3: Torture and kill vengeful spirits

Just as he stepped into the Black Wind Mountain area, the world dimmed. Gusts of yin wind blew past, and strange sounds began to echo from all around, making one's heart tremble and skin crawl.

Vengeful Spirits drifted everywhere, appearing from corners every now and then. If an ordinary person came here alone, they would surely be scared half to death.

But for Xiao Xing, there was no fear. In his past life, he had played the game for three years and experienced all sorts of terrifying scenes.

In reality, he was also a powerful individual who had fought countless demons; there was almost nothing that could make him feel fear. A place like this was child's play.

Without hesitation, Xiao Xing took out the standard-issue beginner wooden sword.

[Peach Wood Sword (White Grade)]

Attack Power: 1-2

Special Effect: Indestructible.

Note: This sword is said to be a supreme artifact from legends that can slay demons and exorcise evil. Blessed by the Main God, it cannot be destroyed.

Although its attack power was a bit low, it was better than nothing.

Awooo!

A Level 10 Vengeful Spirit emerged from the darkness. Its feet were off the ground, its clothes were in tatters, and its extremely distorted face was deathly pale.

Its deformed face was hideous and ferocious, with blood-colored liquid flowing from every orifice of its features.

Upon discovering Xiao Xing, it raised its two sharp claws and quickly drifted toward its target.

[Vengeful Spirit (Common Grade)]

Originally a bandit of Black Wind Mountain, he died due to some special reason, resulting in a resentment so heavy that he could not enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Level: 10

HP: 2022

MP: 3150

Physical Attack: 59

Magic Attack: 75

Skill 1: Ghostly Thrust.

Ghostly Thrust: Instantly increases speed by 5 times to thrust toward the target, dealing 300% magic damage. If the skill hits, it causes the target to bleed continuously for 10 seconds.

Skill 2: Dread Roar.

Dread Roar: Erupts with the terrifying resentment within its body to roar continuously, plunging enemies into an abyss of fear and summoning nearby Vengeful Spirits. Those hit will be unable to move for five seconds.

Glancing casually at the appearing Vengeful Spirit, Xiao Xing did not panic.

In the game Continent of Gods and Demons, under the same level conditions, a monster's attributes are much higher than a player's.

Players rely on various equipment, skills, and other stacked attributes, or they form teams to contend with monsters.

In his past life, Xiao Xing hadn't come to Black Wind Mountain to fight these Vengeful Spirits, but with three years of gaming experience, he knew the approximate attributes of this Level 10 monster without even looking.

Although its base attributes were slightly higher than his, he could play it to death with his experience and positioning, not to mention the 10x speed bonus from his class talent.

It was because of this passive talent that he dared to come here "naked" at Level 0.

Whoosh~

The Vengeful Spirit drifted to a certain distance and suddenly accelerated, arriving in front of Xiao Xing in an instant. Its raised claws thrust toward his chest without hesitation.

Seeing that the claws were about to pierce the target, the flicker of green light in its pupils danced incessantly.

Having not seen fresh blood for a long time, it appeared incredibly excited, which was why it used its skill without hesitation right from the start.

Just as the claws were about to touch Xiao Xing, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

Because the speed was too fast, the Vengeful Spirit failed to react. Thinking its claws had pierced the target, its hands habitually tore open to the sides, intending to dismember the target.

A moment later, its expression froze.

"Where are you looking?"

Xiao Xing tapped its head with the Peach Wood Sword, his expression perfectly calm.

With the boost from his passive talent, his speed already far exceeded that of the Vengeful Spirit; dodging its attack was effortless.

Like other virtual games, character behavior in the Continent of Gods and Demons has a System Mode and a Free Mode.

After turning on Free Mode, all of a character's actions are no longer restricted by the system and are entirely controlled by individual behavior, such as the direction and target of skills.

To become an expert, turning on Free Mode is essential; this has been an unchanging law since the emergence of virtual games.

System Mode is provided by the game company to look after novices and noob players; after all, not everyone can achieve flashy positioning and accurately hit targets.

Upon leaving the village, Xiao Xing had already switched to Free Mode.

Although his combat power ranked among the mid-to-high-end players in his past life, he had also used Free Mode, so naturally, there was no rustiness.

