Since the system became my girlfriend

Although Su Rui couldn't use the level 10 equipment for the time being, that didn't diminish his excitement!

Keep in mind that this is the newbie village, where even a green-quality piece of equipment is considered top-tier. What does it mean to have obtained a gold-quality item here, especially a very rare accessory?

This means Su Rui has made it big!

As a gold-tier piece of equipment, the Guardian Garthas Ornament itself provides a bonus of thirty attribute points, which is equivalent to the attribute point bonus a player would receive after leveling up five times.

Besides that, its strongest feature is its equipment skill, which completely blocks one attack, whether it is physical or magical damage. Although the two skills share a cooldown, it is still very powerful. With it, the wearer can be guaranteed not to be attacked first.

Especially in PvP, classes like thieves often have the first move. Their starting skills are always control-type moves. But once these skills are blocked, they have to fight the enemy face to face. After losing the first move, thieves are at a complete disadvantage in head-on confrontations!

Moreover, even outside of PvP, this equipment can effectively block the boss's initial attack in PvE, giving healers ample time to prepare for healing. Therefore, this equipment is very practical for both squishy classes that like PvP and tank classes that tank bosses.

A piece of equipment that is both practical and of a high rank can obviously fetch a good price.

"Xiao Xi, do you want her?" Su Rui asked Feng Lixi as usual. Although he was a little reluctant, if Feng Lixi asked, Su Rui would give her away without hesitation. After all, in his eyes, taking care of a girl was the most important thing.

"Keep it for now." Feng Lixi smiled. She didn't really have any special needs for equipment. If she really wanted it, she could refresh her equipment with a full set of top-tier gear at any time. So, let alone a low-level gold piece of equipment, even a level 100 super artifact was like a passing cloud in her eyes.

"Hehe, I'll keep it for now. If you want it, just let me know!" Su Rui didn't pretend to refuse; he directly put the golden equipment into his pocket.

After receiving their unexpected surprise, Su Rui and Feng Lixi happily went back to complete the mission, but the gold hunters in the distance were green with envy!

"Holy crap! Golden light! Am I seeing things?"

"It really is a golden prop!"

"A sacred relic!"

At this moment, these gold diggers were filled with regret. If they had triggered this hidden quest earlier, the sacred relic would have been theirs. Although it was just equipment from the early stages of the game, even if it was just for showing off, many wealthy players would probably be willing to spend a fortune on it. That would be much more profitable than them bending over here digging for hemostatic herbs!

"I'll give it a try!" One of the guys rolled his eyes and suddenly darted out. The others saw him rushing towards Susas and immediately followed.

"What are you bunch of bumpkins doing here?" Susas was as sarcastic as ever.

"Kid! You think you're so tough?"

"You're not convinced, are you?"

"A one-on-one fight?!"

……

Several gold farmers took turns harassing Susas, forcing him to become a red name again and then enter duel mode.

However, the gold miners were a bit careless at this time. They did not notice that there was a subtle change in Susas. The nickname on Susas's head had changed. He used to be the idle Susas, but now he was the ambitious Susas!

"Alright! Then I'll teach you a lesson!" Susas indeed turned into a red name, but this time he wasn't empty-handed; instead, he was carrying a sharp longsword!

"Holy crap! Why are you carrying weapons?"

“Look at his title…”

"Damn it! What does this mean? Did they get motivated to fight back after getting beaten up?!"

……

The gold diggers were dumbfounded, but at this moment Susas did not give them a chance to back out!

"So you think you can challenge me just because you're an adventurer?"

"You really think you're a warrior, huh?"

"You think bullying me once wasn't enough? You've come as a group this time, haven't you?"

……

While spouting nonsense, the ambitious Susas brandished his longsword and began hacking away at the gold miners. After his inspiration, Susas instantly regained the attributes of a level 10 NPC. He swung his sword wildly and within seconds sent all the gold miners back to the city for free.

Two unlucky souls even dropped half a bag of freshly gathered hemostatic herbs when they died... making all their hard work for the past half day go to waste...

"Hmph! A bunch of trash!" Susas said disdainfully after killing the gold farmers.

……

Su Rui, who had already returned to the newbie village with Feng Lixi, had no idea that a bloodbath had occurred in front of Susas after he left. He was also unaware that those unlucky gold farmers had logged off immediately after being killed, thinking they had obtained important information, so they immediately posted ads to sell hidden quests.

From the perspective of these gold farmers, although Su Rui had stolen the hidden quest in this newbie village, they figured other newbie villages could probably do it again. However, they clearly didn't expect that since the golden equipment was unique, it couldn't be obtained a second time. So, after Su Rui completed the quest, not only did his newbie village's Susas change, but the Susas in other newbie villages also changed to the title of "Striving for Excellence." Therefore, the bloodshed didn't just happen in this newbie village...

Within just a few hours, the forum was filled with curses. Without exception, the players were all denouncing these gold farmers and demanding refunds. This was because many players had provoked Susas after reading the post and were then hacked to death by this ambitious guy.

"Xiao Xi, this is quite an unexpected gain. But why does this equipment have an attribute that lowers reputation?" Su Rui made small talk with Feng Lixi as they walked toward the pharmacy.

"I don't know. After all, this might be the first artifact-level equipment in the game, so it's normal for it to be a bit special," Feng Lixi said vaguely. Of course, she knew why, but she didn't want to tell Su Rui right now, because there was a surprise waiting for her.

Taking advantage of Su Rui walking ahead, Feng Lixi, though one of her little hands was being held, skillfully pulled out a small book with her other hand, quickly flipped to a certain chapter, and began reading at lightning speed.

"Hey? What are you looking at?" Su Rui suddenly turned around and saw the small book in Feng Lixi's hand.

"Nothing!?" Feng Lixi immediately put away the book, not letting Su Rui see the title.