Two hours passed in an instant. With continuous monster grinding, Li Yao had reached level three. Most players took nearly three days to reach level three, but Li Yao achieved it in less than a day.
Li Yao had taken a few hours offline for sleep, understanding the reborn life's emphasis on physical health.
Upon logging back in at the game's dusk, Li Yao discovered the second random treasure chest behind a large tree.
"System: Opening treasure chest..."
"System: Received Bronze Shield."
"System: Received Sixty-Five Copper Coins."
"System: Received Apprentice Boots."
Bronze Shield
Quality: Excellent (Green)
Block: 15%
Armor: 15
Strength: 3
Stamina: 2
Equipped Requirement: Level 3, Warrior, Knight
Delighted, Li Yao took a few glances at the top-tier small shield for a shield warrior before placing it in his backpack.
Apprentice Boots (Leather Armor)
Quality: Excellent (Green)
Armor: 5
Stamina: 2
Increases movement speed by 5%
Equipped Requirement: Level 2
"The stats are quite trash, but better than nothing," Li Yao said, replacing his beginner's boots with 1 armor. Hunters can initially only wear leather armor. Only after reaching level 40 and completing their professional mission can they wear heavy leather armor, also known as chain mail or mail armor.
The experience needed to level up from three to four was quite substantial. Even as Li Yao was able to kill elites beyond his level, he had only just passed half the needed experience to reach level four by twilight, after having killed hundreds of elites.
If it weren't for the fact that the same materials could stack to two hundred, and he was only killing one type of monster, his initial ten or so backpack spaces would've run out of space already.
"It seems I can't find the last chest."
He had made numerous loops in the valley, monsters had respawned multiple times, but he still hadn't seen the third chest.
Roar...
Just as Li Yao was contemplating whether to turn back, a loud roar echoed through the valley. An eager look crossed Li Yao's face as the velociraptor king finally respawned.
Li Yao ran over there, shooting an arrow at the velociraptor king's crown, revealing its information.
Velociraptor King (Low-Level Boss)
Level: 3
Life: 2000
Attack: 55-65
Armor: 38
Ferocious Bite, Leap Claw Attack, King's Roar.
Wearing the Eye of the Creator, Li Yao found the Velociraptor King's weak points were virtually the same as the elites, with slightly more skills, higher attack, and armor stats. Without critical hits, he could hardly deal any damage. Players who do not choose free mode couldn't possibly defeat such a boss.
Thwack...
-5
The Charged Arrow accurately hit the Velociraptor King's leg balance point, but the Velociraptor King only swayed slightly without falling, still running at Li Yao rapidly.
Thwack...
-6
The second arrow also hit, but the Velociraptor King still didn't fall.
The Velociraptor King lept turmoil at Li Yao, its sharp claws flashing a red glow, indicating the start of the monster skill Leap Claw Attack. The boss's attack was not something an elite could match. Fortunately, Li Yao had already reached level three, thus significantly improving his stats.
Li Yao backstepped, and at the same time, his Charged Arrow accurately hit the Velociraptor King's blood-red eyes.
-45
The heavy blow caused the Velociraptor King's movement to falter slightly, and it was this millisecond delay that allowed Li Yao's Shadow Roll to narrowly avoid the glinting, lethal claw.
If he hadn't learned this skill, even with swift reflexes, his low-level attributes would've been unable to evade in time, leading to instant death.
The claws brushed past Li Yao's face. He could feel the slight chill and fierce whistling sound.
Li Yao used Shadow Roll three times in a row to increase the distance from the Velociraptor King. He then kept aiming and shooting at the King's leg joints one arrow at a time.
-5-7-5-6
The Velociraptor King finally fell to the ground with a tragic scream, while Li Yao kept moving to adjust the best shot angle and rapidly executed Charged Shots.
Once the Velociraptor King fell down, Li Yao shifted his target to the Velociraptor King's crown, the most vulnerable point.
-8-10-9-8...
The damage numbers were flashing at the corner of Li Yao's eyes.
