My stats are higher than yours!!

In an instant, a thunderous roar resounded throughout the entire area. Bai Shuodong's body shot straight towards the bandits in the mountains like a cannonball, his explosive speed, brought by his 31 points of strength attribute, was astonishing.

"Boom! B ...

Several giant trees were snapped in two, sending clouds of dust billowing through the forest. Then, Bai Shuodong emerged from the dust, carrying a longsword still stained with blood, and flashed a brilliant smile at the bandits around him.

"Kill him quickly!"

"Brothers, let's go!"

"No matter how strong he is, he's only one person. Even if he uses all his strength, he might not be able to kill us all!"

The bandits roared and brandished their weapons, creating a formidable spectacle, but not a single one dared to charge.

Bai Shuodong looked at them and smiled.

This is the evil of a mob.

However, even if it's a chaotic school, their personality weaknesses should contain the solutions to pass the level normally, but Bai Shuodong doesn't need to care about that.

He slowly raised his blood-stained longsword and said, "Your defeat has only one cause."

That is...

"My stats are superior to yours!!"

Chapter 41 A Massacre! I'm used to it!

"Oh!"

Bai Shuodong charged into the crowd, his simple longsword gleaming with a chilling light, instantly slaughtering several nearby bandits.

Someone took advantage of a gap in his attack and suddenly attacked him from behind with a spear, stabbing him hard in the waist.

It caused a tiny wound!

He successfully broke through their defenses!

then...

[Note: Sharp object puncture detected; short-term adaptation triggered]

[Note: Improved skin resilience]

Bai Shuodong let out a grotesque laugh.

He turned around, grabbed the spear shaft, and with a sudden burst of strength, sent him flying, shaft and all, crashing into a large rock halfway up the mountain, staining the rock with blood.

"Restrain him!"

"We have to restrict his movements!"

"Hold onto his arms and legs!"

Soon, several fearless bandits charged forward, grabbing Bai Shuodong's leg and arm, followed by others who slowly approached with long weapons.

The bandit leader grinned and said excitedly, "Good, very good! Keep him under control like this!"

"Suppress me?"

"Who do you think you are!"

Bai Shuodong exerted force with his arm and instantly threw a man dozens of meters away. The bandit was like a toy in his hands.

Immediately afterwards, he broke free from the bandit who was clinging to his leg, and then stomped hard on the bandit's chest, instantly producing a sound of bones shattering, and blood soaked through his shoes.

Bai Shuodong moved again, like a terrifying war machine. Wherever he went, his longsword stirred up a storm of blood and screams.

"Is this...is this still human?!"

The bandit leader trembled, and his voice shook as he spoke.

In no time, the god of death had slaughtered all the bandits around him, and came to him with his long sword. True death was approaching.

At this moment, the bandit leader's hand stopped trembling. He gripped his machete tightly, stared at Bai Shuodong before him, and asked, "Before I die, can I know who your enemy is? I have absolutely no recollection of you."

"You might be my enemy from a parallel universe."

Bai Shuodong answered confidently.

"..."

The bandit leader was stunned.

He felt his head buzzing, as if he were hallucinating.

Then, Bai Shuodong walked towards him, his long sword slicing through the sky and falling down. The bandit leader quickly raised his machete to block it.

"Clang!!"

A crisp sound rang out.

The broken blade of the old longsword danced in mid-air. The weapon was of poor quality, and Bai Shuodong's strength attribute was ridiculously strong. Every time he swung the sword to cut someone, it would greatly reduce the weapon's lifespan.

At this moment, it finally couldn't hold on any longer.

"His sword... is broken?"

A glimmer of hope shone in the bandit leader's eyes. He roared and slashed at Bai Shuodong's neck with his sword. This strike, imbued with all his strength, was the key to turning the tide of battle.

He hit the target!

We won!

But then he realized that the feeling of the blow was wrong; he didn't feel like he was slicing through bones or tearing flesh.

Bai Shuodong stood there without moving his neck, and the machete struck him directly.

A tiny red mark was made by cutting.

"So this is what it feels like to be slashed in the neck? It's kind of strange," Bai Shuodong muttered to himself.

Although his physical attributes are already high, the temporary additional attribute boost from short-term adaptation is also quite strong! The combination of the two can push Bai Shuodong's strength to an extremely outrageous level!

"goodbye."

Bai Shuodong ended his life with a single punch.

The surroundings became quiet, with the occasional sound of blood dripping. The bandits who had come down the mountain were all captured. Under the gaze of the Lion's Eye, no one could escape his pursuit.

Bai Shuodong sat on the pile of corpses, lowered his head, closed his eyes, and began to think about what to do next.

