22: Chapter 22 The King of Sludge Catfish, Elite BOSS

While hunting fierce beasts, Tang Mo was actively exploring this skill.

Transforming into an element to fly was just one of the many abilities he had tested out.

Just as Tang Mo was fully elementalized and about to fly over the quagmire, a stream of mud suddenly shot out from the swamp toward him.

After the mud passed through Tang Mo's elementalized body, it didn't cause him any harm.

"It's just an ordinary magic skill; it can't damage my Elemental Body."

Even so, Tang Mo still felt a surge of alarm.

He had been so focused on crossing the quagmire that he forgot there should be dungeon monsters here.

Tang Mo cast his Scouting Technique on the quagmire but received no information.

"Is it hiding in the mud?"

"Do you think I have no way to deal with you like this?"

"Poison Rain!!"

As Tang Mo's voice fell, dark green clouds quickly filled the entire room.

Soon, black rain poured down, landing on the quagmire.

Before long, the entire quagmire was dyed black.

After being contaminated by the Poison Rain, the quagmire began to churn violently.

Shortly after, a giant catfish over ten meters long suddenly leapt out of the mud.

In mid-air, the giant catfish swept its massive tail directly toward Tang Mo.

It all happened in an instant; Tang Mo didn't even have time to react before being struck by the tail.

However, physical attacks were still ineffective against Tang Mo, who had mastered Elementalization.

Tang Mo finally saw the monster's information.

[Muck Catfish King (Elite Boss)]

[Level: 18]

[Strength: 12200]

[Agility: 9830]

[Spirit: 8720]

[Endurance: 253000]

[Skills: Mud Spray (Lv18), Earth-Shattering Strike (Lv18), Muddy Vortex (Lv18), Summon (Lv18), Corrosive Quagmire (Lv18)]

"An Elite Boss?"

This was the first time Tang Mo had encountered one, although he had seen descriptions online.

But after truly seeing a real Elite Boss, he couldn't help but be shocked by its exaggerated attributes.

Its Strength attribute directly exceeded ten thousand, and its Endurance reached an exaggerated 250,000+.

"If an Elite Boss is already this strong, how insane must the final boss of the dungeon be!"

After the Muck Catfish King missed its strike, its heavy body began to fall back into the quagmire.

Just as Tang Mo thought it would return to the mud, the Muck Catfish King strangely floated in the air.

Its two fins kept flapping up and down, and the resulting airflow actually held up that massive body.

The small fins formed a sharp contrast with the Muck Catfish King's enormous body.

Tang Mo couldn't help but mock, "Are you kidding me?! Your fins are so small! How can you even fly?!"

However, Tang Mo was answered with a Mud Spray.

The surging mud pierced through Tang Mo's body like a water pillar.

But it still couldn't cause any damage to Tang Mo.

With a wave of his hand, sixteen Venomous Arrows shot directly at the Muck Catfish King.

The Muck Catfish King's body was covered in mucus, but it couldn't defend against the damage from the Venomous Arrows.

As long as the level didn't exceed Tang Mo's by more than five, the Venomous Arrows would have a corrosive effect on the target.

And the Muck Catfish King's level happened to be within the corrosive range of the Venomous Arrows.

The Venomous Arrows instantly corroded the layer of mucous membrane on the Muck Catfish King and began to penetrate its body.

The intense pain caused the Muck Catfish King to shake its body continuously, hoping to shake off the poison.

But how could poison that had already contaminated it be shaken off so easily?

Coupled with the fact that it had already been poisoned by Tang Mo while in the quagmire,

After being hit by the Venomous Arrows again, the Muck Catfish King's poison stacks quickly reached 18.

Tang Mo's poison could stack continuously; each stack dealt over 20,000 damage per second. Eighteen stacks of poison were enough to send it to the afterlife.

The poor Elite Boss, the Muck Catfish King, looked cool for less than three seconds before dying with grievances, not even having time to display all its skills.

[Killed Lv18 Muck Catfish King, Experience +31234, Poison Damage +2, Endurance +0.01]

[Obtained Beginner Skill Manual *1]

"A skill secret tome!!"

The moment he heard those words, Tang Mo's heart skipped a beat.

"Isn't this reward a bit too good?"

Tang Mo could hardly suppress the joy in his heart.

But he also understood that this was a purgatory difficulty dungeon!

Looking at the attributes of this Elite Boss, dropping a Beginner Skill Manual seemed reasonable.

Since Tang Mo had already learned two skills after Level 10, this Beginner Skill Manual could only be used when he reached Level 20.

Or he could sell it and save money to buy an intermediate or advanced skill secret tome—that wasn't impossible either.

Naturally, the higher the quality of a skill, the better.

Although the advantages and disadvantages weren't obvious in the early stages, as the level increased, the higher the quality of the skill, the greater its power.

Some skills could even evolve or advance, transforming into skills completely different from before.

Generally speaking, Common Grade skills can evolve once, while Rare Grade skills can evolve twice and advance once.

Legendary Grade skills can evolve three times and advance twice.

As for Epic Grade, legends say they can evolve four times and advance three times.

Because Epic Grade skills are so rare that ordinary people hardly ever see them,

Everyone's understanding of Epic Grade skills remains only in legends.

As for God-level Skills, there are no rumors regarding their evolution or advancement.

It's simple: because no one knows that God-level Skills even exist—except for Tang Mo, of course.

However, the evolution and advancement of skills require expensive materials and money, which ordinary Professionals can hardly afford.

This is also why newly awakened Professionals are so desperate to get into a Professional University.

In a Professional University, there are not only Professional mentors to guide your leveling but also materials for skill evolution and advancement provided to students.

With such a place, who wouldn't want to go?

You should know that once a Professional's skill completes its evolution and advancement, their combat power will naturally be on a completely different level.

Everyone hopes for the highest possible quality for their skills, and Tang Mo was no exception.

Although he already had four God-level Skills, who would complain about having a few more powerful ones?

However, this information was only briefly mentioned in high school textbooks.

As for exactly how to do it and what materials are needed for skill evolution and advancement, Tang Mo didn't know either.

Tang Mo had also searched for relevant information online, but the answers were very unsatisfying.

It could be said that opinions were divided, and everyone had something different to say.

As for what was true or false, no one could guarantee.

The high school teachers advised the students to work hard on leveling up and not to worry about the issues of skill evolution and advancement for now.