Despite being the Velociraptor King, it couldn't even touch a shred of Li Yao's clothing. After the thirteenth time the Velociraptor King fell, its crown cracked with a snap.
Li Yao's arrow hit the crown, the damage increased subsequently.
-14-16-18...
Roar...
The Velociraptor King, with only four hundred lives left, finally let out its third skill, the King's Roar.
As it roared, two Velociraptor elites refreshed and roared towards the sky in unison. They dashed towards Li Yao along with the Velociraptor King.
Li Yao could not allow any error now. If he was hit by any monster, he might become immobilized. This immobilized state would prevent him from avoiding attacks from the other two Velociraptors, and it would mean death. Dying at this stage would cause a loss of a level. He is now at level three and a half, dying would revert him to level two, equivalent to losing one and a half levels of experience.
Li Yao took a deep breath. Obviously, the strategy he used before is not applicable this time. Against one boss and two elites, even with the Shadow Roll, he couldn't dodge all the damage.
From the corner of his eye, Li Yao noticed the dense woods at the edge of the valley, giving him an idea. Using the geographic environment to one's advantage in "The Ancient God World" is a measure between an ordinary master and a great master.
Li Yao chain-cast four Shadow Rolls and dashed into the woods. His mana was also almost drained.
As Li Yao ran, he charged up. After successfully charging, he suddenly took a leap and fired a shot back. After landing, his body continued to move forward, continuing to run and charge, then leaping and firing back again.
Even with this intense shooting, every arrow from Li Yao hit the mark. In his previous life, hunters who mastered this leap back shooting technique were rare.
-5-15-16-8-14
Li Yao moved swiftly through the woods. If it were on a plain, Li Yao would have been surrounded long ago. But in the dense woods, Li Yao was always able to escape danger.
Eventually, Li Yao's mana ran out and he had to resort to normal shooting, but this made him even more nimble.
In the woods, the Velociraptor King roared incessantly, incessantly besieging Li Yao with his two subordinates, but its health bar kept decreasing.
Several minutes later, the Velociraptor King's life was reduced to zero, and the two elites also disappeared. Seeing the corpse of the Velociraptor King, Li Yao just gave a faint smile.
Li Yao took out the carving knife and began to extract resources from the Velociraptor King.
"System: Extraction successful, obtained Velociraptor King's Crown (Blue Quality)"
"System: Obtained Velociraptor King's Leg Muscle (Blue Quality)"
"System: Obtained Velociraptor King's Claw (Blue Quality)"
"System: Obtained Velociraptor King's Bone (Blue Quality)"
"System: Obtained Leader Level Soul Gem (Dropped upon breaking, not from resource collection)"
"System: Obtained 105 Arrow Shafts"
Seeing these materials, Li Yao finally showed a smile. With these materials, he could build a small Arrow Tower after learning Engineering.
The Leader Level Soul Gem was even better. Combined with a weapon at the blacksmith, it had a chance to enhance a weapon's quality. For instance, this Soul Gem could 100% enhance a green rated weapon to a blue quality, and it even had a tiny chance to enhance a blue rated weapon to a purple epic quality.
Having packed up everything, it was already completely dark. Monsters at night would go berserk, with their attack and defense almost doubling, and their drop rate decreasing.
Although Li Yao could continue to hunt without getting injured, he did not have many arrows left in his arrow bag. Secondly, there were things to do in the city. Of course, the most important thing was to get rid of the things in his backpack. These items could be sold at a high price now, but they would depreciate greatly after a few days.
As for the third treasure chest, Li Yao was no longer obsessed with it. He had already reaped a lot today, there was no need to continue wasting time for a low-quality treasure chest whose content was uncertain.
Li Yao walked to a safe area and began to use the hearthstone to return to the city...
The Sun Tower exuded a red glow, along with the magic lamps on the square's buildings, the entire Beginner's Village was brightly illuminated.
The returning players were bustling around in the Beginner's Village.
