Looking at the equipment on the ground, Chu Tian casually looted it, finding a ring that indeed increased perception. No wonder 'Ren Si Niao Chao Tian' could discover him.
He put the ring on his hand and took out the shield, also throwing it on the ground, saying, "Let Jian Zhi Cang Tian become a Shield Warrior!"
He remembered that in his previous life, Jian Zhi Cang Tian had regretted playing as a Weapon Master in the later stages, greatly envying shield warriors who could charge at the front of the entire team.
However, due to his stat allocation, he had no choice. Even if his level dropped to one, and he had to re-level, the free stat allocation would only gradually restore your previously allocated attributes, not give you a chance to start over.
He glanced at the corpses of 'Ren Si Niao Chao Tian' and the others. They had all turned into white light and disappeared, likely having chosen to respawn at the city's resurrection points.
Seeing that there was nothing here that could threaten Heng Dao and the others, Chu Tian directly went into stealth, continuing to move towards his destination.
Heng Dao and another knight were left a bit stunned. A pile of equipment, and this great god only took one ring?
And he threw out a shield for Jian Zhi to become a Shield Warrior. Was he giving them advice?
This person was either crazy or too rich, not caring about so many good items.
However, looking at how he dealt with 'Ren Si Niao Chao Tian' earlier, the possibility of him having a mental illness was higher. Otherwise, who would casually maul someone into a meat paste for no reason?
Regardless, they had hit the jackpot this time. Not only could Jian Zhi's losses be recovered, but they could also make a substantial profit.
Heng Dao thought about his brothers in reality and the families of his former brothers, all of whom he needed to support.
Money was truly too important to him, so he pulled the Paladin named 'Lao San' and quickly began collecting the spoils from the ground.
Chu Tian was unaware of all this, as he was getting close to his destination coordinates: 3823.8742.8192.
Confirming it on the minimap, this was the place.
At this moment, Chu Tian stood at the foot of a mountain path that stretched all the way to the summit. Chu Tian exited stealth, increased his speed to the maximum, and sprinted along the mountain path.
Before long, he arrived at the edge of a cliff. Looking down, he saw a swamp below, and in the distance, a cluster of tall buildings covered in vines. He surmised that this was once a prosperous city.
This swamp was originally the city's wastewater treatment plant. In the mountain beneath his feet was a garbage disposal site. It had been pushed up by crustal movements during planetary collisions, becoming a mountain peak.
This was something he had learned in his previous life from the later stages of the Heavenly Dao map updates and their accompanying descriptions.
Walking along the cliff edge, looking down, Chu Tian stopped beneath an iron pillar that resembled a lightning rod.
"This should be the place. I fell to my death here before," Chu Tian transformed into his Owlkin form, adjusted his angle, confirmed his position, and then backed up step by step before jumping down.
He wasn't here to jump off a cliff. About twenty meters below, about twenty meters from the ground, there was a protruding landing spot about half a meter wide. He had discovered this in his previous life when he was chased to this spot and accidentally fell to his death on that ledge.
That time, he discovered that beneath this ledge was the hunting ground of the ultimate Boss for the newbie village, the Swamp Crocodile.
The Swamp Crocodile was a Level 20 Boss, and the equipment it dropped was quite extensive. It dropped silver-grade weapons for all classes, and they could be equipped without an level restriction. The attributes were the genuine attributes of Level 20 silver equipment, making it a complete newbie welfare monster.
Without equipment of the same silver grade or higher, one could wear it indefinitely, because even Level 20 silver equipment was comparable to Level 80 ordinary iron equipment or Level 60 bronze equipment in terms of attributes. Moreover, the silver weapons it dropped would inevitably have an additional attribute of true fixed damage.
After each defeat, the Swamp Crocodile would respawn the next day when the server restarted. In addition to weapons, it also dropped some skill books.
In his previous life, many people vied to kill the Swamp Crocodile. Even in the later stages, many high-level players would camp waiting for it to respawn, as this was the only easily obtainable silver weapon. Many ordinary players still wore it even at over Level 100.
At that time, this place was a chaotic battlefield. Eventually, the Heavenly Dao system intervened with maintenance, prohibiting players above Level 15 from returning to the newbie village, which put an end to the conflict here.
