12: Chapter 12 Lightning Five-Strike Whip Skill

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Hearing Lilia's triumphant words, which clearly carried a hint of seeking credit, Lin Muyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This Elf Princess really knew how to flatter herself...

However, he didn't plan to argue with her over this, nor did he intend to expose the truth. Looking at her little expression that said "praise me quickly," he actually found her a bit cute.

He went along with her words and smiled, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, you're the most amazing! It seems bringing you along really does bring good luck. Go pick those things up and let's see what good items dropped."

Having received "affirmation," Lilia's mood became even more joyful. A smile blossomed on her delicate face, and like a cheerful little deer, she trotted over to the shimmering light beside the two goblin corpses.

She carefully picked up the skill book emanating the glow of knowledge and the leather bracer that looked to be of good quality, then trotted back with light steps.

"Here!" She handed the two pieces of loot to Lin Muyang, but then picked up the bracer again, examining it closely. Her slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her pointed ears twitched in confusion. "Strange... isn't this a bronze-tier instance dungeon? Why would a common mob drop Silver-tier equipment? This doesn't make sense..."

In her understanding, the quality of a monster's drops was usually strictly tied to its own level and the Dungeon's difficulty. It was almost impossible for common mobs in a bronze-tier instance dungeon to drop Silver equipment above their rank.

"It's obviously because your luck is good enough that even the Dungeon rules changed for you!" Lin Muyang continued to bluff without blinking, even giving her an encouraging look. "Keep it up, maintain this momentum!"

Hearing Lin Muyang say this, although Lilia felt a bit proud, she still felt something was off, as if something wasn't quite right. However, with her relatively simple way of thinking, she couldn't figure out where the problem lay for the moment, so she could only suppress her doubts in her heart.

She handed both pieces of loot to Lin Muyang for him to identify their specific attributes.

Lin Muyang took them, his gaze sweeping over them:

[Sheepskin Magic Gloves (Silver-tier)]

Type: Cloth Armor Gloves

Restriction: Usable by Magic Classes

Physical Defense: +12, Magic Defense: +22, Magic Attack: +19, Spirit: +13

Equipment Level: 1

(A pair of gloves carefully sewn from soft sheepskin, the lining is inscribed with faint energy-gathering runes that can slightly increase magic power.)

[Lightning Five-Chain Whip (Bronze-tier)]

Type: skill book (Mage)

Effect: Learn the skill Lightning Five-Chain Whip, releasing five jumping bolts of lightning to attack multiple enemies.

Learning Level: 1

"As expected, the grade-up was triggered, directly producing Silver equipment." Lin Muyang praised inwardly. "This Loot Extraction Aura is truly simple, crude, and practical!"

Of course, on the surface, he didn't show much surprise. After all, these were just the lowest-level transitional equipment and skills that would soon be replaced. He also had no use for that [Chain Lightning] skill book for now, so he casually put it away.

He handed the [Sheepskin Magic Gloves] emanating a soft white light back to Lilia: "Here, your equipment, put it on."

Lilia happily took the gloves; they felt very soft and comfortable to the touch. She immediately took off the attribute-less novice cloth gloves she was wearing and put on this pair of Silver-quality magic gloves.

The moment she put them on, she could clearly feel a gentle flow of energy through her body. Her spirit was refreshed, and her perception and control over the light element seemed to become a bit more acute. This filled her with even more confidence for the upcoming battles.

"Let's go, keep moving." Lin Muyang called out, leading the refreshed Elf Priest deeper into the cave.

The subsequent clearing process became exceptionally smooth and efficient.

Relying on the map information scouted earlier by Divine Sight, Lin Muyang chose the optimal route, avoiding unnecessary detours and traps.

Whenever they encountered groups of goblin mobs, he would switch to the Indestructible Aura. Under his command, Lilia would stand at a distance and raise her staff.

"Light of Exorcism!" (The newly learned Silver skill)

"Holy Light Spell!"

Beams of brilliant light or pillars of purifying power, like invitations from the God of Death, landed precisely on the heads of those goblins.

Under the terrifying ten-fold damage boost, not a single goblin could withstand even one attack! Often, after a flash of light, a ground full of corpses would remain.

The battle turned into a pure one-sided massacre and experience harvest.

Lin Muyang followed behind, skillfully switching to the Loot Extraction Aura after each battle. As the gray energy swept over, the goblin corpses would shimmer one after another with the light of drops, as if treasure chests were being opened.

Equipment, materials, occasionally skill books and coins... the harvest was so bountiful it was staggering.

In less than ten minutes, they had cleared four or five waves of monsters and killed over twenty goblins, finally arriving outside the cave entrance where the first mini-BOSS—the "Goblin Warrior"—was located.

By this time, even the most obtuse person should have noticed something was wrong.

Lilia looked at her equipment, most of which had already been replaced with significantly improved attributes, and recalled the absurdly high drop rate along the way—nearly every wave of mobs was guaranteed to drop items, and the quality was quite good!

If two mobs dropping two items at the beginning could be explained as "exploding luck"...

