"Cluck cluck!"
A few minutes later, another Mountain Chicken fell, and Chen Lang gained another 5 experience points.
"It actually dropped money. Looks like this guy was a First Blood!"
The Mountain Chicken's body slowly dissipated, leaving three copper coins on the ground. Chen Lang happily picked them up.
The Tianyan official website had a tip: the more times a monster is killed, the lower the drop rate. This Mountain Chicken dropped three copper coins at once, likely because it was killed for the first time. The previous one didn't drop anything.
"Looks like I need to find a place with fewer people!"
Chen Lang stood up, glanced around, and then headed towards a low hill where there were relatively fewer people.
An hour later.
At the Novice Village Plaza, a flash of white light appeared, and Chen Lang's figure emerged, looking rather frustrated.
That's right, he was taken down by the seventh Mountain Chicken.
He made two mistakes, failed to trigger a critical hit, and was narrowly slaughtered.
"What a rip-off!"
Chen Lang glanced at his experience bar, noticing he had lost 10 experience points, leaving him with only 20 points. Two chickens wasted for nothing.
Of course, it wasn't a total waste, as he had collected quite a bit of money.
Now, he was quite wealthy, with a total of 16 copper coins in his backpack, which was quite impressive.
Around him, white light continued to flash, accompanied by curses. Chen Lang composed himself and continued on his chicken-killing journey.
On the backside of the small hill, trees were dense, and Mountain Chickens wandered back and forth. There were relatively fewer players here, most of whom were in groups of two or three farming chickens together, though that meant less experience per person.
"Crack!"
Over two hours later, Chen Lang finally took down the twenty-second Mountain Chicken. A golden light shot up, and he finally leveled up to level 1.
(It takes about ten minutes to recover health after killing each one.)
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, player, for killing [Mountain Chicken], gaining 5 experience points."
"Ding!"
[System Alert: Congratulations on leveling up, mana +10, gained 5 free attribute points, keep up the good work.]
Two system notifications sounded, and Chen Lang was overjoyed. Without hesitation, he allocated all five attribute points to strength. A warm current flowed through him, and he was filled with power!
In the early stages, focusing on attack is key; adding agility isn't wise.
"Oh? It dropped equipment!"
As the Mountain Chicken's body vanished, a simple straw hat appeared on the ground, with two feathers sticking out of it.
[Worn Straw Hat]
Grade: Common
Defense: +2
Required Level: 0
"Not bad, not bad!"
Chen Lang put on the straw hat, boosting his defense to a new level!
ID: Tianya Langzi (Apprentice Assassin)
Level: 1 (0/200)
Attack: 14-15
Defense: 8
Health: 50
Mana: 110 (increases by 10 per level)
Attack Speed: 109%
Movement Speed: 109%
Strength: 13
Intelligence: 3
Constitution: 5
Agility: 9
Luck: 0
Insight: 0
Skills:
[Insight Art]: Can spy on targets up to 10 levels higher than oneself.
[Assault] (Assassin Novice Skill, non-upgradable): Launches a fierce attack on the target, dealing 120% damage. (Cooldown: 10s) (Mana Cost: 5 points)
[Backstab] (B Grade) (lv1): Attacks from behind the target, dealing 125% damage and silencing the target for one second. (Cooldown: 15s) (Mana Cost: 10 points) This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
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Chen Lang was very satisfied after checking his attributes.
With 5 points added to strength, his attack had increased from 9-10 to 14-15, and his defense had surged to 8 points, making him quite formidable!
(Growth attributes increase every five levels, no increase here.)
"Little chickens, now taste the sharpness of my blade!"
Chen Lang eyed the nearby Mountain Chickens, dashed forward, and instantly activated the [Assault] skill, slashing at its head!
"-13"
No critical hit, but the damage was considerable.
With the Mountain Chicken's 8 points of defense, it now had less than 30% damage reduction, and with the [Assault] skill's 20% damage bonus, it could almost ignore defense.
(Here's a recap of the damage reduction ratio, for example:
With a base attack of 20 points.
Target defense 0 points, no damage reduction.
Target defense 10 points, 25% damage reduction.
Target defense 20 points (equal to base attack), 50% damage reduction.
Target defense 30 points, 75% damage reduction.
Target defense 40 points or more (double), 100% damage reduction, unable to break defense.
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"Cluck cluck!"
The Mountain Chicken fluffed up, clawing at Chen Lang's thigh, but only dealing 6 damage.
"Oh, I'm so strong, and you still dare to fight back?"
Chen Lang swung his dagger, stabbing it hard in the Mountain Chicken's neck.
