Li Nianlong (Weak): Level 27: (380/75600)
Strength: 173 (123)
Speed: 153 (103)
True Qi: 394 (394)
Intelligence: 178 (128)
Remaining Points: 0
Talent: Favorable Avoidance: Naturally possesses the power to sense fortune and misfortune, easily navigating favorable and unfavorable situations.
Skills: Chaotic Fist (Advanced 23%): Unpredictable strikes confuse opponents, increasing strength and speed by 30%, lasting for 30 seconds with no cooldown, consuming 20 True Qi each time.
Stealth (Grandmaster 2%): Enters stealth mode, reducing speed by 20%, with a 30% chance of not being detected by disturbances, cooldown of 7 minutes, duration of 4 minutes, consuming 160 True Qi each time.
Heavenly Guard (Advanced 27%): A layer of guard qi shields the entire body, increasing defense by 300%, lasting for 3 minutes with no cooldown, consuming 200 True Qi each time.
Money: 6935205
Equipment: Omitted...
Special Items: "Golden Bell Shield" 7th level, "Iron Sand Palm" 9th level, "Walking on Snow Without a Trace" 9th level, "Tiger Crane Double Form" 9th level, "Diamond Fist" 8th level, "Praying Mantis Fist" 9th level
Life Professions:
Architect (Grandmaster 86%): Master of buildings up to 100 floors, the ultimate architect.
Acupuncturist (Primary 0%): Relaxes the body and mind, akin to a top-notch masseur.
Physical Trainer (Primary 76%): Precisely controls physical strength and hardness.
Permissions: Level 2 - Shop, Training Ground.
In the past week, Li Nianlong has leveled up twice, and Stealth has also advanced from Advanced to Grandmaster. However, the True Qi consumption required for these skills makes Li Nianlong a bit apprehensive, with 160 True Qi per use for Stealth being particularly harsh.
But what's even more demanding is Heavenly Guard. Since advancing to Advanced, it now consumes 200 True Qi per use. Coupled with the rate of True Qi recovery, Li Nianlong can only activate it twice in a row. With Heavenly Guard at the Advanced level, Li Nianlong feels an unprecedented urgency due to insufficient True Qi. The dragonfly always says there will be a solution after level 30, but with three levels left until then, Li Nianlong's desire to level up is especially strong.
As for money, Li Nianlong has spent several hundred thousand in the past seven days alone, leaving him with less than seven million. Among the special items, he also obtained a ninth-level Praying Mantis Fist.
Due to schooling, the progress of the Architect profession has been sporadic, only gaining 8 proficiency points. Thankfully, once school is no longer a burden, Li Nianlong believes he can reach Grandmaster level in just a few days.
Although there's been no progress with the Acupuncturist profession, Li Nianlong has gained 76 proficiency points in the Physical Trainer profession through daily practice during his free time.
The gains have been considerable, but the harsh environment has left him weak. Seeing his attributes other than True Qi decrease by 50 points each, Li Nianlong feels a hint of worry.
He isn't concerned about the scorching temperature; with his current physique, he can survive even in temperatures above 100 degrees Celsius. However, the toxic marsh gas, carbon dioxide, and thin oxygen in the air are unbearable.
With safety issues resolved, his primary task now is ensuring an adequate oxygen supply.
Li Nianlong didn't prepare oxygen tanks or gas masks. Surviving for three days and nights in this environment without them is a daunting task.
Fortunately, Li Nianlong prepared ample supplies before entering the training ground, so food, water, and a tent are not a concern. Oxygen is the only problem to worry about.
Sitting in front of the cave, lost in thought for a long time, Li Nianlong's gaze fell on the black plants. They were mostly wildflowers and weeds, with occasional thorns. The fact that these plants could grow in such harsh conditions demonstrates their resilience.
Deep in thought, Li Nianlong stood up and squatted in front of a black weed. He silently apologized and plucked a small leaf, sniffing it under his nose.
