Level Up in Earth Evolution

Chapter 27: Encounter

Elva looked at Li Wei, who was frowning. "What happened? Is it too strong?" she asked. If it was, then they would head back and report to the guild.

Li Wei shook his head. "It isn't, and that's the problem. It's an evil mutated monster, but it's weak," he said with a shrug.

"What an evil mutated monster," Elva exclaimed with an ugly expression when.

Seeing her face, Li Wei reassured her. "Don't worry, it's only level 18, not much of a threat to me," he said. He was level 19, not to mention he had lot of mana and different skills to use.

But Elva still shook her head. "You are thinking wrong. We can fight against the normal monsters above our level because they are unable to exert their true power of skills and attributes, but the evil monsters are different. They can use the full power of theirs," she explained.

It was no wonder that they could fight the monsters above their levels. It was just that the earth was unlucky. If not for the Evil Monsters who invaded, there wouldn't be so many casualties, and everyone would be leveling up happily.

Li Wei nodded. He, too, knew about it.

"I know, and I can take care of it. You guys just stay here and be ready to escape just in case," he said and headed towards the black wolf, which was busy eating.

He had already upgraded his Shadow Step to level 10 and could escape taking all of them if something unexpected happened.

The area they were in was around level 20, so not many strong monsters would show up, and he would have enough time to react even if they did.

Li Xin looked at him with worry. "Brother, be careful," she said. Even though she knew he had many ways to escape, she was still a little worried when she remembered the fight with the Abyssal monster.

Li Wei nodded with a smile. "Don't worry, that guy stole our money. I'm definitely not going to let him go," he said with irritation and headed towards the Black wolf.

Seeing him joking like this, the tension in the air relaxed a little.

"He's still joking at a time like this," Alice muttered with a cute pout.

Li Xin smiled and replied, "He will only do this when he's confident," she explained. She had been playing games with him and knew he would only act like this when he was confident.

The black wolf continued to eat the wolf in front of him without any care. When, it suddenly sensed someone approaching. It looked back to see Li Wei coming towards it with a sword in his hand.

*Grrrrrr,* the wolf snarled at him.

"Huh, it really feels like something evil but also different," Li Wei murmured, remembering the feeling when he fought the evil monsters in the Earth City.

He looked at the wolf, which was almost the size of a car. "It's really a big one, but let's see. I want to try some of my skills," he murmured. On the way here his mana recovered fully, making him to try something new.

*Rawww,* the wolf roared and directly sprinted towards him with full speed.

Li Wei didn't hesitate and used the skills at full power. "Footwork, Swordsmanship!" *Swooosh!* With a sound, he too headed directly towards the wolf.

*Rawaww,* the wolf roared with anger, seeing him coming towards it and directly opened its mouth wide to bite him.

"Die!" Li Wei didn't care and slashed his sword with extra mana in it. The sword glowed blue like jade heading towards the wolf.

*Slash!* With the sound of flesh being cut, the sword made a large cut on the wolf's neck.

*Rawww,* the wolf roared in pain, coming to a halt as it sped past Li Wei, who left a deep cut on its neck.

Li Wei turned around to see the cut bleeding, but it bled both red and black blood. "Is it mutated and then became a evil monster?" he murmured with surprise.

He didn't know much about this world yet because his level was not high enough, and Emily's father had decided not to tell him too much or he might get distracted and end up on the wrong path.

*Raww,* the wolf roared with blood shot eyes, and suddenly a crimson bloody aura surrounded it, making it look more ferocious. Without hesitation, it ran back towards Li Wei again, with its bloody aura on it.

Li Wei looked at the bloody aura.

'It must be the special skill Blood Fury. I don't know the effects, but the speed of the monster is increased, and probably the damage too,' he thought, looking at the wolf, which approached him even faster than before.

"But anyway, it's all useless," he murmured and chanted, "Divine Smite." *Shing!* The sword glowed with blue and white light at the same time.

'It's really a good thing that some skills don't conflict with each other. But what will happen if I add one more skill?' he thought and decided to add one more skill.

"Slash," he chanted and also sprinted towards the wolf attacking.

*Humm,* the sword emitted a humming sound, glowing white and blue brightly as three skills were implemented at once. It cut through the air, heading towards the wolf with a sound.

*Rawwa,* the wolf attacked with its claw at full speed, colliding with the sword.

*Ding!* But the sword and claw stopped as they hit each other not moving further.

*Crack,* suddenly a cracking sound came from the sword.

Li Wei was stunned, but suddenly his eyes narrowed. "Oh, shit," he cursed and hurriedly chanted, "Divine Protection, Arcane Shield," forming a shield around him.

*Raww,* the wolf also noticed something and tried to back out but it was too late.

*Boooooom!* A terrifying explosion of mana occurred, devouring both of them inside the veil of magical powers.

"Brother!" Li Xin shouted in worry, looking at the blue and white mana explosion. She wanted to go and see him, but she stopped, knowing she would not be any help and might drag him.

Seeing her worry, Elva reassured her. "Don't worry, if he can put that many skills inside the sword, it means he can also deal with it," she said.

Alice also reassured her. "Yes, you don't have to worry. He also used the protection skill. But his sword is level 30. How could it explode with his power of skills?" she said with a puzzled face.

When she saw his level, he was around level 11. It isn't impossible to level up faster, but it has limits. Because every time they killed monsters, they needed to spawn after a day or two.

