12: Player Tianjianshu's treasure information

About 20 minutes passed.

"Done!"

Li Si let out a long sigh, stretched twice, and after more than ten failures, his armor was finally forged.

The Blazing Sky Craftsman’s proficiency increased by 3%.

Additionally, when he successfully forged for the first time, the Limiter triggered, rewarding him with 1 point of luck.

Besides that, his HP, attack, and mana also increased slightly.

"Full of gains!"

Li Si closed the forging table and checked the attributes of the three blue-grade equipment.

【Clear Wind Robe】 (Blue)

Level: 1

Armor + 3

HP + 100

【Clear Wind Pants】 (Blue)

Level: 1

Armor + 2

HP + 100

【Clear Wind Boots】 (Blue)

Level: 1

Armor + 2

Movement Speed + 1

The three pieces of equipment combined:

7 points of armor, 200 HP, 1 point of movement speed.

"It's alright."

Li Si put on the Clear Wind Set. Although it was blue quality, it was only Level 1 after all, so he hadn't held out much hope.

Current Armor: 8.

8 ÷ (8+100) is approximately 0.074.

All physical damage reduced by 7.4%.

At this moment,

A figure walked into the blacksmith shop.

The newcomer looked around and saw that besides the NPCs, Li Si was the only one in the blacksmith shop.

"Are you Lawless Outlaw?"

"It's me." Li Si closed his equipment interface and looked at Heavenly Sword Technique, quite surprised. Heavenly Sword Technique was actually the kind player who had just advised him not to take the blacksmith shop quest.

"Outlaw, please forgive me for my ignorance just now," Heavenly Sword Technique said with immense astonishment.

"You were being kind. Where's the hidden area? Let's go and come back quickly," Li Si said. He was truly in a hurry.

Especially the Blazing Sky Craftsman; upgrading it required a lot of time.

The 20 minutes of forging just now only increased its proficiency by 3%. A simple calculation showed that the Blazing Sky Craftsman would need 33 sets of 20 minutes, or 660 minutes (11 hours), to reach Lv2.

Excluding daily necessities, that was almost a full day of in-game time.

"The hidden area is in the Level 5 farmlands."

"Okay." Li Si invited Heavenly Sword Technique to join his party.

【Leader】: Lawless Madman Lv1.

【Member】: Heavenly Sword Technique Lv5.

After seeing the party information, Heavenly Sword Technique was stunned.

"Lawless Outlaw, you're really Level 1!" He had browsed the Mingyue Village chat channel and seen players mention Li Si's level. Heavenly Sword Technique had thought it was a joke, but he never expected it to be true.

"I'm restricted; I can't level up," Li Si said.

"Is it a talent restriction?" Heavenly Sword Technique was immensely curious.

Li Si nodded and said yes.

Other players weren't fools; such things couldn't be hidden, and there was no harm in admitting it openly.

Subsequently, the two crossed the Wild Dog Plains and soon set foot in the Wild Boar Farmlands.

In the golden farmlands,

Scarecrows stood upright on the field ridges, serving to deter birds.

Heavenly Sword Technique walked up to a dark red scarecrow.

"Poof!"

Space rippled.

A teleportation gate appeared out of thin air.

"Lawless Outlaw, I've already failed this hidden area twice. This is my last chance," Heavenly Sword Technique said nervously.

"Go in with peace of mind. This time, we'll succeed."

Li Si motioned for Heavenly Sword Technique to enter the teleportation gate.

The scene immediately turned upside down.

The golden wheat waves disappeared, replaced by a bloody jungle.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have entered the hidden area -- Blood Scarerow's Terror Jungle Lv5.】

【Current area remaining entry attempts: 0.】

The over-one-meter-tall jungle of weeds was eerie and terrifying, as if thousands of troops were hidden within.

However, Li Si knew there weren't thousands of troops, but there should be quite a few Blood Scarerows.

"Whoosh!"

Several Blood Scarerows crawled out of the weeds.

They were woven from blood-red straw and wore old cotton hats on their heads.

【Blood Scarerow】 (Enhanced)

Level: 5

HP: 550 / 550

Mana: 236 / 236

Attack: 26-29

Talent: 【Fear Invasion】

Skill: 【Wailing Lament】

Description: Infected by bloody fear, the scarecrow gained life and began to take revenge on the humans who created it.