First, the normal route to clear the game is to accumulate courage points step by step, then slowly reach the capital city by increasing courage points, then go up the holy mountain to fight against the nobles of the capital city, and finally draw the holy sword to kill the demon king.

The process sounds simple, but the actual difficulty of passing the level is ridiculously high. The bandits on the roadside all have attributes of 10 or higher. It's hard to imagine how high the basic attributes of the strong in the kingdom must be.

Having lost his courage after drawing the holy sword, he might become a toy that others can manipulate at will.

Why should I pull out the Holy Sword?

Is it because you need to pass through customs?

The goal of clearing the level is to defeat the Demon King, but it doesn't necessarily mean you have to use the Holy Sword to defeat him. It's just that the Holy Sword has a special effect against demons, making it easier to kill him.

In this world, the highest attribute of an enemy is twice the sum of the base attributes of Bai Shuodong, which means the highest single attribute is 38 points.

Bai Shuodong has 31 points in the Strength attribute.

Even if the Demon King has all his attributes maxed out, he is not without the possibility of defeating his opponent in a head-on battle. After all, he also has [Slow Burst] and [Adaptive Evolution], making his overall combat strength definitely not weak.

Anyway...

The short-term adaptation is really strong!

"Although the panel didn't show the specific values, I could feel that the guy only grazed my skin with a spear, and my skin toughness increased by at least 30%! That increase is truly terrifying!"

"and..."

"This is only the lowest level of adaptation. The strength of the adaptation will increase along with the attack strength. When I am beaten to the point of death, the effect of short-term adaptation is the strongest."

"Even so, there might still be a 7-point difference in attributes between me and the Demon King. That's quite a large difference, so it's best to try again."

[Note: A lethal dose of laughter hormone has been detected in the body over a long period, triggering adaptive evolution.]

[Note: Resistance to Laughter Factor slightly increased]

[Note: Your physical changes have resonated with the Laughter Factor, increasing the strength of the Laughter Factor's skills.]

"Ok?"

Bai Shuodong raised an eyebrow, and then figured out the whole story.

Originally, there was no compatibility between his body and the Laughter Factor; he only obtained the Laughter Factor by decomposing the Laughter Mask.

Because there is no compatibility between Bai Shuodong's body and the Laughter Factor, the Laughter Factor has always remained in a low-activity state, and the intensity it exhibits is relatively low.

After detecting a lethal dose of the maniacal laughter factor in Bai Shuodong's body, the adaptive evolution determined that there was a lethal risk and began a continuous adaptive evolution process, with a spiritual prompt sounding from time to time indicating that the adaptation was complete.

At this moment, adaptation to evolution has finally achieved a stage of success.

So...

Due to the transformation of his body, which could now hold more laughter factors, Bai Shuodong naturally achieved a deeper level of resonance with the laughter factors.

It might also be related to mental state?

perhaps.

"Check passive".

[Laughter Factor (Passive)]

Level: first level

Skill Quality: Special

Skill Level: None

Skill Source: Laughing Mask

技能效果：生命基礎恢復速度提升【20→30】%，體力基礎恢復速度提升【20→30】%，激活狂笑因子後，每秒恢復【0.2→0.3】%最大生命值。

Advanced requirement: Resonate with the Laughter Factor.

"hey-hey!"

"Laughter Factor!"

"I've gotten used to you!"

Bai Shuodong's face broke into a wild laugh.

Chapter Forty-Two: The Old Village Chief

Back to the village

Bai Shuodong found the villagers he had spoken to before and said with a smile, "Uncle, I have already negotiated with the bandits in Nanshan. They will not come to ask for protection money anymore, so you can rest assured."

"Huh? Really? Those people aren't easy to deal with," the villager exclaimed in surprise.

"You can go and check it out if you don't believe me."

"No, no, I'm not going. I don't want to see those guys!"

"hehe."

Bai Shuodong smiled and then continued to ask, "Uncle, do you know how to get to the capital? I also want to ask about this world and learn about the powerful people here."

"You should ask the village chief. He knows much more details than I do. The village chief lives over there."

"it is good."

...

A few minutes later, at the village chief's house.

Inside the slightly nicer-decorated stone house, the old village chief sat in a chair, looking at the boy walking towards him in the distance. A smile appeared on his face as he said, "Little friend, is there anything you want to ask me?"

"Hmm, I want to know how to get to the Kingdom's Holy Mountain, and what powerful beings exist in this world."

Bai Shuodong said simply and directly.

"You're quite direct, kid."

The old village chief slowly sipped his tea, then said, "How about this, if you can resolve the threat from the bandits of Nanshan, I will tell you."