Chapter Forty-Four: Light Speed Upgrade

  The unchanged battle was dull, but the joy of rapid leveling still left Qiao Xue and her team in an indescribable state of excitement, chopping even harder, as if they wanted to transform into a giant dragon, spewing out a mouthful of dragon flames, annihilating all the monsters in the cave!

  More than an hour later, except for Zhang Yang, everyone else had leveled up again.

  At this time, it's almost lunchtime, but no one suggests going offline to eat. Everyone knows that such a good opportunity to brush monsters is hard to come by and may be taken away by the game company at any time! Of course, we must take advantage of it while we can and brush as much as possible in one go.

  "If no one has any objections, let's level up to 20 today and log off, okay?" Zhang Yang asked.

  "Consider it a weight loss, I'll make sure of it!" Water Smoke angrily hacked at the small spider.

  "Little girl, you're already so thin that your chest is stuck to your back. If you lose more weight, aren't you afraid of becoming even more underdeveloped?" Qiao Xue'er loved to tease her.

  "Han Yinxue, you wait, tonight when you're asleep, I'll throw Xiaohua onto your bed!" Water Smoke retorts.

  Xue Er's face showed a hint of hesitation, and after a while, she said: "Tomorrow I'll go raise a cat!"

  "Is Xiaohua a mouse?" Zhang Yang asked casually.

  "Tianzhu mouse, so cute and beautiful!" Shuixiang'er started showing off.

  "Ugh, disgusting!" Qiao Xueer frowned heavily.

  After several more hours, the five of them continued to ascend one level at a time.

  Zhang Yang reached level 20 and obtained a skill point, which he naturally added to "Grid" without hesitation, reducing the cooldown time to 6 seconds! At the same time, he replaced the Silver Scale Sword and Martyr's Ring in his backpack, causing his attack power to soar to a terrifying degree!

  Player: Zhang Yang

  Level: 20

  Life Points: 1600

  Armor: 70

  Power: 106

  Agile: 39

  Lucky value: 3

  Close combat damage: 345-367 (calculation formula = Silver Scale Sword's attack upper and lower limits + 148 (strength value) / 2 (every 2 points of strength increase 1 point of second injury) * 2.6 (weapon speed))

  Attack interval: 2.6 seconds

  The little spider that originally needed three hits to hang now dies in one sword! "Horizontal sweep" swings, and it's a string of around 700 damage, greatly exceeding the damage!

  As Zhang Yang's attack power soared, Qiao Xue and the others' leveling speed increased a bit, but Zhang Yang's experience bar progress plummeted! No wonder, after level 20, the amount of experience required to level up skyrocketed again!

  At this time, Zhang Yang's level had already surpassed the first place on the level ranking list "Floating Fireball", and Han Piaozi also squeezed into the level ranking list with 17 levels and 76% experience. With his personality, he naturally wouldn't hide his name, successfully squeezing down the original tenth-place "Abudulon".

  After several hours, Bai Fa Yi Zhong also climbed up the ranking list and hung at the end. At this time, Han Piaozi's ranking was rapidly rising, with 18 levels and 57% experience, squeezing into the top three!

  Such a leapfrog-like upgrade speed immediately caused shock and curiosity among the vast number of players!

  This ranking list is fiercely competitive, as the saying goes, "the city head changes the king flag", just a moment ago you were fourth, and if you relax slightly, you might drop to fifth or sixth! The change in ranking is not surprising, but this "slim and handsome boy" is too powerful, all the way from the bottom of the list to the top three in just one hour, which is quite astonishing!

  However, this war of ranks did not subside but instead became more and more intense!

  Another hour later, Qiao Xueer and Shui Yan'er also reached the top ranking requirements, ranking 9th and 10th respectively!

  "Wiped out! Fat Brother has risen to second place!" Han Piaozi was overjoyed, beaming with delight. At this moment, only "Soaring Fireball" remained ahead of him.

  Qiao Xue'er and Shui Yan'er were also very excited, their faces were a bit rosy, with a bright and beautiful glow.

  "We're going to have a big feast tonight!" shouted Shuiyan.

  "Drink more milk melon!" Zhang Yang joked.

  "Why?" The water smoke child opened his eyes wide, looking very bewildered.

  "This..." Zhang Yang hesitated for a moment, after all, she was still a young girl, it wouldn't be good to corrupt her!

  "Don't bother with him, a stinky egg, what good words can he say!" Qiao Xue'er gave Zhang Yang a sideways glance, her eyes flowing and shining brightly! Unfortunately, her charming gaze was wasted on the blind man, as Zhang Yang had his back to her and couldn't see it.

  "Oh!" The water pipe seemed to understand and yet not understand.

  Under the stimulation of rushing up the ranks, everyone became more courageous in battle. One after another, golden lights representing level-ups flashed across their bodies at irregular intervals.

  In China's ranking chart, it changes suddenly and mysteriously.

  "Wow, how did these four new people level up?!"

  "That slender and handsome guy, initially only level 17, now he's already the first in the 20th level ranking! My god, advancing three levels in just over four hours, this is too terrifying! I can only advance one level per day!"

  "Wipe, these four people must have used cheats!"

  "Stop cheating, I've told you how many times already! There's no cheating in 'Miracle'!"

  "Didn't those two, Shuiyan and Qiaoxue, just kill the White Silver BOSS yesterday and get on the rankings?"

