Virtual World: Conquering the World

Chapter 137: Attack Halo

After coming back to the room at half past eleven, although the game servers weren't open yet, there were updates on the official website.  The banner even had a very clear line on it: "Life skills for combat players will now be open, each player can learn one life skill!"

Reading further down, there were many kinds of different life skills.  They included pharmacist, baker, tanner, and etc.  These life skills weren't just for producing items or building things, but they were very helpful to players when they were leveling.  For example, the pharmacist could make high grade potions, the baker could make bread that would help with leveling.

Other than that, they added an expansion pack that opened up more dark side maps.  There was one near Sunset City which was called the "White Bone Wilderness".  It was in the depths of the Cool Breeze Forest to the east of Sunset City, waiting for players to explore the mysteries it contained.

I revealed a faint smile.  Un, I'll go take a look this afternoon, perhaps this White Bone Wilderness was very suited to level in!

After another half an hour, the server status suddenly turned green as it finally opened!

After logging in, with a flash of white light, I appeared in the east gate square of Sunset City.  Looking at my stats, I was level 51.

It's said that level 50 players could learn new skills from the Job Instructors, so I quickly ran off to find them.

The beautiful and sexy archer instructor was with a bunch of old instructors.  The rough barbarian instructor had fiery red hair on his chest and was looking over the archer instructor with the assassin instructor, causing the archer instructor to reveal a shy expression.

"Hi!  I say Alice, there's a new tavern that opened on Great Country Street, how about we go get a few cups tonight?"  The berserker instructor patted his chest as he said this.

The archer instructor said in a shy voice, "Let's not, I have to go train with the master archer, you can just go by yourselves!"

The assassin instructor said while laughing, "Work hard, there's an archer coming over!"

When I arrived in front of the archer instructor, her smile disappeared as she looked at me with a serious look.

I opened the chat box and there was the option to learn a skill.  There were two skills that were in green that I could learn!

[Shadow Trap]: Archers in the wild could set a trap that has a 50% chance of releasing shadows to attack the enemy.

[Attack Halo]: Increases the attack of allies within 50 yards by a certain amount.  Effects can't be stacked.

I was filled with joy!  These were two very practical skills!

Although each skill cost five hundred gold coins to learn, I happily learned them all.  The active Shadow Trap and the passive Attack Halo were added to my skills list.

"Shua!"

There was a milky white light that came from above me that slowly created a halo at my feet.  It followed me when I moved, looking very beautiful!

[Attack Halo] (Beginner): Increases that attack of allies within fifty yards by 10.  Effects can't be stacked.

Although it was only ten points, it was still good, it was better than nothing!  Moreover, this passive skill's level would increase as I leveled, so I believed that when it reached a higher level, the Attack Halo's attack power increase would be much higher!

With these two skills, I went to the repair shop and spent around a hundred gold coins to repair my equipment.  Then I spent two hundred gold coins to fill my inventory with pots.  My iron arrows were also running out from leveling, so I set off after refilling them as well.

Looking in my inventory, I only had around eight hundred gold coins, which meant that I was now poor.  What made me even more speechless was that my twenty thousand prestige, after spending twenty thousand to create the Xue Yue Guild, I only had around two thousand left.  I didn't even have as much as Zi Yue, I didn't know what kind of negative effect that would have.

"Di!"

There was a message from Purple Rhyme Qin Yun, "Bookworm, I'll play with Dragon Soul, Ghost Fire, and the others this afternoon, so I won't level with you!"

I revealed a smile and immediately replied, "Alright, have fun!"

"Un."

Not long after, Ling Xue also sent me a message, "Quickly look at the guild logo, does it look good?"

I was surprised before looking down at the logo on my shoulder.  There was a light blue half moon logo there that had the two words "Xue Yue" under it, which was the logo of our Xue Yue Guild!

I couldn't help smiling, "Ling Xue, did you design it yourself?"

"Un, how about it?  Give me your opinion~"

"The lines are a bit crooked."

"......"

After a while, Ling Xue said, "Little fool, I'll go practice my life skill this afternoon, so you can level by yourself.  I'm learning how to make bread.  My big sister uses too many potions while leveling and there's the cooldown between using potions, so it should be much better with bread." 

I said, "Ling Xue really cares about your big sister!"

"Of course, I'm not you."

"What about me?"

"Hee, hee, nothing.  I'm not talking anymore, I'm changing maps!"

After turning off the communicator, I headed off towards the Cool Breeze Forest while also opening the level rankings.  The Chinese Server's level rankings didn't change that much, but the player levels were very high and the peak players were leveling quickly.

1. Gentle Breeze Embracing the Moon

Level 54

Magician

2. Sword Flame Ghost Fire

Level 54

Dark Magician

3. Delicate Rice Fragrance

Level 52

Soul Magician

4. Hell Flames

Level 52

Gale Warrior

5. Battle Soul Defying Heaven

Level 52

Berserker

6. Battle Soul Drifting Wind

Level 51

Magician

7. Easily Angered Bookworm 

Level 51

Dragon Whisperer

8. Gentle Breeze Flying Snow

Level 49

Swordsman

9. Lone Grave

Level 49

Berserker

10. Sword Flame Dragon Soul

Level 49

Swordsman

Ling Yue and Ghost Fire both leveled up fast.  The number one in the entire world was a level 56 South Korean Magician.  It seemed like the first main city being opened wasn't that far off.

After walking around in the Cool Breeze Forest for a bit, the level 25 rabbits around me turned into level 52 boars.  Opening up the minimap, it showed that I had entered the depths of the forest, but nothing else.  I didn't know where the rumoured newly opened White Bone Wilderness was at all.

At this time, there were many players around me, but they were different from me.  They were in small groups of at least five people, there was only me who was running around looking for the new map alone.