Having its head tapped, it instinctively intended to turn around and attack Xiao Xing.

-44 (Weak Point Attack)

-48 (Weak Point Attack)

-42 (Weak Point Attack)

-44 (Weak Point Attack)

-46 (Weak Point Attack)

After it turned around, Xiao Xing raised his sword and stabbed its eyes repeatedly.

The Vengeful Spirit suffered five weak point attacks in an instant. By the time it raised its claws to attack, Xiao Xing's figure had already disappeared.

With his speed, this Vengeful Spirit was only fit to be toyed with; it was impossible for it to pose a threat to him.

The only thing that could annoy him was the level suppression. If it weren't for the weak point attacks, the damage dealt would have been halved.

The Vengeful Spirit's weakness was its eyes; this was a guess based on his years of experience, and it turned out he was right.

Moving to its rear, he tapped the Vengeful Spirit's head again with the Peach Wood Sword, reminding it to turn around faster.

-40 (Weak Point Attack)

-42 (Weak Point Attack)

-40 (Weak Point Attack)

-44 (Weak Point Attack)

-46 (Weak Point Attack)

-40 (Weak Point Attack)

This time, just as the Vengeful Spirit turned halfway, Xiao Xing sidestepped and began his attack, stabbing six times. By the time it raised its hand to attack, his figure was already behind it.

In the time that followed, he repeated the same trick without any pressure, quickly grinding down nearly 2,000 of the monster's HP.

NPCs and monsters in the Continent of Gods and Demons are very intelligent, but these low-level common monsters don't have much IQ, so naturally, no accidents occurred.

Just then, the Vengeful Spirit raised its head, intending to roar at the sky.

After being toyed with several times by the guy in front of it, it was enraged to the extreme, and its HP had reached the critical point.

-46 (Weak Point Attack)

-42 (Weak Point Attack)

-40 (Weak Point Attack)

-12

System Notification: You have killed a Vengeful Spirit and gained 570 experience points.

System Notification: Since you challenged a monster ten levels higher, you receive a 100% experience bonus, totaling 1,140 experience points.

The Vengeful Spirit was killed before it could use its ultimate move. This was also thanks to his fast attack speed, which allowed him to barely kill the opponent at the last moment.

If he were immobilized for five seconds, there would be some danger. After all, Dread Roar would also summon nearby Vengeful Spirits. Even if he wouldn't be killed in the end, he didn't plan on testing it.

After scanning the surroundings and seeing no threats, Xiao Xing opened the attribute interface and clicked to level up.

The Continent of Gods and Demons is somewhat different from keyboard games; before Level 10, you need to level up manually, and you can store a certain amount of experience based on your current level.

The higher the character's level, the more experience can be stored.

For every level a character gains, all attribute values increase by +1, and five free attribute points are obtained, which can be distributed as desired according to personal preference.

Ding! You have reached Level 1!

Ding! You have reached Level 2!

Ding! You have reached Level 3!

Xiao Xing repeatedly clicked the level-up button, reaching Level 3 directly.

Reaching Level 4 requires 800+ experience, and reaching Level 5 requires 1,600+ experience, and so on; it increases almost geometrically.

In the Continent of Gods and Demons, not only is the drop rate extremely low, but leveling up is also quite difficult. The experience required for each level is almost double the previous one, which is extremely frustrating.

Without much hesitation, he put all 15 free attribute points into agility, increasing his speed significantly once again.

Investing all points into agility was something he had considered. With the Aurora Sword Saint class, he intended to push this class to its absolute limit.

The Swordsman class has very high requirements, needing not only top-tier technique and positioning but also extremely strong reaction capabilities. Otherwise, even if one stacks agility, they wouldn't be able to react during high-speed movement. Thus, very few people play this class.

In his past life, he used a 3 agility and 2 Strength distribution. Without ultra-high technique or the backing of a powerful guild in the early stages, he could only hang around mid-to-low-end teams.

Fortunately, his reaction speed was extremely strong, allowing him to play the Swordsman class quite decently by the mid-game.

Now that he had a Golden Finger plus his own reaction speed, he already possessed the conditions to become a top-tier expert, so naturally, he had to maximize the characteristics of this class.