Chapter 5 - Vital Strike (1/2)

Chapter 5 – Vital Strike

Towns contained only the eneral stores, low-level equipes, etc… Even NPCs were sparse in nuivers For theand collecting various ite an ani herbs, ores, and so on After co these quests, one would be rewarded with either eneral store, Nie Yan went forward and bought three Basic Health Potions One potion would restore upwards of thirty health, and each potion was priced at a single copper General stores only offered Basic Health Potions Middle- or higher-tiered potions could only be purchased fro the purchase of his three potions, only a single copper remained in Nie Yan’s pockets

Nie Yan walked outside and went out of the town’s boundaries After leaving the town, he hurriedly rushed over to the treasure chest’s spawn point If he met a monster, he would make a detour around it andtowards was a Level 5 er was very high However, with his experience currently at Level 0: 000, even if he died, he wouldn’t lose any experience

Nie Yan passed through two Level 1 monster zones, a Level 3 monster zone, and a Level 4 monster zone After four minutes, Nie Yan had finally arrived at the monster zone where Level 5 Wildcats spawned

After surveying the surrounding area, he saw dense pastures and lush grass that could reach up to one’s waist Gazing at a distant area in the dense pastures, he saw a tallrising above the vegetation It appeared to be especially lofty and majestic as it occupied its own space within the pasture

The silver treasure chest wasn’t far froan to tense up with nervousness as he grew closer

At his current level, the Level 5 Wildcats in this area weren’twith

Occasionally one or two Wildcats would pass through the area, and Nie Yan would hurriedly conceal himself

Thieves possessed a passive profession skill which raised their ability to conceal the, it wouldn’t be easy for other lifeforms to detect them

At the same time, he was still able to use his Stealth skill

Nie Yan began calculating the level difference for Stealth, the safe distance between him and a Wildcat should be about two meters In other words, if he ithin two meters of a Wildcat while he was in stealth, he would be discovered Between two and three meters was the buffer zone where he could possibly be discovered Beyond threespent over a decade playing the Thief profession in his previous life, Nie Yan’s usage of these Thief skills had long been te his vision to estimate distance also wasn’t too hard of a feat

Suddenly, the underbrush in the distance began to tremble and stir with ed as he quickly went into hiding by activating Stealth

A Wildcat that was as large as a German Shepherd pounced out of the thickets Its sharp eyes surveyed the surroundings, but it didn’t discover anything strange As it passed through the open space that lay ahead, it entered into another patch of grass and disappeared

Only when he was assured the Wildcat had gone far away did Nie Yan dare to continueforward

There was a stretch of open space in a ten-meter radius around theA silver white chest quietly lay at the base of thetree The nearby area had six to seven Wildcats roa around freely

To clear out these Level 5 Wildcats would require a team of at least twenty Level 3 players

It would not be easy getting ahold of this chest

Nie Yan observed the rass, as he attempted to find a safe route to thetree

Their move for a while, Nie Yan removed all the equipment from his body and stored theinner equipinner equipment were to be sold to an NPC store, they wouldn’t be worth even a single copper Simply put, they were trash Even if one were to throw the the in Conviction would result in the loss of a level Additionally, a random piece of equipment would also be dropped upon death If the new equipht dropped unexpectedly, then that would truly be wasteful However, if the beginner equip it to te his Stealth skill, Nie Yan slowly crept towards thetree He walked for approxi his breath A Wildcat wasits way around Nie Yan’s left flank—within approxi for six seconds, Nie Yan pressed onwards once again—carefully exercising control over his distance between each Wildcat

Gradually, the distance between him and the chest shortened

Nie Yan’s heart rate sped up once again He understood that as a Level 0, if he succeeded in grabbing this skill book, then it would be iantowards Nie Yan’s location

Nie Yan quickly halted, but the wildcats continued their advance Fortunately, the distance between thehtened badly as he felt a cold sweat run down his back

Stealth had a total duration of twothat Stealth’s effects would end within thirty-two seconds, Nie Yan’s state of h tihtly accelerated his pace

Not far frohtly It became aware of Nie Yan’s location al its eyes onto Nie Yan, the Wildcat exposed its sharp teeth and let out a hoarse growl

ood, I was discovered!</e towards Nie Yan

The Wildcat’s sudden attack was quick, and Nie Yan’s move up However, Nie Yan still ed to sidestep out of the way of the Wildcat’s attack by relying on his reaction speed—so his past life

The basic , etc… Players were able to utilize theseas it ithin the capabilities of the systeh e Nie Yan’s throat by just an inch

Just as Nie Yan had dodged, two more Wildcats appeared and pounced at him from the sides One of them clawed at him from the back, while the other bit into his arm

, I’ health potions would be useless

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