Desolate World: Starting with Novel - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Second Trial—The Kobold Camp
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Of course, this had nothing to do with Wang Shuo for the time being.
After a night of cultivation, he consumed 42 Five Grains Pills and successfully absorbed more than 200 light spots.
Unfortunately, the 200 light spots seemed to sink into an ocean. Not even a single wave rose, much less a breakthrough.
Wang Shuo wasn’t too surprised by this. The stronger the strength, the more difficult it would be to increase it. This was only natural.
When he swallowed another Five Grains Pill and wanted to continue cultivating, a notification suddenly popped up.
[The Second Trial will begin soon. Players, please get ready.]
Only then did Wang Shuo realize that the sky was already bright.
The gentle morning sun enveloped the land, illuminating the tender sprouts everywhere on the ground.
“Something doesn’t feel right…”
He suddenly looked down.
He remembered that all he could see yesterday was a desolate plain. But in just one short night, it had become full of vitality.
“Sure enough, it’s a game world you can’t judge by common sense!”
Wang Shuo shook his head and stood up.
Although he had stayed up all night, he was full of energy.
After stretching his limbs, he scanned his surroundings.
“I wonder what the second trial is.”
While he was guessing, a camp suddenly sprang up out of thin air not far away.
The camp was simple and crude, about the size of a basketball court, and surrounded by a spiked wooden fence.
There were a few straw tents inside.
As soon as the camp appeared, six kobolds wielding axes and spiked clubs emerged from three small tents.
The kobolds were all around 1.6 meters tall and had well-built bodies. The bulging muscles all over their bodies were comparable to those of bodybuilders.
Wang Shuo’s expression turned solemn, and his entire body tensed up as he faced them.
Just when Wang Shuo thought that these guys would immediately rush over, he found that they didn’t seem to notice him at all and continued to wander around the fence.
“Has the mechanic changed?”
Wang Shuo slowly retreated a hundred meters away. Seeing that these monsters really had no intention of coming after him, he stopped.
“Looks like the second trial is to clear the camp.”
He opened the forum. Sure enough, many players were discussing the second trial.
“Holy shit. Isn’t the second trial too difficult? Yesterday, I struggled fighting one-on-one. But today, I have to fight so many at once?”
“Don’t mention it. It’s the same for me. I fought two green-skinned goblin-like monsters. They were horrifying, especially the big one.”
“What should I do? I have three spiders on my side. I’m most afraid of spiders!”
“Don’t panic. The monsters in the second trial seem to have an aggro range. I just tested it and found that the monsters will stop chasing after 50 meters away from the camp.”
“Indeed. As long as we strategize, the difficulty won’t be much greater than before.”
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Wang Shuo closed the forum and looked at the camp in the distance. He couldn’t help taking a deep breath.
Although he was mentally prepared, he didn’t expect the system to be so crazy.
The camps of others started off with the three monsters, but the number on his side doubled. And there was still a large tent that was inactive.
From the description of the other players, the strength of these kobolds was extraordinary.
“Forget it. I’ll give it a try first.”
Tossing aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Wang Shuo concentrated and moved toward the camp.
The six kobolds formed a triangle around the camp.
When he was about 50 meters away, two kobolds suddenly turned their heads over and glared at him.
The two kobolds growled and bared their fangs as they charged forward.
“So fast!”
Wang Shuo’s heart skipped a beat. The kobolds’ explosive speed was almost comparable to his before his breakthrough.
If he hadn’t broken through, he wouldn’t have the confidence to face these two.
In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides closed to under ten meters.
Wang Shuo’s powerful motion perception allowed him to capture every detail of their movements.
He clenched his fist, and the Green Dragon Staff appeared in his palm.
When they were only five meters away, the kobold on the left raised its one-meter long stone ax and swung it down.
At the same time, the kobold on the right swung its spiked club at Wang Shuo’s waist.
A gale whipped up, screeching like the cries of ravenous ghosts.
Wang Shuo’s heart pounded like a drum as his gaze darted around like lightning.
His thoughts were extremely clear. He nimbly dodged the first attack and swept the Green Flood Dragon Staff across, accurately striking the spiked club.
With a clang, the thick and tough club instantly shattered into several pieces.
Even Wang Shuo was shocked by the power of his staff.
His original intention was just to parry the opponent’s attack.
“As expected of a mystic-tier weapon!”
Under the enormous force of the blow, the kobold stumbled back several meters.
Wang Shuo’s heart stirred. With this advantage, he was about to follow up and end this guy.
But he hadn’t learned staff techniques. Before long, the effect of this attack wore off. Just as its momentum stopped, he saw the stone ax swing down diagonally at his head.
Although Wang Shuo could clearly sense that the opponent’s strength was much weaker than his, he didn’t dare to use his body to receive this attack and could only raise his staff to block.
As the Green Flood Dragon Staff shook slightly, the kobold holding the stone ax released its grip as if it had been electrocuted and retreated two steps.
Its two arms hung low and shook slightly.
After all, Wang Shuo’s strength was far beyond its. Even if it was merely a passive block, there was enough force to damage the kobold.
Although it took a lot of words to describe this, all of it happened in mere moments.
The weapons of the two kobolds were destroyed.
Their eyes revealed human-like shock as they turned around and ran away without hesitation.
But how could Wang Shuo let them go? He stomped the ground and appeared behind one of them in an instant.
He thrust the Green Dragon Staff forward like a spear at his opponent’s back.
Although he didn’t know staff techniques, the robust coordination brought by 3 points of Physique gave him precise control of his strength.
The attack landed squarely on kobold’s spine.
With a crisp crack, the Green Flood Dragon Staff’s head pierced through the body into the ground.
Although the results were remarkable, Wang Shuo was not happy.
When he pulled out the Green Dragon Staff, the other one had already run eight meters away.
Most importantly, the four kobolds on the left and right had already arrived to support it.
Wang Shuo frowned while pondering. After some hesitation, he still chose to turn around and leave.
From the previous exchange, he discovered his weakness.
In terms of strength, he could crush the kobolds. Furthermore, his weapon was much more potent than theirs.
But he was extremely unfamiliar with using it.
Fighting with weapons was different from fighting with punches and kicks. As long as your strength was tremendous and reaction speed was swift, techniques were all minor details.
But fighting with weapons was a challenging test of skill and technique.
It was okay to receive one or two punches and kicks, but swords and axes could seriously injure you in just one hit.
With his current staff techniques, facing five kobolds was looking for death.
