The entrance to the Pine Forest.
Two girls were walking side by side.
One held a staff, exuding a gentle and composed aura.
The other wielded a sharp blade, her lively and youthful figure half-hidden in the air, as if she had already mastered the Assassin's stealth skill.
Neither of them hid their IDs.
The girl with the staff was named Yueshang Fuyao, while the girl half-hidden in the air was named Yuexia Shuying.
Their temperaments were completely different, yet they looked exactly the same.
They were twins.
"Sister, why are we here? The snakes and spiders here are super disgusting, I don't want to kill these things," the younger sister grumbled.
"Ying'er, ten minutes ago, I received a quest at the pharmacy."
"If we can collect 100 venom sacs from the Silver Ring Snakes within an hour and deliver them to Pharmacist Wang at the pharmacy, we can get his Pharmacy Insight Codex."
The girl with the staff spoke softly, a smile always on her face.
"He's just a pharmacist in a Novice Village, what amazing insights could he have? We might as well not bother."
The younger sister seemed very averse to the poisonous creatures.
She was reluctant to step into the Pine Forest.
"Ying'er, you can't say that. Although the level of this Pharmacy Codex isn't high, it's very useful in this Novice Village."
The older sister smiled, "Right now, no one has advanced their class yet. Except for a few players who have awakened a Healing Talent, almost no one has healing abilities."
"And the pills available at the pharmacy have very ordinary effects."
"This Pharmacy Codex not only contains recipes for healing pills but also for poison pills and buffing pills, which are very useful for us in tackling bosses."
"Then let's have Uncle Lin bring some people to fight!"
The younger sister suggested, "Our guild was born in Novice Village No. 997, with over three hundred people. A mere 100 venom sacs should be a piece of cake, right?"
"Not a good idea."
The older sister shook her head, "Only the two of us have just reached level 3 in the guild. The others are at most level 2, and half of them are still level 1. The Silver Ring Snakes are very agile and have high poison damage. The others would just be walking to their deaths."
"Moreover, this quest has a time limit. It will automatically expire in an hour. By the time the guild's main force reaches level 3, it will be too late."
The older sister's expression was serious as she cautioned, "This game is of great importance, with various forces moving in the shadows. We can't let our guild members die in vain here."
"Sigh, alright then."
The younger sister hung her head dejectedly, moving her feet with difficulty, complaining, "You're lucky, being a ranged mage, you don't have to engage those disgusting snakes up close. I'm the one who suffers..."
Though she complained, the younger sister stayed close to her sister, afraid she might get bitten by the snakes.
...
On the other side.
Yang Yu had already arrived at the place where he was previously attacked.
The Silver Ring Snake was still there, not having left.
Seeing Yang Yu return, the highly aggressive Silver Ring Snake wasn't afraid. Instead, its eyes gleamed with excitement!
Watching the Silver Ring Snake charge from afar, Yang Yu remained calm.
He drew a Poisoned Spiritual Qi Arrow, calculating the distance.
Just as the Silver Ring Snake entered the 15-meter range, the bowstring suddenly released!
"-16"
"-99"
"-99..."
The silvery snake skin was instantly tinged with a bluish-green hue.
The Silver Ring Snake's speed drastically reduced, and it continued to lose 99 health points per second!
Despite the attack, the Silver Ring Snake's ferocity didn't diminish. It continued to flick its tongue and charge at Yang Yu.
The Silver Ring Snake's speed was 18, while Yang Yu, now at level 3, had a speed of 25, already far ahead. This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
Poisoned, the Silver Ring Snake's speed dropped by about a third. Yang Yu easily sidestepped its attack.
While dodging the Silver Ring Snake's attacks, Yang Yu also tapped on nearby trees.
This was to attract more Silver Ring Snakes.
Just six seconds later, the once ferocious Silver Ring Snake was dead!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on successfully slaying a level 3 Silver Ring Snake, gaining 15 experience points. You are currently level 3 (15/750)!]
[Ding!]
[Your Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, increasing poison true damage to 100 points/second!]
[Ding!]
[Your body has undergone Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 24.9!]
Before Yang Yu could absorb the Silver Ring Snake's venom, the noise had already attracted three more Silver Ring Snakes.
Yang Yu welcomed them without hesitation.
He quickly drew his bow and nocked an arrow!
As soon as the Silver Ring Snakes entered the 15-meter range, they were immediately hit!
Under the continuous damage of 99 points/second, the Silver Ring Snakes could last at most 6 seconds before falling silent.
To attract more Silver Ring Snakes, Yang Yu fought while retreating, continuously tapping on the tree trunks he passed.
Wherever he went, he left behind the corpses of Silver Ring Snakes.
During this process, Yang Yu's skills became increasingly adept.
His archery improved rapidly!
Not only could he achieve the theoretical maximum firing rate of 2.5 arrows per second, but he could also fire two arrows at once, even three!
