[Army-Breaking Thrust], as a warrior's area-of-effect skill, not only had an enormous attack range and a decent combat power bonus, but even had a crowd-control effect.
Any warrior would probably find this skill impossible to turn down!
It was useful in the early and middle stages, and in the late game too!
[Elemental Storm], as a mage's area-of-effect skill, did not have a particularly large attack range, but it offered a double combat power bonus and could inflict negative status effects.
Likewise, any mage would find this skill impossible to turn down!
Yet Lin Yi resolutely chose the [Silver Key].
For no other reason than that it was ZZZ-rank!
That rank alone said plenty!
Lin Yi's hand trembled slightly, as though he could feel the mysterious power within the key.
A windfall!
A massive windfall!
Knowing how Zero Game operated, an unknown hidden quest chain with more than two stages would absolutely reward a unique item!
The four treasure vaults in the starter village?
Could this be... a four-stage hidden quest chain?
He might even obtain a hidden-tier unique item!
In his previous life, he had never heard of this quest. After all, no one knew the passphrases for the starter village's treasure vaults at the beginning.
If the next treasure vault was the same, that would all but confirm it!
A start like this... was practically a heavenly opening hand!
Just then, a cold system notification echoed through the treasure vault.
"Ding! Time's up!"
Five minutes passed in a flash, and Lin Yi was teleported out of the treasure vault.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, suppressing his anticipation and joy.
Instead of stepping into the teleportation array on the right, Lin Yi slowly walked toward the cave's exit.
Whoosh!
With a thought!
A greatsword appeared in his hand!
Everything beneath the night sky lay in silence, broken only by the occasional howl of a monster.
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous look flickering within them.
He had only one thought-Level up!
Whoosh!
Lin Yi transformed into a swift wild leopard and raced toward the distant monsters.
He darted between forest and wilderness, the greatsword in his hand dancing like the wind. Every swing took the lives of several monsters.
[Killed [Silver Moon Wolf]. Congratulations! Gained 1 hour of lifespan and 420 EXP.] [Killed [Silver Moon Wolf]. Congratulations! Gained 1 hour of lifespan and 420 EXP.] [Killed [Jungle Giant Python]. Congratulations! Gained 30 minutes of lifespan and 280 EXP.] [Killed [Blazing Flame Horse]. Congratulations! Gained 32 minutes of lifespan and 188 EXP.] [Killed [Dugtrio]. Congratulations! Gained 46 minutes of lifespan and 360 EXP.]
Time ticked by, and Lin Yi's slaughter never stopped.
Like a tireless warrior, he slaughtered every monster before him.
That was right!
It was a slaughter!
Although the monsters at the North Pole were somewhat stronger, they were nothing but small fry before Lin Yi and his million-plus combat power!
There was no monster he could not finish in one hit. If there was, two hits would do.
He started a little after eight that evening and kept killing until half past two in the morning!
Lin Yi spent most of that time searching for monsters rather than killing them.
Meanwhile, his EXP kept climbing.
Although leveling up required a great deal of EXP, it would eventually reach the threshold.
Suddenly!
A "ding" rang out across the sky for a full five seconds, as though telling everyone to listen closely.
Then several announcements pierced the night sky, ringing in Lin Yi's ears.
"Race-wide announcement! Human player [Su Xiaoya] has completed the [Hell-Level Class Change Trial], becoming the first human to complete the Hell-Level Class Change Trial. This announcement is issued in recognition!"
"Race-wide announcement!..."
"Race-wide announcement!..."
Lin Yi froze for a moment, and the motion of his hands swinging the greatsword abruptly stopped.
A tauren sat slumped in a corner against the cliff, staring in terror at the heavy blade before him, looking rather drenched in sweat.
Lin Yi frowned slightly, a glint flashing through his eyes.
"Su Xiaoya, it looks like the course of your life still hasn't changed!"
"The strongest human really is terrifying!"
"But I vaguely remember that your combat power was ten million when you first left the starter village!"
Whoosh!
Lin Yi suddenly exerted force with both hands, splitting the tauren before him in two without warning!
[Killed [Tauren Chieftain]. Congratulations! Gained 2 hours of lifespan and 4,200 EXP.] Level up! Character: Return to Zero Race: Human Level: 7 Class: Warrior Lifespan: 881 years Talents: Eye of Illusion Breaking (S), Zero's Charm (ZZZZ) Reputation: 100 Combat power: 12033500 HP: 10000000 MP: 10000000 Attack speed: 6 attacks/s Movement speed: 66 m/s Pet: None Skills: [Frenzied Wolf's Wrath (S)], [Leopard's Swiftness (K)], [Berserk Charge (H)] Items: [Silver Key (ZZZ)], [Bronze Key (ZZZ)], [Mysterious Q Divine Crystal (ZZZ)]... Faction: None
Whoosh!
With a flick of his right hand, Lin Yi flung the tauren blood off the Mountain Greatsword's blade onto the edge of the cliff.
Moonlight filtered through the dense forest, illuminating Lin Yi's strikingly handsome face.
The corners of Lin Yi's mouth slowly curved upward, but his eyes were filled with cold detachment as he slowly put away the greatsword.
His combat power now...
Was more than ten million!