It's normal for me to be a bit stronger than others when I can instantly kill monsters with ful

"Miss, we must find shelter from the wind!"

The green-cloaked guard, holding a large shield, used the [Shield Guard] skill to protect Lin Muyao behind him, blocking most of the wind and snow.

"No, keep searching!"

The wind and snow cut my face, and ice crystals splattered on my cheeks with a crackling sound.

Lin Muyao strained to make out the outline of the snow through her goggles, trying to find Wei Ning's figure.

She remembered that when Wei Ning arrived by car, she didn't bring any equipment, just her school uniform and the sneakers the school had given her.

With so little food, how could it possibly survive half a day in this snowstorm?

They'd probably be frozen solid by now, like Lv.1 popsicles.

But Lin Muyao was also very suspicious.

Why is the environment in Zone 3 so terrible?

Level 9 areas typically do not have such harsh natural conditions.

Especially at the entrance.

Could it be that the two people who came in first tampered with it?

Lin Muyao couldn't find Wei Ning's popsicle, and she couldn't even find the traces of the two people Li Chan had arranged.

The two men had entered only a few minutes earlier than her, yet there wasn't a single trace of them on the snow...

"Miss, it's your turn."

The shield-wielding guard, holding a [Lv.2 Snow Slime], reminded Lin Muyao to finish off the enemy.

The slime, with only a sliver of health left, stubbornly attacked the green-robed guard, leaping and colliding with the giant shield, making loud banging noises.

Lin Muyao drew her bow, and a frost arrow condensed on the bowstring, piercing through the slime's body in a flash.

This is [Elemental Shot], the level 1 damage skill of [Elemental Hunter], which will carry different elemental damage depending on the environment.

The advantage is that the elements are varied, but the disadvantage is that it cannot be manually controlled and is very limited.

"Miss, over here."

On the right side of the path, another guard was also holding a shield against a slime, his scimitar still cutting down the slime's health.

Lin Muyao sighed and fired again.

[Elemental Shot] Another one down, experience bar rises again.

The search took more than an hour.

We didn't find any traces, but we did manage to spawn quite a few monsters.

With the boosts of various [Experience Scrolls] and the [Experience Link Contract] in a team, Lin Muyao's experience gain is over 400% of that of an average person. Furthermore, with guards pulling and gathering monsters for her, her overall speed is unmatched.

She's already level 2, and in about half an hour, she'll be able to catch up with the leveling progress of the surrounding teams.

If she keeps playing until midnight, she can reach at least level 7 or 8.

This speed is significantly higher than the average among awakened graduates in big cities.

Not to mention small places like Qinglian County.

Apart from Wang Haoren, who ran ahead of time by a few days, few people were faster than her.

We still have to rely on our family.

Lin Muyao began to reflect that her idea of ​​becoming independent right after graduation was probably a mistake.

In the process of repeatedly finishing off enemies, Lin Muyao's ideas were gradually being reshaped.

Upgrading and becoming stronger is more important than anything else.

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"Achoo!"

Wei Ning rubbed the tip of his nose.

He felt that the temperature in the cave had dropped.

He was so cold that he was shivering.

How wonderful it would be to have a campfire and a hot meal.

Wei Ning thought of Wu Sheng.

Ah Sheng is a chef. If he were here, we'd be so comfortable right now.

Wei Ning raised his staff, wiped his nose, and casually threw out the [Mirror-Breaking Arrow], taking down the last [Lv.9 Blind Nanny - Elite Leader] deep inside the dungeon.

Including this last one, Wei Ning has completely cleared all four underground rooms, killing a total of 20 elite leaders and 155 elite monsters.

Although my level is still stuck at level 9 and I can't move forward, my experience bar has already accumulated to 487%. If I defeat the boss and complete the class quest, the experience bar will definitely exceed 500%.

Just as Wei Ning was making his calculations, the underground dungeon began to tremble.

The stone walls shook, and the ground trembled.

Inside the entrance cave where Wei Ning was, the will-o'-the-wisps were restless, darting up and down erratically.

From the instance's perspective, a large number of ghostly flames are gathering in the deep hall.

The hall was two or three times larger than the entrance tunnel where Wei Ning was.

Deep inside the hall was a tall altar, on which hung a baby cradle.

The will-o'-the-wisps from various caves formed vortexes and gathered towards the baby's cradle.

The white cradle swayed and fell from a great height, landing upside down on the will-o'-the-wisp.

The hall fell silent.

Panel notification:

The ritual is complete and the [Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss] is generated.

The white cradle was lifted up, and a white body covered in muscles rose from the ground.

Its body was covered by a white cradle, its beard and hair were thick, its muscles were magnificent, but its face looked like a baby's, pouting and making "pfft pfft pfft" sounds.

Impressive!

