Chapter 237: Not Really, Are You Actually Giving?

Lion Roar, Decontrol, Defense Down!

Su Sheng instantly freed himself from the suppression state, and it seems this 10% berserk mechanism is a forced suppression execution.

It's somewhat similar to the devouring of that bug BOSS in the Dwarves' mine before, forced control to death.

If you didn't have a Decontrol Skill, you'd truly get wrecked.

But since Su Sheng has a Decontrol Skill, it's easy.

Smoke Swirl.

Imprison!

At the instant Su Sheng broke free from suppression, the Suan Ni directly triggered its Imprison skill.

Although it can only imprison for about two or three seconds, it's already enough.

Hunting Stance still has about 1 minute 40 seconds remaining.

The BOSS's HP is around 11%, and just now some life steal recovered a bit; even damage to the shield value can leech, which is over the top.

He turned, swung his sword and struck the throat again.

Two seconds later, the BOSS regained its ability to act, the five‑second imprison now had only two seconds remaining; one must admit this BOSS template's Control Resistance is truly excessive.

But the HP has already dropped to 8%.

One minute later....

Hunting Stance time still has 30 seconds.

"Ugh! Damn it!"

The werewolf let out a roar, its HP cleared.

Experience was divided evenly; Su Sheng didn't get much experience, but the little Suan Ni, Xiao Jia Huo, leveled up again.

Level 35!

Su Sheng looked at the fallen BOSS corpse, exhaled a sigh of relief; a wild Elite Boss pushing him to this extent is not bad.

The main issue was the disgusting mechanic, and the Hate Value chaos further limited Lin Huan and Li Wenwan's output.

The BOSS died, and Lin Huan and the three women also came over.

"Let's see what dropped."

Su Sheng rubbed his hands in anticipation; this Elite BOSS wasn't low in difficulty, hoping it would drop something good, and after the werewolf transformation its level also reached 50.

Three purple glows on the ground stood out the most; the blue and green ones didn't catch Su Sheng's interest.

Su Sheng was a bit disappointed, only three purple items.

But upon obtaining the first one, Su Sheng smiled.

Got it, I thought I'd obtain it from the Demon Suppression Office, but didn't expect it here.

Mysterious Component 07 (Purple)

Component: 07

Description: None

Great!

That way I can use both the 07 and 08 components.

However, Su Sheng hesitated a bit.

Now the Mysterious Ring 06 is already Level 40; combining with 07, based on earlier speculation, should be a Level 45 purple, but I'm only Level 41 now.

To equip it you'd need to farm Heavenly Craft Stone; then combining with the warehouse's 08 would probably be Level 50 orange; not sure when the level cap stops increasing, since the game's level cap is 120, one combination adds five levels, 49 combos makes 250 levels? Not realistic.

So this level increase definitely has a cap.

If I farm 07 now, I'd need Heavenly Craft Stone to continue equipping, but it's not worth it.

Same‑type enchantments can only be applied once; if the Mysterious Ring's cap relies on Heavenly Craft Stone it's a bit of a loss, better wait for a Divine Craftsman Stone.

Also, after farming 07, it seems the Mysterious Ring will still be purple quality, only three affixes, just a slight attribute boost, basically adds a bit of HP.

After all, the added strength isn't much use for Su Sheng.

Need to farm 08 to upgrade the Mysterious Ring to epic, gaining an extra affix.

Then I won't farm for now, wait until the level is high enough, or get a Divine Craftsman Stone later.

"I'll take this, okay."

Su Sheng posted the attributes of Mysterious Component 07 in the party channel.

Lin Huan and the others knew about Su Sheng's Mysterious Ring, so they had no objections.

Next is the second item.

Su Sheng again showed a delighted expression.

At first Su Sheng complained there were only three purple items, now he's outright giving a "so good" warning.

Hidden Skill Book (Purple)

Armor-breaking Slash.

Effect: Swing weapon to slash a blade light/sword aura, dealing Armor Break to enemies within a 5×5 area, with a chance to inflict Vulnerable State.

Duration: 20 seconds, Cooldown: 60 minutes.

Restricted to: Warrior/Knight.

Level: 40

Su Sheng blinked, "Not really giving?"

It's the skill that triggers at 50% BOSS HP; although it deals no damage, it applies group Armor Break, slashing armor to near zero within 20 seconds.

Not sure if it's additive or multiplicative; if additive, combined with Lion Roar and the Corrupt Ring, it would basically strip the target's armor entirely.

Apply another Vulnerable State.

Tsk tsk...

Su Sheng released the attribute: "I learned it directly."

Anyway, they can't use it.

After learning it, Su Sheng impatiently opened the skill panel to take a look, then pouted in disappointment.

He saw that the description of Armor-breaking Slash now had an extra note: not stackable.

It meant the Armor Break property of Armor-breaking Slash cannot stack with other armor‑reducing effects, so Su Sheng's previous expectation was wasted.

Ahem ahem...

Su Sheng cleared his throat twice; indeed, he had been a bit greedy.

Next, the third item: a level‑45 cloth armor, with well‑rounded stats, usable by Mage and Priest.

Su Sheng looked at Li Wenwan and Huang Mingxin; both could use it, so he let them decide themselves.

There was still one blue left and one green left; the stats were okay, I guess.

Of course Su Sheng wasn't interested; he let Huan Jie handle the distribution, and any unused ones were shoved back into the guild warehouse.

"Alright, the BOSS is done, today's playtime is about over. We'll kill some Cutting Path Bandits here, and we'll probably need to kill more tomorrow to meet the goal."

Su Sheng clapped his hands.

We still need a lot of the 1,000 Cutting Path Bandits.

"A‑Sheng, we can just kill the Cutting Path Bandits ourselves; you go find the Roving Horse Bandit," Lin Huan said, glancing at the BOSS corpse that was respawning on the ground.

The quest requires 1,000 of each of the three monster types; Su Sheng had already told Lin Huan.

The easiest, Wandering Bandit Thief, Su Sheng had already completed himself.

As for the Cutting Path Bandits, although they are short‑legged classes, they can be kited to death at extreme pull distances.

Only the Roving Horse Bandit.

They just ran into a wave and almost got wrecked.

Mounted horse bandits are too fast; they can't kite them.

That wave was lucky; they used all tactics, landed a critical, and barely cleared it.

After all, the three women are glass‑cannon; besides archer Lin Huan, there are two short‑legged Magic Class members.

So dealing with the Roving Horse Bandit is truly hard.

Su Sheng thought for a moment, looked around, saw no sign of the Roving Horse Bandit, and then nodded.

"Alright, thanks for the trouble,"

Su Sheng smiled and said to the three women.

"We need to level up anyway, and I want to pull the little sparrow's level up quickly,"

Li Wenwan looked at the fire‑eating sparrow crouched on her shoulder, then glanced at the Xiao Jia Huo lying on Su Sheng's head.

…

After that, Su Sheng acted alone again…

However, the Roving Horse Bandit spawns at random points, so Su Sheng could only wander aimlessly.