Following Uncle Grimm's route, Ning Shi went through three teleportation arrays and arrived at Duohuang City.
Each teleportation array cost 1 gold coin per person. After spending 3 gold coins, Ning Shi's treasury immediately dried up.
Fortunately, the avatar killed 31 beginner magical beasts and obtained 9 beginner magic cores and 2 bloodlines.
Ning Shi felt that there was no point in keeping the magic cores. He sold them to the Brad Bloodline Shop and obtained 30 gold coins.
As for bloodlines, Ning Shi directly synthesized them.
[1 potential point consumed. Giant bear bloodline merged with lightning ferret bloodline, becoming lightning giant bear bloodline, potential 4 stars.]
[1 potential point consumed. Lightning giant bear bloodline merged with giant ant bloodline, becoming lightning power bear bloodline, potential 5 stars.]
After the bloodline had become the lightning power bear bloodline, the great strength talent had turned into a gold color and the increase in strength had reached 200%!
Other than that, there was another talent: the electrostatic field.
[Electrostatic field: White talent. Each attack carries a small amount of lightning damage.]
This talent had a lot of potential. It was like a halo that could automatically switch on and off. After it was activated, every move and style would be imbued with lightning damage.
Ning Shi had used up 2 potential points and there were still 4 points left. Duohuang City was extremely dangerous. Ning Shi did not want to conserve his strength, so he spent another 3 potential points to upgrade his bloodline to Level 3.
[Lightning power bear bloodline has been upgraded to lightning violent bear bloodline, physique +5, spiritual power +3, great strength has been upgraded to violence. Strength has been increased by 300%.]
Ning Shi then added the two extra skill points to basic swordsmanship and Bajiquan respectively.
[Basic swordsmanship Level 4. Acquired characteristic: Swordsmanship expert, swordsmanship damage +50%.]
[Bajiquan Level 4. Acquired characteristic: Fist technique expert, fist technique damage +50%.]
As such, Ning Shi's various attributes were as follows:
Game Avatar: Ning Shi
Physique: 27 (50)
Spiritual Power: 16 (30)
Appearance: 8 (handsome guy)
Family Background: 5 (normal)
Bloodline: Lightning violent bear bloodline (Level 3 / Potential 5 stars)
Profession: Hunter Level 10 (Max) / bloodline warrior Level 2 (3200/5000)
Skills: Archery skill Level 3, trap making Level 1, forest running Level 1, Cloud Shadow Steps Level 3, Bajiquan Level 4, basic swordsmanship Level 4.
Talents: Learning (blue) , violence (gold) , regeneration (gold), electrostatic field (white).
Achievements: None
His physique had reached a terrifying 27 points and the maximum increase in physique had also reached 50 points.
With the addition of a series of talents and skill buffs, the damage that Ning Shi could deal with was extremely explosive!
Ning Shi finally felt a sense of security.
Duohuang City was extremely chaotic with no sense of order at all.
Walking in the city, Ning Shi had already seen three fights in just a few hundred meters. Some people had been beaten to death in the street, and the people around him were used to it, doing business with a straight face.
This was not the peaceful and friendly Black Bear Village, but the most chaotic and dangerous city in the Moen Continent.
Underneath this chaos was freedom without limits and the warped prosperity brought about by it.
Duohuang was located at the border of the three countries. Countless caravans came here to do profiteering international trade. Moreover, there were no official forces here and no one levied taxes.
As long as one was not afraid of death, coming to Duohuang and becoming rich overnight was not a dream.
Countless people made their fortunes here and also, more people lost their lives here.
Other than trade, Duohuang also had an extremely prosperous entertainment industry.
Not to mention the formal restaurants, the illegal industries that were banned by the various countries, such as brothels, gladiators, colosseum, gambling, slave trading, drug testing and so on, were all available in Duohuang.
Ning Shi strolled around the city for half a day. It was an eye-opener.
Fox beauties, bearman warriors, elf archers, Amazon natives and all kinds of people gathered here.
Ning Shi found a blacksmith shop run by dwarves.
"Boss, I want a sword, the heavier the better."
