My talent is 1.

After waking up, Zhong Wuyai ate something and then went to the beach as instructed by the mission.

Hard-boned Fishman

ordinary monsters

grade???

Okay, I knew it would be like this.

Although I don't know what level he is, it doesn't matter. Zhong Wuyai can kill him instantly with one fireball.

The experience points were very generous, and a lot of materials were also provided.

However, it has hard bones, fish skin, and fish-man claws, but no fish-man leg bones.

Zhong Wuyai then remembered the quest prompt: do not attack the merman's legs.

But are those legs? They're clearly two fins that are scurrying across the ground.

The merman was about four meters tall, so when Zhong Wuyai released his fireball, he had to aim it at the merman's chest and head.

The fishman's leg bones did break out, but the hard bone and fish skin materials were missing.

"There are always gains and losses, let's focus on the task first."

Zhong Wuyai killed countless hard-boned fishmen. After collecting five pieces of fishman leg bones, he attacked the legs of all the fishmen to collect their claws and hard bones.

Other things don't matter, but bone is the material for making armor, and fish skin is the material for food.

I have no idea how people eat food made from this stuff. It's fish-man skin and has a foul odor, but the description on it lists the ingredients used to make the food.

I've already reached level 24 without even realizing it.

It takes 280 million experience to go from level 24 to 25. Actually, farming murlocs here is quite fast, but let's finish the quests first.

After giving the merman's leg bone to Kayla, the mission took a new turn.

Hidden Quest: Murloc Tears (SS)

Phase Three: Escort Keira into the underwater temple and light the mermaid oil lamps inside.

[Mission Description: A mysterious power shrouds the underwater temple. After more than a decade of research, Kayla has discovered a clue: the mermaid oil lamp. However, the underwater temple is guarded by many merfolk. You need to protect Kayla and ensure her safe entry into the underwater temple to light the mermaid oil lamp.]

[Hint: Mermaids and fish-men are different!]

Mermaids? Fish-men? ...Two kinds of monsters?

Zhong Wuyai opened the message bar and asked Shen Mengli.

"We're about to enter the temple. Tell me what to do next?"

"What?! You took care of the murlocs so quickly?"

"Is there a problem?"

"The murlocs are very fast, and they'll run away once their health drops to 50%. How did you take them down?"

I killed him instantly. Escape? Not a chance.

Besides, even if you can't kill it instantly, you can use Chain Lightning to paralyze it and keep it in place, so how can it escape?

"Never mind that, tell me what happens next."

"The temple is guarded by merfolk and contains a level 55 silver boss, the Merfolk General. However, Kayla will attack the boss, and Kayla herself is quite weak. You need to ensure that Kayla's health bar doesn't drop below 50%, otherwise the quest will end there, and we don't know what happens after that. The player who did this quest didn't protect Kayla well, and as a result, Kayla died after defeating the boss. The temple opened and the quest ended, and the merfolk NPCs just crawled out of the temple. When the video of this hidden quest came out, everyone speculated that releasing the NPCs was also part of the quest, because Kayla's departure caused the subsequent quests to be canceled."

"Anything else?"

"The level 40 item, the Water-Repelling Bead, allows you to breathe freely underwater, so... don't drown!"

Damn it, these water-repelling beads... never mind.

As for the murloc guards, no problem. They're just protecting Keira. Just take care of all the monsters.

Level 55 Silver BOSS is not a problem. I have plenty of mana right now, and my mana regeneration is also decent. As for damage, it doesn't have the same high HP as an Epic BOSS.

Zhong Wuyai waited until Keira finished telling the story. Although he didn't know what she was talking about, he was sure it was a story about mermaids and fish-men.

Following Kayla to the beach... Kayla plunged into the sea.

Zhong Wuyai had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

You can't breathe underwater. You can only dive for one minute. If you don't breathe after one minute, you will lose blood due to lack of oxygen.

Fortunately, although the underwater temple is in the deep sea, it is not very far away.

