Chapter 26:Qin Xiaoyou was astonished! The legendary Shadow Master is from our city?

Originally, a gold-level boss would drop 2-4 silver items, with a small chance of gold equipment appearing.

But now...

Thanks to the effect of the epic "Hand of Greed," all loot from the boss increases in grade!

Three of the golden loot items were directly upgraded to platinum level.

Among these rewards, there were three items usable by the assassin class.

Qin Feng examined them one by one.

The first was a platinum-level assassin weapon.

[Ghost Ship Dual Blades (Platinum)]: Assassin weapon. Attack +136, Agility +22. Attack Speed +24%, +17 Armor Penetration. Requirement: Level 5

[Unique Effect: Your normal attacks deal damage twice.]

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"This effect isn't very useful since I rely on skills for damage."

"However, the weapon's base attack power is high, and it adds 22 agility!"

"Attack speed will also improve skill casting and reduce skill cooldown. It's not entirely useless..."

"As for the armor penetration attribute, its benefits are significant."

Against the golden ghost ship earlier, the skill damage was noticeably lower than against other monsters.

That was because the gold-level boss had high defense.

The 'armor penetration' attribute was quite beneficial.

Qin Feng immediately equipped the weapon.

He then checked the next piece of equipment.

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[Ghost Fire Leather Armor (Gold)]: Physical Defense +25, Fire Element Resistance +50. Damage Block +14, HP +419. Requirement: Level 5

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A decent piece of armor.

Especially the 'damage block' attribute.

"With this armor, most players at this stage can't even break my defense!"

"And... since I haven't invested in constitution, my current HP is only 350 points."

"This armor directly adds 419 HP!"

After all, it's a gold-level item.

A single piece of equipment had attributes higher than a full set for others.

The last item was a skill book.

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[Ghostly Blur (Gold)]: Assassin skill. Passively gain a 15% dodge rate, immune to all damage when dodge is triggered.

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Seeing this skill, Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

Finally, a survival skill for assassins!

"The dodge build isn't mainstream in the Abandoned God game, mainly because dodge rates can't be stacked high."

"Even with a 50% dodge rate, it's easy to die."

"But..."

"I can infinitely evolve skills!"

"Even achieving an 80% dodge rate would be quite impressive..."

Qin Feng glanced at his remaining 21 evolution points.

Others might struggle to decide which skill to evolve first when faced with these options.

But for Qin Feng, the decision was quick.

"Focus on increasing damage first."

"The higher the damage, the stronger the bosses I can defeat, yielding better loot."

Qin Feng temporarily ignored the new 'Ghostly Blur' and chose to evolve 'Shadow Slash' first.

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[You have consumed 3+5 evolution points, 13 points remaining.]

[Shadow Slash (Platinum → Emerald → Diamond)]: Blink in a direction (up to 21 → 24 → 27 meters) and enter stealth (duration 7 → 8 → 9 seconds), slashing all enemies in the path 5 → 6 → 7 times. Cooldown: 12 (10.43) seconds.

[Slash width: 3.1 → 3.6 → 4.1 meters. Each slash adds 200 → 250 → 300 attack power.]

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Evolving Shadow Slash twice in a row doubled its damage!

Even without stealth, a single skill could deal three thousand damage.

If combined with stealth and backstab, the total damage from seven slashes could reach six or seven thousand!

With 13 evolution points left, Qin Feng chose to evolve an initial skill—Backstab Enhancement.

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[You have consumed 2+3+5 evolution points, 3 points remaining.]

[Initial Skill: Backstab Enhancement (Common → Bronze → Silver → Gold).] :Passive: Increases damage by 15% → 20% → 25% → 30% when attacking from behind the target.

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This was a steady damage increase, so the higher, the better.

After organizing his gear, Qin Feng's combat power increased significantly.

Facing the golden ghost ship again, he could finish it in under five minutes with little chance of dying...

After all, his agility increased by twenty to thirty points, improving his speed and allowing him to dodge even the half-health AoE attack of the ghost ship.

Next, Qin Feng looked into his backpack.

There was another platinum piece of equipment and a platinum skill book.

The equipment was for archers, and the skill book was for priests.

"Platinum items aren't suitable for sale right now."

"Better hold onto them for now."

Qin Feng wasn't worried about exposing the effect of his Hand of Greed; as long as he was strong enough, exposure was no concern.

The key was that no one could afford platinum items at this stage.

Such equipment could easily sell for five or six years of lifespan, and skill books could fetch ten years or more.

"Besides the platinum items, there are seven or eight gold items and skill books I can sell to Wang Meng's team."

Qin Feng pondered.

A mage skill book and a magic ring were for Lin Liyu.

It was agreed that anything that dropped for her would go to her, which was fair.

After all, Qin Feng had obtained a 'Space Ring' from her, whose value was much higher.

Other items for warriors, priests, and archers could be sold to Wang Meng's team at a 10% discount.

They might not be able to afford them now...

But Qin Feng trusted Wang Meng's character and was fine with them owing him.

After all, he had worked with Wang Meng for several years in his previous life and knew he could be trusted.

Roughly calculating, these items added up to thousands of days of lifespan!

With everything sorted, Qin Feng left the swamp and opened Lin Liyu's private chat channel: "Xiao Hei, where are you?"

Lin Liyu couldn't stand being called "Xiao Hei" and regretted choosing such a codename...

But names couldn't be changed in the Abandoned God game...

So she reluctantly replied, "I was caught by Iron Man and his crew, got killed, and returned to the town. Fortunately, our team's tradable lifespan is with Uncle."

She referred to Wang Meng as "Uncle."

Wang Meng's strong survival skills made it safer to entrust the lifespan to him, avoiding the loss of half upon death.

"Alright, wait for me to return, and I'll give you the items."

Qin Feng entered stealth and headed towards Shell Town.

Soon, he spotted Iron Man leading over twenty players, still heading towards the swamp.

Seeing them as a group of wild monsters, Qin Feng launched an attack!

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Meanwhile, in Moonlight Town, another place in Jianghai City of the Great Summer Kingdom, Qin Xiaoyou had found a team after acquiring the hidden class 'Life Priest' and was struggling to level up.

They were discussing the recent world-first kill of a golden boss.

"Hey, I heard Shell Town is our Jianghai City's starting town."

"Does that mean the Shadow God is from Jianghai City?"

Everyone was buzzing with excitement.

As a priest, Qin Xiaoyou stayed behind, healing while listening to the chatter, secretly delighted.

Shadow!

The global first-killer of the gold-level boss was from Jianghai City?

This revelation excited Qin Xiaoyou, and she decided: "When someone in our town reaches level 5, I'll go to Shell Town to find Shadow God!"

She was quite dissatisfied with her current temporary teammates.

It took ages to kill a small monster, and sometimes they even got chased by wild monsters, looking pathetic.

She thought, teaming up with Shadow would surely speed up leveling, wouldn't it?