Chapter Fourteen: Shallow Marsh

  It's already past 4 o'clock in the morning, and it will be dawn in just over an hour.

  But I didn't have the slightest bit of sleepiness, holding the White Silver Instrument Golden Bow in my hand, my heart was surging with excitement. This is currently the most NB equipment in Ling Xiao, and now it's in my hands. No matter how many masters there are in the world, can anyone surpass this rookie?

  But I also know that it's just my luck that exploded a new village top-level BOSS, no need for two or three days' time, naturally someone will be able to explode new white silver equipment, so I must seize this precious time, in the near future greatly improve my level! Leveling up, only then can I possibly solo even more NB monsters, only then can I fight out even better equipment!

  Within two weeks after the game is opened, the business of exchanging game coins will not be opened, so players' wealth in the game cannot be converted into reality. However, after half a month, when personal bank account and game account binding service are opened, those financial groups who want to make a big deal in the game can spend a lot of money, and I, as a single player who only wants to get some top-grade equipment, kill some bad guys and date some top-grade beauties, can also exchange RMB from the game to spend.

  Of course, everything is based on having a high level!

  When I arrived at the location where the Golden Slime King had died half an hour ago, it was already occupied by a large number of players, and there was even a small team of dozens of people guarding it. Because after a BOSS is killed, it will refresh again after a period of time!

  I couldn't help but sneer, I had already browsed through the data of "Ling Xu" half a month ago, the refresh interval of the regular BOSS is approximately one week, these guys must have been waiting here for a week without leveling up or entering the main city, otherwise they wouldn't be able to wait for the Slime King's next refresh!

  I didn't linger and directly traversed the basin, continuing forward for nearly a quarter of an hour. The surroundings gradually brightened up, probably due to dawn breaking. Some daytime active monsters also appeared in the forest - 14th level Cyan Eagles, 15th level Short-haired Wild Boars, and 16th level Bloodthirsty Antelopes. However, I didn't focus my attention on them because my goal for this trip was... the 20th level Blue-eyed Lizard!

  A shallow river flows through the forest to the west of Xinshou Village, where few people visit. In the shallow beach grass by the river, there are lizards with blue eyes, their iron armor lying in the grass, and their blue eyes look a bit scary.

  My level is just enough to see the attributes of Blue-eyed Lizard, so I took a look at the data immediately.

  Blue-Eyed Lizard (Common Monster)

  Level: 20

  Attack: 45-70

  Defense: 60

  Blood: 1200

  Attack Type: Inflicts paralysis effect with a certain probability of paralyzing the target

  ……

  Whoa! Such a high attack power, it's almost on par with Slime King's!

  I was greatly surprised, the properties of this blue-eyed lizard are indeed powerful, not only is its attack high, but its defense is also nearly abnormal, with a defense as high as 60, it's almost like the blue-eyed lizard has become an iron plate, if I didn't have the golden bow in my hand, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to break through its defense!

  I drew an arrow from my quiver and placed it on the bowstring. With a sudden burst of strength, I pulled back the full moon, and with a "whooshing" sound, the arrow shot out!

  "Pffft!"

  The arrow hit the blue-eyed lizard's head, and it retreated two steps in pain. The number "245" damage floated above its head.

  As I was slightly stunned, the blue-eyed lizard had already arrived and killed me. Its big mouth opened wide, and that disgusting tongue flew out, suddenly licking my chest and taking away 87 points of my blood!

  I retreated several steps back and shot another arrow, this time using the skill of Ice Arrow!

  "Boom!"

  A blue glow burst on the top of Blue-Eyed Lizard's head, instantly covering its entire body with a layer of frost, and its movement speed greatly reduced!

  I took a look at the optional skills and suddenly realized, Break Armor Arrow! This skill that ignores 50% of defense isn't exactly the nemesis of Blue-Eyed Lizard, this iron-plated monster?

  I flew back and forth, skillfully drawing my bow again. As the bowstring vibrated, the armor-piercing arrow transformed into a beam of milky white light that pierced the blue-eyed lizard's head, and a high damage number jumped out!

  “624！”

  I was almost stunned, and I quickly rubbed my eyes to confirm that it was indeed a 624-point attack! This level 20 monster actually lost half of its health with just one hit from me!

