Chapter 9: Wolf Howl

As a Solo Player, getting onto the Level Ranking List is truly not easy.

Behind the major guilds is a group of people pushing, especially in the early game; this Level Ranking List is undoubtedly the best publicity for one's own guild.

Su Sheng didn't think much further, simply hid his nickname on the Level Ranking List and then kept moving forward.

But Su Sheng didn't know that his placement at 14th on the Level Ranking List made many game guilds quite frustrated,

because the entire Level Ranking List's top fifty is almost entirely members of major guilds, almost all familiar honor nicknames—in other words, old acquaintances from Qun Xiong.

After the fiftieth place are some Solo Players, and many are elite studios.

And Su Sheng, such an obvious stranger sitting at rank 14, makes people very curious about his identity.

Several major guilds are inquiring whether a well‑known master has changed his nickname.

In fact, they weren't wrong; it's just that this "well‑known master" has been gone for seven years.

Among them, Su Sheng still sees some familiar game nicknames on the Level Ranking List, his eyes flashing with complex expressions.

…

Mountain Wild Wolf

Level: 10

Attack: 45

Defense: 33

HP: 1000

Skill: Rend

Description: —

This is the monster deep in this forest, a level‑10 wolf.

If nothing goes wrong, it should be the last batch of monsters in Newbie Village.

According to the Zhu Lu mechanism, after level 10 players must go to the town to officially change class.

It's just that I'm not sure whether this Hidden Class also needs to find a dedicated knight mentor in the town.

Never mind, we'll discuss later; upgrading now is the top priority, aiming to reach level ten within today's playtime.

Teng Long Company's game settings are very user‑friendly; the game time is only from 8 p. m. to 8 a. m., and players are already in a sleep state when they enter the game through the headset.

It does not affect normal life and work the next day.

There are also more expensive game pods, which offer a better experience and put you in deep sleep.

Teng Long Company's virtual reality game is a boon for many insomnia patients.

With Su Sheng's strength, solo farming wolves is naturally no problem; even after reaching level 8 with 30 points in attack and defense, he still cannot pierce defense, and damage still relies on skills and Weak Spot Attack.

Weak Spot Attack not only has critical damage multiplier but also ignores part of defense.

Otherwise Su Sheng would never have taken down Big Rabbit back then.

Wolves are much more agile than boars, so Block them is more troublesome, and the Rend can also cause bleeding.

Even if you Block and become immune to damage, the Rend effect can still trigger; as for dodging, this bulky knight class template is quite lacking.

Consequently, Su Sheng can no longer farm monsters without taking damage.

After killing a few wolves you have to rest; if the player has no healing items, after exiting combat you can sit on the ground to slowly recover HP, but at the cost of consuming hunger.

Normally, 100 hunger points are enough to sustain a player through one game session.

Along the way, Su Sheng has already eaten two system‑granted buns.

Although still killing monsters above his level, Su Sheng noticed that the difficulty of leveling up has clearly increased by more than a little.

It took a long time, but finally he reached level 9.

Leveling is too hard; Su Sheng noticed that on the Level Ranking List, the top Shen Wang is still at level 11, followed by a string of level‑10 players.

As for Su Sheng himself, he even squeezed forward to rank 13.

On the entire Level Ranking List, Su Sheng's single Hidden Nickname is too conspicuous.

But Su Sheng is also a bit self‑deceptive, since observant players had long noticed his nickname "Mo Wen Qianchen".

After skillfully allocating points, with 34 attack and defense he exceeds the wolf's defense by 1 point, and that extra point finally lets him easily break defense.

In an instant, monster killing became faster.

Although the required experience is higher, there's no choice—just grind.

During this time, a lot of wolf pelts, wolf fur and the like dropped, as did many copper coins, but as for equipment… not a single piece was seen.

Teng Long Company's drop‑rate design is truly stingy.

It seems that the previous boar could still drop a dagger; that was really terrible luck.

But no worries, I have two pieces of Big Rabbit equipment in my backpack, which I can equip at level 10.

Thinking of this, Su Sheng farmed monsters even more vigorously.

However, given this wolf's strength, any player at level 9 with a bit of skill can easily team up and farm here.

With that said, I'll go a bit deeper myself.

Su Sheng subconsciously doesn't want to meet anyone, to avoid causing any trouble.

Thus, Su Sheng kept farming monsters while moving deeper.

After an unknown amount of time, the experience bar reached half of level 9, and a glance at the clock showed it was close to 7 o'clock.

Half the experience should be enough for an hour.

Awooo!

At that moment, a dominant wolf howl came from the side; having played 'Qun Xiong' for three years and being familiar with Teng Long Company, Su Sheng raised an eyebrow.

BOSS!

And it's very close, because even faintly one can feel that wave of pressure.

Originally, the drowsy Su Sheng, who had been grinding monsters, immediately perked up and walked over to look.

Soon Su Sheng saw the main target—a creature that was grayish-white in color and almost twice the size of an ordinary Mountain Wild Wolf, strolling leisurely.

After just two steps, it seemed to notice something; the big wild wolf sniffed the air, instantly revealed a ferocious posture, and turned its head to stare at Su Sheng.

Holy crap, the aggro range is that big?

Su Sheng jumped in fright; at this moment, his distance from that wild wolf boss was twice the normal wild wolf's aggro range.

Awoo~

There was no time for Su Sheng to think; the wild wolf boss lunged straight at him.

About all dragged out a faint afterimage.

Su Sheng's pupils narrowed slightly—what speed! How high must his agility be!

Shield Raise!

Awoo!

Boom!

Block check, check failed!

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Full damage!

Su Sheng jumped in fright; this was the first time his Block had failed aside from that rabbit's charge.

Moreover…

This is just a normal attack, right!

Immediately after, another claw came at him.

The speed was too fast; although Su Sheng's reaction was also quick, he adjusted his posture to Block.

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But the Block still failed—after all, even the standard posture had failed to Block, let alone this hasty adjustment,

Su Sheng, at level 9, had over 510 HP, but after just two hits his HP dropped to half.

And this wasn't a skill, merely a normal attack.

But not fighting back when hit is not Su Sheng's habit,

Fang!

He lashed out hastily, with no time to adjust for a Weak Spot Attack, striking straight into the wolf boss's claw that hadn't been retracted.

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Defense broken! But Rend was not triggered.

Su Sheng raised his brow, though the damage seemed barely enough to break defense.

At the same time, the boss's status panel appeared.