C13

Wearing the jute shoes, walking lightly as if walking with the wind, they took five minutes less time than usual to walk from Novice Village to abandoned mining areas.

He listened for a while at the entrance of the mine and confirmed that there were four Hamster Monster s inside. He dug his hoe into the rock wall and started the warm-up exercise before mining. Five minutes later, the four Hamster Monster s became his experience points.

Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang …

Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00001%.

Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00003%.

Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00002%.

Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu for obtaining a Hematite, Proficiency + 0.00001%.

"..."

If it was any other person, they would have died a long time ago. However, Dongfang Qingyu was different, not only did he not feel bitter, he even felt happy about it, especially when he thought about how he did not dig out every single copper coin with his hoes, he was filled with energy, and wished that he could continue digging until the end of the world.

After lunch break, he had just finished eating his bun when a deafening sound came from the entrance of the mine. He saw a stone the size of a human head flying over, and he immediately rolled in fright, the rock grazed his head and flew past him, smashing into the wall behind him. The rock cracked and cracked, showing the force of the rock.

Dongfang Qingyu took a closer look and discovered that it was a monster formed from a rock, about two meters tall, coming out from an unknown place. Unfortunately, the passage was dug out based on Dongfang Qingyu's height, and was only two meters high, so if a Stone Monster crawled in, it was actually fine. However, if it was him who came in, it would be a tragedy, and he wouldn't be able to get through.

Dongfang Qingyu heaved a sigh of relief and threw the Identification Art over.

[Stone Monster: Level 4, HP 390]

The name was very vulgar, and the stone was made up of Stone Monster s. It was unknown if there was a monster made of mud, but its HP was not low. The skill of throwing rocks was not one to be afraid, because the Stone Monster could not stretch its arms, but its strength was extremely strong and was a little troublesome.

The Stone Monster had four limbs and a head, as well as five senses. However, it was unable to make a sound, but through its actions, one could roughly feel its anger. Both of its large fists smashed onto the wall, and after a while, dense cracks appeared on the wall.

Dongfang Qingyu's face changed. If this continued, the entire cave would collapse. Would he not be buried alive if he was stuck inside? He was not a Hamster Monster. The Hamster Monster would not die after being hit a few times.

Carefully getting closer to the Stone Monster, it was so busy smashing its way through the rock wall that it did not notice him. With a wave of its pickaxe, a shadow flashed and the three consecutive attacks were completed in one go.

Ding ding ding!

- 15-18-20.

He was currently level 2, and the two Free Attribute Points added strength. Adding the fact that the pickaxe was a Black Iron and its attack was not low, even if he was able to get 20 points of damage like this, the Stone Monster's defense was at least three times higher than the Hamster Monster's.

Ding ding ding!

- 17-18-20.

In the two consecutive attacks, the Stone Monster had noticed him. It let out a soundless roar, and smashed its fist towards him aggressively. Dongfang Qingyu quickly took a step back, and his fist grazed his clothes to the point where it missed its target. His length had already reached the limit, but he was unable to enter even a centimeter further. When took back the Stone Monster's fist, he swung the pickaxe in front of him.

Ding ding ding!

- 18-19-20.

He retreated the Stone Monster's punch, retracted the Stone Monster's fist, and entered. These few times, the Stone Monster did not even manage to hit a single hair on his body, yet he managed to knock the Stone Monster down.

The Stone Monster unleashed another punch, causing Dongfang Qingyu to retreat. Just as he was about to wait for the Stone Monster to retract its fist to attack the last strike, his expression suddenly changed, the Stone Monster not only did not retract its fist, but instead took advantage of this opportunity and smashed onto his chest. He was directly sent flying and a huge red number floated in midair.

- 79.

The Stone Monster caught up. It turned out that the Stone Monster's consecutive attacks on the rock wall did not cause the mine to collapse, but it had also shattered the ore on the surface. The other parts of the body had also become a bit loose, just barely enough for the Stone Monster to move.

If the Stone Monster was allowed to get close, it would not need to directly hit its body. It would just vibrate slightly and would be able to kill it due to the shock. In that moment of crisis, Dongfang Qingyu appeared extremely calm, the moment he landed, he threw the pickaxe on the ground, skidding past the bottom of the Stone Monster's feet, flying obliquely, and struck the Stone Monster's stomach.

- 3.

The damage value was minuscule, at least to the Stone Monster, but it had become the last straw that pushed down the camel. The last bit of the Stone Monster's HP was emptied and with a "hualala" sound, the Stone Monster turned into a pile of crushed stone and died.

Dongfang Qingyu gasped for breath as he crawled up from the ground. Seeing the wear resistant clothes of the Durability suddenly drop by 2 points, he felt his heart ache and rejoiced. His heart ached naturally because of the two Durability s. If it was a normal activity, the two Durability s were more than enough for him to wear for more than ten days. Luckily, he had bought this set of clothes yesterday. If not for the 7 points of defense provided by the Wear Resistant Robe, he would have been dead by now.

The attacks of the Stone Monster were too terrifying.

He rummaged through the pile of rubble for a while, but didn't find anything, so he couldn't help but curse: Stingy, the Hamster Monster is only a level 2 monster, it's so poor that it's making jingling noises, and you even know how many copper coins it dropped. As a dignified level 4 monster, the Stone Monster isn't even giving me a single copper coin, it's simply shameless.

However, after looking at the experience bar, his mood immediately improved. A Stone Monster had given him 10% of his experience, plus the previous Hamster Monster that he had killed, he would probably be able to level up if he killed another nine or so.

For example, killing a Stone Monster and obtaining 10% of the experience. In theory, killing 10 Stone Monster would give him a level increase, but in reality, that was not the case. He had to kill 11 or even 12 Stone Monster in order to level up.

Dongfang Qingyu walked out of the cave and looked around. After realising that there were no Stone Monster around, he returned to the cave and started to fix the cave entrance. He did not want to be smashed to death while digging. At the same time, he did not want to be blocked by Stone Monster again. This time, he was lucky.

After knocking down all the loose rocks and placing them at the entrance, he turned the entrance into a 1.6 meter tall small hole. If he lowered his head, he would be able to enter.

In the afternoon, Dongfang Qingyu's premonition had come true. When the Hamster Monster did not come, another Stone Monster came and stupidly crawled into the mine cave. Dongfang Qingyu rushed up and knocked all of the surrounding ores off with a few hoes, instantly filling up all of the space where the Stone Monster could move.

Ding ding ding ding …

- 15-18-19-20-21...

After the last hoe was hoed, the Stone Monster exploded into a pile of rubble. However, no copper coins dropped, not even a single one.

From the moment the Stone Monster appeared, Dongfang Qingyu's ore production had started to drop, not because he had to waste time fighting, but because the ore was almost completely excavated. On the first day, there were 3200 ores, but not on the second day, instead of 3050, on the third day it became 2800, and on the fourth day it fell again, 2,400, on the fifth day he had already recovered to the number of trainee miners, 2,100, and furthermore, the number of Medium Grade Ore had also plummeted.

Dongfang Qingyu was very sad. In these past few days, he would take an hour to two to explore other directions, praying for new veins to appear. However, the result was disappointing as all he found were inferior ores.

On the sixth day.

Just as he killed a Stone Monster, it fell from above.

Ding! System Notification: Congratulations to player Dongfang Qingyu, levelling up by 1 level, Level: 3. Hope player continues to work hard!

After roughly fifty days, he had levelled up by three levels and spent most of his time mining. This speed could be considered rather fast. Dongfang Qingyu, on the other hand, was not as happy. Today's production would fall again, by 1950 stones, it had broken through the two thousand mark. Amongst them, there were 1450 Low-grade Ore and 500 Medium Grade Ore.

After tidying everything up, just as he walked out of the cave, another Stone Monster appeared. It was still some distance away when a rock the size of a human head came whizzing over, bringing with it a fierce gust of wind.

If it wasn't for the Sackless Shoes, it would be difficult for Dongfang Qingyu to avoid the rocks. However, with the shoes, avoiding the rocks was easier, as he charged forward like a shadow towards the Stone Monster, knocking away two large craters in the ground.

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault. The jinx scared away the ore the moment it arrived."

Ding ding dang dang …

Red damage numbers floated above the Stone Monster's head, one after another. The Stone Monster was furious beyond belief, it used its thick and sturdy arms to randomly attack Dongfang Qingyu, but it did not hit him, it was like an elephant hitting a mosquito. Dongfang Qingyu moved behind him, his fist still in front of him.

"Pa ~ ~ ~"

The Stone Monster's body exploded into a pile of rubble. The battle had ended. Dongfang Qingyu vented out a bit and his mood improved a bit. He knew that the ore drying up had nothing to do with Stone Monster, it was a useless mine anyway, to be able to dig out so many ores was already a blessing from heaven. Just as he was about to leave, he saw something in the corner of his eyes, and immediately took root.