Rebirth of the God Hunter Legend

Chapter 36 Fully Armed
After staring at the swaying jungle for a few more seconds, Yi Han turned his head with a regretful expression, only to meet Ling Feixue's frozen gaze.

"Feixue, why... are you looking at me like that?"

He felt a little guilty; every time Ling Feixue showed this expression, it meant she was angry.

Sure enough, Ling Feixue put away the thorn scepter, pondered for a moment, and then sighed, "Yi Han, don't mention what you just said again, even if it was just a joke."

Yi Han was taken aback, then said seriously, "I'm not joking, Xiao Ran, she..."

“I know.” Ling Feixue forced a smile. “I noticed it when we met last time. Xiao Ran is a girl who is impeccable in every way, whether it’s her temperament, appearance or personality. Emotionally speaking, of course I hope that Xiao Chuan can have such an excellent partner. But rationally speaking, it’s impossible. It’s not that I’m belittling myself, but even disregarding the difference in our family backgrounds, Xiao Chuan’s own conditions are not suitable for him and Xiao Ran. In fact, it’s not just Xiao Chuan, I feel the same way.”

Ling Feixue's gaze wandered, her pupils seemingly filled with silent pain. Those words from back then were etched into her heart like a knife, becoming indelible scars.

"Hiyuki!"

This time, it was Yi Han who hesitated. He grabbed Ling Feixue's shoulder and said solemnly, "I was wrong. I won't mention Xiao Ran's matter again, but you have to promise me that you won't say such things again. The matter is in the past. I am right here by your side now, I was here then, I am here now, and I will be here in the future."

Ling Feixue's misty eyes flickered, and she nodded, saying, "I just don't want Xiaochuan to repeat our old mistakes, even if the possibility is only one in ten million."

Because she was absolutely certain that Xiao Ran and Xiao Chuan would never cross paths; they were from two completely different worlds.

……

Ling Chuan, who was climbing through the jungle, was naturally unaware of the incident that had occurred in the mine. He was still bothered by that philosophical kiss, thinking how wonderful it would have been if it had been Ling Feixue. Alas, what a pity. However, this pity was just a slightly joking self-deprecating remark. If it had actually happened, it would have been quite embarrassing.

Quickly adjusting her mindset, she skillfully pulled back the monsters, returned to the mine, and cleared them out once again. During this time, Ling Feixue and Yi Han had returned to normal, as if their conversation had never happened.

The same familiar method, the same familiar process. Six minutes later, a round ended, and Ling Chuan's experience points jumped from 42% at level 8 to 98% at level 8. Looking at the experience bar that was only a little over 100 points away, Ling Chuan took out his giant crossbow and locked onto the two "guards" stuck at the entrance.

Ten seconds later, the two giant wolves, filled with peace and gratitude, transformed into experience and merged into the three people's bodies.

brush!
A burst of golden light shone down, and the system bell rang crisply.

[Ding] Congratulations on reaching level 9!
No more, no less, exactly 0%, which means that we are only one step away from the threshold of level 10.

This was cause for celebration, but also a disappointment. The pack of Thorn Wolves wasn't very effective; including the two "gatekeepers," a total of 50 monsters only dropped one piece of equipment—a duplicate Thorn Breastplate. Yi Han already had one, so he had to sell it. Fortunately, level 10 equipment was currently in high demand and low supply. He could wait a few more hours until most players reached level 7 and accumulated some capital, then list it on the auction house. He estimated he could easily earn a couple of gold coins. After saying goodbye to the two, he tossed the breastplate into his inventory and turned to continue towards the Thorn Jungle.

……

Logically speaking, with his level 9, he should at least be killing level 12 monsters to enjoy the experience bonus for killing monsters above his level. However, in order to avoid leaving Yi Han with a bare head and butt, and to satisfy his almost late-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder, he had no choice but to make the Thorn Wolf suffer a few more times.

Over the next two hours, Ling Chuan wiped out seven waves of Thorn Wolves. When the seventh wave was completely wiped out, his level had climbed from level 9 to level 12 (19%). Yi Han and Ling Feixue also broke through the level 10 threshold, reaching level 10 (8%). He glanced at the level leaderboard subconsciously and saw that the three of them were firmly in the top three, and the fourth-ranked "Mo Ran Hui Shou" was a full four levels lower than him, making them completely incomparable.

