My talent is 1.

Soon, the second wave of monsters appeared, and the Rain of Rain spell continued.

This time, Chen Wenyu was smarter. He rode the Flame Eagle and flew high into the sky.

When the tsunami struck, Chen Wenyu watched as the seawater raged across the open ground.

And the sight of those demons scattered and broken apart by the current...

The third wave... three hundred monsters, and they respawned even faster.

Zhong Wuyai could only ride the Night Demon Raven and fly in the sky.

From the moment the Rainstorm spell was cast, the tsunami continued until all the monsters were cleared before slowly receding.

The fourth wave...

"Holy crap... Boss, this monster spawn rate is insane! There are just too many monsters here!"

"What's the use? I have no experience..."

"Sigh, what a pity... These are all elites, and there aren't many bosses, only two at a time. Otherwise, my health bar could have reached 100 million..."

"How about I have Delise stop, and you handle it, Boss?"

Looking at the densely packed demons that had just spawned, Chen Wenyu couldn't help but shudder, thinking about the probability of getting dizzy in the trial arena.

"No, I'd rather not. My immunity level is too low right now. I can try it when I have 50% immunity."

Things changed starting with the fourth wave... Zhong Wuyai didn't know how much time had passed... Strangely, the health bar got thicker with each wave.

The tsunami could not be resolved quickly either.

But... the tsunami kept going... as the number of kills increased, the duration of the tsunami continued to increase.

Even though Delis stopped the magic transfer of the Rainstorm spell, more than three minutes had already passed.

The monsters are still spawning... but I don't know which wave it is... more and more monsters are being swept back and forth across the open ground.

Zhong Wuyai looked at his new skill and tossed it to the ground...

"Rumble~..." The earth shook...

The skill's effect is simply a small-area ground tremor with a slight slowing effect and a chance of stunning.

But Zhong Wuyai changed the scope, causing the entire ground to shake...

A huge crack appeared in the center.

[Earthquake Oscillation Lv.5 (Max)]

Active skills

Consumes mana to manipulate earth elements to tear the earth apart, dealing damage to targets within a certain range and slowing them by 20% for 5 seconds.

There is a 10% chance of being stunned for 2 seconds, and a 3% chance of being stunned for 5 seconds.

Mana cost: 500

Damage bonus: 75% magic attack + 2 intelligence

Damage over time bonus: 20% magic attack

Release distance: 100

Cooldown time: 3 minutes

Damage range: radius * 310

When Zhong Wuyai first saw the effect of this skill, he was quite impressed.

Although the damage is average, the skill effect is amazing, it's truly stunning.

Moreover, the low damage is relative to others; it means nothing to Zhong Wuyai.

After all, Zhong Wuyai's base attribute values ​​are ridiculously high, not to mention his elemental damage and true damage...

The demons and monsters below aren't very high-level either; you'll basically be killed instantly if you touch them.

Soon, amidst the raging tsunami, Zhong Wuyai witnessed a truly astonishing scene.

All the seawater rushed into the crack in the earth.

Not only that, but it also sent the demon hurtling towards the crack in the ground.

Without exception, the demons that entered the fissure were instantly killed the next second.

"Wow... Boss, your skill is amazing!"

Zhong Wuyai rubbed his nose; he hadn't expected that the combination of earthquake tremors and tsunamis could be used in this way.

[Ding~Ding~Ding...] The kill notification sound kept ringing.

Zhong Wuyai looked at the killing missions; there were already seven thousand.

We don't know how many waves of monsters there are now, but the monster distribution is already very even each time they spawn, like placing stones on a Go board.

Each area with a radius of 5 must have at least two monsters.

The tsunami continued to pound, but because Zhong Wuyai had killed most of the demons, the tsunami's duration slowed down.

But soon, a new wave of monsters arrived, with even higher density, causing a slight increase in Tsunami kills...

Zhong Wuyai calmly and unhurriedly unleashed the earth-shattering tremors, occasionally pausing to allow Delis's tsunami to kill more and buy more time.

In less than half a minute, the kill count exceeded 10,000, and then the kill mission progress bar began to increase wildly.

Waves of monsters spawn one after another, with the number increasing each time and the respawn time becoming shorter.

