Black Horn Mountain Range, Leveling Begins

Chapter 024: Black Horn Mountain Range, Leveling Up Begins

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Houtian First Layer, 457/1000

Inner Qi: 600/600 (Houtian First Layer has 200 Inner Qi, Yi Jin Jing provides a 3x bonus)

Talent Spiritual Root: Body of Thunder

Skills: Fiery Golden Eyes, Yi Jin Jing, Little Li Flying Dagger

War Beast: Hundred Spirits Demonic Fox

Equipment: None

Quest: Level Up

Points: 130

Title: Lord of Lanjiang City

The next day, looking at his status interface, a smile appeared on Qin Shaofeng's lips.

He never expected that after winning the competition, as soon as he obtained the official seal of the Lord of Lanjiang City, a title would appear on his status interface.

And this title was not just a title; the title of Lord of Lanjiang City brought him a considerable benefit.

Title: Lord of Lanjiang City: One-star level title. Grants a 50% experience bonus within Lanjiang City and a 10% experience bonus throughout Lianyang Kingdom.

That's right, the appearance of this title granted Qin Shaofeng an experience bonus.

This was completely beyond Qin Shaofeng's expectations.

"I didn't expect that obtaining a title would also come with an experience bonus. If I don't use it, wouldn't that be a waste?"

Qin Shaofeng smiled slightly, his eyes full of excitement.

At this moment, Qin Shaofeng had already left Lanjiang City.

He was now the Lord of Lanjiang City, and he had already used the recommendation spot for Lianyang Academy. Lord Yuan from Beiyang City had already reported it.

It was precisely because of this that Old Master Qin felt at ease letting Qin Shaofeng out.

Because once Qin Shaofeng was confirmed for the Lianyang Academy enrollment spot, he would receive protection from Lianyang Academy.

Even if this protection only lasted until the end of the enrollment assessment, given Lianyang Academy's status in Lianyang Kingdom, even if Zhang Chongshan wanted to kill Qin Shaofeng, he wouldn't dare to act.

Therefore, Qin Shaofeng had come out boldly this time, and the place he chose to level up was also quite famous.

It was a vast mountain range not far from Lanjiang City – the Black Horn Mountain Range!

The Black Horn Mountain Range was named so because, deep within it, there was a powerful sacred beast – the Black Horn Twin-Winged Dragon.

No one knew how powerful this Black Horn Twin-Winged Dragon was, because anyone who had seen it had never returned alive.

Therefore, no one dared to venture into the deepest parts of the Black Horn Mountains.

However, the Black Horn Mountain Range was immense. With Black Horn Peak at its center, it spanned thousands of miles, forming a vast mountain range that stretched across Lianyang Kingdom and its neighboring countries, Heiwu and Yinyue. Its area was incredibly vast.

Aside from Black Horn Peak, where the Black Horn Twin-Winged Dragon resided in the deepest part, the entire Black Horn Mountain Range was divided into the outer perimeter, inner circle, and core area.

The outer perimeter was mostly inhabited by low-level and mid-level Demonic Beasts, with only a small number of high-level Demonic Beasts appearing.

The part of the Black Horn Mountain Range connected to Lianyang Kingdom was actually only a portion of the entire range, especially the area near Lanjiang City, which was merely the tip of the iceberg.

Even so, very few people in the entire Lanjiang City dared to venture deep into it alone. At most, they would stay in the outermost areas, because venturing slightly deeper meant entering the territory of high-level Demonic Beasts, which were equivalent to Xiantian Martial Artists.

Anyone whose cultivation was below the Xiantian Realm would likely be too afraid to enter.

Moreover, even in the outermost areas, people generally traveled in groups. It was extremely rare for someone like Qin Shaofeng to head into the Black Horn Mountain Range alone.

But in order to raise his level to Houtian Fifth Level within three days and obtain the reward from the lottery chance, Qin Shaofeng had no choice but to do so.

Of course, Qin Shaofeng wasn't foolish. With his current cultivation, he would only seek out low-level and mid-level Demonic Beasts. High-level ones were absolutely out of the question.

Even with mid-level Demonic Beasts, Qin Shaofeng would at most provoke those at the mid-level third layer. Any higher, and he wouldn't be able to handle them.

Compared to humans, Demonic Beasts of the same realm generally possessed slightly greater strength.

Qin Shaofeng naturally knew how to choose.

Setting out in the morning, by noon, when the sun was high in the sky, Qin Shaofeng finally reached his destination.

Listening to the chirping of cicadas in the forest and looking at the lush green mountains not far ahead, then gazing into the distance at the vast, dark, and gloomy mountain range lying like a giant dragon on the earth.

Qin Shaofeng finally understood why the Black Horn Mountain Range spanned three countries.

The boundless mountain range before him was enough to shock him, and this was only one-fifth of the entire Black Horn Mountain Range.

This made Qin Shaofeng secretly sigh, wondering what a breathtaking sight it would be to behold the entire Black Horn Mountain Range.

After a moment of reflection, Qin Shaofeng stretched his body.

"Alright, let's begin now! The first objective: Houtian Fifth Level within three days!"

Whoosh!

With his words, Qin Shaofeng's figure flashed and he shot directly into the Black Horn Mountain Range. He leaped a few times among the trees and disappeared deep within.

This leveling quest started today, and half a day had already passed. Qin Shaofeng didn't want to waste any more time.

