than refining a 1-star item!
However, with over 22 trillion energy points in his possession, Zhang Yue wasn't worried.
[Ding~ One-click refinement completed. 144 attempts used, costing 22,356 energy points. Congratulations! You've obtained the gold-tier item [Destroyer · Frost Staff].]
Zhang Yue inspected the staff again, now transformed. The faint frost aura had intensified into a chilling blue mist.
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Attack: +80
Bonus: Spirit +4, Intelligence +5
Effect: Frostbite (Attacks reduce enemy movement and attack speed by 20%, and each attack adds 50 points of frost damage)
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The power of a 2-star weapon far surpassed that of a 1-star weapon.
Additionally, the golden armor Liu Yao had dropped wasn't bad either:
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[Hero · Guardian Armor] (Gold Attribute)
HP Bonus: +100
Constitution +2
Effect: Guardian (Generates a shield every 10 seconds that absorbs 50 points of damage)
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The only downside was its level requirement—it was a Level 0, 1-star item.
However, according to rumors, this item was worth around 20,000 in the otherworld marketplace!
Moreover, Zhang Yue still didn't have any armor equipped, so he put it on.
He also swapped his Level 0, 1-star Flame Precursor Staff for the new "Destroyer · Frost Staff", feeling his power increase significantly.
His stats received a noticeable boost:
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ID: Zero (First-Turn Necromancer / Mythic Core Class)
Level: 8 (Experience: 3460/9500)
Magic Attack: 240
Physical Defense: 51
Magic Defense: 49
HP: 580
MP: 524
Currency: 1 gold, 24 silver, 15 copper
Energy: 22 trillion, 106.65 billion, 10.24 million, 2,356
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Zhang Yue looked over his stats and murmured, "With these attributes, I should be ready to challenge the First World's final boss."
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