Monster collectors on the cross-platform

In less than a minute, several ghouls arrived first, followed by crawling claws, skeletons, demons, and ghosts. More and more undead creatures gathered, and Huo even saw corpse demons, flaming skulls, banshees, and ghosts.

Seeing that almost all the undead in the dungeon had gathered, Huo took out the secondary array diagram and input energy to activate the main array diagram.

In the next instant, blinding white light filled the entire formation, briefly illuminating the pitch-black night sky, and a large number of undead fell to the ground under the formation's attack.

The white light lasted for several tens of seconds before completely disappearing. The undead in the formation had vanished without a trace, leaving only a pile of wreckage.

[Dungeon clear conditions met, rewards being calculated]

The rewards you received from this dungeon run are: 100 General Coins and 200 Universal Experience.

After collecting all the debris, Huo went to the center of the array and dug out the array diagram. The array patterns on the diagram had visibly dimmed. That's right, the array diagram was also a consumable item, which could only be used ten times before it was destroyed.

Huo also opened the dungeon menu to see how much the rewards were for the Extreme Difficulty difficulty.

Dungeon Name: The Hustle and Bustle of a Silent Town (Remaining Challenge Attempts for Today: 1)

Dungeon Level: 2~6

Dungeon Difficulty: Desperate

Completion Rewards: 250 Network Coins, 400 Universal Experience, White Quality Materials/Equipment (Medium Probability), Skill Card (Low Probability), Dungeon Invitation (Extremely Low Probability)

The Desperate difficulty is the highest difficulty level in this dungeon. Each successful run rewards you with 250 Zongwang coins, while the Holy Light Soul Annihilation Array costs an average of 290 Zongwang coins per run. This means that Huo loses 40 Zongwang coins every time he runs the dungeon.

Of course, this is without considering other items that might drop. As for other resources in the dungeon, they can be ignored. This dungeon only contains some ordinary gold and silver jewelry and other worthless items.

Opening the Book of Collections, Huo began to examine the new artifacts collected in this instance.

Race name: Banshee

Trait: Life Detection

Life Detection: Banshees formed from female souls are born with the power to detect life. After equipping this ability, players can sense the presence of all creatures within a 5-mile radius except for undead and constructs, but can only perceive their general location and cannot pinpoint their exact location.

Race Name: Skull of Flames

Trait: Magic Resistance

Magic Resistance: The Skull of Flames, crafted from the mage's remains, carries a portion of the mage's magic resistance from their lifetime. When equipped, it grants +1 energy resistance.

Race Name: Ghost

Trait: Etheric Vision

Aether Vision: The spirit of the Soul Body possesses Aether Vision. When equipped, players can see the scenery of the Aether plane within 20 meters of them in the material plane. When players are in the Aether plane, they can see the scenery of the material plane within 20 meters of them.

Race name: Corpse Demon

Trait: Dark Touch

Dark Touch: The corpse demon, neither alive nor dead, exists in a transitional state between the realms of life and death. Once equipped, every time the player attacks with bare hands, they will be affected by Dark Touch. Players with low constitution will suffer additional Dark Touch damage.

Of the four traits, some are useful and some are not very useful. Huo, who is stuck in the loading bar, still cannot load any new traits. However, there are gains. Every time he takes in a new item, his collection value will increase. The current maximum collection value is already 62.

After looting the dungeon a bit, Huo immediately started the Extreme difficulty mode.

As usual, he first set up the Holy Light Soul-Destroying Array, lit the Soul-Guiding Incense at the center of the array, and then hid in a small hut.

There were even more undead on the Extreme difficulty, densely packed together. Seeing that the Resurrected Corpse boss on Extreme difficulty had also entered the magic circle, Huo did not hesitate to detonate it.

A beam of white light once again illuminated the town in the eternal night, plunging a large number of undead creatures into eternal silence.

When the white light dissipated, Huo was surprised to find that the resurrected corpse was still alive. Perhaps the body it possessed had shielded it from fatal damage, allowing it to survive. However, a resurrected corpse without a body was not much different from being dead.

Energy gathered in his right hand, and Huo threw a punch that sent the resurrected corpse to reincarnation.

[Dungeon clear conditions met, rewards being calculated]

The rewards you received from this dungeon are: 250 General Coins, 400 Universal Experience, and Soul Dust (White).

Summoning the Book of Collections, Huo began clearing the battlefield. After collecting all the corpses, Huo's collection value increased by 5 points.

