Chapter 4

Yang Xuan really wanted to sigh to the heavens: the ups and downs of life are truly too thrilling!

In "The Other World," leveling up is very difficult, not because of anything else, but because the monsters' attributes are too strong.

After deleting his account yesterday, Yang Xuan practiced his lightness skill and then stayed in the small room, using the old computer to browse the official website and forums of "The Other World."

According to many players' complaints on the forum, the monsters' attributes are too strong. New players, lacking equipment and being too low in level, cannot level up alone and can only team up with others to kill monsters. Even then, when encountering monsters of the same level, one careless move can result in a total wipe, with the monsters killing everyone.

Therefore, Yang Xuan just checked the level ranking of Leaf Town and found that after a day of fighting, the player ranked first, "Frog Loves Toad," was only level 4, and the others were still only level 3!

A beginner town can accommodate at least hundreds of thousands of players, and among these hundreds of thousands of players, the fastest to level up is only level 4. It's easy to imagine how difficult it is to level up in "The Other World."

"Originally, leveling up in 'The Other World' was already very hard, but my profession requires double the experience of other ordinary professions to level up. This way, it's not just about catching up with others' levels; even new players can easily surpass me. It seems that while this hidden profession is very powerful, the cost is also significant..."

Yang Xuan was completely at a loss.

"Whatever, let's go around and take on a few quests, then level up. I can't give up because of this." Yang Xuan adjusted his mood, wasted no time, and started walking around the town, taking on quests.

While walking, Yang Xuan checked the ultimate skill he had obtained—Blessing of the Gods.

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Blessing of the Gods (Non-upgradable)

Skill Effect: After using the skill, luck increases by 10,000 points for five seconds. Each use of this skill grants one point of fixed luck.

Cooldown: 7 natural days.

Skill Description: This is the blessing of the gods, possessing the power to alter fate!

...

"Luck?" Yang Xuan was stunned, "What is this?"

The skill description was impressive—possessing the power to alter fate!

However, Yang Xuan really didn't understand why increasing luck by 10,000 points for five seconds could alter fate.

As a newbie to online games, Yang Xuan had no idea what this impressive thing called luck was. Subsequently, while wandering around the town and taking on quests, he searched for information about luck on the forum and the official website.

He didn't know until he searched, and when he did, he was shocked.

Heaven, luck was actually so powerful!

Yang Xuan was truly shocked. He summarized the views on luck from the forum and the official website—how high your luck is, how high your achievements in the game will be!

Luck has many uses, affecting various aspects of the game, such as NPC friendliness, attack cap, the probability of receiving unique or hidden quests, the requirements for using certain overpowered items, the success rate of crafting items...

And the most direct impact is on the drop rate of monsters!

In "The Other World," the drop rate is terrifyingly low. When killing ordinary monsters, there's only a one in a thousand chance of dropping equipment.

Therefore, Yang Xuan noticed that many players on the town's streets, except for the beginner equipment given by the system, had no other equipment, and only occasionally could he see one or two players with other equipment.

There's no way around it; with such a low drop rate and such high monster attributes, even if four or five players team up to farm monsters for a whole day, it's very difficult to get a piece of equipment.

Yang Xuan couldn't help but feel a bit melancholic, followed by a sense of joy. With luck, he was one step closer to becoming a top-tier professional player.

"The Blessing of the Gods can increase luck by 10,000 points for five seconds, and each use can increase one point of fixed luck. Doesn't that mean my luck can increase by one point every seven days? For this skill, it's worth it to delete my account once, even ten times, a hundred times!"

Luck is very hard to obtain, unless you can achieve something in large-scale events triggered by the system, such as monster sieges or faction wars. Otherwise, the luck value in the character attributes will always be 0.

"If I use the skill when the monster is about to die, the sudden increase of 10,000 points of luck, I wonder what it will drop for me..."

Of course, Yang Xuan didn't plan to waste this skill, which he had to delete his account to obtain, on ordinary monsters. If he were to use it, it would be when killing a boss. But... can he kill a boss?

Yang Xuan pushed this thought out of his mind and decided not to think about killing a boss for now. It's hard enough to even encounter a boss.

...

After touring the entire Leaf Town, it had already taken half an hour, but fortunately, he had taken on three simple quests from NPCs, two of which were to kill a type of 0-level monster called White-eyed Rabbits, and one was a more difficult quest to kill an elite White-eyed Rabbit.

After some thought, Yang Xuan walked out of the town.

It was time to kill monsters.

Moreover, Yang Xuan didn't plan to team up with others. He intended to—

Solo kill!

