Ignoring the clamor around him, Lin Yi headed straight for the beginner village's weapon shop.
His steps were steady, and determination gleamed in his eyes.
For a regressor who had experienced ten years of ups and downs, the fuss these beginners made was rather laughable.
He pushed open the weapon shop's door, and a familiar smell of rust greeted him.
All kinds of weapons were displayed inside, from crude wooden clubs to sharp longswords.
The owner was a burly middle-aged man whose face bore the marks of time and furnace flames.
Without another word, Lin Yi dumped all the equipment he had no use for out of his backpack onto the floor.
The equipment formed a small mountain, its varied glows instantly illuminating the somewhat dim shop.
The owner's eyes went as wide as copper bells as he stared blankly at the equipment on the floor:
"Is... is all of this for sale?"
The owner's voice trembled a little, because he knew the drop rates of beginner monsters were outrageously low.
It was extremely rare for anyone to produce so much equipment to sell in just a few days.
Lin Yi nodded. "Name your price."
The owner shakily held up five fingers and cautiously asked:
"Five... five hundred years?"
Lin Yi froze slightly, momentarily distracted, but quickly nodded. "Deal!"
He had been hoping for 300-400 years, though the more lifespan he had, the better.
But since the weapon shop owner was being so generous, Lin Yi could hardly keep haggling.
After all, Lin Yi was a reasonable man.
As the equipment was taken away piece by piece, Lin Yi's backpack gradually emptied.
He opened his stat panel and examined his equipped gear from top to bottom:
Hat: None Mask: None Glasses: None Earrings: Spectral Fangs (S), combat power +2,000 Cloak: Shadow Cloak (S), combat power +1,500 Wings: None Clothing: Mountain Armor (S) Left wrist: Green Grass Bracers (C) Right wrist: Stardust Triangle Chain (FW), combat power +2,000,000 [gem combat power +9,000] Gloves: Shadowblade Claws (K), combat power +1,000 Weapon: Mountain Greatsword (U), combat power +20,000 Pants: A-rank Cloth Pants (A) Shoes: A-rank Straw Sandals (A)
Aside from the Stardust Triangle Chain's 20% combat power boost, which added two million combat power.
All his other equipment combined only added a total of 33,500 combat power!
Not even a fraction of his own combat power!
So equipment wasn't worth a damn?
No!!!
Quite the opposite!
Equipment was incredibly useful!
But only high-grade equipment!
Equipment that provided percentage boosts to combat power!
He had painstakingly leveled for three days to reach ten million combat power.
A single bracelet instantly amplified that to 120%!
A full two million combat power gained!
Handouts tasted great. Absolutely delicious!
Of course, since Lin Yi could issue quests, he could also put his equipment up for auction.
But the beginners all lived extremely frugally. Most had to budget carefully even for basic living expenses, so naturally they had no spare funds to buy equipment.
The price might well be lower than what this weapon shop offered, and it would waste time and energy, too.
Of course!
Once he left the beginner village, Lin Yi would naturally find suitable channels to sell his unwanted equipment and maximize his profits.
Backpacks in the beginner village had one hundred slots, and the cost of expanding them followed the uniform price on the official website: one year of lifespan for each additional slot.
But Lin Yi had no particular need for that right now. He could deal with it after leaving the beginner village.
His main task now was to level up!
He needed to reach level eight and a half as soon as possible, then use the level and a half of experience awarded by the beginner village to shoot straight to level ten!
Lin Yi left the weapon shop and headed east.
His current destination was east of the beginner village, where the treasure vault was rumored to contain some hidden class advancement scrolls.
Moreover, the area east of the beginner village could be called a treasure trove of experience!
Even describing the monsters there as coming in packs hardly did their numbers justice.
If he had to put it in four words:
Packed to the brim!
Yes, packed to the brim!
Because there were many insect monsters there!
This was also one of the reasons he was still using the Mountain Greatsword.
