Countless thoughts flashed through my mind.
However, after a brief pause.
Leng Qingying still asked her most crucial question.
"You...you just used my talent, didn't you?"
Lu Cang made no attempt to hide his answer: "Yes."
Leng Qingying nodded: "Yes, I understand."
"Well, so what are your plans?" Lu Cang asked in return.
"I haven't planned on it, it's fine as it is."
Leng Qingying did not feel that it was a loss for Lu Cang to be able to use her talent.
Rather...
Leng Qingying viewed this as a form of exchange of benefits.
She received exclusive weapons from Lu Cang and enjoyed guild benefits, so this is the price she had to pay.
At least for now, it seems like there's a lot to gain from staying in this guild.
For example... that challenge mission.
This is definitely not a benefit you can enjoy by joining other guilds.
Therefore, after learning that Lu Cang had ulterior motives, Leng Qingying actually felt a little more relaxed.
"It's alright, I'll check the body first."
After this dungeon, most subsequent dungeons consisted of multiple bosses.
The bosses in the dungeon are also simply divided by players into three types: Boss 1, Boss 2, and Boss 3.
In dungeons with multiple bosses, you can loot the chests immediately after defeating the boss.
Finding good equipment in the chest can boost your combat power for defeating the next boss.
However, dying within a dungeon will not completely remove you from the dungeon.
Instead, it will revive outside the dungeon with low health.
However, losing points in the dungeon can severely disrupt the rhythm, so it's best to avoid dying if possible.
The now-dead giant crocodile boss has been transformed into a treasure chest.
"I'm the luckiest, so no one will object if I touch the box, right?" Lu Cang asked again before opening the box.
Lu Cang looked at Leng Qingying.
Leng Qingying felt as if tiny blue veins were popping out on her forehead.
Chairman, are you looking for trouble?
I did say I was pursuing freedom, but is it necessary to ask myself about everything?
"No, from now on, you can open the boxes whenever you're present," Leng Qingying stated, intending to resolve the issue once and for all.
The others in the group also shook their heads.
I really have no objections.
Then, Lu Cang directly opened the boss treasure chest.
[You have obtained: Light-Slaying Dagger (Silver), Two-Star Skill Book - Flame Pillar, Ferocious Headband (Silver), Tight Bracers (Bronze), Crocodile Boots (Bronze), Gold Coins x58, Town Portal Scroll x5, Health Regeneration Potion (Large) x3]
"Hey, not bad luck, a level 18 dagger that adds 230 agility."
"A two-star skill called Flame Pillar, not bad."
Flame Pillar is an upgraded skill of Earth Fire Impact. It can not only cause fire damage, but also maintain a continuous flame pillar.
It deals terrifying damage to monsters that don't move.
"The Fierce Headband, 200 points of Strength, and it can also increase the level of the Draw Sword skill by 1. It's a good item."
Skill levels are extremely valuable.
Upgrading a skill requires skill points, and skills are divided into star levels. Upgrading a four-star skill to level 1 requires 4 skill points.
Upgrading a skill to 5 stars requires 5 skill points.
Skill points are mostly obtained by leveling up; you get 1 skill point for every level you gain.
Now that I've reached level 18, I only have 18 points. For the Fearless Warrior, the +4 Dragon Rush skill will be used up completely.
As for the dagger, after this boss was defeated, Leng Qingying's level also reached level 18, so the dagger was just right for her to use.
Level 18 equipment refers to equipment attributes after job advancement.
Its attributes are significantly higher than those of level 17 equipment.
The dagger was directly given to Leng Qingying, but Leng Qingying was very conflicted.
I just spent 100,000 yuan to buy this dagger a dozen minutes ago, and it's already obsolete after only a few uses. It really hurts to lose that 100,000 yuan.
When I bought that dagger, I was hoping it would last me through the entire beginner phase.
But as much as you might be conflicted, there's no such thing as not using new equipment.
After changing into the new equipment, Leng Qingying felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction; level 18 equipment was truly different.
Consider it as buying a level 18 piece of equipment for 100,000; the previous one was a gift from Sky.
Thinking about it this way instantly made me feel much better.
The fearless warrior has also donned the [Fierce Headband].
The Dragon Draw Sword Slash skill level has been upgraded to level 2.
Lu Cang directly suggested, "The brave are fearless, let's upgrade the Dragon directly to level 5."
The fearless warrior learned two other skills: Triple Slash and Ground Shatter.
Learning skills using skill books also requires spending skill points corresponding to the star level. So, when learning the three-star Sword Draw skill, you've already spent 3 Brave Warrior skill points.
Now there are 13 skill points left, which can all be used to upgrade Dragon Slash to level 5.
"Alright, boss!"
