Whoosh!
The Divine Spark inside the backpack space transformed into a faint red light and poured into Lin Chen's body.
Boom!
Immediately, Lin Chen felt a power merging with his body, penetrating his marrow, blood, and organs... [Fusing Divine Spark...]
[Limited by the Host's level and realm tier, the Divine Spark cannot be fully fused yet. The degree of fusion will gradually deepen as the Host's strength increases...]
[Congratulations, you have initially fused the Life-type Divine Spark!]
[Your attributes have changed!]
[You have automatically comprehended the Divine Spark Skill: Wrath of Life!]
Because it was only an initial fusion, the process ended after just ten seconds, and Lin Chen felt a noticeable increase in his strength.
He summoned the Character Panel and indeed saw an extra "Divine Spark" option, while also noticing that his Health Points and Mana Points had skyrocketed by 100,000!
"There's also a Divine Spark skill. It must be very powerful, right?"
Lin Chen opened the Skill Bar to check the skill "Wrath of Life" that he comprehended from fusing the Divine Spark.
[Wrath of Life]
Type: Life-type Divine Spark Exclusive Skill
Effect 1: When attacking, inflicts True Damage equivalent to 1% of the user's maximum Health Points.
Effect 2: Basic attacks apply a Life Mark. After stacking ten times on the same target, the user enters the 'Wrath of Life' state, increasing their Attack Power by 1000 times their current Level, lasting until the end of combat.
Description: A skill that can only be comprehended by possessing a Life-type Divine Spark. It has no grade classification; its strength only increases when the Divine Spark's grade improves.
"Attacks inflict True Damage, what a great skill."
Lin Chen's eyes lit up, feeling that this skill was extremely suitable for an Archer.
"According to those fantasy novels, I should be a 'Quasi-God' now, right?"
Letting out a breath, Lin Chen couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes and quickly walked out of the garden.
A few minutes later, he saw a small Teleportation Array.
The Survival Base was large, so small Teleportation Arrays were scattered throughout the various zones, making it convenient to move within a zone or travel to others.
Of course, teleporting consumes Survival Points, but players below Level 10 can use it for free.
Lin Chen entered the Teleportation Array, and with a flash of light, he arrived at the edge of the Base's Defense Barrier.
Across the barrier, players could be seen battling monsters on the plains outside the Base.
Lin Chen passed through the Defense Barrier, and immediately, the sounds of killing rushed over him like a tide.
"Shield Guard, hurry up and hold them off!"
"Damn, this Phantom Wildcat is so nimble, it actually dodged my skill!"
"Healer, heal me quickly!"
...Players were seen in groups of three to five, usually teaming up to fight a single monster. Most were still not accustomed to the fighting and seemed flustered.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a fierce scream sounded from nearby on the side.
It turned out that a Swordsman player was unfortunately bitten by a monster that looked like a dog but was comparable to a tiger in size. The Priest in his team had their skill on cooldown, and the low-health Swordsman immediately died (GG).
Lin Chen focused his gaze on the monster and saw the corresponding information.
[Red Fang Hound]
Level: 1
Type: Normal Monster
Health Points: 300
Attack Power: 25
Defense Power: 10
Skill: None
Description: Beware of its teeth.
This monster's attributes completely crushed the current players.
Of course, compared to Lin Chen, this Cheater who started with 100,000 Health Points, these monsters' attributes were not worth mentioning at all.
Currently, the surroundings were full of people and monsters, and the scene was too chaotic, so Lin Chen stepped forward.
He looked down on the monsters here!
He wanted to get far away from the Base and see if he could encounter a BOSS-level monster.
The game rules stated that when a BOSS of a certain type and grade dies for the first time, the First Kill Mechanism is triggered, granting special rewards.
Since the game had just opened, killing a BOSS would not only be the first kill for that type and grade of BOSS, but also the first BOSS kill in the entire game. It was easy to imagine how generous the rewards would be!
"Hey, buddy, why are you alone?"
When Lin Chen walked out of the edge of the Base's barrier area, a Warrior player noticed he was alone and shouted, "If you haven't found a team, come join us!"
Lin Chen remained silent and continued jogging.
Soon, some monsters saw Lin Chen alone and fiercely pounced on him.
-15
-15
...Lin Chen tried his best to dodge, but he only had 10 Movement Speed, which was slower than the monsters, and he was quickly entangled.
"Look, there's a noob being chased by monsters!"
"He dares to walk here alone? Doesn't he know the further you are from the Base, the more dangerous it is?"
"Hehe, there are always idiots who have wild fantasies, thinking that taking the path less traveled will lead to an adventure and a peak life experience. They'll know fear once they die!"
"Dying once in this game deducts half your lifespan. That's truly twisted. Everyone be careful, don't follow those fools!"
Lin Chen endured the damage from several monsters and ran forward. The people behind him all assumed he was doomed and ignored him, focusing on leveling up.
What they didn't know was that after Lin Chen ran for a short distance and saw that no one was around, he immediately turned around, drew his bow, and notched an arrow.
In an instant, mana flowed from his fingertips, transforming into a deep blue energy arrow on the longbow.
Lin Chen aimed at the target and released his fingers.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Skill: Double Shot!
Two arrows pierced the air, flying straight towards a charging Red Fang Hound and a Phantom Wildcat.
-3 (Double Hit Skill Damage)
-1001 (Wrath of Life True Damage)
-3
-1001
Instant kill!
Two miserable cries sounded, and the monsters fell to the ground.
Lin Chen's personal skill damage was pathetic, but he possessed 100,000 Health Points.
Therefore, the skill effect of Wrath of Life allowed his every attack to inflict 1001 points of True Damage—this was the capital that allowed him to act alone!
[You killed Level 1 monster Red Fang Hound, EXP +12, Survival Points +1.]
[You killed Level 1 monster Phantom Wildcat, EXP +13, Survival Points +1.]
"As expected of a Divine Spark skill, it's powerful."
Lin Chen felt extremely pleased.
The remaining few monsters chased closely behind.
Lin Chen kited backward while activating "Rapid Fire," increasing his arrow release speed by 30%.
Every arrow released meant a monster fell!
"Awooo~"
Several nearby wandering monsters noticed the commotion and ran over to surround Lin Chen.
Lin Chen had no time to worry, so he simply stopped dodging and let the monsters bite him.
He put away his weapon and used both fists, fighting against multiple foes.
Yes, that's right, he used his fists.
An Archer who doesn't know how to punch people is not a good Pugilist!
Bang! Bang!
-1001
-1001
...Every time Lin Chen threw a punch, the passive effect of "Wrath of Life" was triggered, and a monster immediately dropped dead.
Fortunately, this area was far from the Base, and no one saw his violent punching technique, or they would be shouting that a Cheater was among them.
Soon, all the monsters attempting to attack him had fallen.
[Congratulations on leveling up. All Attributes +1, Free Attribute Points +5, Lifespan +1 year, Health Points and Mana Points +100!]
Whoosh!
A holy radiance flashed across Lin Chen's body.
He reached Level 1!
"Simple enough."
Lin Chen walked over and picked up the loot dropped by the monsters.
[You obtained Copper Coin ×14, Basic Red Potion ×1, Defective Energy Stone ×1.]
I have to say, the drop rate is moving—not a single piece of equipment dropped.
Basic Red Potions are dispensable for the current Lin Chen, and Copper Coins can be used to buy supplies in the Base's Public Store.
What is relatively useful is the Energy Stone. This item is unique to the Dimensional World, and by feeding it to the Base's "Core Crystal Monument," one can obtain corresponding Survival Points.