During the early stage, there was no binding inn, so the return point of the hearthstone was on the square. Upon returning to the square, Li Yao immediately began shouting in the city trade channel.
"Elite Velociraptor's crown in exchange for any one set of the following materials: Mana-Drift Dragon Dust, Mature Mountain Cat's Collar, Enchanted Sapling Branch, or Skeleton Powder. Each only for one set, whisper me if interested."
After shouting three times, Li Yao waited for replies. The game had been launched for almost three days, he believed there were players who knew the use of an Elite Velociraptor's crown.
"The guy upstairs is clearly insane."
"Exactly, this guy just entered the game, right? Does he know how much is in a set?"
"I feel sorry for people like me who team up with others, taking turns to pick up loot. We collected less than three sets of materials in two days. Each set can be sold for two silver coins."
"Sigh, he must be desperate for money. You can gain a lot of experience by handing in a set of mission items. Young man, you should be practical."
"The people upstairs are noobs, no wonder they are struggling."
"It's a waste of time talking to them, I've already reserved an Elite Dragon's crown, I've made a profit."
"I've also reserved one. After killing elites all afternoon, everyone in the team has died at least once, yet none of us managed to break it successfully. I didn't expect that a pro would exchange it, I've made a big profit."
"Newbies want advice from veteran drivers, what can the Elite Velociraptor Crown do, and how do you get it?"
"Haha, the last one is reserved by me, I'm so happy. As a professional player of the team, let me enlighten you. The Elite crown can be handed over to a professional trainer to complete a task and receive at least one piece of green equipment. Also, let me tell you, even top guilds don't have many of these."
"Wow, even professional teams find it hard to get, is that true?"
"Of course, it's true, not blowing it up. In this beginner village, only our glorious leader Hai can kill elites, others don't even think about it."
"I knew it, but I threw the extra stuff at the store."
The newly enlightened players regretted immediately...
Li Yao used the Eye of the Creator to change his name to Spark of Star, also adjusted his appearance a bit before starting to shout for the exchange of those materials.
After ten minutes.
Looking at the materials in his backpack, he was immediately satisfied, and quickly left the square.
Every set of materials he exchanged was for mission items. Twenty mission items can be handed in for a quest, and each person can complete the quest ten times.
It took others two hard days to complete forty rounds of quests, while it took less than ten minutes for Li Yao including the time spent on collecting materials. When he handed in the last set of quests, a golden light enveloped Li Yao, he had leveled up to level four.
Others took three days just to reach level three, while he only took a little more than half a day to reach level four.
"At least I am leading in level, not bad."
After completing the quests, Li Yao immediately ran to the Class Hall. The Class Hall is one of the largest buildings in the Beginner's Village, where the class trainers are located in their respective places.
The Hunter Trainer is a beautiful High Elf woman. Compared to the busy scene in other trainers' areas, not a single player was near the Hunter Trainer.
Li Yao approached and bowed, saying, "Trainer, I wish to deliver the honor item."
Trainer Eileen nodded, took the Velociraptor skull and her pupils slightly shrank. She then looked at Li Yao seriously and said lightly, "Spark of Star, you are very good and you have brought honor to the hunters."
Under the envious gaze of other trainers, Eileen placed the skull on the small altar in the Class Hall.
Meanwhile, a colourful light shield flashed in front of all players.
"System: The Hunter player Starfire, has flawlessly completed the Boss-level Glory Hunt, his heroic figure will be remembered by all, Hunter profession statue activated."
"System: A statue of player Starfire will stand in any beginner's village in the world, all hunters under level ten will receive a hunting buff effect. Paying respect to the statue once a day will yield an hour of double experience effect."
With the system's notifications flooding the screen, everyone was in an uproar. In a scenario where most players couldn't even defeat elites, someone had single-handedly slain a boss and successfully breached its rank, rendering countless players aware of the glory requirements in disbelief.
"I've got a buff, before level ten my damage increases by 10%, defense by 10%, and movement speed by 5%." A hunter exclaimed.
"Great, hunters are so powerful."
