Outside the gates of Glory City, Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu were surrounded by a Legion of players.
The hillsides were covered with players' heads.
Judging by the numbers, there are at least several thousand people.
Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu were surrounded in the middle, appearing to be in a vulnerable position.
"Didn't you find that Da Kunba?" Ling Yi asked.
"No, they're probably scared of being killed, so they're hiding behind the crowd!"
After a pause, Bai Yunlu continued, "Should we put on a show, pretend we can't beat these people, act injured, and lure him out?"
"Are you filming the Three Kingdoms? Why go through all this trouble? Since we don't know where he's hiding, let's just kill them all."
"He's probably hiding among these people after all!"
"Can you guarantee that none of these people will escape?"
"Let's give it a try. I need to test the effects of my skills after changing jobs."
But before they could even make a move, these people launched their attack first.
Someone shouted first, "Kill the Farmer Boy, get the legendary weapon!"
Immediately afterwards, these people charged towards Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu with howls.
" Digging!" Ling Yi snapped his the Snap.
A deafening roar!
The ground around Ling Yi collapsed, creating a circular crater hundreds of meters deep and hundreds of meters wide.
The players who had just rushed over all fell down.
I don't know if it's because of the [ Digging ] skill after the first job change, or the result of changing to Shennong.
The [ Digging ] skill has undergone significant Changes.
Originally, he could only dig large square pits, but now, Ling Yi can dig pits of any shape he wants.
However, the Digging skill does not cause damage; it only causes some health loss during the fall.
However, given the current stats of players, this amount of damage is negligible.
Ling Yi certainly wasn't expecting the Digging skill to cause any damage; it was just an experiment to test its effects.
Although it cannot harm the player, it will be extremely difficult for the player to climb out of the pit.
At this stage, players can't fly. Teleportation -like skills might exist, but they're absolutely impossible for these weaklings.
" Fire Lighting!" Ling Yi unleashed his second skill.
Instantly, Huoyan roared up from the circular crater.
[Reduce by 1 million]...
Large amounts of damage value rose above these people's heads.
Nowadays, which player has a million HP to lose? They're practically wiped out the instant the Huoyan rise.
"Isn't this damage a bit too exaggerated?" Bai Yunlu stared in disbelief.
"That's a bit outrageous!" Even Ling Yi himself felt that the damage numbers were a bit too much.
It's important to know that the damage frequency of this [ Fire Lighting ] skill is linked to Ling Yi's attack speed.
Ling's current attack speed is 21, which means that Ling Yi's current damage per second has reached 21 million!
Let alone today's players, most bosses below level 50 don't have that much health.
Unless it's an evolved boss, it's unlikely to withstand the attack for a period of time.
"Try other skills!"
After Ling Yi's testing, it was found that, except for Body Strengthening, Cooking, Forging, Cutting which could not be tested yet and whose effects were unknown, the effects of other skills were greatly enhanced.
Ling Yi roughly understood that this was probably a class bonus brought about after changing to the Shennong.
Compared to before, the skills after job change are more flexible to use. Although they are called skills, they have transcended the scope of skills and are no longer just simple data.
After Ling Yi finished testing, not a single player remained standing around him.
As for whether Da Kunba also died here, Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu didn't pay much attention.
It wasn't that these players didn't want to run, but they were surrounded by pits, and there were fires inside those pits—how could they possibly escape?
The damage from those Huoyan is so great, anyone who goes in will die!
If you can't escape, then you can only wait to die.
With the skills test over, it's time to get down to business.
You need to farm Origin Stone, acquire Origin Artifact, and level up!
No, the Origin Artifact is no longer enough for Ling Yi; what Ling Yi needs to refine now is the Chaos Artifact.
Chaos Artifact don't take up an equipment slot, and because they're bound to a soul, they don't even need to Manifestation; they're automatically brought to the real world when you log off.
In addition, we need to study the unlocking conditions for the Shennong Ding function.
"I'll log off and rest for the night, then head to the border region tomorrow."
With that, Ling Yi used the [ Escape ] skill to Teleportation back to the city gate of Glory City with Bai Yunlu.
But then they saw a beautiful woman dressed in magnificent armor, with a green longbow slung across her back, standing to one side of the city gate, looking at Ling Yi and Bai Yunlu.
It was Liu Rui, who hadn't been online for over a day.
"You can still log on?" Ling Yi frowned.
Since Teng Long had already informed Ling Yi that among those who had previously besieged Red Maple Village were members of the Star Radiance Group.
Even if Star Radiance Group doesn't suffer a severe blow this time, it won't be much better off.
But now, Liu Rui is back online.
Being able to go online means that Liu Rui has escaped her predicament.
"I knew nothing about the siege of Red Maple Village; it was someone under my command who acted on their own!" Liu Rui said coldly.
At this moment, Liu Rui was in a very bad mood.
Although she has extricated herself from this incident, she has paid a heavy price.
It's fair to say that all those years of hard work have gone down the drain.
She never expected that the seemingly most obedient and loyal Star Radiance Seven Swords would do something so foolish.
Ling Yi shook his head. "These things are not important!"
