Chapter 16 Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly
[Congratulations, Player Qiyezhenzhen has reached Level 6. All Attribute Points except Luck and Magic Attribute have been increased by 1. Additionally, 5 freely assignable Attribute Points have been granted (excluding Luck and Magic Attribute).]
Qin Zhen chose Constitution +2 and Intelligence +3.
[Player: Qiyezhenzhen
Gender: Female
Level: 6 (EXP: 21/1500)
Constitution: 28+10 (equipment bonus) (Very sturdy.)
Attack: 14+30 (equipment bonus) (You're frighteningly strong now.)
Defense: 13+10+30 (equipment bonus) (Your Defense is very high.)
Intelligence: 24+10 (equipment bonus) (You're doing quite well.)
Speed: 16+10 (equipment bonus) (Your Speed is incredibly fast.)
Luck: 11 (You're super lucky.)
Magic Attribute — Ice Affinity: 27, Skill: Glacial Ring; Light Affinity: 9
HP: 280+100
MP: 240+100]
She needed a whopping 1,500 EXP just to reach the next Level!
Qin Zhen was feeling a bit hungry, so she plopped down onto the grass.
She enjoyed the beautiful natural scenery while happily munching on her roast duck.
After finishing the roast duck, Qin Zhen lay back on the ground.
The soft green grass gently caressed her face like flowing water, and Qin Zhen felt a deep sense of peace wash over her.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Hm? What was that?
Qin Zhen sat up and looked around.
A dark shape was flying toward her rapidly from the distance.
As it drew closer, Qin Zhen realized — it was a butterfly!
The butterfly was enormous, dozens of times larger than an ordinary butterfly in real life.
It was breathtakingly beautiful, its entire body shimmering with all seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet.
It came to rest on a cluster of vivid flowers, its wings — traced with luminous patterns — beating slowly and gracefully.
The silver veins on its wings, like a spider's web, seemed to glow, and its pair of pale-violet antennae were as delicate as feathers.
The butterfly's wings were as thin as a cicada's, looking as though they would tear at the slightest touch.
Qin Zhen was utterly captivated.
"System, what species is this?"
[Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly, a Tier 1 Monster.]
"This is a monster?"
Qin Zhen couldn't bring herself to believe that something so beautiful could be a monster.
[Yes, Host. It is indeed a monster — please don't hold back. Furthermore, the Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly has the Light Affinity, so it very likely carries the Light Affinity Skill Book you need.]
A Light Affinity Skill Book?
Qin Zhen's eyes lit up. Wonderful — she had obtained the Ice Affinity Skill Book days ago, but the Light Affinity Skill Book had remained nowhere to be found.
Now, at last, there was a lead.
Beautiful butterfly, I'm sorry.
Qin Zhen held the Starlight Staff in her left hand and the Lianyue Crossbow in her right.
She quietly crept toward the Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly.
[Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly: Tier 1 Monster. Attack Power: 30; Defense: 20; HP: 300.]
"Glacial Ring."
The Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly, perched atop the brilliant flowers, was instantly frozen solid.
Qin Zhen seized the moment and fired her Arrows — three shots in quick succession, two of which found their mark.
The moment the Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly thawed, it darted away; its Speed was truly extraordinary.
As it flew, its lower wings spread out like a swirling seven-colored skirt, its entire body wreathed in a dazzling, radiant divine light that made it impossible to look away.
Fortunately, her Glacial Ring could lock onto its target.
Under the repeated freezing of the Glacial Ring and the burst damage of the Lianyue Crossbow, the Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly quickly could no longer hold on.
[Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly remains detected. Decompose?]
[Yes / No]
Qin Zhen selected Yes.
She obtained: [Tier 1 Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly Powder 200g ×2, Tier 1 Prismatic Flowing-light Butterfly Wing ×2, Light Spirit Bead ×3, Black Iron Chest ×1, EXP +50].
Upon opening the Black Iron Chest, she received: [Light Affinity Skill Book ×1, Prismatic Flowing-light Boots (Blue) ×1, Attribute Orb ×3, Inventory Expansion Card ×2].
[Light Affinity Skill Book: Blessing of Light — Single-target healing skill. Restores 30 HP to a single target, consumes 30 MP, Cooldown: 10 seconds.]
[Prismatic Flowing-light Boots (Blue): Speed +30; Durability: 300/300]
Seeing that there truly was a Light Affinity Skill Book, Qin Zhen was overjoyed.
But when she read the skill description, she fell silent.
Although this healing skill was actually quite good, she still couldn't shake her frustration over not having an offensive skill.
Moreover, recovering only 30 HP every ten seconds felt like a drop in the bucket compared to her current HP of over 300.
Still, the System had said it could be upgraded later.
The ability to upgrade meant potential — and potential meant hope!
[Host, don't you have the Lianyue Crossbow? Its Attack Power is very high, you know.]
"But the Lianyue Crossbow has Durability, and it's already down to only 240 points."
Qin Zhen said helplessly.
Equipment, however good, would eventually wear out.
Skills were different — as long as she had MP, she could keep using them.
[Don't worry, Host. After Level 10, you'll be able to learn two more skills. There will definitely be an offensive skill among them.]
"Mm."
That was the only comfort Qin Zhen could offer herself.
After learning Blessing of Light, Qin Zhen felt a gentle, sacred power surge into her body.
Seeing the Prismatic Flowing-light Boots, Qin Zhen was genuinely pleased — her Fleet Boots were already down to only 30 Durability, and she had been worried about having nothing to replace them with.
This couldn't have come at a better time. Just as she was nodding off, someone had delivered a Pillow right to her door.
She consumed the Light Spirit Beads and the Attribute Orbs.
Light Affinity +9, Attack +3, Defense +3, Luck +3.
This time, the Attribute Orbs had randomly rolled Luck!
She used the Inventory Expansion Cards, and her backpack capacity increased to 25 slots.
Today's haul was quite good — Qin Zhen was very satisfied.
It was now around noon. The journey back would take at least three hours.
And that was even after she had further boosted her Speed.
Moreover, it had gotten dark at 4:30 the day before yesterday, at 4:00 yesterday, so today it would probably be dark by 3:30.
She needed to get back before 3:30, which meant she had to set off right now.
By the time she walked out of the forest, it was already 3:10.
Qin Zhen didn't even bother checking on the twenty Fish Traps in the shallow sea area — she headed straight back to the Shelter.