A quarter of an hour later.
Su Fan looked at the bruised and battered, near-death figure at his feet, feeling much better.
He couldn't do anything against the massive Vally Group, but teaching this lackey a lesson was easy enough.
"Ptooey!"
Su Fan spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the other's face and then swaggered away.
Leaving only the lackey lying on the ground, wailing.
Not long after Su Fan left, the lackey took out his phone and dialed a number, informing the person on the other end of the incident.
"Understood, you waste!"
...
Su Yutong waited nervously for Su Fan at the hotel. It wasn't until Su Fan returned that she finally relaxed.
This was abroad, not at home. If something happened, it would be difficult to handle.
"What were you doing? You're so dirty," Su Yutong asked, noticing the dust on Su Fan's clothes.
Su Fan patted the dust off his clothes, which he'd gotten during the fight without paying attention.
"It's nothing, just some personal business." Su Fan didn't tell Su Yutong the truth, to avoid worrying her.
In the evening, Su Fan entered the game again. Now that he had enough money, it was time to find something to improve himself.
First, Su Fan went to complete the main quest and find the chief escort of the Yongle Escort Agency. The letter from the old village chief was for escort Li.
"Escort Li, this is a letter from our village chief," Su Fan handed the letter to Escort Li.
Escort Li read it and nodded with satisfaction.
"You actually dealt with the Earth Dragon of Wolong Slope. Truly a hero at a young age!"
Escort Li said with satisfaction.
"Our village chief said you encountered some difficulties, Escort Li?" Su Fan asked, feigning ignorance.
"Yes, the bandits in Willow Forest have been rampant lately, severely affecting our escorts. The authorities don't have enough men to suppress them. If you are willing, young hero, would you be able to help us suppress the bandits?"
A hint of annoyance appeared on Escort Li's face, clearly troubled by the bandits.
"I will certainly do my part to help suppress the bandits!" Su Fan immediately agreed.
[Ding! Main quest to Tianxin City completed, gained 1000 experience.]
[Ding! New quest: Willow Forest Bandit Suppression, Bandits 0/10.]
The bandit suppression quest wasn't urgent. The main quests in "Martial Arts Hegemony" were generally simple and didn't offer high rewards. Daily quests, side quests, and dungeon quests were more important.
So Su Fan decided to run a dungeon to get some equipment.
Su Fan found the daily quest giver, Bu Bangmang, at the city wall.
"Demons often appear on the roadside. Are you willing to help deal with them?"
"Naturally, I am willing."
[Ding! New quest: Demonic Infestation.]
Su Fan accepted a decent quest. Demonic Infestation was a dungeon quest, and it didn't affect the game's main storyline. It was even different from the game's setting. The game's main storyline was about the martial world, but this quest involved monsters.
He directly used the Guiding Bee, saving him the trouble of searching for the objective.
Su Fan's vision flickered, and he appeared outside Tianxin City, on the main road.
In front of him was a glowing vortex, the entrance to the dungeon.
Su Fan stepped directly into it.
His vision went black, and he found himself in a new world. The environment was somewhat dim, with strange rocks and formations everywhere, resembling monstrous beasts with bared teeth and claws.
Su Fan's mission was to clear out the monsters here, about twenty in total. Su Fan had to eliminate them all, and there was even a boss.
Soon, Su Fan saw two monsters. They were bipedal creatures that walked upright, with sharp claws, hunched bodies, and bone spurs covering their backs and heads. Their heads resembled wolves with sharp teeth.
They had a pleasant name: "Bone-Piercing Demons."
Bone-Piercing Demon, Normal Monster, Level 5. HP: 200.
With Su Fan's current damage, he could deal about 40 damage per hit, so about five swords would be enough to deal with a Bone-Piercing Demon.
Su Fan lunged forward with a sword, and a white "-39" damage floated above the Bone-Piercing Demon's head.
Su Fan's current attack couldn't deal armor-piercing damage yet.
-3
The Bone-Piercing Demon reacted and swiped at Su Fan with its claws, a small "-3" damage floating above Su Fan's head.
Su Fan's current defense was a high 57 points. Against normal monsters of the same level, it was difficult for them to inflict significant damage on Su Fan.
Su Fan was completely at ease. The damage was less than double digits, and Su Fan could easily resist it.
After some time, the two Bone-Piercing Demons fell at Su Fan's feet.
Su Fan's HP was still two-thirds full, and with the effect of the blood pool, it instantly replenished.
Following this method, Su Fan continuously searched for and killed Bone-Piercing Demons, quickly eliminating all of them except the boss. Su Fan also successfully leveled up to level six.
All attribute points were added to Strength.
Su Fan decided to go all the way with a brute force build.
Bone-Piercing Demon Leader (Boss)
Level: 5
HP: 500/500
With only this last boss remaining, Su Fan's goal in taking this quest was for it. Only boss-level monsters had the chance to drop rare equipment.
500 HP wasn't much. Su Fan only needed a dozen or so attacks to kill it, but he didn't know its attack power. Su Fan currently only had 120 HP, and he would only have a chance to fight head-on if the damage was less than double digits.
"Here goes nothing!"
Su Fan silently encouraged himself. His plan was to fight this boss. He couldn't just give up when he got this far, right?
Although a long time had passed and Su Fan couldn't remember clearly, he recalled that this boss wasn't difficult to fight in the game. Even players with worse equipment than Su Fan's had defeated it.
Su Fan performed a jumping slash, hitting the boss's head. A blood-red "-86" damage floated out.
Su Fan had landed a critical hit, doubling the damage.
After taking damage, the boss moved and retaliated with an elbow strike, hitting Su Fan.
Su Fan didn't dodge and took the hit directly.
-12
A damage number that made Su Fan's heart sink. He could only withstand about ten such attacks.
Su Fan began to consider escaping.
Not knowing if he could respawn, Su Fan didn't want to take the risk.
Whoosh!
The boss turned and swung a claw at Su Fan.
Su Fan had the intention to retreat and instinctively squatted to dodge.
miss
A word floated above Su Fan's head.
"Huh?"
Su Fan was stunned. He missed?
Su Fan suddenly realized this wasn't a real game; he could dodge!
Su Fan rejoiced. He had been calculating turn-based damage all along and hadn't realized this crucial point. It was because he had been fighting other monsters head-on before, and had subconsciously overlooked this.
If that was the case, he had a chance!
Su Fan seized the opportunity while the boss was attacking, thrusting his sword upwards from below. Another "-42" damage appeared. At this moment, the boss lunged at Su Fan, and Su Fan rolled to dodge.
As expected, it missed again.
Su Fan was overjoyed. With this, as long as he was agile enough, the boss couldn't touch him.