Chapter 14 New Gameplay

This place is practically a snake pit…

Having fought their way in, Chu You had already encountered seven elite little monsters, all belonging to the snake species. Despite the slow progress of slaying monsters alone, all the experience gleaned went solely to Chu You. Regrettably, none of the seven ordinary elites had dropped any gear.

The cave was dark and damp, with the candle in Chu You's hand flickering, as though it could extinguish at any moment.

Chu You was not worried about the candle, and continued to delve deeper.

At this point, Chu You noticed that the terrain occasionally seeped some luminescent liquid, as if it was bubbling up from the ground. This liquid emitted a faint white smoke, and Chu You knew that if a player stepped on it, they would start losing health.

However, this meant that the surroundings were subtly illuminated, and so Chu You stashed away the candle in his backpack.

Soon enough, a rope bridge came into view up ahead. Beneath the bridge was a dark abyss.

Chu You also noticed that this place seemed to be an underground mine, as there were remnants of human construction. Like the bridge, for example, its top still bore traces of architectural work, with some ropes that had been cut off hanging down from above, their other ends dangling above the unfathomable darkness.

On the other side of the bridge were two massive pythons serving as guardians. They were both level five One Star Elites - boss level monsters. Upon seeing them, Chu You's expression turned grave.

Soloing two One Star Elites that outlevelled him by one? Chu You's face turned serious, his eyebrows knitted tightly. Once engaged in combat, it would be a fight to the death. These low-intelligence elites would undoubtedly chase you out of the level-five Experience Monster Zone, and they didn't have any physical limitations that could slow them down - their pursuit would be relentless and swift.

Chu You took a deep breath, knowing that this was the time to perform at his peak condition. Back in his previous life, when he had found himself utterly destitute, he had spent almost every day frantically honing his skills and awareness. His abilities were admired, not just by the top players, but even by the veterans.

After carefully surveying the terrain, Chu You's mind started to play back clips of the classic videos from his past life, as well as various innovative gameplay strategies from discussion boards.

Gradually, a plan began to formulate in Chu You's mind.

Chu You proceeded towards the rope bridge. As he set foot on the dust-covered wooden planks, the bridge started to wobble.

Chu You glanced at the python bosses on the other side and found that he had already woken them up. They hadn't yet detected Chu You, but they were winding their bodies restlessly, and a quick flick of their tongues could be seen.

After a while, Chu You appeared on the bridge, unsheathed his practice sword, leveled his gaze at the little bosses on the other end, and moved closer step by step.

When Chu You entered their detection range, the two enormous pythons quickly slithered onto the bridge and let out terrifying roars at Chu You in the middle of the bridge. The bridge was not that wide to begin with, and the two giant pythons already had it packed tight.

The bridge started to sway even more intensely. Chu You quickly steadied himself - if this were a player's first time here, they would probably fall over.

At this moment, Chu You started retreating and left the bridge. Soon, the two python bosses also swiftly arrived at the bridge.

From prior experience, Chu You knew that these two bosses would resort to their specialty attack, Death Coiling, right from the start.

For most players, not only would this inflict physical damage but also inflict psychological damage. Fear plunges the heart into a state of turmoil, and if a player becomes too afraid, the system would forcefully kick them out of the game.

This resulted in some strange phenomena. For instance, while some players had high levels and good gear, they dared not venture into dungeons or underground lairs with elements of horror, or tackle puzzle-based instances like mysterious labyrinths.

Solo horror instances were even more unthinkable.

Chu You activated sprint mode, and, as expected, the two boss pythons unleashed their skill attacks on him. Chu You didn't retaliate this time - he simply turned around and bolted.

Behind him, the two giant pythons relentlessly pursued, seemingly determined to devour Chu You.

Thankfully, he had the advantage of system buffs, so the two pythons couldn't catch up to Chu You. He quickly reached a stone pillar, made a half-circle around it, and bypassed the two snakes. In an instant, a python coiled itself around the pillar, its eyes coldly fixated on Chu You's retreating figure, and quickly set off again in pursuit.

Circling halfway around the pillar, Chu You sprinted towards the bridge, seemingly on a suicide run.

Once again setting foot on the bridge, Chu You controlled his speed, his expression extremely calm. As Chu You was about to reach the other side of the bridge, it suddenly swayed wildly. The two snake bosses were in pursuit.

Chu You jumped nimbly, landing on solid ground, and gave the two pythons chasing after him a cold look.

