15: Unexpected gains and advancement to Black Iron Level 2

Unexpected gains and… promotion to Black Iron Level 2.

In front of the Alien Queen, the Thunderous pounce of Wolf King Sarthos seemed like a slow-motion blur.

Facing the pouncing Wolf King and the Shadow Roar Bomb about to be spewed, the Alien Queen merely shifted her body slightly, narrowly avoiding the Wolf King's most ferocious frontal attack path by a hair's breadth.

At the same time, her deadly tail blade, like a grim reaper's scythe whose trajectory had been calculated in advance, stabbed precisely and obliquely upwards into the Wolf King's relatively vulnerable throat from below, at a speed that transcended visual capture, the instant the Wolf King pounced to her side!

Pfft!

With a soft sound of leather being pierced, Wolf King Sarthos's dark pupils, filled with rage and majesty, suddenly expanded to their limit, freezing in an expression of unbelievable astonishment and fear.

The Shadow Roar Bomb he had condensed in his mouth also dissipated instantly into wisps of black smoke, like a punctured balloon.

Wolf King Sarthos's massive body did not immediately collapse; instead, due to inertia, he lurched forward another half step before crashing to the ground as if all his bones had been removed, kicking up a cloud of murky dust.

At this moment, his eyes, filled with astonishment and fear, completely lost their luster, becoming dull and lifeless.

Dark red blood gushed from the ferocious, bowl-sized wound on Sarthos’s throat, quickly staining the ground beneath him.

The entire process was so fast that Lin Feng couldn't even clearly see how the Queen made her move.

He only saw the Wolf King pounce, and then the next instant, that arrogant Bronze-level BOSS had already become a still-warm corpse, lying at the Alien Queen's feet.

“Tsk…”

Lin Feng clicked his tongue lightly, his tone not betraying whether it was disappointment or something else.

“It was still a one-shot kill.”

He hadn't even seen the full extent of the BOSS's skills; he only saw it pounce alive, and then the battle was over.

This efficiency was a bit… boring.

The Alien Queen slowly retracted her dripping tail blade, letting out a low, satisfied hiss, as if she had merely crushed an insignificant insect.

She walked to the Wolf King's corpse, her sharp claws easily breaking open the skull to retrieve a pigeon-egg-sized, crimson crystal core emanating a strong shadow aura—the Dire Wolf King's magic crystal.

The Alien Queen respectfully presented the magic crystal to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng toyed with the crimson magic crystal, clearly seeing a red energy slowly flowing within it.

This was a magic crystal that only magic beasts of Bronze-level and above would condense in their heads; a single red energy stream indicated that this magic crystal was obtained from a Bronze-level 1 magic beast.

However, not every magic beast possesses a magic crystal; only those with exceptional talent and special opportunities can condense a magic crystal in their skull!

Therefore, magic crystals are also extremely precious items!

Magic beast crystals can generally be distinguished by color according to the beast's level, from low to high, displaying the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. However, textbooks have predicted the possible existence of white, black, or even multi-colored magic crystals in special species of magic beasts.

These magic crystals are very useful; they can be inlaid into weapons or armor to enhance their quality, and there's also a chance they'll grant special attributes to the weapons and armor.

At the same time, magic crystals can also be used directly by professionals; if done correctly, professionals can even extract the magic power from the crystal and convert it into their own professional energy for combat.

There are even rumors that the magic power in magic crystals can be converted into the experience points needed for a professional's upgrade!

However, Lin Feng currently doesn't know the specific methods for using magic crystals, but he knows that even the lowest-grade crimson magic crystal is worth at least 50,000 yuan—roughly the price of half a Silver-level equipment or one Bronze-level equipment.

Putting away this unexpected gain, Lin Feng casually stored the Wolf King's corpse into his Spirit Beast Space, then turned and walked back the way he came.

Returning along the path, he casually dealt with some magic beasts that emerged from other branches of the cave. Upon reaching the teleportation array, the Alien Queen immediately transformed into a black light and entered the Spirit Beast Space.

At this moment, the Spirit Beast Space had over a hundred magic wolf corpses waiting for the Xenomorph Queen to digest!

“I guess the Xenomorph Queen will lay eggs after devouring these wolf corpses.”

Lin Feng stepped onto the teleportation array, shook his personal token, indicating that he wanted the Silver-level guard to check his mission completion and send him out of the dungeon.

Seeing the Silver-level guard begin scanning the personal token on his wrist, Lin Feng was prepared for the teleportation, but instead of the expected sensation of disorientation, a warm current inexplicably surged into his body. The next moment, two white lights, one after another, suddenly flared on Lin Feng’s body and quickly vanished!

“I… leveled up?!”

Lin Feng suddenly remembered something and quickly opened the personal token on his wrist to look at the mission description for Dire Wolf Den (Normal).

Mission 1: Clear the Threat (Can be completed in a team!) (Completed): Kill Shadowclaw Raiders (50/50), Kill Blood-Eyed Magic Wolf (20/20). Reward: Experience Points * 10.

Mission 2: Dire Wolf Fang (Can be completed in a team!) (Completed): Collect complete Blood-Eyed Magic Wolf Fangs (30/30). These fangs contain the essence of the magic wolf's power and can be used for forging or potions. Reward: Experience Points * 30.

Mission 3: Wolf King First Kill (Can be completed in a team!) (Completed): Kill Dire Wolf King Sarthos (1/1). Reward: Experience Points * 100, Dungeon Points * 10.

“The novice dungeon actually rewards experience points and dungeon points!”

Since entering the Era of Universal Awakening, humans in this world, while awakening as professionals, also gained a series of data-driven information, with experience points being one of them.

All awakened individuals, in addition to their talent level upon awakening (i.e., one-star, two-star, etc., which determines a person's growth potential), also simultaneously unlocked their own professional level system, such as Black Iron Level, Bronze-level, Silver-level, Gold-level, and so on.

Each professional level has ten stages, and each stage requires accumulating enough experience points to advance to the next level.

Moreover, to upgrade at certain special stages, in addition to needing sufficient experience points, one even needs to complete one or more upgrade missions that automatically appear in one's consciousness.

Only by completing the upgrade missions can one successfully advance to the next level.

Furthermore, according to the experience summarized by predecessors, these special stage upgrade missions are not randomly generated but are related to the talent star rating at the time of awakening!

The higher a person's star rating, the simpler the upgrade missions obtained at special stages.

This is also a major reason why everyone reveres Qin Yuyan, who has a nine-star talent, and Xiong Gang, who has an eight-star talent, while consistently mocking Lin Feng, who only has a one-star talent.

Looking at the mission rewards, Lin Feng was slightly stunned.

The experience points rewarded by missions are fixed; if completed in a team, the experience points will be automatically distributed to all individuals who participated in completing the mission.

But Lin Feng was alone, so if he completed these missions, he would enjoy 140 experience points all to himself.

Newcomers who have just awakened only have a Black Iron Level profession, not even Black Iron Level 1!

To upgrade to Black Iron Level 1, 10 experience points are needed; from Black Iron Level 1 to 2 is 40 points; and from Black Iron Level 2 to 3 is 160 points!

In other words, by completing these three dungeon missions in Dire Wolf Den (Normal), Lin Feng's level instantly jumped from ordinary Black Iron Level to Black Iron Level 2!

“This is just the mission reward for the Novice Dungeon (Normal level). What if I also complete the Hard or even Hell-level Novice Dungeon missions?”

Lin Feng thought it, and wanted to do it. After he confirmed the request to leave the dungeon initiated by the Silver-level guard, a white light instantly enveloped his entire body…