Chapter 161 - 145: Bursting Onto the Scene!

Chapter 161: Chapter 145: Bursting Onto the Scene!

"That girl is quite something! To think she managed to defeat the Poison Dragon by pure luck!" The Fat Monk found it highly amusing.

In the Dragon Cave, Liao Wen had been battered and beaten back by the Poison Dragon time and time again, suffering injuries with every strike. Yet, with each blow, she grew stronger. After obtaining the Poison Emperor Talent, she practically became a bug in the game. Every time she took damage, her Defense Power increased. Eventually, it reached a point where the Poison Dragon could no longer hurt her.

Several times, she was knocked into the magma. At first, one would assume the extremely high-temperature magma would instantly burn her to ashes. Astonishingly, while the heat looked terrifying, it was actually quite manageable—all because her Defense Power was simply too high. To her, the blistering magma felt no different than a hot spring. Initially, she scrambled out, only to be knocked back in several times. Eventually, she gave up on climbing out altogether. She simply stayed in the magma and fought a battle of wits and brawn against the Poison Dragon, clawing, pulling, scratching, and biting. Who knew how many times her little canine teeth chomped down on the beast...

And then, the Poison Dragon died!

Well... it wasn’t exactly killed by her. Her clawing, scratching, and biting dealt virtually no damage. The Poison Dragon died of exhaustion, slowly ground down by the recoil of her Defense Power!

The Fat Monk found this anomaly incredibly entertaining, as it broke the solemn atmosphere of war in the Marching Battlefield. Her bizarre encounter was truly hilarious.

Su Tan was left speechless. He didn’t share the same sentiment; in fact, he felt rather awkward. He had once watched an anime where a complete gaming noob, not understanding the mechanics, poured all her points into defense and ended up dominating the entire server. Although he had indeed borrowed some settings from that anime, he never expected a similar plot to actually play out in real life.

The Marching Battlefield!

At this moment, it was in an uproar.

"Holy crap..."

"Someone actually cleared the Poison Dragon dungeon?"

"I heard that thing scales its combat power based on the player’s cultivation level. People were saying it’s an impossible newbie quest!"

"And it was actually... cleared??"

A massive crowd had their jaws drop in shock. Only those who had experienced the fear of being dominated by the Poison Dragon understood just how difficult it was to slay. Whether you were unparalleled in talent or peerless in elegance, all your efforts would turn to dust before the Poison Dragon. It was safe to say that anyone who entered this game would eventually be tortured by the beast. They knew exactly what facing the Poison Dragon meant.

Powerlessness. It was a lingering shadow!

Rumor had it that even "One," hailed as the number one genius of the current era, could only fight the Poison Dragon to a draw. Now, someone had actually cleared that dungeon? One could easily imagine their sheer shock. Upon hearing the news, countless players automatically pictured a mighty expert—so formidable that the stars would dim with a wave of their hand—slaying the Poison Dragon and crushing the Dragon Cave beneath their feet! What else could the image of someone capable of defeating the Poison Dragon possibly be? Eyes like stars, carrying the universe on their back, and looking down upon the world—that had to be the true image of this expert!

Well... almost no one would ever suspect that the Poison Dragon was slain by a little loli not even a hundred and sixty centimeters tall, who resorted to scratching, pulling, hitting, and biting. Nor would anyone guess that she was a girl who couldn’t even cultivate in the real world. Even less would anyone believe that a person could just stand completely still and let the Poison Dragon kill itself from the recoil!

"The world is truly full of wonders. There is always a higher mountain, and a stronger person!"

"All sorts of bizarre people and strange events keep popping up!"

"To think even the Poison Dragon has been killed by someone!"

The players sighed in amazement.

The Divine Mansion!

Su Tan wore a mix of complex emotions. This girl... she had managed to achieve this degree of success without anyone giving her a cheat. Just how low were the odds?

