Chapter 90: Back to Level 0

In a valley in Jinling City, the senior members of Lengyue Pavilion have recently been leveling up here. Suddenly, an urgent voice rushed to Lengyue’s side: “Sis, sis, something big happened! Chenfeng has been killed three times and has dropped off the leaderboard. His level is already down to 20!”

“Eh?” Lengyue furrowed her brows and quickly opened the friends list. She saw that Chenfeng’s level had already dropped to level 20, having lost a total of six levels, meaning he had been killed six times. While she was looking at this, she noticed that Chenfeng’s avatar flickered and his level dropped to 19.

Lengyue quickly sent a message: “What happened?”

But there was no response. She immediately turned to ask Lengfeng, “Has Aoshi Qunxiong been up to anything recently?”

“No, they’ve been behaving and just focusing on leveling up,” Lengfeng shook his head. Their group had been keeping an eye on Aoshi Qunxiong, but recently they had been quite passive.

This made Lengyue frown even deeper. Aoshi Qunxiong was the one with the deepest grudge against Chenfeng. If it weren’t for Aoshi Qunxiong, no other guild would have been able to kill Chenfeng six or seven times. Moreover, if Chenfeng couldn’t win, he could always hide in the city. Just then, she saw Chenfeng’s avatar flicker again, and his level dropped to 18.

“How is this possible?” Lengyue’s cold face was full of shock.

Meanwhile…

Su Muxue was also staring in disbelief at Chenfeng’s avatar on the friends list.

“What happened, Miss?” Liu Shu asked, noticing her reaction.

“Chenfeng’s level keeps dropping. It’s already down to 16.”

“What?!” Liu Shu was also shocked. He immediately contacted the guild members in Jinling City.

“Miss, everything seems normal in Jinling City, and no one has seen Chenfeng at the resurrection point. Could it be that there’s a map with a resurrection mechanism?”

“That’s possible. It doesn’t make sense for his level to drop so quickly,” Su Muxue replied, then asked, “Liu Shu, do you think he was killed by someone or by a boss?”

“If there is such a map, the boss would be the more likely cause,” Liu Shu analyzed.

Su Muxue nodded and looked again at the friends list where Chenfeng’s level kept dropping, her face showing an unreadable expression.

About ten minutes later…

“Level 0,” Su Muxue sighed and then asked Liu Shu, “Wasn’t it supposed to be that players don’t lose levels before reaching level 10?”

“Unless it’s in a beginner village, otherwise, death still causes level loss,” Liu Shu explained.

Lengyue Pavilion…

Lengyue watched as Chenfeng’s level dropped to 0 and sighed quietly, “I owe you a favor. If you ever need help, I will do my best to assist you.”

As the incident spread, Chenfeng’s fall to level 0 became the talk of the entire Shenyu world—some were happy, others troubled!

Meanwhile, in another part of the palace, Wu Shaochen was enduring the torment of the Dark Night Monarch. Every time the Dark Night Monarch touched him, he would die. But Wu Shaochen had already gotten used to it. In less than half an hour, he had gone from level 26 to level 0. What else could he not accept?

The Dark Night Monarch didn’t seem to have any intelligence, or perhaps it was the resurrection version of the Dark Night Monarch that lacked any smarts. Every time Wu Shaochen was killed, the Dark Night Monarch would turn and walk away, only for Wu Shaochen to revive and immediately kill him again, repeating the cycle.

“This guy must be insane,” Wu Shaochen muttered. Now at level 0, he had given up. “Kill me, I don’t even care anymore, I can’t escape anyway. It might hurt a bit, but 15% pain is bearable.”

Wu Shaochen focused on poisoning the Dark Night Monarch, using all his skills to apply poison. The Dark Night Monarch seemed completely unaffected by Wu Shaochen’s attacks, treating them as if they were mere scratches. Although Wu Shaochen had been killed repeatedly, as long as he had the chance, he would land two attacks to keep the poison active on the Dark Night Monarch’s body. After more than half an hour, Wu Shaochen estimated that the poison had already drained almost 20 million of the Dark Night Monarch’s health.

