My talent is 1.

The Purple Zombie King has a relatively long respawn time, while the Ironclad Zombie King has an even longer respawn time.

To Zhong Wuyai's surprise, the progress bar for the Apprentice's Book had reached 722 points.

It's just over two hundred short of the limit.

Even now, Zhong Wuyai still doesn't understand how the Apprentice's Book's grade progress increases.

After clearing the green-haired zombies, many people reached level 12, and Xiang Yang and Yang Yimu even reached level 13.

Everyone began to enter the fourth level.

"Boss, this is all question marks, how do we fight it?"

"Don't worry about that. Just remember, don't let the monsters attack you. Ignore the monsters that aren't controlled, and kill the controlled ones as quickly as possible."

Zhong Wuyai threw a Chain Lightning into the monster horde, instantly immobilizing a group of purple zombies.

Some of the purple zombies were unlucky, with chain lightning bolts hitting them repeatedly, constantly refreshing the paralysis duration.

The teams of ten people at this point fully utilized their advantages, especially the archers and assassins.

Their own skills are basically useless against defenses; they rely on each person's 3,000 elemental attack damage.

The faster the attack speed of a class, the greater its advantage.

"Holy crap... even if 10 people split the experience points from killing one monster, it's still over 2000 experience points!"

"I'm rich! I'm rich! This is practically a leveling paradise!"

"Boss, I love you~!"

"roll!"

"You guys go ahead and fight, I'll go dig up a few heads and check!"

The player, who was a blacksmith, couldn't resist and started digging at the surrounding resource locations.

Zhong Wuyai didn't pay much attention to it after seeing it, but he was just keeping an eye out for any purple zombies passing by.

"Hahahaha~...This is awesome! The ore here is so pure, and there are even rare minerals! My secondary job experience has increased more than tenfold."

"A gold mine! A gold mine with a purity of 24! We're rich! We're rich!"

The two miners no longer cared about their level; all they could see were ore.

Zhong Wuyai was also taken aback. Gold ore with a purity of over 10 would fetch a very high price.

Even if you sell a gold ore with a purity of 24 to an NPC blacksmith, it will cost you dozens of gold coins.

This is an excellent material for making weapons.

"I wonder how deep this mine is!"

Zhong Wuyai's damage is terrifyingly high. Even though the information about the purple zombie is still a question mark, a single chain lightning attack can still deal more than 6,000 damage.

Needless to say, the fireball spell can take down a purple zombie in just two shots.

Zhong Wuyai had roughly calculated the purple zombie's health bar to be 180,000.

Other attributes are unknown.

All basic attacks and skills deal no damage; only colorful elemental damage is dealt.

"Level 14! I'm level 14! This leveling speed is amazing!"

After clearing out all the purple zombies, Xiang Yang and Yang Yimu were all level 14, and the others were all level 13.

Although there were many people, the purple zombies had such high experience points that killing monsters of higher levels yielded incredibly high experience.

"Alright, everyone, go form teams and run dungeons. Let's try to get the level 30 bronze boss and the gold first kill. Xiang Yang and Yang Yimu, come with me!"

Previously, people wouldn't dare to easily attempt to defeat level 20 monsters, but with the introduction of Five Elements Attack, everyone is eager to give it a try.

One or two is nothing, but everyone has them. When a 10-person team goes into a dungeon, a single concentrated attack can deal 30,000 damage, and it ignores defense and damage reduction. Who can withstand that!

When passing the second floor, Zhong Wuyai casually dealt with it with two fireballs.

Both times, the spells landed critical hits, and before Zhong Wuyai could even unleash his third fireball, the BOSS collapsed.

Although everyone was used to it, they were still speechless. Fighting the BOSS was like fighting mobs, it was really fucking insane.

Yang Yimu posted a message in the guild channel.

"Everyone, store your materials in the warehouse before entering the dungeon. Don't leave them scattered everywhere inside."

"Exactly, especially you guys, you threw a lot on the fourth floor!"

"This package is full of blank materials, worthless!"

"If it's full, you can pick it up and give it to someone else!"

"We're busy farming monsters, who has time to think about that? Even if I pick it up and put it down again, there's no guarantee anyone will pick it up!"

"Give me what you don't want, I won't mind, I'll pick it up!"

"They have absolutely no environmental awareness! Such a good place, full of medium-grade mines, and even some high-grade mines. Don't they know that too much garbage affects mining?!"

