39: Gate of Calamity

For the rest of the day, Gu Qinghan barely left this area.

The frequency of monsters spewing from the gate of calamity grew higher and higher, and Gu Qinghan had to keep all his skeletons guarding the entrance to deal with them as quickly as possible.

At the same time, through continuous practice, Gu Qinghan's accuracy with Bone Spikes also greatly improved.

His Bone Spike Technique wasn't like an Arcane Orb, which dealt widespread damage, but its single-point penetration ability was much stronger.

He tried shooting a Bone Spike into the ground, and more than half of the entire Bone Spike sank into the earth.

This power was already comparable to the previous hot weapons!

However, just as Gu Qinghan was feeling troubled about the gate of calamity at his doorstep, the gate of calamity suddenly emitted an unusual fluctuation.

Gu Qinghan looked and found that the monsters appearing this time were a bit different from before.

This was a smaller Treant, but as soon as it appeared, it used many vines to wrap around the two nearest skeletons.

Fortunately, Gu Qinghan had many skeletons, and they quickly went up and dealt with this monster.

Gu Qinghan raised an eyebrow, jumped downstairs, and waited for a while.

It wasn't until the second new Treant appeared that Gu Qinghan saw its attributes.

【Torment Treant: Level 8】

【Combat Power: 140】

【Description: A Treant that can use natural power, capable of long-range vine attacks.】

Gu Qinghan narrowed his eyes slightly; the appearing monsters were getting stronger and stronger.

However, fortunately, it seemed that monsters of similar levels also provided him with more Necromantic Energy.

After a day of combat, his next soul fire was almost lit!

Moreover, after killing this Treant, which clearly resembled a mage, a blue fruit dropped.

Gu Qinghan had a faint suspicion that this item might have a similar effect to the previous fruits.

He picked it up and saw, indeed:

【Magic Fruit: Permanently increases maximum mana by 1-10 points based on one's profession, with a maximum of 10 fruits per person.】

Gu Qinghan didn't say a word and directly threw it into his mouth.

A mint-like taste instantly made him open his eyes wide, and he felt much more awake.

At the same time, Gu Qinghan also found that his mana had actually increased by 10 points!

"Finally!"

Gu Qinghan's mouth was about to split into a smile; it seemed his professional strength indeed lay in spells.

He rubbed his hands and climbed to the second floor, waiting for the appearance of the next Torment Treants.

Unfortunately, the frequency of Torment Treants appearing was not high, and the probability of them dropping Magic Fruits was also much lower.

Gu Qinghan's necromantic space now had a large pile of qi and blood fruits, but he hadn't even reached the upper limit for Magic Fruits.

However, he wasn't in a hurry; by evening, his mana had finally also reached its maximum value.

A full 100 points of extra mana!

Currently, Gu Qinghan's vitality was only 30 points, but his mana was 260 points!

If he added the 50 points from the ring of contemplation, he could now directly unleash 31 Bone Spikes consecutively.

He was practically a humanoid walking submachine gun!

Gu Qinghan's expression showed slight joy, and just then, Chen Yuting pushed the door open and walked in.

"Gu Qinghan, I'm already level 5! I gained a new skill called Enhance!"

Gu Qinghan turned to look at her; in just one day, Chen Yuting had already leveled up to 5.

Enhance skill? What did that mean?

Seeing Gu Qinghan's puzzled gaze, Chen Yuting smiled and said:

"The effect of this skill is roughly that it can enhance a certain special attribute of an equipment item to a certain extent, but I haven't encountered one yet."

Gu Qinghan nodded, suddenly remembering that his apprentice staff had a special effect entry, didn't it?

【apprentice staff: Level 5】

【Combat Power Increase: 10】

【Special Effect: Death Rattle Summon skill maximum summon quantity +2】

He immediately handed over the apprentice staff he held, then tried to say:

"Do you think this works?"

Chen Yuting took the apprentice staff, nodded a few seconds later, but then showed a troubled expression:

"It can work, but it requires quite a lot of materials, 500 ordinary materials."

Gu Qinghan looked into his necromantic space; the number of small bones provided by zombies alone was still a bit short.

However, if the materials provided by those Treants were also counted, it would be just enough.

Gu Qinghan immediately took out all these materials and let Chen Yuting use her skill.

"There's a chance it might fail, and then these materials will be wasted, so be prepared, okay?"

Chen Yuting glanced at Gu Qinghan and said somewhat weakly.

Gu Qinghan nodded, but his tightly pursed lips still betrayed some of his tension.

All the recent materials had been used up; if this failed, Gu Qinghan might have to wait until the gate of calamity disappeared before going out to collect more.

Chen Yuting took a deep breath; she was wearing rabbit pajamas at this moment and placed her hands over the apprentice staff.

Then, Gu Qinghan saw that the ordinary materials on the ground slowly transformed into streams of light, flowing into the staff.

After a while, Chen Yuting opened her eyes and sighed softly.

"Failed?"

Gu Qinghan looked at her expression, immediately feeling a bit disappointed.

Chen Yuting glanced at him, then suddenly burst out laughing:

"Hahaha, it succeeded! Look how scared you were!"

Gu Qinghan resisted the urge to give this little girl a good beating; she had been quite cheeky lately.

However, he still quickly checked his apprentice staff.

【apprentice staff: Level 5】

【Combat Power Increase: 10】

【Special Effect: Death Rattle Summon skill maximum summon quantity +4】

The summon quantity changed from +2 to +4!

Gu Qinghan only felt that happiness came too suddenly; each of his skeletons possessed a powerful combat strength of over 100 points.

Moreover, after he transformed them into Berserker Skeletons, their strength could also increase with their level.

He had thought Chen Yuting could be helpful to him, but he hadn't expected the help to be this significant!

"That's great!"

Gu Qinghan casually summoned the two extra skeletons, and they immediately appeared with weapons and shields in their hands.

This was a new use of the necromantic space that Gu Qinghan had discovered:

Summoning skeletons directly into the necromantic space, completing their transformation and equipment, and then having them appear by his side.

However, Gu Qinghan's materials were insufficient, and currently, only two skeletons were wearing training armor.

There was no other way; if Chen Yuting wanted to level up, she had to be fed with massive amounts of materials.

Gu Qinghan gave her over a thousand materials, and in the end, there were only three finished products, with one becoming her bodyguard.

Chen Yuting looked at Gu Qinghan's expression and immediately became happy too.

She and Gu Qinghan were a community of interest; as Gu Qinghan's strength grew, her safety would also be better guaranteed.

"Tonight, I want to eat an extra portion of fruit, honeydew melon and bananas!"

Gu Qinghan had previously raided a large fruit store in Area C, which had every kind of fruit imaginable, most of which were still very fresh.

Today, she had made a contribution, so she also made a small request.

"Okay, eat as much as you want today!"

Gu Qinghan was also very happy; he turned around and found another Magic Fruit had dropped downstairs.

He directly put it into his necromantic space, then took it out and handed it to Chen Yuting, smiling:

"Let's see how many points you can increase this time. My luck was pretty good, 10 points."

Chen Yuting nodded and ate the Magic Fruit without hesitation.

Two seconds later, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and said in surprise:

"Wow, I also got 10 points! That's great!"

"Hmm, actually, eating too much fruit can make you fat, so just one extra portion today is enough."

Gu Qinghan turned around to look at the sky, trying to hold back his tears.