3: Chen Laotou's first experience with his skills

No...

How can this NPC assign quests based on age? Is it that smart?

Chen Beixuan complained inwardly but didn't give up and tried again.

"Don't look at me like I'm skinny, I'm all muscles! Don't believe me, feel it!"

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his withered, small biceps to show off...

The Village Chief frowned even deeper and said coldly, "I said you can't, so you can't. Don't bother me!"

"Oh, I'm not taking it then!"

Seeing it was useless, Chen Beixuan snorted and turned to leave.

He had no time to argue with this old Village Chief...

Time was precious.

He needed to test his Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment effects and level up as quickly as possible!

Arriving outside the village, a vast green grassland met his eyes.

Groups of new players were busy grinding monsters, with more players than monsters.

Chen Beixuan pushed and squeezed his way to an open spot.

Just then, a Wild Boar spawned in front of him.

He immediately cast Scout to check the Wild Boar's attributes.

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Frenzied Wild Boar: Level 1

HP: 200

Attack: 20

Physical Defense: 5

Skill: Charge.

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Seeing the attributes, he felt confident and began to cast his skill!

"Lightning Spell!"

He lightly waved his staff, and a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the Wild Boar's head!

Boom!

-24.

[Ding! Lightning Spell proficiency +7, current (7/200) points.]

The moment the lightning struck, a second bolt immediately appeared!

Lucky Strike!

Boom!

-24.

[Ding! Lightning Spell proficiency +8, current (15/200) points.]

Seeing the proficiency prompt, he immediately understood that when proficiency was full, the skill should upgrade.

Lucky Strike could even provide extra proficiency, which was absolutely awesome.

This meant his skill leveling speed was at least twice that of others.

He waited expectantly for the third bolt of lightning but waited in vain.

Chen Beixuan then remembered his Luck attribute was only 1 point!

He immediately felt relieved; as expected, probabilistic skills still depended on luck.

However, even with just a +1 combo, it was still very strong.

The Wild Boar's eyes turned red from the attack, and it quickly charged towards him!

Chen Beixuan was prepared, sidestepping in advance to avoid it and retreating to create distance.

Although he could go up and hit it with his staff, he would also lose HP.

A mage should make good use of their long-range advantage.

Once the five-second cooldown was over, another Lightning Spell was cast!

Boom, boom, boom!

-24, -24, -24.

[Ding! Lightning Spell proficiency +22, current (37/200) points.]

This time, he was luckier, triggering it three times!

The Wild Boar's attack wind-up was extremely obvious, allowing Chen Beixuan to easily avoid taking damage.

After two more rounds of Lightning Spell.

The Wild Boar let out a wail and fell to the ground!

Its body turned into white light and experience drilled into his body.

[Ding! You killed [Wild Boar Lv1], gaining 10 experience points!]

"Not bad, the grinding efficiency is comparable to a two-person party, but I get all the experience myself."

"10 experience points, it takes 200 experience to level up, so I still need to kill 19 more."

Chen Beixuan muttered to himself, very satisfied with the skill after the Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment.

The only downside was that there were more people than monsters here, so it took a long time to find one.

The Level 2 area had relatively fewer people.

However, that area was for five-person or even six-person parties, and obviously, the monster attributes were higher.

Relying solely on combo damage wasn't stable enough.

He planned to grind here until Level 2 and then get another gold-tier entry.

With that thought.

Chen Beixuan patiently continued, grinding one monster at a time...

After more than ten minutes.

A skill upgrade prompt sounded.

[Ding! Proficiency full, Lightning Spell level has risen to 2 Stars! Next level (3/400)]

Chen Beixuan opened his skills to check.

Damage increased from 120% to 150%, nothing else changed.

"The increase is pretty good."

He dismissed the prompt and continued grinding...

Half an hour later...

While killing the 9th Wild Boar.

Suddenly, a white light shone, catching his attention!

"A drop!"

His gaze narrowed slightly, and he stepped forward to pick it up.

[You obtained a white-grade equipment [Withered Wood Ring]!]

"Oh? It's a universal equipment ring, not bad, not bad."

Chen Beixuan immediately checked the equipment attributes.