Race Name: Resurrected Corpse

Traits: Regeneration, Resurrection

Regeneration: The resurrected corpse has extremely powerful regeneration capabilities. After being equipped, the player's regeneration ability is slightly increased, and consuming energy can greatly increase the regeneration ability.

Resurrection: As long as the soul is not destroyed, the resurrected corpse can continuously change bodies. After being loaded, if the player dies and the body damage does not exceed 30%, the corpse can be resurrected after 24 hours.

Resurrection! Huo's eyes lit up at this. No one would be uninterested in the ability to resurrect, although the conditions for resurrection are a bit harsh. After all, it's rare to leave an enemy with a complete corpse. Nowadays, most protagonists choose to be reduced to ashes.

However, Huo was already quite satisfied with having the ability to revive even in low-level dungeons, as many people still only have one life even after reaching the legendary level.

After completing all the dungeons today, Huo is just a little short of level 4 in terms of experience. Leveling up is really fast in the early stages; he reached level 4 in just 4 days.

Having completed all the dungeons for today, Huo could finally rest for the rest of the time. No, perhaps he should brush up on his basics. Holding his tablet, Huo stared at the skill list, lost in thought.

Chapter 19 Training Again

Looking at the few skills on his panel, he had only three professional skills: Loading, Containment, and Polishing, all of which were auxiliary skills that did not deal damage.

This is why Huo is still unclear about his professional role, whether he is more physical or magical, melee or ranged. Huo has no idea.

So far, Huo has only learned 3 basic skills and one unarmed mastery; he hasn't learned any other skills.

Meanwhile, mages of the same level can now learn second-level spells, and may have mastered more than 20 spells.

The lack of skills also resulted in Huo having a limited offensive approach and weak output, relying solely on the Containment trait to maintain his tankiness.

So what kind of skills are suitable for you? There are many skill cards sold on the online platform, ranging in price from tens to hundreds of thousands. There are all kinds of skills, including attack, defense, support, curse, logistics, melee, ranged, spell, psionic, soul, and spiritual power. If you look carefully, you can find thousands of skills that you can use.

But the problem remains: what skills are you suited for? It's impossible to learn every skill. First, there aren't that many Zongwang coins. Second, a person's energy is limited. Trying to do everything will result in being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none, and will also waste a lot of Zongwang coins.

"Forget it, I'll just focus on maxing out my basic skills first." After thinking for a long time, Huo decided to hold back for now. He had limited in-game currency, so he decided to upgrade to level 5 first and then see how things went.

However, you can max out the basic skills first, since every profession will use these three skills, and they require very little effort and in-game currency to upgrade, making them very cost-effective.

Upon entering the online platform, Huo Huan once again visited Hope Restaurant. For some reason, the food here particularly suited Huo Huan's taste. Moreover, even for ordinary meals, the owner would update the menu with different dishes every day. This was also why Huo Huan liked to come to this restaurant; the prices were cheap, and there was always a new surprise every time he came.

After replenishing his energy, Huo decided to stroll over to the battle zone to take a look and digest his food.

Huo still has absolutely no understanding of the combat strength of players of the same level. Even his teammates don't seem to be using their full strength, and he has no idea where his combat strength ranks among players of the same level.

This is my first time in the battle zone. There are quite a few players in the battle zone, but it is obviously not as lively as the trading zone.

Huo also discovered that although there were many players battling, most of them were in private rooms, and viewers could not watch without an invitation from the room owner.

Fortunately, there are quite a few players, and even though most of them are in private rooms, there are still quite a few rooms for public matches.

Huo randomly selected a public battle room and entered. With a flash of white light, Huo appeared in the arena's audience seats. He glanced around and saw that there were quite a few spectators. It seemed that everyone still enjoyed watching fights.

Huo looked into the arena. Both combatants appeared to be women. Huo couldn't make out their appearances because they were too far away. One was wearing a pure white Taoist robe with a long sword on her back. Her long hair flowed gracefully. The other was wearing a dark blue mage robe, which concealed her entire body. Only a strand of her black hair hung down, making her seem mysterious and unpredictable.

The battle began. The woman in white made a sword gesture with her hands, and with a clear sword sound, the long sword behind her was suddenly drawn, and she rushed towards the woman in blue.

The woman in blue robes was not idle either. In an instant, she gained 7 or 8 shields. With a wave of her staff, colorful little spells swarmed like bees to hinder the flying sword.

For a moment, the sky was filled with magical light and the crisp sound of swords. Huo, whose level was too low, couldn't keep up with the movements of both sides, and couldn't even tell who had won or lost after the battle ended.

Although I couldn't understand or see it clearly, the battles were still quite entertaining, even better than the fireworks shows I'd seen before.

