After getting the quest, Jack didn't immediately set out to deal with the demonized lizards. Instead, he chose to log off and rest.
In fact, first killing thousands of players and then using the forbidden spell to fight against Brandy. Even if it was in the game and not in reality, his mental state was quite exhausted.
Taking off the game helmet, Jack let out a heavy breath. Shaking his slightly dizzy head, he washed his face, brushed his teeth, and then fell asleep as soon as he lay down.
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In Mingzhu City.
In a brightly lit hall somewhere.
A young man in a suit sat on the sofa, looking at the subordinate who didn't dare to breathe loudly with his head down, and said calmly, "This decision was my mistake. I really didn't expect that Yijianghanshui was so powerful that thousands of people couldn't take him down."
"Brother Tu, it was my fault in commanding." Luanshi Tianxia was full of shame.
Tulu Renjian waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with you. They were originally a group of casual players. How could they all listen to your command? Just go and do your work with peace of mind."
"Then Brother Tu, you rest early." Luanshi Tianxia carefully raised his head and glanced at the young man. Seeing his calm expression, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
After Luanshi Tianxia left, Tulu Renjian's mouth turned down, his fists clenched, and his face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip from it: "Yijianghanshui, we have formed a grudge. As long as you still play 'Eternal', we will definitely settle this account sooner or later!"
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In the early morning.
Jack woke up slowly, got up to wash his face and brush his teeth. He left the rental house and went to a nearby breakfast shop to buy two meat buns and a cup of soy milk. After simply solving the breakfast, he quickly logged in.
Now, he was way ahead of ordinary players. He must take this opportunity to widen the gap even more.
"Swish!"
White light flashed and Jack reappeared in the Barren Land.
Holding the Wild Buffalo Sword, he wandered around. A few minutes later, he found a spawn point of demonized lizards. Looking around, there were a total of six lizards over one meter long swimming under the scorching sun in the Gobi Desert. They had short limbs and long thick tails. They seemed very difficult to deal with.
Just to be cautious, Jack slowly approached and threw a Detection Skill -
[Demonized Lizard] (Common Monster)
Level: 18
Health: 20,000
Attack: 120 - 125
Defense: 90 - 100
Skill: [Bite]
Introduction: Originally a group of ordinary lizards in the Gobi Desert. After being invaded by demonic qi, their physiques changed drastically. Moreover, they have a violent temperament and are very dangerous
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With these attributes, except for the health which was slightly inferior, the attack and defense were three times higher than the level 12 Demonized Wolf King. It was much stronger!
Regarding this, Jack wasn't particularly surprised.
During the novice village, players hadn't transferred their classes yet. The growth stars were all one. But after the transfer, all attributes skyrocketed. They were completely different. It was normal for the monster's stats to increase along with it.
The demonized lizards were in groups of three or two in one area, which was very easy to be attacked together. But Jack wasn't panicked at all. Confirming that the monster's attributes didn't exceed his imagination, he charged forward with quick steps.
Evil Trample!
The next moment, his movement speed skyrocketed, and the strength of his legs reached an unprecedented height. He almost instantly reached the side of the demonized lizard and stomped hard on the lizard's head, stepping it firmly on the ground, causing a bright critical damage to pop up.
"Ding! ~"
System prompt: You used [Evil Trample] and dealt 1,869 damage to the demonized lizard, causing a suppression effect. The opponent is unable to move for two seconds!
Suddenly, the health of the demonized lizard visibly decreased by a section.
Not to mention how disgusting the Evil Trample was. Just the ability to quickly approach and exert control could be said to be an extremely powerful god-like skill!
There was no doubt that this skill was a nightmare for fragile classes!
Taking advantage of the two-second control, Jack swung the Wild Buffalo Sword and used Wild Slash. The four consecutive strikes erupted within one second, and the damage was extremely terrifying.
-804!
-870!
-943!
-1,074!
"Quack!"
Being attacked by surprise, the demonized lizard made a sharp sound and seemed quite angry. The moment it broke free from Jack's control, it opened its mouth and bit Jack's leg guard.
-402!
The damage wasn't low. Unfortunately, its opponent was not the same as before. After obtaining the only hidden class with all growth attributes full stars and even excessive attack, even with a four-level difference and without updated equipment, all being low-level whiteboards, the attributes still crushed the level 18 monster -
[Yijianghanshui]
Level: 14
Health: 7,350
Attack: 187 - 190
Defense: 89 - 92
Fame: 1,000
Luck: 0
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More than four hundred damage was insignificant for the health of over seven thousand.