"Could it be... she’ll eventually gather teammates who pour all their points into attack or agility?" Su Tan muttered to himself. He had originally intended to continue observing Liao Wen, but to his surprise, she immediately logged out of the game after completing the newbie quest. It was a bit of a shame. He figured it would be a long while before she logged in again.

Who knew that less than an hour later, that girl logged right back in. And this time, she didn’t come alone. She brought three other people with her!

Well... two of them were lolis! They bore some resemblance to her. That’s right, they were the cousins she had duped into joining. Having decided the game was pretty good, she had gone out and roped them into this with her. Perhaps it was a genetic trait of the Liao Family bloodline that they produced an abundance of lolis.

"Sister, this game is seriously so much fun. The experience is incredibly realistic, just like the outside world," Liao Wen introduced. "Plus, I’ve got a really deep understanding of the game now. I can carry you." She patted the chest of her floral skirt, which wasn’t particularly endowed, and spoke with the smug pride of a wise sage.

Well... she had barely finished a few newbie quests and was already eager to show off to her little sisters. Her tender, innocent little face made her look exactly like a naive troll about to lead her teammates straight into disaster.

"Big Sis, is it really that fun?"

"It’s insanely fun! And I’m super strong now. I’ll protect you from now on!" Liao Wen declared. "Enough talking, let’s start your newbie quests. Once you’re done, I’ll take you out to slaughter Yin Demons!"

Qing, Liao Wen, and her two sisters began their newbie quests.

"Oh... right, I forgot to tell you. When you level up and distribute points, focusing on a single stat is the only way to be strong!" Liao Wen instructed.

"A single stat? Big Sis... really?" Her two sisters, being absolute newbies themselves, were half-believing and half-doubtful.

"Yes, I guarantee it with my life. Focusing on a single stat is amazing! I didn’t even have to do anything to kill that massive Poison Dragon in the Dragon Cave, all because I focused on one stat," Liao Wen said. "The stat I focused on is Defense Power. We need to balance things out as a team, so you guys should put everything into Attack. Later on, when we combine our strengths, we’ll be invincible!"

"Okay! We’ll listen to you, Big Sis!"

Having zero experience, the two lolis were successfully led astray by Liao Wen. Under her strong insistence, the two younger girls followed her advice and dumped all their points into Attack. Well... they didn’t doubt the words of the "expert" in the slightest.

As expected, maxing out their Attack resulted in incredible lethality. They instantly one-shot every small mob they encountered on the road. Whenever a monster tried to fight back, Liao Wen stood in the front to tank it, rendering the incoming damage completely negligible. With every quest they completed, they dumped all their newly acquired Experience Value straight into Attack.

"See? Focusing on a single stat is super strong, right? I told you I wasn’t lying!" Liao Wen bragged.

Had they developed their stats in a balanced way, their attack power definitely wouldn’t be this high. Building a character this way actually came with a lot of weaknesses. While Liao Wen specializing solely in defense meant she couldn’t easily kill enemies, she also wouldn’t die, allowing her to keep playing. Specializing in other stats, however, was a completely different story—like Attack.

Focusing entirely on Attack did indeed make them hit harder, but the slightest slip-up meant dying from a mere graze by an enemy, making the game practically unplayable. But right now, they had Liao Wen standing in front of them. With Liao Wen absorbing all the damage, they could attack recklessly without any fear of being killed. Under these circumstances, the true value of their terrifying attack power was brought to light.

"DING~ Poison Dragon was slain by Liao Huang’e +1... Acquired a massive amount of Experience Value!"

"DING~ Poison Dragon was slain by Liao Huang’e +1... Acquired a massive amount of Experience Value!"

"DING~ Poison Dragon was slain by Liao Hongyue +1... Acquired a massive amount of Experience Value!"

The Dragon Cave!

Liao Wen stood in the front to tank, while Liao Huang’e and Liao Hongyue unleashed a mad barrage of damage from behind. Although they hadn’t obtained the Poison Dragon Talent again, they did acquire a massive amount of Experience Value.

