With one successful experience under his belt, Xiao Chen no longer stayed in one place.
He hunted monsters while searching for the next target, occasionally joining in on high-level BOSS kills. Life was pretty good.
Now, Xiao Chen finally felt things were getting better.
"Brothers, the number of high-level monsters is slowly increasing again.
Let's retreat a bit towards the city wall, just in case a BOSS over level 50 suddenly appears."
Xiao Chen had seen a few level 40 monsters from afar and wisely chose not to provoke them, keeping his distance.
These monsters seemed to have recovered, and their attack intensity had increased significantly recently.
Xiao Chen was actually quite pleased with this situation.
Because he could occasionally kill higher-level monsters, and taking down a level 30 elite monster now and then was incredibly rewarding.
Of course, there were occasional mistakes.
Today, he accidentally attracted a level 40 demon spider and had to frantically call for help in the guild channel.
With the help of the guild members, they managed to take down a level 45 demon spider together.
As the one who attracted the monster, Xiao Chen gained a lot of experience.
Because of this, he reached level 30 after being out of the city for just over twenty days.
This time, it was Sun Jian who took on the monster's aggression and saved him.
Sun Jian almost didn't recognize Xiao Chen when he saw him again.
"Brother, you don't need to push yourself so hard.
An archer pulling a BOSS, are you out of your mind?"
After not seeing each other for so long, Sun Jian was still as humble as ever.
Seeing an old friend, Sun Jian was obviously very happy.
In this era, meeting old friends was not an easy thing.
"I'm just trying to contribute to the guild."
Xiao Chen would never admit it was his mistake; if asked, he'd say he wanted to contribute to the guild.
"Don't rush things. Once your strength improves, you can contribute even more.
Wow, your damage output is impressive, over 5,000 already.
Your level might be rising slowly, but you're building a solid foundation."
"It's all thanks to various bonuses!"
"That's still impressive, you're among the top in your tier."
"I'm still far behind you."
Before they could say much more, another beast roar came from afar.
"Oh no, I need to go help."
Halfway through the conversation, Sun Jian hurried off.
"A level 50 big guy, we're going to hit the jackpot today."
Naturally, Xiao Chen quickly followed, his movement speed even surpassing Sun Jian, the tank.
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Another Undead Skeleton, Xiao Chen gained some experience and then retreated.
[Level up to 30, Total Attributes +1, Free Attributes +5.
Attack +50, Attack Speed +0.1, Attack Range +5 meters, Base Backpack +10]
Every ten levels, the improvements were significant.
The content of each upgrade seemed random, and Xiao Chen hadn't found a pattern yet.
An attack range of 45 meters, just thinking about it gave him a sense of security.
With increased attack speed, soloing a BOSS became easier.
The day after reaching level 30, Xiao Chen saw several special announcements.
"Chuan Mufeng has joined the team."
"Wang Ling has joined the team."
"Joined the team."
In a short time, fifteen or sixteen people joined the team.
Their levels were all above 60!
In just over a month, they had gained ten levels. How the hell did they do it?
Xiao Chen had worked so hard and only gained five levels.
"Hahaha, I'm back.
Everyone, check out my level.
That's right, I'm level 68!"
"Chuan Mufeng, can you stop showing off?
But everyone can also check my level, I'm level 66."
"Brothers, did you miss us?
No more talking, let's share the wealth!"
Xiao Chen originally didn't want to listen to their chatter, but as soon as he heard the word "wealth," his attitude changed immediately.
Yes, he loved this part.
"Chuan Mufeng's team distributes 2 Gold Coins!"
"Wang Ling contributes 1 Gold Coin to the team."
Each level 60 powerhouse made a gesture, and Xiao Chen's total Gold Coins reached 120.
The 5 Gold Coins he lent out were all returned.
With the return of the big shots, everyone's hearts were at ease.
Even if a powerful BOSS appeared, they had the strength to resist.
Compared to half a year ago, the situation was much better now.
