5: Comprehend the skills and thunder will shake the sky!

In a flash, Xia Qi had already run more than ten meters.

Under the effect of his Good Fortune Talent, he quickly discovered the first monster.

Thunder!

A bolt of lightning shot from his eyes, and at Xia Qi's command, a thumb-thick lightning bolt sped towards the monster.

Boom!

Without even time to react, the violent power of the lightning instantly destroyed the monster's Physical Body, emitting wisps of smoke and a burnt smell.

[Successfully killed Level 1 Bird, Experience +10]

The bird, with its sharp beak and keen claws, was instantly killed by the lightning.

Xia Qi glanced at his experience.

His experience increased by 1%.

This meant that upgrading from Level 1 to Level 2 required one thousand experience points, and killing a hundred birds would allow him to upgrade.

Looking at it this way, it didn't seem like too much.

He started running again, searching and weaving through the mountain forest.

[Successfully killed Level 1 Bird, Experience +10]

[Successfully killed Level 1 Bird, Experience +10]

Continuous notifications appeared as Xia Qi kept finding and killing birds.

In just a few minutes, Xia Qi's experience had already increased by 10%.

This efficiency was too high.

As expected of an S-Rank Talent.

Xia Qi had originally planned to stay in the novice dungeon for two or three days, leaving only after reaching Level 10.

Now it seemed he wouldn't need that much time.

During this period, Xia Qi not only used his Thunder Control Talent but also tested out other usable Talents.

The B-Rank Talent Wind Blade was mediocre in strength; three Wind Blades could kill one bird, which certainly couldn't compare to the power of Thunder Control.

The B-Rank Talent Weaken: after being Weaken, a bird only required two Wind Blades to be killed. It seemed that this Weaken not only reduced attack power but also Weaken vitality.

Xia Qi was a bit curious about the ability after Weaken was enhanced.

The A-Rank Talent Sword Heart Clarity was temporarily useless as he hadn't learned any sword techniques or acquired a weapon yet.

However, Xia Qi used the Demon Bone Art to create a bone sword. Its strength was moderate, slightly harder than normal human bones, and its sharpness was also quite good.

Basically, two slashes were enough to kill a bird. If a sword technique were to enhance it, its power should be considerable.

This Talent was quite interesting, very similar to a character from a popular manga he had read before Transmigration; Marrow's ability and the Demon Bone Art had some similarities.

As long as Xia Qi wished, he could cover his entire body with a layer of demon bone armor, greatly enhancing his defensive capabilities.

He could also summon bone spikes to stab enemies from the ground.

Similarly, he could transform bones into any shape of weapon to kill enemies.

The bones he manifested could be his own or from corpses, with no impact on his own Physical Body. The plasticity of this Talent was very strong.

An hour later, Xia Qi experienced his first upgrade.

[Name: Xia Qi]

[Profession: None]

[Rank: 2 (0%)]

[Strength: 20]

[Agility: 20]

[Intelligence: 20]

[Physique: 20]

[Equipment: None]

[Talents: Congenital Double Pupils (lv1), S-Rank Thunder Control, A-Rank Rapid Learning, A-Rank Bullet Speed, A-Rank Sword Heart Clarity, A-Rank Demon Bone Art, A-Rank Flash, A-Rank Mechanical Transformation, B-Rank Wind Blade, B-Rank Good Fortune, B-Rank Weaken]

[Active Skills: Frenzy Lightning, Nine Heavens Thunderclap (Level 1)]

[Passive Skills: None]

[Nine Heavens Thunderclap: Ten directions of lightning descend, annihilating everything within a hundred-meter radius.]

His Rank increased, and his attributes improved.

And he comprehended a new skill, Nine Heavens Thunderclap.

Except for the S-Rank Talent Thunder Control, which had an initial skill Frenzy Lightning, other Talents did not come with skills.

"A large-area attack. I wonder how powerful this Nine Heavens Thunderclap is."

According to the knowledge Xia Qi had acquired, after a Rank increase, the power of skills should also slightly increase.

Because he had leveled up, the energy he had previously consumed was completely restored.

Using Talents and skills was linked to the Intelligence attribute. In the early stages, when the Rank was low, he needed to rest after a period of combat unless he leveled up to fully restore his status.

Compared to Level 1, Xia Qi's attributes had now doubled. One strike of Frenzy Lightning, whether against a Level 1 monster, a Level 2 monster, or even a Level 3 monster, resulted in an instant kill in the face of the powerful lightning, with no exceptions.

His Talents and attributes were too strong. Even without using skills, cutting down monsters with a weapon infused with lightning was incredibly easy.

[Killed Level 1 Bird, Experience +10]

[Killed Level 2 Dire Wolf, Experience +20]

[Killed Level 3 Stone Armored Beetle, Experience +30]

Instant kills. Everywhere Xia Qi went, there were instant kills, without any suspense.

Facing an S-Rank Talent, these wild monsters, merely two or three levels, had no ability to resist. They were struck by lightning bolts from the sky, turning into charred corpses, dying without any pain.

No wonder it was called the novice dungeon; as long as one spent some time, even a D-Rank Talent could safely get through here.

Not to mention Xia Qi, who possessed an S-Rank and ten Talents; it was simply effortless.

"No wonder Yun Qingyue and Su Yuanchen don't come to the novice dungeon at all. There’s really no need."

Xia Qi shook his head and continued searching through the mountain forest.

Most of his time was spent finding monsters; the actual time spent killing them was pitifully short.

Furthermore, the novice dungeon map was not small. So far, he hadn't seen any monster groups, so he hadn't used Nine Heavens Thunderclap to practice.

Just by looking at the skill description, he knew that this kind of area-of-effect group damage skill would consume a lot, and using it now would be somewhat counterproductive.

He sped along, casting Bullet Speed again as soon as its cooldown finished. Since he was competing in leveling speed, saving travel time was very important.

In just an hour, his experience was almost full again.

He even saved on rest time; with such fast leveling speed, he didn't need to rest at all.

One strike of Frenzy Lightning, one kill. Wherever he went, everything turned to dust.

At this moment, Lin Yue crossed through the grass and discovered several monsters huddled together.

Level 2 Dire Wolves.

They were all lying on the ground, their faces filled with terror, their bodies trembling like sieves.

From a distance, he could hear the continuous booming thunder from the surrounding area. These Dire Wolves had long been scared out of their wits, not even having the thought of resisting.

"What pitiful Lucky fellows."

Xia Qi sighed. Around him, lightning elements were frantically gathering towards him.

Nine Heavens Thunderclap!

With a loud roar, Xia Qi cast the newly learned skill.

Dazzling light erupted, and flickering electrical sparks wrapped around Xia Qi's entire body, forming an extremely dense and high-pressure Domain.

Electrons were endless, like a surging river, constantly condensing, splitting, and spreading.

Boom!

The sky let out a deafening roar.

With Xia Qi as the center, the power of lightning instantly spread out, covering a hundred-meter radius, transforming into a lightning Hell.

The pupils of the Dire Wolves suddenly dilated. The last sight left to them in their lives was the dazzling and scorching myriad lightning bolts!

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