Jiang Yuan leisurely returned to the novice village, plopped down on the ground in the safe zone, and began examining the items in his backpack one by one.
"Whoa! A level 30 legendary equipment, the Corpse King Robe!"
Seeing the only piece of equipment emitting a red glow in his bag, Jiang Yuan gasped sharply and quickly started checking its details.
[Mythical Equipment: Corpse King Robe (Tradable, Never Drops)] Required Level: 30 HP +1500 MP +1500 Physical Defense +200 Magic Defense +200 Intelligence +30 Spirit +30 Tenacity +30 Ice Attribute Enhancement +10 Special Effect: [Rejuvenation] Automatically recovers 50 HP per second. Special Effect: [Frost Breath] When attacked, has a 20% chance to unleash the Corpse King's exclusive skill "Frost Breath," instantly freezing the target and dealing 150% magic attack + 100% attribute damage.
"Holy crap! The stats on this mythical gear are insane! Too bad I need to be level 30 to wear it!"
Staring at the Corpse King Robe's eight attributes and two special effects, Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded, thinking if mythical equipment was this terrifying, wearing a full set of super-mythical gear would let him dominate everyone in the entire server!
Shifting his gaze from the legendary equipment, Jiang Yuan began checking the other items in his backpack.
[Epic Equipment: Bone Jade Magic Staff (Bound, Cannot Be Discarded, Can Be Decomposed into Epic Fragments)] Required Level: 20 Class Requirement: Mage/Summoner Physical Attack +750 Magic Attack +750 Intelligence +20 Spirit +20 Agility +20 Ice Attribute Enhancement +10 Special Effect: Ice Attribute Attack Special Effect: [Slumbering Spirit] When attacking, has a 10% chance to summon a "Skeleton General" with 10,000 HP, 3,000 Defense, and 2,500 Attack, immune to purification, lasting 60 seconds.
[Epic Equipment: Fish Scale Gold-Inlaid Blade (Bound, Cannot Be Discarded, Can Be Decomposed into Epic Fragments)] Required Level: 20 Class Requirement: Warrior Physical Attack +750 Magic Attack +750 Strength +20 Stamina +20 Agility +20 Tenacity +20 Fire Attribute Enhancement +10 Special Effect: Fire Attribute Attack Special Effect: [Golden Scale Protection] When attacked, has a 10% chance to block 50% of the damage.
[Rare Equipment: Spirit Ring] Required Level: 20 HP +500 Strength +15 Intelligence +15 Agility +15
[Rare Equipment: Golden Feather Arrow] Required Level: 20 Class Requirement: Archer Strength +15 Agility +15 Stamina +15 Skill [Armor-Piercing Arrow] +5 Levels
"Damn, all good stuff! Too bad the epic gear can't be traded, or that blade would be perfect for Old Ding!"
After checking the equipment in his bag, Jiang Yuan was deeply shocked and let out a sigh, thinking of his best friend Ding Ye, who played as a warrior.
Next, Jiang Yuan tallied up the items in his backpack.
[Intermediate Health Potion]: Instantly restores 5,000 HP, then recovers 500 HP per second for the next 30 seconds. [Rare Luck Potion]: Increases weapon luck value. [Rare Teleport Scroll]: Randomly teleports to any safe zone in the main city, usable 3 times. [Server Horn]: Broadcasts a message across the entire server, lasting 10 minutes, cannot be overwritten by player messages.
Suddenly, an item emitting a earthy yellow glow caught Jiang Yuan's eye.
[Epic Item: Guild Token]: The holder can go to the main city's guild administrator to submit an application to establish a guild. If a guild already exists, it can be given to the guild leader to upgrade the guild by one level.
"This must be why the Aoshi Guild was after the Corpse King. Guild tokens are priceless treasures in the early game. I've hit the jackpot!"
Looking at the Guild Token quietly sitting in his backpack, Jiang Yuan immediately guessed that Aoshi Xiaokuang had spent massive resources to besiege the Corpse King just to get the first Guild Token in this region and establish the Aoshi Guild's faction.
In the "Ten Thousand Realms" game, guilds offer huge benefits to players. Guild members can sign in daily for rewards, take on 10 rounds of guild quests each day for generous experience points, and every Saturday at 8 PM, the guild's exclusive dungeon "Beast Demon Invasion" appears, granting tons of items and experience upon completion.
"No wonder the Aoshi Guild started grouping up to kill the Corpse King so early. Tomorrow's Saturday—if they can get the Guild Token before then and build the guild, they can join the dungeon. Then Aoshi members will pull way ahead of players without guilds!"
Jiang Yuan now fully realized the value of the Guild Token in his hand. This palm-sized token was the key item deciding who'd be in the top tier and who'd fall to the second tier after tomorrow!
Meanwhile, in another forest area of the novice village, Aoshi Longhuang, clad in full level 20 purple gear, stared sternly at his vice president, Aoshi Xiaokuang.
"Has the bounty order been issued?"
Knowing he'd messed up, Aoshi Xiaokuang felt uneasy under Aoshi Longhuang's gaze. Just as he wondered how to break the silence, Aoshi Longhuang's cold voice reached his ears.
"Boss, I've informed all online Aoshi brothers. Even those offline have been notified via WeChat. As soon as Jiang Yuan hits level 25, our entire guild will surround and intercept him!"
Aoshi Xiaokuang immediately flattered.
"Also, assign people to closely monitor Jiang Yuan's movements. Once he goes out to level up, don't steal his kills—actively team up with him and help him reach level 25 as fast as possible!"
Aoshi Longhuang clasped his hands behind his back, issued the order to Aoshi Xiaokuang, then a smirk crept across his face.
Outside the novice village, Jiang Yuan wandered for a while before finding a spot near the Yin Wind Valley with dense monsters ranging from levels 25 to 30. Raising his hand, he summoned a thousand cute wild boars and began leveling up happily.
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the wild monster Ferocious Crow, gaining 300 experience points!"
"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the wild monster Giant Bear Demon, gaining 350 experience points!"
Thirty seconds later, the boars' forms gradually faded into mist and vanished. Just as Jiang Yuan prepared to summon a second wave, a team of players with "Aoshi" above their heads approached.
"Ding! Player Aoshi Yangyang invites you to join the team. Do you accept?"
Seeing this group of Aoshi Guild players, Jiang Yuan was about to move elsewhere to grind when a sudden prompt rang in his ears, leaving him stunned!