  "Alright, that slender and beautiful man and Bai Fa Yizhong are the first team to clear the Death Mode of Bangde Cave!"

  "Awesome people everywhere!"

  "Snowy terrain, backflip 180 degrees, frontflip 360 degrees, kneel down and beg for a high-level player to carry me!"

  "Help!"

  The regional channel is bustling again.

  ……

  By five o'clock in the afternoon, with the last ray of golden light flashing on Shuiyan's body, Zhang Yang's team had all reached level 20!

  Among them, Zhang Yang is 22nd level, Han Paozi and Bai Fa Yizhong are 21st level, Qiao Xueer and Shui Yaner are 20th level! Because Zhang Yang did not choose to be on the list, Han Paozi and four others occupied the first to fourth places in the ranking list, and the original leveling king "Floating Fireball" has been squeezed to fifth place.

  Zhang Yang unleashed a "Horizontal Sweep", bursting out of the monster pile, and then charged forward, rushing to the front of Spider Mother. The Silver Scale Sword was raised high, dealing massive damage to the BOSS.

  Because BOSS has been calling for little brothers, it's just a wooden stake that won't fight back!

  With only 10% of its blood, it can't withstand Zhang Yang's current firepower. By the time Qiao Xue and the others kill their way out, the BOSS has less than 3% life left. After a few more attacks, it crashes to the ground.

  "Ding! Your party has killed the Spider Queen, you have gained 6050 experience points (including a 50 point party bonus)!"

  "It's a draw! It's a draw!" The water smoke boy's eyes shone with golden light as he went to pick up the gold coins that BOSS had dropped.

  "Ding! You have received 5 silver coins!"

  "What a petty boss!" Water Smoke said with disdain while counting his money.

  Spider Pike (Bronze Equipment, Two-handed Spear)

  Attack: 172 - 192

  Attack interval: 3.5 seconds

  Second injury: 52

  Required level: 20

  "Little girl, it's all yours now!" Zhang Yang said with a smile.

  "How ugly!" Water Smoke couldn't help but curl her lip when she saw that long spear resembling a spider's leg.

  "Really ugly!" Qiao Xue'er nodded in agreement.

  Male players care about the attributes of equipment when they get it, but female players pay more attention to its appearance.

  "Take it!" Zhang Yang gave up and went to touch the second piece of equipment.

  Spider Mother's Breastplate (Bronze, Leather Armor)

  Armor: +4

  Vitality: +23

  Strength: +5

  Agility: +12

  Required level: 20

  "Fatty, you and Bai Fa throw a point!" Zhang Yang said after giving up in the team.

  "Give it to Baifa, the clothes on me are better than his!" Han Paozi knew that Zhang Yang wanted to win over Baifa Yizhong, so he was also very modest.

  "Haha, then I won't be polite! Having only played one round of deathmatch in Bangat Cave, my equipment is quite uneven, far inferior to Han Pigu's. I really need to gear up, or else I'll become the weak link in the team."

  The BOSS is very stingy and only dropped two pieces of equipment, as well as a few Spider Tooths and some vendor trash.

  "Tonight, let's run the Death Mode of Bengdi Cave again, and tomorrow we'll go to Mazavi's Nest and take down the two five-man first clears, how about that?" Zhang Yang asked.

  "Agreed!"

  "Alright then, let's all take a rest!" Zhang Yang tore open the teleportation symbol.

  "I'm starving! I'm starving!"

  "Thanks for the battle! I hope one day I can return the favor!" Ba Fa Yat whispered, extremely cautiously. He was just an ordinary player with average skills, originally only wanting to play games to pass the time, never thinking he'd actually make it onto the high-level ranking chart!

  Playing games, after all, can't avoid being competitive, otherwise, there wouldn't be the existence of various rankings! Who doesn't want to be first in level, wear a set of divine equipment, take down one by one death mode's first pass, and make others astonished and worship!

  Zhang Yang and he were not relatives or friends, just because they had a friendship in normal mode, he took him to clear the death mode and even sent him to the ranking list. This is what kind of kindness! So, Bai Fa Yizhong was filled with gratitude towards Zhang Yang.

  This teammate, it seems like you can't escape! Zhang Yang smiled to himself, thinking that in the future when you become a Dragon Hunter, it will be the greatest help to me! Although this is also considered "taking advantage", but I believe that teaming up with me to conquer the professional league will absolutely not disappoint or make you regret!

  Back in the main city, Zhang Yang received an email from a professional miner, who had excavated 50 sets of iron bars and sent them to him.

  Paid the bill, Zhang Yang went to the bank to withdraw the remaining 10 yuan, and ran to the blacksmith's shop to make a shield.

  Ten shields were made, and Zhang Yang hung one of them in the auction house at the old price and old rules, then started frantically sweeping silver ginkgo leaves and kale grass.

  Affected by his sweep yesterday, the prices of these two materials in the auction house have risen a lot, from 20 silver per set to 25 silver, and some expensive ones are even marked with a high price of 40 silver per set. Zhang Yang doesn't care about anything, as long as it's not too outrageous, he swallows everything.

  This sweep, more than 300 groups of medicinal herbs were collected, but the gold coins paid out were only over 100!

  "Nowadays the materials are really cheap, wait until Mazawi's nest opens..." Zhang Yang shook his head and rushed to the alchemy store to buy medicine bottles and grind medicine.

  It wasn't until all the materials were used up that it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yang hurriedly went offline to buy a boxed meal and ate a big meal.