  In an instant, I was overjoyed and to dispel the doubts in my heart, I shot out another Breaking Arrow. This time, the Breaking Arrow's light clearly pierced into the Blue-eyed Lizard's head, dealing 678 damage!

  "Waaaahhhh..."

  The blue-eyed lizard let out a miserable cry and died directly, exploding several silver coins!

  After killing 5 levels of monsters, the experience is extremely rich. Just a blue-eyed lizard gave me 550 experience points, and the equipment explosion rate will also be greatly improved. Of course, this blue-eyed lizard only exploded with 5 silver coins, and there was nothing else.

  It's easy to understand that the probability of ordinary monsters bursting out equipment is very low. I killed Slime for five hours and only got one white piece of equipment, so it's necessary to get used to monsters not bursting out equipment.

  I took a look around and found that this small map is called Shallow Swamp. The Shallow Swamp is filled with Blue-eyed Lizards, ranging from level 20 to 25, which is enough for me to level up to 20. And not far away in the forest, I suddenly discovered an NPC lying there, seemingly making a faint **sound!

  My heart skipped a beat, and I immediately ran over. Indeed, it was a middle-aged soldier, wearing a suit of armor, lying in the bushes, with bloodstains all over his legs, as if he had been attacked by something!

  The NPC looked up at me and exclaimed in surprise: "Young warrior, it's great that you can find your way here. Can you help me with something?"

  "Ding!"

  System Prompt: Do you accept the soldier captain's request?

  I quickly clicked confirm, and the system immediately came with another ringtone ——

  "Ding!"

  System Prompt: You have accepted the task 【Collect Lizard Skin】 (Current Task Difficulty: 80)

  Mission: Kill the nearby Blue-Eyed Lizard and collect 50 pieces of lizard skin to hand over to Captain Alin. He will craft a useful leather armor for you!

  ……

  I couldn't help but smile wryly - there isn't even a single furnace here, yet they can still craft equipment. The designer of this game must be out of their mind!

  The difficulty of the task has been increased again, this time to 80 points. It's no wonder, the system defaulted my level, a 15-level player challenging a group of 20-level blue-eyed lizards is naturally like an egg hitting a rock. However, the system ignored the existence of the top-grade weapon in my hand, the Golden Bow, which was enough to break this balanced state!

  Now that we have the task, upgrading will be half the work with double the results!

  I took a look at the ranking list, and I'm currently ranked 4087th in China. When I checked, the player ranked 1000th was only level 16!

  Alright, leveled up to 18 before sleep, let's talk about entering China in a thousand years!

  I was filled with passion, without any sleepiness, turned around and shot an ice arrow at a blue-eyed lizard. As it slowed down, the lizard slowly crawled over, but in this process, my two broken armor arrows could have killed it 100%. Even if there was a burst of attack, the broken armor arrow could have instantly killed this level 20 monster!

  Under the stimulation of rich experience, time passed like flowing water. When I finally felt a bit tired, it was already 5 o'clock in the morning. The speed at which I killed monsters was unimaginable - within one minute, I could kill 3-5 blue-eyed lizards. Within just an hour, I leveled up twice to level 17, and I had also collected all the lizard skins!

  It's getting late, I have to go to work at 9 am tomorrow, so I'll sleep at 5 am and get about 3 hours of sleep. If I'm still sleepy during work, I can take a nap, and then continue working hard when I get home. Being young is capital, we can afford it!

  Then, I picked up the medicine and went to hand in the task!

  Far, far away, the squad leader lying on the ground seemed to have recovered a lot. After taking over 50 pieces of lizard skin, he immediately laughed loudly and said: "Brave warrior, your bravery has conquered this swamp! Please wait for a moment, I will make you a brand new suit of armor!"

  All that was seen was the captain of the soldiers busy opening it, and he didn't know how to make it. After a flash of colorful light, a shining leather armor appeared in his hand!

  "Ding!"

  System Prompt: Congratulations, you have completed the task [Collecting Lizard Skin], gaining 25,000 experience points, 5 gold coins, reputation +150, and obtained the quest reward [Glinting Leather Armor]!