15: Soaring to level 20

Several people saw Zhuang Qiang and saluted him solemnly.

Zhuang Qiang patted the shoulders of the five people in turn and began to introduce them:

“This is the Zhan Hu Squad, the most elite squad among Rank 50s. The captain's code name is Flying Tiger, and he is especially skilled in space Spells; the other four members are... all top-tier damage dealers.”

“This is my good brother, Xu Le.”

“Brother Flying Tiger, I'll leave my good brother in your hands. Be sure to protect his safety.”

Flying Tiger was a smiling fat man. Hearing this, he raised his hand in a salute: “Guaranteed to complete the mission.”

Xu Le had his suspicions when he saw the group, but after it was confirmed, he couldn't help but be shocked.

This experience card is really damn unique.

Flying Tiger called Xu Le aside and asked about his damage output and skill cooldowns.

“Brother Xu, you are our Brother Qiang's brother, which makes you my brother. When the time comes, you'll just be responsible for the killing blows.”

“However, according to the regulations, dropped equipment, skills, and so on must be handed over to us for storage.”

“I hope you don't mind, brother.”

“Alright, thank you all for your help.”

Xu Le didn't argue when he heard the policy.

Having a Rank 50 squad help him level up by weakening monsters so he could land the finishing blows and monopolize the experience was already a huge win; there was no need to be greedy for more.

They took Xu Le to a valley in a true contaminated zone.

This was one of the leveling points specially established by the Great Wall Guardian Army.

Due to the dense Demonic Qi Contamination, even the most ordinary creatures could possess very high attributes.

Combined with their massive numbers and constant infighting, a batch of high-level demonic monsters could be bred very quickly.

The cost was low, but the experience was much higher than in a dungeon, and it didn't require maintenance.

Xu Le followed the five into the valley and was startled by the densely packed spiders.

He looked over with the Divine Eye, and the spiders' information appeared before him:

【Red Demon Spider】

【Rank】 Rank 45

【HP】 4860/4860

【MP】 670/670

【Strength】 280

【Agility】 120

【Physique】 320

【Spirit】 90

【Talent】 Demonic Qi Contamination 4, Attribute Suppression 5

【Skill】 Rapid Breeding, Face-Hugging Assault, Web Weaving, Venom Spray... With just one glance, he saw that there was something wrong with these spiders' attributes. Under the Demonic Qi Contamination, their attributes were inferior to ordinary demonic monsters of the same type.

The “Attribute Suppression” talent afterward should be a debuff brought by the special Formation here.

“Just stay here and land the killing blows on the low-health ones. Don't attack any other demonic monsters.”

After Flying Tiger gave his instructions again, he designated a spot for Xu Le and began attacking with his teammates.

Just as Xu Le summoned the Little Yellow Chicken and the Little Black Snake, a ripple of space fluctuations appeared in front of him, and five low-health spiders appeared.

They seemed to be hibernating, lying motionless on the ground.

The Little Yellow Chicken immediately performed “Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens,” summoning nine Clones for the first time.

Each Clone unleashed a “Flame Shockwave,” and the five spiders on the ground died completely, turning into experience points.

【Experience +65645】

【Experience +66325】

...Although the experience from an ordinary spider was much less than that of the Soul-Devouring Demonic Tree, the sheer quantity could more than make up for it.

Flying Tiger noticed Xu Le's speed was very fast, so this time he used a space Spell to teleport 10 spiders over.

The Little Yellow Chicken and its Clones spat fireballs together, harvesting them easily.

“Holy crap, as expected of a second-generation!”

“Is that a chicken he contracted? It's more fierce than a Phoenix!”

Flying Tiger, who was constantly monitoring the situation, instantly felt envious.

He had originally thought the guy was bragging and intentionally lowered the difficulty, only to find out that it wasn't bragging at all—it was being as low-key as low-key could be.

However, being professional, he quickly composed himself and teleported low-health spiders according to that side's speed.

