After reading the introduction, Yang Yu felt relieved.
Although the Redblotch Wolf Spider was a magical attacker, apart from its potent venom, its attack, defense, and agility were inferior to most ordinary level 2 players.
In Yang Yu's eyes, they were nothing but living targets!
After a brief contemplation, Yang Yu immediately drew a Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrow and shot it at the Redblotch Wolf Spider in front of him!
"-21"
"-40"
"-40..."
After being attacked by Yang Yu, the Redblotch Wolf Spider abandoned its previous silence and immediately spat a red web towards Yang Yu!
Yang Yu could have dodged it, but after thinking it over, he decided against it.
He even worried that the spider's attack range wasn't enough, so he moved towards the web, letting it hit his chest.
"-6"
[Poison Immunity...]
The Redblotch Wolf Spider's magical attack was 20 points, but with Yang Yu's innate 9 points of spirit, his magical defense was already as high as 14 points.
Thus, the spider's web attack only caused Yang Yu 6 points of damage.
And its web poison had no effect on Yang Yu.
The slow and paralyzing effects showed no signs of activating.
However, the web didn't disappear; instead, it was quite tenacious, sticking to Yang Yu's chest.
Fortunately, the force from the web was weak and didn't affect Yang Yu's movements.
After testing the Redblotch Wolf Spider's attack, Yang Yu ignored the spider's continued web-spitting and turned to run towards another Redblotch Wolf Spider nearby.
Only after Yang Yu had run ten meters did the web stuck to his chest finally break.
Yang Yu didn't mind.
He drew another Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrow, pulled the bowstring, and shot straight at the second Redblotch Wolf Spider!
"-21"
"-40..."
After the second Redblotch Wolf Spider was poisoned, Yang Yu didn't stop and rushed towards the third one.
Just as he poisoned the third Redblotch Wolf Spider, he received a notification of the first spider's death.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on successfully slaying a level 2 Redblotch Wolf Spider, gaining 10 experience points, currently level 2 (10/300)!]
[Ding!]
[Your Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, poison true damage increased to 41 points/second.]
[Ding!]
[Your body has been tempered by Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 14.0!]
Yang Yu didn't pause and continued rushing towards the fourth Redblotch Wolf Spider.
Soon, the 14 Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrows he had prepared before entering the forest were used up.
Each arrow precisely killed a Redblotch Wolf Spider without any waste.
After all 14 Redblotch Wolf Spiders were dead, Yang Yu turned back to the nearest spider corpse.
[Ding!]
[You successfully absorbed all the poison from the level 2 Redblotch Wolf Spider, Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, poison attack increased to 68 points/second!]
[Ding!]
[Your body has been tempered by Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 16.7!]
In less than two minutes, Yang Yu absorbed all 14 Redblotch Wolf Spider corpses.
The absorbed spiders shrank drastically, becoming only the size of a bottle cap.
Even the red webs on the branches quickly withered and faded!
At this point, Yang Yu's poison attack had increased to 68 points/second, and his Constitution had risen to 16.7, with his health reaching 167 points.
His experience points also reached level 2 (140/300).
Yang Yu pondered briefly.
He drew out his Novice Short Blade and cut his wrist.
"-4"
"-4..."
Before entering the Pine Forest, cutting himself once would lose 7 points of health.
Now, just ten minutes later, it only lost 4 points.
With no other choice, Yang Yu cut himself four times in succession, collecting a total of 16 points of blood, enough for 16 Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrows.
If each arrow hit its mark, killing a Redblotch Wolf Spider with each, it would be just enough for Yang Yu to reach level 3.
With everything ready, Yang Yu didn't hesitate and began hunting Redblotch Wolf Spiders again.
This was a gathering place for the spiders, densely populated, so Yang Yu didn't need to search deliberately.
In less than a minute, Yang Yu had fired 15 Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrows in succession.
