Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Liu Nian stood in the Chirping Woods not far from the West Gate, took a deep breath of the Cyber ​​Hell air, which carried a faint smell of sulfur and metallic corrosion, and fixed his gaze on a "chicken" pecking at the pebbles on the ground not far away.

It has a clear LV.1 icon above its head and a short health bar, making it look harmless. Like many beginner monsters, it won't attack you unless you initiate a fight.

At this time, many players were also farming Chicken Bro there. Although it doesn't drop equipment, it's still a quick way to level up from level 1 to level 3.

Liu Nian looked at his talent again. In order to adapt to the system in Cyber ​​Hell, the effect was slightly different from the original.

Heart of Steel: Marks enemies within a 5-meter radius who are hostile towards you. Your attacks detonate the mark, dealing 30 (+3% of your maximum health) bonus physical damage and granting you 3% of that enemy's permanent maximum health (30-second cooldown per target). (Balance Restriction: The strong only punch the strong. This passive does not activate when your opponent is 3 levels lower than you.)

Liu Nian strode forward, but because there were quite a few players, he could only get one chicken at a time.

Furthermore, since it's not an aggressive monster, you have to attack it first to trigger Heart Steel.

I randomly kicked one of the chickens in the butt.

-5!

Sensing the threat, the rooster immediately raised its neck feathers, made a threatening "cluck cluck" sound, flapped its wings, and pecked at the chicken with its beak.

-2!

A number popped up above Liu Nian's head.

Liu Nian ignored him and waited.

coming!

Just as the chicken raised its head for the second peck, a round mark on its furry chest, radiating an alluring red light that only Liu Nian could see, suddenly lit up!

"Now!"

Liu Nian throws a right punch!

Duang~~~

A delightful sound effect explodes deep within the soul!

-37!

The damage numbers popped up above Chicken Bro's head, and its originally full health bar instantly emptied!

[Heart Steel activated! Health +1!]

Soul-draining Strike!!

-5!

The rooster let out a mournful cry and vanished in a flash of white light.

[Soul Drain Strike damage permanently increased by 1!]

"Next!"

Liu Nian stared intently at the other chicken and charged forward.

After the kick, Chicken Bro felt the pain, and the steel heart mark on his chest lit up again.

Duang~~~

A delightful sound effect explodes deep within the soul!

-38!

Another delightful sound of steel being stacked.

[Heart of Steel activated! Health permanently increased by 1!]

[Soul Drain Strike damage permanently increased by 1!]

"Double the happiness!" Liu Nian almost laughed out loud.

The feeling of getting stronger with every punch is incredibly addictive!

He was completely immersed in the endless fun of "stacking steel and stacking wounds," like a tireless machine, speeding through the Chirping Woods.

The pleasant sound effects of "Duang~ Duang~" echoed deep within my soul.

His health and attack power are steadily increasing at a visible rate.

As he punched another chicken into a white light, an even brighter white light surged up from beneath his feet.

[Level upgraded to LV.2!]

Upgraded! Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Nian immediately learned the passive skill – Hell Curse.

Passive Skill, Hellish Curse: Each enemy you kill has a 10% chance to drop 1 soul. Enemy players and bosses will always drop 1 soul. You can pick up the soul, permanently granting 1 armor and 1 spell power. (Balanced Effect: The strong only punch the strong. This passive will not activate if your opponent is 3 levels lower than you.)

So, double the happiness turned into quadruple the happiness.

Health, Soul Drain damage, spell power, and armor are all steadily increasing.

The chicken guy brought him the highest profits of all players!

With a series of "Duang~ Duang~" sounds, Liu Nian's level reached LV.3.

His attribute panel has now changed to:

Name: Liu Nian

[Level: LV.3]

[HP: 351/351]

Energy: 300/300

Attack: 15

[Spell Power: 5]

Armor: 8

[Magic Resistance: 3]

Attack Speed: 0.7

[Heart of Steel: 50 floors, provides 51 health]

【Soul Drain Strike: 40 stacks, provides 40 damage】

[Hellish Curse: 5 stacks, grants 5 armor and spell power]

……

At level 3, Liu Nian also leveled up his second skill, Intentional Fist.

Skill 2, Deliberate Fist (Level 1 effect) (Can only be used unarmed or when equipped with gauntlets or knives):

Passive effect: You store the damage you receive as Battle Spirit, with a maximum storage capacity of 50% of your maximum health. Battle Spirit decays rapidly after 5 seconds when you stop taking damage.

主动效果（20CD）：你将所有战意迸发，获得100％迸发战意值的护盾值，护盾值会在3秒里持续衰减。你随后会轰出一记重拳,对扇形範围内的所有敌人造成你25%战意值+10%最大生命值+20％攻击力的真实伤害。

Core skills acquired!

Liu Nian couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

As the saying goes: a fake ultimate move is "breathtaking", while a real ultimate move is "a deliberate punch"!

Without hesitation, Liu Nian used the Prism Stone on his Deliberate Fist!

[Prismatic Skill Stone Takes Effect]

[Effect 1: The damage conversion effect of the Deliberate Fist is doubled, the maximum storage capacity is increased to 200% of maximum health, and Battle Spirit no longer decays.]

[Effect 2: The attack range of the Intentional Fist changes from a fan shape to a circle around the user, and the range is increased by 100%. Upon hitting an enemy, it will inflict a healing reduction effect for 5 seconds.]

[Effect 3: The active effect of Deliberate Punch no longer provides shield value, but the damage bonus based on Battle Spirit is increased from 25% to 100%. Furthermore, if you kill 5 or more enemy players of a higher level than you with a single punch while at full Battle Spirit, there is a 14% chance of dropping a Silver Skill Stone, a 1% chance of dropping a Gold Skill Stone, and a 0.03% chance of dropping a Prismatic Skill Stone. (For every additional kill, all drop rates increase by 0.5%).]

There's no question about it! Just choose option three.

While it's a bit of a shame to lose the shield value, the nature of this game is completely different from MOBAs, and the rapidly decaying shield can actually be compensated for by many alternative effects.

Moreover, the drop rate of skill stones is simply too incredible. Even if the probability is low, it is completely acceptable. What's more, low-level skill stones can be combined into high-level ones, which is more practical and has a higher potential than simply strengthening skills.

Now that I've got this trick, it's time to leave Chicken Bro and challenge even more difficult enemies.

Although you can keep casting Soul Drain Strike one after another, Soul Drain Strike has a 20-second cooldown, so the efficiency is not very high.

In comparison, the level 3 monster with 120 HP, the Malicious Hound, is a better target.

Furthermore, the Malicious Dogs will start dropping equipment, unlike the Chicken Brother, which only drops chicken feathers.

Liu Nian still doesn't have any equipment.

First, Liu Nian returned to Azure Town, found a tailor shop, sold the chicken feathers for a dozen copper coins, and then prepared to buy a map from the system shop.

Yes, Azure Town also has a system shop. After all, it is a human settlement and currently the "main city" of the Blue Star people. After the city is built, some system NPCs will automatically appear. However, these NPCs do not have high authority and cannot issue tasks.

In fact, all newly incorporated factions into Cyber ​​Hell will receive a 30-day "newbie protection period" once they announce the establishment of their city.

During this period, their main city enjoys an invincible state, and a dedicated safe leveling area suitable for players of this race from level 1 to 50 will be refreshed within a certain range around it.

However, after that protection period ended, humanity was besieged by several surrounding forces, which led to the current miserable situation.

However, when Liu Nian arrived at the system shop, he found that there were quite a few players setting up stalls nearby.

Out of curiosity, he examined the equipment here and found it to be much the same as in other games. Just as he was about to leave, he was suddenly drawn to a curved dog tooth ring.

【Name: Fangs of Malice】

【Type: Jewelry】

[Quality: Average]

[Description: Grants the wearer attack power based on 1% of their maximum health.]

This suffix made Liu Nian's heart skip a beat.

This is a great product!

Isn't it true that the higher your health, the greater the benefit?

This is perfect for a player like him who can infinitely stack health!

However, the price... is 20 silver coins!

One silver coin is equal to ten copper coins, and he currently only has 13 copper coins in his possession.

Forget it, judging from the name of this thing, it should be obtained from the Malice Dogs spawn. Since he's going to spawn dogs anyway, he might as well try his luck!

So after buying a map from the store, I headed towards Corruption Valley following its directions.