Chapter 64

Just as Shi Feng approached the Mountain Beast Warrior within 30 yards, the Mountain Beast Warrior noticed the rapidly approaching Shi Feng. It opened its large mouth and let out a piercing battle cry, raising its massive mace and charging straight at Shi Feng.

Shi Feng immediately drew Abyssal Blade, holding the longsword horizontally to parry.

With a bang, Shi Feng was knocked back 5 yards, creating a considerable distance between him and the Mountain Beast Warrior. He had not taken any damage. After landing, he turned and ran into the stone forest.

If the charge hit, the Mountain Beast Warrior would instantly release a Hamstring debuff, slowing the player and preventing escape.

In the previous life, when the Elementalists were hit by the Mountain Beast Warrior, they immediately cast Frost Nova, freezing the Mountain Beast Warrior for 8 seconds. They used this opportunity to create distance and kite the beast. The Mountain Beast Warrior only used Charge the first time it encountered a player; afterward, it used Overrun. As long as the player stayed out of reach, they were safe.

The area was filled with large rocks, making it easier to play with the Mountain Beast Warrior.

Shi Feng used a Speed Scroll, making him slightly faster than the Mountain Beast Warrior, though not by much. This small difference was enough to keep the Mountain Beast Warrior from catching up.

Entering the dense stone forest, Shi Feng turned and cast Thundering Gale, a 15-yard-long skill that pierced through the Mountain Beast Warrior's armor, dealing -15, -19, and -23 damage. Without level suppression, even with a 50% reduction in attributes, Shi Feng's attack power and skill damage were still very strong.

After using the skill, Shi Feng's speed slowed down, and the Mountain Beast Warrior quickly caught up. The Mountain Beast Warrior, enraged by the hit, roared and swung its mace at Shi Feng.

Shi Feng quickly turned and dodged behind a rock. The mace missed him and hit the rock, sending fragments flying.

This attack created an additional 8 yards of distance between them.

After using Thundering Gale, Shi Feng activated Sword Return, increasing his attack range to 15 yards. As long as he maintained a 5-yard distance from the Mountain Beast Warrior, it could not hit him.

Shi Feng turned and swung his sword while paying attention to the distance, dodging the mace when it got too close. Sword light struck the Mountain Beast Warrior, who could only roar in frustration as its health continuously decreased. It never expected a human to be so agile and cunning, always dodging to the side of a rock, making it impossible to hit him and even increasing the distance.

When the Mountain Beast Warrior's health dropped below 7%, another Mountain Beast Warrior hiding behind a large rock suddenly appeared, blocking Shi Feng's path and charging at him.

"Scram!"

Facing the sudden appearance of the Mountain Beast Warrior, Shi Feng immediately used Abyssal Bind, immobilizing it and interrupting its deadly charge.

With the Mountain Beast Warrior locked in place, Shi Feng did not waste any time. He used Wind Chaser, quickly dispatching the low-health Mountain Beast Warrior with a single strike to its neck. He followed up with a Double Slash, causing bleeding damage, and then a final Slash.

In less than 3 seconds, he had taken 16% of the Mountain Beast Warrior's health.

Seeing the other low-health Mountain Beast Warrior approaching, Shi Feng quickly moved behind the immobilized one.

He raised the dark Abyssal Blade and swung it down.

Thundering Gale!

Both Mountain Beast Warriors took three consecutive hits, -16, -19, and -23. The low-health Mountain Beast Warrior collapsed.

System: You have defeated a Mountain Beast Warrior, a 6-level higher monster. Experience gained: 600%, 36 points.

This amount of experience was negligible for a level 3 Shi Feng, but using skills against a 6-level higher monster quickly increased his skill proficiency. Each use increased it by 3 points, quickly bringing Slash to level 3. With the attributes of Abyssal Blade, it became a level 5 Slash, significantly increasing its power. Double Slash also reached level 2, and when used with Abyssal Blade, it became a level 4 Double Slash, greatly enhancing the bleeding damage.

The immobilized Mountain Beast Warrior roared and finally broke free, intending to attack Shi Feng. However, Shi Feng did not give it the chance, immediately creating a 5-yard distance and continuing to kite it.

Although Sword Return had a long cooldown and a short duration, with the combination of Thundering Gale, Double Slash, and Parry, he could slowly wear down the Mountain Beast Warrior.

In less than a minute, another Mountain Beast Warrior fell.

However, the Mountain Beast Warrior did not drop much, only three hard stones and two copper coins. But killing Mountain Beast Warriors was a good place to increase skill proficiency.

Shi Feng continued to move forward, killing Mountain Beast Warriors. They respawned quickly, and he often attracted two or three at a time. Fortunately, the narrow stone forest slowed down the large Mountain Beast Warriors, making it easier to manage them.

Seeing this, Shi Feng had an idea and began to attract more Mountain Beast Warriors. Soon, over 20 Mountain Beast Warriors were chasing him, but the narrow space of the stone forest prevented them from spreading out. Any movement would cause them to bump into each other, making it easier for Shi Feng.

He continuously used Thundering Gale and various skills to wear down the Mountain Beast Warriors.

By killing and attracting more Mountain Beast Warriors, Shi Feng's skill proficiency continued to increase.

After three hours, Thundering Gale reached level 3, Slash reached level 5, Double Slash reached level 4, Wind Chaser reached level 3, Sword Return reached level 2, and Wind Walk reached level 2.

This made killing monsters much easier. With the boost from Abyssal Blade, a single Thundering Gale could deal over 90 points of damage to a Mountain Beast Warrior, a single Slash could deal over 60 points of damage, and the bleeding damage from Double Slash was also very effective.

However, Shi Feng was still level 3, far from level 4. Without the curse, he would have already reached level 4.

Seeing the field covered with the corpses of Mountain Beast Warriors, Shi Feng decided to rest and collect the drops. If players did not pick up the drops, the monster corpses would take 24 hours to disappear.

The drops from hundreds of Mountain Beast Warriors were impressive. He collected over four silver coins, a large amount of materials, and seven Moonstones, though he still needed many more to reach 30. Additionally, he found some level 7 to 10 normal equipment.

"Hey, isn't this the Silver Moon Set?" Shi Feng picked up a silver helmet, slightly surprised.

Silver Moon Helmet, Bronze Plate Armor, Requires 35 Strength, Defense +43, Strength +5, Agility +4, Stamina +4, Battle Recovery +1, Durability 40/40, Limited to Berserker and Swordsman classes.

This piece of equipment was one of the five pieces of the Silver Moon Set. Collecting two pieces activated the first set effect, four pieces activated the second set effect, and all five pieces activated the third set effect. These set effects were progressively better, making the Silver Moon Set one of the best for Berserkers and Swordsmen before level 10. However, the drop rate was very low, making it difficult to collect.

Unlike other equipment, the Silver Moon Set had no level restriction, only attribute requirements. As long as the attributes were met, it could be worn.

Shi Feng became extremely interested in the Silver Moon Set.

Perhaps because the map had not been fully explored, the drop rate was so high. Once this area was developed, it would be much harder to find.

For ordinary players, 35 Strength would require levels 8 to 9 to achieve. However, with his attributes, he only needed to reach level 5 and remove the curse to wear it. Collecting the full set would make his attributes incredibly strong. Cutting down a level 5 Bronze-armored Shield Warrior would be like a game, and the thought of it was exciting.