“Where are the lord-level monsters?!”
Bai Qiu arrived at a high vantage point, his Sevenfold Crystallized Arcane Eyes scanning the surroundings.
Everything within a 50-kilometer radius was laid bare before him.
The moment he spotted a lord-level monster, he would dash over in an instant and kill it immediately.
Since up to three achievements could be equipped at once, Bai Qiu had both [Monster Grinding King] and [Map Pioneer Exploration] active at the same time!
He took out the Sword of Hatred and hung it at his waist to attract monsters, officially beginning his hunting spree…
While he rampaged freely, within a few still-intact buildings and in the shadows at the entrance of an underground parking lot, several Priest Skeletons were silently watching him.
The soul flames in their eyes flickered and swayed…
Bai Qiu’s focus was on lord-level monsters, on the vast lands and plains.
Naturally, he paid no attention to the “creatures” lurking in the shadows.
As he went all-out in grinding, his previously slow-growing experience began to skyrocket!
Zone 2200…
“Holy sh*t! What’s going on? Why are there so many rockets in the sky?”
“Damn, that’s so many drops! I’m gonna get rich!”
“Damn it! I almost killed that elite monster, and it suddenly got kill-stolen! Fine, whatever—but what kind of trash did it even drop?!”
…
Bai Qiu wasn’t deliberately stealing others’ kills.
Instead, he stacked the passive effect of Fallen Dragon’s Bow to the maximum, then used long-range attacks to eliminate any lord-level monsters he spotted.
As for the drops? Come on—what good items could lord-level monsters really drop?
If they actually dropped great loot consistently, after killing dozens—nearly a hundred by now—wouldn’t his inventory have long been overflowing?
In reality, most items dropped from grinding were inferior even within their own tier.
For example, Bai Qiu’s C- grade Dragon Slayer Set MAX, after being modified by Li Zhu and Marta, was actually more useful than many C-grade items he had obtained from drops.
The same applied to weapons and skill books.
Although constant killing and looting had steadily increased his proficiency, and his auto-loot range had reached 3000 meters—
His attack range far exceeded that, reaching an astonishing 12 kilometers, with an effective kill range of 10 kilometers for lord-level monsters!
As a result, Bai Qiu’s actions quickly became exposed.
Many players began camping near teleportation devices.
The moment Bai Qiu appeared, large numbers of players started shouting in the chat channels:
“Bai Qiu is in our zone! Hurry, hurry! Watch where he fires his arrows—follow them and you can pick up top-tier gear!”
Things like that aside, Bai Qiu had been condensing around 700 Darksteel arrows with magic every day, bringing his total reserve to over 3,000 arrows.
At present, the rate of arrow consumption wasn’t too fast.
He could regenerate 60 arrows per hour, while using about 140 arrows, resulting in a net loss of 80 arrows per hour.
Even if he farmed continuously for 24 hours, the total loss would be less than 2,000 arrows…
Thanks to this, although Bai Qiu had just reached level 24 in the morning, by evening he had astonishingly gained five more levels, reaching a terrifying level 29…
Within the range of his [Map Pioneer Exploration] achievement—spanning 51 safe zones—Bai Qiu rapidly farmed his way all the way to Zone 2244…
As for his route, Bai Qiu didn’t forcibly grind every single zone—that would only make people resent him.
For example, in safe zones like 2201, which resembled military bases—
If he confirmed that the people in that area were fully capable of handling all the monsters, including lord-level ones, he would skip that zone entirely and move on to others in search of new targets.
At 8:30 PM, Bai Qiu finally finished clearing lord-level monsters across 50 zones.
His stamina and magic power were both heavily depleted, and after a full day of high-intensity use of his Sevenfold Crystallized Arcane Eyes, his eyes were extremely fatigued.
Of course, his level had also successfully reached 30…
Returning to Safe Zone 2233, Bai Qiu went straight back to his room.
After taking a refreshing shower, he finally opened his status panel.
Bai Qiu — Level 30
- Strength: C+
- Magic: C++
- Endurance: C+
- Agility: C+
- Spirit: C
- Luck: F-
Class: Lancer
Lancer Blessing: Strength (Small), Agility (Medium)
Noble Phantasm: Spear of Converging Mana (C Rank) — Proficiency: 30,000 / 250,000
Weapon Cards:
- Purgatory Darkflame Spear (C Rank)
- Fallen Dragon’s Bow (C Rank)
Equipment Cards:
- Insight Necklace (C-)
- Dragon Slayer Set MAX (C-)
Item Cards:
- Enhancement Card (C+)
- Holy Demonic Body (B+) — Level 22 [Slots: 2/4]
Skills 1 (Learned via Skill Cards):
- Berserk (D+)
- Magic Manipulation (C)
- Kill Looting (C)
- Sevenfold Crystallized Arcane Eyes (C) [Slots: 4/8]
Skills 2 (Self-Learned):
- Battle Continuation (C)
- Gathering (E)
- High Sky Archery (C)
- Infernal Spear (D+)
- Thunderbird (D+)
- Water Cannon (D+)
- Magic Release (C)
Transcedent Physique:
- Holy Demonic Body (B+)
Bai Qiu directly fused his item cards, raising the level of the Holy Demonic Body card to Level 30, then immediately entered a meditative state to recover the stamina he had expended throughout the day…
Two and a half hours later, with all his conditions restored to peak, Bai Qiu finally began allocating his Free Attribute Points, investing them into his Magic Power.
Ten minutes later, Bai Qiu opened his eyes.
His shattered-gold pupils shone with exceptional brightness as he muttered, “Just as I thought!”
It was exactly as he had predicted—the amplification from free attribute points was 10%, but that 10% was based on his current attribute cap!
It wasn’t a fixed 10%.
Therefore, without hesitation, Bai Qiu invested the remaining eight free attribute points one by one into Magic Power, the stat with the highest growth ceiling.
Each time he allocated a point, he spent ten minutes stabilizing and feeling the enhancement.
Only after using up all his attribute points did he finally let out a long breath.
Looking back at his panel, his Magic Power was still C++.
Bai Qiu was surprised—his Magic had already reached C++ back at level 25.
After that, he had gained five more levels, upgraded the Holy Demonic Body item card to level 30, and even invested all nine free attribute points into Magic—yet he still couldn’t break through C++ to reach B-.
One had to know that during this time, his magic capacity had increased by nearly tenfold in total!
And yet, it still hadn’t broken through.
This made him clearly realize just how absurd the bottleneck of the C-rank was.
No wonder those without an Transcedent physique could never reach B-rank in their entire lives.
However, Bai Qiu wasn’t discouraged.
Today’s improvement was, without a doubt, the greatest boost he had experienced so far.
“Mm… big brother, you’re awake?” At that moment, Zhang Shiyao woke up.
Still drowsy, she hugged her pillow and walked over.
“Yeah, did I wake you?” Bai Qiu said.
One hand pressed against the sofa armrest, while the other subconsciously reached out to pat her head…
Bang!
The sofa armrest shattered in an instant.
Bai Qiu was stunned as he realized it was caused by his loss of control over his magic.
The increase had been too rapid—just a simple unconscious movement had unleashed a surge of magic power…
Turning back, Zhang Shiyao had already retreated at some point.
She had crawled back onto the bed, hiding under the blanket with only her head sticking out as she said:
“It’s late, I’m going to sleep! Good night, big brother!”
— The end of the Chapter–
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