"I'm level 4."
Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
He could feel the abundant energy within him, and his body had grown a little stronger.
He checked his current attributes.
[Level]: 4 [Strength]: 50 [Constitution]: 2920/3100 (20%) [Recovery]: 230 (15%) [Agility]: 55 [Spirit]: 480 (20%) [Skills]: [C-rank · Battle-Hardened (Lv. 5)] [SSS-rank · Absolute Defense (Max Level)]
"My Constitution cap has reached 3,000."
Chen Ming nodded in satisfaction.
Battle-Hardened had also reached level 5.
With 230 Recovery, his passive skill would automatically restore 230 Constitution points every hour.
In a one-on-one fight, he could now kill a level 6 Exotic Beast and still finish the battle at full health.
Of course, that was under ideal circumstances.
Some Exotic Beasts and Class Changers had special abilities that gave them extremely high attack speeds.
For Chen Ming, whose damage limit was only 1, the only thing that could threaten his life was an opponent who could surpass his attributes and attack at incredible speed.
But as his Constitution kept increasing,
even that weakness would gradually disappear.
No matter how fast they attacked, they'd still just be scratching him.
After reaching level 4, Chen Ming's confidence soared.
He planned to pick up the pace, even deliberately making some noise to draw in higher-level Exotic Beasts to hunt.
Chen Ming wasn't afraid of running into some difficult-to-handle Exotic Beast, like a level 20 or higher one.
Although he was already deep in the Exotic Beast Forest compared to the safe zone and urban areas,
that was nothing compared to the entire Exotic Beast Forest.
The Exotic Beast Forest was vast beyond measure, covering more than seventy percent of Blue Star's land, after all.
Even the Level One Beast Forest alone was about half the size of Huaxia.
So, considering the entire Level One Beast Forest,
Chen Ming figured he hadn't even reached the outer edge of the outskirts yet.
The truly terrifying Fierce Beasts were mostly found in mysterious regions deep in the mountains and forests.
[-47!] [-94!] [Killed Frost Fox (Lv. 7), EXP +110!] [Obtained: Frost Fox Core (Lv. 7)] ... [Killed Savage Bull (Lv. 7), EXP +111!] [Obtained: Savage Bull Core (Lv. 7)] ... [Killed Black Scale Lizard (Lv. 7), EXP +110!] [Obtained: Black Scale Lizard Core (Lv. 7)] [Obtained: Agility Rune Stone ×1]
In a patch of woods,
Chen Ming had finished another fight.
The area around him was a chaotic mess, marked by the signs of battle.
During the fight, he had deliberately made even more noise to attract other Exotic Beasts.
It had clearly worked pretty well.
He didn't have to go looking for them; the Exotic Beasts had come right to him.
"Killing Exotic Beasts three levels above me makes leveling so fast."
Chen Ming checked his experience and couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement.
He'd only killed a few Exotic Beasts, and his EXP bar was already more than halfway full.
Using the EXP from level 7 Exotic Beasts to level up from level 4—
it was like riding a rocket.
Of course, only Chen Ming could level up this way.
Ordinary Class Changer teams were limited by their strength and safety concerns, so they could only kill Exotic Beasts at their own level.
No one would joke around with their life—unless they could lose only 1 HP, too.
But the farther you went, the more kills it took to level up, and the harder leveling became.
High-level Exotic Beasts were a real handful.
Chen Ming imbued the Agility Rune Stone he had just obtained into his Feather Boots.
Then he took something out of his mental space... a lighter.
A few minutes later,
a flame flickered among the trees.
Chen Ming started roasting a bull's leg...
He hadn't eaten since morning, and his stomach was empty.
At level 4, he was nowhere near being able to go without food.
He'd noticed it yesterday.
After fighting all day without eating,
his Spirit had dropped dramatically by the end.
The huge skewer of bull's leg sizzled as it roasted, its fat dripping and filling the air with an enticing aroma.
When it looked about ready, he picked it up and took a bite.
"Mmm, the meat on Exotic Beasts is something else..."
It was already far better than ordinary food, even without seasoning.
But before he'd eaten more than a few bites, some guests showed up.
Two Exotic Beasts had been drawn over, though he didn't know if it was by the earlier fighting or the smell of roasted meat.
One was a golden-furred rat with unusually broad paws.
The other was a Savage Bull.
It was the same kind Chen Ming was currently enjoying for dinner.
Chen Ming had thought the sight of him eating a bull's leg would enrage it.
Instead, the Savage Bull stared at the roasted meat in his hand and swallowed.
Chen Ming: ...
"Charcoal-grilled Uncle Six, aroma rating 666?"
The two Exotic Beasts only glanced at Chen Ming before ignoring him completely and turning to face each other.
Apparently, they thought a level 4 human was no threat.
Each wanted to drive the other away first.
Soon, the two Exotic Beasts burst into battle and began tearing into each other.
Chen Ming had even put down his roast and picked up his knife, ready to fight.
Seeing this, he put the knife down again.
He silently settled in to watch.
If anyone else had been there to witness the scene, their expression would have been priceless.
In the danger-filled Exotic Beast Forest, two level 7 Exotic Beasts were fighting.
Meanwhile, a level 4 Class Changer sat off to the side, munching on a bull's leg and watching the show.
Ten minutes later,
Chen Ming had finally eaten his fill.
He stood up and burped.
Then he grabbed his long saber...
and began breaking up the fight.
[-46!] [...] [-92!] [Killed Gold-Eating Rat (Lv. 7), EXP +108!] [Obtained: Gold-Eating Rat Core (Lv. 7)] [-44!] [-88!] [...] [Killed Savage Bull (Lv. 7), EXP +112!] [Obtained: Savage Bull Core (Lv. 7)] [Congratulations! Your level has increased to 5! (800 EXP until next level)]
"Finally, level 5."
Chen Ming put away his long saber, his expression relaxing completely.
At level 5, he could enter dungeons.
He could earn more resources while leveling up by killing Exotic Beasts.
And right now, he had a Dungeon Rune Stone for an outdoor dungeon.
Chen Ming opened the map and checked the dungeon's location.
"Not far now. It's in the area ahead."
He was eager to see what kind of good stuff this Comprehensive Dungeon might have.
After all, outdoor dungeons often offered better rewards than those fixed, large-scale dungeons.
The reason was that large-scale dungeons had already been cleared for the first time, so they only offered ordinary rewards.
The rewards from outdoor dungeons, on the other hand, were all first-clear rewards.
"Give me a Treasure Hunt or a Mystery dungeon and I'll be happy."
Comprehensive Dungeons could also be called mixed dungeons: Challenge + Adventure, Challenge + Treasure Hunt, Mystery + Adventure, and so on...
They were all Comprehensive Dungeons.
Fifteen minutes later, Chen Ming finally reached his destination.
When he passed through the trees and saw what lay ahead, his eyes widened.
Up ahead,
the terrain dropped off like a sheer cliff.
A vast chasm stretched into the distance, almost cutting across the entire region ahead.
It was as if a huge chunk had been scooped out of the whole valley,
leaving behind an enormous sinkhole.
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