Chapter 90: Number One on the Leaderboard, Dust Settled

Chapter 90: Number One on the Leaderboard, Dust Settled

"Who would've thought that in this snowy weather, even rabbits can act like bandits?" Cao Xing laughed.

Liu Muxue wore a blank and cute expression, seemingly not understanding Cao Xing's meaning.

Right at that moment, everyone noticed that in the woods ahead, a large expanse of snow-white figures had appeared on the tree branches.

With upright ears and sharp front teeth, it was very obvious that these were the Iceball-Throwing Rabbits mentioned by the system prompt!

They stood upright on their hind legs, reaching a height of seventy to eighty centimeters, and their plump bodies were almost comparable to a small pig!

Just then, one of the rabbits raised its arm, gathering an iceball above its head before fiercely hurling it toward the group.

"Lord, be careful."

Assam drew his longsword and came to Cao Xing's side to perform guard duties.

"Crack!"

[-78]

The iceball smashed into Dabai, producing a two-digit damage number.

Dabai instantly raised its trunk and angrily glared at the group of rabbits on the tree branches!

Cao Xing also saw the attributes of this group of large rabbits.

[Iceball-Throwing Rabbit Lv11]

[Race: Beast]

[Tier: Tier 2 Ordinary Creature]

[HP: 2140/2140]

[Attack Power: 244 ~ 251]

[Skills: Snowball Throw (gathers a snowball, dealing 110% of attack power damage to the enemy), Agile Jump (can quickly transfer from one tree to another)]

[Talent ①: Cold Resistance]

[Talent ②: Rabbit Horde (When the number of acting Iceball-Throwing Rabbits reaches 10 or more, attack power increases by 15%; 50 or more, attack power increases by 20%; 100 or more, attack power increases by 30%: Activated)]

…

[Frost-Throwing Rabbit Lv12]

[Race: Beast]

[Tier: Tier 2 Elite Creature]

[HP: 3360/3360]

[Attack Power: 351 ~ 359]

[Skills: Enhanced Snowball Throw, Agile Jump, Fast Run]

[Talent ①: Cold Resistance]

[Talent ②: Rabbit Horde (Activated)]

…

Goodness gracious, this large gang of throwing rabbits numbered at least over three hundred!

"Chirp! Chirp chirp!"

These fat rabbits made threatening sounds from their mouths, seeming ready to launch an attack at any time.

Cao Xing looked at Liu Muxue beside him and chuckled, "Muxue, shouldn't we change our taste for once?"

"Ah?"

Liu Muxue still wore a blank and cute expression.

But Cao Xing laughed, "Charge, wipe out all these big rabbits for me! Tonight, I want to eat spicy rabbit heads!"

After receiving Cao Xing's order,

the seven recruited creatures, plus Dabai, had already charged toward this patch of woods.

"Chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!"

That group of throwing rabbits instantly turned their eyes red.

They raised their arms and then fiercely smashed the large iceballs in their hands toward Assam and Andrew.

Bang! Bang bang bang!

[-67]

[-54]

[-59]

Because Liu Muxue hadn't had time to cast Holy Shield with Aurora for all her subordinates,

many two-digit damage numbers appeared above the heads of Dabai and Andrew.

These rabbits' attacks were considered quite decent.

However, Cao Xing's recruited creatures were existences that all had multiple defensive buffs added to them, and the damage was greatly reduced.

Even without the Holy Shield, these rabbits couldn't deal very high damage to them.

Furthermore, numerous green numbers of +46 and +46 quickly appeared above their heads, pulling their HP back up rapidly.

At the same time,

Blot threw out the [Black Smoke Totem], causing the vision of this group of vicious rabbits to be interfered with.

As for Lenis, she directly activated the [Hunter's Eye] effect and began frantically pulling back her bowstring.

Under this state, Lenis had a nearly one hundred percent critical hit rate!

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

[-634!]

[-625!]

[-633!]

One throwing rabbit after another was hit, letting out miserable screams as they tumbled down from the tree branches.

At this time, they would encounter attacks from Assam and the others.

These monsters in their teens could no longer pose any threat to them.

One of the elite-tier Frost-Throwing Rabbits condensed a large iceball, just wanting to smash it toward the Centaur.

Right at that moment, a viper-like aura instantly locked onto this Frost-Throwing Rabbit.

Swish!

[-3794!]

A terrifying critical damage number appeared.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed Frost-Throwing Rabbit Lv12, gaining 200 EXP.]

[Combat personnel gained EXP: 100 points.]

That Frost-Throwing Rabbit was instantly killed in a second; Sarah's attack was terrifyingly powerful!

The next moment, Sarah nimbly leaped up.

Then she chained it with [Arc Flash] mid-air.

Swish!

This skill was used by her as a displacement method, fast and vicious.

[-2374]

[-2263]

[-3891!]

Instantly, the throwing rabbits slashed by her attacks all perished.

A large batch of EXP acquisition prompts appeared.

Sarah, a Tier 3 boss-tier existence, was simply terrifyingly strong!

On Cao Xing's side, he didn't use Barrett.

He was afraid that the gunshot would be too loud and attract some powerful creatures in the mountains.

Instead, he raised his staff and condensed [Ice Arrow Rain].

Dozens of ice arrows appeared out of thin air above the heads of that group of throwing rabbits.

