Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

After returning to the city, Liu Nian first disposed of all his useless belongings, exchanging them for a total of 383 silver coins. He then spotted a bracer, a shoulder armor, and a pair of gauntlets at a street stall, which he bought for 140 silver coins.

【Name: Crack Steel Wristband】

[Type: Wrist Gear]

[Quality: Excellent]

Equipment Requirement: Level 5

[Attributes: Strength +7, Attack Speed ​​+9%]

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【Name: Wooden Pagoda Shoulder Guard】

[Type: Shoulder Protector]

[Quality: Excellent]

Equipment Requirement: Level 4

[Attributes: Constitution +4, Armor +5]

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[Name: Broken Mountain]

[Type: Weapon (Gauntlets)]

[Quality: Excellent]

Equipment Requirement: Level 7

[Attributes: Strength +9, Attack Speed ​​+5%]

[Special Effect: 5% chance to knock back the opponent and interrupt spellcasting]

(PS: Regarding the conversion, 1 Stamina = 10 Health Points, 1 Strength Point = 2 Attack Points.)

(P.S.: Also, to add, there's no such thing as equipment being bound to anything in this article. If you die, everything drops, and whoever gets it gets it.)

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After acquiring the equipment, Liu Nian also bought some health and mana potions.

He wandered around the city and inquired, but couldn't find Wu Zhan. He then privately messaged Sun Yao and learned that Wu Zhan had gone to level up.

"You need to see the boss about something?"

"Take a look at this." Liu Nian sent the blueprint to Sun Yao for a look.

Sun Yao quickly replied excitedly, "Where are you? Don't move, I'll have the boss come find you!!"

About half an hour later, a middle-aged man with a stubble appeared in front of Liu Nian; it was Wu Zhan.

I only caught a quick glance last time and didn't get a good look at him, but I didn't realize that Wu Zhan is almost forty years old. He still looks like a handsome, slightly decadent middle-aged man.

Although all of his equipment had been sold, Wu Zhan was very experienced and naturally couldn't carry everything with him.

He has his own house in the city, which is also the headquarters of the Newcomers' Guild. He keeps his important items there. Before coming to see Liu Nian, he went back to get some good things to give to Liu Nian.

"Kid, I heard from Wang Mian that you're pretty amazing! You can single-handedly wipe out a group of ratmen, even though you're a level above you. Hmm, if you push a little harder, you'll have some of my former glory!"

Liu Nian: ...

He didn't expect Wu Zhan's words to be so different; it was obvious that he was deliberately teasing him.

Last time I only thought of him as a responsible and tough guy, but now it seems that he has a rather easygoing personality and likes to joke around.

Such people are usually quite charming.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with him, Liu Nian handed the blueprints to Wu Zhan.

Wu Zhan didn't refuse, but instead asked, "Why give it to me? If you hand this over to the Azure Council, they'd be in big trouble not giving you a squad leader position!"

"I don't know them. I've only had contact with you. I heard about your situation and thought you were a reliable person, so I entrusted you with this task," Liu Nian said truthfully.

Wu Zhan nodded noncommittally: "You got this from one of the rat-killers, right? This thing is indeed extremely valuable. How about this, I won't take it for free; I'll give you something in return, I'm sure you'll like it!"

Liu Nian shook his head: "I'm not trying to exchange this for anything. I just want to thank you for saving my life before; consider this repaying the favor!"

Wu Zhan looked at him with a half-smile: "Kid, you're quite interesting. But I suggest you take a look at what I've given you!"

After saying that, he initiated the transaction.

When Liu Nian saw the ring, he was stunned for a moment.

【Name: The Fang of Malice】

【Type: Jewelry】

[Quality: Epic]

[Description: Grants the wearer maximum health equal to 500% of their attack power.]

He looked at Wu Zhan with a stunned expression.

"Take it! Compared to the value of your blueprints, this ring is nothing!" Wu Zhan said, pulling out another identical ring and showing off, "Look? See? I have another one!"

Liu Nian hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the ring.

"Do you know who discovered the refresh pattern of the Dog King?" Wu Zhan picked his nose with his little finger and looked at the sky with a very smug expression.

"Could it be you?" Liu Nian asked in surprise.

"What do you mean, 'Could it be me?' Are you questioning me?" Wu Zhan said, looking annoyed. "Damn it! I was the number one expert back in the day, who else could it be but me!"

Liu Nian grinned.

"Hey!" Wu Zhan suddenly put his arm around Liu Nian's shoulder again and whispered, "Kid, to be honest, I'm not getting along with those people in the Azure Council. Those guys are no good at fighting, and they're even worse at thinking. They haven't even been able to handle the Pig-Headed Man after all this time. I'm really disappointed in them! Now that you've handed over this blueprint to me, I'll definitely live up to your trust! However, I don't plan to give this blueprint to the Azure Council. If those idiots find out, this matter will cause a huge uproar! I need to collect all the blueprints first, find someone on my side to learn it, and then I'll let them know about this!"

Liu Nian didn't know what conflict Wu Zhan had with the Azure Council, but considering that a former top combatant had now formed some kind of newbie relief group and was wandering around the newbie area every day, it was clear that something was going on!

No matter how united the people of Earth are here, wherever there are people, there will always be struggles and power struggles.

Wu Zhan didn't go into too much detail with Liu Nian, but he did mention the issue of factions.

Wu Zhan is from China, while the current senior members of the Azure Council are mostly Westerners, with the only Asian being Indian.

In military terms, those people are all pig-brains, and it's absolutely impossible to expect them to lead the Blue Star people to rise!

"Little brother! Whether it's strategy and warfare, infrastructure construction or farming, or even playing games, you still have to look to the people of the Dragon Kingdom!" Wu Zhan patted Liu Nian's butt meaningfully.

Liu Nian: Um... I understand the reasoning, but why did you pat my butt?

"Wu Zhan!" A figure suddenly appeared in front of them.

When Liu Nian looked up, he realized that it was actually a blonde, blue-eyed woman.

The woman was tall and strong with an amazing figure. Liu Nian was surprised to see that her level was 57!

"Hey, isn't this Xiao Ye? What brings you here?" Wu Zhan whispered quickly in Liu Nian's ear, "Ye Jielina, my old flame, she's got real guts! I'm not talking about her fighting prowess!"

Liu Nian asked in confusion: If it wasn't a battle, then what kind of ferocious group was it?

(PS: Those who say the protagonist is Wu Zhan's lackey, the protagonist was only saved by him in the early stages and followed him for a while. He soon became the lord of the floating city himself.)