Furthermore, the seven waves of Thorn Wolves had a significantly lower drop rate than before, dropping a total of 15 pieces of equipment. Among them, Yi Han was missing only one Thorn Pants, while he and Ling Feixue had both equipped a set of specialized armor. In this light, it seemed that the level 3 equipment he had spent time and money to buy had gone down the drain.

Open your character panel, and you'll see all your equipment attributes at a glance.

[Thorns Headband] (Iron Grade)
Category: Leather Armor; Defense: 10
Required Level: 10
[Thorn Leather Armor] (Black Iron Grade)
Category: Leather Armor

Defense: 13
Required Level: 10
【Thorn Gauntlets】(Black Iron Grade)
Category: Leather Armor

Defense: 10
Attack Speed: 60
Required Level: 10
【Thorn Leather Pants】(Black Iron Grade)
Category: Leather Armor

Defense: 13
Required Level: 10
【Thorn Leather Boots】(Black Iron Grade)
Category: Leather Armor

Defense: 10
Movement speed: 60
Required Level: 10
……

A single set of equipment increased his defense by a full 56 points. Without even looking closely, it was clear that his survivability had reached an incredibly exaggerated level. He opened the attribute interface.

[Past Life and Present Life] (Trainee Hunter)

Rating: 12
Attack: 199-211 (+10%)

Defense: 100 (+10%)

Strength: 92 (+20%)

Agility: 22 (+25%)

Qi and Blood: 320 (+10%)

Concentration: 200/200 (+10%)

Luck: 5 (+10%)

Legendary Glory: 11 (+10%)

Talent (Dark Night Familiar): While the racial talent [Rhythm of the Night] is active, all attributes are increased by 10%.
Talent (Elf Race): Agility +15%, Strength +10%, Hit Rate +5%
……

The level 5 upgrade, along with the Hunter class's 1.2 strength growth, propelled his strength past the 90 mark, and his attack power reached a terrifying 211. If the percentage bonus from racial talents is also taken into account, this number would climb even higher. However, these are not important; they are merely the advantages of level advantage and dual racial talents. What truly deserves attention is the 100 points of defense.

100 points—that's a huge amount of defense! Even a knight with all points allocated to stamina, and a 1.2 stamina growth rate for their class, would only have 92 defense points at level 12. In other words, his current defense is stronger than a level 12 knight without any armor!

You're talking about gear advantage? Let's not even talk about how 99% of Knight players don't choose to allocate all points to Vitality. Even if they did, with the help of a top-tier guild, he couldn't possibly acquire a full set of level 10 Black Iron armor in a single day! After all, not everyone is like him, starting with 5 points of Luck…

Turning around, Yi Han and Ling Feixue were waiting for him. Back when they were level 10, the two of them couldn't wait to change into level 10 armor. Ling Feixue's dark purple dress made her perfect appearance even more sacred and elegant. The angel race, which already possessed a holy aura, now had an added touch of elegance. Compared to other ordinary players who could only wear pieces from different places, Ling Feixue, who had a complete set of the same armor, simply had a star aura that kept strangers at bay.

Looking at Yi Han, he was also dressed in dark purple, but the armor itself was more imposing than any other armor, and coupled with his deliberately sculpted, robust physique, he looked incredibly imposing. Originally, the most eye-catching feature wasn't his physique, but the meter-long, heavy iron shield embedded in his left arm! However, due to the curse of the Thorn Wolves, this most attractive part cleverly shifted from his shield to his lower body. Who would have thought that out of ten waves of Thorn Wolves, not a single one dropped armored lower garments, forcing him to settle for a rather mismatched pair of thorn leather pants. Leather armor, after all, is meant to be form-fitting and shapely, and compared to the imposing and domineering armor, it looked rather jarring.

Seemingly sensing Ling Chuan's gaze, Yi Han raised his hand to block it, and changed the subject, saying, "Don't stare at me like that, I'm taken."

Ling Chuan rolled his eyes, barely suppressing the urge to shoot him with an arrow. He beckoned the two of them to head towards the beginner village. After four hours of intense training, it was time to go back and complete their job applications. The main event was about to begin. Fully armed, they would take on the first BOSS in the history of Divine Revelation, the Earth Rock Python that he had permanently berserk!
(End of this chapter)