Still not satisfied, Huo selected several more public arenas to watch, but most of them were much higher level than him.

After watching several matches, Huo realized that his basic skills were not yet at max level, so he decided to train first. He could watch matches anytime, but improving his strength was the most important thing.

Upon arriving at the training area, there were even fewer players. Clearly, not all players were willing to accept the physical training, and some players didn't want to pay for the training. After all, they could improve their proficiency and upgrade their skills by training on their own, although it would be much slower.

After randomly choosing a training room, Huo Huan paid 100 points of Zongwang Coins, and a clone appeared in front of him.

With his basic energy control already maxed out, Huo chose basic melee combat this time.

Compared to basic energy control, the training method for basic melee combat is slightly different. The energy of the collection value is suppressed and cannot be used at all. Even the traits in the loading bar are sealed. Of course, the clones only use pure physical attacks.

The clone rushed in front of Huo Huan and threw a straight punch at Huo Huan's face. However, after several battles, Huo Huan was no longer a simple novice. He raised his arm to block the clone's attack.

Unexpectedly, the clone changed its move, turning its fist into a palm and lightly bypassing Huo Huan's defense to press on Huo Huan's chest. It also followed up with a sweeping kick, easily tripping Huo Huan to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he pressed down on Huo Huan, who was struggling to get up, with his left hand, and then punched Huo Huan twice in the face with his right hand.

Huo Huan, whose nose was bleeding profusely from the beating, felt a sudden darkness before his eyes. The training room healed him quickly, and a second before Huo Huan fainted, a flash of white light swept away all of his injuries.

What followed was a period of training that Huo found extremely difficult: Monkey Stealing Peaches, Black Tiger Peeling Hearts, Double Peaks Piercing Ears, Double Dragons Snatching Pearls—the more insidious the moves, the better.

In addition to close-quarters combat, the game also includes battles with conventional weapons such as longswords, broadswords, and shields. However, weapon combat is only briefly introduced; the majority of the training focuses on melee combat skills. After all, basic melee combat mainly teaches players how to exert force effectively and maximize the use of their physical strength.

An hour of training seemed so long to Huo Huan. After finally enduring the hour, Huo Huan lay on the ground with a look of relief on his face.

Huo hesitated because his basic melee attack was already more than halfway to level 2. He could definitely reach level 3 with another attempt, but he felt that his second brother was still suffering from phantom pain.

"There's no need to rush to improve my skills; I can practice slowly on my own," Huo muttered to himself as he lay on the ground, trying to convince himself.

However, how can a player back down from a challenge? It's just a kick to the groin, a gouge in the eye, or a steel-thrusting blow. These are merely fatal weaknesses; just withstand them and you'll get through them.

Huo gritted his teeth and paid 100 Zongwang coins. He regretted it as soon as he finished paying, but as the saying goes, he was already here and had already paid.

Chapter 20 Big World

After another hour of training, Huo finally maxed out his basic melee skill. As for the remaining basic meditation skill, he'd save that for next time.

Huo, whose face was somewhat pale, just wanted to go home and lie down for a while. Although his body was fine under the care of the network, he was deeply traumatized.

In the days that followed, Huo lived a very regular life, spending his days running dungeons and then training his skills in the training grounds.

It's worth mentioning that once Huo reaches level 4, the Goblin Dungeon no longer provides experience, the income from the Comprehensive Network Coins is greatly reduced, and the drop rate also decreases accordingly, although the original drop rate wasn't very high anyway.

Having reached level 4, Huo immediately added another empty slot to his inventory. Without hesitation, he directly embedded the Resurrected Corpse's traits into the inventory.

A fine drizzle began to fall from the sky outside. This was Huo's second rainy night in this world. The first rainy night was the day he transmigrated, and today would be an extraordinary day.

Today is the seventh day since I transmigrated, and it's also the day the dungeon refreshes.

Huo has already obtained a silver-level individual of the Ogre race. Although there is no gold-level one yet, he has decided to give up on the Goblin dungeon. The low level cap has been unable to keep up with Huo's leveling needs for the past two days.

Time passed slowly, and Huo stood quietly by the window, lost in thought. He opened the Goblin Dungeon chat channel one last time and saw that the number of players in the channel was still so small, with no familiar IDs. They must all be new players who had just joined the channel.

[Player has unlocked the dungeon; the dungeon is refreshing...]

[Instance successfully generated. The instance "Treasures of the Sea" has been added to your permanent instance list.]

Dungeon Name: The Ocean's Secret Treasure (Open World)

Dungeon Level: 1~9