Then, Chu You moved towards the right. Just a short distance ahead of him was a stone wall on the other side. To his left was the path leading deeper into the dungeon, and to his right lay the dark abyss.

The two pythons shot out of the bridgehead, their massive and robust bodies coiled as if they could unleash a deadly attack on Chu You at any moment.

Watching the pythons swiftly closing in, Chu You calculated his moves silently...

As they drew closer to each other, Chu You suddenly began to run towards the abyss precipice.

The gap was closing, Chu You intentionally controlled his speed. His eyes hardened, slow down, even more!

As Chu You's foot was at the border of the abyss, the python behind him was perfectly within his attack range. The python quickly coiled its body and used the Death Coiling skill, its enormity lunging at Chu You.

All of this happened in a split second; Chu You suddenly jumped towards the abyss, mimicking suicide.

The python, uncontrolled, thrust itself after him. Chu You's eyes stared intently at the rope hanging mid-air, his hands precisely gripping onto that lifeline.

With tremendous momentum, the rope swung Chu You to the other side of the abyss. Glancing back, the python from before was now suspended mid-air, its power diminished. It slithered and hissed as it fell into the endless abyss.

The inertia of the rope swung Chu You back to the original side of the abyss again, where yet another Boss Python awaited.

Ready, set, go! Chu You let go of the rope at the right moment and leaped to solid ground.

His feet firmly planted on the ground, an abyss at his back.

At this moment, his experience bar suddenly increased. Chu You instantly knew the falling python had met its end. As the causal player in its demise, the experience points were credited to him.

Some gameplays in Celestial World were very innovative, inciting inspiration among players as the game deepened. They began to abandon some traditional perceptions, daring to innovate and experiment. Any unusual terrain in Celestial World could be utilized if players found an angle.

Now, another python still had Chu You in its sights and launched its attack once more as Chu You landed.

With only one Boss Python left, Chu You felt somewhat relieved and drew his training sword to begin fighting it earnestly.

The rough terrain here was a bit restrictive. After drinking a small healing potion, Chu You successfully killed the python.

A burst of light flashed, and Chu You ascended to level 5. He immediately put on the equipment from his inventory, discarding novice clothes for a shabby chest plate, elegant snakeskin gloves, and the Spider Ring. He threw away his training sword for the Pure White Sword and learned the Decapitation ability.

Chu You's skill system finally had its first ability.

Looking at the barren corpse, Chu You trekked deeper into the abyss. As for whether the python that fell into the abyss dropped any gear, only the System would know.

Ultimately, Chu You reached the deepest parts, and he stopped.

A figure roughly Chu You's height was situated there, a monster with a human head and a snake body. It was holding a magic wand.

The hideous Witch Qianling, Level 5, Two-Star Elite, Species: Leader Level. HP 3000/3000.

Reading the information, the renewed Chu You slightly furrowed his brow. It was even more challenging to fight an outdoor magical BOSS, the previous fighting method was futile.

Chu You calmly allocated the 5 free attribute points from leveling up to Strength+3 and Intellect+2.

At present, Chu You's stats were Strength: 45, Agility: 14, Intellect: 17, Stamina: 34, HP: 800, Magic Points: 220, Attack Power: 77, Hit Rate: 21, Critical Hit: 11, Fatal Critical Damage: 17%, Magic Resistance: 13, Perception: 13, Attack Speed: 14, Movement Speed: 13.

Chu You's physical defense +6.

Magic BOSS, for an outdoor BOSS, Chu You knew quite a bit. He definitely couldn't outrun it, its speed was far superior. Plus, the normal damage from a magical BOSS was high. One couldn't anticipate the attack speed of even the lower level outdoor BOSS. Chu You had no recollection.

However, one thing was certain, the physical defense of a magical BOSS was somewhat weakened; it wasn't very thick-skinned. Its primary attack was probably an energy light ball, given that it was a low-level BOSS. He could dodge this if he took advantage of it. But the potential issue would be the BOSS's skills. Damage from a magical BOSS's skills was deathly high.

In Chu You's previous life, he never fought an outdoor BOSS alone, not due to unwillingness, but because he never had the chance.

Now, the opportunity was here.

He quickly sat down to recover. Feeling a touch of excitement, he looked at the BOSS inside and unconsciously licked his lips.

The worst-case scenario was a single death. During the novice phase, there was no loss of experience or gear.

Seeing his full status, Chu You stood up, drew the Pure White Sword, and with a stone-cold expression, he pushed forward towards his first outdoor BOSS in this life.