"Look, a statue has appeared on the fountain in the middle of the square, it must be the great master, Starfire."
"The master's statue even has an inscription, and a message: Hunters are not weaker than any other professions - Starfire." A player sent the inscription to the public channel.
"Master Starfire is right, Hunters are not weaker than any other professions, I won't delete my account and start over."
"Yes, Hunters are not inferior to any profession, so what if no one wants to form a team with us, we Hunters can form our own teams as well."
"Exactly, we even have the buff, and double-experience time, do other professions have that? I won't delete my account either."
"If a master can do it, so can we."
Endless Wind said in the world channel: "That's impossible, I've tried to solo the Raptor King at level four, but barely managed to break its defense, dealing less than a hundred points of damage to the boss before dying. It feels as difficult as ascending to heaven just to solo an elite."
"Ah, it's Wind God, he's one of the top three master solo players."
Green Mountain God said: "What Wind is saying is true, I tried it today as well, and still failed."
"Green Mountain God, his skills are not inferior to Wind, it's even said that he has practiced martial arts. Even Green Mountain God says it can't be done."
"Even Wind God and Green Mountain God can't do it, did that Starfire use a bug?"
"Yes, it must be a bug."
Countless players lodged complaints, but after a while, they received system responses saying that everything was normal.
The players knew it wasn't a bug, and the Hunter players were feeling proud, while players of other professions were resentful.
"What are you high-skilled players of other professions doing, with so many administrative areas in every continent, so many league teams, so many guilds, and so many high-skilled bystanders publishing strategies, what on earth are you all doing?"
As soon as this post appeared on the forum, it was quickly pushed to prominence, with countless ordinary players starting to vent their frustrations.
How were they to know that these professional teams and large guilds were already privy to more inside information, and that they had entered the game with the intention of completing this sort of glory. They were also in a competitive spirit, every single one of them.
Who wouldn't want their statue to be erected in the square, or to become famous for their success? But damn it, they were still in the exploration stage, they were barely defeating elites, but in they were also researching how to breach their ranks. Yet, out of nowhere came this freak.
However, there's still hope for them, the statues of other professions are still available.
Even professional teams or guild members who had chosen Hunters were few and far between, after all, they're just playing a game, not all of them are skilled archers.
With the development of society to this point, archery can only be viewed during the Olympic Games, even special forces are using high-tech weapons. These old-fashioned bows and arrows haven't been used for over a thousand years.
Of course, Li Yao knew what was going to happen. With his ten years' of experience, such glory was nothing. What made him pleased was the retention of many players who were considering giving up on the Hunter profession, and the rewards he was about to receive.
Li Yao coughed lightly and said, "Mentor, don't you think it's time for my reward?"
The Hunter Mentor Eileen nodded, took out three items, and said, "Due to the boss-level Glory Item you submitted, you can choose one from these three excellent items."
Hunter's Bow
Quality: Excellent (Blue)
Attack: 12-15
Strength: 7
Agility: 5
Adds 3 points of poison damage when shooting
Equipment Requirement: Level 3
This bow is a good item, with high attack and attribute bonuses, it's an absolutely top-notch bow.
Strong Strike Aura: Increases your and your teammates' ranged damage by 10% and movement speed by 5%.
Alchemy: After use, learn Beginner Alchemy.
A Strong Strike Aura is a great skill book and is a must-learn skill for hunters, having it now would give him a significant boost.
Alchemy isn't bad, saving him from doing complex tasks to learn it, but Li Yao didn't want to learn ordinary Alchemy. Strong Strike Aura can be bought, but the blue bow is quite rare.
"Thank you, mentor." Li Yao crumbled the skill book.
"I also want to learn Engineering, I wonder if the mentor is willing to give me a recommendation?" Li Yao didn't leave but continued to chat with Eileen.
"Young clan member, it seems you know quite a bit." Eileen showed a faint smile, handed Li Yao a letter and said: "Give this letter to him and you will be able to learn Engineering."
Li Yao thanked Eileen again and turned to leave.
