NOVEL NEXT Chapter 35 - 35: Yao Zhixue’s Profession, Dropping Equipment
Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Yao Zhixue’s Profession, Dropping Equipment
Translator: 549690339
“Did the BOSS just die?”
Zheng Cheng muttered, subconsciously glancing at his level.
LV4 (658/1000)!
Upon killing this BOSS, he gained a whopping 450 soul power, elevating his level by a hefty amount.
He needed just a little over three hundred more soul power to level up to LV5.
“The Fire Rat Lair is a LV5 trial dungeon, once your level exceeds LV5, you can no longer re-enter…”
“Boom…!”
“Puff!”
A sudden explosion sounded in the distance. Turning, he saw Yao Zhixue being chased by a few Fire Rats.
She kept retreating while freeing ice blades and ice walls to stave off the approaching Fire Rats.
In front of her, the little snow figure was red in the face, waving an ice wand, angrily shooting ice needles at the Fire Rats.
While Zheng Cheng was avoiding the Fire Rats to attack the Fire Rat Boss, these Fire Rats had all charged towards Yao Zhixue!
Yao Zhixue was indeed hardcore, even being surrounded by all these Fire Rats, she didn’t let out a single whine.
“Hang in there, I’m coming!”
Zheng Cheng casually swung his blade, striking the Fire Rat Boss.
Random Autopsy!
A robust Fire Rat tail appeared in his hand.
About as thick as a thumb, it was about ten centimeters long.
“Holy crap! It’s this long?”
Zheng Cheng exclaimed, instantly recognizing the properties of this Fire Rat tail.
[Ability Successful!] [You have obtained an ingredient: Fire Rat King Tail.]
[Item: Fire Rat King Tail]
[Quality: Two-Star]
[Effect: Permanently increase agility by 2 points after consumption, with a maximum of twenty tails.]
[Description: Tail of the Fire Rat King, cooked! Just a tad tastier than the common Fire Rat!]
“A two-star ingredient? Adds two points to agility?”
Zheng Cheng’s eyes flickered, and he immediately stuffed the roasted Fire Rat King Tail into his mouth.
AgilitY+2!
He then abandoned the corpse of the Fire Rat Boss and scrambled towards Yao Zhixue.
He sent a Fire Rat sprawling onto the ground with a single kick.
His current agility attribute had already reached 22 points, enough to overtower an entire hoard of regular Fire Rats.
Swinging his blade down, he cut off its claws without killing it.
The second Fire Rat met the same fate.
He cut off their claws but didn’t kill them.
Yao Zhixue quickly noticed something was off: “Zheng Cheng, you’re…”
“I’m about to level up. Once I exceed LV5, I can’t get in anymore.” Zheng Cheng explained, “I want to go in again.”
“So that’s it…”
Understanding dawned on Yao Zhixue, and she immediately launched a flurry of ice that condensed into a sharp ice blade.
She sliced through the air, ruthlessly stabbing a Fire Rat’s neck.
With their combined efforts, they exterminated all the Fire Rats in the cave in less than ten minutes!
“Phew…”
The two of them took a long breath and shared a smile.
Zheng Cheng suddenly asked, “What is that thing on your head, Yao Zhixue?”
“Innate armor?”
“Chirp chirp chirp…!”
Upon hearing Zheng Cheng’s question, the little snow being on Yao Zhixue’s head shot him an angry stare before Yao Zhixue even had a chance to answer.
Opening its small mouth, it rapidly spoke several sentences.
“Huh? Can this little thing understand my words?”
Zheng Cheng was even more intrigued and stretched out his hand to pull it
down.
Yao Zhixue quickly stopped him, emphasizing, “Xue’er is not a thing…” “No… Xue’er isn’t born with armor, she’s my companion spirit.”
“Companion spirit? What the hell is that?”
With that, Zheng Cheng also stopped in his tracks.
Yao Zhixue, with a helpless look on her face, explained, “My profession is… you have to help me keep it a secret.”