Other players need to team up to kill monsters of the same level, or they will only be beaten by the monsters. But Yang Xuan was confident he could solo kill. After all, his attributes were 50% stronger than those of ordinary priests, and his attack, health, and defense were not comparable to ordinary priests. Most importantly, when teaming up to kill monsters, the experience from one monster is divided among several teammates, so the experience each person gets is very little. That's why, after a day of the game being open, the highest level player is only level 4.

While walking out of the city, he checked the only broken wooden sword given by the system.

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Broken Peachwood Sword (Defective)

Attack: 0-1

Level: 0

...

Then, Yang Xuan checked the other skill in his skill bar besides the Blessing of the Gods, the Flying Sword Technique!

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Flying Sword Technique (Level 1)

Skill Effect: Throw a sword-type weapon using internal energy, capable of damaging a target up to five meters away, with a 5% attack bonus.

Internal Energy Consumption: 1

Cooldown: 2 seconds

Skill Experience: 0/100

...

The Flying Sword Technique is a skill given to priests by the system. Due to the low drop rate of skill books, it's estimated that for a long time, almost all priests will only be able to rely on this skill to kill monsters and PK.

The initial attributes of ordinary professions are very low, with only 1 point of attack, 1 point of defense, and 10 points of health. The internal energy of priests and the magic points of mages and clerics are all 10 points.

But Yang Xuan is different. His initial attributes are 1-2 points of attack, 1-2 points of defense, 15 points of health, and 15 points of internal energy!

This is the strength of the hidden profession, Daojun. In terms of solo combat, no other profession at the same level can match Daojun, and the gap is significant.

Soon, he left the city and saw a sea of players, including priests, swordsmen, mages... all kinds of professions, all striving hard.

Generally, two to four or five players form a team and then gang up on a 0-level White-eyed Rabbit. Even so, Yang Xuan inadvertently saw a 0-level player die after being hit twice by a White-eyed Rabbit!

A full-health 0-level player can only withstand two hits from a 0-level White-eyed Rabbit.

Yang Xuan walked to a relatively less crowded leveling area, stepping on the fresh green grass, looking at the clear blue sky that is hard to see in reality, and feeling the occasional breeze, his mood improved significantly.

This game is too realistic!

On the way, many players called out to Yang Xuan—

"Bro, you're a newbie too, right? Join our team, it's faster to kill!"

"Handsome, I'm a very powerful cleric, come join our team."

"Bro, don't go, join our team, these monsters are too strong, you'll only die if you don't team up!"

...

Yang Xuan just shook his head and smiled, ignoring them. Then, he walked to a place about five meters away from a White-eyed Rabbit.

"The maximum attack range of the Flying Sword Technique is five meters, about this far. If I use the 'kite' method mentioned on the forum, retreating while attacking, I can hit the White-eyed Rabbit three times before it gets close, then I'll have to use close combat." Yang Xuan recalled some information he had seen on the forum and then used the inspection skill on the White-eyed Rabbit.

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White-eyed Rabbit (0-level)

Attack: 7

Defense: 1

Health: 20

...

No wonder a player died after being hit twice just now. The White-eyed Rabbit's attack is 7 points, and a 0-level player's 10 health can't withstand it.

Equipping the wooden sword given by the system, his attack became 2-3 points. Then, Yang Xuan used the Flying Sword Technique on the White-eyed Rabbit five meters away.

Instantly, Yang Xuan raised his palm, feeling the internal energy surge to his right hand, and the wooden sword shot out, breaking through the air.

"2!"

A damage number floated up from the White-eyed Rabbit, its health decreased by two points, and it charged at Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan took a few steps back. After the 2-second cooldown, he raised his hand and used the Flying Sword Technique again, dealing 2 points of damage.

Then, he continued to retreat and used the Flying Sword Technique again. The White-eyed Rabbit, with a fierce momentum, rushed to Yang Xuan's side!

Several players nearby, who were teaming up to kill monsters, saw a 0-level newbie priest foolishly soloing a White-eyed Rabbit and all showed a look of schadenfreude. They had seen several newbies overestimate their abilities and solo White-eyed Rabbits, only to be sent back to the resurrection point in Leaf Town after being hit twice by the White-eyed Rabbit. In their view, Yang Xuan would be one of them.

When Yang Xuan saw the White-eyed Rabbit charging at him, he didn't panic like a regular newbie, which surprised the schadenfreude players. After all, in real life, almost no one can experience being attacked by a monster, and panicking is inevitable the first time they face such a monster.

But Yang Xuan was different. Having practiced martial arts with his master since childhood, he was already used to such attacks. So, when the White-eyed Rabbit's large claws came at him, he not only didn't panic but even smiled, then naturally stepped aside, avoiding the White-eyed Rabbit's claws as if in real life.

