Going Out, Chopping Trees

Ding! You killed a level 1 ordinary ferocious beast, an Ironclaw Rat, and gained 10 experience points.

Ding! You killed a level 1 ordinary ferocious beast, an Ironclaw Rat, and gained 10 experience points.

Ding! You killed a level 1 ordinary ferocious beast, an Ironclaw Rat, and gained 10 experience points.

Nan Feng only needed two or three shots to take down each of these level 1 Ironclaw Rats.

There was even one shot where Nan Feng blew through an Ironclaw Rat's head, triggering a Critical Strike and killing it instantly.

The only thing affecting Nan Feng's rat-killing efficiency now was Mana Points.

Every attack from the Desert Eagle consumed 5 Mana Points, which was no small expenditure for Nan Feng.

Fortunately, while staying inside the Wooden Cabin, Nan Feng recovered 5 Mana Points per minute. Whenever his mana ran low, he only needed to rest for a while.

After more than ten minutes, Nan Feng successfully reached level 2!

Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully reached level 2!

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!

The string of system notifications made Nan Feng beam with joy.

Leveling up once increased every attribute by 5 points!

And he also received 5 additional attribute points that he could allocate freely!

"This is a huge boost!"

After reaching level 2, Nan Feng's Attack Power had already reached 85, while his Defense Power was as high as 39.

These level 1 Ironclaw Rats no longer posed a threat to Nan Feng.

"Thanks to the increase in Spirit, my Mana Points cap has reached 130."

"Now, I can fire 26 shots every time I go outside, enough to handle most ferocious beasts."

The problem that had been bothering Nan Feng all along was his lack of mana. He had to return and replenish it after firing just a few shots.

Now, that problem had been somewhat alleviated.

"I won't rush to add the remaining 5 free attribute points. I'll finish off these Ironclaw Rats first."

After this brief delay, Nan Feng had recovered some mana and could continue attacking.

He raised his hand, aimed, and fired!

Over the past few hours, Nan Feng's marksmanship had improved somewhat.

At such close range, his accuracy was already very high.

Ding! You killed a level 1 ordinary ferocious beast, an Ironclaw Rat, and gained 5 experience points.

"Hm? After reaching level 2, killing level 1 Ironclaw Rats only gives 5 experience points?"

Nan Feng checked his Personal Information:

Level: 2 (7/400)

"Damn, it takes 400 experience points to level up. Doesn't that mean I need to kill 80 level 1 Ironclaw Rats?"

"If I kill level 2 ferocious beasts, I'll only need around 40."

Nan Feng thought of the level 2 Ironclaw Rat from earlier, which had given him 22 experience points.

It seemed that as long as he killed ferocious beasts of the same level, advancing from level 2 to level 3 would not be too difficult.

Nodding, Nan Feng stopped thinking about it and began shooting the Ironclaw Rats in front of him one by one.

After reaching level 2, whether or not he triggered a Weak Point Attack, Nan Feng could reliably kill an Ironclaw Rat in two shots—misses did not count.

About ten more minutes passed before Nan Feng killed every Ironclaw Rat in the group.

Level: 2 (42/400)

Nan Feng glanced at his level and nodded in satisfaction. "This leveling efficiency isn't bad."

After clearing away all the Ironclaw Rat corpses, he obtained 15 Ironclaw Rat Meat and 8 Ironclaw Rat Claws.

There had been 15 Ironclaw Rats in this group.

Fourteen were level 1, while one was level 2, bringing Nan Feng a total of 122 experience points.

However, not every Ironclaw Rat dropped an Ironclaw Rat Claw.

With the battle over, Nan Feng could not help but let out a breath.

He had nearly died outside just now.

Nan Feng remained in the Wooden Cabin, quietly waiting for his Mana Points and Health Points to fully recover. At the same time, he opened the Chat Channel to check on everyone else.

The small line of text in the upper-right corner of the Regional Chat Channel flickered: 857 people/1000 people.

