31: Demon Moth Wings, Level 40 Demon Dragon

[Experience Points +526,800]

[Points +40]

Xu Le exhaled a breath of turbid air.

When the demon moths merged into a lord, he jumped up, focusing entirely on controlling his contracted beasts through the Mind Link.

Little Dog had eaten over 50 peaches conjured with mana, which allowed it to continuously summon Clones.

In this battle, he discovered that the skills of his contracted beasts were not as simple as their descriptions suggested.

After all, this was a real world.

Just like Little Black Snake's "Elephant Swallowing" skill—swallowing half of it held the Giant Moth Lord in a death grip.

Since many of the Giant Moth Lord's skills relied on flapping its wings, its entire arsenal was almost completely sealed.

Even so, the fight had been a bit difficult.

He walked out of the tent.

Little Black Snake shrank back to the thickness of a chopstick and crawled over pitifully, rubbing against Xu Le's pant leg and showing him its mouth.

'Can a snake's mouth get sore too?'

'It hasn't picked up bad habits from Little Dog, has it?'

When he looked down again, Little Black Snake had indeed fled guiltily.

Little Dog, meanwhile, ordered its Clones to pick up the items dropped by the Giant Moth Lord.

heart of the commander. (Item)

Toxic Scales. (Item)

demon moth wings. (Equipment)

Two items and one piece of equipment; unfortunately, no skill book dropped.

heart of the commander.

The drop rate for this thing was actually very low.

Ordinary people might kill a thousand monster bosses and still not see one drop.

A Level 30 one once sold for a hundred million; a Level 60 one would be worth at least five or six times that, if not more.

Toxic Scales were also quite precious Materials, especially at the Lord level. However, as for the price, unless he found the right buyer, it would only be worth several hundred thousand Credits.

As for the last piece of equipment... he looked at it with his Divine Eye and was instantly stunned.

[Equipment] demon moth wings

[Grade] Legendary

[Usage Requirements] None

[Equipment Traits] Agility +400; enables the use of wings to soar freely; can also consume 600 mana to cast the wings' built-in skill [Hurricane Howl], sweeping enemies into the air and dealing spirit × 2 damage per second for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 120 seconds.

It had to be said, Legendary-grade equipment was truly amazing.

Flight.

This was something even Rank 90 big shots couldn't do.

Unless they had a pet, special equipment, or a special class.

Otherwise, it was a forbidden zone for humans. (P.S.: One might be faster or jump higher, but if you can't fly, you can't fly.)

Without hesitation, he equipped the demon moth wings on his back.

Countless roots sprouted from the base of the two wings and attached to his back, as if they were growing from his body.

With a thought, the left wing flapped gently.

Soon, he mastered the secret of flight.

As expected of Legendary equipment, it didn't require mana—only a small amount of stamina was needed to spread his wings and fly.

Unlike riding the Black Bird summoned by the soul of the black bird, flapping his own wings to fly felt freer and more exhilarating.

He flew a couple of laps in the air to satisfy his craving.

It had to be said, the big gray wings were really ugly!

Fortunately, once equipped, they could be hidden when not in use.

Xu Le took off the wings and offered to lend them to Li Yang—did he want to try flying a couple of laps?

Lend!!!

He couldn't share the wings permanently.

But letting him play with them was fine.

Li Yang shook his head and refused: "No need, just looking is enough."

He knew well that he was just here to leech points, so he had no designs on equipment or skill books.

Besides, he had already decided in his heart to be loyal to Brother Le.

How could he snatch his equipment?

Xu Le asked a few more times, but after being turned down repeatedly, he stopped insisting.

Little Yellow Chicken's Clone flew over carrying the items dropped in the swamp.

They were mostly Materials.

There were over three hundred portions of ordinary scales and plenty of junk equipment. Since the attribute bonuses were negligible, Xu Le put them directly into his larger space bracelet.

There was also a Spell skill book [Scattered Scales], which required one portion of scales for each cast.

Xu Le put it directly into his backpack.

Using poison would lower his style... Examination Center.

Ning Que jumped up the moment he saw the heart of the commander.

heart of the commander.

The rarest material for setting up dungeons.

Every heart of the commander meant a dungeon, which meant endless experience.

As for the skills and equipment produced, they were secondary.

A Rank 60 heart of the commander would produce demon moths with low stats that relied purely on numbers and poison for their combat power.

If one prepared antidotes, wouldn't this be a continuous source of experience points?

Take it!

It must be acquired!

No matter how much it costs, it must be acquired!

Among the others, many were descendants of branch families from the Four Great Families.

Their eyes widened the moment they saw the heart of the commander.

If they could bring back a heart of the commander, even if they didn't get their own page in the family tree, being put in an important position would at least be no problem.

For a moment.

Everyone was rubbing their hands together, thinking about how to get their hands on the heart of the commander.

The names Xu Le and Li Yang became thoroughly famous among the higher-ups of the Ninth District... The next day.

Evening.

Xu Le and Li Yang bypassed the swamp, killing many monsters along the way.

Finally, they arrived at the very center of the examination grounds.

A black pool the size of a football field.

It looked calm on the surface.

But the map on the bracelet was marked with three large characters: "EXTREMELY DANGEROUS."

In the pool was a Rank 40 Demonic Dragon.

Don't be fooled by it being only Rank 40; it was of the Dragon species, one of the top-tier monsters.

It was absolutely not something the Rank 60 Giant Moth Lord could compare to.

It was like comparing an adult ant to an adult elephant; the two were worlds apart.

As long as it could be killed, those participating in the hunt could receive a 2 to 10-fold point bonus based on their contribution.

Clearly, the Examination Center had placed it here to have everyone cooperate in slaying the dragon.

"Brother Le, are you confident?"

Li Yang was a bit nervous; even from twenty meters away from the pool, he could still feel the overwhelming pressure.

This was Dragon Might!

Xu Le shook his head.

Li Yang smiled: "It's fine. We've killed so many monsters along the way. Even without the bonus from this evil dragon, our points should definitely be among the top."

Xu Le didn't respond and looked at the points on his bracelet.

[1,492]

Over six hundred of those points were contributed by the demon moths last night.

Unfortunately, nearly half of the demon moths merged into a lord later; otherwise, the points would have been even higher.

The reason they arrived here so late today was that Xu Le, out of the "goodness of his heart," had taken various detours to clear out all the monsters on the way.

Now, both he and his four contracted beasts had reached Rank 32.

One should know that after reaching Rank 30, one is considered an Intermediate-class professional.

The experience points required for each Rank had increased from 100,000 to 1,000,000.

His attributes had also increased significantly:

[Name] Xu Le

[Class] Contractor

[Rank] 32 (2,900/4,000,000)

[Talent] Innate Divinity

[Strength] 3,205

[Agility] 3,605

[Physique] 3,204

[spirit] 3,210

[Skills] Contract Array, Mind Link, Life Recovery, Conceal Aura, Mental Shock, Earth Spike, Hurricane Howl (Equipment)

[Equipment] space ring, traceless ring, soul of the black bird, demon moth wings

[Items] demon slaying blade (only counts as equipment when held), star robe (insufficient Rank, not equipped), Directional Teleportation Scroll, demonic qi purification talisman, Delicious Biscuits, Tent, etc.