Ding! You killed the Level 2 Lord-level Beast Dart Bee Queen and gained 80 experience points.
Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully reached Level 3!
Ding! Your Strength increased by 5 points!
Ding! Your Agility increased by 5 points!
Ding! Your Constitution increased by 5 points!
Ding! Your Spirit increased by 5 points!
Ding! You gained 5 free attribute points!
Announcement! Chosen One Nan Feng successfully killed the Level 2 Lord-level Beast Dart Bee Queen. As the first Chosen One in this region to kill a Level 2 Lord-level Beast, rewards: Reputation +1; Constitution +4.
The sudden string of announcements left Nan Feng stunned for a moment.
"There was a Lord-level Beast inside that hive? And I killed it?"
Nan Feng came back to his senses and quickly guessed the truth.
This Lord-level Dart Bee Queen was most likely a special type of beast with no combat ability, one that could only produce offspring.
Under normal circumstances, protected by such a huge swarm of Dart Bees, the Dart Bee Queen would not have died so easily.
Nan Feng estimated that he would need to reach at least Levels 4 or 5 before he could deal with such a massive hive alone.
But this time, Nan Feng had exploited a bug. Taking advantage of the Dart Bees' low intelligence and using smoke to seal them in, he had started farming monsters and slowly worn the Dart Bee Queen to death.
That counted as an incredible stroke of luck.
"Did I step in dog shit when I left? How could I be this lucky?"
Nan Feng nearly laughed out loud.
But when he glanced toward the hive, his smile quickly vanished.
After the Dart Bee Queen died, the Dart Bees became leaderless. They circled around the hive for a while before unexpectedly scattering in every direction.
More than a dozen of them flew toward Nan Feng!
"Damn! I'm screwed!"
Nan Feng had been dazed for a moment, and the Dart Bees had already entered within ten meters of him. They had spotted him!
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
The Dart Bees found the culprit and beat their wings with an angry hum.
Very quickly, all the Dart Bees that had been flying elsewhere turned and flew toward Nan Feng.
"Time to run."
Nan Feng did not dare hesitate any longer and took off at full speed.
With so many Dart Bees, if each one fired a single sting, they would be enough to turn Nan Feng into a pincushion.
Once again, Nan Feng was chased back to the Wooden Cabin by a massive swarm of beasts.
"Whew... whew..."
"That was close..."
After returning to the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng quickly pulled the bee stingers from his back and took a moment to glance at his status panel.
Level: 3 (67/800) Health Points: 62/220 Mana Points: 86/240
He only had 62 Health Points left. Another two or three stings, and Nan Feng would have died outside.
Fortunately, the hive was not far from the Wooden Cabin. After leveling up, Nan Feng's Agility had also increased by 5 points, making him much faster. Otherwise, he might not have made it back.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Outside the Wooden Cabin, dozens of Dart Bees circled endlessly, firing one or two stingers from time to time.
Nan Feng felt as if he had returned to yesterday.
Only this time, the Ironclaw Rats chasing him had been replaced by Dart Bees.
"What a pity. I'm so dizzy I can barely stand."
"Otherwise, I could have harvested another huge batch of experience."
The Dart Bees' stingers had hallucinogenic effects, causing layer upon layer of afterimages to appear before Nan Feng's eyes. In this state, it was difficult for him to hit the Dart Bees flying through the air. Rather than waste Mana Points, he might as well rest first.
After being upgraded, the Wooden Cabin could restore 15 Health Points and Mana Points per minute.
In just over ten minutes, Nan Feng was once again back to full health and full mana.
"Time to farm monsters!"
The hallucinations had also faded by then. Nan Feng picked up the Desert Eagle and opened the broken door of the Wooden Cabin.
Outside the cabin, more than half of the Dart Bees had already dispersed after losing their target, which left Nan Feng somewhat unhappy.
"What a shame. So much experience wasted."
Nan Feng sighed and shot the remaining dozen or so Dart Bees dead one by one.
After reaching Level 3, Nan Feng could now deal 182 damage to a Dart Bee with one shot... but that was still useless.
The Dart Bees had 380 Health Points, so Nan Feng still needed three shots to kill one.
"The Dart Bee Queen I just killed was a Lord-level Beast. There's a good chance it dropped equipment. I need to loot the body."
After dealing with the Dart Bees around the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng did not hesitate and quickly ran toward the hive.
"Looks like there's loot! Another treasure chest!"
From far away, Nan Feng saw the Dart Bee Queen's corpse. It was huge, and beside it sat a gray treasure chest sparkling brightly.
After the Dart Bee Queen died, the Dart Bees guarding her had scattered in a frenzy. The remaining three to five could not possibly stop Nan Feng from looting the corpse.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Nan Feng swiftly dealt with the few remaining Dart Bees nearby, then quickly opened the treasure chest.
Ding! You opened an F-rank gray treasure chest and obtained Worn Leather Jerkin x1.
Hearing the system notification by his ear, Nan Feng could not help but feel delighted.
"Equipment dropped!"
Worn Leather Jerkin: Rank: Low F-rank Type: Upper garment Attributes: Constitution +2 --A leather jerkin made from Redeye Rabbit hide, a unique product of the Primordial World.
Nan Feng's face darkened as he looked at the brief attributes.
That's it? That's it?
This was all the equipment had?
Even a dog would shake its head at this!
Nan Feng grumbled as he put on the leather jerkin. Still, it fit quite well.
"Two points of Constitution are better than nothing."
No matter what, the leather jerkin had attributes. It was far better than the shirt Nan Feng had started with.
Two points of Constitution equaled 20 Health Points, which was still pretty nice.
After opening the chest, Nan Feng casually cleaned up the battlefield.
Dart Bees did not drop anything, not even meat. However, Nan Feng found 5 units of honey on the Dart Bee Queen's corpse.
Ding! You obtained Honey x5.
Honey: Dilute it with water and drink it to increase a Chosen One's Spirit by 2. (0/1)
This honey only worked the first time it was consumed. Drinking it afterward would no longer increase Spirit.
Nan Feng decided to keep one for himself and sell the rest through the Trading System.
Of course, it would be even better if he could trade one for a Might Herb with You Ran.
After organizing his backpack, Nan Feng thought for a moment and decided to continue hunting beasts to level up.
"There's still plenty of time before nightfall. I'll look around nearby, map out the terrain around the Wooden Cabin, and kill some monsters to level up while I'm at it."
This morning, Nan Feng had set four small goals for himself: reach Level 3, upgrade the Wooden Cabin, find a water source, and find iron ore.
Now, Nan Feng had completed three of those goals. Only finding iron ore remained, and he had no clue where to start.
But Nan Feng was not in a hurry. Iron ore was not like wood and stone, which could be found everywhere.
If Nan Feng could not find it, the other Chosen Ones probably would not find it so quickly either.
That afternoon, Nan Feng explored all the territory within 500 meters of the Wooden Cabin and cleared out quite a few beasts. His experience had reached Level 3 (352/800).
Nan Feng was now ninth on the level rankings, just barely entering the top 10.
That bug-exploiting wave of farming Dart Bees had earned Nan Feng a huge amount of experience, sending his ranking soaring.
"My leveling efficiency isn't bad..."
No Chosen One had reached Level 4 yet on the rankings, which meant the experience gap between Nan Feng and those ahead of him was not that large. Of course, unless he encountered another hive of Dart Bees, catching up to the people ahead would not be easy.
"It's almost dark. Time to head back to the Wooden Cabin... huh?"
Nan Feng was just about to turn back when he suddenly froze in surprise.
Not far ahead of him, wedged between two large trees, stood a Wooden Cabin!
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