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

[Suppress the Gale Bandits]: Recently, a group of bandits calling themselves the Gale Bandits has appeared in the southeast of Qingyang City. They commit all sorts of evil deeds, robbing and killing merchants and travelers. The lord of Qingyang City has issued a commission, seeking an extraordinary person to eliminate this group of bandits.

Elena said, "The leader of this Gale Thieves group is a level 25 Silver BOSS, which is very troublesome for you Outcasts."

As she spoke, Elena looked around and lowered her voice, saying, "This is a task specially set up by the City Lord's Mansion to test and select extraordinary individuals. The first extraordinary individual to complete the task can meet the City Lord and has a chance to receive a hidden task."

Huan Cheng's pupils contracted, and he accepted the task without hesitation.

"Thank you so much, sister!" Huan Cheng clasped his hands in thanks, his face beaming. "I'll be having drinks with Captain Kader later; I wonder if you'd have time to join me?"

Elena blushed slightly and nodded almost imperceptibly, indicating her agreement. She then handed the scroll detailing the mission to eliminate the Gale Bandits to Huan Cheng: "The Gale Bandits are numerous and powerful. You can find like-minded friends to complete this mission together."

Huan Cheng nodded and took the scroll, but felt somewhat helpless.

Due to the influence of the Heavenly Punishment, he had to undertake this mission alone.

After leaving the hall and activating the quest scroll, Huan Cheng officially accepted the quest.

According to the mission's time limit, he needed to complete it within fourteen days. If he exceeded the time limit, the city lord would send the city guards to wipe out the Gale Bandits, which would mean the mission had failed.

With the city lord's mansion set as the dimensional anchor point, Huan Cheng was all ready and ran wildly in the southeast direction.

According to the quest guide, the Gale Bandits are based on a small hill in the southeast, which is also the spawn point for Stone-Skinned Lizards and Howling Wolves.

To reach the destination, one must pass through a dark and dense forest, which is home to a large number of level 10-20 monsters and is currently one of the most popular monster-hunting spots for players in Qingyang City.

Once outside the city, the players were bustling about in small groups, creating a lively atmosphere.

Wild monsters can spawn outside the city at any time, but the closer you get to the city, the lower the level of the monsters that spawn, so players aren't too worried.

Just as Huan Cheng was running wildly, intending to reach the mission destination as soon as possible, a tiger with a completely black body suddenly jumped out in front of him.

【Striped Tiger】: Level 11, HP: 5000. A tiger whose mind has been corrupted by demonic energy. It is extremely aggressive; beware of its claws and teeth.

The striped tiger glared fiercely at Huan Cheng, lowered its body, gnashed its teeth, and let out a restless growl, but dared not attack under the intimidation of the Abyss Breath.

Huan Cheng smiled slightly and took the initiative to shut down the Abyss Breath.

The next moment, the tiger roared and pounced.

"Heavy blow!"

Huan Cheng neither dodged nor evaded, but instead met the attack head-on with a heavy blow!

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A huge red damage number floated over the tiger's head, and its health bar instantly dropped by a third.

After equipping the Ripper's Blade, Huan Cheng's base attack surged to 1215, and with the 50% attack bonus from critical strikes, his damage easily broke the 1000 mark.

The tiger's claws pounced on Huan Cheng's chest, but only caused a few dozen points of damage.

Huan Cheng dodged the tiger's bite and then delivered a sliding tackle, the Ripper's Blade slamming into the tiger's soft belly.

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This was supposed to be a normal attack, but it resulted in a critical hit, and the damage increased instead of decreasing.

Before the tiger could even land, Huan Cheng gave a soft shout and unleashed the Abyss Judgment, dealing 500 damage over the tiger's head while simultaneously freezing in place.

It was the three-second forced stun caused by the Judgment of the Abyss.

With a backhand strike, he easily finished off the striped tiger; the entire battle lasted no more than five seconds.

"Ding! You have killed a level 11 striped tiger and gained 188 experience points."

Huan Cheng glanced at the magnificent tiger that had vanished in a flash of light, leaving not a single hair behind, and sighed helplessly.

The 188 experience points I gained were put into the experience pool, but the experience bar didn't even budge.

Come to think of it, he needs nearly 200,000 experience points to level up to level 11, while a striped tiger doesn't even have one-thousandth of that. It would be strange if you could see any change!

Fortunately, he didn't expect to level up by killing tigers. This was just a test to roughly assess his combat ability in actual combat after the job change.

He was quite satisfied with the result; he could basically kill ordinary monsters one level higher in one hit.

He continued on his way in a cheerful mood. With plenty of time available, he planned to grind monsters to level up and at least get his equipment back.

Yunxi was given the Bronze-level equipment before the job change. Now, apart from the Ripper Blade, the rest of his equipment is either missing or severely outdated.

"Halt! This area is booked by my Fierce Tiger Guild. If you want to grind monsters, go somewhere else!"

Upon arriving at the dark forest, they saw several nonchalant players standing at the entrance, one of whom was carrying a knife, with an arrogant demeanor and a haughty tone.

Huan Cheng frowned and said, "I was just passing through the desolate mountains behind the Dark Forest."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you hear we've booked this place? Get out of here!" The player didn't listen to what Huan Cheng was saying at all, and waved his hand impatiently, shooing people away like flies.

"Wait!"

Behind the player carrying the knife, another player glanced at Huan Cheng, his gaze lingering on the Ripper's Blade for a moment, a look of greed in his eyes.

"Hey kid, where did you get that knife? Why is it exactly the same as the one our guild leader lost?"

Huan Cheng was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was being targeted!

In the Divine Realm, the higher the level of the equipment, the more exquisite and gorgeous its appearance. Although Huan Cheng turned off the equipment effects of the Ripper's Blade, it is not difficult to judge from its appearance that it is a high-level equipment with good attributes.

"Oh!"

Huan Cheng laughed angrily, "What kind of bastard is your president?"

"You little brat, daring to insult our guild leader, you're asking for death!!" the madman of the fierce tiger shouted, and several men immediately stepped forward and surrounded Huan Cheng with ill intent.

The madman, Tiger, grinned maliciously, his cackling laughter ringing out: "Boy, hand over that knife, kowtow and apologize, and we'll be magnanimous and let you go!"

"The Fierce Tiger Guild has gone too far!"

"What a trash guild."

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Huan Cheng wasn't the only one here; there were many other players who were blocked outside the Dark Forest.

Seeing the Tiger Guild's aggressive attitude, many people started cursing.

"Shut up! Anyone who makes another sound will be beaten up too!" the Fierce Tiger Madman roared, looking arrogantly at the other players.

The players' clamor abruptly subsided, their faces filled with anger, yet they dared not utter a sound again.

The Fierce Tiger Guild is a large and powerful organization that ordinary casual players cannot defeat.

The death penalty in the Divine Realm is so severe that it would be unwise to confront the Fierce Tiger Guild head-on for the sake of complete strangers.

Seeing this, the mad tiger smiled and felt extremely pleased.

"You bastards, others may fear your Fierce Tiger Guild, but I don't! Brother, I'm here to help you!"

Just then, a burly man, wielding a long spear, stormed out from the crowd.

"Is that the Angry Spear and Thunderous Strike? This is going to be interesting!"

"The Fierce Tiger Guild is arrogant and domineering; many people have long disliked them. This time, they've messed with Angry Spear and Thunder—they're just unlucky!"

"It's hard to say. Although Feng Lei is strong and has obtained a special profession, he's still alone. The Fierce Tiger Guild has many members and is powerful. Feng Lei might end up in trouble!"

The moment the burly man appeared, a buzz of discussion immediately arose among those around him.