However, the fireball spell only deals 30% damage in the sea. Fortunately, one fireball is enough to cripple the monsters on the road, so it's not a big problem.

When he was losing health, Zhong Wuyai's wolf fang helmet was effective, preventing him from losing health too quickly.

Soon, the two arrived at a coral reef composed of glowing fluorescent corals, resembling a maze. However, the surrounding stone carvings clearly showed signs of human intervention, and the walls were covered with tentacle-like anemones.

After Kayla babbled a string of incantations, the stone carving flashed with a bright light.

Kayla took out a dazzling crystal and placed it on top, instantly filling the surrounding ocean with blue light...

A group of merfolk charged in, armed with weapons.

Zhong Wuyai directly controlled all the chain lightning bolts, and after Kayla went in, he followed her in.

Damn, I lost over 900 HP just from holding my breath. If I didn't have the Wolf Fang Helmet, I might have actually drowned like Shen Mengli said.

As soon as Zhong Wuyai entered, he saw Kayla attacking the Murloc Guardian. Without pausing, he quickly cast Chain Lightning and then finished her off with Fireball.

Fortunately, we weren't submerged in water, so the damage from the fireball spell was restored.

[Ding! Elite monster Murloc Longsword Guardian defeated, gaining 8500 experience. An additional 59500 experience is gained for defeating monsters of a higher level.]

Sure enough, it's better to kill monsters alone. If I bring those burdens along, I don't know when I'll be able to level up.

Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to pick up the things that had fallen on the ground, but he took the time to pick up the gold coins and crystals.

However, Zhong Wuyai still wouldn't let go of some special materials.

After defeating the longsword guards, there are still archer guards, which are a bit troublesome, as their range is longer than the range of my fireball spell.

Fearing that Kayla would get hurt, Zhong Wuyai immediately ran behind a pillar in front of him, circled around to the side, and unleashed a chain lightning attack on a murloc archer guard.

Immediately afterwards, he cast Fireball and Chain Lightning simultaneously.

The bouncing lightning quickly struck the murlocs behind, and once it was safe, they began to clear out the murloc archer guards.

As the battle raged, Zhong Wuyai saw a series of damage numbers appear on the open ground, along with many elemental damage numbers.

A fireball was cast on the open space, and a corpse appeared on the ground...

[Ding! You have defeated the elite monster, the Murloc Assassin, and gained 10000 experience points. Defeating a monster of a higher level grants an additional 70000 experience points.]

This is an invisible monster, how am I supposed to fight it?

Zhong Wuyai quickly dealt with the murloc archer guards and headed straight for the murloc general.

The merman general was surrounded by seven merman knights, each riding a shark. It was a mystery how the sharks managed to swim around in this dry place.

Zhong Wuyai quickly approached, unleashing a chain of lightning bolts as he continued towards the Fishman General. He continued until the Fishman General turned towards him, at which point Zhong Wuyai unleashed another chain of lightning bolts.

However, it was aimed at the Murloc Knight; the Murloc General was blasted away by the Chain Lightning as soon as he got close.

Then the chain lightning kept bouncing back and forth. Zhong Wuyai ignored the murloc knight and instead kept casting fireballs at the murloc general.

Damages exceeding 400,000, mixed with damage from the five elements (red, yellow, blue, green, and brown), floated above the heads of the man and the general.

One of the nearby merman knights was ricocheted about ten times and died instantly.

Another merman assassin appeared.

To be on the safe side, Zhong Wuyai added another chain lightning bolt.

Continue, Fireball! Fireball! ...

[Ding! You have defeated the Silver Boss, the Murloc General, and gained 360000 experience points. You will also gain an additional 3240000 experience points for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

This is way too much, over three million experience points.

Zhong Wuyai reached level 25 immediately.

With this experience bonus, even players whose talents boost experience cannot keep up with their leveling speed.

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Zhong Wuyai for achieving the first kill of the level 55 Silver BOSS, the Murloc General! Reward: 3000 Reputation, 1 Silver Gift Box]

Another silver gift box. After receiving it, Zhong Wuyai now has three silver gift boxes.

