Half an hour later.
Level 6 experience zone.
"Wife, hurry, cut it."
Hearing Xin Zhongze's words, Xu Muyan quickly stabbed with her sword, and the demonic lion immediately fell to the ground.
"Wow, it actually gave me 16 experience points!" Xu Muyan was pleasantly surprised.
"Wife, I didn't lie to you, did I? I said I was level 6, and I am. If you follow me to kill monsters, I guarantee your leveling will be super fast," Xin Zhongze said with a chuckle to his wife.
"Show off!" Xu Muyan couldn't help but roll her eyes at Xin Zhongze.
Xu Muyan was currently level 2, and killing monsters above her level gave an experience bonus.
Killing a monster one level higher doubled the experience, two levels higher quadrupled it, three levels higher octupled it, and four levels higher multiplied it by sixteen.
That's why Xu Muyan gained 16 experience points after defeating the level 6 demonic lion.
"Wife, come kill."
"Wife, come over and kill it..."
Next, Xin Zhongze continuously lured monsters and weakened them, then let Xu Muyan deliver the final blow.
Soon, after killing only a dozen demonic lions, Xu Muyan's level rose from 2 to 3.
"Alright, now you can level up by yourself. We'll talk when you reach level 7. Let's first see if you can cast Fireball in reality after learning it," Xu Muyan said to Xin Zhongze.
"Okay, wife, just watch me."
For the next few hours, Xin Zhongze was busy grinding monsters.
After half an hour of fighting in the level 6 demonic lion territory, Xin Zhongze went directly to the level 7 demonic tiger territory.
Since killing monsters above his level granted double experience, he naturally wanted that double experience.
However, level 7 monsters had increased attack power and agility, which caused Xin Zhongze's gold injury medicine consumption to be very fast; he needed to return to the village for supplies almost every two hours.
"Husband, why don't I go buy red potions for you? You can just focus on leveling up," Xu Muyan said to Xin Zhongze.
Because gold injury medicine came in red bottles, Xu Muyan called them red potions.
"No, it's too dangerous for you to go alone," Xin Zhongze directly shook his head and refused.
What a joke! The four, five, and six-level monster areas along the way would be extremely deadly for Xu Muyan, who was only a level 3 novice.
He absolutely could not rest assured letting Xu Muyan act alone.
Moreover, he had to keep Xu Muyan under his watchful eye to feel even slightly at ease.
Under the circumstances of killing monsters above his level, Xin Zhongze's leveling speed was significantly faster.
During this process, Xin Zhongze also obtained some level 7 equipment.
Glass Ring: Requires Level 7, Dao Skill 0-1, Durability 6, Weight 1.
"Hehe, this ring is mine. It'll be perfect to wear once I reach level 7."
The Glass Ring was unceremoniously taken by Xu Muyan.
Besides the Glass Ring, Xin Zhongze also obtained a Traditional Necklace, a level 3 equipment that added 1 point of accuracy.
Xin Zhongze also gave this necklace to Xu Muyan because he already had a gold necklace and didn't need this one.
Besides the gold necklace, Xin Zhongze also obtained a silver bracelet, a level 7 equipment that added 1 agility.
Xin Zhongze also had no use for the silver bracelet because he already had an iron bracelet and a Small Bracelet.
Around 4 AM, Xin Zhongze's level finally rose from 6 to 7.
"Let's go, let's go complete the quest and let me see your Fireball skill."
Xu Muyan was even happier than Xin Zhongze that he had reached level 7.
Soon, the two returned to Novice Village and then went to the bookstore.
"This is your Fireball skill book." The skill bookstore owner handed a Fireball to Xin Zhongze.
【Game Hint: Fireball detected. Do you want to learn it?】
"Learn."
Without hesitation, Xin Zhongze directly chose to learn.
As soon as Xin Zhongze chose to learn Fireball, the next moment, countless pieces of information suddenly appeared in his mind.
At this moment, Xin Zhongze had a detailed understanding of the principles of Fireball and how to cast it.
"Fireball!"