The dwarf who forged the iron was called Giggs. He had a thick beard, and his upper body was naked, exposing the steel-like muscles on his body. Under the light of the fire, his muscles were red and full of strength.
Hearing Ning Shi's request, Giggs picked up the black beer on the table and took a big gulp. He looked at Ning Shi again and shouted rudely.
"With your small body, you still want a heavy weapon? My weapon is not sold to a gigolo!"
Ning Shi was speechless. Is it my fault for being handsome?
He took out 10 gold coins and slammed them on the table.
"Are you selling or not? If not, I'll go and find another place."
Seeing the yellow gold coins, Giggs chuckled and quickly put the gold coins into his pocket.
He pointed at a long black sword in the corner and said, "This sword is made of black iron. The body of the sword is mixed with meteoric iron. It weighs 137 pounds. Not only is it extremely sharp, but it's also hard and durable."
Ning Shi walked over, casually picked up the long sword and waved it a few times. As a transitional weapon, this sword was not bad.
"How much?"
Giggs, who was ready to ask for a lot of money, immediately changed his mind when he saw Ning Shi waving the black sword that weighed more than 100 pounds as if it was nothing.
"20 gold coins. This is a weapon mixed with meteoric iron. I sold it to you at a loss!"
What rubbish meteoric iron. Ning Shi was not a fool. A meteoric iron weapon could not be sold for less than 100 gold coins.
He took out another 5 gold coins and accurately threw them into Giggs' hand. He said straightforwardly, "15 gold coins."
After saying that, he picked up the sword and left without caring about Giggs' reaction.
Ning Shi did not turn back, even though Giggs was shouting behind him.
[Black iron long sword, a pretty good hundred-tempered steel sword, price: 15 gold coins.]
There was a system notification and the price was precisely fixed.
After buying the sword, Ning Shi went to the pharmacy to replenish all kinds of potions. He also packed dry food and water in his backpack and walked out of Duohuang City.
He had just come to Duohuang City and was a nobody. He had walked around the city but he did not receive a single mission.
Since there was no mission, he might as well stay in the wilderness for some time and seize the time to farm monsters and level up.
"The desolate north plateau is too big. When I earn money, I must get a pet beast that can travel."
After galloping for two hours, Ning Shi arrived at the first monster farm: Redwood Forest.
According to the map's introduction, there were groups of magical beasts in Redwood Forest.
Not long after entering the forest, Ning Shi found a group of tricolor deer.
This kind of deer was more than three meters in size and had a hard and sharp horn on its head. Its close combat ability was extremely strong.
Moreover, its bloodline contained wind-type magic and it could cast wind-type spells. Its combat ability was also extremely strong among beginner magical beasts.
However, Ning Shi was not afraid at all. He raised his long sword and directly charged toward the deers.
Clang! A blade of light was raised and a deer's head rolled to the ground.
[Beginner magical beast tricolor deer killed, experience points +200.]
Dodging the collision of the deer horns and the cutting of the wind blade, Ning Shi stabbed his blade straight into the neck of a tricolor deer.
Puchi!
The black sword was pulled out and blood splattered everywhere.
[Beginner magical beast tricolor deer killed, experience points +200. Obtained beginner wind-type magic core.]
After killing 13 tricolor deers in a row, the herd of deer began to panic and fled in all directions. Ning Shi chased after them and killed eight more. The herd of deer disappeared.
[Bloodline warrior levelled up to Level 3 (2400/10,000), physique +1, skill point +1, potential point +1.]
This time, his physique only increased by one point. His spiritual power did not increase. Ning Shi frowned.
According to the settings of the game world, a Level 1 bloodline could support a profession to level up by five levels. Ning Shi was now at Level 3 bloodline and the highest he could reach was a Level 15 bloodline warrior.
When a Level 1 bloodline warrior reached Level 2, he was rewarded with 2 physique points. Ning Shi had originally planned to level up the bloodline warrior to Level 15 and then rely on the reward to push his physique to the limit of 50 points.
Now it seemed that it would be more difficult to increase his physique as he progressed.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any insight-related skills and couldn't see the number of characters in the game. Ning Shi wasn't sure what his 28 physique points were.