"You think you can interfere? You two are making a killing! A single package of ore is worth at least several hundred gold coins. Who in Versailles could do that?!"

Zhong Wuyai was somewhat speechless. So, after all that, he was talking about me!

Cloudsea City is not far from Mountain City; the teleportation cost is 11 gold coins.

But this amount of money is really nothing now.

When they were on the third and fourth levels of the mine, hundreds of people were killing monsters that were much stronger than themselves, and they got a lot of silver and gold coins.

Everyone has at least thirty or fifty gold coins.

Moreover, this time I'm aiming for the first clear of the dungeon, so I should spend the money I need to.

"Let's change the team composition. One team will be all ranged, another team will have two tanks and two healers with full attack speed, and the rest can be freely matched! These two teams will go to Normal difficulty, and the rest of you will go to Hard difficulty. Whether you can beat it or not, just go in and try it!"

"Holy crap, I protest! You blockhead, are you trying to kill us? Do you think we can overcome this difficulty right now?"

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if we can't beat them. We'll definitely be fine with the average ones. Besides, the boss is definitely going to hell!"

Zhong Wuyai thought it made sense, but!

"If we group you like this, you two can go to the difficult difficulty too. Four of you with secondary professions, come with me into the Hell difficulty dungeon!"

"Huh?~!"

"Hey, you big idiot! In Hell difficulty, you're basically no different from a newbie in the starting village. Anyone I bring along is a burden; I'd rather bring a secondary profession to level up!"

"Okay, boss, I'll do as you say!"

"Hey~ Brother Yimu, this time you've shot yourself in the foot!"

"Shut up, you're asking for it!"

"Don't be like that! If you and Yang join our group, our skills might actually be enough to clear the hard difficulty!"

"The rest of you shouldn't have any ideas either. Think about it carefully. The guild's totem is so overpowered that you're even cowering in a difficult dungeon. How are you going to survive in Xianyang Palace?!"

"Exactly! So many people would kill to get into Xianyang Palace. SS-level talents are all waiting for the boss to recruit them. If we don't work harder, we won't even qualify as ordinary members, let alone elites!"

"Alright, everyone, form teams and assemble in Guyang Village!"

A large number of people had already gathered in Guyang Village, and Zhong Wuyai even saw the ID of Zhao Wuji's team.

When Zhong Wuyai led his men to the outside of Guyang Village, everyone turned to look at the people from Xianyang Palace.

The guild totem was so dazzling that everyone looked on with envy, even though they didn't know what it was for.

"Brother Wuya, I knew you'd come here!"

"Zhang Haitao?"

Zhong Wuyai was somewhat surprised; it seemed that Zhang Haitao had come specifically to wait for him.

I've been messaging you but haven't received a reply, so I can only wait for you here!

"Speak, what is it?"

"It's a guild matter!"

"guild?"

"Yes, someone wants to buy the guild, but I don't know..."

Don't even think about it!

Zhang Haitao was naturally aware of this outcome; he was merely mentioning it briefly to fulfill his superiors' instructions.

"Okay, next time we get a guild token, what do you think?"

"I'll let you know if I find it, but who I'll sell it to is another matter. You should know the value of this thing!"

"Of course, of course! If you really have it, money is no problem. The Chamber of Commerce has raised 150,000 gold coins. If you have it, please contact us immediately. The price is negotiable!"

"Okay, I understand!"

After Zhong Wuyai finished speaking, he led his people into the instance, and the rest of the Xianyang Palace people also entered the instance one after another.

"The people in Xianyang Palace are really impressive; they're all of such high rank!"

"Nonsense, look who your guild is!"

"Even the legendary player Wuya is level 22, while I'm still stuck at level 12. The gap is unbelievable, I want to cry!"

"Are you crazy? Of all people to compare yourself to, you had to compare yourself to the number one player in the game!"

"I have an S-rank talent, and I'm the only one in our starting village. I was also the first one from our village to enter the main city and change jobs. Who knew the gap would be so huge!"

"Oh no, the hope of this entire village has been utterly destroyed!"

"Alright, alright, those who need to go into the dungeon, go ahead. The drop rate is pretty good, let's gather some materials and get our level 10 gear!"

Zhao Wuji found Zhang Haitao.

"Are you very familiar with Zhong Wuyai?"

