Survival in the Apocalypse: Max Level Drop Rate with Abundant Resources

"Boy, state your name," Jin Buhuan said in a gruff voice, his eyes full of contempt. "I don't kill nameless nobody."

Shen Xi did not speak.

He simply carried the Pangu Axe and walked step by step toward Jin Buhuan.

They took each step very slowly.

But with each step he took, starlight flickered beneath his feet. That invisible sense of oppression gradually intensified with each step he took.

Jin Buhuan's smile gradually froze.

After the apocalypse, he met many powerful people.

Lord Wu'an, Gu Yunting, Naluo, Helian Tieshu... each of them was a renowned figure in the capital. But the aura of the person before him was different from all of them.

It wasn't the kind of deliberate, released pressure, but rather a natural, innate killing intent that seemed to emanate from the very core of one's being.

How many people did he kill?

The thought flashed through Jin Buhuan's mind.

But he quickly suppressed it.

"Playing tricks!" Jin Buhuan spat, gripping the Lion Barrier tightly. The golden lion relief on the shield seemed to come alive in the hazy light, exuding a heavy sense of oppression.

He admitted that the person in front of him was somewhat capable.

But so what?

I'm a level 14 Iron Wall class, with the strongest defense in Kyoto. Even Lord Wu'an would have to put up a fight in a head-on confrontation. What makes this nobody, who seems to have popped up out of nowhere, so special?

Jin Buhuan glanced around out of the corner of his eye.

The two-meter-tall man didn't intend to make a move; he was simply blocking his own escape route.

He had no way out.

"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Jin Buhuan shouted loudly, raised the Lion Barrier, shield facing forward, and assumed a defensive stance.

He decided to play defensively first and test the opponent's strength.

……

Kyoto Convention Center, audience seating area.

The audience of over 100,000 remained completely silent.

Everyone stared at the image on the screen.

"Who...who is this person?" someone asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, but look at Jin Buhuan's expression, he's nervous!"

"Of course! You'd be nervous too! I could feel that murderous aura emanating from that guy even through the screen!"

"But Jin Buhuan is a level 14 Iron Wall class! He's known for his defense! No matter how strong this person is, it's impossible for him to..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone next to him interrupted, "Stop arguing! They're about to fight!"

At the very top of the audience, Jin Mantang, the head of the Jin family, leaned back in his chair with a contemptuous smile on his face.

"Foolish fools." He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Even Lord Wu'an would have a headache with their impenetrable iron defenses. And this nobody dares to..."

Before he could finish speaking, the image on the screen froze the teacup in his hand in mid-air.

……

Inside the instance.

Shen Xi walked up to Jin Buhuan and stopped.

The two were no more than five meters apart.

Jin Buhuan held up the Lion Barrier, shield facing forward, his whole body huddled behind the shield, only his eyes showing.

The enormous tower shield almost completely covered most of his body.

Shen Xi looked at the shield, then at the pair of eyes behind it.

Then, he moved.

No skills were used.

He simply raised the Pangu Axe.

This simple action caused Jin Buhuan's pupils to contract.

He instinctively sensed something was wrong.

That axe...

But he didn't have time to think, because Shen Xi had already chopped down.

There are no tricks involved.

It was just a simple axe stroke.

Top to bottom.

The Pangu Axe drew a dark golden arc in the air, and the moment it fell, the entire space seemed to freeze.

Jin Buhuan tried to raise his shield to block.

But his movements were a beat too slow.

It wasn't that he was slow, but that Shen Xi was too fast.

"Click."

A crisp sound.

Jin Buhuan froze.

He looked down at his waist.

There, a thin line of blood was slowly emerging.

It extends from the left side of the waist to the right side of the ribs.

Then, his upper body began to slide down.

Like tofu being sliced ​​open by a sharp blade, the upper body slid slowly down from the lower body along the line of blood.

Fresh blood gushed out.

Internal organs, intestines, broken bone fragments... spilled all over the ground.

The lion's barrier slipped from his grasp and crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

Jin Buhuan's upper body fell to the ground, his eyes still wide open, frozen in disbelief.

He never understood it until his death.

With my level 14 Iron Wall class, my defense is among the best in Kyoto, so how come I couldn't even block a single axe blow?

His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he only managed to squeeze out a few indistinct syllables.

Then, there was complete silence.

[Defeat level 14 player "Jin Buhuan" x1 and take 50% of their points!]

Current points: 847!

[Current ranking: 4nd!]

Shen Xi stood still.

Not a single drop of blood stained the axe blade.

He glanced down at Jin Buhuan's corpse, then at the fallen lion wall, and couldn't help but complain.

"Look at you, you should have just given me that broken shield. Now you've caused me so much trouble for no reason."

Behind them, the three military players lying on the ground were completely dumbfounded.

The captain stared wide-eyed at Shen Xi's retreating figure, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

What did they just see?

An axe.

It only took one axe blow.

Jin Buhuan, known for his defensive prowess, is... gone just like that?

What did they just see?

An axe.

It only took one axe blow.

Jin Buhuan, known for his defensive prowess, is... gone just like that?

……

Kyoto Convention Center.

The audience of over 100,000 remained completely silent.