Xin Zhongze extended his hand and pointed in one direction. The next moment, a Fireball shot out rapidly.
The Fireball hit the ground and directly melted a pit into it.
However, very quickly, the pit on the ground disappeared and returned to its original state.
"Wow! It really is Fireball! It's exactly the same as the Fireball released by the person who fought yesterday."
Seeing Xin Zhongze successfully cast Fireball, Xu Muyan was incredibly surprised.
At this moment, Xin Zhongze focused his attention on the character panel.
As soon as Xin Zhongze learned Fireball, his character panel underwent significant changes.
【Name: Xin Zhongze.
Profession: Mage.
Level: 7 (0 / 700)
Health: 700 / 700.
Mana: 70.
Attack: 5 (24-51).
Magic Attack: 25 (0-5).
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Weight: 63 / 80.
Skill: Fireball Lv0, 1 / 100 (Consumes 3 Mana, can condense and launch a Fireball. Upon hitting an enemy, it will apply burning, dealing 2 times magic damage per second, lasting 2 seconds.)
Unique Ability: Equipment slots stack infinitely.
Equipment: ebony sword, cloth armor, gold necklace, bronze ring, iron bracelet, Small Bracelet...
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After learning Fireball, Mana appeared in Xin Zhongze's character panel.
Then there was Fireball's attack power, double magic attack damage, which meant that Xin Zhongze's current magic attack was 25 points, so double magic attack would be 50 points of damage.
If he could trigger the 0-5 magic attack bonus from the ebony sword, Xin Zhongze's magic attack could reach a maximum of 60 points.
60 points of magic attack power, this was much higher than his physical attack damage.
"Mage is good! It seems I was wrong about you!"
Previously, Xin Zhongze thought that even if he learned spells, the damage wouldn't be as high as the damage from all the equipment he had stacked.
However, it now seemed that these were all illusions.
"No, mages have skills, but warriors do too. If warrior skills can also provide double attack power, wouldn't my attack power be able to reach over a hundred?"
Thinking that warriors also had skills, Xin Zhongze's initial enthusiasm for Fireball immediately extinguished by more than half.
Just after he completed the quest and obtained Fireball, another quest appeared in his quest log.
【Game Hint: Please level up to ten and clear the path to the main city. Quest Reward: You can go to the main city to find a Magister to change professions to a First-Order Apprentice Mage.】
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"Come on, let's buy some magic potions, and then we'll go fight monsters and try it out," Xin Zhongze called out to Xu Muyan.
Soon, Xin Zhongze bought some small magic potions, and then the two went to the wilderness.
Level 7 monster zone.
Xin Zhongze watched the demonic lion charging quickly, then directly threw a Fireball.
Xin Zhongze found that his mental power was 10 points, so as long as the Fireball was thrown within ten meters, Xin Zhongze could easily control its speed and flight path.
Therefore, mental power was similar to a missile's guidance system.
Boom!
The Fireball accurately hit the rapidly charging monster.
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With one Fireball, Xin Zhongze directly dealt over one hundred thirty points of damage to the level 7 demonic lion.
At this point, the demonic lion had already approached Xin Zhongze.
Facing this situation, Xin Zhongze could only cast another Fireball before engaging in close combat with the demonic lion.
For the next period, Xin Zhongze practiced Fireball while continuously killing monsters to gain experience.
More than an hour later, the Fireball on Xin Zhongze's panel changed.
Skill: Fireball Lv1, 0 / 200, Lv2 can be unlocked after level 11. (Consumes 4 Mana, can condense and launch a Fireball. Upon hitting an enemy, it will apply burning, dealing 2.5 times magic attack damage per second, lasting 3 seconds.)
After Fireball leveled up to Lv1, the Mana consumption increased from 3 to 4 points, and the magic attack increased from 2 times damage to 2.5 times.
Finally, the duration increased by one second, from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
A 3-second continuous damage could now deal three instances of magic damage.
It was just a pity that to upgrade Fireball to Lv2, he needed to reach level 11.