"It's not really friendship, we just added each other as friends and exchange a few words occasionally. The ring I gave to Sikong Shen was bought from Zhong Wuyai."

Good heavens, this is what you call not being familiar? You can buy this kind of top-tier equipment from Zhong Wuyai, how familiar do you want us to be? I've added him as a friend so many times and haven't heard a thing!

"Hey, what's Zhong Wuyai got? Say hi!"

"Huh?~"

"Don't look at me like that. Didn't you see those people from Xianyang Palace? They all have bronze armor, over a dozen sets of Wolf Fang armor, and lots of level 10 equipment. You can try to find out what they're thinking."

"Well... alright, but I can't guarantee it. I heard from Xiang Yang that Zhong Wuyai dismantled a lot of equipment. He didn't keep the ordinary equipment, and as for the top-tier equipment, well, that depends on luck!"

"It's okay~ It's okay~ Just say something if you do!"

Zhang Haitao underestimated the value of the two pieces of equipment Zhong Wuyai had given him.

Putting aside their attributes for now, the value of this network alone is immeasurable.

In the past, let alone Zhao Wuji, even members of the collateral branches of the Zhao family might not have spoken to him so harshly.

Who is Zhao Wuji? He has an S-level talent, is one of the core figures of the Zhao family, and has close ties with the military. In fact, given Zhao Wuji's rapid development, he definitely has a certain amount of influence within the military.

In the past, I wouldn't have even given a second glance to someone like that, let alone talk to them.

The only reason Zhong Wuyai is speaking to him so politely now is because Zhong Wuyai knows him and is talking to him...

Strength! ... Zhang Haitao looked at the Wolf Knight's job change quest, and his eyes became even more determined.

The Thousand Peaks Stronghold dungeon is on Hell difficulty.

Wei Xian, Chen Kai, Zou Shu, and Zhu Shen knew they were following their boss, and they knew their boss was incredibly monstrous.

Yet they still followed behind, trembling with fear.

There's nothing I can do; I'm not the one who's a pervert.

Bandits of Qianfeng Mountain

Elite

Rating: 20

Health: 64000/64000

Mana: 7000/7000

……

It starts with level 20 elite monsters.

But Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to look at the data; with only 64,000 HP, a single fireball wouldn't even be enough to cover it...

Fireball~Fireball~Fireball...

Even in areas teeming with bandits, Zhong Wuyai didn't bother using Chain Lightning.

Why bother with something that only takes one second?

[Ding! Elite Thousand Peaks Bandit defeated, gaining 43 experience points]

Seeing this notification, Zhong Wuyai was also a little frustrated. He was now level 22, and the experience points from killing monsters had been reduced significantly. With the experience points split among 5 people, he only got a few dozen points.

Seriously... this is supposed to be hell difficulty? What's going on?

Wei Xian and his three companions became bolder, using their skills from time to time to lure monsters over for Zhong Wuya to kill.

"You guys are so arrogant, aren't you?!"

"No, boss, it's just to make it easier for you to kill monsters!"

"Then lure the monsters that are far away!"

"Hehe~ I wouldn't dare!"

That's really something, acting like a coward with such self-righteousness!

In just a few minutes, they reached the foot of the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain were level 25 elite monsters, but they couldn't withstand a single fireball from Zhong Wuyai.

After defeating all the elites, the BOSS appeared.

[Bandit Leader]

Bronze BOSS

Rating: 30

Health: 500000/500000

Mana: 110000/110000

Physical attack: 1000

Magic Attack: 400

Physical defense: 220

Magic Defense: 160

……

Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to look at the skills; a few fireballs would suffice, no need to bother.

The bandit leader suddenly shouted...

"Hey! ...This mountain is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, you'd better stay here..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Wuyai's chain lightning struck.

The bandit leader immediately convulsed and became paralyzed!

Fireball! Fireball!

-95931-1000-2000-2000-2000-2000……

The triggered normal attack is followed by a long string of damage caused by the five elements attacks.

However, after just four fireballs, the bandit leader was left with very little health.

"You guys go ahead, I'm under the influence, it's safe!"

"Huh?...Boss, I...I~..."

"What do you mean 'what do you mean'? Just hit me when I tell you to! Stop talking nonsense!"

If it weren't for the fact that another fireball spell would kill them instantly, Zhong Wuyai wouldn't have bothered letting them do anything.

