Don't mess with that necromancer; his summoned creatures level up on their own!

A black military SUV rolled over the bumpy dirt road and stopped in front of a cloud of fog.

Ye Qinglan got off the car first.

The process of opening the door, landing, and scanning is completed in less than two seconds.

His gaze swept rapidly from left to right across every tree, every shrub, and every rock that could hide a person at the entrance to the dense forest.

Only after confirming it was safe did she open the back door and step aside to make room for the passenger.

"Young Master, we've arrived."

Lu Zhixing climbed out of the car and stretched.

A low roar came from deep within the dense forest.

Before Lu Zhixing could express any sentiments, the system panel popped up.

[Little Zombie: Hehehehehe!]

[Little Zombie: Dark Forest! Tremble, monsters! Be reduced to ashes by my fists!]

[Little Zombie: I'm going to hang you lowly monsters up and subdue you mercilessly!]

Lu Zhixing's lips twitched.

He silently thought to himself, "Keep it down."

[Little Zombie: Keeping a low profile?]

[Little Zombie: The word "low-key" doesn't exist in my dictionary.]

"Young Master?" Ye Qinglan's voice came from the side, tinged with a hint of doubt, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Lu Zhixing composed himself, stretched his shoulders, and said, "Let's go."

The two walked into the dense forest one after the other.

Lu Zhixing followed behind her, his gait relaxed, his hands in his pockets, like a college student on a picnic.

The little zombie hopped along behind him.

Ye Qinglan didn't turn around, but her ears were constantly listening for Lu Zhixing's footsteps.

My steps were even, my breathing was steady, and I felt no tension.

Either she had a good mindset, or she was completely unaware of the dangers she was about to face. She leaned towards the latter.

"Young Master, here is my plan."

She drew the dagger from her waist.

"I won't team up with you. Teaming up will result in experience sharing, and since my level is too high, your experience will be significantly reduced if we team up."

"My plan is: I'll be responsible for luring and controlling the monster, bringing it to near death. You'll be the one to deliver the final blow. If you land the final hit, you get 100% of the monster's experience."

"Understood," Lu Zhixing said. "Sister Ye, thank you for your hard work."

Ye Qinglan nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

She turned around and continued walking forward, but sighed softly to herself.

She had watched this young master of the Lin family grow up.

When I was a child, I would visit the city garrison compound. The children of other high-ranking officials were all incredibly spoiled, always surrounded by servants and yelling at the servants.

But Lu Zhixing was different. He was lazy, didn't like to stand out, and would rather lie down than sit, but he would never bully others because of his status.

This kind of personality, to put it nicely, is called easygoing; to put it bluntly, it's called lacking ambition.

Ye Qinglan thought that the blow of this awakening would make the young master depressed for a while.

An F-rank necromancer—any teenager with a shred of self-respect would be in serious trouble with this outcome.

But to her surprise, the young master not only did not become depressed, but also took the initiative to suggest training in the wild.

Pity.

Ye Qinglan sighed inwardly again.

Unfortunately, it was a necromancer who awakened.

The four supreme academies—Azure Dragon Academy, White Tiger Academy, Vermilion Bird Academy, and Black Tortoise Academy—have been established for hundreds of years and have produced countless geniuses, but have never recruited a single necromancer.

No matter how ambitious the young master is, the end of this road will most likely be a wall.

"Young Master, the Shadow Wolves' territory is just ahead." Ye Qinglan stopped, his voice becoming serious.

The terrain in front of us has changed significantly.

The once relatively open forest clearings have disappeared, replaced by dense, almost impenetrable thickets and ancient trees.

"Shadow Wolf, Lv.3 to lv.5, is known for its speed and agility, and excels at surprise attacks and coordinated combat."

She turned to look at Lu Zhixing, her expression serious.

"With your current control skills, even if I reduce the wolf to low health, it will be difficult for you to hit such an agile target."

I suggest bypassing this area and heading west. There are wild boars there, Lv.2 to Lv.4, with thick hides but slow movement, making it a better place to practice your aim.

Lu Zhixing looked at the dark bushes in front of him, and then at the status of the little zombie on the system panel.

[Mood: Extremely excited]

[Damage +50%]

"Since we're already here, if we happen to run into them on the way, just cripple them for me, don't waste the experience points."

Ye Qinglan frowned slightly. "Young Master, the Shadow Wolf's speed—"

"Don't worry, Sister Ye, I'm quite confident in my aim."

Ye Qinglan was stunned.

Confidence? Where does young master get his confidence?

He only awakened yesterday and has never even seen what the Shadow Wolf looks like.

A thought flashed through her mind: the young master probably had never seen a highly agile wild monster before.

His understanding of "fast" probably still only extends to "a little faster than Little Boiling Sheep".

She had seen this kind of ignorant and fearless confidence far too many times.

Every year when new recruits join the city defense army, there are always a few young men who excel in training but suffer heavy losses when they face real monsters for the first time because they underestimate the monsters' reaction speed.

