Sigh, leveling up is a good thing, but after leveling up, I have to face the awkwardness of not being able to farm talents. Wu Shaochen now even feels that leveling up is too fast. If those players who are still fighting over rabbits knew about this, they'd probably gang up on him.
Let's see if there's a way to handle the level 7 monsters. If not, I'll come back to kill boars. With this in mind, Wu Shaochen continued to move forward. The Wild Boar Forest is vast, and it took him a long time to get out of the forest. Along the way, he encountered many wild boars, but Wu Shaochen managed to shake them off. After all, with his current movement speed of 18 points, those wild boars with 11 points couldn't catch up.
After exiting the forest, there was a plain ahead, and he saw groups of gray wolves roaming the grassland.
"Oh my, so many!" Wu Shaochen felt a chill in his heart. This is probably unmanageable. But since he's here, he might as well check their attributes. He found the nearest wolf and cast Insight. Fortunately, the range of Insight is far enough, so he didn't have to enter the aggro range to use it.
[Wild Wolf]
Level: 9
Health: 4000
Attack: 115
Defense: 55
Speed: 20
(Since the monsters in the Novice Village don't have magical attack and defense, there's no need to specifically list physical attack and defense. Speed refers to movement speed.)
Skill: Bite: Opens its mouth wide to bite the target, dealing 150% physical damage, with a 50% chance to cause bleeding, losing 5 health per second for 10 seconds.
***
Damn, every time I check a new monster, it's a challenge to my heart. After checking, the only thought is to curse the game designer. Although this game has nothing to do with the designer, everything is controlled by the main brain. But I've heard the main brain is omnipotent in the game, so I don't dare to curse it, so I'll curse the designer instead. Damn, are these the attributes of a regular monster? This is definitely a boss's attributes.
Huh, is this a level 9 monster? Then the level 7 and 8 monsters are probably on the path in the middle. I should go check there; I can't afford to provoke this.
Wu Shaochen turned around and walked back, feeling intimidated. He returned to the Wild Boar Forest and continued walking out. At this moment, a glint of golden light flashed in the corner of his eye. Wu Shaochen, full of curiosity, walked towards the source of the golden light. After pushing aside the bushes, a gigantic wild boar appeared before him, at least twice the size of the ones he had fought before. Underneath the giant boar was a circle of golden light, a characteristic aura of a boss in Oracle.
"Wow, a boss!" Wu Shaochen exclaimed in delight and quickly cast Insight.
[Boar King] (Black Iron Tier Boss)
Level: 6
Health: 50000
Attack: 250
Defense: 120 Get faster updates on g.com.
Speed: 30
Skill 1: Savage Charge: Charges forward in a straight line at high speed, dealing 150% physical damage to targets in its path and stunning them for one second. Cooldown time: 10 seconds.
Skill 2: Frenzy: When the Boar King stands upright, it increases its attack power and attack speed by 50% for 30 seconds. Cooldown time: 2 minutes.
Skill 3: Recovery: Triggers when the Boar King's health drops below 10%, doubling its defense and restoring its health to 30% within 10 seconds. During this time, it cannot move or attack. Cooldown time: 5 minutes.
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"Just now, I said that wild wolf's attributes were boss-level, and now I'm proven wrong. This is a real boss! A level 6 Black Iron Boss with such terrifying attributes? The attributes are explosive, and the skills are even more disgusting. Without enough damage output, you can't kill it. The last skill has a cooldown of 5 minutes, meaning if you can't reduce its health by 30% within 5 minutes, you might as well not fight this boss."
"Forget it, no more complaints. I should get used to it. My poison can prevent targets from healing. It seems this boss is destined to be mine." Wu Shaochen thought to himself. He tagged the Boar King as his own. There's no reason to let a boss go. He hadn't forgotten that his talent trait allowed him to stack poison layers by killing bosses not lower than his realm. Each additional poison layer doubles the damage.
