61: Level 5 for all

When players form a party, teammates can receive experience points normally within a large range.

Xu Shian and the others did not test exactly how large this range was.

However, they guessed that in the future, it would be possible to stand at the entrance of the Dungeon and level up.

In the time that followed, they were basically in a cycle where Hu Beiyu would pull a wave of wild monsters, and then Pigsy would pull another wave.

By the time they stopped for lunch, three and a half hours had passed.

In the morning, they had killed a total of 268 wolves between levels six and eight!

Why were they only levels six to eight?

Because most level nine wild wolves had extremely high resistance to the paralysis effect of the "inferior copper shell grenade"!

Basically, one grenade would cause the pack to scatter immediately...

It was precisely because of this attempt that everyone wasted quite a bit of time hunting down these Silver Wolves one by one!

The level nine Silver Wolves were quite formidable in strength!

Two against one could bite Pigsy to death, and one against one could take out Happy Sheep...

Their attack power was quite formidable.

If this attempt hadn't wasted their time, they could have easily killed three hundred monsters in the three hours of the morning!

Xu Shian calculated, could he kill three hundred monsters solo in one morning?

Unlikely!

His attack methods were insufficient, and his attack patterns were too simple!

If he pulled too few monsters, the efficiency was too low!

If he pulled too many, his underlings couldn't hold them off.

They had a full meal at noon.

After a short rest, they continued their grand leveling mission in the afternoon!

The wild monsters in an area needed time to respawn, so the four-person party had to act like nomads, migrating further away after clearing an area.

Everyone probably knew in their hearts that the countdown to party-based leveling had begun!

Fortunately, everyone's strength had increased significantly...

By 4:00 PM, before Hu Beiyu's energy points were exhausted, the three of them had all successively reached level five!

"Wow, I'm level five!"

An Xixi was extremely happy!

Given the high difficulty of leveling up, the fact that their team could level up so quickly was entirely due to Xu Shian's "inferior copper shell grenade".

After all, it made up for the lack of area-of-effect skills in the early stages!

It allowed them to farm monsters and level up in the Novice Village.

Just as Xu Shian was checking his gains, he heard An Xixi's voice, filled with disbelief.

"How are there already level five players?"

Hmm?

Xu Shian was taken aback upon hearing this!

Nonsense, I was already level five yesterday, okay?

Listening closer, it turned out that someone had already taken the second-place spot on the leaderboard...

Xu Shian opened the level leaderboard and saw it was him... "War God Xingtian"!

Xu Shian knew this person; in his diary, Hu Zhihao had praised this "War God Xingtian" to the heavens!

Xu Shian couldn't help but know about him...

This person was an active-duty soldier.

When entering the game, he awakened an SSS-grade Warrior talent.

The core skill of "War God Xingtian" was Titan's Grip; he was an invincible Class who dual-wielded two-handed weapons! He could tank and deal damage, and in his past life, he was known as the number one expert of the human race!

You have to know, there were over sixty players with SSS-grade talents in the entire human race, and the fact that he could rightfully rank first among those sixty-plus people and long dominate the throne of the number one human expert showed his strength.

After all, playing games isn't about comparing sizes; you only know if someone is strong after fighting them.

It's not like you just flash your talent—I'm S-grade, you're A-grade—and I've already won...

By the time Hu Zhihao was reborn, many players with initial SSS-grade talents had already fallen behind the first tier!

When a king of soldiers from the real world encountered an SSS-grade Warrior talent in the game world, "War God Xingtian" perfectly interpreted what it meant for one plus one to be greater than two!

Because this person had a strong sense of responsibility and became the official representative figure in the game.

Basically, when people who could keep up with his pace asked him for help, he would almost always assist them.

This resulted in "War God Xingtian" having a wide circle of friends among high-end players!

The mythic treasure currently lying in Xu Shian's sea of consciousness, the "ancient jade of reincarnation", was the spoils of war from a raid on the level 300 legendary grade world BOSS, Sky Dragon, organized by "War God Xingtian".

That was something from decades later.

