Chapter 33

As the magic missile shot over, a flash of fear crossed the black wolf's eyes. It suddenly had a feeling that if it were hit by this magic missile, it would surely die on the spot.

At this moment, it felt a bit regretful. If it had known this person was so powerful, it should have avoided him long ago. Even if leaving the staff it was guarding would cause its strength to drop back to the mid-first stage, it would still be better than losing its life, wouldn't it?

However, there was no medicine for regret in the world, not for humans, and certainly not for these magic beasts.

In the last moment, it thought about dodging, but the speed of the magic missile was too fast. It didn't have time to make any evasive moves and was hit in the head.

The black wolf died like this. It wasn't the first late-first-stage magic beast in the main world, nor was it the most powerful magic beast currently in the main world, but it was definitely the earliest late-first-stage magic beast to die in the main world.

Although Cheng Yang killed the black wolf, due to the delay, seven or eight gray wolves rushed to him, opening their mouths to bite his body. Cheng Yang didn't even have time to dodge and was attacked seven or eight times by these beasts.

But at this moment, Cheng Yang's physical defense had already reached 4 points. The gray wolves, with only 5 points of attack power, caused him very little damage. However, even so, these seven or eight attacks almost took away one-tenth of his health.

Cheng Yang couldn't afford to delay any longer. He now had only 52 magic points left, and he had no capital to challenge this group of gray wolves.

Without hesitation, Cheng Yang turned around and fled in the direction he came from.

Cheng Yang was indeed much faster than these gray wolves. They didn't even have the chance to chase him and were left far behind. After running more than a hundred meters, Cheng Yang immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began to recover his magic points. At such a moment, even a few magic points could save his life.

After about ten seconds, the gray wolves were less than twenty meters away from Cheng Yang. At this point, Cheng Yang couldn't sit still anymore. He immediately raised his magic staff and began to attack the leading gray wolf.

Two magic missiles were fired, and the leading gray wolf bravely sacrificed itself. However, the 10 magic points Cheng Yang had just recovered were consumed. At this point, there were still about forty gray wolves left, and Cheng Yang still didn't have the capital to fight them head-on.

However, without the threat of the black wolf, Cheng Yang's pressure was much less. After all, his speed was four times that of these gray wolves. Running a certain distance to recover magic points could also wear them out.

The subsequent battle was not suspenseful. Cheng Yang spent about 20 minutes to finally eliminate this group of gray wolves.

When the last gray wolf died on the ground, Cheng Yang let out a long sigh of relief. In the future, he should avoid such large-scale monster groups when he was alone, unless he had enough magic potions. Otherwise, the annoyance alone could drive him crazy, and the most critical point was that the efficiency of killing monsters was very low. After nearly half an hour of effort, he only gained about fifty spirit points, which was much less than his initial estimate.

Cheng Yang quickly returned to the location where the wolf pack had gathered. The magic staff that had made him risk his life in the battle with the wolf pack was still lying there quietly.

Cheng Yang rushed over and picked up the magic staff, and its attributes instantly appeared in his mind.

Spirit Bone Staff: Bronze-level one-handed weapon, made from the leg bone of a third-stage ghost wolf, increases magic attack by 4, can be equipped by apprentices or higher-level mages. Durability: 80/80.

It turned out to be a real bronze-level equipment, which was a tremendous piece of good news. Although he had guessed that the staff might be a bronze-level equipment when he discovered that the black wolf was a late-first-stage monster, it was still just a guess. Now, holding a bronze-level weapon in his hand, his joy was indescribable.

Actually, a bronze-level weapon that increases attack by 4 points wasn't particularly impressive. In his previous life, the most powerful weapon Cheng Yang knew was a silver-level one, which increased attack by 7 points, enough to allow a beginner-level warrior to fight across stages.

Moreover, the equipment mentioned here was only suitable for apprentices. In the future, there would be even higher-level equipment. Those were things Cheng Yang had never encountered in his previous life.

Equipping this weapon, Cheng Yang was troubled by the original withered wood staff. Holding it was inconvenient, and throwing it away was a bit reluctant. After all, any piece of equipment was very precious to Luofeng Village.

Now, Cheng Yang was very eager to build a jewelry shop as soon as possible. In the jewelry shop, there would be a type of ring that contained its own space. That thing was simply a must-have for travel and robbery. However, storage rings were very expensive, so expensive that most people couldn't afford them. Even if there were such a storage ring in front of Cheng Yang now, he could only look at it helplessly.

