Chapter 24: Dragon Scale Shield

Friend slot: Huan Jie's nickname "Crimson Rose" is at Level LV10.

I guess Huan Jie has already arrived at Wutong Town; later I'll trade this longbow to Huan Jie.

First, let's finish looking at the remaining three pieces of equipment.

A magic sword, also a one‑handed sword, but it carries magical attack; it's a weapon exclusive to Domestic Server alchemists.

Peachwood Magic Sword (Green)

Magic Attack: 50

Bonus: Intelligence +5

Level: 10

Requirement: Alchemist

Description: brief.

A one‑handed sword with magical attack, and it has a class restriction.

A pair of pants, or rather, armor…

Green Forest Greaves (Green)

Defense: 25

Bonus: Constitution +10

Level: 10

Category: Plate Armor

Description: brief.

The green armored greaves have quite good stats, even matching Su Sheng's Wolf King Skin Armor.

Normally, chest armor has the highest defense, but unfortunately the Wolf King Skin Armor is leather armor…

Never mind, put on the good gear first; it gives 10 more defense than Su Sheng's current basic greaves and adds 5 Constitution.

Now look at the last item.

Green Forest Greatsword (Green)

Attack: 60

Bonus: Heavy Assault (slow attack speed)

Requirement: Two‑handed

Level: 10

Description: brief.

It turns out to be the greatsword wielded by the bandit chief, with slightly higher attack than the two‑handed Big Radish club that the rabbit previously smashed.

It only has the Heavy Assault bonus, making attack speed slow; it seems similar to the bandit chief's passive skill Forceful Heavy Pressure.

Three weapons appeared at once; truly a weapon specialist.

But it's a pity, my own weapons really can't match up.

At least there's one piece I can use; Su Sheng looked at his new greaves.

After equipping the Green Forest Greaves, Su Sheng's Constitution reached 65, his attack and defense were exactly 200, and his HP reached 970.

There is also a unique timed quest; looking at its duration, the quest, according to forum description, guarantees purple‑quality equipment.

I wonder what kind of purple gear I can get.

Hope it's not a weapon, because regular weapons are useless to me.

Su Sheng finished the combat quest in five minutes; there were still twenty minutes left, more than enough.

Su Sheng packed up his items, turned around and headed back to the warehouse area of Hui Long Zhai, where he found a little girl hiding among the cargo.

The traveling merchant's daughter, a quest NPC.

After successfully picking up the little girl, Su Sheng led her out of Hui Long Zhai.

As Su Sheng left Hui Long Zhai, the entrance ahead began to change, and two NPCs, Dungeon guides, appeared beside it.

Su Sheng tried to talk; each Wutong Town player can start a Hui Long Zhai Dungeon once per day, and regardless of success, must wait until the next day to enter.

It can be entered solo or in a party, limited to 1–5 players, level 10–15.

Sure enough, it's a beginner dungeon; after level 15 it's basically worthless.

But the advantage is accumulated bit by bit; after all, dungeon XP is a bit higher than ordinary monsters, gear drop rates are higher, and death penalties are not as severe.

Although Su Sheng just completed the quest and cleared Hui Long Zhai once, the dungeon just reset, and he found he still had one more dungeon attempt.

Don't panic yet; submit the quest, then come back with Huan Jie to grind the dungeon.

Coincidentally, at this moment Su Sheng received a Private Chat message.

"A‑Sheng, you're the one on the announcement, right?"

It turned out to be a Private Chat from Huan Jie.

"It's me, Huan Jie. I'll bring you to the dungeon in a bit," Su Sheng didn't hide anything from his closest person this time.

It's not like ten years ago when under‑age me and my best friend sneaked games and had to hide it from home.

"Ah‑Sheng, you're amazing; pulling you in was the perfect choice," Lin Huan remarked in the Private Chat.

She has always known that her younger brother is outstanding, even after enlisting, the family still boasts a House of Merit.

She just didn't expect that, once in the game, he could single‑handedly outrun so many powerful guilds.

The top Hidden Nickname on the Level Ranking List belongs to Su Sheng, as she knows.

"That's the spirit, I'll submit the quest first; Huan Jie, wait for me at the class mentor, I have a surprise for you," Su Sheng grinned.

"Hehe, with you here, my Huakui Studio will definitely go further," she said.

Lin Huan sighed.

But seeing this, Su Sheng smiled and said nothing.

What about going even further?

Since I'm here, sis, this time I'll take you to see the scenery at the peak.

I originally just wanted to come in and have a look, but since my older sister longs for it, what's wrong with me competing for supremacy once more?

Just in time, Qiancheng Muxue.

I'm back, collecting debts—are you ready to repay what you owe?

And you…

Numerous figures flashed through Su Sheng's mind.

…

"Explorer, you're amazing!"

"Thank you so much for saving my daughter, and you also wiped out all those troublemakers from Hui Long Zhai—now my merchant travels are safe too."

"Those goods, once the authorities take over, I should be able to recover them as well—really, thank you so much."

"This is my small token of gratitude; please be sure to accept it."

System Notification: Complete the unique time-limited mission, the merchant's daughter.

Achieved hidden condition: eradicate evil completely.

Mission rating increased.

Reward obtained:

Experience +100000

Prestige +50

Equipment: Dragon Scale Shield (orange)

A flash of golden light, a huge amount of experience, let Su Sheng reach level 13—originally, after slaying the bandit chief, he was already preparing to level up.

At this point, Su Sheng's level was far ahead of everyone else.

The Universe's Shen Wang is still at level 12.

This shows that the dungeon's rewards are indeed substantial.

Prestige hasn't been developed for use yet, but naturally, the higher the better.

What left Su Sheng dumbfounded was that equipment reward.

An orange shield?!

Wasn't it supposed to be purple equipment?

Su Sheng glanced ahead, roughly understood—probably because he completed the "eradicate evil completely" option, fulfilling the hidden condition.

After all, so far this unique time-limited mission, likely only he has fully cleared the dungeon.

So, after fulfilling the hidden condition, the mission rating and rewards would increase by a tier, right?

Su Sheng hurriedly opened his bag; fortunately it wasn't a weapon—if it were a regular weapon, even if orange, he wouldn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Dragon Scale Shield (orange)

Defense: 120

Magic Defense: 80

Additional: HP +500

Additional: Constitution +20

Additional: Reflect Damage 5%

Additional Skill: Dragon Scale

Level: 10

Description: Rumor has it that a shield forged from shed dragon scales possesses astonishing power.

Dragon Scale: Activating the skill grants a shield equal to 100% of one's HP, with shield defense equal to that of the Dragon Scale Shield.

Duration: Until the shield value is depleted.

Cooldown: 180 minutes

Strong!

So strong it's boundless!

Although it's only level 10 equipment, with both physical and magical defense plus four extra bonuses, it truly lives up to being an orange epic.