Zheng Cheng shrugged: “We’re collecting quite a few secrets between the two of us. Of course, I’ll keep yours.”
“My occupation is called an Ice and Snow Elemental Spirit Envoy,” Yao Zhixue explained, “I was first awakened as a nine-star Professionist. The principal and teachers at the school are all under the Night Watchers’ ban.”
“No one, should reveal my true professional attribute.”
“Ice and Snow Elemental Spirit Envoy?” Zheng Cheng was puzzled: “What kind of occupation is that? What purpose does it serve?”
“As far as I know, the nine-star Professionists with ice and snow attributes include the Froststorm Envoy, the Ice Dragon Descendant, and the Ice Dragon Knight… what’s different about your Ice and Snow Elemental Spirit Envoy?”
Yao Zhixue pointed her finger to the little ice and snow person and said: “She, is the only difference.”
“My Ice and Snow Elemental Spirit Envoy inherently possesses a companion spirit, the purest single element.”
“Not only can she assist me in using any ice and snow skills, but she can also level up by absorbing the same type of elements.”
“When I awakened this occupation, I faintly heard a message from the heavens. An Elemental Spirit Envoy, if advanced to the end, can master all the similar elements in the world…”
“Its power, is comparable to that of a god who controls the power of the rules!”
“A god…”
Zheng Cheng was also surprised: “Just with this little…thing?”
Seeing the Ice and Snow Elemental glared at him again, Zheng Cheng promptly changed his words.
Yao Zhixue shrugged: “I don’t know, I’m the first Elemental Spirit Envoy and I’m still in the stage of exploration…”
“Brother Cheng!” “Boss!” “Yao Zhixue!”
“Where are you…”
Outside the cave, Chen Xiao and the others’ voices were heard.
Zheng Cheng shouted: “We are here, inside a hole.”
With a thought from Yao Zhixue, Xue’er flew back into her body and disappeared.
Very soon, Chen Xiao and the others ran in.
“Brother Cheng! You guys really killed the BOSS, you guys are awesome!”
“Ha ha ha-”
Cai Shen, flapping his large wings, landed among the corpses of the Flame Rats.
“Fantastic! We’ve leveled up to LV3! This is incredible!”
“Is this the BOSS? It’s so ugly!”
“Did it drop any equipment?”
“I found it!”
Cai Shen picked up something with his mouth and ran over.
“Look, look! The BOSS dropped equipment!”
Whether it’s in the wild or in a dungeon, killing monsters or beast-type BOSS, they won’t drop equipments.
Only through Tailors, Butchers, or Blacksmiths, Alchemists, and other life-related occupations, can dismember the monster’s body and obtain material for refining devices, potions, or medicine.
Only humanoid BOSS, or humanoid creatures, BOSS, after death, might “drop” equipment.
So-called dropped equipment, is actually taking the weapons, armor, and other items left behind by the BOSS as spoils of war after killing it.
For instance…
The slightly red skeletal staff that Cai Shen has in his mouth right now!
[Name: Bloodthirsty Staff (Black Iron Grade)]
[Durability: 98/100]
[Category: Weapon/Magic Wand]
[Equipment Requirement: LV5, o Strength Points, 8 Physical Points, 15 Spirit
Points, exclusive to Magician, Wizard, Arcanist, Ritualist, or Priest Professionists]
[Effect: Mind +3]
[Attached Skill: Bloodthirst Technique (Active), depletes user’s spirit to increase target’s strength by 10%, agility by 10% while decreasing stamina, duration of 60 seconds.]
[Description: A staff passed down generation by generation among the Flame Rat Tribe, only the smartest in the tribe have the privilege to bear it.]
[Note: This equipment is unique, and can only drop after clearing the ‘Hell
Level’ Flame Rat Nest instance for the first time.]
“Damn!” Cai Shen exclaimed: “Black Iron grade equipment!”