Increasing attack power by 50% is no simple matter. The higher someone's future attack output, even a 1% increase, will still make a significant difference.

"So every player who passes this test will get this Ability? What if others also pass different tests? Defense and others? Won't they become invincible?" Venix sees an advantage here!

With thoughts like that, Venix quickly turns to the NPC teaching defense.

"A little bird can't become a turtle. Young man, are you certain about taking this test?" The old man teaching defense says to Venix.

"Hah?" Venix responded with a surprised.

Why is the dialogue different?

"I will take this test!" Venix still chooses to proceed.

"Alright." The old man sighs and gives a pure white ball to Venix.

Venix touches the white ball again, and, just like before, his body immediately disappears from the Adventure Hall.

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Year 2150, January 9.

After finishing dinner with his sister in the family dining room, Venix and Yuna immediately return to their respective rooms.

In his room, Venix takes a canned energy drink produced by Developer Nine Heavens.

Gulp ~ Gulp ~

Venix downs three cans of the energy drink in one go!

Basically, this is unhealthy; however, after drinking the canned energy drink, Venix's body is no longer tired as before.

As if the nutritional content of the canned energy drink has precisely filled the parts of his body that need energy.

"Hey, this is really extravagant." Venix shakes his head.

Then Venix enters the game capsule, lies inside it, and re-enters the Nine Heavens game!

It's still early in the year, and Yuna's sister has school holidays until February.

After about a dozen seconds, Venix re-enters the Nine Heavens world, regaining control of his human game character.

Currently, Venix is still wearing ordinary clothes with a sword at his waist. He navigates through the challenges.

Earlier, Venix attempted to grasp the principles of defense, healing, and Positive Effects.

Undoubtedly, his efforts were in vain, with every attempt resulting in failure.

In the latest defense test, Venix had to create energy defense or build a wall, blocking attacks without breaking through.

Venix repeatedly tried but always failed, struggling to create enough energy for a strong, thick defense that could protect himself.

Efforts to master other principles met with the same failure.

Now, only the negative principle remains untested by Venix.

Venix remains in the Adventurer's Hall, observing the five NPCs standing there in apparent mastery.

Venix shakes his head, saying :;"Only great players can master more than one principle. And I'm not one of those people."

With a sigh, he adds : "Forget it, I need to quickly hunt some monsters and get armor I can use."

With that, Venix swiftly departs, leaving the Adventurer's Hall as one NPC sadly watches his departure.

Wearing a sorrowful expression, the Negative principle NPC observes Venix's departure from the Adventurer's Hall.

"A small bird doesn't learn from its life experiences... If there's no light within you, it means you have an affinity for darkness..." The negative NPC murmurs quietly, a voice only he can hear.

Venix remains unaware of this.

Venix isn't particularly interested in the Negative principle, as the human race tends towards light rather than darkness in this game. So, he has no interest in dark abilities or similar things, knowing it would be challenging to use them in the human race's territory.

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Although the game's NPCs are as basic as regular game NPCs, players still face consequences for breaking rules in the human race's territory.

Venix, too straightforward, fails to grasp the true concept of power in this world!

Light and darkness are two sides of the same coin. It's not what you possess that defines you but what you do with what you have that truly defines you.

And one crucial thing : if dark powers are prohibited in the human race, why are they taught to players right in the human territory?

Venix doesn't ponder; he simply draws conclusions based on his own thoughts.

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Venix strolls through Caria city, attempting to find an equipment shop to purchase some basic armor.

Unfortunately, the cheapest one costs 200 Gold, and Venix only has 50 Gold from killing the Deadly Spider during the trial.

Having no money, Venix decides to go hunting.

After that, Venix exits Caria city and observes many players gathered outside the city gates.

In Venix's view, a small interface box appears in front of those players.

Essentially, they are recruiting team members to hunt together!

There are about a dozen small teams seeking members with specific criteria.

Some need players with healing abilities, others need a tanker, and some require a player with high attack output.

Then Venix sees one team with specific criteria, and he fits their requirements!

[Player with Ability (Seed of Assault) needed]

"Hey, this is perfect for me!" Venix excitedly thinks.

In Tier 1, killing monsters becomes much more challenging.

In the previous Tier 0, Venix had an advantage as a flying creature, making solo hunting easy.

But in Tier 1 territory, even if Venix can fly and survive, upon flying lower, he will be attacked first!

While it's not impossible for Venix to hunt alone, with a team, he can enhance his hunting efficiency.

Venix approaches the team in need of a player with the Ability .

"Excuse me, do you need a player with the Ability ? Luckily, I happen to be one of them!" Venix introduces himself proudly.

"You?" The team leader, a man, looks at Venix skeptically.

Venix wears regular sandals, worn-out long pants, and an old green cloth shirt.

The only thing giving Venix the appearance of a Tier 1 player is the sword at his waist.

"Are you sure you have ?," the man asks again doubtfully.

"Of course, it's true. Why would I lie?" Venix responds.

"Show me," says the man.

After uttering those words, Venix notices a system notification appearing in front of him.

[ A player wants to check your character's profile status. Do you allow? (Yes/No) ]

Venix is surprised to see this. Is there such a feature?

However, Venix hesitates for a moment.

"Does that mean you can see my entire profile status?" Venix asks.

"Of course. It's to ensure you're not lying and to assess how strong you are from your profile status," the man says, adding, "If you refuse, that's fine. After all, there have been some who lied before."

