“We were just discussing whether that girl Xia Xue will be able to reach Level 5 by the time the 12-hour Dungeon session ends today. She wants to apply for Xiajing Academy, and it won’t be easy.”

Clan Leader Xia Dongyang said, "It should be fine. Even if she falls a bit short, it doesn't matter; I can pull some strings."

Principal Lu Yun shook his head. "I suggest you don't do that. I know Xia Xue's personality; if you do that, she will hate you."

Clan Leader Xia Dongyang sighed. How could he not know that?

Clan Leader Xia Dongyang changed the subject. "I heard that your school produced a Hidden Profession during the class transfer yesterday. Congratulations. May I ask what the profession is?"

Principal Lu Yun's face beamed. "The profession is called Necromancer. It's a profession we've never seen before. It can Summon Skeleton Warriors, though I don't know if it's powerful or not."

Not all Hidden Professions are powerful; trash-tier Hidden Professions have appeared before.

Summon Skeleton Warriors? That sounds a bit eerie and evil.

Besides, the name Necromancer doesn't sound very pleasant either.

Dealing with the dead and spirits inevitably makes people have wild thoughts.

Principal Lu Yun saw through Clan Leader Xia Dongyang's thoughts. "Don't worry. Although that child Lin Moyu doesn't talk much, he is a good kid. His sister even got into Xiajing Academy last year."

"If Xia Xue gets into Xiajing Academy, you might even be able to ask Lin Mohan to look out for her."

With Principal Lu Yun's words, Clan Leader Xia Dongyang felt relieved.

Having known each other for many years, he knew exactly what kind of person Principal Lu Yun was.

Inside the Newbie Dungeon, Lin Moyu received the information transmitted back by the Skeleton Warrior.

[Maximum distance reached, cannot move further away.]

At this moment, the farthest Skeleton Warrior was already 500 meters away from Lin Moyu.

That Skeleton Warrior just stood at the 500-meter mark and stopped advancing.

Lin Moyu also realized that the Skeleton Warrior must currently maintain a distance of within 500 meters of him.

Seeing that the other Skeleton Warriors were also about to reach this distance, Lin Moyu had no choice but to order them to return.

He couldn't be a hands-off manager anymore, so Lin Moyu had to pick a direction and head deeper into the Dungeon.

Ten Skeleton Warriors formed a fan shape to clear the path ahead, always maintaining a distance of about 100 meters from Lin Moyu.

Any monsters on the road were instantly killed by the Skeleton Warriors.

In the fourth hour of entering the Dungeon, Lin Moyu welcomed his third level-up.

[Name: Lin Moyu] [Profession: Necromancer (Unique)] [Level: 4 (0.00%)] [Strength: 40] [Agility: 40] [Spirit: 80] [Equipment: None] [Summoning Space: 10/40, Skeleton Warrior (Quantity: 10)] [Talent: Comprehensive Amplification (Level 1, Unique)] [Passive Skill: Damage Transfer] [Active Skills: Soul Fire (Level 4), Summon Skeleton Warrior (Level 4)]

After leveling up, Lin Moyu continued to Summon Skeleton Warriors.

At this point, the spirit consumption to summon one Skeleton Warrior had reached 25 points.

He had leveled up three times in four hours.

As the number of Skeleton Warriors increased, the speed of leveling up did not decrease much; instead, it showed a trend of accelerating.

Lin Moyu, leading his army of Skeleton Warriors, officially stepped into the latter half of the Newbie Dungeon.

A large number of Level 5 and Level 6 monsters began to appear.

However, in front of the Skeleton Warriors with a Strength attribute as high as 450, it was just a matter of one slash.

[Killed Level 5 Green Wolf, EXP +50] [Killed Level 6 Black Panther, EXP +60]

For Lin Moyu, the efficiency of killing Level 1 monsters and Level 6 monsters was the same.

Therefore, the higher the level, the better; the higher the monster density, the better.

Three more Skeleton Warriors were summoned, and a total of 13 Skeleton Warriors rampaged through the Newbie Dungeon.

Experience points were increasing rapidly. With more Skeleton Warriors, the leveling speed increased instead of decreasing.

"At this rate, I'll be able to level up again in less than an hour."

"Can I reach Level 8 directly in the first 12 hours of the Newbie Dungeon?"

"It's twice as fast as I expected. After reaching Level 8, I can go to the outskirts of Xihai City, where there are higher-level monsters."

Lin Moyu had already planned out his leveling route in his heart.

Going to the outskirts of Xihai City required the school's approval; otherwise, the guards in the city would not let him out.

Level 8 was the minimum standard; it couldn't be any lower.

[Killed Level 7 Brown Bear, EXP +70]

As Lin Moyu continued to go deeper, Level 7 monsters began to appear, and it was likewise a matter of a one-hit kill.

The Newbie Dungeon was created for beginners.