With only 300 health, a Redblotch Wolf Spider couldn't survive more than 5 seconds under 68 points of poison damage per second!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on successfully slaying a level 2 Redblotch Wolf Spider, gaining 10 experience points, currently level 2 (290/300)!]
[Ding!]
[Your Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, poison true damage increased to 83 points/second.]
[Ding!]
[Your body has been tempered by Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 18.2!]
When the 15th Redblotch Wolf Spider died, Yang Yu turned back to clean up the battlefield.
At this point, Yang Yu was just one step away from reaching level 3.
He only needed to shoot one more Redblotch Wolf Spider to level up immediately.
But Yang Yu restrained himself.
Because at level 3, absorbing level 2 toxins wouldn't enhance the Bloodfiend Poison Body.
Once he reached level 3, the corpses of these 15 Redblotch Wolf Spiders would be wasted.
[Ding!]
[You successfully absorbed all the poison from the level 2 Redblotch Wolf Spider, Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, poison attack increased to 98 points/second!]
[Ding!]
[Your body has been tempered by Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 19.7!]
In one go, Yang Yu absorbed the toxins from 15 Redblotch Wolf Spiders.
His Bloodfiend Poison Body received a massive boost!
Poison attack had increased to a terrifying 98 points/second!
His health had risen to 197 points!
After putting on the Novice Cloth Garment, Yang Yu's defense reached 21 points.
With 22 points of attack power, even if Yang Yu attacked himself, he could only lose 1 point of health!
And the gains didn't stop there.
The extremely low drop rate of [Heavenly Dao] finally yielded the first Health Potion and two copper coins after Yang Yu killed 20 Mottled Toads and 29 Redblotch Wolf Spiders!
[Beginner Healing Potion]: Restores 3 health per second for 10 seconds after use, with a 1-minute cooldown.
It can restore a total of 30 health, not very useful for Yang Yu.
But for ordinary players, it's practically a lifesaving elixir!
If Yang Yu were to sell this Health Potion at the village entrance, even as a one-time consumable, it could fetch one or two hundred bucks.
However, Yang Yu wasn't interested.
Improving his in-game strength was the most important thing now!
Besides the novice equipment, he had nothing else.
If he had enough copper, silver, or even gold coins, he could directly purchase equipment from the village's General Store, a strategy many large studios and pay-to-win players used.
But there's a limit to pay-to-win.
The General Store only sold ordinary equipment.
Real good equipment had to be obtained by killing monsters and completing quests.
Moreover, players were currently penniless, and even if corporations offered high prices for copper coins, the results were minimal.
As for doing quests, Yang Yu had considered it.
But he quickly gave up.
First, the village NPCs were swarmed with players trying to cozy up to them to get quests, and Yang Yu couldn't even get close.
Second, the quest monsters wouldn't suit him.
To maximize the advantage of the Bloodfiend Poison Body, Yang Yu could only kill monsters of the same level.
He couldn't fight above his level, nor could he kill monsters below his level.
It's no exaggeration to say that even if a BOSS appeared in front of Yang Yu, he'd have to think twice about whether to kill it.
Besides, the best targets were poisonous monsters.
Combining all these conditions made it nearly impossible for Yang Yu to find a suitable quest in the Novice Village.
Moreover, Yang Yu was worried that quest rewards might include experience points.
That would be a waste with nowhere to put them!
Given all this, Yang Yu decided against taking on quests.
Of course, according to the game information shared by his friend Guo Xiaopang from his previous life, there was an Ultimate Hidden Quest in the Novice Village that Yang Yu was very interested in.
However, that would have to wait until Yang Yu reached level 10 before he could attempt it.
Guo Xiaopang was Yang Yu's childhood friend and high school classmate, whose family was better off than Yang Yu's, running a hotpot restaurant for over a decade.
Because of its excellent business and reputation, they even opened two branches in Yangcheng.
In his previous life, after Yang Yu's family spent all their savings on his treatment, it was Guo Xiaopang's strong support that helped Yang Yu survive until the day the game invasion occurred.
