Facing only one giant earthworm, Ling Chen didn't feel any pressure, but this didn't mean that he would be careless. On the contrary, his eyes were cold and his whole body was tense. He took a step forward, his right hand drawing a swift arc, cutting through the giant earthworm's body. Then he quickly retreated before it could counterattack, not giving the giant earthworm a chance to hit him.
Facing the giant earthworm, he didn't use the highest attack frequency method of quickly moving around it. This was because to the giant earthworm, being in front, behind, left, or right didn't make a difference. It didn't even need to turn around to attack from any angle. Therefore, after Ling Chen found a gap to attack, the best place to dodge was behind him. Although the giant earthworm's body was huge, its movement speed wasn't much different from Ling Chen's. It used its own explosive power to launch a flying attack, but it still needed about a second to store up power. He could easily dodge it at close range, so this kind of method didn't take up too much of his energy and thought.
Therefore, he retreated during the attack, then quickly moved forward during the gap between the giant earthworm's attacks. After one attack, he would immediately jump away. When he retreated to the point where he had nowhere to retreat to, or when he might disturb other giant earthworms, he would wait for a gap to attack and pass through the giant earthworm's body. Then he would attack from another direction while retreating. The earthworm without intelligence just followed behind him and ate the dust. It was brought around by Ling Chen from one end of the space to the other, then from the other end back to the other end, back and forth.
Players of the same level could easily defeat normal monsters of the same level with the same stats. The biggest reason was that monsters didn't have the intelligence of humans. The giant earthworm's defense was rubbish, but its evasion was very high. Ling Chen could only hit once out of three attacks, but the giant earthworm's HP was still dropping at a very fast rate. One attack from Ling Chen could destroy more than one-twentieth of its HP. After five minutes, the first giant earthworm let out an ear piercing screech and fell to the ground.
"Ding … You have successfully killed 3 Star Elite 'Cursed Giant Earthworm', Fame + 15, SP + 15."
It didn't take much effort, and there wasn't any danger to speak of. The first giant earthworm fell, but it also contributed 15 SP and 15 Fame. Beside the corpse, a faint blue light flickered. Ling Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and picked it up.
[Rock Spike]: Type: Dagger, Grade: Iron. Requirements: Level 5 or above Assassin class. A sharp short blade forged from steel. Has a weak earth attribute. Attributes: Attack Power + 12, Attack Speed + 30, Attacks deal an additional 5 points of Earth Damage.
Daggers were weapons with the fastest attack speed. Every dagger had a different attack speed. But this dagger was obviously useless against Ling Chen. Putting it away, Ling Chen did the same thing, picked up a piece of gravel on the ground, and threw it at another giant earthworm.
The second giant earthworm was immediately attracted over. Ling Chen turned around and retreated until he was in a position that he was most satisfied with. Then, he began to use the same tactic as before.
Under his attack, every five minutes, a giant Earth Dragon's HP would be emptied and turned into his EXP and Reputation. Occasionally, he would also receive a piece of LV5 equipment.
"Ding … you have successfully killed 3 Star Elite" Cursed Giant Earth Dragon ", Reputation + 15, SP + 15."
"Ding … you have successfully killed 3 Star Elite" Cursed Giant Earth Dragon ", Reputation + 15, SP + 15."
… …
Ling Chen repeated the action of attracting the giant earthworms, and then used the same method to kill them one by one. Time slowly passed in this dark space, and the "si si" sound became smaller and smaller. Finally, after an hour, the tenth giant earthworm also let out a final hiss and softened like mud. Two silver coins and a crimson glow fell from its body.
"Ding … you have successfully killed 3 Star Elite" Cursed Giant Earth Dragon ", Reputation + 15, SP + 15."
"Ding … congratulations you have levelled up, now LV5, HP + 10, MP + 10, gained 5 AP points."
Killing elite monsters would not only gain SP and Reputation, but also a lot of EXP. Killing the last giant earthworm, Ling Chen's LV4 EXP bar immediately filled up, rising to LV5.
"Ding … you have successfully killed all the" Cursed Giant Earth Dragons ", the door to the fourth area of the Forgotten Cave has been opened."
The rumbling sound of the stone door opening sounded again, and on the wall in front, another hidden stone door slowly opened.
Walking in front of the last giant earthworm's corpse, Ling Chen picked up the silver coin and that object releasing a red glow … As he expected, this is an energy crystal.
[Beginner Strength Crystal]: Type: Energy Crystal, Grade: Beginner, Attribute: Fire, Effect: Physical Attack Power + 3%.
This was the first energy crystal that Ling Chen had obtained from a monster, and it was the lowest grade. The drop rate of energy crystals was very low. He didn't know how rare an orb that was a grade higher than a crystal would be. Ling Chen raised his wrist, and pointed the crystal at the empty hole in the Moon Deities chain. A faint red light flashed, and the sound of "Embedding Successful" rang out. The beginner strength crystal had been perfectly embedded in the Moon Deities chain, and his attack power increased by 3%.
