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

[Skill Effect: Unleashes divine lightning to deal massive lightning damage to a single target, guaranteeing a paralysis effect, and also deals splash damage to surrounding enemies. Cooldown: One minute.]

Lu Zhixing stared at the panel and remained silent for three seconds.

"??? Holy crap? I was just saying it offhand, are you serious?"

He turned his head to look at the little ghost beside him. She was tilting her head back, her body trembling slightly, her long silver hair being blown about by the wind, the ends of her hair sparkling with tiny electric currents.

She turned her head, and for the first time, there was no fear in her pupils, but rather a serious determination.

"Master... Xiao You... won't let you down."

Lu Zhixing's lips slowly curled up.

"Xiao You, you're a fucking genius!"

On the other side, as Xiao You looked up at the starry sky, Lu Zaoxie, standing at the very front of the crowd, suddenly shuddered.

He sensed an extremely subtle yet pure fluctuation of lightning element emanating from Lu Zhixing's direction.

Shen Jing noticed her husband's unusual behavior and glanced at him sideways.

"Old Lu, what's wrong?"

Lu Zaoxie did not turn her head, her gaze fixed on Lu Zhixing's back.

"Wife, just you wait and see."

Lu Zaoxie quickly reviewed the fluctuations in his mind.

If he wasn't mistaken, the frequency of that lightning element, that resonance with heaven and earth...

It's very likely that skill, one of the strongest mid-tier lightning skills, [Thunder God's Heavenly Flash].

Among the countless intermediate skills across all professions, the difficulty of mastering Thunder God's Heavenly Flash ranks among the top five.

Many high-level veterans of the Thunder Mage class may never be able to execute this move in their entire lives.

And how long has Lu Zhixing only learned how to summon ghosts?

Less than half an hour passed between learning and understanding.

This goes far beyond the realm of talent; it belongs to the realm of metaphysics.

Lu Zaoxie felt his head buzzing.

Lu Zhixing stared in astonishment at the brand-new skill icon on the job panel.

Thor's Dawn Flash—just hearing the name sounds incredibly sophisticated.

Did they skip directly from mastering the intermediate level of basic skills?

Xiao You's got some skills.

A new icon has appeared below the skill bar: a purple lightning bolt pattern that is deeper and more solid than the previous gray icon.

The little vampire discovered a new skill. She stood next to Lu Zhixing, tiptoed, and glanced in Xiao You's direction, blinking twice.

[Little Vampire: Third Sister's pretty fierce...]

The little zombie squatted to the side and let out a disdainful snort.

[Little Zombie: Hmph, all flashy and fancy. Thor, my foot! How childish!]

[Little Zombie: If it only does tens of thousands of damage later, I'll laugh myself to death. You'd better find a crack in the ground to crawl into then.]

Lu Zhixing looked at the new skill icon, his tone filled with anticipation.

"Xiao You, want to give it a try?"

She turned her head, her amethyst-like pupils filled with a serious determination, and her voice was soft.

"Okay... Master, Xiaoyou will give it a try..."

"BOOM—!!!"

The already overcast night sky seemed to be violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand.

A purple crack spread from the center of the cloud to both sides.

At this moment, the lightning element within a radius of several kilometers went completely berserk.

Those ions that were originally floating in the air were drawn together by some force and frantically converged in one direction.

A sudden gust of wind arose in the backyard of the Lu family, sending sand and stones flying.

Everyone's hair stood on end.

That is the instinctive fear that living beings feel when faced with the might of Heaven.

Everyone looked up at the churning clouds.

Deep within the dark clouds, countless electric snakes that were previously free began to intertwine wildly.

Streaks of lightning weaved, collided, and merged through the clouds.

A thick, blue-white beam of light crashed down.

"boom--!!!"

Thunder pierced the heavens and the earth, and countless tiny arcs of electricity spread wildly in all directions. The servants dozens of meters away were pushed back several steps by the shockwave.

The numbers on the damage display screen started jumping wildly—

100,000... 200,000... 400,000... 600,000... 800,000... 1 million... It's still beating.

Total damage: 1001291

"One...one million? One million?!"

Ah Hu suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Qinglan.

"Captain Ye... could you check for me? Is that a seven-digit number? Did I miscount?"

Ye Qinglan did not answer.

Because she had never seen a seven-figure number on a level 20 summoner before.

The servants behind them were in an uproar.

"My goodness... this... this was typed by the young master?"

A maid clutched her chest, her voice trembling.

"Hundreds, even millions of damage... At the same level, even a top-tier SSS-level tank wouldn't be able to withstand that, right?"

"Damn, I felt like my heart stopped for three seconds just now."

"Young Master isn't human..."