The casualties over the past month had decreased daily, and the Gale Squad hadn't lost a single member.
In a month's time, Xiao Chen had accumulated 6,000 Guild Contribution Points, equivalent to the value of 6 Gold Coins.
Xiao Chen didn't plan to use these contribution points yet.
"Save up to 200,000 Contribution Points, then exchange them for a regular skill book."
With less defensive pressure, the Tianxing Guild made several adjustments.
"Starting today, high-level professionals will take turns leading dungeons above level 40 every day.
Accumulate more equipment and level up to 50 as soon as possible."
"The challenges ahead will be more severe, and everyone must not slack off in the slightest."
"We will form an assassin squad with several guilds, to penetrate the wild areas and kill teams. Assassins above level 50 can participate."
"The guild is 9 million Contribution Points away from leveling up, everyone needs to work hard."
"The guild has cultivated a batch of black iron-level Artificers, and the price of black iron equipment will be reduced by 20%.
From now on, all materials obtained should be donated to the guild treasury, and they will be automatically converted into Contribution Points."
"The guild has compiled a guide for increasing attributes, start with the cheapest items and improve one by one."
"The rewards for achievements are very generous, and every achievement that has appeared on Blue Star will be distributed to everyone, try to complete as many as possible."
"If you see someone in trouble in the wild, whether they're a guild member or not, lend a hand if you can.
We've lost too many people, we can't afford such losses anymore."
"According to some intelligence from within the Star Alliance, things might get even tougher later.
I have only one request for you: keep your confidence and continue fighting."
"Lastly, I'll convey a message from the big shot Xiao Yan."
"Level 100 is just the beginning."
It took humanity hundreds of years to reach just over level 100.
If level 100 is just the beginning, what does that make the efforts of the past few hundred years?
The death of billions, only to touch some threshold?
"Will the road ahead be endless?"
Having reached level 30, Xiao Chen was initially quite happy.
But hearing this, he realized there was no reason to be happy about such a low level.
"I need to reach level 100 to see what the world beyond looks like."
With so many big shots returning to the guild, the front line naturally pushed forward.
Xiao Chen single-handedly took down a few level 30 elite monsters.
The strongest group had already started teaming up to kill level 50-60 BOSSes, while the Gale Squad returned to the city.
They spent a day clearing both the level 3 normal and level 3 hard dungeons, and even picked up two achievements along the way.
After a round of level 3 dungeons, Xiao Qiang also reached level 30.
Xiao Chen hadn't changed his other bronze equipment yet, but he did upgrade his weapon to a level 30 one.
He sold his original bronze bow for 60 Gold and added another 40 Gold to get a level 30 bronze bow.
[Bronze Bow, Bronze Level, Equipment Level 30
Strength +35, Agility +35, Spirit +35, Attack +121, Attack Range +15 meters
Effect 1: 10% chance to trigger a critical hit, Attack Power +300.]
Upgrading the weapon was equivalent to adding 5 points to all attributes, and more importantly, the attack range increased by 5 meters.
Attack range equates to survivability, which is crucial for Xiao Chen.
[Xiao Chen: LV30 (270,000) 240,000 to next level
Total Attributes: 2760, Health: 6719, Attack: 3126, Defense: 421
Attack Speed: 0.4, Attack Range: 50 meters]
[Undead Skeleton, Grade: Normal, Level: LV30, Attack: 151, Health: 2100, Defense: 60]
Xiao Qiang's attributes were still not very useful.
"Wang Zhen, you're level 30 now too, what's your total attribute?"
"Captain, my total attribute is 2016 now."
Wang Zhen also had an E-level talent, so those attributes were about right.
Xiao Chen had over seven hundred more attribute points, partly because of his full set of bronze equipment, which added one or two hundred points to his total attributes.
The rest was mainly due to the One in a Million attribute boost, and partly because he consumed a lot of low-level herbs.
"Not too far off."
"Captain, stop pretending, I can guess your total attributes must be around 2500."
"Alright, you guessed pretty close."
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