"There must be at least 200 of them, right? The eight Level 1 gray wolves earlier only caused Zhao Yuan to lose one percent of his health."
"That's because Zhao Yuan's current level and base attributes are still low. He hasn't fully utilized the power of his SSS-level Anti-Armor yet," Zhong Wen said while continuing to condense magic power onto his sword, forming magic bullets.
Under the effect of his S-level Magic Enhancement, each of his attacks could remove nearly two-thirds of a Level 1 gray wolf's health. However, his attacks were single-target only.
Zhao Yuan still felt a trace of panic.
Hundreds of real gray wolves were charging toward him like a tidal wave. Even though he trusted his defense completely, fear still crept into his heart.
Instead of attacking, he raised his long knife to guard his face and neck, waiting for the wolf pack to crash into him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zhong Wen's magic bullets struck repeatedly. Each hit severely injured a gray wolf, tearing open bloody wounds, though it couldn't quite kill them instantly. Before the pack fully closed in, he had already eliminated several.
Boom!
The densely packed wolves slammed into Zhao Yuan like a storm.
For a moment, he was completely swallowed by a gray tide of fur and claws.
Yet Zhong Wen, as his teammate, could clearly see Zhao Yuan's health bar.
It had barely moved.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Every attack that landed on Zhao Yuan triggered a corresponding reflection effect. Soon, gray wolf corpses began piling up at his feet.
Zhao Yuan simply stood there.
His experience bar surged wildly upward. Corpse materials were automatically stored in his backpack.
The wolves' deaths continuously converted into Zhao Yuan's experience points and skill proficiency.
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[System: You have killed a Lv1 Gray Wolf. +8 EXP.]
[Level Up! Player Zhao Yuan has reached Lv2. All attributes increased.]
[Triggered: "Billion-Times Proficiency." Multiplier increased to 1.8x.]
[SSS-Level Anti-Armor proficiency +95 (*1.8). Anti-Armor upgraded to Lv3.]
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Name: Zhao Yuan
Level: Lv2
Talents:
Eternal Blessing (Unique): All skills are permanently fixed at SSS level.
Billion-Times Proficiency (Unique): Skills have no level cap and can be upgraded infinitely. Killing targets increases the proficiency multiplier. (Current multiplier: 1.8x)
Keystone Ability:
Anti-Armor Lv3 (SSS): Passively grants high physical and magical defense. When damaged, reflects true damage based on the attacker's Strength attribute.
Skills: None
Backpack: None
Other panels remain locked.
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A few gray wolves were still attacking Zhao Yuan. Although these beasts possessed basic intelligence, they did not retreat when injured.
On the contrary, blood only intensified their ferocity. They bit Zhao Yuan even more desperately. Other species might have fled but gray wolves became more frenzied.
Zhong Wen had climbed onto the crooked tree and had leveled up from Lv0 to Lv1. His attack range was roughly five meters.
His S-level cornerstone ability made his damage output extremely high. If he acquired proper ranged magic, their monster-clearing speed would become even more terrifying.
"It's only been six minutes," Zhong Wen said in disbelief. "We've killed over 200 gray wolves, and the mission time limit is twelve hours."
"At this rate, we might reach Level 5 right here!"
The corpse materials on the ground transformed into black light and flew into Zhao Yuan's backpack.
213 corpse materials.
An amount equivalent to what most players could gather in twelve hours.
After leveling twice, Zhao Yuan's attributes had significantly increased. His SSS-level Anti-Armor had also advanced two levels, further boosting its passive defense.
"Let's go deeper," Zhao Yuan said calmly. "The area ahead should be Level 2 gray wolves. The experience from Level 1 beasts is too low."
The two advanced further into the plains.
More gray wolves appeared. Some were Level 3, though most were Level 2.
The terrain was completely open. On a flat plain like this, they would be spotted instantly by large numbers of wolves.
Each gray wolf dropped a few copper coins upon death. Equipment drops were rare, and the probability of skill books dropping was practically zero.
From the previous slaughter, Zhao Yuan had accumulated 423 copper coins.
Most players avoided plains terrain because it made them easy targets. Being discovered by large numbers of beasts often meant death by encirclement.
But this was exactly what Zhao Yuan wanted.
His SSS-level Anti-Armor had already reached Lv3. Its passive defense value had increased dramatically.
Level 2 and Level 3 gray wolves couldn't break his defense at all.
Instead, they would simply kill themselves through reflection damage.
The more enemies there were, the faster he would level up.
Zhao Yuan boldly approached another wolf pack.
Pairs of cold, vertical pupils locked onto him. The wolves seemed almost worried that their prey would be stolen by their own kind.
Level 2 and Level 3 gray wolves charged toward him in a frenzy.
The scene was terrifying.
Even a Level 5 professional would be instantly overwhelmed by such a pack.
Zhao Yuan raised his long knife to guard his throat. Weak-point damage could be significantly higher, after all.
Boom!
Countless gray wolves swarmed forward.
It was like tossing bait into a fish pond , the water erupted into chaos.
Zhong Wen could only stand at a distance, not even daring to attack, afraid of interfering with the overwhelming tide.
Zhao Yuan felt as if mosquitoes were biting him all over his body. At the same time, a flood of kill notifications echoed in his ears.
[Player has successfully killed a Lv2 Gray Wolf. +12 EXP.]
[Player has successfully killed a Lv3 Gray Wolf. +25 EXP.]
Zhao Yuan quickly analyzed the situation.
Gray wolves were agile beasts with high attack power but relatively weak physiques.
Under the SSS-level reflection damage, it only took about five reflected hits to kill one gray wolf.
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
One after another, the gray-furred wolves collapsed. Their corpses transformed into materials and automatically entered Zhao Yuan's backpack.
Only after the number of monsters had significantly decreased did Zhong Wen dare to step forward and launch ranged attacks again.
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[System: Player has killed a Gray Wolf. Triggered talent "Billion-Times Proficiency." Multiplier increased to 2.0x.]
[Player has successfully killed target. +19 EXP. +2 Copper Coins.]
[SSS-Level Anti-Armor proficiency +251 (*2.0). Anti-Armor upgraded to Lv4.]
[Player level increased to Lv3.]
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Zhong Wen also successfully leveled up to Lv2. All his attributes were enhanced.
Suddenly, a new system notification appeared.
[Hidden Summoning Condition Triggered: Kill 5,000 Gray Wolves to summon the White-Bellied Wolf King. Current Progress: 987/5000.]
"There are hidden summoning conditions?" Zhong Wen said in surprise. "I wonder if the White-Bellied Wolf King is an Elite monster or a Lord-level monster?"
"With your SSS-level Anti-Armor, it probably won't even be able to break your defense," he continued confidently.
"Besides, after killing 5,000 gray wolves, we'll probably reach Lv5. Not only will our attributes improve again, but we'll also unlock another small skill."
Zhao Yuan nodded calmly. "It's still early. Let's keep farming here."
"It's a pity monster bodies can't stack on top of each other," he added thoughtfully. "Otherwise, hundreds of beasts could trigger my reflection damage at the same time."
In the distance, several players had witnessed the scene of Zhao Yuan standing in the middle of the wolf pack while gray wolves died around him in waves.
"The guy surrounded by wolves , his health bar isn't even moving. He must have at least an SS-level cornerstone talent. That's completely abnormal."
"It takes us several minutes just to kill one gray wolf…"