Leveling Up Against Higher-Level Monsters

Xia Yuwei nodded and said, "That person is indeed extraordinary. He exudes an aura like a drawn sword, yet he gives off a very steady feeling. He'll definitely be an expert in the future. By the way, did he tell you how to get Electric Eel Meat?"

Lan Yu nodded.

"Great, let's head back to town immediately. After shaking off the people around us, we'll gather under that big tree in the southern part of the newbie village to do the quest together and see if the method that person gave us is actually true." Xia Yuwei was afraid other players would hear, so she sent everyone a short message.

The others nodded in agreement, but Zheng Yuan still said resentfully, "I don't think he could have possibly told us the real method. There's no point in going."

The group that was about to leave paused when they heard Zheng Yuan's words. The players who had signed the contract looked awkwardly at Zheng Yuan and Xia Yuwei, unsure of who to listen to.

Xia Yuwei frowned and looked at Zheng Yuan unhappily, saying, "Are you going or not?"

Seeing Xia Yuwei get angry, Zheng Yuan didn't dare cause any more trouble and quickly said with a smile, "Yes, I'm going, alright?"

Lu Yang returned to the town, disappeared into the crowd, and left the Giant Town from the north gate with the other players. He headed towards the level 5 monster area. With the Electric Eel Meat, Lu Yang finally had the ability to kill level 5 monsters.

Of course, Lu Yang wouldn't be foolish enough to fight a level 5 monster head-on. In Second World, the stats of monsters increase significantly with each level. Normally, a level 0 player would certainly die if they faced a level 3 monster, let alone Lu Yang, a level 0 alt, trying to kill a level 5 monster.

However, Lu Yang had his own unique method. Lu Yang ran along the newbie village's main road for more than an hour and arrived at the Silent Plains, which was the border area between level 2 and level 3 monsters. So far, only a few players had come here in groups to kill monsters.

Lu Yang found Shepherd Flack at a tent in the plains. At this moment, Flack was filled with regret and self-blame.

"Why, why didn't I tie her up properly? Oh, heavens, how can I live without her..."

Lu Yang approached Flack and asked, "Sir, what's wrong? You look so worried."

"My lovely horse was stolen by a Wild Bull on the plains. Can anyone help me find my horse? It's my only mount," Flack said regretfully.

Lu Yang said with regret, "Although I'd like to help you, I don't have the tools."

Flack hurriedly took a long lasso from his waist and handed it to Lu Yang, saying, "Respected adventurer, please help me. This is the rope I use to lasso horses."

"Don't worry, leave everything to me."

System: You have accepted the shepherd's quest to find his lost mare.

You have obtained the shepherd's Lasso.

Looking at the Lasso in his hand, Lu Yang's face revealed an excited expression. The item given by this quest was actually a bug. Lu Yang had seen an article about it in his previous life, discussing the magical effects of various items in Second World, and this Lasso was one of them.

At the border between the level 2 and level 3 monster areas, there was a steep mountain that players couldn't normally climb with their bare hands.

In his previous life, a player tracked the mare to the bottom of the cliff. He didn't manage to lasso the mare, but he accidentally lassoed a protrusion on the cliff face.

The player didn't expect this to happen. Out of boredom, he tried to climb up the rope and actually made it to the top of the mountain. After reaching the top, he discovered that the other side of the mountain was a level 5 monster area. What was even more surprising was that standing on the top of the mountain and attacking the level 5 Wild Bull below didn't count as an invalid attack.

This made the player overjoyed, and he immediately started farming using this bug. Although this player had entered the game three days later than others, he quickly caught up with the first echelon of players and broke into the top ten of the level rankings by relying on this bug.

Lu Yang ran all the way with the rope, carefully passing through the level 2 monster area and arriving at the bottom of the cliff. He threw the rope upwards and lassoed a protruding rock on the cliff face, then immediately climbed up. After reaching the top of the mountain, Lu Yang found the concave terrain mentioned in the guide. Looking at the level 5 Wild Bull scattered below the cliff, Lu Yang couldn't help but feel excited.

