Lin Tianhao paused. No wonder the Nine-Headed Hydra Tree only had one skill; its other skills had been sacrificed.After this dungeon run, even after keeping Spring of Rejuvenation, Lin Tianhao still had twelve skill books.They were all dropped by Twisted Treants and offered little help to him."Learn Spring of Rejuvenation.""Sacrifice skill books."Lin Tianhao sacrificed ten Treant skill books, successfully upgrading Spring of Rejuvenation to two stars.Spring of Rejuvenation (Passive Skill): 2 StarsEffect: When your health drops to 10%, you will immediately recover 20% of your maximum health.Cooldown: 12 hours.Cost: None.Proficiency: 0/100 (Proficiency is calculated by sacrificing skills. Each sacrificed skill book grants 1 proficiency point. Certain special skill books may grant multiple proficiency points.)Just as Lin Tianhao had expected, upgrading it by one star increased the health restoration by ten percent and significantly reduced the cooldown.This was a substantial improvement.Moreover, this skill greatly enhanced his survivability.Not only that, but Spring of Rejuvenation restored health based on a percentage, making it a powerful skill even in the late game.Currently, Lin Tianhao's total health was over thirty thousand, so twenty percent was over six thousand.But what if Lin Tianhao's total health was three million, thirty million, or even higher?It would still restore health based on the percentage.Snapping out of his thoughts, Lin Tianhao checked his experience bar. He was halfway to level ten.With his current experience gain, he could reach level ten in half an hour if he wanted to.But Lin Tianhao wanted more than just leveling up.He opened the level rankings.Lin Tianhao wanted to see the current level distribution.1st: Asura Emperor, Level 11, 25%2nd: Chasing Dreams Smoky Snow, Level 10, 95%3rd: I Don't Love Money, Level 10, 91%4th: Floating Divine Wolf, Level 10, 90%5th: I Really Am 20 Centimeters, Level 10, 88%…The level differences on the rankings weren't significant. Lin Tianhao knew most of these people.Three of the top five were guild leaders, and two were top-tier rich heirs in China whose levels were bought with money.The key was that one of these rich heirs was not only wealthy but also lucky and somewhat skilled.As for the fifth person, he was similar to Zhou Xiaopang. He had some early-game encounters that made him stand out.However, as the game progressed, his early advantages diminished.He eventually faded from public view.Besides the level rankings, Twilight of the Gods also had an equipment ranking.Lin Tianhao opened the equipment ranking.1st: Golden Scepter (Gold-grade)2nd: Thunderclap Bow (Silver-grade)3rd: Nine-Headed Shield (Bronze-grade)4th: Nine-Headed Shoulder Guard (Bronze-grade)5th: Nine-Headed Cloak (Bronze-grade)…Except for the Golden Scepter in first place, all the other top five pieces belonged to Lin Tianhao."As expected, it's the same as in my previous life," Lin Tianhao thought. The Golden Scepter belonged to Chasing Dreams Smoky Snow.It was a summoning scepter with only one effect: summoning six level ten Black Iron bosses.This was incredibly overpowered in the early game.A single level ten Black Iron boss could easily dominate at this stage, let alone six.Speaking of which, Chasing Dreams Smoky Snow was the owner of his former club, Chasing Dreams.She was quite attractive, but unfortunately, she practiced nepotism, filling the club with her relatives, creating a toxic environment.But none of that mattered anymore. With his God-tier talent, Lin Tianhao was confident he could surpass Chasing Dreams Smoky Snow.Lin Tianhao added all fifty free attribute points from the first dungeon clear reward to attack speed.His attack speed increased from 2.63 to 3.63.When allocating the points, Lin Tianhao had considered adding some to movement speed.But he ultimately decided against it.Attack speed was still the best fit for his Hand of Heavenly Punishment.With enough attack speed, he could stack his health faster.Finally, there was the quest scroll.These quest scrolls were extremely rare.The quests within weren't given by ordinary NPCs but by the Gods themselves. Completing these quests could grant the blessings of the Gods.The worst of these blessings was a stat boost, while the best could grant permanent traits.Opening the quest scroll, Lin Tianhao saw the quest and was shocked."A Drought Fiend is sealed beneath the newbie village. If the Drought Fiend is unleashed, it will surely bring devastation to the land.""Quest Requirement: Kill all NPCs in the newbie village and destroy the altar, ensuring that all interdimensional adventurers can only spawn in the main city and never enter the newbie village again.""Quest Penalty: None.""Quest Reward: Unknown."Seeing this quest, Lin Tianhao's expression turned grim.This quest…It was utterly ridiculous!In his previous life, Lin Tianhao had encountered all kinds of bizarre quests.But this one?Destroying the newbie village?Was this a quest? Or was it a death sentence?In his previous life, some players had tried to provoke NPCs, but even the tavern's small waiter could deal thousands of damage with a wave of his hand.As for the newbie village chief, the blacksmith, and others, their stats were probably even more absurd.Lin Tianhao put away the quest scroll.He didn't immediately accept it.Although there was no penalty, he wanted to consider it further.Leaving the dungeon, he saw many players gathered at the entrance."Looking for a strong priest. Anyone with good healing, come quick! We have strong DPS, enough damage for sure."DPS meant damage per second, referring to archers and mages.One for sustained damage, the other for high burst damage."It's been so long. Besides Snow Emperor, has no one else cleared the dungeon? I want to buy equipment, I'm rich and stupid."…Lin Tianhao glanced at the crowd and didn't pay much attention.This was just the number one newbie village. Not many true high-level players were here.Most of them were probably clustered in the earlier newbie villages.Leaving the dungeon, Lin Tianhao walked in another direction.Based on his calculations, the rewards for the village chief's quest to hunt ten bosses should increase with the bosses' levels.There was one more special boss in the newbie village.It was the bard Zhou Xiaopang had encountered.It was said that his true form was a yellow weasel who had gained human form through good fortune.But his demonic nature hadn't changed, and he seemed to be plotting something in the newbie village.The guides from his previous life didn't provide much detail. Lin Tianhao only knew this much.Just then, Lin Tianhao's expression changed slightly. He instantly swung his longbow behind him.That's right, he didn't draw the bow; he used the Thunderclap Bow as a blade, slashing outwards.This kind of attack didn't deal much damage, but it could break through sudden dangers.Slash!