Venix thinks for a moment and replies, "Well then, I'll look for another team."

Venix refuses to provide his character information to the opponent.

"Up to you," the man shrugs.

Venix strolls through the crowd, searching for suitable criteria.

However, none fit him at the moment. Most players are in need of a tanker and other support roles.

This is because too many players have taken on the role of attackers.

Eventually, Venix explores the forum to find information on advertising his search for a team.

After spending five minutes, Venix figures it out.

It turns out, in the team formation feature, there's an option to recruit or find a teammate.

In a regular game, this is usually launched through in-game chat. However, since each country's player region is limited, this feature is ineffective through in-game chat. This is especially true in the early levels where player interactions in each city are restricted.

Venix lists his own strengths.

After thinking for a moment, Venix decides to only mention that he has the Ability .

After all, Venix lacks strong skills or high-class equipment to flaunt in public!

Venix doesn't want others to know his character information, especially the ability.

Venix has seen on the game forum that some players possess powerful abilities. Various reasons contribute to obtaining specific abilities, such as completing hidden missions, killing rare and difficult-to-find creatures, or consuming a plant with a very high grade.

There are many cases, but Venix's ability allows him to devour monster corpses in the game, gaining experience points and further perfecting his body.

Venix even worries. Could it be that the reason he could destroy the Heavens Gate with just one Golden Fire is that all the absorbed energy was poured into that flame?

Others have to work hard to strengthen their character's power foundation, but Venix only needs to use the ability.

Venix waits alongside others; one by one, some teams depart having found what they sought.

On the other hand, Venix also attracts the attention of many people; it appears not everyone can obtain the Seed of Assault or pass one of the strength principle exams in the Adventurer's Hall.

However, they only give Venix a brief glance before losing interest, likely due to his novice-like attire.

Many scammers avoid showing their profile status for privacy reasons.

Venix sits on the ground and scrolls through the player forum to get the latest information.

As Venix is busy, others suddenly approach him.

"Friend, can I stand next to you?" A man dressed in black as a hunter asks Venix.

Venix raises his head and gazes at the person.

"Uh, sure. But why do you want to stand next to me?" Venix finds the request strange.

"Of course, because we are the same kind of people!" the man replies with a smile.

"Oh?" Venix is curious, what does that mean?

Subsequently, like Venix, the man advertises himself, mentioning that he possesses the !

"You have ? That's great!" Venix generously praises the person next to him.

"I hope so." The man smiles shyly, "But I'm not so skilled as to pass the Assault Principle exam."

"Eh?" Venix raises his eyebrows, puzzled, "You didn't pass the Assault Principle exam? Then how did you get ?"

"Of course, I don't own it! Didn't I mention earlier that we are the same kind of people?" the man says to Venix. "If I had , I would have joined a large Guild and earned a good monthly salary!"

"Huh?" Venix eyes widen.

Unexpectedly, is this the reason why he's considered a scammer?

Yesterday, Venix was busy with the strength principle exam and didn't pay attention to the game's events. Venix typically focuses on leveling up and often forgets about the day-to-day trends in the game.

Venix gives a slight shake of his head and ignores the person.

Because of this, Venix doesn't plan to promote himself to other players anymore and will delete his own advertisement.

Eh? Are you looking for a team?" A familiar voice reaches Venix's ears.

Venix turns and spots five people approaching him.

It's Team Elwin and Kaeran!

Approaching Venix, Kaeran notices that he's promoting himself.

Kaeran grins and mocks Venix, seeing his seemingly boastful sentences.

"Exactly, he is indeed an untrustworthy person. He deceives people only for his own benefit." Kaeran mocks Venix directly.

Elwin, Aymar, and two other women notice those sentences and agree with Kaeran. Moreover, such incidents have become more frequent lately.

Even though Elwin feels the same way, he acts wisely by asking Venix first.

"Do you really have ? If so, you can easily join a Guild and find a team." Elwin says to Venix.

"Of course, it's true. If you don't believe it, it's up to you," Venix shrugs, not caring anymore.

"Well... that's true. We're planning a hunting expedition, and we're short of attackers. You might join us," Elwin offers Venix a team slot.

"Really?" Venix raises his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect Elwin to be so generous.

Elwin is about to respond, but Kaeran interjects.

"Aren't you too kind, Elwin? He's clearly a disgusting player who exploits others for his own benefit. I'm even worried he'll be a burden to our team, just standing in the back, waiting for us to share our loot with him," Kaeran says disgustingly.

"Damn it! Even if I overlook your rude remarks from yesterday, it doesn't give you the right to mock me every time we meet!" Venix is genuinely annoyed with Kaeran.

"What? You don't like it? Then, what are you going to do?" Kaeran grins.

"Come on, let's settle this with a direct duel right here! If you lose, you owe me a set of Equipment Armor!" Venix suggests.

"And if you lose? Do you have anything valuable to bet?" Kaeran asks Venix.

"Well..." Venix suddenly realizes he has nothing to offer!

"You're really that broke?" Kaeran looks at the confused Venix. "In that case, if you lose, let me kill you ten times in a row without any complaints."

"Agreed!" Venix boldly accepts.

"Eh? Hehe." Kaeran grins with wicked amusement..

Venix adopts a serious expression. Despite lacking extensive experience in physical combat, he holds firm to the belief that the disparity in skill level with the person before him isn't too substantial. There's a curiosity within Venix, eager to gauge the difference between himself and other players.