There really is something this good?
Liu Xuan was pleasantly surprised instead of alarmed. With this buff, farming monsters would be much easier.
However, the pheromone obtained from killing a Destroyer only lasted for five minutes, so he had to refresh it as soon as possible.
But then Liu Xuan noticed another problem. Wasn't the amount of experience these Destroyers gave him a little too low?
Just one point?
Liu Xuan was only level 14, while these Destroyers were level 20.
When he had fought those level-15-or-so deserters on Eagle Spirit Mountain, each one had given him more than 20 experience.
And there was another issue: these monsters hadn't dropped a single copper coin.
Talk about stingy.
Just as he was thinking this, Liu Xuan suddenly noticed a white speck of light floating above the corpse of one of the Destroyers.
What was this?
Liu Xuan stepped closer to examine it. This thing didn't seem to count as an ordinary “dropped item,” so simply looking at it didn't display its name or information.
Liu Xuan reached out and touched the white speck.
The light instantly merged into his body, and a notification appeared before him:
【You have collected 1 point of Mutagen. For every 100 points of Mutagen collected, the attribute points you gain when leveling up will increase by 1!】
“Damn!”
Liu Xuan couldn't help swearing.
These Destroyers dropped something this good?
Sorry, I admit I was too loud just now. You're not stingy at all!
You deserve to give only 1 point of experience!
Liu Xuan had killed only seven Destroyers just now, yet they had already dropped 1 point of Mutagen. The drop rate probably wasn't very low.
And 100 points of Mutagen would increase the attribute points gained at level-up by 1!
How many Destroyers were there in this city?
Tens of thousands!
How many people were there in this city?
Just him!
If he killed them all, he might be able to gather a thousand points of Mutagen. That would give him an extra 10 attribute points every level.
He'd be unstoppable!
Liu Xuan turned his gaze toward the other Destroyers in the ruins nearby and charged at them without another word.
Seeing someone come straight to their doorstep, the Destroyers swarmed him. Their speed was actually even greater than his.
Liu Xuan sighed inwardly. By farming monsters so far above his level, some of his attributes were already falling behind those of the monsters.
After clearing out this wave, another point of Mutagen dropped, and the pheromone concentration rose to ×15.
It seemed that successfully refreshing the buff caused its concentration to keep stacking.
The effects of the pheromones were gradually becoming apparent as well. At 15 stacks, a nearby group of monsters became visibly agitated.
Liu Xuan had only taken two steps in their direction when the nearest Destroyer spotted him.
It hissed from its mouthparts and flew toward him.
“Holy crap, why are you in such a hurry?”
Liu Xuan hurriedly dodged to the side. It wasn't that he was afraid of the creature; he was worried that if it touched him and died, its 【Corpse Explosion】 would blow up all the surrounding monsters.
That would mean losing out on a lot of attribute points.
After clearing this wave, Liu Xuan suddenly let out an “Huh?”
This time, no Mutagen had dropped. However, one of the monsters had dropped a piece of equipment called 【Destroyer Pauldrons】.
So these monsters could drop other items after all. More importantly, this was a set item.
【Destroyer Pauldrons】
Quality: Rare
Required Level: 18
Health: +100
Armor: +30
Agility: +8
3-Piece Set Bonus: Agility +10
5-Piece Set Bonus: Your basic attacks inflict 500 physical DoT damage on the enemy over 10 seconds. Does not stack.
8-Piece Set Bonus: When falling from a height, you can glide briefly for 10 seconds.
This was the first set item Liu Xuan had ever seen. Its stats were quite good, and once he had five pieces, his basic attacks would also inflict a respectable amount of DoT damage.
The high health and armor, along with the high Agility, would be especially appealing to archers.
With so many Destroyers in Orenburg, surely he could put together dozens of sets, right?
……
Before long, Liu Xuan had completely cleared out the monsters in the entire White family estate.
The pheromone buff on his body had stacked to 26 layers.
He glanced at the progress bar in the sky. It still read 99.7%.
In other words, there were probably eight or nine thousand monsters throughout Orenburg.
That was no small number.
But since they dropped Mutagen, the more there were, the better.
The buff's duration was limited, so he couldn't afford to delay. However, Liu Xuan still remembered the village chief's request. He first found a spot in the estate and dug up some soil before setting off.