Withered Wood Ring: Level 1 White Common

Effect 1: Magic Attack +2

Effect 2: Intelligence +1

Description: A ring made of withered wood, better than nothing.

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Next to the equipment, there was also a line of small text.

Equipment quality is divided into: White Common, Green Excellent, Blue Fine, Purple Epic, Orange Legendary, Gold Divine Artifact, Radiant Treasure.

Equipment slots are divided into: Weapon, Necklace, Ring, Head, Armor, Bracers, Boots, seven slots.

There was also 1 copper coin on the ground, which he bent down to pick up.

The copper coin page also showed small text.

100 copper coins = 1 silver coin.

100 silver coins = 1 gold coin.

Current gold coin price: 1 gold = 10,000 Huaxia coins.

Chen Beixuan's eyes narrowed.

10,000 Huaxia coins!

"No wonder Chen Fan and his friends were so eager to enter the game, it's really a huge profit..."

However, the more expensive the gold coins, the more it indicated the difficulty of acquiring them.

After all, rarity makes things valuable.

This wasn't just a Wild Boar.

This was like opening a random red envelope!

Equipping the Withered Wood Ring, his magic attack reached 24 points.

He continued to grind vigorously!

[Ding! You killed [Wild Boar Lv1], gaining 10 experience points! 1 copper coin!]

[Ding! You killed...]

[...]

Another half an hour passed.

He finally heard a loud notification sound!

[Ding! Your level has increased to Level 2, gaining 3 free attribute points!]

[Ding! The [Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment] talent has taken effect, gaining the gold-tier entry [Power of Destruction]!]

Leveled up!

"One hour per level, this speed is also..."

Chen Beixuan frowned slightly, about to say it was too slow.

But then he looked at the levels of others and immediately swallowed his words.

Looking around, very few players had reached Level 2.

Grinding by himself, this speed was already not slow.

"Oh, right, I haven't allocated my points yet..."

He opened his panel.

After a brief contemplation, he put all his attribute points into Intelligence.

The best defense was offense!

He still adhered to the philosophy that as long as he killed fast enough, enemies couldn't touch him!

Attack, attack, and still attack!

Magic attack power reached 30 points, and damage increased again!

Then he checked the gold-tier entry he had just obtained.

[Power of Destruction]: Gold Quality

Effect Description: Skill base damage +300%. (Additive)

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"Simple, brutal, exactly what I need."

Power of Destruction applied to the 2-star Lightning Spell would deal 450% damage per cast.

If a 100% combo was included once, it would be a stable 900% damage!

"Not bad, not bad."

Chen Beixuan decisively applied it, and the Lightning Spell's damage display increased from 150% to 450%!

The abnormal power of the talent was beginning to show.

Closing the panel, a Wild Boar conveniently spawned in front of him.

"Heh, perfect for testing the damage."

Chen Beixuan waved his staff and whispered, "Lightning Spell!"

Boom!

-135.

Lucky Strike +1!

-135.

With just one cast of Lightning Spell!

The Wild Boar's HP bar was directly emptied, turning into white light and flowing into his body.

[Ding! You killed [Wild Boar Lv1], gaining 5 experience points! 1 copper coin!]

After Level 2, the experience provided by Wild Boars was reduced by 50%, with no gain if the level difference was 3 or more.

"With this damage, soloing Level 2 monsters will definitely be stable..."

Chen Beixuan showed a satisfied smile, then turned and headed to the Level 2 area.

Behind him, a mage player happened to witness this scene!

He rubbed his eyes hard, unable to believe it.

"One Lightning Spell... one-shotted?"

He looked down at the staff in his hand, silent, then cast Lightning Spell.

Boom!

-24.

......

"What the heck, I'm not playing anymore, I'm out!"

The player threw down his staff with a dark expression, cursing and logging out of the game...

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Chen Beixuan was unaware of all this; he arrived at the Level 2 area.

The monsters in the Level 2 area were Big-Horned Sheep.

With white fur and huge horns, they looked quite aggressive.

Looking up, there were more monsters than players this time.

Just as he was about to start grinding.

A familiar voice came from behind him, making him pause.

"Brother, want to party up? We're just short a person."

Chen Beixuan frowned slightly, feeling suspicious.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it..."

He turned to look.

His expression gradually darkened...