For high-level monsters, it took more time. So he couldn't kill them by camping, not to mention they were with him all the time and it's only been a day.

*Sizzle* Soon, the explosion calmed down, revealing two figures. Li Wei, protected by a barrier, and the wolf whose half body was burnt and blood was flowing from it.

Li Wei looked at the wolf and the sword hilt in his hand. "Damn, it's going to cost me again," he murmured with irritation.

'It was really a close call. If I hadn't put the barrier, I might have been injured,' he thought, looking at the arcane shield that was dim, while the divine protection took the brunt and disappeared.

He never thought that the skill would go out of control because the sword couldn't handle it.

He also couldn't throw the sword because the skill was connected to him through his mana, and if he did, it would explode the moment he threw it.

Li Xin let out a sigh of relief when she saw him unharmed. Elva and Alice also looked at him with relief. Even though they knew he would be all right, a doubt still remained, and they were worried a little.

From the time they met him, he didn't ask anything from them, unlike other parties who don't care about their new members and order them around.

Not to mention he gave them coins to increase their attributes without hesitation.

*Grrrrr,* the wolf snarled at him but didn't dare to attack, looking at him with vigilance. It also started to recover slowly and became ready to escape if he attacked again.

Li Wei looked at the wolf in surprise.

'The monsters are getting smarter and smarter as their levels get higher. But I should finish it soon while it's still injured,' he thought and took out the low-level sword that he was keeping with him.

*Rawaww,* the wolf roared at him angrily while backing a few steps when it saw him taking out a sword.

'It's a good thing I didn't sell this sword, or I might have to fight with fists only,' he thought, and looked at the wolf.

"Buddy, it's time you should rest in peace," he said with a smile.

"Shadow Step," he chanted, disappearing with a whoosh.

*Rawaa?* the wolf noticed something amiss and decided to run when suddenly he felt something behind him.

"Swordsmanship," Li Wei, who appeared behind his back, chanted, slashing at the wolf coldly.

*Swing,* the sword glowed with a blue light and stabbed inside the body of the wolf.

*Awoooo,* the wolf whinnied in pain. It was already injured and was now injured again, making it scream.

Li Wei didn't hesitate and attacked again.

*Rawww,* the wolf roared, attempting to dodge the attack and searching for an escape route. But it failed to find a chance and pounced on Li Wei with anger.

"Idiot," Li Wei murmured when he saw the wolf pouncing on him and aimed his other hand. "Frost Nova," he chanted.

*Swoosh,* a freezing wave filled with ice directly engulfed the wolf.

*Rawwa,* the wolf roared, its movements slowing down a little when it suddenly felt something behind. It looked back to see Li Wei, who was smiling.

"Bye-bye," Li Wei said and slashed his sword, cutting the neck of the wolf with swift slash.

*Thud,* with a thud, the head fell on the ground.

[Ding, Congratulations for killing a Level 18 Blood Wolf Leader (Field Boss). You gained 4500 XP.]

Li Wei nodded with a thoughtful expression, ignoring the system prompt.

"So it doesn't matter if the monster has high HP. As long as you attack their vitals, it will reduce the HP faster and might even kill them," he murmured.

The guild has already informed him of this, but he still had doubts. If it were this simple, anyone could potentially kill monsters with a sneak attack by targeting their vitals.

However, it seemed only half true because he needed to use more mana than usual, and it wouldn't work for any normal people.

But, as long as someone had enough money to increase their intelligence for mana, they could use this strategy.

*Crack,* suddenly a cracking sound rang, and the sword in his hand burst into pieces. Looking at the hilt, he sighed.

"Looks like I have to buy higher-grade weapons," he murmured, dissatisfied.

"Brother, are you all right?" Li Xin asked, coming towards him with concerned face.

Li Wei smiled at her. "Of course, I am all right. Let's collect the corpses here, or other monsters might come to snatch them," he said.

He wanted to earn money, even if he could get little from the eaten corpses. As long as he gets them as a quest reward, he will profit with his bonus.

"Let's go; we should go back and report to the guild that we encountered an evil monster," Li Wei said after they were finished with collecting.

Everyone nodded and headed back to Valeria City.

***

Luna watched them as they headed back to the city on the screen.

"He's changing," she commented.

When she first saw Li Wei, he didn't care about anyone except Li Xin.

Now he was going to report just because he was concerned it might be something significant that could endanger the lives of the residents of Valeria City.

Sera nodded at her.

"Of course he will change. He was disappointed before too much, and it became even worse when the military came after him. He didn't show it, but he almost lost trust in humans at that time," she said, taking a pause.

"If not for the other worlds where people are good because of their circumstances, like the 'good person test,' he wouldn't have started to familiarize with them. Also, he knows as long as he gets stronger, no one can hurt him, unlike Earth, where he couldn't level up in the past," she explained, as if she knew everything about him.

Luna looked at her with a sigh. "You dug up his history," she asked.

They were gods, and she couldn't be here to watch him all the time, unlike Sera, who just delegated the work to her subordinates and did anything she wants.

Sera shrugged and didn't say anything when she suddenly noticed something on the screen.

"He met the 'Anointed One' too early," she said with surprise, looking at Li Wei, who encountered a small group of four.

***

Li Wei looked at the group he encountered. They were all from Earth and were around their age.

The leader of the group looked at them with a smile and turned his attention towards Li Xin.

"Li Xin, it's been a while," he said with a greeting.