Picking Up Treasure

Xiao Liang, who had been watching from the side, was completely dumbfounded. He walked up and said, "Boss, you're amazing! You took on five guys and won without losing a single hit point."

"Just a bunch of trash. Killing them is like a game to me," Lu Yang said.

"But, Boss, how come your spells are cast differently than other people's? When I see other mages use Fireball, it takes 3 seconds, and their Fireballs aren't as big as yours either," Xiao Liang asked.

"I don't mind telling you, but you have to keep this a secret," Lu Yang said. "The skill I just cast that was bigger than Fireball is called Pyroblast. It does 50% more damage than Fireball, but the normal casting time for this skill is 5 seconds. Generally speaking, no mage uses this skill when fighting monsters or in group battles, but I'm special. When I first entered the game, I had some luck and learned a simplified incantation. It takes others 5 seconds to cast, but it only takes me 0.7 seconds."

"Ah~~" Xiao Liang's eyes widened in surprise. "Such a short time."

Even if Xiao Liang wasn't good at playing games, he could understand the meaning of this. It meant that while others were casting one Pyroblast, Lu Yang could cast seven. In other words, Lu Yang's output was equal to that of seven people.

"How about it? Are you interested in switching to a mage class? I'll teach you the simplified incantation," Lu Yang asked with a smile.

Xiao Liang's eyes showed some longing, but they quickly became firm. "No, I want to play a warrior."

The reason Xiao Liang chose a warrior was because he wanted to stand in front of Lu Yang, and anyone who wanted to attack Lu Yang would have to get past him first. However, Xiao Liang couldn't say these words, he could only do it.

Lu Yang didn't force Xiao Liang. Playing games is a matter of personal preference. Some people are born to like playing mages, like Lu Yang, and some people are born to like playing warriors, enjoying the feeling of hacking and slashing.

"Alright, suit yourself. If you ever want to be a mage, I definitely won't be stingy. I'll teach you all the simplified incantations for fire mages," Lu Yang said.

"Okay," Xiao Liang nodded.

"Let's go take a look at the equipment and see what these guys dropped," Lu Yang asked.

Golden Eagle and the other five were all big red names. According to the system rules, when red-named players die, everything in their backpacks is dropped, and there is a very high chance that the equipment they are wearing will also drop.

Xiao Liang came to the place where the five people died and looked around, saying, "Boss, they had a lot of good stuff on them."

The ground was covered with various potions and equipment shining with a bronze light.

Lu Yang walked over and took a look, saying, "Eternal Bliss Paradise's Black Blood is really a bastard. How many players did these five have to kill to get this equipment?"

Black Blood's playstyle was to sustain the war through war, starting from level 0 and leading his subordinates to kill and plunder any items from players to exchange for money. Although this method was despicable, it attracted a large number of players who liked PK to join Black Blood's guild. Black Blood's gradual strength also relied on these players, although later these players discovered that Black Blood's character was not good and quit the guild one after another, but that was another story.

Xiao Liang picked up the equipment one by one. When he came to the warrior Golden Eagle, Xiao Liang saw a bead shining with a green light. After picking it up, he curiously asked Lu Yang, "Boss, this bead is very strange. What is it used for?"

Lu Yang looked up and his eyes widened in surprise. "Serpent Venom Orb, how is that possible? How could they have dropped a Serpent Venom Orb at this level?"

"Serpent Venom Orb? What is that?" Xiao Liang didn't understand. In the game's official settings, there were no descriptions of special items, and all functions depended on players to explore on their own.

Lu Yang said excitedly, "Brother, this is a treasure."

If there was anything that could catch Lu Yang's eye in the early stages of the game, the Arsonist Staff was one, the Demon God's Heart was one, and the Serpent Venom Orb that Xiao Liang was holding was another.

"No wonder Black Blood and his gang were able to rise so quickly in the last life. It turns out they got this treasure so early," Lu Yang muttered to himself.

"Last life? What last life?" Xiao Liang asked, confused.

"It's nothing," Lu Yang said to Xiao Liang. "Little brother, you've struck it rich. This Serpent Venom Orb is a special treasure that can be upgraded. Let's not talk about what it will be after upgrading, I'll tell you how powerful it is now. It can release a poison mist in a 10*10 range. Targets attacked by the poison mist will lose 10 health points per second for 5 minutes. The cooldown time is 2 minutes."

"Ah, so strong," Xiao Liang asked in surprise.

Lu Yang said, "Yes, maybe when fighting players, because players have healing skills, can take medicine and use bandages, and can escape the range of the poison mist, they can break this skill, but monsters can't. Whoever carries this equipment has a fast leveling artifact."

"Boss, doesn't that mean we can level up quickly?" Xiao Liang asked in surprise.

Lu Yang said, "Of course. You take this Serpent Venom Orb, and put on this set of bronze warrior equipment. I'll take you to level up."

Originally, Lu Yang wanted to go to the Troll Camp to do a special task, but now that he had the Serpent Venom Orb, he decided to take Xiao Liang to the Ogre Camp first.

Along the Flower Whisper Plains, Lu Yang led Xiao Liang all the way to the northwest of St. Gall City. After spending more than three hours, after passing through the level 3 to 9 monster area, Lu Yang led Xiao Liang into the Silent Forest.

"Boss, this is a level 10 monster area, right?" Xiao Liang asked with a trembling voice. He, a newbie level 0 player who had just entered the game, had actually run to such a high-level map, and he was terrified.

Lu Yang said with a smile, "Don't worry, we're not going to fight monsters here."

Xiao Liang asked blankly, "Boss, do you mean we have to go further?"

Lu Yang laughed and said, "Hey, you're quick to react."

Xiao Liang couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he looked at the huge body of the level 10 Black Bear in the distance, and said, "Well, that's just like Boss."

Lu Yang chuckled, patted Xiao Liang's shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid of these monsters. Follow me, as long as we find the right method, we won't alarm them."

Although the level 10 Black Bear is huge, its biggest characteristic is that it doesn't like to move much, especially at night. These Black Bears are habitually staying in some fixed positions, not going to the main roads in the game.

Lu Yang took Xiao Liang and waited until the sun went down and the moon was high in the sky. At this time, the Silent Forest under the night was particularly terrifying. Bats kept passing over the upper part of the trees, and there were terrifying owl calls in the distance, but the Black Bears had returned to the depths of the forest, each wandering in a fixed position.

"We can go now," Lu Yang said.

"Okay," Xiao Liang also found that the Black Bears were gone, and said excitedly, "Boss, how did you know this method about the Black Bears?"

Lu Yang smiled and said, "There is a game library on the game's official website, which has information about this."

In fact, this method was not found in the game library at all, but was explored by the players themselves.

When he entered the game in his previous life, it was the time when major studios were vigorously developing in the game. In order to plunder high-level medicinal materials, the studio required its players to enter high-level maps in advance to collect herbs. The price given by the studio for a high-level medicinal material was several times that of ordinary medicinal materials. In order to obtain high-level medicinal materials, the studio's gold farmers often took risks. After a lot of sacrifice, some players in the studio discovered this method.

Lu Yang ran on the road, and couldn't help but recall his experiences in that era. It can be said that it was an era of heroes.