How long has it been?

Or did he see it wrong before, and 1 Gold isn't 10 Copper but 1000 Copper?

Li Wu couldn't help himself and clicked the "+" button next to the currency bar on the bottom right of the auction house interface.

When a bank confirmation popped up asking to recharge 1000 Yuan for 1 Gold Coin, Li Wu silently clicked cancel.

A piece of Level 6 equipment, the price instantly soared to 88,000, and tears silently slid from the corner of Li Wu's mouth.

In the spirit of fairness and justice, Li Wu let Spicy Rabbit next to him take a look at the auction house.

The adorable and silly girl glanced at it, then froze with Li Wu.

The price kept rising, slowing down only when it reached over 180 Gold.

Players came and went around them, but the two remained motionless.

Until their Fullness Values both dropped below 3 points, the intense hunger broke their immobilization.

There were still more than two hours left for the auction, and if they stayed any longer, they'd ascend right there.

Li Wu took a deep breath and slowly closed the auction house interface.

"There's still a lot of time, let's do something else first."

"Oh... okay, sure."

With money in his pocket, Li Wu didn't hold back on shopping, buying 10 pieces of black bread and five bottles of mineral water.

As for the delicious honey bread in the shop that cost 1 Silver and increased Fullness by 4 points, Li Wu didn't even bother to look.

He glanced at Spicy Rabbit happily eating honey bread and couldn't help smacking his lips.

Such a spendthrift!

"Ding, your [Zombie King Ring] has been purchased by a player. The transaction amount is 80 Silver, after a 10% transaction tax, 72 Silver has been transferred to your wallet."

Li Wu was shocked. He had been so focused on the [Zombie King Scepter] that he hadn't paid much attention to the time, and unexpectedly, the Silver ring brought a small surprise.

"Give me half a honey bread!"

72 Silver is 720 Yuan, enough for him to work for three days!

Looking at the currency in his account, Li Wu couldn't resist clicking to withdraw 1 Gold.

Without even needing a password, 1 Gold was directly converted into 950 Yuan cash and transferred to his bank card.

Li Wu was initially delighted, then immediately burst out cursing.

"Stupid developers! The ball withdrawal only charges 0.5%, and you charge 5%! Doesn't the banking supervision bureau care?"

Thinking about the large sum about to arrive, Li Wu quickly retracted his dissatisfaction with Blue Star Online and dismissed the idea of reporting to the banking supervision bureau.

Does he even need to work anymore?

With over 50 Silver in his bag, and understanding the principle of investment yielding returns, Li Wu opened the auction house and started searching for Level 1 equipment.

The prices were very satisfying to Li Wu, mainly because most players were already Level 4 or 5, and Level 1 equipment had long been phased out.

Level 1 whiteboards couldn't even be found in the auction house, only some Black Iron equipment stubbornly persisted, all at dirt-cheap prices.

Li Wu carefully picked out some equipment, mainly those that increased Physical Attack and Health.

[Giant Rabbit Blade] (Black Iron) Physical Attack +17, Strength +2

[Giant Rabbit Leather Armor] (Black Iron) Health +35, Defense +6

[Giant Rabbit Helmet] (Black Iron) Health +30, Strength +1

[Giant Rabbit Leather Boots] (Black Iron) Health +25, Movement Speed +5%

[Gold Chain] (Black Iron) Physical Attack +4, Strength +1

Two [Copper Bracelets] (Black Iron) Physical Attack +3, Constitution +1

Two [Copper Rings] (Black Iron) Physical Attack +3, Strength +1

Nine pieces of Level 1 Black Iron equipment, costing only 8 Silver in total, delightful.

Upon reaching Level 1, Li Wu gained 30 Health Points and 20 Mana Points, plus +2 to all attributes and 5 Free Attributes.

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Following the principle that attack is most important in the early game, he allocated 4 points to Strength and 1 point to Constitution from the Free Attributes.

After equipping the full set of Black Iron equipment, Li Wu's attributes skyrocketed.

Health: 270

Mana: 140

Physical Attack: 77

Spell Attack: 24

Defense: 30

Strength: 23

Intelligence: 12

Spirit: 12

Constitution: 15

Vital Root: 12

Agility: 12

Skills: True Sight, Fireball.

Talent: Slash (Level 1): Attacks or skills deal true damage equal to 0.2% of the target's Health. Special: Can be upgraded, killing wild bosses of the same level or higher increases it by 0.1% (each level boss can trigger 3 times).

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Spicy Rabbit also followed Li Wu's lead and bought a set of Level 1 Black Iron equipment, but she chose those that increased Spell Attack, reaching 62 points.

The two, wearing their brand-new equipment, headed straight to the south end of the village.

Giant Bunnies, here we come!

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The Giant Rabbit with 200 Health was instantly left with critical health. Li Wu, after a moment of surprise, didn't even need to kite it, not even bothering to use skills, just slashed the Giant Rabbit's head with a normal attack.

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100% Critical Hit is terrifying!

Spicy Rabbit's Fireball dealt 142 damage, do they even need to party up?

Li Wu pondered for a moment and realized he didn't need to party up either.

A Fireball takes away 29, kiting once deals another 29, then a Power Strike for 115, leaving the Giant Rabbit with 58 Health. With the slight knockback effect of Power Strike, if operated well, he could finish it off with a normal attack without taking damage.

It's just that his Mana can't handle it, killing one Giant Rabbit uses up half his Mana.

If it weren't for the fear of pain, he wouldn't even need Fireball, just normal attack, Power Strike, normal attack would do the job.

Li Wu mentioned this to Spicy Rabbit, and the little girl shook her head vigorously: "I'm scared alone!"

Li Wu saw that Spicy Rabbit wasn't pretending, and realized that even if they partied up, Spicy Rabbit wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

Not to mention, even if her Fireball dealt 142 damage, it would still take two Fireballs to take down a Giant Rabbit, but with him, it only needed one, so efficiency wouldn't decrease.

"Ding, you gained 16 experience from killing [Giant Rabbit]."

The two leveled up, and although the experience from Giant Bunnies decreased by 20%, the efficiency increased even more.

Killing a Giant Rabbit in 3 seconds was incredibly satisfying.

The only thing affecting their monster-killing speed was Spicy Rabbit's Mana. Although her equipment added some Spirit, her Mana was only 200 points, so after fighting 10 monsters, she had to rest for a while to recover Mana.

Li Wu, with his full Mana, felt a bit restless. Although Spicy Rabbit's efficiency didn't decrease because of the party, his efficiency increased, so in the end, he was the one benefiting.

Li Wu told Spicy Rabbit to stay in a non-combat state to recover Mana faster, while he walked to the nearest Giant Rabbit and struck with a Power Strike.

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Taking advantage of the slight knockback from the Power Strike, Li Wu quickly followed up with a normal attack.

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Li Wu's blocking arm was bitten by the Giant Rabbit, but surprisingly, it wasn't as painful as expected, more like being bitten through a padded jacket by little Tuantuan, adorably fierce, but not even breaking the skin.