[Ding～You have been resurrected! Because you are in the newbie protection period, death penalty: EXP -2000!]
White light poured down, and Lin Mo was teleported into the resurrection spring of Yunbian Town.
Dazed, Lin Mo's face was full of confusion.
"What the hell?"
"How did I die?"
"How the hell is that little spider that strong?"
Lin Mo checked the battle log and did not find anything strange. He still could not imagine how a mere level 10 small monster, [Exploding Spider], could use one skill to blow 9800 damage off him.
Not until he saw the Reconnaissance he threw right before he died and the stats it showed for the Exploding Spider did he suddenly realize.
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[Exploding Spider] (Normal Monster)
— Level: 10
— Attack: 72
— Defense: 48
— HP: 9800
— Skill: Self-detonation (destroy yourself to deal true damage equal to your max HP to a single enemy)
[Description: A hatchling born of the Spider Queen. Although it only has 10% of the Spider Queen's stats, it has a terrifying self-detonation ability! Do not get close to it lightly, and do not try to disturb the Spider Queen, because Exploding Spiders might blow you into minced meat at any time.]
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Judging by its stats, aside from its unusually high HP, its Attack and Defense were not even as good as an level 8 wild wolf.
But this self-detonation skill was truly unsolvable.
"Isn't this just the same as Jade Burning's talent effect?"
"No, it's the upgraded version! One blast for 9800 HP, I couldn't tank that even at level 20."
"I didn't even get to see the Spider Queen's face and got blown to death by a little spider? How embarrassing!"
Just as he was depressed, Lin Mo suddenly felt like he had discovered a new continent, and his eyes lit up.
"Wait!"
"This Exploding Spider has 10% of the Spider Queen's stats? Then doesn't that mean I can use its stats to calculate the Spider Queen's exact numbers?"
Just multiply the Exploding Spider's stats by ten.
"720 Attack. 480 Defense. 98000 HP."
Once he got that result, Lin Mo instantly started doubting life.
"A level 15 tier 2 boss is this broken?"
Just that 480 Defense alone made Lin Mo's scalp tingle.
"Even with a tier 2 orange weapon, and Heroic stacked full three times, my Attack can't even scratch this boss."
No wonder in his previous life, the Chaotic World Guild paid such a huge price to kill the Spider Queen, and only 10% of newbie villages across the whole server managed to defeat their boss.
"Looks like I seriously underestimated this newbie boss."
Even so, Lin Mo did not feel discouraged, but instead his fighting spirit burned even hotter.
At least he got the boss stats this trip, so it wasn't wasted.
With the boss's numbers in hand, Lin Mo could now prepare with a plan.
"The most important thing is that I have to be able to actually deal damage, otherwise there's no way to kill it."
"The Spider Queen has 480 Defense. That means if I want to really hurt it and deal some actual damage, I need at least over 600 Attack."
Lin Mo rubbed his chin, weighing his own stat panel.
He muttered, "I've got 382 Attack right now, still over 200 short."
Then he opened his equipment panel and checked.
"This tier 2 orange Hero's Golden Bow, it still has two evolution slots, and could boost my Attack a lot, but unless it's a last resort, I'd better not touch this gear, so it doesn't get bound and I can't resell it later."
"The ring is still level 5 tier 1, it has huge room to grow."
"If I swap to a tier 2 golden-quality ring, my Attack will definitely be enough."
"And if it's still not enough, I'll just evolve the Golden Bow to golden. Worst case, it's just several tens of thousands of yuan. How could that compare to being the first to kill a tier 2 boss?"
Lin Mo immediately set his direction.
But a headache followed right after.
"Right now even tier 1 gear is hard to get. Where am I supposed to get tier 2 gear?"
"Got it!"
A spark of inspiration suddenly flashed through Lin Mo's mind.
"If I can't get one, I'll just make one myself."
In the Oracle world, players could forge the gear they wanted at the blacksmith's.
It was just that the requirements were huge in terms of Reputation, gold, and materials, so not everyone could afford to make equipment.
But for Lin Mo, he could handle all of these costs.
So, Lin Mo headed to the town blacksmith.
Clang!
Clang!
He saw the busy [Li Li] the blacksmith, still forging weapons late at night.
Lin Mo walked closer and triggered dialogue.
"Master Li, can you help me make a piece of equipment?"
Li Li put down what he was doing, wiped the sweat off his face, and smiled at Lin Mo, "No problem!"
"Pick what kind of gear you want yourself and just gather everything listed there."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Li waved his hand.
A gear selection panel popped up in front of Lin Mo.
On it were all kinds of blueprints for level 1 to 10 gear.
Based on Lin Mo's current level, strength, and Li Li's Favorability toward him, right now the highest Li Li could forge for Lin Mo was level 10 tier 2 gear.
Which was exactly what Lin Mo needed.
So Lin Mo picked [Flame Ring] (Level 10 tier 2) and wrote down the forging material requirements listed on the blueprint.
"30 Reputation."
"1 Gold Coin."
"30 Flame Gems, 30 Flames of Soul, 30 Silver Iron."
Any one of these conditions alone was enough to make more than 99% of players who wanted to make gear back off.
Even big spenders had to think twice.
Because the gear made at the blacksmith for players has random quality.
If you paid such a huge cost and got a purple or orange piece, that'd be okay.
But if a white piece came out, that would really be enough to make someone mentally collapse.
He remembered that in his previous life there was a mid-spender big shot who spent over 100,000 yuan buying boss kills for Reputation, farming gold, and collecting materials. In the end, he got a white piece and rage-quit and deleted his account on the spot.
But for Lin Mo, there was basically no such problem.
Because even if it really did turn out to be a trash white piece, he could use evolution points to instantly turn it into golden divine gear.
Using the map, Lin Mo searched for the gathering locations of the three materials: Flame Gem, Flame of Soul, and Silver Iron.
They were Flame Mountain Range, Flame Forest, and the Mine.
"All level 10 maps."
"Flame Forest is closest to Yunbian Town, so I'll start there!"
With a body full of golden gear and explosive stats, Lin Mo did not even need to buy potions.
After re-listing the E-rank skill book [Poison Throw] he got from Wang Junjie and the level 5 blue Deadly Poison Ring on the auction house for 30,000 and 5,000 respectively, Lin Mo left Yunbian Town.
Following the map marker, he headed for [Flame Forest].
Even though this was for gathering materials to make gear, for Lin Mo, he could just use this process to level to 10.
"Once I complete my class change then, not only will I be able to learn skills, my stats will also get a big boost."
"Add on this tier 2 golden ring."
"The boss of Yunbian Town is as good as mine!"
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