Not long after entering the jungle, Xin Zhongze spotted a monster.
Magic Cat (Level 11, Physical Attack 35, Defense 21, … … Skill: Tear: When hitting an enemy, it can cause triple damage … …)
Because visibility in the jungle was limited, just as Xin Zhongze saw the monster, the monster also saw Xin Zhongze.
Meow!
The Magic Cat roared and quickly charged towards Xin Zhongze.
When both sides discovered each other, they were approximately 20 meters apart.
Therefore, the Magic Cat's aggro range should be similar to Xin Zhongze's, also around 20 meters.
Just as the Magic Cat charged towards Xin Zhongze, Xin Zhongze immediately cast Fireball.
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Xin Zhongze's Fireball directly dealt over three hundred points of damage to the monster.
Seeing the monster charging, Xin Zhongze continuously retreated to maintain distance, then kited the monster like flying a kite.
Xin Zhongze's Agility attribute was as high as 40 points, which was something an 11th-level monster simply couldn't catch up to.
… …
While Xin Zhongze was killing monsters in the wilderness, outside Bichi City, Shen Pingsheng looked on with a grim expression at the corpse lying on the official road.
The owner of this corpse was a family disciple of his Shen family, originally assigned by him to monitor Xin Zhongze, but he didn't expect the person to be dead now.
In such a situation, there was no need to guess; it was clear he must have been killed by Xin Zhongze.
“Everyone, search for him! You must find out where that person is.”
“Yes!” Upon hearing Shen Pingsheng’s command, the dozens of people who had followed him quickly agreed.
Soon, everyone began searching for Xin Zhongze's tracks along the official road.
Meanwhile, Shen Pingsheng continued to call other members of the guild.
“Shen Yang, take a few people to block the North Gate. If you see him, kill him outside the city.”
“Shen Tianming, you take people to block the East Gate … … ”
“Shen Yue, you take people to the West Gate … … ”
Under Shen Pingsheng’s arrangements, all disciples of the Shen family in Bichi City took action.
Aside from a small number of people blocking the four city gates of Bichi City, the other two hundred-plus people began searching for Xin Zhongze's tracks in the wilderness north of the gate.
At this time, Xin Zhongze was continuously killing monsters in the wilderness.
These monsters ranged from Level 10 to Level 15.
Fortunately, these monsters did not gather in groups, giving Xin Zhongze opportunities for one-on-one combat.
In a one-on-one situation, even a Level 15 monster was no match for Xin Zhongze; it couldn't even cause him much damage.
Of course, this was only because it was Xin Zhongze; if it were anyone else, they would have died countless times by now.
Leveling up in the Bichi City wilderness, one might encounter a Level 10 monster one moment, only for it to become a Level 15 monster the next.
A Level 10 player facing a Level 15 monster, whether in terms of attack or agility, cannot compare to the monster.
In such a situation, players only had one outcome: death.
… …
On the other side, the Shen family had already scoured the official road outside the North Gate but found no trace of Xin Zhongze.
“Boss, that person likely entered the jungle,” a subordinate told Shen Pingsheng.
“He’s a newcomer who just arrived in the main city; does he dare to enter the jungle? Isn’t that seeking death?”
“Boss, what should we do now?” a subordinate asked Shen Pingsheng.
“Those below Level 15 stay on the official road and kill him if he dares to come out. Then, those Level 16 and above enter the jungle to find him and kill him on sight,” Shen Pingsheng said calmly.
Following Shen Pingsheng’s command, those below Level 15 remained on the official road, while the others entered the jungle to search for him.
… …
In the jungle, because Xin Zhongze continuously killed monsters above his level, the experience points he gained were very substantial.
A Level 10 monster gave him 1 experience point, Level 11 gave 2 points, Level 12 gave 4 points, Level 13 gave 8 points, and a Level 15 monster could give 16 points.
In the wilderness, he could kill a monster on average in about one minute. After an hour, he gained over 250 experience points.
