"Sister Li, I'm here again." Upon returning to the beginner village, Wang Ming went straight to the pharmacy.

"Oh, so you're scrambling for a chance to survive? Well, have you completed the gathering task I assigned you?"

"Sister Li, not yet. It's too dangerous in the wild. I was thinking of buying some medicine from you."

“Yes, the wilderness is indeed fraught with danger. It’s wise to have some medicine on hand.” Widow Li waved her hand, and various medicines appeared before Wang Ming’s eyes.

"Handsome young man, feel free to look around."

"Okay, Sister Li."

Wang Ming looked at the pharmacy, which had a lot of medicines inside.

Beginner's Health Restoration Potion

Grade: Unacceptable

Description: After use, it continuously restores 100 health points over 10 seconds.

Cooldown time: 10 seconds

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

Price: 10 copper coins

...

Newbie Mana Restoration Potion

Grade: Unacceptable

Description: After use, it continuously restores 100 mana points over 10 seconds.

Cooldown time: 10 seconds

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

Price: 10 copper coins

...

Beginner's Power Potion

Grade: Unacceptable

Description: After use, it increases Strength attribute by 1 point, and the effect lasts for 30 minutes.

Cooldown time: 1 minute

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

Price: 15 copper coins

...

Beginner's Intelligence Potion

Grade: Unacceptable

Description: After use, it increases the Intelligence attribute by 1 point, and the effect lasts for 30 minutes.

Cooldown time: 1 minute

Note: Cannot be combined with other drugs of the same type.

Price: 15 copper coins

...

These potions were of all kinds, some restoring health and mana, others temporarily increasing attribute values. Wang Ming ignored the other potions and instead looked at the beginner's health restoration potion.

Ten copper coins? That's way too expensive!

In the metaverse, 1 gold coin = 100 silver coins = 1 copper coin.

The game has just launched and there is no way to exchange real-world currency for in-game currency yet. In the early stages, you can only obtain it by defeating monsters.

Wang Ming spent half a day hunting buck-toothed rabbits, but only managed to get less than 60 copper coins.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Ming spent all his copper coins to buy 5 bottles of beginner health recovery potions.

"System notification: Congratulations on obtaining 5 Beginner Health Recovery Potions."

Wang Ming looked at his backpack, which contained 5 bottles of beginner health recovery potions, 10 bottles of beginner mana recovery potions, and more than 40 buck-toothed rabbit pelts.

"Sister Li, I have 10 bottles of beginner mana recovery potions here. Can you take them back?" Wang Ming's attacks do not consume mana, so he naturally has no use for these mana recovery potions.

"Of course, but for recycling, I can only offer 1 copper coin per bottle."

"Wow, this is so dark."

"Sister Li, I... sold it..." Even a small amount is still something; these 10 mana restoration potions could allow Wang Ming to buy one more health restoration potion.

"See you again, Sister Li~"

After saying goodbye to Widow Li, Wang Ming went to the tailor shop.

"Sister Zhang, do you recycle buck-toothed rabbit pelts here?"

"Recycled, 100 buck-toothed rabbit pelts are worth 20 copper coins."

Wow, this price...

Wang Ming rolled his eyes when he heard what Zhang the tailor said.

"Sister Zhang, I have 48 buck-toothed rabbit pelts here. How about you buy them back for 10 copper coins?"

"I see... Alright, alright, since you're the first person to sell buck-toothed bunny pelts, I'll give you a discount."

"System notification: Congratulations on receiving 10 copper coins."

"Thank you, Sister Zhang!"

"Young man, you have a sweet tongue. Come again soon."

"Okay, Sister Zhang~"

Wang Ming then went to the pharmacy again to buy a beginner's health recovery potion, and then headed straight for the wilderness.

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the buck-toothed rabbit. You have gained 10 experience points, 1 copper coin, and 1 merit."

"System notification: Congratulations, your level has increased to level 1, and you have gained 20 health points, 10 mana points, and 5 free attribute points."

Wang Ming's experience points had already reached 99%, and after killing a buck-toothed rabbit, he leveled up to level 1 immediately.

Then, Wang Ming looked at his attributes.

Character attributes:

Character Name: Seizing a Chance of Survival

Occupation: Chaos Fist Master (Apprentice)

Level: 1

Realm: Acquired Level 1

Health Points: 80

Mana: 50

Attack: 7

Defense: 6

Basic attributes:

Strength: 7

Agility: 3

Intelligence: 4

Spirit: 4

Physical strength: 6

Free attribute points: 5

......

"No way, are you kidding me? Soul Devouring only stole 18 attribute points? This is even worse than the previous A-level talent."

Wang Ming was a little confused when he looked at his character attributes, but then he realized what was going on.

In the early stages of character development, the amount of experience required for leveling up is not high, and the number of monsters killed is naturally smaller. This creates the illusion that an SSS-level Soul Devouring Technique does not have the same significant increase in base attributes as an A-level technique.

In the Yuan Domain, as a character's level increases, the experience required to level up also increases. With each level up, the attributes that the Devouring Spirit can steal will also increase, potentially boosting basic attributes to an overwhelming degree.

"Five free attribute points, I completely forgot about that."

Players can gain 5 free attribute points each time they level up. Although it's not much, it's a great benefit to Wang Ming.

Wang Ming then added all 5 free attribute points to Strength, increasing his Strength attribute from 7 to 12, and his Attack also increased to 12.

"12 points of attack, 29 points of total attribute value, the damage has increased significantly!"

Full of confidence, Wang Ming walked deeper into the grassland.

Half an hour later, Wang Ming crossed the buck-toothed rabbit's territory and arrived at the area where level 1 monsters were.

The Art of Insight!

Without hesitation, Wang Ming used the skill "Insight" on the monster.

Black-bristled pig (common)

Level: 1

Realm: Acquired Level 1

Life expectancy: 85

Attack: 10

Defense: 5

Description: A lazy, gluttonous beast that forages everywhere and is commonly found in beginner villages.

The black-bristled pig was slightly plump, covered in coarse black hair, and was burying its head in the soil, chewing occasionally.

Wang Ming chuckled when he saw the attributes of the Black-bristled Boar.

That's right, it's just a level 1 monster. How strong can its stats be? Besides, I'm growing stronger now. I'm not the weakling I was when I first entered the game anymore! Killing this monster is no problem at all.

"Ugh, I'm traumatized by that buck-toothed rabbit."

Wang Ming shook his head, then charged at the black-bristled boar in front of him.

-12.

-12.

-3.

-4.

-4.

-6.

The black-bristled boar, in pain, turned around and bit Wang Ming.

-6.

"System notification: You have been attacked by a Black-bristled Boar, HP -6."

The Black-bristled Boar's attack is 10 points, and the user's defense is 8 points. After damage reduction, the Black-bristled Boar can only deal 62.5% damage to the user, which is roughly 6 points.

It's nothing compared to Wang Ming's 100 HP.

With two more punches, Wang Ming killed the black-bristled boar.

"System notification: Congratulations, you have killed the Black-bristled Boar, gained 20 experience points, 1 Black-bristled Boar hide, and 1 merit point."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, gaining 1 point of Strength attribute."

"Great! The first monster triggered Soul Devouring, what a good omen!"