Chapter 1 Opening

The luxurious jewelry box slowly opened, blossoming with colorful radiance, dazzlingly brilliant.

Fortunately, Shi Feng was in a dark alley, where no players would come to stroll, otherwise it would definitely arouse the greed of many players, causing them to kill Shi Feng and snatch away the treasure.

The radiance dissipated, and lying inside the luxurious jewelry box was a purplish-gold ring. Around the ring was engraved a circle of text, like ancient Elven script, containing infinite magic, and also a string of simple silver necklace.

"Good, it really is the Ring of Gravity." After seeing the appearance of the ring, Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief, carefully took out the ring, and began to examine it.

Ring of Gravity: Mysterious-Iron Rank, Equipment Level 0, Strength +2, Agility +1, Endurance +1, comes with skill 'Gravity Release', which can greatly reduce the gravity the wearer receives, gaining a body as light as a feather, lasting 30 seconds, cooldown 5 minutes.

"Fantastic, it's not even Bronze rank." After reading the description, Shi Feng was overjoyed, the situation was better than expected.

The equipment in God's Domain is divided into trash, common, bronze, mysterious-iron, mithril, fine-gold, dark-gold, and epic.

The equipment given to players by the system at the beginning is all trash, no one wants to buy it even if you sell it for money. At this stage, no player has common equipment yet. Although common equipment can be bought in large cities, the price is very expensive. As for bronze-rank, it is very rare, and the equipment also comes with attributes, while mysterious-iron rank is even more precious, and only bosses have a chance to drop it.

The Ring of Gravity that the player gave out in his previous life was bronze-rank, only adding 1 point of Strength, and the skill 'Gravity Release' only lasted 15 seconds, while completing the level 0 task gives a mysterious-iron rank Ring of Gravity, which was really unexpected.

As for the necklace, it is a special gray item that NPC merchants like very much and will buy at a high price.

Shi Feng put on the Ring of Gravity and added all 4 free attribute points gained from leveling up to Agility.

Shi Feng's Agility instantly reached a height of 12 points, his attack speed increased to 5 points, and his movement speed increased to 6 points, which was about the same as a pure Agility assassin of the same level.

"When I reach level 3, my Agility will reach 20 points, so I can unlock the hidden basic skills of the Agility system." Shi Feng looked at the attribute panel, feeling a little expectant in his heart.

Shi Feng moved his body and felt much more agile than before. If he faced Mayor Cross now, he would never be as embarrassed as before. If he could reach 20 points of Agility and unlock the basic skill Nimble Swiftness, then his physical fitness would be amazing, simply comparable to the martial arts masters in wuxia novels.

Then, he added 15 free proficiency points to One-Handed Sword Proficiency, leaving 5 points for spare use. All of a sudden, One-Handed Sword Proficiency reached 20 points, advancing from Apprentice level to Beginner Swordsman, increasing the damage dealt by one-handed swords by 10%. He was still 30 proficiency points away from advancing to Intermediate Swordsman.

As a swordsman, if you want to become a master of swordsmanship, basic attacks are just the basics, and skills are essential. The more skills you learn, the more flexible the swordsman's combat will become, and the stronger the output will be.

Shi Feng was a master of swordsmanship, and a reborn one at that. With the special item Ring of Gravity, the next step to leveling up quickly was naturally to learn a large number of swordsman skills, so that he could bring out the true instinct of a swordsman. Otherwise, if it was all just basic attacks, how could he improve the efficiency of killing monsters?

"I remember there is a Black Market Challenge in Red Leaf Town's trading area. It seems that the first player to pass the challenge can get a swordsman's skill book." Shi Feng thought about it. Most skill books are dropped by level 3 to 5 monsters, and the drop rate is very low. At this stage, no players can farm those monsters, and it takes a lot of time to obtain other swordsman skill books. He didn't have time to farm either. The only way to quickly get a skill book in Red Leaf Town was the Black Market Challenge.

Red Leaf Town Trading Area.

Various shops lined both sides of the street, including potion shops, forging shops, bars, and so on. It was very bustling, like a small market. However, God's Domain had just opened, and players were all leveling up and didn't have time to experience the fun of God's Domain, so the trading area was not at its most lively yet. Only a small number of production-type players were here to learn auxiliary professions, such as enchanting, forging, potion-making, cooking, engineering, alchemy, and so on.

"Buying herbs at high prices, contact me directly if you have any."

"Buying ores, blacks please don't come."

"Sincerely buying high-level equipment, prices are negotiable, can be purchased with credit points."

Many studio and guild logistics personnel set up small stalls on the side of the street in the trading area to collect materials and equipment.

Shi Feng didn't stop and quickly walked towards the two-story building guarded by high-level goblins, with the words Black Market written on it. It was the dark area of Red Leaf Town, an entertainment venue built by greedy goblins.

Entering the Black Market, there was a Goblin Auction House. Walking down the stairs of the cellar, there were two open spaces, one was the Arena, and the other was the Challenge.

