162: Caught a hundred... SSS grade?

"He..." Zhao Ya was still hesitant, wondering if she should speak.

But keeping some things bottled up made her feel very uncomfortable, and she wanted to find someone to confide in.

"Could he have also come to the Imperial Capital, joined the Star Alliance, and even fished up a high-level skill?"

"C-grade, B-grade, or... A-Rank?" Lin Wei's imagination could only go this far; anything higher was truly beyond her comprehension.

"I just met him on the way to the Trial Tower. He summoned... a dragon out of thin air." Zhao Ya ultimately couldn't hold back and told the truth.

"What! A dragon? Are you sure it was a dragon?" Lin Wei, who was celebrating just a second ago because she had finally fished up an E-grade skill, instantly suffered a heavy blow.

In her opinion, a skill that could summon a dragon was at least A-Rank, and could even reach S-Rank!

'S-Class Skill...'

Lin Wei couldn't imagine what kind of enviable treatment someone who awakened an S-Class Skill at this stage, especially one that summoned a dragon, would receive.

She only regretted why she hadn't made a move on Chen Ming sooner, hesitating back then.

Now, the gap in strength was growing larger and larger, completely cutting off any possibility.

Chasing him? She couldn't even see him, and her level wasn't high enough. How could she chase him?

Lin Wei was a smart person. She knew very well how big the gap between E-grade and S-Rank was; she didn't need anyone else to tell her or remind her.

"I'm sure!" Zhao Ya nodded heavily, "And..."

Seeing her hesitate again, Lin Wei was practically driven crazy by Zhao Ya's slow attitude. She forced herself to calm down and pressed, "And what?"

"The dragon he summoned is very similar to the Undead Monarch's mount that I saw online before!" Zhao Ya replied.

"What! Chen Ming is the Undead Monarch?!" Hearing this, Lin Wei completely lost it.

Her legs went weak, she stumbled back a few steps, and sat down on the lower bunk.

She had thought that Chen Ming might have fished up an A-Rank or possibly a terrifying S-Class Skill, but she never expected that what Chen Ming had actually fished up was an SSS-grade Skill!!

Furthermore, as Lin Wei knew, the Undead Monarch possessed more than one SSS-grade Skill.

Not to mention Great Xia, all countries globally, even the Eagle Faction, which was known as the most technologically powerful nation before the apocalypse, would have to give him three points, no, nine points, or even ten points of respect!

"Too exaggerated! It's truly too exaggerated. Not long ago, he was still our classmate; everyone was ordinary. Yet now, he has already stepped into the transcendent realm..." Lin Wei couldn't stop sighing.

Seeing her praise Chen Ming so much, as a best friend, Zhao Ya felt truly unhappy inside. She comforted herself, saying, "I think I must have misunderstood. How could he possibly be the Undead Monarch? He's not worthy!"

"But didn't you see it with your own eyes?" Lin Wei followed Zhao Ya's words and asked.

"I did see an Undead giant dragon, but if I had to guess, he probably fished up a skill similar to the Undead Monarch's. It's far from the real Undead Monarch."

Zhao Ya, who had intended to comfort herself with this reason, was instead splashed with cold water by Lin Wei, who retorted, "But even if it's a similar skill, it's at least S-Rank, right? It might even be SS-grade!"

"..." Zhao Ya.

She snorted softly, put her hands on her hips, her confidence clearly lacking. "What's so great about that? The future is long. Perhaps in the near future, you and I can also fish up S-Rank and other higher-level skills and crush him!"

"Let's hope so." Lin Wei's words had even less confidence than Zhao Ya's.

"Alright, let's not talk about this. Since you've awakened a skill, how about we go check out the Trial Tower together? Maybe we can meet some tall and handsome professional Hunters."

"Okay..."

Facing Zhao Ya's enthusiasm, Lin Wei originally wanted to say, "No matter how high-level, can it be as high-level as Chen Ming?", but to avoid damaging their friendly relationship, she decisively changed her words.

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[Fishing successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining S-Rank weapon, Azure Thunder Soft Whip Sword!]

[Fishing successful! Critical hit successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Large Health Potion +1000!]

[Fishing successful! Critical hit successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100000 tons of rice!]

[Fishing successful! Critical hit successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining SSS-grade Skill One-Click Upgrade Card +100!]

Seeing this reward notification, Chen Ming decisively stopped his thumb, which was about to click and cast the next line.

He repeatedly confirmed that it was indeed one hundred [SSS-grade Skill One-Click Upgrade Cards]!

"This cast was a huge profit!" Chen Ming exclaimed in ecstasy.

Before, the thought that he would monopolize all unique SSS skills by himself was just a joke.

Now, in Chen Ming's view...

This matter might actually come true!

Not exaggerating at all.

Including the existing ones and the remaining One-Click Upgrade Cards from before, Chen Ming could add at least one hundred and five SSS-grade Skills!

That's right, one hundred and five SSS-level!

Chen Ming thought of the skill Life Devour that he had stolen from the Dog-Headed Death God earlier.

[A-grade skill Life Devour: After applying a curse, it will slowly devour the target's health points, capped at 30%. The devoured health points will be converted to the user's own in equal amount!]

Upgrade! Must upgrade!

The scope of this skill is very wide, not limited to monsters, but also including people, and even plane cultivators like Qin Hongyue!

Silently, draining the opponent's life force and turning it into his own.

With the super self-healing ability, plus Life Devour, continuously plundering lifespan from monsters and enemies and adding it to himself.

Chen Ming completely believed that one day, he would live as long as the heavens and earth, like the starry universe, becoming absolutely eternal!

As a descendant of Yan Huang, Chen Ming, like most people, undeniably had a slight obsession with the concept of eternal life.

[Use SSS-grade Skill One-Click Upgrade Card on "A-grade skill Life Devour"?]

Yes!

Facing the two options that popped up, Chen Ming chose [Yes] without hesitation.

[Upgrading...]

[Upgrade successful! Congratulations on obtaining SSS-level Life Devour!]

After confirming the one-click upgrade from A-Rank to SSS-level, Chen Ming immediately clicked to view the details, afraid it would be far from what he expected.

[SSS-grade Skill Life Devour: After applying a curse, it will rapidly devour the target's health points, capped at 90%. The devoured health points will be converted to the user's own in equal amount!]

"It's quite merciful, leaving the target ten percent of their health."

Chen Ming didn't really care about this setting.

Besides the Life Devour skill, Chen Ming also possessed the SSS-grade Skill [Execute].

No need for health points to drop to 90%; the execute effect can be triggered at 70%!

Does the opponent want to rely on the remaining 10% health to make a comeback? Pure wishful thinking.

He stood up, opened the system panel, and switched to the Resource Map function.

Having just acquired an SSS-grade Skill, he naturally had to find a target to try it out.

Just reading the skill description is nowhere near enough to satisfy his curiosity.

No matter how much is said, it's not as good as trying it out personally.