The entire misty cavern was filled with countless white bones slowly gathering in one direction.

All the white bones within the cavern formed a gigantic, terrifying monster.

A flicker of soulfire appeared in the monster's empty eye sockets, staring intently at Qiao Yu, who was as insignificant as an ant.

[Common boss: Skeleton King] (Injured)

[Health Points: 400/500]

[Strength: 45]

[Defense: 60]

[Agility: 1]

[Skills: Bone Spikes, Bone Burst]

"Hiss~"

Qiao Yu felt a twinge of pain in his teeth as he looked at the stats. Was this a joke? How could a boss appear in a newbie quest? Wasn't this just sending newbies to their deaths?

And this boss's stats were already so exaggerated while injured. Wouldn't it be even more terrifying if it wasn't injured?

"Die!"

The Skeleton King's enormous bone palm slammed down towards Qiao Yu. Its anger towards Qiao Yu had reached its peak. This kid was really asking for it!

In all the years it had guarded the misty cavern, it had never seen a player so bored that they went around stepping on white bones for fun.

If Qiao Yu hadn't crushed so many white bones into bone powder, it, the Skeleton King, wouldn't have appeared in an injured state.

Qiao Yu quickly twisted his body to dodge, then pulled out his staff and swung it at the Skeleton King's instep.

"-32"

The damage made Qiao Yu's balls ache. This meant that he had to successfully attack the Skeleton King more than a dozen times, and if he was hit just once by the Skeleton King, he would basically be dead.

"wdnmd!"

Qiao Yu turned around and ran without hesitation. Having to fight a boss to complete a newbie quest? He'd rather not do this trash quest!

The Skeleton King clearly had no intention of letting Qiao Yu go. It tore off a section of bone from its body and threw it forward, activating the Bone Burst skill with a roar.

Boom!

The huge explosion forced Qiao Yu to retreat and dodge, and the Skeleton King took the opportunity to chase after him.

"Is this never going to end! Do you even know what a professional foot massager is?"

Qiao Yu was getting angry. He gripped the end of his staff, using it like a steel pipe, and jumped high to strike the Skeleton King on the knee.

"-32"

The Skeleton King desperately tried to slap Qiao Yu, but Qiao Yu kept dodging. The Skeleton King's agility of only 1 made it impossible to hit him.

The Skeleton King's big head couldn't figure it out no matter what.

Wasn't it responsible for guarding the newbie quest dungeon? Where did this kid come from? How could a newbie break its defense?

"-32"

"-32"

"-32"

Qiao Yu circled around the Skeleton King's feet, constantly looking for opportunities to hit the Skeleton King's feet. After a few minutes, the Skeleton King's health bar had dropped by half.

The Skeleton King was completely enraged. It roared furiously and launched the Bone Spikes skill at Qiao Yu!

The Skeleton King opened its arms, and a pile of sharp bone spikes flew towards Qiao Yu like lightning.

It was going to stab Qiao Yu's intestines out!

The bone spikes were too fast, and Qiao Yu's current speed made it impossible to dodge.

In a moment of crisis, Qiao Yu could only throw himself to the side with all his might, landing in a dog-eating-dirt pose, barely dodging the Skeleton King's deadly move.

However, one of the bone spikes still pierced Qiao Yu's lower abdomen! The super-realistic pain made Qiao Yu grimace in agony.

His health instantly dropped to only 5 points!

The Skeleton King was about to press its advantage when it discovered that there was only a pool of blood on the ground, and Qiao Yu was nowhere to be seen.

A hint of human-like doubt appeared in the Skeleton King's ghostly green soulfire.

The next second, a figure appeared behind the Skeleton King!

Qiao Yu covered his wound with his left hand, and with his right hand wearing the Skeleton Glove, he jumped high into the air.

"Go to hell!"

A hundred percent critical hit stacked with using great force to create miracles!

"-132"

This punch from Qiao Yu dealt a full 184 points of damage!

Even with the Skeleton King's 60 points of defense, this attack still exploded with a bright red number of 132 on its head.

The Skeleton King's health instantly bottomed out, and Qiao Yu followed up with a normal attack.

This once-unbeatable Skeleton King died tragically at the hands of Qiao Yu.

[Detected player Qiao Yu resolving boss Skeleton King through melee combat, reward of 10 free attribute points, experience +50]

[Congratulations player for leveling up consecutively, current experience points: 0/50, reward of 10 free attribute points.]

Although he was almost killed by the Skeleton King, Qiao Yu's gains were also substantial.

Not only did he earn 20 free attributes points, but his own level soared to lv5.

"Skeleton King, you absolutely must drop some good stuff for me!"

Qiao Yu reached out and touched the Skeleton King's soul core, and aside from some ordinary medicine bottles and other supplies,

He also felt a round ring.

[Skeleton King's Ring]: Grade C. After equipping, the player's first normal attack damage is increased by fifty percent. (Cooldown time: 24 hours)

"Not bad! Although its power isn't as good as the Skeleton Gauntlet, its advantage is that it can be used continuously!"

Qiao Yu was overjoyed. If a C-grade equipment was sold in the real world, it would be worth at least hundreds of thousands. He had really struck it rich this time!

On the road ahead, Qiao Yu didn't encounter any more skeletons, as if they had all been swept away by him.

Seeing the gate of light he had entered through again, Qiao Yu felt a sense of relief.

[Newbie quest: Escape the Misty Cavern completed. Congratulations, Mr. Qiao Yu, for officially becoming a player in the Otherworld.]

Listening to the notification sound in his mind, he took a deep breath and stepped out.

As soon as he walked out of the light gate, Qiao Yu and all the other players heard an official world announcement.

[Congratulations to mage player Qiao Yu for completing the first kill of the Misty Cavern boss, Skeleton King, reward of 10 free attribute points. Hoping that other players will also continue to work hard.]

"What the hell? Which dungeon is the Skeleton King from? Hasn't every dungeon already been cleared?"

"I don't know. Wait! Misty Cavern? Isn't that the newbie quest? A newbie killed a boss as soon as he entered the Otherworld? This broken Otherworld has a bug, right?"

"I've done that quest too. Isn't it just about finding a way to escape? Why did this guy named Qiao Yu go and farm the boss? What a blockhead!"

"Is that the point? The point is that kid is still just an Apprentice realm, and he soloed a boss! That's the most outrageous thing!"

"This kid is like a young cow entering a bull's pen, unbelievably awesome!"

Although Qiao Yu couldn't hear the other players' discussions, this world announcement still made him vaguely sense that something was wrong.

First kill?

Which meant that before him, no one had killed that Skeleton King?

Then how did they clear the dungeon?