At this time, several players were already standing on the Challenge, accepting the goblins' challenge.

"Come on, you must succeed this time."

"Come on, beat those goblins."

Several players were cheering for an assassin player on the field, their eyes flashing red, like crazy gamblers.

The Challenge is a competition that tests players' skills. In an area 30 yards long and 10 yards wide, all players' attributes will become 10 points after entering the arena. Skills cannot be used, equipment is invalid. They can only dodge or resist the shooting from the goblin muskets. The one who can pass the finish line is considered the winner.

Goblins offer three levels of challenges, namely Bronze Award, Silver Award, and Gold Award. After completing a challenge, it refreshes every three days. The requirement to participate is to pay 5 copper coins for the Bronze Award, 5 silver coins for the Silver Award, and 5 gold coins for the Gold Award. The higher the level of the challenge, the better the rewards, and sometimes even dark-gold equipment appears.

If the player who passes the challenge for the first time in Red Leaf Town, even if it is the Bronze Award, is about the same as the Silver Award.

Shi Feng remembered that in his previous life, a swordsman named Kuangfeng was the first to pass the Bronze Award challenge in Red Leaf Town and obtained a rare swordsman skill book.

After a while, the assassin on the field was hit and lay down at the 20-yard mark, still 10 yards away from the finish line.

"Damn it, so close. Do you guys have any more money? I will definitely pass next time." The male assassin said repeatedly after resurrecting outside the arena.

A male priest shook his head and said, "Brother Ci Xin, we've given you all the money from the five of us, we really don't have any more money."

Shi Feng, who was on the side, was surprised to hear the words Ci Xin, and his eyes moved to the assassin.

He was wearing a black night suit, not very tall, and very thin, like a monkey. Shi Feng found it hard to imagine that Ci Xin, the tenth-ranked assassin on the Star-Moon Kingdom assassin ranking, was the 'monkey' in front of him?

The assassin named Ci Xin shifted his gaze to Shi Feng, sized him up, revealed a look as if he had found prey, came to Shi Feng, and smiled: "Hello friend, my name is Ci Xin, the assassin captain of the Assassin Alliance, lend me 5 copper, how about I pay you back 20 copper tomorrow?"

Ci Xin was very unwilling about this failure. He was only 10 yards away from the finish line. He had already found some patterns, and he would definitely be able to pass if he had another chance. So he wanted to use the name of the guild to intimidate Shi Feng, so that Shi Feng would lend him 5 copper.

You should know that the name of the Assassin Alliance is very famous in the virtual game world. As long as you are an old player in the game world, you know this name. Being able to become the captain of an assassin profession is definitely a pro, an object of worship for many players. Ordinary players will definitely beg to be taken along and offer 5 copper, as for the matter of repaying the money, it is definitely not necessary.

"5 copper?" Shi Feng thought for a while and replied, "Lending 5 copper is okay, but you have to pay back 50 copper tomorrow."

Ci Xin was immediately surprised. This was different from what he thought. He was the assassin captain of the Assassin Alliance, the famous Ci Xin, didn't he want to be polite? Could it be that Shi Feng was a rookie in the game.

Seeing Ci Xin not speaking, Shi Feng asked again: "Still lending?"

"Lend." Ci Xin wanted to cry. Other players called him pro this, pro that when they saw him, but Shi Feng had no reaction. But thinking of the generous reward, 50 copper was worth it.

"This is 5 copper. Let's add each other as friends, don't forget to pay me back 50 copper tomorrow." Shi Feng gave Ci Xin 5 copper from the 60 copper he sold the necklace for, and didn't forget to remind Ci Xin to pay back 50 copper.

Ci Xin was in tears after receiving the 5 copper and said, "Okay, I won't forget."

Shi Feng didn't know what Ci Xin was thinking, and walked towards the green-skinned goblin manager after the transaction.

"Sir, time is money, what can I do for you?" the goblin manager said proudly.

"I want to participate in the Bronze Award challenge." Shi Feng said, handing over 5 copper.

The goblin manager tossed the copper coins and nodded in satisfaction, opening the wooden door of the challenge arena to let Shi Feng in.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is now a new challenger who wants to start a new challenge. Please welcome this brave swordsman." The goblin announced loudly.

"Brother Ci Xin, that kid who borrowed money is also participating in the challenge." The male priest reminded.

Ci Xin, who was still recuperating, said with a smile, "That kid is just a noob, thinking the challenge is so easy. Although it's only 30 yards, but after running 15 yards, the goblins' attack mode will change, and the attack frequency will greatly increase. Even I have difficulty coping with it, let alone him."

"That's for sure. Brother Ci Xin is so powerful that he only walked 20 yards. I estimate that kid will be done after walking 5 yards at most." The male priest nodded and smiled.

Inside the challenge arena, the three goblins at the finish line were ready, aiming their muskets at Shi Feng at the starting line.

The countdown on the challenge arena began to flash.

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Challenge start!