The clouds parted, revealing a snow-white monster within.
Frost Slime (One-Star Creature) Level: LV3 Strength 10, Agility 7, Spirit 8, Constitution 8 Skills: Frost Armor, Snowball Spit.
When the round creature, radiating a faint chill, appeared, Han Xing immediately loosed an arrow.
"Wind Chaser Arrow, go!"
The Fine Iron Arrow carried the scent of wind, moving at an unimaginable speed.
Its powerful penetration instantly pierced through the Slime's crystalline icy shell.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the ice crystal shattered.
The entire arrow, right down to its fletching, sank into the Slime's body...
The Frost Slime's body immediately began to convulse violently.
Han Xing's eyes lit up. He had struck the Slime's weak point.
"Tsk, tsk. After changing into a few pieces of equipment, this attack power really is different. I didn't expect one arrow to leave a level 3 monster heavily wounded."
"Good thing you're a Slime. If you were a humanoid creature with a head, that arrow would've blown your head clean off. Heh heh heh."
Hearing Han Xing's sinister laughter, the Frost Slime ahead widened its eyes in terror.
"Poor Slime, let me shoot... no, let me help you find release!"
Han Xing drew his bow and fired a second arrow. Then a System Prompt appeared.
You have killed Frost Slime lv3 and gained 30 Experience Points. Your territory range has expanded.
After merging the Slime's territory, Han Xing's territory had reached 72 cubic units. He remained first on the points leaderboard.
Without stopping, Han Xing continued approaching other clouds.
You have killed Crimson Fire Fox lv3 and gained 30 Experience Points. Your territory range has expanded. You have killed a Level 3 Black-Maned Wild Boar and gained 30 Experience Points. Your territory range has expanded. You have killed...
One System Prompt after another appeared. From morning until the sun was about to set, Han Xing barely stopped for even a moment.
As he continued exploring the clouds, he encountered many monsters in succession.
Emerald Frog, Lightning Slime, Hunchback Boar Pack...
One monster after another fell beneath his arrows.
Han Xing gained a massive amount of experience, and the experience bar beneath his character panel reached 90% of level 2.
At the same time, his territory had nearly doubled in size. With 129 points, Han Xing held firmly onto first place on the territory leaderboard.
He was also currently the only one whose territory had exceeded three digits.
The current second place was Papaya Star Spirit, who had surged ahead with 95 points, surpassing the original Whisperer and Black Hawk.
However, the gap between them was not large now, and the other two were close behind.
Han Xing pondered, "Looks like the competition on the leaderboard is fierce."
It was far more than fierce. What he did not know was that District 107's Chat Channel was practically in an uproar over the rankings.
The second, third, and fourth places on the leaderboard all belonged to people with factions behind them, and there were several other factions among the top ten as well.
Driven by certain interested parties, heated mutual insults had already erupted in the Chat Channel, seemingly in an attempt to interfere with the leaderboard contenders.
Aside from the Twilight Mercenaries, where Black Shadow was, who remained relatively low-key, the other teams had all joined the verbal brawl.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Han Xing.
As the sun set beyond the western hills, a crescent moon climbed into the treetops.
Under the moonlight, a human clad in leather armor and holding an iron bow was fighting a Graystone Giant Wolf.
His nimble figure continuously leaped back and forth across the floating platform, evading the Graystone Giant Wolf's pounces time and again. Whenever he opened up some distance, he drew his bow and fired.
That person was Han Xing.
"Wolf bro, hurry up, run faster! Didn't you eat? My dog runs faster than you!"
"Are you really a wolf? Or are you just a little mutt wearing wolf skin?"
Han Xing traded blows with the giant wolf while spouting trash talk.
Although he did not know whether the giant wolf understood him, his interference tactic had indeed worked.
The giant wolf's eyes became increasingly bloodshot, Blood Veins spreading throughout them.
It grew even angrier. With a roar, it prepared to pounce on Han Xing.
Just then, the human Hunter opposite it suddenly narrowed his eyes. An arrow tinged with green shot toward it in an instant, tearing through the air at a terrifying speed.
The Graystone Giant Wolf had nowhere to dodge and could only let the arrow pierce into its abdomen.
"Got it!" Han Xing said excitedly.
Watching the Graystone Giant Wolf's movements grow increasingly sluggish, he knew that the neurotoxin smeared on the arrowhead was taking effect.
Han Xing let out a breath and thought, This Elite Monster really is hard to deal with. It's still so lively after taking so many of my arrows.
That was right. This Graystone Giant Wolf was an elite wild monster.
When Han Xing had been clearing out the last cloud nearby, he encountered it inside and a battle broke out.
The monster's attributes appeared before him.
Graystone Giant Wolf (One-Star Elite Creature) Level: lv3 Strength 15, Agility 20, Spirit 11, Constitution 18 Skills: Swift Pounce, Bite, Bloodthirst.
An elite creature with three skills, coupled with such powerful attributes, was practically a death sentence for any human survivor who encountered it at this stage.
Han Xing knew this might have something to do with his exploration speed.
He had nearly conquered all the clouds in this area. Aside from the Dark Elf squad, this giant wolf was likely the strongest monster in the region, equivalent to a regional mini-boss.
At this moment, seven or eight iron arrows were embedded in the Graystone Giant Wolf's body. Although none had struck vital points, the continuously active neurotoxin had made it increasingly weak.
The Graystone Giant Wolf's movements gradually slowed. At this moment, it seemed to know that its fate had already been sealed.
A trace of calm returned to the giant wolf's vicious gaze. It looked at Han Xing, then glanced around.
The Graystone Giant Wolf seemed to have made some kind of decision. It howled toward the sky, then suddenly leaped into Han Xing's territory.
Han Xing narrowed his eyes, ready at any moment for the giant wolf to pounce.
However, the Graystone Giant Wolf's target was not him. Instead, it charged straight toward the five Storage Boxes at the edge of the territory.
"Cunning bastard. Is it trying to damage my territory before it dies?"
Han Xing did not panic. Instead, he raised the bow in his hand.
The Next Moment, the Multi-Shot Barrage skill activated.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Five successive sounds of tearing air rang out as five iron arrows shot toward the Graystone Giant Wolf's massive body at terrifying speed.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Four out of the five arrows hit.
The Graystone Giant Wolf, already barely conscious, staggered after suffering repeated heavy damage. In the end, it finally collapsed.
You have killed Graystone Giant Wolf (Elite Grade) lv3 and gained 150 Experience Points. Your level has increased.
"Leveled up!"
Having reached level 3, Han Xing checked his panel and nodded. "Not bad. Agility increased by 3 points, while Strength, Spirit, and Constitution each increased by 1 point."
Over the past two days, he had more or less figured out the leveling bonuses for human survivors.
Before level 10, before becoming an advanced class user, each level granted roughly 4 to 6 attribute points.
Then, based on one's class specialties, the corresponding attributes would increase even more.
For example, a Hunter's Agility, a warrior's Strength, a mage's Spirit, and a holy class's dual Spirit and Constitution attributes.
Just then, a different prompt from the previous ones appeared.
You have killed the elite monster of this region. You may now explore more advanced areas. Please note: monsters in advanced areas will become more powerful. Survivors, choose carefully during exploration.
Before you continue