Chapter 5: Is This Fate?

Xiao Feng issued a trade application.

"Oh, okay… thank you!" Xing Yun Miao blinked, never expecting that such a high price would actually be accepted by someone.

They immediately traded with Xiao Feng, giving him all four pieces of equipment.

"Let's add as friends; after I finish the quest… huh? Why are you running so fast!" Xing Yun Miao felt guilty, still wanting to add as a friend, hoping to repay him later.

But Xiao Feng had already darted away.

While running, he equipped all four new items at once.

His stats underwent a significant change.

【Name】: Xiao Feng

【Class】: Mage Apprentice

【Level】: 7

【Talent】: Divine Might (Super God Level)

【HP】: 324/324

【MP】: 77/77

【Magic Atk】: 39

【Phys Def】: 3

【Magic Def】: 2

【Str】: 7

【Int】: 21

【Con】: 10

【Spirit】: 7

【Agi】: 7

Magic attack has risen to 39 points, and the missile's theoretical damage will exceed 400,000!

"He's left the village, follow him!" Several players hurried after him.

Xiao Feng walked while instantly killing small monsters to regain his experience.

Five minutes later, he passed through the forest, returned to the base of Little Stone Mountain, and entered the cave.

"There's actually a cave here! Hiss~ a treasure spot! Could there be treasure inside?" The person secretly following noticed the clue and immediately began contacting their leader.

"Aotuogu, die!"

At the same time, Xiao Feng had already entered the cave and threw another missile.

"Stop hitting, stop hitting, I surrender, please don't hit me!"

Pat—

The magic missile dealt a damage of -378,112.

Aotuogu, after being beaten round after round, has now lost his will to fight.

Its HP dropped below 50%, the fear of death making it dare not fight further, so it chose to surrender.

"You only want to surrender now? Isn't it too late? I'll kill you, loot everything, and gain a rich amount of experience—no need to negotiate." Xiao Feng, victory in hand, spoke confidently.

As he spoke, the magic missile's cooldown ended, and he cast it again without hesitation.

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This strike reduced the Golden Lion's HP to 1.15 million; three more hits and it will be gone.

"I'll give you my master's inheritance! Don't kill me—if you kill me, you can't loot these things!" the Golden Lion shouted, having completely abandoned its dignity, only wanting to live.

Xiao Feng grinned, "Actually, I'm no longer interested in that inheritance after all—I hate the knight class the most."

Magic Missile!

Biu~

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The Golden Lion screamed as its HP plummeted to 760,000.

"Don't do this, don't do this, please! That's the Main God Inheritance—after class change, your stats become more than ten times higher than others, it'll definitely move you!" Aotuogu wailed, his massive body retreating, looking as miserable as possible.

Xiao Feng smiled narrowly, "Ten times? That's nothing—I really don't care for it."

Then, as the skill cooldown ended, another magic missile was launched.

"Ahhh! You're going too far, you're going too far!" Aotuogu watched his HP drop to 370,000, nearly breaking down.

At that moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the cave.

"Quick, quick, quick, it's in there—I heard the boss's roar, definitely a huge monster!"

Xiao Feng heard it and frowned.

Someone's arrived—things are getting troublesome!

However…

"Take him out first, then talk!"

He didn't care about being seen, and launched another magic missile.

Aotuogu knew he was doomed, yet strangely offered no resistance.

It growled, "Vile human adventurer, I, the Golden Lion Aotuogu, curse you in the name of the War God's mount!"

"All beasts on the God's Grace Continent will spare no expense to slay you!"

"The followers of all gods will see you as a thorn in their flesh!"

"You are a heretic, you are a cruel demon, you shall face the judgment of all gods!"

"In this world, you have no place to hide; your evil name will be forever carved on the Judgment Stele!"

Magic missiles had already emptied Ottogu's health bar, but it was still shouting; obviously this was a ritual, and even if it died, it would not be interrupted.

Ding~ You have received the curse of 【Golden Lion Ottogu】!

Ottogu's curse: Cannot enter the temple, cannot inherit the divine profession, cannot obtain war contributions, default becoming the primary attack target of monsters. Duration: Permanent.

"Holy shit, this curse is pretty fierce." Xiao Feng was somewhat surprised.

The first three effects look quite serious; they amount to losing the right to use some functions.

And the last effect left him utterly speechless.

Defaulting to become the attack target of all monsters, this thing isn't just a 「super taunt」?

So…… he went around and around, and ended up becoming a 「tank」!

Could this be fate?

Ding~ Congratulations, you have slain a level 50 mythic boss 【Golden Lion—Ottogu】, gaining 10000 prestige points!

At that moment, the system prompt for killing the boss also sounded.

Congratulations! You are the first player in this war zone to slay a mythic-level boss, earning the honor reward—one mythic equipment!

You have defeated Golden Lion Ottogu, gaining 3300000 experience points!

Congratulations, your level has risen to 33!

Prompt: Your level has reached 10; please proceed to the main city to advance your profession as soon as possible!

War zone announcement: Player 【Xiao Feng】 was the first to defeat a mythic-level boss, obtaining one mythic equipment!

War zone announcement...

War zone announcement...

System prompts came one after another, leaving people dazzled.

Xiao Feng watched his level jump straight from 7 to 33, his mouth grinning crookedly.

Although he lost a hidden divine-level profession inheritance, this level advantage is also worth celebrating.

The server has only been open for a little over an hour, and throughout the war zone only a handful have reached level 10 to go to the main city to change professions.

But he, in one go, leveled up to 33!

Moreover, his pack now held an extra mythic-level piece of equipment, radiating a dazzling red light—absolutely gorgeous!

【Godslayer Robe (Mythic)】

(Honor reward, cannot be traded, cannot be modified, cannot be discarded, never drops)

HP +3500

Physical Defense +50

Magic Defense +100

Spirit +50

Magic Damage Reduction +20%

Special effect: 【Spring】 automatically restores 50 mana per second

Special effect: 【Undying Spirit】 When taking a lethal hit, it negates that damage and grants the user a shield equal to 100% of their HP, which can last up to 10 seconds (this effect has a 24‑hour cooldown)

"Holy crap, this is too OP! And it has no level requirement!" Xiao Feng was instantly dumbfounded; he had never seen such insanely good gear in his life.

He didn't hesitate to put on this divine artifact.

The Godslayer Robe itself is dark blue in appearance, with white patterns running across the robe, a faint light flickering, looking both understated and luxurious.

After donning the artifact, Xiao Feng hadn't even allocated his level 33 attribute points, yet he already had 4500 HP and extremely high dual defenses.

At the same time, the person who had just spoken up had already gone deep into the cave.

"President, it's right here!"

A lackey‑type person walked in front, shouting at those behind.

Xiao Feng looked back and saw over forty people walking out of the passage, all of whose names began with 「World」.

"People from the World Guild?" He frowned slightly.