But for now, I definitely can't handle it. I need to level up a few more times, at least be faster than it and withstand its damage. Wu Shaochen noted the boss's location and then headed out. No one will come here in the short term. He wanted to check if there were any level 7 monsters to deal with since improving his talent was still the priority to increase his damage.
Returning to the fork in the road, Wu Shaochen headed towards the path leading to the Bamboo Grove.
Entering the Bamboo Grove, it felt dark and damp, with poor lighting. Wu Shaochen cautiously moved forward and suddenly saw green snakes crawling on the bamboo in front, flicking their tongues at him. Goosebumps rose on Wu Shaochen's skin. He cast Insight.
[Green Snake]
Level: 3
Health: 550
Attack: 32
Defense: 12
Speed: 7
Skill: Snake Venom: Targets attacked by the Green Snake have a 50% chance of being poisoned, losing 2 health per second for 30 seconds.
So the level 3 monsters are here. No wonder I didn't encounter them. But these green snakes are probably disgusting to many people. They'd rather fight crabs than these, right? Snake venom is too nasty. But suddenly, thinking of my talent, hmm, poison is a good thing, how can it be disgusting?
Continuing forward, he exited the Bamboo Grove, and ahead was a forest. The trees were small but dense, completely different from the previous forest. The lighting was still dim. After walking for a while, he finally saw monsters. Giant spiders were crawling on the trees and the ground. Wu Shaochen, suppressing his disgust, cast Insight.
[Giant Spider]
Level: 7
Health: 2500 Visit g.com for the full chapter.
Attack: 90
Defense: 40
Speed: 13
Skill: Net Casting: Casts a large net within a 2-meter range in front, trapping the target. The trapped target cannot attack or move for 3 seconds. Cooldown time: 20 seconds.
"Damn, I can't fight this." Wu Shaochen said in frustration. This path shouldn't have been taken; it feels like the monsters here are all countering him.
Forget it, I can't improve my talent for now. I'll go back to killing boars, try to level up a few more times, and then take down that Boar King.
***
So Wu Shaochen returned to the Wild Boar Forest and began his journey of killing boars. With his current poison damage of 16 points per second, a wild boar could be dealt with in two minutes, making the process quite fast. A wild boar gives a base experience of 20 points, and after level 2, the extra experience is only 40%, which is 8 points. A wild boar can provide 28 experience points, meaning he only needs to kill 18 more wild boars to reach level 3.
Wu Shaochen was farming wild boars alone in the Wild Boar Forest, while on the grassland in front of the Novice Village, countless players were still fighting over rabbits. Honestly, on such a large grassland, each refresh brings at least thousands of rabbits, but there are too many people, resulting in too few rabbits for everyone.
Among the crowd, a group of more than ten people gathered around several rabbit spawn points, skillfully weakening the rabbits and letting a proud-looking young man in the middle finish them off. After killing another rabbit, the young man leveled up, a golden light flashing beneath his feet.
"Congratulations to Young Master Huang on leveling up," the people around him congratulated. "Young Master Huang is definitely the first player to level up in our Novice Village. I've been watching, and no one else has flashed with the golden light of leveling up."
"Hmm," Young Master Huang nodded in satisfaction. He then allocated all his free attribute points to strength. Seeing his attack power rise to 22 points, a smile appeared on his lips. "I now have 22 attack points, killing these rabbits is a breeze. Should we check out the level 2 area?"
"No, Young Master Huang, some of our people have been to the level 2 area. Those goats are fierce, we can't handle them now. Unless all the brothers reach level 1 and have a few with full physique points to tank in front, we can't fight them."
"Damn, why is this game so hard? And you can't even pay to win, it's really frustrating," Young Master Huang complained.
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Have any of our people found equipment? Tell them to hand it over so I can gear up and enter the level 2 area sooner. I'm sick of fighting these rabbits."
"None of our people have found equipment yet. The drop rate in this game is really low. Despite our numbers, we haven't seen a single piece of equipment. No one has listed equipment in the Auction House either," someone responded.
"Damn," Young Master Huang cursed. "Keep an eye on the Auction House. If anyone lists equipment, buy it immediately."
"Yes."
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