Flash, Resurrection of the Dead

After listening to President Shen Wanhe's explanation, Lin Xuan finally realized that the dangers in this world were not only the endless monsters outside, but also dark organizations like the Black Church and the Ancient God Society.

After another examination, the silver-haired man suggested to Lin Xuan, "Lin Xuan, do you still have anything to do in Jiangcheng? I heard you chose to go to Mingzhu University. I suggest you can report to Jianghai City early."

"I don't have much to do for now. My original plan was to depart for Jianghai City in a week anyway."

"A week, that works too." The silver-haired man paused, then continued, "Before you leave, I will send people to protect you, in case the Puppet Master's target is you."

"Take this." The silver-haired man pulled out a business card.

"After you arrive in Jianghai City, you can contact this person. He is the head of the Spark Guild stationed in Jianghai City."

"Take some time to meet him and show him your Spark Badge. If you encounter any trouble in Jianghai later, you can find him."

"Alright." This was a guild benefit, so Lin Xuan naturally didn't refuse.

For the remaining time, Lin Xuan and the two discussed a few more details.

After everything was settled, he returned to the supermarket, bought two more packs of cola, and went back home.

The Puppet Master used the rule that puppets explode if they leave the control range to attack others within the city.

This made Lin Xuan realize that the main city's rules couldn't guarantee 100% safety.

"If it were a squishy novice professional today, they would probably be severely injured or dead."

"However, whether it's aimed at me or not, I need to be careful."

"I still need to level up quickly and stack more health."

Because he was wearing equipment, the explosion did not damage Lin Xuan's clothes.

After a quick shower, Lin Xuan opened a can of cola and returned to his bedroom.

"A week should be enough to reach Level 20."

"Once I reach Level 20 and learn the Undead Rebirth skill, I'll go to Jianghai City."

After making his plan, Lin Xuan picked out a general mage displacement skill book online—Flash.

This is a must-have skill for many mages.

Although it was relatively rare, the drop rate wasn't low, and the price was neither expensive nor cheap.

Lin Xuan spent 50,000 gold coins to buy one.

He placed the order too late, so it would only be delivered tomorrow.

Lin Xuan didn't mind. After looking up some information on Jianghai City, he fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, the express delivery arrived.

After signing for it, Lin Xuan equipped the Magic Card for skill expansion that he had exchanged from Lu Qinghan.

Then he clicked to learn the skill book.

"Skill: Flash · Lv1"

"Cooldown: 5 minutes"

"Mana Cost: 100"

"Effect: After casting, you can teleport in a specified direction. Current teleportation distance is ten meters."

"Five minutes cooldown, ten meters safe distance."

"Not bad. Five minutes cooldown is indeed a bit long, but this is a Level 1 skill, so there's still room for improvement."

Closing the panel, Lin Xuan tested the skill's effect.

Flash had a very short cast time and could pass through walls.

After getting used to the disorienting feeling of rapid body traversal, Lin Xuan set off for outside the city.

His current level was 15.

He was already ten levels higher than the Goblin dungeon, so he could no longer gain rewards or experience from it.

Lin Xuan planned to spend a week in Jiangcheng to reach Level 20.

At Level 20, there was a dungeon in Jiangcheng.

He would clear all five difficulties of the dungeon and get first place on the speedrun leaderboard, then depart for Jianghai City.

...

The next few days were quite monotonous.

Lin Xuan constantly traveled between outside the city and his home.

During this period, his homeroom teacher also called several times, saying that some businesses wanted to invite Lin Xuan to endorse their products.

Because the news of him becoming the top scorer in the national college entrance examination had been confirmed and quickly spread, his original home almost had people waiting outside every day for autographs and to ask for advice on professional matters.

Lin Xuan, out of helplessness, accepted an offer from a company that gave him a house, and rejected all others.

At dusk five days later, Lin Xuan, who had almost swept through the Level 15 to 20 monster zones in the southern part of Jiangcheng, had just reached Level 20.

