The beautiful girl saw Chu Tian, who had transformed into a black panther, pouncing towards her. She dropped the beginner's healing potion in her hand, crouched down, hugged her legs, and started crying loudly.
She was so scared by Chu Tian that she thought another monster was attacking her!
The leopard’s graceful figure swept over her head, landing between the girl and the Corrupted Rat Leader.
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd was stunned for a moment. Then, realizing that this black panther was a Druid, discussions erupted!
"How is there a Druid? Did they come across the border?"
"I don't know!"
"No way! I saw a Druid in the beginner village before the Cataclysm. It should be him!"
"Yeah, yeah, look at his name. He was the first to reach Senjin Town."
"Hmph, thinks he’s a hero saving a damsel just because he arrived at town first and got some rewards?"
...
Everyone around turned their gaze towards Chu Tian, ready to watch him get instantly killed.
However, when they looked over, the black leopard was nowhere to be seen.
"This… is he just showing off and then running away?"
This was the thought on everyone's mind.
But the next second, a large red critical damage number floated above the Corrupted Rat Leader's head.
-234...
The rat's health dropped by more than a fifth.
Then, a black silhouette appeared behind the Corrupted Rat Leader.
Seeing this damage, everyone was shocked. What kind of damage was this?
Critical damage is 1.5 times normal damage, so his normal damage must be over 170 points!
"Holy crap, am I seeing things?"
"Damn, my 20 normal attacks don't even do as much as one of his hits..."
...
As the crowd marveled, they saw the Corrupted Rat Leader turn to pursue Chu Tian. Chu Tian maintained his position behind its hind legs, moving at high speed as it turned.
One rat, one cat, like a spinning top. The onlookers went from astonishment to shock. This movement and speed...
Shred, Claw, Shred...
-164, -43, -159, -47, -46...
After the first attack, Chu Tian silently calculated the monster's health. It was as high as 2000 points, but its defense was not high. This was a characteristic of beginner village monsters. If the defense was too high, they wouldn't be able to break through it, making the fight impossible.
As for its attack power, he didn't dare to test it. What if it instantly killed him?
So, he relied on his movement speed to initiate this classic "Tom and Jerry" scene.
Except, this cat's body was too small, while the rat’s body was as large as a yellow ox.
Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the Corrupted Rat Leader crashed to the ground!
"Ding... Congratulations, you have achieved the first global kill of the Level 5 Boss, Corrupted Rat Leader. A global announcement will be made. Do you wish to hide your character name?"
"Hide!"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment. The next second, he grabbed a treasure chest from the ground, entered stealth, and disappeared without a sound.
"Ding... Server-wide Announcement: Dragon Country player '****' has achieved the first global kill of the server's first Leader-class Boss, Corrupted Rat. System rewards will be claimed via mail later!"
This was followed by announcements for the first national kill, first regional kill, and first kill in Beginner Village 1314.
Each announcement was accompanied by an email sent to Chu Tian's inbox.
Chu Tian was incredibly excited. First kill rewards were very generous, usually consisting of skill books and gold coins.
He quickly opened his portable mailbox. The first reward was for the beginner village first kill: 10 silver coins.
In Heavenly Dao, gold coin drops were extremely low. You had to kill many monsters to occasionally get 1 copper coin. Gold coins were the only currency in Heavenly Dao, needed for everything.
Equipment repair, crafting, enhancement, etc...
Of course, with the [Prayer Box], no gold coins were needed for enhancements, only enhancement stones.
In his previous life, when Chu Tian was level 120, killing monsters of the same level only occasionally dropped a few silver coins.
At this stage, 10 silver coins in the beginner phase was an immense fortune. But the subsequent rewards made him feel that these 10 silver coins were just pocket change!
He quickly opened the regional first kill reward: 1 gold coin.
National first kill: 10 gold coins.
Global first kill: 100 gold coins, skill book 'Fierce Bite'.
"I'm rich! Not only can I afford breakfast, but I can eat feasts every day."
Seeing these gold coins, Chu Tian was so happy he almost blew bubbles from his nose, jumping a few high jumps on the spot!
In his previous life, in the first few days after the server opened, something big happened in Beginner Village No. 1 of the Eastern Region. A super-rich player bought gold coins in bulk. At that time, one silver coin was hyped to 1,000 RMB.
Chu Tian looked at the 111 gold coins and 13 silver coins in his bag and felt an urge to cross the border to Beginner Village No. 1 of the Eastern Region.
But he knew it was unrealistic. The borders between beginner villages were guarded by Level 30 elite monsters. Even if he was powerful now, he couldn't overcome so many levels to challenge elite monsters.
Even if he used stealth to evade, it wouldn't work. The level difference was too great, making stealth useless. Once he entered the monster's alert range, he would be detected.
Before Heavenly Dao connected with real-world currency, he could only find a middleman to sell gold, or players could trade directly with each other if they trusted each other, or meet in person.
The real-world currency connection would only open in half a year. Trust was impossible, and he didn't have time for face-to-face transactions, so he could only contact a middleman.
He remembered there was such a person in Beginner Village 1314 in his previous life. They had traded quite a bit, and his reputation was decent.
He opened the add friend interface—
Entered the character name 'Integrity First 007'.
"Ding... The other party has accepted your friend request. Video call is available!"
Chu Tian opened the call interface and sent a message: "Brother, buying gold, large quantity! Quote your price."
After a few seconds, the other party replied: "Is that you, Great God?"
"You know me?" Chu Tian felt surprised.
"Great God, you have no idea. Even though you hid your character name in the announcement, everyone in Beginner Village 1314 knows your name now! You solo-killed a Level 5 Boss!"
After reading the message, Chu Tian thought, right! So many people saw him kill the Corrupted Rat Leader at the time. Even if the announcement was hidden, they would still know who he was.
He wasn't excited about becoming famous, but rather felt a slight unease.
In his previous life, he had suffered because his reputation grew too large, and he was eventually framed by Huang Xueyi.
It seemed he needed to be more low-key from now on.
"The current price for 1 copper coin is 6 mao. Great God, how much do you have? If it's a large quantity, I can offer a slightly better price!"
The other party sent another message, possibly seeing Chu Tian didn't reply.
Seeing the quoted price, Chu Tian's heart stirred. The price on the first day of the server opening was quite high. After all, in about half a month, the gold price in Beginner Village 1314 would stabilize at around 3 mao per copper coin, and other beginner villages would be similar, except for Beginner Village No. 1 of the Eastern Region.
"100 gold coins, can you take it?"
Chu Tian considered it. He hadn't planned to sell all of it, but thinking about needing to buy a game pod, he sent the message.
Seeing that the other party didn't reply, Chu Tian didn't mind. He had the gold coins anyway. At worst, he could announce their sale himself, and middlemen would buy gold for 6 mao. If he announced it himself, he could even sell it for 1 yuan per copper coin.
During this time, he hadn't been idle and had been heading towards the town.
Suddenly, he remembered he had received a skill book reward. He opened his backpack to check—