".....Exaggerated."

Li Si exclaimed sincerely. This was only a Level 5 monster, yet its stats were almost comparable to a Level 10 Wild Dog, and it had an extra talent. Therefore, in terms of overall combat power, the Blood Scarerow even surpassed the Wild Dogs.

"Hehehe..."

Seeing Li Si arrive, the Blood Scarerow let out a mournful wail.

- 58!

- 58!

- 58!

The three Blood Scarerows cast their skills, dealing 174 damage to Li Si. The physical damage reduction of less than 60 points did not trigger because the Blood Scarerow's skill was magic damage.

So painful!

Misfortunes never come singly.

The Blood Scarerow's talent also triggered.

A fearful face appeared above Li Si's head.

【Ding!】

【Affected by Fear Invasion, you are in Level 1 Fear status, unable to control yourself. Status lasts for 5 seconds.】

"Outlaw, be careful."

Heavenly Sword Technique's heart pounded, almost leaping out of his chest. The previous two times he came here, he was instantly killed in this exact situation. Now, seeing Li Si fall victim to the same move, he couldn't help but feel terrified.

Fear continued.

The Blood Scarerow, not playing fair, launched its second round of skills.

- 58!

- 58!

- 58!

Again, 174 HP was knocked off Li Si.

"It's over! Is Lawless Outlaw also not enough?" Seeing the damage numbers pop up, Heavenly Sword Technique grew even more frightened, completely failing to notice Li Si's HP bar, which, after taking 348 damage, remained steadily above 70%.

Three seconds later, Li Si was still in fear.

The Blood Scarerow's third round of skills arrived.

- 58!

- 58!

- 58!

Another 174 points of magic damage.

At this point, Heavenly Sword Technique finally noticed that something was wrong.

"Holy cow!"

"Lawless Outlaw's HP is still over 60%?"

Heavenly Sword Technique was dumbfounded.

What the hell was this? Was the Blood Scarerow's skill fake? Why couldn't he withstand even one round, while Lawless Madman could easily tank it?

"His HP is recovering."

Heavenly Sword Technique's eyes suddenly widened as he saw tiny green text appearing above Li Si's head: +9, +9, +9, almost once per second.

Heavenly Sword Technique's mouth hung open. Recovering 9 HP per second was even more incredible than the effect of a HP potion. He glanced at the small HP potion in his backpack, which recovered 3 HP per second in combat.

"I didn't see Outlaw use any potions, which means this is his automatic recovery. Holy cow, Outlaw's HP recovery speed has increased."

Heavenly Sword Technique was even more surprised. He stood on his tiptoes, rubbed his eyes, and confirmed that he hadn't seen wrong; the green numbers above Lawless Madman's head had truly turned into +11, +11, +11.

"Lawless Madman is getting stronger!"

A terrifying thought arose in Heavenly Sword Technique's mind, sending shivers down his spine.

Just as Heavenly Sword Technique had guessed,

Li Si was indeed getting stronger.

【Ding!】

【Heaven Rewards Diligence! By continuously enduring the Blood Scarerow's attacks and persevering, your stamina is recovering faster.】

【HP Recovery + 2.】

"What a pity."

Li Si felt a bit regretful about this; he hadn't triggered magic damage reduction, nor had he triggered fear immunity. Had his luck run out?

But it didn't matter. By continuously taking damage, it would eventually trigger.

【Ding!】

【Broad-minded and optimistic in adversity, with a deeper understanding of the true meaning of life, your charisma has soared.】

【Charisma permanently + 2.】

The Limiter triggered, and Li Si's charisma increased to 4 points.

"Eh? What's going on? Why do I suddenly feel like Lawless Outlaw has become more handsome?" Heavenly Sword Technique looked again and again, confirming that Li Si's appearance hadn't changed, but he just felt more handsome. This was an improvement in his aura.

- 58!

- 58!

- 58!

The Blood Scarerow continued to attack.

Li Si's HP bar continued to drop: 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%...

Soon, only 10% remained.

At this moment, Li Si was no longer calm; instead, he started cursing, "Damn game designers, what the hell is infinite fear?"

Heavenly Sword Technique was even worse; his face had long since turned pale.

"It's over!"

The same thought arose in both their minds.

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