18: The plan is to have a fourth contracted beast.

[Experience +16,800]

[Experience +16,800]

...A dense stream of experience points floated past.

Li Yang was stunned.

He felt a strange sense of sorrow for the five wolves.

Then came the sheer thrill!

Yesterday, he had teamed up with someone to grind the Abyss Goblin dungeon; as a Rank 13 Heavy Shield Guard, he had been beaten senseless.

He never expected to taste the joy of bullying others with numbers today.

"Charge!"

"Wipe out all these mobs!"

Li Yang shouted at the top of his lungs, raising his shield and charging toward the nearest Magic Wolf.

This kid had clearly been bullied hard before.

Xu Le communicated with the Little Dog Clones through the Mind Link. The pack of dogs scattered, about 30 in each direction, charging into the dense wolf pack like charging cavalry.

The Magic Wolves were of a higher Rank, but they were no match for them at all.

Every time they lunged out, they were bitten to death by the dogs.

Even in one-on-one or two-on-one situations, the Magic Wolves couldn't gain the slightest advantage.

A Commander Magic Wolf cursed inwardly, lurking in the grass and spitting out a "Wind Burst Blade" at the last dog in the pack.

The violent wind blade slashed the Little Dog Clone, and a bright red number popped up.

-680.

Before the Commander Wolf could even smirk, it saw the health bar above the Little Dog Clone's head only shorten by a small fraction, not even 1/20th.

"Hiss, how terrifying!"

Realizing this, the Commander Wolf shuddered all over and tried to flee with its tail between its legs.

However, the Little Dog Clone's speed far exceeded its own. After easily catching up, it leaped and bit its throat.

Its health plummeted by a third.

The Magic Wolf Commander was furious and used the "Assault" skill, lunging forward to jump behind the Little Dog Clone. But before it could bite, that figure had already bitten its throat first.

Its health dropped another third.

Then came the dragging and tearing.

In just two seconds, three basic attacks.

The Commander Magic Wolf died.

Countless ordinary Magic Wolves fell along with it.

The difference was that they died even more miserably, torn apart by the numerically superior dog pack, unable to even let out a scream before they died.

"Brother Le, capture the leader to catch the bandits. How about we kill the Wolf King first!"

Li Yang thought of the two armies clashing and remembered the scene of being abused by the Goblin Chieftain yesterday, so he hurriedly suggested it.

Before his voice faded, a mechanical voice sounded:

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for successfully clearing the abyss difficulty Silver-back Magic Wolf dungeon.]

[Time taken for this clear: 1 minute 18 seconds, surpassing 100% of challengers. Overall evaluation: SSS.]

[Congratulations to the player for ranking first in clearing the abyss difficulty dungeon. Would you like to make it public?]

[Congratulations to the player for receiving the corresponding clear rewards: 20,000 Credits. They have been deposited into your account. Please check.]

Li Yang turned his head: "Brother Le, should we go public?"

Xu Le shook his head: "No, there's no benefit."

"Oh."

Li Yang nodded and also chose to remain anonymous.

Looking at his Rank again, yesterday he had fought to the death but couldn't even gain a single level, yet in less than two minutes just now, he had reached Rank 18.

[Rank] 18 (658,975/900,000)

His face beamed with excitement as he jumped up: "Brother Le, you're freaking amazing! You'll definitely be first in the National College Entrance Examination in two weeks! Have you thought about which university you want to go to?"

"Blue University!" Xu Le's gaze was firm.

In this world, ordinary people had very low authority. Although they didn't have to worry about food or clothing, it was almost impossible for them to get close to the real Contaminated Zones, and there were no higher-level dungeons for them to grind.

There were only two ways to enter higher-level dungeons or the real Contaminated Zones.

One was to join the military, and the other was to get into a university.

Joining the military had too many constraints, and his own secrets were destined to be unsuitable for that path.

As for smuggling himself into the Contaminated Zones to kill monsters and level up—don't be ridiculous. If it were that simple, all the city districts would have been ravaged by the God Descent Cult.

The best path for leveling up was to get into university!

The better the university, the more resources one would obtain and the better the benefits one would enjoy.

Li Yang's eyes sparkled with longing, and his breathing became rapid.

Xu Le smiled and looked at the Little Dog nearby. Having enjoyed all the experience points, it had already reached Rank 16.

Grinding a Rank 40 dungeon only yielded a bit over 2.5 million experience points, which was indeed a bit low.

"Brother Le, can we do it one more time?"

There was a hint of pleading in Li Yang's eyes. Originally, he didn't want to be a burden to Xu Le, but in just over a minute, he didn't want to miss out.

"Sure!" Xu Le nodded and directly selected the Abyss dungeon.

Coming out this time was originally intended to give his brother a hand.

Then the two of them cleared the abyss difficulty twice more, gaining over 5 million experience points.

Xu Le thought about giving some money, but Li Yang refused.

"Brother Le, you treat me like a brother, but I can't be insatiably greedy. Being in the twenties is enough for me to get into a decent university. Greed is not good."

"Alright then, let's continue to hang around the vicinity of the Contaminated Zone."

"No! I have things to do, I'll head off first!"

Li Yang declined and turned to run back to the city.

Grinding a dungeon for a few minutes was one thing, but going to the Contaminated Zone would take a whole day. Favors wear thin with use, and he felt his skin wasn't thick enough.

Xu Le sighed, feeling as if a sad, thick barrier had already formed between the two of them.

When will Yangzi call me "Master"?

He pulled out his phone and called Chu Haodong.

A hearty voice immediately came from the other side: "Hahaha, brother, what have you been busy with lately?"

Xu Le didn't like to beat around the bush and waste time, so he stated his needs directly.

Now that he was about to reach Rank 30, he would have his fourth contracted beast.

The previous three were all a matter of chance, but he definitely couldn't be so casual later on. He needed them to cooperate with each other and form a more powerful team.

A group of Little Yellow Chickens was strong, but their weaknesses were also very obvious. If they encountered assassin-type monsters like Shadow Mantises, no matter how many there were, it would be useless.

Chu Haodong hesitated a bit and repeated Xu Le's request: "Brother, are you saying you need a pet beast that can restore mana and health?"

"Yes!" Xu Le nodded.

For damage, he had the Little Yellow Chicken; for defense, he had the Little Black Snake; and the Little Dogs were all-around support.

But whether it was the Little Yellow Chicken or the Little Dog, they were particularly lacking in mana.

If they could restore mana extremely quickly, their combat power would easily double.

"And you don't even care about the pet beast's grade or loyalty?"

Chu Haodong felt like he had misheard.

The former determined the pet beast's strength, while the latter was directly linked to the owner's life and safety.

Just now, he had actually heard Xu Le say he didn't care.

"Yes!" Xu Le admitted.

With the Innate Divinity talent, nothing was a problem.

Chu Haodong fell silent, his thoughts spinning wildly: Is he hinting at something? Is this pet beast a gift for an enemy?

"Just say if you can do it or not." Xu Le didn't know what the other was thinking, otherwise he would have spat in his face for slandering a kind and upright young man.

"I can! You are a distinguished member of my Chenghui Mall, brother. What does such a small request matter?"

"Come over the morning after tomorrow. I'll have everything ready and guarantee your satisfaction."

Chu Haodong stopped overthinking. He was an honest businessman; what could go wrong with selling a newborn pet beast?