After this episode, the Gathering Master became much more low-key.
He no longer boasted that level 8 or 9 monsters were too weak and that he was going to challenge level 10 monsters.
These level 10 Bosses were far, far stronger than level 9 ones.
Lin Feng flipped through his backpack.
He gave the Agile Boots, which dropped from the Boss just now, to the Gathering Master.
This was a piece of equipment that greatly increased movement speed.
For Lin Feng, the bonus was too single-directional.
But it was quite practical for the Gathering Master to kite monsters.
With these boots, the Gathering Master was like a tiger with wings.
His efficiency in kiting monsters even improved significantly.
It also allowed Lin Feng to grind for several rounds.
Finally.
When the effect of the Cultivation Amplification Pill wore off, the Gathering Master had finally accumulated enough cultivation.
He looked a bit excited.
"Boss, I'm going to level up to 10 directly then?"
"Hurry up and level up!"
"Oh~"
Swish!
Swish!
Seven consecutive golden lights flashed.
The Gathering Master went directly from level 3 to level 10 in one go.
"Haha, I'm level 10! I'm probably the first in the novice town, right?"
The Gathering Master proudly spun in place.
Like a child.
According to his estimation.
The players who were upgrading the fastest at the moment were probably around level 8.
At most, they wouldn't exceed level 9.
After all, leveling up from 8 to 9 required 12,800 cultivation points.
And leveling up from 9 to 10 required a staggering 25,600 cultivation points.
Other players, even the strong ones, would only kill a wild boar after working hard for half a day, gaining only 70 cultivation points.
How could they compare to him?
He could get far more rewards just by running around.
After all, when he fought level 6 wolves before, his 10% cut was 68 cultivation points.
And level 8 hippos, the total was as high as 100 points.
Level 9 rhinos were even more exaggerated.
Because monsters of this level had 300 base cultivation points.
With the amplification of the Cultivation Amplification Pill, it reached a staggering 750 points!
Even though the Gathering Master only got a 10% cut, which was 75 points.
And fighting monsters 6 levels higher gave an extra 90 points.
The Gathering Master could gain 165 cultivation points from one level 9 rhino.
This was more than the total cultivation gained by a team of other players who worked hard for a few minutes to kill a wild wolf.
It was also fortunate that most players at the moment were simply unable to challenge monsters above level 6 by themselves.
Therefore, the Gathering Master encountered almost no obstacles when kiting monsters in these few monster zones.
This allowed him to reach level 10 so quickly.
"Boss, how should I allocate my stats? Should I follow the ratio of 1 Strength to 1 Endurance?"
The Gathering Master sought Lin Feng's opinion.
"No, put all your points into Strength!"
Although he didn't know why such an extreme stat allocation was recommended,
the Gathering Master obediently put all his points into Strength.
He thought very simply.
Boss's strength was so great, and he chose not to level up by fighting monsters, so he must know something he didn't know.
There must be a reason for telling him to put all his points into Strength.
Although his own strength was not great,
he had one advantage: he was obedient and had strong execution!
"Go to town and accept quests!"
Lin Feng also told the Gathering Master the location of the quest NPC for transcendence.
It turned out that the person who could fundamentally change players was
the head of the town's security forces.
"Don't forget to accept the highest difficulty quests."
The Gathering Master gave an OK gesture.
"Absolutely, I won't accept the easy ones!"
Twenty minutes later.
The Gathering Master sent a message.
"[Boss, it's done [crying face]]"
Below was a screenshot of the transcendence quest he had just received.
"[First Transcendence]"
Description: This is your first transcendence quest. Go challenge powerful monsters and surpass yourself. As the strongest in town, I will give you corresponding rewards.
Difficulty: SS-rank
Content: Kill a level 10 exceptional Boss, any type.
"[Boss, they're actually asking us to kill a level 10 Boss. It seems a bit too difficult.]"
"[We probably can't beat it. Did I get into trouble?]"
Lin Feng replied.
"[Nonsense, just prepare more health potions.]"
"[Same place as before, I'll get ready too. We'll go for that Blade Master from earlier!]"
"[Okay, Boss, I'm on my way!]"
The Gathering Master was filled with excitement, likely preparing his potions.
After all, if the sky fell, his Boss would hold it up, and he just needed to take care of the logistics.
Lin Feng, on the other hand, fell into thought.
With his current strength, challenging a transcended Boss would be a bit difficult.
He might even fail if he wasn't careful.
Naturally, he needed to improve his strength.
What should he choose to strengthen?
He first looked at his accumulated cultivation points.
443,158.
Six figures?
Lin Feng was somewhat surprised.
It seemed that strengthening the Cultivation Amplification Pill and fighting monsters at a higher level was the correct way to gain cultivation.
Since his reserves were ample, he began to strengthen with peace of mind.
Since the biggest problem at the moment was his inability to withstand the damage from high-level Bosses,
he naturally chose to strengthen his equipment first.
And the first choice was naturally the legendary growing Wolf Armor.
"[Wolf Armor]"
Grade: Excellent (Growable) (0/100)
Type: Equipment
Slot: Armor
Required Level: 10
Defense +15
Endurance +10
Damage Absorption 10%
Unactivated Trait: 1
Unactivated Trait: 2
Unactivated Trait: 3
"[No Level Restriction]: The use of this equipment will not be restricted by the required level."
Although this excellent-grade armor had low base defense and additional attribute points,
it was not as good as the shield Lin Feng sold to Ares Aotian.
After all, excellent grade could not compare to exceptional grade.
Even though this was level 10 and that was level 8.
However, this one could grow and evolve, which was a great advantage.
Moreover.
There were still three slots to absorb the Boss's exclusive skills and add them as their own traits.
This was a significant way for Lin Feng to increase his strength.
The "No Level Restriction" even allowed him to wear it now.
Lin Feng strengthened the basic attributes in one go.
Defense and attribute points increased slowly and slightly.
Under the quadruple amplification, he chose 5% damage absorption.
And in the two choices for the eightfold amplification, he chose 10% damage absorption and an increase of 20 Endurance.
This was the second time Lin Feng had strengthened an equipment to the twelfth level of amplification.
He was quite cautious in his choices.
Ding, Wolf Armor has been strengthened to the twelfth level of amplification. You have obtained three additional evolution choices.
Choice 1(f): Endurance +20.
Choice 2(A): Damage Absorption 15%.
Choice 3(A): Add Trait [Regeneration].
Choice 4(A): Health automatic recovery +1%/second.
Choice 5(C): Endurance +30.
He had originally thought that he would have to carefully consider how to choose the most suitable options.
But when he saw three 'A's, his mindset relaxed.
What was there to think about?
Just pick 'A' mindlessly.
Attribute points could be gained by fighting Bosses.
Special attributes like damage absorption and automatic health recovery, as well as equipment traits, were rare finds.
Especially this automatic health recovery, increasing by 1% per second.
Currently, Lin Feng only had 800 health points, recovering 8 points per second.
Plus the more than 10 points added by the Strength Enhancement Potion.
But when his health increased, the effect would be more noticeable.
Moreover, this attribute, as a basic attribute obtained through strengthening,
would increase as the equipment automatically evolved.
Even Lin Feng couldn't imagine how much this Wolf Armor would improve!