[With 3 advanced magic cores or one A-level spiritual crystal, the game can update the system. After the update, the avatar can use the insight technique.]
Seeing the system's thoughtful notification, Ning Shi revealed a bitter smile. Advanced magic cores came from advanced magical beasts.
According to the "Bloodline Warrior's Holy Book", advanced magical beasts not only had extremely tough bodies, but they could also cast intermediate spells instantaneously.
Advanced magical beasts could also awaken talent magic, which was extremely powerful.
Generally speaking, only bloodline warriors who had reached Level 30 and above could fight advanced magical beasts.
It seemed that the system update would take some time.
The most important thing now was to farm monsters and level up. Ning Shi added his skill points to his basic swordsmanship.
[Basic swordsmanship has been upgraded to Level 5. Acquired characteristic: Master of swordsmanship, swordsmanship damage increased by 100%. Hint: After basic swordsmanship has been upgraded to Level 5, 2 skill points are required for every level.]
Ning Shi found another group of black bulls and started a new round of farming monsters.
It was not until the sky turned dark that the system notified him of the upgrade.
[Bloodline warrior has been upgraded to Level 4 (0/20,000), physique +1, skill point +1, potential point +1.]
With the accumulated skill points and potential points reaching 3, the bloodline could be levelled up again. Ning Shi was ready to find a new bloodline to synthesize first.
Coincidentally, after the bloodline warrior levelled up to Level 4, the experience points for hunting a beginner magical beast dropped to 100 points.
Ning Shi planned to go deep into the Redwood Forest and go to the area where the intermediate magical beasts were active. He would hunt the intermediate magical beasts and level up faster while collecting the bloodline of the intermediate magical beasts.
Half an hour later, Ning Shi found a lightning lizard.
As a magical beast, the lightning lizard's physique was not very strong. The reason why it could be ranked as an intermediate magical beast was because of its terrifying lightning ability.
Lightning strike, lightning ball and chain lightning were the three lightning skills that the lightning lizard had mastered. Among them, the lightning strike skill could be cast instantaneously.
The perception of an intermediate magical beast was much stronger than that of a beginner magical beast. Before Ning Shi got close, the lightning lizard had already noticed him.
With a flash of lightning, smoke began to rise from Ning Shi's head and his entire body went numb.
The attack speed of the lightning magic was too fast! There was no way he could dodge it.
Fortunately, Ning Shi's physique was strong enough and he also had the talent of regeneration. Otherwise, he would have fallen with a single lightning strike.
The process of the battle was extremely rough. Ning Shi knew that he could not dodge the lightning lizard's skill, so he took another lightning ball head-on and killed the lightning lizard with a single slash.
Ning Shi's hair stood on end. The muscles that were struck by the lightning were charred black and dead. Under the effect of his regeneration talent, his body gradually recovered.
He had won this battle in a sorry state. Fortunately, the rewards were very rich.
[Killed an intermediate magical beast, lightning lizard. Experience points +500. Obtained one lightning lizard bloodline.]
The bloodline of an intermediate magical beast!
Ning Shi did not delay and immediately began to synthesize.
[Consumed 2 potential points. The lightning violent bear bloodline has fused with the lightning lizard bloodline. Your potential has levelled up to 7 stars. Your electrostatic field talent has levelled up to gold and your regeneration talent has slightly increased.]
Ning Shi was very satisfied with the increase in the potential of his bloodline. It seemed that he could fuse some more lightning-type magical beast bloodlines to strengthen his lightning talent.
A portion of the lightning lizard bloodline had used up all of Ning Shi's luck. The magical beasts he hunted next had some magic cores but not a single bloodline.
At 11 p.m., Ning Shi killed more than ten intermediate magical beasts, raising the level of the bloodline warrior to Level 4 (6000/20,000).
After killing magical beasts for a day, a wave of mental exhaustion hit him.
Ning Shi then exited the game.
As his level increased, his levelling speed became slower and slower. Fortunately, the avatar in the game did not need to rest. After Ning Shi exited the game, the avatar could still log in and farm monsters.