Guo Xiaopang was an avid gamer.
Unfortunately, his talent was average, and he was more addicted than skilled.
Yang Yu's limited understanding of the [Heavenly Dao] game was due to Guo Xiaopang frequently visiting him in the hospital and sharing game news and stories. Visit novelping dot com for the full chapter.
Although the information wasn't much, if used well, it could provide Yang Yu with significant help!
"In my previous life, Xiaopang only saved enough pocket money to buy a game helmet and enter [Heavenly Dao] two months after the game launched."
"And his awakened talent was average, so he probably didn't survive the game invasion disaster."
"I must earn money quickly so that my parents, Yang Xue, and Xiaopang can enter the game as soon as possible, giving them a chance to protect themselves during the catastrophe!"
Retracting his thoughts, Yang Yu stored the [Beginner Healing Potion] in his system inventory and stood up, heading towards a nearby Redblotch Wolf Spider.
He drew his last Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrow.
Bending the bow, nocking the arrow, aiming, shooting!
After waiting five seconds, the Redblotch Wolf Spider fell silent!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on successfully slaying a level 2 Redblotch Wolf Spider, gaining 10 experience points!]
[Ding!]
[Your Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, poison true damage increased to 99 points/second!]
[Ding!]
[Your body has been tempered by Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 19.8!]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on leveling up, currently level 3 (0/750)!]
[Your Strength, Constitution, Agility, Spirit, and Intelligence attributes each increased by 5 points, and you gained 5 Free Attributes!]
A golden light descended.
Yang Yu advanced from level 2 to level 3.
He allocated all 5 Free Attributes to Agility.
Yang Yu's Agility now reached a staggering 25 points!
With a maximum movement speed of 25 meters per second and a maximum firing rate of 2.5 arrows per second.
Even without poisoned attacks, relying solely on Yang Yu's attack power and the true damage of the Spiritual Qi Arrow was enough to instill fear!
Few players dared to allocate all their Free Attributes to Agility like Yang Yu.
After all, they needed Strength, Defense, and Health.
Players following the Mage and Priest paths also needed Spirit and Intelligence.
Only someone like Yang Yu, who could increase Constitution and output damage by grinding monsters, could afford to put all Free Attributes into Agility without worry.
Unable to contain his excitement, Yang Yu clicked on the attribute panel.
[Zongjiu Kuangge] (Unadvanced)
Level: 3 (0/750)
Health: 248
Mana: 190
Physical Attack: 32 (15*2+2)
Physical Defense: 26 (24+2)
Magical Defense: 19
Speed: 25
Prestige: 0
Luck: Hidden
Talent: [Bloodfiend Poison Body]: Deals 99 points/second of true damage to the target, lasting 10 seconds.
Among all attributes, only Strength was relatively low.
But Yang Yu didn't rely on basic attack power; he relied on poison attacks.
With poison damage as high as 99 points/second, one arrow could almost instantly kill all players and monsters of the same level, so there was no immediate concern about Strength.
Closing the panel, Yang Yu looked towards the direction he had come from, where the Silver Ring Snakes gathered.
Previously, killing a Silver Ring Snake required some effort, as they had up to 600 health.
But now, in Yang Yu's hands, they could still be killed with one arrow.
After a brief thought, Yang Yu drew his blade again and slashed at his left wrist!
"-6"
"-6..."
Ten consecutive cuts, totaling 60 points of fresh blood, were used to prepare 60 Spiritual Qi Arrows.
After losing 60 health points, Yang Yu still had 188 health remaining.
Upon reaching level 3, the player's natural health regeneration also increased, recovering about 1 point every 2 seconds when out of combat.
So Yang Yu didn't use his only [Beginner Healing Potion], opting for natural recovery instead.
With everything in place, Yang Yu quickly headed towards the right side of the forest.
That was where he had previously been attacked by the Silver Ring Snakes...