Advancing to Level 7

The moment Qin Feng left the chat channel, he sprang into action.

He hurried toward the far end of the Bone Burial Wilderness.

There was a vast expanse of lush grassland there, where vicious beasts should be easier to find.

The first requirement for killing monsters and leveling up was being able to find vicious beasts.

If he couldn't find any, everything else was bullshit!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Just like that, rapid swishes cut through the air across the wilderness.

With the aid of the Shadow Boots, Qin Feng moved extremely fast, meeting no obstacles along the way.

Soon, he passed a small mound.

Just as he swept past it, he sensed something.

"Huh? What's this?"

The Mind Enhancement talent had granted him extraordinarily keen intuition.

At that moment, a sudden sense of alarm rose within him, and he couldn't help looking down.

Just then, something unexpected happened.

Boom!

The mound suddenly exploded, and a huge black scorpion tail burst out of the ground, thrusting straight at his chest like a spear.

Holy shit!

An ambush!

Everything happened so fast that Qin Feng was caught somewhat off guard.

It was simply because this vicious beast had been hiding underground.

The thick layer of soil had completely masked its aura and concealed its body.

That had rendered Qin Feng's sight and smell talents useless.

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, the scorpion tail reached Qin Feng, tearing through the air with a piercing whistle.

Its scarlet stinger curved like a hook, gleaming with a chilling light that struck terror into the soul!

This thing was highly venomous!

At that critical moment, Qin Feng turned his saber sideways to block.

Clang!

A light metallic ring sounded!

The scorpion tail was as hard as steel!

Qin Feng's saber deflected its attack...

Bang! Bang!

But immediately afterward, the ground exploded twice in succession!

Two enormous scorpion pincers burst from the ground, attacking Qin Feng simultaneously.

One snapped at Qin Feng's legs, while the other snapped at his waist...

"You're courting death!"

Qin Feng shifted his footing, dodging one pincer while swinging his saber to meet the other...

Crack!

There was a sharp snap!

His slash severed the pincer!

Green fluid spurted from the severed edges...

Screech! Screech! Screech!

Amid a series of strange, agonized cries, the ground exploded, and a ten-meter-long giant scorpion suddenly burst out, throwing dust into the air.

"What a huge scorpion!"

Qin Feng couldn't help taking a closer look.

[Vicious beast]: Blind Earth Dragon Scorpion

[Level]: 12

[Combat power assessment]: 15 stars

[Traits]: Highly venomous, blind, extraordinary hearing.

[Talents]: Hearing Super-Enhancement (E-rank), Earth Element Sensing (F-rank)

[Skill]: Aura Concealment Technique (conceals its own aura)

[Drop rate]: 12

Holy shit!

This was actually a level 12 vicious beast!

There were level 12 vicious beasts in the level 10 vicious beast area?

Qin Feng was shocked.

Whoosh!

Just then, the giant scorpion charged at him in fury.

Although blind, its hearing was extraordinary. It immediately pinpointed Qin Feng's position and lunged straight at him.

In the blink of an eye, it reached him, its enormous pincer smashing toward Qin Feng's chest.

Qin Feng hastily dodged aside.

Boom!

The pincer missed and smashed straight into the ground, blasting dust into the air.

Whoosh!

At that very moment, a cold gleam flashed within the dust.

Crack!

There was a sharp snap!

Qin Feng slashed down onto the giant scorpion's head, cleaving it in two and splattering grayish-brown fluid...

Screech! Screech! Screech!

The giant scorpion struggled in agony a few times before collapsing to the ground, its enormous tail drooping limply...

Immediately afterward, a streak of white light rose from the scorpion's corpse and flowed into Qin Feng's body...

[Successfully killed the level 12 Blind Earth Dragon Scorpion! Gained 620 ability points!]

[Your level has advanced to level 7!]

[Your strength index has increased by 10 points!]

[Your agility index has increased by 10 points!]

[Your constitution index has increased by 10 points!]

