Once his delight subsided, Qin Feng took another look at the situation.
The humans had clearly gained the upper hand.
"So it was him!"
Soon, a young man in the crowd caught Qin Feng's attention.
He was in his twenties, with thick eyebrows, large eyes, and fairly handsome features.
Qin Feng knew his name was Lei Jue, and that he had awakened a D-rank talent-Lightning Manipulation.
Only seventeen people in the novice village had awakened D-rank talents. Wang Qiang had been one of them, but unfortunately, he had died early on. Now only sixteen remained.
Lei Jue was one of those sixteen. He could be considered a prominent figure in the novice village, admired by many newcomers.
Moreover, the Lightning Manipulation Lei Jue had awakened was one of the stronger D-rank talents, so he had even more admirers.
This time, he had formed a team of eight and left the novice village.
Now, however, only seven remained.
Curious, Qin Feng looked toward their battle.
A bolt of blue electricity shot out of Lei Jue's palm and struck a giant snake.
The giant snake shuddered from the strike. Its entire body went numb, leaving it unable to move for a long while, and its aura weakened somewhat.
With that single strike, Lei Jue had inflicted a considerable injury on it.
Just then, the other six rushed forward, hacking wildly at the giant snake with their six novice short blades.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A flurry of dull impacts rang out. Sparks flew from the scales beneath their blades, leaving white marks all over them.
The giant snake's scales were so tough that not one of them could break through its defenses.
Yet their attacks still caused the giant snake pain.
As soon as the numbness faded, it angrily turned its head, intending to attack the six.
Just then, Lei Jue released another bolt of lightning.
Crack!
The giant snake was struck, its entire body going numb and freezing in place for a moment.
Everyone seized the chance to scatter.
A moment later, the numbness faded.
Enraged, the giant snake turned again and lunged at Lei Jue.
Among these humans, only the young man ahead could inflict fatal injuries on it.
It had to tear the human ahead to pieces...
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
With its head held high and its forked tongue flickering, it charged at Lei Jue.
Lei Jue turned and fled.
As it turned out, he still could not release lightning in succession. He needed an interval of over ten seconds between strikes.
Seeing this, the other six hurried forward and hacked wildly at the giant snake's back, sending sparks flying and scales breaking off.
In pain, the giant snake turned again to attack those striking it from behind.
Just then, Lei Jue struck it with another bolt of lightning, paralyzing it on the spot...
And so, with Lei Jue as the main attacker and the other six keeping it occupied from the sides, the seven battered the giant snake until it could put up no resistance. Its aura continued to weaken, and it was only a matter of time before they killed it...
At this sight, a thought stirred in Qin Feng's mind, and he scanned the giant snake with the Eye of True Sight...
[Ferocious beast]: Venomous Nine-Ringed Snake [Level]: 1 [Combat power assessment]: Three stars [Traits]: Savage, bloodthirsty, highly venomous. [Drop rate]: 0.1%
"Huh! This is the drop rate!"
After reading the data, Qin Feng's eyes lit up with pleasant surprise.
The displayed drop rate meant that hunting ferocious beasts could yield items.
This was extremely useful information!
But the drop rate was only 0.1%, or one in a thousand. The odds were rather low.
Just then, something changed on the battlefield.
A bolt of lightning struck, and the Venomous Nine-Ringed Snake let out a miserable hiss before collapsing limply to the ground. Everyone hurried forward, hacking madly with their blades.
The giant snake twitched a few times, then its entire body lit up with dazzling white light...
The next second, that white light split into seven orbs of varying sizes and flowed into everyone's bodies.
The streak of white light that entered Lei Jue's body was the largest.
A moment later, delighted voices rang out across the battlefield.
"Haha! I got 5 energy points!"
"I only got 3 energy points!"
"Fuck! Why did I only get 1 energy point? What the hell? Was my contribution really that low? Was there a mistake in the distribution?!"
"Xiao Li, stop complaining! The Heavenly Dao distributes this energy according to each person's contribution. It's absolutely fair!"
"Sigh! Looks like I'm just too much of a noob!"
Watching from afar, Qin Feng understood.
So this was how energy was distributed in a team.
Everyone worked together, then received a share based on their contribution.
This was the Heavenly Dao's compassion for humanity, as well as its encouragement for humans to cooperate.
But this meant that the 40 energy points from a single giant snake had to be split among seven people, leaving each with very little.
Some even received only 1 energy point, which was rather pitiful.
Even Lei Jue, the strongest among them, probably received fewer than 20 energy points.
Qin Feng, on the other hand, could kill a snake alone and keep all 40 energy points.
Only by making this comparison did he realize how fortunate he was.
Just then, dazzling white light suddenly shone from Lei Jue's body again, startling everyone present.
Qin Feng froze as well.
What's going on with this guy?
Why did his whole body suddenly light up?
After just a moment, the white light faded, and Lei Jue opened his eyes with delight on his face.
"Boss Lei, why did your whole body light up just now?"
"Yeah! You gave me a fright! Boss Lei, are you all right?"
Everyone looked concerned.
Lei Jue smiled slightly. "I'm fine! I just leveled up!"
At those words, everyone cried out in surprise.
"Wow! Boss Lei actually reached level 2!"
"Tsk, tsk! Boss Lei, you're incredible!"
"Yeah! My progress is only level 1 (17/100). I'm still a long way from level 2!"
At that moment, everyone looked at Lei Jue with both awe and envy.
In the bushes, Qin Feng was somewhat surprised too.
Several hours had passed, and he had finally seen a level 2 human.
How much of an improvement came with advancing from level 1 to level 2?
Judging by Lei Jue's confident expression, it should have been considerable.
Right, he could take a look!
With that thought, he activated the Eye of True Sight on Lei Jue...
[Race]: Human [Level]: 2 [Strength]: 20 [Agility]: 22 [Constitution]: 19 [Energy]: 21 [Talent]: ??? [Skills]: ??? [Combat power assessment]: 2 stars
"Uh... these are level 2 stats?"
Qin Feng was slightly taken aback.
This level 2 human's four attributes were actually lower than his own at level 1.
It seemed that even without leveling up, he was stronger than a level 2 human.
With combat power like Lei Jue's, even adding his talent, his overall strength only barely reached the three-star threshold.
With that strength, he would lose more often than he won against a level 1 ferocious beast alone. At best, his odds would be fifty-fifty.
Qin Feng's combat power assessment, meanwhile, was at the peak of two stars. With the boosts from his many talents, his overall strength was comparable to four stars, or even the peak of four stars.
In other words, he could easily defeat three or four Lei Jues.
Besides, he was still only level 1, one level below Lei Jue.
At that thought, Qin Feng secretly rejoiced.