Jiang Hao had made a guess about the experience required for the next upgrade, with 500 points being the most reasonable. However, Lingxu once again surprised him.

"Damn it, if it weren't for the money it makes, who would play this stupid game?"

After venting a few times and feeling much better, Jiang Hao ordered the skeleton turtle to lure the monsters. The wild deer's alert range was 12 meters, and Jiang Hao had figured it out perfectly after fighting for a while.

Before long, the nearest wild deer spotted the skeleton turtle wriggling on the ground. It lowered its head, pushed off the ground with its hind legs, and charged at the skeleton turtle with its entire body.

This animal looks quite docile, so why is it always so reckless? It unleashes its skills at the slightest sign of unusual activity. You're really reckless!

Jiang Hao, a devilish smile playing on his lips, commanded the turtle to use its Fortitude skill. The skeleton turtle's defense instantly increased by 50, preparing to withstand the attack head-on. At the same time, it commanded the two skeleton deer in front of it to move forward, ready to gang up on the deer.

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The wild deer's charge attack dealt 179 damage to the skeleton turtle, while its sturdy skill restored 120 health per second. The 60 damage was merely a scratch on the skeleton turtle, which had nearly 1600 health. But the wild deer had no chance. The skeleton deer on the left rammed its head, its sharp antlers striking the wild deer.

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White damage numbers floated above the wild deer's head, instantly reducing its health by one-fifth. Simultaneously, it was forcibly stunned for 1.2 seconds by Jiang Hao's talent skill. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the skeleton turtle on the left once again charged at the wild deer.

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Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Skeleton Turtle recovered 120 health again, returning to full health. The Skeleton Deer on the right, watching the other Skeleton Deer in battle, was eager to join the fray. Only after the deer recovered from its stunned state did the Skeleton Turtle on the right, under Jiang Hao's control, headbutt the deer.

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The skeleton deer on the right triggered its talent, stunning the enemy, while the skeleton deer on the left continued its attacks. Two more attacks landed on the deer, leaving it with only one-fifth of its health. At that moment, the skeleton turtle extended its skull and bit down on the deer's head.

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The wild deer was stunned again by the skeleton turtle's attack, and then its health bar was completely depleted by the damage from the skeleton wild deer on the left, until it died.

Throughout the entire battle, Jiang Hao didn't actually participate in the fighting. Except for the initial damage the wild deer inflicted on the skeleton turtle, he remained stunned until the battle ended.

Gained 17 experience points.

You have received one copper coin.

"Player detected defeating a monster 5 levels higher than their own. Talent effect enhanced, stun duration increased by 0.01 seconds. Current stun duration 1.21 seconds, true damage 5 points."

Aside from the reduced experience points and the lack of equipment drops, normal combat is pretty nice!

Jiang Hao was quite satisfied with this combat style; at least he didn't have to personally participate in battles and take risks. He had lost a few experience points, probably because he had leveled up to level three. This Spirit Ruins game was truly meticulous in its calculations.

This time, there was no need to wait for the skeleton turtle to reply; we could start the fight immediately. Two skeleton deer stood ready, while the skeleton turtle, with its short legs, set off again...

And so, a battle lasted 4 seconds, plus 6 seconds to lure the monsters, and killing a wild deer only took 10 seconds. Experience points, copper coins, and Jiang Hao's talent steadily increased. Finally, after killing another 20 wild deer, new equipment dropped.

[Deerskin Jacket]

Quality: Average

Breastplate

Health +60

Strength 11

Defense +5

Wearing requirements: None

Another piece of equipment that increases health?

It's clearly warrior attire. Fortunately, there are no requirements for wearing it, so necromancers can also wear it.

Jiang Hao immediately put on this equipment, replacing the beginner cloth robe that gave him in the beginner village that added one point of defense, and his health instantly increased to 470 points.

