When Qin Feng saw the Sprinter, he instinctively checked his agility.
Thanks to Dark Shadow's class bonus and the agility bonus from his Bronze Grade Corroded Dagger, Qin Feng's agility had already reached 34.
In the Godforsaken Game, doubling agility did not mean doubling movement speed.
Instead, the two were linked by a formula.
With the starting 10 agility, normal movement speed was about 3 meters per second, while an all-out sprint could reach 9.5 meters per second.
At my current 34 agility, normal movement speed is 5.83 meters per second, and an all-out sprint reaches 17 to 18 meters per second.
Qin Feng was now almost twice as fast as some new players!
Even so, he was only just about as fast as the Sprinter.
That's enough.
I can keep up with the Sprinter, so I don't have to worry about it escaping.
Hidden in the shadows, Qin Feng looked ahead.
He discovered that the Sprinter was hunting down a team of players.
Leading the team was a burly man holding a shoddy shield, blocking the Sprinter's attacks as he retreated.
This burly man was none other than Shell Town's second-ranked player, whose codename was Wang Meng!
Behind him were five players with hidden classes, their expressions grim as they unleashed skills at the Sprinter.
Unfortunately...
Whether archer or mage, the two ranged fighters-a man and a woman-struggled to land their attacks on the Sprinter!
Meanwhile, the Sprinter darted back and forth, using its rotten claws and sharp fangs to quickly reduce the Holy Shield Warrior Wang Meng's health to half.
The Holy Shield Warrior class had very high base durability.
Its health and defense were both over thirty percent higher than those of other new players.
Throughout the team's climb to level 2, Wang Meng had held the front line, and they had never faced much danger.
But now...
Against this Bronze Grade boss, the Sprinter, Wang Meng clearly could not hold out.
The Sprinter, on the other hand, still had at least 90% of its health!
Just then, the young Keen-Eyed Archer on Wang Meng's team missed another two attacks. His expression darkened. "This isn't working. This boss is too fast. Ranged attacks can barely hit it!"
Wang Meng remained calm. "Just keep attacking. Even if we can't kill it, we can wear down its health, then come back after reviving to finish it off."
Unfortunately, Wang Meng's plan was a little too optimistic.
As the battle dragged on, other Demons emerged from the nearby woods!
-- [Polluter (Lv2)] [Grade: Normal] --
These were normal level 2 Demons, also humanoid, but covered in dark brown sludge. They attacked from range.
Three Polluters appeared in the woods and immediately launched sludge attacks at the back line of Wang Meng's team!
Splat!
A beautiful girl with an excellent figure, holding a staff, was suddenly struck in the chest by a lump of sludge.
The heavy impact drove her back several steps.
-32!
"Ugh, blech! That stinks!"
A foul stench hit the beautiful girl square in the face, making her feel sick.
And that was only the beginning.
Lumps of sludge began flying toward the team's back-line damage dealers in rapid succession!
The sludge projectiles traveled too fast for them to dodge.
The real problem was...
The Bronze Grade boss, the Sprinter, was still right in front of them!
If they scattered to dodge the ranged attacks, Wang Meng would no longer be able to shield them from the Sprinter... once it reached them, they would die in just a few hits.
For a moment, all six members of Wang Meng's team were in grave danger.
The entire team's health plummeted!
Wang Meng.
Qin Feng narrowed his eyes as he watched the team.
To be honest, he knew this man.
Not now, of course.
But before his rebirth.
Back then, Qin Feng had ranked among the world's top hundred strongest players. Although he had been near the bottom of that list, he had only had the ordinary Warrior class.
Reaching such heights with an ordinary class had already made him a legend.
Countless people had idolized Qin Feng.
Wang Meng had been one of them.
After all...
Wang Meng had the hidden class Holy Shield Warrior, with class bonuses and skills far superior to those of an ordinary Warrior like Qin Feng.
Yet Wang Meng's combat strength had fallen short of Qin Feng's.
That had earned Qin Feng his wholehearted respect.
As for how they had met, Wang Meng had been the representative responsible for cooperation between Great Xia Officials and the Godslayer guild Qin Feng had founded.
Whenever Qin Feng obtained spare equipment or skill books that his guild could not use, he would hand them over to Wang Meng to sell to Great Xia Officials in exchange for tradable lifespan.
In my last life, I founded a guild to better protect Qin Xiaoyou.
In this life, there's no need!
Still... Wang Meng is worth getting to know.
Qin Feng now intended to convert all his spare equipment and skill books into tradable lifespan to strengthen himself.
That made finding a reliable sales channel crucial.
Wang Meng was fairly trustworthy, and the Great Xia Officials he represented had ample "funds."
I'm going to kill these monsters anyway.
In that case, I'll give him a hand first...
Qin Feng did not intend to approach him out of the blue and strike up a friendship.
Leaving an impression would be enough for now.
He assessed the situation and quickly moved behind one of the Polluters.
Then he launched a sudden ambush!
The Polluter was frantically hurling sludge at the beautiful girl holding the staff, never imagining that an assassin stood behind it.
The Corroded Dagger became a glint of cold light as it struck the back of the Polluter's neck!
-441 (Weak-point attack)!
One strike, one kill!
The Polluter instantly collapsed into a puddle of sludge, splattering across the scorched earth.
-- [You have killed a Polluter (Lv2).] [You have gained 20 experience points.] [You have gained 1 evolution point!] [You have gained 4 days of lifespan (tradable).] --
The system notifications ringing in his mind surprised Qin Feng a little. This ordinary monster had given him an evolution point. Lucky!
He casually activated Greedy Hand.
-- [Skill "Greedy Hand" check successful!] [You have gained 4 days of lifespan (tradable).] --
Too bad. No evolution points.
Ordinary monsters had a low chance of yielding evolution points to begin with.
And Greedy Hand's bonus rewards came from an additional loot roll, as though Qin Feng had killed another identical Demon, rather than duplicating the original rewards.
So it was perfectly normal not to receive any evolution points.
Only killing bosses gives a steady supply of evolution points!
After killing one Polluter, Qin Feng was in no hurry.
Before either the Demons or the players could react, he had already entered stealth again.
"Who's there?!"
Seeing a Polluter suddenly collapse into sludge, Wang Meng and the others stared in astonishment.
All they had seen was a black silhouette flash past before the Polluter instantly fell!
"How is that possible?"
"Even a level 1 Crawler takes us more than ten seconds to kill together. Someone just instantly killed a level 2 Polluter?"
For a moment, all six members of Wang Meng's team were stunned!
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