Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

The slime gathered strength and leaped high, smashing into Zhao Feng's armor with a series of dull blows.

Five slimes surrounded Zhao Feng and attacked him. Even though he was strong, he found it difficult to resist and could only passively defend himself.

Seeing that Zhao Feng was at a disadvantage, Zhang Shi became anxious. He took out the iron arrow and aimed his bow again.

"This slime is resistant to sharp weapons, don't waste your energy."

While trying to dissuade Zhang Shi, Ge Dalong waved the sapphire wand in his hand.

In an instant, a string of blue energy balls floated around the magic wand. As Ge Dalong swung it vigorously, the energy balls shot towards one of the slimes like a barrage of bullets.

Those blue energy balls that looked extremely gentle were like bombs exploding when they landed on the slime.

"Clap clap clap!"

Three crisp explosions were heard as the slime burst apart, splattering sticky liquid all over Zhao Feng.

"Fuck, Lao Ge, you're hiding something!"

The slimes were weakened, and Zhao Feng's pressure was greatly reduced. He ignored the dirt on his body and fought against them.

Ge Dalong's move was obviously a sure-kill move. At this moment, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength and his face turned pale.

Zhang Shi saw this, patted Ge Dalong on the shoulder, and stood in front of him.

Nocking an arrow, drawing the bow.

The arrow was like lightning, piercing through the body of a slime, but did not cause any substantial damage.

"Brush~"

Two shadows followed and hit the slime, blowing its body apart.

The triple attack had a good effect. Although the slime was resistant to sharp weapons, it could not withstand the heavy blows of energy arrows.

The slimes continued to lose members, and Zhao Feng finally had some time to spare.

"Go to hell!"

Zhao Feng swung his hammer across, a flash of black light flashing across the air. Three slimes in front of him were struck, smashing into the tree trunk and shattering into pieces.

"Ding, the team killed [Slime (White) x5] and gained 100 experience points."

"Congratulations to the survivor for reaching level 2 and gaining 1 attribute point."

"Congratulations to the team for obtaining [Medal of Courage x1: Exclusive material for the Psychedelic Forest, cannot be taken out of the dungeon.]"

I collected the Medal of Courage that had exploded and examined it. It was exactly the same as the item description, but I still didn't know its specific purpose.

Zhang Shi doubled his experience points to 200, and noticed that he had already gained 240 experience points, meeting the requirements for upgrading.

Zhang Shi thought about the surrounding attributes. Strength affects damage, agility affects speed, physique affects endurance, and magic power affects magical damage and magic power.

I am currently focusing on physical damage, so it is always a good idea to increase my strength.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Shi added the attribute points he gained to strength. At this moment, with the blessing of the incense BUFF, Zhang Shi's attribute panel is as follows.

Name: Zhang Shi

Race: human

Experience: Level 2 (140/200)

Grade: Ordinary

Strength: 11+1

Agility: 8+5

Physique: 6+1

Magic: 0+1

Talent: Scholar

Ability value: 8

After marveling at the powerful effect of Wu Qing's incense, Zhang Shi asked.

"Your incense is quite effective. Can you mass-produce it?"

Wu Qing shook her head.

"The yield of the main material is very low. I have only been planting for a short time, so I don't have much incense left this time."

Zhao Feng turned around happily, very satisfied with his performance.

"I didn't expect this slime to be so weak. It didn't take much effort to defeat it."

"Hey, Lao Ge, why are you so weak? I drained you with just one move."

Ge Dalong rested for a while and just caught his breath. He gave Zhao Feng a wry smile.

"Alright, everyone, add your stat points. This is just the beginning. We might encounter tougher monsters as we go further in."

Zhang Shi walked over to Ge Dalong and asked about his condition.

"I'm fine. I was just anxious and used up too much magic power at once with the wand. I'll be fine after recovering."

Wu Qing glanced at the progress bar on the panel, which showed that the progress had only increased by 1%.

"Can I really complete the progress before the time runs out just by killing monsters?"

Ge Dalong also noticed the progress bar and calmly took out a parchment book from his backpack. He flipped open the pages, seemingly searching for something.

Zhang Shi looked at the parchment book and felt that it was somewhat similar to the hunter's notebook in his hand.

"Go straight ahead. About 1000 meters away, there's a spot marked with a beast skull. I think that's where elite monsters spawn. Everyone, try to kill them. You'll definitely gain a lot of progress."

Everyone nodded and explored in the direction specified by Ge Dalong.

Along the way, we encountered some monsters, including slimes and some small beasts.

Everyone showed their abilities and easily dealt with the enemies blocking their way, gaining experience points. They all reached level 3, and Zhang Shi was close to level 4.

As we approached our destination, the road ahead suddenly opened up, revealing an open space with an altar in the center. Surrounded by trees, the altar stood in the center.

The altar is carved from a single huge stone, and appears to be a natural formation. Above the altar are three smaller altars, placed at the three corners of the altar.

Ge Dalong opened the parchment book, carefully checked it, and said, "This is it."

Then he shared a piece of information in the team channel.

[Altar of Courage: Place the Medal of Courage on the altar to initiate the ritual. During the ritual, a monster wave will be summoned. The size of the wave will vary depending on the number of Medals of Courage placed on the altar, with a maximum of three placed simultaneously. After the ritual ends, a refined-level elite monster will be summoned. Defeating it will grant the challenger a significant amount of progress points.]

"How do you say, get started?"

Zhao Feng's eyes were burning, and he looked eager to try.

Zhang Shi silently opened the system panel, intending to build some defensive facilities, but found that the construction function was disabled.

Ge Dalong had anticipated this and took out several sets of wooden fences from his backpack.

"I made this before I came here, but I didn't expect it would actually come in handy."

"Let's test the strength of the beast tide first. If there's any danger, we'll abandon the sacrifice and run away."

After everyone installed the fence and adjusted its position and exchanged glances with each other, Zhang Shi placed the Medal of Courage on the altar.

As soon as the medal was placed on the altar, it disappeared. Then, the altar where the medal was placed emitted a strong red light.

The entire altar began to shake slightly, and the entire forest began to become restless.

"Ow!"

A civet cat as tall as a human's calf emerged from the woods. Its eyes were attracted by the red light emitted by the altar and it slowly walked towards the altar.

Zhao Feng's eyes were fierce. He held the hammer horizontally and stared at the raccoon cat intently.

The raccoon cat sensed Zhao Feng's hostility and became extremely ferocious. It slightly arched its body and leaped high, trying to jump directly in from outside the fence.

Zhang Shi noticed the raccoon cat and had already pulled the bone bow and aimed the arrow at it.

Zhao Feng swung his hammer, just as he was about to unleash his might, when an arrow pierced the raccoon cat's skull. The cat howled and collapsed to the ground, dead as a tear.

"brush!"

A golden light flashed, and Zhang Shi killed the raccoon cat, successfully reaching level 4. He added attribute points to strength, and with the blessing of Wu Qing's incense, his strength attribute had reached 14 points.