Chapter 8: Warrior‑Priest‑Mage Trio

Conglin Yezhu

Level: 8

Attack: 25

Defense: 30

HP: 500

Skill: Charge

Description: brief

These wild boars have already left the beginner‑monster category; their attack and defense have risen a lot, their HP is ten times that of a level‑5 Big Rabbit, and they also have an extra skill.

The difficulty spikes almost cliff‑like, and just in terms of defense they surpass that rabbit BOSS, which is normal for a boar with thick hide and flesh.

But for Su Sheng it's not a big problem.

After all, Su Sheng single‑handed devoured that huge rabbit BOSS, so no matter how high these boars' difficulty gets, they can't compare to the Big Rabbit BOSS, can they?

Bang!

Su Sheng just got close, and a Conglin Yezhu snorted twice and immediately charged.

Still an aggressive‑type monster.

Bow stance, Shield Raise!

With a muffled clang, Su Sheng stepped back slightly.

Block check, not fully exempt.

It took off over ten HP, far easier than that Big Rabbit's charge.

Moreover, the boar's charge is straightforward; although it follows a clumsy knight template, Su Sheng can dodge it with great ease.

The reason he didn't dodge was simply to test the boars' quality.

With just one charge offering a little threat, that clumsy arcing attack can be easily handled by Su Sheng using Shield Block exemption.

So Su Sheng happily began grinding monsters.

Although these boars have thick hide and flesh, the presence of the Fang Skill keeps Su Sheng's killing speed high.

I have to say, this Lion Knight's starter skill is really handy.

It was the Fang Skill that first enabled the smooth defeat of that Big Rabbit.

Since his experience bar was already near level 7, he leveled up after killing only a few boars.

He casually allocated attribute points to Constitution: 25 Con, 26 Attack/Defense, 410 HP.

Killing boars became even smoother.

He also got an unexpected drop: a pair of boar daggers that look like miniature boar fangs.

A level‑5 blank weapon with over ten extra attack, but Su Sheng can't use it; he'll toss it to Huan Jie later.

The other drops are some boar hide, boar meat and other white materials.

Game currency drops are scarce, but at least similar materials stack in one slot, otherwise Su Sheng's inventory would overflow.

"Huh? Someone's here."

While Su Sheng was happily slaying boars, a party entered this boar forest.

Su Sheng cleanly cleared the boars at hand and glanced sideways.

A classic Warrior‑Priest‑Mage three‑person squad.

"The area's big, we won't disturb each other," Su Sheng said with a smile.

There's no conflict of interest, so strangers don't immediately fight to the death, especially since Newbie Village has no death penalty; leveling is the top priority.

"Naturally." The leading warrior on the other side nodded.

Then Su Sheng stepped aside a bit; a Conglin Yezhu sensed the threat and charged.

Su Sheng naturally raised his shield to meet the monster.

Watching Su Sheng effortlessly handle that boar, the three subconsciously thought the boar's difficulty was low.

Until the mage's attack attracted the monster, the warrior was knocked back five or six steps by the boar's charge, his HP halved, and only then realized.

That warrior had his Strength and Constitution split evenly; although his damage is lower than a full‑strength warrior and his durability less than a knight, he does have perks: higher damage than a knight and a sturdier frame than a full‑strength warrior.

Yet even so, he still lost half his HP in one go.

"Whoa, this boar's fierce," the warrior exclaimed.

Then the Priest quickly healed him.

A level‑1 Priest comes with a basic Healing skill that can restore HP.

That's why they can form a party without a knight; with a Priest at this early stage, a half‑strength, half‑Constitution warrior can hold his own.

After a chaotic scramble, the three‑person squad finally dealt with that boar.

At that moment, looking again, they saw Su Sheng already start on the second boar.

"Damn, the boar isn't weak; they're clearly a pro," the warrior chuckled as he watched Su Sheng nonstop attack the second boar.

In the newbie stage, no one can afford healing potions, and the opponent shows no pause, so it's obvious: they kill a boar without any cost.

"His movements are so smooth," the mage said, watching Su Sheng's actions.

"Otherwise I wouldn't have the confidence to solo here," the warrior laughed wryly.

"Alright, stop eyeing them; let's keep spawning monsters," the Priest Mushi MM said at that moment.

Yet Mushi MM's gaze at Su Sheng clearly carried a slightly different expression.

For a moment, how could the two men endure it?

In front of the MM, they couldn't be outshone.

For a moment, the three‑person squad was steadily killing monsters.

As for teaming up?

Anyone would know that a master like him wouldn't normally team up with strangers, so none of the three mentioned forming a party with Su Sheng.

After that, nothing much happened.

But along the way, some players gradually arrived at this Yezhu Lin.

After all, after such a long time the players' levels had risen, so they naturally needed to hunt higher‑level monsters.

However, the monsters in this Yezhu Lin increased in difficulty like a sheer cliff, catching many players off guard and costing them heavily.

Especially the active‑attack mode, which left all the players completely unprepared.

Grinding~

A flash of golden light.

Level 8.

Seeing the number of players in Yezhu Lin start to rise, Su Sheng felt it was time to leave.

Moreover, an 8‑level wild boar gives less experience than before.

The later you go, the more experience required to level up.

Determined, Su Sheng turned toward the deeper part, deliberately avoiding the boars' aggro zones all the way.

After all, having fought monsters here for so long, he was already familiar with those boars' aggro zones.

No one recognized that Su Sheng was the knight who solo‑defeated the Tuzi BOSS.

After all, only a handful of players saw Su Sheng solo the Tuzi BOSS; by the time the others recovered from the system announcement's shock, Su Sheng had already fled.

After leaving the Yezhu Lin, the forest grew even denser.

At that moment Su Sheng remembered something, opened the Level Ranking List and glanced at it; the top was naturally Shen Wang, at level 11.

The Level Ranking List only shows the top hundred, and the top ten are all prefixes of the ten major guilds.

Names like Huan Yu, Po Xiao, Qi Ming Xing… and so on.

After all, with a decade of "Qun Xiong" behind them, the ten major guilds still carry great prestige.

But Su Sheng was surprised to find himself at rank fourteen.

Level 8, rank 14.

Who would have thought, a slip and I'm back near the top.

That's because Su Sheng entered the game late and hasn't spent much effort.

If well prepared, reaching the top ten of the Level Ranking List is certainly no problem.