There was no special smell, just like ordinary weeds. After hesitating for a moment, Li Nianlong bit into the leaf, tasting the juice on his tongue. After a while, there were no prompts or changes in his body condition.
A faint smile appeared on Li Nianlong's face. He took out a shovel and dug up the wildflowers and weeds in front of him, then planted them in front of his cave.
Under the sunlight, plants undergo photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and storing energy as organic matter, releasing a large amount of oxygen. Therefore, plants were the earliest life forms on Earth. With plants, the possibility of animals emerged.
Now, Li Nianlong's goal is to transplant as many wildflowers and weeds as possible around his cave, allowing them to produce large amounts of oxygen through photosynthesis, concentrated around the cave. This way, although oxygen remains scarce, it is enough for him to survive in this harsh environment for three days.
To ensure the survival of these plants, Li Nianlong sacrificed his drinking water. He checked the condition of these plants almost every hour. Fortunately, these plants survived tenaciously, continuously providing Li Nianlong with pure oxygen, which relieved his worries.
The first day passed safely like this. Li Nianlong didn't have time to celebrate before the volcano inevitably erupted on the second day.
A large amount of lava and volcanic ash spewed from the crater, creating a sky-obscuring dust cloud that severely polluted the air. The lava also flowed along the mountains, covering the entire swamp in a matter of hours, incinerating all life under its burning heat.
Standing in front of the cave more than a hundred meters high, witnessing such a terrifying scene, Li Nianlong was deeply shocked, realizing for the first time the horror of natural disasters.
The sky-obscuring volcanic ash caused the transplanted plants by Li Nianlong to die one after another. With even fewer plants producing oxygen, the air became even thinner. Li Nianlong's weakened condition worsened day by day. By the third day, he could hardly walk, his face showing an unhealthy shade of blue. He could only shrink inside the tent, using the half-hearted Turtle Breath technique taught to him by Guan Shu to prolong his life.
Three days later, when the volcanic ash dispersed and all the transplanted plants died, Li Nianlong was on the verge of death. At this critical moment, the voice of the dragonfly appeared: "Congratulations to the host for successfully clearing the level. Experience points +20,000, obtained a level 20 full clearance reward package, which has been sent to the item space. Please check carefully."
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Sitting up from the bed with all his stats restored, breathing in the long-lost fresh air, Li Nianlong let out a long sigh. "Level
20 almost cost me my life. It's getting harder to earn experience points in the training ground."
The taste of near-death made him tremble with fear. He also regretted it even more, regretting not seriously practicing martial arts when he was young. If he had learned the Turtle Breath technique, he could have easily passed through the Level 20 scene.
But regrets are useless. Fortunately, Li Nianlong still remembered the mantra of the Turtle Breath technique. With diligent practice in the future, he believes that if he encounters another oxygen-deficient scene, it won't be as perilous as this time.
Opening the item panel, the level 20 full clearance reward package floated quietly. Opening the package, it contained ten pills and a golden helmet resembling those worn by ancient generals of Huaxia, with wings on both sides, as if ready to take flight.
Li Nianlong checked the effects of the pills and armor, his eyes widening and his breath quickening.
Experience Pill: Increases experience points by 10,000 when consumed.
Divine Movement Set Helmet: Speed +50, Defense +10. The set consists of 10 pieces. Completing the entire Divine Movement Set will produce unimaginable set effects.
What an awesome reward package!
Li Nianlong's face lit up with excitement. After getting nothing from the first nine levels, he finally reaped rewards after breaking through all ten levels. Not to mention the 10,000 experience points from each pill, just the Divine Movement Set Helmet brought him a new surprise.
In the games Li Nianlong played before, sets were always the most powerful equipment, sometimes even more powerful than individual artifacts. The difficulty of collecting a set was many times greater than that of obtaining a single artifact, because not only did sets have the attributes of individual pieces, they also had set effects when completed, and these set effects usually produced skills even more powerful than artifacts.
Thinking that he might obtain a set, Li Nianlong's desire for the training ground suddenly increased.