18: Chapter 18, Third Job Advancement Quest Completed, Unlock the Seven Trials of the Chosen One!
Teleportation ended.
The Withered Wood Forest, a Level 6 Secret Realm, appeared eerie and gloomy before everyone!
If you regret it now, just stay still for thirty seconds to teleport back.
However, the Secret Realm invitation will not be returned.
"If you are scared, just go back; it will save you from splitting the experience," Shen Changtian said, annoyed.
This was not his first time in the Withered Wood Forest; he had previously been able to kill one to two hundred Withered Wood Sprites every time he came here.
As long as he did not enter the core area, the other Yao Beasts posed no threat to him.
As a Fifth Turn Fire-attribute mage, his control over fire elements had reached a masterful level.
He entered this dungeon specifically to complete his Sixth Turn task.
[Sixth Turn Task: Kill Yao Beasts with 10,000 combat power (74/80)]
The Withered Wood Sprites here generally had combat power between four thousand and five thousand, while some Elite Withered Wood Sprites could exceed 10,000 combat power.
As long as he could maintain his usual progress this time, completing the task would absolutely be no problem.
"I am going in first, do as you please!"
With that, a fireball shot out, and his figure disappeared along with it.
The other two were clearly traveling together and sped off in another direction of the Withered Wood Forest...
Chu Ran also stepped into the Withered Wood Forest.
The moment his feet touched the ground, information about some Yao Beasts appeared before his eyes.
Nearby Yao Beasts also sensed his presence and slowly moved toward his location...
[Withered Wood Sprite]
[Rank: 69]
[Combat Power: 5641]
...
[Elite Withered Wood Sprite]
[Rank: 101]
[Combat Power: 9984]
...
In this Secret Realm, Chu Ran estimated there were about one thousand to one thousand five hundred Withered Wood Sprites and Elite monsters combined.
Most Fifth Turn Professionals have combat power between twenty thousand and fifty thousand, so most Professionals' Sixth Turn tasks involve entering the Withered Wood Forest to kill Yao Beasts...
"After the class advancement, the task went straight from Third Turn to Sixth Turn..."
Chu Ran muttered to himself.
But soon he realized that was not the case...
The task specified killing the Boss of the Withered Wood Forest...
Other Professionals' tasks did not involve Bosses, mostly just killing a certain number of Yao Beasts or collecting Materials dropped by them.
Elite monsters and Bosses were not on the same level...
It seems this advanced task is harder than a standard Sixth Turn task...
"Hope the task rewards match the difficulty..."
Chu Ran finished thinking and felt the approaching Aura of the Yao Beasts.
"Dinner time."
A faint smile curled his lips.
Instantly, a surging Aura erupted from behind him, instantly obliterating the Withered Wood Sprites attempting a sneak attack.
[You killed Withered Wood Sprite, gained 4,680 experience, stored.]
Chu Ran discovered that this Third Turn task's experience could actually be stored...
Previous panel messages indicated the level cap was reached and experience could not be gained...
It seems that after this task advancement, his entire status had undergone a subtle change...
[You killed Elite Withered Wood Sprite... Gained 11,250 experience, stored...]
...
Shen Changtian, who had walked quite far, looked back and saw the entrance ablaze.
He froze in place.
He had been to the Withered Wood Forest many times, but he had never seen such a spectacle.
Thunder and fire rain were intertwined, rolling rapidly toward the center...
"?"
His mind was full of question marks.
"Damn, what class is this? So strong!"
Seeing the dazzling fire rain in the sky, he suddenly felt his own fire elements were somewhat dim...
...
The Dragon Sparrow and Thunder Flood Dragon swept through, leaving chaos in their wake.
Many Yao Beasts turned to ash without even triggering a panel prompt.
Chu Ran only needed to keep repeating the looting action...
In a blink, he reached the core area of the Withered Wood Forest.
This was a swamp, and the black mud emitted a nauseating stench.
Aside from the path Chu Ran took, there were no other signs of destruction in the surrounding withered trees.
In other words, no one had come to this core area in a long time.
Seemingly sensing the intrusion into their territory, murky bubbles began to rise continuously from the black mud.
Not long after, a dried tree branch emerged from the mud.
[Ancient Tree Demon]
[Rank: 125]
[Combat Power: 26540]
...
The Boss's information appeared before Chu Ran.
The Ancient Tree Demon had only emerged one-third of its body.