And he never missed!
The drop rate of level 3 Silver Ring Snakes was evidently much higher than that of Mottled Toads and Redblotch Wolf Spiders.
With just an occasional glance back, Yang Yu saw several health potions and copper coins!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on successfully slaying a level 3 Silver Ring Snake, gaining 15 experience points. You are currently level 3 (450/750)!]
[Ding!]
[Your Bloodfiend Poison Body has grown, increasing poison true damage to 129 points/second!]
[Ding!]
[Your body has undergone Blood Poison Tempering, Constitution increased by 0.1, currently 27.8!]
After consecutively shooting down 30 Silver Ring Snakes, no more came.
Just as he was about to clean up the battlefield, Yang Yu's ears twitched, and he looked back in the direction he had come from.
He saw a woman in plain clothes, holding a staff, standing in the distance.
Her eyes sparkled slightly as she looked at the ground covered with Silver Ring Snake corpses.
She bent down to pick up a Silver Ring Snake, eyeing its swollen venom sac with some eagerness.
But then, as if thinking of something, she suddenly put down the Silver Ring Snake's body.
She reminded the air beside her, "Ying'er, don't touch it yet. These belong to someone else, and the person is a master. Let's wait for him to show up."
"I don't want to touch those disgusting things anyway. It's better not to," the voice in the air replied playfully, clearly relieved.
The two of them looked around, their eyes filled with anticipation.
They had been drawn here by the sound of Yang Yu tapping on the tree trunks.
Before this.
The two of them had already teamed up to kill 6 Silver Ring Snakes, obtaining 6 venom sacs.
Just killing those 6 Silver Ring Snakes had taken them 10 minutes.
During that time.
To protect her sister from the Silver Ring Snake's attacks, the younger sister had to endure two instances of poison damage.
If she hadn't reached level 3, with 180 health points, and hadn't chugged health potions like crazy, she might have died once.
At this rate.
Even if they could collect 100 venom sacs, it would take at least two hours.
And there was the risk of dying!
Originally, they were about to call for reinforcements for a final attempt, but then they heard the commotion here and hurried over.
The sight of the ground littered with Silver Ring Snake corpses left them stunned!
They had thought their awakened talents at the start were strong enough.
But they hadn't expected that in this unassuming Pine Forest, there was such a master hidden!
"Is it really them?"
On the other side.
Yang Yu was slightly taken aback when he saw who had arrived.
He could only see Yueshang Fuyao, unable to see Yuexia Shuying in her stealth state.
But just seeing that gentle and quiet face, along with the ID that wasn't hidden, Yang Yu guessed there was another person hidden beside her.
Because.
The IDs Yueshang Fuyao and Yuexia Shuying were extremely famous in his previous life!
Guo Xiaopang was a fervent fan of these two lotus flowers, having applied multiple times to join their guild—Mirror Moon Tower.
Unfortunately, Xiaopang's skills were too weak, and Mirror Moon Tower was one of the top ten guilds in the Dragon Kingdom, with high recruitment standards. He failed every time.
In his past life, these two sisters were popular figures in the game Heavenly Dao. Guo Xiaopang had often told Yang Yu about their exploits and even showed him their photos.
Because the two were extremely beautiful and identical twins, Yang Yu had a deep impression of them.
It was said.
These sisters awakened powerful SS-grade talents right at the start.
The older sister awakened a powerful mage talent that could forcibly deduct health by percentage, making her incredibly strong against bosses!
The younger sister awakened a talent that allowed her to remain permanently invisible, making it difficult for players even 10 levels higher to see through her stealth.
Moreover.
It was said that in her stealth state, her attack damage doubled, and she had once killed so many players from opposing forces that they didn't dare log in!
The two were almost inseparable, rarely apart.
Not only did the sisters have outstanding gaming talents, but their family background was also incredibly strong. They were the darlings of one of the top ten financial conglomerate families in the country, the Yue Clan.
It was said that Mirror Moon Tower was created by them in a previous large-scale online game, initially only moderately famous.
Until in the game Heavenly Dao, they received full support from family funds, rapidly growing and expanding.
The sisters' high attractiveness and popularity attracted countless skilled players to join, quickly developing Mirror Moon Tower into one of the top ten guilds in the Dragon Kingdom.
Strangely enough.
Half a year after the game launched, when Mirror Moon Tower had reached its peak, the sisters suddenly disappeared.
Mirror Moon Tower also suddenly announced that their brother, Yue Xinyuan, would take over as guild leader.
Some said they lost in a family power struggle and were placed under house arrest by their brother, while others said they were in a car accident and died.
Speculation and debate were endless.
Yang Yu still remembered the angry look on Xiaopang's face when he told him about this.
Pulling back his thoughts.
Yang Yu put away the Silver Ring Snake corpses and walked slowly toward them.