Time passed.

An hour later, Ice Tiger noticed Flying Tiger was teleporting faster and faster and began to protest: “Boss, Brother Qiang told us to take care of that kid, don't mess around!”

“How am I messing around?” Flying Tiger was stunned, thinking to himself, was my momentary jealousy discovered?

“You're teleporting so fast, can that kid keep up with the killing blows? It's rare for Brother Qiang to ask us for a favor; don't screw it up,” Ice Tiger said earnestly.

The other three Tigers chimed in.

“Hmm? Don't you four hate useless second-generations the most? Why are you all pleading for him?”

Flying Tiger felt something was wrong. Looking closely, he saw that his four teammates' expressions were off, all looking like they had a deep grievance.

Only then did he realize it had been a long time since any experience had come in.

Before, they could leisurely split half the experience.

Now, they were so busy they were dizzy, yet they got nothing.

Holy crap, that useless second-generation's pet is that fierce?

Flying Tiger moved closer and found that the spiders teleported through the Formation were all being insta-killed.

He turned and ordered: “Leave one spider at half-health.”

The four Tigers obeyed. Flying Tiger sent the half-health spider over, and after seeing it was also insta-killed, he ordered again:

“Leave two half-health spiders.”

Then it was three, four... until there were eleven half-health spiders, and he saw that things were getting a bit hectic over there.

Only then did he order: “From now on, send ten half-health spiders.”

The four Tigers were overjoyed. If only half-health was required, any one of their skills could do it.

They didn't have to worry about accidentally insta-killing the spider when casting a second skill.

Efficiency increased greatly, and smiles began to appear on their faces.

【Experience +69550】

【Experience +66359】

...The white light of leveling up rose from his head once again.

Rank 20.

Xu Le opened his attribute panel.

【Name】 Xu Le

【Class】 Contractor

【Rank】 20 (3680/1100000)

【Talent】 Innate Divinity

【Strength】 2005

【Agility】 2005

【Physique】 2004

【Spirit】 2010

【Skill】 Contract Array, Mind Link, Life Recovery, Conceal Aura, Mental Shock

【Equipment】 demon slaying blade, space ring

【Items】 Directional Teleportation Scroll, Devilish Qi Purification Talisman, Delicious Biscuit, Tent, etc.

After reaching Rank 20, he had another slot for a contracted beast.

However, the Little Dog was far away at home, so he could only leave it empty for now.

He glanced at the Little Yellow Chicken again; its most important Spirit attribute had reached 1050 points, and its area-of-effect skill “Meteor Fire Rain” dealt 3150 points of damage in one wave.

Even after deducting the opponent's magic resistance, two waves of fire rain could kill a spider.

“It can work!”

Xu Le's eyes lit up, and he used “Mind Link” to communicate with the Little Yellow Chicken.

“Chirp!”

The Little Yellow Chicken flapped its tiny wings, flew into the air, and performed “Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens” to re-summon and refresh the Ranks of its nine Clones.

Leaving five to land killing blows, it personally led the other four Clones toward the densely packed spider swarm.

“Whoa, what is this second-generation doing?”

Flying Tiger, who had been watching Xu Le, was startled. He immediately teleported to Xu Le's side and shouted sternly: “What are you doing! Follow orders in everything, don't you understand?”

The other four Tigers also slowed down, ready to provide support at any moment.

Xu Le knew Flying Tiger meant well and wasn't annoyed. He said frankly, “I want to try.”

“You can just ‘try’ like this? Do you know how dangerous it is?”

Flying Tiger was so angry he laughed.

Xu Le's previous performance had changed his view of second-generations, but now he found he had been careless.

He glanced at the time—barely two hours had passed—and said crossly, “For your safety, if you want to kill monsters personally, we'll have to come over to protect you.”

“Okay!” Xu Le agreed readily.

Flying Tiger held his breath, wondering if Xu Le hadn't caught the underlying meaning of his words.