Chapter 16: New Special Effect, Ignoring Terrain
Zhou Han didn't look too closely. Anyway, the stats were definitely nothing special.
He directly started enhancing it. Bronze-grade items could be enhanced 3 times, while normal-grade items could only be enhanced twice.
[Coarse Cloth Belt +2]
Grade: Normal
Attributes: HP +300
Special Effect 1: When entering combat, maximum HP increases by 30%. It disappears immediately 5 seconds after leaving combat.
Special Effect 2: After being attacked, attack power increases by 10%. Cannot stack. If no further attacks are received within 10 seconds, the buff disappears.
Description: A very ordinary piece of equipment, but it can still play a small role in combat.
After reading it, Zhou Han also felt this equipment was somewhat interesting.
Both special effects were related to combat.
For an item enhanced twice to have such effects, it was already quite decent.
Zhou Han immediately fastened the belt around his waist.
The enhanced bracers shimmered with a faint cyan glow.
Their attributes also appeared.
[Green Steel Bracers +3]
Grade: Bronze
Attributes: Defense +50, HP +400
Special Effect 1: When HP is below 100%, recover 400 HP per second.
Special Effect 2: Damage taken is reduced by 20%.
Description: Forged from highly resilient green steel, with excellent defensive capability.
This time, Zhou Han was very satisfied. The increased HP and defense had both improved significantly.
The special effects were still healing and damage reduction. Not much change, but their effectiveness had increased.
After equipping everything, Zhou Han opened his status panel to check his current overall stats.
[Zhou Han]
[Level: 6 (76%)]
[Class: None (Can change class at level 10)]
[HP: 1850 + 1300]
[Attack: 60 + 300]
[Defense: 12 + 130]
[Talent: Infinite Enhancement]
[Weapon: Refined Iron Sword +3 (Burn, Execute)]
[Accessory: Three-Leaf Necklace +2 (Absorbs 2000 damage, 50% poison resistance)]
[Helmet: None]
[Clothing: Mystic Radiance Robe +3 (500 HP/s regen, 40% dodge)]
[Bracers: Green Steel Bracers +3 (400 HP/s regen, 20% damage reduction)]
[Belt: Coarse Cloth Belt +2 (30% max HP in combat, +10% attack)]
[Leggings: None]
[Boots: Snakeskin Battle Boots +2 (10% slow immunity, +50% movement speed in combat)]
His total HP had now exceeded 3000, and he could also absorb 2000 damage.
With the additional 30% max HP boost in combat, his HP was nearly 6000.
The healing effects could stack, restoring 900 HP per second.
With various effects like damage reduction and dodge, Zhou Han suddenly felt like he was about to take off.
"Here, take these bracers for now!"
Zhou Han handed over the Coarse Iron Bracers +2 that he had replaced to Han Qinxue.
After she equipped them and saw the stats, she let out a surprised exclamation.
She hadn't expected a normal piece of equipment to have such overpowered effects.
She guessed it was related to Zhou Han's awakened talent.
His talent was probably not just B-grade, maybe A-grade, or even higher.
But being smart as she was, she didn't ask further.
With such a powerful teammate in the party,
all she needed to do was hold onto his thigh and rely on him. Why bother with anything else?
"Roar!"
Hearing the massive roar, the three had already arrived at the Saber-Toothed Tiger's territory.
The Saber-Toothed Tiger was three times larger than a normal tiger, with terrifying long fangs protruding from its mouth.
They looked like sharp swords, emitting a cold gleam.
Its presence was intimidating and majestic,
its eyes flashing with ferocity as it stared at the approaching trio.
[Saber-Toothed Tiger]
Grade: Bronze
Level: 10
HP: 760
Attack: 250
Defense: 86
Skill: [Tiger Pounce: Uses its powerful body to leap at the target, dealing 2.5x attack damage. Cooldown: 28 seconds.]
Description: Does not like to live in groups. Possesses great strength and strong frontal combat ability.
As Zhou Han expected, this Saber-Toothed Tiger was also Bronze-grade.
Its stats were slightly stronger than the Icefield Wolf, and its level had reached 10.
After reading the description, Zhou Han frowned.
Does not like to live in groups?
Sure enough, the Saber-Toothed Tigers were spread out.
This wasn't good news for him.
If he fought them one by one, it would waste too much time.
He couldn't afford to waste the experience buff duration like this.
There was no choice but to pull aggro.
After more than half an hour, Zhou Han had attracted nearly a hundred Saber-Toothed Tigers.
After drawing their aggro, they surrounded him in the center,
letting out ferocious roars, trying to tear him to pieces.
Zhou Han remained completely calm. With a single [Sky-Cleaving Slash], he instantly wiped them all out.
The system notification sounded—he had leveled up to level 7, getting one step closer to level 10.
"Heh, not bad. Got lucky and a piece of equipment dropped."
Picking up an item from the ground, Zhou Han checked it and found it was a Bronze-grade leg armor.
He directly enhanced it three times, then equipped it and checked its attributes.
[Tiger Skin Leggings +3]
Grade: Bronze
Attributes: Movement Speed +35, Defense +20
Special Effect 1: Movement speed will not be reduced by terrain (if the terrain benefits speed, it will stack).
Special Effect 2: After you are attacked, the target's attack speed is reduced by 10%.
Description: Made from tiger skin with fine craftsmanship. Average defense.
After reading it, Zhou Han's eyes lit up. It actually added 35 movement speed.
Now this was great—he was really about to take off!
And Special Effect 1 was extremely powerful—it completely ignored terrain effects.
For example, walking on mountain paths or through swamps would normally slow you down.
But with this effect, such terrain would feel like flat ground, with no impact at all.
And if it was a place with strong wind, moving with the wind could even increase speed.
This effect was truly amazing.
Special Effect 2 targeted enemies, reducing their attack speed, which could effectively limit them.
"Zhou Han, we've collected all 50 tiger fangs."
Han Qinxue packed up a pile of long tiger fangs and handed them over.
Zhou Han nodded and stored them in his spatial inventory.
"Let's go, we need to hurry. We still need 10 Fire Crystal Stones."
Since pulling the monsters had taken quite some time, Zhou Han and his group headed straight for the next objective.
Opening the map, they followed the route to a location near a volcano.
In front of them was a group of Fire Lizards. Their stats were similar to the Saber-Toothed Tigers—both were Bronze-grade monsters.
However, they gathered together, making them very easy to clear.
Zhou Han used his skill three times and finished them off.
"So, have you finished counting? How many Fire Crystal Stones?" Zhou Han asked after seeing the two sisters finish collecting.
"Only eight. Not enough to complete the mission!" Han Qinxue said, her expression not looking good.
"Are you sure? Did you miss any spots?" Zhou Han asked unwillingly.
More than 60 Fire Lizards had only dropped 8 Fire Crystal Stones.
Although he knew the drop rate was extremely low, he hadn't expected it to be this low.
"We've cleared the area three times. That's really all there is!" Han Xiangning said, also feeling a bit frustrated.
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