In the end, Cheng Yang decided to carry the withered wood staff, tying it to his back with a rope.

Next, Cheng Yang continued to move forward. Whenever he encountered a group of magic beasts with fewer than thirty, he would directly rush in and quickly eliminate them. With his current attack power, killing these early-first-stage magic creatures was just a matter of one magic missile.

Even if he encountered a larger group of magic beasts, Cheng Yang dared to kill recklessly and then flee. If the situation was favorable, he would return to continue the slaughter. After all, everything was for spirit points, and he didn't care whether he could completely eliminate the monsters.

The only thing Cheng Yang found somewhat regrettable was that since obtaining the Spirit Bone Staff, he hadn't encountered any more such treasures in the wild. Correspondingly, he hadn't encountered any late-first-stage magic beasts either.

After walking about two kilometers, Cheng Yang's spirit points increased by more than three hundred. Adding the more than six hundred points he originally had and the spirit points gained from killing the initial wolf pack, Cheng Yang's total spirit points once again exceeded 1000.

The distance to the outskirts of Xiangcheng City was only about one kilometer, and Cheng Yang gradually became more cautious. He remembered that in his previous life, there was a large-scale group of magic beasts on this road leading to Xiangcheng City. This was one of the main reasons why humans didn't leave Xiangcheng City until three months later.

After the initial earthquake, the world's terrain had undergone significant changes. A deep, knife-like ravine appeared around each city, bottomless and about seventy to eighty meters wide. In the four directions, there were four channels, each over a hundred meters wide, which were the only four passages to and from the main city.

As for how many monsters were on these four passages now, Cheng Yang had no idea. In the early days of the apocalypse, he had no confidence in passing through this passage.

At that time, Cheng Yang didn't tell Li Wanshan and others about this matter. After all, knowing too much about some things would only make people more suspicious.

Now, as he was about to approach the passage, Cheng Yang still felt a bit uncertain. In his previous life, the situation around each city was different. Some had only a hundred monsters around the passage after two or three days, while others had already accumulated to over a thousand.

...

When Cheng Yang left Luofeng Village, Yuan Jianze in Xiangcheng City had just dispatched the soldiers who had just changed their professions.

Yuan Jianze was quite familiar with the combat power of these newly changed professions. It was precisely because he understood this that he was more worried about the magic beasts. If they couldn't cultivate a large number of warriors, the magic beasts would likely bury humanity.

After making the arrangements, Yuan Jianze stepped into one of the six ancient buildings, where the sign on the door read "Alchemy Room."

Now, Yuan Jianze only planned to take a look. From the information he received when he stepped into the light curtain, he knew that these buildings could sell corresponding items, or game props. However, the currency for purchase was not the paper money of the past but something called spirit points.

Clearly, no one had spirit points now, so buying things was just a dream. He wanted to take a look to determine what good things were inside and make plans early.

However, the moment Yuan Jianze stepped into the Alchemy Room, he was stunned.

Actually, even if there were a giant dragon in the Alchemy Room, it wouldn't have surprised Yuan Jianze. The key was that what existed inside was not a dragon but a person.

A living person, dressed like an ancient person, about forty years old.

Yuan Jianze was sure that no one had entered this Alchemy Room before, and from his appearance, he didn't seem to be from Xiangcheng City.

Who was this person?

A ridiculous thought suddenly popped into Yuan Jianze's mind: Could this person be a deity?

Yuan Jianze cautiously took a few steps closer and asked, "May I ask who you are? How did you get here?"

The person smiled slightly and said, "Welcome to our shop. What would you like to buy? ... Hmm? You don't even have a single spirit point. That's too poor. Come back when you have money."

A bitter expression flashed across Yuan Jianze's face. As a military commander, he was actually looked down upon. However, he didn't dare to argue and said very humbly, "I want to ask, sir..."

"You are so annoying! If you want to gather information, go to the tavern. I run an alchemy shop, and I only sell potions." The person said sternly. As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and Yuan Jianze felt a powerful force push him out.

When Yuan Jianze stabilized himself outside the door, his face was very ugly, not because he had lost face, but because he was shocked by the other person's strength. He had no idea how the other person had pushed him out.

After that, Yuan Jianze went to the other pavilions, but the encounters were no different. It seemed that these "people" were all money-grubbers. As soon as they discovered he had no spirit points, they immediately kicked him out.

PS: Can I say that I was just a few collections away from 100 yesterday? Brothers, let's work hard! Let's aim for 100 today...

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