Chapter 1 Red Leaf Forest

Red Leaf Forest consisted of beautiful maple trees, teeming with Level 5 monsters. It was an absolute no-go zone for players below Level 3. Even though Shi Feng had reached Level 1, he was no match for the Level 5 monsters.

Without hesitation, Shi Feng ran into the Red Leaf Forest, cautiously making his way deeper inside.

From time to time, he could spot Level 5 Forest Wolves patrolling. Shi Feng was only Level 1, and if he didn't keep a sufficient distance, the Forest Wolves' keen sense of smell would detect him.

A Level 5 Forest Wolf had 400 HP and a powerful attack. With only 120 HP, Shi Feng could be killed in two bites.

Shi Feng had no choice but to quietly avoid the Forest Wolves, taking detours.

Along the way, besides the Forest Wolves, there were also clumsy and adorable Young Bears, rolling around on the grass in a daze. Seemingly cute, they were actually fierce. Although they were also Level 5 monsters, melee classes hated bear-type monsters even more because they had high HP and defense, making them more tiring to fight.

Shi Feng had just used the trees to bypass a Young Bear when he heard a wolf's roar behind him.

"Damn, a wolf den!" Even the usually calm Shi Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

Even in his previous life, many Level 4 to 5 players formed teams to grind in the Red Leaf Forest. Not only were there many monsters, but they also dropped many good things, such as skill books, leatherworking materials, and equipment. In addition, there were a large number of herbs and ores that could be gathered in the forest. However, it was also easy to be wiped out in the Red Leaf Forest, and one of the dangers was the wolf den.

Wolf dens were very secretive and difficult to find. If you weren't careful and got too close to the wolf den's警戒 range, a group of Forest Wolves would pounce on you. Usually, there were 3 to 5 wolves, but sometimes there could be 6 to 8. It was a wipeout trap.

Shi Feng, as a reborn individual, was unlucky. Seven Forest Wolves rushed out at once. There wouldn't be enough of this tender newbie to go around.

The Forest Wolves were very fast, but Shi Feng's speed wasn't slow either. He had added all his attributes to Agility, giving him a movement speed of 6. He was definitely a speedster. After all, he was a Level 1 Swordsman. Even with all attributes in Agility, his speed was still a bit slower than the Forest Wolves.

Seeing that he was about to be caught up, Shi Feng couldn't worry about much and directly activated his life-saving skill, Gravity Liberation.

He instantly felt as light as a feather, and his speed immediately increased by a large margin. He quickly shook off the Forest Wolves behind him, leaving them in the dust.

Monsters were monsters, after all. They gave up after chasing for a certain distance, and Shi Feng managed to save his life.

More than ten minutes later, Shi Feng arrived at a range of towering mountains. Several mountains, hundreds of meters high, stood in the center of the Red Leaf Forest. The mountaintops were shrouded in clouds, like a fairyland on earth.

"Finally here."

Shi Feng looked at the majestic mountains and surveyed his surroundings. He spotted a small waterfall and walked over to it.

In his previous life, players were already above Level 20, so their attributes were naturally very high. They could do many things that low-level players couldn't, so they liked to explore every part of God's Domain. Among them, the central mountain range of the Red Leaf Forest was very famous, so Shadow Workshop sent a small team of assassins to investigate the mountain.

They didn't know until they investigated that the central mountain range was a treasure mountain. They discovered many things while climbing the mountain: rare ores, rare herbs, and treasure chests. And at the top of the mountain, there was a mithril treasure chest.

In the wilderness of God's Domain, treasure chests were often placed in hidden places, waiting for players to venture out and discover them. The contents of the treasure chests were very diverse, from copper coins to dark-gold equipment.

The quality of treasure chests was divided into Normal, Bronze, Dark-Iron, Mithril, Fine-Gold, and Dark-Gold. Even a Normal treasure chest was comparable to the drops of an elite monster, not to mention a Mithril-grade treasure chest.

Because of this Mithril treasure chest, Shadow instantly became a well-known workshop in White River City, accumulating a lot of wealth in the early stages.

The Mithril treasure chest not only contained equipment but also a potion-making recipe and a forging design.

In the early stages of God's Domain, the drop rate of potion-making recipes was less than one in ten thousand, not to mention forging blueprints. Forging could create bronze-grade equipment, which players desperately needed. So, the drop rate of blueprints was even lower. With these, it was easy to make money.

Shi Feng wanted to earn 16,000 credits within ten days, so he was counting on it completely. Low-level players didn't have enough Agility (40 points) to activate the hidden basic skill *Flying Eaves and Vaulted Walls*, so they couldn't climb mountains. And the central mountain range didn't have a road to the top; you could only climb.

Although Shi Feng didn't have 40 Agility, he had the Gravity Ring. After activating it, he could still climb.

Activating Gravity Liberation, Shi Feng climbed very easily, quickly scaling to a height of 5 meters.

Seeing that Gravity Liberation was about to expire in 5 seconds, Shi Feng found an open space to rest and wait for the Gravity Ring's cooldown.

Just as Shi Feng hadn't sat down, the rock wall suddenly shook, and a Rock Giant emerged, letting out a series of roars.

Rock Giant, normal monster, Level 5, 550 HP.

"Coming fast."

Seeing the Rock Giant approaching, Shi Feng was prepared. He took out a Bursting Berry from his backpack and threw it forcefully at the Rock Giant's feet, splattering orange, viscous juice all over the ground.

Although the Rock Giant was a Level 5 monster, with super-strong attack, super-high HP, and super-high defense, its reaction was very slow, its attack speed was also slow, and its turning movement was even slower. As long as you had 20 Agility, you could run circles around the Rock Giant. Many assassins liked these clumsy monsters because they could easily kill them without losing a single drop of blood.

