The first player in each town to reach level 2 would unlock the town's level rankings and earn 1 Reputation point.
The first to reach level 5 could activate the town's Teleportation Array and would also earn 1 Reputation point.
But right now, aside from Qin Feng, who had reached level 8, not a single town had another level 5 player!
A whole bunch of level 4 players were grinding monsters as hard as they could, racing toward level 5...
Only after someone in a town reached level 5 and activated its Teleportation Array could that town connect with other towns.
And there was one rule.
Towns in the River-Sea City region could only connect with other towns in the same region. They couldn't travel to towns elsewhere...
Just then!
On his way back to Shell Town, Qin Feng encountered Iron Man and his twenty-three underlings!
Qin Feng noticed that they were reasonably alert. They seemed to know he had an area-of-effect skill and hadn't clustered together...
But with his platinum-tier Ghost Ship Twin Blades in hand, Qin Feng could kill a player in two hits even with basic attacks!
He first found the best angle, then unleashed Instant Shadow Slash!
-1225!
-1219!
-1231!
Qin Feng became a dark blur, flashing through their ranks in an instant and bringing up more than a dozen damage numbers.
A single Instant Shadow Slash had instantly killed all those players!
Then, without even bothering to turn invisible, Qin Feng gripped his Ghost Ship Twin Blades and charged at the dozen or so remaining players, moving like a phantom assassin at incredible speed!
Iron Man and his underlings all froze in terror!
"Quick, kill him!"
"One guy taking on this many of us? Dream on!"
"Watch out for his invisibility!"
Seeing Dark Shadow reveal himself, they all fought back.
But...
Once they fought back, despair quickly set in!
There was no attack lock-on in the Godforsaken Game.
Qin Feng's agility was far higher than theirs. Whenever he spotted an incoming crowd-control skill, he dodged it perfectly!
As for the attacks that landed on him...
They all dealt only single-digit damage.
Many couldn't even break through his defense!
Qin Feng had a higher level and better equipment than they did. His Gold Tier Ghostfire Leather Armor, in particular, gave him overwhelming combat power against these players!
His slaughter immediately sent Iron Man and the others screaming for mercy!
"Shit, stay away! Stay away..."
"He's too fast, and we can't even hurt him! How are we supposed to fight this?!"
"Bro, boss, don't kill me! I've got less than a year of lifespan left... Aah!"
Qin Feng had absolutely no intention of showing mercy.
You wanted to take over the boss fight, then got wiped by the boss. I couldn't have cared less.
But you came back to cause trouble afterward, and you still expect me to let you go?
Qin Feng moved through the Dark Forest like a phantom!
In the end, he killed twenty-two of them, including Iron Man.
When they scattered to flee, two still managed to escape...
It wasn't that Qin Feng couldn't catch them.
They had fled in different directions, and those two had gotten fairly far away. There was no need for Qin Feng to waste time hunting them down.
Too bad the lifespan they dropped only added up to thirty-odd days...
They really were broke.
Qin Feng shook his head.
While killing them, he had also received a system notification...
Because he had initiated too many player kills, he had gained one stack of the Killer debuff.
With one stack of Killer, a player dropped 75% of their current lifespan upon death!
With two stacks of Killer, a player dropped 87.5% of their current lifespan upon death!
In other words, each stack of the Killer status effectively made a player suffer one additional death's worth of losses whenever they died.
However...
Qin Feng had the Ghostfire Bell!
Even if he accidentally died once, he wouldn't drop any lifespan!
So Qin Feng didn't care about the Killer debuff at all!
It wouldn't lower his stats or affect his progression anyway. As long as he didn't die twice in a row, it had no effect on him whatsoever...
Soon, Qin Feng returned to Shell Town!
His Ghostfire Leather Armor had dark red flame patterns across its black surface. Stylish and radiating killing intent, it drew everyone's attention the moment he returned to town.
"It's Dark Shadow! Holy shit, that leather armor looks amazing!"
"Is that Gold Tier leather armor? I'm so jealous. He really soloed a Gold Tier boss!"
"Heh, if you ask me, he must've exploited a bug to solo that boss..."
"That's hilarious. Why don't you go exploit one yourself, then?"
Under countless gazes filled with envy and resentment, Qin Feng arrived at the town's central square.
Suddenly, a group approached Qin Feng with utmost respect...
Their leader was a tall, thin young man with pale skin.
He was the one who had just brought a teammate with a Ghostly Horned Eagle to steal the Golden Ghost Ship's loot, only for Qin Feng to instantly kill his entire group and send them back!
"Big Brother Dark Shadow, we're really sorry."
The tall, thin young man adopted a thoroughly humble attitude as he approached Qin Feng. "Big bro, we just pooled our lifespan to buy this Assassin skill book... Please accept it, and let's pretend none of this ever happened. Would that be okay?"
This surprised Qin Feng a little.
He glanced at the skill book the young man offered.
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[Gouge (common): Assassin skill book. Single-target skill. Adds 20 attack on hit and inflicts a 2-second stun. Cooldown: 22 seconds.]
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It was a crowd-control skill book.
If someone was offering him something for free, why refuse?
Qin Feng casually accepted the skill book and said flatly, "Fine."
With the skill book in hand, he learned it immediately.
Then Qin Feng waved them away and finally met up with the girl, Lin Liyu, who had been waiting for quite some time...
But Qin Feng had no idea.
As the tall, thin young man with the alias Leisurely Clouds watched him walk away, a vicious glint appeared in his eyes.
So what if you're strong in the Godforsaken Game?
Once I find you in real life, I can lock you up and make you my slave, collecting lifespan for me!
Once the other towns activate their Teleportation Arrays, I'll send a woman over to find a way to get his information out of him.
Leisurely Clouds, whose real name was Dongfang Xian, was a well-known rich second-generation heir in River-Sea City's social circles.
He thought with a sneer:
I didn't recognize Dark Shadow's voice just now.
He definitely isn't part of our circles... Which means he's some broke bastard.
Send a professional beauty right to his doorstep. There's no way he won't take the bait!
Qin Feng met up with Lin Liyu.
The girl wore black mage robes, her lively, liquid eyes darting around. When Qin Feng appeared, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.
"Here."
Qin Feng casually tossed her a Gold Tier Mage skill book and a piece of Gold Tier Mage equipment.
Lin Liyu had still been feeling uneasy, wondering whether Qin Feng would tell her the boss hadn't dropped any Mage equipment...
Instead, she reached out and caught two Gold Tier items!
One was a fire-element area-of-effect damage skill that added a full 150 attack!
The other was a caster necklace that granted 15 Spirit, plus 3 mana regeneration per second!
"Wait, what..."
Lin Liyu's mind went blank with a buzz.
These two items were incredible!
With these, she was going to soar!
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