Chapter 8

Xia Yuwei nodded and said, "This person is indeed extraordinary. Despite his aura being as sharp as an unsheathed sword, he gives off a very steady and calm feeling. He will definitely become a master in the future. By the way, did he tell you the method to obtain the electric eel meat?"

Lan Yu nodded.

"That's great. Let's head back to the city immediately. After we shake off the people around us, we'll meet at the big tree in the south of the beginner village and do the quest together to see if the method this person gave us is real." Xia Yuwei, fearing other players might hear, sent a short message to each of them.

Everyone nodded in agreement, except for Zheng Yuan, who still grumbled, "I don't think he would tell us the real method. It's pointless to go."

Hearing Zheng Yuan's words, the group, who were about to leave, hesitated. The few players who had signed the contract looked awkwardly at Zheng Yuan and Xia Yuwei, unsure whose advice to follow.

Xia Yuwei frowned and looked at Zheng Yuan with displeasure, "Are you coming or not?"

Seeing Xia Yuwei angry, Zheng Yuan dared not cause trouble and quickly put on a smiling face, "I'm coming, I'm coming, okay?"

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Lu Yang returned to the town and disappeared into the crowd. He left the town through the north gate of the Giant Town and headed towards the area with level 5 monsters. With the electric eel meat, Lu Yang finally had the ability to kill level 5 wild monsters.

Of course, Lu Yang wouldn't foolishly engage in a direct fight with a level 5 wild monster. In the settings of "Second World," the attributes of wild monsters increase significantly with each level. Normally, a level 0 player would surely die when facing a level 3 wild monster, let alone a level 0 player like Lu Yang trying to kill a level 5 wild monster.

However, Lu Yang had his own unique method. Running along the main road of the beginner village for over an hour, he arrived at the Silent Plain, the boundary between level 2 and level 3 monsters. So far, only a few groups of players had come here to fight monsters.

At a tent in the plain, Lu Yang found the shepherd Fleck, who was currently blaming himself.

"Why, why didn't I tie it up? Oh, God, how can I live without it..."

Lu Yang approached Fleck and asked, "Sir, you look very worried. What happened?"

"My beloved mare was taken away by a wild horse on the grassland. Can anyone help me find my mare? She is my only mount," Fleck said regretfully.

Lu Yang said sympathetically, "I would like to help you, but I don't have the tools."

Fleck quickly took a long lasso from his waist and handed it to Lu Yang, saying, "Respected adventurer, please help me. This is the lasso I use to catch horses."

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

System notification: You have accepted the shepherd's quest to find his lost mare.

You have obtained the shepherd's lasso.

Looking at the lasso in his hand, Lu Yang's face showed excitement. The item given by this quest was actually a bug. In his previous life, Lu Yang had read an article in a guide about the various magical effects of items in "Second World," including this lasso.

At the boundary between level 2 and level 3 monster areas, there is a steep mountain that players normally can't climb by hand.

In his previous life, a player tracking the mare came to the bottom of the cliff, failed to catch the mare with the lasso, but accidentally lassoed a protruding rock on the cliff.

The player, finding this unexpected situation, tried climbing up the cliff with the rope out of boredom and actually made it to the top. Upon reaching the top, the player discovered that the other side of the mountain was a level 5 monster area, and surprisingly, attacking the level 5 wild bulls from the top of the mountain was not ineffective.

This made the player overjoyed, and he immediately started exploiting this bug. Although this player entered the game 3 days later than others, he quickly caught up with the first group of players and even entered the top 10 of the level rankings.

Holding the rope, Lu Yang ran carefully through the level 2 monster area to the bottom of the cliff. He threw the rope up and lassoed a protruding rock, then climbed up to the top. At the top, Lu Yang found the concave terrain mentioned in the guide. Seeing the level 5 wild bulls below the cliff, Lu Yang couldn't help but feel excited.

The temperamental wild bulls are the highest physical damage dealers and the most capable of one-shotting players at this level. Generally, no one would come here to fight them without a warrior or knight.

Wild bulls can charge and like to travel in groups of three to five. When they encounter an enemy, they charge together, instantly killing a mage and even a poorly skilled warrior. However, Lu Yang could now exploit this bug to solo grind here.

Of course, compared to fighting level 1 monsters, it would be much slower, but grinding higher-level monsters gives experience bonuses. Lu Yang's leveling speed by killing level 5 monsters would definitely be much faster than competing with countless players for level 1 monsters outside.

Aiming at a strong wild bull, Lu Yang decisively cast Fireball.

**Fireball**

Type: Fire Spell

Cost: 12 mana

Casting Time: 3 seconds

Range: 30 yards

Description: Launches a scorching fireball at the target, dealing 14-22 points of fire damage.

In the game, one point of intelligence equals one point of spell damage. With Lu Yang's innate 10 points of intelligence, plus 10 points from the Heart of the Demon God and 5 points from the crispy electric eel meat, his spell damage was 25 points, so the actual damage of the Fireball was 39-47 points.

After 3 seconds, a fireball formed in Lu Yang's hand and accurately hit the nearest wild bull, dealing 42 points of damage.

The wild bull, which was grazing, suddenly suffered a fireball attack and let out a painful, loud neigh. It turned its head sharply and glared at Lu Yang with bloodshot eyes.

The surrounding wild bulls were also awakened by the neigh and glared at Lu Yang with bloodshot eyes. Then, six or seven wild bulls charged at Lu Yang simultaneously.

If this were on flat ground, a player with low mental fortitude would likely be knocked flying by the collective charge of the wild bulls before they could even defend or dodge. However, Lu Yang wasn't worried.

With a loud crash, the six or seven wild bulls all collided with the wall at the bottom of the cliff and were bounced back. The wild bulls, with their low intelligence, could only run back and forth at the bottom of the cliff, unable to do anything.

A level 5 wild bull has 580 HP. Lu Yang continuously cast 15 Fireballs to kill the wild bull in the valley.

System: You have killed a wild bull and gained 75 experience points (including 25 points for killing a higher-level monster).

To level up from level 0 to level 1, 5000 experience points are needed. Lu Yang calculated that killing one wild bull gave 75 experience points, and it took an average of 45 seconds to kill one. Including recovery time, it would take about 2 hours for Lu Yang to reach level 1, which was several times faster than the 4 hours or more it would take for a normal player.

Especially when most players were helplessly competing for level 1 or 2 monsters, Lu Yang could level up in the level 5 monster area without any damage, which felt incredibly satisfying.

While Lu Yang was leveling up quickly, Lan Yu led Xia Yuwei and the other members of the Ice Studio to the bridge Lu Yang mentioned.

Lan Yu said, "It's right here."

Xia Yuwei waved her hand and said, "Two of you, go down and check if there are any electric eels."

Everyone nodded, and two players hired by the studio immediately jumped into the river to search.

On the riverbank, Zheng Yuan, unable to control his temper, said jealously, "I don't think there are any electric eels in this river. That person must be lying to us. You wait, the next time we meet him, I'll teach him a lesson."

Xia Yuwei and Lan Yu ignored Zheng Yuan. Just as Zheng Yuan continued to grumble, a studio member surfaced from the river, holding an electric eel and excitedly said, "I found it! There really are electric eels in this river."

Zheng Yuan stood there awkwardly.

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