Chapter 1 Stone Peak's Escape

Shi Feng turned and ran.

The Silver-Eyed Lion King roared as well, its silver eyes fixed on Shi Feng. Its powerful legs stomped on the grass, creating a gust of wind as it chased after him.

However, Shi Feng was clearly faster, and the distance between them gradually increased. If Shi Feng were to kite it, the Silver-Eyed Lion King would quickly catch up.

Shi Feng couldn't use potions to restore his health. His only means of recovery was combat regeneration. However, restoring 1% of his health every five seconds meant only 24 health points every five seconds for Shi Feng.

Restoring over 600 health points would take a considerable amount of time.

"It's fortunate that I'm a bit faster. This area is large, so I can run around freely. Otherwise, I'd really be done for." Shi Feng glanced at the Silver-Eyed Lion King, but focused most of his attention on the surrounding environment.

God's Domain was different from other virtual games; it was more realistic.

A player's combat power only determined 50% of the outcome, while the environment accounted for 40%, and luck for the remaining 10%.

Luck was an uncertain factor and wasn't worth considering.

The extent to which players could master the 50% combat power and 40% environmental factors was an important indicator of their skill level.

An average expert could only unleash 50% of their combat power. The main system would evaluate a player's combat power systematically and determine the final value. This calculated combat power was the most credible.

Only the main system knew how it was calculated.

However, the main system didn't display a player's combat power or how much they could unleash. Only after players cleared a 100-man team dungeon would the second evolution of God's Domain be triggered. Afterward, the God-Demon Arena portals would appear in major cities. Players could enter the God-Demon Arena to compete with each other, earning equipment and improving their skills. As players continued to compete, the main system's data was constantly being refined, and personal combat power ratings appeared shortly after. Everyone could try to test their level.

As a result, the competitions in God's Domain became extremely popular, eventually replacing real-world fighting competitions.

Being able to unleash 50% of one's combat power made one an expert.

Exceeding 60% made one a second-rate expert.

Reaching 70% made one a first-rate expert.

Exceeding 85% made one a top expert. These were mostly well-known experts in God's Domain who regularly participated in the God's Domain Global Tournament held once a year, and were definitely celebrities followed by players.

Shi Feng was a Tier 3 top Sword King in his past life. Although he couldn't compare to those famous experts in God's Domain, he could be considered among the first-rate experts, capable of unleashing about 80% of his combat power. However, compared to unleashing his own combat power, Shi Feng was even stronger when it came to using the environment.

In terms of combat power, Shi Feng and the Silver-Eyed Lion King were about the same. But the Silver-Eyed Lion King had far more health. Without considering environmental factors, Shi Feng would 100% die in a fight.

Normally, dying wouldn't matter, but this was a trial mission with no second chances. Dying meant the end of the mission, so he absolutely couldn't die.

After running for more than ten minutes, Shi Feng arrived at a hill, with the Silver-Eyed Lion King still hot on his heels.

After circling the hill for a while, he saw a cliff. Shi Feng's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I've finally found the key to victory." Shi Feng smiled slightly and activated Wind Rider, increasing his speed and rushing towards the cliff.

Shi Feng could have increased the distance between himself and the Silver-Eyed Lion King during this time, but he didn't because he wanted to find favorable terrain to deal with the Silver-Eyed Lion King.

A minute later, Shi Feng stood at the edge of the cliff, below which was a rocky canyon.

"This height should be about right." Shi Feng secretly estimated, feeling that his plan was feasible.

A few seconds later, the Silver-Eyed Lion King caught up.

Just as the Silver-Eyed Lion King charged in front of Shi Feng, raising its sharp claws to swipe at Shi Feng's head, Shi Feng jumped up, dodging the claws. The Silver-Eyed Lion King's claws slammed into the cliff face.

With a bang, the ground beneath Shi Feng and the Silver-Eyed Lion King was destroyed, and both of them fell off the cliff.

Just as they were about to hit the ground, Shi Feng activated the Ring of Gravity, greatly reducing his speed, and he landed gently like a feather.

However, the Silver-Eyed Lion King wasn't so lucky. It crashed into the ground, creating a deep pit, its health reduced to almost nothing.

"You're pretty resistant. You're not dead yet, but you asked for it, so goodbye." Shi Feng mercilessly used Wind Lightning Flash to strike down.

Three bolts of lightning flashed, taking away the Silver-Eyed Lion King's remaining thousand or so health points.

If Shi Feng had jumped off the cliff, the Silver-Eyed Lion King definitely wouldn't have followed him down. Instead, it would have gone around to chase Shi Feng. After all, fierce beasts weren't stupid. That's why Shi Feng used the Silver-Eyed Lion King's powerful destructive force, catching it off guard.

System: Defeated the Silver-Eyed Lion King, completing the fourth round of the trial challenge. Reward: 3 million experience points, 20 free Mastery Points, all skills proficiency increased by 300 points, and 10 gold coins.

System: The fourth round of the trial has been completed. Do you want to start the next round of the trial?