But she didn't say it aloud.

Some things you only realize how painful it is after you've fallen; there's no point in her saying anything now.

Moreover—with her there, nothing will happen to the young master.

"Alright." Ye Qinglan gripped the dagger tightly. "I agree to try. But if you miss, I'll finish you off immediately and will never put you in any danger."

"Okay, Sister Ye, thank you."

Ye Qinglan sighed.

Either he has an ridiculously good attitude, or he really knows his own limitations.

Ye Qinglan didn't have time to think it through.

The bushes on the left exploded.

A dark gray afterimage shot out from the bushes.

【Shadow Wolf, Level: Lv.3】

Ye Qinglan moved.

The sound of the dagger being drawn was almost simultaneous with her movement, and a cold, sharp glint flashed.

The Shadow Wolf's attack trajectory was abruptly cut off in mid-air.

The moment the blade sliced ​​through the wolf's skin, the Shadow Wolf let out a piercing scream, lost its balance, and tumbled through the air.

boom!

The Shadow Wolf was kicked away like a rag doll, crashing heavily into a pile of decaying leaves three meters away.

Its eyes were fixed on Ye Qinglan, and a low whimper came from its throat.

"Young master, now's the time!"

Lu Zhixing tilted his head slightly.

"Go on, little zombie."

[Little Zombie: Hmph.]

[Little Zombie: You mere stray dog, how dare you bark and howl before me.]

[Little Zombie: You've already found your way to death]

call--

The little zombie rushed out from behind Lu Zhixing.

Despite being critically wounded and dying, the Shadow Wolf's survival instinct was stronger than any rational thought.

Its body suddenly rolled to the right.

Talent skill: "Shadow Blink".

The moment the skill was activated, the Shadow Wolf's body briefly disappeared into the mist, and when it reappeared, it had moved nearly a meter to the right.

This roll just barely avoided the little zombie's charging trajectory.

Ye Qinglan's heart skipped a beat.

empty.

really.

She quickly cursed herself in her heart, realizing she shouldn't have agreed to let the young master fight the wolf.

Although the Shadow Wolf's "Shadow Blink" has a long cooldown, it can be used to avoid most attacks when it is used in a critical moment.

The young master doesn't even have elemental affinity; he relies solely on skillful maneuvering to control his summons. How could he possibly hit anything?

The little zombie suddenly stopped.

All the kinetic energy of the forward momentum was reduced to zero in an instant.

Then it made a U-turn.

There was no slowing down, no adjustment of the center of gravity, and no running start.

At the same instant of the sudden stop, the body had already completed the turn, launching towards the rolling Shadow Wolf on the right, the whole movement was smooth and fluid.

[Little Zombie: You dare to hide?]

[Little Zombie: Did I tell you to hide?]

[Little Zombie: Die!]

"Bang"

[Defeat the Shadow Wolf (Lv.3) to gain 20 experience points!]

Her dagger was still held horizontally in front of her, and her body remained in a position ready to deliver a finishing blow at any moment.

The scene just now kept replaying in her mind—sudden stop, U-turn, precise hit.

A summoned creature of an F-rank necromancer.

No elemental affinity.

A spiritual connection without a master.

That U-turn, that precision of the sudden stop and steering, that near-perfect control over the body.

It's not something you can do with brute force. It's muscle memory that comes from countless hours of training.

It is a fighting instinct that only veterans who have truly experienced life-or-death battles possess.

But the young master only woke up yesterday.

"This...this is..."

Her voice trembled slightly.

As a battle-hardened warrior, she has witnessed countless battles between summoners.

But she had never seen it.

A level 3 zombie can make U-turns.

It wasn't a straight-line charge, nor was it a curved movement.

It's like charging straight at something, missing your target, stopping abruptly, then making a U-turn, accelerating, and delivering a fatal punch to the head.

What is needed for this?

This requires extremely precise control over the summoned creatures, including judging the target's dodge direction, calculating the new attack trajectory, and issuing commands accurately within a fraction of a second.

This requires…..

"Multitasking!!!"

Ye Qinglan blurted it out.

To do two things at once.

In the Summoner system, simultaneously controlling summoned creatures and ensuring one's own safety is not considered a particularly advanced skill.

She had seen high-level summoners who could multitask, even doing three or four things at once.

He could even make different summoned creatures perform different combinations of actions—for example, making skeletons dance, zombies drum, and ghosts sing, while he himself was drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

But those people are high-level summoners.

They are veterans who have trained for years or even decades.

The young master only awakened yesterday.

From the time he acquired the "Necromancer" class until now, less than twenty-four hours have passed.

A novice who had changed jobs less than a day ago was facing a Lv.3 Shadow Wolf in his first real battle.

No wonder the young master never gave those Shadow Wolves a second glance from the moment he entered the forest.

No wonder he was too lazy to move around or even change his posture.

No wonder he was picking his ears earlier.

Ye Hongyu took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the shock surging in her chest.

Is this what the confidence of the strong is?