Chu Tian, carrying 1000 magic inscriptions, headed straight for the teleportation array.
Upon arriving in Four Seasons City, he sent a message to Qi Xi, asking her to see if anyone was selling skill books.
After Qi Xi responded, he transformed into his travel form and galloped towards the east of Four Seasons City.
In his travel form, his speed would continuously increase while running.
However, the moment he stopped, his speed would immediately revert to normal.
Soon, he passed through a canyon and entered a valley surrounded by mountains.
The climate here was very comfortable due to the mountains blocking the wind.
This was also the origin of the Life Greenhouse.
[Ding... System prompt: Discovered new map "Life Greenhouse", EXP +500!]
As soon as he entered, since Chu Tian wasn't stealthed, a patrol of monsters ran towards him head-on.
The leader of this group of monsters was a strange, large flower.
It was accompanied by a swarm of smaller flowers.
Defying common sense, their roots could detach from the soil and run on the ground.
This group of wandering plant monsters was just approaching the entrance. Chu Tian darted into their aggro range.
There were only seven or eight monsters, so using magic inscriptions would be a waste.
Since he had already lured them, he might as well lure more.
He directly charged in using his travel form.
With his fast movement speed, this group of melee monsters couldn't possibly catch him.
After circling around, he didn't know how many monsters he had lured.
He turned and cast a [Magic Inscription · Flame Storm].
Using this item, he was forcibly changed from his travel form back to his human form.
This was typical for a Druid; using items often triggered a forced transformation back to human form or a notification that the current form could not be used.
This was the most annoying aspect of the Druid class.
In human form, he couldn't use any skills, and after transforming, many items couldn't be used.
*Boom…*
A vortex of flames rose from the ground.
-3600!
-3600!
-3600!
These numbers floated above the plant monsters caught in the storm.
These monsters were all normal mobs.
The HP of normal mobs was: level * 1000.
Therefore, they only had 40000 HP.
Due to the 20% damage bonus of fire damage against plant-type enemies, he would normally deal 3000 damage.
Now it was 3600 damage.
With one scroll, all of them were slowed by 50%.
They moved slowly within the vortex of flames, heading towards Chu Tian.
In combat, transforming into his travel form did not increase his speed.
So, he chose to transform into his cheetah form, granting over 180% movement speed.
Possessing a high agility bonus, his movement speed in cheetah form was like a gust of wind.
He circled the vortex of flames, making the monsters constantly change direction to chase him within it.
This ensured they couldn't leave the skill's area of effect.
Allowing the continuous damage to remain effective.
The skill lasted for 8 seconds, and all the monsters lost another 3648 HP from being burned.
Including the initial damage when the skill was cast, a total of 7248 HP was burned away.
Chu Tian calculated that it took 5 magic inscriptions to clear this wave of monsters.
This meant an expenditure of 2 gold coins and 50 silver coins.
Converted to real money, that was 7500 yuan.
He felt a pang of regret…
To reduce his expenses, Chu Tian decided that he would only start using inscriptions after luring a sufficiently large wave of monsters.
Forty seconds later, this wave of monsters finally fell together.
[Ding... Kill: Guarding Whiplashing, Level-Advantage Kill EXP Bonus +500%, Gained EXP 4800 (Base EXP +400, Level-Advantage Kill Reward +2000 EXP, God-Tier Talent Growth +2400 EXP).]
[Ding... Kill: Forest Wanderer, Level-Advantage Kill EXP Bonus +500%, Gained EXP 4800 (Base EXP +400, Level-Advantage Kill Reward +2000 EXP, God-Tier Talent Growth +2400 EXP).]
The EXP gain notifications scrolled by like a flood.
This wave of monsters, about fifty or so, only increased his level by 0.5%.
Chu Tian calculated, "Damn…"
If every wave consisted of only these monsters, it would take all 1000 inscriptions in his bag to level up.
This was not worth it!
For monsters five levels apart, the level-advantage kill EXP bonus was only 500%.
If the level difference exceeded five, for every additional level, the bonus would increase by 200% EXP.
This meant that if he killed a level 41 monster, he would get a 700% EXP bonus, and if he killed a level 50 monster, he would get a 1500% EXP bonus.
It seemed he needed to venture further inside.
He should try to kill higher-level monsters. Since magic inscriptions dealt fixed damage, he didn't have to worry about level suppression.
Moreover, as long as his movement speed was fast enough, monsters wouldn't be able to touch him.
As Chu Tian ventured deeper, the monster levels gradually increased.
Stealth had almost no effect.
He could only move forward while fighting.
If he was detected, he would lure more monsters and clear them with magic inscriptions.
Regardless, it was all experience points, though it was quite expensive.
By the time he reached the level 50 monster area, he had only 830 inscriptions left.
Chu Tian decided to grind here for a while.
After all, the level 50 monsters here offered a 1500% level-advantage kill EXP bonus, which, combined with his God-Tier Talent Growth, would double the experience gain again.
At this point, clearing up to this area had brought him to level 35 with 23% experience.
Although it was costly, leveling up was undeniably fast.
This was in just over an hour. For ordinary players at his level, gaining 23% experience could take 4-5 days, and that would be considered fast.
However, if other players lured monsters like he did, they would likely have died countless times.
Chu Tian now realized how naive his thoughts from yesterday were.
If his exclusive weapon hadn't been completed, his movement speed would have been significantly slower when he came here to level up.
Without enough agility, he would have been too slow and died to the monsters long ago.
Fortunately, he was lucky enough that the quest for his exclusive weapon was completed just before he came here.
Otherwise, he would have been stuck in the level 40 area at most.
Earlier, when he was in the level 45 area, he was accidentally touched by a monster.
He immediately transformed into his bear form, and a single hit took over 400 HP.
Furthermore, there was a type of monster called [Life Guardian], which was a dragon-like creature.
Its movement speed was extremely fast, and getting hit by it would also cause a slowing effect.
At this moment, Chu Tian, in his cheetah form, could barely outrun it.
Without the 150 agility bonus from his exclusive weapon, he would have been caught by it, slowed down, and then overwhelmed by other monsters, torn to shreds.
[Ding... Kill: Redwood Guard, Level-Advantage Kill EXP Bonus +1500%, Gained EXP 16000 (Base EXP +500, Level-Advantage Kill Reward +7500 EXP, God-Tier Talent Growth +8000 EXP).]
[Ding... Kill: Iron-Beard Whiplashing, Level-Advantage Kill EXP Bonus +1500%, Gained EXP 16000 (Base EXP +500, Level-Advantage Kill Reward +7500 EXP, God-Tier Talent Growth +8000 EXP).]
Finally, in the level 50 monster area, he took down the first wave of monsters.