Zhong Wuyai released his attack the moment the fissure disappeared, a perfect timing.

Because there are now too many monsters, the duration of Rainstorm spell has gradually increased and is no longer decreasing, so Zhong Wuyai no longer calculates the duration of Rainstorm spell.

Twenty thousand, thirty thousand... when it reached forty thousand... Zhong Wuyai felt that he didn't even need to lift a finger.

Even without the earthquake, the sheer density of this horde was enough to sustain the Rainstorm spell until it ended.

Soon, the progress bar for the killing mission exceeded 50,000, and the newly spawned monsters forced Zhong Wuyai to take action again.

The monster's damage reduction has been increased.

The damage from the Rainstorm spell, combined with the damage from each triggered tsunami, slowly whittles down the health bar like a gentle scraping motion.

Zhong Wuyai observed the demon's information and discovered that its health bar had reached ten million.

What does it mean for a level 64 elite monster to have 10 million HP?

It's almost like an epic boss.

However, the damage from the earthquake was still very high.

The repeated erosion from the Rainstorm spell, coupled with Zhong Wuyai casting four or five Earthquake Shocks at once, multiplied the number of kills.

When the kill count reaches 100,000, the monster's health will be around 20 million.

That means Zhong Wuyai. Anyone who comes here, with that terrifying health bar and that terrifying number of enemies, is basically doomed.

At this crucial stage, not to mention the BOSS, even the mobs have significant damage reduction.

The boss was defeated by Zhong Wuyai using a barrage of fireballs.

Next, each wave has a BOSS. Zhong Wuyai immediately releases Earthquake Shock. When the BOSS is washed to the Earthquake by the seawater, Zhong Wuyai uses Chain Fireball to finish it off.

Although the monsters are harder to fight, their numbers have increased several times over, and the number of kills is still steadily increasing.

When a new wave of bosses appeared, Zhong Wuyai paused for a second...

Without regard for anything else, he quickly used Chain Lightning to control him.

Because this BOSS flies in the sky.

The demon leader's wings are now large, unlike the short, decorative wings of the lesser demons below.

Instead, it flies in the sky, and even if it is paralyzed, it falls slowly instead of crashing down.

As soon as he fell into the sea, Zhong Wuyai struck him with a chain of lightning, followed by a barrage of fireballs.

Although it's a BOSS with high damage reduction and a thick health bar, it still can't withstand the barrage of fireballs.

As soon as the boss died, another boss immediately spawned, and a group of demons descended from the sky into the sea.

"This is never going to end..."

Earthquake shockwave... Chain lightning... A barrage of fireballs!

Fortunately, the BOSS is not immune to control effects, and Zhong Wuyai's lightning chain can still control him.

Otherwise, given Delis's damage output, she might not be able to defeat the BOSS if he targets her.

Immediately after the BOSS dies, monsters spawn.

This mechanism left Zhong Wuyai speechless, but he didn't stop.

The more monsters you spawn, the more powerful the Tsunami and Earthquake attacks will be, and the faster you'll progress on the killing quest.

Zhong Wuyai ignored the smaller monsters and focused solely on the boss.

With the tsunami raging and the earth cracking, there's no need to worry about Delis's safety.

All you need to do is control the BOSS in the sky and take it down.

[Ding ding ding~...] [Ding, Phase 1 of the killing mission is complete. Do you wish to exit the Endless Purgatory Arena?]

Zhong Wuyai glanced at it and had ten seconds to choose, but after seeing the second stage below, he stopped considering it.

"Chen Wenyu, retreat! Leave now!"

Chen Wenyu had wanted to leave for a long time, and upon hearing Zhong Wuyai's words, he immediately clicked "exit".

[Ding, Endless Purgatory is settling accounts...]

[Ding, kill count 200364, current player count 2, reward halved...]

"Fuck your mother... half price?!"

Chen Wenyu launched into a tirade of curses, leaving Zhong Wuyai utterly speechless...

The endless purgatory is teeming with monsters, and those health bars and damage reduction abilities...

Even after all this, the reward is halved... Isn't that a rip-off?

