Chapter 6: The Cunning Thief

  The venom of the sandworm is a lethal poison that inflicts a certain amount of damage per second on those who are poisoned.

  Stealth failed!

  It's just a monster, can't I die before I even get to leave the house? Xiao Yu suddenly became fierce and rushed up, waving the dagger in his hand, and had a fierce battle with the sandworm. After a fierce fight, Xiao Yu finally killed the sandworm when he still had 27 health points left.

  Xiao Yu wiped the toxic liquid off his face, looking at the sandworm that had been dissected by his dagger, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. This was his first time killing a monster, and it was indeed quite pathetic. During the process of killing the monster, he didn't even get to use any skills, which made Xiao Yu feel somewhat disheartened.

  The combat of melee professions is a free mode with physical movements as the main and skills as the auxiliary, each skill has certain requirements, before casting, you must first study these skills thoroughly.

  Xiao Yu picked up the things that had fallen from the explosion of the sand worm, which were eleven copper coins. One hundred copper coins were equivalent to one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins were equivalent to one gold coin. Although it was a small amount, it was after all his first bucket of gold in the game.

  The toxic effect on his body had not yet dissipated, and 3 points of toxin were still constantly emerging from his head. Xiao Yu could only sit down and wait quietly for the toxin's effect to dissipate, then slowly wait for his blood volume to recover.

  The first time I killed a monster was undoubtedly a failure. As a thief, killing monsters of the same level is very simple. Sneak up behind the monster, use a blunt instrument or sneak attack skill to knock it out, and then use various skills to attack. It only takes a few seconds to kill a sandworm.

  However, Xiao Yu's first stealth attempt failed.

  After recovering his blood, Xiao Yu stood up and continued to search for the next monster. Soon, he found another sandworm and tried to sneak up on it again, crawling towards it stealthily.

  Xiao Yu has learned a lesson this time, after sneaking, his movement speed will be slightly slower than usual. Xiao Yu must adapt to this rhythm, if the rhythm is chaotic during stealth, it's easy to reveal flaws and be discovered by monsters or enemies. Knowing the reason for his previous failure, Xiao Yu carefully pays attention not to make the same mistake again.

  Perhaps not sneaking well enough, when approaching the sandworm, Xiao Yu hadn't even used his stealth skill yet and was discovered by the sandworm. Seeing the sandworm turn its body towards him, preparing to attack, Xiao Yu rushed forward and engaged in close combat with the sandworm, still ending up killing it quite miserably.

  After killing a sandworm, you have to rest for a while before continuing to kill monsters, this kind of monster-killing efficiency is very low, and the level will be left behind by ordinary players.

  I don't believe it, how can I not even learn a simple stealth skill? The stubbornness in Xiao Yu's heart rose again.

  Stealth is a very important skill for thieves. If stealth is not learned well, a thief is basically useless. A highly skilled thief must master the rhythm of stealth and turn it into a habit, otherwise, they will easily reveal themselves when sneaking in the future, whether it's PK or killing monsters.

  Helplessly, Xiao Leng started searching everywhere for sandworms to practice his stealth skills and get a feel for sneaking around.

  Most players find it difficult to grasp the rhythm of stealth when they first play a rogue, so they usually choose to level up first. After all, even without using stealth or ambush skills, rogues can still take down monsters of the same level. As their level increases and time passes, they gradually become familiar with the rhythm of stealth and master it. There's no need to go through great pains to perfect stealth skills from the start.

  Xiao Yu was a stubborn person. He knew the importance of stealth skills and in order not to fall behind others, he had been practicing it wholeheartedly.

  For the entire morning, Xiao Yu spent all his time practicing stealth, took a look at the ranking list, and the highest level of the Evil Alliance was already third level, presumably it would soon be upgraded to fourth level. Xiao Yu's experience value still had only 96% of the first level. Wanting to become a professional player, if he couldn't even surpass other players in terms of level, how could he make money through gaming?

  Xiao Yu was still patiently practicing his stealth skills, and perhaps it was due to his diligence that he gradually grasped the rhythm of stealth, especially when transitioning from a normal state to a stealth state.

  Xiao Yu's physical memory ability was very strong, the first time he completed the stealth skill, his body remembered the feeling, and then trained this skill repeatedly, spending almost an hour or so, constantly adapting to the rhythm of stealth and the change in rhythm when entering stealth.

  This feeling was very subtle, Xiao Yu knew that as long as he waited a little longer, he would be able to completely master the skill of stealth.

  In the endless yellow sand, Xiao Yu discovered another sandworm. He slowly approached it and entered stealth mode about ten paces away from the worm, then slowly circled around to its back.

  Ambush!

  The dagger's cold light stabbed down towards the sandworm's brain, smoothly piercing into its soft flesh.

  "Success!" The skills of stealth and ambush were not that difficult, as long as you found the opponent's weakness and attacked directly. However, this was Xiao Yu's first time completing a seamless stealth and ambush, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

  The sandworms went into a state of dormancy.

  The first-level sneak attack only stunned the sandworm for three seconds. During this time, Xiao Yu grasped his dagger and launched several attacks, leaving the sandworm with only 30% of its blood remaining. When the sandworm turned around, Xiao Yu and it engaged in close combat, quickly killing it. After checking his own blood volume, he still had 78% left.

  It was a relatively successful battle, not as chaotic as before, and after a short rest, we can continue fighting.

  Ding dong, the system finally transmitted the first upgrade sound. Xiao Yu looked at his own status and unhesitatingly added attributes to agility.

  Agility is the most important attribute for thieves, increasing agility can increase a thief's defense, critical hit rate, attack power and dodge rate. High agility thieves are very popular.

  Xiao Yu wants to become a pure Agility Thief, which is also the way most Thieves choose to add points.

  Xiao Yu picked up the copper coins on the ground, after killing the sand worm, Xiao Yu's blood loss was not much, and the resting time was greatly shortened. As a result, Xiao Yu's leveling efficiency has improved, and the safety of killing monsters has also increased. After slowly mastering the rhythm of stealth skills, when encountering two sand worms, Xiao Yu no longer needs to panic and run away. He sneaked behind the two sand worms, knocked one of them unconscious with a mace, which could stun the sand worm for seven seconds, then ambushed the other sand worm, defeating them one by one.

  The difference between stunning and stealth is that the stunning time of the former is longer, but it will wake up when attacked. The latter has a shorter stunning time and will not wake up after being attacked.

  Apart from stealth, mugging and ambushing these three skills, Xiao Yu was still clueless about the use of other skills and had to grope repeatedly. However, for the skill of stealth, Xiao Yu was quite familiar with it, although he often made mistakes, as long as he was careful and paid attention, he could still complete the skill smoothly.