In the dense, gloomy jungle, towering trees were everywhere. These giant trees, dozens of feet tall, pierced the sky. Such a scene was rarely seen on Earth.

The ground was covered in dead leaves and branches, and the scent of decay mixed with a hint of danger. As Qin Shaofeng leaped, he vaguely saw some demonic beasts prowling on the jungle floor.

There were quite a few mid-level demonic beasts among them, and some were even at level five or higher.

He had only just entered!

He had already encountered one or two mid-level demonic beasts at level five or above. As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Qin Shaofeng now fully understood that the Black Horn Mountain Range was far more dangerous than he had heard.

Moreover, even leaping through the trees didn't guarantee safety.

After leaping across more than ten towering trees, Qin Shaofeng decided to stop and assess the situation, landing on one of the large trees.

But just as he stopped, a strong gust of wind suddenly struck from behind, carrying with it a faint, fishy smell.

Qin Shaofeng spun around and saw a giant snake, its body thicker than his thigh, lunging at him with its gaping maw, revealing a mouth full of cold, poisonous fangs.

The stench from its mouth was overpowering, but what Qin Shaofeng noticed most were the rows of sharp fangs flashing with a blue glint. Judging by their color, they were clearly poisonous.

"Damn it!"

Qin Shaofeng yelped, his body jolted, and he immediately leaped up, jumping to another tree to evade the foul-smelling attack.

Unsuccessful in its first attempt, the giant snake clearly wasn't giving up. It shook its coiled body and lunged again, its maw opening wide, bringing that nauseating stench as it attacked Qin Shaofeng once more.

"Damn it! Does it really think I'm a pushover!"

Qin Shaofeng's anger flared. He flicked his right hand, and a silver beam of light appeared.

Little Li Flying Dagger!

Whoosh!

The silver beam of light flashed past. The giant snake's body faltered for a moment, then it suddenly stopped in mid-air before plummeting straight to the ground.

"System Notification: Congratulations to Player for killing one Low-level Ninth Layer demonic beast, the Black Scale Giant Snake. You have gained 2 Experience Points!"

Huh?

Hearing the system notification, Qin Shaofeng was slightly surprised.

"It's 2 points instead of 1? Even with the Lord of Lanjiang City title's bonus, I didn't expect the system to be this generous. The 1.5 experience points after the 50% bonus were directly rounded up to 2!"

Qin Shaofeng was somewhat pleased, but this joy quickly turned to helplessness as he looked at the corpse of the Black Scale Giant Snake.

"Sigh! Even with the title bonus, it's still only 2 experience points! This doesn't match the snake's size at all!"

Indeed, judging by its size, the Black Scale Giant Snake was thicker than Qin Shaofeng's thigh and over twenty meters long.

But it was only a low-level ninth-layer demonic beast, not even in the Houtian Realm. To Qin Shaofeng, it was just 2 experience points.

However, it was fortunate that he was able to react in time to the Black Scale Giant Snake's sudden ambush.

The silver beam of light just now was indeed Qin Shaofeng's Little Li Flying Dagger.

However, against this Black Scale Giant Snake, this use of Little Li Flying Dagger only consumed 100 Inner Qi.

For Qin Shaofeng, who was currently at the Houtian First Layer, using Little Li Flying Dagger with a cost of only 100 Inner Qi was more than enough to deal with a low-level ninth-layer Black Scale Giant Snake.

Despite this, Qin Shaofeng became secretly vigilant after this ambush.

This was just a low-level ninth-layer Black Scale Giant Snake. If it were a demonic beast at his own level, it would be quite troublesome.

The giant corpse of the Black Scale Giant Snake crashed to the ground, kicking up a large cloud of decaying leaves and creating quite a commotion.

Before Qin Shaofeng could descend to collect his spoils, within just a few breaths, several wolf-type demonic beasts emerged from the nearby bushes.

Witnessing this, Qin Shaofeng broke out in a cold sweat again.

If he hadn't complained just now and had gone down to collect the valuable snake gall from the Black Scale Giant Snake, he would probably be surrounded by those wolf-type demonic beasts right now.

Although those wolf-type demonic beasts were also low-level demonic beasts, each of them was at least low-level eighth-layer. If there were too many of them, it would be quite troublesome for Qin Shaofeng.

As if to confirm Qin Shaofeng's thoughts, a few more wolf-type demonic beasts soon emerged, joining the feast that had fallen from the sky.

A moment later, there were twenty wolf-type demonic beasts gathered around the corpse of the Black Scale Giant Snake.

This made Qin Shaofeng even more hesitant to go down.

Who knew if even more wolf-type demonic beasts would appear?

"Sigh, it's better to leave for now!"

With a soft sigh, Qin Shaofeng decided to completely abandon his first spoils in the Black Horn Mountain Range.

But just as Qin Shaofeng was about to leave, his gaze suddenly swept over the pack of wolf-type demonic beasts on the ground, and his eyes lit up.

Leave?

Why should I just leave?

This was an excellent spot for grinding monsters!

At this moment, Qin Shaofeng suddenly remembered that he was on a tree twenty to thirty meters high, and below him were twenty to thirty wolf-type demonic beasts.

Wolf-type demonic beasts couldn't climb trees!

So, in that case...

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in Qin Shaofeng's eyes, and a brilliant idea struck him.

"I don't know if it will work, but it's worth a try!"