[Ding! Player Zhong Wuyai: Deaths: 0, Damage Taken: 0, Damage Dealt: Over 10 trillion, Overall Rating: SSS. Player Chen Wenyu: Deaths: 0, Damage Taken: 0, Damage Dealt: 66324, Overall Rating: S]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have gained 68372975000 experience points.]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have gained 41023785000 experience points.]

Zhong Wuyai received over 68 billion yuan, and Chen Wenyu received 41 billion yuan.

"Damn, they gave us so much!"

Zhong Wuyai never expected that the experience gained in the Endless Purgatory would be of this magnitude.

This is only possible because of the bonuses from the experience aura and the intermediate experience scroll.

Without scrolls and experience auras, you'll only have around 5 billion experience points.

Actually, this is already the highest experience gained ever. Even if you kill a level 90 monster at level 64, you will only be 26 levels higher, and the extra experience bonus will only be 7 times.

In other words, killing a level 90 monster grants 1 million experience points, with an additional 7 million. Even with scrolls and experience auras, it only amounts to a little over 20 million, while the experience bonus for monsters above a level is over 100 million.

Moreover, the higher the level, the less benefit this provides.

On the contrary, the endless monsters in the Endless Trial Arena are the best place to grind monsters.

"Boss, I...I leveled up...Holy crap...Over 40 billion experience points, I...I'm level 69 now!"

Zhong Wuyai also leveled up, but not as high as Chen Wenyu. However... Delis's level jumped up dramatically.

Dilis, level 72... Zhong Wuyai didn't know what to say, as all her attribute values ​​skyrocketed.

Zhong Wuyai himself leveled up twice, reaching level 66 with 79% of his experience bar remaining.

"You little brat, you're already number one on the rankings!"

"Boss, what's your level?"

"I've given all my experience to my pets, so I only have 10% left."

"I see... But why?"

"Because the lower your level, the more experience you get from killing monsters of a higher level. However, in the Endless Purgatory Arena, it seems that being stuck at a certain level is meaningless, as there is no bonus for killing monsters of a higher level."

"This is insane! What need is there for experience boosts? With your damage output, reaching level 100 is a piece of cake, right?"

That makes sense. Zhong Wuyai thought about it and realized that he had already gotten the first kill of the BOSS and the server-wide announcement for the first clear of the dungeon.

Level caps don't seem to have much effect; they just make the drops from bosses a little better if you're a lower level.

But what am I lacking right now? Materials? Money? Equipment? ...It seems like I have none of those.

Why not just go straight to level 80 or 90? ...and see what the rules are all about?

No, wait... we should get Kayla to level 90 first... and see what's going on with this question mark in the dream world?

If it's an exceptionally powerful skill, then you can delete all your other skills, reducing them all to Lv.41 or even Lv.51...

"How about we go in one more time? I'll let you reach level 80 first... That way, you'll be able to hold your own in the Great Yan Dynasty!"

"No, boss, hold on a minute! We're going in unprepared, just to get beaten up!"

Messages were flying everywhere in the guild chat, and the world chat was also flooded with spam...

"What the hell did Chen Wenyu do?... How did he suddenly get to the top of the list?"

"Holy crap, I've been grinding so hard for so long, and I'm still stuck at level 24 after level 23, while this guy just jumped straight from level 50 to level 69..."

"It's only been a few hours... how did you get promoted?"

"Wuya has leveled up too, to level 66. Not as terrifying as Chen Wenyu!"

"Are you blind? Look at the pet rankings... Dilis is level 72!"

"Chen Wenyu, this lazy winner, is definitely being carried by the big boss Wuya!"

"You're right... No wonder this kid's level has skyrocketed so fast!"

Lu Yingjie knew Zhong Wuyai's abilities, but he couldn't figure out how he had done it even after thinking about it for a long time.

Since my level was low back then, the experience bonus of several dozen times was still acceptable.

But Chen Wenyu is already over level 50. Even if he kills a level 99 BOSS, how much of a multiplier would that be? Could it be that he'd kill a level 100 BOSS?

This is utter nonsense. The only known level 100 monsters so far are the border bosses of the four great empires, and apart from the Divine Azure Dragon, there are none left.

unless……

Lu Yingjie thought of the magnificent building he had seen in the high-altitude snow-capped mountains... the Ice and Snow Temple...

Could it be that the two of them stormed into the temple?

