"Find the path, kill the monsters."
With a thought, four squads of skeletons swiftly began exploring in four different directions.
Crack, crack, crack...
The light sound of bones colliding was particularly noticeable in the silent Mist Forest.
After leveling up, the skeletons' four primary attributes had increased significantly.
With an Agility attribute as high as 215 points, they moved swiftly and nimbly.
Watching their bones shake as they ran, Su Mubai feared these guys might fall apart on their own.
Fortunately, that didn't happen. In this digitized world, as long as there's one drop of HP left, they're at full combat power!
In the blink of an eye, the four squads of skeletons disappeared from sight, and the surrounding mist began to churn.
Su Mubai squinted slightly, sensing the presence of the skeletons in his mind.
Soon, a message came to his mind.
Within a hundred-meter range, he could freely control the summoned undead creatures.
Once beyond this range, the connection would be severed.
Su Mubai wasn't sure how to increase this range.
However, he guessed that ordinary Necromancers wouldn't have such a long control range at this stage.
Whether it was the exclusive hidden class of Lord of Death or more information in the Game of Myriad Worlds, he knew very little about it now.
The Myriad Worlds were much larger than Blue Star.
The Newbie Village was just the starting point.
The future Plague Legion would grow from the Hell-level Mist Forest.
"Found it!"
The skeleton's feedback came to his mind, and Su Mubai's eyes lit up as he directed all the skeletons to head north.
As he approached, the system chimed in.
[You have slain an 8th-level Elite Monster "Mist Treant," gaining an additional 50% Overlevel Bonus, Experience +60 points.]
"Is the experience from elite monsters five times that of normal monsters?"
Seeing his experience bar rise from 0% to 2%, Su Mubai nodded in satisfaction.
It would only take 50 monsters to level up, which shouldn't take too long.
However, the experience required for leveling up was increasing.
When Su Mubai arrived at the battle site, he only saw the remains of the Mist Treant, as the skeletons had already moved on to continue exploring.
With the passive Life Share, he didn't need to leave skeletons behind to protect himself.
Bending down to pick up the three Copper Coins that had dropped, Su Mubai leisurely admired the scenery as he continued deeper into the Mist Forest.
Once he found the right direction, the monsters he encountered naturally increased in number.
[You have slain an 8th-level Elite Monster "Mist Treant," gaining an additional 50% Overlevel Bonus, Experience +60 points.]
[You have slain an 8th-level Elite Monster "Mist Candoia," gaining an additional 50% Overlevel Bonus, Experience +60 points.]
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Almost every ten seconds, Su Mubai's experience points would increase.
This was because the Mist Forest was too vast, and the monsters weren't densely packed.
He finally caught up with the main group and saw the elite monsters' panels.
> [Mist Treant]
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> [HP: 3600/3600]
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> [Attack Power: 74]
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> [Physical Defense: 60]
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> [Magic Defense: 40]
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> [Skill: Entangle]
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> (Be wary of every tree around you; they may attack at any moment.)
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> [Mist Candoia]
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> [Level 8]
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> [HP: 3000/3000]
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> [Attack Power: 108]
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> [Physical Defense: 52]
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> [Magic Defense: 30]
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> [Skill: Constrict]
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> (It's said that Mist Candoia enjoys playing binding games; can you handle it?)
The Mist Forest is a level 5 dungeon, and the Hell difficulty increases the monsters' levels by 3, with all of them being elite.
These elite monsters' HP even surpassed the skeletons summoned by Su Mubai.
However, their four primary attributes were far inferior.
Although the skeletons' coordination wasn't perfect, they had no significant difficulty in surrounding and attacking.
Locking his gaze on a Mist Candoia, Su Mubai swung his Bone Staff, chanting a magic incantation.
Two seconds later, a wisp of ghostly blue fire shot out, instantly merging into the Mist Candoia.
[Burning]
-98, -101...
Every second, a damage number of around 100 would appear above the Candoia's head.
After reaching level three, Su Mubai's Spell Power was as high as 156 points.
Among them, 46 points of Spirit, under the triple bonus of the Lord of Death class, accounted for the majority.
