Experience Soared

There were over three hundred demonic beasts. Though they were all low-level types used for beast fights, they were at least at the fifth layer of the low level, and among them were even more than a dozen eighth- and ninth-layer low-level beasts, equivalent to levels 8 and 9.

By that calculation, the experience he'd get from killing them would be enough to raise Qin Shaofeng several levels.

Thinking about how his cultivation could soar again, Qin Shaofeng finally couldn't hold back. He raised the sharp sword in his hand and began his leveling spree.

However, Qin Shaofeng was selective when it came to killing the demonic beasts.

After all, these were beasts the Beast Arena didn't need. They had little fighting strength, and some were even so badly wounded they were on the brink of death.

Qin Shaofeng didn't want to let beasts like these die just like that. Wouldn't that mean losing a huge amount of experience for nothing?

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You killed one level 3 Hedgehog Beast and gained 1 experience point!"

A flash of swordlight swept past, and soon the already nearly dead third-layer low-level Hedgehog Beast was slain by Qin Shaofeng.

"Ugh, at the third layer of Body Tempering, killing a third-layer low-level demonic beast only gives me 1 experience point. That's kind of annoying!"

Hearing the system notice, Qin Shaofeng couldn't help complaining.

But then, something suddenly stirred in Qin Shaofeng's mind, as if he'd thought of something. After that, he began killing the demonic beasts selectively.

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You killed one level 4 Pig Cage Beast and gained 5 experience points!"

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You killed one level 5 Furious Demonic Wolf and gained 10 experience points!"

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You killed one level 6 Flower Carving Leopard and gained 20 experience points!"

Just as I thought!

After killing several low-level demonic beasts of different levels in succession, Qin Shaofeng discovered that killing beasts at the same level as himself only yielded 1 experience point.

When killing monsters above your level, you got bonus experience: five times for one level higher, ten times for two levels, twenty times for three, thirty times for four, forty times for five...

At Qin Shaofeng's current level of the third layer of Body Tempering, killing an eighth-layer low-level demonic beast yielded 40 experience points, while killing a ninth-layer beast yielded 50.

After experimenting for a while, Qin Shaofeng understood how the system currently calculated experience for killing monsters above his level.

This made him realize that, given his current situation, it seemed more worthwhile to kill the higher-level demonic beasts first.

After all, they came with bonus experience!

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You killed one level 9 Great Strength Ape Monkey and gained 50 experience points!"

After killing another eighth-layer low-level demonic beast, Qin Shaofeng heard a system notice.

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You have reached the experience requirement for leveling up. Player Qin Shaofeng's level has increased to 4!"

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Body Tempering Fourth Layer, 23/400 (377 experience points remaining until the next level, Body Tempering Fifth Layer)

Inner Qi Points: 120/120 (40 Inner Qi Points at the fourth layer of Body Tempering, tripled by the Yi Jin Jing)

Skills: Fiery Golden Eyes, Yi Jin Jing

Battle Beast: Hundred Spirits Demon Fox

Equipment: None

Quest: None

Points: 100

Ha!

The fourth layer of Body Tempering!

The system's notice delighted Qin Shaofeng, and he swung the sharp sword in his hand even faster.

He hacked and slashed for a while longer, and after killing monsters above his level in succession, the system's level-up notice sounded again before long.

"System Notice: Congratulations, player! You have reached the experience requirement for leveling up. Player Qin Shaofeng's level has increased to 5!"

But this time, to Qin Shaofeng's surprise, after the level-up notice, the system sounded another notice.

"System Notice: Congratulations! Your level has increased to 5. The system's quest system has been unlocked!"

Quest system?

Qin Shaofeng was startled. He immediately brought up his status screen and began to take a look.

After looking it over, Qin Shaofeng discovered that the so-called quest system was a feature for issuing system quests.

Completing quests issued by the system would earn him Points and experience.

The system's quests were divided into ten ranks, from one to ten stars, with each star rank corresponding to the player's level and strength.

The player's level determined the difficulty of quests within the same star rank, so the difficulty varied.