Chapter 30: Cataclysm Unleashed Once More!
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Newbie Village No. 9527, Green Meadows.
Su Mubai lay leisurely on the grass, hands clasped behind his head, a dogtail grass stem dangling from his mouth as he rested with his eyes closed.
A gentle breeze stirred the white clouds in the sky, and warm sunlight bathed him, casting an air of tranquility.
Though it seemed Su Mubai was doing nothing, in truth, he was leveling up.
And his efficiency far surpassed all other players!
A few dozen meters away, a hundred-strong skeleton horde bulldozed across the grassland, rampaging through and sweeping up various wild monsters.
Their rampage slightly disrupted the picturesque scene, but it caused Su Mubai’s experience bar to jump continuously.
[Defeated a level 10 wild ox, gained an additional 50% level difference bonus, experience +30.]
[Defeated a level 10 elite monster, prairie wolf, gained an additional 50% level difference bonus, experience +150.]
[Defeated a level 10 enhanced elite monster, savage prairie wolf, gained an additional 50% level difference bonus, experience +450.]
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This was the territory of level 10 monsters, one of the few high-level outdoor maps in the newbie village.
At every moment, wild monsters were being slain by the skeleton army, turning into experience points for Su Mubai.
Although most were ordinary monsters, their sheer numbers were overwhelming.
At this stage, capable players were all tackling the Misty Forest dungeon.
This entire advanced map was exclusively occupied by Su Mubai.
If other players saw this scene, they would be so enraged they might vomit blood.
Why was everyone struggling so hard to level up, worrying about being killed by wild monsters, while he just lay there and farmed so quickly?
Was this fair?
Su Mubai didn’t know, he only knew he was about to reach level nine.
Forty skeleton warriors continuously pulled monsters, while the remaining skeleton archers and mages unleashed full damage; killing monsters was as easy as slicing melons.
Soon, a golden light rose from Su Mubai’s body.
[Congratulations to player "White Night" for reaching level 9. All four attributes +1, skill points +1, free attribute points +15.]
“Just one level away from leaving the newbie village.”
Su Mubai opened his eyes, slowly sat up, and allocated his free attribute points as usual.
As for the skill points, he decided to hold onto them for now.
Mainly because he currently had no skills to enhance.
His few passive skills had no levels and needed no points.
[Death Drain Feedback] required 10 skill points to level up, but upgrading it was meaningless.
The [Burn] skill could be upgraded with one point, but its damage was too low, and this low-level skill might be replaced later.
Therefore, Su Mubai simply saved his skill points.
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“Wonder where the appraiser has gone.”
Looking at the 758 gold coins in his inventory, Su Mubai frowned.
After trading with the richest player in the world earlier, he hadn’t come straight to Green Meadows but had returned to the newbie village first.
The main reason for returning was, of course, to appraise his equipment.
But he never expected the appraisal shop in Newbie Village No. 9527 to be closed!
After inquiring at nearby shops, he learned the appraiser had gone out for inspiration, believing no one in the newbie village could acquire items needing appraisal.
That fellow was not only an appraiser but also a painter...
And his destination for inspiration was precisely Green Meadows.
So, Su Mubai’s first return to town only resulted in purchasing a few sets of well-fitted underwear and a town portal scroll.
Other items sold in the village were of no use to him.
“Green Meadows is so vast; who knows where that guy went for inspiration?”
Su Mubai smirked but still patted his backside and stood up.
Mainly because the wild monsters nearby had all been cleared by the skeleton army and had yet to respawn.
He wasn’t about to move just to hunt for the appraiser.
At worst, he could appraise after leaving the newbie village.
After all, the equipment was level 10, and he couldn’t wear it now.
“Half a million experience points; this will take some time.”
From level 9 to 10, there were no dungeons for players to farm; to level up, they had to grind large numbers of monsters outdoors.
Su Mubai roughly calculated that, excluding a few elite and enhanced elite monsters, to level up, he’d have to farm the wild oxen in Green Meadows back and forth several times.
Fortunately, no one was competing for monsters now; otherwise, his leveling speed would be much slower.
While relocating his grinding spot, Su Mubai calculated the leveling pace of ordinary players.
At this difficulty, players would need about three to four days to leave the newbie village in large numbers.
Players who reached level 10 on the first day were extremely rare in the entire Blue Star region.
This few days’ gap was when top players formally distanced themselves from ordinary players.
He switched to a more monster-dense spot, found a flat boulder, lay down, crossed his legs, and leisurely continued his leveling journey.
The skeleton legion immediately engaged in battle; forty skeleton warriors kept pulling monsters, and not a single wild monster could break through their defenses.
“This leveling speed still feels a bit slow.”
Glancing at the frequency the experience bar flickered, Su Mubai pondered briefly and fixed his gaze on the skill [Summoning Space Expansion].
Now that he had the money and plenty of life soul stones, he wondered if it was enough for an upgrade or a mutation.
With that thought, Su Mubai’s mind shifted.
[Mutation]!
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[Target: Summoning Space Expansion]
[Prompt: Please select the promotion tier: First tier / Second tier / Third tier.] (Click to view details)
Option one: Overwrite the existing promotion effect, re-promote to D-rank skill [Summoning Space Expansion], no cost.
Option two: Overwrite the existing promotion effect, refine to C-rank skill [Summoning Space Expansion], cost 100 gold coins.
Option three: Overwrite the existing promotion effect, mutate to B-rank skill [Summoning Space Expansion], cost 20 years of lifespan.
“Twenty years?!”
Seeing the cost of mutation, Su Mubai’s mouth twitched.
A B-rank skill certainly wasn’t worth twenty years of lifespan, but the mutation traits were priceless!
If he had enough lifespan, he would definitely choose mutation.
After quietly calculating his life soul stones, Su Mubai’s eyes lit up.
He had just enough!
Including two stones exchanged from Maple Leaf Xiaoxiao, he now had 65 life soul stones.
After a free promotion, each intermediate life soul stone increased lifespan by 120 days; 65 stones meant 7,800 days, over 21 years!
Though the skill level of [Summoning Space Expansion] wasn’t high, its enhancement to Su Mubai was tremendous.
Without hesitation, he absorbed all the life soul stones, boosting his lifespan to 22 years.
As the life energy of 65 intermediate life soul stones entered his body, Su Mubai felt a refreshing clarity and couldn’t help but hum in contentment.
This feeling was a thousand times more pleasant than any moment before.
“The feeling of lifespan increasing is truly intoxicating.”
With a sigh of admiration, Su Mubai decisively made his choice.
“Mutation to the third tier!”
[Prompt: Confirm consumption of 20 years of lifespan, overwrite previous promotion effect, and mutate skill “Summoning Space Expansion” to a higher tier.]
[Confirm]
[Cancel]
“Confirm!”
The newly gained vitality, barely savored, quickly vanished.
[Prompt: You lost twenty years of lifespan.]
[Lifespan: less than 3 years]
[Your E-rank skill “Summoning Space Expansion” has successfully mutated into B-rank skill “Summoning Space Expansion.”]