5: Ten-minute speed pass
You have entered the hell-level dungeon: Yao Beast Forest.
After Song Ming passed through the light gate, a lush green grassland came into view.
According to the guides for beginner dungeons he had read before,
the grassland where he was located was the outermost area of the dungeon.
It had the fewest Yao Beasts and was the safest.
The clear conditions for this type of dungeon were also the simplest.
That was to kill all the Yao Beasts encountered.
Song Ming looked around, but with his naked eye, he didn't find any traces of Yao Beasts.
However, he didn't mind.
If his skill hadn't been sublimated before,
he might have been troubled by how to efficiently hunt Yao Beasts.
Now, the Earth Rank 10-star Demon Flame Aura
had long since sublimated from its initial single-target skill to an area-of-effect skill.
That is to say,
with him at the center, within a three-hundred-meter radius around him,
as long as there were Yao Beasts, they could not escape the damage of his skill.
[Earth Rank 10-star: Demon Flame Aura]
A flash of fire shot out from Song Ming's body,
forming a circular aura
that rapidly spread outwards.
As Song Ming activated his skill,
lines of damage display suddenly appeared in the previously empty area.
- 23000
- 22960
- 23012
The Yao Beasts hidden in the grass were instantly vaporized on the spot, unable to even let out a cry.
[Killed Level 4 Pine Cloud Rat, gained +40 experience points]
[Killed Level 4 Pine Cloud Rat, gained +42 experience points]
[Killed Level 5 Sharp Beak Bird, gained +55 experience points]
...
[Killed Level 6 Prairie Wolf, gained +70 experience points]
Your Rank has increased to Level 2!
Immediately, lines of kill notifications appeared before his eyes.
Accompanied by a large amount of experience points flooding Song Ming's screen.
He brought up his panel.
Song Ming checked his Rank.
[Name: Song Ming]
[Profession: Aura Master]
[Rank: 2 (190/200)]
[Strength: 14]
[Agility: 14]
[Spirit: 19]
[Physique: 14]
[Defense: 14]
[Skill: Demon Flame Aura (Earth Rank 10-star): Area-of-effect skill, instantly deals 28500 damage to enemies within a 300-meter diameter, with an additional 50% severe injury effect lasting 300s. Consumes 10 mana, cooldown 2s.]
[Talent (Unique): Limitless Breakthrough (Level 1) --- One skill point per second, consuming corresponding skill points can infinitely sublimate skills!]
[Free Attribute Points: 4]
Just one skill caused all the Yao Beasts within a three-hundred-meter radius to die.
And he was only ten experience points away from reaching Level 3.
Song Ming continued to walk forward.
After walking about three hundred steps,
he activated his skill once again.
[Killed Level 5 Sharp Beak Bird, gained +59 experience points]
[Killed Level 6 Prairie Wolf, gained +69 experience points]
...
Song Ming also directly reached Level 3.
[Rank: 3 (231/500)]
All attributes increased by 4 points again.
Free attribute points increased by 4 points.
Low-level professions gain three points to all attributes per level.
While Song Ming's Intermediate profession, Aura Master, gains four points to all attributes per level.
Advanced professions gain five points, and rare professions gain six points.
As for higher professions, there was no detailed information online.
Song Ming naturally didn't know.
But it was definitely much more than his.
His Spirit attribute reached 23 points, and the damage caused by his skill increased again.
It reached over thirty-four thousand.
The final boss of this hell-level dungeon was probably only Level 10.
Its health was estimated to be only a little over 5000.
One skill of his was enough to kill it several times over!
Song Ming continued walking forward.
During this time, he used his skill twice more.
He was only a dozen or so experience points away from Level 4.
It was only because the Yao Beasts in the outer grassland were sparse, otherwise he would have already reached Level 4.
According to the dungeon guide,
the entire Yao Beast Forest dungeon
was divided into three parts.
The outer grassland, where Yao Beasts were sparse and the danger level was not high.
The central forest, where many Advanced Yao Beasts existed.
And the valley core, where the BOSS was located.
Song Ming walked forward and soon entered the central part of the dungeon, the forest.
Here, the trees were tall, and their branches and leaves were dense,
obscuring the sky.
