Chapter 11: Gui Guzi (2/2)

An indescribable feeling filled my heart completely. A chuckle escaped my lips when I recalled He Yi’s exquisite face. “Boss, my delay is only 0.7 seconds now. Just you wait, I will prop up a corner of our sky!”

I made up my mind to become someone prominent in Floating Ice City. Once I succeeded, I would return to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and create a new page of history with He Yi!

……

”Grrr…”

I killed another Cyan Skeleton, absorbing its undead spark and replenishing my spirits. Suddenly, a thought entered my mind. Oh right, I haven’t used the skill “Death Plunder” yet, have I?

It was a skill that allowed the user to loot a dead body. It might yield me some unexpected rewards.

I crouched on the ground and spread my hands. A green halo appeared from my palm and surrounded the Cyan Skeleton’s remains. A ding later, I obtained new loot!

Ragged Cotton

Quality: Terrible

Effect: None

Fuck! What a completely useless item! I threw the Ragged Cotton away and searched for my next target.

After that, I used Death Plunder on every mob I killed. However, the Cyan Skeletons gave poor loot despite the amazing experience. 95% of the drops were Ragged Cotton, and the remaining 5% was nothing at all.

After over an hour, nearly a hundred Cyan Skeletons had perished under my sword. I had also reached Level 13, my experience bar filled by 47%. So far, this leveling speed was impressive!

Crack!

Again, I absorbed the Cyan Skeleton’s spark and used Death Plunder after killing it.

Ding!

My eyes widened. An item drop!

Big Magic Stone

Quality: 41

Fuck, a magic stone?!

I couldn’t stop grinning. Magic stone was money, and money was the spring of all life. Once the game was unlocked to a certain point, magic stones would become the lifeblood of many gaming workshops!

A Big Magic Stone fetched about 1 to 20 silvers, and at this stage silver was a hot commodity. In the forums, it was rumored that many newbies who reached a city couldn’t learn any class skills because their total wealth was only 1 or 2 silver! They had to leave and farm magic stones!

Obviously, the drop rate of magic stones was terrible considering that I had gotten only two magic stones after killing more than a hundred skeletons. Therefore, the fact that Death Plunder could yield magic stones undoubtedly gave me an economical advantage over other players!

The spark of joy was continued by even more grinding!

I sneaked closer to a nearby Cyan Skeleton and was about to attack it when a sudden chill suddenly gripped my heart!

Something’s there!

Puchi!

I felt a scorching pain behind my head and checked my HP. 207 points gone!? I’d almost gotten one-shot!

I reacted swiftly and rolled away to safety. After I got back to my feet and started running, I looked back and felt a spike of terror. The Undead Lord, at least two meters tall, was standing right where I had been just moments ago. Its level was hidden to me. Clearly, it was much, much higher than mine, me almost being one-shot despite two Iron-grade pieces of armor a testament to its crazy-high attack power. Anyone else would have been taken out already.

”Hiss hiss…”

The Undead Lord let out a low and angry wail, obviously displeased with the intruder that was me. Currently, this was his territory.

No wonder the quest description said to run if I encountered the Undead Lord, it was definitely not something I could challenge at my current level. It was probably a Level 20 high-rank boss at minimum, the kind that could slaughter anyone and everyone if it had been set loose in a starting village.

I trembled in fear but continued to kill more Cyan Skeletons. Right now, nothing was more important than leveling and farming magic stones.

Another hour passed in the blink of an eye, and I was now Level 14 and 58%. I should be able to reach Level 15 by the time I turn in my quest. See, I knew that my leveling speed is pretty good!

I counted the amount of Cyan Skeleton Fingers I had. 19. I still needed one more.

I looked up and found the solution to my troubles, a foolish Cyan Skeleton wandering aimlessly in front of me.

I let out a chuckle and jumped toward it. Suddenly, I stopped in midair and rolled into a nearby bush instead.

A figure emerged from the forest ahead. It was an undead wearing a brown-yellow armor and holding a pale blue spear. His skeletal face looked incredibly sinister, and there was a line of text above his head—

Gui Guzi LV-18 Undead Knight

Fuck! He’s the highest-level player of Floating Ice City!

My gaze turned several degrees cooler as my killing intent surfaced. It was clear that this newcomer didn’t mean well.