Online Game: Start as a Godslayer, Get Stronger by Killing Monsters

"This is the best backpack in our village, a return travel scroll, and here's your change of five gold coins. Please accept it."

The backpack merchant presented the five gold coins with both hands, cautiously saying, "By the way, you have a total of five gold coins and a little over ninety silver coins here. Are you sure you don't want the ninety-odd silver coins?"

"Hmm, change is too much trouble." Lin Ye shook his head slightly, grabbed the five gold coins, then picked up his backpack and stood up to leave.

Seeing such a generous guest leave, the backpacker couldn't help but say, "Please be careful!"

Lin Ye didn't turn around, just gave an OK sign, leaving the backpacker with only a dashing back view.

"Holy crap? That's incredibly pretentious?"

Kuanglong, Lieyang, and their henchmen, who had been lying in wait, overheard Lin Ye's conversation with the backpack merchant.

When he saw the ninety-odd silver coins and the other party dismissed them with disdain, refusing to give change because it was too much trouble, he felt that this Lin Ye must have something wrong with his head.

Don't be fooled by the outside claim that one gold coin can be exchanged for 1000 rice. In reality, during the initial launch phase when gold coins are extremely scarce, you'll need at least 10,000 to exchange for just one gold coin.

Even their Mad Dragon Guild, with nearly a thousand members, only has a combined total of three gold coins.

However... this also means opportunity.

"Heh!" Kuanglong and Lieyang grinned greedily, waving to their underlings, "Let's go! We need to catch this fat sheep quickly!"

"yes!"

Lin Ye walked along the road, neither quickening his pace nor deliberately slowing it down.

He paid no attention to the group of players with the prefix "Mad Dragon".

After all, when you're walking down the street, how could you possibly care about the ants passing by?

At this moment, he was conceiving the plan for what to do next:

Now that I have the Phoenix Badge, it means I can enter the Sanctuary of Fire and obtain the legendary item worth half a hundred million!

That's right.

Although the old beggar did not tell his story, Lin Ye knew it all.

The news in my previous life clearly reported the background story: the last phoenix in the Divine Realm fought to the last moment because the country it served, the Kingdom of Tin, broke out into war. As its guardian beast, it naturally fought without hesitation.

But in the end... they still lost.

With the nation destroyed and the divine beasts perished, the once glorious Phoenix Knights lost their protection and power, ultimately reduced to beggars on the roadside.

But no one would know that on the border of the Kingdom of Sisi, there is an inconspicuous ancient stone niche.

In fact, the niche was not an ordinary memorial niche. Simply place a phoenix emblem at its base, and a secret passage will open up in the niche, leading directly to the Sanctuary of Fire.

The Fiery Sanctuary has nine levels, each guarded by countless elite guards. To advance to the next level, one must defeat the lord of that level and pass the test.

After passing through layers of trials, you will be able to obtain the ultimate treasure buried in the Sanctuary of Fire—the Phoenix Egg!

That's right. Although there are no more phoenixes in the world, there is still a phoenix egg left.

As long as you can pass the test.

Then you can ride the legendary phoenix, a divine beast that can be reborn from the ashes and burn away the cycle of reincarnation!

"However... the lords there are not as easy to defeat as this lava demon leader." Lin Ye stroked his chin and continued to mutter, "You know, in my previous life, it took a full three months for this quest to be completed. At that time, it was only a few days before the game was launched. Players who played seriously already had very complete equipment and levels. I am only on the first day of the server opening, or even just a few hours after the server opened."

"So the most important thing right now is to level up. As for where to level up..."

Lin Ye didn't rush to make a decision, but instead looked at his own skills.

[Sword Shatters the Universe]

Type: Godslayer Active Skill

Level: LV1 - Mark of Godslaying (3/100)

Cooldown: 99.97 seconds

Consumption: None

Effect: Unleashes a sword aura, dealing true damage equal to [Strength x 203%] + [Agility x 203%] + [Loss Health x 10%] to all targets within a 5.3-meter radius in front.

If you successfully kill the target, you will permanently obtain 1 [God-Slaying Mark].

【Mark of Godslaying】:

Strength bonus +1%

Agility bonus +1%

Attack range +0.1 meters

Sword aura range +0.1 meters

Cooling time: 0.01s

Lin Ye raised his hand to check what additional effects the Sword Breaking the Universe would have after stacking 100 God-Slaying Marks, which is level two.

[LV2 Preview: Sword aura benefits from all special effects bonuses, has infinite penetration, ignores terrain. If the damage is sufficient to kill the enemy, the damage will be changed to: -999999999]

"Tsk..." Lin Ye sighed, then continued, "This means that before 100 God-Slaying Marks are stacked, the sword energy has no penetrating power. Stacking the marks can only be done by waiting for the cooldown, one by one."

This is a bit troublesome, since Sword Breaking the Universe is currently his only and primary means of dealing damage.

However, it's not unsolvable.

Lin Ye quickly thought of a place, or rather, a special piece of equipment.

"The Calm Mind skill doesn't provide any attribute bonuses, but it has a special effect: it can be bound to a skill, directly reducing its cooldown by 30%. With it, I can definitely increase my mark stacking speed by a whole new level."

"But if you want to get this equipment, you have to start from a hidden quest."

Lin Ye sighed, then shrugged helplessly, "Let's go..."

He took a step and set off immediately.

But Lin Ye was perhaps too focused on his thoughts and didn't notice that a tail he couldn't shake off had already followed him.

The person who triggers that hidden quest isn't in the starting village, but in a secluded temple on a mountain peak next to the starting village.

The members of the Mad Dragon Guild were thrilled to see Lin Ye voluntarily step out of the newbie village.

Especially Kuanglong and Lieyang, he clenched his fists and said joyfully, "Silly boy! I was afraid you'd stay in the newbie village and never leave!"

While there isn't a rule like "no fighting in the starting village" in the game, towns and cities are guarded by high-level guards to maintain order. If you want to kill and plunder in the starting village, you'd better be prepared to deal with the guards.

This is why, despite having so many members and acting extremely domineeringly, the Mad Dragon Guild dares not go to the store entrance to directly rob the other players who set up stalls.

But what they didn't know was that the guards they despised and loathed were also protecting their safety.

When the members of the Mad Dragon Guild chased after them out of the village, they were immediately dumbfounded.

"Holy crap? Where did that kid go? He ran so fast?"

Even though it was less than ten seconds off, Lin Ye stopped thinking and moved forward at full speed, making it impossible for the Mad Dragon Guild to even see his shadow.

"Hey! Boss, there are his footprints here. Let's follow them! We'll definitely find him!"

This is because Lin Ye's Scorched Lord Boots leave a scorched footprint with every step he takes.

This actually makes things convenient for the Mad Dragon Guild.

Meanwhile, Kuanglong and Lieyang's greed intensified as they looked at the cool footprint effects.

"Damn, this is so flashy? In 'God Realm,' only Kuanglong and Lieyang are allowed to be this flashy!"

"Yes! Boss is right, we'll take his shoes off in a bit and give them to you!" the henchmen hurriedly echoed.

The group quickened their pace and hurried after the remaining footprints.