[Skill points allocated - Dragon Draw Sword Slash - Level increased to 3]
[Skill points allocated - Dragon Draw Sword Slash - Level increased to 4]
[Skill points allocated - Dragon Draw Sword Slash - Level increased to 5]
[The Dragon's Sword Draw Slash has unlocked a new effect - Double Draw]
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【Dragon Draw Sword Slash (LV: 6): Charge for 1-5 seconds, unleash a sword draw slash, dealing 6-80 times the user's strength as damage, with a range of 6-70 meters. Cooldown: 8 seconds. Each fully charged attack used during the cooldown period reduces the cooldown by 1 second. No resource cost.】
[Additional Effect - Double Draw: After a Draw Slash hits a target, you can immediately use a charged Dragon Draw Slash within 5 seconds.]
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The level 5 Dragon Draw Sword has a 30-point power multiplier increase in damage when fully charged compared to level 1.
The range has also been increased by 20 meters.
More importantly, this new dual-pull effect is equivalent to doubling the output.
"Holy crap, boss, that skill is awesome!"
"Wouldn't I be invincible?!"
Hearing the brave man's fearless cry, Leng Qingying rolled her eyes inwardly.
That's incredibly naive.
Meanwhile, Bai Lu has also started learning skills. So far, Bai Lu has learned five skills: Wind Blowing, Fireball, Ground Fire, Meteor, and Flame Pillar.
"The brave are fearless. Remember, skills will undergo a qualitative change at levels 5 and 11."
"The higher the skill level, the stronger its effect."
Of course, it takes 25 skill points to upgrade a 5-star skill to level 5. A 1-star skill only needs 5 points to upgrade to level 5.
How could it not be strong?
"However, skill points are limited, so you must carefully consider how to allocate them. You will also have limited opportunities to reset your skill points in the future, so don't waste them carelessly."
"Alright, let's move on to the next boss."
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After completing their preparations, Lu Cang and the others continued their journey deeper into the instance.
Bai Lu has once again added the Flame Pillar skill to her Holy Record.
It must be said that the special weapon has indeed made up for Bai Lu's shortcomings to a great extent.
Otherwise, to unleash the full potential of one's talent, at least ten seconds of chanting time is required.
Ten seconds is too long in any battle situation.
The swamp ahead still harbored many black slimes, but when slimes blocked his way, the fearless warrior drew his sword.
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[Fearless Warrior. Black Liquid Slime defeated - Experience gained: 6150]
[Fearless Warrior, Black Liquid Slime defeated - Experience gained: 6914]
[The fearless warrior has defeated the Black Liquid Slime - Experience gained: 6911]
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A series of prompts popped up, making it completely unnecessary to find out where the slimes were hiding.
The fearless warrior wiped out all the slimes within a 70-meter radius with a single Dragon Sword Slash.
With such efficiency, the originally annoying mobs became pure experience points, and the four of them quickly cleared the mobs and arrived at the boss's room.
The boss's room is a spacious cave.
The boss is a two-headed black serpent located in the cave.
Half of the black giant snake's body was embedded in the wall.
On the other side of the cave, there is a stone door, which is perfectly fitted into the wall.
It's a door that can't be opened easily.
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Black King Twin Snakes
[Level: 25]
[Health Points: 1,535,000]
[Skills: Fireball, Ice Spike, Flame Leap, Frost Impact, Head Shake, Bite and Drag]
[Special Feature: Attribute Alternation – After dealing an attack of one attribute, a subsequent attack of a different attribute on the same target will cause an explosion, resulting in massive area-of-effect damage.]
[Description: A snake capable of attacking with both ice and fire attributes simultaneously. The attributes of its two heads can alternate, and the attribute represented by each head can be distinguished by the light emanating from its eyes.]
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This boss is a spellcasting type boss.
Normally, you would dodge skills to fight, but Lu Cang and the others are currently outside the boss's aggro range, so they won't engage.
Lu Cang explained simply: "The boss has two phases, each with 30% health."
Leng Qingying nodded.
She knew about this mechanism in Zone 1, but what she didn't know was whether the mechanism had changed in Zone 3.
"Xiao Leng, you take charge. I'll go unlock the hidden boss. Slow down, don't kill it instantly, or we won't be able to unlock the hidden boss."
Lu Cang gave the order casually.
If you clear the game normally, this boss will be the final boss.
However, if you want to unlock the hidden level, you must unlock the hidden level before killing this boss.
"You know how to hide in the Blackwater?" Leng Qingying seemed slightly surprised.
This instance in Zone 1 also has a hidden door, but no one has figured out how to open it yet.
"Know."
Without explaining, Lu Cang charged straight toward the sealed stone gate.
Leng Qingying sighed.
She really couldn't figure out Lu Cang.
"Wait... when did I become a commander? I clearly said I didn't want to do guild work." Leng Qingying only realized this after Lu Cang had run a distance.
But thinking about the favors she might owe, and considering the current situation, Leng Qingying could only sigh and instruct, "Warrior, engage the monster, remember to start with Fierce Dragon."
"The mage throws a pillar of fire."
"Alright!" Brave Warrior responded excitedly. This was the first time he had personally fought a boss. Before, Lu Cang had always fought the bosses.
He hasn't even touched the boss yet.
Now that the Raptors' Sword Draw has been upgraded, he's itching to try it even more.
Upon receiving the order, the fearless warrior charged directly at the giant serpent, stepping into its attack range.
