The First Time of Great Significance

This time, Wang Yang was not intimidated by the Frenzied Boar charging fiercely. He focused his gaze on the approaching Frenzied Boar, raising the round shield in his left hand as it drew nearer.

"Roar!"

Two meters was a short distance. The Frenzied Boar's thundering hooves left shallow pits several centimeters deep in its wake. It covered a meter in almost one second. When it was within a meter of Wang Yang, it suddenly leaped, its massive head lowered, and it violently headbutted towards Wang Yang in mid-air.

At this moment, Wang Yang felt no fear. Relying on his dynamic vision, he saw the boar's movements with perfect clarity. In an instant, he brought his shield horizontally in front of his chest and then actively pushed forward. The basin-sized round shield met the Frenzied Boar's charging head perfectly.

He Gu, watching from not far away, suddenly stood up. Before the words surging from his heart could even reach his throat, the round shield in Wang Yang's hand had already made intimate contact with the Frenzied Boar's hard skull.

In that instant, he had wanted to say: "No, you can't block the Frenzied Boar's charge skill with a shield."

"Bang!"

A loud bang echoed, and the scene before him made him gape.

After the Frenzied Boar's intimate contact with the shield, it was sent flying back over a meter. Furthermore, a constantly spinning yellow circle appeared around the mark on the Frenzied Boar's head. This charge not only failed to knock Wang Yang flying but had instead stunned the boar. Meanwhile, Wang Yang remained in his shield-pushing posture, standing rooted to the spot like a tree, completely unmoved.

"How is this possible!" He Gu's face showed utter disbelief.

But Wang Yang, in the midst of battle, didn't care if He Gu believed it or not. He hadn't been sure he could block the Frenzied Boar at first, but he hadn't expected such an excellent result when he tried. Seeing the mark on the Frenzied Boar's head, even an idiot would understand what it was. Now, with no danger present, he assumed the starting stance for a one-handed Straight Stab.

One second later, a faint luster appeared on the bronze sword. Soon after, the luster turned into a glow. At this moment, Wang Yang suddenly felt as if his entire body was being controlled by an external force. Before he could even process it, the scenery on both sides of his vision blurred and rapidly receded.

Later, when his vision returned to normal, he realized he had moved forward two meters.

For an ordinary player, the blurred scenery receding wouldn't be visible when using the Straight Stab skill. Only someone with Wang Yang's considerable dynamic vision could experience this.

Though it was only for an instant, he clearly felt the sensation of his bronze straight sword cutting through the air.

"Success!"

These three words popped into his mind. He then turned around, and just in time, a faint explosion sounded in his ears. The Frenzied Boar that had been charging at him moments ago had now turned into a sky full of flying fragments.

Gained 26 exp.

Obtained Boar Meat.

Obtained Tusk.

A purple loot box, signifying victory, appeared before his eyes. Besides the experience points, it also displayed two items. The purple loot box only lasted for about five seconds before disappearing. However, the Boar Meat and the short tusk went into his inventory.

The sense of accomplishment from successfully killing the Frenzied Boar and successfully using a skill made Wang Yang cheer with excitement. This was his first success, and it was a beginning of great significance.

"Congratulations." He Gu approached Wang Yang, his mind full of questions, to offer his congratulations.

"Hehe, this feeling is truly amazing!" Wang Yang grinned from ear to ear, picking up his shield and examining it, looking so excited he was lost.

It's no wonder. Everything simulated in SAO is indistinguishable from reality. Even killing a boar the size of a calf in the game feels like killing one in reality. Such an achievement is undoubtedly enough to make one proud.

He Gu chuckled, unable to deny it, but his heart was complex. He found himself envying Wang Yang. With just a shield bash, he not only blocked the Frenzied Boar's charge but also stunned it. This was undoubtedly thanks to the extra skill—Block!

But why wasn't this skill in his own skill bar?

"I got two materials. I wonder how many Kael they'll sell for." Wang Yang wasn't thinking that much. Excited, he flipped open his item inventory to check the fangs and pork he had just obtained.

A faint complexity flickered across He Gu's face as he replied, "The fangs can sell for 5 Kael, and the boar meat is a bit better, selling for 10 Kael."

As cheap materials with a low drop rate, every member of a party would receive a portion when they dropped. If one was alone, they would only get a single portion.

Wang Yang didn't notice the complexity on He Gu's face. Instead, he happily stared at the boar meat and fangs in his item inventory, thinking he had earned enough for bread money. However, when he thought of the black bread that cost 1 Kael, his tongue couldn't help but taste a hint of bitterness.

Get more materials to sell and improve my diet!

This thought suddenly popped into his head, and Wang Yang felt a surge of motivation. Unfortunately, he didn't know that as the number of respawns increased, the monster drop rate in a region would relatively decrease until nothing dropped at all.

However, for now, the respawn area for Frenzied Boars was still within an acceptable range. This area had only been developed for two days. It would likely take about ten days to reach the system's set limit, and this required countless players to hunt continuously for the drop rate to reach zero.

In a normal SAO game, players would typically hunt level 2 Violent Wolves upon reaching level 2. However, the game had now added an irreversible Death Law. While ensuring safety, most players wouldn't easily provoke level 2 wolves, even if they were already level 2.

Even if many level 2 players chose to continue hunting Frenzied Boars, they would switch to higher-level monsters within two days due to the low experience gain. And level 1 monsters weren't limited to just Frenzied Boars.

"Let's switch to a respawn point with two Frenzied Boars," Wang Yang said smugly after successfully killing a Frenzied Boar without taking damage. He directly suggested changing their location.

He Gu didn't refuse outright. His level was already past level 2, and the experience gain from Frenzied Boars had decreased by a third. If they could get the experience of two boars every five minutes, the gain wouldn't be too bad. After some thought, he readily agreed.

After half an hour, the two found a spacious grassland where two Frenzied Boars were leisurely walking back and forth. The distance between the two boars was less than three meters, making it a very suitable respawn point for them at the moment.

Afterward, facing the morning sun, like the thousands of players on the grassland, they began the long road to leveling up.

Meanwhile, the Beta Testers who had ventured to the next strategic stronghold under the cover of night were now equipped with better gear than most players and had a significant lead in levels. The price for this was that even Beta Testers had died quite a few times.

Although they possessed prior knowledge from the Beta Test, if they chose to go solo, the danger level would increase infinitely. This was the fundamental reason!

Regardless, on the first day of the game, many people were striving!