Update Time: 2014-02-23
After opening the map and searching around, Lin Zheng still felt that the Gray Dark Forest, past the Blazing Fire Prairie, was a good place. The monsters there were all undead, and using the Ghost God Warrior title would grant an experience bonus! Yang Qi had leveled up there before, otherwise, her second advancement would have taken more time!
Having chosen a leveling map, Lin Zheng quickly ran towards it without stopping. After passing through the Blazing Fire Prairie, he could see a dark forest in the distance. The trees in this forest were all contaminated by Ghost Qi, appearing lifeless! Even parts of the prairie bordering the forest were affected, losing their fiery red color and swaying in the wind, looking somewhat eerie!
As Lin Zheng approached the Gray Dark Forest, a cold gust of wind blew, sending a chill down his neck, and he couldn't help but shiver!
“Damn it! Does it have to be so ghostly?!” Lin Zheng complained about the map environment with a troubled expression. At this moment, a monster from the Gray Dark Forest appeared before Lin Zheng. It was a swaying skeleton, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, wandering aimlessly in the forest. Lin Zheng immediately put on his mask and checked the skeleton's information—
Lost Ancient Soldier: Level 55, Physical Attack 1850-2440, Physical Defense 750, Magic Defense 680, Health 16500, Skill—Charge. The bones of ancient soldiers buried beneath the Gray Dark Forest, revived by the erosion of undead power. These soulless undead are filled with confusion about the future and harbor hostility towards all living beings!
A Level 55 monster's attack was indeed not to be underestimated, reaching 2440 points. However, with Lin Zheng's defense, such an attack, while consuming more resources, was not fatal! Switching his title to Ghost God Warrior, Lin Zheng began to hunt monsters!
For melee-type monsters, ranged attacks were a good choice. Lin Zheng took out his dagger and shot an arrow at the Lost Ancient Soldier. “Thwack! —” A -1780 damage floated above the Lost Ancient Soldier’s head. The moment it was attacked, the skeleton’s eye sockets glowed with a bloodthirsty red light. “Whoosh—” it charged towards Lin Zheng with a trail of afterimages. Unprepared, Lin Zheng was hit squarely, and a -1663 damage floated above his head. What was worse, the Charge’s stun effect also appeared, leaving Lin Zheng frozen on the spot, like a target for the Lost Ancient Soldier, who slashed him twice, each hit dealing over 1500 damage. By the time the three-second stun wore off, Lin Zheng had lost sixty percent of his health!
Shouting “Oh no!” Lin Zheng immediately began his Reversal. Low Kick, Stomp, two attacks that took away over 7000 health from the Lost Ancient Soldier. He disassembled shattered moon, and with two quick slashes, he received a blow from the Lost Ancient Soldier, losing another 1400-plus health. Being hit four times by a regular monster truly made Lin Zheng quite frustrated! He leaped backward, reassembled shattered moon, and began kiting, shooting four more arrows before the Lost Ancient Soldier was reduced to a pile of shattered bones. It was a bit difficult to kill, but the experience from this monster was indeed abundant. After killing one Lost Ancient Soldier, Lin Zheng found that his experience bar had increased by 0.1%, which made him happy. It seemed that choosing this place as a leveling spot was indeed the correct decision! He continued to hunt Lost Ancient Soldiers, but after this, Lin Zheng became smarter. Every time he shot an arrow to draw a Lost Ancient Soldier, he immediately moved backward in a Z-pattern, missing the Charge with a success rate of up to 99%. Without the threat of being stunned, killing Lost Ancient Soldiers consumed much less and increased efficiency significantly. Basically, Lin Zheng could eliminate a Lost Ancient Soldier in about ten seconds. After an hour, Lin Zheng's experience had increased by about 32%, a very pleasing rate of experience gain! He checked the time; it was already 2:30. Since he wouldn't reach Level 50 anytime soon, Lin Zheng decided to log off and sleep, continuing to level up tomorrow!
The next morning, it was only 8 o'clock when Lin Zheng woke up. He spent about half an hour washing his face, brushing his teeth, and eating before logging back into the game to begin a new day of leveling! However, as soon as he logged on, Lin Zheng heard a delicate shout, and his heart was immediately surprised. Besides him and Yang Qi, someone actually dared to challenge a second-tier monster while under-leveled, and judging by the voice, it was a woman! Could it be Chong Chong, the second-ranked player on the Heaven Ranking? This thought arose in Lin Zheng's mind, and he immediately followed the sound with great curiosity.
After passing through a thicket, Lin Zheng finally saw the female player who dared to level up in the Gray Dark Forest. However, when he saw this person, Lin Zheng was stunned! This person was definitely not Chong Chong, the second-ranked player on the Heaven Ranking! Because Chong Chong was a Swordfighter, equipped with metal armor! However, the person in front of Lin Zheng was wearing a fiery red, sexy leather armor! What made Lin Zheng stunned was that this female player, who should have been an Archer, was now holding a rapier and fighting a Lost Ancient Soldier head-on! This was even more unreliable than Lin Zheng using a dagger as a Swordfighter before! More importantly, this valiant leather-armored female Swordfighter was someone Lin Zheng knew. Perhaps everyone has guessed it; that's right, this highly skilled female Archer was Xiao Mo, the Rose Knight!
When Lin Zheng appeared, Xiao Mo was just starting to deal with a Lost Ancient Soldier. Xiao Mo first slashed the Lost Ancient Soldier’s ribs with her sword, dealing over 600 damage. Just as the Lost Ancient Soldier’s eyes turned red and it prepared to Charge, Xiao Mo swiftly stabbed her sword, piercing through the Lost Ancient Soldier’s chest bone and forcibly interrupting its Charge skill! This slash and stab flowed seamlessly, completing instantly and perfectly, which made Lin Zheng full of praise!
After pulling out her sword, Xiao Mo immediately retreated, missing the Lost Ancient Soldier's slash. Then she took a step forward, and her rapier instantly thrust out a flurry of sword shadows. Lin Zheng was instantly stunned! He saw that the sword shadows enveloped the Lost Ancient Soldier, and in an instant, a dense cluster of damage numbers floated above the Lost Ancient Soldier's head. Although each was only around 600, in the blink of an eye, the Lost Ancient Soldier's health had already dropped by more than half!
Lin Zheng immediately had a look as if he had seen a ghost. This girl, Xiao Mo, was truly not just strong; she was incredibly strong! The number of rapid-fire stabs reached an astonishing 14 times! 14 times! Who among ordinary people could do that?! No wonder she was the world's top fencer! With such an attack frequency, it would be difficult for any player in this game to be her opponent at the same level! 14 instant attacks would absolutely instantly kill anyone with similar equipment! Only someone as tough as Yang Qi could withstand Xiao Mo's Chain Strike!
Continuing to watch, Xiao Mo, after a flurry of Chain Strike, lightly leaped like a nimble fox, dodging to the side of the Lost Ancient Soldier, successfully missing another attack. Just as Lin Zheng thought she was about to unleash another Chain Strike, he saw her thrust her sword, causing the Lost Ancient Soldier to lose its balance. In that instant, Xiao Mo very gracefully placed her left hand on her hip and swung her rapier with her right, delivering another series of swift, cross-slashes. This time, she directly cut the unbalanced Lost Ancient Soldier into shattered bones! Lin Zheng's mouth dropped open, and he had only one thought in his mind—"This girl, she's amazing!"