Chapter 70: Super Big Outfit Change

Magic Blade Claw (Blue)

Attack: 180

Additional: Agility+30

Additional: Strength+25

Level: 35

Description: omitted

A pair of daggers, shaped somewhat like the left-hand claw of the Magic Puppet Boss.

Ingenious Puppet Shield (Blue)

Defense: 130

Magic Defense: 70

Additional: HP+300

Additional: Strength+20

Level: 35

Description: omitted

The 35-level blue shield is also a strength-increasing shield; just looking at defense, it is 10 points higher than the Dragon Scale Shield, but other stats are quite average.

After all, the Dragon Scale Shield also has a Dragon Scale skill.

The only pity is that the Dragon Scale Shield's level is a bit low.

Magic Puppet Longbow (Blue)

Attack: 210

Additional: Agility+50

Additional: Strength+30

Level: 35

Description: omitted

Three pieces of blue equipment, all level 35, and their stats are really quite average.

After all, it's just an Elite Boss; Su Sheng guesses that Li Wenwan's red quest item is also settled in the loot tier.

So that red item occupies most of the settlement tier, so these three pieces of equipment can only be said to be barely usable.

Su Sheng only has a shield that he can use, but it's not as good as the one he currently has, so he simply gave them all to Huan Jie.

"The people of the world also contributed, Huan Jie, you take charge of giving them one piece." Su Sheng said to Lin Huan.

"Good."

Lin Huan nodded.

They are all level 35 equipment; the level is too high, so currently we can't use them at all.

The Huakai maidens still have to wait here for Li Wenwan.

That quest item is already the final link of Li Wenwan's hidden class quest; the place to turn in the quest is in the city.

Furthermore, besides Li Wenwan, they cannot enter the place to turn in the quest, so they didn't follow.

Afterward, Su Sheng bade farewell to the ladies.

I've reached level 20, so it's time for me to change gear.

First, I found the skill instructor and learned the two level-20 skills.

Defensive Stance:

Actively raise the shield to enter a formation defensive state.

Frontal damage reduction increased by 30%.

In Defensive Stance, movement speed reduced by 40%.

Duration: Unlimited

After removal: cooldown 15 seconds.

Cost: None

It's a pure defensive skill; only after learning this skill does a knight truly become a 'hard' one.

Compared to the first skill that reduces mobility, the second one increases mobility.

Shield Rush.

Charge to the target's location to support allies, using the shield to repel the target.

Deals damage equal to 110% of the shield's defense value.

Cooldown: 30 seconds.

The damage multiplier is low and pitiful, but at least it's a rush skill.

Having obtained the two skills, Su Sheng went to the warehouse.

Demon Fang Longsword (Green)

Attack: 80

Additional: Chance to poison

Level: 20

Description: omitted

This is a pretty trashy weapon; 80 attack power is junk stats for Su Sheng's hot spring, the only useful thing is the chance-to-poison additional.

Afterward, I took off the novice wooden sword in my hand.

This novice wooden sword that has accompanied me for so long can finally be retired.

Then, taking two Heavenly Craft Stones, picking up the Phoenix Flame Earring and the 25-level Phosphor Armor Vambraces that Chen Guan had given him earlier, he found the enchanter in Wutong Town.

The town had an NPC enchanter who could perform simple enchantments, though the price was high; moreover, some complex enchantments could not be done at all.

Heavenly Craft Stone, just a simple enchantment.

10 gold coins each.

Su Sheng winced a little at the cost, but he still paid happily.

Then he equipped the two items.

Su Sheng's original vambraces were still the plain ones from the shop.

Phosphor Armor Vambraces, armor (blue).

Defense: 80

Bonus: Constitution +30

Bonus: Agility +20

Level: 25 (enchantment -5)

Description: omitted

His stats jumped up significantly.

Phoenix Flame Earring (purple)

Magic Defense: 100

Bonus: Spirit +40

Bonus: Phoenix Flame

Bonus: Pseudo Nirvana

Level: 25 (enchantment -5)

Description: omitted

Phoenix Flame: passive skill

When attacking or being attacked, there is a chance to inflict Phoenix Flame Burn on the target.

Pseudo Nirvana: passive skill

When receiving fatal damage, it exempts from death for 3 seconds, during which HP recovers to 50% (cooldown 600 minutes).

Magic defense and spirit are pretty much useless for Su Sheng.

But the two added passives make this equipment divine.

Especially Pseudo Nirvana, with a 3-second death exemption, i. e., 3 seconds of invincibility, and it also restores half HP.

With it, when facing the ultimate magic puppet's self‑explosion, Su Sheng is completely unafraid.

Afterwards, he looked at his gear and saw he still had two pieces of leather armor, shoes, and armor — these were still the 10‑level green gear from Newbie Village.

They were completely inadequate now, so he checked the shop's plain gear.

Right, Su Sheng slapped his forehead.

Let's check the auction house.

After reaching level 20, the auction house opened.

He searched for a target…

Empty.

Su Sheng froze, then reacted immediately.

At this stage, the only player who is level 20 is himself; normal players are still fighting monsters in the low teens.

There aren't many level‑20 drops; players capable of beating monsters above level 20 aren't ordinary — they're either in big guilds or fixed elite teams, and gear naturally goes to their own members first.

Helpless, Su Sheng could only return to the shop to buy plain gear.

The level‑20 plain armor shoes have 30 defense, which is 15 points higher defense and 5 points lower agility than the level‑10 leather shoes Su Sheng currently wears.

Equip them!

Anyway, he focuses on defense, so losing 5 agility is no problem.

The level‑20 plain armor chest piece gives 40 defense, which is 15 points more defense than the level‑10 Wolf King leather armor Su Sheng wears, but the plain gear has no bonus attributes and lacks 100 HP.

Between 15 points of attack/defense and 100 HP, Su Sheng hesitated a moment, then ultimately chose the 15 points of attack/defense.

After all, after changing gear, he no longer lacked those 100 HP.

By now, Su Sheng had completed his massive gear overhaul.

He had also become a qualified armored knight, with no more miscellaneous leather gear left on him.

At this point, the only lagging piece left was the level‑10 green greaves; still, they were armor greaves with a constitution bonus, so he'd keep using them for now.

After the gear change, Su Sheng's stats had become incredibly overpowered.

Defense 502.

After the boosts from Lion Stance and Mighty Lion's Body passives, his attack and magic defense also reached 502.

At this stage, even a mage lord would probably despair upon seeing him.

If he also activated Hunting Stance, even a full‑agility assassin would end up eating dust behind him.

After equipping the Wolf King leather armor, his HP dropped by 100, but the Constitution bonus from the Phosphor Armor Vambraces actually increased his total HP to 2670.

Monstrous.

After checking his stats, Su Sheng couldn't help cursing himself.

These stats are truly excessive.

If he now faced that magic puppet boss again, Su Sheng felt his current stats would definitely let him tank it, even without a priest.

Afterward, Su Sheng turned to the quest panel.

The Lion Tooth Knight's occupational skill task still hasn't been completed.

However, don't panic—this task is very easy for Su Sheng.

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