Shi Feng didn't have 20 Agility, but he had Bursting Berries, which reduced movement speed by 30% in a 3x3 yard area and reduced turning speed by 70%, lasting for 1 minute. It was a神器 (shénqì - magical equipment) for dealing with clumsy monsters. More than two months after God's Domain was launched, many players would use this method to kill slow, high-level monsters, but slow monsters were a minority in God's Domain, so it was impossible to keep leveling up like that.

With the Bursting Berry, the Rock Giant's movement speed decreased sharply.

Shi Feng drew his Beginner's Sword and rushed behind the Rock Giant, slashing down with his sword.

A damage number of 3 appeared above the Rock Giant's head. Compared to its 550 HP, it was insignificant. Plus, it regenerated 1% of its HP every 5 seconds, which was 5.5 HP every 5 seconds. It was difficult to kill it within a minute.

Attacked once by Shi Feng, the Rock Giant wanted to turn around and attack, but its turning speed was already extremely slow, and now it was slowed down by 70%, making it very sluggish. Shi Feng followed up with two normal attacks and then a Chop, resulting in a series of damage numbers: -3, -3, -6.

Because of the level suppression, the effect of Chop wasn't very good, but because the Rock Giant was 4 levels higher, his skill proficiency increased additionally. With the Swordsman's Talent, the proficiency of Chop increased by 3 points at once.

It was definitely a good place to increase skill proficiency.

The Rock Giant finally managed to turn around and face Shi Feng, but Shi Feng didn't give the Rock Giant a chance. He circled around to the back again and continued attacking.

Wind Lightning Flash!

Instantly, a flash of lightning appeared, dealing 4 damage, followed by another, dealing 5 damage, and finally, the last one dealing 7 damage.

All three lightning strikes hit, and the proficiency of Wind Lightning Flash increased by 3 points at once.

Then, there were a few more sword strikes.

A series of -4, -4, -4 damage numbers. Although each sword strike dealt only 1 more damage than before, the total damage added up would be much greater. The follow-up effect of Wind Lightning Flash was very powerful. Although the damage amplification only lasted for 15 seconds, it greatly accelerated the killing speed, allowing him to finish the battle within a minute and save on the expensive Bursting Berries.

Even though the Rock Giant had high HP and high attack, it couldn't hit Shi Feng, turning it into a training dummy for Shi Feng to gain experience and skill proficiency.

Skill proficiency didn't increase just by using the skill. Against monsters of the same level, there was a 20% chance to increase by 1 point. Against monsters 1 level higher, it was 40%; 2 levels higher, it was 70%; 3 levels higher, it was 100%; 4 levels higher, it was 150%; and 5 levels higher, it was 200%. The increase continued, up to a maximum of 1000%.

Shi Feng was currently killing Level 5 Rock Giants, and his skill proficiency increased several times faster than others.

In less than a minute, the Rock Giant finally fell.

System: You have slain a Level 5 Rock Giant, 4 levels higher than you. Experience gained increased by 400%, receiving 120 points.

Shi Feng's experience bar increased by a significant amount. He was only 880 experience points away from leveling up to Level 2, which meant he could level up to Level 2 by killing only 8 more Rock Giants.

The central mountain range was definitely a good place to level up and find treasures, but unfortunately, people didn't discover it until two months later.

After killing the Rock Giant, Shi Feng rummaged around and obtained a piece of Bronze Ore, a material for making Bronze equipment. He also obtained a piece of Hard Stone. Then, Shi Feng searched the open space and soon found a rare herb, Centura Flower, the main ingredient for making Basic Recovery Potions.

As soon as he approached, another Rock Giant emerged. He threw another Bursting Berry.

Wind Lightning Flash!

Chop!

Soon, he obtained another piece of Hard Stone and 120 experience points, as well as a large amount of proficiency.

The Gravity Ring's cooldown was over, and Shi Feng continued to climb upward.

He continued to find rare herbs and kill Rock Giants along the way.

As the eighth Rock Giant fell, Shi Feng leveled up to Level 2. He added all his points to Agility, bringing his Agility to 16 points. He was only 4 Agility points away from unlocking Nimble Swiftness. The proficiency of Chop reached 300 points. Leveling up to the next level required 600 proficiency points, and the additional damage increased to 12 points, with a cooldown reduction of one second.

If other players knew about this leveling speed, they would probably go crazy. It took five or six hours to level up from Level 0 to Level 1, not to mention leveling up from Level 1 to Level 2, which would take at least seven or eight hours. But Shi Feng reached Level 2 in less than twenty minutes. It was like leveling up at rocket speed.

Shi Feng walked to the Rock Giant and rummaged around again.

"Not bad luck, it actually dropped a piece of equipment." Shi Feng found a piece of cloth armor and was slightly disappointed.

Elegant Cloth Armor, Normal equipment, Level 4, Defense +3, +10 Mana, Durability 20/20.

However, in the early stages of God's Domain, the drop rate of equipment was extremely low. Even Normal equipment was very rare, not to mention Level 4 Normal equipment. There would definitely be someone willing to buy it at a high price.

Shi Feng put away the equipment and was about to continue climbing when he suddenly noticed a cave not far ahead.

He walked over to take a look, and Shi Feng's heart rate suddenly accelerated.

A giant Rock Giant was lying in the cave, sleeping. The rock on its body wasn't the usual dark gray but silver-white.

Shulos, Special Elite, Level 6, 900 HP.

Special Elites were even more powerful than Elites. A six-person team could take down an Elite of the same level, but it would take at least 12 or even 15 people to take down a Special Elite of the same level. This meant that it would take 15 Level 6 players to defeat Shulos in front of him.

Without hesitation, Shi Feng rushed forward and used Wind Lightning Flash directly. One after another, lightning streaked across Shulos's giant body.

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