Chapter 1 "I'm Not Stupid"

"I'm not stupid, why would I provoke Bai Qingxue and put myself in a desperate situation?" Jue Tian shook his head.

"If you didn't provoke Bai Qingxue, then who took you down? I don't think there's anyone that strong in Red Leaf Town," Nan Lang said, shocked and curious.

According to the information he had, there were only so many experts in Red Leaf Town, and none of them were top-tier experts like Bai Qingxue. Could it be that another top-tier expert had snuck into Red Leaf Town without him knowing?

Nan Lang's curiosity deeply stung Jue Tian's pride, and his clenched fist nearly drew blood.

He had spent so long planning and preparing so many methods, originally 100% confident in killing Shi Feng, but Shi Feng's strength increased far faster than he had anticipated.

Seeing Jue Tian's silence, Nan Lang smiled, even more interested in the expert who had defeated Jue Tian.

"Jue Tian, you know what my job is. Now that such an expert has appeared in Red Leaf Town, I need to know who that person is," Nan Lang said, looking at Jue Tian with a serious expression.

Jue Tian looked dejected and didn't want to tell anyone about this humiliating matter, especially not Nan Lang.

He had maintained a perfect record for three years, but today it was broken by an unknown Shi Feng. Today was also the day he joined Underworld, a momentous occasion, but it had turned out like this, and it would definitely affect his status within Underworld.

"Sigh, I can understand how you feel. You finally got into Underworld, but then you ran into something like this. You must be feeling terrible, but this is my job. If you don't cooperate, as an Outer Member, you could be expelled. Think carefully," Nan Lang said sternly.

"You..." Jue Tian was furious, but he couldn't defy Nan Lang's words. He could only suppress his anger and say in a low voice, "That person is called Ye Feng, a swordsman."

"Swordsman Ye Feng? Isn't that the Ye Feng who cleared the Hell Mode Darkmoon Graveyard with Bai Qingxue?" Nan Lang pondered. "I've seen his combat videos and analyzed his strength. He is indeed a skilled player, but just average. He doesn't qualify to join Underworld. Now he can actually defeat you. It seems he was hiding a lot of strength before."

"Hiding strength? It was just luck. I don't know where he got the flames, but they're extremely powerful. During the battle, they could damage my equipment. Even mithril weapons would have their durability greatly reduced. If it weren't for those flames, he wouldn't have been able to kill me," Jue Tian said disdainfully.

"Flames? That can destroy equipment? Even mithril weapons can't withstand it?" Nan Lang became even more curious. "I don't remember swordsmen having such skills. It must be a special equipment skill. But for it to be able to damage mithril weapons, this skill must be extraordinary. This special equipment must be of extremely high quality, probably a Dark-Gold rank special equipment or item. But Dark-Gold items shouldn't have such a strong effect. It's very likely an Epic rank item."

"Epic rank?" Jue Tian was shocked. "No way. I haven't even heard of anyone getting a Dark-Gold rank item yet. He's just a free player. How could he get an Epic rank item?"

"It's not a big deal. God's Domain is full of adventures. Even at the current levels, it's not impossible to get an Epic rank item. In Underworld, more than one person has already obtained a Dark-Gold rank item, but an Epic rank item is a first for me. However, I'm just speculating now. It needs to be verified further," Nan Lang said excitedly, thinking that he could get a considerable reward from the higher-ups for obtaining such information, even if it was just a possibility. If he could confirm it, his position in Underworld might improve further.

"I've already notified you about Underworld's matters. I'm going to investigate those flames now. If it's really an Epic rank item, as long as Ye Feng offers up the flames, plus his skills, he might become an Outer Member of Underworld. Don't bother him for the time being. After all, you might be colleagues in the future," Nan Lang said with a smile before leaving.

"Damn it!" After watching Nan Lang leave indifferently, Jue Tian slammed his fist on the wine table, sending wine bottles crashing to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Silent Swamp, stream and waterfall.

