Toad Leggings

After completing the task Doctor Hua had given him, Ye Luo successfully rose to Level 2. His attributes had improved somewhat, leaving him overjoyed. "Tsk tsk, worthy of an E-rank task. Just one task gave me 3,000 energy experience."

What Ye Luo did not know was that in the Heavenly Tribulation Game, each increase in task difficulty brought a qualitative leap in rewards, and crossing a major rank brought even more. However, Ye Luo had only completed the task with Doctor Hua's considerable help, so his reward had been greatly reduced. Even so, he was already thrilled.

After receiving the Cassia Seed, Doctor Hua ignored Ye Luo and went into the inner hall to get busy. He was clearly preparing to refine a Major Detoxification Pill.

Since he had to bring the Major Detoxification Pill back to Aunt Li, Ye Luo could only wait for Doctor Hua. While waiting, he examined the rewards from this task. He already knew the use of experience and Novice Village favorability, so he merely glanced over them before turning his attention to the ten pills.

Minor Blood Recovery Pill (Tier 1 Pill)

Pill Effect: Immediately restores 30 HP after consumption, then restores 3 HP per second for the next 10 seconds. This effect will not be interrupted by attacks.

Usage Interval: 30 seconds.

"Tsk tsk, it instantly restores 30 HP, and it keeps restoring health for the next ten seconds. At this stage, two of these pills can practically refill all my HP. Good stuff." Ye Luo was delighted. He naturally understood the pill's value. "At the start of the game, players can only recover a little over 1 HP per second. That's far too slow. With these pills, I can fight monsters without holding back. Too bad there are only ten of them. I can't use them unless it's a critical moment."

"But if I take up the post of alchemist, wouldn't that mean I'd have endless pills? I won't have to worry about fighting monsters anymore." Thinking of this, Ye Luo grew excited. He looked toward Doctor Hua, who was busy in the inner hall. "My favorability in the Novice Village is so high now. Doctor Hua should be willing to teach me alchemy, right?"

"No, I have to find a way to make him teach me. It'll give me an enormous advantage in the early stages of the game." Ye Luo silently made up his mind.

About ten minutes later, Doctor Hua emerged from the inner hall. He looked exhausted and weakly tossed a porcelain bottle to Ye Luo. The Major Detoxification Pill was clearly inside.

"Doctor Hua, could I..." Ye Luo began, only to be interrupted before he could finish.

"Ye Luo Zhi Qiu, saving someone is urgent. We can talk when you return." With that, Doctor Hua ignored Ye Luo and began resting.

Without wasting any words, Ye Luo hurriedly sprinted toward Aunt Li's home. Along the way, he checked the Major Detoxification Pill's attributes and discovered that it was an upgraded version of the Minor Detoxification Pill, with far better effects. It was a Tier 4 pill.

"A Major Detoxification Pill can grant immunity to intermediate poisons. Since it can cure Uncle Li's snake venom, it should also grant immunity to the venomous snakes in the Poisonous Swamp." Ye Luo pondered this, then shook his head. "Unfortunately, there are very few of these pills. Even Doctor Hua is out of stock. Buying them will probably be difficult. I'll have to wait until I become an alchemist."

As he thought about this, Ye Luo arrived at Aunt Li's home. Once Aunt Li accepted the pill, the task was completed. He received 500 energy experience, 50 copper coins, and another 50 points of villager favorability. He now had 1 silver coin and 50 copper coins, while his Novice Village favorability was nearing 200.

Logically speaking, Ye Luo should have received only 160 experience from this task. However, Aunt Li had said she would give triple rewards, which was likely why he received 500 energy experience. Still, advancing to Level 3 required 6,500 experience. His experience bar was only a little over one-third full, and he still had a long way to go before leveling up.

After taking the pill, Uncle Li's complexion improved slightly, though he was still weak. Aunt Li gave Ye Luo another task, hoping he could bring Uncle Li some Mountain Chicken Meat to nourish him.

Collect Mountain Chicken Meat (Novice Village Task, F-rank Intermediate)

Task Details: Kill Demonic Mountain Chickens at Mountain Chicken Ridge outside the South Gate of the Novice Village and obtain 20 pieces of Mountain Chicken Meat.

Task Requirement: Within 1 day.

Task Method: No restrictions.

Task Reward: Receive generous experience and money upon completion, with a certain chance of obtaining a piece of equipment.

"Hehe, another follow-up task, and it's finally not an errand." Ye Luo accepted the task, feeling rather excited. "And there's a chance to get equipment. This is the second task I've received that might give equipment. The one involving collecting toads is guaranteed to give equipment."

"Hero Ye Luo Zhi Qiu, I need to stay home and care for Old Li. When you have time, please thank Doctor Hua for me." As Ye Luo was about to leave, Aunt Li spoke with a smile on her face. "You've helped our village so much. Maybe you'll receive an extra reward. Oh, right, Doctor Hua has recently been collecting Monkey Wine to soak medicinal herbs. You can obtain Monkey Wine by killing those damned wine-stealing monkeys outside the South Gate. If you help him collect some, you'll have a better chance of getting an additional reward."

