80: Fishman Album [Benboerba]

Near noon, Xu Shian finally found the corpse of a Merman Priest among a pile of merman corpses.

It was a completely blue, incredibly ugly merman.

Xu Shian hesitated for a moment. Wu Lun was already enough to lower the average appearance... was it really a good idea to get another merman?

But looking at Pigsy and Feng Tiao...

Forget it, how much uglier could it be than those two?

These two brothers with green faces and fangs were also his top generals, weren't they!

Activate talent [return to silence card album].

[Ding, target race detected as Merman, base soul sand grains cost is 2000 points. Target strength detected as common grade level 8, additional cost of 800 soul sand grains. Target has no talent detected; target has learned five skills, additional increase of 500 points; target has no secondary profession or professional skills, no additional cost!]

[Ding, do you confirm the consumption of 3300 soul sand grains to craft 'Merman Priest-Merman' into a 'Subordinate' card?]

"Confirm!"

Ten-plus seconds later, a white card appeared in Xu Shian's hand once again.

[Merman Priest]

[Level: 8]

[HP: 1200]

[Mana: 1400]

[Spell Attack: 140] (Equipment bonus)

[Strength: 60]

[Agility: 45]

[Constitution: 60]

[Spirit: 70]

[Skills]

[Lightning Bolt: Shoots a lightning bolt at the target, dealing 58 natural damage. 2.3 seconds cast time, consumes 5 mana]

[Torrent: Heals a target, restoring 175 HP, and additionally restores 605 HP; instant cast, consumes 10 mana.]

[Healing Wave: Heals a friendly target, restoring 475 HP. The healing wave will bounce between multiple targets, healing up to seven friendly units! 2.8 seconds cast time, consumes 10 mana.]

Seeing the Merman Priest's stats, Xu Shian was delighted, but after reading its full description, he felt a bit uneasy.

Xu Shian was quite satisfied with the skill effects of this Merman Priest.

But he didn't expect this type of monster-class demi-human race to be even more useless than he imagined!

The merman only knows five skills in total, three active and two passive. Additionally, it only has four active skill slots and two passive skill slots.

There are no professional skill slots...

The problem is, even if it had professional skill slots, Xu Shian couldn't think of where it could go to learn skills...

Could he take it to the Novice Village to learn? Are you kidding?

Therefore, although their current stats look okay, their development prospects are limited, extremely limited!

Don't look at how the Merman Priest is much stronger than Wu Lun right now; in terms of future development, it definitely won't be as good as Wu Lun.

This also made Xu Shian realize that monsters can only serve as a transition; if you want to be powerful, you have to find players or NPCs from the major races in "Ten Thousand Worlds"!

Furthermore, this merman only had one piece of equipment on its body, the [Priest Staff]!

Don't look at the high-sounding name; it only increases spell attack by ten points and spirit by 1 point.

Everything else, from head to toe, was completely empty!

Very well, so it doesn't wear a single piece of clothing, right?

However, thinking about how they go for a swim whenever they have nothing to do, it seems they really can't wear clothes...

But since it's tagging along with him, he definitely can't let it be so indulgent in the future!

Its situation is even worse than Wu Lun's was; at least Wu Lun had a novice four-piece set!

Consequently, Xu Shian's interest in goblins waned a bit!

He casually changed the Merman Priest's name to [Ben Boer Ba].

This thing probably won't be able to grow into a Heavenly Realm Great Demon capable of capturing the Tang Monk and his disciples alone.

But the two of them are equally ugly...

With this appearance, he couldn't call it [Doria], right?

He'll save that name for when he's lucky enough to catch a Mermaid Princess in the future...

Hmm! It has to be a Mermaid; Mermen won't do, and Nagas won't do either...

The actual situation of [Ben Boer Ba] poured a bucket of cold water on the recently inflated Xu Shian!

Since it's so useless, it can only be used as a transitional healer.

