The clouds dispersed, revealing a snow-white monster.
[Frost Slime (One-Star Creature)]
[Level: LV3]
[Power 10, Agility 7, Spirit 8, Constitution 8]
[Skills: Frost Armor, Snowball Throwing.]
As this round creature exuding a trace of coldness appeared, Han Xing shot an arrow without hesitation.
"Wind Chasing Arrow, go!"
The Fine Iron Arrow, carrying the breath of the wind, moved unimaginably fast.
The powerful penetration instantly pierced through the Slime's ice crystal shell.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the ice crystal shattered.
This arrow, together with the end of the arrow, went entirely into the Slime's body...
The Frost Slime's body trembled violently.
Han Xing's eyes brightened; he had hit the Slime's vital spot.
"Tsk tsk, with a few new pieces of equipment, the attack power is just not the same. I never thought one arrow could severely injure a level 3 monster."
"Lucky for you, you're a Slime. If you were a humanoid creature with a head, this arrow would have directly exploded your head, ha ha ha."
Hearing Han Xing's sinister laughter, the Frost Slime in front widened its eyes in terror.
"Poor Slime, let me shoot... no, let me free you!"
Han Xing pulled back the bowstring and shot a second arrow, then a system notification appeared.
[You have killed Frost Slime lv3, gaining 30 experience points.]
[Your territory range has expanded.]
After merging this Slime's territory, Han Xing's territory area reached 72 cubic units, and he remained first on the leaderboard.
Without stopping, Han Xing continued to engage other clouds.
[You have killed Red Fire Fox lv3, gaining 30 experience points, and your territory range has expanded.]
[You have killed Black-maned Wild Boar lv3, gaining 30 experience points, and your territory range has expanded.]
[You have killed...]
One system notification after another appeared. From morning until the sun was about to set, Han Xing almost never paused.
In the continuous exploration of clouds, he also encountered many monsters successively.
Jade Frog, Lightning Slime, Hunched Wild Boar Group...
Monsters fell one after another under his arrows.
Han Xing harvested a large amount of experience, and the experience bar below his character panel reached 90% of level 2.
Meanwhile, his territory area also nearly doubled, with Han Xing firmly holding the first place on the territory leaderboard with 129 points.
Moreover, he was the only one whose territory area had broken through three digits.
The current second place, Papaya Star Spirit, had later overtaken Whisperer and Black Eagle with 95 points.
However, the gap between them was not large, and the others were closely following.
Han Xing pondered, "It seems the competition on the leaderboard is very fierce."
Not only was it fierce, but he didn't know that the chat channel in area 107 was almost breaking out in arguments over this ranking.
The leaderboard's second, third, and fourth places were all dominated by powerful entities, and several other factions in the top ten.
Motivated by interested parties, they seemed intent on disrupting the competitors on the leaderboard, and heated arguments had erupted in the chat channel.
Except for the Dusk Mercenary Corps, where Black Shadow was more low-key, other groups had all joined the spray war.
Of course, none of this concerned Han Xing.
...
As the sun set behind the western mountains, a crescent moon climbed the treetops.
In the moonlight, a human dressed in leather armor and holding an iron bow was battling a Gray Rock Giant Wolf.
With agile movements, he continuously leaped back and forth on the suspended platform, avoiding the Gray Rock Giant Wolf's assaults, and then taking advantage of the gap to draw his bow and shoot.
This person was Han Xing.
"Brother Wolf, hurry up, run faster! Didn't you eat? My dog runs faster than you!"
"Are you really a wolf, or are you just a little earth dog in wolf's clothing?"
As he tangled with the giant wolf, Han Xing spewed trash talk.
Even though he didn't know whether the giant wolf could understand, his disruption tactics indeed worked.
The giant wolf's eyes turned increasingly red, blood vessels visible.
It became angrier, let out a roar, and lunged at Han Xing.
Just then, the opposing human Hunter's eyes suddenly sharpened, and an arrow with a hint of green shot over at terrifying speed, seeming to tear through the air.
The Gray Rock Giant Wolf had no chance to dodge, allowing this arrow to stab into its abdomen.
"Got it!" Han Xing exclaimed excitedly.
Seeing the Gray Rock Giant Wolf's increasingly sluggish movement, he knew that the neurotoxin applied to the arrowhead had taken effect.
Han Xing breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "This Elite Monster is really hard to deal with; after taking so many arrows from me, it's still lively."
Indeed, this Gray Rock Giant Wolf was a powerful Elite Wild Monster.
When Han Xing was clearing the last cloud in the area, he encountered it and a battle ensued.
The monster's attributes appeared before him.
[Gray Rock Giant Wolf (One-Star Elite Creature)]
[Level: lv3]
[Power 15, Agility 20, Spirit 11, Constitution 18]
[Skills: Rapid Assault, Tearing Bite, Bloodthirsty.]
A true Elite Creature with three full skills, coupled with its formidable attributes, and at the current stage, for human Survivors, it's deadly upon contact.
Han Xing knew this might be related to his exploration speed.
This region's clouds had mostly been conquered by him; this giant wolf was likely the strongest monster in the area apart from the Dark Elf Squad, equivalent to a mini-boss of the region.
At this moment, seven or eight iron arrows were stuck in the Gray Rock Giant Wolf, although none had hit vital spots, the neurotoxin continuously taking effect was making it increasingly weak.
The Gray Rock Giant Wolf's movements gradually slowed down, at this moment, it seemed to know that its fate was sealed.
The ferocity in the giant wolf's gaze was replaced by a trace of calm, it looked at Han Xing and then glanced around.
The Gray Rock Giant Wolf seemed to make a decision, howled to the sky, and then suddenly leaped into Han Xing's territory.
Seeing this, Han Xing narrowed his eyes, readying for the giant wolf's attack at any moment.
However, the Gray Rock Giant Wolf's target was not him, instead, it charged straight for the five storage boxes at the territory's edge.
"Cunning creature, you want to cause damage to my territory before dying?"
Han Xing remained unflustered and raised his bow and arrow.
The next moment, the Multi-Shot skill activated.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In quick succession, five piercing sounds rang out, five iron arrows shot at the Gray Rock Giant Wolf's massive body with terrifying speed.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
Four out of five arrows hit their target.
The Gray Rock Giant Wolf, whose consciousness was already blurred, staggered briefly after taking more hits, and eventually, it fell.
[You have killed Gray Rock Giant Wolf (Elite Level) lv3, gaining 150 experience points]
[Your level has increased.]
"Leveled up!"
Reaching level 3, Han Xing checked his panel and nodded, "Not bad, agility increased by 3 points, while power, spirit, and constitution each increased by 1 point."
Over the past two days, he had almost figured out the leveling bonus pattern for human Survivors.
Before reaching level 10, and becoming an Advanced Professional, each level up generally grants 4-6 points in attributes.
Then, corresponding attributes will increase based on one's professional specialty.
For example, Hunter's agility, Warrior's power, Mage's spirit, and the Holy Profession's spirit and body dual attributes.
At this moment, a different notification appeared.
[You have killed the Elite Monster in this region, you can now explore higher-level areas]
[Please note, monsters in higher-level areas will become more powerful, so Survivors should choose wisely during exploration.]
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