From A Stronghold NPC To The Final BOSS

By the time Niu Feng and the rest returned to the group, a faint smile slowly appeared on Qin Shujian’s face.

This wave of killing had increased his Life Value points a little.

It didn’t go up by much, but even a mosquito’s legs were meat too.

Qin Shujian understood the principle of how accumulating a little at a time would eventually add up to a lot.

And as time went by, his Life Value points had continued to jump upwards.

His Life Value points had already increased by 300 points after taking in Chuanyun Stronghold. So adding that to the amount he already had as well as the little additions along the way, his total number of Life Value points was nearing 1,000 once more.

With nearly 1,000 points, besides being unable to upgrade his Bodyforge Manual and Black Tiger Blade Technique, all his other techniques had a plus sign behind them.

But Qin Shujian just glanced at them before just ignoring them completely.

This was different from the last time.

This time, when his total number of Life Value points hit this number, he had a premonition.

He felt that it wouldn’t be too long until he managed to accumulate enough to upgrade his Bodyforge Manual.

Bodyforge Manual Level Ten.

That was equivalent to Martial Entry-Level Ten.

Once he had reached Martial Entry-Level Ten, then he would have reached the peak of the stage of Martial Entry.

When that happened, his abilities might go through another metamorphosis.

“It’s almost there, it’s almost there!” Qin Shujian watched as his Life Value points kept going up, and he had to try his best to keep himself calm.

Soon after that, the group of Mountain Bandits continued to move towards Messy Gold Mountain.

But what was different now as compared to before was that every time they ran into a player, the Mountain Bandits would attack them.

With so many Mountain Bandits in the group as well as the combined efforts of the two Martial Entry-Level Five Bosses, Niu Feng and Xu Yuanming, very few players were able to successfully get out of these attacks alive.

In no time, the number of players dying suddenly shot up.

Within Starter Village #23012, the white light of being respawned would appear from time-to-time.

Many players had a furious and darkened expression on their face after being revived.

“I’ve played games for so long, and this is the first time a monster has chased me for no good reason! I’m going to remember this!”

“Bloody hell, call all our brothers together and we’ll destroy that bunch of assholes.”

There were many players shouting angrily.

There were also players who looked at the message from the system and had strange expressions on their faces. “The one who killed me seems to be a Mountain Bandit from a place called Liangshan Stronghold.”

“Me too!”

“I was bloody killed by those damned Liangshan Stronghold Mountain Bandits too.”

After these words were said, many players responded similarly.

“I was just passing by from afar and happened to run into them, but I still got chased down and killed. That Boss right in the middle has got to be that Liangshan Stronghold’s Chieftain...” One rather ordinary looking player started grumbling angrily.

But, the moment he finished saying that, the entire place became strangely quiet.

Everyone’s mind was replaying the same words.

Liangshan Stronghold’s Chieftain?

Liangshan Stronghold...

Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain!

“F*CK!”

All the players who connected the dots immediately jumped up.

“What the hell! That was the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain’s Liangshan Stronghold, that same Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain who destroyed Starter Village #10021! Has this damned Boss changed his target to our Starter Village #23012?!”

“Oh my god! The Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain!”

Many players breathed a mouthful of cold air when they heard these words.

If you wanted to talk about which Boss was the most famous in this game, it was definitely this Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain.

The Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain might not be the most powerful Boss the players had ever met, but he was definitely the most famous and the cruelest

Boss of all.

Even though there were nearly 10,000 in Starter Village #10021, they didn’t even manage to stir up any storm in the face of this Boss.

They could only watch as this Boss swallowed the entire starter village just like that.

When the video of how this had happened made its rounds on the internet.

The other players had laughed at how useless the players of Starter Village #10021 were.

But somewhere deep in their hearts, they had also labeled this Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain as an extremely formidable Boss.

If they were a player within Starter Village #10021 and ran into such a Boss, they wouldn’t have been able to change anything either.

It was just that even though this Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain had caused quite a big commotion.

Something was happening every other minute within the game. Nobody would purposely remember a high-level Boss of a starter village.

It didn’t seem to matter that this Boss had completely destroyed a starter village before.

...

And that was why when these players ran into the Mountain Bandits, nobody thought it would have anything to do with the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain.

But after someone had pointed it out, they finally recalled all these things that were deep inside their memories.

After a brief moment of uproar, these players soon calmed back down.

They had to admit that this Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain was powerful, but at the same time, the players became powerful pretty quickly.

The players’ capabilities were now much higher than before.

All the players had already reached Martial Entry-Level One, and there were quite a number who had also reached Martial Entry-Level two and even Martial Entry-Level Three.

And it wasn’t as if they didn’t have any players who were at a level even higher than this.

Once they thought about it this way, the players felt more relaxed.

“Heh, heh, I didn’t think that this Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain would start wandering around so quickly after destroying Starter Village #10021. If his aim isn’t our starter village, then forget it.”

“But if he’s really targeting our starter village, then it’s a good chance to just blast him to pieces now.”

“That way, we’ll become famous!”

...

“That’s right. No matter how powerful a Boss from a starter village is, he’s still at the same level as a starter village. Given our total player strength now, just one Boss can’t do us much damage.”

“If we can really blast him to pieces, what amazing treasures do you think we’ll get out of him?”

The players started another round of heated discussions.

Everyone was interested in this topic, and their faces were excited and eager.

But among the crowd of players, a portion of the players had already turned and left.

Most of these people belonged to a particular team or a particular player they were affiliated to.

They had to quickly go back and report to their teams about how the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain had appeared.

After all, if someone else were faster than them and managed to kill off this high-level Boss first, then they’d have suffered such a big loss.

This high-level Boss was the first one to completely destroy a starter village.

As long as they could kill him off, it didn’t matter whether they would be able to get any treasures from him or not.

At the very least, you would really become famous among all the players of this particular game.

Many people lived for nothing but fame and profit anyway.

Very few were able to resist the temptation of gaining either one.

At the same time, Liu Qinghong and the rest got the news very quickly too.

“Now everybody knows about the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain. Things are going to get tricky now!”

Liu Qinghong sat in the room, and his expression didn’t look good.

He originally hoped to quickly improve the ability of his team within the shortest time possible, then kill off this Boss in one shot before releasing the video of themselves doing it to the public.

But now, it was clear that this matter had gone in an unexpected direction.

Liu Qinghong would never have thought this could happen.

Why didn’t this Boss quietly stay within his own territory? Why was he just sauntering around everywhere?

Never mind that this Boss was actually wandering around elsewhere. He was also doing such bold things in the open.

And now all the players knew that the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain had appeared in their vicinity.

Because of this, other players would definitely also plan to kill this Boss, and all his plans had gone up in smoke.

Zhang Quan quietly said, “Qinghong, we can’t hide the matter about the Liangshan Stronghold Chieftain anymore. Why don’t we quickly beat the others and kill off that Boss ourselves?”

“No, we can’t.” Liu Qinghong shook his head immediately, and his expression was stern as he said, “We’re still not powerful enough to kill off that Boss ourselves, and the other players won’t give us such a chance either. We’re only left with one option.”

“Qinghong, what you’re trying to say is...?”

Zhang Quan tried to probe further.

Everyone else also turned to look at Liu Qinghong and waited for him to continue what he was saying.

“We’ll team up with Fu Moyan and the rest!”