To be specific, the reason why Wang Zhifan was able to chop off the head of the Lv4 silver-backed gorilla in one strike can be attributed to roughly six points.
First, his weapon is quite good, being the rare-class Wolf-Slaying Blade. This longsword has a defense-breaking effect, is very sharp, and the blade is also sturdy enough to deal with highly resilient targets.
Second, he had pre-stacked his buffs. Before the final charge of the silver-backed gorilla, he used the longsword to vibrate tree branches and stacked three layers of Berserk and Fury, granting him a 12% increase in movent and attack speed, a 21% increase in physical damage, and a 4-point strength boost.
Third, his strength is trendous, with a base strength value of 20 points, which increases to 24 points with the Fury boost, nearly 2.5 tis that of an average person, allowing for explosive power.
Fourth, his swordsmanship is also quite decent. His Lv3 basic swordsmanship qualifies him as a skilled swordsman in the general sense, knowing how to maximize the power of his strikes.
Fifth, he activated the Tiger Slaughter skill. The ability brought by this Tiger Soul True Pattern, when activated, allows each of his attacks to carry soul damage at the Lv5 Tiger Spirit level. While soul damage may not help chop off the silverback’s head, it causes the silverback to beco dazed when struck, equivalent to a control ability.
Lastly, Wang Zhifan also wears the Chapter of Obscurity pendant around his neck. Although it hadn’t made much of an impression, it possesses a Gloom Aura, increasing the overall damage of targets attacked by Wang Zhifan within a 13-ter radius by 7%. This 7% may seem small, but as a full damage boost, it shouldn’t be underestimated or ignored.
Understanding that his ability to instantly kill the boss with one strike was mainly due to his equipnt, Wang Zhifan proceeded to check the reward list for this round and discovered sothing unusual in the reward options.
[Please choose your dungeon rewards (up to 3 items)]
[Common Tier (98% drop rate):]
[Staff (Common) X0~3...]
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[Fine Tier (1% drop rate):]
[Staff (Fine) X0~3, Halberd (Fine) X0~3, Longsword (Fine) X0~3...]
[Ape King Armor (Fine) X0~3, Ape King Belt (Fine) X0~3, Ape King Boots (Fine) X0~3...]
[Handgun Ammo Pack (Fine) X0~3, Rifle Ammo Pack (Fine) X0~3, Sniper Rifle Ammo Pack (Fine) X0~3...]
[Strength Elixir (Fine) X0~3, Speed Elixir (Fine) X0~3, Stamina Elixir (Fine) X0~3...]
[Warrior Skill Upgrade Scroll (Fine) X0~3, Mage Skill Upgrade Scroll (Fine) X0~3, Gunman Skill Upgrade Scroll (Fine) X0~3...]
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[Rare Tier (0.01% drop rate):]
[Ape King’s Fury (Rare) X0~1, Ape King’s Hatred (Rare) X0~1, Ape King’s Grudge (Rare) X0~1, Ape King’s Sorrow (Rare) X0~1, Ape King’s Pain (Rare) X0~1, Ape King’s Wound (Rare) X0~1.]
"Six types of rare-tier rewards to choose from this ti?!"
Wang Zhifan was imdiately drawn to the exceptional six rare-tier options on the reward list and started reading their detailed information, recognizing that with six rare rewards available, other category rewards essentially lost competitiveness.
[Ape King’s Fury (Rare)]
[When worn by a warrior class player, lee attacks have an additional 15% probability of dealing double damage.]
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[Ape King’s Hatred (Rare)]
[When worn by a mage class player, magic attacks have additional penetration of 30% of the corresponding resistance.]
...
[Ape King’s Grudge (Rare)]
[When worn by a summoner class player, summoner level increases by 3.]
...
[Ape King’s Sorrow (Rare)]
[When worn by a gunman class player, there’s an additional 35% probability of entering the Focused state while shooting.]
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[Ape King’s Pain (Rare)]
[When worn by an assassin class player, sneak attack gains additional 30% physical penetration.]
...
[Ape King’s Wound (Rare)]
[When worn by a priest class player, all divine skill effects increase by 30% extra.]
"These are all rare-class rings limited to specific classes, and the only one suitable for is the warrior class Ape King’s Fury, which puts in a bit of a bind."
After reading the introductions of the six rare-tier items in the reward list, Wang Zhifan realized the situation wasn’t as favorable as he thought. All these rings are class-specific, suitable only for one class, with no effect for other classes, rendering them essentially useless.
"I definitely have to pick the Ape King’s Fury, but what about the other two choices? Should I select rare tiers for the collection? Or choose them to sell? Or save them for future profession change use?"
In fact, given the current situation, Wang Zhifan was inclined to forgo one or two rare tiers, opting for fine-tier items. For instance, he was currently short on fine-tier handgun ammo, and the fine-tier Warrior Skill Upgrade Scroll was sowhat appealing, as these would enhance his current combat power much more than selecting other-class-specific rings that are useless to him.
Of course, this "useful" consideration fully related to his current power impact. If considering other aspects, he could select two other-class-specific rings to sell or exchange for equipnt or prepare for future profession changes.
However, on the selling aspect, Wang Zhifan already had a rare-class Bear Race Mage Headband, and profession change seed distant, as from the forum information, he learned that it’s not possible before Lv30, and by then, he would have completed many higher-tier dungeons, making the value of these rare-class, class-specific rings uncertain.
"Never mind... these are rare-class limited equipnt; maybe missing them this ti will be hard to encounter again, so I’ll choose all rare items."
After thinking it through briefly, Wang Zhifan decided to select three rare-class rings this ti, even though two of them would be completely unusable to him.
As for the specific choices beyond the warrior limited rare ring, he didn’t hesitate because he could decide based on the profession change direction he leaned towards.
In his current dungeon experience, the gunman class seed most powerful and popular; he was considering a profession change, with the mage class also appealing due to forums highlighting how strong and favored the mage class at higher levels was among veteran players.
After making the corresponding choices, Wang Zhifan promptly stored the unopened chest in his personal space and then chose to return from the dungeon world.
As he experienced a mont of ntal transience upon returning to his rental room, Wang Zhifan retrieved his chest from his personal space and opened it, taking out three rings from inside.
The rings all looked quite similar, featuring more plain and simplistic brass gemstones; his warrior-specific ring, the Ape King’s Fury, was a ruby brass ring, the gunman-specific was an erald brass ring, and the mage-specific was a sapphire brass ring.
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