"Three million experience points, these rewards are too generous." Shi Feng was surprised by the system rewards. He had just reached level 19, and he was already looking forward to level 20.

Moreover, after passing the fourth round, Shi Feng's War God Temple contribution points reached 1500, enough to exchange for a Dark-Gold item or three Fine-Gold items.

If he could pass the fifth round, he would get another 1600 contribution points, more than the total from the first four rounds.

After resting for a while, Shi Feng started the fifth round of the trial.

The fifth round of the trial took place in a desert. The beast he faced was a monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake, breathing hot flames from its mouth. Green venom slowly dripped from the snake's tail, like a big dog drooling.

The monster saw Shi Feng enter its territory, and its scarlet eyes narrowed, revealing excitement.

"Chimera!" Shi Feng exclaimed in surprise.

Although Shi Feng didn't use Observation, he had fought the Chimera before. It was a Boss in a 100-man dungeon that had wiped out countless teams before being conquered. Shi Feng had a deep impression of it.

Chimera, Special Elite, Level 20, Health 120,000.

Shi Feng was very familiar with the Chimera, knowing its strengths and weaknesses.

The Chimera could breathe fire and had the strength of the Silver-Eyed Lion King. The snake tail was like another monster, with a strong venomous attack. If someone was poisoned and then hit by the fire, they would die without a doubt. However, there was one weakness: poison.

Shi Feng activated Wind Rider while dodging the Chimera's claws and venomous attacks. He didn't counterattack, only dodged. After the venomous mist began to spread, Shi Feng finally took action.

Without a word, he rushed into the poisonous mist, and the Chimera followed closely behind.

As soon as Shi Feng entered the poisonous mist, he was afflicted with a poisoned status, losing 200 health points per second. But Shi Feng didn't care.

Then Shi Feng ran out of the poisonous mist area and turned to throw Scorching Fire Flying Stars.

A ray of fire entered the poisonous mist area, and the green mist instantly turned dark green, followed by a violent explosion. The Chimera in the poisonous mist was blown away, losing over 10,000 health points and entering a brief crippled state. Shi Feng took the opportunity to attack.

By the time the Chimera recovered from the crippled state, Shi Feng had taken away five or six thousand health points.

The Chimera was furious and charged at Shi Feng again. Shi Feng continued to dodge, waiting for the poisonous mist to form.

After several rounds, Shi Feng had only four hundred health points left, but the Chimera had fallen at Shi Feng's feet.

System: Defeated the Chimera, completing the fifth round of the trial challenge. Reward: 6 million experience points, 20 free Mastery Points, all skills proficiency increased by 300 points, and 10 gold coins.

System: The fifth round of the trial has been completed. Do you want to start the next round of the trial?

Six million experience points! Shi Feng immediately reached level 20, 62%, not too far from level 21.

Although Shi Feng added some stats and became a bit stronger, he felt that the next round would be very dangerous. If he hadn't been familiar with the Chimera in this round, he would have been finished.

And the monster in the sixth round would definitely be stronger than the Chimera. What if Shi Feng wasn't familiar with the monster?

Wouldn't that be curtains...

Shi Feng wouldn't rely on luck for such an important matter. So this time, Shi Feng didn't click to enter the sixth round of the trial after resting. Instead, he opened the stat panel and used the free Mastery Points he hadn't used yet.

50 points of One-Handed Sword Mastery would allow him to upgrade to the level of an Intermediate Swordsman Apprentice, increasing the damage of using a one-handed sword by 15%.

100 points of One-Handed Sword Mastery would allow him to upgrade to the level of an Advanced Swordsman Apprentice, increasing the damage of using a one-handed sword by 20%.

150 points of One-Handed Sword Mastery would allow him to upgrade to the level of a Beginner Swordsman, increasing the damage of using a one-handed sword by 30%, with a 10% qualitative change effect.

200 points of One-Handed Sword Mastery would allow him to upgrade to the level of an Intermediate Swordsman, increasing the damage of using a one-handed sword by 40%.

Even if ordinary players were promoted to Tier 1 Swordsmen, their mastery of one-handed swords or two-handed swords would only be at the level of an Intermediate Swordsman Apprentice.

And Shi Feng, through five trials, plus the accumulation from previous quests and the Mastery Points awarded every 5 levels, had a total of 168 points.

After adding all of them to One-Handed Sword, Shi Feng's One-Handed Sword level was promoted to Beginner Swordsman.

But Shi Feng wasn't satisfied yet.

Then, he equipped the level 20 Dark-Gold one-handed sword, Shadow of Purgatory, which he had bought from the auction house, in his off-hand, replacing the level 15 Dark-Gold Demon Slayer Sword.

"Let's start devouring."

Shi Feng looked at the Abyss Ender in his hand, which was as black as ink, and then sacrificed the 10 pieces of level 15 Mysterious-Iron weapons and the level 15 Dark-Gold Demon Slayer Sword that he had just replaced, which had long been stored in his backpack.

Although it was a pity not to use 10 pieces of level 15 Mithril weapons for sacrifice, the Legendary Quest was very important and couldn't be lost, so he could only make do for now.