Chapter 13: Soloing the Wolf King!

This Wolf King is the Elite BOSS of Newbie Village; barring any mishap, it should be the lowest‑difficulty Elite BOSS that can be found.

After all, once you reach the town, the monster's attributes only become stronger.

Fang!

The long sword transforms into sharp teeth, just as the Wolf King opens its gaping maw, clearly activating the Bite Skill.

However, Su Sheng moves a fraction faster, and his long sword pierces straight into the Wolf King's open mouth.

Weak Point Damage, Critical Hit! Weak Point Critical Hit!

-844!

Crimson large characters!

Rend triggered simultaneously.

-10

-10

…

Bleeding status, simultaneously suppressing the healing effect!

Effective! It seems this Wolf King BOSS's attributes have not exceeded the Fang Skill's Rend threshold.

Whether the bleeding effect can suppress healing also depends on the target; if it's a very powerful BOSS and the skill tier is insufficient, even if Rend triggers, it likely won't suppress healing.

As long as it can suppress healing, the difficulty of the run drops dramatically.

Next, it comes down to the state of the Wolf King's two skills.

Moreover, a Weak Point Critical Hit counts as a crushing attack, instantly nullifying the Shan Di Lang Wang's Bite Skill… a break effect.

This was also within Su Sheng's expectations, since the mechanics of "Zhu Lu" are almost entirely copied from the former "Qun Xiong".

After all, for such a grand game to be remade by Teng Long Company, who knows how many years it took.

Compared to "Qun Xiong", "Zhu Lu" merely adds a global launch, a few unique classes, and some corresponding optimizations.

However, veterans of "Qun Xiong" hold a definite advantage in "Zhu Lu".

Now Su Sheng proceeds methodically to 1v1 this Shan Di Lang Wang.

With sword‑shield coordination, almost all of the Shan Di Lang Wang's normal attacks are easily Block Exempted by Su Sheng, exemption rate 100%!

If other knight players saw this battle, they'd be mortified, because ordinary knights rarely achieve a Block Exemption even once; that already marks a master.

Most of them merely use a blocking stance to reduce damage.

A 100% Block Exemption requires top‑tier combat awareness and reflexes, plus deep familiarity with the monster's attack mechanics.

Moreover, every damage instance Su Sheng deals that pops from the Wolf King's head is uniformly yellow or crimson.

They're all Weak Spot Attacks or Weak Point Critical Hits, a habit Su Sheng developed playing as an assassin in "Qun Xiong", where assassins receive extra bonuses on weak‑spot attacks.

However, one thing: the Fang Skill cannot be used lightly.

Although against the Wolf King's normal attacks you can block with ease.

But under skill attribute checks, you definitely can't block, so you must keep the Fang Skill ready, and at the moment the Wolf King opens its mouth, jab it to interrupt the skill.

In that case, the run's speed drops, lacking the Fang Skill's major output, and the Wolf King's 500 HP per second regeneration is a real headache.

However, safety wins; even though Su Sheng currently has attack and defense of 92 and HP of 610, without Block the Wolf King could shred him in just a few bites.

After all, a BOSS is never meant for a solo duel.

Under normal circumstances, this Elite BOSS would require at least a fully staffed, synchronized level‑10 party with complete gear to have a chance.

However, Su Sheng lacks a healing Priest behind him, and the Lion Knight's class advancement quest prevents the Priest from healing him, since a Priest's healing also counts as output contribution.

The quest demands that he maintain 100% output contribution, because a Priest is a support class, and even granting buffs counts as contribution.

So this limits any external assistance for Su Sheng.

Nevertheless, it's not a big issue; barring any mishap, Su Sheng is quite confident he can take down this Wolf King.

Moreover, this should be the highest‑level monster in Newbie Village, and it's deep within this forest.

No other players should arrive within the time limit.

However, just as Su Sheng proceeds methodically—

Howl!

The Shan Di Lang Wang, whose health line has dropped to 80%, suddenly lifts its head and roars, sending waves of sound‑wave impact.

Su Sheng's complexion changes dramatically.

Hit by the Wolf King's howl impact.

Block check failed.

-40

This is a sound‑wave impact; the Shield cannot block it at all.

The damage isn't high, but the fatal part is—

the impact causes a 5‑second stun.

Constitution resilience reduces the stun to 4 seconds.

A 4‑second stun—Su Sheng, being a knight template with the highest hidden resilience, exempts one second of damage.

If the Wolf King uses a skill during those four seconds, Su Sheng would be instantly killed.

Even more lethal, according to Su Sheng's calculation, the Shan Di Lang Wang's Bite Skill should be ready any moment now.

Su Sheng currently has 570 HP; over four seconds, at the Wolf King's attack frequency, it can strike four times.

As long as he doesn't use skills, he should have a chance to endure.

The only hope is that the Wolf King's attacks don't target his neck or similar spots.

Indeed, players dealing weak‑point damage also receive weak‑point damage themselves, whether from player PvP or monster attacks.

Under the dizziness status, Su Sheng couldn't make any reaction, could only leave it to fate,

Howl!

One claw!

-110

The Wolf King's attack reaches 120, Su Sheng has 92 defense, can only slightly reduce the damage.

Aooo!

Another claw swipe came down.

-107

-113

Three seconds passed, the Wolf King did three normal attacks, taking 330 HP from Su Sheng, Su Sheng still has 240 HP left; according to this situation, he should be able to withstand it.

Su Sheng let out a sigh of relief.

-109

Sure enough, the fourth normal attack.

Su Sheng's HP still has 131 drops of blood, a narrow escape.

But at this moment, Su Sheng horrifiedly discovered that after the Wolf King finished its fourth normal attack, it did not retract its claw as usual, entering a brief stiffness.

Instead, it directly opened its mouth wide on the spot and bit down at Su Sheng.

Damn!

Wolf King, you have no martial ethics!

By ill fortune, after the Wolf King's fourth attack, its Bite Skill cooldown finished, it directly activated the skill, canceling the slight stiffness after the normal attack.

No martial ethics, even wild monsters are damn using combos!

With these 131 drops of blood, I definitely can't withstand that bite from the Wolf King.

Have to say, Teng Long Company's virtual-real technology is awesome; Su Sheng already smelled the foul odor coming from the Mountain Earth Wolf King Boss's bloody maw.

Other senses, like pain, can be set to a minimum of five percent.

Of course, Su Sheng still sets it to the maximum; otherwise he couldn't keep up with his own reactions.

Facing the foul smell blowing over, Su Sheng already saw the saliva dripping from the sharp fangs in the Wolf King's big mouth.