Thinking of this excellent opportunity, Ye Tian wasted no time. He slipped into the back corner of a stone house in the novice village and dug a box out of the dirt.
After opening it, a pleasant notification chimed in.
"Congratulations! You opened a blind box and obtained a Golden Dagger!"
[Golden Dagger]: Attack: 20, Movement Speed: 0, Attack Speed Bonus: 20. An assassination weapon!
Looking at the Golden Dagger's attributes, Ye Tian nodded in satisfaction. Though it was neither a melee blade nor a ranged firearm, its stats were enough to carry him through levels 1 to 5. Even if he sold it, he could still make quite a bit of money.
It was worth mentioning that the novice village had a setting.
Of course, it was rather well-hidden.
It was called blind boxes.
In other words, every novice village contained quite a few hidden blind boxes.
These blind boxes contained all kinds of equipment, items, and resources even more powerful than novice quest rewards.
In his previous life, players only discovered the blind box setting when the novice phase had reached around level 10. At the time, countless people sparked a frenzy of digging for blind boxes.
But now that he had been reborn and was logging in for the first time, the other players still knew nothing about this setting...
Therefore—
"Congratulations! You opened your first blind box and obtained Millennial Dragon Blood *1!"
"Congratulations! You opened your second blind box and obtained Large Blood Vial *1!"
"Congratulations! You opened your third blind box and obtained Lingyun Grass!"
"Congratulations! You opened your fourth blind box and obtained a Golden Longsword!"
"Congratulations! You opened your fifth blind box and obtained Golden Armor..."
"..."
After half an hour of searching, carefully entering and leaving places such as caves in the novice village and the NPC village chief's room, he had obtained nearly a dozen blind boxes.
Looking at his inventory, which had originally contained only a novice longsword but now held a complete set of Golden equipment wearable from levels LV1 to LV5, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
This set of equipment alone would give him an excellent start!
"Use them all!"
He clicked the use function, and a burst of leveling light enveloped his body.
In an instant, his previously utterly ordinary blank stats shot from level 0 to level 5.
Moreover, bolstered by the Millennial Ginseng and Millennial Dragon Blood, all his attributes rose directly from 10 to an astonishing 50 points!
More importantly, his cultivation rose from 0 years to 50 years in an instant!
Combined with the equipment bonuses, this set and his strength were enough to let him run rampant throughout the novice phase.
Dressed in the Golden set, Ye Tian stopped wasting time. His figure flickered as he headed straight toward the outskirts of the novice village.
There was no longer any need to bother with novice quests. What mattered most now was continuously leveling up, cultivating, grinding monsters, and raising Chang'e's favorability to the maximum to increase his karmic merit of marriage. That was the most important thing.
However, when he reached the edge of the novice village, a group of fifteen level 1 players surrounded him tightly.
The leader had the name [Hegemon] Guild above his head, and his ID was Hegemon. He wore a full Silver set, and judging by his attributes, he had already reached level 3—two full levels above these ordinary players.
Needless to say, this was likely the president who had founded the Hegemon Guild.
"Brother, don't you know the rule of not flaunting your wealth in the novice village?"
"You may be level 5, but can you withstand the combined attacks of fifteen of us?"
"If you know what's good for you, hand over your treasures now!"
The leader looked at Ye Tian and sneered.
The moment Ye Tian equipped the Golden set, this guy and his guild members had noticed him. During the novice phase, equipment this good would definitely make countless people covet it.
So, without wasting any time, he directly surrounded Ye Tian, intending to claim all of Ye Tian's good things for himself!
Facing the players surrounding him, Ye Tian showed no emotional reaction. He had encountered plenty of such situations in his previous life. Besides, with the memories of his past life, why would he give them any advantage?
Without another word, Ye Tian slowly drew his Golden Longsword. Boosted by his Movement Speed, he controlled the sword with spiritual energy, and with a swing, it brought forth a streak of silver sword light that slashed viciously toward them!
"Courting death! Get him!"
[Hegemon] had not expected this guy named [Ye Tian] to be so uncooperative, so he immediately gave the order to attack.
But in the next moment, he was dumbfounded.
The other party's Movement Speed was several levels faster than his. The instant his order was issued, the other party's two-meter-long sword light had already struck his body.
Slash!
In an instant, [Hegemon]'s health bar was cut in half. Before he could react, Ye Tian threw a punch. Empowered by the [Millennial Ginseng] and [Millennial Dragon Blood], his fist blasted out a wave of white light, instantly emptying Hegemon's health bar and sending him back to the respawn fountain!
The entire process took less than three seconds.
Only then did the underlings reach Ye Tian, but before they could make any move, Ye Tian made short work of them. With the longsword in his hand whirling under the control of his spiritual energy, he sent all fifteen Hegemon Guild players to the respawn fountain in rapid succession!
In an instant, the World Announcement refreshed.
[World Announcement]: Player [Ye Tian] successfully killed the president of [Hegemon Guild] and 15 guild members. This player's [ID] has turned red, and his drop rate has increased. Everyone, hurry and kill him!
[World Announcement]: Player [Ye Tian] successfully killed...
[World Announcement]: Player [Ye Tian] successfully killed...
At that moment, among the billions of players in Primordial World, some were completing novice quests, some were buying beginner equipment, and most had yet to leave the novice village.
So when they heard the World Announcement, they were all utterly dumbfounded.
Newbie players were already fighting?
"Holy shit... a total wipe?! He wiped out an entire guild during the beginner phase? That's terrifying!"
"No, no, look at his level. He's Level 5, and he was up against fifteen people—sixteen if you count the guild president. They ganged up on him and still couldn't take him down. Just how insane are this guy's gaming skills?!"
"But Level 5 alone is already shocking enough..."
"Wait, have you guys noticed something?? The one who triggered the World Announcement is called [Ye Tian]! He has the character [Tian] in his name!"
"Fuck! None of us could register that character, so why was he able to?!"
"Could it be that we couldn't register it because of him?! Hurry! Investigate who this person is! Could he be cheating?!"
As the World Announcement swept across the game, countless players throughout Primordial Chaos Game instantly erupted into an uproar.
Especially when they saw the [Tian] in Ye Tian's name, they were utterly baffled and horrified.
After all, [Tian] being forbidden was an extremely serious matter throughout Primordial World!
Meanwhile, the Hegemon Guild president, who had been sent back to the respawn point, finally realized upon seeing the [Tian] in the World Announcement that the kid who had killed him was the only person in the entire game allowed to have Tian in his name.
"Just you wait..."
He sneered, only for a prompt stating that his status was weakened and needed to be replenished to appear, instantly leaving him too scared to continue with his threats.
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