Chapter 1 The Chaos

Just as Shi Feng was thinking about how to攻略(gōnglüè, strategize) the seemingly delicate Scorching Snake Woman, the entire White River City area was in chaos.

It wasn't because of anything else, but the White River City area's level honor榜(bǎng, rankings).

The first place's level was actually 13.

"What's going on? I finally managed to level up to 10 and entered White River City, how is there already a level 13 player? What did this guy eat to grow up so fast?"

"Right? That Wei Wo Du Kuang (Only I Am Mad) was still in tenth place or so before, and suddenly he became first place, even blowing up the Goddess. Totally cool."

"That Wei Wo Du Kuang is listed as belonging to the Dark Star Guild. Isn't that guild just third-rate? How is it so strong that it can surpass Ice Snow Goddess in level?"

The official website forum was already exploding with activity. The previously popular Shi Feng had undoubtedly become history.

Inside the level 10 ten-person team dungeon, Black Crow Cave.

A black-feathered crow, fully six meters tall, lay motionless on the ground, dropping a pile of items, including quite a few level 10 Mysterious-Iron-grade sets, and even one or two Mithril-grade items and a large number of rare materials.

Standing next to this black-feathered crow was a woman with skin like snow, a face like a fairy descended from heaven, and a bewitching beauty. Her proud figure made people understand what perfection was, but she had a pair of sharp eyes, carrying endless coldness, making her intimidating.

This woman, who seemed to live beyond the concerns of the mortal world, was precisely Bai Qingxue.

System:噬身之蛇(Shì Shēn zhī Shé, Devouring Serpent) Guild has cleared the Difficult-level Black Crow Cave, rewarding the guild with 300 Reputation points.

"Qingxue, someone has leveled up to 13 now, which is much faster than us. Should we just stop going to dungeons and go level up?" Zhao Yueru, who also had a devilish figure, pouted unhappily as she looked at the level榜(bǎng, rankings).

Ever since they went to the level 12 monster area to kill monsters at level 9, they had discovered that their strength was constantly increasing in battle. Although it was very difficult to kill monsters at the beginning, and they almost died, they experienced many moments of life and death, and after a long period of research and thinking.

When they came back to their senses, they suddenly realized that their combat skills had improved a lot. They felt that killing monsters three levels higher than them was not such an unattainable dream. Shi Feng could do it back then, and they can do it now, and even more兵不血刃(bīng bù xuè rèn, without staining their blades with blood) like Shi Feng.

After arriving in White River City, they directly started doing daily reputation quests, and then found a very good place to刷怪(shuā guài, grind monsters) above their level. They刷怪(shuā gài, grind monsters) for a while, but because their equipment was a bit outdated, they ran into the dungeon to improve their equipment, in preparation for the first clear of the level 10 large team dungeon, otherwise they would not have been surpassed by a third-rate guild's player.

"Never mind him. Compared to levels, the first clear of a large dungeon is the most important thing now. Moreover, even if we clear a level 10 Hell-level dungeon for the first time, it won't count after we exceed level 15. Don't worry about it. Our equipment is almost ready, so let's start with the first clear of the level 10 small dungeons." Bai Qingxue looked at the first place, Wei Wo Du Kuang, on the level榜(bǎng, rankings), and a faint smile appeared on her pure and flawless face.

Bai Qingxue's decision made the team members show excited smiles.

They could finally show their skills.

They were高手(gāo shǒu, experts) in previous virtual games. During this period, they had been constantly working hard and fighting against high-level monsters. During their breaks, they had been studying the videos of those expert captains, especially Shi Feng's battle videos. Although they were short, they were the essence. The more they studied, the more they marveled. Unconsciously, their combat skills also improved crazily.

Or rather, they had almost adapted to the high-realism combat style of God's Domain and mastered the power of this body.

Difficult-level team dungeons could not satisfy their desire to improve their strength, especially after adapting to the transcendent state. Only Hell-level dungeons could truly excite them.

