Give me a ring? That's not nice...

Yang Jian arrived at the Southeast Plains two hours later than planned.

Now that he could fly, Yang Jian carefully observed the area from above.

To be honest, it was really quite large.

Previously, his attention had been focused on leveling up.

This time, with time to spare, he discovered that there was an abandoned town in the woods at the southeastern corner of the plains!

Because this river valley was large enough, a rough aerial survey showed it to be about twenty to thirty thousand square kilometers.

Within such a vast area, a deserted town was hidden, and it was on the opposite bank of the river that divided the valley... The town was built into the woods, relying on the mountain terrain.

Now, there wasn't a single person there.

However, there were quite a few ape-like wild monsters living there.

Honestly, if this place were to be used as Star Palace's outdoor outpost in the future, the conditions would be quite good.

Firstly, this valley was large enough!

The wild monster resources were incredibly abundant, with levels ranging from thirty to forty!

Besides being nestled by mountains and water, it was also a crucial transportation hub.

In the future, whether it was heading south to Troll Valley to participate in wars, or east to the Eastern Coast, it would be a great place for leveling up.

The north was even more obvious; although the Stone Forest Mountains were occupied by centaur tribes.

They couldn't pass through for now.

But to reach the royal city of the Eastern Continent, they would eventually have to go this way!

Of course, all of this was still very far away for Yang Jian.

He was currently diligently pulling monsters by himself.

Another wave of monsters was pulled over... With the increase in speed and strength.

Now, Yang Jian alone could pull over three hundred wild monsters at once and AOE them down!

Upon reaching the designated spot, scattered shots, chaotic shots, two or three rounds were enough to clear hundreds of wild monsters until only a few remained!

With his current attack power, if there were no level suppression, a level sixty wild monster would be no match for him!

He had this confidence, and he had this strength!

After killing them all, Yang Jian looked at Mo Song, who was lying motionless nearby.

"You useless fellow, have you made contact yet?"

Mo Song defended himself, a little innocently.

He was still holding the [Toy: Mini Mailbox].

"Boss, the Howling Moon Sky Wolf's territory doesn't have a system mailbox like this; you need to go to our main city to receive mail!"

Yang Jian looked at him with a hint of suspicion.

"Are you sure your father would travel that far to receive a mysterious letter?"

"When I left, he and I agreed on a secret code!"

"There's such a thing!"

"The journey across worlds is inherently dangerous, not to mention that because I possess Shadow power, I'm not welcome in the Tian Yao Realm and can only travel through spatial turbulence, which is already a near-certain death... We agreed that if I survived and could establish myself, I would send him a letter..."

"Why does the Tian Yao Realm dislike Shadow power?"

This question suddenly stumped Mo Song!

You ask me... I really don't know much.

"I heard... I heard that the ones who invaded the Tian Yao Realm back then were the Shadow Abyss led by Dark Naru! I don't know either, after all, by the time I was born, the Shadow Abyss had already been driven away for many years, and the ones we've been fighting are always the Abyss Beast clan!"

"Another new Abyss race has appeared; just how many races are there in the Abyss?"

"I don't know that either; I know even less than you!"

Mo Song was also very innocent.

When he was with the Howling Moon Sky Wolf clan in the Tian Yao Realm.

To put it nicely, he was protected!

To put it harshly, he was imprisoned for over ten years!

Later, if he hadn't felt that living like that was meaningless, he might as well take a chance through spatial turbulence for a slim chance of survival!

After all, other worlds weren't so resistant to Shadow power.

There's a saying that you don't know the pain until the stick hits you.

Those who haven't fought the Shadow Abyss will never know how disgusting Shadow can be... "Your father still hasn't sent any news anyway, let's get to work quickly!"

"Alright!"

Yang Jian put Mo Song into his pet space.

He pushed off with his legs, leaped into the air, and transformed into a bird, flying towards the next monster-grinding spot!

Being able to fly really made a difference!

Yang Jian's travel speed increased significantly.

On one hand, flying in the sky now meant he didn't need to consider complex terrain at all.

