"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the epic-level boss, the notorious bandit Hu Tiehua, and gaining 20 million experience points!"
The level 75 field boss provided Jiang Yuan with 20 million experience points, making him inwardly exclaim how satisfying it was!
A flash of white light passed, and Jiang Yuan's level soared from 32 all the way to 50 before finally stopping!
"Ahhh! Why didn't you group me in?!"
Seeing Jiang Yuan's skyrocketing level, Hamster Pudding finally snapped to attention, instantly realizing she'd missed out on a fortune, and screeched at him.
"Sorry, forgot!"
Jiang Yuan, while picking up the loot dropped by the boss, glanced at Hamster Pudding, scratched his head, and said with a smile.
"You're a big red name now—I'm going to PK you and drop your stuff, hehe!"
Staring at Jiang Yuan's name, which was so red it was practically purple above his head, Hamster Pudding rolled up her sleeves, revealing a stretch of fair arm, and shook her fist menacingly.
"You sure about that?"
Facing Hamster Pudding's threat, Jiang Yuan calmly summoned a wild boar and shot back a question.
"Sorry, just kidding, hehehe!"
Seeing the massive, green-faced, tusk-bearing wild boar, Hamster Pudding immediately chickened out, shrinking her neck and chuckling nervously.
"Let's go. The guild token is in my bag. I'll give it to you once we're back in the main city."
After finishing collecting the loot, Jiang Yuan checked his bag, confirmed the guild token had dropped, and turned to say to Hamster Pudding.
"You're this red, and you still dare to go back to the main city?"
Hamster Pudding glanced at Jiang Yuan's bright red name, frowned, and said.
The main city had enforcement NPCs set up by "Myriad Worlds." Once they spotted a red-named player approaching the city, they'd kill them without mercy.
"Then what do we do?"
Jiang Yuan, reminded by Hamster Pudding, suddenly recalled the game's relevant mechanics and quickly stopped in his tracks.
"Over here."
Hamster Pudding took three steps in two to reach the woods where she and Jiang Yuan had hidden earlier, then turned and waved.
"What for? Don't keep dragging me into the bushes—I'm not that kind of guy."
Jiang Yuan teased, but still obediently headed toward the woods.
"Get your ass over here! What's going through your head all day?!"
Hearing Jiang Yuan's jab, Hamster Pudding immediately yelled at him.
Once in the woods, they were out of combat, so Hamster Pudding initiated a trade button with Jiang Yuan.
Hamster Pudding bought Jiang Yuan a pardon notice—a special item for clearing red names—and placed it in the trade window.
Seeing that she'd bought such an expensive item for him, Jiang Yuan simply tossed the guild token into the trade window as well.
"Just giving it to me like that? Not afraid I'll stiff you on the payment?"
After the trade completed, Hamster Pudding looked at the guild token in her bag and said in surprise.
"It's just a guild token. Easy pickings for me."
Jiang Yuan's words weren't wrong—if he wanted to farm them, he could get several in a day.
"I'll go make arrangements."
With that, Hamster Pudding logged off directly. Jiang Yuan knew she was going to arrange for someone to transfer him the money.
Jiang Yuan opened his bag and looked at the pardon notice. The description read: An official pardon issued by the government, can reduce the holder's crimes, decreasing kill value by 50 points.
Hamster Pudding had given Jiang Yuan two pardon notices, just enough to wash away his current 98 kill points.
"Ding! Would you like to use the pardon notice to reduce kill value by 50 points?"
Two prompts sounded, and Jiang Yuan used up both pardon notices, turning his name back to white above his head.
Returning to the main city of Jinyang, Jiang Yuan found a safe zone and started organizing the loot in his bag.
"Holy crap!"
After tallying everything, Jiang Yuan's heart shook. This epic-level boss had paid off huge!
A full 2 legendary items, 3 epic items, 4 rare items, one summoner epic skill book, plus a summoner hidden class change scroll, and a pile of consumables and materials!
[Epic Item: Sapphire Necklace (Bound, cannot be discarded, can be decomposed into epic fragments)]
Equip Level: 50 Class Requirement: Mage/Summoner HP +1000 MP +1000 Intelligence +35 Spirit +35 Agility +35 Toughness +35 Special Effect: [Mana Regen]: Recovers 500 MP per minute.
[Epic Item: Cloud-Piercing Boots (Bound, cannot be discarded, can be decomposed into epic fragments)]
Equip Level: 50 Class Requirement: All Classes Physical Defense +200 Magic Defense +200 Strength +15 Intelligence +15 Stamina +15 Toughness +15 Movement Speed increased by 2.2 m/s, acceleration effect invalid while mounted.
[Epic Item: Hu Tiehua's Talisman (Bound, cannot be discarded, can be decomposed into epic fragments)]
Equip Level: 50 Class Requirement: All Classes HP +1500 MP +1500 Physical Defense +150 Magic Defense +150 All Stats Enhancement +10 Special Effect: [Lucky Dodge]: When attacked, has a 1% chance to dodge all attacks.
Jiang Yuan looked over the three epic items, overjoyed—they were all usable for him. So he decisively swapped out the corresponding rare items he was wearing and began studying the summoner hidden class change scroll.
[Class Change Scroll: Nine-Soul Summoner]
Description: Legend has it that in ancient times, the ancestral witch Xuanming founded the Nine-Soul lineage, capable of taming all beasts with unfathomable power. Hint: Find the class envoy in the main city and follow the prompts to complete the class change.
"Looks pretty badass. Let's go ask the class envoy."
Jiang Yuan closed his bag interface and immediately started searching for the summoner class envoy in Jinyang City.
After wandering through most of the main city, Jiang Yuan finally found his class envoy, Yan Ruoxue.
"Honorable warrior, how may I assist you?"
NPC Yan Ruoxue was petite, with sparkling eyes, and gave Jiang Yuan a sweet smile.
"Hello, I'd like to do a hidden class change."
As he spoke, Jiang Yuan took out the Nine-Soul Summoner class change scroll and handed it over.
"Honorable warrior, to change to a hidden class, you need to complete the following tasks. Do you accept?"
After Yan Ruoxue finished speaking, a dialog box popped up above Jiang Yuan's head, showing: "Do you accept the hidden class change quest issued by NPC Yan Ruoxue?"
Without any hesitation, Jiang Yuan immediately selected accept.
"Honorable warrior, you only need to provide the following materials to complete the hidden class change quest."
Yan Ruoxue said, and Jiang Yuan's quest list instantly displayed several materials: Epic Fragments*200, Soul Core of a Corrupted Monster, Gold Bars*10.
Looking at the three materials on the list, the first two weren't a big deal for Jiang Yuan, but the Soul Core of a Corrupted Monster in the middle puzzled him, so he asked, "What is a Corrupted Monster?"