At this rate, in just over three more hours, he would be able to level up to Level 11.
Just as Xin Zhongze had killed a Level 13 monster, he suddenly heard movement behind him.
A moment later, he saw a person appear in his line of sight.
As Xin Zhongze saw the person, the person also saw Xin Zhongze.
The next moment, the person's eyes lit up.
Xin Zhongze observed the person for three seconds, and their information appeared before him.
【Name: Shen Bi, Class: Mage, Level 17, HP 1700, Magic Attack 36 (3-7), Magic Defense 15, Agility 21, Spirit 26 … … Skills: Fireball, Resist Fire Ring, Hellfire … …】
Seeing the person's information, Xin Zhongze immediately knew this must be someone from the Shen family.
Moreover, this was a Level 17 Mage.
Upon seeing Xin Zhongze, Shen Bi's eyes lit up, and he quickly charged towards Xin Zhongze.
Xin Zhongze saw that the person's Spirit reached 26 points, meaning their skill control range reached 26 meters.
So, without any hesitation, Xin Zhongze took off running.
Fortunately, the person's Agility was not high, while Xin Zhongze's Agility reached 40 points, almost double Shen Bi's.
In such a situation, Shen Bi hadn't even gotten close to Xin Zhongze when he found Xin Zhongze was getting further and further away from him, and soon lost sight of Xin Zhongze.
Seeing this, Shen Bi was instantly dumbfounded. “Good heavens, how much Agility did he add?”
Because Shen Bi's speed was slow, the chase between the two also attracted many monsters.
These monsters couldn't catch Xin Zhongze, so they naturally focused their aggro on Shen Bi.
In such a situation, Shen Bi had no choice but to stop and deal with the monsters; otherwise, even if he was a Level 17 player, facing an attack from a group of low-level monsters carried a significant risk of death.
In this situation, Shen Bi could only flee back the way he came.
At the same time, while escaping the monsters' attacks, he quickly sent a message to Shen Pingsheng, reporting that he had found the target.
Not long after, Shen Pingsheng arrived with a group of people to Shen Bi's location.
By this time, Shen Bi had already shaken off most of the monsters.
Fortunately, the others arrived then, and under the attack of the group, the monsters entanglement ing Shen Bi were successively killed.
“Boss, the target escaped into the depths of the jungle from this direction.”
“Chase.” At Shen Pingsheng’s command, a group of over fifty people quickly pursued into the depths of the jungle.
With over fifty people, they instantly killed any monsters they encountered with a focused attack.
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On the other side, Xin Zhongze exerted his full speed.
Because his speed was simply too fast, even if monsters gained aggro on him, they would quickly lose it.
Xin Zhongze's speed was simply too great; they couldn't catch him at all.
Xin Zhongze ran for half an hour straight, covering about ten kilometers, until even he didn't know where he had run to.
At this point, he stopped to continue grinding monsters for experience.
He had to level up as quickly as possible to face the threat from the Shen family.
Three hours passed quickly.
Xin Zhongze finally leveled up from Level 10 to Level 11.
During these three hours, Xin Zhongze killed monsters while moving deeper into the jungle, so he was never encountered by the Shen family.
The jungle outside Bichi City was simply too vast; trying to find one person in a monster-infested jungle was not that easy.
What's more, Xin Zhongze was also fighting monsters while going deeper into the jungle.
On the other side, after the Shen family searched for Xin Zhongze for over two hours, Shen Pingsheng wanted to give up.
“Everyone, go back. Then we just need to guard the city gates. That person's potions will eventually run out, and he'll have to return to the city to resupply.”
Shen Pingsheng finally decided to give up searching for Xin Zhongze in the jungle.
The jungle was simply too large, and there were so many monsters inside. They were all high-level cultivators, and killing these low-level monsters wouldn't gain them much experience; it was a pure waste of time.
He believed that after the person entered the jungle, their potions would eventually run out, and once they did, they would need to return to the city for supplies.
They only needed to ambush and kill the person outside the city when they returned to resupply.