Theoretically, newbie quests could be repeated many times. However, since these were bonus quests aimed at beginners, a player would receive a large sum of Yin Power and experience the first time they completed them. Doing it a second time would yield reduced rewards. For instance, defeating the Poisonous Emperor Bee for the first time would grant 500 Experience Value, but the second time would only give 5 points. The third time would be even less, perhaps just 2 points, and eventually... it would only give a single point, making it completely a waste of time.

But the Poison Dragon was different. Because it had been intentionally designed as an impossible quest, its experience rewards remained consistently massive.

Su Tan never imagined that anyone could actually kill the thing, much less that someone would use it as a farming NPC to grind levels... It was no exaggeration to say that Su Tan, who had always enjoyed smooth sailing and kept everything under his absolute control, felt like he had completely stumbled this time!

"These girls..." Su Tan shook his head helplessly. "Haha... well, whatever. Their growing strength won’t do us any harm anyway. I’ll just treat the lost Yin Power as an investment in their training." He was actually quite magnanimous about the whole ordeal.

"These three girls are completely clueless... But their approach is somewhat interesting..."

Dumping all points into a single stat? Any person with even a rudimentary understanding of the Dao of cultivation would never employ such a strategy, nor would they dare to. Because... it was utterly useless!

Lately, things had been rather dull. Amidst the solemn and monotonous war, Liao Wen’s unexpected strategy was a breath of fresh air for Su Tan, lightening the heavy atmosphere. It was nice. He genuinely wanted to see how far these girls could go and what other surprises they might bring him. Su Tan felt a considerable amount of joy in his heart. Sometimes, it was only the noobs—those unburdened by rigid rules and conventions—who could come up with the most interesting ideas.

Inside the Dragon Cave!

"This makes no sense... Last time, I literally just slapped it a few times and the Poison Dragon Talent dropped... Why is it taking so long this time?" Liao Wen looked bewildered.

"Big Sis? Does it really exist? If it’s not working out, why don’t we just leave?" Liao Huang’e asked.

"Don’t rush, I can definitely get it to drop for you guys! Keep it up!" Liao Wen encouraged.

And so... they killed the Poison Dragon a few more times!

It turned out their original intention was never to grind levels at all, but rather to farm the Poison Dragon Talent! They had actually assumed it would drop after a casual fight... But through a happy accident, their repeated slaughters of the Poison Dragon had netted them a mountain of experience. Before they had even stepped out of the Newbie Village, their stats had already become terrifying. The antics of these complete noobs were destined to evoke envy from everyone else. Well... this was truly something only beginners could pull off.

At this very moment.

The entire Marching Battlefield had gone completely insane!

"What the hell... Killing it once is enough, but what do you mean by killing it so many times? Are you trying to humiliate us?"

"Also, who are these Liao Huang’e and Liao Hongyue people? Why is the Poison Dragon being slaughtered repeatedly today?"

"Did the quest difficulty get lowered?"

"My god!"

The players were completely speechless. The world announcements continuously spammed messages of the Poison Dragon being slain. And... it was all done by the same three people. This... Had the players not checked with the official admins—who confirmed that the quest difficulty had not been lowered and the announcements were accurate—they would have thought the game was glitching out.

"How are they doing this?"

"They must be monsters!"

"They’re not even human!"

The players, coughing up blood from the sheer absurdity of the spam, didn’t even have the energy left to complain. Three absolute freaks had just burst onto the scene out of nowhere!

The Dragon Cave!

Liao Wen and her two sisters were completely oblivious to the fact that they had already caused a massive sensation before even making their official debut. The three were still locked in a fierce struggle with the Poison Dragon. Liao Wen merely wanted to secure a Poison Dragon Talent for her two sisters, but in the end... it just wasn’t dropping no matter what she tried.

Feeling like her pride was on the line, she desperately wanted to prove that the beast could indeed drop the Poison Dragon Talent. And so, they continued to bully the Poison Dragon...

As to whether they could actually get it to drop? That would simply depend on their luck from here on out!