The Trembling Clown and the Scaredy Shack!

This time, the curse stone slab was used on the Legendary equipment, 'assassination wind hat'.

Because the attributes of the curse stone slab are difficult to reroll, it's easy to go dozens of times without getting anything useful, or even ending up with some fatal negative affixes…

So Qin Feng basically rotated its use among several pieces of equipment he wore, playing a bit of a metaphysical game.

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[You have added 'Ilianaas's Curse' to the 'assassination wind hat (Legendary)'!]

[Ilianaas's Curse]

[Buff Affix: Killing any player while this equipment's active effect is in duration will refresh the cooldown of its active effect.]

[Negative Affix: The duration of this equipment's active effect is reduced by 67%.]

[Do you wish to keep this curse?]

[Yes/No]

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The active effect of the assassination wind hat is to hide one's identity.

Qin Feng took a look:

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[Unique Effect: Assassination Start! Within 10 seconds after active activation, you will hide your identity, and players killed by you will not learn your game ID (it will also show as 'Unknown' in the kill records). Cooldown: 3600 (767.59) seconds.]

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This effect could indeed come in handy in certain situations.

Thus, Qin Feng chose 'Yes'.

"The cooldown for this effect was originally too long."

"But with the effect of this curse stone slab, as long as I can kill someone while the effect is active, the cooldown will refresh."

For anyone else, this curse effect would be very uncomfortable.

After all, although it can refresh the cooldown through kills, the duration is reduced by 67%!

Its original duration was only 10 seconds.

Now, wouldn't it be only 3.3 seconds?

For others, it would be almost impossible to kill a player in such a short amount of time.

But for Qin Feng…

Let alone 3.3 seconds, even 0.33 seconds was enough.

"I can keep this effect for now."

"I can reroll it later."

Qin Feng made his decision.

After all, this effect was somewhat useful to him, but not essential. If there were any better attributes to increase his combat power, he would definitely replace it.

Just then, Wan Ye Wei Yu suddenly sent him a private message.

"Great God, we investigated something not long ago."

"Regarding the Epic BOSS, Great Calamity Underworld King, that suddenly appeared around the Magic City Ruins… the reason it appeared there is because someone wanted to pull that BOSS to deal with you!"

"The other party pulled the BOSS back from over two thousand kilometers away, and the destination was your Evil Spirit Academy Hideout!"

Receiving this message, Qin Feng was a bit surprised.

That happened?

Qin Feng didn't care much, just smiled and asked, "How did you know?"

"Soul Searcher Granny's class has advanced; she can perform Soul Search on the dead, though there are some other restrictions…"

Wan Ye Wei Yu didn't say much more about that, only saying in a heavy voice, "We observed that during the movement of the Great Calamity Underworld King, a guy was stepped on and killed by the BOSS ten or twenty times, dying on the spot."

"So we investigated that guy's identity and found he was a Summoner. We found his corpse in the real world, and Granny performed a Soul Search. After these past two days, we reached a conclusion."

"That Summoner accepted over a thousand years of lifespan from the 'Heavenly Serpent Organization' to do this deliberately. He even planned to flee to Los Angeles and become a manager for the Heavenly Serpent Organization after succeeding."

I see.

Qin Feng nodded.

This was indeed the style of the Heavenly Serpent Organization. However, Qin Feng looked at his experience; he was still two or three days away. Once he reached level 30, it would be the end for the Heavenly Serpent Organization.

"I didn't expect the Heavenly Serpent Organization to send me such a big gift again. How embarrassing."

Qin Feng thought with a slight curl of his lips.

However, Wan Ye Wei Yu specifically telling him this wasn't just to reveal this information.

She had some information she wanted his input on.

"Since the Heavenly Serpent Organization is doing this, we, the officials, can't just stand by…"

Wan Ye Wei Yu whispered, "So we've also been considering luring an Epic BOSS to Los Angeles. Regarding this matter, Great God, you might know more, so I came to ask you about the situation."

Hearing this, Qin Feng thought it was impressive.

The official methods were quite tough—an eye for an eye!

