CHAPTER 456: CHAPTER 162: CURRENCY SYSTEM, REAL DEATH

The hind legs suddenly kicked the ground, and without warning, Tong Xin took a headbutt squarely to the chest.

"Poof!"

As his body was sent flying, Tong Xin’s eyes widened, and he coughed up some saliva.

"Hahaha!"

Hearing laughter from beside him, Tong Xin endured the pain, shed his petrification form, lifted his clothes, and looked down at his chest. He saw that where the headbutt had hit, a patch of redness had swollen up, with the veins beneath the skin slightly protruding.

He lightly pressed his hand on it and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air as the pain struck again, like a dull knife grinding back and forth on his chest.

"It’s too realistic, this tactile feedback."

Before Tong Xin could continue to marvel, the furious Grey Gu scraped the ground with its forelimbs, let out a call, and charged again.

Tong Xin abruptly stood up and decisively activated the petrification attribute.

The Life Soul characteristic was like a memory branded into his mind, using it was as easy as breathing.

Once activated, his body surface was quickly coated with a layer of pitch black.

His legs seemed to be connected to the earth, and his body felt abnormally heavy.

Thud!

When it hit him, Tong Xin could clearly feel the pain feedback, but his body felt welded to the ground, not budging an inch.

In contrast, the charging Grey Gu was instantly bounced back, stumbled a few steps, and finally sat down heavily on the ground.

Its head swayed slightly, and its eyes turned blurry.

Unlike other games where a stunned character would show swirls overhead or other indicators, the monster’s reaction seemed flawless in Tong Xin’s eyes.

Tong Xin seized the opportunity, shed the petrification form, and took a step forward, smashing down with his claws.

However, the resilience of Grey Gu was beyond his expectations. Though it was just a Level 1 small monster, it made Tong Xin tense during the fight.

Throughout the process, experienced player Tong Xin gradually grasped Grey Gu’s attack rhythm.

Without any strategy guides, Tong Xin quickly mastered the proper use of the petrification attribute, trying to use it to disrupt Grey Gu’s attack rhythm.

To Tong Xin, this ability could be seen as a shield counter in the Land of Sin.

As long as he mastered the rhythm, he could negate significant damage and find opportunities to counterattack.

Soon enough, Grey Gu exhausted its physical strength, lost combat capability, and was successfully killed by Tong Xin.

After the battle, Tong Xin sat on the ground, panting heavily.

Killing this Level 1 monster nearly drained all of his physical strength.

The combat feedback in Monster World was too realistic, even featuring a physical strength value setting; this fight had really worn him out.

Just then, the dead Grey Gu was decomposed by an invisible force, turning into scarlet streams in the air, splitting into multiple parts, each flying towards the members of the ’Child Group’ in team mode.

One stream merged into Tong Xin’s body, like a warm current pouring from the top of his head, slowly flowing down his spine, spreading to his limbs and bones.

"Ah, refreshing."

The members of ’Child Group’ approached, and Tie Chui, the leader, teased with a smile:

"How would you rate the combat feedback, principal?"

"Full score, but it’s really tiring," Tong Xin replied weakly.

The feeling of exhausted physical strength was like his body being completely drained; every inch of muscle felt powerless, as if weighed down by lead, even lifting a hand seemed exceptionally difficult.

He could only breathe deeply to increase oxygen supply, promote further lactic acid metabolism, and alleviate the sense of fatigue.

He realized that this game Monster World provided 100% realistic physical exhaustion feedback.

While other games also had a physical strength setting, it was merely a numerical bar that didn’t affect player activities until it was depleted.

But in this game, the feedback from physical exhaustion was identical to reality.

Additionally, there was 10% pain feedback, although weakened by 90%, he could still clearly feel the pain.

He understood why so many players on the forum complained about the lack of close combat players.

Compared to magic system players leisurely outputting from the backlines, close combat players suffer both physical and mental torment.

This style, without some faith or a tendency for masochism, you’d be a fool to play it.

After resting for a while, having experienced the battle, Tong Xin joined his kindergarten brothers and headed towards the mist-covered areas on the map.

Soon, they found a group of white giant bears with a hunting level around 20 in the Mist Zone.

The brothers’ show-off moment began.

Zui Nai stepped forward, the eagle-headed demon perception instantly enveloping the monster group; as his hand raised, the star robe on him glimmered slightly, and dark fireballs inflated like balloons appeared in his hand.

Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!

Fifteen fireballs instantly took to the sky under perception guidance, precisely hitting the giant bears, the dark flames burning fiercely, and the bears fell with a sorrowful wail.

You could see many groups of scarlet mist emerging from the fallen bears, splitting in the air and flying towards the team.

One group merged into Tong Xin’s body.

Immediately, the notification of life soul level-up rang in Tong Xin’s mind.

A hot current burst forth after the scarlet energy group merged with his body, rapidly spreading to his limbs and bones, as if every vein and every piece of skin was rejuvenated in the wash of this energy, undergoing transformation.

The most direct change brought by the life soul level-up was his perception of the outside world.

Suddenly, his vision became clearer, the textures of distant snowflakes visible to the naked eye, as if a veil of obscurity had been lifted from the world.

Secondly, hearing and smell were also enhanced.

Finally, it was the body, as if it had shed the shackles of gravity, feeling as light as a feather.

It gave him an illusion, that if he took a step forward at this moment, he might just soar into the sky.