But the power of fire rain and thunder was already pouring crazily into the mud...
After a minute of bombardment.
[You killed the Ancient Tree Demon, gained 36,000 experience...]
[You picked up Withered Vine.]
[Third Turn class task completed.]
...
[Stored experience automatically used, you leveled up.]
...
Chu Ran's thoughts shifted.
The panel appeared before his eyes.
[Class: Third Turn · Beast Tamer]
[Level: Lv.40 → Lv.60]
[Strength: 1180 → 1865]
[Agility: 1378 → 2354]
[Mental: 1640 → 2756]
[Combat Power: 2469 → 5689]
[Free Attribute Points: 10280]
[Skills: Contract Spell, Summon Spirit Diagram.]
[Beast: Lv.94 Canglan Thunder Dragon, Lv.92 Blazing Dragon Sparrow.]
[Evolution Points: 151479... 151482... 151485...]
[Remaining Contracts: Two.]
...
The completed advanced Third Turn class task actually rewarded 10,000 free attribute points!
This was higher than his current combat power...
Still without any hesitation, Chu Ran added all attribute points to Mental Energy.
[Mental: 2756 → 13036]
...
[Combat Power: 5689 → 15862]
...
[Mental Energy exceeds 10,000 points, unlocked skill: Symbiosis.]
[Explanation: Can randomly bind a Beast to share its HP. Can transfer all damage taken to the Beast. When the Beast dies, you die...]
The message flooded Chu Ran's mind; he didn't react for a moment.
Skill Symbiosis...
In other words, if he could bind a tanky Beast, wouldn't he no longer fear being injured without Beast protection?
"I need to find a turtle-type Beast..."
...
[Advanced task completed, you have obtained Divine Trial qualification. Do you want to open a new task path?]
"New task path?"
In the Tianxuan Continent, whatever class you awaken is what you are. Every 20 levels, a class task opens, continuing like this until the Ninth Revolution at level 180...
In other words, because he completed the task advanced with Evolution Points, it directly opened a new task path for him?!
Chu Ran was extremely curious about this new task path.
"Open."
[Opened new task path: Divine Trial Seven Hardships.]
[Class: Third Turn · Beast Tamer Divine Envoy]
[Level: Lv.60]
[Strength: 1865 → 3730]
[Agility: 2354 → 4708]
[Mental: 13036 → 26072]
[Combat Power: 15862 → 28780]
[Free Attribute Points: 0]
[Skills: Contract Spell, Summon Spirit Diagram, Symbiosis.]
[Beast: Lv.94 Canglan Thunder Dragon, Lv.92 Blazing Dragon Sparrow.]
[Evolution Points: 151683... 151686... 151689...]
[Remaining Contracts: Two.]
Beast Tamer became Beast Tamer Divine Envoy...
Panel data basically doubled...
Combat power shot to 28,000!
Now his combat power was on par with many level 100 Professionals.
But without the Beasts, individual combat ability would definitely be inferior.
After all, other classes each have their own Origin skills...
The Beast Tamer's Origin skill is Contract Spell.
If you add the Beasts, there shouldn't be a second person in Shanyuan City stronger than him.
It was not that Chu Ran was confident; it was that his strength did not allow him to be humble...
[Current Beast: Canglan Thunder Dragon.]
[Grade: Monarch Grade.]
[Level: Lv.81 → Lv.94]
[Strength: 71600 → 79400]
[Agility: 75200 → 83000]
[Defense: 69360 → 77160]
[Mental: 68850 → 76650]
[Combat Power: 109865 → 121380]
[Skills: Thunderbolt Lightning Net, Bite.]
[Evolution Points required for next advancement: 900,000.]
...
[Current Beast: Blazing Dragon Sparrow.]
[Grade: Monarch Grade.]
[Level: Lv.77 → Lv.92]
[Strength: 75720 → 83780]
[Agility: 93840 → 101900]
[Defense: 73570 → 81630]
[Mental: 81700 → 89760]
[Combat Power: 120365 → 139860]
[Skills: Blazing Flame Fire Rain, Dragon Sparrow Cry.]
...
[Evolution Points required for next advancement: 900,000.]
...
Two Beasts with over a hundred thousand combat power, how could he keep a low profile?
[Withered Wood Forest Secret Realm is about to close, please head to the Formation...]
After receiving the prompt, Chu Ran sat on the Dragon Sparrow and sped toward the Formation...