Chapter 8

Lin Moyu believed that his leveling speed was faster than anyone else's.

He didn't stop, walking straight into the woods, wanting to see just how strong an unweakened Level 8 monster was.

Whether it was enough for his Skeleton Warrior to fight.

It would also help him prepare for going out into the wild tomorrow.

The Skeleton Warrior paved the way in front, running into the forest a step ahead of Lin Moyu.

The sounds of clicking echoed in the forest as the Skeleton Warrior ran swiftly through the woods, searching for monsters.

"No monsters?"

The Skeleton Warrior hadn't found any monsters.

Lin Moyu felt it was strange, so he followed inside.

The moment he stepped into the forest, a tree branch whipped toward him violently.

The branch was like a long whip, striking Lin Moyu with lightning speed.

It was so fast that Lin Moyu couldn't react in time.

The branch, which looked heavy and powerful, didn't cause Lin Moyu any damage.

Lin Moyu didn't even feel a thing, as if there was an invisible barrier outside his body protecting him.

Passive Skill: Damage Transfer.

The damage he received would automatically be transferred to his summoned creatures.

Before his summoned creatures were all dead, he would not take any damage.

It was truly a divine skill, not much worse than a god-level talent.

Chapter 11: Killed them all, so I came out

Lin Moyu saw the owner of the branch clearly: a large tree about three meters tall.

Lin Moyu's fingertips glowed slightly as he cast Detection Spell.

Detection Spell was a skill everyone knew, allowing one to obtain some basic information.

[Long-Whip Tree]

[Level: 8]

[Introduction: Usually in a dormant state, it will attack any living thing that passes by.]

Why didn't it attack when the Skeleton Warrior ran past just now?

The Skeleton Warrior was not a living thing; it had no life aura.

Therefore, the Skeleton Warrior would not trigger an attack from the Long-Whip Tree.

But when he walked in, the Long-Whip Tree attacked him.

The Long-Whip Tree continued to attack Lin Moyu.

Although it didn't cause any damage, Lin Moyu wasn't a fool; he wouldn't just stand there and let it hit him.

He quickly retreated dozens of meters, leaving the Long-Whip Tree's attack range.

The Long-Whip Tree could not move, and after Lin Moyu retreated, it stopped attacking.

Its long branches kept waving, as if it were on guard.

"It really is painstaking effort."

Lin Moyu understood the painstaking intentions of the Dungeon designer.

From the heavily weakened low-level monsters to the Level 8 monsters with the same strength as those in the outside world.

They even selected the Level 8 monsters, choosing this type of plant-based monster that could ambush but couldn't move.

The Long-Whip Tree possessed the characteristic of ambushing, allowing novice Professionals to experience the dangers of the wild early on.

The Long-Whip Tree could not move, so there was no chance of it hunting down Professionals.

Once there was danger, novice Professionals could calmly retreat and move out of its attack range.

Moreover, the attack range of the Long-Whip Tree was exactly the same as the attack range of several ranged classes.

This also cut off the possibility of ranged classes taking shortcuts.

Such a design allowed novices to fight against real Level 8 monsters in a safe environment.

The entire novice Dungeon exuded an atmosphere of protecting novices and cultivating newcomers.

While minimizing casualties as much as possible, it allowed newcomers to adapt to actual combat and grow.

Amidst a series of teeth-aching clicking sounds, the Skeleton Warrior ran back.

A full sixteen Skeleton Warriors surrounded Lin Moyu like an army.

With a thought from Lin Moyu, one Skeleton Warrior rushed toward the Long-Whip Tree.

To a non-living entity like the Skeleton Warrior, the Long-Whip Tree did not react at all.

It was only when the Skeleton Warrior made the first move and hacked at the tree with the blade in its hand that the Long-Whip Tree began to counterattack.

The huge branches, like long whips, lashed against the Skeleton Warrior, making a metallic clashing sound.

The Long-Whip Tree's attack speed was very fast, its branches waving frantically, with three or four attacks landing on the Skeleton Warrior every second.

However, the Skeleton Warrior's attributes were simply too high, with a Constitution of 550, and super thick HP and defense.

Some tiny cracks appeared on the bones that were attacked, but they quickly recovered.

"Huh? It wasn't killed in one hit!"

