Chapter 6: Leader Enemy and the Dungeon-Clearing Treasure Chest

Just like the previous enhancement, as a white light flashed by, the worn-out leather coat on Yun Mu's body instantly transformed into a new appearance.

The originally wide hemline slightly tightened, becoming more form-fitting to her figure, while wool fabric for warmth was added to the lining; these fabrics could also help her cushion impacts when facing external blows.

"Am I now immune to the attacks of Bloodline Living Corpses?" Yun Mu suddenly thought of something.

A level 1 Bloodline Living Corpse only has 4 attack power, and the defense power provided by the clothes she was wearing happened to be exactly 4!

With this addition and subtraction, unless it was some skill with an increased damage modifier, the Bloodline Living Corpses wouldn't be able to break her defense at all!

Of course, this is limited to the game; in reality, the factors that can influence a battle are quite complex. Even if a Bloodline Living Corpse couldn't bite through the Hunter Coat, it would only need to switch to an unprotected area.

But regardless, at least in the game, she was already invincible against those ordinary living corpses!

"Sigh, this damn sense of security." Patting the coat on her body, Yun Mu closed the Blacksmith Shop and headed toward the next area.

This time there were no forks in the road; only one option appeared before her.

【Shouling Quyu lv5 (Apprentice)】

"I have to challenge a BOSS already?"

Yun Mu looked at the option before her with some surprise, her originally relaxed face instantly becoming serious.

Thinking about it, that made sense; after all, it was just a low-level Dungeon, so how could there be so many rooms for her to explore.

There was nothing to hesitate about, and nothing to prepare, so Yun Mu took a deep breath and then stepped forward.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar rang out, and a massive Bloodline Living Corpse appeared in the center of the road.

Its height was nearly three meters, and just standing there gave one a strong sense of oppression.

【You have encountered an enemy—【Bloodline Living Corpse lv5 (Apprentice)】

Bloodline Living Corpse lv5 (Apprentice)

Race: Bloodline

Maximum HP: 23

Attack 10, Spell Strength 4, Defense 0, Tenacity 3, Dodge 8, Speed 8, Precision Correction 15, Critical Hit 2%

Traits: Scarlet Curse, Leader (Max HP +30%, after the first action, summons three subordinates to join the battle)

Skills: Pounce, Claw Swipe, Bite, Roar】

Both sides entered the combat phase. This time, even with the speed bonus provided by the trait 【Fleet-footed】, Yun Mu's speed was not as high as the opponent's, so the Leader Bloodline Living Corpse acted in the first turn.

The opponent roared toward the sky, and while Yun Mu felt a wave of dizziness, three more lv1 Bloodline Living Corpses stood out from behind the Leader Living Corpse.

【Roar】

【Ranged/All Units/Spell Strength】

【Range 8】

【Base Precision 100/Damage Modifier -80%/Disturbance 80%/Stun 30%】

【Disturbance: Within three turns, Precision Correction -5, Dodge -3】

【Stun: Unable to act for one turn】

【-0！】

【Disturbance!】

"Thankfully, I didn't get Stunned," Yun Mu said, glancing at the extra status in her status bar.

It was only a reduction of five Precision and three Dodge; with her luck, it definitely wouldn't have any impact.

If she had been stunned, that would have been truly bad luck.

【Cutting!】

Yun Mu lunged forward with a large step, the Standard Short Dagger in her hand tracing a perfect arc as she slashed at the Leader Living Corpse.

【-8！】

A blood-red damage number jumped out from above the opponent's head. After leveling up and upgrading her equipment, the damage she currently dealt was enough to kill an ordinary Bloodline Living Corpse in one hit!

【Claw Swipe】

【Pounce】

【Pounce】

The three summoned ordinary living corpses launched attacks at Yun Mu in sequence. Since the latter two living corpses couldn't reach her due to the attack range of their other skills, they could only use the Pounce skill.

The Pounce skill had the effect of advancing 1 unit, so the living corpse in the third position replaced the living corpse in the second position to the third position, and then the fourth position replaced the new third position to the fourth position.

But regardless, the damage they dealt to Yun Mu...

was only 0!

"Roar!!"

The Leader Living Corpse was likely angered by its three underlings, so it let out a fierce roar, swung its massive arm, and smashed it down toward Yun Mu.