Of course, saying [Ben Boer Ba] is useless is actually a bit unfair to it!

Its biggest problem is that it doesn't have much spell power; if he equips it with more gear, its strength will naturally improve.

You have to know, magic skills are the skill's base effect plus spell power bonuses...

In other words, [Ben Boer Ba] belongs to the extreme stat allocation type; its Lightning Bolt should be 58+140, dealing a total of 198 spell damage!

Healing works on the same principle.

Lightning Bolt has to account for the enemy's magic defense, but healing allies doesn't have any defense issues...

Xu Shian had long prepared magic-type equipment before setting off.

After all, today he was already intending to go experience the Dungeon's difficulty and grab a lackey to use as a beast of burden while he was at it!

How could he not have any preparation at all...

So, he swapped the entire set of magic gear onto [Ben Boer Ba], and it immediately upgraded its equipment significantly.

Except for rings, necklaces, and accessories which were really impossible to buy, it got clothes, a hat, pants, and shoes—not a single piece missing.

He immediately boosted its Constitution from 60 to 75 and Spirit from 70 to 90 points.

Physical defense increased by 28 points, and spell defense increased by 22 points.

Looking at the fully armed [Ben Boer Ba], Xu Shian could only sigh that even if you dress it in a dragon robe, it still doesn't look like a crown prince!

Immediately, he led his army and charged back toward the Dungeon area...

When Xu Shian arrived at the Dungeon entrance, it was still quiet and deserted.

Although the current level leaderboard is crowded with people, that is the global level leaderboard...

When it comes down to Novice Village No. 12315, although they have gathered a team capable of clearing the Dungeon.

But the thoughts of those few people were clearly to utilize the value of the grenades to the extreme...

Xu Shian could also understand this behavior, and that was fine too.

Now everyone has formed a tacit understanding; Xu Shian can leave the team at any time to do his own things, but can return at any time to enjoy the benefits of fast monster killing and accumulating experience points...

In the team, there will always be a spot reserved for him!

The edge of the forest where the Dungeon is located is the Goblin Forest.

Of course, there aren't many goblins outside; the main force of goblins is all inside the Dungeon.

The Dungeon is still very easy to identify!

A blue vortex was flowing regularly before his eyes.

He could even cast Detection on it and get feedback...

[Dungeon: Goblins Nest (Level: 5-8)]

Seeing this information, Xu Shian was a bit puzzled.

Level 5-8? Does it mean level 9s aren't allowed in?

If he couldn't figure it out, he wouldn't think about it for now; he would go in and see for himself.

Just as he wanted to enter, a prompt popped up: [Please select the Dungeon difficulty!]

[common grade] [Elite Grade] [Hell Grade]

Xu Shian directly chose the common grade difficulty, deciding to go in and test the waters!

With one step, the world changed!

This was a woodland area very similar to the Goblin Forest from before, but looking closely, it seemed like they had gone deep into the interior of the forest...

Xu Shian hadn't walked two steps before he actually discovered herbs inside the Dungeon!

He went straight over and picked them!

After walking three or four hundred meters forward, he finally saw the first batch of goblins.

This was a five-man squad!

Two warriors, two spellcasters paired with a Goblin Hunter... this hunter even had a dog on a leash...

[Goblin Warrior] [Level: 6] [HP: 1800] [Physical Attack: 210] [Strength: 70] [Agility: 40] [Constitution: 60] [Spirit: 30] [Physical Defense: 20+40] [Magic Defense: 20+40] [Skills: ...]

Damn... is this even possible?

He detected all the other goblins in the squad.

The total stats of the level 6 goblins were basically all 200 points, and their HP and attack were also based on a triple bonus...

The difference was that the warriors focused on Strength and Constitution.

The spellcasters focused on Constitution and Spirit, while the hunters focused on Strength and Agility!

But there was one common characteristic: the sum of their attributes was 200 points.

These Dungeon monsters are much stronger than the ones outside!