Nor did he need to avoid the wild monsters' attacks!

Looking at the Southeast Plains from above, it was a different sight altogether.

Overall, it looked like a plain basin with a radius of eighty to ninety thousand meters.

A river, whose name was unknown, divided the entire basin into two.

The four exits of this valley were distributed precisely in the east, west, south, and north directions!

Yang Jian now divided this basin into four monster-grinding points.

Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest!

The divided areas were a bit small.

The time spent pulling monsters would be even longer!

It took a full forty minutes for Yang Jian and Mo Song to work together to gather the wild monsters in this southeastern area.

Over a thousand various wild monsters vaguely gathered together.

Yang Jian unleashed his full firepower.

Numerous wild monsters in their thirties wailed and fell.

Now, most level forty elite monsters would also be killed by Yang Jian's unknown AOE.

In this plain, apart from the two Golden BOSSes he still dared not provoke.

There were very few entities Yang Jian couldn't defeat!

At this moment, Yang Jian found that his leveling speed hadn't increased too much.

Processing corpses and cleaning up the battlefield was too time-consuming and labor-intensive!

With wild beasts everywhere, he couldn't just not Skin them, could he?

If he killed a wild beast and didn't Skin it, Yang Jian always felt like he was committing a crime.

Moreover, he couldn't just leave all the dropped items on the ground!

More trouble!

Although his strength was greater, what restricted Yang Jian's speed was never his monster-killing speed!

Fortunately, the time previously spent traveling was no longer an issue!

"Boss, my father's letter has arrived!"

Yang Jian, who was in the middle of Skinning, scowled.

Damn, not too early, not too late, but your letter arrives precisely when I'm working?

What does that mean?

Is it intentional?

Yang Jian squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

"Then you read it, and reply to him! Explain the situation!"

This was serious business after all!

Yang Jian could still distinguish priorities.

Twenty minutes later, Yang Jian looked at Mo Song, who was silently working beside him, a little curious.

"What did your father say? Why are you so quiet!"

"We just confirmed each other's identities. It seems like there's a delay in mailing letters; I sent the situation over, and he hasn't responded for a long time!"

Yang Jian thought for a moment and comforted him, "Cross-world communication, maybe that's just how it is..."

After spending an afternoon, Yang Jian was almost level 29!

Finally, he received another message from Mo Xuan.

Cross-world communication took an hour for a single trip.

There was no other way; he could only explain more things in one letter... Although Yang Jian's leveling and monster grinding speed was intermittent, he had the entire Southeast Plains to himself!

A golden light flashed, and Yang Jian officially leveled up to 30!

The major guilds, who had been watching the level ranking list, saw this scene, and their suspended hearts finally died.

"I knew it, this guy's leveling speed clearly increased by several notches today! He must have been searching the world for new grinding spots these past two days, right?"

"I don't know! But I suspect he's using cheats, and I don't dare to cause trouble on the official website! Sigh..."

"Heh heh! Still causing trouble? Haven't you learned from Taotao Bowl's tragedy?"

"Now, I'm genuinely impressed with this ranking list!"

Impressed?

I want to see what's going on!

Yang Jian opened the latest level ranking list and took a look.

First place: Tianmu Zhenjun, Level 30 1%, Class: Hunter, Guild: Star Palace (Guild Leader).

Second place: Yueyin Qingya, Level 20 19%, Class: Element Controller, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Leader).

Third place: Thousand Years of White Clouds, Level 18 52%, Class: Void Hunter, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Leader).

Fourth place: Qingqing Zijin, Level 17 47%, Class: King of Beasts, Guild: Star Palace (Vice Guild Leader).

Fifth place: Thunder God Envoy, Level 16 83%, Class: Thunder Mage, Guild: Asgard (Guild Leader).

Sixth place: King Arthur, Level 16 81%, Class: Arcane Mage, Guild: Norse Pantheon (Guild Leader).

Seventh place: Western Cowboy, Level 16 75%, Class: Mechanic.

