34: Attribute weakness, super high returns!

“It seems that to achieve dual cultivation of swordsmanship and magic, becoming a close-quarters mage, my Strength attribute cannot be too low.”

“It looks like I’ll have to find a way to stack Strength attributes in the future.”

“The stronger my Strength, the more powerful the sword techniques I unleash will be.”

At this point, Xia Qi completely understood the problem.

The attribute gap was too large, so much so that Xia Qi’s sword techniques couldn't even Breakthrough the Silver-skinned Corpse King’s defense.

Conversely, Frenzy Lightning was different; with an Intelligence of 240 points, plus Lightning attribute counter-damage, and the Mage profession’s damage amplification, breaking through defenses was effortless.

Since he knew his weakness, Xia Qi naturally planned to compensate for it in the future.

After all, he still greatly enjoyed the exhilarating feeling of instant kills with sword skills.

He put his longsword into his storage space, changing his attack method.

Facing different enemies, one should logically use different approaches.

There was no need to foolishly hack with a sword now; he could just use Frenzy Lightning to kill the opponent.

As bolts of Frenzy Lightning continuously struck, the Silver-skinned Corpse King’s body soon became lacerated, and its dark green blood rained down.

The Corpse King’s body was three meters tall, and it was now covered in numerous wounds.

But its three hundred Physique was not for show.

Although its body looked terrible, they were all just superficial wounds.

With another leap, the Corpse King jumped over ten meters, appearing above Xia Qi’s head again, and with a swipe of its sharp claws, even a meter away in the air, Xia Qi felt the wind from the claws.

Teleport!

He instinctively teleported away, and the next second, several gashes, tens of centimeters deep, appeared on the ground where Xia Qi had been.

This was the Corpse King’s skill, Sweep.

“It can even attack from a distance; good thing I reacted quickly.”

Indeed, one should never let their guard down against any monster.

Previously, the Silver-skinned Corpse King had passively stood there allowing Xia Qi to attack, the purpose being to lull Xia Qi into a false sense of security, making him mistakenly believe that the Corpse King had no other means.

In reality, the Corpse King was waiting for a gap in Xia Qi’s attacks to unleash a killing move.

“You sly old dog, you’re a zombie and you’re still trying to sneak attack.”

If Xia Qi hadn’t reacted quickly, taking the Corpse King’s skill just now would have left him severely wounded, if not dead.

Therefore, Xia Qi no longer held back.

Weaken!

Entangling Dry Bones!

The talent [Demon Bone Art], besides being able to materialize defensive armor, could also materialize into any shape for offensive combat.

And just now, Xia Qi thought of first Weaken the Corpse King, then restraining its movement, so he materialized two bone arms to grab the Corpse King’s feet.

Xia Qi called this move Entangling Dry Bones.

Immediately after, the Corpse King, after being Weaken, was indeed entangled.

“While you’re down, I’ll take your life!”

Seizing this opportunity, bolts of Frenzy Lightning rained down furiously.

A crackling series of sparks and lightning.

During this, the Corpse King struggled violently, trying to avoid the Frenzy Lightning attacks.

But Xia Qi gave it no chance; as soon as it struggled free from Entangling Dry Bones, he immediately cast another Weaken, then continued Entanglement, followed by lightning strikes.

In such a cycle, the Corpse King couldn’t even accumulate power to ambush Xia Qi, let alone dodge Xia Qi’s Spell attacks.

Roar!

No matter how the Silver-skinned Corpse King roared or raged in futility.

Xia Qi wouldn’t give it any chance, casting Spell attacks from several meters away, resolutely not letting the Corpse King move an inch.

A minute later, the Silver-skinned Corpse King fell to the ground, filled with unwillingness.

[Killed Silver-skinned Corpse King, Experience +40000]

[Obtained Pure Silver Staff]

[Obtained Mithril Robe]

[Obtained corpse king essence X2]

[Obtained Rare Silver Ore X15]

After the rich reward notifications appeared, a light flashed around Xia Qi’s body.

Finally, he also leveled up to Level 12.

At this time, only an hour and a half had passed since Xia Qi entered the dungeon.

An hour and a half, solo clearing the nightmare difficulty Zombie Mine.

Such terrifying leveling efficiency would definitely make people outside exclaim Heaven-Defying.

He checked the equipment attributes.

[Pure Silver Staff: Bronze-grade, Intelligence +15, Physique +5, Mage-type skill power increased by 3%, no level restriction.]

[Mithril Robe: Bronze Armor, Physique +10, Intelligence +10, Mage-type skill cooldown reduced by 5%, no level restriction.]

Both pieces of equipment were exactly what Xia Qi could use most effectively at the moment.

“Lucky is Lucky; it really knows what I want.”

Marveling again at the power of S-Rank Luck, Xia Qi satisfactorily equipped all the gear.

After upgrading his gear, Xia Qi now had the aura of a sage.

“This way, I won’t worry about others seeing that I’m a newcomer.”

After a bit of self-admiration, Xia Qi indeed no longer gave off the feeling of a novice.

If he went to the black market again and changed his mask, Lina might not even recognize him.

This damned noble aura.

Besides the equipment, this dungeon trip was incredibly fruitful.

Over a thousand catties of ordinary Ore, dozens of catties of rare Ore, and various monster Materials.

Plus the corpse king essence dropped by the Corpse King; this item was even more valuable than Elementary energy essence.

Energy essence could be used in various sub-professions, with wide applications.

And the essence of BOSS-level monsters, besides being refined into energy essence, could also be used to forge some high-quality equipment.

Xia Qi still needed to ask Lina about the specifics; she was an expert in this area and should be able to give better advice.

After leveling up, Xia Qi, full of vigor, continued to search around the mine.

After confirming that not a single monster was left, he walked out of the dungeon in a good mood.

Less than two hours later, when Xia Qi reappeared at the dungeon entrance.

He immediately attracted a lot of attention.

The key to attracting attention was that Xia Qi had entered in casual clothes, but came out with several pieces of equipment on him.

Everyone was a professional, and they could clearly tell at a glance that this equipment was brand new.

“Hmm, a bit familiar, who is this person?”

“Wait, this person seems to be the Mage who entered the dungeon solo two hours ago.”

“Ah, two hours, don’t joke, how could a Mage clear a nightmare dungeon in two hours?”

“He probably fought a few monsters, found it too terrifying, and then scurried out from the entrance.”

“No, look at the equipment on him, doesn’t it look like the Pure Silver Staff dropped by the Corpse King?!”

“Impossible, it really seems to be!”

Xia Qi’s reappearance made those who had recognized him before drop their jaws.

Who would have thought that a Mage could actually be a big shot capable of soloing a nightmare dungeon!

Looking at the envious and incredible gazes, Xia Qi simply ignored them.

He and these people were destined to have no interaction; there was no need to bother with them.

However, Xia Qi ignoring others didn’t mean others weren’t curious.

Someone always sought trouble and cast Insight on Xia Qi.

“Insight failed!”

“It’s over, the other party has a shielding emblem.”

“Idiot, I told you not to cast Insight, can’t you tell he’s a big shot?”

“I was just curious.”

As they talked, Xia Qi had already looked at that person, and a bolt of lightning appeared in front of that person without any warning.