A Polluter was taken down.
The pressure on Wang Meng and the others in the back row suddenly eased a lot.
The pretty girl holding a staff, her beautiful eyes filled with excitement and thrill, exclaimed, "A big shot came to help us! Could it be the Shadow from the leaderboard?"
In truth, it was hard to tell if the girl was still pretty, as she was covered in mud, with barely any health left.
Only her figure remained enticing, making people want to take a few more glances.
Her long legs moved continuously, maneuvering agilely, appearing lively and full of elasticity...
"Hold on."
Wang Meng's skill cooldown was complete.
He released his skill with a solemn expression, Holy Barrier!
Golden light enveloped his burly body, putting him in an invincible state for three seconds, allowing him to hold on a bit longer against the Swift Runner.
The others also had space to dodge.
With one less Polluter, the long-range threat was significantly reduced.
Nearly half a minute later, Qin Feng reappeared behind another Polluter.
He struck without warning!
Another instant kill on a Polluter!
"No Evolution Points..."
"Greedy Hand!"
"Huh, a skill book dropped?"
Qin Feng casually picked up the skill book dropped by the Polluter.
He checked the skill book in his inventory:
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[Venomous Dart (Common): Assassin skill. Throw a poisonous dart with a maximum range of 12 meters. On hit, it adds 40 attack damage and inflicts a 'Venomous' state. Cooldown: 5 seconds. Learning requirement: Level 2]
[Venomous: Deals 30% attack power damage per second, no weakness bonus, lasts for 5 seconds, cannot stack.]
——
Finally, an attack skill, and it's a mid-range, continuous damage skill!
Even for a common player, learning such a skill early on would significantly speed up their development.
However...
The drop rate of skill books from common monsters is very low.
Qin Feng had killed so many common monsters, and this was only the second time a skill book dropped.
The first time was from the first Crawler, which dropped a magic-type 'Icicle Spell.'
And this time, it was again thanks to Greedy Hand.
"Equipment and skill books have a higher drop rate from bosses..."
"But for common players, without basic equipment and skills, it's impossible to take down a boss, even the weakest Bronze-level boss."
Qin Feng thought to himself.
He didn't hesitate; with 3 Evolution Points on him, he directly evolved the Venomous Dart twice!
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[Venomous Dart (Common→Bronze→Silver): Assassin skill. Throw a poisonous dart with a maximum range of 12→13→14 meters. On hit, it adds 40→80→120 attack damage and inflicts a 'Venomous' state. Cooldown: 5 seconds. Learning requirement: Level 2]
[Venomous: Deals 30%→40%→50% continuous damage per second, no weakness bonus, lasts for 5 seconds, cannot stack.]
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After evolving the skill twice, the total damage more than doubled!
Qin Feng moved quickly.
He picked up the skill book, learned it, and evolved the skill in one go.
The last Polluter had just turned around, intending to launch a mud attack at Qin Feng, but Qin Feng was faster.
He raised his hand, and a Venomous Dart flew out.
It instantly hit the Polluter's head!
For other new players, achieving this level of attack accuracy would be impossible.
But Qin Feng had spent nine years in the Abandoned Gods Game in his previous life, and his proficiency with ranged attacks was ingrained in his bones...
He casually threw the Venomous Dart, directly hitting the head's weak point!
-237 (Weak Point Attack)!
The damage number didn't look high because there was no stealth break, no backstab, and the opponent had already spotted Qin Feng, so the 'Shadow' class passive didn't activate, resulting in no double damage...
But after Qin Feng attacked, he immediately vanished!
After being hit by the Venomous Dart, the Polluter turned completely green.
Two consecutive damage numbers popped up above its head.
-158!
-158!
After taking two instances of continuous venom damage, the Polluter finally died.
"This continuous damage is quite high."
"And after I attack and go invisible, this continuous damage can benefit from my class passive, doubling the damage?"
Qin Feng was sensitive to damage.
He immediately noticed this.
The third class passive of Shadow is that damage dealt outside of the enemy's line of sight is doubled.
Since he was invisible, it naturally didn't count as being in the enemy's line of sight.
So, doubling the continuous damage was perfectly normal!
Unfortunately, this last Polluter didn't drop anything either.
Only the final Bronze-level boss, the Swift Runner, remained, and that was the main event!
At this moment, Wang Meng was already sweating profusely, "I can't hold on much longer."
The middle-aged female Priest in the team was continuously casting healing spells on him, but the effect was limited.
Wang Meng's health bar was still steadily approaching the bottom.
Clearly, although this team had leveled up to 2 by killing small monsters, they hadn't obtained any useful equipment or skill books, resulting in their combat style remaining quite basic.
Just then.
A figure suddenly appeared behind the boss Swift Runner.
Seizing the moment when the Swift Runner launched an attack on Wang Meng, a Venomous Dart flew towards the Swift Runner's head!
It hit the head precisely!
-845 (Weak Point Attack)!
Stealth break, backstab, weak point attack, all fully utilized.
A single shot to the soul!
Wang Meng and the others were tense, and upon seeing the boss's health bar drop almost instantly by half, their eyes widened.
"Holy crap!"
Wang Meng couldn't help but curse.
Their entire team had been fighting the Swift Runner for ages, only managing to deplete about 10% of its health.
And this mysterious figure took out half of the boss's health with just one skill?
And that was just the base damage of the Venomous Dart!
What followed was even more terrifying.
-324!
-324!
-324!
-324!
As the Swift Runner's body turned green, four consecutive continuous damage numbers popped up, leaving the Swift Runner no chance to struggle, and it fell right in front of Wang Meng!
Of course.
Wang Meng and his team couldn't see the damage numbers of others.
They could only see the boss's health bar.
Every time it dropped, their hearts skipped a beat!
They watched helplessly as the Bronze boss, which almost wiped out their team, was poisoned to death right before their eyes!
"Wow, this damage... Is this even human?"
"No way, is this really a player who entered the game at the same time as us?"
"You guys are missing the point. The key is, he can accurately hit the boss's head with a dart while it's moving chaotically!"
"Exactly, our ranged attacks struggle to hit the boss, yet he hits the weak point effortlessly..."
All six of Wang Meng's team gasped in shock.
They watched as the boss dropped a pile of loot, but it was clear they didn't have the right to pick it up.
In the Abandoned Gods Game, the ownership of loot dropped by monsters belongs to the team or individual with the highest damage.
Now, 90% of the Swift Runner's health was depleted by Qin Feng.
Naturally, Qin Feng owned all the loot!