Chapter 106

【Congratulations, you have successfully slain: Level 8 Blood Rat Warrior!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: Experience Points ×20!】

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The pleasant sound of gaining experience points rang out continuously.

A Blood Rat Warrior with bloodshot eyes let out a vicious shriek and charged forward recklessly, swinging its sharp claws; Jiang Li thrust the Ice Wheel Blade in his hand forward with a sudden lunge, piercing straight through the Blood Rat Warrior's head.

"-28121 (Critical Hit)!!"

…

【Ding!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully slain: Level 7 Blood Rat Warrior!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: Experience Points ×15!】

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"Still 95% away from leveling up…"

Ignoring the Blood Rat Warrior corpses scattered all over the ground.

Jiang Li directly opened his status panel and glanced at the experience bar above.

Five or six Level 7 and 8 Blood Rat Warriors had provided only five percent of the experience points.

This meant that.

To reach Level 9, he would have to slay at least another hundred Blood Rat Warriors.

"Leveling from 8 to 9 requires killing a hundred."

"Leveling from 9 to 10 doubles the experience needed, so that would require killing at least two or three hundred Blood Rat Warriors…"

"To reach Level 10 and equip the Bone Dragon Battle Armor and Natural Wind, the road ahead is long and arduous…"

Jiang Li calculated this in his mind.

Immediately feeling a dull ache in his liver.

Even though these Blood Rat Warriors couldn't withstand a single strike from him, continuously slaying hundreds of them would not be an easy task; even if they lined up for him to kill, it would still take a day or two.

"If a single person has to kill so many Blood Rat Warriors just to level up, then what about other players in parties…"

Thinking of the situation of others,

Jiang Li couldn't help but feel a moment of silent mourning for them.

In a party, players' experience is basically distributed equally, so for every additional person in the party, the number of monsters and the amount of experience required to level up must double…

"Never mind, I should just continue working hard."

Offering a prayer for others in his heart.

Jiang Li then shook his head, casually picking up some materials dropped by the Blood Rat Warriors.

"Continue!"

Looking ahead.

Jiang Li quickly rushed toward the depths of the Blood Rat Plain, beginning his long journey of leveling up.

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Evening.

The night was dim.

The players on the Blood Rat Plain had become few and far between, yet Jiang Li was still striving on.

"Pfft!"

"-29454 (Critical Hit)!"

【Ding!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully slain: Level 8 Blood Rat Warrior!】

【Congratulations, you have successfully obtained: Experience Points ×22!】

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【Ding!】

【Congratulations, your experience points have already met the Level 9 upgrade condition; do you wish to upgrade immediately?】

"Hah."

After slaying the last Blood Rat Archer before him.

Jiang Li raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, his face showing visible exhaustion.

After spending most of the day slaying monsters.

His experience points finally met the conditions for leveling up.

However.

Jiang Li did not rush to upgrade.

"Rest for a while first."

Instead, he first picked up the loot on the ground.

Then he found an empty spot to sit down, eating while checking his backpack.

"Exactly three skill books…"

After sorting the items slightly.

Jiang Li was pleasantly surprised to discover… that there were actually five identical skill books in his backpack.

And they were all skills that the Warrior class could learn.

In other words.

He can start synthesizing again!

"Fierce Thrust..."

"A white-rank skill book."

Jiang Li checked the information on these skill books, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

【Skill Book: Fierce Thrust (Synthesizable)】

【Rank: White】

【Description: Launch a thrust attack forward at 120% speed, dealing 120% damage.】

"A skill that combines displacement and damage."

Jiang Li nodded in satisfaction.

He already had Draw Slash for area attacks and Ice Dragon Sky Sever from Ice Wheel Blade for single targets; if he acquired another displacement-damage skill, he could remedy the shortcomings in both powerful assault and pursuit.

Of course, it could also serve as an escape skill.

However, he still possessed a Shadow Ring; when fleeing, he could completely vanish into the shadows.

"Let's synthesize now."

Jiang Li summoned the synthesis panel.

He placed the skill books in one by one.

【Ding!】

【You have placed: White · Fierce Thrust!】

【You have placed: White · Fierce Thrust!】

【You have placed: White · Fierce Thrust!】

【Recipe detected... Recipe valid. Choose to synthesize immediately?】

"Hah."

"Begin."

Jiang Li took a deep breath,

then proceeded with the synthesis.

【Ding!】

【Synthesizing...】

【Synthesis progress: 1%... 5%... 10%...】