Chapter 8: Snakeskin Battle Boots, Bronze-Level Monster
Zhou Han used his iron sword to flip over the corpse of the green-scaled snake,
and the equipment that had been pressed underneath was revealed.
It was a pair of shoes.
After picking them up, the attribute data appeared on the virtual panel.
[Snakeskin Battle Boots]
[Grade: Common]
[Attribute: Movement Speed +1]
[Description: Shoes made from snakeskin, nothing special.]
"Enhance twice." Zhou Han muttered directly. He still had some enhancement points on hand, enough to use.
[You have activated your talent: Infinite Enhancement. 'Snakeskin Battle Boots' have been successfully enhanced twice. Please check the attributes.]
[Snakeskin Battle Boots +2]
[Grade: Common]
[Category: Boots Equipment]
[Attributes: Movement Speed +20, HP +100]
[Special Effect 1: 10% chance to negate one slow effect. After a successful negation, the chance refreshes after 1 hour.]
[Special Effect 2: Movement speed increases by 50% while in combat.]
[Description: Ordinary shoes that reveal something extraordinary—they let you move like a snake.]
Holy shit,
With this much movement speed,
wouldn't that make him take off flying?
Zhou Han suppressed his excitement and continued reading.
Special Effect 1 could negate slow effects, but the probability was only 10%,
too low—basically negligible.
Special Effect 2, on the other hand, was pretty good—movement speed increased during combat.
This was great. Who wouldn't like being fast?
He could fully utilize his speed advantage to strike enemies.
Even if he couldn't win, he could still run away—it truly meant being in an unbeatable position.
Zhou Han immediately took off his sneakers,
and replaced them with the [Snakeskin Battle Boots +2].
He walked a few steps slowly, and it was already about the same as his usual jogging speed.
Then he ran a few steps—and was shocked.
This was fucking faster than double-speed Usain Bolt!
Zhou Han felt a surge of exhilaration in his heart.
Now this was what real flying felt like!
After organizing everything, Zhou Han checked his attributes after leveling up.
[Player: Zhou Han]
[Level: 2 (0.1%)]
[Class: None (Can change class at level 10)]
[HP: 150 + 300]
[Attack: 20 + 90]
[Defense: 3 + 50]
[Talent: Infinite Enhancement]
[Weapon: Iron Sword +2]
[Equipment: Cotton Robe +2, Snakeskin Battle Boots +2]
After reaching level 2, since he hadn't changed class yet, the attribute gains weren't very high.
His HP cap increased by 50 compared to before, and with equipment bonuses, his total HP reached 450.
His base attack also increased by 10, reaching 110.
His defense increased by 3, reaching 53.
Combined with the various equipment effects,
having this level of combat power at level 2
was downright terrifying.
"Hm? There are still quite a few monsters inside this cave!"
After checking his stats, just as he was about to leave,
Zhou Han noticed shadows moving inside and realized this was the nest of the green-scaled snakes.
Aside from the five green-scaled snakes killed at the cave entrance, there were still a large number gathered inside.
He felt delighted—these were all enhancement points!
Of course, he wouldn't just rush straight in. Who knew how many monsters were inside?
If there were too many and they focused their attacks together, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Sure enough, there were actually over two hundred green-scaled snakes inside, making Zhou Han's scalp tingle.
Luckily he hadn't acted impulsively, or he might really have been poisoned to death.
However, thanks to the 30-point speed bonus during combat,
he relied on his slick movement to unleash a wave of attacks inside.
This was the huge advantage brought by speed.
The green-scaled snakes could only stick out their tongues and bare their fangs anxiously.
They had no slowing skills and couldn't restrict Zhou Han.
There was nothing they could do—they couldn't even touch a single hair on him.
Hearing the system notifications continuously, and watching his enhancement points skyrocket, Zhou Han felt extremely satisfied.
"Haa…"
After several minutes, he had killed all two hundred-plus green-scaled snakes.
It was very disappointing—none of them dropped any equipment. The drop rate was really low.
Suddenly, from the darkness, a thick snake as wide as a bowl lunged out and struck Zhou Han's body.
A massive force hit him, and Zhou Han immediately felt a burning pain across his body.
-142,
-90,
"Damn, that's shameless—sneak attacking!"
And the damage was so high, it was beyond Zhou Han's expectations.
It dealt over 200 damage in one hit. None of the monsters he had encountered before had such output.
Zhou Han quickly saw the monster in front of him. It looked somewhat like the green-scaled snake, but its aura was far more ferocious.
This guy had been hiding in the shadows just now, and Zhou Han hadn't noticed it at all.
It had clearly been waiting for him to lower his guard before launching its strongest attack.
[Golden-Scaled Snake]
[Grade: Bronze]
[Level: 3]
[HP: 760]
[Attack: 200]
[Defense: 46]
[Skill: Deadly Poison (Sprays deadly poison at a single target. For 7 seconds, the target loses 90 HP per second. Cooldown: 30 seconds.)]
[Description: The leader of the green-scaled snakes. Extremely toxic. It is recommended to prepare healing potions.]
Zhou Han took a look—damn, it was actually a bronze-level monster.
Its stats were much stronger than the green-scaled snakes.
Its HP reached 760, and its attack power was 200.
If other players encountered it, they would only be instantly killed.
But for Zhou Han, it still wasn't enough.
At this moment, Zhou Han was poisoned,
but with a regeneration effect of 200 HP per second, it wasn't a big problem.
"Beast, sneaking an attack? Die!"
Zhou Han swung his iron sword wildly. There was no other way—he had no skills yet and could only rely on basic attacks.
The Golden-Scaled Snake was also very surprised. It didn't expect a level 2 human wearing ordinary equipment
to be completely unaffected after being hit by its skill.
But it no longer had a chance.
Zhou Han triggered two sword auras,
and the fierce attack directly pierced through its body.
It twitched on the ground for a few seconds before completely dying.
[Regional Announcement: Player Zhou Han has successfully killed a bronze-level monster and achieved the first kill. Reward: 10 gold coins, 1 Bronze Chest.]
"Who the hell is this Zhou Han? He actually killed a bronze-level monster!"
"Oh my god, that's insane! I really want to cling to him!"
"What kind of talent does Zhou Han even have? We can't even beat level 1 common monsters—this is ridiculous."
"Maybe he just got lucky and found a bronze monster with low HP?"
"I think so too. Must've been a lucky steal, like a blind cat catching a dead mouse!"
"Hah, you're just jealous! Why didn't you get that kind of luck then?"
As soon as the regional announcement appeared, the chat instantly exploded.
Everyone was discussing who Zhou Han was and what kind of talent he had.
Some admired his strength, while others were jealous and assumed he just got lucky.
But Zhou Han didn't know any of this, and even if he did, he wouldn't care.
In the Divine Demon Continent, strength was everything. Power was the only truth. As long as you were strong enough, your words became reality.
[Yang Mi has requested to add you as a friend.]
[Dai Xiaomei has requested to add you as a friend.]
[Chen Beixuan has requested to add you as a friend.]
...
System notifications kept ringing in his ears.
Zhou Han hurriedly turned off the notifications—they were way too noisy.
"Damn, so many people are sending friend requests!"
It seemed that triggering the regional announcement had brought a huge impact.