Chapter 58

During this period, a system-wide announcement also rang out.

"Due to the number of players entering the large map exceeding 1,000, the leaderboards near the teleportation squares in each city are now open. The leaderboards will display the top ten names in each category. Please strive to make it onto the list. Players who make the list will receive certain rewards from the state."

So quickly, 1,000 players have already reached level 10. It seems I'm not that fast either... Chu Feiyue thought to himself.

Clearly, Chu Feiyue still didn't understand what the "state" meant.

"Congratulations on topping the level, reputation, and self-created skill leaderboards."

This system notification gave Chu Feiyue a pleasant surprise.

However, why did Chu Feiyue always feel that the emotionless voice of the system didn't sound as good as the GM's? Could it be because he was used to being scolded?

...

Perhaps because he had killed too many earth rats, their leader was enraged.

Chu Feiyue noticed another earth rat emerging from a nearby bush and happily rushed over.

These rats often dropped different types of ore, like scratching a lottery ticket. Chu Feiyue had already found three pieces of bell iron ore from them, which was quite a good haul.

However, upon closer inspection, this earth rat was on a completely different level from the ordinary ones! It was nearly a meter tall, with a plump body, a long snout with whiskers, and an upright walking posture. It wore a funny yellow miner's hat with two ears, a dirty light blue vest, and held a pickaxe. If you didn't look at its face, it was just like a miner who had been working underground for years.

"King Earth Rat Iddy: Level 15 Bronze Boss. HP: 2100. Description: The king of earth rats, with unparalleled burrowing skills. He has been deeply influenced by demonic energy, causing some strange mutations. He appears randomly after a large number of earth rats are killed. Skills: 1. [Burrowing Expert]: Can burrow into the ground faster than earth rats. 2. [Thousand-Year Kill]: Attacks from underground, using its hard tail to pierce enemies from below, causing high piercing damage when it hits a certain part. 3. Ultimate Skill [Sterilizing Pickaxe]: Strikes with the pickaxe, causing a high chance of death when it hits a certain part."

What an evil rat! Chu Feiyue felt his anus tighten as he saw the humanoid rat grin maliciously and cast a sinister glance at certain parts of his body.

To avoid any psychological trauma, Chu Feiyue decided to strike first.

However... the rat's fur looked shiny and could fetch a good price, so he couldn't damage it.

Unconsciously, Chu Feiyue, who had accumulated hundreds of various animal furs, had become a fur enthusiast.

Thanks to the Fire Wind Spike's excellent performance, it had become his primary attack method, and he had gained a preliminary understanding of mixing fire and wind elements.

Fire and wind elements condensed, Fire Wind Spike!

In less than two seconds, a slender flame spike condensed in Chu Feiyue's hand. He gently pushed it, sending it flying.

The humanoid rat instinctively blocked with its pickaxe, but the Fire Wind Spike grazed its pickaxe and tore off one of its ears.

The intense pain from its ear enraged the humanoid rat. It covered its wound, screamed, and quickly burrowed underground.

Unfortunately, this move was useless against Chu Feiyue, who had the "Fantasy" radar always active. In fact, it made it easier for him to kill it.

Chu Feiyue closed his eyes, focused on the angry rat beneath his feet, and smiled.

Earth elements condensed, Earth Spike, Target Piercing!

With the humanoid rat's miner's hat as the center, seven or eight earth spikes instantly formed. The rat was quite alert and ducked at the last moment, avoiding the spikes that would have pierced its forehead, but its hat was turned into charcoal.

Feeling unsafe underground, the humanoid rat quickly emerged, charging at Chu Feiyue with its pickaxe.

Sterilizing Pickaxe!

Unfortunately, its lower body was disproportionately large. So, after dodging its ultimate skill with a teleport, Chu Feiyue easily tripped it with a small stone.

Since it had fallen, it shouldn't get up.

Chu Feiyue gently crushed the water element cluster he had prepared, releasing a large amount of water. The water vapor formed and displaced the surrounding fire elements, causing a drop in temperature.

Frost Nova!

A thick layer of ice encased the humanoid rat, freezing it solid and fixing its large buttocks in place.

Chu Feiyue loved to kick a man when he was down, so he aimed at the spot two inches below the rat's tail and fired a Fire Wind Spike.

Oh, that hurts...

The pitiful humanoid rat let out a miserable scream, enraged and berserk.

A berserk monster ignores pain and removes all restrictive states, so the humanoid rat shook off the ice and stood up, turning to stare at Chu Feiyue with blood-red eyes.

"Whoa~~ Is it time for a big harvest?" Chu Feiyue began to condense another Fire Wind Spike.

Let's end this with the next hit.

"Screech!" The humanoid rat screamed and charged at an even faster speed.

Indeed, beasts never learn. Don't you know that the faster you go, the more it hurts when you fall?

So, the same scene played out again. The unfortunate rat was tripped by a stone, rolled several times, and was then frozen again by the unscrupulous Chu Feiyue.

Yes, still with its butt in the air.

So...

"Whistle—Boom—Ah!!!"

The pitiful humanoid rat, clutching its burned buttocks, finally fell.

"You have killed the Bronze Boss King Earth Rat Iddy for the first time. Her Highness, in her great mercy, rewards you with 10 silver coins and 50 reputation points."

"Killing King Earth Rat Iddy unlocks level 11 for you."

"Princess's Tip: Unlocking levels 12 and 13 requires killing King Earth Rat and King Hare 2 and 3 times, respectively."

Indeed, to unlock levels, you can only rely on killing bosses. However, he didn't expect the princess to reveal the conditions for the next two levels, which must be related to the quest to reach level 13.

The loot from the body disappointed Chu Feiyue. No matter how big or human-like the rat, it was still a rat and couldn't drop gold coins directly.

"Iddy's Large Mining Pickaxe: Excellent, two-handed blunt weapon (pickaxe). The pickaxe King Earth Rat Iddy often carried, very heavy. If hit... +37 physical attack, with a certain knockback effect. +10% mining success rate. Equipment requirements: Level 11, Strength 8."

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