Global Announcement, Second Time!

Global Announcement, Second Time!

A last burst of strength before death—a dying counterattack. It was a common tactic for bosses in Battle Through the Heavens.

Even if they died, they had to take a few more people down with them! It was viciousness, plain and simple.

Chao Bafang was, after all, a top player in his previous life. His reactions were quite sharp, and he moved the instant the Green Bamboo Python made its move.

But unfortunately, Chao Bafang had clearly only just left the Novice Realm, and he was only a One-Star Fighter.

Even though he reacted in time, he did not have the speed to dodge.

He did not even have time to activate his Dou Qi for defense.

Chao Bafang was instantly killed, his body immediately turning into a streak of white light and vanishing.

Chao Bafang's appearance was an accident, but it did not affect Yang Shan's plan.

If anything, it helped Yang Shan.

The Green Bamboo Python's desperate strike just now had worsened its injuries. Blood was gushing from wounds all over its body.

Another 50 HP had been deducted, leaving it with only 220 HP! The Green Bamboo Python had 32 Defense.

After advancing to a One-Star Fighter, Yang Shan had gained a total of 11 Free Attributes compared to when he first created his character. (1 point from Dou Qi Level One, plus 2 points for breaking through to Fighter.) Yang Shan put 6 of those points into Bone Root, 2 into Constitution, and 3 into Agility.

This brought Yang Shan's Attack to 37.

He could break through its defense!

In theory, each punch from Yang Shan could take 5 HP off the Green Bamboo Python.

However, that was without factoring in Dou Qi attacks.

"Number One Fighter Under Heaven" had awarded him 3 Meridians, and breaking through to Fighter had added another 1 point to that attribute.

Thus, Yang Shan had 5 Meridians! Each point of Meridians increased Dou Qi Intensity by 1 and Total Dou Qi by 5.

And after leaving the Novice Realm, the Basic Thunder Skill Yang Shan had received could further increase Dou Qi Intensity by 1.

Dou Qi Intensity represented the base effectiveness of Dou Qi.

When Dou Qi was simply used to enhance one's fists, feet, or weapons, Dou Qi Intensity could be converted into Attack at a 1:1 ratio.

6 points of Dou Qi Intensity meant that Yang Shan gained an additional 6 Attack whenever he used Dou Qi.

If Yang Shan could use a Dou Technique, the bonus would increase even further.

With the Dou Qi enhancement included, Yang Shan could theoretically deal 11 damage to the Green Bamboo Python with every attack.

By an ordinary player's calculations.

The Green Bamboo Python's 220 HP would require a full twenty attacks! Given that much time, he would probably have already been swallowed by the Green Bamboo Python! But the Green Bamboo Python was severely injured now, its body covered in densely packed bloody holes pecked open by Clear Wind Birds.

Yang Shan had clearly seen a bloody hole at the Green Bamboo Python's vital spot, as large as a fist!

Battle Through the Heavens was grounded in reality. The attributes displayed were only there to give players a relatively concrete understanding of their own condition.

Therefore, there was no so-called "critical hit" like in ordinary online games.

But if one could strike a weak point, the damage was often far beyond expectations.

To kill a snake, strike seven inches from its head.

Now, the Green Bamboo Python's vital spot had no scales protecting it.

Yang Shan had already simulated the battle process in his mind several times.

Although Chao Bafang had put the Green Bamboo Python on guard ahead of time, costing him the advantage of a sneak attack.

It was still within Yang Shan's control.

The next moment, Yang Shan burst forth at his maximum speed.

The Green Bamboo Python had long noticed Yang Shan, but its injuries were simply too severe. Its movement speed was far inferior to what it had been at full strength.

Yang Shan was bold because of his skill. He actually stepped directly onto the Green Bamboo Python's body.

Dou Qi gathered around his fist, and the next second, it accurately smashed into the bloody hole at the snake's vital spot. -65!

With neither scales nor flesh blocking it, Yang Shan's punch struck straight at its heart! If it had been a low-level player or NPC, a punch like that to the heart would have killed them on the spot.

Magical beasts possessed bodies several times tougher than humans, which was why the Green Snake Python survived.

But the pain still made its entire body convulse.

It immediately tried to turn and bite Yang Shan's head off.

Yet Yang Shan was unbelievably calm.

