18: Bai Xiaoxiao's Ambition, the Disaster Messenger was killed again

In the Eternal World, on a hillside a few hundred miles outside Yunhai Town.

If one were to look down from above, they would see countless figures moving in an orderly fashion towards the same objective.

And behind these figures, more or less, were several monsters of various forms following closely.

At this moment, at the center point of these moving figures.

Bai Xiaoxiao, clad in a pristine white robe, couldn't help but smile as she looked at the fallen monster before her.

With the help of the Bai family sending people to lure monsters for her.

In less than a day, Bai Xiaoxiao's level successfully reached 25.

Hou Tong, seeing this, also smiled and said.

"Congratulations, Miss, on leveling up again. At this rate, you should reach level 30 by noon tomorrow."

"This speed is already close to that of Young Master Zhao Hao of the Zhao family from two years ago."

Hearing Hou Tong mention Zhao Hao, Bai Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow slightly, then shook her head and said.

"Even with an SSS-grade Talent, I'm still quite a bit slower compared to Brother Zhao Hao."

Hou Tong comforted her: "Miss, don't underestimate yourself. In my experience, at your current speed, you should be the first Professional to complete the first advancement this year."

"Moreover, Young Master Zhao Hao awakened a combat-type Talent and also advanced to a rare Profession, so his leveling speed is naturally a bit faster."

"But if we compare their effectiveness on the battlefield in the later stages, Miss's Holy Priest will definitely not lose to Young Master Zhao Hao."

"However, Miss, you still need to pay attention to that Night Shadow."

Bai Xiaoxiao glanced at Hou Tong.

He certainly knew how to speak.

Unfortunately, subordinates are always subordinates.

They would never understand that for her, who had awakened an SSS-grade Talent, her competitors were never her peers.

The only one she truly considered was probably Zhao Hao, who also possessed an SSS-grade Talent.

As for Night Shadow.

After Bai Shanhe's inquiries, it was confirmed that he did not come from any major power.

Thus, even if his Talent was strong, without the support of vast resources.

He would only be left further and further behind by these favored children of heaven.

Therefore, Bai Xiaoxiao didn't even put him in her eyes.

However, Hou Tong was, after all, a Buff Professional that the family had painstakingly cultivated, so she saw no need to make things difficult for him.

So she changed the subject and asked.

"How are the tokens for the advancement quest coming along?"

Hou Tong: "We've already contacted the Golden Phoenix Legion in Black Sand City, and they've promised that the entire day tomorrow will be reserved for Miss."

Bai Xiaoxiao nodded in satisfaction.

She didn't want to delay her leveling speed because of an advancement quest.

As for whether she would receive the quest to kill the Calamity Herald.

Bai Xiaoxiao didn't care at all.

It was nothing more than spending some money to reset it a few times.

Compared to other advancement quests, an advancement token that could be bought with money was undoubtedly the simplest and fastest.

This amount of money was negligible for the Bai family.

Earlier, that person named Night Shadow had stolen the spotlight that should have belonged to her.

Bai Shanhe even wanted her to try and win him over.

This matter had always bothered Bai Xiaoxiao.

A small part of the reason she worked so hard was to prove to Bai Shanhe that she was indeed this year's number one.

With this thought, Bai Xiaoxiao turned and threw herself into the next battle.

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And just as Bai Xiaoxiao was confidently leveling up.

Ye Xiao, far away in Black Sand City, was also diligently grinding monsters at this time.

Level 30 Corrosive Lightning Rats.

A type of monster with rotting fur all over its body, exceptionally swift in movement and attack speed.

They excelled at using their speed advantage to hide in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

For ordinary Professionals, they weren't necessarily dangerous, just extremely troublesome.

However, they encountered Ye Xiao.

As soon as they poked their heads out, they would instantly be roasted into ashes by a pile of Fireballs.

At this time, Ye Xiao's location was still within Blackwater Canyon.

It was just relatively far from the Calamity Herald's spawn point.

The terrain here was very complex, and the number of monsters that could be found was limited.

He had been grinding here for three hours.

And had only barely reached level 32.

Although the leveling speed was slow.

It had to be said that after the first advancement.

Every level up, the attribute points alone were enough to widen the gap with before the first advancement.

Indeed, the most effective way to improve strength was still leveling up.

It was just that leveling up in the wilderness, even with a high experience bonus, was ridiculously slow.

Most of the time was spent searching for monsters.

At the same time, there was another point.

After each advancement, the experience required for Professionals to level up would significantly increase.

For example, to reach level 33 now, he needed a total of 611,582 experience points.

If it weren't for the high experience bonus.

Relying solely on wild monsters, he wouldn't know when he would ever level up.

He also wondered how people in the past managed to make it through.

Unfortunately, he was truly poor.

Otherwise, he wouldn't mind spending some money to level up in a Secret Realm.

He did have two ways to earn money.

One was to sell the godforged stone.

Then he would naturally have plenty of money to squander.

