Chapter 123 : Level 10
Level 10
At 7 a.m. in the morning, the noisy sound of cicadas had already started up on the trees outside the window.
Chen Zixuan woke from his sleep, rubbed his bleary eyes, got out of bed as usual to wash up, then went to the kitchen to cook himself a packet of instant noodles.
Looking at the small amount of food left in the cupboard, he sighed softly. It was time to find an opportunity to go out and restock his supplies.
Now that he had money, he couldn't just eat instant noodles—he needed to buy some more nutritious food as well.
Canned Eight Treasures Porridge was a good option—ready to eat right out of the can, no heating needed.
There were also canned fruits, bread, yogurt, and he could grab some high-calorie milk tea and chocolate—so he wouldn't even need to cook meals anymore.
Oh, maybe he should buy some women's clothes...
Forget it, better leave that for later; he could always order them online.
For him to go out and buy them himself was still a bit too embarrassing for the current Chen Zixuan.
While lost in these random thoughts, Chen Zixuan brought his cooked instant noodles to the table, took out his phone, opened the **Legend of Kaloran** forum, and browsed today's posts as he finished breakfast.
Recently, the forum's hottest topic was still the D-rank world boss, the **Sawtooth Demon King Crocodile**, deep inside the **Mutant Jungle**. After all, it was the only confirmed boss found on the China server, and every reward from slaying it was enough to make any player's heart race with desire.
It's no exaggeration to say that whoever managed to claim this world-class boss's first-kill would never have to worry for the rest of their life.
With such great rewards, the brave had emerged in droves; ever since the news broke, more players than one could count had tried to venture deep into the **Mutant Jungle** and had received the same quest from the NPCs as Chen Zixuan did.
However, was a world-class boss so easy to kill?
Even with a 15-level advantage, just an ordinary **Mutant Sawtooth Crocodile** had become every current player's nightmare in **Legend of Kaloran**.
Even the country's top-tier pro teams had entered the **Mutant Jungle** more than once, but to this day, not a single person had seen the true form of the **Sawtooth Demon King Crocodile**.
Additionally, some people were posting to ask: why hadn't "the Humanoid Boss Strategy Princess" shown any sign recently? Was Cecilia really not at all interested in this world-class boss?
Soon, more well-informed players revealed that it was Cecilia herself who first leaked the news about this world-class boss!
This revelation caused a huge stir, as if a depth charge had been set off in the online gaming world, attracting a group of top figures. Everyone was guessing Cecilia's intentions, and some had even caught a whiff of opportunity, secretly making plans to profit from the situation.
Naturally, plenty of people were still probing for information about **Cecilia**, including her real-life details.
Seeing these obviously rule-breaking posts, Chen Zixuan instinctively frowned. He glanced at the 999+ message notification; without even thinking, he knew his private messages were now bursting with all sorts of monsters and oddballs.
Whether it was envy, suspicion, admiration, or longing, none of it mattered to Chen Zixuan. What he was most conflicted about now was where to shift his focus in the game.
Either concentrate on taking down this D-rank world boss,
Or focus on gathering materials and leveling up his **Forging** skill, so he could quickly craft the level 15 epic **Rose Maid** set.
The first option was more aggressive, suiting his usual style.
The latter was steadier and more beneficial for long-term development.
After a brief hesitation, Chen Zixuan decided to leave the material gathering to **Dawn's Light** and **Yuewu**. What was most important now was to reach level 10.
Lying on his bed, he put on the VR helmet and let his consciousness slowly immerse itself, entering the world of **Legend of Kaloran**.
"Welcome, adventurer!"
As his vision went black and then cleared again, the scene in Chen Zixuan's eyes had shifted to an unfamiliar, low wooden ceiling.
Wasting no time, Chen Zixuan sat up and opened his personal status panel.
Name: Cecilia
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Race: Vampire
Class: Vampire Prince
Title: Noble of the Dark (Legend)
Level: 9
max HP: 500
max Mana: 250
max Stamina: 100
Attack: 129
Magic: 47
Physical Defense: 70
Magical Defense: 94
Intelligence: 236 (increases MP regeneration rate)
Agility: 389 (increases movement speed and dodge chance)
Class Talent Skills: Housekeeping (Lv.max), Blood Banquet (Lv.1)
Basic Skills: Silverflash Pierce (Lv.2), night Raid (Lv.2), Blood Burst (Lv.2), blood Drain (Lv.1), wound Tear (Lv.1), enhance: Talon (Left) (Lv.1)
Special Skills: Maid Outfit Mastery (Lv.max), dagger Mastery (Lv.1), Blood Magic Mastery (Lv.2)
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Since reaching level 5, Cecilia's max HP, mana, and stamina hadn't increased again, but last time Chen Zixuan had learned that these three attributes increased every five levels.
Once he reached level 10, his combat power would get a significant boost.
After last night's rest, the inn had also provided him with some experience points; there was just over 180 experience points left to reach level 10. Chen Zixuan guessed that if he grinded for another half hour today, he should be able to break through level 9 and reach level 10.
After about ten minutes, he returned to the **Nightshade Forest**. Chen Zixuan summoned the **Darkwing Demon Bat**, activating its radar to search for elite monsters.
Today, Chen Zixuan's luck seemed to have turned around—barely ten minutes deep into the forest, he discovered two foraging brown bears.
After ruthlessly killing them, he finally collected enough **Winter Bear Fur** to craft the **Rose Maid** set.
As usual, the **Darkwing Demon Bat** fed on the monster corpses. Chen Zixuan didn't leave immediately, choosing instead to continue searching in the forest for the next elite prey.
Now there were less than 100 experience points to go before level 10.
A few minutes later, using the bat radar, Chen Zixuan detected a large pack of forest wolves several hundred meters to the southwest. He also sensed a group of low-level players fiercely battling the wolves.
Given he was already drawing so much attention, Chen Zixuan had not wanted to get involved.
But with so little experience left and no other monsters nearby, after a brief internal struggle, he decided to at least check things out.
Just watching wouldn't get him in trouble. As for whether to steal their monsters—that could wait until he saw what was going on.
**Absence Notice**
There are a lot of plotlines to handle lately, and the lack of an outline is showing its downside—the recent updates have been really slow. I want to apologize to everyone. I'm taking the day off to properly write the next outline. Updates will resume tomorrow.
PS: The wig has arrived! Once the outfit comes, I will make amends!
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