Lord-level Beast

"A regular Dart Bee has 95 attack power."

"It deals 47 damage to me each time, not even considering critical hits for now."

"I currently have 130 health points; I'll be dead in three hits at most…"

"Damn it, why is my health so low? This is terrible."

On the way to the Dart Bee Hive, Nan Feng was constantly thinking about countermeasures, trying to figure out how to wipe out the entire nest of Dart Bees.

"I currently have 140 attack power, dealing 115 damage to a Dart Bee each time."

"But Dart Bees have 380 health points; I need four shots to kill one."

"Shit, why does a little bee have more health than me? And so much more?"

"Is that even reasonable?"

Looking at the stats alone, Nan Feng was having some trouble dealing with even one Dart Bee.

But Dart Bees are only Level 2 beasts after all, and their intelligence can't compare to that of humans.

Nan Feng could outsmart them!

"As long as these Dart Bees can't find me, wouldn't that be perfect?"

When he was grilling meat earlier, Nan Feng's eyes were irritated by the smoke, which gave him inspiration.

He could use smoke!

"I'll create a smokescreen, covering the entire hive in smoke, and then I'll ambush them from the outside. Wouldn't that be great?"

"Besides, this hive isn't far from the cabin. If the Dart Bees really find me, I can just hide back in the cabin."

"Super safe, alright!"

No sooner said than done.

Nan Feng carefully approached the Dart Bee Hive, identified the wind direction, and then found a good spot to start a fire.

The fire slowly grew larger, and the smoke drifted with the wind, slowly heading towards the Dart Bee Hive.

But Nan Feng had been cautious earlier, starting the fire a good distance away from the Dart Bee Hive.

By the time the smoke drifted over, it had mostly dissipated.

"No, I need to move it forward a bit."

Under the cover of the smoke, Nan Feng moved the source of the fire forward little by little.

The Dart Bees not far away began to fly up and down, clearly disliking the smell of the smoke.

"Speaking of which, now that I've started a fire, why not just burn the hive down?"

After thinking for a moment, Nan Feng decided against using fire after all.

Fire would only burn down the hive, but Dart Bees can fly. Nan Feng guessed they wouldn't live and die with the hive.

That would be too stupid. Dart Bees aren't moths that fly into the fire.

Another point was that Nan Feng didn't know if burning the Dart Bees would give him experience.

If there were no experience points, wouldn't that be a waste of time?

After moving forward a few more meters, Nan Feng felt it was about right. Any further and he might be discovered.

Under the cover of the smoke, Nan Feng carefully retreated, quietly waiting for the breeze to carry the smoke into the Dart Bee Hive.

Before long, the entire Dart Bee Hive was shrouded in smoke.

Nan Feng hid far away behind a tree, and could vaguely see a dozen or so Dart Bees flying around, seemingly confused, not knowing where the smoke was coming from.

"That's about right."

Standing behind the tree, Nan Feng raised the Desert Eagle.

Nan Feng was about 30 meters away from the Dart Bee Hive. With Nan Feng's terrible marksmanship, it would be difficult to hit a Dart Bee the size of a fist.

But it didn't matter. There were at least seventy or eighty Dart Bees near the hive. As long as Nan Feng fired wildly in that direction, he would hit a few.

Pew, pew, pew!

Nan Feng fired a three-round burst, and then quickly hid behind the tree, not caring if he had hit anything.

After waiting for seven or eight seconds, Nan Feng peeked out again and found that the Dart Bees hadn't flown over. He couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up.

This method was feasible!

Pew, pew, pew!

Another three shots. This time, Nan Feng saw a faint red number floating up from the direction of the hive: -115!

Only one shot hit.

And Nan Feng didn't know which one he hit, or if he could hit the same one with the next shot.

"At this rate, even if I use up all my Mana, I won't kill many Dart Bees."

"It's a bit of a waste…"

Nan Feng glanced at his remaining 5 free attribute points and decisively added them all to Strength!

"Damn it, who needs health? I, Nan Feng, am all about that DPS!"

After allocating the points, Nan Feng's Strength reached 33, and his Attack Power hit 165!

This one shot would deal 140 damage.

It might not seem like much of an increase, but given Nan Feng's current situation, it was a huge boost.

Before allocating the points, Nan Feng needed 4 shots to kill a Dart Bee.

But now, he only needed 3.

"I'm basically playing the lottery right now."

"There are dozens of Dart Bees in this smoke; I need to hit the same one three times to get experience."

Nan Feng took out a Mana potion from his backpack, gulped it down, and slowly regenerated his Mana, preparing for a long battle.

In his backpack, he had another 1000ml of Mana potion, enough to restore a full 500 Mana.

That translated to 125 shots.

Subsequently, Nan Feng began to fire single shots, making sure that each one hit near the Dart Bee Hive and didn't stray too far.

Of course, just in case, Nan Feng always kept his Mana above 50, to avoid any unexpected situations.

Fortunately, these Dart Bees weren't too bright, allowing Nan Feng to exploit the situation and farm them.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

One shot after another.

Finally, after firing who knows how many shots, Nan Feng heard the sound he had been longing for.

[Ding! You have killed a Level 2 Common Beast [Dart Bee], gaining 20 experience points.]

"Nice!"

This method really worked!

Nan Feng clenched his fist happily and continued to attack.

[Ding! You have killed a Level 2 Common Beast [Dart Bee], gaining 20 experience points.]

[Ding! You have killed a Level 2 Common Beast [Dart Bee], gaining 20 experience points.]

[Ding! You have killed a Level 2 Common Beast [Dart Bee], gaining 20 experience points.]

After killing 11 Dart Bees in a row, Nan Feng faced a new problem—his Mana was running out.

"That can't be right; how did I run out of Mana after only killing 11..."

"I definitely hit more than 80 shots!"

Nan Feng roughly calculated the number of times he hit, based on the faint red numbers that occasionally appeared in the distance.

"Could it be that I'm just crippling most of them? But not actually killing them?"

Due to the thick smoke, Nan Feng couldn't see what was happening near the Dart Bee Hive.

He glanced at his status bar and was speechless.

[Level]: 2 (387/400)
[Health]: 130/130
[Mana]: 48/190

"Just one more kill and I'll reach Level 3..."

"I have 48 Mana left; should I fire two more shots?"

Nan Feng had originally planned to use this remaining Mana to deal with unexpected situations.

But now, he was only 13 experience points away from leveling up, and Nan Feng couldn't resist the temptation.

Would going back to replenish Mana be something a real man would do?

A real man should fight to the end, leaving nothing behind!

With that thought, Nan Feng raised the Desert Eagle again.

"The last two shots... no, three shots."

"I really need to save the remaining Mana, in case I encounter danger on the way back."

Swoosh! First shot!

-140!

"Hit! But not dead..."

Nan Feng didn't hesitate and fired another shot.

[Weak Point Attack]: -280!

"Hit again! But still not dead."

The Dart Bee swarm in the distance seemed to have gone mad, flying around everywhere, seemingly furious.

Nan Feng didn't care about any of that, relying on his instincts to aim at the location of the Dart Bee Hive, and fired another shot!

Weak Point Attack

: -280!

Ding! You have killed the Level 2 Lord-level Beast [Dart Bee Queen], gaining 80 experience points.

Nan Feng was stunned.

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