Eighth place: Xia Yuan Weiguang, Level 16 71%, Class: Paladin, Guild: Star Palace.

Ninth place: Templar Knight Borg, Level 16 60%, Class: Paladin, Guild: Light Church (Vice Guild Leader).

Tenth place: Freedom of America, Level 16 55%, Class: Undead Mage, Guild: Skull Society.

The overall changes were not significant.

But the gap in levels was becoming increasingly obvious!

Additionally, there were only minor ranking changes in the top ten.

However, Bi Luo Jing Feng Yu had dropped out of the top ten, now ranking twelfth.

Star Palace occupied five positions in the top ten!

Star Palace occupied twelve seats in the top twenty... The momentum of dominating the current era had already taken shape.

Zhou Yue: Level thirty?

Yang Jian: Of course! Hey, this game system isn't professional; it didn't even give me an announcement to celebrate!

Zhou Yue: ...He won't celebrate for you, but I will! Check your mailbox!

Yang Jian: I'm in the wilderness!

Zhou Yue: You can claim it with the toy mailbox!

Yang Jian, half-believing, retrieved the [Toy: Mini Mailbox] from Mo Song and opened the item Zhou Yue had sent.

An orange ring dropped out of the mailbox!

[Concealment Ring (Orange)]

[Equipment Requirement: Level 30]

[Intelligence +120]

[Stamina +120]

[Haste +120]

[Special Effect One: Conceals personal attributes, can prevent all prying attempts, including level, equipment, status, etc.! (Can be freely toggled off)]

[Special Effect Two: Concealment, using the skill allows forInvisibility (in-place invisibility); moving or attacking will break the skill effect.]

Yang Jian paused for a moment!

Yang Jian: What's going on?

Zhou Yue: Aren't you level thirty? It's for you to devour!

Yang Jian: This is your personal ring!

Zhou Yue: I gave you a ring, don't you like it?

Yang Jian was truly moved this time!

Zhou Yue: Besides, there are priorities, aren't there! Only by raising your strength to its peak can you protect our safety!

Yang Jian: Then hasn't your strength decreased?

Zhou Yue: [Ice Jacket (Orange)], [Skull Guardian (Orange)], Affix: Limit Breaker (Gold) equipment requirement reduced by 60%. How could my strength decrease?

Yang Jian: Give mymove back to me! You scoundrel... Though he said that, the feeling of being moved in his heart was genuine.

Zhou Yue: I gave you the ring; let it be a token of our love!

Yang Jian: Are you finally coming around and want to be my girlfriend?

Zhou Yue: Bah, you scumbag, it's bad enough you're ambiguous with Bai Youyou, but you're also ambiguous with Mo Suqing... Girlfriend? I wish you a lonely old age!

Being inexplicably scolded and having the communication cut off, Yang Jian was a little bewildered.

Perhaps I am a bit ambiguous with Bai Youyou... But Heaven knows, I have absolutely no ambiguity with Mo Suqing!

Yang Jian was still muttering to himself, arguing with the air.

Mo Song tugged at his pant leg from beside him.

"Boss, are you done with your mailbox? My father's letter should have arrived!"

Yang Jian handed the Mini Mailbox to Mo Song.

Then he looked at the [Concealment Ring (Orange)] on his hand, lost in thought!

He took off the other purple ring and put on this orange ring.

He suddenly remembered that his heart of khaz'goroth had the authority related to forging... Taking advantage of having just reached level thirty, he could indulge himself and rest for a while.

He would properly study the function of this forging authority!

Actually, Yang Jian had researched forging a divine bow, but he gave up when he saw the list of materials... In no more than ten minutes, Yang Jian opened a private chat with Zhou Yue and sent him an equipment attribute.

Yang Jian: [Zhou Yue's Love Confession (Orange)]

Zhou Yue: ...???

Zhou Yue: Isn't this that Concealment Ring? How did you do that?

Yang Jian: Hehe! I have my ways! Didn't you say to make it a token of our love?

Zhou Yue: My ass, you still dare to say you're not using external cheats!

Yang Jian: ...