Chapter 19 Leaving the City

Lin Wei guided Ou Yezi to a high-end apartment building near the guild.

The room was spacious and bright with luxurious decorations.

"Mr. Ou Yezi, this is the residence arranged for you."

"If you have any needs, you can contact me at any time." Lin Wei respectfully handed over a business card.

Ou Yezi took it and nodded slightly, "Thank you for your trouble."

After Lin Wei left, Zhou Huai immediately issued a new command to Ou Yezi's smart core ai.

"Starting today, your task is to continuously forge equipment."

"Rest when you are tired, eat when you are hungry, and make sure to act like a normal person."

"Until the forging challenge task issued by the System is completed."

[Command received, the smart core ai starts executing life-like forging mode.]

A trace of data stream flashed through Ou Yezi's eyes, and then he returned to his calm and profound self.

He walked to the window, looked into the distance, as if pondering something.

After finishing all this, Zhou Huai's consciousness instantly transferred.

…

Yasuo!

At this moment, he was standing under the towering city gates of Tianhai City.

The challenge of the Trial Tower had long ended.

If one wanted to level up quickly, outside the city was truly paradise and Hell.

In the wilderness, exotic beasts ran rampant, Secret Realms were numerous, and dungeons stood in great numbers.

Countless Professionals chased after power and wealth here.

But high returns also meant high risks.

This was truly a lawless place.

In addition to bloodthirsty exotic beasts, one had to guard even more against knives from their own kind.

Drawing swords against each other, killing people, and looting goods for a piece of equipment or a share of resources had long been commonplace.

The huge alloy floodgate divided the inside and outside of the city into two completely different worlds.

Zhou Huai controlled Yasuo and walked toward the exit passage of the city.

Several fully armed guards stopped him.

"Identity card." A guard was expressionless.

Yasuo handed over the forged identity card.

The guard took it, scanned it on the instrument, and confirmed it was correct.

He raised his head and looked at Yasuo, "Alone? Where is your team?"

Yasuo shook his head, his voice deliberately lowered with a bit of vicissitude: "No teammates. Just coming out to grind some Ranks casually, I will be back soon."

The guard raised his eyebrows slightly, looking somewhat surprised.

He reminded routinely, "The exotic beasts outside the city are at least Rank 10. You are alone, you'd better be careful."

He pointed to the notice posted on the nearby wall.

"There is an emergency rescue phone number on it, write it down. If you encounter trouble you can't solve, you can call. However, the rescue fee is not cheap, at least ten thousand Daxia Coin per time."

Zhou Huai understood in his heart.

This price was indeed not low.

However, it was reasonable since others risked their lives to save you.

"Thank you for the reminder, I will be careful." Yasuo responded calmly.

"Hum—"

The alloy floodgate ahead slowly rose.

The guard took a final look at Yasuo's back and added, "Try to come back before dark. The wilderness at night is ten times more dangerous than during the day."

Yasuo didn't look back and stepped out of the city gate.

A wild aura mixed with vegetation and blood rushed toward his face.

Outside the city was an endless primeval jungle.

A mottled asphalt road extended into the distance, and occasionally vehicles painted with the emblems of major adventurer guilds roared past.

Most Professionals would choose to join a guild or organization to huddle together for warmth.

But Yasuo did not need to.

He walked a bit further along the main road, confirming that he had completely escaped the surveillance range of Tianhai City.

With a thought in his mind.

Inside the space ring, a light flickered.

The four pieces of the Shadow Wind Set and the Windbreaker Longsword were instantly equipped!

A surging sense of power surged from within his body!

[Clone Panel (Yasuo)]

[Profession: Unique Hidden Profession, S-Rank Thunder Sword Master]

[Rank: LV8]

[Health Points: 1720 / 1720]

[Mana Points: 1190 / 1190]

[Strength: 161+51]

[Agility: 311+105]

[Stamina: 172+55]

[Spirit: 119+38]

[Attack Power: 328]

[Physical Defense: 202]

[Magic Resistance: 95]

The corners of Zhou Huai's mouth hooked into an arc.

Merely Rank 8, these stats were simply an explosive improvement.

It was enough to crush the vast majority of B-Rank Professionals around Rank 20!

The only problem was that the appearance of this Shadow Wind Set was slightly flamboyant, which didn't quite match Yasuo's wanderer temperament.

"Hide appearance."

[Equipment appearance has been switched to default cloth clothes.]

With a flash of light, Yasuo returned to his simple linen outfit, but the terrifying strength hidden inside had not decreased at all.

He gripped the Windbreaker Longsword in his hand, and the blade hummed lightly.

"Start the hunt!"

Yasuo's figure flickered, darting into the dense jungle like a ghost.

Not long after walking.

"Awooh—"

A wolf howl sounded!

Three giant wolves with robust bodies and grayish-brown fur lunged out from the bushes!

[Jungle Fiend Wolf LV10]

[Health Points: 1200 / 1200]

Their crimson eyes stared fixedly at Yasuo, exuding a bloodthirsty fierce light.

The leading fiend wolf was the fastest, opening its bloody mouth, dripping foul saliva, and its sharp claws flashing with cold light, directly pouncing at Yasuo's face!

"Court death!"

Yasuo's eyes turned cold, advancing instead of retreating!

"Thunderous Strike!"

"Sizzle—"

A dazzling thunderous Sword Qi instantly erupted!

Fast! Too fast!

That fiend wolf didn't even have time to let out a mournful cry before it was pierced by the violent power of thunder!

– 372!

– 341!

– 362!

One terrifying damage number after another floated up!

Instantly killing the jungle fiend wolf before him in seconds.

The pouncing momentum of the other two fiend wolves came to an abrupt halt, a trace of fear flashing in their eyes.

But Yasuo's attack did not stop!

His figure was like the wind, and the longsword in his hand turned into trails of afterimages!

The lightning power attached to the basic attack continuously splashed!

– 354!

– 43! (Splash Damage)

– 377!

– 51! (Splash Damage)

A moment later!

The remaining two jungle fiend wolves also followed in their companion's footsteps, turning into experience points and a few glowing Materials.

[Killed Jungle Fiend Wolf LV10, gained 100 experience points!]

[Killed Jungle Fiend Wolf LV10, gained 100 experience points!]

[Killed Jungle Fiend Wolf LV10, gained 100 experience points!]

[Gained Materials: Wolf Pelt x3, Wolf Fang x6.]

Yasuo casually put the Materials into the space ring.

"The efficiency is alright."

The exotic beasts in the wilderness were indeed dense.

You could encounter a group almost every few steps.

After experiencing a refreshing and exhilarating swordsman career for a while.

Zhou Huai's consciousness withdrew from Yasuo's body.

"System, Yasuo, turn on the smart core ai, free grinding."

[Command received, Clone 'Thunder Swordsman Yasuo' smart core ai System 1.0 activated!]

A sharp light flashed in Yasuo's eyes, and then he returned to the uninhibited demeanor of a wanderer.

Carrying his sword, he continued to walk deeper into the jungle.

Other Professionals fighting monsters and leveling up needed to be cautious, form teams for cooperation, and take potions to rest.

But Yasuo did not need to!

Relying on the powerful recovery ability of the Shadow Wind Set, as long as he wasn't instantly killed in seconds, he could continue fighting almost like a perpetual motion machine!

Zhou Huai's main body yawned and comfortably lay back on the bed.

Next, it was just waiting for the experience bar to skyrocket.