Because his buff had stacked to a sufficiently high level, several Destroyers near the entrance of the courtyard across the street charged at him the moment he left the estate.
Liu Xuan suddenly thought of something. The Battle of Orenburg had clearly been designed on the assumption that it wouldn't be soloed by one person.
If a large force had entered the city, it would have been impressive for any one person to stack a few dozen layers.
But now he was farming the city alone. If there was no upper limit to the pheromone stacks, would stacking several hundred or even a thousand layers draw every monster in the entire city toward him?
However, Liu Xuan soon discovered that the maximum number of pheromone stacks was only 100.
The effect was roughly this: when standing in the street, all the monsters in several buildings on either side would be drawn out.
That was pretty good too. He wouldn't need to search the buildings one by one; he could simply clear his way along the streets.
The White family estate was located southeast of the center of Orenburg, surrounded by the residences of nobles. After clearing one street, Liu Xuan had killed more than 360 Destroyers.
He looked up at the progress bar.
96%.
It had taken only five minutes. Not bad efficiency.
At this rate, he would need at most two or three hours to complete his objective of clearing 80% of the monsters in the city.
Liu Xuan continued toward another street in the noble district. This new area appeared to have been ravaged by a devastating fire, with almost none of the buildings left standing.
The Destroyers wandered through the ruins and streets. Liu Xuan noticed that some of them had red skin.
【Lesser Destroyer (Mutated)】
Level: 22
Attack: 350
Health: 4,500
Armor: 50
Magic Resistance: 42
Skills: 【Rapid Slashes: Delivers a rapid series of slashes, dealing 300 physical damage 3–5 times.】
【Cleave: Uses its forelimbs to deliver a powerful attack, inflicting 800 physical DoT damage over 10 seconds.】
【Blazing Spray: Spits a special glandular fluid from its body that turns into a high-temperature liquid upon contact with the air, inflicting “Burn” damage on enemies.】
【Note】
【Burn: Takes 100 physical damage every “315/(the inflictor's Agility + 100)” seconds for 15 seconds. Each time Burn damage is taken during this period, health regeneration and received healing are reduced by 1%.】
Compared with ordinary Destroyers, these mutated ones had slightly higher levels and stats, as well as an additional skill.
Liu Xuan was rather interested in the 【Burn】 damage. It clearly functioned like 【Poison】 and 【Fear】—a fixed effect.
But the way the damage was calculated……
The damage dealt with each tick was fixed. Instead, the interval between ticks changed according to the Agility stat.
Liu Xuan did a quick calculation. At 5 points of Agility, the effect would tick once every 3 seconds, for a total of five ticks over 15 seconds and 500 damage in all.
As for Liu Xuan himself, he currently had 74 points of Agility.
If he could inflict [Burn], it would probably tick once every 1.8 seconds, for a total of eight ticks over 15 seconds and 800 damage.
“Doesn’t this ability have a pretty low upper limit?”
Even with 10,000 points of Agility, the damage would only amount to four or five thousand points at most.
By contrast, with [Fear], 10,000 points of Intelligence could deal as much as 30,000 damage.
Still, [Burn] could also reduce the amount of healing received. Calculating it that way, only 2,000 points of Agility would be needed to completely block healing.
Er… saying “only 2,000 points of Agility” probably wasn’t quite right…
Without some additional source of Agility, reaching 2,000 points would require leveling up nearly 400 times…
Besides, those 2,000 points of Agility would only be reached in the very last moment of the effect’s 15-second duration.
“Forget it. None of that has anything to do with me right now. I don’t even have the ability to inflict [Burn]. I really have played too many games—now I can’t help analyzing everything I see.”
Liu Xuan shook his head, banishing the thought, and continued grinding monsters.
He had originally wanted to personally test the effects of [Burn], but he soon discovered a problem.
His speed was having trouble keeping up with these mutated destroyers.
So when one of them pounced at him, it still managed to graze him with its sickle-shaped forelimb, despite his best efforts to dodge.
“-80!”
The small amount of damage he took was nothing to worry about. The problem was that the monster had died.
However, Liu Xuan discovered something else: these red destroyers had a 100% chance of dropping mutagen.
That was good news.
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