Could the player [Xiao Taozhi] be the mysterious rank one on the Level Leaderboard who hid their name?
The name Xiao Taozhi… No way…
Xiao Nanchu seemed to know exactly who could kill those thick-skinned Small Wild Boars with such low room for error within 10 minutes of the server opening.
Luo Taozhi!
***
“Crap, who was that? I just squeezed in and they killed me?!”
“One-shot with 200 damage? Are you kidding me?”
**[You were killed by Player Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage]**
Luo Taozhi stared at her grayscale screen and the respawn countdown in disbelief.
As a player who had been waiting for the game to launch, Luo Taozhi had set her sights on the longsword the moment she entered and saw the weapon selection. It was the weapon she was most skilled with, so there was no need to hesitate.
**[Congratulations! Account creation successful. We wish you a pleasant game!!]**
As the system voice faded, Luo Taozhi rushed toward the exclamation mark above the Village Chief’s head.
Ten Small Wild Boars?
Accepted!
While others were still agonizing over which weapon to choose, players like Luo Taozhi, who lived for combat, had already reached the Small Wild Boar territory. At that time, the spawn area near the entrance of Novice Village No. 001 was almost empty. The few scattered players were hardly noticeable among the sound of the herd.
Luo Taozhi weighed the Novice Longsword in her hand. The grip was a bit rough, but otherwise, it wasn’t bad. In terms of weight and length, it felt as if it had been forged specifically to fit her perfectly.
She surveyed her surroundings, closed her eyes, and felt the environment. Then, she opened her attribute panel.
[Status Window]
Name: Xiao Taozhi
HP: *&%…
MP: *(…(%))
Mental Power: *…&*%
Qi Attack: &*%*
Qi Defense: *&%
Skills: *&^%^()
?
‘Wait, is the game lagging?’
Luo Taozhi waited in confusion for a moment. Seeing no change and her attributes still appearing as a mess of garbled code, she closed the window and waited. After a short while, she opened it again.
Luo Taozhi nodded in satisfaction. It really had been lag; everything returned to normal after a brief wait. The status window was no longer a mess of code.
[Status Window]
ID: Xiao Taozhi
HP: 100
MP: 100
Mental Power: 10
Qi Attack: 10
Qi Defense: 10
Skills: None
‘Mm, a standard blank slate.’
She then checked the attributes of the Novice Longsword.
[Novice Longsword]
Qi Attack: +10
Mental Power: +2
Description: It’s the best longsword in the village… right? Probably.
‘Standard white-tier gear as well.’
She raised the Novice Longsword and swung it, trying to get a feel for it. It felt… a bit strange. Luo Taozhi couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but while it felt similar to controlling her own body, there was a slight delay.
She frowned. It was uncomfortable for her, though an ordinary person likely wouldn’t notice it at all. It was like how a normal person could tell the difference between 60 Hz and 120 Hz, but once you went above 120 Hz, they couldn’t really explain the difference.
But Luo Taozhi was different. Having experienced Qi Drawing and the cultivation and nourishment of Spiritual Energy, her physical capabilities and strength made her a different species entirely compared to a normal human.
‘Forget it, let’s go test it out!’
She raised her longsword and charged toward a Small Wild Boar. The moment she drew near, the creature suddenly whipped its head around toward her and let out a youthful, angry roar.
*Snort!*
‘It can detect me?’
Luo Taozhi was surprised. She was confident that she shouldn’t have been discovered by the boar. Whether it was the sound of her movements or anything else, she shouldn’t have been caught. This was a survival skill she had honed while fighting Demonic Beasts in Another World. Since mastering it, she had almost never been detected by a Demonic Beast of the same rank.
‘It must be the game system. But does it matter?’
She closed the distance, raising her hand to deliver a precise strike to the boar’s face.
-66!
Weak Point Critical!
*Awoo! Snort! Snort!!*
As Luo Taozhi’s sword pierced forward, a red number appeared alongside the boar’s pained cry. The health bar above the Small Wild Boar’s head dropped by nearly half.
‘Better than expected.’
With a slight sway of her body, she dodged the boar’s angry charge. As she moved, she held her longsword horizontally. Using the boar’s own momentum, she sliced a gash into its side.
-20
The Small Wild Boar landed and immediately charged at Luo Taozhi again, its eyes clouded by rage. However, the outcome remained the same. Luo Taozhi dodged effortlessly, her longsword precisely opening another wound on its flank.
-20
Luo Taozhi wanted to follow up with another strike to finish it off while the boar was still mid-charge, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t swing her sword. Only after the boar had fully landed was she able to thrust her sword again.
It was a follow-up strike that landed exactly on the previous wound.
-44!
Critical!
-4
Critical Piercing Bleed!
-4
-4
…
She ended the boar’s painful life during its next charge.
-44
The Small Wild Boar dissolved into points of light and vanished. In its place sat a neatly organized pile of Pork and Pig Skin.
**[Obtained Pork x2]**
**[Obtained Pig Skin (Quest Item) x1]**
Luo Taozhi hadn’t lost a single point of HP during the encounter, yet she looked troubled. It seemed there were attributes not listed on the status window. The reason she couldn’t swing her sword earlier was likely because her attack speed attribute wasn’t high enough.
‘What about movement speed?’
Her previous dodges had been too simple to tell. With a testing gaze, she looked at a Small Wild Boar further away. ‘Let’s try!’
She stepped forward forcefully, but just as her speed was about to pick up, it felt as though she was being held back by something. It was the same sensation she’d felt when she couldn’t swing her sword.
Sure enough, there was a limit on speed too. These attributes were hidden and didn’t show up on the status window.
‘In that case…’
Luo Taozhi approached this Small Wild Boar with a completely different strategy. Her footsteps became a series of illusory strides as the longsword in her hand began to dance.
-66! Weak Point Critical!
-20!
-44!
-44!
-44!
This time was entirely different. Luo Taozhi showed no intention of dodging the boar’s charge. Her footwork was a blur, and her sword movements gradually formed a blossoming flower of steel.
The Small Wild Boar’s corpse slowly faded away.
**[Obtained Pork x2]**
**[Obtained Pig Skin (Quest Item) x1]**
‘I see. The speed attribute only affects movement over distance. However, its impact on small-scale footwork is much smaller. At the very least, it’s barely usable.’
After a few simple tests, she found that her Sword Technique was still viable. If she slowed it down a bit, she could perform it perfectly.
‘Good. It looks like my career as a Super Power-Leveler is set.’
Whether it was combat experience or reaction speed, there was no one in this world who could rival her!
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