20: Chapter 20: Second Job Advancement Direction, Clues to Job Change!

Jiang Feng looked down at the pile of loot in his backpack, glowing with various spiritual lights, and couldn't help but smack his lips. Deep in his eyes, there was an irrepressible sense of surprise and joy.

A full 3,125 points of Luck was simply ridiculous—this was 300 times the base drop rate of a Level 1 player. Even compared to an ordinary Level 10 player, it was a massive, crushing difference.

As long as he could continue plundering large amounts of attribute points, Jiang Feng's drop rate would skyrocket further, and his various abilities would reach terrifying levels. His future potential was immeasurable.

Aside from the five Legendary and Epic items he could actually equip, the rest of the loot was also top-tier stuff.

Two Level 15 Priest robes and three longbows and leather armor sets radiating a murderous aura.

"In this early game stage where even Blue gear is treated like a family heirloom, if I threw these out, the guild leaders would probably flip their tables on the spot."

Jiang Feng skillfully swiped open the "Demon Realm" cross-server trading platform, set up an anonymous stall, and dumped the five pieces of "trash" he couldn't use onto it.

Price: 4.2 million gold coins.

This figure was enough to buy a detached villa with a swimming pool in the city center of the real world.

As soon as he clicked confirm, his private message box immediately displayed [99+], looking almost like a live stream chat.

[Private Message: Brother! Name a price for that purple longbow. I want to pay in real-world currency; I'll definitely make it worth your while!]

[Private Message: I'm from the Dragon-Tiger Guild. Let's be friends. Take this down, and we can discuss it in detail offline.]

Jiang Feng didn't even acknowledge them and simply blocked everyone with one click.

There were too many people making empty promises; he only cared about cold, hard cash.

Just as he was about to close the interface, a private message from an ID called "Yan Yuyao" popped up.

"I'll take everything, 4.2 million, no bargaining. Also, I'd like to secure all your future high-level equipment drops long-term. A 1-million-gold deposit has already been transferred to the platform's escrow account; you can withdraw it at any time. As long as you have the goods, I'm willing to pay double the market price."

Jiang Feng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yan Yuyao"? That name sounded a bit familiar.

He remembered now—the strategic operations officer of "Yaoguang," a top-tier club in Magic City, known in the industry as the "Midas Touch."

Jiang Feng was indeed a bit curious about this woman, so he typed a reply: "Double the market price? You're doing business at a loss?"

The other party replied instantly, clearly staring at the screen: "This isn't called a loss; it's called 'making a friend.' Not long after the server-wide announcement, the exclusive drops of the Level 15 Lord Sein appeared here. This shows you definitely have something special. During the early game, your 'production capacity' is something we value highly."

Jiang Feng smiled; talking to smart people was effortless.

Simply put, each had what the other needed.

Jiang Feng wanted money, while the other party was interested in high-quality equipment.

"Alright, I'll contact you when I have more goods."

The other party was also very decisive: "Deal. Also, in my capacity as Yaoguang's operations officer, you can reach out if you need anything in the future. Pleasure doing business with you."

[Ding! Transaction successful!]

[Your account has received: 4.2 million gold coins!]

[Your account has received Yan Yuyao's pre-paid deposit: 1 million gold coins!]

[Account Balance: 6.7 million (Gold)]

...

Looking at the string of numbers that would take an average person several lifetimes to earn, Jiang Feng brushed the dust off his clothes. However, he was thinking—he had made so much money with zero capital; if he wanted to use it to improve his family's life, how would his parents see him? And what excuse should he use to brush them off?

Should he say he won the grand prize in the lottery?

Afterwards...

With a thought from Jiang Feng, the hidden trait of the [Ancient War Titan] was instantly triggered.

The pink light and purple mist that originally enveloped his body vanished instantly without a trace.

In the eyes of outsiders, he was still that "mediocre" Mage holding a worn-out wooden staff and wearing novice cloth armor.

But he knew clearly that in the outskirts of the real world, countless powerful demonic beasts and even more terrifying alien races had already entrenched themselves.

These fearsome forces had already been lurking and developing on Earth for sixty years.

If he couldn't keep getting stronger, Jiang Feng had a premonition that one day, he would be completely devoured by these evil existences.

Jiang Feng wasn't in a hurry to leave the dungeon. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the blood-red scorched earth and opened the class advancement tree.

In "Demon Realm," there were corresponding planar advancements at Level 30, Level 70, and Level 120.

But when his gaze swept toward the second class advancement node (Level 30), he was completely stunned.

What should have been a branching path showing various cool classes was now a void of pitch black.

[Class: Ancient War Titan]

[Second Advancement Requirement: Lv30]

[Advancement Direction: ???]

[Unique Clue: Search for the lost 'pangus spinal cord'.]

...

Jiang Feng's brow furrowed slightly, a hint of contemplation passing through his eyes, but in an instant, he felt relieved, and a faint smile even tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"I have to say, hidden classes truly live up to their reputation," he whispered softly, his tone filled with understanding. "Conventional class progression has long since failed to keep up with my pace."

For an ordinary class, changing classes was a perfectly normal affair—one just needed to find a second-advancement mentor of the corresponding level, take a class change quest, and successfully complete the challenge. Many conditions for the next class change would even be displayed at the second-advancement node.

But hidden classes were completely different; the class change quests they required were more than ten times harder than conventional ones.

Complaints about the difficulty of changing hidden classes could be seen everywhere on the forums. Many players, even after reaching Level 30, were unable to complete their class change quests for a long time due to insufficient strength.

Some players even struggled until Level 33 or 34 before barely completing the challenge. Others, relying on the potential bonuses of their hidden classes, stubbornly waited until Level 40 or 50 before finally succeeding.

Not to mention his Ancient-grade hidden class, which was already several times stronger—if not more—than an ordinary War Titan. Describing its class change difficulty as "hair-raising" would not be an exaggeration.

A flash of excitement crossed Jiang Feng's eyes, and he said with certainty, "Interesting. The harder it is, the more it proves just how high this class's ceiling is."

Then, he looked around.

The ashes from Sein's five-meter-tall skeleton hadn't even cooled yet. He sat cross-legged in the center of this blood-red scorched earth and casually spat out a blade of grass from his mouth.

He glanced at the time in the top-left corner of the system: 15:15 PM.

"I can't go out now." Jiang Feng gave a bright smile. "If this dungeon is cleared in such a short time, it will definitely attract attention. If I get targeted by that General Li, my hidden identity will be completely exposed."

Since he was going to lay low, he had to do it professionally.

Since he had nothing else to do, Jiang Feng opened the system forum, planning to see how intense the competition among top players had become.

It would be even better if he could find some clues related to his second class change.

Just as he entered the forum's home page, a pinned post with bold gold lettering and over 700,000 replies slammed into his field of vision: