Chapter 4: The Master of Kiting in the Holographic World!
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"Just some mobs dropping loot."
Lin Tianhao replied casually, as he also received a notification about 9,000 yuan being credited to his account.
"Whoa, Snow Emperor, do you know some glitch spot where you can farm level 10 mobs without taking damage?"
Futu Shield Mountain's surprise was understandable. Lin Tianhao was only level 3, so there was no way he could take on level 10 monsters head-on.
"Nope."
Lin Tianhao replied shortly and ignored Futu Shield Mountain, continuing to farm monsters.
Seeing the ring drop into his inventory, Futu Shield Mountain smiled. "Not telling me, huh? Fine, I'll come find you."
The level 10 monsters were the Twisted Treants, a fact Futu Guild’s exploration team had discovered right after entering the game.
Before long, Futu Shield Mountain arrived at the area where the Twisted Treants spawned.
At that moment, he saw an archer farming mobs in the distance.
-426.
-426.
...
Futu Shield Mountain's eyes widened. Who in their right mind could deal 426 damage with a single shot at this stage of the game?
Even their elite team members, equipped with all their gear, barely managed to break 100 attack power.
Yet Lin Tianhao's arrows were dealing over 400 damage, and he was doing it in a level disparity fight. It was no wonder Futu Shield Mountain was shocked.
"Snow Emperor."
Futu Shield Mountain immediately knelt. Due to some real-life issues, he had entered the game late, and now he was far behind in progress.
For someone like him, who had dominated numerous games, this was simply unacceptable.
"Snow Emperor, how about we team up? You help me level up, and I’ll pay you."
Lin Tianhao wasn’t interested at first, not wanting to waste time. But then he thought of his sister still lying in the hospital, and his mind changed.
"Alright, but it’ll cost you 300,000."
"300,000?"
Futu Shield Mountain nearly cursed out loud at the amount.
300,000 just to help him get to level 10? He could hire a gold farming team for no more than 20,000.
"I'll get you to level 10 by the end of the day."
Futu Shield Mountain hesitated, eyeing Lin Tianhao with suspicion.
It was only 4 AM, meaning there were 20 hours left in the day. Even if he played non-stop, getting him to level 10 in that time seemed impossible.
"Even so, your price is way too high."
He had money, but he wasn’t stupid.
"I know it’s steep. What if I throw in a full set of elite level 10 gear?"
Hearing this, Futu Shield Mountain’s breathing quickened.
"Snow Emperor, you're not joking, are you?"
"No."
Lin Tianhao answered confidently. The elite Twisted Treants could drop a full set of gear, assuming you were lucky enough.
Of course, if you farmed enough, you’d get it eventually.
"Fine, how about I give you 50,000 as a deposit?"
"No, 300,000, all upfront."
Futu Shield Mountain hesitated, but after seeing how fast Lin Tianhao was farming, he quickly agreed.
"Alright, I’ll transfer the money."
The game, Twilight of the Gods, had an in-game transfer function, so no separate bank account details were needed.
Soon, Lin Tianhao received a notification that 300,000 had been credited to his account.
With the money in hand, Lin Tianhao sent a message.
"Wait for me."
With that, he ducked behind a large tree and logged off.
Futu Shield Mountain: ???
"What the hell, did I just get scammed? He took the money and logged off? Damn it, I trusted him, and this is how he repays me?"
Futu Shield Mountain wasn’t hurting for cash, but right now, he felt like he’d just eaten a ton of dirt, utterly miserable.
Lin Tianhao hadn’t run off. Now that he had the money, he went straight to the hospital to pay for his sister's surgery.
Standing beside Lin Qingqing’s hospital bed, Lin Tianhao clenched his fists.
Every regret from his past life, he would make sure to fix this time around.
After making the p*****t, Lin Tianhao rushed back to his rented apartment and logged back into the game.
Novice Village No. 10086.
