Noob Player

Shen returned to the Red Willow Forest, where he met the maroon snake. He followed the same path and arrived at the area where he encountered the snake. His eyes observed the same tree he was about to cut, making sure that nothing dangerous was in sight. The Famous Noob stood there for two whole minutes until he came to a conclusion.

'The snake will not attack me openly, and it will rely on camouflage for a sneak attack. That means I have to create a situation where the snake will launch a sneak attack and use that chance to splash the tracker.' Shen thought of his situation and formulated a plan in his head.

'If the snake relies on a sneak attack only, does that mean it's weak to a frontal confrontation?' He suddenly thought of an absurd idea. 'I hope that's the case.'

Shen's mind was thinking about the snake wildly while approaching the same tree. When he arrived in front of the tree, he took out the ax. He created the first scenario when he met the snake to bait the snake to attack him. He was in a stance and raised his ax.

Shen did not immediately swing the ax but waited for the movement from the snake. However, he did not hear anything like before. He opened the inventory screen while holding the ax as he had to switch the ax and the jug as fast as possible. 'I can't waste the coloring liquid since Brother Lu only gives me twenty jugs of coloring liquid. I have to hit the snake in one try.'

Lu Yao only gave him twenty jugs, not because the Poison Master did not want to provide him with more coloring liquid. It was because it took an hour for Lu Yao to make twenty jugs of coloring liquid. Shen did not want to wait longer for another twenty jugs, but he asked Brother Lu to make more for tomorrow's hunting.

Shen took a deep breath and swung the ax while releasing his breath. As the ax was mid-way to hit the tree, Shen heard the noise above. He did not bother to look up as he put the ax into his inventory and switched up with a jug of coloring liquid. Shen rolled to the side after having the jug in his hand.

Swoosh! Bump!

The first encounter was repeated where the snake landed on the empty ground. This time Shen was prepared to fight the maroon snake. He opened the lid and threw the coloring liquid to the snake. Fortunately, he did not roll that far from the snake, so the coloring liquid managed to reach the snake when he threw it.

The green-coloring liquid splashed onto the maroon-colored snake's body and head. Shen then put the jug back into inventory and switched it with Wrath Club. He was ready to fight against this snake.

The maroon-colored snake repeated the same move where it spat the poison toward Shen. The latter expected the snake to spit the poison, so he took a light step to the left, dodging the poison. This time, Shen's eyes did not leave the snake for a second.

This time, he noticed the snake's skin changed color to the same one of the Red Willow's trunk. However, this time was different because he had a secret weapon with him, the coloring liquid. Thanks to the coloring liquid, Shen managed to see the snake's movement. The snake tried to climb back up to the tree.

"I will not allow you to escape." Shen activated [Void Step]. With the sudden burst of movement, Shen managed to reach the tree. He swung the club toward the moving snake, and the club hit the snake's body.

-200

The snake fell from the tree, and Shen did not want to miss his chance to land another hit to the snake's head.

-402

After the second strike hit the snake, Shen immediately created a distance from the snake. He did not want to fight too close against the snake. However, if the snake tried to run from him, he was ready to rush forward.

The maroon-colored snake hissed angrily at Shen. The hit certainly hurt the snake. The angry snake just made Shen even more nervous. He just learned one pattern, the sneak attack pattern. He was not sure yet what this snake would do for a frontal confrontation.

'I hit the snake, which means I would be able to see the snake's level.' Shen opened the snake information tab.

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[???]

Tribe: -

Level: 45

Skill: ???

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Shen took a deep breath when he saw the snake's level. It was level 45 monsters, fifteen levels higher than the chicken. It was not that big, but it was enough to scare Shen. It took a great effort to take down a chicken, so a fifteen levels higher monster was scary to Shen.

'No, I have to try it first. If it's really impossible to kill the snake, I will retreat. I need to save up the stamina for that to happen.' He checked the window status. He still had a lot of stamina, and then he noticed his mana had returned to 108 mana, meaning he could cast another spell. 'I have my trump card too. I can use [Frozen Spear] to slow the snake and escape if necessary.'

With those thoughts in mind, Shen steeled his heart and faced the maroon-colored snake. 'I will play it passively and let the snake attack me instead. I have to learn this snake's attack pattern to be safe.'

The maroon-colored snake then spat another poison toward Shen's direction. Shen took another light step to the left. The snake spat another poison before the first poison landed on the ground. Four consecutive spits landed on the empty ground as the "ssshhh" noise filled the atmosphere.

The snake looked frustrated as it failed to land the poison on Shen. At least, he could tell that based on the snake's hiss. 'This snake is getting angrier. Maybe it will launch a new pattern of attack?' Shen observed the snake cautiously.

Sure enough, the snake launched a pattern of attack. Instead of spitting the poison, the snake launched itself toward Shen this time. Shen was caught off guard by this, but it was fortunate that the snake was slower than the poison spit. He managed to move to the side, dodging the snake.

The snake passed through right before Shen's face, and he immediately raised the Wrath Club and swung it down to the snake's body. The club hit the snake's body, sending the snake down to the ground.

-200

The snake wriggled in pain on the ground, and Shen did not want to miss this golden chance. He struck the snake's head right after, three times in a row.

-402 -402

Void Critical!

-803

After the third hit, the snake's tail whipped his body, and Shen was hit at the side of his stomach. Even though the snake was slow, its strength was no joke. It was not an itch when the tail hit his body, but the pain of getting hit. Shen's body flew to the side and crashed onto the boulder.

-539

Shen's eyes widened in shock when that number appeared above his head. He just lost one-fifth of his health, meaning he would die if he got hit four more times. 'It has a slow movement, but the power is on a different level.'

Shen rubbed his waist as he stood up. He looked in the snake's direction and realized that the snake had gone into camouflage. Fortunately, the thick green liquid stuck to the snake. With the remaining time of the [Void Step], Shen caught up to the snake. He swung the club toward the snake once more, stopping the snake from climbing up to the tree.

-200 -402

The snake fell onto the ground, and Shen followed with another hit on the head. Learning his lesson from the previous exchange, Shen immediately backed down from the snake, creating a safe distance.

'I see. So the snake's head is its weakness. I will land a critical hit even without [Void Critical] as long as I hit the head. I am the head!' Shen realized the snake's weakness after hitting the head repeatedly.

'Alright, it's time to bait the snake to launch toward me again.' He looked toward the snake, watching its movement. To his surprise, the snake repeated the same move where it launched a poison spit at him consecutively, four times.

Shen easily dodged the poison spit and waited for the snake's next attack. To Shen's surprise, the snake launched itself again. It was basically the same pattern, but this time Shen hit the snake's head, landing a critical hit which was followed by another four hits on the head before creating a distance from the snake.

-402 -402 -402 -402

After some time, Shen realized that the snake was repeating the same movement all the time.. Shen grinned ear to ear after preventing the snake from climbing up to the tree for the fifth time.