As the use of Demonic Dark Force continued, its proficiency kept increasing. Andrew Bennett glanced at the skill bar for Demonic Dark Force.

Demonic Dark Force: Instant cast, cooldown: 10 seconds, inner power cost: 5, Beginner 6/100.

Firing Demonic Dark Force consumed five inner power. Andrew Bennett checked himself: HP: 100, inner power: 20. He could fire four shots of Demonic Dark Force, after which he would have to squat down and meditate to recover inner power. Meditation restored ten HP and two inner power per second. Andrew Bennett felt a bit frustrated—every time he fired a shot of Demonic Dark Force, he would need to spend 25 seconds recovering his inner power. But there was nothing he could do about it.

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Chapter 4: Psychic Lash

After using up 20 points of inner power, Andrew Bennett found a safe spot and sat down cross-legged. Five seconds later, Andrew Bennett had recovered 10 points of inner power. He stood up and fired two consecutive Demonic Dark Forces. After instantly killing two wild dogs, his inner power was just depleted, and he leveled up.

HP increased by 100 points, inner power increased by 10 points, and his status was fully restored. Andrew Bennett praised this in his heart—just as he had thought, leveling up restored his inner power to full.

After leveling up, Andrew Bennett fought a level 4 monster. Basically, it took two shots of Demonic Dark Force to kill one, but the experience gained was less than that from two wild dogs. Andrew Bennett gave up on level 4 monsters and focused on killing wild dogs. When he reached level 3, his attack power had increased enough that he could instantly kill level 4 monsters, so he started hunting them.

Through the most meticulous calculations, killing monsters in the fastest and simplest way, not wasting a single second while grinding—this is where professional players surpass ordinary players. Most regular players like to chat and mess around while killing monsters, which wastes a lot of time, but Andrew Bennett did not. Every one of his actions was so swift, as if he were racing against time. Even when walking, he carefully calculated his route to save as much time as possible.

He quickly reached level 3, and Andrew Bennett headed toward the level 5 monster area. He could basically challenge monsters two levels higher than himself without breaking a sweat. Moreover, Demonic Dark Force was a very domineering skill, much stronger than the skills of ordinary players. With each level, his attack increased more, so the higher his level, the greater the gap between him and others.

Upon reaching the level 5 monster area, he found that some demonic wild wolves spawned here. Andrew Bennett fired a Demonic Dark Force, but the demonic wild wolf didn’t drop dead on the spot. Instead, it charged at him even more ferociously. Andrew Bennett dodged to the side, and after 10 seconds, fired another Demonic Dark Force. His movements were as smooth as flowing water, simple and natural, like a perfect work of art. The demonic wild wolf whimpered and fell to the ground.

Andrew Bennett calculated the experience gained—it was much higher than that from two level 4 monsters. In other words, killing demonic wild wolves was much faster than killing level 4 monsters. However, the danger also increased. If he wasn’t careful and got attacked by two demonic wild wolves at once, he could easily die.

As long as he was careful, it should be fine. If things got really bad, he could rely on his speed to escape. He bent down and searched the corpse of the demonic wild wolf, picking up a staff.

Willow Staff: Spell attack 2–3, much better than the novice staff he had. Andrew Bennett equipped the Willow Staff and allocated all his saved points to Spirit. In the game, Strength determined physical attack, Spirit determined spell attack, Agility determined speed, and other attributes were related to the cultivation of the Demonic Art and the level of inner power.

After equipping the staff and increasing his Spirit, he felt his attack power had clearly improved. Andrew Bennett cast a Demonic Dark Force; the demonic wild wolf wasn’t instantly killed, but it was already on its last legs. It struggled to charge at Andrew Bennett, who struck its head with his stick, dealing only ten damage, but the demonic wild wolf died anyway.

Andrew Bennett smiled slightly. This way, he could save even more time. After searching for a while, Andrew Bennett picked up a book—a level 5 defensive movement technique. Iron Shirt: Defensive movement technique, low grade.

Although it was a low-grade defensive movement technique, at least he didn’t have to worry about not having one to learn after reaching level 5. If he found a better one later, he could just switch.

After killing dozens of demonic wild wolves, Andrew Bennett reached level 4. He also gained a lot, swapping out all his novice gear for level 1 equipment. Among all players, this was already quite good. From level 1 onward, you could change equipment every five levels, so being able to wear a full set of level 1 gear at level 4 was already impressive. What excited him even more was that he also obtained a level 5 wizard skill book. …

Psychic Lash: Dark wizard skill. Deals 50% of magic attack damage to the enemy and causes a certain fear effect. Cast time: 1 second, skill cooldown: 3 seconds. Inner power cost: 2. It’s an attack skill. Although its attack power is much lower than Demonic Dark Force (which deals 100% magic attack damage), this skill is notable for its low cost and fear effect.