The irritable Wild Bull was the monster with the highest physical damage output and the most likely to kill players in this level. Normally, no one would come to fight them without a Warrior or Knight to tank.

Wild Bull would charge, and they liked to travel in groups of three or five. When they encountered an enemy, three or five bulls would charge together, instantly killing Mage and even Warrior with poor skills. However, Lu Yang could now use this bug to solo them.

Of course, the speed would be much slower compared to attacking level 1 monsters, but there was an experience bonus for fighting monsters above your level. Lu Yang's leveling speed by killing level 5 monsters would definitely be faster than fighting level 1 monsters with countless other players, and much faster.

Especially when most players were struggling to level up in the level 1 or level 2 monster areas, Lu Yang could level up in the level 5 monster area without taking any damage. Just thinking about it felt great.

Aiming at a strong Wild Bull, Lu Yang decisively started casting Fireball.

Fireball

Type: Fire Spell

Consumption: 12 Mana

Casting Time: 3 seconds

Range: 30 yards

Description: Launches a fiery fireball at the target, dealing 14-22 points of fire damage to the target.

In the game, one point of Intelligence equals one point of spell damage. Since Lu Yang had 10 points of Intelligence, the Demon God's Heart added another 10 points of Intelligence, and the Crispy Electric Eel Meat added 5 points of Intelligence, the converted spell damage was 25 points. Therefore, the actual damage of Fireball was 39-47 points.

After 3 seconds, a Fireball formed in Lu Yang's hand and accurately hit the nearest Wild Bull, dealing 42 points of damage.

The Wild Bull, which was grazing, was suddenly attacked by Fireball and neighed violently in pain. It turned its head sharply and glared at Lu Yang with blood-red eyes.

The surrounding Wild Bull were also awakened by the neighing and also looked in Lu Yang's direction with blood-red eyes. Then, six or seven Wild Bull charged at Lu Yang at the same time.

If they were on flat ground, players with low mental fortitude would probably be unable to defend or dodge when faced with such a collective charge of Wild Bull and would be knocked away. However, Lu Yang wasn't worried.

With a bang, six or seven Wild Bull all crashed into the wall below the cliff and were bounced back. The Wild Bull had low intelligence. Seeing that they couldn't charge at Lu Yang, they could only run back and forth anxiously below the cliff, but there was nothing they could do.

The level 5 Wild Bull had 580 health points. Lu Yang continuously cast 15 Fireball, killing the Wild Bull in the valley.

System: You have killed Wild Bull and gained 75 experience points (including 25 experience points for killing monsters above your level).

The experience required to level up from level 0 to level 1 was 5000 points. Lu Yang calculated that killing a Wild Bull gave 75 points, and it took an average of 45 seconds to kill a Wild Bull. In other words, including the recovery time, Lu Yang could level up to level 1 in about 2 hours. This was several times faster than the 4 hours or more that normal players needed.

Especially when most players were helplessly fighting over monsters in the level 1 or level 2 monster areas to level up, Lu Yang could level up in the level 5 monster area without taking any damage. Just thinking about it felt great.

While Lu Yang was leveling up quickly, Lan Yu led Xia Yuwei and other members of Frost Ice Studio to the bridge under the big river that Lu Yang had mentioned.

Lan Yu said, "It's right here."

Xia Yuwei waved her hand and said, "Have two people go down and see if there are any Electric Eel."

The others nodded, and two players hired by the studio immediately jumped into the river to search.

On the river bank, Zheng Yuan couldn't restrain his young master's temper again and said jealously, "I don't think there's anything in this river. That person must be lying to us. You wait, I'll definitely teach him a lesson next time I see him."

Xia Yuwei and Lan Yu ignored Zheng Yuan. Just as Zheng Yuan was continuing to chatter, a member of the studio emerged from the river, holding up an Electric Eel in his hand and said excitedly, "I found it! There really are Electric Eel in this river."

Zheng Yuan stood there awkwardly.