In the eighth year of the game, the Light Faction's millions of players invaded the city, choosing to pass by the Tower of the Sun to massacre the High Elf beginner's village before going to Silvermoon City.
As a result, they met with tragedy. This Engineering Trainer was a world-class boss, even more formidable than the regent of Silvermoon City, and he directly killed millions of Light Faction players until they were in total disarray.
Later, the players discovered that he was the only male heir of the Windrunner siblings, a preeminent High Elf family, second only to the Sunstrider royal family, with unparalleled influence among the High Elves.
Among the three Windrunner sisters, the eldest sister was the wife of the Great Marshal of the Light Faction, and the middle sister, Sylvanas, died defending Silvermoon City. But now she became the queen of the Undead Clan, rated as the most popular NPC beauty by players in the previous life, with countless diehard fans.
The youngest sister was the wife of the leader of the Great Mages of the City of Mages, Dalaran, also extremely prominent.
While their youngest brother, thought to be dead by everyone, was actually living in disguise in a small beginner village after the calamity. If Li Yao wanted to become a Mechanical Hunter, he would need to interact with him for an extended period.
The square had now become a bustling marketplace, with players' stalls everywhere, it was packed to the brim with people.
Li Yao found a corner, paid ten copper coins to a guard, and got a stall for himself.
After giving it some thought, he began selling his items at the stall, set the prices and then closed his eyes to rest.
Soon, players noticed the items Li Yao was selling.
"Watts, two equipment, a green shield, and a blue dagger, damn."
"What are green and blue equipment? Didn't you see all those elite crowns and warrior spirits, is this guy from a big guild?"
"You're the fool. When did anyone from a big guild ever sell stuff? They only buy."
"You're the fool, can you get so many elite crowns by yourself? Our professional team only managed to kill one elite monster after half a day."
"You're as ignorant as a monkey from that isolated island"
As the players discussed, more and more people gathered in front of Li Yao's stall, but not a single item was sold, either they didn't have enough money to buy or they wanted to bargain, and Li Yao ignored them all.
But Li Yao wasn't worried at all. While he was setting up his stall, he also shouted in the trade channel, believing rich people would come soon.
As expected, seeing the message, a rich player came over immediately.
"I'll take this shield, but I don't have that many silver coins, do you accept credit?" said Never Short of Money.
Li Yao immediately recognized the black player in front of him, Never Short of Money. Rumor had it that he was the son of a chieftain from an African capital, a famous rich player. His abilities were average, but he had +13 epic equipment on him, even standing still he wouldn't be killed, he is the fighter among the rich.
"Of course, give me a price." Li Yao said, in fact, the early game equipment basically can't sell for a high price. After experiencing a lot of games, players have regained their sanity. The kind of dummy who spent tens of thousands to buy a level 2 or 3 equipment has long disappeared. Moreover, in this splendid era, based on intelligence, there are no dummies in this world.
"500 credits." Never Short of Money said, although he's rich, he doesn't waste money.
"Ordinary green equipment for 500 credits is a lot, but this is a shield." A white player squeezed in and said, "Defensive equipment is always the most expensive, especially now that everyone is pioneering challenge specialization. How about selling it to me for 600, I am the vice president of the Caesar Guild, let's become friends."
Never Short of Money said without changing his face, "700."
"It seems that you do not give Caesar Guild face, 800."
"Fair deal, why should I give you face, 1000."
"It's a pity, such a good shield, but it's not worth this price."
Li Yao smiled and gave him his account number. After a minute, Li Yao received a notification of credits arriving: "Thank you for your patronage."
"You're welcome, let's add friends and if you have good defense equipment available in the future, contact me, I'll definitely give you a satisfactory price." Never Short of Money sent a friend request.
In Li Yao's Starfire friend panel, Never Short of Money's name had been added.
The crowd was in a uproar, a green shield was sold for a thousand credits. It should be known that ordinary people could only earn three or four thousand credits a month, a green equip sold for a thousand, which truly made ordinary people envious...
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