So he asked, "What is that Epic BOSS called?"

Wan Ye Wei Yu replied, "Like the Great Calamity Underworld King, it's also a level 30 Epic BOSS. Its name is 'Ernie Ross, the Quivering Clown'. We discovered this BOSS outside a 'Scaredy Shack' about a thousand kilometers from Los Angeles. I wonder if it can be lured to Los Angeles?"

Ernie Ross, the Quivering Clown?

Hearing this name, Qin Feng recalled carefully and had a slight impression.

If the process of defeating the Great Calamity Underworld King in his previous life was relatively smooth…

Then the process of defeating Ernie Ross, the Quivering Clown, was quite convoluted.

In terms of combat power, the Quivering Clown's strength was inferior to the Great Calamity Underworld King, but the key was… the BOSS's true main body wasn't that Quivering Clown who could turn invisible and create clones.

It was the 'Scaredy Shack'!

If the Scaredy Shack isn't destroyed, then no matter how many Trembling Clowns are killed, they will all be resurrected.

"If this thing is lured to Los Angeles, they will truly be 'blessed'…"

Qin Feng couldn't help but think.

However, luring this thing to the ruins was actually simpler than luring the Great Calamity Underworld King.

It wasn't convenient for Qin Feng to say it directly, so he replied, "Alright, I understand. I'll go check some records and let you know when I have news."

Wan Ye Wei Yu was a bit surprised.

She originally thought she could only get two types of answers from Qin Feng: either he knew or he didn't.

She didn't expect a third type of answer.

"He can check records anytime and anywhere?"

"Could it be a function of that Knowledge Eye?"

Wan Ye Wei Yu did know that an NPC had been invited back to the Evil Spirit Academy Hideout by Qin Feng.

That Knowledge Eye looked like it would provide some information…

…

Qin Feng went back to the Evil Spirit Academy to resupply.

Then he gave Wan Ye Wei Yu a reply: "I've checked. That BOSS is easier to lure than the Great Calamity Underworld King. You just need to drop some monster corpses along the way."

The Scaredy Shack cannot move.

And the Trembling Clown can only act within a certain range around the Scaredy Shack.

To make the Scaredy Shack move, there's only one way: throw monster corpses near it!

The Scaredy Shack has a trait.

As long as there's a corpse within the vicinity, whether it's a monster or a player, a brand-new 'Scaredy Shack' can be constructed using that corpse as raw material!

When the new Scaredy Shack is formed, the original one will decompose.

And all the skills possessed by the 'corpse' used to construct the new Scaredy Shack while it was alive will enter a 'Skill Pool'.

Every time the Scaredy Shack generates a new Trembling Clown, in addition to some fixed skills, more skills will be randomized from the 'Skill Pool'.

Clearly, the more players the Scaredy Shack kills, the more complex its Skill Pool becomes.

If players keep dying to it, the Trembling Clown's combat power will become stronger and stronger!

"Furthermore, the difficulty in defeating the Scaredy Shack lies in the fact that as long as there's a corpse within range, the shack can reshape itself and restore its durability to full…"

One can imagine.

Even knowing that the Scaredy Shack is the BOSS's main body, the difficulty of defeating it is exceptionally high!

Especially if the shack is lured to a city ruin or a player gathering point, the difficulty of defeating it would be even higher!

Of course.

Qin Feng wasn't afraid, because he had the 'Flower Opening Curse' skill. Now, this skill of his could destroy corpses and erase traces.

He just needed to destroy all surrounding corpses before starting the fight.

Additionally…

"If this thing is really lured to Los Angeles, it seems I won't even need to go there myself?"

Having this Scaredy Shack in the Los Angeles Ruins would be far more destructive than Qin Feng alone. Most importantly, the other party has time!

Even if Qin Feng went there, he would just kill the head of the Heavenly Serpent Organization and leave.

He couldn't just stay there forever instead of farming monsters and leveling up, right?

But if that Scaredy Shack stays in the Los Angeles Ruins, it could turn the entire ruins into a terrifying city of Death!