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

Liu Nian was overjoyed; it seemed that sacrificing more than a hundred dogs had yielded some results!

Picking up the items that had exploded on the ground, Liu Nian took out the ring separately:

【Name: Fangs of Malice】

【Type: Jewelry】

[Quality: Epic]

[Description: Grants the wearer attack power based on 5% of their maximum health.]

It really is this thing!

Liu Nian immediately put on the ring, which converted 47 points of attack power! His attack power immediately reached 72.

"Very good! Continue!"

The conversion rate of epic equipment is 4 percentage points higher than that of ordinary equipment, which is a huge improvement!

An hour later, the second dog king appeared.

But this time, the ring he wanted didn't appear.

However, his level rose to 6, and his attributes also increased dramatically once again:

Name: Liu Nian

[Level: LV.6]

[HP: 1025/1482]

Energy: 409/600

Attack: 102

[Faqiang: 25]

Armor: 31

[Magic Resistance: 6]

Attack Speed: 0.67

[Heart of Steel: 235 floors, provides 853 health points]

[Soul Drain Strike: 207th floor, provides 398 damage]

[Hellish Curse: 25 stacks, grants 25 armor and spell power]

[The Fang of Malice: Transformation grants 29 health]

[Malicious Fangs: Transformation grants 72 attack power]

……

With Soul Drain Strike upgraded to level 3 (16 CD, 25 mana cost, 130% attack power, kill growth to 3), Liu Nian resumed his dog-farming spree...

"Again!!"

Although no equipment dropped, his stats skyrocketed!

This feeling of silently growing stronger didn't make Liu Nian feel frustrated at all!

Just as Liu Nian locked onto the next vicious dog and was about to continue, a scream mixed with terror came from the winding passage of the cave.

"...Orcs! They're orcs!"

"Run! They're too high level!"

"No...this isn't a pig-headed man! It's a rat-man!!"

Liu Nian paused, immediately stopping his monster-slaying rhythm, and listened intently.

"Rat-people?" He frowned slightly.

In his mind, humanity's main enemy at present is the pink-skinned pig-headed orc.

Where did this rat-man come from?

He quickly opened the area chat channel, which was indeed in an uproar, with messages scrolling by rapidly:

[Regional Channel]

"A group of ratmen has been spotted near coordinates (Dog King Cave, 137, 422)! They're incredibly fast!"

"My teammates got wiped out instantly! They crawled out of a crack! They were level 10!"

"They're not pig-headed people, they're rat-people! Watch out, their attacks are all poisonous!"

"Any experts nearby? We need help! Our team can't hold on!"

"You must be talking about the 'Plague Rats'! How did they get here?"

Plague Rat Clan?

Liu Nian frowned; it seemed to be another hostile force.

Any player who can solo Dog King Cave is skilled; they are either experienced veterans or talented newbies.

However, those ratmen were level 10, and their level advantage was simply too great!

Liu Nian glanced at his health points, which had ballooned to 1482 and his attack power to 102.

In this game, a level 10 player should normally have around 1000 HP (calculated based on a standard of 100 HP per level), unless they are a tanky character.

The ratmen species should be different from human players. They have lower health but higher agility, and their skill sets are usually those of poison sorcerers, assassins, crossbowmen, etc.

Based on Liu Nian's current stats, beating them is a piece of cake!

"Perfect, I'll use you guys to test my knife!"

He ignored the snarling dogs beside him, moved swiftly, and sprinted towards the coordinates provided in the channel.

After passing through several intersections, he saw the battle situation in the relatively open stalactite hall at the coordinates.

Three human players are locked in a fierce battle, with several other human players' corpses lying on the ground nearby. It seems that these three are the only surviving humans left in the entire cave.

Their opponents are three hunched-over creatures that move with extraordinary speed.

They are about 1.5 meters tall, covered in dirty gray-black fur, with long, thin tails, rat-like heads, and holding short daggers or blowguns that gleam with green light in their hands.

The levels above their heads are all LV.10!

Meanwhile, more ratmen gathered outside, chattering and laughing shrilly.

The three humans already had several wounds on their bodies, the wounds had an unhealthy green tinge, and their health bars were steadily decreasing.

Judging from the professions of these three people, two are warriors and one is a magic user.

The three worked together quite well and were able to barely withstand the attack of the three ratmen.

However, Liu Nian could also tell that the ratmen were not serious; they were just teasing the three human players like cats playing with mice.

"Meow~~ Ugh!" Liu Nian let out a strange cry and charged into the battlefield like a tiger descending a mountain.

Liu Nian's deliberately funny "meow" echoed in the cave, instantly startling the ratman.

The three human players who were struggling to hold on had just seen a glimmer of hope when they heard the noise, but when they saw the bright LV.6 above Liu Nian's head, the flame went out with a "poof," and their hearts sank to the bottom.

"What's going on... only level 6?"

"Brother, run! Don't come any closer to your death!" one of the players shouted anxiously, showing his goodwill.

"Damn it, give us something better! What's the use of a level 6 weapon? It's not even enough to fill the teeth of these rats!" another person complained in despair.

The ratmen who had been watching the show were stunned for a moment, then burst into even more shrill and piercing laughter.

"Squeak squeak squeak! Yet another two-legged sheep has come to its death!"

"Only level 6? Did you get lost, little one?"

"His meat must be so tender! Let me try some first!"

The ratman closest to Liu Nian, wielding a poisoned dagger, didn't take him seriously at all. Although he only had two-thirds of his health left, he casually slid forward, the dagger glowing green, and slashed at Liu Nian's arm.

In its view, this was enough to make this arrogant brat poison himself and wail in agony.

-61!

-3

-3

...

The damage numbers popped up, and the mocking smile on the ratman's face instantly froze.

Because it saw that the ridiculously long health bar above the human's head was almost...unmoved?

Liu Nian grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth: "Tickle up?"

At the same time, the circular mark on the attacker's chest lit up as expected!

"Duang!!"

Liu Nian's fist, though launched later, struck first, carrying terrifying wind pressure, and precisely hit the red dot!

-699! (Normal attack 102 + Heart Steel 74 + Soul Drain Strike 531, including the damage reduction from the Skaven's armor)

"squeak--!!!"

The rat-man let out a horrifying scream, and its blood evaporated instantly!

[Heart of Steel activated! Health +23]

[Soul Drain Strike Damage +6]

[Hellish Curse in effect! Armor and spell power +1]

quiet!

Deathly silence!