“Wow! Another piece of equipment dropped, and it’s an ebony sword again!”
After killing the fourth wave of monsters they lured, a Demonic Corpse dropped another ebony sword.
“Husband, hurry and equip it,” Xu Muyan said with a smile to Xin Zhongze.
“Forget it, I won’t equip it for now. I’m used to using the ordinary Wooden Sword,” Xin Zhongze waved his hand.
There was only one ebony sword, and he couldn't possibly equip it unless he found another one.
Of course, he could also take his wife Xu Muyan’s ebony sword, but he didn’t want Xu Muyan to know that he could stack equipment.
As long as he didn't say anything, he wasn't afraid of Xu Muyan finding out, because when killing monsters, data would not disappear from other people's sight.
For example, numbers like -10 HP could only be seen by Xin Zhongze alone.
Others would only know that a monster had died after they killed it.
During the process of killing monsters, they couldn't possibly know how much HP the monster had left, and so on.
While countless people in Xin Zhongze’s Novice Village were desperately luring and killing monsters,
the situation in other Novice Villages was completely different.
Because people in other Novice Villages didn't know about the barrier, nor did they know that the barrier could only last for one day, many people had a leisurely attitude.
When many people saw that some individuals were killed by a group of Demonic Corpses outside the village, many chose to stay inside the village.
Even if someone discovered the safe zone formed by the barrier and used it to kill monsters, they did so unhurriedly, not with the same urgency as those in Xin Zhongze’s safe zone.
The reason everyone in Xin Zhongze’s safe zone was so eager to kill monsters was primarily because they all knew the barrier could only last for one day.
If they couldn't level up and clear the monsters near the village within one day, then once the barrier disappeared, their lives would be in danger.
And then, once some people reached Level 2 and learned that leveling up allowed them to leave the game, everyone naturally wanted to raise their level so they could open the door and return to reality.
When 22 hours had passed since the game started, more than half of the people in the Novice Village had already left.
Most of these people had reached Level 2 and then chose to exit the game.
This situation, in turn, greatly improved the efficiency of Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan in luring monsters, as there were fewer competitors.
Now, the two of them could lure over a dozen Demonic Corpses at once, killing an average of 2 monsters per minute.
“Another piece of equipment dropped! It’s a men’s cloth armor!”
Just as Xin Zhongze killed his 246th Demonic Corpse, the Demonic Corpse dropped a piece of cloth armor (male) for him.
cloth armor: (Male, Requires Level 1, Defense 2-2, Magic Defense 0-1, Weight 5, Durability 5.)
After picking up the cloth armor, Xin Zhongze immediately equipped it.
It was a white cloth armor, much cooler than the linen clothes.
Equipping the cloth armor directly increased Xin Zhongze’s defense to 7 points.
With this, even if a monster scratched him, he probably wouldn't lose much HP.
However, with the safe zone in place, he naturally wouldn't let a monster scratch him.
In a blink of an eye, another hour passed.
When the barrier was about to disappear in another hour, a monster once again dropped an ebony sword for Xin Zhongze.
With two ebony swords, Xin Zhongze decisively equipped the ebony sword.
“Husband, why did you switch to the ebony sword? Didn’t you say the Wooden Sword felt better?” Xu Muyan asked in surprise.
“Oh, the Wooden Sword’s durability is almost gone,” Xin Zhongze explained.
After equipping the ebony sword, Xin Zhongze’s attack directly reached 8-16. If his own 5 points of base attack were included, it would be 13-21.
This meant that Xin Zhongze could deal a minimum of 13 points of damage and a maximum of 21 points of damage with one sword strike.
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After equipping the ebony sword, Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan continued to lure and kill monsters.
Just when there were 24 minutes left on the countdown for the Demon Realm, Xin Zhongze finally leveled up from Level 2 to Level 3.
After reaching Level 3, Xin Zhongze’s attributes underwent another significant change, and he gained 5 free attribute points.
Without any hesitation, Xin Zhongze directly added all 5 free attribute points to Agility.
Currently, he wasn't lacking in attack, because his equipment could be stacked.
As for defense, he could just stack a few more pieces of clothing later.
What he lacked most now was agility; as long as his agility was high, he wouldn't be caught and killed by monsters.
As for Spirit, it should be very important for a mage, but mages need to reach Level 7 to have skills, so even if he were to add Spirit, he would have to be able to protect himself first.
