77: Career Upgrade

The skill, Limitless Devour, completely compensated for Li Changkong’s not-so-prominent four-dimensional attributes, a weakness that wasn't really a weakness.

Even if the attribute points gained after defeating a boss were few, they still came from a boss.

Although it could only be used once a day, it was still incredibly powerful.

After reading the introduction to this profession, Li Changkong spent half a day calming himself down.

Since the task was completed, Li Changkong did not linger in the forest.

However, before leaving, Li Changkong still went to the Fire Lion’s territory to bid it farewell.

Before he left, he also left behind some unneeded crystal cores.

This was beneficial to the Fire Lion itself.

But what Li Changkong didn't know was that over the past few days, the forums in the capital city had already erupted in discussion.

The focus of their discussion was the large number of monster corpses that had appeared in the middle of the forest.

These monsters were not from dungeons; even if they died, they were difficult to respawn.

Usually, new monsters would migrate in to replace the ones that had died before.

Based on the traces on the large number of monster corpses, it was evident that they had died at the hands of one person.

Facing this situation, many people initially thought that some strong individual had taken action.

They believed this person was sweeping through those monsters to resolve some of the crises in the outer areas of the forest.

However, for such a long time, no organization had claimed responsibility for this matter.

So, many people were discussing which organization this mysterious strong individual belonged to.

...

After returning to school, Li Changkong first went into his dorm room.

Faced with his roommate's questions, Li Changkong did not say what he had been doing these past few days.

As soon as he returned, he lay down on his bed and slept for an entire day.

After all, he had barely rested at all during those three days.

If he weren't a professional, but an ordinary person, after three days without sleep, he would probably be half-dead by now.

After sleeping for a full day, he finally felt his spirit and energy replenished.

“While you were away these past few days, a very good-looking senior sister came looking for you.”

“Is that senior sister your girlfriend?”

After Li Changkong woke up, Hou Wen asked him with a curious expression.

“Is her name Xu Chuchu?”

Li Changkong sounded a bit confused when he heard this.

“She said you haven’t responded for days, so she was worried something happened to you.”

Hou Wen nodded.

Only then did Li Changkong suddenly remember that he had turned off his friend notifications after entering the forest.

So, he had basically not received any messages these past few days.

But thankfully, he had already told Hou Wen that he was going to the battlefield for something.

Otherwise, Hou Wen would have thought that he had been secretly assassinated by the Crown Prince Gang.

“So, the Crown Prince Gang didn’t cause any trouble these past few days?”

Li Changkong asked, a little curious.

“That last incident already made them lose a lot of face, so they probably won’t directly confront you.”

“But quite a few people did look for you; they all wanted to challenge you to a arena ranking battle.”

Hou Wen shook his head and continued.

The arena ranking battle is a method of ranking students at Shenhua University.

There are a total of one hundred Ranks, but these one hundred Ranks are basically monopolized by third-year and fourth-year students.

Generally speaking, the higher the Rank, the more resources the academy allocates.

For every Rank increase, there will be a certain contribution point reward.

For example, the top-ranked individual in the arena battle receives a reward of 50,000 contribution points every month.

Generally, if there are grudges, students in the school will also resolve them in the arena.

“That’s quite good; I was just preparing to challenge the arena.”

Upon hearing these words, Li Changkong smiled faintly.

Hou Wen, however, pouted: “You’d better not go; those people are more shameless than the last.”

“They’re all second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students, yet they’re still bothering a first-year student like us.”

“My strength has also improved somewhat during this time, so I want to give it a try.”

Li Changkong was unconcerned.

“Actually, it’s fine if you don’t go. With me around, they wouldn’t dare do anything to you.”

Hou Wen stood up at this moment and continued.

Watching Hou Wen’s confident demeanor, Li Changkong didn't say much.

He had already opened his inbox and carefully checked the messages from the past few days.

Quite a few people had sent him messages this time, including his former high school teachers and principal.

As the only student from Blue Sea City to enter Shenhua University, he naturally received a lot of attention.

Li Changkong only replied to these messages out of courtesy.

Among them, the most important messages to him were probably from his own sister.

After all, he had been missing for so many days, which would naturally make his sister quite worried.

As for Xu Chuchu looking for him, it was basically to take him to clear dungeons.

She was worried that he had just entered the school and had no one to guide him in dungeons, which was why she wanted to go with him.

Li Changkong casually replied, stating that he had been busy these past few days, which was why he hadn't responded to messages.

Faced with her team invitation, Li Changkong did not refuse.

Xu Chuchu also stated that they would go to a newly opened dungeon the day after tomorrow to achieve the first clear.

Their team just happened to be missing a mage, which was why she thought of him.

“I want to try challenging the Black Tower. Are you interested?”

Li Changkong looked at Hou Wen and asked curiously.

This Black Tower could be challenged before Rank thirty-five.

Li Changkong was already Rank thirty-three, and he felt that he could try challenging the Black Tower.

“I wanted to challenge the Black Tower before, but after looking at the difficulty, it seemed a bit too high.”

Hou Wen sighed helplessly when he heard this sentence.

“How do you know it’s too high?”

Li Changkong was a little curious.

“The Black Tower has eighteen floors in total. Among our first-year students, the most anyone has reached is the sixth floor.”

“The Rank of new students is generally not high; very few even reach Rank twenty-five.”

Hou Wen then spoke.

Challenging the Black Tower itself only had one chance, and he planned to wait until his Rank increased before challenging it.

“What’s the highest floor those older students usually reach?”

Li Changkong was a little curious.

“It also varies. Among them, the strongest should be the Crown Prince.”

“He’s already over Rank forty now, but he challenged the Black Tower when he was Rank thirty-five.”

“At that time, he even reached the fifteenth floor, but unfortunately, he didn’t pass.”

Hou Wen replied immediately after hearing that question.

It must be said that although Hou Wen’s strength was not outstanding, his information was exceptionally well-informed.

As long as Li Changkong asked him about things in the school, there were almost none that he didn't know.