The quality of the treasure chests I open will always increase by 3.

A golden light flashed from Lin Yuan's body.

Level 4!

Looking at the time, only a dozen minutes had passed.

In just over ten minutes, he went from level 1 to level 4. That speed is terrifying.

Even if you search through the entire "Superstar" chronology, you could never find such a high record.

Even a freak with SSS-level talent!

Lin Yuan did not become arrogant, but continued to kill monsters and level up.

Now, more than 80 years after the launch of SuperStar Games, what level are the earliest players? What kind of equipment do they have? And how powerful are their items?

If he were to face these people now, he would naturally be crushed into dust.

Moreover, he also faced immense real pressure: the Yang family!

Keep grinding monsters, level up quickly, and open lots of treasure chests.

His Treasure Chest King talent is terrifying. As long as he doesn't fall too far behind in level, he won't be outmatched even against the strongest player right now.

A moment later, game notifications started appearing in front of Lin Yuan again.

You killed an infected wild boar and gained 750 experience points.

Killing a level 5 monster at level 4 will only grant you a 50% experience bonus.

Should we move to another place again?

Next up is the level 8 spider area.

However, unlike the rabbit demon and wild boar, the spider monster can also poison players, just like the special effect of the tetanus wind blade, causing players to continuously lose health. Even if Lin Yuan has a high constitution, he cannot completely avoid this kind of damage, but he will greatly reduce the damage he receives.

However, once the shield effect is triggered, the damage can be absorbed.

This damage is negligible, and the shield's 500 absorption points should be more than enough.

In fact, before the previous absorption shield even disappeared, the next absorption shield had already been generated.

set off!

The key is, maybe you'll find another treasure chest in a different area?

Although this was Lin Yuan's first time entering the game, hadn't he read enough guides in the previous 18 years?

Not only him, but I believe every young person knows it by heart.

A few minutes later, he arrived at the hillside covered with spiders.

The place was full of black spiders the size of an average dog, but with two bright red marks on their backs and fangs that were half a foot long, making them look quite frightening.

Highly venomous spider!

Level 8.

Lin Yuan smiled and charged straight at him.

Pull, pull more.

Firstly, it allows the full effect of the Wind Blade of Lavage to be realized. Secondly, when more monsters are pulled, the shield's special effect can be triggered from time to time, and the spider's physical attacks cannot break through its defense. The shield's absorption effect is entirely due to the spider's poison, making it perfect.

Because the level 8 monsters have a huge increase in health, it takes him much longer to kill them. It takes him about 40 seconds to kill one round, but one round consists of about 8 monsters. Plus, there's a full 4-level difference, which is a 200% experience bonus!

Lin Yuan was very satisfied. There were no higher-level monsters in the beginner area, so he would have to stay there for the rest of the time.

But... how many levels can he reach with an 8th-level monster?

Level 10 is definitely achievable, as top players can reach that level. The current record is level 12, which was set by countless SSS-level players over the years, but even they could only reach level 12; level 13 has never appeared.

Therefore, Lin Yuan's minimum goal is level 12.

kill!

He continued to grind monsters without taking any damage, and in just 5 minutes he reached level 5. However, the experience points he gained dropped sharply. This time, it took him a full 9 minutes to reach level 6, but it took him 14 minutes to reach level 7!

Level 8, 22 minutes.

Level 9, 31 minutes.

Level 10, 48 minutes.

Whew, so tired!

Lin Yuan sat down to rest, and it took him more than two hours to level up from level 1 to level 10.

Unfortunately, as the leveling process became slower, he needed to rest more and more often.

The worst part is, so much time has passed and I still haven't gotten a treasure chest!

Excessive.

Lin Yuan thought to himself, then got up from the ground.

Keep killing monsters.

In less than half a minute, all eight spider monsters were lying on their backs on the ground.

You have killed a highly venomous spider and gained 480 experience points.

It's dropped again.

Lin Yuan sighed. When he was level 9, he gained 640 experience points, which was 8% of the normal amount. Now that he has reached level 10, as expected, the experience points have been reduced again, leaving him with only 6% of the normal amount.

Obviously, after reaching level 11, you will be demoted again.

There are no higher-level monsters left in the beginner area—except for the trial dungeon, which is inaccessible now.

Go ahead and swipe.

When Lin Yuan was so tired of grinding that he felt like throwing up, he finally reached level 11.

what!

His gaze swept across the hillside and he saw a white box on the southeast corner of the hillside, reflecting an inconspicuous luster under the sunlight.

Treasure chest!

He immediately perked up and charged forward with a roar.

Even a blank box can be turned into a silver treasure chest in his hands!

open!

Immediately, the box disappeared, replaced by a blue skill book.

Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

Skill books come in two colors: red and blue.

What are the differences between the two?

The skills in the red skill book are growth-type, meaning they are linked to the player's own attributes. If the attributes are weak, such as only having 6 points of strength, then even with a 200% bonus, the damage will only be 18 points.

but!

What if the attributes are improved?

That would be terrifying.

The skills given by the blue skill book deal fixed damage, which is very powerful when you are low level and have poor equipment. However, when you are high level and have good equipment, the damage is still the same, which makes it seem rather useless.

Lin Yuan picked up the skill book and examined it.

[Skill Book: Sweep (Bound)] After use, it will teach you the skill "Sweep".

It seems that the higher-level items obtained through the Treasure Chest King talent are all bound to him, so there's no need to consider whether to use them himself or sell them.

study!

He patted the skill book on his chest: "Learn," and then a second skill appeared in the skill list.

[Sweep] Sweep the area in front of you with your weapon, unleashing a powerful burst of energy that deals 200 physical damage to all targets within 3 meters. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Requires: Melee weapon.

Area of ​​effect damage!

A true area-of-effect damage skill!

Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh, and his slight dissatisfaction immediately vanished.

So what if it's fixed damage?

This is a group attack!

Spiders, come and taste the power of my new skill.

Lin Yuan was extremely excited. He rushed out, pulled a large group of monsters, and then unleashed a sweeping attack. More than a dozen monsters bled profusely, and game notifications popped up one after another that the spider monsters were infected with tetanus.

That was incredibly awesome!

What's the key point?

The strong wind generated by the sweeping attack can actually trigger the tetanus effect!

What does this mean? A single attack can deal 200 plus 200 damage to a single target, totaling 400 points of damage. What happens when you multiply that by the number of targets?

It's absolutely terrifying.

Kill! I'll kill!

With the addition of the sweeping attack skill, his monster-killing speed immediately skyrocketed again. However, after reaching level 11, the experience points he gained plummeted to 4% of the normal value. The key point is that the experience points required to level up from level 11 to level 12 increased several times over!

After a full three hours of this rise and fall, Lin Yuan finally reached level 12.

He lay on the ground, not wanting to move at all.

It's not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.

He was about to throw up after grinding the spider monsters for hours!

but!

The beginner trial is a unique perk for players: not only can they be resurrected after death, but the experience required to level up is also greatly reduced, making it completely worthwhile even if they kill low-level monsters!

After leaving the beginner trial and reaching level 10, even just leveling up once will take months!

We can't waste this opportunity!

I want to grind until I reach level 13 and have absolutely no more experience points.

carry on.