The monster strength is low, the overall environment is simple, and the safety is much higher than in the wild.

Therefore, even though Lin Moyu was leveling up and grinding monsters easily, he still did not let his guard down.

In his memory, Lin Mohan once returned from the outskirts of Xihai City covered in blood and injured.

She told Lin Moyu very seriously that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, and one must never let their guard down under any circumstances.

Lin Moyu firmly kept these words in his heart.

Now he was doing the same.

Chapter 10: No One Can Level Up Faster Than Me

[Level: 4 (99.00%)]

Lin Moyu looked at his data; he was about to level up again.

The 13 Skeleton Warriors were slaughtering everything around them, and his experience was rising steadily.

Compared to the previous level, this level-up was faster, taking only 50 minutes in total.

"The number of Skeleton Warriors has increased, the monster density is higher, but the speed of killing monsters hasn't changed."

"This is the reason why the leveling speed increased instead of decreasing."

Lin Moyu analyzed his current situation.

He had now arrived at the depths of the Newbie Dungeon, where Level 6 and Level 7 monsters were everywhere.

Only the highest-level monsters, Level 8, had yet to appear.

Here, the monster density increased, which also led to a faster rate of gaining experience.

The Skeleton Warriors were like tireless top-tier thugs, one slash per kill, constantly reaping the lives of monsters.

The only pity was that the monsters in the Newbie Dungeon would not drop anything.

After all, this was a Newbie Dungeon, a place specifically for new Professionals to adapt to actual combat, which is very different from the wild.

In the Newbie Dungeon, almost all monsters were weakened overall.

The only exception here was the Level 8 monsters, which were not weakened and maintained strength equivalent to monsters in the wild.

When reaching Level 8 and facing Level 8 monsters, one should already possess considerable combat experience by then.

And after Level 8, one would also leave the Newbie Dungeon.

Therefore, the Level 8 monsters served as a perfect bridge, allowing new Professionals to experience the strength of wild monsters in advance.

In this way, when they really go to the wild to fight monsters, they won't be flustered.

As the level-up light pillar appeared again, Lin Moyu finally reached Level 5.

Attributes increased, and skills leveled up.

The strength of the Skeleton Warriors also increased accordingly, with all attributes increasing by another 100 points.

[Killed Level 7 Brown Bear, EXP +70] [Killed Level 7 Brown Bear, EXP +70]

The Skeleton Warriors did not stop moving because of Lin Moyu's level-up; they still tirelessly searched for monsters, raising their blades and instantly killing them.

From the moment Lin Moyu entered the Dungeon, the Skeleton Warriors had never stopped.

"Huh, leveling has slowed down."

Lin Moyu discovered that after reaching Level 5, the leveling speed decreased significantly.

Originally, at Level 4, killing one Level 7 Brown Bear could grant about 0.2% EXP.

It only took killing 500 to level up.

But after reaching Level 5, killing one Level 7 Brown Bear only brought a 0.1% increase in EXP.

That meant he would have to kill 1,000 to level up.

The leveling speed was exactly half as slow.

"Judging by this speed, it's very difficult for ordinary Professionals to reach Level 12 in just one week."

"Even if they leave the Dungeon and head to the outskirts of Xihai City, there won't be enough time."

"Xiajing Academy is indeed hard to get into. I wonder how my sister managed to reach Level 16 last year."

Lin Moyu calculated in his heart that if he wanted to apply for Xiajing Academy, he needed to be at least Level 12.

To reach Level 12 in one week, he had to reach at least Level 8 within 3 days in the Newbie Dungeon.

After Level 8, he would go to the outskirts of Xihai City to hunt higher-level monsters.

Only in this way would it be possible to reach Level 12 within a week.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Mohan being able to reach Level 16 last year was truly a very, very fast speed.

Lin Moyu cast his skill, exhausting his spirit points again, and added 3 Skeleton Warriors.

A total of 16 Skeleton Warriors were constantly searching for and killing monsters.

For Lin Moyu, the time spent finding monsters was far greater than the time spent killing them.

It's just killing 1,000-plus monsters; distributed among 16 Skeleton Warriors, it's not that many.

At most, in a little over an hour, he would be able to reach Level 6.

Who told him to have so many henchmen.

Lin Moyu kept moving forward, with the Skeleton Warriors clearing the path for him, finding every monster hidden in the grass and instantly killing them one by one.

After walking for a while longer, the terrain of the Dungeon finally changed.

The grassland came to an end, and a forest appeared ahead.

Lin Moyu knew this was the end of the Newbie Dungeon.

The Level 8 monsters in the Dungeon were hidden in the forest.

"It has taken 6 hours and 42 minutes from entering the Dungeon until now, less than 7 hours. I must be the only one who could reach the end of the Dungeon."

It had just been 7 hours since the Dungeon opened, and most people were probably only at Level 3.

Even for Xia Xue, she would be at most Level 4, or maybe even not yet Level 4.