The Great Thief

System: Ruling Sword members Azure Sea Breeze, March Rain, Lonesome Flower, Sesame Riceball… have acquired the First Clear of Scholomance on Nightmare Difficulty under the leadership of Party Leader Lu Li.

There wasn’t a First Clear before this that held the attention of so many players.

When the results finally came out, many players were silent. They just couldn’t imagine such an outcome, even after all the public Instance Dungeon First Clears had been taken by Lu Li.

What really shocked the players was that Sorrowless had been defeated.

Sorrowless, the God of gaming, had finally tasted defeated. Although this wasn’t something he was the best at, he had still been defeated.

How could a God be defeated?

A God certainly wouldn’t be defeated!

Sorrowless’ reputation had finally reached its end. Regardless of what they felt, everyone was aware of this new reality.

Lucky Southern Persian said that the outcome of this showdown wouldn’t have much of an effect. However, he had severely underestimated the influence that this matchup would have.

Lu Li still wasn’t comparable to Sorrowless in a number of other aspects, but they both knew what had happened in that Instance Dungeon. In any case, in the eyes of the world, it was clear that Lu Li had the strength to take on Sorrowless.

Sorrowless was currently directing his teammates to fight the Darkmaster at stage two.

He had seen the First Clear prompt on the World Announcements. At first, he thought he had read incorrectly, but after reading the same thing three times, he had to admit that he had lost.

He had held onto the little bit of hope left, but now even that was gone.

In fact, he should have expected this outcome since Chopsticks was able to buy strategies from them. This should have meant that Ruling Sword was well and truly ahead.

Now that he knew he had underestimated the opposition, Sorrowless knew to treat Lu Li as a real opponent.

He was able to climb to the top in the past, and now he just had to defeat his opponent to regain that position. The world seemed to think that he was getting old, but he wasn’t that old at all. In fact, many other star players were not much younger than him.

The days he spent without a worthy opponent to face him were so boring. This was what it was like to be the God of games.

Sorrowless was silent for a moment with his eyes closed, then took a deep breath. The feeling of having an opponent was thrilling.

At this time, Lu Li was in the Book of Ur form. The Boss’ last move was fatal and had left a number of bodies lying on the ground. These weren’t just the minions summoned by the Darkmaster, but also Lu Li’s teammates.

In a team of fifteen players, more than half of them were dead. If it weren’t for Lu Li’s burst at the end, they might have had to fight it again.

“Revive everyone first; they can’t get their First Clear reward otherwise,” Lu Li instructed, then reverted back into human form and sorted out the ragged equipment on his body. He didn’t want to repair the equipment with the bot, as doing so would reduce the maximum durability over time.

The players who died missed out on the Boss’ EXP. There was nothing they could do about that, but they could still receive Skill Points.

Kitty Likes Meat, who had died, managed to receive one.

All fifteen players received some reward for getting the First Clear. This was one of the best ways to obtain exquisite items, which was how Lu Li could stay on top.

“I levelled up!” March Rain exclaimed.

This time, she didn’t receive equipment or a skill book, but instead was awarded with a large amount of EXP. Suddenly, the third place Priest had overtaken Azure Sea Breeze and her brother to take the top position on the Level Rankings.

Lu Li was currently ranked fourth and had a long way to go to reach level 53.

Both Lonesome Flower and Azure Sea Breeze were levelling maniacs, yet March Rain had managed to surpass them like this. She obviously was never that low-levelled, but jumping to the top of the Level Rankings wasn’t something she had ever imagined.

The First Place was current occupied by a healer!

For those who claimed to be levelling maniacs and had worked day and night to achieve their goals, this kind of result was always humiliating.

The First Clear reward was quite mysterious as it could be anything. Lu Li had heard of other overpowered rewards, like increasing the player’s level by 1.

Perhaps March Rain had taken away the rest of the team’s luck. Everyone else except for Sesame Rice Ball, who received a Skill Point, only received equipment and skill books. However, not a single piece was Epic.

Lu Li was rewarded with a Dark Gold Leather Tunic.

Charred Leather Tunic (Dark Gold): Armour 85, Agility 40, Constitution +20, Evasion +15%, Special Effect 1: Fire Resistance +10%. Special Effect 2: Has a certain chance of rebounding 30% of damage and transforming the remaining damage into health for the caster. Special Effect 3: Lava Shield. Grants the caster 60% damage resistance. Any enemies that attack during this period will take damage. Lasts for 5 seconds. 30 minute cooldown. Equipment Requirement: Level 50. Durability 235/235.

Although his Voodoo tunic wasn’t bad, it just couldn’t keep up anymore.

Voodoo Breastplate (Fine Gold) Armor 50, Agility +28, Constitution +15, Critical Hit +12%. Special Effect 1: 20% of damage dealt will be converted into HP. Special Effect 2: Harden Skin. Reduce damage taken for 6 seconds. 2 hour cooldown. Level Requirement: Level 40. Durability 120/120.

The Attributes were not greatly improved, but the +10% Fire Resistance greatly increased the value of this equipment.

Special Effect 2 appeared to be quite powerful, but Lu Li was willing to bet that the probability of it activating was very low. Special Effect 3 was quite surprising – after all, it was a 60% damage reduction, which was more than half of the damage taken. This was at least a 10% increase from his previous equipment.

The most important thing was that this equipment could be worn at level 50.

After equipping it, his original gray coat turned a yellowish color with a fiery pattern on the surface. At least in terms of appearance, this equipment was superior to the Voodoo Breastplate.

The others mostly received equipment or skill books as well, so this wasn’t a worthless experience.

Of course, their rewards weren’t limited to this. Gandling, the Instance Dungeon Boss was still waiting to be looted by Remnant Dream. Even if the old man wasn’t as difficult as Ras Frostwhisper, the final Boss of Scholomance wouldn’t drop anything useless.

According to Lu Li’s knowledge, the best item that Gandling could drop was Headmaster’s Will.

This was an Epic Magic Staff that was considered to be one of the best pre-level 60 weapons. It attracted the attention of countless players and many were willing to repeatedly die in Nightmare Difficulty just to acquire it.

However, the drop rate of this Magic Staff was not high.

It was officially given a 10% chance of dropping at Nightmare Difficulty, but according to the players’ estimates, it didn’t even feel like there was a 1% chance of it dropping.