Wei Ning looked at the map and sighed.

Then he focused on the other person's silhouette, raised his staff with his left hand, and locked onto the target.

Take this [Mirror-Breaking Arrow]!

The staff flashed with white light, a mirror appeared, and a magic arrow shot in.

The next moment, the panel displayed the following message:

The [Mirror-Breaking Arrow] was released to attack [Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss], but missed.

Depend on.

Wei Ning had no choice but to use a few professional skills first:

Release [Suffocating Grip] to deal 152 curse damage to [Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss].

Release [Curse Arrow] to deal 167 curse damage to [Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss].

【Curse of Pain】 deals 52 curse damage to 【Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss】.

……

These instant-cast class skills don't deal much damage.

After ten seconds of attack, the BOSS's health only dropped by about 1%.

At level 9, none of the classes have burst skills.

Damage-dealing classes can only whittle down a boss's health in this way.

Fortunately, Wei Ning has the [Mirror-Breaking Arrow] and [Thousand Miles Away].

Wei Ning waited 10 seconds and fired another shot.

Panel notification:

Release [Mirror-Breaking Arrow] to deal 6112 magic damage to [Lv.9 Holy Infant (Pseudo) - Dungeon Boss].

The BOSS's health bar dropped by 11% instantly, a significant amount of damage.

That's much faster.

On the dungeon map, the Holy Infant wandered aimlessly around the BOSS room.

The health bar decreases rhythmically.

After several rounds of continuous attacks, the Holy Infant let out a wail and staggered as it crashed into the altar.

The collision produced a bell-like sound that echoed throughout the various halls of the cave.

The cradle above the Holy Infant's head cracked open, and will-o'-the-wisps spewed out like a spring from the crack.

In the struggle, the Holy Infant burned to ashes and vanished as a wisp of white smoke.

Panel notification:

Obtain the [Loot Pack - Dungeon Boss]

Obtain the [Holy Infant Ashes - Rare]

Successfully obtained level 9 dungeon BOSS materials

Complete the class quest "Cursed Body"

Level up 1

Learn the class skill [Cursed Puppet].

Level up to Lv.10

Gain 10 fixed attribute points

Gain 5 free attribute points

Learn the profession skill [Cursed Servant - Evil Dumpling - Mount]

Dungeon timed challenge completed

Obtain a 1-day trial card for a flying mount.

Obtained [Lv.9 Bone Armor - Excellent]

……

There are so many rewards that you can't even take them all in one glance.

The loot that was originally distributed among the five-person team was all taken by Wei Ning, who went solo.

In addition to the limited-time reward [Lv.9 Bone Armor], the BOSS also dropped a magic wand [Lv.9 Holy Infant Tendon], both of which are of rare quality.

After equipping the two items, Wei Ning's main attribute, Intelligence, increased by another 22 points.

Spell damage is also increased accordingly.

However, the biggest breakthrough was in the professional missions.

He's level 10 now and has 515% experience left.

upgrade!

Five flashes of white light appeared on Wei Ning's body.

【Lv.15 Wei Ning - Curse Warlock】

Skills list:

[Suffocating grip] [Cursed touch]

[Curse of Suffering] [Curse of Weakness] [Curse of Mental Cognition]

[Mirror-Breaking Arrow] [Curse Arrow]

【Cursed Servant - Malice Dumpling】

At this level, the curse warlock finally has their first ranged damage skill, [Cursed Touch].

This is a channeled spell with no cooldown; the damage will continue as long as it is cast.

Although its damage range is only about half that of the [Mirror-Breaking Arrow], which deals 5000 damage, it can only deal around 2500.

However, it has one more enhancement effect than the Mirror-Breaking Arrow.

During the spell's duration, [Cursed Touch] grants the caster a shield that absorbs physical and magical damage. The shield's value depends on the damage dealt by all class abilities during the channeling period.

Wei Ning is no longer afraid of being ambushed.

A simple 1-second "malicious touch" can stack 2500 points of shield.

If you choose a target at a greater distance, the shield can easily stack up to tens of thousands of points.

A level 19 Awakened has around 7000 HP, and their burst damage is unlikely to exceed 3000.

Even if dozens of people attacked at the same time, they still couldn't kill Wei Ning.

Wei Ning even suspected that he had been stacking shields, perhaps reaching a million.

Who else could kill him?

Wei Ning left the instance with satisfaction.

He had just returned to the ground when he discovered that the environment had changed.

The sky above the wasteland turned red.

It seems that some event triggered a partial map refresh.

Upon opening his field of vision, Wei Ning spotted two suspicious figures on the map:

【Lv19. Zhang Heiniu - The Tracker】

【Lv19. Zhou Bai Niu - Shadow Assassin】

What are two level 19 Assassin Awakeners doing in a level 9 area?