Chapter 3: The First Kill in the Region!
Han Xing had played this game before, though not for long, but he knew what his greatest advantage was.
That was the SSS-level talent he activated when he entered the game—Divine Craftsman!
This talent ensured that he would never fail when crafting quest items and had a high chance of producing higher-quality items.
In this game, as long as you had the blueprint, you could craft your own equipment for your profession.
In other words, Han Xing could now create equipment of higher quality than what the system gave him!
When Han Xing chose the Hunter profession, two equipment blueprints were automatically recorded: [Wooden Longbow] and [Wooden Arrows].
"The Wooden Longbow requires logs and beast tendons as materials, which I don't have."
"But the method for crafting wooden arrows is relatively simple, as it only requires some branches."
With this in mind, Han Xing looked at the berry tree behind him.
He broke off a dozen branches from the berry tree.
[Obtained Branches *17]
After the system notification, Han Xing took a deep breath and clicked "Craft All."
Progress bars appeared before his eyes, with each arrow taking only about a second to complete.
White flashes appeared continuously, and one arrow after another materialized in front of him.
[Sharpened Arrows (White) *17: Quality - Fine, Attack Power: 2~3, Special Effect - Sharpness]
[Sharpness: Higher chance of penetrating the target's body during attacks, causing a severe injury status]
Although still white-tier equipment, the attack power had clearly increased. More importantly, a special effect had appeared!
It's important to note that even green-tier equipment rarely came with special effects.
Now, with just a few branches he casually plucked from a tree, his SSS talent, Divine Craftsman, had turned them into rare equipment with special effects!
As expected of an SSS-level talent, it's terrifyingly powerful!
Han Xing picked up one of the wooden arrows, and the tip was polished so smooth that it looked like it had been buffed.
A quiver could hold up to thirty arrows. If he could obtain some spatial items in the future, he'd be able to carry even more.
After putting all seventeen arrows into the quiver, the weight on his waist gave him a sense of security.
He set his sights on a glowing green cloud not far away. After walking for over ten minutes, the sky gradually darkened.
Han Xing glanced up at the sky and muttered, "Does this place have day and night cycles too?"
Shaking his head, he decided not to think about it for now. He needed to focus on the glowing cloud ahead.
When he got within a meter of the cloud, the system notification appeared: "There seems to be an active cluster of invisible elemental power inside. Do you wish to enter?"
Han Xing took a deep breath, pulled out a 'Sharpened Arrow' from his quiver, nocked it, and drew the bowstring!
With the bow fully drawn, Han Xing was ready to attack.
He clicked 'Enter.'
The cloud dissipated, revealing a transparent, orb-shaped slime bouncing up and down in front of him.
[Slime (One-Star Creature)]
[Level: 1]
[Strength: 6, Agility: 3, Spirit: 4, Constitution: 5]
[Skill: Spit]
Whoosh!
The moment Han Xing saw the slime, he released the arrow.
The wooden arrow shot through the air with a tearing sound, piercing into the slime's jelly-like body.
Startled by the attack, the slime jumped several meters high.
Without hesitation, Han Xing fired a second arrow, hitting the target squarely again.
After taking two arrows, the slime finally reacted.
It seemed furious, opening its mouth as a cluster of invisible elemental power formed within.
However, before it could launch its attack, the third arrow had already followed.
Thunk!
This arrow seemed to trigger the special effect. The sharpened wooden arrow drilled into the slime's body without losing momentum.
It was the 'Sharpness' effect of the sharpened wooden arrow!
The slime's prepared attack halted mid-air, and its body began to tremble uncontrollably.
With a splat, the slime's body exploded, and transparent goo splattered like fireworks.
Han Xing instinctively took two steps back, shaking the sticky goo from his hands, though some had splattered onto his face.
"Yuck! What the hell is this? So gross!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the system notification popped up.
[Successfully killed Slime lv1, your level has increased.]
[Current Level: lv1]
Before Han Xing could react, a cold announcement from the system echoed in his ears.
"Announcement: The first player to kill a monster on the floating island has appeared in this region, unlocking the regional chat."
"Based on your region, every 10,000 players will be assigned to the same area. Players can now communicate, trade, and increase their chances of survival in the regional chat."
Opening the panel, Han Xing saw that he had been assigned to the 107th regional channel.
However, just as he was about to enter the regional chat, the system spoke again.
"As the first player in the region to kill a floating island monster, you have received a first-kill reward: Spirit Core *50, Spatial Backpack (White) *1, and Spatial Backpack Blueprint (White) *1."
[Spatial Backpack (White): Quality - Common, Storage Space +20, Special Effect - None]
"Oh my! A spatial item!" Han Xing couldn't help but exclaim.
With 20 slots of storage space, Han Xing tested it out, putting in thirty arrows, which only filled one slot.
In other words, if he filled it entirely with arrows, he could carry 600 arrows with him!
But that wasn't the most important part. The key was that he now had the blueprint for the Spatial Backpack.
[Spatial Backpack Blueprint (White)]
[Crafting Requirements: One-Star Beast Hide *1, Spirit Core *10, Aether *20]
[Crafting Success Rate: 20% (Due to Divine Craftsman talent, the success rate is 100%)]
"Of course, the success rate is still 100%!"
"Doesn't this mean I can mass-produce spatial backpacks and trade them with other players?"
Spatial backpacks were incredibly valuable. Even after playing on his phone for so long, Han Xing had never come across more than two.
If such an item appeared in the trading channel, it would definitely cause a frenzy!
However, he knew that now wasn't the time.
In the early stages of the game, the most scarce resources were still food and water.
Even if spatial backpacks appeared, most players wouldn't be able to afford them.
Han Xing entered the 107th regional chat, and the system prompt appeared.
[Would you like to use your default name 'Han Xing' to enter the regional chat?]
"No."
Han Xing declined and changed his name to "Galaxy" in the chat.
The regional chat had only just opened, but the chat section was already flooded with over a thousand messages. In Channel 107, all 10,000 players were sending information!