Lu Yingjie felt his heart was pounding so hard he could barely keep up...

The more I think about it, the more likely it seems...

So I opened the message bar to check.

"President Wuya~!"

Zhong Wuyai didn't take Lu Yingjie's message seriously; he knew perfectly well what the old man wanted to ask.

"You want to ask about ranks?"

"Yes, did you break into the temple?"

"No, I went to a good place to level up."

Lu Yingjie immediately perked up upon hearing this...

"Um...where is this place?...Could you take me inside?"

"Don't even think about it, you won't survive there."

Are you kidding me? Chen Wenyu has an SSS-level talent, so you could say he's the most resilient person right now, besides myself.

What was it doing from beginning to end? It only attacked twice at the beginning, and then it was submerged by the tsunami and turned into a drifting bottle.

After that, you're basically just watching the show from the sky, and you still have to deal with the BOSS and protect him.

What about Lu Yingjie? ...Is there any difference between him and a newbie from the beginner village in the Endless Purgatory?

Shen Mengli only asked a question, but Shen Youchu refused.

"President~! How could you do this?...Are you abandoning me?~"

"What's wrong with you?"

"You promised to help me level up, but it's been so long... Chen Wenyu is almost level 70, and you still haven't helped me. I was the first person to follow you; I was the one who brought Mengli over!"

"Okay, okay~...I'll take you next time, I'll take you next time~!"

"Don't break your promise again!"

"I will absolutely keep my word! ... Chen Wenyu is a bit special. I'm leveling him up so he can go to the Great Yan Dynasty to take charge. If you also want to go, that's fine too."

"I can do it! Just say the word, and I'll agree to anything!"

Shen Youchu's combat strength... well, with that fully tempered equipment... only he and Shen Mengli can handle her; even Chen Wenyu in his current state can't.

Zhong Wuyai suddenly looked up...

Give me the equipment!

"Huh?...Boss...didn't you say...this was prepared for me?"

"Yeah, we're done using them... hurry up, the others need them!"

"No way, boss! How about we go in one more time? I'll give you the equipment once you reach level 80!"

"Then bring the equipment over first, and we'll give it to you when we go in."

"Okay~!"

Chen Wenyu looked at the two pieces of damage reduction equipment with reluctance before handing them over.

"Look at you, number one on the rankings, all you have are two pieces of equipment."

"Boss, that's damage immunity! It completely negates all physical and magical damage... Is this equipment?... This is a divine artifact!"

"Alright, I'll give it to you next time you go in. It's not like I'm finding you a wife!"

"Even my wife doesn't have this kind of equipment!"

"Get lost!"

Zhong Wuyai thought about it carefully.

In the Endless Purgatory Arena, apart from the Chain Fireball and Earthquake Shock, my other skills seemed pretty useless.

The term "earthquake tremor" can only be used because it doesn't conflict with "tsunami".

Fire Rain is impossible to cast; even if you do, it only deals damage once and then disappears.

I need to consider using water-based area-of-effect skills.

After all, both his mount and pet have water-based bonuses.

In the Endless Purgatory, if you have a water-based area-of-effect skill, the progress of the killing mission will at least double.

Now that there's the Earthquake Shock, it seems like the Fire Rain spell is no longer very useful.

However, if we forget about it... we can skip the Flame Rain skill.

With a barrage of fireballs, the duration of the fire rain became less important.

As for area-of-effect damage, Earthquake Shock is also quite good. It has no cooldown and doesn't need a duration, so you can just cast it infinitely over a large area.

The blast of flames might still be useful, but... that's about it.

Wouldn't it be more convenient to directly paralyze someone with a lightning chain?

However, the Blazing Wave is currently his only long-range attack skill.

Does distance matter? It's been so long since I last unleashed a rain of flames.

Since magic immunity, physical immunity, and true damage immunity are all maxed out, there's no need to think twice about whether to use ranged attacks or close-range ultimates.

"Alright, you stay here. I'll go and make some more preparations and level you up first."

"Go in again?"

Chen Wenyu's eyes widened...

"Nonsense, this place is so good, it's practically a leveling paradise! Look at you, acting like someone's trying to steal you!"

"Um... Boss, could you bring me some more blue potions?"