However, low-level players still fought fiercely. Every time it respawned, a large number of people died, and all the equipment scattered on the ground, when collected, far exceeded the value of the Swamp Crocodile's weapon.
Here, winners could become rich overnight every day.
Killing the Swamp Crocodile was not the most difficult part, nor was it the danger of other players stealing the kill.
The most difficult and dangerous part was how to approach it. To approach it, one had to traverse the swamp beneath. The swamp was filled with Level 15 small crocodiles, and they were non-aggressive monsters. You never knew if there was a sleeping small crocodile beneath your next step.
Once you stepped on one, you would be considered in an attack state. The small crocodile would roar, and other small crocodiles within a 10x10 meter radius would also be awakened and immediately attack you. You would instantly be torn to shreds by hundreds or thousands of small crocodiles. After death, your corpse would be considered destroyed, and you could only choose to respawn at the graveyard, losing a level and entering a weakened state. Afterward, you would have no chance of competing for the Boss.
Chu Tian's body continued to descend. When he could see the small protrusion, he cast the Owlkin form's cute skill 'Flap Wings'. Since he was facing the mountain wall, his glide also kept him pressed against the cliff, preventing him from drifting elsewhere.
With a nervous heart, he continued to approach the landing spot. Finally, his feet landed on solid ground. He let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his jump position was accurate; otherwise, he would have landed directly on the Giant Crocodile's head and surely died.
The position of this landing spot was very peculiar. Looking up from below, it was a blind spot. Unless someone was standing here, no one below would discover it.
This was Chu Tian's exclusive discovery. He didn't consider whether others would discover it later.
Even if someone discovered it, Chu Tian would have already made a fortune here and would have moved on to higher-level maps by then.
Looking at the Swamp Crocodile beneath him, lying dormant in the swamp, Chu Tian vaguely remembered its health was around forty thousand. He had two debuff skills. Sunlight Spell cast one per second, calculating that it could chip away three health points per second.
One minute would be 180 health points. Considering its regeneration speed at intervals, it would conservatively take at least four to five hours to take it down.
He checked the time; it was just past midnight. He still had over seven hours, which should be enough.
Chu Tian also felt fortunate that the Heavenly Dao's spell system was set up with guaranteed hits, only allowing resistances to reduce damage, with a minimum of one point of forced damage reduction. Physical attacks, on the other hand, had a chance of missing or being dodged.
He cast 'Moonlight Fire' and 'Sunlight Flame', two instant cast skills, and then began to mindlessly cast Sunlight Spell.
Roar… The Swamp Crocodile awoke from its slumber, moved its massive body, located Chu Tian's direction, and quickly ran towards him.
Since it couldn't attack Chu Tian, it actually stood up on its hind legs along the cliff face. Although it was huge, it was only about ten meters tall when standing.
It was still a considerable distance from Chu Tian's landing spot, and it couldn't jump, posing no threat to Chu Tian at all.
Chu Tian leisurely cast Sunlight Spell. He didn't care if the balance orb had drifted towards the Sunlight energy, as both would result in a forced one-point damage reduction. Damage was not something he needed to worry about.
After casting for a few minutes, Chu Tian glanced at his mana bar below his health bar. It had decreased by a small section.
Huh? What's going on? Chu Tian observed the mana bar's changes. He noticed that his mana was decreasing when he cast Sunlight Spell, so he switched to channeling Sunlight Spell. This time, his mana did not decrease.
Could it be that because the balance orb was on the Sunlight energy side, casting Moonlight Magic started consuming mana?
After several tests, he found that this was indeed the case. However, both debuff skills, regardless of whether they were on the Sunlight or Moonlight energy side, required mana consumption.
No wonder. I thought mana was just for show. It seems the sustainability of a Balance Druid comes from constantly balancing the Solar and Lunar energies, casting the same skills under the same energy to avoid mana consumption.
And the consumption of debuff skills could almost be ignored. It was equivalent to him growing with all his stats allocated to intelligence. With two skills having a duration of 26 seconds, he could almost recover the mana consumed.
If that were the case, he would have to recalculate the kill time. The casting time for Sunlight Spell was not 1 second but 1.5 seconds. He wondered if over seven hours would be enough to grind it to death.