Shen Jing snapped out of her daze, looked at the still-smoking wooden stake, and then at the seven-digit number on the display screen.

"Old Lu, is this machine... broken? A million damage, can you really achieve that without being level 40?"

Was that wooden stake struck by lightning and short-circuited? It hasn't been used for many years after all...

Lu Zaoxie appeared quite calm.

He watched Lu Zhixing's back, his gaze shifting from the wooden stake to his son, and then back to the wooden stake.

"The machine isn't broken, this damage is normal."

Shen Jing turned to look at him: "Normal? A million damages is normal?"

Lu Zaoxie glanced at the thunderclouds in the sky.

The lightning was slowly dissipating, but the churning of the clouds continued unabated.

His gaze then turned to the direction of Yunhai City next door, where a dark purple light could be faintly seen on the horizon slowly dissipating.

"The skill that Zhixing comprehended is the mid-level lightning skill, Thunder God's Heavenly Flash."

Among all mid-level skills across all professions, this one ranks among the top five in terms of difficulty to master. Its high difficulty naturally translates to its formidable power.

He paused, his voice lowering slightly.

"More importantly... what Zhixing just triggered was not just a lightning bolt above our heads."

With his terrifying perception, he remotely activated the lightning of the rampaging world-class boss, the Thundercloud Beast, in Yunhai City.

Shen Jing was stunned: "Thundercloud Beast?! That level 80 world boss?"

Lu Zaoxie nodded: "Yes, that's an 80th-level world boss. Even if only a sliver of it was attracted, it's not surprising that it dealt that much damage."

Shen Jing patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is... I thought my son had really turned into some kind of monster."

Since it borrowed the power of the world boss, that's understandable...

Her voice grew softer and softer, because even if she were to borrow strength, she would first have to learn the Thunder God's Heavenly Flash!

This son of a god, he just learned how to summon a new creature, and then he went hundreds of kilometers away to fleece the world boss.

Shen Jing gazed at Lu Zhixing's retreating figure, her expression complex.

"Old Lu... Wind element, Blood element, and now with Lightning element, that makes three elements."

He can reach the pinnacle of all three systems in a very short time, or even surpass it.

At this rate, water, ice, light and darkness... even spacetime—the entire system might actually be something else entirely.

Lu Zaoxie took a cigar out of his pocket.

"The light and dark elements... are not too bad. With Zhixing's aptitude, he will most likely be able to learn them when he reaches the required level."

But those ethereal time and space systems don't produce skill books.

He gave a wry smile.

"Forget it, that's too far away."

He watched his son's retreating figure, his expression growing more serious.

"Honey, our son is working so hard, I can't just sit here and wait to retire. I'll go out and do some hunting and try to get some good stuff for Zhixing."

Shen Jing nodded heavily and reached out to straighten Lu Zaoxie's collar.

"Okay. I'll take care of things at home. Be careful out there."

On the lawn, the wooden stakes were still smoking.

Lu Zhixing stood in front of the wooden stake, staring at the seven-digit number, and remained silent for a long time.

He glanced at Xiao You standing beside him. She was looking down, twisting the hem of her clothes with her fingers, and the tips of her ears, peeking out from her hair, were red.

"Xiao You".

Xiao You raised her head, her amethyst-like pupils looking at him.

"What's wrong, Master?"

Lu Zhixing patted her on the head: "Well done."

Xiao You's ears turned even redder.

She lowered her head and spoke softly.

"Um... thank you, Master..."

The servants who had been watching the commotion from the edge of the lawn were now walking back in twos and threes.

Lu Zhixing stood in front of that wooden stake.

He watched for a while, then suddenly asked a question.

"Where's Xiao He Ren?"

A young maid standing closest to him heard the question and quickly ran over.

"Young Master, Miss Song went out shortly after dinner, saying she was going to train outside the city. She should be fine."

Lu Zhixing nodded and did not ask any further questions.

He withdrew his gaze, his thoughts naturally drifting to the upcoming second phase of the major exam.

According to the rules, only one piece of bronze-level equipment is allowed in the second and third phases.

But for Lu Zhixing, this rule was practically nonexistent.

With them around, he could pass the test lying down even with his hands empty.

But the real problem wasn't with him, but with someone else.

Xiao He.

Her father prepared a set of epic-level equipment for her, but it seems that she doesn't have any suitable bronze-level equipment yet.

He glanced at the little vampire again.

Her worn-out black dress had several tears in it.

The bow at the neckline had loosened considerably and was hanging crookedly to one side.

She wasn't wearing anything on her feet.

"Little Blood, how about I buy you a new outfit tomorrow?"

The little vampire was stunned.

His blood-red eyes were wide open, staring unblinkingly at Lu Zhixing.

