Wang Xian exhaled slowly, eyes fixed on the pulsing green numbers above his head.
–15–15–15
The venom ticked down second by second, but the battle was already over.
He stood over the writhing body of the Five Poison Beast, its twisted hybrid form twitching in death throes.
With a grunt, he raised his iron shovel and slammed it down one last time on the snake-like head.
–38
A red number. A weak-point strike.
As the blow landed, a strange, spiraling icon flickered above the creature—like a glowing mosquito coil.
Stunned.
Wang Xian's eyes gleamed.
I love this world.
Unlike in traditional online games—where stunning an enemy required skills and cooldowns—the digitized Blue Star had physical state effects. If you hit something hard enough and broke its defense, you could inflict real status conditions.
Stun, blindness, suffocation…
Anything that made physical sense could happen.
Just hit it hard enough.
He didn't hesitate. With the beast stunned, he attacked in a flurry.
–38–38–38
Three clean shots to the head. Blood sprayed. The boss's HP dropped to 206/2000.
But he knew what was coming.
All bosses had what players called a "protection mechanism"—an invisible failsafe coded into their data. No negative status effect could be applied indefinitely. They'd recover… and then become immune for a short time.
Sure enough, the beast's hiss returned, this time loud and furious.
"HISSSSS!"
Its scorpion tail arched, and venom dripped from its mandibles.
Showtime.
Wang Xian rolled out of range, iron shovel gripped tight. He didn't need finesse. He just needed grit. The BOSS's attack pattern was limited: a leap, a bite, a tail stab.
Predictable.
He rolled. He dodged. When he couldn't, he tanked the blow.
Each time the stinger struck home, it brought another poison debuff, gnawing at his health from the inside.
But eventually… it was done.
The Five Poison Beast collapsed.
Its twitching slowed. Its breath rattled.
Then—
Ding!
"You have slain Level 5 BOSS: Five Poison Beast.""+1000 EXP.""First Boss Kill: Special Reward Unlocked. Title: [BOSS Natural Enemy]""Level Up! +5 Free Attribute Points.""Growth Talent Activated: +6 Free Attribute Points."
Wang Xian blinked, heart still hammering from the adrenaline.He pulled up the new title's details.
[BOSS Natural Enemy] (Unique Title)Effects:
Soul Drain: Killing a wild BOSS grants 0–1 random free attribute point(s).
Lucky: Increases drop rate from BOSSes by 1%.
Evolution: Each BOSS kill grants 1 Evolution Point. At 100, the title evolves.
Wang Xian stared in stunned silence.
No wonder the guy in my last life hoarded BOSSes like a dragon.He must've had this title.
That man had gone around sniping bosses in low-level zones, infuriating newbies and solo players alike. People thought he was just greedy.
But now Wang Xian understood.
Anyone with this title would be a boss-hunting maniac.
It made perfect sense.
Then came the sound that changed everything.
BOOM.BOOM.BOOM.
Three deep chimes echoed across the sky like the toll of divine bells. They weren't local sounds—they were world announcements.
Words flashed in the air, projected across all of Blue Star.
World Announcement:Dragon Kingdom player "Xian Wang" has achieved the First BOSS Kill and earned a special reward.
World Announcement:Dragon Kingdom player "Xian Wang" has achieved the First BOSS Kill and earned a special reward.
World Announcement:Dragon Kingdom player "Xian Wang" has achieved the First BOSS Kill and earned a special reward.
Wang Xian froze.
Then slowly brought a palm to his forehead.
Right… I forgot about that.
In this new reality, system events weren't whispered in your ear—they were broadcast through the very sky. Every living player heard it. Saw it. Knew it.
And the first BOSS kill wasn't just a footnote. It was a global signal. A spark in a field of dry kindling.
No need to wait for someone to hit Level 10 and activate the leaderboard…
The world just caught fire.
He sighed.
He remembered how it went last time. Panic, envy, chaos. Some people saw announcements like this and saw hope. Others saw it as proof they were already being left behind.
The system had only just gone live—and already, he'd become a target.
But there was no stopping it now.
The unrest had already begun.
He shook it off and turned his attention to the loot.
The digitized world, like an online game, dropped loot based on kill type and rank. Normal monsters below Level 10 wouldn't drop anything.
But bosses?
Bosses dropped everything.
Skill books. Rare gear. Coins. Even mysterious artifacts.
Wang Xian crouched beside the still corpse of the Five Poison Beast, fingers already itching with anticipation.
Let's see what the first BOSS kill in the world is really worth.