Outside Novice Village, countless people quickly began to imitate others, constantly luring and then killing monsters.
Next to the barrier, a person was using a Wooden Sword to stab a Demonic Corpse.
Because he didn't know the exact location of the barrier, he didn't notice that half of his body had already left the barrier's range.
Under such circumstances.
Pfft!
The claws of two Demonic Corpses simultaneously struck his arm.
"Oh no, these two Demonic Corpses are poisoned; I'm losing 22 HP per second."
The person scratched by the Demonic Corpses quickly retreated into the barrier, but his HP continued to drop rapidly.
In this situation, he quickly pulled out a bottle of gold injury medicine and consumed it.
However, the gold injury medicine restored 20 HP over 10 seconds, while the Demonic Corpse's poison caused him to lose 22 HP per second.
So, very quickly, this player's HP hit rock bottom.
"Help, can anyone save me?"
He had already used up all ten bottles of gold injury medicine, but he couldn't stop his HP from decreasing.
If he had only been hit by one Demonic Corpse's skill, he might have survived, but being hit by two Demonic Corpses' skills at the same time left him helpless.
Under everyone's gaze, the HP of the person scratched by the Demonic Corpse directly dropped to zero, and he eventually turned into a corpse.
"Everyone, be careful! Do not get scratched by the monsters; their claws are highly poisonous."
Seeing this, other players quickly shouted warnings to everyone.
"Everyone, pass this information along; make sure everyone knows..."
A few minutes later, Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan also heard the news.
Of course, Xin Zhongze already knew about this situation; he had actually told everyone about it a long time ago.
However, people hadn't taken it seriously before, and it was only now, after someone died because of it, that everyone truly started to pay attention.
As time passed, more and more people gathered around the barrier to fight monsters.
Eventually, as the monsters near the barrier became scarcer, everyone had to go outside the barrier to lure monsters, as that was the only way to find enough to kill.
【Game Tip: You killed a Demonic Corpse and gained 1 experience point.】
"To be honest, the experience gained from killing monsters is too little; we need to kill a hundred monsters to level up, and we can't even form a team."
After killing a Demonic Corpse, Xin Zhongze couldn't help but complain to Xu Muyan.
This was the twentieth Demonic Corpse they had killed together.
Xin Zhongze had delivered the finishing blow to all twenty of these Demonic Corpses.
Their decision was to let Xin Zhongze level up first.
Firstly, Xin Zhongze is a man, and secondly, his combat skills are better than Xu Muyan's, so letting Xin Zhongze level up first would allow him to protect Xu Muyan better.
"You stay inside the barrier; I'll go lure monsters."
After killing the monster, Xin Zhongze told Xu Muyan and then went out to lure more.
At this time, there were thousands of people fighting monsters around the barrier, and there simply weren't enough monsters nearby.
After several attempts at luring, Xin Zhongze discovered that the monsters' aggro range was about ten meters.
So, Xin Zhongze only needed to run within ten meters of a monster and then he could turn and run towards the barrier.
Typically, when Xin Zhongze reached the edge of the barrier, the monsters would still be about five or six meters away from him.
Stab!
-5.
Stab!
-5.
Once the Demonic Corpse arrived at the edge of the barrier, both Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan chose to stab the monster's head with their Wooden Swords.
Because, stabbing the monster's head with a Wooden Sword dealt the most damage.
Xin Zhongze's base attack was only 5 points, but with the Wooden Sword, his maximum attack could reach 10 points; subtracting the monster's 5 points of defense, Xin Zhongze's full attack could precisely deal 5 points of damage to the monster.
If he didn't attack the monster's head, or if he used a chopping motion with the sword, Xin Zhongze had noted that each attack would only deal 1-2 points of damage.
Swish, swish, swish!
Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan, the couple, furiously stabbed at the Demonic Corpse, and moments later, the Demonic Corpse's HP was almost depleted.
"I'll take the next one," Xin Zhongze told Xu Muyan, and she quickly stopped.
She couldn't see the Demonic Corpse's HP, but Xin Zhongze could.
Swish, swish!
With two stabs, the Demonic Corpse fell to the ground again.
"Oh! A drop!"
Suddenly, Xu Muyan exclaimed.
Xin Zhongze also saw it; after he killed the Demonic Corpse, it dropped something like a bubble.
Inside the bubble, Xin Zhongze saw a sword.
Xin Zhongze quickly went forward to pick it up.
【Game Tip: You have obtained an ebony sword.】
ebony sword: Level Requirement 1, Attack 4-8, Magic Attack 0-1, Weight 8, Durability 7.
"This is good stuff."
Seeing the ebony sword's attributes, Xin Zhongze was instantly delighted.
With an attack of 4-8, if he stabbed the Demonic Corpse's head, he could deal 8 points of damage.
"Wife, do you want to use it?" Xin Zhongze asked Xu Muyan.
"You use it; my Wooden Sword is fine," Xu Muyan waved her hand.
"Alright then," Xin Zhongze nodded.
Next, Xin Zhongze continued to lure monsters, and then they both killed them together.
Xin Zhongze calculated that roughly every two monsters would drop one copper coin.
In the blink of an eye, over three hours passed.
"Wife, go repair the Wooden Sword; I'll continue killing monsters," Xin Zhongze traded his Wooden Sword to Xu Muyan and instructed her.
The Wooden Sword only had 4 durability points, meaning it could only be used continuously for 4 hours; when durability dropped to 1 point, it needed to be repaired, otherwise, if durability reached zero, the Wooden Sword would break and disappear.
"Okay, be careful by yourself."
Xu Muyan took Xin Zhongze's Wooden Sword and then ran towards the village.
For the rest of the time, the two of them continuously lured and killed monsters, lured and killed monsters.
Just as Xin Zhongze killed the 54th Demonic Corpse, the Demonic Corpse dropped a dagger for Xin Zhongze.
Dagger: Level Requirement 1, Attack 4-5, Weight 5, Durability 10.
"You can use this dagger," Xin Zhongze told Xu Muyan.
"No, I don't want it; the dagger is too short, I'm afraid of getting caught by monsters," Xu Muyan quickly waved her hand.
"Then keep it; we can see if we can sell it later," Xin Zhongze nodded.
The dagger was indeed too short, even though its attack was slightly higher than the Wooden Sword's.
Twelve hours later, Xin Zhongze finally killed a monster, averaging about one monster killed every 7 minutes.
Of course, the main reason was that luring monsters was quite troublesome and time-consuming.
After killing one hundred monsters, Xin Zhongze's level finally rose from 1 to 2.
At the same time, Xin Zhongze received a game tip in his mind.
【Game Tip: You have leveled up to Level 2, you have gained 5 free attribute points.】
【Game Tip: Congratulations on reaching Level 2, you have gained the qualification to enter or exit the game at any time.】
Hearing the game tip, Xin Zhongze's eyes immediately lit up.
He hadn't expected that after reaching Level 2, he would be able to actively exit the game.
In other words, if he exited the game now and never re-entered, he would never be killed by the game.
However, Xin Zhongze was not planning to exit the game right now, because it would be easy for him to exit, but what about his wife, Xu Muyan?
If he couldn't get his wife to Level 2 before the barrier disappeared, then Xu Muyan would likely die in the game, which was something he didn't want to see.
5 free attribute points.
Xin Zhongze didn't hesitate and directly added all of them to Agility.
His agility was only 5 points, which made luring monsters particularly difficult for him.
Only by increasing his agility could he lure monsters more effectively.