14: Hidden boss

Experience Transfer x100 return has been triggered, gaining 50,000 Experience.

A mechanical voice echoed in Li Changkong's mind, making him feel regretful that only the x100 Experience return was triggered this time.

Even so, the immense Experience allowed him to advance two small Ranks.

The Experience required for subsequent upgrades could now be described as massive.

After reaching Rank 20, the Experience needed for upgrading was calculated in the hundreds of thousands.

Killing an ordinary monster would only yield around 100 Experience.

This meant that after reaching Rank 20, one would need to kill a thousand monsters to advance a single Rank.

For Transferees with average talent and strength, some might not even advance a Rank in half a year.

The 500 Experience Li Changkong transferred out allowed Black Flame to reach Rank 10.

After Black Flame's upgrade, although its body didn't grow larger, its attributes significantly increased.

After all preparations were complete, Li Changkong brought Black Flame to the second floor.

The entire second floor was empty, with only a single coffin placed in the center.

As they stepped onto the second floor, the coffin before them began to shake violently.

Then, a black shadow flew out of the coffin and landed steadily on the ground.

Using the dim light, Li Changkong barely managed to discern the appearance of the creature before him.

This was a giant bat, only two meters tall, but with a wingspan of a full three meters when spread out.

Its entire body pulsed with a red glow, and its sharp fangs sent chills down one's spine.

A low growl emanated from Black Flame's throat, and its eyes glowed faintly red under the refraction of the dim light.

Li Changkong remembered that the boss in this Dark Forest was the Dark Blood Bat King.

The Rank of this Bat King before them had already reached Rank 25.

Upon seeing Li Changkong, who was only Rank 20, and a summoned beast less than Rank 10, a hint of disdain appeared in its eyes.

However, it did not engage in close combat; instead, it stood still and opened its mouth wide.

The moment it opened its mouth, a sound wave slowly emanated from it.

This sound wave seemed to have solidified into a tangible form, crashing fiercely towards the man and the beast.

Seeing this, Black Flame immediately shielded Li Changkong, attempting to withstand the sound wave.

However, the sound wave was not solid; upon colliding with Black Flame's body, it passed directly through.

Attention, you have entered Silence status!

A prompt appeared before Li Changkong's eyes.

Silence status meant being unable to use skills for a certain period, only being able to fight through normal attacks.

After silencing the two, the Bat King flapped its wings and flew towards them.

Just as it was about to reach them, a bright light appeared on Li Changkong's body.

Holy Light Spell!

The Priest's crowd control removal skill was not within the confines of Silence, so it could naturally be used.

As the Holy Light Spell fell upon himself and Black Flame, both were simultaneously unsealed.

The Bat King also noticed something was amiss, but it had already charged in front of them, and even if it wanted to retreat, there was no chance.

The moment the skill was unsealed, Black Flame had already spewed a stream of Dragon Flame from its mouth.

The Dragon Flame instantly engulfed the Bat King.

Upon sensing a surge of hot Qi, the Bat King quickly retreated, preparing to evade the Dragon Flame.

Fire Vein True Dragon!

Another Fire Dragon surged forth from the Lecturer's Book, instantly devouring the Bat King's body.

Facing the attacks of the man and the beast, the Bat King, who had initially held the initiative, was now in full retreat.

Accompanied by a mournful howl from the Bat King, its body completely transformed into a wisp of black smoke, leaving only a ball of fire Qi on the ground.

That's it?

Li Changkong pouted, not expecting to defeat the Bat King so easily.

Killed Dark Blood Bat King, gained 3,000 Experience.

Obtained epic equipment, dark blood boots.

Two prompts sounded in his ears, making Li Changkong's eyes light up.

He didn't expect his luck to be so good, actually dropping an epic piece of equipment.

Equipment was also divided into white, gray, blue, purple, gold, dark gold... several major Ranks.

The dark blood boots before him were a rather rare epic piece of equipment.

After picking up the dark blood boots from the ground, Li Changkong began to examine them.

These were a pair of long boots, adorned with dark red cloud patterns, subtly emanating a purple glow.

Equipment: dark blood boots

Rank: 20

Effect: Agility +30, Physique +30.

Equipment Skill: Flash (Passively triggered when encountering fatal danger, randomly flashes within a ten-meter radius.)

Looking at the equipment's effects, Li Changkong beamed with joy.

Not to mention the sixty attribute points bonus, this equipment skill alone could save his life once.

Just as Li Changkong picked up the boots and prepared to leave the castle, a distant iron door caught his attention.

The entire castle should have three floors, and he had only reached the second floor.

This iron door before him should be the path to the third floor.

With a curious mindset, Li Changkong slowly approached the iron door.

He extended a hand, intending to push open the iron door.

However, the iron door was extremely heavy; even with Li Changkong exerting all his strength, he couldn't push it open an inch.

Strange.

Upon realizing something was amiss, Li Changkong also muttered to himself with considerable confusion.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, exiting the dungeon, Dragon Flame beside him flapped its wings and flew over.

Upon reaching the iron door, he also extended his thick yet somewhat short arm and placed it on the iron door.

The iron door, which had been unmoving, now opened on its own.

Ding, System notification, Player has discovered a hidden boss, Silvermoon Wolf King!

The System's voice sounded in his ear, and at the same time, the iron door opened completely.

After the iron door opened, with the help of the dim moonlight, one could clearly see that inside was a secret room.

And from within the secret room, the sound of chains clanking could be heard.

A werewolf was currently glaring out of the door, its gaze meeting Li Changkong's eyes.

The Qi emanating from this werewolf before him was only stronger, not weaker, than that of the Dark Blood Bat King outside.

Hidden bosses were a special mechanism in dungeons.

If one could defeat a hidden boss in a dungeon, there would generally be massive rewards.

However, the strength of a hidden boss far exceeded that of the dungeon's main boss.

So, the moment he saw this werewolf, Li Changkong had a premonition of ill omen.

Now that the iron door was open, the werewolf instantly broke free from its chains and lunged directly at Li Changkong.

Seeing this, Black Flame quickly shielded Li Changkong.

It extended its sharp claws and collided with the werewolf.

Boom!

After a loud crash, the two monsters collided.

Black Flame, which had always been invincible, was now sent flying by the werewolf.