Global Descent to Sky Islands: Getting a God-level Talent from the Start - Chapter 73.2

After the clouds dispersed, a group of gnolls appeared once again.

They held bone clubs high, shouting.

“Candles! Give me candles!”

“Humans, kill them!”

Seeing these familiar monsters, Zhang Lianmeng felt a tightness in her chest. She instinctively raised her staff, preparing to launch a magical attack.

However, a dark figure rushed in faster than she could react.

That figure was Coal.

Coal charged at the gnolls like a tiger among sheep, beginning a massacre.

Swipe! Swipe, swipe!

In an instant, numerous bl00d marks appeared on the gnolls.

After that, only black light flickering constantly could be seen, and the gnolls howled in agony.

What’s even more terrifying is what happens 10 seconds into the battle.

10 terrifying spikes burst from Coal’s body, piercing through several gnolls, leaving them critically injured.

At this moment, Zhang Lianmeng was still standing there, stunned.

Han Xing reminded: “Don’t just stand there, cast a skill to get some damage in, or you won’t gain any XP.”

In this world, the team system works in such a way that you must deal damage to the enemy in order to share the experience points.

At that moment, Zhang Lianmeng seemed to realize this as well. She quickly raised her staff and murmured an incantation.

“Oh blazing flame, burn everything to ashes!”

With that, a fireball the size of a washbasin burst from her staff, landing amid the gnolls and causing an explosive impact.

Han Xing even noticed, as she swung her staff, those magnificent mountains shook again.

He laughed and said: “Why do I feel like you should have chosen the Cleric class?”

Zhang Lianmeng looked puzzled, “Huh? Why?”

“Because you can heal others.” (T/N: The term “奶” (nǎi) is a slang term mean “heal” in gaming, but literally means “milk” or “breastfeed”.)

Zhang Lianmeng seemed to understand the implication behind Han Xing’s words, as her face turned crimson.

But instead of lowering her head like before, she held onto her staff tightly, standing with her head held high and her chest out.

Though still very shy, even with a faint sense of embarrassment, she no longer avoided Han Xing’s gaze and instead seemed to enjoy this feeling.

At this moment, Coal had already finished the battle.

A system notification came through.

[You Have Killed Gnoll Magician lv9, Gnoll Warrior lv8, Gnoll… You Gained +810 XP. Your Pet Coal Gained +648 XP.]

Compared to before, Han Xing felt that the experience points gained were slightly less, by about 20%.

This was because there was an additional team member sharing the experience.

However, Zhang Lianmeng also received 810 XP.

Overall, teaming up indeed allows for faster experience gain than solo play. Although there’s a 20% reduction in experience, the speed of defeating monsters is greatly increased.

This advantage holds, assuming both team members are of similar strength.

For Han Xing, having Coal, an energetic mini boss, leading the way means losing 20% of the experience isn’t a big deal.

He then continued leveling up.

After an hour, Han Xing directly reached level 9.

He’s just one level away from reaching level 10 and claiming the first-place reward.

At this point on the leaderboard, the fastest player, Whisperer, had just reached level 8. The significant gap with Han Xing discouraged others from even trying to catch up.

From morning till evening, Han Xing explored at least 20 different sky islands, amassing a wealth of resources and experience points.

His experience bar was already at 50% of level 9, and if all goes well, he should reach level 10 by tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Zhang Lianmeng’s level quietly rose to 7 after a whole day of taking a back seat.

She felt quite embarrassed about this, thinking she wasn’t contributing and was merely leeching off Han Xing’s experience.

However, Han Xing reassured her, “These low-level creatures don’t require your intervention. If your level increases now, you’ll be able to provide more help when we encounter stronger monsters in the future.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lianmeng nodded seriously.

By now, the sun had set, and Han Xing was preparing to explore one last sky island before taking a break.

However, on the territory of this sky island, he received an unusual message.

“There is a fertile piece of land inside, with some crops growing on it. Would you like to enter?”

“Fertile land?”

Intrigued, Han Xing immediately opted to enter after reading the unique message.

As the clouds dissipated, Han Xing was surprised to see a vibrant green patch on the sky island, which spanned over 100 m².

“What on earth is this?”

But as soon as Zhang Lianmeng saw the green leaves on the ground, her eyes lit up.

“Oh my goodness, so many potatoes!”

Zhang Lianmeng excitedly dashed forward and began digging up potatoes from the soil, each as large as a fist and with an earthy yellow surface.

“Uh…”

At that moment, Han Xing, who had never farmed in his life, felt like an idiot.

He realized he didn’t even recognize potatoes.

Holding two potatoes, Zhang Lianmeng excitedly said to Han Xing: “Big Brother Xing, we have potatoes to eat now!”

Her face was filled with a genuine smile, just like a little girl who had discovered treasure.

Han Xing seemed to be influenced by her excitement and started laughing along with her.

Following the system’s prompt, Han Xing merged this patch of over 100 m² of the sky island.

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