The diary only mentioned that there were many conflicts among high-end players.

That trial war was organized entirely through the personal prestige of "War God Xingtian", gathering the top 46 level 300 players in the Xia Kingdom...

Previously, Xu Shian had seen this name in a post by "Jianghu Encyclopedia".

He didn't expect that he had quietly made it onto the level leaderboard!

However, it was also normal!

In the Novice Village where "War God Xingtian" was, it was estimated that ten thousand people were from the military!

If they cooperated well and followed orders strictly... leveling up was really not a difficult thing.

What's more, there was a big shot like him leading the team!

It was a pity that An Xixi had always thought that apart from Xu Shian, she was the fastest at leveling up!

She didn't expect there to be other experts!

Collecting his thoughts, Xu Shian looked at his gains.

"extra lifespan: 29 years 206 days"

"Level: 5 (18.25%)" (9127 / 50000)

This efficiency was already decent, but unfortunately, the experience points given by these wild monsters were too low!

He wondered if it would be better after leaving the Novice Village!

He looked at the level leaderboard.

First place: Shi Chuan, Level 5

Second place: "War God Xingtian", Level 5

Third place: Wolf Fang Chen Feng, Level 5

Fourth place: Wolf Fang Li Weiming, Level 5

Fifth place: Flying Cow Thigh, Level 5

Sixth place: Third Battalion Zhang Cheng, Level 5

Seventh place: "I Am Really Not a Big Star", Level 5

Eighth place: "My Daughter Is a Big Star", Level 5

Ninth place: "Sad Fish", Level 5

...

Looking at it this way...

This "War God Xingtian" was indeed quite strong! He could actually keep up...

Perhaps it was because this game world arrived suddenly, causing everyone to be unprepared.

The teams hadn't been able to arrange their naming rules and requirements in advance.

This led to all sorts of strange IDs in the teams!

Who said soldiers couldn't be chuunibyou? They were all young people in their twenties; who wasn't still a baby at heart?

"Sigh, why are they leveling up so fast? I was hoping to snag second place on the leaderboard. I didn't expect to end up in seventh place."

Xu Shian couldn't help but smile upon hearing An Xixi's complaint.

Where are we even at right now? The heroes of the world are as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river.

Right now, it was just because many people hadn't adapted to the sudden changes in the world.

In the later stages, you will find that there are more and more powerful people!

Even among children under ten who hadn't entered the game yet, there would be three characters from the 46-day group in the future...

Xu Shian knew this only because these three children were the targets Hu Zhihao was focusing on!

Powerful teammates had to be cultivated oneself...

At the same time, a trace of urgency arose in Xu Shian's heart!

It would be one thing if he hadn't made the list, but now that he had and was pushed down, didn't he, a cheater, need to save face? Would Hu Zhihao be unable to rest in peace?

He pulled back his drifting thoughts.

Reality was quickly laid out before everyone.

It was a pity that in this game, even if you leveled up, your status would not be restored to full.

Those who were exhausted remained exhausted!

It was time for this temporarily assembled team to part ways.

Xu Shian considered himself an open and straightforward person.

Since they weren't partying together anymore, he didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point!

"I still have several quests to complete in the Novice Village, so I won't be coming for leveling tomorrow!"

An Xixi looked full of disappointment, and Hu Beiyu also furrowed his brows and sighed.

Only Liu Lili, who had been playing the role of the considerate big sister, expressed understanding.

"Shian, your strength is so high; you definitely need to prioritize your own quests and strength. By the way, our leveling routine is still replicable; can we buy grenades from you later?"

"That's, of course, no problem. I don't intend to put these grenades into the Auction House. If you need them, just come to me directly, and I'll sell them to you at cost price..."

"Oh..."

An Xixi puffed out her cheeks again, looking like a baby who was unhappy!

"Alright, stop pouting. You guys hurry up and level up over the next two days, find another person, and when I have some free time later, I'll take you to clear the Dungeon!"

"That's right, we're all level five, we can enter the Goblin Dungeon..."

"Don't go by yourselves! Goblins are very perverted..."

"Ah...?"