Why are the magical girls in your area male?

But here's the paradox: to defeat the enemy, you have to become stronger; to become stronger, you have to upgrade and change your equipment; but to upgrade and change your equipment, you have to defeat the enemy.

Isn't this a vicious cycle?

I'm not some miserable recent graduate who's "unable to find a job if I don't have experience, and unable to find a job if I don't have experience." It's disgusting that Potomac pulled this stunt on him.

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Qing decided to go to the first floor to take a look.

Most games have a mechanism where monsters respawn after switching scenes.

If this tower has the same mechanism, then there is still a glimmer of hope!

Carrying his katana, he quickly ascended the spiral staircase to the first floor.

Soon, he witnessed a scene that filled him with joy—

In the center of the lobby on the first floor, a large group of colorful slimes were wriggling around.

This adorable little thing is huddled together, and there are far more of them than when I first came!

Don't get excited, let's see if it's a scam!

Yuan Qing suppressed his excitement and casually clicked on the attributes of a few slimes:

[Enemy: Slime]

【Lv.1】

【HP: 10/10】

good very good!

The champagne can continue to be opened!

"Ha ha ha ha......"

"Level designer, although your decision to put a level 30 boss on the second level was definitely a sign you were out of your mind when you were blocking the bridge, your monster spawning mechanism makes up for it! Well done, you did a great job!!"

"As the saying goes, there's always a way out! Today, in close combat, I'll make sure you're all wiped out!"

Yuan Qing's hope was instantly ignited by the screen full of slime-brand experience packs.

Although I have little experience killing slimes, there are just too many of them!

He gripped his katana, grinned, and transformed into Konoha's Azure Beast, leaping into the air with a flying kick!

Lightly armed and swiftly advancing, they annihilated the enemy from afar! A powerful army broke through enemy lines, slaying generals in an instant!

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Compared to last time, the efficiency of this battle was completely different.

The enhanced strength greatly improved his sword-swinging speed, and the sword light turned into a blurry white shadow, flashing wildly among the colorful slime horde.

With a swift stroke, two or three slimes would turn into a puddle of jelly, and sometimes Yuanqing would even get some materials and gold coins.

Occasionally, the system will display a message indicating a HP deduction of 1. Compared to the 9999 damage dealt by the goblin leader on the second floor, this amount of HP loss is negligible.

【Gain 300 experience】

【Gain 400 experience】

[Gaining experience...]

【upgrade!】

The upgraded white light enveloped his entire body, and a faint warm current strengthened his body. Although the improvement was slight, the real feeling of "becoming stronger" invigorated Yuan Qing!

He swung his katana even faster, weaving swiftly through the swarm of slimes with his sword, using their slow speed and limited attack methods to constantly pull them apart and create opportunities to attack multiple targets simultaneously.

The continuous "splatter" sound of the blade tearing through the viscous body could be heard, occasionally accompanied by the clinking sound of gold coins falling.

As the battle continued, sweat soaked his forehead, the constant swinging of his sword caused his arms to ache and become numb, and his lungs began to burn from the intense exercise.

"Pfft!"

With the last slime defeated, Yuan Qing's level reached level 5.

[Player: Yuan Qing]

Level: 5, Experience: 0/4500

【HP：310/310（+10），MP：130/130】

Strength: 15 (+4)

[Stamina: 8 (+2)]

[Reaction: 10]

[Insight: 9]

【Spirit: 10】

【Lucky: 5】

[Remaining attribute points: 15]

Compared to before, his attributes have "skyrocketed".

Although we are still far from being able to reach that lord level, progress is always good, and it's better than having no hope at all.

Volume 1: Chapter 19 The Sword God of Shili Slope, Activated!

[Countdown to the end of "Lunar Etching": 14 minutes 55 seconds]

Yuan Qing glanced at the system notification, adjusted his breathing, and began to think about his next step.

The slimes on this floor have all been spawned; they should respawn in a while.

Based on my experience last time after defeating a slime, running upstairs only to be instantly killed and then returning to the first floor, the slime's respawn interval should not exceed 3 minutes.

Hmm, that's not right either, since it doesn't take into account the resurrection time.

However, under normal circumstances, resurrection happens within a few seconds, right? It's just that a long time has passed for the person involved.

In short, let's first organize our current attributes and resources.

Yuan Qing returned to the main hall and switched back to the attribute interface. He still had 15 attribute points to allocate freely.

This time he plans to balance things out, allocating 5 points to strength and 5 points to stamina.

