98: Aoki Dragon Lizard, the team's first battle

“Alright, Guo Jun, you’ve seen it. Song Ming is already a Rank 66 Professional. You don’t have any objections this time, do you?” Ning Hua asked.

Guo Jun gritted his teeth, lowering his head without a word.

Seeing this, Ning Hua was slightly displeased but said nothing.

Then Ning Hua looked at Song Ming, “Junior, what type of profession is Myriad Laws Celestial Master? I’ve never heard of this profession before.”

As the captain, she had to reasonably allocate the proportion of various types of Professions within the team.

A mature team must have both main combat Professions and support Professions.

For main combat Professions, both warrior-type Professions for physical attacks and mage-type Professions for Spell attacks were necessary.

That’s why she asked about Song Ming’s profession type.

“I specialize in long-range spellcasting and control!” Song Ming answered without hesitation.

Ning Hua nodded, it was a profession similar to a mage.

“In that case, our output is sufficient, but we still lack a tank and support!” She pondered for a moment, then selected three Professionals from the senior team.

Two men and one woman.

They were all Professionals she was very familiar with before, and their cooperation was also very tacit.

Adding Song Ming and the others.

This temporarily formed six-person team was indeed the strongest team in terms of surface strength.

Once everyone had formed teams.

Ning Hua finally said, “Alright, everyone, let’s go! Wang Hu, your team will move with the new students!”

“Afterward, our five teams will split up and search for the location of the Dragon Island Instance!”

“If any team finds it, contact us immediately via the communicator!”

This was decided before they set off.

If the new student teams didn't have senior students leading them, problems could easily arise.

Wang Hu nodded, leading his team towards Wang Heng and An Ran.

After all matters were arranged.

Ning Hua led her team into the black forest ahead.

Song Ming walked at the back, and Jiang Rong leaned over, playfully saying, “Oh, you! You quietly leveled up to Rank 66! Do you have any secrets? Teach your senior sister!”

Jiang Rong was only a Rank 45 Professional even now.

Her leveling speed was far inferior to Song Ming’s, and how long had they been separated?

Song Ming’s Rank had increased too quickly.

“Hmm!” Song Ming then thought seriously for a moment and said, “Farm more monsters, and your experience will naturally increase faster!”

Jiang Rong rolled her eyes at him.

This was something even a three-year-old child knew, did he really need to remind her?

Seeing this, Song Ming added, “Completing more hidden quests also gives a lot of experience!”

Jiang Rong was even more speechless about this.

Forget about completing hidden quests, she didn’t even have the luck to trigger them!

“Fine, I knew asking you would be useless!” Jiang Rong said exasperatedly.

Song Ming thought for a moment and continued, “I can take you to farm monsters in a team another day!”

Jiang Rong’s eyes lit up, “That’s great, that’s great, it’s settled then!”

She still remembered that when she and Song Ming cleared the hidden stage, they gained a large amount of experience.

As the two talked.

The team had already fully entered the black forest.

The surrounding environment suddenly darkened, and thin beams of light shone through the gaps in the branches and leaves, forming mottled shadows on the ground.

“Everyone, stay vigilant. Gao Yuan, use Detection Art to check if there are any monsters around!” Ning Hua, walking at the front of the team, instructed.

The one called Gao Yuan was a tall, thin young man in the team.

Upon hearing this, he immediately released a Detection Art in all directions.

Song Ming immediately felt a gentle breeze sweep past, blowing into the distance.

This was the Detection Art released by Gao Yuan.

It could detect creatures within a hundred-meter radius.

And it could sense the type and Rank of monsters in advance.

When powerful monsters were present ahead, it could also give an early warning, avoiding danger.

A moment later.

Gao Yuan pointed to the front left, whispering, “At eleven o’clock, there are at least three Azurewood Dragon Lizards, and their Ranks are all above fifty.”

Ning Hua heard this and waved her hand, making the team stop.

Three monsters above Rank fifty.

While not dangerous, they would be a bit troublesome to deal with.

“Liu Yu, give us a blessing!” she commanded.

Liu Yu then stepped forward and began to release blessing skills.

Beams of light spheres fell onto everyone.

Strength Enhancement, Agility Enhancement, Defense Enhancement, Spirit Enhancement, Physique Enhancement.

After a set of blessings.

Everyone’s status had greatly improved at this moment.

Song Ming felt the warm state on his body and checked his panel.

He found that all five major attributes, such as Strength and Physique, had increased by 20%.

The effects of skills also increased by 10%.

The duration was half an hour.

He didn’t expect Liu Yu’s profession could actually release blessing skills.

This was a very popular profession in a team; with the blessings, everyone’s status improved.

Clearing monsters also became more efficient.

However, for Song Ming, this kind of blessing was dispensable.

Having it or not didn't affect his ability to instantly kill monsters.

The team continued to advance forward, and sure enough, fifty meters away, they encountered three Azurewood Dragon Lizards basking in the sun on a large rock.

Their bodies were entirely emerald green, and their size was as large as an adult ox. A row of barbs extended from their heads all the way to their tails, and their scales looked very sturdy.

Song Ming released an Appraisal Technique to check the attributes of these monsters.

[Azurewood Dragon Lizard]

[Health: 1020000]

[Rank: 55]

[Strength: 1620]

[Agility: 2200]

[Spirit: 1020]

[Physique: 2640]

[Defense: 2620]

Average, nothing particularly noteworthy.

There was a Rank 72 warrior in the team.

Dealing with this type of monster was not difficult.

Song Ming had no intention of making a move.

“Kill!”

Ning Hua took off her glasses, and her aura suddenly changed.

Her original gentle temperament vanished without a trace, replaced by a fierce Battle Intent.

A longsword suddenly appeared in her hand, and she charged forward first without hesitation.

The Azurewood Dragon Lizards, discovering the enemy, also roared and rushed towards them.

Ning Hua was the first to collide with an Azurewood Dragon Lizard.

The longsword in her hand shone with a silvery-white light, instantly piercing through the scale defense on the Azurewood Dragon Lizard’s body.

It plunged fiercely into its neck.

Her combat style could be described as very wild.

The Azurewood Dragon Lizard, in pain, let out a roar and suddenly rolled over.

Ning Hua immediately pulled out her sword and retreated. By the time she stopped, she had also completed charging her skill.

A silvery-white crescent-shaped Sword Qi flew from her sword, accurately hitting the rolling Azurewood Dragon Lizard.

With a gush.

The Azurewood Dragon Lizard was then cut in half at the waist, blood and internal organs spilling everywhere.

At this moment, the other two Azurewood Dragon Lizards had already rushed in front of Ning Hua.

However, the burly young man in the team immediately raised his shield to block one Dragon Lizard, while the other was trapped by a Ground Trap Spell released by Gao Yuan.

Then a flaming arrow flew out, accurately hitting one Dragon Lizard’s head.

The other Dragon Lizard was pierced through its body by an ice bullet Spell.

Continuous skill lights lit up, and soon, the two Azurewood Dragon Lizards were also slain.

[Killed Rank 55 Azurewood Dragon Lizard, gained experience +40120]

[Killed Rank 58 Azurewood Dragon Lizard, gained experience +49620]

[Killed Rank 60 Azurewood Dragon Lizard, gained experience +62100]

Due to being in a team, the experience was evenly divided, so Song Ming still gained very little experience at this moment.

However, even if all the experience went to him, he wouldn’t care.

Song Ming was more concerned about places where large numbers of monsters gathered, or the Dragon Island dungeon.

This was also why he chose to team up with Ning Hua and the others.