199: Heading to the Warcraft Mountains
After handily dealing with the foreign mercenaries, Song Ming headed towards his next target.
At the same time.
The tall Abyss Gate completely transformed into specks of starlight and vanished.
The Golem Instance also ceased to exist.
Then, the black iron demon hunting token at his waist floated in mid-air, emitting a faint black light.
It seemed to be recording something.
Song Ming knew that this token was recording his act of destroying the Abyss Gate.
Next, it should be calculating his merits.
Sure enough, after a moment.
The demon hunting token finished recording.
The Roman numeral on the front completely changed from four to three.
His Rank officially advanced from the lowest Black Iron Rank Four to Black Iron Rank Three.
Song Ming then picked up the token and glanced at the back.
He was immediately surprised.
Because before, his merits were only forty thousand points, but after destroying the Abyss Gate here.
His merits had unexpectedly surged to one hundred and fifty thousand points.
In other words, by destroying an Abyss Gate.
He directly gained one hundred and ten thousand merit points.
Song Ming recalled the tasks he had seen at the mission center earlier.
Destroying an Abyss Gate was clearly only supposed to reward ten thousand merit points.
However, he soon understood.
This reward was issued by the academy, which meant that in the Black Land, destroying a Level 100 Abyss Gate.
The official reward should be one hundred thousand merit points.
Song Ming did not dwell too much on the merits; his next target was the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
The number of Demonic beast race within it was very large.
Compared to the Devilkin tribes, the experience he could harvest was also considerably higher.
So Song Ming unhesitatingly headed in the direction of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
At the same time, he took a look at the attributes of the new golden equipment he had obtained.
【Crown of Thorns】
【Category: Accessory】
【Rank: 130】
【Restricted Profession: Spellcaster】
【Bonus: Spirit +3300, Mana Regeneration +1000 points/s, Spell Critical Hit +20%】
【Special Effect: Within 24 hours, directly remove the cooldown of any one skill once, without consuming additional mana.】
Song Ming looked at the effect of the Crown of Thorns, his face showing no particular expression.
The attributes of this equipment were quite suitable for him.
It just had a Rank restriction; he could only equip it after he reached Rank 130.
Additionally, the special effect of this equipment was somewhat useless to him.
After all, the cooldowns of most of his skills were almost very short.
For him, a direct cooldown reset for a skill, allowing for consecutive casts, was even less useful.
Because his skills would instantly kill upon use.
There was no need to cast them a second time.
Song Ming then turned his attention to the abyssal crystal.
After all, abyssal crystal was on the list of Materials God Yi had given him.
Only now did he realize that abyssal crystal could only be obtained by destroying an Abyss Gate.
Moreover, it wasn't just God Yi who needed this item.
Song Ming also needed this item.
The Materials for forging the suppression prison magic sword included abyssal crystal.
Although he only needed to repair it and wouldn't use that much.
The more, the better.
The main body of the suppression prison magic sword was too severely damaged; Song Ming feared it would require a lot of Materials to repair.
Fortunately, these Materials could be obtained in the Black Land.
There was no need to deliberately collect them.
Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to kill enough monsters.
Now that the Golem Instance had disappeared, Song Ming was unsure where the next dungeon was.
The Demonic Beast Mountain Range was quite vast.
It harbored a large number of Demonic beast race.
It was an excellent place for him to farm monsters and earn merits.
Along the way, Song Ming encountered many Black Mud Monsters and stone gargoyles.
All of them were instantly killed by him, turning into experience.
Soon, he arrived near the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
Not far from the entrance to the mountain range, a group of Professionals had also gathered.
They had temporarily set up a safe zone for passing Professionals to rest.
At the same time, it was also a place for various lone Professionals to form teams.
From time to time, teams eagerly shouted, inviting experienced Professionals to join their Ranks.
“Sincerely inviting Warrior Professionals above Rank 120, preference given to those with rich beast-hunting experience.”
“I’ve discovered a Black Wind Tiger habitat; interested parties can join my team. After success, spoils will be distributed according to contribution.”
“Missing a Healer above Rank 100, interested parties hop on board quickly, no waiting for latecomers.”
“A Secret Realm in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range is suspected to be emerging; anyone interested in exploring a Secret Realm?”
Song Ming listened to the shouts of these people, initially not paying much attention.
He was originally going to enter the Demonic Beast Mountain Range alone to hunt Demonic Beast monsters, so it was naturally impossible for him to team up with others.
However, when he heard someone mention discovering a Secret Realm.
He immediately stopped.
The environment within the Black Land was very unique.
That’s why it formed extremely unique races and resources.
This Secret Realm was one of them.
It wasn’t much different from a dungeon; both were small spaces.
However, dungeons were almost entirely filled with monsters, and only by killing monsters could one gain experience and rewards.
A Secret Realm, on the other hand, was different.
It was usually opened accidentally and often contained a large amount of ownerless precious resources.
It could be said that as long as someone accidentally discovered a Secret Realm.
Getting rich overnight was not a dream.
However, although Secret Realms contained a large amount of resources.
The Secret Realm itself also had various strange and even tricky rules.
Only by satisfying the rules within the Secret Realm could one obtain the rewards it offered.
For example, some Secret Realms would require the entering Professionals to compete with each other.
Only the ultimate winner could obtain the resources within the Secret Realm.
Some Secret Realms would also require entering Professionals to compete in Artifact Refining or Alchemy; whoever could refine better equipment or Medicinal Pills would obtain the resources in the Secret Realm.
Song Ming had previously consulted information about the Black Land in the academy’s library.
Naturally, he was very familiar with the Secret Realms that appeared in this Black Land.
Thinking of this, Song Ming suddenly found the man’s shouting a bit strange.
Logically speaking, since he discovered the Secret Realm, he should explore it secretly by himself.
Why would he shout here, letting everyone know?
Doing so would essentially hand over the resources in the Secret Realm to others, wouldn't it?
Song Ming was already planning a trip to the Demonic Beast Mountain Range.
If he could explore a Secret Realm along the way, that would also be quite good.
After all, to repair the suppression prison magic sword, he naturally needed to collect enough resources.
He was naturally unwilling to miss such an opportunity.
Song Ming glanced at the person who discovered the Secret Realm; quite a few Professionals had already gathered around him.
They were all very interested in the Secret Realm that was about to emerge.
They all surrounded the yellow-haired Professional, chattering incessantly with questions.
Song Ming also walked over, stood to the side, and listened to everyone's discussion.