This caused the surroundings to be dim, and visibility was somewhat low.
Song Ming, however, was unconcerned.
He wasn't worried about dangers in the dark at all.
After all, with one skill, no matter where you hid,
you were going to die anyway.
Not long after entering the forest,
he saw four stout wild boars rush out from who knows where.
The bristles on their backs stood on end, emitting a faint cold glow.
Their charging direction was precisely where he was.
Song Ming didn't even bother to look at them.
He directly activated Demon Flame Aura.
The four Steel Bristle Wild Boars didn't even know what happened.
Their bodies suddenly disintegrated, then turned into a handful of flying ash and dissipated between heaven and earth.
[Killed Level 7 Steel Bristle Wild Boar, gained +86 experience points]
[Killed Level 7 Steel Bristle Wild Boar, gained +84 experience points]
...
[Killed Level 8 Long Whip Tree, gained +92 experience points]
Your Rank has increased to Level 4!
Song Ming glanced at the experience notification.
He didn't expect such an unexpected gain.
In the central forest of the dungeon, besides the Level 7 Steel Bristle Wild Boars,
the biggest danger was these Level 8 Long Whip Trees.
Because their appearance was no different from ordinary trees.
Beginners couldn't distinguish them at all.
After entering the forest, it was easy to be ambushed by them.
However, Song Ming didn't have this problem.
Because Demon Flame Aura was an indiscriminate attack.
As long as it was within the range of his skill, even if the Long Whip Tree could hide, it was useless.
After clearing the Yao Beasts in this area,
Song Ming continued to walk towards the valley.
Perhaps he was lucky.
Within his three-hundred-meter range, there happened to be an area almost entirely made up of Long Whip Trees.
There were more than a dozen of them.
They provided him with a large amount of experience.
And also allowed him to successfully reach Level 5.
Those poor Long Whip Trees didn't even see the enemy's face before they were directly burned to ashes.
In the core of the valley.
A colorful fierce tiger with fiery red fur all over its body opened its eyes, vigilantly looking towards the valley entrance.
An inexplicable bad premonition arose in its heart.
Not long after,
a figure walked out from the valley entrance.
The Scarlet Flame Tiger suddenly stood up from the ground, opened its large mouth, and roared at that figure.
Song Ming glanced at the giant tiger in the valley.
[Scarlet Flame Tiger]
[Rank: Level 10]
[Health: 5000]
[Strength: 102]
[Agility: 120]
[Spirit: 55]
[Physique: 69]
[Defense: 65]
[Skills: Fierce Tiger Roar, Slide Tackle, Sudden Impact]
"As expected of a hell-level dungeon, these stats for the final boss are pretty good!"
"However, I'm in a hurry, so I'll just quickly send you to your death!"
Song Ming said to the Scarlet Flame Tiger quite seriously.
The Scarlet Flame Tiger tilted its head, clearly not understanding what he was saying.
But it wouldn't need to understand for long.
He activated his skill.
[Earth Rank 10-star: Demon Flame Aura]
In just an instant.
The scorching aura emanating from the Scarlet Flame Tiger's body was stronger than ever, but that was not its own power.
Blazing fire burned fiercely, until it engulfed him!
Hiss.
Only a pile of burnt ashes remained where the Scarlet Flame Tiger had stood.
Just as Song Ming was wondering why the clear reward hadn't appeared after the final boss died,
he heard an unwilling roar from deep within the valley.
Its might was much stronger than that of the Scarlet Flame Tiger!
However, it quickly returned to silence.
"Uh, could it be that there's more than one BOSS? But it seems it doesn't matter anyway!"
Song Ming's skill range couldJust right cover the entire valley.
Presumably, this Yao Beast hidden deep in the valley also couldn't escape!
[Killed dungeon boss Level 10 Scarlet Flame Tiger, gained +500 experience points!]
[Killed hidden boss Level 12 Demonic Lion-Tiger Beast, gained +1000 experience points!]
You have cleared the hell-level dungeon, Yao Beast Forest.
[Clear Time: 10 minutes 52 seconds]
[Rating: SSS]
[Reward: hell-level dungeon First Clear Treasure Chest.]
[Boss loot has been automatically picked up, please check in your inventory.]
Your Rank has increased to Level 6!