The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

"Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 9. All attributes +1, free attribute points +5, maximum health +50."

Less than thirty minutes after entering the third floor, Huan Cheng received a system notification.

After completing the stat allocation as usual, Huan Cheng glanced at the attribute panel and found that the experience required to level up 10 had increased to 6840.

Killing another level 10 goblin warrior will reduce the experience gained to 170 points.

Even so, he can reach level 10 by killing about 40 level 10 goblins.

Based on his current monster-killing efficiency, he is expected to be able to go to the main city to change jobs in four hours.

In accordance with the consistent practices of the game, the first player to change jobs will definitely receive a special reward.

I wonder what level that player with the "Peerless Genius" talent, whose experience gain speed is increased by 500%, is now, and whether he poses a threat to him?

Are there other unknown competitors lurking in other corners?

Shaking his head and suppressing all sorts of random thoughts, Huan Cheng focused on dealing with the goblin in front of him.

It's a max-level monster in the beginner village, and its base attack is already higher than that of a level 6 Bronze Boar King, so Huan Cheng still has to be careful.

He unleashed the Wind Slash, a flash of cold light, and delivered three consecutive attacks to the goblin warrior before him.

He then gave a soft shout, aimed at the goblin warrior's throat, and slammed down with a heavy blow.

-260, -40

The former is the critical strike damage caused by a heavy blow, while the latter is the 40 points of poison damage that comes with the Corruption Ring.

After a full combo of attacks, the goblin hero's health bar dropped by about one-tenth.

Indeed, as a max-level monster in the beginner village, the Goblin Warrior, even though it is just a very ordinary basic monster, still has a whopping 5000 HP, which gives Huan Cheng a real headache.

With the Bronze-grade Boar Blade, the Bronze-grade Corrosion Ring, and a host of Black Iron equipment, Huan Cheng's base physical attack was exactly 200 points, higher than most players who allocated all their points to Strength.

But against wild monsters, this level of attack is insufficient.

Take the goblin warrior in front of him as an example; his base attack is as high as 280, which is much higher than his own.

Fortunately, ordinary goblins do not have powerful burst skills. Relying on endless resurrection, as long as they are not attacked by multiple goblins at the same time, they are not in mortal danger.

"Wind Slash!"

"Heavy blow!"

Use the two skills alternately, and during the cooldown period, use basic attacks to poke and stab.

"Heavy blow!"

"Heavy blow!"

…………

The cooldown time of Heavy Strike is much shorter than that of Wind Slash, so Huan Cheng uses Heavy Strike much more frequently.

Every time he uses a skill, he aims for the goblin's throat, heart, and other vital areas with all his might, as the probability of landing a critical hit is much higher in these areas than in other places.

After using a heavy attack to kill another goblin warrior, Huan Cheng suddenly received a new system notification.

"Ding! Your understanding of the skill [Heavy Strike] has improved. The E-rank skill has been upgraded to a D-rank skill. Please check the specific effects yourself."

"Your skills have been upgraded?"

Huan Cheng was overjoyed and immediately stopped grinding monsters to check the effects of his skills.

【Heavy Strike】: D-rank skill, consumes 10 mana, after a short charge-up, deals physical damage equal to 120% of attack to a single target, cooldown time 4 seconds.

"The fixed damage is gone, but the damage amplification has increased by 15%? It has a slight impact on early-game damage, but it is extremely beneficial in the late game."

"Huh? The cooldown time didn't increase, it actually decreased by one second? Does this mean that if I continue to increase my critical strike level, I can reduce the skill cooldown back to zero?"

Looking at the new skill descriptions, Huan Cheng's expression hardened, and he began to ponder.

After a long while, Huan Cheng finally closed the system panel.

He suddenly remembered something: when he first upgraded his weapon, the system notified him that he was the second person in the entire server to achieve this, and he was also rewarded with 500 reputation points.

There was no notification for this promotion, either because the system suddenly changed its nature and stopped providing rewards for creators, or because many people had already achieved this accomplishment before him.