However, he had to wait until he reached level 90 and could enter the black market in the beginner zone.

The safety of private transactions was too low, and he couldn't guarantee that releasing the news wouldn't attract some big figures.

That wouldn't be fun.

The second method was to open the Miasma Hidden Forest Secret Realm to other Professionals.

Now that he had become the Secret Realm Controller, coupled with Remi's existence.

He could indeed eliminate the miasma within the Secret Realm.

He had also seen many people on the public channel calling for him to open the Secret Realm.

However, Ye Xiao dismissed this method of making money without a second thought.

Not to mention that most Professionals entering a level 20 Secret Realm were also poor, unable to earn much money, and he himself would have to spend a lot to maintain the Secret Realm's energy.

More importantly, he temporarily didn't want anyone to know about Remi's existence as an NPC.

This matter concerned whether he could obtain Skill Stone, and there was no room for error.

Sighing, Ye Xiao casually killed two more monsters that popped out.

Then he picked up the dropped Skill Stone.

He glanced at them.

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【Divinity Speed: Consumes 50 Mana points, temporarily increases your movement speed by 3 points for 30 seconds.】

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Hmm, still the familiar taste.

Very trashy.

The drop rate of Skill Stone in the Eternal World wasn't low, but the probability of dropping good Skill Stone was outrageously low.

Coupled with the limitation of skill slots, it was no wonder that the value of godforged stone was so high.

He learned the Divinity Speed skill he had just picked up.

This was already the thirtieth Divinity Speed skill he had learned.

His usual movement speed, with the increase in level, had only barely reached 10, of which 2 points came from equipment bonuses.

Now, activating the Divinity Speed skill could instantly increase his movement speed by 90.

This way, he could maneuver more calmly in battle.

Even if he encountered some strong individuals who weren't fast, he could still escape in time even if he couldn't beat them.

It was barely adequate.

Moreover, relying on these 30 Divinity Speed skills, Ye Xiao's maximum health officially broke the 100,000 mark, reaching 100,570 points.

He scanned the surroundings again and, seeing no monsters, Ye Xiao immediately calculated the time; the Boss was about to respawn.

So, Ye Xiao turned and walked towards the Secluded Pool deep within the canyon.

A moment later, he returned to the vicinity of the Secluded Pool and once again found a high vantage point.

He prepared to wait for an opportune moment.

At the same time, as the boss was about to respawn, the originally empty Secluded Pool was once again surrounded by Professionals.

Ye Xiao looked over and found that this time, all the Professionals who came were female.

Especially the woman at the forefront of this group of female Professionals, clad in azure armor and wielding a silver longbow.

Coupled with the cold aura emanating from her.

She exuded an indescribable valiant and heroic spirit.

Ye Xiao, realizing this, immediately guessed the identity of these female Professionals — the Golden Phoenix Legion.

They were also the strongest of the three major legions in Black Sand City.

And the woman leading them should be Snow Phoenix, as they called her.

At this moment, Snow Phoenix had already inspected the location where the boss had just died, where there were still many traces of scorched earth from Fireball.

However, just looking at it, there was nothing special.

This made Snow Phoenix frown slightly.

"Who exactly is it?"

At this, a woman behind her stepped forward and said.

"Commander, could it be that Lei Laohu and Kuang Long are deceiving us?"

Snow Phoenix shook her head.

"There were many spectators present at the time; they wouldn't tell such a clumsy lie."

"But this is too bizarre. Could it be some top-tier expert who's bored and just messing with us?"

Snow Phoenix pondered for a moment, then said:

"The Boss is about to respawn. Perhaps it was just an accident."

No sooner had she spoken than the forces of the Black Tiger and Silver Dragon Legions arrived at the Secluded Pool again.

The woman beside her asked: "Commander, should we participate?"

"No need. I only came to confirm, to ensure that we can help the Bai family's first-ranked individual advance as soon as possible tomorrow. Nothing is more important than this right now."

After speaking, Snow Phoenix led her subordinates to retreat a hundred meters away.

Lei Laohu and Kuang Long glanced at each other, saying nothing.

They led their subordinates and began to prepare.

And at this moment, a purple light once again lit up in the Secluded Pool.

Immediately following, a muffled roar echoed.

The people of both legions were all shaken.

The Boss had arrived.

However, just as both sides were on high alert.

In the sky, dozens of scorching Fireballs once again appeared without warning.

This time, the Calamity Herald's body had not even fully revealed itself.

It let out a mournful cry.

Then collapsed with a crash.

The entire process was even faster than the previous time.

It only took about two seconds.

So fast that almost everyone didn't have time to react.

It wasn't until the Calamity Herald completely turned to ashes.

Only then did all the people of the Black Tiger and Silver Dragon Legions recover their senses.

However, they once again gaped, deeply stunned by the scene before them.

And a hundred meters away, Snow Phoenix and her subordinates were also deeply shocked by this terrifying sight for the first time.

"Com... Commander, the boss was really instantly killed!!!"