Although this place was called a game, dying once meant truly dying, so Xin Zhongze had to be extremely careful.
After leveling up, Xin Zhongze looked at his character panel.
【Name: Xin Zhongze.
Class: Mage.
Level: 3 (0/300)
HP: 300/300.
Attack: 5 (8-16).
Magic Attack: 5 (0-2).
Defense: 5 (2-2).
Magic Defense: 5 (0-1).
Agility: 15.
Spirit: 10.
Weight: 42/60
Unique Ability: Equipment slots can be infinitely stacked.
Equipment: ebony sword (Level Requirement 1, Attack 8-16, Weight 8, Durability 14), cloth armor: (Male, Requires Level 1, Defense 2-2, Magic Defense 0-1, Durability 5, Weight 5.)
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After reaching Level 3, Xin Zhongze’s experience and HP increased by another hundred points.
Then, Magic Attack and Magic Defense appeared on his character panel, and both of these values started at only 5 points, so Magic Attack and Magic Defense should be unrelated to Spirit?
-16, -16.
After leveling up and equipping the ebony sword, Xin Zhongze could deal a maximum of 16 points of damage each time he hit a Demonic Corpse’s head.
However, what made Xin Zhongze frown was that after reaching Level 3, he only gained 0.25 experience points when killing a Demonic Corpse.
“Wife, I’ve already reached Level 3. You can kill the monsters now.”
Xin Zhongze chose to let his wife, Xu Muyan, continue killing the Demonic Corpses.
This way, the efficiency would be higher.
Just as the two of them had killed less than 4 waves of Demonic Corpses,
the time finally reached 24 hours since entering the game, and at this moment, the barrier shrouding the Novice Village finally disappeared.
“The barrier has disappeared,” Xin Zhongze said to Xu Muyan.
“Then should we go back?” Xu Muyan asked.
Hearing Xu Muyan’s words, Xin Zhongze thought for a moment and then said, “I want to challenge a Demonic Corpse one-on-one to see if I can kill it without relying on the barrier.”
“Okay, let’s go find a Demonic Corpse and try it. I want to try too,” Xu Muyan nodded.
Soon, the two found a lone Demonic Corpse.
Xin Zhongze approached within ten meters of the Demonic Corpse, immediately attracting its attention.
Roar!
The next moment, the Demonic Corpse quickly charged towards Xin Zhongze.
Xin Zhongze quickly retreated, luring the Demonic Corpse a certain distance before stopping to await its arrival.
Soon, the Demonic Corpse came before Xin Zhongze.
Xin Zhongze thrust his sword, directly hitting the Demonic Corpse’s head.
-16.
The moment Xin Zhongze attacked the Demonic Corpse, the Demonic Corpse’s hand also reached out to grab Xin Zhongze.
Facing the Demonic Corpse’s attack, Xin Zhongze parried with his ebony sword while sidestepping to dodge the monster’s attack.
Pfft!
The next moment, Xin Zhongze’s ebony sword hit the Demonic Corpse again.
His speed was slightly faster than the Demonic Corpse’s, which allowed them to easily dodge the Demonic Corpse’s attacks and continuously deal damage to it.
After 7 sword strikes, the Demonic Corpse fell to the ground.
Xin Zhongze, relying on his combat skills, easily defeated a Demonic Corpse without taking any damage.
“Let me try too.” Seeing Xin Zhongze easily kill a Demonic Corpse, Xu Muyan also became interested.
“Okay, you can try,” Xin Zhongze nodded.
Soon, Xu Muyan also lured a Demonic Corpse.
However, Xu Muyan’s combat skills were much weaker than Xin Zhongze’s, and her agility was not as good as his.
So after she hit the Demonic Corpse three times, the Demonic Corpse also scratched Xu Muyan once.
-1.
Xin Zhongze saw that after the Demonic Corpse hit Xu Muyan, it took away one HP from Xu Muyan.
Fortunately, the Demonic Corpse did not cast its skill—Infection, otherwise Xu Muyan would have been poisoned and continuously lost HP.
The Demonic Corpse’s normal attack was 8 points, while Xu Muyan’s base defense was 5 points, plus the 2 points of defense from the cloth armor, making it 7 points, which is why the Demonic Corpse only dealt 1 point of damage to Xu Muyan.