Chapter 3 The Proper Use of Protection Circle

Fang Jie made his way until he was a hundred meters away, where there was a distinct red line on the ground. However, this line seemed to be visible only to him; the creature opposite could not see it.

Right when Fang Jie arrived at this spot, a small monster with green skin leaped out of the jungle.

Goblin Level 1: Level (Apprentice)

It seemed this identification ability was an additional skill of a Lord. At this moment, the goblin was hopping around, trying to attack Fang Jie, but it just couldn't enter the circle.

As long as Fang Jie stood there, no matter how close the goblin got, it couldn't swing its wooden stick.

Fang Jie took a deep breath, then raised the iron shovel high and struck at the goblin. The goblin hadn't expected the human to suddenly attack it, and hurriedly used its hands to guard its face.

With that shovel strike, the goblin staggered back a few steps, but it didn't have a scratch on it.

The force of the rebound made Fang Jie's hands go numb.

"Such great strength, and this is just level 1 strength. Am I even less than level 1?"

At this moment, the goblin also realized it was unharmed, then continued to hop around outside, constantly making "squeaky" noises, as if mocking the human for overestimating himself.

Fang Jie took another deep breath and took another swing with his shovel. This time, prepared for it, he didn't let his arms go numb. But the goblin was still unscathed.

Fang Jie pondered and ignored the goblin's mocking, continuing to attack.

"So that's how it is, I understand now. It's not that the goblin's strength is great, but that it can't be harmed. As long as I'm still in the safety zone, other creatures can't hurt me, but I also can't hurt other creatures."

He had just used too much strength, which was why his arms had gone numb from the recoil.

Afterward, Fang Jie used less force and continued experimenting, realizing that the goblin's strength was not as great as his. Judging by body size, it was only about 1.3 meters tall—quite a bit shorter than him.

Fang Jie kept attacking and didn't stop just because his attacks were ineffective.

He only had one chance, and if he failed, the consequences would be disastrous.

Indeed, as he attacked again and again without injuring the goblin, it gradually started to ignore Fang Jie's attacks. Towards the end, when Fang Jie attacked, the goblin didn't even dodge.

It seemed the goblin was sure that Fang Jie couldn't hurt it.

"Very good, now is the time," Fang Jie thought after another attack, certain that the goblin would no longer dodge. The goblin had even gotten used to him attacking its neck.

So, Fang Jie stepped out and suddenly left the safety zone.

The goblin seemed to instinctively sense something but its walnut-sized brain didn't react in time. Seeing Fang Jie's iron shovel coming horizontally towards its neck, it was already accustomed to not dodging.

Anyway, this human couldn't hurt it.

However, this time, Fang Jie's iron shovel fiercely struck the goblin's neck. But unlike the previous harmless attacks, the goblin's neck was almost completely severed this time, blood gushing out.

Without thinking, Fang Jie attacked once and hastily returned within the protective circle.

Looking at the goblin struggling on the ground opposite, Fang Jie felt nauseous, but fortunately, it wasn't too severe. After taking a deep breath, Fang Jie regained his composure.

"The corpse is ready, and so are the spirit points," Fang Jie glanced briefly, noticing a new option had been added to the territory panel.

Unfortunately, the goblin's level was too low; it could only provide one spirit point. It wasn't until the goblin was completely dead that Fang Jie carefully dragged it into the back of the Lord's Cottage.

There, it looked like there was a pool, which was the production area of the Lord's Cottage.

He threw the corpse directly into it, unconcerned about whether the meat would be wasted. In its human-like form, Fang Jie wouldn't be able to eat this meat either.

At least not until he was close to starving.

After a brief intense workout, Fang Jie felt somewhat tired. After resting for a while, he finally saw a skeleton climb out of the pool.

"Comes with tools too, not bad, not bad," Fang Jie nodded in approval.

The gray-white skeleton indeed had a bit of a terrifying style. In its hand was a bone stick, though both ends had been roughly shaped into tools—one end a spike, the other a shovel, barely recognizable in form.

This thing was definitely more lethal than a simple bone stick.

Skeleton Labor Level 1: Apprentice level

Recruitment required: Bone 1 unit, Spirit Point 1 unit.

"Good, finally got the first combatant; follow me, let's create more of your kind," Fang Jie said with a wave of his hand, feeling much more confident with an underling now.

Fang Jie gestured to the Skeleton Labor and mentally invoked 'Undead Splitting'. Suddenly, the skeleton in front of him began splitting like it was being copied piece by piece, each part disconnecting as it replicated. After two or three seconds, a new Skeleton Labor appeared.

"Success, I'm going to strike it rich now!" Fang Jie almost started dancing with joy.

With the skeleton, he walked to the edge of the protective circle and then started carefully exploring the surroundings.

It wasn't long before another goblin popped out. This time, Fang Jie didn't probe as much as before, simply sending the skeleton into action. The skeleton approached the goblin and struck it down.

Then, the three monsters started fighting, hitting each other back and forth.

It must be said, although the goblin and the Skeleton Labor were of the same level, the goblin was much more agile. In a one-on-one fight, the Skeleton Labor was no match for the goblin.

But the skeleton had help, and Fang Jie suddenly jumped out from behind the goblin, swinging his shovel.

This goblin wasn't like the last one; it dodged. Dodging the critical strike to its head, Fang Jie just hit it on the back. The flesh burst open, clearly sapping its combat power.

Seizing the opportunity, the Skeleton Labor's bone stabbed into the goblin's stomach, instantly killing it.

Before other goblins arrived upon hearing the noise, Fang Jie had already packed up and returned inside the protective circle. The other goblins, seeing this, could only jump around hopelessly outside.

"Let's go, let's make more of your kind first."

Undead, being a camp that overwhelms with numbers, lacks confidence when outnumbered.

With the first experience, the second time was much smoother. Fang Jie felt he had completely adapted to this kind of combat and killing. It wasn't long before a second Skeleton Labor climbed out.

Fang Jie smiled; now he had two combatants to utilize, greatly boosting his combat power.