In such a short time, dozens more people had been killed by ferocious beasts and lost their lives.

"Guys, these ferocious beasts are way too strong! I can't beat even one of them! Can anyone come help me?"

"Who the hell knows where you are? Who would dare go help you?"

"Hello, handsome brothers, can anyone come save your little sister? I'm so scared all by myself!"

"Brothers, here's a trick: lure the ferocious beasts outside the Wooden Cabin, then slowly wear them down. I've already killed two Redeye Rabbits using this method."

"Damn, bro, you should've said so earlier! If you had, I wouldn't have fought so desperately. I nearly got bitten to death by a ferocious beast just now."

Besides Nan Feng, others had also discovered the Wooden Cabin's little secret.

That was normal. When people encountered danger, their first instinct was to run into the Wooden Cabin, so it was not strange for them to discover it.

At that moment, a message in the Chat Channel caught Nan Feng's attention.

Qiu Feihong: "Haha, I finally collected 8 units of wood! I'm going to upgrade my Destined Divine Weapon!"

Ma Yong: "Wow, are you really that awesome, boss? Where did you get wood? Why don't I have any?"

Qiu Feihong: "Chop trees, of course. There were three big trees right outside my Wooden Cabin, blocking me so I couldn't even get out. It took me forever to chop them down."

Nan Feng could not help laughing. "Damn, his door was blocked by huge trees. His starting location was truly miserable."

However, Nan Feng had also gained a very useful piece of information from this—chopping trees could yield wood.

Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon, the Dilapidated Armory, required 3 units of wood and 5 units of stone to upgrade.

Wood could be obtained by chopping trees, but as for stone...

Nan Feng decided that he would go out later and pick up a few rocks to see whether they could be used.

As he considered this, Qiu Feihong had already completed the upgrade of his Destined Divine Weapon.

Qiu Feihong: "Fuck, what kind of trash is this? It only added a few attributes, and it didn't even change its name!"

Huang Yuanming: "Bro, why not post your upgraded attributes so everyone can take a look?"

Qiu Feihong did not hide anything and directly posted its attributes.

Destined Divine Weapon:

Weapon Name: Rotting Wooden Sword

Current Grade: F-grade, mid-tier

Type: Weapon

Attributes: Strength +4, Constitution +6

Materials Required for Upgrade: Wood *20

—Though this sword has rotted away, it can still cut off your head.

Nan Feng carefully examined the attributes of this Destined Divine Weapon.

After the upgrade, this Destined Divine Weapon had risen from F-grade, low-tier to F-grade, mid-tier.

Its overall attributes had also improved slightly, changing from Strength +2 and Constitution +3 to Strength +4 and Constitution +6.

That was equivalent to gaining 5 additional attribute points.

During this crucial early stage, 5 attribute points were extremely important and could very well save the user's life.

But for Nan Feng, this improvement was not particularly significant—after all, he had just leveled up, gaining not only +5 to all attributes but also 5 free attribute points.

That was far more powerful than upgrading a Destined Divine Weapon.

Nan Feng mused, "I wonder whether a Destined Divine Weapon will undergo a qualitative transformation when it rises from F-grade to E-grade?"

After checking the Chat Channel a few more times and finding nothing but meaningless chatter, Nan Feng decisively closed the panel and walked out of the Wooden Cabin.

He was going to chop trees and pick up some stones along the way to upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon.

Though the increase of 5 attribute points was not much, every little bit counted.

Compared with hunting ferocious beasts, Nan Feng would rather chop trees—because chopping trees was safe.

There were many trees around the Wooden Cabin, all very close by. If he encountered danger, he could quickly hide back inside.

Still, to be safe, Nan Feng held the Desert Eagle and patrolled around the Wooden Cabin once.

After confirming that there were no other ferocious beasts, Nan Feng put away the Desert Eagle, took out the Wooden Dagger, and began slowly "chopping" a tree.

"Using wood to chop wood—this is ridiculous."