Chapter 974: Snatching Monsters?

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Su Sheng appeared right in front of the dwarf blacksmith's shop.

Swish swish swish~

All around, many players were constantly logging in.

Su Sheng naturally ignored them, walked straight into the blacksmith shop, and at a glance saw the Iron Hammer Dwarf using a tool to polish the Divine Thunder Magic Light.

"Your Majesty Iron Hammer, is the processing not finished yet?"

Su Sheng asked, saying that while the one-handed sword was indeed comfortable to use, in terms of feel… its damage was lacking, just lacking.

"Alright, I'm just giving it some maintenance."

The Iron Hammer Dwarf King said with a chuckle.

Su Sheng was speechless.

Maintenance?

For weapons and gear, veteran players don't bother with maintenance; when durability drops, they just pull out a repair tool and hammer it.

Although this game also has durability, repair costs are especially low, and the blacksmith shop even offers portable repair kits.

You don't even need to come back for repairs; the repair tool is very cheap, and basically every player carries a set.

Repair tools are graded only by level, not by quality.

A level 50 white item uses that repair tool, and a level 50 divine artifact uses the same one.

So maintenance stuff isn't even in players' minds—it doesn't add stats, just increases durability.

After about a minute, the Iron Hammer Dwarf King finally stopped his hand movements and looked satisfied at the Divine Thunder Magic Light in his hand.

This is the divine artifact he forged, the only one he's ever forged in his life—so far, the first and only divine artifact, like his own child, so the Iron Hammer Dwarf King is naturally pleased.

"Take it."

The Iron Hammer Dwarf King then reluctantly handed over the weapon in his hand to Su Sheng.

After receiving the weapon, Su Sheng began checking its stats.

Divine Thunder Magic Light (Three-Colored Divine Artifact)

Attack: 800

Bonus: Strength +400

Bonus: Constitution +400

Bonus: HP +4000

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Level: 60

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Su Sheng's eyes lit up!

The added passive and divine skills, etc., remained unchanged.

The equipment level increased by ten, and the base attack rose from 700 to 800, but this is useless for Su Sheng.

Then all the attribute affix lines below doubled!

Strength and constitution each gained an extra 200, and HP gained an extra 2000.

That's a very cost‑effective boost!

After equipping the new weapon, Su Sheng checked his own stats.

Attack‑defense 10270, HP 94720.

Not bad at all, then he checked his base attributes.

Strength: 4820

Intelligence: 1016

Constitution: 5067

Spirit: 1011

Agility: 1816

Needless to say, although he mainly focused on constitution, his strength attribute is almost catching up.

Normal player stats.

Each point of strength adds one point of attack power and a bit of armor penetration based on total strength.

Each point of constitution adds one point of defense and ten HP, plus a hidden toughness stat—how it's calculated only the game designers know.

Since Su Sheng has a balanced offense‑defense build, it's naturally most efficient to stack defense.

After parting satisfied with the Iron Hammer Dwarf King, Su Sheng headed straight to the training spot.

However, while passing by the riverbank, Su Sheng unexpectedly discovered… there was still an open fishing spot today.

That's kind of…

Tsk, forget it—let's keep heading out to train.

If it were yesterday it'd be fine, but today my gear is complete—I'm no longer a professional fisherman.

Then Su Sheng saw a fisherman riding a mount at extreme speed, rushing over from the road.

Tsk…

Su Sheng glanced at it, then paid no mind…

Under normal circumstances, Yanhuang Town regulations state that on the town streets, only members of the Yanhuang Guild may ride mounts; everyone else may not.

Everyone knows that riding a mount is faster… but mounts also have size, and this game uses realistic collision volumes.

If it weren't prohibited, everyone would ride to get around, and the already congested Yanhuang Town would become completely jammed.

Su Sheng sighed again, wishing it could be expanded to the Main City stage; that would be big enough…

But the Main City stage—don't even think about it…

Even under normal conditions, it would be a fourth‑level guild, but the Main City requires a fifth‑level guild.

Now, Yanhuang still needs a bit more time to reach a fourth‑level guild.

The higher the guild level… the harder it gets…

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Su Sheng arrived again at the level‑75 Training Spot.

The people here are still the same squads from yesterday; after all, leveling at this stage is inherently a dull, lengthy task.

This time, with Fengwu's Holy Word Buff, the eight monsters' speed increased by almost double.

This is… the power of a Divine Artifact!

Even just the basic elemental stats alone bring Su Sheng benefits far surpassing that blue longsword from yesterday.

Furthermore, there are Armor Break, Piercing Magic… these passive effects.

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The next few days brought no particular upheaval.

The hype of the global martial debate faded bit by bit, yet the names on the Global Top List quietly lodged themselves in one's mind.

Of course there were many other masters; although they didn't make the list, they shone during the original global martial tournament.

Those names attracted everyone's attention.

Su Sheng also patiently farmed monsters at this level‑75 Training Spot.

After a few days, the experience was only about forty percent.

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However, that day, just over an hour of game time had passed.

After Su Sheng dealt with the wild monster before him, he immediately summoned another level‑75 wild monster and fired a shot.

Whoosh~

Suddenly a green beam, flying swiftly from afar, pierced the head of the level‑75 giant wolf before him in the blink of an eye.

Clack!

The giant wolf, with about eighty percent of its health remaining, had its bar instantly emptied, and its corpse fell to the ground.

Su Sheng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

What the heck?

Stealing a monster?

And moreover… this damage—this is a level‑75 wild monster; at this stage, even for oneself, one would need Falling Demon Body and Lion's Fury, plus a high‑multiplier skill's Weak Point Critical Hit, to instantly wipe out that much health.

Only… who now has the nerve to steal one's own monster?

And it's on Yanhuang's territory.

Immediately, Su Sheng turned his head to look…

And then Su Sheng stopped dead.

Alright…

This ancestor.

Only… how is she here?

"Wang, I'm looking for you…"

The other person looked at Su Sheng and said.

"Uh, okay… I understand, I'll go back now." Su Sheng nodded.

Dalian!

A level‑80 Commander-level Boss, and also an Elf Ranger.

One arrow instantly slays a level‑75 Normal Monster, which is no problem.

As for stealing monsters…

(Dalian: Why do you have an objection?)

Only, Su Sheng was a bit curious why YiSiLanDiEr was looking for him.

Then, seeing Dalian stare at him… he probably wanted him to return soon.

Su Sheng pulled out a Return City Scroll…