At this, Ye Luo's heart stirred, and he immediately wanted to visit Doctor Hua. However, remembering how exhausted Doctor Hua had been after refining the pills, he temporarily abandoned the idea and decided to go after collecting some Monkey Wine.

"For now, killing those toads and getting that guaranteed equipment is the most important thing." Ye Luo thought as he sprinted toward the South Gate of the Novice Village.

The game had been running for quite some time, and most players had already reached Level 4 or 5. As a result, few people bothered with Level 1 toads anymore. This made things easier for Ye Luo as he swung his Novice Sword and charged at them.

Ye Luo's attack had now reached 16 points, allowing him to deal around 40 damage to the toads. If he got lucky and triggered a double critical hit, he could deal over 80 damage. He could almost kill a young toad in just two or three strikes.

Ye Luo's defense had also reached 4 points. The Young Toads could deal only around 3 damage to him, something his current 130 HP could easily withstand.

Sure enough, when the Novice Sword slashed into the small toad, a damage number of 41 appeared. Meanwhile, only 3 damage was deducted above Ye Luo's head. Two more quick slashes followed, and the young toad croaked and died, turning into a cluster of 10 energy experience that he absorbed.

"Ding..." With a soft chime, two glowing orbs and a copper coin dropped from the young toad.

He picked up the copper coin and one of the glowing orbs. It was the Toad Skin required for the task. The other glowing orb made Ye Luo somewhat excited, because it was a piece of equipment. After picking it up, the equipment turned into a small crystal about the size of the slots on a Soul Crystal, and its attributes appeared:

Toad Leggings (Leg Armor * Novice Village Equipment)

Defense: 3-3

Equipment Durability: 100/100

Required Level: 1

With a thought, he embedded the equipment into the "Leg Armor" slot of his Battle Soul. Ye Luo's defense rose from 4 points to 7, a considerable improvement.

"Tsk tsk, putting all my points into Strength is seriously brutal. I killed that young toad in just two or three hits." Having easily killed the young toad and obtained a piece of equipment, Ye Luo was in an excellent mood. "The drop rate in the Heavenly Tribulation Game is pretty good. The very first monster I killed dropped equipment."

Ye Luo had spoken too soon. The Heavenly Tribulation Game's drop rate was outrageously low. A player could kill dozens or even hundreds of monsters without necessarily getting a single piece of equipment. Ye Luo had no idea what kind of incredible luck he had stumbled into by getting equipment from the first monster he killed.

However, Ye Luo soon experienced just how low the drop rate in the Heavenly Tribulation Game truly was. After killing dozens more Young Toads, aside from the Toad Skins needed for the task and the guaranteed copper coin, he did not obtain another piece of equipment.

Time slowly passed as he killed monsters. In the blink of an eye, more than ten minutes had gone by. As Ye Luo hunted, he gradually became more familiar with the game. At the very least, he had grasped the rhythm of attacking, and he was also trying to incorporate his real-world combat experience into the game.

Just like real enemies, monsters had an attack range and a certain attack frequency. If he withdrew from their attack range before they struck, he could avoid being attacked. Monsters in the Novice Village attacked roughly once every two seconds. Although Ye Luo was much slower than in reality, dodging was not impossible.

Of course, Ye Luo had only figured this out after fighting monsters for a while. At first, he simply endured the toads' attacks. Even though the Young Toads could deal only 2 damage after he equipped the leg armor, small losses added up, and his HP gradually fell below 50.

Although Ye Luo had Minor Blood Recovery Pills, he knew how precious they were and could not bear to waste them on the weakest monsters. So he could only retreat and wait until his HP recovered above 100 before fighting again.

It was during those breaks to recover that he realized that, since the game was so realistic, it should have much in common with reality. That was why he thought of dodging the toads' attacks, and he gradually adapted to it.

As Ye Luo became increasingly familiar with this style of combat, his success rate at dodging attacks steadily rose. He could avoid nearly two out of every three attacks. As a result, his HP dropped far more slowly, and his natural recovery speed alone was enough to sustain him.

This change left Ye Luo ecstatic. As he fought, he integrated real-world combat techniques into the game. There were still many issues for now, but he believed he would eventually find the most suitable method.

More than ten minutes passed, and Ye Luo had already killed over ninety Young Toads. He was now only two or three Toad Skins short of the 100 that Tailor Zhang needed.

With a swing of his hand, Ye Luo killed another toad and picked up the dropped copper coin and Toad Skin. He said resentfully, "Another poor toad. I've killed nearly a hundred of these already. Aside from the first toad dropping a pair of leggings, I haven't seen another piece of equipment."

"Forget it. I should hurry up and collect the 100 Toad Skins. With my current strength, I won't have any trouble dealing with Level 2 or 3 monsters." Ye Luo muttered to himself. After killing toads for so long, he had long grown sick of them.

It made sense. Level 1 toads not only dropped few copper coins, but after killing so many, Ye Luo had gained only nearly 1,000 energy experience. He was still far from reaching Level 3, and he wanted to start killing slightly higher-level monsters sooner.

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