【Claw Swipe!】

【Critical Hit!】

【-11！】

A bold, enlarged blood-red number jumped out above Yun Mu's head, and her HP bar dropped by more than half instantly!

"Holy crap!"

Yun Mu was startled by this sudden critical hit. Taking advantage of her turn, during the period when she could use items, she hurriedly took out a Blood Brewing Bottle.

【+10！】

A pale green number jumped out from above her head, pulling her HP line back into a safe range.

"Ugh, it really tastes awful," Yun Mu said, putting down the Blood Brewing Bottle and dry-heaving with nausea.

How should she describe it—this strange texture, and the taste.

At the entrance, it felt like drinking some kind of animal fat—cold, sticky, fishy, and foul—followed by a faint scent of wine.

"No way, the more I think about it, the more disgusting it gets." She hurriedly kicked the memories in her mind into the depths of her consciousness, refusing to dwell on them any longer.

Following that, she looked toward the distant Leader Bloodline Living Corpse.

Damn it, a two percent critical hit rate can actually crit, huh.

Is there no justice? If this happens a few more times, what am I supposed to do if she gets one-shot?

Although she didn't know if dying in the game would have any effect on reality, as long as she could avoid death, she didn't want to die.

After all, she didn't dare to gamble.

So she could only be more cautious; when it was time to drink a potion, she would drink it, and she must never be stingy.

Anyway, drinking a potion didn't consume a turn, so it was highly unlikely that the scenario seen in some games—where a player is chased and beaten by a BOSS while drinking a potion—would occur.

So, just drink it and be done with it!

【Cutting!】

【-8!】

【Bleeding!】

"Should have applied Bleeding earlier," Yun Mu said, glancing at the Bleeding status and complaining.

With her current attack power, even without applying Bleeding, she would have been able to hack the Leader Bloodline Living Corpse to death by her next turn.

And now that it was applied, it was still just a matter of one more strike.

So the following turns were nothing more than garbage time; she only needed to mindlessly attack to win.

When the last Bloodline Living Corpse turned into flying ash and dissipated, she finally achieved victory in this battle.

【You have achieved victory in battle!

Your maximum HP +1

You obtained the item 【Gold Coin】 *155】

【Congratulations on leveling up! Your current level is: lv3

Your maximum HP +1, Attack Power +1, Spell Strength +1!】

【Cutting lv2——lv3】

【Base Accuracy 85——90 / Damage Modifier -25%——-20% / Bleeding 50%——60%】

【Pickpocketing lv3——Pickpocketing lv4】

【In the Dungeon, your loot yield +4%】

"Non-existent memories have increased again," Yun Mu said while enjoying the sensation of leveling up and feeling the extra memories in her mind.

These memories were even more absurd than before; in them, she had actually stolen Gold Coins from the bodies of Bloodline Living Corpses and Blood-thirsty Ones?

"Forget it, Bloodline Living Corpses and Blood-thirsty Ones were humans before they died, so it's not unusual for them to have some money on them; it's reasonable," she tried to convince herself.

And when the level-up ended, she walked forward a distance, and a huge wooden Treasure Chest appeared in her field of vision.

"Clearance reward, I get it!"

Yun Mu rubbed her hands impatiently, then violently flipped open the Treasure Chest!

Wow, gold, green Expert.

【You obtained equipment: Quiet Boots (Green)】

【Defense +2 / Resilience +1 / Dodge +4 / Speed +2】

【Stealth success rate +30% / Backstab·Touxixi·Ambush damage +40%, Critical hit +6%】

【From, uh, a mysterious organization, these magical boots allow the wearer to walk without a sound.】

PS: The game Dungeon segment will pause here for a while; I won't write this often, as it's actually quite troublesome to write.

Let me explain the function of the Resilience attribute here.

The Resilience attribute refers to resistance against 【Control】 type skills, such as Stun, Knockback, Imprisonment, forced displacement, and the like.

Each point of Resilience provides a 10% exemption probability.

As for Charm, mental control, and such, that depends on the hidden attribute 【Willpower】; those who know, know.

Then there's Bleeding resistance, various Element resistances, etc., which are not displayed and are all defaulted to 0.

However, certain equipment, traits, and so on will increase these values.

For example, the protagonist's trait 【Cold Resistance】, Cold resistance +20%, is also effective when facing some enemies that use freezing as their lethality.

(End of this chapter)