It's a bit wasteful to open these now. Let's keep accumulating them and see what we can get when we have dozens of talents...

Shen Mengli looked at the announcement and was a little surprised. This was too fast. The BOSS was defeated in only about five minutes?

After carefully reviewing the chat history, I saw that before the BOSS was defeated, it was mentioned that there was only a short time, and it would take about a minute to enter the underwater temple.

He clears monsters without taking any time? Putting aside everything else, the Murloc Assassin takes time, and then there's the BOSS, with two million health points, gone just like that?

Did the BOSS not even delay its skills?

Kayla walked to the spot where the mermaid general had been standing, which resembled an altar.

Around the altar are six stone platforms, each with a stone statue shaped like a human with the upper body and the lower body of a fish.

Judging from this, it must be a mermaid.

Fish-men, on the other hand, have humanoid limbs but fish-like heads and bodies.

Kayla took out a box, opened it, and a wisp of blue flame shot out and flew directly towards the stone platform.

The first one involves clasping one's hands together, with a candlestick between them, and the flame quickly ignites the candlestick.

Immediately afterwards, the flames flew rapidly toward the other stone statues, some on their heads, some on their chests, and some on their shoulders.

After all six candlesticks were lit, the entire temple was filled with blue light, making it much brighter.

Moreover, the murloc assassins hiding in the shadows have also revealed themselves and can no longer hide.

Zhong Wuyai had no time to deal with these fishman assassins; he was too eager to see what would happen next.

"Can you hear the sound of the sea crying? That is the echo of our home collapsing a thousand years ago."

Kayla's figure gradually blurred, her two legs gradually merged together, and scales gradually grew on her body.

The ears have changed too, and there are two slits on either side of the lower jaw, which are the gills.

Kayla turned to Zhong Wuyai: "Thank you, warrior of the human race!"

Then, Kayla took out the bone flute, its light and ethereal sound echoing throughout the ruins.

The mermaid oil lamps on the altar emitted a dazzling light.

Countless murloc assassins and murloc guards who were previously outside the attack range rushed toward the altar like madmen.

"Wow, there really is a sequel!"

Zhong Wuyai began to harvest these murloc guards and murloc assassins, and the light from the altar grew brighter and brighter, eventually forming a curtain of light.

Several mermaids emerged from the light screen and, upon seeing the surrounding fishmen, immediately attacked without a word.

Damn it... This is all based on my experience! You guys are just trying to steal my thunder!

Zhong Wuyai's damage is terrifying. Mermaid attacks against merman guards are basically useless. After Zhong Wuyai paralyzes them, he finishes them off with a fireball.

The Murloc Wards were quickly cleared, and Zhong Wuyai's experience bar exceeded 50%.

"Human warrior, thank you for helping me and saving my people!"

[Ding! Mission complete. Congratulations on receiving 500000 experience points and Mermaid's Tears.]

Is this over?

Zhong Wuyai was speechless. An SS-level mission, was it really that simple?

In fact, this quest will not be triggered after level 40, and players above level 40 will not be able to talk to Dillon.

Once the Divine Furnace is activated, the NPC's restrictions are lifted, and Dillon will find Keira on his own, at which point the quest will disappear.

[Ding! The seal on the Temple of Poseidon has been broken. You have discovered the Temple of Poseidon map. The dungeon, Ruins of Poseidon, is now open.]

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Zhong Wuyai for unlocking the Poseidon Ruins dungeon. Rewards: 5000 Reputation, 10 Deep Sea Obsidian]

Shen Mengli was stunned. It was obsidian again, and the Sea God's Relics. Wasn't it supposed to be unlocked automatically after level 40?

Could it be that the mission is to unlock the Poseidon's Ruins?

The follow-up tasks were completed in just one minute?

Zhong Wuyai looked at the mermaids around him, feeling that this was not over yet.

"Kayla, you've arrived just in time. The High Priest was preparing to sacrifice himself to forcibly break the seal."

"Thanks to this human warrior, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to break the seal so quickly."