"What's wrong?"

"Flying in the sky consumes too much mana. My mana bar isn't low either, and it's really taking its toll."

"If you can't handle it, don't fly. Just float in the water; it won't hurt anyway."

After Zhong Wuyai finished speaking, he didn't give Chen Wenyu a chance to refute him and opened the return scroll...

This is the second time I've forgotten about Fire Rain, and I've only received 13 skill points back.

Zhong Wuyai didn't care. He didn't lack skill points now. If he needed more, he would just buy skill books that he could learn and max out his forgetfulness.

However, skill advancement is a nightmare... The mage tower won't accept me, so I can't advance my skills.

Zhong Wuyai Xianzi couldn't learn the skills in the Mage Tower either.

Zhong Wuyai thought of Hailiyin... a level 99 Archmage who had also condensed laws, so he must have a lot of mage skills.

I sent a message to Hailiyin using a communication stone... but there was no response for a long time.

Zhong Wuyai was a little frustrated... He sent the message to other people... but they all responded in the same way.

"What's wrong with these old bastards?...Didn't they say they'd just let us know if anything happened?...Not a single one of them has done anything!"

Damn it... I need an anti-fraud expert myself, Mommy...

In the end, Zhong Wuyai still took out Wengerlier's communication stone.

I feel a little embarrassed when I think about it. After all, he's a lower-level god, and I've troubled him quite a few times.

It was lucky, though, that he hadn't taken his son away from Brightlight Island on his sudden whim.

I'm afraid Wengerll won't even bother with me.

"Are you ever going to stop...? It's only been a short while, and you're already saying 'no, no...' every now and then..."

"Oh dear... I just came out of the Endless Purgatory!"

"What did you say?... You really went into the hellish arena?"

"Yeah...the monsters inside are all demons...they're tough to fight...100,000...I killed a whole 100,000...I'm exhausted!"

"Wait, how did you manage to kill 100,000 in such a short time?"

"Just use skills to kill them... Luckily it's a mage... If it were a warrior... it'd be questionable whether they could even get out!"

Wengerlier also admired Zhong Wuyai somewhat; perhaps the person who came after him had helped him a lot.

Killing 100,000 monsters in such a short time is something that a player at level 60 or above cannot do.

Moreover, they are all monsters of the same level.

"What brings you here this time?... Don't tell me you're here to brag about your achievements."

"Look at you, you're not a lower-level god, so I can't go to the mage tower to learn skills right now. That's why I'm thinking of seeing if I can learn a few skills from you, otherwise going back in would be exhausting."

"You still want to go in?"

"Of course, the second phase of the killing mission is 200,000, maybe even 300,000, 400,000, or 500,000..."

"You're crazy, kid!"

"It's so-so. I just wanted to challenge my limits."

"The Endless Purgatory is not a good place for challenges; one wrong move and you're done for."

"Speaking of which, you should have mage skills, right?"

"What kind of thing do you want to learn?"

"Large area of ​​effect...high damage, cooldown is not a concern!"

"Forbidden spell, shall we learn it?"

"Of course I want to learn!"

Zhong Wuyai instantly became excited; a forbidden spell…

"Have you thought this through? Forbidden spells come at a price!"

"Since it's a forbidden spell, its power is undeniable; some price is to be expected!"

"Listen up, Meteor Shower. Each cast permanently reduces intelligence by 1%. Don't worry about the range or damage; it's enough to wipe out an entire city."

"Holy crap... How could this be the price?"

Zhong Wuyai originally thought he would have to give up something, such as rare items, materials, or gold coins and experience.

Gold coins would be the best, I have hundreds of trillions of gold coins, I don't lack any at all, I just didn't expect it to be an attribute of mine.

This is ridiculous! Even if I learned it, I wouldn't dare use it myself.

"What do you take forbidden spells for? Like cabbages?"

"Could you please change this one?"

"Frozen Hell! Each cast permanently reduces your maximum mana by 10000 points!"

"Big brother...aren't there any forbidden spells that don't sacrifice attributes?"

"Why do you think forbidden spells are called forbidden spells, and not something else?!"

"Just...just a wide-area skill will do. Forget about forbidden spells, I'm not cut out for them!"