The Shadow Sniper, the Mysterious Merchant!

After closing the quest panel...

Chen Ming opened the Hunter's class panel.

[You have successfully killed the target marked with the Hunter's Mark—Dungeon Lord: Forgotten Sword Saint.]

[Class trait effect activated. Congratulations, you have obtained—hunters treasure chest.]

[hunters treasure chest]

[After opening, you will receive generous class rewards.]

[Treasure Chest Exclusive: Calamity.]

Looking at the blood-colored treasure chest in his hand, Chen Ming directly activated his talent.

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [hunters treasure chest], obtaining a Tier 1 enhancement.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the item—hunters treasure chest.plus.]

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [hunters treasure chest], successfully enchanting a blue affix: Attribute Amplification.]

[Affix: Attribute Amplification (Blue): Upon opening the treasure chest, you can obtain a random attribute increase.]

As the notification faded, Chen Ming opened the treasure chest.

[Ding! You have opened the hunters treasure chest.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained—Attack Distance +100 meters.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained—Max HP +1000 points, Max MP +1000 points.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained—Sniper God Skill Scroll (gold grade).]

[Sniper God Skill Scroll]

[Quality: gold grade.]

[Effect: After use, you can learn the passive skill—Sniper God.]

[Sniper God: Passive skill. For every 100 meters between you and the enemy, the damage dealt to the enemy increases by 3%.]

[Description: Killing a man from a thousand miles away, the arrow passes without leaving a trace.]

...

Good stuff!

Chen Ming's eyes lit up. With the bonus from the Hunter class trait, his current attack distance was a full 1010 meters.

With the support of the skill [Sniper God], his arrow damage could be increased by up to 30%.

Furthermore, as his level increased in the future, his attack distance would become more and more terrifying.

In the later stages, it could even reach several hundred kilometers.

At that time, the damage increase brought by the skill [Sniper God] could only be described as insane.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming decisively activated his talent again.

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [Sniper God Skill Scroll], obtaining a Tier 2 enhancement.]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the skill scroll—Shadow of the Snipe (Dark Gold Grade).]

[Ding! You have activated your Forbidden Talent on the target [Sniper God Skill Scroll], successfully enchanting a purple affix: Ultra-Long Distance Snipe.]

[Shadow of the Snipe Skill Scroll]

[Quality: Dark Gold Grade.]

[Effect: After use, you can learn the passive skill—Shadow of the Snipe.]

[Sniper God: Passive skill.]

[Effect 1: For every 100 meters between you and the enemy, the damage dealt to the enemy increases by 5%.]

[Effect 2: For every 100 meters between you and the enemy, the arrow's flight speed increases by 10%.]

[Additional Affix: Ultra-Long Distance Snipe (Purple): Level +1 / Attack Distance +50 meters.]

[Description: Range is justice... and in the name of justice, I shall eliminate you.]

Sweet!

Looking at the enhanced skill effects, the corners of Chen Ming's mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.

Don't be fooled by the fact that [Shadow of the Snipe] was only a Dark Gold Grade skill; for a Ranger class, its actual effect was superior to many Mythical-Grade skills.

He crushed it directly.

*Crack!*

With a crisp sound, a milky-white light flew out from the shattered scroll and merged into Chen Ming's body.

[Ding! You have successfully learned the skill—Shadow of the Snipe.]

Looking at the new passive skill on his skill panel, Chen Ming smiled and stretched: "Level 18. Only 2 levels away from starting the Advancement Trial. Since I still have time today, I'll push my level to 20."

While speaking, Chen Ming chose to disband the party and exit the dungeon.

A pillar of white light descended from the sky, enveloping Chen Ming.

Chen Ming felt his vision go dark, and when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to Silver Dragon Village.

"Holy crap, it's The Great Calamity Player."

"Oh my god, I actually saw the great one's true face! He's so handsome!"

"Great one, do you want to join a guild? Our guild has tons of girls, and they're all super pretty—mature types, lolis, pure types, we have them all."

"Great Calamity, can you carry this little sister? I can eat jelly for you tonight~"

As soon as Chen Ming appeared, he caused a huge sensation.

A large number of players swarmed toward him. Those girls who usually looked like they couldn't even lift a finger were now running like Usain Bolt.

A dense flurry of friend requests also popped up frantically before his eyes. It gave Chen Ming a headache, and he quickly set his status to refuse friend requests from strangers.

Then, he quickly summoned the Ice Emperor Wolf King, flipped onto its back, and left Silver Dragon Village directly.

Some people tried to follow, but they were soon left so far behind by the Ice Emperor Wolf King that they couldn't even see its tail lights.

"A legend is truly a legend. I just took a peek at the attributes of that giant wolf he's riding—it's simply insane."

"My god, a single summon could probably take on a whole group of us."

"If I could just cling to the great one's thigh, I'd be willing even if I had to do naughty things with beauties every day."

"Brother, stop dreaming!"

A group of people looked at Chen Ming's disappearing back in the wilderness and sighed one after another.

...

[Current Location—Mutated Town Lv15–Lv20.]

After leaving Silver Dragon Village, Chen Ming traveled all the way and soon arrived in front of an abandoned town.

This was the highest-level monster map around Silver Dragon Village.

In the town that had turned into ruins, shrill roars could be heard from time to time.

Chen Ming walked straight in.

Suddenly, a monster surrounded by black energy appeared before him.

[Mutated Black Hound]

[Level: 20.]

[HP: 1400/1400 points.]

[Strength: 80 points.]

[intelligence: 45 points.]

[Agility: 65 points.]

[stamina: 70 points.]

[Spirit: 50 points.]

[physical attack: 160 points.]

[magic attack power: 90 points.]

[physical defense: 105 points.]

[magic defense: 75 points.]

[Skills: Bite Lv3, Fang Lv2.]

[Description: A black hound that has mutated after being infected by dark energy.]

...

"Woof! Woof!!"

With a bark, the Mutated Black Hound lunged straight at Chen Ming.

"Too weak!"

Chen Ming shook his head and casually fired an arrow.

-2852 points (Poison Damage).

-1081 points.

-234 points (true damage).

...

A string of damage numbers floated up, and the Mutated Black Hound's health bar was instantly emptied, even going into the negative.

[Successfully killed Mutated Black Hound, EXP +420 points.]

The kill notification popped up before his eyes.

Chen Ming glanced at his experience bar; from Level 18 to Level 20, he needed about 700,000 EXP.

"Let the slaughter begin!"

Chen Ming didn't waste any time. He sent out the Ice Emperor Wolf King and the Undead Lord simultaneously and began a massive slaughter in this ruined town.

Before long, a series of kill notifications floated before him.

[Successfully killed Mutated Black Hound, EXP +420 points.]

[Successfully killed Mutated Wild Boar, EXP +500 points.]

...

Time passed amidst the slaughter.

When evening arrived, Chen Ming's level finally reached 19 and 65% experience.

"Looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow."

Glancing at the Mutated Town, which had been almost completely slaughtered, and the [Fatigue debuff] that had appeared on him, Chen Ming sighed. He jumped onto the Ice Emperor Wolf King's back and turned to leave.

However, just as he stepped out of the Mutated Town, a crisp bell rang out along with a hawking cry in the dim twilight.

"Walk by, pass by, but don't miss out! The Mysterious Shop always has what you need!"

Chen Ming turned his head and saw a short Goblin slowly walking past, pushing a wheelbarrow.

"This is... a Mysterious Merchant!"

Chen Ming's eyes suddenly lit up.