The group began attacking the bandit leader.

Whether it's a skill or a basic attack, the damage dealt is only a dozen or at most a few dozen points, plus three thousand elemental attack damage.

The group simply stopped using their skills and went straight for the bandit leader, Wei Xian even switching to a pickaxe and slamming it into his head.

Zhong Wuyai was amused by these people.

"Wei Xian, why don't you take a hammer next time!"...

Five seconds later, Zhong Wuyai was paralyzed again by a chain of lightning strikes, and the others continued to call out!

"Stop! Zou Shu, hit him one more time! Everyone else, step back!"

Zhong Wuyai calculated the BOSS's health.

After Zou Shu's attack landed, a chain lightning bolt was promptly followed up, and then...

"Annihilation!"

The ground was littered with glittering objects.

[Defeat the Bronze-level BOSS, the Bandit Leader, to gain 20000 experience points. Defeating a monster of a higher level grants an additional 16000 experience points.]

Others also received experience boosts, and because of their low levels, they received an exceptionally high amount of extra experience!

[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to the team of players Zhong Wuyai, Wei Xian, Chen Kai, Zou Shu, and Zhu Shen for being the first to defeat the level 30 Bronze BOSS, the Bandit Leader. Reward: 2000 Reputation Points, 1 Free Attribute Point]

The first kill of the level 30 bronze boss is still ongoing, so naturally a server-wide announcement has been made.

"Those four bastards really hit the jackpot!"

"Exactly! We followed the boss into the hellish difficulty dungeon, and here we are, struggling to survive!"

"No way, let those four bastards split the money after we get out!"

"Yes, let them split the money!"

Ge Qing looked at the bandit leader in front of him...

"Isn't this supposed to be a level 15 elite monster? How did it become a level 30 bronze boss?"

"Needless to say, that freak Zhong Wuyai is already in hell difficulty!"

"Damn it, I'm going to lose my first clear again!"

"Don't think about it anymore. It's gone, it's gone. It's not the first time!"

Li Sihan glared angrily at the elite monster. Everyone else was fighting the boss, while she was fighting the elite. The difference was indescribable...

"Hurry up and attack, the first kill of the Golden Boss is still up in the air!"

"Sihan, don't compare yourself to that freak. There aren't any level 30 gold bosses in Hell difficulty, don't worry about that!"

"Shut up! Look at you, S-rank talent, hidden profession, what a useless person!"

Li Shusheng was speechless. What man could stand being told he was useless by a woman, especially since it was his own sister? He couldn't stand it!

On Zhong Wuyai's side...

A massive explosion! A super massive explosion!

Wei Xian and the other three grinned from ear to ear, praising the items as they picked them up.

On normal difficulty, a 10-person ranged attack team also defeated the first level 15 bronze boss, the Third Bandit Leader.

However, the first kill of the level 10 BOSS is long gone, as is the level 20 BOSS. Only the first kill of the level 30 gold BOSS is still available. Of course, there may also be a level 30 epic BOSS, but it is not here.

"Hurry up, the boss has already made a server-wide announcement, we can't fall behind!"

All of them were ranged attackers. With 10 people focusing their fire on each other, not to mention anything else, no monster could withstand the 3 elemental damage from each attack. They rampaged through the mountain stronghold without fear.

The other team was not to be outdone, and relying on their fast attack speed, they defeated the BOSS even faster than the first team.

All were on normal difficulty, but with the boost from the Five Elements attack, it was like I had a cheat code, and I swept through everything.

Even at level 30, Zhong Wuyai could still take down a bandit with a single fireball, and the experience he gave increased as the bandit's level rose.

"Boss, I leveled up again! I'm almost catching up to Brother Xiang Yang!"

"Don't worry, after you clear the level, the four of you will definitely surpass Xiang Yang and Yi Mu!"

"Really, boss? Hahaha~ I wonder what Yang-ge and Yi-mu-ge's expressions will be when they meet!!"

"That was absolutely fantastic."

The group chatted and laughed all the way to the second boss.

[The Third Leader of Qianfeng Mountain Stronghold]

Silver BOSS

grade:??

Then there is nothing.

Upon seeing the question mark, the four of them swiftly hid behind Zhong Wuyai.

"Hehe, boss, I'm afraid of dying!"

"Get out of my way!"