As a first-rate player at the Dou Emperor level in his previous life, he had not only fought King of Beasts—he had soloed Sixth Order Thousand Beast Kings several times.

This little scene did not even ripple the surface of his mind.

In the brief time it took the Green Snake Python to turn its head, Yang Shan threw three more punches into the bloody hole with both hands.

Every punch took at least 60 Qi and Blood from the Green Snake Python!

That turn of the Green Bamboo Python's head became the last thing it ever did in its life as a snake.

Ding! Congratulations, player, for killing "Green Bamboo Python" (First-Order King of Beasts). You have gained 3,000 EXP.

Congratulations, player! You have advanced to Two-Star Fighter! Free Attributes +2!

Congratulations, player! You have advanced to Three-Star Fighter! Free Attributes +2!

Congratulations, player! You have advanced to Four-Star Fighter! Free Attributes +2!

At the Fighter level, each level-up required 1,000 EXP.

The Green Bamboo Python had been exceptionally generous with its EXP, allowing Yang Shan to jump three levels in one go!

Of course, it was not over yet.

At the First Order, King of Beasts was the ceiling.

Unless it was a newborn cub, a Thousand Beast King was definitely above the First Order.

So Yang Shan still had another reward.

A reward from the Global Announcement: Ding! Global Announcement: Congratulations to player "Yang Shan" for achieving the first kill of a First-Order King of Beasts! Reward: Free Spiritual Root +2, Meridians +3, Comprehension +1, Good Fortune +1!

At that moment, the Battle Through the Heavens Forum had exploded.

The forum was directly integrated into the game. Even while playing, players could pull it up from their interface at any time.

Everyone Loves Song Rentou, which had originally been the hottest topic on the forum, was pushed down in just five minutes.

The top trending topic became: Yang Shan! Who was he?

The number of replies instantly exceeded ten thousand! Quite a few comments had received huge numbers of likes and replies.

ID Yu Wuchen: "I could accept the first Fighter, maybe he found some trick to speedrun the Novice Realm. But how long has the server even been open? Only two days have passed in-game, and a First-Order King of Beasts has already been killed! Is this Yang Shan even human?"

ID Shen Tu: "What the hell is a First-Order King of Beasts? If I got lucky enough to run into one, I could kill it too!"

ID Wang Tianhao: "You worthless Dou Qi Level Five trash, do you even know what a First-Order King of Beasts means? Go check the Setting Encyclopedia on the official website!"

ID Yi Qingyang: "Damn! I was just soloing a First-Order King of Beasts too. Lost by a hair. Never thought there'd be a beast who could actually take one down. Awesome!"

ID Retired Argumentative Expert: "Hey, did you get a flight license for that bull before blowing it into the sky?"

ID Bao Yin Bao Shi: "Hacks! This is absolutely hacks!"

ID Shit-Soaked Brain Still Wants to Stir: "Are you fucking braindead? What era do you think this is? Hacks? Go flip through the criminal code and see who still has the guts to hack an online game!"

ID Bao Yin Bao Shi: "Then it's a bug! Mark my words, if Yang Shan isn't exploiting a bug, I'll livestream myself eating shit!"

ID Shit-Soaked Brain Still Wants to Stir: "Sure, sure. Brother Bao Yin Bao Shi has a fine digestive system. I took a screenshot."

Chao Bafang, who had already been sent back to the Cloud Frost City resurrection point by the Green Bamboo Python, naturally saw the Global Announcement as well.

"Fuck!"

Chao Bafang angrily punched the stone pillar beside him.

Then he broke his hand. The pain made Chao Bafang shudder all over.

The regret in Chao Bafang's heart was indescribable.

In Chao Bafang's view, the game had only just launched. Everyone was basically a One-Star Fighter, so Yang Shan could not have been much stronger than him.

If he had not been so careless, that dying Green Bamboo Python would surely have been his for the taking.

He had missed his chance to become famous across the entire server.

Chao Bafang's heart hurt so badly he could barely breathe.

Meanwhile, Yang Shan, the instigator of this heated discussion, was still calmly allocating his points.

There was no such thing as a "perfect" build in Battle Through the Heavens, but Yang Shan had indeed found the allocation best suited to himself.