Shi Feng was leading Hei Zi and Lonely Snow to attack a three-headed serpent that was entirely emerald green.

Three-Headed Serpent Demon, Rare Elite, Level 16, HP 15000.

Rare Elites are not much stronger than ordinary Elites of the same level, but they are called Rare Elites because they are very rare. However, they also have respawn points, but there are too many respawn points, making them difficult to find.

The drops from Rare Elites are much better than those from ordinary Elites, so players like Rare Elites very much.

There are only five Rare Elites in the Silent Swamp, and the weakest of them is the Three-Headed Serpent Demon. After a Rare Elite dies, it will not respawn until two days later.

After bringing Hei Zi and Lonely Snow to Level 10, Shi Feng also leveled up to Level 11. He felt that they were about ready to kill this Three-Headed Serpent Demon, so he spent a lot of time finding it.

"Brother Feng, this Rare Elite's movement speed is too fast. I can't hit it at all," Hei Zi said, constantly attacking with Shadow Arrows, but the Three-Headed Serpent's movements were very swift, easily dodging the Shadow Arrows with a flick of its body.

"It doesn't matter. Just use a curse to weaken the Three-Headed Serpent Demon's speed and strength," Shi Feng said in the team chat.

He had been farming Swamp Hippos and obtained a lot of good items, including a Necromancer skill book, Weakening Curse, which could reduce the target's attributes by 15%, damage dealt by 15%, and increase damage received from shadow attacks by 10%. It was one of the Necromancer's signature skills.

With the binding restriction of Evil Lash and Lonely Snow's Charge and Hamstring, it was much easier for Shi Feng to deal with the Three-Headed Serpent Demon.

The Three-Headed Serpent Demon's attack mode was mainly ranged venom attacks. This venom was terrifying. Even a Level 15 MT couldn't withstand the continuous damage caused by the poison, and Basic Antidotes were useless. However, the Three-Headed Serpent Demon's melee physical damage was very low.

Moreover, the Three-Headed Serpent Demon's defense was much lower than that of the Steel-Skin Hippos. Shi Feng's normal attacks alone could deal more than 150 damage. With the damage amplification effect of Wind Lightning Flash, it could reach nearly 200. Using skills, it could exceed 300 or 400. Its 10,000+ HP couldn't withstand such terrifying damage at all.

More than ten minutes later, the Three-Headed Serpent Demon screamed and fell into the stream, dropping five items.

"Brother Feng, your luck has been getting better and better lately. It's even better than mine," Hei Zi said curiously, seeing that Shi Feng could drop so many good items even when killing monsters.

He remembered that Shi Feng's luck wasn't good in the past. Even killing elites would only drop one Bronze equipment. Now, it was at least three Bronze equipment, plus rare materials or skill books. It was simply unbelievable.

"Hahaha, it's a secret," Shi Feng said with a smile. He certainly wouldn't say it was thanks to Shadow Blessing. The effect of 3 points of Luck was something Hei Zi couldn't match.

Then, Shi Feng picked up the drops and found something familiar: "Hmm, isn't this Frozen Shadow? It really brings back memories."

"Brother Feng, what dropped?" Hei Zi asked.

Lonely Snow was also very curious.

"The loot is good. Two Level 15 Bronze equipment, one Level 15 Mysterious-Iron equipment, a Rare Dungeon Teleport Scroll, and a consumable item, Frozen Shadow. It's definitely a big haul," Shi Feng sent the attributes to the two of them. "We've finished farming the Three-Headed Serpent Demon. We'll have to wait two days for it to respawn. Let's go back and farm Swamp Hippos again."

Just as Shi Feng and the others were going to farm Swamp Hippos.

Shi Feng suddenly received a communication request.

"Who is Nan Lang?" Shi Feng looked at the name of the person requesting the call and realized that he didn't know this person, and there was no impression of him in his memory. "Since it's someone I don't know, I'll just hang up."

With that, Shi Feng hung up the call.