"Quack! Quack! Quack!..."
The five demonized lizards beside saw their companion being attacked. Making shrill noises from their mouths, they all entered the battle state and rushed towards Jack.
Seeing this, Jack fought while retreating, trying his best not to be surrounded by the lizards. From time to time, he avoided the bites of the demonized lizards by quickly lifting his feet. His attacks were clean and neat. Usually, he could take down one lizard in about twenty seconds.
"Ding! ~"
System prompt: Congratulations on killing the demonized lizard and obtaining 500 experience points!
The four-level difference made the monster's experience quite considerable. Basically, for every two killed, his experience bar would increase by 1%. That is to say, adding the experience given by the quest reward, killing ten more, he would be able to level up.
A few minutes later, he successfully dealt with the six demonized lizards, picked up the 120 copper coins they dropped, and continued forward to look for the next spawn point.
"Didi!"
Suddenly, the system sent a message reminder.
Jack opened the chat panel and found that it was Longteng Wanli who spent 20,000 to buy novice equipment in the novice village -
"Brother, do you sell your kill?"
Sell my kill?
Jack was speechless and roughly understood his meaning. He replied, "No."
After joining the Dark Faction, if he died once, his account would be ruined. Otherwise, probably before Longteng Wanli even opened his mouth, he would have already become rich by selling his kills and reached the peak of his life.
Longteng Wanli: "I can offer five million!"
"No." Jack categorically refused. "The punishment is very severe. It's not just a level drop."
Five million was a lot!
But precisely because it was a lot, he refused.
Since the Light Faction was willing to use rare items and the only hidden class as the wanted reward, he believed that the benefits he obtained by joining the Dark Faction were also not low.
In other words, fortune comes with risks. What the other party offered was indeed a lot. But...
Whether it was greed or ambition, he wanted more, not a one-time five million!
If he didn't have the exaggerated growth stars of the Dark Swordsman, he might really consider selling his kill. But now, he knew exactly how valuable the hidden class he obtained was.
Besides, selling his kill wasn't in a hurry. How could he decide before seeing the protection of the Ancient Demon Gods?
Longteng Wanli: "Okay. Mainly, your wanted reward is very generous. If the wanted isn't completed, I guess everyone in the whole server wants to kill you. Once you die, you won't get any benefits."
"Don't worry about this. The value of my wanted is so high for a reason." Jack couldn't help but laugh. How could he not see that he was implicitly exerting pressure on him.
Longteng Wanli: "Okay then. Have a good game."
Apparently, knowing that Jack's thoughts were firm, he didn't insist.
"Wait, I still have a few pieces of equipment. Do you want them?" Saying that, Jack sent screenshots of all the equipment in his backpack that he couldn't use to him.
In less than thirty seconds, Longteng Wanli gave the price: "It's a total of 30,000. Do you sell?"
"Okay!"
Jack agreed.
The equipment he sent, the best one was the Wolf Fang Dagger. The other equipment wasn't worth mentioning. They were all for the early transition. As more and more players left the novice village through guides or being led in teams, their value would depreciate quickly.
"Where are you? I'll have someone pick it up."
"You have the thief sneak to the Barren Land. I'll tell you the location, but you need to transfer the money first."
Although he wasn't afraid that Longteng Wanli would bring people to cause trouble, he wasn't stupid. He definitely wouldn't conduct the transaction by meeting face to face. Instead, he would place it somewhere in advance and then tell the other party to pick it up.
"Okay!"
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After ending the chat, Jack continued to look for the demonized lizards. Within two minutes, he found the spawn point again.
Holding the Wild Buffalo Sword, he repeated the same trick. Starting with Evil Trample to approach and exert control, followed by Wild Slash. The damage dealt was quite considerable.
Hunting the demonized lizards step by step until more than ten minutes later...
"Swish!"
Golden light scattered. Level 15!
"Huh?"
The moment he leveled up, Jack's expression slightly changed. He felt a cold energy surging out of his chest, flowing throughout his body. Purple-black light overflowed from the surface of his skin, strange and evil.
What's the situation?
Am I evolving?
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