For every ten Free Attributes, he assigned 2 to Constitution, 5 to Bone Root, and 3 to Agility, while prioritizing Bone Root first.

The most obvious features of this build were high Attack and fast Speed.

But its Defense was relatively weak, and its Qi and Blood was comparatively low.

He could not take much of a beating.

But it was perfectly suited to the lightning-attribute fighting style Yang Shan had researched in his previous life.

With rewards from two Global Announcements, Yang Shan's character panel had undergone a massive transformation.

Player: Yang Shan

Level: Four-Star Fighter.

Thunder Spirit Root: 12 Fire Spirit Root: 1 Wood Spirit Root: 1
Attribute Stats—

Constitution: 7 Bone Root: 12 Agility: 7 Meridians: 8 Comprehension: 12 Good Fortune: 3
Combat Stats—

Qi and Blood: 101 Attack: 50 Defense: 26 Speed: 21 Dou Qi Intensity: 9 Total Dou Qi: 50

With Yang Shan's current panel, as long as he acquired some respectable cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and equipment, then with his combat experience and skills, he could even try to solo a full-health Green Bamboo Python!

Yang Shan had originally planned to pull up the forum and browse around.

There was no need to think about it. Triggering two Global Announcements in one day was simply absurdly impressive.

But Yang Shan had something more important to do now.

The Green Bamboo Python's corpse on the ground had already refreshed.

When a magical beast was killed by a player, its corpse would leave behind the beast's "drops" after refreshing, saving players the trouble of cutting it up themselves.

There were three drops in total.

First-Order Wood Attribute Magic Core (Purple Quality).

Green Bamboo Python Gall: First-Order Top-Grade Material. It possessed remarkable aphrodisiac effects and extremely high medicinal value. It could even be used to refine Second-Grade Medicinal Pills.

Yang Shan showed no particular expression when he picked up these two drops.

But the last item, a tiny meatball the size of a fingernail, made Yang Shan's eyes widen!

Green Bamboo Python Heart Blood Meat: The essence of the Green Bamboo Python's flesh and blood. Consuming it can perform Marrow Cleansing and grant 5 Free Attributes.

(Note—Effective only below Da Dou Shi. First-Order flesh-and-blood essence can only be consumed once; a second consumption will have no effect.) Heart Blood Meat! Only boss-level magical beasts at the King of Beasts rank or above had a chance of dropping it.

The drop rate from a First-Order King of Beasts was less than one in twenty!

And this item came with major restrictions.

Heart Blood Meat of the same order could grant different amounts of Free Attributes, and it could not be used repeatedly.

For example, if someone ate First-Order Heart Blood Meat once and gained 2 Free Attributes, then even if they later encountered one that granted 4 points, eating it would not increase their attributes.

Yet the thing became completely ineffective after one reached Da Dou Shi.

As a result, most players had never even seen what First-Order Heart Blood Meat looked like by the time they reached Da Dou Shi.

5 Free Attributes was already the highest possible value among First-Order Heart Blood Meat.

It was equivalent to gaining two and a half extra Fighter stars' worth of attributes out of thin air.

It was only the first day since the server opened, and most players were still immersed in the Novice Realm, with total attributes barely in the teens.

If Yang Shan put this thing up at the Auction House after returning to the city, even a starting price of one hundred thousand RMB would be insulting the rich players! Yet Yang Shan flicked his finger and tossed this priceless treasure straight into his mouth.

Ding! Player has consumed Green Bamboo Python Heart Blood Meat (First Order), gained 5 Free Attributes. Constitution has developed resistance. First-Order Heart Blood Meat will no longer take effect.

The additional 5 Free Attributes were allocated according to the Ten-Point Allocation Method: Bone Root +1, Constitution +1, Agility +3. (He had previously gained a total of 16 Free Attributes, 5 of which had already been prioritized for Bone Root.) Yang Shan's Attack rose again, reaching 57! Most fast-leveling players had only just left the Novice Realm and become One-Star Fighters. Having 30 Attack was already impressive! After storing the Magic Core and snake gall in his inventory, Yang Shan walked a short distance away and picked up the Clear Wind Bird Nest beneath the trunk of a large tree.

After identifying the direction, Yang Shan retraced his steps.

It was time to go collect the Green Bamboo Snake Gall from the Clear Wind Bird Habitat!