225 Constitution, 107 Spirit, plus a whole bunch of basic skills – just how strong is he?
Gao Linzhi needed to properly assess his strength before deciding how much to spend.
After all, there were still a lot of things to buy in the shop.
The shop was infinite, but his gold was currently limited.
Therefore, he couldn't have "everything."
He reached out and grasped a stone pillar beside him, forming his fingers into claws and activating the skill "Basic Fists and Feet." The next moment, the solid stone turned to powder.
However, he could already do that before.
This was nothing. To accurately assess his own strength, he still needed to find a suitable opponent.
Who was the best opponent?
He thought of the BOSS Stingfish King he had fought before. Back then, dealing with its HP, he had relied on infinite resurrections and Skyfall Stone to clear the resurrection cooldown, slowly wearing it down to death.
At that time, when he killed it, he only had 71 Constitution, which was increased to 80 with equipment bonuses.
Now he had 225 Constitution, plus equipment bonuses, making it 234 – a full three times more than before.
When Constitution increased several times, strength increased exponentially.
As soon as he thought of it, he logged in.
His figure reappeared in the now-familiar East Wolf Village, and he heard the cheerful laughter of children again.
This was a rare sight, even in a prosperous feudal dynasty.
He didn't look around much and walked straight towards the outskirts of the village.
His steps were quick, like a wisp of smoke.
As he passed the familiar iron gate at the village entrance, he saw those rogue players grinding stones again.
Above each of them, their familiar game IDs were still displayed.
"Little Cat Fishing," "Ou Xiaohuang," "Little Chi Boss," "Little Shuo Assistant," "Ice Dance Snow Cherry"...
Heh, when he first arrived here, they were still grinding away. It had been over a month, and he had become so powerful, yet they were still grinding.
This was the tragedy of free-to-play players: the achievements of a big spender playing for one night were enough for them to play for a lifetime.
This wasn't an exaggeration at all; anyone who played online games often would understand.
He naturally wouldn't look down on them, as they weren't playing the same game.
He just quickened his pace and, in the blink of an eye, disappeared past the village entrance.
"Who is that guy? Running so fast, his Constitution must be at least 30! Is he not stuck at a level? Is he just leveling up like crazy from the start?"
"He looks a bit familiar."
"Can Xue Waves Across the Map. He's become quite famous in the last month. I heard he has very high comprehension and learned many skills at the Martial Arts School. His Constitution is probably built up by basic skills."
"Damn it, I haven't even learned a single skill yet, and he has such talent. It's infuriating!"
"It doesn't matter. We all only have one life. If he improves too quickly, he'll get arrogant and won't be able to play cautiously. Something will happen to him sooner or later."
"That's true."
A group of rogue players discussed amongst themselves, and for a moment, their expressions improved considerably, as if they could see the day Can Xue would fail spectacularly.
After leaving the village, Gao Linzhi's speed immediately soared.
Before long, he arrived at the Thornfish Nest by the sea – that large area of reefs.
Now, several half-meter-long sea fish occasionally leaped out of the water.
Gao Linzhi didn't waste time looking for a boat and chose to step on the water to cross.
With his current speed, stepping on water was not a problem.
Soon, he was walking on the waves with both feet, charging to a reef and standing still.
At this moment, his actions immediately alerted a large number of stingfish.
They were all very agitated and directly lunged at Gao Linzhi.
Gao Linzhi didn't dodge or evade.
"Crack!" A stingfish slammed into him fiercely. The next moment, the sting shattered.
"You killed a Stingfish, gaining 15 Experience."
The next moment, another one.
"...Gained 12 Experience."
He stood there motionlessly, letting the stingfish crash into him.
The faster they moved and the stronger their impact, the faster they died.
Force is mutual...
These stingfish are typically strong in attack but weak in defense.
Most players actually hate this type of monster the most—one careless mistake and their HP drops to the danger zone.
This is also why Xu Corporation doesn't come here to farm stingfish.
If you farm monsters here, your consumables get depleted too quickly.
But for Gao Linzhi, with 235 Constitution, these stingfish are practically just throwing themselves to their deaths.
He doesn't even need to activate the Noble Rank 8 advanced auto-grinding privilege.
In a short while, the ground beneath his feet is covered in stingfish corpses.
When a wave comes, it sweeps the piles of bodies, which have accumulated like small mountains, into the sea.
Before long, the Stingfish King finally appears.
It has the same stats and appearance as last time.
It's still over five meters long, comparable to a great white shark.
On its head, the lightning rod-shaped hard spine seems even longer, instilling awe.
"Level 26."
"Stingfish King."
"HP:."
"Skills: Rapid Swim, Fierce Pierce, Fatal Assassination."
Good grief, I remember dying over 100 times last time. I've really fattened up this Stingfish King.
Fortunately, I've always been level 1. This Stingfish King won't get much Experience even if it kills me, but I'll get a new skill.
Then, he took out his bow and arrow from his Game Backpack and shot an arrow at the opponent.
As expected, the arrow hit its skin and fell straight down.
The power of a bow and arrow has a limit, depending on the bow and arrow itself.
He then took out his Iron Spear.
The power of this weapon is directly proportional to Constitution.
The Stingfish King, enraged by this, immediately charged at Gao Linzhi at high speed.
In an instant, waves churned, just like a speedboat.
Its shining spikes were terrifying to behold.
The Stingfish King reached Gao Linzhi's location in just a few seconds.
Gao Linzhi swung his Iron Spear, thrusting it forward and hitting the Stingfish King preemptively!
"Clang!"
Man and fish were sent flying backward simultaneously.
Force is reciprocal.
Gao Linzhi flew into the air.
In mid-air, he instinctively took thousands of steps, and his body moved as if walking on air.
The Stingfish, having charged from below, was directly impaled by the Iron Spear into the sea.
Along with the Iron Spear.
The Iron Spear was deeply embedded in its skin.
"You dealt 2000 damage to the Stingfish King."
"Excellent, 8 more hits and it's dead!"
As expected, the strength boost from 234 Constitution is significant. Before, I was only dealing over a hundred damage, but now it's increased by more than tenfold!
Gao Linzhi jumped back down and stood on another reef.
The original reef, under the force of the collision between the two, had cracked even though it only bore a small amount of the impact.
Injured, the Stingfish King became even more frenzied, charging at Gao Linzhi again from the sea!
Gao Linzhi then took out a new Iron Spear and repeated the process...
Why else do they say fish have no brains?
After repeating this cycle 8 times, the Stingfish King died without Gao Linzhi taking any damage.
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