A group of mermaids emerged one after another from the light screen, and the NPC information was already visible.

The merfolk high priest, Koti, had a question mark above her head, and Zhong Wuyai hurriedly stepped forward...

"Warrior, thank you for doing so much for the merfolk. I obtained this key by chance inside; it might be of help to you."

Just as Zhong Wuyai took the key, a notification sounded.

[Ding! Hidden quest accepted: The Sea God Awakens]

Zhong Wuyai quickly opened the taskbar.

Hidden Quest: The Awakening of the Sea God (SSS)

[Phase 1: Proceed to the fifth level of the Sea God's Ruins and open the temple door]

[Mission Description: In ancient times, due to a war of the gods, the sea god Aegir fell into a deep slumber. Countless years have passed, and the sea god's injuries have not yet healed, but he is gradually awakening.]

[Tip: Do not attempt to contact any deities before level 99]

What the hell is going on?

Does "Don't interact with gods before level 99" mean that this quest can only be done after level 99?

At this moment, Shen Mengli was also very curious and couldn't help but ask Zhong Wuyai...

"Is that mission to unlock the underwater ruins?"

"Yes, Kayla didn't lose any health, and she even became an NPC. Most importantly, the follow-up quest is a level 99 quest!"

"What? Level 99?... Is it related to God?"

"You know?"

"All level 99 quests involve contact with gods, but without exception, they are all traps. The gods' goal is to devour players to increase their own divine power!"

"Divine power?"

"Yes, after level 99 you will get divine power attributes and holy attacks. After the third job advancement and level 100, you can only enter the Tower of Babel. Otherwise, you won't get anything or any quests. The lowest level in the Tower of Babel is demigods of level 100. There is no distinction between monsters, humans and elites. It is more like a real world than the fantasy world."

Is it meant to devour players? Is this the purpose of bringing everyone to this fantastical world?

So, Earth must be destroyed?

The entity behind it all is undoubtedly a supreme god-like being; this is all part of God's plan.

I just don't know what's wrong with my talent, being able to alter the laws of nature...

Perhaps, because of his transmigration, he didn't belong to this world.

Or perhaps, this place has also attracted the attention of immortals; after all, if there are gods, the existence of immortals is not surprising.

Furthermore, the effects of guild totems disregard the laws of this world, forming a system of its own.

Thinking about these things now is useless. When I reach level 99, I might be able to slay a god with my talent.

Zhong Wuyai walked towards the light screen. No matter what, now that he had started the dungeon, it would be unreasonable not to clear it at least once.

The light screen offers two options: [Enter the Underwater Ruins] [Leave the Temple of Poseidon]

Zhong Wuyai clicked to enter...

[Ding, insufficient level to enter the underwater ruins]

"Damn it! Are you kidding me?!"

Left with no other choice, Zhong Wuyai had to leave the Sea God Temple.

I'm level 25 now, I need to hurry up and do the other two quests.

Shen Mengli sent another message.

"What are the follow-up tasks? Can you reveal them?"

Zhong Wuyai thought about it. Shen Mengli knew more than he did, and he would inevitably have to ask her about it later anyway, so he had to find out anyway.

Zhong Wuyai then sent a screenshot of the mission information.

"The fifth level of the underwater ruins... In that case, it should be a team of 10 people to enter the underwater ruins. The sea god will devour them and then awaken. This is another huge pitfall."

So, did Curty entrust the key to me because he saw himself as nourishment for the sea cucumber?

"Why don't we tell everyone this, to avoid being swallowed up?"

"It's no use. Even if people know this, they will still risk contact with God because some of them do gain some power, but they also become puppets."

"No, they're willing to be puppets?"

"Genius is trash, profession is half-baked, too many people are bullied and exploited, hatred is nurtured to a certain extent, and it is not surprising that anything will happen. Although becoming a puppet is even more slave-like than a slave, one can gain divine power, learn one or two skills unique to the temple, and be stronger than many players. Apart from gods and temple personnel, ordinary people are no match for them. Moreover, the officials of the four great empires have to be polite to them on the surface. How many people can resist such temptation?"

