42: Exchange of intelligence

Sure enough, things went just as the 'Professional Assassin' had anticipated.

He felt an impact on his backside, followed immediately by intense pain and dizziness.

-68 (Dizziness)

-56 (Arcane Shot)

-71 (Dizziness)

...

Having failed to endure even a single round of attacks, and before he could wake up from the continuous dizziness, 'Professional Assassin Taking Orders' fell to the ground and died instantly.

Xu Shian couldn't quite understand the opponent's actions; he had thought that the opponent's willingness to draw their sword meant they had some kind of backup plan!

Why bother?

How much HP do you have? You dare to come and challenge me?

【Ding, player 'Sad Fish' has joined the party!】

Xu Shian had sent the party invitation to Hu Beiyu before setting off.

He just hadn't expected him to join only now.

"Brother Chuan, is there a BOSS? Xixi and Sister Lili are here too?"

"Let's go, I'll take you all to level up."

"Level up?"

Xu Shian didn't dawdle and directly posted the attributes of the inferior copper shell grenade in the party channel.

"How many did you make?"

"Worked overtime last night and made over six hundred..."

Hu Beiyu was silent for a moment on the other end.

"This area damage is pretty good! We can go directly to the level six red name area. It's easier to pull mobs there, and we can just use area damage, right?"

"That works! Send me your location, I'll be there in five minutes!"

Ending the private chat, Xu Shian looked at the corpse of 'Professional Player' lying on the ground.

A thought occurred to him, and he activated his innate ability 【return to silence card album】...

【Ding, this unit has not completely died, unable to create a 'Subordinate' card!】

【Your soul sand grains balance is insufficient...】

Xu Shian: ...

The two brief lines of prompts revealed a wealth of information!

Humans can also be made into 【Subordinate】 cards, but units that still have a lifespan and can be resurrected cannot!

Furthermore, the few hundred points he currently had were likely far from enough!

Soon, the corpse on the ground vanished, leaving behind a small tombstone that read 'I will return'.

...

Hu Beiyu was actually quite good at being punctual. Less than five minutes later, he arrived at Xu Shian's side, holding two large steamed buns and eating as he walked.

Looking at the corners of his eyes, there was still sleep in them...

"Where are the big stars?"

"They haven't arrived yet..."

Hu Beiyu paused in his chewing, looking confused.

"We're here, we're here!"

Behind them, two figures wearing bamboo hats and long robes hurried over.

"We went to the Auction House to see if there were any skills or equipment we could use, which delayed us a bit, sorry! But as soon as we heard you say five minutes, Beiyu, we rushed over as fast as we could!"

Xu Shian feigned dissatisfaction.

"Ah! So I've been waiting here for ages, and you guys didn't speed up?"

"Oh my, aren't skills the more the better? We were just afraid of wasting the grenades you spent several gold coins preparing!"

"Did you have any gains?"

"Sister Lili bought a group healing skill book? 3 gold coins..."

"So expensive?"

Liu Lili replied with a sigh: "Prices are always rising, saving money really isn't cost-effective; it's better to buy and learn skills! At the very least, stocking up on supplies is more reliable than keeping money."

Hu Beiyu also sighed with emotion: "It's just a pity not knowing what is good to stock up on! What if you buy a lot, and then the price crashes..."

Since everyone had gathered, it was time to set off to level up...

Hu Beiyu suddenly asked at this moment: "Aren't we forming a five-person party?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned!

Even though they hadn't reached the level yet, there were endless talented people among the tens of billions of people from the Blue Star.

The forum had already spread the news.

There were two Dungeons in the Novice Village, one that could be entered at level five, with monsters ranging from level six to eight.

Another was a level ten Dungeon that could be entered at level eight!

Both of these Dungeons in the Novice Village were five-person instances...

For all the visitors from another world who were suddenly pulled from the Blue Star to this world.

No matter how powerful they were, they would subconsciously seek to huddle together for warmth...

Of course, if Hu Zhihao were still alive, he might have gone solo, rushing out of the Novice Village with the momentum of a thunderbolt, heading towards the horizon!

After all, this was the place where he had lived his whole life, the world he was familiar with!

Fortunately, he was dead.

