37: New ideas and practices!

The warm sun shone brightly, scattering across the land.

The next day, Xia Qi woke up at ten in the morning.

Being eager to learn, he didn't understand many professional questions.

Therefore, he had a deep discussion with Lina last night, and they talked quite late.

Lina was exhausted when she left; after all, staying up late was quite tough for women.

So, when she left, her steps were a bit unsteady.

Xia Qi tidied up the room, feeling full of energy.

Today was another day full of hope.

"I thought Lina knew a lot, but it turns out she didn't know anything; she was just pretending."

Xia Qi shook his head. It seemed that for some professional issues, he still needed to discuss them with Sister Shuido.

At the dungeon entrance, Yun Qingyue also arrived at the Zombie Mine today.

Relying on her Yun Family's dungeon, she had already reached Rank 10. After Rank 10, she chose the Zombie Mine as her new leveling ground among many dungeons.

She knew very well that Xia Qi's Rank had likely already pulled ahead significantly, and as someone with an S-Rank Talent, she was unwilling to fall behind. After changing her profession to a mage, she immediately came here.

"Oh my god, what a beautiful Young Miss! Should we invite her to join our team?"

"Are you crazy? Look closely at the magic robe she's wearing; that's a special custom-made robe from the Yun Family!"

"I know! It's Yun Qingyue, the Young Miss of the Yun Family. I can't believe she's also come to the Zombie Mine."

"Don't provoke her. Don't cause trouble for our team. Her father is an Rank 80 Archmage; he could wipe out our entire nine generations."

Originally, many teams wanted to recruit Yun Qingyue, but as soon as they saw the Yun Family's emblem, all the small teams chickened out.

With such a family background, she didn't need to team up with these professionals at all.

Indeed, Yun Qingyue had no intention of teaming up with these people. To catch up to Xia Qi's Rank, soloing would definitely yield the highest returns.

With her S-Rank Talent, she chose to enter on normal difficulty, clenching her small fists with expectant eyes, "Xia Qi, wait for me. I will definitely catch up to your footsteps and invite you to team up."

Not long after Yun Qingyue entered the dungeon, Xia Qi, humming a tune, also arrived at the dungeon entrance.

As soon as they saw Xia Qi's appearance, many professionals instinctively kept their distance from him.

Are you kidding? This person was a big shot who could solo nightmare difficulty. What if he was unpredictable? Who could bear the consequences?

Directly choosing nightmare difficulty, Xia Qi disappeared into the dungeon entrance.

After leveling up yesterday, his Strength attribute had reached 155 points, making the power of his sword techniques against the zombies in the dungeon even greater.

He swept through, his efficiency higher than before.

Wherever his sword edge reached, not a blade of grass survived.

Plus, having already cleared it twice yesterday, he was very familiar with the dungeon's terrain, making his progression speed even faster.

This time, he encountered the Corpse King again in forty minutes.

"Old schemer, drop some more good stuff for me."

After a greeting, Xia Qi, having replaced his staff, skillfully began his Entanglement fighting style.

No matter how the Silver-skinned Corpse King roared, it couldn't break free from Xia Qi's control.

In less than thirty seconds, the Silver-skinned Corpse King collapsed again, feeling aggrieved.

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

[Obtained Corpse King's Longblade.]

[Obtained Elementary Energy Essence x3]

[Corpse King's Longblade: Bronze-grade weapon, Strength +15, Physique +10, Blade skill power increased by 3%, no Rank limit.]

The drops were still the same. Xia Qi glanced at the attributes and put them into his space.

With sword techniques, he definitely wouldn't consider blade techniques, even if he was going the path of a melee mage.

It was best to specialize in one weapon; there was no need to learn everything. He understood the principle of biting off more than one can chew.

He glanced at his experience. He was currently Rank 13 (65.00%).

He was still 35% experience away from leveling up; one more run and he would level up.

After leaving the dungeon, Xia Qi didn't want to waste time. His stamina and energy were still quite abundant, so he ran to the Rank 20 monster zone to farm monsters for a few hours first.

Compared to the Rank 10+ monsters he farmed yesterday, the number of monsters in the Rank 20 monster zone was slightly higher.

"Even mosquito legs are meat; it's better than nothing."

With this thought, Xia Qi farmed for another six hours this time, until night fell.

His experience increased by ten percent.

He decided to stop farming and returned to the dungeon entrance to rest and recover his stamina and energy.

After waiting for the dungeon cooldown to end, Xia Qi entered the dungeon for the fourth time.

This time, he knew the dungeon like the back of his hand.

However, a new idea popped into Xia Qi's mind.

"Let me try it. If it succeeds, it will be even more convenient to clear other dungeons in the future."

Thinking this, Thunder Breathing unfolded, and Xia Qi moved like a ghost, constantly shuttling through the mine.

The large number of zombies in the mine were all attracted to Xia Qi, but Xia Qi didn't attack. Instead, he continued to lead these zombies deeper into the mine.

Thus, a strange scene formed within the dungeon.

Xia Qi ran alone at the very front, followed by hundreds of thousands of zombies.

Leading a large number of monsters, he grandly ran all the way to where the Iron Skin Zombie was located.

Xia Qi's arrival also stunned the two-meter-tall brute.

After a roar, the Iron Mountain Lean charged towards Xia Qi.

However, Xia Qi ignored it, dodging aside, waiting for the large zombie army behind him to catch up.

Under Xia Qi's various dodging maneuvers, a large group of monsters were gathered into the tunnel deep within the mine.

Looking across, it was densely packed with nothing but zombies.

"Excellent!"

This monster-gathering operation took no more than five minutes.

Nine Heavens Thunderclap!

Boom!

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and an endless lightning Hell reappeared. Xia Qi directly used Instantaneous Movement to arrive in the middle of the corpse horde.

Amidst countless roars and howls, he transformed into a lightning bolt, reigning over all.

Boom!

The entire mine shook with a tremendous roar, and countless shattered rocks fell from the rock walls.

Under the violent power of the thunder, the Rank 14 Copper Skin Zombies couldn't withstand the terrifying might of heaven, falling down in swathes.

Xia Qi stood in the middle of the corpse horde, and various notifications began to flood his screen again.

It was too much to take in; he had no time to look at it.

After one baptism of Nine Heavens Thunderclap, there were still not many zombies standing on the field.

The Iron Skin Zombie was still standing, but its entire body was covered in massive, bone-deep wounds, and blue flames were still burning on it.

Xia Qi drew his longsword, Thunder Breathing exhaled a puff of white air, and then Lightning Flash and his longsword turned into a bolt of lightning, traversing among the remaining zombies.

As zombie heads fell one by one, Xia Qi's body was now glowing with the light of leveling up.

This series of monster-gathering and killing operations had already raised him to Rank 14.

This leveling speed was too fast, impossibly fast.

If this were another professional team clearing the map, let alone gathering monsters, they would wish for these monsters to be as spread out as possible. Why would they even think of operating like Xia Qi?

Gathering thousands of zombies all at once in one wave—wasn't that just a sure way to die?