Zhong Wuyai also understood that people's hearts are the most unpredictable. It is possible that someone in his guild, after being bullied for a long time, might betray the guild, betray humanity, and side with the gods.

In particular, the secrets of one's own guild's totem are far more useful than other intelligence, making them more suitable as a pledge of allegiance.

This is troublesome...

After returning to Yunhai City, Zhong Wuyai went to the mine, where there were only three people at the entrance.

"Where are the others?"

"One team was mining in the third-level protected area, while the rest were taken to fight the boss!"

"Fight the boss?"

"Yeah, boss, didn't you see the guild chat? Yang said Zhang Haitao paid us 1 gold coins to help them kill a level 30 epic boss, and everyone who went will split the cost!"

Ten thousand gold coins? Just for fighting an epic boss?

Zhong Wuyai opened the guild chat channel, which contained messages from ten minutes ago.

All the personnel arrangements are there; it looks like the fighting has already begun.

Zhong Wuyai only sent one message: Be careful, don't die!

The level 30 epic boss is not difficult for them. They don't need to worry about output. Each person has a fixed output of at least 3,000.

In addition, there are more than twenty pieces of equipment that have been enhanced to +10.

The main focus is on dodging skills and controlling the boss's aggro.

The one with the steel shield is perfectly capable of being the main tank. Although Zhang Haitao has a lot of men, most of them should be unable to break through his defenses.

Even after breaking through the defense, the damage is pitifully small.

However, there is absolutely enough healing. All the healers protect the main tank, and the rest of the Xianyang Palace staff can all deal damage, so there shouldn't be any problems.

The same is true.

"Zhang Haitao, I told you to tell your men not to tickle us. Ranged attackers are fine, but what are the melee fighters doing running over there? Are they trying to block our position?"

"Well, sorry, those guys have S-rank talent and they all want to try out an epic-level boss!"

"This is disruptive. Make them retreat. All healers just need to keep an eye on our two tanks in front!"

"Yangzi, you don't need to worry about the ranged team. Let them do whatever they want. I'll take the assassin team north. You command the front!"

"Go ahead, by the way, do you want to bring two breasts with you?"

"No need, the control team just needs to coordinate well."

The sheer power of the Xianyang Palace team left Zhang Haitao's group dumbfounded.

A group of people, each attack dealing thousands of damage.

To their utter astonishment, Wei Xian grabbed a hoe and started wildly shoveling at the BOSS's groin.

And every hit deals 3,000 damage...

Is this a blacksmith? What kind of blacksmith doesn't forge iron and mine, but instead comes here to work on a boss?

Zhang Haitao was initially worried, so he borrowed two foreign aids from Zhao Wuji, both of whom were high-output players with S-level talents.

One is the rare archer class, and the other is the hidden swift assassin class.

The two exchanged blows at first, causing some damage, but after the people from Xianyang Palace made their move, they consciously withdrew.

Do nothing, just turn on the recording function and start recording.

The people from Xianyang Palace didn't care about anything else; as soon as the BOSS was controlled, they immediately rushed up to deal with him.

A dense array of multicolored damage numbers floated above the BOSS's head, making it impossible to discern their exact values.

Everyone stared at the people from Xianyang Palace as if they had seen a ghost, and in their daze, the BOSS broke free of control and began to attack.

Fortunately, the player with the steel shield blocked it in time.

Xiang Yang angrily cursed, "Where's the healer? Are you blind? Get the healers on! And the crowd control team, are they all dead? Don't you know to use crowd control?!"

"Don't just unleash all your skills at once! Take it one at a time! Don't you know how to calculate skill cooldowns?!"

The people from Xianyang Palace were alright, but Zhang Haitao's men had forgotten how to fight and were in a chaotic mess.

They dared not utter a word in response to Xiang Yang's outburst of insults, after all, they were in the wrong, and most importantly... they couldn't win!

These scoundrels are not to be trifled with...