Reaching Level Three

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ID: Jiu Chen

Level: 3 (0/1000)

HP: 310/310

MP: 1224/1224 (+879)

Xiao Fan looked at the panel; his mana had permanently increased by over 200 again today.

"From now on, I'll plant flowers to farm some mana before heading into the forest to hunt every day. I won't have to worry about mana management anymore."

The further he progressed, the more he could feel how broken the Halo of the Saint skill was.

If it weren't for this skill, Xiao Fan could only cast Gift of the Saint three times a day at most, which would have greatly impacted the team's hunting speed and safety.

Xiao Fan and his group returned to the Novice Village before dark.

Blade Shadow watched their retreating backs and said to Wind Snow Traveler beside him, "This batch of new Players is not bad. They've been out for two days and only one person has died. In the past, those newcomers would have been mostly wiped out by now."

The mortality rate for newcomers in Zone 18 of the Novice Village had always hovered around ninety percent. However, this fact was kept very well hidden.

People in the Real World only knew that Zone 18 was slightly more dangerous than other Novice Zones; they didn't know the death rate was this high.

Blade Shadow's words were pointed, but Wind Snow Traveler didn't take the bait, merely nodding.

"They are indeed not bad."

Blade Shadow rolled his eyes, finally unable to hold back: "Boss, aren't you curious about what kind of Skill Chain that Xiao Fan learned?"

Wind Snow Traveler turned back and patted Blade Shadow on the shoulder: "What if I am curious? A genius who hasn't grown up yet isn't called a genius."

"You don't think highly of him."

"No, I think very highly of him. Alright, stop thinking so much and get some sleep."

Watching Wind Snow Traveler leave, Blade Shadow frowned.

"How inexplicable."

The next day, Xiao Fan took the team to the Northwest Forest again.

At dusk, they were lucky enough to encounter a level 2 Wild Boss, the Red Flame Fox.

Name: Red Flame Fox (BOSS)

Level: 2

HP: 430/430

The group, now working with tacit understanding, killed it in less than a minute.

This was something Garfield Without Fat and the other three wouldn't have dared to imagine before.

Congratulations to your squad for killing the level 2 Wild Boss Red Flame Fox. Each team member receives an additional BOSS reward of 20 Core Power.

The BOSS's additional rewards didn't disappoint; the level 2 BOSS gave each of them a massive sum of 20 Core Power.

Xiao Fan had also figured out a pattern: whenever evening arrived, a BOSS or a high-level Fierce Beast would appear in the area.

That night, Xiao Fan hoped to encounter a BOSS; after all, the rewards were truly generous.

The squad's haul today was even greater than yesterday. Besides the extra Core Power from the BOSS, they each received 49 points of Core Power.

Adding in the Core Power from yesterday, Garfield Without Fat and the other three had enough to reach level 3.

Under Xiao Fan's instruction, the three of them didn't hesitate to spend 100 Core Power to buy experience.

Now, everyone in the squad had reached level 3.

"I've decided to take you all to the inner circle of the Southwest Forest tomorrow," Xiao Fan said.

The other four agreed immediately.

"Brother Chen, I'm with you."

"Me too."

"I never dared to imagine that I could reach level 3 on the fourth day of entering the game. All of this was given to me by Brother Chen, so from now on, I will listen to whatever you say."

"We'll listen to Brother Chen."

The four members of the team expressed their stance one after another.

Xiao Fan nodded: "Then it's settled."

Early the next morning.

Mom Is Not Home watched as the Xiao Fan Team headed toward the Southwest Forest along with them, and asked in surprise.

"Jiu Chen, aren't you guys going to the Northwest Forest today?"

Xiao Fan nodded: "Yeah, we plan to go to the inner perimeter of the Southwest Forest today."

"What!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at the Xiao Fan Team in disbelief.

One had to know that the inner perimeter of the Southwest Forest was the territory of the level 4 Fierce Beast Diamond Behemoth, and there was even a possibility of encountering a level 5 Fierce Beast Thunder Leopard!

How could they dare?

"Jiu Chen, I know your team is powerful, but isn't going to the inner perimeter of the Southwest Forest too risky?" Mom Is Not Home said cautiously.

Xiao Fan knew he meant well.

"Don't worry, we won't enter the central area; we'll just hunt Fierce Beasts in the edge zone."

Mom Is Not Home: ...

The edge zone is still the inner perimeter.

"What's so risky about it? It's just a Diamond Behemoth. We could kill it when we were level 2, and now that we're all level 3, killing it will be even easier," Garfield Without Fat couldn't help but boast.

"What! You guys reached level 3 yesterday?" Everyone was shocked again.

Counting it all up, they had only been in the game for five days! The rest of them were still short on Core Power to even reach level 2, yet the entire Xiao Fan Team had already reached level 3?

How on earth were they leveling up?

It was said that those geniuses in Zone 2 needed a whole week to reach level 3. Didn't that make the Xiao Fan Team even more talented than those geniuses?

But...

If they were so powerful, why would they come to Zone 18?

Mom Is Not Home couldn't figure it out, but he was deeply shocked.

At this moment, everyone except the Xiao Fan Team couldn't help but feel regret.

If only they had joined a team with Xiao Fan from the very beginning.

Upon arriving at the Southwest Forest, the four members of Garfield Without Fat consciously crouched down where the Seven-Colored Flower grew and began pulling them up.

By now, they were used to this strange hobby of Xiao Fan's!

It was just pulling some flowers; as long as Brother Chen was happy, they would pull as many as he wanted!

Mom Is Not Home: ...

No, why were they pulling flowers all of a sudden? Did these Seven-Colored Flower offend them?

How inexplicable!

Looking at Xiao Fan, who was standing still to the side, Mom Is Not Home felt a bit sorry for him.

None of his teammates are normal. It must be really hard for Jiu Chen.

Just as this thought crossed Mom Is Not Home's mind, he saw Xiao Fan, who was beside him, walk up to a pulled-out Seven-Colored Flower.

Then, he picked it up and skillfully replanted the flower into the ground.

Mom Is Not Home: ...

No, are they sick or something!

The others were also baffled by the behavior of the Xiao Fan Team.

They finally reached a conclusion.

There isn't a single normal person in this team!

"Jiu Chen, we're heading out first!"

After saying their goodbyes, the group led by Mom Is Not Home hurried into the forest.

Xiao Fan planted all the flowers back before dusting off his hands and standing up.

"Let's go too."

On the way, Xiao Fan opened his character information.

ID: Jiu Chen

Level: 3 (0/1000)

HP: 310/310

MP: 2224/2224(+1879)

Strength: 10

Intelligence: 14

Spirit: 14

Agility: 12

Constitution: 10

Trait: Saint

Skills: Halo of the Saint, Gift of the Saint 3

Equipment: None

Core Power: 568

His MP had already broken through the 2000 mark, a stat sheet only a Player around level 18 would possess.

Now he could use his skills with peace of mind, without any fear of mana consumption.