The battle he had just fought made him realize that stamina not only determined his maximum health, but also his ability to engage in high-intensity activities for extended periods.

If your strength increases but your stamina doesn't keep up, you'll get tired after a short time.

As for the remaining 5 points, allocate them all to Spirit.

His strongest opponent right now is that goblin lord. His reaction and insight attributes are definitely useless in the early game, but become a dominant force in the late game. It requires a lot of investment to make him effective.

If we quantify reaction attributes, the reaction time of an untrained ordinary person is generally 0.2-0.3 seconds, while athletes or e-sports players can shorten it to 0.15-0.18 seconds through professional training.

Only by increasing the reaction attribute to 15 points can Yuan Qing have a reaction time of 0.15 seconds. With a reaction speed of only 0.05 seconds, it is practically useless in the current battle.

The reason is simple: his body movements can't keep up.

When facing a Goblin Lord, whether you react in 0.15 seconds or 0.3 seconds when he strikes with lightning, the outcome is the same: death.

The ability to see through weaknesses is indeed important, but that goblin lord wasn't afraid of him seeing through his weaknesses at all!

Even if its weaknesses are exposed, what can I do to it in my current state?

I can't even get close to it.

The opponent is tough and has armor; a fireball won't even leave a mark.

Most importantly, to see through that guy's weaknesses, you'd probably need at least 50 points in Insight.

Attribute points are precious in the early stages, so where would you get so many points to improve your Insight?

Money should be spent wisely; the first priority should be what can bring quick returns.

Level: 5, Experience: 0/4500

【HP：385/385（+10），MP：180/180】

Strength: 20 (+4)

[Stamina: 13 (+2)]

[Reaction: 10]

[Insight: 9]

【Spirit: 15】

【Lucky: 5】

[Remaining attribute points: 0]

After adding the attributes, Yuan Qing opened the skill list again.

He now has 3 skill points, which he can use to learn several other basic skills.

Out of faith in the Balance Sect and adhering to the philosophy of being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none, Yuan Qing simply spread his remaining three skills evenly.

[Learned: Cold Weapon Skills (Lv.1), Agile Footwork (Lv.1), Stone Skin (Lv.1)]

[Melee Weapon Skills: Increases melee weapon damage by 5%, attack range by 10%, and teaches basic usage skills for related weapons]

[Agile Movement: Increases movement speed by 5%, and can consume MP to increase movement speed by an additional 5%]

[Stone Skin: Gain a layer of Stone Skin covering the body. Stone Skin has a durability of 20% of maximum health. If not attacked within 10 seconds, Stone Skin will reset.]

After reading the introduction to these basic skills, Yuan Qing nodded in satisfaction.

not bad.

Although they are all basic, low-level skills, their actual effectiveness is much greater than one might imagine.

Especially the skills of using cold weapons; after learning them, many related moves for using cold weapons will automatically appear in your mind.

Others need ten or twenty years of arduous training to become a master swordsman, but I only need to add a little bit.

Sigh, system.

Even so, he was still helpless against the creature occupying the second floor...

After closing the skill panel, Yuan Qing noticed that there were only 9 minutes left until the countdown to the end of "Moon Etching".

He quickly went back up to the first floor, but the slime did not respawn.

Hmm? Logically speaking, I was just in the lobby, and now I'm back on the first floor, so it should count as a scene change, right?

Why didn't it refresh? Is it because I misjudged the refresh time?

Or......

Yuan Qing had a bold guess in his mind.

As is well known, once a Soul Wanderer dies or sits on a fire, all enemies except for bosses and elite monsters will respawn.

Since the fire in the Tower of Delusion's main hall cannot be sat on, the only way to respawn monsters is through resurrection...

Tsk, this is troublesome.

If you want to get stronger, you have to keep killing monsters. To kill monsters, you have to die first and let them respawn.

I still have two resurrection coins left, which means I can send two more times today.

hiss......

When did I become so open-minded? I can just casually say things like "go to my death"?

Humans are always happy, and dogs are always looking for trouble. Once they know they have more than one life, courting death becomes quite reasonable.

Never mind, death is death. What are a few hardships compared to becoming stronger?

With this in mind, Yuan Qing mustered his courage, picked up his sword, and rushed up to the second floor of the Tower of Delusion!

Ten seconds later, he revived next to the spiral sword in the lobby.

Great, another instant kill.

You know what, "luckily" that goblin lord was so brutal that he didn't feel any pain at all when he killed him instantly.

This made Yuan Qing more open-minded about the idea of ​​dying.