10: Easy upgrade!

Song Ming had just stepped into the Contaminated Land.

Within twenty meters to his front-right,

a Corrupted Corpse Demon, covered in pus and with bulging eyeballs, appeared.

Song Ming first cast an Appraisal Technique.

The basic information of the Corrupted Corpse Demon immediately appeared before his eyes.

【Corrupted Corpse Demon】

【HP: 7000】

【Rank: 10】

【Strength: 64】

【Agility: 54】

【Spirit: 20】

【Physique: 120】

【Defense: 119】

【Skills: Corrupted Regeneration, Corpse Poison】

The monster strength in the Contaminated Land was indeed much higher than in the novice dungeons.

Even a random small monster was Rank 10.

And its Physique and Defense were not low.

More importantly,

the Corrupted Corpse Demon possessed the Corrupted Regeneration skill.

Meaning,

if its entire body couldn't be completely pulverized,

it would slowly regenerate.

It was like an unkillable cockroach.

Quite troublesome.

But that was for others.

Song Ming's two damage-dealing skills would each deal at least tens of thousands of damage.

In comparison,

this Corrupted Corpse Demon couldn't even fill a gap between his teeth.

Before the Corrupted Corpse Demon could charge at him,

Song Ming cast a Petrification Aura.

The Corrupted Corpse Demon was instantly frozen in place.

Damage numbers continuously popped up above its head.

- 5621

- 7425

- 8651

With the Petrification Aura skill dealing 9900 points of damage per second,

the Corrupted Corpse Demon's meager defense was no different from paper!

It couldn't even last two seconds and directly turned into a pile of shattered pieces.

【Killed Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon, gained Experience +300】

This Corrupted Corpse Demon was not a dungeon boss after all.

It was normal for the experience to be a bit low.

However, the Contaminated Land had no shortage of these Corrupted Corpse Demons.

There were also higher-Ranked Evil Demons.

With the advantage of Rank and numbers, the experience would definitely not be low.

At the same time,

his Merit Points were also displayed on the Demon Hunter's Medal.

One point!

“A Corrupted Corpse Demon is only worth one Merit Point? It seems to become number one on the leaderboard, I'll have to kill at least 130 such monsters!”

Song Ming mused.

It seemed that Jiang Rong wasn't that impressive either.

She had only killed 130 Corrupted Corpse Demons.

To more efficiently kill the Evil Demons in the Contaminated Land,

Song Ming directly used his area-of-effect damage skill.

Demon Flame Aura.

As long as they were within three hundred meters of him, whether Corrupted Corpse Demons or other monsters,

they could not escape the fate of death.

Moreover, he didn't have to worry about Professionals close to him being accidentally injured.

Only those he judged as enemies would take damage from this skill.

Song Ming glanced around.

He could vaguely see a few Corrupted Corpse Demons attracted by his living Aura,

charging towards him.

Demon Flame Aura!

A circle of black and red Aura rippled out from Song Ming's body.

And under the shroud of the black and red Aura,

the Corrupted Corpse Demons hadn't even understood what was happening.

They spontaneously combusted without wind.

Instantly turning into a pile of ash!

【Killed Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon, gained Experience +350】

【Killed Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon, gained Experience +320】

【Killed Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon, gained Experience +330】

......

【Your Rank has increased to Rank 7!】

A large number of experience notifications flooded Song Ming's vision.

At the same time,

it also successfully brought him to Rank 7.

After checking his direction,

Song Ming walked towards the depths of the Contaminated Land.

Grinding as he walked.

By the time he reached the Demon City Dungeon, he should have just reached Rank 10.

......

Not far from Song Ming.

A warrior with a full beard held a greatsword and a shield, looking nervously ahead.

Behind him,

were two delicate young women.

One was an archer, the other a healer.

After a short while,

a young man with a buzz cut ran towards them desperately.

“Boss, the situation is tricky, run!”

As soon as he finished speaking,

at least a dozen Evil Demons rushed out of the distant mist.

Their red eyes stared fixedly at the buzz-cut youth in front.

Among them were Rank 13 monsters.

The Rank 11 warrior, who was called Boss, nearly dropped his greatsword at the sight.

“Damn it, you brought so many monsters, are you trying to get me killed faster?!”

The two young women behind him also turned pale and trembled.

Their small team usually had to put in a lot of effort to kill a single Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon.

Now this.

A dozen of them came directly.

The bearded man felt like killing someone.

“Damn it, you idiot teammate, you're going to get me killed!”

“You guys go first, I'll hold them off here to buy some time!”

He knew.

If he didn't stay,

their entire team would die here.

It was better for him to stay and delay for a while.

That way, they might still survive.

“Boss, I...”

The buzz-cut youth was full of guilt.

However, before they could make any move,

a black and red Aura swept over their heads.

The Evil Demons, who were originally aggressively chasing them,

instantly burst into flames the moment they touched the black and red Aura.

Each one let out a tragic shriek.

In a short while, they all turned into a puff of ash.

Seeing this, everyone stood frozen in place.

Their faces all wore expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

“Xiao Liu, did you do that?”

“Boss, no... it wasn't me!”

“Then who the hell did it? Who the hell is so powerful, instantly killing a group of Evil Demons?!”

“......”

【Killed Rank 10 Corrupted Corpse Demon, gained Experience +340】

【Killed Rank 12 Spiked Bone Demon, gained Experience +510】

【Killed Rank 13 Spiked Bone Demon, gained Experience +690】

......

【Your Rank has increased to Rank 8!】

“Haha, this is the right kind of leveling speed!”

Song Ming strolled along.

And harvested a continuous stream of experience points.

He couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Speaking of which.

This used to be a scenic spot.

It was just contaminated by the Aura emanating from the Abyss Gate, eventually turning into this ghostly place.

Song Ming also relived the mindset of those tourists back then.

Leveling up while playing.

Moreover, the Merit Value displayed on the Demon Hunter's Medal had reached 67 points.

Directly placing him second on the Merit Leaderboard.

During this time,

he had killed at least over 40 Corrupted Corpse Demons.

And a dozen Spiked Bone Demons.

He estimated that after casting his skills a few more times, his Merit Value would exceed a hundred!

Surpassing the first place would be easy, with no pressure at all!

As he passed by the buzz-cut youth, Song Ming even cast an approving look at him.

If it weren't for this kid drawing so many monsters,

he might not have reached Rank 8 so quickly.

Xiao Liu also glanced at Song Ming.

Then he said with some uncertainty: “Boss, could it have been him?”

“An Rank 8 support instantly killing a group of Rank 10 to Rank 13 Evil Demons, I've never seen or even heard of such a thing in my life!”

“Boss, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist!”

“Damn it, you're so clever, always arguing!” The bearded man said grumpily.

“Handsome expert, my name is Liu Xinyue, I'm also a support Professional, let's exchange support experiences privately sometime!” The healer in the team shouted at Song Ming.

“Pfft, shameless, handsome expert, don't listen to her.”

“My name is Lin Yiyi, I'm an archer, if you're short on people, I can call... no, you can call me!”

The other young woman also quickly said.

Song Ming smiled politely, declining their invitation.

Hmph.

Wanting to leech off his experience.

No way!