Futu Shield Mountain was gloomily having some players help him farm level 4 Wind Hounds when suddenly, a message from his friend popped up.
"Level 10 Twisted Treants, come here."
Futu Shield Mountain was stunned. He thought Lin Tianhao had run off, but now Lin Tianhao was back.
"On my way!"
Even though he’d cursed Lin Tianhao and his entire family in his mind a hundred times earlier, now that Lin Tianhao was offering to help him level, Futu Shield Mountain eagerly dashed over.
Lin Tianhao didn’t waste time, sending a team invite right away, while also setting the loot distribution so only he could pick up items.
Futu Shield Mountain wanted to say something but ultimately held his tongue.
Then, in the next instant, he noticed something absurd.
The experience split... was 9 to 1!
Lin Tianhao would get 90%, and he’d get 10%?!
What the hell, is this what you call helping me level?
"Snow Emperor, um... is the experience split correct?"
"It’s right."
Lin Tianhao replied and started farming.
-426.
-426.
...
Five arrows per Twisted Treant. Even though Lin Tianhao’s attack speed wasn’t fast, he could still kill one within ten seconds.
Six kills per minute.
That’s 360 kills per hour!
Not only that, but Lin Tianhao's health was constantly regenerating.
Watching Lin Tianhao continually s*******r Twisted Treants, Futu Shield Mountain was dumbfounded.
If Lin Tianhao only had high damage, Futu Shield Mountain might have thought he was using some hidden gear or had unlocked a special talent early.
But Lin Tianhao’s kiting technique was incredibly smooth. The Twisted Treants couldn’t even get close to him before they were killed.
Don’t think kiting in a full-dive virtual reality game is easy.
Futu Shield Mountain, being part of Futu Guild, knew that kiting here was much harder than in traditional games.
You had to move, draw the bow, aim, and shoot—all four steps had to flow seamlessly.
If any of the steps were clunky, the entire kiting sequence would feel stiff.
Even their top archers in the guild couldn’t kite this smoothly yet.
"This... this is art."
Futu Shield Mountain couldn’t help but admire as he opened the recording function, capturing Lin Tianhao’s kiting performance.
He was going to send this footage to the Futu Guild’s elite marksmen for study.
Lin Tianhao, however, didn’t pay much attention. Kiting was second nature to him at this point; he didn’t even consider it a real skill.
"Snow Emperor, what was your ID in previous games? With kiting like this, you can’t possibly have been a nobody."
"Kiting? You just need hands for that."
Lin Tianhao answered without thinking.
In the era of the Cataclysm, nearly all archers could kite like this.
For an archer, the real challenge was achieving infinite critical hits and crowd control.
A 100% crit rate—what we call infinite crits—isn’t feasible if you rely solely on stacking stats. That’s inefficient.
However, attack techniques can allow you to reach infinite crits.
Even with just a 5% crit chance, it’s possible to land infinite critical hits.
That’s where fatal attacks come in!
For example, hitting a Twisted Treant’s core, or striking the head or heart of humanoid creatures, significantly increases the chance of a critical hit.
As for crowd control!
That’s the hardest part of playing an archer, especially in team battles. Controlling the battlefield as an archer is incredibly challenging.
But Lin Tianhao had no intention of explaining all of this to Futu Shield Mountain. He just kept hunting Twisted Treants.
As Lin Tianhao moved forward, continuously killing Twisted Treants, he knew that regular mobs didn’t provide enough experience.
To reach level 10 within the day while carrying a leech, they’d have to hunt elite Twisted Treants.
Meanwhile, as Lin Tianhao was slaughtering Twisted Treants, Futu Shield Mountain sent the video he recorded to their guild leader.
Futu Wolf.
The leader of Futu Guild.
At that moment, Futu Wolf was busy leveling up, but he received the video from Futu Shield Mountain.
"Why are you sending me videos when you should be leveling?"
"Boss, take a look. You’ll like it."
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