He had originally intended to put the beginner's cloth armor on the auction house, but then he thought that if people saw that he was even selling beginner's cloth armor, wouldn't that ruin his reputation of only selling high-quality equipment? So Jiang Hao gave up the idea.

After regrouping, Jiang Hao continued hunting wild deer. After killing another 21 wild deer, a flash of white light appeared on Jiang Hao's body, and he leveled up.

"Player detected defeating a monster 5 levels higher than their own. Talent effect enhanced, stun duration increased by 0.01 seconds. Current stun duration 1.62 seconds, true damage 5 points."

"Congratulations on leveling up! You have gained 5 free attribute points and 1 skill point. Please allocate them wisely."

After reaching level 4, his health reached 500 points and his mana reached 600 points. With these stats, plus his three summoned creatures and his talent, Jiang Hao felt that as long as he controlled the fight well, defeating the boss without taking damage wasn't impossible. After all, the drop rate of equipment from wild deer was too low; wouldn't the guaranteed equipment from the boss be much more appealing?

Thinking about the terrifying attributes of that world boss standing at the crossroads, Jiang Hao's heart began to tremble. Although theoretically he could wear it down, if he didn't control it well, the whole team could be wiped out. The resurrection in the Lingxu game has a 30-minute weakness penalty, reducing attribute values ​​by a full 90%. This means that within 30 minutes, he won't have enough mana to summon powerful summons.

Going to fight poor Ryan was too risky, so the image of the white-shelled turtle boss who created turtles on the beach popped into Jiang Hao's mind.

The White-shelled Sea Turtle King has 16,000 HP, 630 attack, and around 100 defense.

Jiang Hao stroked his chin, then gave a devilish smile, a plan forming in his mind.

He used the skill "Resurrection" on the recently deceased wild deer carcass. A moment later, a third skeletal wild deer stood among Jiang Hao's summoned army. Meanwhile, the skeletal turtle had completed its mission, extinguishing the soul fire within its head.

Jiang Hao took out the beginner's clothes he had just changed out of from his backpack, placed them on the back of a wild deer, and then pushed off with his left leg, sitting down steadily on his bottom.

The new mount is still a bit uncomfortable on my butt.

Far past the pitiful Ryan at the crossroads, Jiang Hao, like a general on horseback, led his army to the edge of the silvery-white beach. Looking around, he saw that the white-shelled sea turtle king was still perched on the back of the white-shelled sea turtle.

So long?

Jiang Hao wasn't going to wait for it to finish. He had experience killing white-shelled sea turtles; 50 meters was a safe range that wouldn't attract other sea turtles. Jiang Hao estimated the distance and, finding it just right, jumped off the skeleton deer, adjusted his angle, and swung his staff.

The sea turtle king, twice the size of the other turtles, vanished from its spot and reappeared beneath Jiang Hao's staff. As Jiang Hao drew closer, he could see the sea turtle king's expression of extreme bliss, but the sight of its disoriented head and the stars spinning above it was undeniably comical, making Jiang Hao want to laugh.

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This was the true damage Jiang Hao dealt. Seeing the stunned Turtle King, the other three Skeleton Deer were eager to attack. However, without Jiang Hao's command, they did not attack. Until the Turtle King had been stunned for 1.62 seconds and had just woken up, before it could even adjust its expression, the leftmost Skeleton Deer #1 had already launched its attack.

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The turtle boss was damaged and stunned for 1.6 seconds. Skeleton #1 then began intermittent attacks.

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Once the second stun ended, Skeleton Deer No. 2, standing in the middle, also launched an attack.

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Then Skeleton Deer #2 joined the relentless attack, until Skeleton Deer #3 on the far right also joined the battle. Jiang Hao no longer needed to worry about commanding the battle. The three Skeleton Deer and himself only needed to keep attacking the turtle boss. When the talent timer expired, it would automatically stun the turtle boss, something Jiang Hao had never worried about.

It can be said that the entire combat pattern has formed a solid closed loop.