The weapon's effects were: combat power +20,000, attack speed halved, and a 10% chance when attacking to release a seismic wave, dealing 50% area splash damage to enemies within five meters ahead.
One area attack for every ten attacks!
Add to that his area-of-effect skills, [Berserk Charge] and [Frenzied Wolf's Wrath]!
With his ten million combat power, charging in and out seven times while slaughtering them would be no problem!
Step!
Step!
The morning sun slowly rose in the east, casting a radiant glow over Lin Yi's handsome face.
He loosened up his body, then charged east of the beginner village with long strides.
The first thing that came into view was still the beginner village's Viridian Forest, a small woodland teeming with Caterpie.
Without even looking at them, Lin Yi activated [Leopard's Swiftness] and sped through the forest.
As he hurried along, Lin Yi's thoughts continued to turn.
He suddenly remembered hearing someone discussing the name [Renxin Envoy] the day before yesterday.
That was Wu Renxin, once humanity's second-strongest fighter!
The densely packed monsters east of the beginner village had been the first step in his rise.
In his previous life, he had only ventured deep into the area east of the beginner village after a week!
And now, it was only the fourth day since the beginner village's servers had opened.
Lin Yi had come three days early to seize the opportunity that originally belonged to Wu Renxin.
Neither of them was a good person!
But having tasted all the bitterness of weakness, Lin Yi's obsession with growing stronger was even more deeply rooted!
As he gradually ventured deeper, the surrounding environment and types of monsters quietly began to change.
Here, monsters like the [Ferocious Big White Rabbit] could no longer be found, replaced by stranger insect monsters.
These monsters lurked along the forest's edges, waiting for careless adventurers to fall into their traps.
As Lin Yi crossed a muddy swamp, he noticed that [Bloodsucking Leeches] were becoming more numerous.
Once these tiny yet greedy creatures attached themselves to the skin, they would greedily suck blood.
They weren't very aggressive, but their disgustingness was off the charts!
Lin Yi sped across the swamp, cutting down swathes of leeches that dared approach.
While crossing the plains, he encountered [Rattata] and [Raticate].
Though these rats were small, they were numerous, attacked extremely quickly, and carried potent venom.
Lin Yi swung the sword in his hand, attacking as he traveled without slowing his progress at all.
As he entered denser jungle, new threats appeared!
[Captain Dragonfly] and [Scorpion Lailai] began appearing among the trees.
[Captain Dragonfly] was a type of insect monster that flew extremely fast. The beating of their wings generated powerful air currents, making their attacks difficult to predict.
[Scorpion Lailai], meanwhile, was a ground monster with a highly venomous hooked stinger on its tail. A hit had a chance of inflicting the paralysis debuff.
If you were trapped by densely packed [Scorpion Lailai], no matter how high your combat power was, you really could be crowd-controlled to death if your tenacity wasn't high enough!
Even a powerhouse like Lin Yi would find them troublesome.
He had to use his area-of-effect damage skills to clear them out quickly.
Fortunately, these monsters didn't have much health, so Lin Yi's speed didn't drop much.
Step!
Step!
He was more than halfway there!
Lin Yi stepped onto a stretch of barren land.
This land was entirely different from the forests and swamps before it, with a dry, dusty smell hanging in the air.
Everything around him was withered yellow, without a trace of life.
Only countless locusts flew through the air, blotting out the sky and completely obscuring the midday sun.
Just over twenty meters ahead, a burst of cackling laughter rang out.
Lin Yi's attention was drawn toward it, and he saw someone standing amid the swarm of locusts.
The man had an imposing physique and stood on the ground, freely swinging two flaming sticks in his hands.
Every strike carried the force of a thunderbolt. Locusts fell like autumn leaves beneath his attacks, with several killed every second.
Lin Yi had no intention of stopping, and he sped across the battlefield.
But as he glanced sideways, his gaze suddenly froze.
The man displaying such might amid the swarm of locusts was actually...
Wu Renxin!