"What, the level of the secret realm of the Wither Bone Temple has been upgraded to A3?" Xu Nantian was writing materials. When he heard Li Dong's report, the hand holding the pen shook involuntarily.

When it was still D3, Xu Nantian almost died at the arm enshrined in the first temple. Now that the level of the secret realm has been upgraded to A3, the overall strength of the monsters inside will be greatly improved. The secret realm that has been almost explored before can be said to have become a new secret realm. The danger has increased significantly. I am afraid that if the exploration continues, there will be casualties again.

There weren't many level three apostles in the Songtao City Defense Office to begin with, and they had finally managed to put together a team. If any casualties occurred, there might not even be anyone left to conduct reconnaissance.

Xu Nantian suddenly felt a headache.

"There are no casualties in the elite team, right?" Xu Nantian asked subconsciously.

"Xiao Zhao was grabbed by a skeleton soldier and suffered some minor injuries. He needs to rest for a few days. Everyone else is fine!" Zhou Zhi said.

"That's good!" Xu Nantian nodded. The members of the elite team were all treasures. The Netherworld aura attached to the attacks of ordinary skeleton soldiers was very weak. At most, it would just cause some frostbite. Unlike the last time Xu Nantian was poked by the arm enshrined in the temple and almost turned into an ice sculpture and froze to death.

"The elite team will rest for three days. After three days, I will lead the team personally to explore the secret realm!" Xu Nantian said after pondering for a moment.

"Director, let me lead the team!" Zhou Zhi said quickly.

"What? You don't believe in my strength?" Xu Nantian said with a smile.

Zhou Zhi quickly shook his head and said, "Director, aren't you preparing to advance to the fourth-level apostle? It's better not to delay..."

Before Zhou Zhi finished speaking, Xu Nantian waved his hand and said, "Under the current circumstances, I don't have the energy to advance to level 4. I'd better wait until I completely resolve the time bomb of the Dry Bone Temple Secret Realm."

Once Xu Nantian advances to level four, he can no longer enter the level three secret realm at will. At this moment, the absence of Xu Nantian, the greatest fighting force, is indeed not conducive to exploring the secret realm of the Dry Bone Temple.

Seeing that Xu Nantian had made the decision, Li Dong and Zhou Zhi looked at each other and no longer objected. Although the three of them were at the peak of level three, Xu Nantian's combat power was much higher than the other two. As long as they were careful, the situation like last time would not happen again.

"By the way, Songtao University is currently selecting students to participate in the college league. Xiaofeng should also participate, right?" Li Dong suddenly asked.

"Haha, Xiaofeng will definitely be fine. With his current strength, he will have no problem qualifying from Songtao University!" Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

As the deputy director in charge of the combat department, Zhou Zhi is quite familiar with Xu Feng's strength.

"He has reached the peak of level two now. It's hard to imagine that he has improved so quickly in just a few months!" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but reveal an expression of admiration on his face.

Even if an ordinary secret realm apostle follows the steps, it will take several years to advance one level. Moreover, most secret realm apostles are unwilling to advance now. There are many secret realm apostles who have spent more than ten years or even decades at level zero and level one. Xu Feng has already reached the peak of level two at such a young age, which is quite remarkable.

"We can consider letting him upgrade to level three. In the current situation, with one more level three apostle, we will have a better chance of conquering the secret realm of the Dry Bone Temple!" Xu Nantian said in a low voice with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Isn't it a bit too fast?" Li Dong hesitated.

"Now the queue for promotion is very long. Even if you go to a big city like Yanjing, you may have to wait for two or three months to enter the secret realm of promotion from level 2 to level 3..." Zhou Zhi shook his head and said, "Now is the critical moment of the qualifying round. After the qualifying round of Songtao University, the qualifying round of our City Defense Department will also begin, right? By the way, how many places can we give Songtao City this time?"

Zhou Zhi raised his eyebrows and jumped up immediately: "What, only two? I gave you three last year, why only two this year?"

"Hmph, we didn't even make it into the top 100 last year. It's pretty good to be given two spots this year!" Xu Nantian glared at Zhou Zhi and snorted coldly.

Zhou Zhi was suddenly speechless. He was among the three last year. Not only last year, but in the previous few years, there was always a vacancy for Zhou Zhi in the Songtao City Defense Office. After all, Zhou Zhi's strength was second only to Xu Nantian in the entire Songtao City Defense Office.

"Director, I promise to make it into the top 100 this year!" Zhou Zhi quickly promised.

"Haha, you'd better make sure you can qualify from the agency this year." Li Dong on the side laughed.

"Old Li, are you kidding me?" Zhou Zhi raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly, "Besides the director of our department, who else can beat me?"

Li Dong curled his lips. Zhou Zhi was a battle maniac. When he saw an apostle with good strength, he wanted to fight with him. Although he was just an ordinary heavy swordsman, his fighting style was extremely violent and domineering. Most people could not withstand his violent attacks.

“Hey, don’t be so arrogant!” Li Dong seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly a joking look appeared on his face as he said, “Forget about this year. Next year, Xiaofeng will almost be able to advance to level three. Then you can compete and see who is better!”

"Xiao Feng?" Zhou Zhi showed disdain on his face, but after a moment, his expression gradually became cautious, as if he was really thinking about the scene of himself and Xu Feng fighting after Xu Feng was promoted to level three.

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"Xiao Feng is a long-range attack professional, and I am a melee fighter. If it is a ring match, my winning rate will be at least over 80%!" Zhou Zhi said unconvinced.

“Haha, how do you know Xiaofeng is weak in close combat?” Li Dong snorted coldly, “Don’t forget, Xiaofeng has S-level talent. He usually doesn’t show off his talent. I don’t know how many cards he has up his sleeve. Even in a ring match, the odds between you two are at most 50-50!”

…

At this time, the people in the City Defense Office didn't know that while they were discussing Xu Feng's strength, Xu Feng had quietly been promoted to a third-level apostle. At the same time, a professional task also appeared in Xu Feng's task bar.

"The quest to start a career as a sorcerer. Only by completing this quest can you start the career of a sorcerer and become a true sorcerer?"

Xu Feng looked at the new tasks appearing in the task bar and couldn't help but frowned.

This task needs to be completed in the real world, and it is a serial task. The first task requires going to an abandoned old house in Songtao City after midnight. Only after arriving at the location can the next task be started.

"Why does this task feel a bit eerie and weird?" Xu Feng looked at this professional task and couldn't help but frowned.

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(End of this chapter)