Lin Moyu was slightly surprised.

Monsters from Level 1 to 7 were all killed in one hit, but when it came to Level 8 monsters, the situation changed.

This was the first time the Skeleton Warrior failed to kill a target in one hit.

"Is this the strength of wild monsters? Let's see how many slashes you can withstand."

One slash, two slashes, three slashes.

After four slashes, the Long-Whip Tree stopped all movement.

[Killed Level 8 Long-Whip Tree, EXP + 160]

Seeing the notification, the EXP was much more than that of a Level 7 Brown Bear.

Lin Moyu calculated; in terms of cost-effectiveness, it was more worthwhile to kill Level 7 monsters.

After all, it was 70 EXP per slash.

A Level 8 Long-Whip Tree required 4 slashes for only 160 EXP.

It looked higher, but in reality, the cost-effectiveness per slash had dropped.

However, one also had to consider the time spent searching for monsters.

If time was wasted searching for monsters, looking for low-level monsters would actually be less cost-effective.

Looking at the forest ahead, there were dense trees, most of which were Level 8 Long-Whip Trees.

As long as one was careful, the Long-Whip Trees could still be distinguished from ordinary trees.

Here, there was no need to search for monsters.

Just with the naked eye, there were hundreds of them.

In this way, efficiency increased significantly.

This was simply a leveling treasure trove designed for him.

Even Lin Moyu was a bit excited at this moment.

With a thought, the Skeleton Warriors immediately separated and pounced into various parts of the forest.

The blades in their hands landed continuously on the Long-Whip Trees.

Four slashes per one, very straightforward.

EXP began to soar again.

For others, their leveling speed decreased significantly after Level 5, but for Lin Moyu, it was getting faster and faster.

It was originally expected to take more than an hour to complete the upgrade.

As a result, only 50 minutes later, Lin Moyu had leveled up to Level 6.

Outside the Dungeon, the sky was gradually turning dark.

The time had already reached 7 PM.

From entering the Dungeon at 9 AM to now, a full 10 hours had passed.

Principal Lu Yun and several principals, as well as Clan Leader Xia Dongyang, still hadn't moved.

They had been drinking tea all day, and when they ate, food was delivered to them.

The several principals were like this every year; on the first day students entered the novice Dungeon, they would always keep watch.

Although accidents rarely happened, there was no guarantee that there would be absolutely no accidents.

Because it was actual combat, injuries were inevitable, but there had been cases where students died in the novice Dungeon.

Clan Leader Xia Dongyang hadn't left either; Xia Xue was in the Dungeon, and as a father, he was equally worried.

Having missed his daughter's class advancement ceremony, he didn't want to miss her first Dungeon run again.

The Dungeon entrance suddenly emitted a brilliant light, and everyone looked up at the entrance at the same time.

"Someone has come out."

"The time hasn't arrived yet; could it be that an accident happened?"

The Dungeon had two entrances/exits; one was in the deepest part of the Dungeon, which could be seen after passing through the forest guarded by Level 8 monsters.

The other was the place where they entered the Dungeon; one could also exit the Dungeon from here.

Lin Moyu walked out of the light.

Principal Lu Yun walked over quickly, "Moyu, why did you come out?"

Lin Moyu said softly, "I killed them all, so I came out."

Killed them all, so I came out.

These words left Principal Lu Yun unable to understand for a moment.

Lin Moyu spoke too indifferently, without even a trace of expression on his face.

The next second, Principal Lu Yun saw Lin Moyu's level.

[Lin Moyu, Necromancer, Level 7].

Chapter 12: Breaking the historical record

Principal Lu Yun was stunned, his expression filled with disbelief.

"You… are Level 7?"

His tone was the same; Principal Lu Yun even suspected he had misread it.

Shock occupied his brain, and he couldn't react for a moment.

This was something that had never happened before.

The previous highest record was only Level 5, but now Lin Moyu had charged out of the Dungeon directly at Level 7.

Only 10 hours…

"There weren't enough monsters inside; otherwise, I should have been able to reach Level 8."

"Principal Lu Yun, I want to apply to go to the outskirts of Xihai City."

Lin Moyu looked as if it were a matter of course, while simultaneously submitting an application to leave the city.