Everyone was staring at the image on the screen.

Seconds later, the entire stadium exploded!

Holy crap!!!

"One axe blow?! Only one axe blow?!"

"Jin Buhuan didn't even have time to raise his shield?! How is that possible?!"

"Who is that person?! Who exactly is he?!"

"Primordial Beginning! Look at the leaderboard! Primordial Beginning is in fourth place!"

"Tai Chu? That Tai Chu who's ranked number one in the China region?!"

"Wasn't he in Starshine City? How did he end up in Kyoto?!"

"Wasn't the city under lockdown? How did he get through?!"

At the very top of the audience, Jin Mantang's teacup fell to the ground and shattered.

He froze in his chair, the contempt on his face vanished completely, replaced by disbelief.

"No...it's impossible..." he murmured, his voice hoarse, "If it weren't for him...how could he possibly..."

Beside him, the head of the family, Na Yuan, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

Helian Batian, the head of the Helian family, suddenly stood up, his face full of shock.

Only Gu Tianxin remained seated, motionless.

Although he didn't move, his face was already ashen.

In the beginning.

The man who killed his son and grandson.

He came to Kyoto.

Moreover, they even participated in the championship competition.

Gu Tianxin stared at the silver-gray figure on the screen, her eyes filled with deep-seated hatred.

"In the beginning..." he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the two words.

……

Inside the instance.

Shen Xi was unaware that the outside world had already erupted in uproar.

He crouched down and picked up the lion wall.

The shield was heavy, weighing at least a hundred pounds. But with his current strength of over a hundred points, that weight was nothing.

Name: Lion's Fortress

[Type: Armor - Shield]

[Quality: Silver]

[Defense: 45-55]

【Special Effect 1: Iron Wall - Block success rate +30%, reduces damage by 50% when blocking】

【Special Effect 2: Counterattack - After a successful block, there is a 30% chance to deal 50 points of counterattack damage to the attacker】

【Special Effect 3: Roar of the Lion - When activated, increases defense by 50% for 10 seconds and taunts all enemies within 10 meters. Cooldown: 120 seconds】

[Note: This is a shield passed down through the Jin family, said to have accompanied three generations of the family in battle. After the apocalypse, this shield became a silver-grade shield, weighing a hundred pounds, and cannot be used by anyone other than a strength-based warrior.]

Shen Xi nodded in satisfaction.

This shield is practically tailor-made for Mingying.

He turned and tossed the Lion Wall to Mingying.

"then."

Mingying reached out and caught the shield. His body slumped slightly, but he quickly adjusted. He slipped the shield onto his left arm, tried to lift it, and then put it down.

Shen Xi glanced at Jin Buhuan's corpse again.

Above the corpse, besides the Lion Wall, two orbs of light were floating.

The "All Things Return to Storage" event is automatically triggered, and the light sphere is stored in the storage space.

Shen Xi glanced at it...

[Gold Coins +500!]

[Silver-grade Equipment Box x1!]

Five hundred gold coins, and a silver equipment box.

This guy is quite fat, though.

Shen Xi didn't rush to open the equipment box, but instead glanced at the points leaderboard first.

[Kyoto Ruins Arena - Leaderboard]

1rd Place: Lord Wu'an – 1087 points

2th Place: Gu Yunting – 896 points

3th place: Na Luo - 863 points

4st Place: Taichu – 847 points

5th Place: Helian Tieshu – 833 points

6th place: ...

Shen Xi's lips twitched.

I originally planned to play it safe and quietly accumulate points. But this one axe blow sent me soaring to fourth place.

"This is troublesome," he muttered.

Once the name Taichu appears on the leaderboard, all the players in Kyoto will know that he has arrived.

Sure enough, the regional channel was overwhelmed.

[Regional Channel - Kyoto Ruins Arena]

"Holy crap!!! Tai Chu?! The Tai Chu who's ranked number one on the China region's leaderboard?!"

"Wasn't he in Starshine City? How did he end up in Kyoto?!"

"Isn't the city supposed to be isolated? How did he get through?!"

"Never mind how he got there! He just killed Jin Buhuan with a single axe strike! One strike! Jin Buhuan didn't even have time to raise his shield!"

"What the hell is that monster?!"

"It's all over! We already had Lord Wu'an and the four great families, and now Tai Chu has joined us. How are we supposed to compete for supremacy?"

"Solo players are completely out of luck..."

"Wait, why did Tai Chu's points suddenly increase so much? He killed Jin Buhuan and took 50% of Jin Buhuan's points? How many people did Jin Buhuan kill before that?"

"Jin Buhuan killed at least a dozen military personnel and a lot of rotting corpses; he was originally ranked second in points..."

"So now the Primordial One is directly fourth?"

"This is fucking...it's like murder and arson bring wealth!"

Shen Xi glanced at the channel.

He turned to look at the three military players still lying on the ground.

The captain struggled to his feet, leaned against the wall, and gasped for breath. He stared at Shen Xi with a complicated expression.

"You...you are the Beginning?"

Shen Xi nodded.

The captain took a deep breath and said with difficulty, "Thank you... for saving my life."

"No need to thank me," Shen Xi said calmly. "I'm not here to save you; I'm here to take the shields."

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