Whoosh!

Wave after wave of ice arrows fell, knocking that group of throwing rabbits down from the trees.

Before long, the number of dead throwing rabbits exceeded 50.

And Cao Xing's EXP was also increasing wildly.

At this moment, many Survivors in District 174 were staring at the leaderboard.

Ever since they saw Cao Xing's EXP bar start moving again, they knew that perhaps today, Cao Xing would be able to directly secure first place.

They all wanted to witness this moment with their own eyes.

[First Place: Cao Xing Level 9 91%]

[Level 9 92%]

[Level 9 93%]

Every few seconds, Cao Xing's EXP would increase upwards.

The District 174 chat channel had already stirred up heated discussions.

Xie Yanzhi: "Great Lord Cao Xing is too fierce, he's actually about to reach Level 10!"

Tian Chuwen: "I really don't know how Cao Xing manages to do it. Why does leveling up look as easy as eating and drinking to him, while I struggle so damn hard just to kill a rabbit?"

Zhuo Fei: "I just took a look at the world channel. Right now, out of nearly two hundred regions worldwide, it seems fewer than ten regions' first places have reached Level 9."

Hearing this, the other Survivors were immediately startled.

Shen Peng: "F*ck, with Great Lord Cao Xing's outrageous leveling speed, can any experts from other districts still catch up to him?"

That Zhuo Fei replied: "That's for sure. There are billions of people in the world. With such a huge population base, isn't it completely normal for a few monsters to appear?"

The other Survivors also chimed in, "Indeed… I heard that Kasimu in District 67 has a Level 10 boss-tier creature under his command. Relying on this Level 10 boss, Kasimu is far ahead in their district."

"Mohammed in District 53 found a turret, and he poured all his resources into this turret. He goes everywhere looking for monsters, lures them near his territory, then uses the turret to blast these monsters half to death before going out to land the finishing blow, raising his level extremely fast."

"Tetsuya Yamagami in District 11 seems very fierce. It is said that he chose the Mechanic class, and now he can mass-produce self-detonating robots."

"Salman Khan in District 17 has reportedly built a [Soldier Training Barracks]. He directly gave up territory development, trained all the Arctic People and other civilians into soldiers, and started invading the territories of those indigenous people everywhere, frantically expanding his troops. His development speed is terrifying!"

"Get out of here, Indian!"

Through their discussion, everyone discovered that there were indeed quite a few capable people in various districts, and they all had different development methods.

Some poured all resources into themselves, taking the individual route.

Others poured resources into their territory, taking the defensive route.

As well as those who directly gave up territory development to take the troop-expansion route.

At this time, a Survivor named Xu Yongxin said: "No wonder Great Lord Gongsun Ming from District 1 once said that there is more than one development method in this world. Finding the one that suits you best is the best."

The Survivors in the chat channel nodded one after another.

That Shen Peng continued: "However, although there are many experts in each district, Great Lord Cao Xing should be the very first existence in the entire server to reach Level 10, right?"

Since they didn't specifically understand the situation in other districts, no one could answer this question.

Right at this moment, another Survivor said: "Look quickly, Great Lord Cao Xing's level has reached 99%, he's about to level up to Level 10!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the leaderboard.

After five seconds.

The level leaderboard changed.

[District 174 Level Leaderboard]

[First Place: Cao Xing Level 10 0% (Reward claimed, subsequent leveling progress will no longer continue to update)]

[Second Place: Liu Muxue Level 8 72%]

[Third Place: Zhou Bo Level 5 93%]

[Fourth Place: Fang Long Level 5 73%]

[Fifth Place…]

In the chat channel, seeing that first place had already been settled, the other Survivors instantly let out a chorus of long sighs.

"As expected… Great Lord Cao Xing still took first place."

"Yeah, there really isn't any suspense at all. The gap is just too big…"

That Survivor named Ji Xinyue chuckled, "Hehe… It seems I saw Fang Long still offering an elite recruitment scroll as a bounty for Great Lord Cao Xing's location!"

"When the Three Heroes Association sees Cao Xing about to secure first place, they must be dying of anxiety. But there's nothing they can do except watch the gap between Cao Xing and them grow wider and wider."

Hearing this, the other Survivors also let out meaningful chuckles.

At this moment, the chat channel of the Three Heroes Association fell silent.

Because indeed no one could refute Ji Xinyue's words.

And just as they were discussing,

a streak of white light rose from Cao Xing's body.

[Your level has increased. Current Level: Level 10]

[Gained from this level-up: Strength +3, Agility +1, Spirit +4, Constitution +2]

[Congratulations! You are the first Survivor in District 174 to reach Level 10. You have obtained the leaderboard rewards: Beast Meat *200, Medical Pack *10, Medium Resource Pack *10, Silver Treasure Chest *1, Tier 2 Boss-tier Creature Recruitment Scroll (Gold) *1, Primary Heart of Power *1]

…

After the system prompt ended, Cao Xing looked at the Silver Treasure Chest and the golden recruitment scroll lying in his backpack, a look of pleasant surprise appearing in his eyes!

"Great! With this scroll, I can recruit another boss-tier existence!"

After Sarah transformed into a boss-tier existence, her formidable strength was obvious to all.

And although this one was a Tier 2 boss, it surely wouldn't be weak either.

Cao Xing's heart was filled with anticipation…

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