"MISS!"

The White-eyed Rabbit's attack was dodged!

In the moment Yang Xuan dodged, he thrust the peachwood sword heavily, his movements smooth and fluid, as if he had practiced it a million times.

In fact, Yang Xuan had practiced all eighteen weapons in real life, with long swords and daggers being the ones he practiced the most.

The peachwood sword pierced the White-eyed Rabbit's neck, and a large number floated up.

"3!"

Yang Xuan's attack, with the peachwood sword equipped, became 2-3 points. Because Yang Xuan's attack method was very standard, he could maximize the attack, so the highest damage he could deal was 3 points, which was his current attack cap.

If it were ordinary players, because their attack method was not standard, it was hard for them to deal the attack cap damage, even if their attack was also 2-3 points, they could only deal the attack floor damage of 2 points. To deal the attack cap of 3 points, they would need high luck or occasionally use the correct attack method.

The surrounding players, who were originally schadenfreude, were stunned when they saw Yang Xuan dodge the White-eyed Rabbit's attack.

"Damn, the White-eyed Rabbit's attack is so fast, he can dodge it with a miss, how fast must his reaction be!"

"Did you see that, he can deal 3 points of damage! Our attacks are 1-2, but we can only deal 1 point of damage, we can't even deal the attack cap of 2 points, how can he deal 3 points of damage?"

"His equipment is just a beginner's sword, no other equipment, theoretically, his attack should be the same as ours, 1-2 points, it's impossible for him to deal 3 points of damage, right?"

"Could his first hit have been a critical hit by luck?"

"Really? The critical hit rate is less than 1%, and he got it on his first hit!"

However, Yang Xuan's next attack made them shut up.

"Swish!"

The peachwood sword stabbed the White-eyed Rabbit again, and another red number floated up.

"3!"

Still 3 points of damage!

The surrounding players were stunned again.

"His attacks are at least 3 points, different from us!"

"Could it be a legendary hidden profession? Otherwise, how could he deal three times the damage we do with the same equipment and level?" A player said, using the inspection skill on Yang Xuan, and the other players also checked.

Inspection is a talent that every player has, allowing them to check the attributes of monsters up to five levels higher than themselves, as well as the attributes of other players.

However, Yang Xuan had already hidden his attributes when he entered Leaf Town, so—

"Inspection failed!"

"Inspection failed!"

"Inspection failed!"

...

The players received the system's prompt.

At this time, Yang Xuan, relying on his superhuman reaction, dodged several attacks from the White-eyed Rabbit and finally killed it, without losing a single point of health throughout the fight!

The White-eyed Rabbit didn't drop anything, only giving 1 point of experience, but Yang Xuan was satisfied. After all, the experience others get from teaming up to kill a White-eyed Rabbit is divided among several people, while he gets all the experience from a single White-eyed Rabbit.

Moreover, the time Yang Xuan spent killing a White-eyed Rabbit was not much different from the time a team of players spent. Other 0-level players could only deal 1 point of damage to a White-eyed Rabbit, while Yang Xuan could deal the attack cap of 3 points each time. This damage output was not inferior to a team's output.

Killing monsters at the speed of a team, plus the experience being solely his, even if Yang Xuan needed twice the experience to level up, his leveling speed would not be slower than others, and might even be a bit faster.

After killing the White-eyed Rabbit, Yang Xuan glanced at the nearby players. The system had just prompted that these players had used the inspection skill on him.

"Seems like soloing monsters of the same level easily draws attention." Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and then made a decision.

He unhidden his nickname, meaning that when others used the inspection skill on him again, they could see his name and level, even though they couldn't see his profession or attack attributes!

Yang Xuan didn't plan to hide himself.

The reason for doing this was simple: he wanted to become famous throughout "The Other World." For now, being famous in the entire Leaf Town was enough.

The reason was simple: after becoming famous, relying on his reputation, whether joining a studio or selling equipment, would be much easier, just like the brand effect in real life.

Of course, if Yang Xuan revealed his profession, it might really cause a sensation throughout "The Other World," as no one had heard of anyone having a hidden profession yet.

But he didn't do that. Yang Xuan's goal was simple: by hiding his profession, making people unsure whether he was a hidden profession or not, it would arouse their curiosity and debate. The more intense the debate, the more curious people there would be, and the greater his fame would be.

Yes, this is hype, and Yang Xuan needed fame!

He wasn't afraid of fame; the more famous he was, the more money he could make. After all, his initial goal in playing the game was—making money!

"Let the fame come more fiercely!" Yang Xuan muttered to himself, a smile on his lips.

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{Piaotian Literature}