Then the current situation could only be described as "eerie"!

How many lifetimes of life expectancy would one have to consume to trade for such heaven-defying luck? This was simply unscientific and unmagical!

She cast a suspicious gaze at the man beside her, who had remained calm and composed throughout, with a faint smile on his face.

No matter how simple she was, she finally realized at this moment—all of this wasn't luck at all; it was all the doing of this human named Lin Muyang!

"Humph! This Princess is furious!" Lilia stood with her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out, her azure eyes glaring at Lin Muyang with shame and indignation. "Human! You knew all along, didn't you? You've been watching me make a fool of myself this whole time!"

The thought of how she had triumphantly sought credit earlier made her cheeks burn; she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

"No such thing." Lin Muyang suppressed a laugh and shook his head seriously. "You are the noble and incomparable Elf Princess, radiant and magnificent. How would I dare to watch you make a fool of yourself?"

"You're still mocking me!" Lilia stamped her foot in anger, her pointed ears turning slightly red from her agitation.

If they weren't in a dangerous instance Dungeon, she would definitely pounce on this hateful human and fight him! Even if she couldn't win, she would use her elf fangs to leave a few marks on him! This guy was simply bullying elves too much!

"Alright, alright, no more joking." Lin Muyang stopped while he was ahead and smiled, reaching out to pat her delicate shoulder as a form of comfort. "Business first. Come, learn this skill book, we're about to fight the first BOSS."

He handed over a skill book emanating a silver glow that had just dropped on the way.

[Light of Exorcism (Silver-tier)]

Type: skill book (Priest)

Effect: Condense the power of light to fire an exorcism beam with a purifying effect, dealing moderate light-attribute damage to a single enemy. This skill has a damage bonus against dark-type and undead-type creatures.

Learning Level: 1

Although Lilia was still angry, she could distinguish between what was important. She took the skill book and gave it a light tap with her jade-like hand. The skill book turned into specks of silver light and merged into her body. She instantly mastered this new offensive skill.

After equipping [Light of Exorcism] and updating half her priest equipment, Lilia's panel attributes were now more than three times higher than when she first entered the Dungeon!

Even without the boost from Lin Muyang's Indestructible Aura, her current damage output was enough to crush the vast majority of other Class Transferees of the same level.

It was worth mentioning that in this era of class changes, to maintain a certain level of fairness and prevent the gap from being completely widened by money during the newcomer stage, there was a setting called "exorcism points."

If equipment and skill books were purchased from other players or gifted by others (except for white-quality common equipment and initial skills), a certain amount of "exorcism points" would be required to successfully wear or learn them.

The only source of "exorcism points" was personally killing monsters in secret realms or Dungeons.

This meant that even if you were wealthy and bought a set of top-tier equipment, you still had to work hard to kill enough monsters to accumulate exorcism points before you could gradually put that equipment on.

In this regard, all newcomer Class Transferees basically started on the same starting line.

Of course, for people like Lin Muyang and Lilia, equipment and skill books they dropped themselves were not subject to this restriction and could be used immediately upon acquisition.

Therefore, the current Lilia, whether in terms of equipment level or skill configuration, was already far ahead of this batch of newcomer Class Transferees!

Not to mention, she had a "support" Summoner standing behind her who could grant her various God-Tier Auras at any time!

At this time, Lilia had already used her keen elven hearing and vision to quietly observe the "Goblin Warrior" through the crack in the cave's stone door. It was more than twice as burly as a regular goblin, wearing tattered leather armor, and leaning against a pile of junk while snoring.

She pulled back her head, her pointed ears twitching slightly from nervousness, and whispered to Lin Muyang, "Even with my new skill and your ten-fold attack Aura, I estimate it will take four or five casts of 'Light of Exorcism' to take down this BOSS."

Her small face carried a hint of worry: "The key is, the BOSS's attack power must be very strong! We don't have a tank in our party to soak up damage. If it just rushes over and hits either of us once, I'm afraid it will be hard to withstand. Can we block its attacks?"

Sensing her worry, Lin Muyang appeared confident.

He patted her shoulder again, his tone relaxed and certain: "Don't worry, just go for it. I have my own way of dealing with it."

Just as Lilia feared, the BOSS in the Dungeon not only had high HP and damage but also usually possessed some troublesome skills. Their two-person party lacked a tank in the traditional sense, and there was indeed a risk of being killed instantly if the BOSS got close.

However, for Lin Muyang, who possessed the Supreme Halo system, this wasn't a problem at all.

He had already prepared a countermeasure for this situation.

With a slight thought, he quickly switched the current Indestructible Aura to another Aura specifically used for control and survival.

[Frost Erosion (God-Tier Aura)]: Upon activation, subjects all hostile units (including elites and bosses) within a 10,000-meter radius to the erosion of extreme deep frost. Effect: Movement speed reduced by 90%, attack speed reduced by 90%, casting speed reduced by 90% (this effect is fully effective against BOSS-level units and cannot be dispelled by conventional means).

A god-tier skill that turned the BOSS into a slow-motion video!