[Your energy index has increased by 10 points!]

[You have gained 5 free attribute points!]

He'd leveled up!

He'd finally reached level 7!

Qin Feng was ecstatic.

But why were there level 12 vicious beasts in this level 10 vicious beast area?

Could this already be the novice village's final map, which was why vicious beasts above level 10 appeared here?

If so, this place would be more dangerous than he'd anticipated.

Enough thinking about that. Leveling up quickly was what mattered now. He couldn't let Amir win.

Qin Feng immediately hurried forward to extract from the scorpion's corpse...

[Endless Extraction successful! You have acquired the E-rank talent-Hearing Super-Enhancement!]

[Hearing Super-Enhancement: Enhances hearing twentyfold.]

Nice!

He'd gained another new talent!

And it was the hearing talent he'd been craving!

Sight, smell, and hearing were the three great tools for finding vicious beasts!

Now he had all three senses covered, making finding vicious beasts even easier.

Killing monsters would be a blast from here on!

After that moment of delight, Qin Feng set off immediately.

The entire novice village's victory or defeat, prosperity or decline, rested on him alone. He didn't want to waste time carelessly.

More importantly, the outcome of this contest also represented the dignity of the Dragon Nation's people.

The people from all those countries in the regional channel were waiting to make a laughingstock of the Dragon Nation's people.

This time, he would give them a resounding slap in the face!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Another series of rapid swishes cut through the air!

Qin Feng continued on his way.

"Huh? What's this?"

Only ten minutes into his journey, he noticed something unusual.

He immediately darted toward a hollow and, without another word, plunged his saber into the ground...

Squelch!

The entire one-and-a-half-meter blade sank into the earth at once.

The sound of flesh being pierced actually came from underground.

Whoosh!

Then he pulled out his saber and rapidly retreated.

A stream of green liquid shot up like a fountain.

Screech! Screech! Screech!

Boom!

Amid a series of agonized shrieks, an enormous worm, pink all over, burst from the earth...

Qin Feng was ready and cut it in two with a single slash.

[Successfully killed the level 10 Earth Sand Worm! Gained 460 ability points!]

Having a hearing talent felt great!

He could even detect vicious beasts hiding underground.

Delighted, Qin Feng hurried forward to extract from it, gaining another 2 energy attribute points.

Then he continued on his way...

Along the way, he fully activated his hearing, sight, and smell talents, practically conducting a blanket search...

Before long, he discovered another level 10 vicious beast hiding underground-a Crypt Spider.

The discovery delighted him.

Originally, he had thought there weren't many vicious beasts in the Bone Burial Wilderness, because all he could see was barren land, without even any weeds half a meter tall.

If there were vicious beasts, he should have been able to spot them at a glance.

Only now did he realize that the Bone Burial Wilderness held plenty of vicious beasts, all hidden underground...

Acquiring that hearing talent had been an enormous help!

And so, Qin Feng kept searching as he traveled.

Before he knew it, two hours had passed.

He finally reached the end of the Bone Burial Wilderness and arrived at the grassland...

Over those two hours, he had hunted a total of 11 vicious beasts, gaining a hearing talent and 20 attribute points.

His gains were extremely plentiful!

[Reminder: Liu Xuan has exchanged 2 level 5 vicious beast corpses for your tier 1 steel saber.]

Oh!

More benefits had arrived!

Liu Xuan and the others were really pulling their weight!

Qin Feng hurried into the trading channel.

A moment later, white light flashed repeatedly.

Two level 5 vicious beast corpses appeared before him.

Then he stepped forward and extracted from them, gaining 4 attribute points.

Another nice haul!

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he reached the extraction limit for level 5 vicious beasts.

None of this required him to act personally, saving him a great deal of time.

With that thought, he checked his leveling progress again: level 7 (4,980/18,000)...

His progress was pretty good. He was already more than a quarter of the way there.

Right, two hours had passed. How far had Amir gotten?

With that thought, Qin Feng hurried into the chat channel.