The very next second after he stepped into the attack range, the ground beneath the feet of the fearless warrior lit up with a red light.
Upon seeing the red light, the brave and fearless man immediately rolled to the side!
The body's instinct to escape kicked in first!
Boom!
Just moments after the fearless warrior rolled away, a pillar of fire shot into the sky from the area enveloped by the red light!
This is a pillar of fire unleashed by the boss!
The brave man's enthusiasm was immediately dampened when he realized he was almost hit!
He urgently asked, "Sister Leng! Isn't it a bit too much of an overestimation to entrust this task to me?"
"If you're bad at something, you have to practice." Leng Qingying's philosophy is that if you don't practice, you'll always end up being a noob.
The idea of fearlessness is simple: if you can't dodge it, you die, and you'll know to dodge it next time you run a dungeon.
As they were talking, Leng Qingying had already taken the first step and approached the boss.
Ding ding ding ding—
Shadow attack, consecutive thrusts, swift light slash—in an instant, five phantoms appeared.
Seeing this, some of the brave and fearless wanted to run away.
But in the end, he gritted his teeth and kept charging forward.
They've already taken 10 million from the chairman—that's 10 million! To desert them at the last minute is utterly inhuman.
Leng Qingying's attack range is extremely high! Each phantom she summons is fully equipped with all her skills.
This means that each of Leng Qingying's skills can be used 6 times.
In terms of damage multiplier, it's six times.
Even a small skill with a 1x multiplier will have a 6x damage multiplier if each clone attacks once.
Although not as exaggerated as Bai Lu's [Energy Infusion] with its 30x damage and 30x range.
However, the advantage of Shadow Kill lies in its flexibility and versatility.
In a brief attack, more than 70 hits of damage erupted on the Twin Kings Black Serpent!
Unfortunately, Leng Qingying's equipment was subpar.
Even with all six phantoms attacking together, they only managed to deal a little over 100,000 damage.
boom!
Immediately afterwards, a pillar of fire shot into the sky!
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A pillar of flame rose, engulfing the boss in flames.
Immediately afterwards, the fearless warrior approached the boss and unleashed a powerful double attack!
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After the double pull, the fearless warrior immediately follows up with the five-stage mighty slash!
After the Dragon Sword is upgraded to LV:5, the cooldown time is reduced from 9 seconds to 8 seconds.
Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only a second less.
However, the second draw of the sword in a double draw is also considered a fully charged attack, which can immediately reduce the cooldown of the sword draw by 1 second.
With a 7-second cooldown, followed by the Five-Stage Might Slash, only 2 seconds remain.
The Brave Warrior needs one second to unleash all five slashes, so you can basically refresh the cooldown of Dragon Draw Sword immediately by following up with an A.
Although the brave and fearless one is not very skilled, he still knows the most basic skills of casting spells.
"The brave are fearless, but stop for a moment!"
Just as the fearless warrior was about to unleash his third attack, Lu Cang stopped him.
"If we keep fighting, the boss will die."
This boss only has 1.5 million HP.
Two sword strikes from the fearless warrior instantly took away more than half of his health.
After I finish the five-stage slash, I'll draw my sword twice more, and with the burning effect of the Flame Pillar, the boss will be instantly killed.
Fortunately, Lu Cang had already arrived at the door.
Lu Cang placed his hand on the door.
He recited the mantra he had deliberately memorized in his previous life for this reincarnation: "?t??ξdt?"
This is the language of the heavens.
Currently, apart from Lu Cang, no other player knows this language.
After the prayer was completed, golden light shone forth and spilled out from the cracks in the stone door!
Immediately afterwards, the stone gate exploded!
A humanoid creature, three meters tall and radiating golden light, stepped out from the stone gate.
He held a large golden sword in both hands.
[World Announcement!]
[The Azure Sky has activated the hidden boss level in the Blackwater Cave!]
[Azure Sky becomes the first hidden boss to be activated!]
After its debut.
The four people in the group, including Lu Cang, all looked at the humanoid creature that was radiating light.
Even the Twin King Black Serpent stopped its activity and stared blankly at the golden presence.
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[Celestial Judge]
[Level: 30]
Health Points: 5,000,000
[Race: Celestial Being]
Unique creatures
[God of Faith: Zhu Ya]
[Skills: Holy Judgment, Radiant Sword, Judgment, Brilliant Flash, Falling Fire, Holy Flame]
【Special Feature: Glorious Sacred Flame - All enemies that take light-attribute damage will be imbued with sacred flame, taking burning damage from the flame every second】
[Description: A celestial messenger who punishes evil, sealed within the Blackwater Cavern for special reasons, and seems to possess a special sacred relic.]
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"Travelers from another world! Thank you for breaking the deep black seal for me."
"I will slay that evil serpent for you!"
The Celestial Judge raised his Holy Fire Sword high, with raging flames swirling around it.
But before the celestial judge could act...
Lu Cang slashed the [Celestial Judge]'s calf with a dagger.
Immediately afterwards, a phantom clone wielding a giant sword was summoned beside Lu Cang.
"No need to trouble yourself."
"I hope you'll die too."
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