Killed the severely wounded pirate captain Sea Wolf. Gained 10,000 experience. Items obtained: Gem ×10, Bewitching Siren Boots, Spyglass, Basic Battle Aura, one Damaged Nautical Chart, 100 gold coins. Character level increased. Character reached level 5. All attributes +2. Character level increased. Character reached level 6. All attributes +2. Character level increased. Character reached level 7. All attributes +2. Character level passed the level 5 threshold. Access privileges increased. Spacetime Shop unlocked.
The three consecutive level-up notifications nearly made Zhang Yao faint with happiness. Earlier, when he saw Sea Wolf jump into the sea and Lancelot make no move to pursue him personally, he immediately swam toward the spot where Sea Wolf had fallen.
The shadows where Zhang Yao had been hiding were not far from where Sea Wolf entered the water, so he quickly found him. Seeing Sea Wolf floating there, seemingly unconscious, Zhang Yao did not act rashly at first. After all, even one of Sea Wolf's Drowned Ghost subordinates had nearly been too much for him to handle, let alone Sea Wolf himself.
Zhang Yao was therefore extremely cautious. Only after making certain there was no danger did he swim beneath Sea Wolf, grab his legs, and drag him deeper.
Hahaha, I've hit the jackpot! Just what you'd expect from a captain-not only did he give me so many great items, he also let me jump three levels! The notifications filled Zhang Yao's heart with joy. If he had not been underwater, he would have had to shout a couple of times to let out all that excitement.
Character stats.
Zhang Yao: Level 7, 900/6000. Attributes: Strength 17 (+1), Agility 17, Constitution 21 (+1), Mental Power 18. (Values in parentheses are bonuses from equipment.) Health (red bar): 290 (Health = Constitution ×10, with an additional 10 health per level gained.) True qi (blue bar): 80 (Leveling up does not increase true qi.) Skills: Fetal Breath Technique (self-developed), Concealment Technique level 1. Items: Gemstone Ring, Sharp Water Ghost Dagger, Sturdy Water Ghost Leather Armor, Concealment Technique, Gem ×10, Bewitching Siren Boots, Spyglass, Basic Battle Aura, Damaged Nautical Chart. Gold coins: 100. Talent: Nine Netherworlds (first layer)
No wonder the experience needed to go from level 4 to level 5 suddenly shot up. It's because the attribute rewards increased! Damn, the navy's come down to search for Sea Wolf's body! I need to get out of here! Just as Zhang Yao was getting excited over the huge increases on his stat panel, he suddenly spotted several figures appearing in the water nearby and immediately understood what was happening. Without a doubt, the navy had come down to find Sea Wolf's corpse. Zhang Yao promptly turned and swam in the opposite direction from their search.
After swimming for a long time, until he could no longer see anyone behind him, Zhang Yao cautiously raised his head above the water to check his surroundings and determine his position. The navy and pirate warships were already far away, while ahead of him, another figure was still swimming steadily onward.
Zhang Yao could not help smiling when he saw that figure. It was Luo De. With a few powerful strokes of his arms and legs, he caught up behind Luo De in a matter of breaths, lifted his head out of the water, and called, "Luo De!"
"Ah! Zhang Yao! You're all right? I waited there for ages, but you never came back. Then this powerful aura suddenly burst out from the warships, and I thought you-you... so I went on alone..." Luo De was clearly astonished to see Zhang Yao appear behind him. His mouth hung open as he stammered out an explanation.
"I'm fine! Let's go! I'll get you somewhere safe!" Zhang Yao did not hold Luo De's decision to flee alone against him. After all, they had only just met and had no friendship to speak of. All they shared was a relationship of mutual interest tied together by a quest. What right did he have to demand that someone else risk his life for him? Had Zhang Yao been in Luo De's position, he would have made the same choice. Putting himself in the other man's shoes, he accepted what had happened without fuss.
"Heh, then... th-thank you, Zhang Yao! By the way, what was that terrifying aura that suddenly appeared? It was so frightening that even from that far away, I felt crushed and could barely breathe!" Seeing no sign that Zhang Yao was about to lose his temper, Luo De gave an awkward laugh and thanked him, then asked about that terrifying aura. Luo De was hardly an inexperienced man; he had weathered plenty of storms. Yet this was the first time he had ever felt something that left his heart pounding with such fear. That aura had been utterly terrifying.
"Heaven tier! A heaven-tier expert named Lancelot suddenly appeared among the navy! Captain Sea Wolf was killed. Our Sea Wolf Pirates are finished!" Zhang Yao put on a sorrowful expression and pinned Sea Wolf's death on Lancelot. If he wanted to survive in Rodos, his first step had to be fitting in, and that required a plausible identity. Luo De's earlier misunderstanding had provided him with an excellent one. Now that Sea Wolf was dead and the pirate crew had probably been scattered, Zhang Yao took the opportunity to cement his identity as a Drowned Ghost of the Sea Wolf Pirates.
"Heaven tier?!" Luo De's mouth fell open and his eyes went wide with disbelief. After staring blankly for a long while, he finally recovered and hurried to console Zhang Yao. "Don't be too upset, Zhang Yao! After all, no one could have predicted running into a heaven-tier expert!"
"Yeah! Heaven tier..." Zhang Yao followed Luo De's lead. He had little choice. Even now, he still had no idea what heaven tier actually meant; he had only learned the term from Sea Wolf's shout. When he mentioned that Lancelot was a heaven-tier expert, he had hoped Luo De would explain what that meant. Who would have thought that, beyond looking utterly shocked, Luo De would do nothing but comfort him? He could not ask outright, and his hints had achieved nothing. Left with all his unanswered questions, Zhang Yao felt unbearably frustrated.
"Luo De, we'd better hurry over there! After all, who knows what the navy will do once they finish clearing the battlefield? If they happen to head in the same direction as us, we'll be in trouble!" After hearing about the heaven-tier expert, Luo De had become so distracted that even his swimming slowed considerably. This left Zhang Yao, who wanted to get away quickly, rather dissatisfied, so he immediately tried to scare Luo De into picking up the pace.
The reason Zhang Yao was so eager to leave was that Lancelot had put him under far too much pressure. Although he still did not understand what heaven tier meant, he had personally felt the tremendous power Lancelot displayed earlier. There was no questioning the might of heaven tier.
Faced with an expert like that, one who might even harbor some hostility toward him, anyone would have made the same choice as Zhang Yao: get out while the getting was good! As for fighting for his life, Zhang Yao had never even considered it. The gap between him and Lancelot was not a small one-it was a fundamental difference. Zhang Yao reckoned that if he faced Lancelot, he would lose his life before he even had a chance to attack.
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