On the other side, Wu Shaochen scratched his head as he looked around the unfamiliar area. He had used a random teleportation scroll and ended up here, not knowing where he was. Opening the map, he saw only darkness around him. He zoomed out several times before spotting Jinling City, estimating it to be several hundred kilometers away.
"This scroll is something else, sending me hundreds of kilometers away! Luckily, I bought plenty of return scrolls, otherwise, I'd have to run myself to death," Wu Shaochen muttered. Given the situation earlier, he had no choice but to use the teleportation scroll; those players were dealing over a thousand damage each, easily breaking his defense. He realized he needed more life-saving skills.
"Good thing I got something useful," Wu Shaochen smiled, looking at the Linlang Necklace he was wearing.
**[Linlang Necklace] (Gold Level):**
- Physical Attack: +200
- Critical Rate: +15%
- Luck: +8
- Additional Attributes: Strength: +25, Agility: +25, Vitality: +25
- Additional Skill: Blink – Teleport to a designated location within a maximum distance of 20 meters. Cooldown: 5 minutes.
- Requirements: Physical Class
Without this necklace, he wouldn't have been able to kill that fool Aoshi Tianxia. Glancing at the two pieces of equipment that dropped from Aoshi Tianxia, Wu Shaochen's mouth twitched. Sometimes his jinxing actually worked; he had joked about auctioning an item only for Aoshi Tianxia to buy it and have it drop again, and now it happened.
"One lucky charm," Wu Shaochen sighed, looking at the second silver item, a silver ring. Just what he needed, as he only had a bronze ring left on him. Aoshi Tianxia had really done him a favor.
**[Green Pattern Ring] (Silver Level):**
- Health: +600
- Physical Attack: +160
- Cooldown Reduction: +5%
- Additional Attributes: Strength: +17, Constitution: +18, Agility: +17
- Requirements: Physical Class
Wu Shaochen put on the ring, replacing the last bronze ring, enhancing his overall power. Although the improvement wasn't vast since both items were accessories and only slightly boosted his attack, it was a step forward. Being level 23, fighting level 20 monsters no longer activated his Immortal Body, so his stats only saw minor improvements.
- Health: 16,467
- Attack: 1,765
- Physical Defense: 983
- Magic Defense: 972
- Movement Speed: 724
- Attack Speed: 167%
- Critical Rate: 15%
- Luck: 18
- Experience: 562,242/600,000
Other attributes remained unchanged. He had obtained five silver items from the dungeon, with three bosses guaranteed to drop silver items, and the Linlang Guardian dropping two more. None of the silver items were what he needed.
Opening his backpack, only a silver chest remained. Wu Shaochen rubbed his hands, excited. Although it was a silver chest, it could potentially yield golden items. The chances were slim, but he had once opened a dark gold item from a golden chest, proving his luck.
"Let's open it."
**"Ding! Congratulations, you have obtained the skill: Gouge."**
"Huh, a skill? This is good," Wu Shaochen remarked. The chest contents always matched the opener's class, so it was an assassin skill. He hadn't expected much from a silver chest, thinking it would likely contain silver equipment. The skill was a pleasant surprise, giving him a significant boost.
**[Gouge]**: Consumes 50 mana, deals 150% physical attack to the target, and stuns for 2 seconds. Cooldown: 30 seconds. Requirement: Assassin.
A stunning skill is always valuable, and more skills are always better. Wu Shaochen quickly learned the skill.
After learning the skill, Wu Shaochen looked at his inventory, which still had six silver items, nine bronze items, and sixteen black iron items, including those dropped by Skeleton Shield Guards and Skeleton Assassins. He had been too lazy to clean them up earlier, so he decided to handle them now. He put the equipment on the auction house. The black iron items sold for 5000 each, totaling 72,000 yuan. The bronze items were priced at 80,000 each, totaling 648,000 yuan. He kept two silver items for mages, intending to give them to his sister, who was probably about to leave the newbie village. The remaining four silver items were auctioned in a bidding mode for 30 minutes.
With that done, Wu Shaochen looked around. The place seemed like a valley, with beautiful scenery.
"Since I'm here, I might as well explore," Wu Shaochen thought, walking further in. The path was eerily quiet with no monsters in sight. After a long walk, he reached the end of the valley and saw a pool at the base of a cliff. The pool wasn't filled with clear water but with a milky white liquid, with light steam rising from it.
"A hot spring?" Wu Shaochen blinked in surprise. "There's a hot spring in the game?"
He approached the pool, about to test the water temperature with his hand when he noticed a shadow at the bottom. The milky white water made the shadow stand out. His curiosity piqued, Wu Shaochen tried to use an Insight spell but found the distance was too great.
"Should I go in?" Wu Shaochen pondered. The shadow's outline seemed humanoid. If it was a living creature, it could be dangerous, but if not, it might be a treasure.
Curiosity got the better of him, and Wu Shaochen decided to take the risk. "Damn it, at worst, I'll die and lose a level. It's not like it's real death."
He slowly waded into the pool and began swimming downward...
**"Ding, absorbing diluted Life Spring water, +1 HP."**
**"Ding, absorbing diluted Life Spring water, +1 HP."**
**"Ding, absorbing diluted Life Spring water, +1 HP."**
Wu Shaochen was stunned. Just by soaking in the water, his health increased? What kind of powerful Life Spring water was this?
As Wu Shaochen swam downward, the shadow at the bottom of the pool opened its eyes and looked up...
Soaking in the pool, Wu Shaochen enjoyed the continuous system notifications adding one health point per second. The sensation was incredibly satisfying, and he almost forgot why he had come down in the first place.
Just as he was feeling comfortable, he sensed something approaching from below. He looked down and saw a figure rushing toward him at great speed. Wu Shaochen's eyes widened in shock, and he immediately used Blink to teleport out of the pool. He needed to get out of the water to fight. However, to his surprise, the figure followed him out almost instantly. Before he could react, he was kicked to the ground.
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"Speak! How did you find this place?" a cold voice reached Wu Shaochen's ears.