Chapter 34: Evolution, Purple Horned Python King!

Jiang Chen’s gaze was like a torch, his eyes cold and emotionless. He raised his longbow, and scorching flame arrows burst forth from his hand…

-785!

-813!

-799!

-835!

…

Massive damage numbers floated up from the heads of each player. In just three seconds, the other members of the Chaoge Guild were all slaughtered by Jiang Chen.

Only Chaoge Zhou Wang and Liu Lizhan, who was licking his wounds in the distance, were left.

Liu Lizhan couldn’t help but twitch his eyelids when he witnessed this scene—this guy’s attack power was just insane!

He was actually dealing over 800 points of damage.

Even with his own defense, he couldn’t withstand that.

Damn it, this kind of damage is practically on par with a BOSS!

How could such a player exist?!

Chaoge Zhou Wang stared venomously at Jiang Chen, his eyes filled with hatred, and said gloomily, “Lone Ranger! Just you wait. You think you’re all that? Before the hundreds of thousands of members of my Chaoge Guild, you’re nothing but a joke. I swear I’ll…”

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Four arrows nailed Chaoge Zhou Wang in the forehead, instantly sending him back to the respawn point.

“Haven’t seen you for a bit, and you’re still this noisy!”

Jiang Chen muttered in exasperation, then looked toward the BOSS. In the time he had been dealing with the players, it had already recovered 10% of its HP. He couldn’t afford to drag this out any longer.

As for Liu Lizhan, the guy seemed like he still wanted to say something, but Jiang Chen had no time to listen. A few quick arrows sent him back to the respawn point as well.

A large pile of gear exploded on the ground—many of high quality.

The Chaoge Guild had obviously invested heavily in these players, so their drops weren’t shabby. The only pity was that Liu Lizhan’s shield didn’t drop. That seemed to be the only item that could catch Jiang Chen’s eye.

“Whoosh!”

An arrow shot out, interrupting the BOSS’s healing.

-601!

Jiang Chen paused in surprise. Under the effect of [Flame Infusion], each shot should deal at least 900 damage—yet this one only dealt 601.

No wonder even the elite players from Chaoge Guild were only doing double-digit damage.

Looks like this big guy has at least 300 defense, not inferior to the Lava King at all.

“Wind Infusion,” Jiang Chen said softly.

To deal with monsters with high defense, the arrows under Swiftwind were the best—each one reduced armor by 1%, stackable up to 20 times. Highly effective.

-599!

-632!

-657!

-689!

-723!

The wind arrows hit their target one after another. As the armor reduction stacked, the damage steadily increased.

Once the armor debuff hit 20%, and paired with the Wind Spirit Longbow’s 20% armor penetration, Jiang Chen’s damage climbed back to 700. Combined with his lightning-fast attack speed, the Jade-Horned Serpent King’s HP quickly dropped into the danger zone.

When the Jade-Horned Serpent’s HP fell to around 2%, Jiang Chen stopped attacking. Chaoge Zhou Wang did have a point—waiting for the monster to evolve before killing it would yield better loot.

After evolution, the BOSS’s HP would be very low, making it the perfect moment to take down a high-tier BOSS.

While chasing, the Jade-Horned Serpent King shed pieces of its snakeskin, and the horn on its head began to change—its formerly pristine white now grew increasingly sinister.

Jiang Chen just kept retreating, kiting the BOSS while occasionally firing an arrow to interrupt its healing.

“Screech!”

Before long, the Jade-Horned Serpent King let out a fierce cry to the sky, and a beam of light rose from beneath its feet.

“Ding! The Jade-Horned Serpent King (Silver BOSS) has successfully evolved into the Purple Horned Python King (Gold BOSS). Its stats have increased, and it has recovered 20% of its HP!”

The system notification rang out.

“It actually evolved into a Gold BOSS…”

Jiang Chen was secretly shocked.

If it had been the Chaoge Guild dealing with this, they would’ve been completely wiped out. A Gold BOSS at 20% HP was totally beyond what their people could handle.

Now emboldened by its promotion, the Purple Horned Python King locked its massive violet serpent eyes on Jiang Chen with a playful glint, as if saying: Regret it now, don’t you? Foolish adventurer—prepare to taste despair!

Jiang Chen smirked. As expected, the higher the quality of the monster, the higher its AI. This oversized snake actually knew how to taunt.

Poor fool, you’ll soon understand what it means when they say: “Your grandpa will always be your grandpa…”

“Wind Infusion!”

Now that it had become a Gold BOSS, the Purple Horned Python King’s overall stats had increased by at least double. Its defense was terrifying—Jiang Chen estimated it had at least 500 defense.

Armor Break +1%!

Armor Break +1%!

Armor Break +1%!

…

Arrows streaked through the air with green trails, each one accurately striking the BOSS.

Very quickly, the armor reduction stacked to 20%.

-269!

-221!

-265!

Jiang Chen’s damage dropped sharply. Even with skill and equipment-based armor penetration, he could barely break its defenses—lucky in an unfortunate situation.

The Purple Horned Python King’s stats had skyrocketed in every aspect, and its speed was also outstanding. Even with Jiang Chen’s high mobility, he couldn’t widen the gap.

Some of the attacks came too fast to dodge—he had no choice but to brace himself and take the full brunt of that massive tail whip.

-1317!

Jiang Chen’s defense was decent—141 points—but even so, he struggled to endure the brutal blows of a Gold-tier giant python.

Each time he was hit by a skill, he lost nearly 30% of his HP.

He could only hope the BOSS didn’t unleash [Ten Thousand Scale Tempest] again. If that happened, he’d be in real trouble here.

Fortunately, his worry was unnecessary.

A large-scale skill like [Ten Thousand Scale Tempest] was only used by the BOSS during its evolution to save itself. Without such an ultimate move, it couldn’t pose much of a threat to Jiang Chen.

While retreating and firing arrows non-stop, Jiang Chen gradually whittled the BOSS’s HP down to nothing.

-556!

“Boom!”

A crimson damage number appeared—a critical hit. The enormous body of the Purple Horned Python King crashed to the ground.

…

At that very moment, a crimson banner suddenly appeared across the top of every player’s screen.

Accompanied by the system notification:

“Ding!”

“Yunhuang City Announcement: Congratulations to player [Lone Ranger] for successfully achieving the first kill of a Gold BOSS! A glorious feat, worthy of the annals of history. First kill rewards: Reputation +5000, Luck +2, Gold Coins +50, EXP +50000!”

“Ding!…”

“Ding!…”

The system message rang out three times in succession, loud and clear to the billions of players in the Yunhuang City.

In an instant, the entire player base of the Yunhuang City was in an uproar…

“Holy crap! A Gold BOSS—this has got to be fake, right?”

“Our guild can’t even handle Bronze monsters, and someone’s already killed a Gold BOSS?!”

“These rewards are insane. If only I had gotten them…”

“Lone Ranger just killed that special BOSS in Green Valley Town, and now he’s taken down a Gold BOSS? Isn’t that progress a bit too fast?”

“Lone Hero, do you need a lackey? I’m great at serving tea and fetching water.”

“Hero, this humble girl is just eighteen, skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—especially… blowing…”