"Hey, brother, have you found the coordinates for the new map yet?"  There was a swordsman player in the distance who asked this with a smile.

I shook my head, "Not yet!"

The swordsman revealed a smile, "Yi?  You're alone?  And you're hiding your name, your level must not be low, right?  How about you join us?  We have a beautiful cleric~"

I looked over and saw that the swordsman was leading a small team that had a total of six people, three swordsmen, two archers, and one cleric who seemed to be a girl around twenty years old and her face wasn't that bad.  This person could be considered a beauty, but I was in Xue Yue Studios, so this kind of cleric beauty couldn't catch my eyes.

So I revealed a smile, "Forget it, I'm used to being alone."

The swordsman gave a laugh, "It's alright, it's just joining our team.  We can separate to look for the White Bone Wilderness and after entering the new map, it's fine if you want to head off alone!"

I thought about it and it seemed right.  If I looked for it alone, who knew when I would be able to find it.

So I immediately accepted their invitation.

"Di~!"

System notification: Player Easily Angered Bookworm has joined the party!

The people in the party were stunned as the swordsman said in a stunned voice, "God!  I actually added an expert on the level rankings!"

The other players said in amazed voices, "Easily Angered Bookworm, isn't that the expert from Xue Yue Studios?"

I nodded and said with a smile, "That's right, good afternoon everyone!"

The swordsman couldn't help smiling as he said, "Good...Good"

I looked at the party screen.  These people were all above level 40 which wasn't bad.  I then said, "Then, let's continue looking for the entrance!"

So everyone split off.  That cleric girl couldn't help taking a few more looks at me and the way she did made me shiver.

Wild animals ran amuck in the deep forest, but now that there were many players here, the animals had been scared off.

Not long after, there was a surprised voice that came from the party channel which was the cleric girl, "Over there, there seems to be quite a few people!"

The swordsman said, "People?  Are a lot of people strange?  Sunset City doesn't have much equipment or gold coins, but it doesn't lack players."

The girl emphasized, "No, it's people from Bloodthirsty!  Look!"

The other people in the party couldn't help being surprised.  In Sunset City, Bloodthirsty's name was synonymous with overbearing!

I immediately overtoom them and saw that there were a bunch of Bloodthirsty players.  There was a swordsman who was leading the way, which was Bloodthirsty World!

I was hidden in the forest, so I didn't reveal that I was from Xue Yue.  I stayed behind the trees because once I appeared, I would implicate my party members.

But my thinking was too weak and Bloodthirsty World wanted to swallow everything!

Looking at the players in front of him, Bloodthirsty World raised his voice, "Hey!  Those people over there, your equipment and levels aren't bad, you're here looking for the White Bone Wilderness as well, right?  Are you interested in joining our Bloodthirsty?"

The swordsman in my team shook his head and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, we want to form our own guild!"

Bloodthirsty World gave a laugh, "Not appreciating a toast.  Cool Breeze Forest has been booked by our Bloodthirsty today.  Hei, hei, you can return to the city for free!"

The swordsman said in a surprised voice, "What do you mean?"

Bloodthirsty World raised the large sword in his hand and said with a smile, "You still don't understand?  Unless you are my family, there's no need to care!  Brothers, let's send this team off!"

The Bloodthirsty players all charged forward!

The assassins went into stealth mode!

With a flash of red light, the cleric girl in the team let out a shocked cry as she was sent back to the city!

The swordsman's face filled with rage as he roared, "Bloodthirsty World, you really aren't anything good!  You even kill girls!"

Bloodthirsty World's face was cold, "Father killed her, you can get revenge if you have the skills!  Shut up for me if you don't have the skills, stop being chatty with me!"

The swordsman was filled with rage and charged forward with his swords, but he was intercepted halfway by four Bloodthirsty assassins.  The daggers flashed and it was the Feint skill!

The Feint skill would make the enemy's attack miss!

"Peng!"

The swordsman's swords hit the ground and stone fragments flew up, but he had lost his positioning because of the Feint skill and showed his back to the enemy!

My heart sunk: It's over!

As expected, the four assassins used their powerful backstab skills at the same time!

Four damage figures appeared and the swordsman couldn't take it as he was sent back to the city after dropping some potions.  It was a pity that he had prepared all this, but he didn't even have time to use them before being killed.

The other four players in the party were shocked.  The two archers shot out fire arrows, but the Bloodthirsty mages weren't idle as they sent out fireballs to kill the other side!

"Pa, pa!"

With two consecutive sounds, the two archers in our team were killed.  Their only merit was turning the other side's name gray from starting the PK.

The chance was here!

"Hua la!"

With a single step, I flew out as a red shadow!  The scarlet cloak really was mighty in this kind of PK scenario!

With the Intermediate Bloodthirst skill of the cape, my move speed was greatly increased!

"Puchi!"

The Roaring Flame Spear stabbed out and a Bloodthirsty berserker's HP was cut in half.  He was shocked as he angrily roared, "Damn!  Easily Angered Bookworm is here, everyone be careful.."

Before he finished with the word "careful", my Roaring Flame Spear swept back and the pole fell down, sending this berserker back to the city while also dropping potions!

There were already flames in my hands as I slowly poured them into the spear.  Before the Bloodthirsty people could react, I raised the Roaring Flame Spear!

"Roaring Flame Soaring Dragon!"

The flames soared into the sky and a flame dragon fell, charging right at Bloodthirsty World in front of me!

"2347!"

Roaring Flame Soaring Dragon took most of Bloodthirsty World's HP and before he fell to the ground, I was already charging forward!

The Bloodthirsty players finally reacted and a swordsman shouted, "Protect the boss!  Block Easily Angered Bookworm!  You idiots, what are you still in a daze for!"