Chapter 1 The Beginning

Just as Shi Feng approached the Mountain Beast Warrior within 30 yards, the Mountain Beast Warrior spotted him speeding towards it. It opened its massive maw and let out a piercing battle cry, raising its enormous spiked club and charging straight at Shi Feng.

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

With a loud crash, Shi Feng was knocked back five yards, creating a significant distance between him and the Mountain Beast Warrior. Unharmed, he landed and immediately turned to run towards the stone forest.

If struck by the charge, the Mountain Beast Warrior would instantly use Hamstring to slow the player, making escape impossible.

In his previous life, elementalists who farmed Mountain Beast Warriors would use Frost Nova immediately after being hit by the charge, freezing the Mountain Beast Warrior for eight seconds. They would then use the opportunity to create distance and kite it. The Mountain Beast Warrior would only use Charge the first time it encountered someone. After that, it would only use Crush, so as long as you stayed far away and didn't get caught, you were safe.

Moreover, the area was filled with towering rocks, making it easier to play around with the Mountain Beast Warrior.

Shi Feng used a Speed Scroll, making him slightly faster than the Mountain Beast Warrior. It wasn't a big difference, but that tiny margin was enough to keep the Mountain Beast Warrior from catching up.

Entering the dense stone forest, Shi Feng turned and unleashed a Wind Lightning Flash. The 15-yard range allowed it to penetrate the Mountain Beast Warrior's armor, dealing -15, -19, and -23 damage. Without level suppression, even with a 50% attribute reduction, Shi Feng's attack power and skill damage remained formidable.

Using the skill slowed Shi Feng down for a moment, and the Mountain Beast Warrior instantly caught up, enraged. Roaring, it swung its spiked club at Shi Feng.

Shi Feng quickly turned and ducked behind a nearby rock. The spiked club missed him, striking the rock instead and sending fragments flying.

This attack increased the distance between them by more than eight yards.

Having used Wind Lightning Flash, Shi Feng activated Sword Control: Return to Heaven, instantly increasing his attack range to 15 yards. As long as he kept a five-yard distance from the Mountain Beast Warrior, it couldn't hit him.

So, Shi Feng turned and swung his sword, constantly watching the distance and dodging the club. Waves of sword light struck the Mountain Beast Warrior, which could only roar in frustration as its health steadily declined. It hadn't expected a human to be so nimble and cunning, always dodging behind rocks after each attack. Its thick spiked club couldn't hit him at all, only widening the gap between them.

When the Mountain Beast Warrior's health dropped below 7%, another Mountain Beast Warrior suddenly emerged from behind a large rock, blocking Shi Feng's path, and charged.

"Scram!"

Facing the sudden attack, Shi Feng immediately used Abyssal Shackles to immobilize the Mountain Beast Warrior, interrupting the deadly charge.

Since he had locked down the Mountain Beast Warrior, Shi Feng naturally wouldn't waste the opportunity. He immediately used Gale Sword, instantly breaking away from the nearly dead Mountain Beast Warrior, and slashed at the shackled Mountain Beast Warrior's neck. He then used Twin Slash, inflicting bleeding damage, followed by a Chop.

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

Seeing the nearly dead Mountain Beast Warrior chasing after him, Shi Feng dodged and circled behind the shackled Mountain Beast Warrior.

He raised the pitch-black Abyssal Blade high above his head and swung down with a mighty slash.

Wind Lightning Flash!

Three consecutive damage numbers appeared above both Mountain Beast Warriors' heads: -16, -19, -23. The nearly dead Mountain Beast Warrior crashed to the ground.

System: You have slain a Mountain Beast Warrior. Killing a monster six levels higher grants a 600% experience bonus, yielding 36 experience points.

Such experience was negligible for a level 3 Shi Feng, but using skills against monsters six levels higher significantly increased skill proficiency. Each use granted 3 points, allowing Chop to quickly reach level 3. With the Abyssal Blade's attributes, it became a level 5 Chop, further enhancing its power. Twin Slash also reached level 2, becoming a level 4 Twin Slash when used with the Abyssal Blade, significantly increasing the bleeding damage.

Roaring, the shackled Mountain Beast Warrior finally broke free and tried to smash Shi Feng, but Shi Feng didn't give it the chance. He distanced himself by five yards and resumed kiting.

Although Sword Control: Return to Heaven had a long cooldown and short duration, it could gradually whittle down the Mountain Beast Warrior with the help of Wind Lightning Flash, Twin Slash, and Parry.

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

But the Mountain Beast Warriors didn't drop much loot, only three hard stones and two copper coins. However, killing them was a good way to increase skill proficiency.

As he continued onward, Shi Feng killed Mountain Beast Warriors. They respawned quickly, and he would often draw the attention of two or three at a time. Fortunately, the narrow stone forest allowed the large Mountain Beast Warriors to block each other, slowing them down even further.

Seeing this, Shi Feng had an idea. He started attracting even more Mountain Beast Warriors, and soon he had over 20 of them chasing him. The narrow space of the stone forest prevented them from spreading out. Any movement would cause them to bump into each other, making things easier for Shi Feng.

He constantly used Wind Lightning Flash and other skills to whittle down the Mountain Beast Warriors behind him.

Killing and attracting new Mountain Beast Warriors, Shi Feng's skill proficiency steadily increased.

Three hours later, Wind Lightning Flash finally reached level 3, Chop reached level 5, Twin Slash reached level 4, Gale Sword reached level 3, Sword Control: Return to Heaven reached level 2, and Windwalk reached level 2.

This made it easier for Shi Feng to kill monsters. With the Abyssal Blade's enhancements, a single Wind Lightning Flash could take away over ninety health points from a Mountain Beast Warrior. A single Chop dealt over sixty damage, and the bleeding damage from Twin Slash was also substantial.

However, Shi Feng was still only level 3, far from level 4. If not for the curse, he would have reached level 4 long ago.

Looking at the Mountain Beast Warrior corpses scattered across the ground, Shi Feng decided to take a break and collect the drops, as the corpses were becoming an eyesore.

In God's Domain, if players didn't pick up monster drops, the corpses would only disappear after 24 hours.

The loot from hundreds of Mountain Beast Warriors was quite impressive. The dropped coins alone amounted to over four silver coins. There were also a large number of materials, including seven Moonstones, still far from the required thirty. In addition, there were some common equipment pieces for levels 7 to 10.

"Oh, isn't this the Silvermoon Set?" Shi Feng picked up a silver-white helmet from the ground, slightly surprised.

Silvermoon 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 Silvermoon Set. Collecting two pieces would unlock the first set effect, four pieces would unlock the second set effect, and five pieces would unlock the third set effect. Each set effect was better than the last, making it known as one of the best sets for Berserkers and Swordsmen before level 10. However, the drop rate was very low, making it difficult to collect the entire set.

Unlike other equipment, the Silvermoon Set had no level restriction, only attribute restrictions. As long as the attribute requirements were met, it could be equipped.

Instantly, Shi Feng developed a strong interest in the Silvermoon Set.

Perhaps the map hadn't been fully explored yet, resulting in such a high drop rate. Once this opportunity was gone, it wouldn't come again.

35 Strength was a requirement that ordinary players probably couldn't meet until level 8 or 9. However, with his attributes, he could wear it as soon as he reached level 5 and dispelled the curse. Equipping the entire set would grant incredible attributes. He could easily crush a level 5 shield warrior in full bronze equipment, just like playing a game. The thought alone was exciting.