Chapter 1 The Truth

Those assassins lied. Although Shi Feng was furious, he had to calm down in the face of the unknown situation.

Even members of the studio had their own selfish motives. They would definitely hide some key things they discovered to quietly become stronger and make a fortune in silence.

There were many such people in the studio, whether they were peripheral members or core members. After a while, a few particularly strong people would always emerge, and their status would suddenly rise. Shi Feng himself was like this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone from being a core member to the leader of the studio.

"Coming to the Lost Land, telling outsiders that they only saw mithril treasure chests, and not saying anything else, they must have hidden something more important than the mithril treasure chests. Is it this hidden quest?" Shi Feng brought up the system quest interface.

The hidden quest of the Lost Land, "Past Glory."

Besides the name, there was no quest content at all. He didn't even know what to do.

"A regional trigger quest?" With ten years of *God's Domain* experience, Shi Feng saw the key to this hidden quest at a glance.

In *God's Domain*, there were some very special quests that could only be triggered in certain areas. Moreover, this quest had no content and required players to find it themselves. After completing the quest, even if the next player came here, the quest would not be triggered again. It could be said to be a very special and unique quest.

It was also a very dangerous quest.

To find a way to complete the quest in an unknown area, one had to face the monsters in this unknown area. The monster levels in the area where this special quest was located were generally several levels higher than the surrounding areas, making it impossible for ordinary players to complete.

In his previous life, the quest was triggered in this Level 5 monster area when six assassins above Level 20 came here, so they were able to complete the quest.

"Forget it, I can't get out anyway, so I might as well explore. At worst, I'll die and go back to town." Once Shi Feng understood, he strode forward.

Walking through the misty white fog, a few blurred figures appeared in front of Shi Feng.

It was a city, a city abandoned for many years. Everywhere were dilapidated houses. From the size of the city and the splendor of the buildings, it could be judged that it was once very prosperous, even more so than White River City.

However, this 'prosperous' city didn't even have a single person.

Shi Feng quietly entered the city, searching for quest clues while observing the movements around him.

Searching a city that could accommodate millions of people was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Shi Feng ran through dozens of streets, entered hundreds of houses, and spent several hours, but still couldn't find any quest clues. *God's Domain* had just started, and it was time to widen the gap, but Shi Feng wasted several hours. Many players were already Level 1, but Shi Feng was still stuck at Level 2, 34%.

Should he continue searching for quest clues, or should he end his life and resurrect back to town? Shi Feng was a little hesitant.

"I'll look for another hour, and if I can't find anything, I'll go back to town." Shi Feng set a time for himself. Although this kind of quest was valuable, he didn't have that much time to waste. He still had a lot of quests to do, so there was no need to exhaust himself here.

Time passed little by little.

Shi Feng came to the central tower of the city. This used to be a holy land for magic-type classes, the best place to learn magic, but now it was dilapidated, and even the magic crystals on the tower were shattered.

Walking up the tower and standing on the observation deck, the scenery of the city was in full view. If time wasn't tight, Shi Feng would definitely take a good look.

He looked around, but didn't find anything special.

Just as Shi Feng was about to leave.

"Young adventurer, welcome to Sky City."

An old man with a white beard suddenly appeared. His voice was full of vicissitudes and wisdom, which immediately startled Shi Feng. He thought some monster had appeared, but after seeing the yellow marker, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Sky City?

Thinking of this very famous city in *God's Domain*, Shi Feng was shocked.

Sky City was once famous throughout the *God's Domain* continent. There were countless legendary classes in the city, and the demigod-level Sword Saint Ulutia was in charge. Even the gods were afraid of it, but unfortunately, it fell and disappeared in the Third God War, becoming a regret of *God's Domain*.

"Respected elder, is there anything I can help you with?" Shi Feng asked with a formulaic smile.

"Help?" The old man with the white beard shook his head and smiled, "No, I don't need help. I think you definitely want to become stronger. I can help you, but are you willing to accept my test?"

"Of course, I am willing to accept the test." Shi Feng was relieved. The clue to the Past Glory quest was here. He didn't have to die and go back to town, losing levels and skill proficiency.

The old man nodded in satisfaction and said seriously: "I will give you three choices. The first is normal difficulty. After passing, you can get a Mysterious-Iron Treasure Chest. The second is hard difficulty, you can get a Mithril Treasure Chest, and at the same time, according to the completion, you can get additional rewards. The third is hell difficulty, the reward is a Fine-Gold Treasure Chest, and at the same time, according to the completion, you can get additional rewards."

"Young adventurer, which one do you choose?"

The three choices were more difficult than the other, but the temptation was also amazing. The six assassins above Level 10 chose hard difficulty and got a Mithril Treasure Chest, but they chose to hide the extra rewards, which shows that the extra rewards were better than the Mithril Treasure Chest.

Shi Feng thought for a while. As a reborn person, he should have some courage to challenge.

"Respected elder, I choose hell difficulty." Shi Feng was confident that he could deal with this difficulty. If he could pass it, it would play an important role in his future development.

"Hahaha, young people are really energetic, I appreciate you, but don't regret your choice." The old man laughed and disappeared without a trace.

System: Accepted the quest "Past Glory". Face 1000 monsters of the same level. Killing 500 is considered qualified. The time limit is 4 hours. The penalty for failing the quest is a permanent decrease of 10 points in all attributes.

Attributes were the foundation of a class. If all attributes were reduced by 10 points, this account would be almost useless.

"This penalty is too harsh." Shi Feng looked at the countless ghost warriors emerging from under the tower, and his scalp tingled.

The countdown had already started, and there were still 5 seconds before the monster attack time.

Ghost Warrior, ordinary monster, Level 2, Health Points 230.

Dealing with one was very easy, but facing a sea of ​​ghost warriors, even Shi Feng became nervous.

Rushing down directly would be courting death, and he would definitely be surrounded and killed. The only way was to fight one-on-one.

Shi Feng was experienced in combat and quickly ran down the stairs, standing on the narrow stairs.

These stairs could only allow two monsters to pass at most, which was the best killing point. As long as he guarded the stairs, he could pass.

When the 5 seconds were up, all the ghost warriors went crazy and rushed into the tower, desperately killing Shi Feng, but the stairs were very narrow, blocking each other, allowing Shi Feng to easily face two ghost warriors. Shi Feng could dodge all the warriors' attacks.

*Wind Lightning Flash*!

*Chop*!

Three rays of lightning flashed past. Within a range of 2*10 yards, all the ghost warriors suffered a high amount of damage, instantly taking away more than 60 points of the ghost warriors' health, plus the 33 points of damage from the Chop.

The health of the first ghost warrior was directly cut in half, and the dozens of ghost warriors behind him lost a quarter of their health.

Before, when facing high-level monsters with high defense, the effects of *Wind Lightning Flash* and *Chop* were greatly suppressed. Now, when facing monsters of the same level, the super-powerful group attack damage of *Wind Lightning Flash* was fully displayed.

The damage-increasing effect after *Wind Lightning Flash* allowed Shi Feng to take away the first ghost warrior with just 5 sword strikes.

In order to speed up the killing speed, Shi Feng activated *Gravity Liberation* again, and his attack speed soared again.

With the damage-increasing effect, he could solve one in less than 3 seconds.

It was a pity that killing ghost warriors didn't give experience points, but skill proficiency would definitely give 1 point.

Watching the ghost warriors fall one by one, and the skill proficiency continuously improve, Shi Feng was very happy.

Perhaps the NPC would not have thought that a Level 2 Swordsman would use a super-powerful group attack skill and not be afraid of crowd tactics. He could easily dodge attacks in a one-on-two situation.

If it were other players, they would probably fail the quest, but he could complete it perfectly.

Two hours passed, and the skill proficiency of *Wind Lightning Flash* increased to 300 points, reaching Level 2, the damage increased from 130% to 135%, and the cooldown time decreased from 30 seconds to 28 seconds.

The Chop also increased to 426600, just a little bit away from being able to upgrade to Level 3.

The Wind Lightning Flash's upgrade to Level 2 further increased Shi Feng's monster-killing speed. The ghost warriors fell in batches, and there were only 20 left, with an hour and a half remaining.

After using the Wind Lightning Flash, the last 20 or so ghost warriors also fell.

"Not bad, young man, this is your reward." The old man reappeared, looking at Shi Feng with a smile, and took out a Fine-Gold Treasure Chest and a black long sword.

System: Completed the quest "Past Glory", received a Fine-Gold Treasure Chest, a Class Magic Weapon, and the title "One Against Thousands".

Title "One Against Thousands": When using this title, all friendly attributes within a 30-yard radius are increased by 10%, and the player themselves gain an additional Strength +5 and Endurance +5 effect.

"The reward has been given, you can leave." After the old man finished speaking, he waved his hand gently.

Shi Feng's eyes blurred, and when he opened them again, he had returned to the square in Red Leaf Town.

Didi!

The system communication kept ringing crazily, and it was Hei Zi who was requesting communication.

"Brother Feng, you finally answered. Why couldn't I contact you before? I'm one level behind everyone else, what should I do now?" Hei Zi was very anxious, but because of his trust in Shi Feng, he patiently said.

He spent more than 7 hours running away, and now the streets were full of Level 1 players, while he was still Level 0. How could he catch up with such a gap? No one wanted to team up with him now. Others' minimum requirement was Level 1. For a Level 0 noob, go to the side.

"Sorry, I've been doing quests before. Come to the central square, I'll take you to level up." Shi Feng said apologetically.

The quest took more than 5 hours, and *God's Domain* had been open for more than 8 hours. Many players had reached Level 1, and professional players might not be far from Level 2.

As a reborn person, it was still easy to take Hei Zi to level up. It wouldn't take long for Hei Zi to catch up with the professional players.