Skills, in the Realm of spirituality can be gained through multiple means. Other than the ones gained every 5 levels, Skills are also sold in shops and trade centers and can also be acquired by killing monsters, completing quests, clearing dungeons acquiring legacies, and others. So it won't be strange for a player to possess more skills than usual.
Moreover, players first play in beginner towns before being able to migrate to cities at level 10. Cities are more suitable for development due to possessing better facilities, dungeons, hotels, auction arenas, and others which shows why levels are important. Furthermore, Guilds and adventurer teams can only be created in cities when the Guild leader is a Tier 1 player, and players need to be level 20 at minimum before being able to challenge their Tier 1 promotion quests.
It's only been 6 hours and 18 hours in the game since the game was launched and expert players are at level 8 and mainstream players at level 6. This shows how difficult it is to level up!...
With a thought, Xuan Yuan opened his interface and logged out of the game.
As he removed the console, he glanced at the time. It was 2:45 PM.
"I've spent 15 minutes in the game and only 5 minutes have passed, the time rate is 1:3!" Xuan Yuan exclaimed
"Well, that's great. I have enough time to play till the next morning. I need to level up quickly and grow stronger!" He said and returned to the game after having a cup of water...
Xuan Yuan appeared again in a forest of Rising moon town, the beginner town he was to start his adventure.
The forest is a level 0-5 leveling ground containing wild rabbits between this range. It is suitable to level up to level 7 at most. A further increase will take days.
Xuan had just taken about 10 steps when a wild rabbit spawned ahead of him.
Wild rabbit (Common) Level 1
HP: 120...
If you think this wild rabbit is the harmless one found on Earth, you're wrong. This level 1 wild rabbit is a dog-sized rabbit with sharp fangs set to bit players. Although pain can't be felt in the game, one can still feel a stinging pain on contact.
Xuan Yuan hurriedly unsheathed his sword and got into a battle stance ready to fight.
The wild rabbit howled and charged at him baring its fangs at Xuan Yuan.
Unfortunately for the beast, it had underestimated Xuan Yuan and would pay a disastrous consequence.
Even though Xuan Yuan lacks good combat standards, he was still pretty familiar with wielding a sword, a skill he learned from playing other reality games. In real life, he was also a science student with excellent calculation ability so he was bound to be a dangerous opponent for the rabbit.
As the rabbit lunged at him, he made some calculations and predicted the spot the beast would land at. He calmly took a step backward and made a horizontal strike with his sword.
The sword light struck the rabbit on its head and a -20 damage floated atop its head and its HP decreased by about 20%.
The rabbit roared in anger. He, master rabbit was hit by a level 0 player...
It recovered itself and swiped a claw at Xuan Yuan, who calmly sidestepped to avoid the claw and slashed at the rabbit dealing another -20 damage.
The rabbit shrieked in pain. It was truly angered. It gathered momentum and jumped toward Xuan Yuan with its sharp claws raised. Xuan Yuan who just recovered from the strike he made, hurriedly place his sword in front of him and executed
He quickly steadied his body and executed
After successive chops and slashes, the rabbit cried mournfully and died dropping a few copper coins and a bunch of rabbit meat.
A golden glow shone on his body as he leveled up to level 1!
This was normal in the Realm of spirituality as every player would experience a level-up on their first kill.
Xuan Yuan looted the drops and sat under a tree to rest.
"I can't believe this is a game, one can't even run out of breath and get tired after a battle!" He exclaimed as he took a deep breath.
After recovering his HP, he stood up and resumed hunting monsters. He continued slaughtering wild rabbits and continued venturing deeper into the forest for about 3 hours (9 hours in-game). At that time, he was already at Level 6 and unlocked a skill, Fatal strike.
Fatal Strike (Tier 0, level 5)- Strikes a vital spot of the target dealing critical damage. 25% to injure the target. Cooldown 1 min
He found a safe spot and logged out for dinner...