"We... don't really have a suitable candidate!"

An Xixi tentatively suggested: "What about Chen Jie? After all, we've teamed up before, and we don't know anyone else!"

"His strength... is a bit lacking!"

Xu Shian was the first to object.

"Besides, what he can do, I can basically do; our functions overlap! And, when a real fight starts, there won't be an opportunity for him to land a stealth attack!"

"If we're talking about functions that don't overlap... then we're missing a Mage!"

Once this was said, no one had any objections.

An Xixi was a Hunter, Liu Lili was a healer, Hu Beiyu was a Class, and Xu Shian was considered an all-rounder!

"Then these days, everyone keep an eye out, see if there's a suitable Mage, let's observe them, and if they're okay, we'll form a Dungeon team in the Novice Village?"

We can talk about the future later; here in the Novice Village, everyone can still play together!

Speeding up, they left the Novice Village and headed east, moving towards the Wild Boar Forest.

Don't look at the wild boars as being big and burly; in fact, they were yellow-named passive aggressive monsters.

The level of the wild boars ranged from five to seven!

No matter what level they were, as long as they were wild boars, they were not the type to attack actively.

And after passing the Wild Boar Forest, one would enter the Gray Wolf Plains.

From the moment you entered there, everything behind was red name actively aggressive monsters!

As long as you entered the opponent's attack range, you would encounter active attacks!

The party of several people headed towards the Gray Wolf Plains, clearing out the stray monsters along the way!

They saw a level five Goat suddenly get angry and charge at Xu Shian.

Everyone was stunned, then immediately realized what was going on.

An Xixi laughed so hard her gums were exposed.

"Your Scouting Technique has such a low success rate, why don't you leave this task of querying enemy data to me in the future?"

Xu Shian was very uncomprehending.

"No... aren't these skills all the same? The success rate goes up as you practice... Can your success rate be higher than mine?"

I have 16 points of luck, I don't believe you can be better than me!

An Xixi raised her chin and directly posted her talent in the party channel.

【Talent: Call of the Wild】 (SS rank)

The bow and arrow in my hand guides its fangs, and its roar responds to my bow and arrow; our minds are one, creating a hunting loop.

【Skill 1】: Hunter's Mark

Apply a Hunter's Mark to the target. When you and your pet attack the marked target, damage is increased by 50%.

When using a skill to attack a marked target, there is a 15% chance to stack a layer of Death Mark on the target, up to 20 layers; each layer of Death Mark grants you and your pet 1% lifesteal.

【Skill 2】: Look Carefully Before Attacking

Scout the target's information. Targets whose information has been scouted take an additional 30% weak point damage from you and your pet!

【Skill 3】: These Are All My Little Brothers

When killing monsters of the same level or higher, you can obtain one Soul Mark; (Current count 103.)

Consuming one hundred thousand Soul Marks can contract an additional pet.

Consuming a certain number of Soul Marks can contract a non-beast pet! (Specific consumption depends on the target's race and strength)

【Skill 4】: Echo

Every attack by the pet on a target carrying a Hunter's Mark will reduce the cooldown of all your skills by 0.5 seconds;

If no skills are on cooldown, the pet enters a berserk state, increasing attack speed by 30%.

...

The most frightening thing is when the air suddenly goes quiet.

Xu Shian didn't understand what this sister was doing, and even Liu Lili was confused by An Xixi's flashy move.

No, big sister, you're exposing yourself like this, are we supposed to follow or not?

Why are you making us play like this?

Wait... I have a fake talent, what am I afraid of?

Xu Shian's mind turned, and he directly pasted the fake talent he had made into the party channel...

Anyway, An Xixi started it, so no matter how dissatisfied everyone was, it had nothing to do with him!

Xu Shian also wanted to see how everyone else's talents were.

【Talent: Artisan's Spring】 (SS rank)

【Skill 1: Master Harvester】

【Skill 2: Master Lu Ban】

【Skill 3: Master of Numbers】

An SS-rank talent, it seemed powerful, yet it didn't exceed the others here by too much!

The only thing Xu Shian didn't expect was that this An Xixi was also an SS-rank talent...

Then what about your level of play when fighting the BOSS the day before yesterday?

Are you acting for me?