Huan Cheng preferred the latter.

"The world of gods is full of hidden talents!" Huan Cheng exclaimed again, then composed himself and continued grinding goblins.

Goblin Lair is a newly discovered map with a very high equipment drop rate.

On average, five goblins can provide him with a basic piece of equipment.

Huan Cheng tried out the elite-level Goblin Berserker.

It's possible to defeat them, but they have high defense and high health, and it would take nearly twenty minutes to defeat one of them.

After successfully obtaining a piece of black iron equipment, Huan Cheng decisively abandoned the elite monsters and continued farming regular goblins.

He now understands that as long as he continues to maintain his advantage in the Divine Realm, the debt from the luxury gaming pod is no big deal.

Becoming the first player in the entire server to change jobs is the best choice to maximize your advantage right now.

Therefore, Huan Cheng decisively abandoned the more valuable elite monsters and set his sights on ordinary max-level monsters.

He remained silent, constantly swiping and refreshing, immediately selling any items he found on the trading platform for money.

"Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 10. All attributes +1, free attribute points +5, maximum health +50."

"Ding! You have reached level 10. Please go to the main city as soon as possible to change your job to a formal profession. The experience gained before the job change will be temporarily frozen and will be issued together after the job change is completed."

After working diligently for several hours, Huan Cheng finally received the system notification he had been eagerly awaiting.

"Finally level 10!"

Huan Cheng sighed as he stopped grinding monsters.

Just as he was about to leave the goblin's lair, Huan Cheng suddenly realized that while he was engrossed in killing monsters, he had unknowingly moved closer to the goblin altar.

The enormous goblin was now within the range of the Insight spell.

Out of curiosity, I cast an Insight spell.

Goblin Overlord

Rating: 10

Grade: Bronze

Life: 38000

Attack: 580

Defense: 210

Skills: Warlord's Intimidation, Heavy Axe Cleave, Berserk Battle Spirit, Warlord's Skull-Breaking Slash

【Warlord's Intimidation】: Passive skill. Within an 8-meter radius of the user, all goblin units have their attack and defense increased by 20%.

【Heavy Axe Chop】: Swing the heavy axe forward in a fan-shaped slash, dealing 150% area damage to enemies within 2.5 meters.

【Warrior Charge】: Charges in a straight line with an axe in hand, dealing 130% attack damage to enemies in his path, and has a 10% chance to knock back or knock up the target.

【Berserk Battle Spirit】: Triggered when health is below 30%, attack power is increased by 50%, and the frequency of all skill releases is greatly increased.

【Warlord Skull Crusher】: Raise the heavy axe high above the head, charge for 1 second and then chop down with force, dealing a massive 200% physical damage to a single target. If the target's health is below 40%, the skull crushing effect will be triggered, dealing critical damage.

Having discerned the giant goblin's attributes, Huan Cheng could only think of the word "outrageous"!

It has an insanely high health bar and abnormally high attack and defense stats, but what's with that string of shameless skills?

This goblin warlord could take him down in one combo: a charge, a slash, and a skull crusher!

Is this boss so powerful that it's meant for players to farm?

A sense of doubt arose in Huan Cheng's heart, and he was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye and was shocked to find that there seemed to be a goblin standing on the altar.

That goblin was unlike any other goblin before; it was hunched over, dressed in a gray-brown robe, wore a pointed bone hat, and held a staff shaped like a withered bone.

He subconsciously cast an Insight spell over there.

Goblin Ritual

Rating: 10

Grade: Silver

Life: 64000

Attack: 820

Defense: 140

Skill:? ? ?

Seemingly sensing Huan Cheng's probing, the goblin priest suddenly opened his eyes, and the dark blue flames on the altar surged.

"not good!"

Huan Cheng was startled and turned to leave.

We can't afford to mess with just one goblin overlord, let alone a silver-level goblin priest. If we don't leave now, are we just waiting to die?