"-22"
This time, a critical hit!
"Backstab!"
Chen Lang slid to the side and back of the Mountain Chicken, stabbing its neck again!
"-28"
A big red number floated up, quite terrifying.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, your skill [Backstab] has leveled up to lv2, increasing attack damage to 130%, keep up the good work."
"Oh, the skill leveled up?"
Chen Lang was delighted, quickly finishing off the Mountain Chicken, and picked up the 2 copper coins it dropped.
"Looks like I should use Backstab more often."
Chen Lang muttered to himself. [Backstab] maxes out at level six, meaning it can deal up to 150% damage, which is quite impressive.
Of course, maxing out isn't easy; it gets slower as you progress.
"Let's go further in and see if I can kill level 2 monsters."
With his skills honed and courage high, Chen Lang continued deeper along the hillside.
Now that he had reached level 1, he needed 200 experience points to reach level 2. The Mountain Chicken's experience had dropped to 4 points, requiring fifty kills to level up, which wasn't worth it.
At the bottom of the hill, weeds grew thick, and a small river stretched across. On the bank, large Turtles crawled slowly, with many players already forming teams to hunt them, white light flashing occasionally.
Chen Lang glanced around, then walked upstream along the river, stopping at a less crowded section.
Casting an Insight Art, the Turtle's attributes appeared before him.
[Turtle]
Level: 2
Attack: 12
Defense: 18
Health: 200
Attack Speed: 50%
Skills: None.
Seeing the Turtle's attributes, Chen Lang couldn't help but be impressed.
The attack wasn't much, only 2 points more than the Mountain Chicken, but the defense was outrageous, doubling directly.
"Let's try hacking it, and see if it's doable!"
Chen Lang decided to act, dashing forward and raising his dagger to stab the Turtle's shell!
"-6"
A mocking number appeared, but at least it broke the defense; after all, 15 attack points weren't for nothing!
"Backstab!"
Before the Turtle could attack, Chen Lang slashed its neck.
"-16"
Indeed, the Turtle's weak point was also its neck, triggering a critical hit.
"Slash!"
"-12"
After releasing Backstab, Chen Lang followed up with a normal attack, also landing a critical hit!
"Ugh!"
At that moment, the Turtle finally bit for the first time, chomping on Chen Lang's arm.
"-8"
Still acceptable.
Then, Chen Lang engaged in a fierce life-and-death battle with the Turtle.
The Turtle's attack speed was very slow, only 50%, while Chen Lang's was 109%. With two skills interspersed, he could attack nearly three times for every one hit from the Turtle.
Finally, after nearly two minutes of fierce fighting, with Chen Lang's health bar almost depleted, the giant Turtle finally fell.
"Ding!"
"System Alert: Congratulations on killing [Turtle], gaining 10 experience points."
A Turtle gave 10 experience points, not bad, though it was quite risky. If he had landed two fewer critical hits, Chen Lang would have been done for.
Of course, such life-and-death battles are a necessary path for any great player to rise. The server had only been open for a little over three hours, and Chen Lang had already made great progress, even occasionally dodging attacks with his movement.
(Dodging is related to movement speed and personal reflexes)
"Boom!"
Chen Lang kicked the Turtle's corpse aside, revealing seven or eight scattered copper coins underneath.
"Hey, 65 bucks now!"
Chen Lang picked up the copper coins one by one, totaling 65 copper coins in his backpack, quite impressive!
After resting for ten minutes, waiting for his health bar to refill, Chen Lang got up again, dagger in hand, and headed for another Turtle...
"Crack!"
Moments later, Chen Lang, with a sliver of health, took down another Turtle.
This time, there were no copper coins, but a piece of leather armor appeared.
[Divine Turtle Shell Armor] (Leather Armor)
Quality: Common
Defense: +6
Health: +30
Required Level: 1
"Damn, it truly lives up to the name of Divine Armor!"
Chen Lang was pleasantly surprised. This leather armor not only added 6 defense points but also increased health by 30 points, which was quite impressive.
He desperately needed health, and as an Assassin, he was reluctant to allocate free attribute points to constitution, which was a bit of a headache.
Not minding the Turtle Shell's ugliness, Chen Lang immediately donned the Turtle leather armor, feeling a bit buoyant.
Defense shot up from 8 points to 14 points, and health increased by 30 points, reaching 80 points, quite terrifying!
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Note:
There are three types of defensive equipment.
Armor: Suitable for Swordsmen, Knights, Berserkers.
Leather Armor: Suitable for Assassins, Archers.
Cloth Armor: Suitable for Mages, Priests.
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