I don't know the skills or the speed, but all I need to know is how much the BOSS reduces the damage from control effects.

Chain lightning! ...

It only dealt a little over 5,000 to nearly 6,000 damage, but that's fine, since it's a control skill after all.

Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!

The boss moved as soon as the fourth fireball hit.

Zhong Wuyai quickly used a chain lightning bolt to paralyze him.

"Alright, go ahead and fight!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xian picked up a hoe and went up, and the other three followed suit.

Zhong Wuyai, on the other hand, repeatedly cast Fire Seed and Fireball spells.

If it weren't for the fact that fire seeds can be stacked, Zhong Wuyai would have loved to keep stacking fire seeds forever.

For safety reasons, Zhong Wuyai casts a chain lightning bolt every three seconds.

After all, no matter how bad these four guys are, they're still my underlings. I don't want them to get kicked back to town by the BOSS.

The third leader was tall, and because of the BOSS, his size had also increased. Wei Xian could only swing his hoe up to the third leader's waist.

But as he stood directly in front of the third leader, Zhong Wuyai watched the light emanate from where Wei Xian swung his hoe and couldn't help but tease him...

"Wei Xian, you've invented a new skill, haven't you? A crotch-cutting hoe?~..."

"Hahaha, that's just how this guy is!"

"You're no better; you're using a stick to massage the boss's thighs!"

"Look at Zou Shu, what's he doing with that sickle he uses for gathering herbs?"

"What are you laughing at? This is called 'Chrysanthemum Withering'!"

Zhong Wuyai silently added a Chain Lightning, utterly exasperated...

What kind of garbage is this...?

After three minutes of fighting, the BOSS's health bar was almost empty.

With both groin pierced and anus damaged, no one could withstand such ravaging...

It's likely that the boss wants to end his life as soon as possible, more than anyone else.

"Stop! Get out of the way!"

And stop anywhere and leave immediately.

Chain lightning...? There's still blood left, basic attack... Annihilation!

[Ding! You have defeated the Silver-level BOSS, the Third Leader of Thousand Peaks Stronghold, and gained 36000 experience points. You also gained an additional 122400 experience points for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

"Holy shit! Holy shit! There are... so many!"

"Holy crap, it's only been a few minutes and it's leveled up again!"

[World Announcement: Congratulations to the team of Zhong Wuyai, Zhong Wuyai, Wei Xian, Chen Kai, Zou Shu, and Zhu Shen for being the first to kill the level 40 Silver BOSS, the Third Leader of Qianfeng Mountain Stronghold. Reward: 3000 Reputation, 1 Silver Gift Box]

"Hahaha, I'm rich! I'm rich! A silver gift box!"

"What kind of behavior is this, shouting like that? Pick up your things right now!"

"Oh, right, right~, pick up something~ pick up something~!"

Other members of the guild...

"Damn, those four bastards are rolling in money! Those silver gift boxes are worth thousands of gold coins just from opening a single silver item!"

"Damn it! Hurry up and finish it! We have to get the first clear and the server-wide announcement. We're doing the normal difficulty."

"The boss is moving too fast, he doesn't even slow down!"

"Don't talk, quickly take care of the second-in-command, we must eliminate the third-in-command before the boss clears the level!"

World Channel...

"Did Zhong Wuyai make that server-wide announcement? Everything's his!"

"Stop talking nonsense! The first kill of the level 40 bronze boss is still up in the air, so go and kill it!"

"The level 30 gold boss first kill is also happening, so there might still be a chance!"

"What chance do you have? Everyone in Xianyang Palace has entered the dungeon. The first kill of the level 30 gold boss is about to be lost!"

"I'd love to go in! They didn't even explain how the dungeon opens. Our Dragon Empire doesn't even have dungeons yet!"

"Same for the Star Dragon Empire!"

"Same for the Flame Dragon Empire!"

"Actually, we don't know either. There's absolutely no information about this Shen Mengli. Aside from selling equipment materials and skill books in the newbie village, she hasn't spoken to anyone or added anyone as a friend. Who knows what's going on!"

"I give up, I'll just give it all to Zhong Wuyai!"

Zhang Haitao's message received over 99 replies, all from people inquiring about Zhong Wuyai.

Zhang Haitao, who was working on the mission, was having a headache. Most of them were core members of various forces, and he couldn't afford to offend them.

The official reply was: "Unable to contact Zhong Wuyai!"