Seeing the bright "[ Hatred Value 100]" notification above Liu Rui's head, Ling Yi sighed.
The [ Aggro Control ] skill was activated immediately, changing the Hatred Value to 0!
As the Hatred Value dropped to zero, Ling Yi could clearly see that Liu Rui's expression Changes.
The look in her eyes as she looked at Ling Yi softened somewhat, but it was still filled with more complexity.
With her Hatred Value reduced to zero, Liu Rui's absolute intelligence came online as she recalled all the things she had done to Ling Yi in the past.
Even she herself felt it was outrageous.
Love turned to hate? Is that really hate? That's more like developing a mental illness!
"I hope you'll behave yourself in the future." Ling Yi didn't want to have any more contact with Liu Rui.
From now on, the bridge is the bridge, and the road is the road.
Carrying the Bai Yunlu, they disappeared before the city gate.
In Ling Yi's room in Red Maple Village, Ling Yi, having removed his helmet, looked somewhat dazed.
Ling Yi was unable to describe his current feelings.
He wondered, what would have happened if he hadn't broken up with Liu Rui back then?
If they hadn't broken up, Liu Rui would most likely not have been affected by the Innate Negative Favorability Sacred Body.
With Liu Rui's methods and her own Innate advantages as a transmigrator, her future achievements... well, it's hard to say!
Liu Rui was ultimately an overly ambitious woman who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals; she was ruthless and cruel.
Ling Yi couldn't control it at all!
Shaking his head, Ling Yi put down the gaming helmet, turned around, and walked out of the room.
The population of Red Maple Village is increasing.
They were all from the Teng Long Squad, and not only were they all heavily armed, they also brought a lot of large items.
According to Teng Long, with these large objects in place, even if a missile comes, it can be intercepted.
Incidentally, it also allows for a counterattack.
Anyway, it's outrageous!
"What are you thinking about?" Bai Yunlu's voice sounded behind Ling Yi.
Ling Yi shook his head. "No, just a bit sentimental!"
" First Love is the hardest to judge, I understand," Bai Yunlu said casually, patting Ling Yi on the shoulder.
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Ling Yi changed the subject, not wanting to continue the conversation.
"What, you want to cook for yourself?"
"My Cooking skills have improved, and I want to see what's different about the food I make."
" Cooking in a new way?"
Bai Yunlu couldn't help but think of the steamed buns Ling Yi made. Back then, Ling Yi 'Manifestation Cooking skills were only at level 1.
How delicious will the food be after that next Cooking skill upgrade?
"I'll go get the ingredients!"
An hour later, Ling Yi, Bai Yunlu, and Tao Tao stared blankly at the bowl of "clear water" on the dining table.
"Is this the kind of delicious food you can make with a single Cooking turn? Why did it smell so good while it was cooking, but have no flavor at all after it's done?"
"And how did you manage to turn so many ingredients into a bowl of plain water?"
Ling Yi shrugged. "I don't know either. For level 1 Cooking, I can find some patterns. It's just that the procedures are more complicated and the heat control is more precise."
"But this Cooking skill is beyond my comprehension. I only know how to do it, but I don't know why."
"Let's try it first."
Bai Yunlu picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, and put it in her mouth.
Then he fell into a daze.
After a long pause, he finally came to his senses and said, "Life is as lonely as snow!"
Ling Yi and Tao Tao were completely bewildered. What's with this sudden outburst?
"Don't look at me, you'll see once you try it, have another spoonful!"
After Ling Yi tasted it, he finally understood how Bai Yunlu felt.
A sip of "clear water" had absolutely no taste; it was no different from drinking water.
But the next moment, consciousness will enter a wonderful state, as if time is stretched infinitely, and all the beautiful scenes experienced in the past life will jump out from the River of Time.
Scene after scene replays, and although it's from a third-party perspective, it feels as if you're actually there, completely immersing you in that wondrous and beautiful scene.
There's a sense of having washed away all artifice.
Ling Yi lived two lives and experienced a great deal, but he could not be considered successful in either life.
In my previous life, I lived a mediocre and ordinary life, and at the time of my death, I felt as insignificant as an ant.
Little did I know that there were so many warm and beautiful moments in my previous life that I had overlooked.
As for this life, although life is a mess because of the Negative Favorability Sacred Body, there are still many wonderful things.
This feeling is so captivating that one doesn't want to leave.
Time seemed to have passed Eternity, yet it also felt like a fleeting moment, until Ling Yi came to his senses.
The two women had already drunk the entire basin of "clear water."
" Ling Yi, take a look at your data panel!" Bai Yunlu reminded him as soon as she saw Ling Yi come back to his senses.
Ling Yi opened his data panel.
Sure enough, three recovery buffs were stacked on the data panel!
Health restored +3, lasts for ten minutes!
Spiritual Power restored +3, lasting for ten minutes!
Stamina restored by +3, lasting for ten minutes!
This effect may seem small, but it's actually incredibly powerful. The +3 refers to a 30% recovery rate per second.
In other words, within these ten minutes, life, physical strength, and Spiritual Power are all at full capacity.
Of course, Ling Yi has no Spiritual Power, so this Spiritual Power recovery is useless to him.