The ten giant earthworms dropped a beginner strength crystal and five pieces of equipment, a steel grade rock spike, a steel grade iron shield, and three pieces of equipment that he could use immediately.
[Beast Skin Armor]: Type: Upper Garment, Grade: Bronze, Equipment Requirements: Any profession LV5 or above, rough armor made from beast skin, flashing a faint earth elemental light, Attribute: Defense + 12, Constitution + 3, Earth Resistance + 3%.
[Beast Skin Trousers]: Type: Lower Garment, Grade: Bronze, Equipment Requirements: Any profession LV5 or above, rough trousers made from beast skin, flashing a faint earth elemental light, Attribute: Defense + 10, HP + 20, Earth Resistance + 3%.
[Agility Ring]: Type: Ring, Grade: Steel, Equipment Requirements: None. It was a ring that contained some Lightness Force. Attribute: Agility + 2, Hit Rate + 2.
10 3 Star Elites only dropped five pieces of equipment, but they were kind enough to drop an energy crystal and an extremely rare accessory type equipment – the Agility Ring. For Ling Chen, reaching LV5 wasn't just an increase of one level. At LV5, the equipment that he could finally use would definitely change his overall attributes.
He equipped the Beast Skin Armour, Beast Skin Trousers, and the Agility Ring, then threw away the Novice Sword and equipped the Wolf Fang Sword that the blacksmith in the Novice Village had specially made for him. Then he equipped the Steel Bracers and Wolf Leather Shoes. All of the novice equipment had been replaced. Apart from the headgear and accessory type equipment, every part of his body had at least steel grade equipment, and his overall attributes had greatly increased.
Level: LV5; Class: Trainee Warrior; Faction: None
Reputation: 485; Money: 3 Gold Coins; SP: 220
Basic Attributes: Strength: 38, Constitution: 10, Agility: 9, Spirit: 5
Innate Attributes: Luck: 5; Comprehension: 5
HP: 270; MP: 100
Physical Attack Power: 92
Magic Attack Power: 10
Physical Defence: 25
Hit Rate: 13; Dodge Rate: 9
Critical Rate: 7%; Pierce Rate: 6%
Attack Speed: 100; Movement Speed: 100
Elemental Resistance: Water: 0%; Fire: 0%; Wind: 0%; Lightning: 0%; Earth: 6%; Light: 0%; Darkness: 0%.
After changing to the new equipment, Ling Chen's overall attributes soared. Looking at his current attributes, Ling Chen was convinced that if he used his current state to kill the giant earthworm, his efficiency would at least double. Not only did his attributes soar, but he had also accumulated a full 220 skill points.
Opening the skill panel, Ling Chen placed his skill points on the two skills he had. Immediately, in a white brilliance, Full Power Strike and Crescent Slash were once again upgraded.
[Full Power Strike]: Current Level: LV5, Highest Level: LV5, Max Level. Apprentice Warrior's beginner skill, using the weapon in hand to attack the target in front, dealing 150% damage, 2% chance to stun the target for 2-3 seconds, MP Consumption: 5, Cooldown Time: 0.
[Crescent Slash]: Current Level: LV4, Highest Level: LV5. Skill Points required to upgrade to LV5: 150. Apprentice Warrior's beginner skill, using the weapon in hand to slash forward, drawing out a small sword arc, dealing 120% damage to 4 targets in a 4 meter radius, MP Consumption: 7, Cooldown Time: 0.
Full Power Strike directly reached its peak, its power reached its peak, at the same time there was a certain chance to add a stun. Crescent Slash's power, attack range, number and power all increased. After using the two skills, he was left with the last 40 skill points. If he had another 110 skill points, his two apprentice skills would both reach their peak when he was LV5, reaching a state that ordinary LV10 players wouldn't necessarily be able to reach.
His current state was already incomparable to a few minutes ago, Ling Chen looked at the time, and walked towards the opened stone door. The third area was guarded by ten 3 Star Elites … Then, in front, there was a high possibility of a Lord Boss!! If it was at LV4, before entering, he would use a considerable amount of time to ponder the possible situations he might encounter and various methods to deal with it, but now, even if there were two LV5 Lord Bosses waiting for him, he wouldn't be afraid.
"Ding … You have entered the Forgotten Cave's fourth area, the fourth area is guarded by 'Hell Spider', please prepare for battle."
Rumble …
Just like before, the moment he entered, the stone door behind him automatically closed, once again cutting off his path of retreat. In front of him, a one meter tall black shadow was motionless, as if it was waiting for him. At the same time that Ling Chen saw it, two dark green cold lights also fixed on his body.
That was a huge black spider!
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