“I don’t believe this poison won’t kill you,” Wu Shaochen thought.

The torment continued, and with each death, Wu Shaochen picked up his dropped equipment and put it on. This was the resurrection point. As long as his class matched, he could still equip the gear, even at level 0. It didn’t affect his ability to wear equipment as long as his class was correct.

The two continued to battle for two and a half hours. Wu Shaochen didn’t even know how many times he died. However, as he looked at the Dark Night Monarch, whose health had dropped to a mere ten percent, Wu Shaochen became excited. “Just kill him already. Once he’s dead, everything will be mine.”

Silently calculating, Wu Shaochen estimated that the Dark Night Monarch’s health was around 100 million. With Wu Shaochen’s poison damage of 10,000 per second, in one hour it would be 36 million, and in two and a half hours, it would have drained 90 million health. With only 10 million left, the Dark Night Monarch would fall within ten minutes.

But Wu Shaochen still had one doubt in his mind. This place with such a boss was totally illogical. Furthermore, there was a resurrection mechanism in this map. What if another player came in and got stuck here forever? This wasn’t a normal game setting at all. Also, he had encountered Ziyou earlier, and it seemed like she could control him with a magic rune. All these signs suggested that this wasn’t a normal game.

As Wu Shaochen complained and surveyed the area, he noticed something that made his mouth twitch. There was a recess where coffins were stored. It seemed like there was a mechanism similar to the one outside. This was the mechanism under the coffin that Wu Shaochen had ignored while focusing on killing the Dark Night Monarch. He had only noticed it now.

“Bang!” Wu Shaochen died again.

“Damn it! I’ve been tortured for hours. I’ll make sure to kill you today!” Wu Shaochen cursed. If he had found this mechanism earlier, with his survival skills, opening the door would have been easy, and he believed that if the door opened, he could revive in the city.

“That guy probably doesn’t know how to open the mechanism, right?” Wu Shaochen worried that the Dark Night Monarch might escape. If it did, that would be truly disastrous.

After Wu Shaochen revived again, he used a flash skill to distance himself from the mechanism. Sure enough, the Dark Night Monarch immediately pursued him.

“I guess I was overthinking it. This guy probably can’t even figure out how to open a door,” Wu Shaochen thought.

After another ten minutes of torment, the Dark Night Monarch finally fell. At the same time, Wu Shaochen received a system message.

“Beep! Congratulations! You’ve killed the Dark Night Monarch. You’ve earned 100,000 reputation and 10 million experience.”

“Beep! Congratulations! You’ve leveled up…”

“Beep! Congratulations! You’ve leveled up…”

“Beep! Congratulations! You’ve leveled up…”

Thirty consecutive level-up messages sounded in Wu Shaochen’s ears, with golden light flashing around him. His level jumped directly from 0 to 30, and his experience was now 1,425,100/2,000,000.

“Haha, this is how you level up!” Wu Shaochen laughed. This was the real speed of leveling up. But why didn’t he get any talent points or reward attributes?

“It seems this wasn’t a normal boss, no wonder there’s no boss rank shown afterward,” Wu Shaochen thought. Just then, a system-wide announcement echoed.

“System-wide announcement: Due to a player reaching level 30, the first full-server event of Shenyu, ‘Slaughter Battlefield,’ is now open. Players may go to their respective cities to find out more about the event!”

The server-wide announcement left everyone stunned. The player in the top position, Yu Fei, was only level 25. Everyone immediately opened the ranking.

#1: Chenfeng, level 30 Assassin!

“What’s going on?” someone exclaimed.

“I’m also curious. How did Chenfeng suddenly jump to level 30?”

At this moment, everyone was confused. The previous mocking comments vanished instantly, replaced by all sorts of speculations!