Just like the Hell-level Dark Moon Cemetery back then, it could make every cell in their body tremble. At that time, they thought they were afraid, but they weren't. It was a feeling of inner joy.

At the same time, the other major guilds were amazed by the sudden emergence of Wei Wo Du Kuang, but also dismissive.

However, ordinary players were amazed, allowing Dark Star, this third-rate top guild, to gain a foothold in White River City at once. Even the second-rate guild Assassin's Union was inferior, because there were no members of the Assassin's Union in the top ten of the level榜(bǎng, rankings). However, there were three in the top thirty. One was the president of the Assassin's Union, ranked 18th, the Assassin's Union's Ci Xin (Stabbing Heart) ranked 26th, and the last one was the Assassin's Union's first Elementalist, ranked 29th.

However, for the vast majority of players, such rankings were equal to nothing. Compared to the increased popularity of the first place, the gap was too big.

Flame God Cave.

Shi Feng had already led the level 25 High Lord Scorching Snake Woman to a corner without any岩浆(yán jiāng, lava).

The reason why the Scorching Snake Woman was so powerful was that half of her skill was in the岩浆(yán jiāng, lava), so by keeping her away from the岩浆(yán jiāng, lava), the攻略(gōnglüè, strategize) difficulty could be reduced by half in an instant. But even so, she was still a High Lord Boss, not something ordinary players could provoke.

"Kneel down, this is the flame's judgment on you." The Scorching Snake Woman flicked her tender white hand, and a whip composed of flames suddenly appeared in her hand. Then, she waved it fiercely at Shi Feng's head. The flame whip turned into a stream of light, swinging towards Shi Feng's head.

Queen's Whip!

This was the Scorching Snake Woman's commonly used melee skill. One whip could kill a same-level MT without the Blessing of炎阳(Yán Yáng, Fiery Sun). In addition, this skill was a group attack with a large range, and the maximum attack distance was as much as 25 yards. It was impossible to堆死(duī sǐ, overwhelm by numbers) her with more people. Under one whip, no grass would grow and everything would be turned to ashes. Even MTs couldn't block it, let alone fragile players!

Facing the flame whip that was swinging towards him, Shi Feng easily dodged the fire whip with a somersault, but he was swallowed by the fire, and still suffered more than seventy points of damage.

However, Shi Feng used this to open up a lot of distance, and threw out a炽火飞星(chì huǒ fēi xīng, Blazing Fire Flying Star) in mid-air.

A beam of red light flew away and accurately hit the Scorching Snake Woman's left arm, which was about to be raised, triggering the rare烈焰焚身(liè yàn fén shēn, Blazing Flames Engulf) effect, directly causing 754 points of damage and a negative status of 400 points of damage per second for 10 seconds. It also interrupted the Scorching Snake Woman's next attack rhythm.

"Damn human, I must capture you and make you my pet." A few traces of娇怒(jiāo nù, delicate anger) appeared on the Scorching Snake Woman's exotic and beautiful face. Then, she shook her tail hard, and her speed suddenly increased, instantly closing the distance between the two.

"Almost there." Looking at the surrounding environment, Shi Feng suddenly stopped and turned to face the Scorching Snake Woman, throwing out an Intermediate Ice Grenade.

There was no longer any hot岩浆(yán jiāng, lava) here. Everywhere was坚固(jiān gù, solid) rock like Mysterious Iron, which greatly limited the Scorching Snake Woman's strongest skill, Queen's Fury.

This skill would allow the surrounding岩浆(yán jiāng, lava) to listen to her commands and turn into waves sweeping everything. Even if Shi Feng had 123 points of fire resistance, he couldn't withstand the ferocity of this move. It could be said to be the Scorching Snake Woman's team-wiping ultimate.

In addition, what Shi Feng had to do was to be careful of the Scorching Snake Woman's bow and arrow shooting, because this was half physical and half fire damage. The Blessing of炎阳(Yán Yáng, Fiery Sun) had no damage reduction effect on physical attacks. At most, two arrows could take his life, so he had to be careful.