"Killing wild monsters still gives too little experience," Lin Xuan lamented, opening his attribute panel.

He allocated the free attribute points from leveling up to Spirit.

Then, he opened his skill panel.

The skill slots added by the Magic Card were different from those he unlocked himself, marked with an additional Magic Card background.

Flash occupied an extra skill slot, and now that he reached Level 20, one was automatically unlocked.

As of now, Lin Xuan had six skill slots.

Five of them were already occupied by skills, and the remaining one was the one just unlocked by leveling up.

Confirming that the skill would not be learned into the Magic Card's expanded skill slot, Lin Xuan's heart stirred, and he took out the skill scroll.

"It's time to learn Undead Rebirth."

This was the reward for joining the Spark Guild.

Lin Xuan clicked to complete the learning.

"Skill: Undead Rebirth"

"Cooldown: 30 seconds"

"Mana Cost: 20"

"Effect: Revive and strengthen a dead undead to fight for you."

"Note: The revived undead only have half of their original health, but other attributes are doubled. The number summoned and the degree of strengthening increase with skill level."

Powerful! Incredibly powerful!

It only takes thirty seconds to revive an undead. In the future, when facing places with many monsters, the clearing speed will be faster.

"It's a pity that no Secret Realm scrolls dropped in six days."

Secret Realms have many monsters, a lot of experience, and high drop rates.

Now that the college entrance examination was over, those with money no longer needed to train themselves much.

They started forming teams for three-carrying-two, or even four-carrying-one monster kills.

Even more so, novice Secret Realm scrolls on the market were almost instantly sold out as soon as they appeared.

Because of this, Lin Xuan was no longer the top-ranked in the novice period.

"I guess I'm experiencing what Teacher Ma meant by 'money is useless'."

Shaking his head, he dismissed these idle thoughts.

Lin Xuan cast Undead Rebirth on the wolf demon he had just killed nearby.

"Awoo~"

The wolf demon's thigh had already been broken by the Skeleton Soldiers.

Now, a section of white bone leg grew out, and it stood up rigidly.

"Not bad. If it could be combined with Corpse Explosion, the effect might be even better."

Thinking of this, Lin Xuan controlled the wolf demon to run forward.

Its speed was indeed a bit faster than when it was alive.

After running for nearly a hundred meters, Lin Xuan vaguely felt a loss of control, so he commanded the wolf demon to stop.

"The revived wolf demon has half the control distance of the Skeleton Soldiers I summoned earlier."

Bang—!

Before he could finish speaking, an explosion sounded in the distance.

"However, if it can be combined with Corpse Explosion, then that's good."

The control distance of such skills can usually be increased with skill level.

Lin Xuan wasn't worried.

Closing the panel, he rushed home.

Soon, Lin Xuan had returned to his new home.

This house was near the slum, 90 square meters after renovation.

It was very suitable for one person.

After a simple dinner and shower, Lin Xuan looked through Jiangcheng's second novice dungeon.

The Level 20 dungeon was "Shili Slope Anomaly."

This dungeon was quite classic; all main cities in Xia Kingdom had it.

Because of this, Shili Slope was chosen as one of the college entrance examination venues.

"There are two bosses in Shili Slope: Taoyao and Willow Ghost."

"Taoyao has high and wide area damage, Willow Ghost has many control skills..."

Analyzing dungeon bosses, checking guides, purchasing supplies.

The night passed quickly.

The next morning, Lin Xuan woke up early.

Today was his last day in Jiangcheng. After clearing all five difficulties of the dungeon, he planned to bid farewell to his aunt and head to Jianghai.

"Ding-dong~"

Just after breakfast, Lin Xuan heard the doorbell.

"At this location, besides the company that gave him the house, only Zhang Fan, whom he talked to the day before yesterday, should know about it. Did he come back to Jiangcheng?"

Lin Xuan opened the door with curiosity.

What greeted him was an overwhelming fragrance.