The remaining 18 points came from the Death Codex and the Bone Staff.
In the Game of Myriad Worlds, equipment changes every five levels, so the attributes of the Death Codex would change at level five.
In five seconds, Burning dealt over 500 magic damage to the Mist Candoia.
Compared to ordinary players, this was quite impressive.
But compared to the output of twenty skeletons, it was far less significant.
Still, Su Mubai didn't mind and continued using Burning to increase his output.
Although he didn't have any MP recovery potions, with his current Spirit attribute, he could recover 46 MP every five seconds in battle.
This value was also three times that of an ordinary Necromancer.
[You have slain an 8th-level Elite Monster "Mist Candoia," gaining an additional 50% Overlevel Bonus, Experience +60 points.]
Another system prompt sounded, and Su Mubai suddenly smiled.
Something dropped!
The drop rate in Hell-level dungeons was indeed much higher than outside. After only farming a dozen monsters, he obtained a piece of equipment.
And it was an Iron-grade piece of equipment!
> [Mist Candoia Belt]
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> Belt Leather Armor
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> Iron-grade
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> Durability 30/30
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> Armor +9
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> Constitution +2
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> (Imagine being wrapped by a giant snake.)
"Too bad it's leather armor."
Looking at the equipment description, Su Mubai's mouth twitched.
Who knew what kind of twisted humor the Game of Myriad Worlds had, with every piece of equipment having such a soul-touching description.
In the game, equipment is divided into Cloth Armor, Leather Armor, Chainmail Armor, and Plate Armor.
Generally, low-level equipment only has level requirements, but each class can only wear the corresponding type of armor.
The Lord of Death class, evolving from the Necromancer, is also a Cloth Armor class.
"Even though I can't use it, at least I can sell it."
With a thought, Su Mubai used Cataclysm on the Mist Candoia Belt.
[You have obtained a Bronze-grade equipment "Mist Candoia Belt."]
The name didn't change, but all attributes improved.
Comparatively, Bronze equipment of the same level was about 50% stronger than Iron equipment.
However, the additional attributes still only had one line.
Casually tossing it into his backpack, Su Mubai continued helping the skeletons clear monsters.
What he desired most wasn't equipment but Skill Books.
As the first dungeon in the Newbie Village, the Mist Forest was meant for players to farm equipment and Skill Books.
The drop rate in Hell difficulty was naturally much higher, and as golden light flashed, Su Mubai had already obtained three pieces of equipment and two Skill Books.
[Congratulations to player "White Night" for reaching level 4, Four Primary Attributes +1, Skill Points +1, Free Attribute Points +15.]
[You have obtained Iron-grade equipment "Wooden Magic Staff."]
[You have obtained Iron-grade equipment "Snake Fang Dagger."]
[You have obtained Iron-grade equipment "Candoia Leather Tunic."]
[You have obtained E-grade Skill Book "Entangle."]
[You have obtained E-grade Skill Book "Constrict."]
Among the five items, only the Wooden Magic Staff could be used by Su Mubai after reaching level five.
After using Cataclysm to promote all the equipment and Skill Books by one tier, Su Mubai directly tossed them into his backpack.
Once this dungeon run was over, other players should also start farming dungeons, and he could sell them.
However, Su Mubai was a bit worried that other players might not have money; he was well aware of the Game of Myriad Worlds' drop rates.
Even with his strength, his total wealth was still less than three Silver Coins...
"Players forming teams to clear dungeons should pool money, right?"
Su Mubai shook his head and continued directing the skeletons deeper into the Mist Forest.
After leveling up, the skeletons' four primary attributes reached 292 points, further increasing their monster farming speed.
If the monster density in the Mist Forest wasn't so low, Su Mubai's leveling speed could be even faster.
When Su Mubai found the first boss, his level finally reached five.
During this time, the harvest was naturally substantial.
Including the Double-layer Cloth Shoes and Wooden Magic Staff, he had a total of five usable pieces of equipment.
In addition, there was a Skill Book for Necromancers.
However, this low-level skill alone made his already formidable strength multiply several times!