Red name, damaged divinity

Meanwhile, on the Eighth Level of the Dungeon.

Swish—

A figure appeared from within the teleportation gate.

Steadying himself, Lin Xuan surveyed his surroundings.

Like the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace, it was a spacious hall.

However, the space was considerably larger than the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace, easily two or three times the size of a football field.

“As Zhang Fan said, although the Dungeon is called the Nine-Level Demon Tower, the closer you get to the central levels, the larger the space,” Lin Xuan mused, recalling the information Zhang Fan had described, and with a wave of his hand, over a thousand Skeleton Soldierss appeared around him.

Immediately after, with a thought, the figures of Irena and his other contracted beasts also appeared simultaneously.

“Following the pattern of the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace, you all spread out and explore; if you encounter danger you can’t resolve, come and inform me,” Lin Xuan instructed.

“Yes, Master,” the group of contracted beasts respectfully replied.

After making arrangements, and timing his skills, he summoned another wave of Skeleton Soldierss.

Lin Xuan then mounted his ride and followed behind Irena and the other contracted beasts.

The traces of the bonfire on the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace indicated that the Otherworld Demons had left a long time ago.

Upon reaching the Eighth Level of the Underground Palace, Lin Xuan naturally relaxed a bit.

“It’s time to tally my gains.”

More than a day had passed since he accepted Chen Wanqiu’s mercenary offer and left Mingzhu University.

Under normal circumstances, he should be in class at school right now.

“Speaking of which, does this count as cutting class?”

Lin Xuan scratched his head, wondering if he should contact Chen Wanqiu and ask her to explain the situation to his school mentor after she left Divine Grace Cemetery.

“Forget it. The school rules state that cutting class will deduct one hundred academic credits from students.”

“That’s just a drop in the bucket for me.”

Having sorted that out, Lin Xuan opened his panel, ready to meticulously review his gains from this trip.

In this one day, he had killed a peak Second-Order professional, the Puppet Master.

He had also snatched a kill from a Demigod-level expert.

It could be said he had profited greatly.

However, this was just a dazzling record; the specific gains still needed to be examined in detail.

Lin Xuan first glanced at his attribute panel.

His health, of course, was already in the tens of millions back in the Guanghan Palace Ruins.

His attributes, due to encountering Otherworld Demons, were already far superior to those of his peers.

Naturally, the best part was the skill points.

Before leaving the Guanghan Palace Ruins, Lin Xuan had used his last nine skill points to upgrade Summon Undead.

Now, less than three hours after entering the Dungeon, he had already gained six more skill points.

“This is comfortable. If I can encounter Demons on every level, wouldn’t I make a fortune when I leave the Dungeon?”

Lin Xuan smiled inwardly, knowing this was just an ideal scenario.

He had only cleared the Ninth Level of the Underground Palace and already gained six skill points.

This was all thanks to the Fire Clan Demons’ eagerness for revenge.

In reality, if he continued to ascend, it was very likely he would only encounter the Demon Race when nearing the Third Level of the Underground Palace or even the First Level of the Underground Palace.

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After reviewing his attribute panel, Lin Xuan suddenly noticed something he had previously overlooked.

He was red-named!

For Blue Star, apart from the Otherworld Demons, there was no distinction between good and bad for professionals from any Blue Star country.

Therefore, whether he killed a Sakura Country professional or the Puppet Master, he would become red-named.

[Name: Lin Xuan · Jun Bujain (Red)]

[Status: Evil]

“Evil”: After killing a Blue Star professional, you will enter the Evil state, your name will turn red, in this state, you cannot enter main cities, all drop rates are reduced, and upon being killed, you can drop up to fifty percent of the items in your backpack space!

“Evil Deeds”: Killed Sasaki, killed Yamamoto Kawa, killed Shinba Hanaki, killed Tenkuu Ying…

“…”

Ignoring the names of the Sakura Country professionals, Lin Xuan frowned. “Why isn’t the Puppet Master’s name there?”

“Could it be that killing a red-named professional doesn’t count as an evil deed?”

“But that’s not right. I remember the textbook saying that killing a red-named person also counts.”

“Could that perverted M not be dead?!”

Lin Xuan felt numb.

If the Puppet Master really wasn’t dead, then it would be troublesome later.

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan touched his Fiend’s Bracers.

The enchantment on this equipment was “Spatial Treasure Box,” allowing him to have a space for storing corpses.

His consciousness entered the space, and Lin Xuan quickly found the Puppet Master’s corpse and transferred her out.

The Spatial Treasure Box could only hold inanimate objects; being able to store it proved that this was indeed a corpse.

Lin Xuan thought of the Puppet Master’s characteristics and squeezed the corpse’s hand.

“It’s human.”

Lin Xuan was somewhat puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he directly used the death scythe to fling the corpse into the air, then unleashed a “Tear” skill, shared from the Tiger-Head Monster.

Swish—

Three attacks, like sharp blades, directly struck the Puppet Master’s corpse but left no trace.

Although the opponent was dead, the corpse’s toughness and strength remained.

Lin Xuan frowned, dismounted his ride, and transferred the characteristic of Splitting Mount Hua to the death scythe.

Then he swung the scythe at the Puppet Master’s heart. “It’s really fake!”

Seeing the condition of the corpse, Lin Xuan felt a headache coming on.

The Puppet Master’s heart was actually a gear!

Clearly, this was a very high-level puppet substitute refined by the Puppet Master.

No wonder the Puppet Master didn’t choose to break through to the Third-Order at the moment of death.

It turned out this body wasn’t her original self, so she naturally couldn’t break through.

“This is troublesome.”

Having offended a top professional of a dark organization, Lin Xuan knew the other party would definitely not let it go.

However, he wasn’t overly worried.

With such a lifelike fake body, the other party might have another one.

If the other party dared to provoke him, he would just kill her again!

Having confirmed the Puppet Master’s status, Lin Xuan put her corpse back into the Spatial Treasure Box.

“Besides waiting for the time to end, killing monsters can also make the red name disappear faster.”

“Let’s speed things up.”

He had killed many Sakura Country professionals before, and his red name duration was estimated to be over a hundred hours.

Now, only seventy-two hours remained.

Fortunately, killing monsters with summoned creatures could also reduce the red name value.

Lin Xuan casually summoned two more waves of Skeleton Soldierss and began to check his backpack items.

When this Puppet Master’s fake body died, most of the dropped items wereReinforcement materials (enhancement materials).

This might be related to the previous fake materials for enhancement.

Lin Xuan naturally had no interest in them.

However, a very special key and treasure map inside did catch Lin Xuan’s attention.

[Item: Treasury Key]

[Description: One of the keys to open King Arthur’s Treasury!]

“Interesting. I can check for related news about the European Continent after I get out.”

After organizing the key and treasure map, Lin Xuan took a deep breath and looked at the items obtained from killing the Fourth-Order Demon!

[Item: Damaged Divinity]

[Effect: Obtained from killing a Demigod-level professional, can be used to heal divine injuries, and provides three opportunities to unleash a full-power attack at the Demigod level!]

“Ah? Using one of Senior Li’s Sword Orbs in exchange for three attacks of the same tier.”

“I made a huge profit!”