Chapter 26 – Establishing Prestige, Becoming Famous
After hearing Zhou Han's words, a trace of despair flashed across Wang Teng's face.
Immediately after, he went into a crazed state and launched a final desperate struggle.
"Fine! If you want to kill me, it won't be that easy. I'll fight you to the death—you think I'm really afraid of you?"
Wang Teng placed the longsword horizontally in front of his chest and poured energy into it.
"Falling Leaf Sword! Autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves—kill!"
A sword qi erupted in midair, sweeping up countless fallen leaves as it shot straight toward Zhou Han. It was Wang Teng's final desperate strike.
Zhou Han was slightly surprised that Wang Teng had actually obtained a skill.
After all, before advancing classes, skills were extremely difficult to acquire.
That was also the reason Wang Teng had been so arrogant.
With this skill, most players simply couldn't withstand it.
"Such trivial tricks, and you dare show off in front of me? Let me show you what real swordsmanship is."
"Cross Slash!"
A cross-shaped sword qi, carrying a fierce momentum, slammed directly into Wang Teng's attack.
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out as Wang Teng's skill was instantly destroyed.
The cross-shaped sword qi did not slow down and directly pierced through Wang Teng's body.
"Good! Truly satisfying! Wang Teng has always been collecting tolls at the exit—good riddance, this is karma!"
"Zhou Han is truly ridding the people of a scourge. He has both strength and a heroic spirit."
"Let's go, let's head to the exit now. In case another tyrant shows up to collect tolls, it'll be bad."
"First, we should clean up Wang Teng's lackeys."
Soon, the group of players who had been under Wang Teng's protection were completely dealt with by the long-oppressed crowd.
Afterward, someone posted what had happened in the chat channel.
Everyone praised Zhou Han, calling him a righteous hero with great moral integrity.
[You have established immense prestige in the hearts of over 30,000 players.]
[You obtained the title 'Becoming Famous']
Hm? There's actually a reward for this?
After hearing the system notification, Zhou Han paused for a moment.
He had simply killed Wang Teng because he couldn't stand his behavior.
He didn't expect to build such a towering reputation among so many players.
And even receive a reward—it was a pleasant surprise.
He immediately checked the title.
[Becoming Famous]
Grade: Bronze
Effect: When equipped, immediately increases attack power by 100. After unequipping, the effect persists for 3 seconds before disappearing.
Description: A title-type item. Each player can equip only one title.
A flat +100 attack bonus was quite good.
"Enhance it three times."
Whenever Zhou Han saw something, he instinctively wanted to enhance it.
Sure enough, title-type items could also be enhanced.
[You activated innate talent: Infinite Enhancement. Enhancement successful. Please check the results.]
[Becoming Famous +3]
Grade: Bronze
Effect: When equipped, immediately increases attack power by 500. After unequipping, the effect persists for 3 seconds before disappearing.
Description: A title-type item. Each player can equip only one title.
Not bad—+500 attack power.
After equipping it, Zhou Han could feel a surge of power flowing into his body.
Excellent. The feeling of becoming stronger was deeply satisfying.
"Falling Leaf Sword Technique?"
Zhou Han picked up the skill book dropped beside Wang Teng's body. Four large characters were written on it.
Wang Teng had used it before dying, though its power was rather average.
Still, in the early stage, obtaining a skill book was already considered extraordinary luck.
There was no room to be picky.
[You obtained Falling Leaf Sword Technique. Learn it?]
"Learn."
More skills never hurt.
[Learning successful. Skill activated. Please check your skill panel.]
[Falling Leaf Sword Technique]
Grade: Bronze
Skill 1: Falling Leaf Sword (Deals 1.2x attack damage to a single target within 3 meters. Cooldown: 30 seconds.)
Skill 2: Wind Thunder Dance (Locked. Unlocks after Skill 1 reaches sufficient proficiency.)
This technique had two skills.
The first skill, Falling Leaf Sword, was a single-target attack with rather weak damage.
Zhou Han then enhanced it three times and checked again.
The effect had improved significantly.
[Falling Leaf Sword +3]: Deals 5.5x attack damage to a single target within 10 meters, with a 10% chance to trigger true damage. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
It could even deal true damage—this was insane, even stronger than armor penetration.
True damage: cannot be blocked, cannot be dodged, cannot be absorbed by shields, and ignores defense.
With remaining enhancement points, Zhou Han strengthened other skills as well.
[Appraisal Technique +2]: Ignores level difference and can view any target's attributes. Also reveals weaknesses; attacking weaknesses deals 2–5x damage bonus.
[Breaking Void Slash +4]: Releases five violent sword qi, dealing 8x attack damage to all enemies within 12 meters. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
[Sword Mastery +4]: While wielding a sword, increases attack power by 120%.
[Jump +4]: Can reach a height of 8 meters. Cooldown: 8 seconds.
[Cross Slash +4]: Deals 10x attack damage to all targets in a 15-meter straight line, with a 70% chance to knock back enemies. Cooldown: 13 seconds.
These damage multipliers kept skyrocketing.
Now he could casually deal tens of thousands of damage.
Absolutely insane power spike.
Zhou Han felt extremely satisfied.
He returned to Azure Thunder City with the two women.
"We need to find a place to stay."
Although every player had a three-day newbie protection period allowing free stay in the city, no accommodation was provided.
Those unwilling to spend money could sleep on the streets, while others could pay for inns.
Zhou Han obviously wouldn't sleep outside.
He had over 100 gold coins—this was nothing to him.
After searching for a while, they finally found an inn called Red Dust Inn.
"No more rooms?" Zhou Han was slightly stunned. Was this also a cliché trope in this world?
"Yes, only one suite left. Do you want it? Other guests are waiting."
Several customers were already behind them; if they didn't take it, it would be booked immediately.
Zhou Han looked at the two women.
He didn't really mind.
Sharing a suite with two beauties was, in any case, a profit for him.
He was just waiting for their decision.
"We'll take it. It's a suite anyway, not the same room, so it's fine."
Both women blushed and after a moment of hesitation agreed in a soft voice.
They had searched for a long time, and all other inns were full.
"Alright. We'll take this room. Here are 3 gold coins for one month in advance."
Zhou Han placed the coins on the counter and took the key upstairs.
It was indeed a two-bedroom apartment.
Zhou Han chose the second bedroom, washed up briefly, and lay down on the bed.
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