Super Stats! First Battle!

Millennium Artifacts: Millennium Puzzle, Millennium Eye, Millennium Wizzdom, Millennium Rod, Millennium Scale, Millennium Jewelry, Millennium Key.

"Choose?"

Xiao Wen stared blankly at the seven orbs of light before him. Floating within these orbs were the seven Millennium Artifacts.

But it seemed the game system had gone silent after presenting them?

Wasn't this just making me pick blindly?

Even if I'm reading a novel, I need a title and synopsis. Just telling me to pick something and then calling it a day?

"The Millennium Artifacts are the foundation of Duel City. Your choice is purely based on fate. Since you are the Heir of Duel City, use your intuition to choose what you believe is right."

Sona, clad in tattered clothes, walked over, a hint of respect in her eyes.

"Intuition? That vague, ethereal thing." Xiao Wen rolled his eyes.

But the next moment, his body stiffened. It felt as if his mind was being pricked by needles, and his finger, seemingly of its own accord, reached out and landed in one of the light orbs.

"Congratulations, player, on choosing the Millennium Artifact—Millennium Puzzle."

"Millennium Puzzle fusing, generating player character attribute interface. 1%... 10%... 100%..."

"Character attributes generated, player successfully selected initial profession!"

A continuous stream of prompts sounded in Xiao Wen's ears, but he couldn't focus on anything else.

The moment his finger touched the Millennium Puzzle, it transformed into a golden light that enveloped him. At that instant, he felt a warmth spread through his entire body, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, an indescribable comfort.

Outside, in the empty room, within the game pod, a golden pattern suddenly flashed across Xiao Wen's forehead before disappearing.

After an unknown period, the comfortable sensation faded. Xiao Wen opened his eyes, a look of intoxication on his face, and clicked on his character panel.

Player: Halfway Through the Mortal World Level: 1 Gender: Male Profession: Duelist (Profession can be hidden as Summoner) Strength: 10 (Total assignable attribute points: 50) Spirit: 10 (Total assignable attribute points: 50) Physique: 10 (Total assignable attribute points: 50) Speed: 10 (Total assignable attribute points: 50) Intelligence: 10 (Total assignable attribute points: 50) Destiny Equipment: Millennium Puzzle (Sealed Divine Artifact) Summon Limit: 1 (Randomly summon one monster from your deck. Monster attributes are determined by its ATK, DEF, and Level)

As he read through the list of attributes, Xiao Wen's mouth fell open, his face filled with shock.

According to the official website of "Phantom Gods," normal professions at level one should have initial attribute points of five, with slight variations depending on the chosen profession. However, the total of the five stats would generally be around twenty-five.

But his? Each attribute was evenly distributed with ten points, making his base attributes double that of an ordinary person, plus an additional fifty assignable attribute points.

Good heavens, his total attribute points were four times that of a regular player!

These Duelist attributes were too overpowered!

A thought flashed through Xiao Wen's mind. If only he had half of this base talent back then, he wouldn't have lost to that person! Speaking of which, the reason he lost back then wasn't due to skill or ability, but simply because of the hard limitation of talent.

"Perhaps, my previous idea can be realized this time."

Then, Xiao Wen unhesitatingly allocated all fifty of his attribute points to Strength and confirmed.

Instantly, Xiao Wen's Strength soared to 60 points.

"Trial mission complete, you should now leave Duel City. The entry pass to Duel City is within the Millennium Puzzle. When you reach level five, you can challenge me. Victory will earn you new cards. Of course, the duel difficulty will also increase accordingly. At level fifteen, you can unlock retainers and recruit low-level Duelists from Duel City to serve you..."

After learning information about Duel City from Sona and cross-referencing it with the information in his mind, Xiao Wen finally departed Duel City.

"Welcome, player Halfway Through the Mortal World, to the Kyushu server of "Phantom Gods," Newbie Village No. 96508."

As the teleportation light faded, the sounds of a bustling crowd reached him.

"Come and see, come and see! Freshly minted level three White Iron Leggings, only 3 gold coins! Cheap sale, cheap sale!"

"Party recruitment! Anyone want to team up to kill slimes? Experience sharing!"

"Ling Feng Guild is recruiting members! All veterans and newcomers are welcome to sign up. The Guild Leader distributes welfare from time to time!"

"A red-named player has been spotted at the east entrance of the village, carrying a green-grade weapon. Brothers, anyone want to team up? Let's go take him down!"

Shouts echoed, reverberating in Xiao Wen's ears. As his vision returned, he glanced left and right, finding himself in a slightly dilapidated village of thatched huts and mud-brick houses.

This was the starting area for characters in "Phantom Gods"—the Newbie Village!

"The Newbie Village is as lively as ever," Xiao Wen muttered. He glanced at the crowded surroundings, hunched his shoulders, and struggled to squeeze through the gaps in the throng.

Just as he reached the village entrance, he saw it was packed with people. Occasionally, a sickly green slime or a small white fluffy rabbit would spawn, only to be swarmed by a dozen players. Naturally, very few managed to get the kill.

Ding! Kyushu Server Announcement: Congratulations to player Tianyan Jiulong for defeating the server's first Level 5 Lord. Reward: One Green-grade accessory.

A notification sound rang out in the sky, echoing throughout the entire Kyushu server.

"Holy crap! How long has it been? Only three hours, and he's already killed a Level 5 Lord BOSS? Emperor Yan is awesome!"

"Emperor Yan is worthy of the name Emperor Yan. The Four Emperors of our Kyushu are truly not to be trifled with!"

"Damn it, I'm getting a little jealous. A Green-grade accessory, that's probably worth hundreds of thousands in Kyushu coins."

"Hundreds of thousands? Do you think Emperor Yan is a beggar? The money that leaks from Emperor Yan's fingernails is more than that!"

The announcement exploded like muffled thunder in the crowd, and the people instantly erupted into discussion.

Xiao Wen, however, remained calm. He mumbled "Tianyan Jiulong" to himself and chuckled dryly, "This kid, still likes using that flashy name."

"But since these people have already started moving, I can't fall behind either. No matter what, I have to let those people know I'm back!"

He glanced at the people fighting tooth and nail over a single slime and shook his head helplessly.

Fighting for monsters?

That was the way of the mediocre.

True powerhouses never deigned to fight for monsters; they always went to desolate, high-level monster areas to grind.

Xiao Wen strode past these people, passed the village entrance, and arrived at the territory of Level 3 monsters—poisonous snakes and poisonous spiders. There were far fewer players here, but Xiao Wen didn't stop. He pressed onward, using his superior hidden skills to bypass the Level 5 monster zone and head straight for the territory of the desolate Level 7 monster—the Iron-backed Rhinoceros.

"Iron-backed Rhinoceros, a defensive monster. It should be quite tanky. I'll use them to test my summoned creature first!"

Xiao Wen flicked his wrist, and his Duel Disk appeared, followed by his deck.

"Draw! Monster Summon!"

Xiao Wen placed two fingers on a card and drew it. Without even looking, he placed it on the Duel Disk.

Light shimmered, and a small figure appeared.

"Kuriboh... Kuriboh... Kuriboh??"