Rhino King was at least Level 45, but he was still a bit short of the Level 50 Gold BOSS that the official announcement stated could drop a Guild Creation Token.
If he had been Level 50, the attack bonus from the level difference alone would have been enough to overwhelm me.
Even so, Rhino King's attacks still gave me a hard time; each blow, close to 200 damage, was quite painful.
Fortunately, his attack frequency was very low, so for a while, I could still manage.
Rhino King was very tall.
If I only attacked his legs, a large portion of the damage would be weakened, but attacking his neck would allow me to deal maximum damage.
So, I could only jump up to hack at Rhino King's neck, which made the situation quite comical: the top swordsman, equipped with the best gear, was so disheveled fighting a monster.
The most frustrating thing was that Rhino King's attacks also had a certain knock-back effect.
Every time I was hit, my body would be jolted back a few steps, and then I'd have to charge forward again to attack.
Only during the 3 seconds of Ice Seal Slash could I hack away freely.
The speed of killing the monster was incredibly slow.
Luckily, my attacks could bypass his defense; otherwise, it would have been impossible to fight.
Imagine 30 players, not having an advantage in equipment or level, trying to gang up on Rhino King—that scene of a large area filled with "-1" and "MISS" would definitely be spectacular.
Although Rhino King's attacks weren't extremely high, they were enough to instantly kill mages below Level 30.
At that point, it would be a bloody mess, just thinking about it was exciting.
After nearly 10 minutes of hacking, I finally happily discovered that Rhino King's health bar was decreasing...
An hour later, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Rhino King's health bar had already dropped by 1/3.
Very happy...
Three hours later, Rhino King's health bar was down to a sliver, and I had already used up nearly half of my health potions.
Things seemed to be going smoothly; the Level 45 BOSS was about to be dealt with.
"Whoosh~," Ice Seal Slash was unleashed again; the next three seconds were for me to fully utilize.
Just as I thought victory was assured and I was about to successfully take down the Level 45 BOSS, something strange, like a tale from Liaozhai, happened...
"Crack~ Crack~"
Before the three seconds were up, the thick ice layer on Rhino King's body rapidly shattered.
As the ice chunks fell, Rhino King's body began to expand, and his fiery red skin gradually turned purple.
What was this, a mutation?
"Ding~," System notification: Level 45 Elite BOSS Rhino King successfully evolved.
Current HP increased by 50000, Defense increased by 200-200, Attack increased by 300-300.
Level evolved to Level 55 Gold Elite BOSS.
I was stunned for a moment.
I had already anticipated that things wouldn't be so simple, but I hadn't expected it to go this far.
Rhino King's attributes were greatly enhanced, and most importantly, his original HP of less than 1000 suddenly increased by 50000.
Could I even survive to finish him off?
"Hoo~," Rhino King charged over menacingly, and a large "400" popped up above my head.
Damn it, the 300-300 attack increase was indeed extraordinary.
This would greatly reduce my survival rate.
With a flying sword strike, Heavy Strike was unleashed.
"98," Oh my god, I only dealt 98 points of damage to Rhino King.
How long would it take to chip away at 50000 HP?
"542," Rhino King dealt another high-damage attack.
At this point, I had to consider my own life...
I quickly unleashed all usable skills on Rhino King, then a flash of fluorescent powder, and I vanished into the void.
I ran along, drinking potions and checking skill cooldowns.
After 10 seconds, Combo and Heavy Strike were back.
I hacked a few times, 10 seconds passed, then continued to scatter fluorescent powder and heal.
At this moment, I completely broke the ridiculous notion that "potions can't be used like steamed buns"; medium health potions were like tap water, just use them.
The Level 45 Elite BOSS had evolved into a Level 55 Gold BOSS, which meant that this Rhino King now had a chance to drop a Guild Creation Token.
So far, no one in the world had obtained a Guild Creation Token.
If I could get the first one, it would be a sky-high price.
Perhaps illegal organizations like the Mafia or the Axe Gang would pay a huge sum for it...
Half an hour later, Rhino King was again left with only a sliver of health.
This time, I was much more cautious, having prepared a series of attack skills early on.
Only when I was sure Rhino King was completely out of health did I unleash everything in an unstoppable barrage.
Even Rhino King couldn't withstand such frequent attacks.
He let out a mournful cry and collapsed, stirring up a large cloud of dust.
Equipment, I saw the glow that belonged to high-level equipment.
I drew my sword and directly cut off the rhino horn.
Under the rhino's corpse, I found a necklace, an axe, and a leather helmet.
I was immediately somewhat disappointed.
Damn it, in the end, no Guild Creation Token dropped.
The equipment dropped by a Level 45 mutated BOSS shouldn't be bad.
I quickly opened my inventory to check, starting with the necklace:
[Chain of Shadows] (Necklace, Purple Equipment) Constitution: +45 Strength: +50 Intelligence: +32 Agility: +42 Additional: Increases skill attack power by 20% Required Level: 40...
I swallowed hard.
I hit the jackpot.
A Level 40 purple necklace, with incredibly powerful attributes.
More importantly, all skill attack power was increased by 20%.
What did that mean?
1000 points of damage became 1200.
Indeed, worthy of a Level 40 purple necklace.
Next, let's see, there's more...
[Blade of Frenzied Darkness] (Axe, Purple Equipment) Attack: 245-320 Strength: +45 Constitution: +52 Agility: +48 Intelligence: +40 Additional: When striking an opponent, there is a certain chance to confuse the opponent, causing them to wander aimlessly in place, lasting up to 5 seconds Required Level: 42...
A bolt from the blue.
My mind was blank.
If someone asked me my name right now, I would swear on my mother's name that I couldn't say it.
My sword of darkness's attack power was already considered high, but its maximum attack was only 245.
This Level 42 axe actually reached 320.
This concept was beyond the imagination of ordinary players.
It added four attributes, and each one exceeded 40 points.
Most importantly, the additional attack attribute: there was a certain chance to confuse the opponent, causing them to wander aimlessly in place.
That is to say, there was a certain chance to disable the opponent for 5 seconds.
How powerful!
The only drawback of this equipment was its high-level requirement, Level 42.
However, a week later, this drawback would become its greatest advantage.
If auctioned, what kind of price could this purple axe fetch?
No one could say for sure now, only that it would definitely be a sky-high price.
There was also a leather helmet.
Could it also be purple equipment?
Let's check quickly...
How desolate, how desolate, I can't even break into the top ten on the flower ranking list.
What's wrong with everyone...