Chapter 4: Regeneration Effect and Powerful Defense
[System Prompt: Detected that you currently have 1 enhancement point. Do you want to enhance the Cotton Cloth Robe?]
Right after putting it on, the system prompted an enhancement.
"Oh? It only needs 1 enhancement point?" Zhou Han was both surprised and delighted.
If that's really the case, then this is insanely good!
[The number of enhancement points required depends on the quality and rarity of the item!]
Which basically meant this robe was trash.
But Zhou Han didn't mind. Having something to wear was already good enough.
"Enhance it directly!"
[You activated your talent: Infinite Enhancement. Consumed 1 enhancement point. The normal-grade equipment 'Cotton Cloth Robe' has been successfully enhanced once. New attributes have been updated. Please check!]
A flash of white light appeared, and the new attributes slowly emerged before his eyes.
[Cotton Cloth Robe +1]
[Grade: Normal]
[Category: Armor]
[Attributes: Defense +26]
[Special Effect: Basic regeneration. After equipping this item, you recover 20 HP per second. (Cannot exceed max HP)]
[Description: Has automatic healing. Mom will never have to worry about me being low HP again.]
"Woohoo! This effect is strong!"
After reading it, Zhou Han was overjoyed.
His defense directly increased by 26 points,
and it even added a basic regeneration effect.
This was the beginning of taking off!
Without wasting words, Zhou Han immediately equipped it.
[System Prompt: Detected that you are not at full HP. Basic regeneration effect activated!]
+20,
+20,
Very quickly,
the HP he had lost from fighting the Iron Rock Chicken earlier was fully restored in an instant.
"Awesome!"
"SSS talent is just insane!" Zhou Han exclaimed excitedly in his heart.
With the Cotton Cloth Robe +1 equipped,
if Zhou Han encountered an Iron Rock Chicken now, he could fight it head-on.
Even if Tetanus didn't trigger, he could still kill it.
With powerful defense combined with regeneration,
level 1 monsters were basically easy kills now.
Feeling refreshed, Zhou Han didn't waste any time and began searching for level 1 monsters.
As a beginner map, the Misty Forest naturally had no shortage of level 1 monsters.
However, most of them appeared in groups of more than ten,
making them extremely dangerous. Zhou Han wouldn't provoke them for now.
After all, not only did he have to fight monsters, but he also had to guard against sneak attacks from other players.
So prolonged battles were best avoided whenever possible.
Zhou Han continued searching through the forest.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp sound rang out.
Just as he passed a large tree, a black shadow lunged at him.
Zhou Han felt claws slash across his back, causing a burning pain.
He quickly turned around.
"Looking for death!"
Seeing the shadow about to attack again, he immediately drew his iron sword and slashed forward.
"Bang!"
The shadow was struck directly and looked at Zhou Han with some fear.
It hadn't expected its sharp claws to deal so little damage to this human. It didn't make sense.
At the same time,
Zhou Han used appraisal and saw the shadow's stats.
[Shadow Squirrel]
[Grade: Normal]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 290]
[Attack: 35]
[Defense: 6]
[Skill: Shadow Claw (Temporarily increases attack power and delivers a lethal strike.)]
[Description: Skilled at hiding and launching ambushes from the shadows. A nightmare for beginner players.]
It actually had 35 attack.
If Zhou Han hadn't gotten the Cotton Cloth Robe, he'd probably be dead already.
"Beast! You've killed so many people!"
Looking at the ground, there were several player corpses—clearly all ambushed and killed by the Shadow Squirrel.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Zhou Han was inspecting, the Shadow Squirrel lunged again.
"Perfect timing. Die!"
Zhou Han charged forward as well, swinging wildly.
Right now he had no skills, so he could only rely on basic attacks.
After four hits, the Tetanus effect successfully triggered.
"Heh! Trying to run?"
Seeing the Shadow Squirrel flee into the distance, Zhou Han sneered.
These monsters were quite intelligent—they wouldn't fight to the death if they couldn't win.
Fortunately, it had been afflicted with Tetanus. Otherwise, it might have escaped.
Two seconds later, the Shadow Squirrel fell from a tree.
[System Prompt: You have successfully killed a level 1 monster 'Shadow Squirrel'. You gained 1 enhancement point, 1 EXP, and 5 copper coins.]
However, this time no equipment dropped.
Zhou Han didn't mind. He couldn't be lucky every time.
"System, can I perform a second enhancement?" Zhou Han asked after gaining the point.
[Sorry, a second enhancement requires 10 enhancement points. Detected that you do not have enough points. Please obtain more enhancement points before enhancing again.]
"Ten points, huh? Good!"
"Just kill nine more level 1 monsters and it'll be done!" Zhou Han felt motivated, looking forward to the second enhancement.
After collecting the copper coins,
Zhou Han continued hunting.
[System Prompt: You have successfully killed a level 1 monster 'Iron Rock Chicken'. You gained 1 enhancement point, 1 EXP, and 5 copper coins.]
[System Prompt: You have successfully killed a level 1 monster 'Big Black Dog'. You gained 1 enhancement point, 1 EXP, and 5 copper coins.]
[System Prompt: You have successfully killed a level 1 monster 'Poison Stinger Bug'. You gained 1 enhancement point, 1 EXP, and 5 copper coins.]
[System Prompt: You have successfully killed a level 1 monster 'Water Arrow Frog'. You gained 1 enhancement point, 1 EXP, and 5 copper coins.]
…
Thanks to the basic regeneration effect, Zhou Han had plenty of room for trial and error.
His movement and combat skills improved significantly,
so his efficiency in battle became much higher than before.
Notifications of monster kills kept coming in.
"I now have 9 enhancement points!"
"Just one more and I can perform the second enhancement!" Zhou Han said happily after checking his panel.
Carefully searching through the forest,
Zhou Han heard movement and sharp cries not far away.
Pushing aside the bushes, he immediately grinned.
"Heh! Turns out it's two cats in heat!"
"Perfect—I need enhancement points, so you'll do!"
Zhou Han prepared to sneak over, but they quickly detected him.
"Meow…"
"Hisss…"
Having their business interrupted, the two black cats became extremely furious.
They bared their teeth, eyes filled with killing intent, ready to tear Zhou Han apart.
Their bodies were massive, about the size of wolves.
With their fur standing on end, they stared at Zhou Han.
Their cautious nature made them hold back from attacking first, instead probing him continuously.