Linda felt as if she had returned to the happiest days of her past life, when she was exploring new games.

Holding his new skill, still warm in his arms, he couldn't wait to find a monster to try it out.

"Kafni, I'm all better now. Let's find our next target!"

Linda had just stood up when she heard a buzzing sound of wings approaching from behind.

Monsters? Perfect timing! I was just looking for something to slay!

Linda reacted quickly, immediately turning around, holding her sword with both hands, and assuming a fighting stance.

What flew towards him was a huge, gray mosquito, about the size of a washbasin, with sharp proboscis like steel needles.

Monster, blood-sucking mosquito!

Its level is around 0-4, and its adult size is up to 20 centimeters long. It is afraid of fire and grass types.

It is timid and likes to sneak up on adventurers and stab them in the back of the neck with its mouthparts.

A series of messages flashed through Linda's mind.

Given its enormous size, this blood-sucking mosquito is probably an elite member of its species, having reached the highest level, 4!

"Steal, steal, steal!"

Kaphni hid behind Linda, continuously unleashing skills with her right hand.

However, the gap in quality between them and blood-sucking mosquitoes was too great, and each attempt ended in failure.

A flicker of fear crossed Kaphni's eyes. She tugged at Linda's sleeve and said, "Even a hero must retreat when the time comes."

"Shall we slip away?"

This enormous blood-sucking mosquito was clearly beyond the capabilities of the two level 1 individuals.

Once the sharp proboscis of a blood-sucking mosquito pierces the body, it will cause the victim to bleed to death and fall into a coma in an instant, leaving them vulnerable to being slaughtered.

Linda had to resort to sneak attacks to defeat that elite slime, let alone this elite bloodsucking mosquito whose 'racial attribute value' far surpasses that of the slime and reaches level 4.

"If it were a minute ago, that would certainly be true."

"But things are different now... Go, Venom Orb!"

Linda remained calm and extended her right hand forward.

The magic circuits within his body activated, and purple light rapidly condensed in his palm.

The next moment, a ball of light, about the size of a fist, purplish and radiating an ominous aura, shot into the head of the elite bloodsucking mosquito!

Like hot oil being poured into a pan, the elite bloodsucking mosquito reacted instantly. The monster began to struggle and writhe, circling around like a headless fly, emitting harsh and grating cries from its mouthparts.

A purple -42 appeared from the top of the vampire mosquito's head.

One second later, another -45, -47, -40, -49...

Five seconds later, the blood-sucking mosquito had lost a total of more than 200 HP!

For monsters of this level, their health is around 400.

Linda timed it perfectly, then added another Venom Orb, and waited with Kaphni at a safe distance of five meters.

The poisoned blood-sucking mosquito, which had been energetically bumping around, became limp and rolled on the ground.

As the last damage number appeared, the giant mosquito barely twitched its wings twice before falling silent.

Level 4 monster, Vampire Mosquito.

Successful conquest!

Kaphni stared in disbelief, looking at the corpse of the blood-sucking mosquito, then at the calm-faced Linda: "When did you become so powerful?"

"I was a little surprised myself."

Linda sighed.

One Venom Orb dealt over 200 damage.

He's only level 1, yet he can take down a level 4 monster in just two hits.

Even Echo, who came from the Church of Holy Light, would need Four-Light Arrow Technique to deal with someone of this level.

All I can say is that these skills, derived from a legendary skill tree, are incredibly useful.

Linda estimated that a fireball of the same level, if it hit a bloodsucking mosquito without the fire weakness factor, would probably deal about 70 damage.

Fireball consumes just as much mana as Venom Orb, but Venom Orb deals three times the total damage.

If both spells are upgraded to level 5 with full proficiency, the gap will continue to widen, potentially reaching 10 times or 20 times.

If I had to point out a drawback, it's that it's slow to kill; it takes 10 seconds to deplete the blood-sucking mosquito's health. If you use Fireball or Light Arrow, and the casting speed is fast enough, you can fire one shot per second and kill the blood-sucking mosquito in 4 seconds.

However, that kind of magic consumption is huge, equivalent to a full-force charge that quickly weakens you, while the Venom Orb's slow, gentle charge can last for a long time.

This weakness can be addressed by a burst-type teammate. Linda can throw out a poison and leave it at that, which allows her to focus on directing her teammates. Her skills are a perfect match for him.

He then opened the system and found the notification in the message bar:

[Defeat the level 4 elite monster, the Bloodsucking Mosquito, and gain 20 Mystery Points]

"Another upgrade is possible..."

Linda beamed with joy.

He clicked on his personal profile and converted all his mystery points into experience points.

Your level has been increased to level 2!

Strength +14, Magic Power +14, Defense +2, Magic Defense +4, Agility +2, Health +200

[Next level experience points: 0/50]

You have gained 1 skill point.

Having gained new skill points, Lin Da excitedly opened the Poison skill tree. In the first row, there were two skills. The skills in the second row required level 5 to learn.

Existing skill points can be used to upgrade [Venom Orb], raising its proficiency from lv1 to lv2.

But right now he'd rather learn a new skill.

Linda clicked to learn, skill points -1, the chain above the new skill loosened.

A purple light shone!

The image on this skill slot depicts a mage in black robes extending his hands forward, with a purple magic circle lighting up and spraying water like a fire hose.

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