She put her hands behind her back, raised her chin slightly, turned her head to face Lu Zhixing with the back of her head.

"Hmph... I can wear anything, you don't need to worry about it. This dress... isn't even torn yet, even if it is, I can still wear it."

She paused, seemingly considering whether to add a next sentence, but ultimately couldn't resist and whispered a sentence in response.

"Besides...who asked you to buy it?"

"Okay, then I'll buy one that isn't torn."

He had already planned out tomorrow's itinerary in his mind.

First, go to the forge and pick out a top-quality bronze equipment for Xiao He.

Then I'll go buy Xiaoxue a decent outfit.

---

The next morning, Lu Zhixing groggily opened his eyes.

He rolled over, his arm instinctively draped to the side.

It was all for naught.

He sat up. There was a note on the bedside table, covered by a glass of milk.

"Brother, Xiaohe went to level up. You'll have to stay up all night. —Xiaohe"

Lu Zhixing stared at the line of text for two seconds.

Feeling wronged for one night?

Is sleeping alone considered "mistreatment"?

He opened the job panel and first checked the little zombie's status.

Status: "Runaway from home".

[Target location: Black Wind Ridge, southern suburbs of Dachang City. Note: I didn't get enough fighting last night, so let's continue today!]

He glanced at the little vampire's condition again.

Status: Reading.

Location: Lu Family Library, East Wing, Third Floor.

[Comment: "I never expected the owner of this humble home to have such a large library. I'll reluctantly take a look. By the way, your books are arranged in such a mess that it's an insult to knowledge."]

Lu Zhixing was taken aback.

A library?

The little vampire was much more diligent than him; he had already explored the entire library in just a few days since moving in.

He couldn't help but imagine the scene:

A little vampire, dressed in a tattered black dress and barefoot, sat on the thick carpet of the library.

An ancient book, bigger than her face, lay open on her lap.

He closed her status panel and glanced at his side.

The little ghost is also not in the summoning space.

He turned his head and his gaze fell on the edge of the bed.

Xiao You was sitting on the floor beside the bed, her hands folded on her knees, her eyes fixed on him, her head tilted slightly.

"You...you didn't just watch me sleep all night, did you?"

Xiao You nodded seriously.

"Hmm... Master snored at night... It wasn't loud, but it was very rhythmic... Like a little train... It's so cute."

Lu Zhixing's expression froze.

"...Return to the summoning space."

Xiao You tilted her head slightly, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes as if to say, "Huh, did I say something wrong?" But she didn't ask.

She simply responded softly.

【"good……"】

When Lu Zhixing finished washing up and came downstairs, Ye Qinglan was already waiting in the lobby.

"Young Master, the car is ready."

---

The No. 1 Forging Plant of Dachang City is located deep in the industrial zone in the north of the city, covering an area larger than two football fields.

The seven large characters "Dachang First Forging Factory" are engraved on the sign above the factory.

The factory area was bustling with people.

It was only a little past eight in the morning, but there were already quite a few people coming and going.

The wealthy merchant, accompanied by his entourage, and the purchasing agent carrying an equipment case looked down at the list in his hand.

Family members dressed in various uniforms gathered in groups of three or five in front of a display case, pointing and gesturing.

There were also several appraisers wearing tall hats, holding magnifying glasses the size of a palm, who were pressing their faces against the glass of the display case to carefully examine the runes and patterns on the surface of the equipment.

This is the distribution center for all equipment shops and workshops in Dachang City.

Every piece of equipment coming off the assembly line must first pass through the showroom and trading area here.

Then it circulates through various levels of distributors, layer by layer.

They eventually appeared in the equipment shops on the streets and alleys.

Meanwhile, those shop owners who sit behind the counter in the equipment store, ignoring customers.

Once you get to this place, you become a nobody, squeezing through the crowd, standing on tiptoe in front of the display case, and flattering the manager.

As soon as Lu Zhixing stepped into the main hall, a manager wearing a black uniform with a forging factory badge pinned to his chest jogged up to greet him.

"Oh my! Young Master Lu! What brings you here! You should have let us know in advance so we could have cleared the area to welcome you!"

"Look how crowded and noisy this hall is! What if someone bumps into you?"

Lu Zhixing waved his hand.

"No need to trouble yourself, I'll just take a look."

As he spoke, he walked deeper into the hall, his gaze aimlessly sweeping between the display cases on both sides.

The display cases were filled with a dazzling array of equipment.

Longswords, short blades, staves, bows and arrows, armor, shields, rings, and bracelets—each item was displayed on a special spiritual display stand.

He walked along the main aisle for about twenty steps, and his gaze suddenly stopped when he passed a certain display case.

To be precise, his gaze was drawn to a familiar figure.