Isn't he afraid of death?!

Hearing the shouts, Lin Xuan hadn't reacted yet when a dark shadow fell from the sky.

Then, with a thud, Lin Xuan was instantly pressed to the ground.

Seeing this, the surrounding Skeleton Soldierss charged forward, bone knives in hand.

Successfully killed leader-grade Big-Eared Rabbit, Experience +1000, Skill Points +2, Free Attributes +1.

Two breaths later, a notification sounded.

Lin Xuan stood up, a helpless look on his face.

"I just said I was going to kill a BOSS, and it came to me on low health," Lin Xuan said, looking at the monster's corpse behind him and patting the dust off his body.

This was a giant rabbit beast two meters long, looking very formidable.

He just didn't know how much damage that last blow had dealt to him.

"Classmate, are you alright?"

Just as Lin Xuan was about to open his panel, he saw five or six people running from not far away.

Leading them was a big-chested girl in a martial arts uniform, radiating a heroic aura.

"Didn't I just warn you to dodge? Why didn't you dodge?"

"What if you got hurt?"

"Although it was almost dead from our attacks and not much of a threat, your reaction was too slow."

"If it weren't for the BOSS having so little health, just with these Skeleton Soldierss…"

The girl's face was full of blame, her tone fiery.

Lin Xuan was stunned.

He had stolen the BOSS's last hit from them.

But the other party was… caring about him?

It was just this girl's way of caring.

Quite unique.

"Eh? Lin Xuan, you really came to the Secret Realm?"

Just then, a frail-looking boy in the crowd looked surprised.

Seeing the boy's appearance, Lin Xuan realized that the probability of meeting classmates was quite high.

This classmate in front of him was very distinctive.

His appearance and personality were very frail, but his name was Wang Gang.

"Lin Xuan? Wang Gang, are you saying he's that Lin Xuan from your class?"

The fiery girl's eyes instantly widened, and after circling Lin Xuan once, she stood in front of him, her two index fingers twirling.

"Lin Xuan, are you hurt?"

Lin Xuan: ???

"Uh, I'm fine."

Lin Xuan smiled, glancing at his personal panel.

His health percentage was still 98.58%.

His clothes were slightly dirty.

However, the BOSS's health, which was over a thousand, was instantly killed by the Skeleton Soldierss in two or three seconds.

The Necromancer's innate true damage effect was more powerful than imagined.

This effect, which could deal a percentage of the target's lost health, was definitely a divine skill against high-health monsters.

For example, if a monster had 10,000 health at full, and only 1,000 left, a single strike from a Skeleton Soldiers would deal 450 damage.

If three Skeleton Soldierss attacked in quick succession, it would be an instant kill!

"In that case, I seem to be very suitable for snatching BOSSes," Lin Xuan thought mischievously.

At the same time, the girl, whose figure and tone were both fiery, didn't believe Lin Xuan was unharmed at all.

"How could you be fine? A level five BOSS's leap attack deals about one hundred points of damage."

"Even if you, an Necromancer, put all your points into constitution, how much health would you have?"

"If your health drops too much too quickly, you'll fall into a critical condition."

"Let me check you over."

"Uh…" Lin Xuan was bewildered and quickly waved his hand.

"I'm really fine, I drank a health potion in time," Lin Xuan said, showing the girl his health bar percentage.

"Then… alright."

"However, we lured the BOSS, which caused you to get hurt."

"And you were the one who killed it in the end, so all the items dropped by the BOSS should be yours."

"…"

Lin Xuan finally understood.

The girl was a good person.

But he wasn't a bad person either.

Since he wasn't in a party with these people, the last hit on the BOSS would give him more rewards than them.

The experience, attributes, and skill points he just received were already a great gain.

There was no need to take the dropped equipment as well.

At this moment, the fiery girl had already picked up the items dropped by the killed BOSS.

Two pieces of armor, a magic robe, a pair of rings, and five hundred gold coins.

The armor and rings were green excellent-grade equipment.

The magic robe was also green excellent-grade equipment, but it came with a special modifier that reduced cooldown time by 10%.

Lin Xuan had intended to refuse, but after seeing the modifier, he hesitated.

Finally, after some discussion, Lin Xuan took out all the gold coins and materials he had, along with his green excellent-grade Rabbit Fur Ring, and exchanged them for the ring and the magic robe.

Overall, it was considered an equivalent exchange.

With the magic robe and ring equipped, Lin Xuan said goodbye.

As his figure disappeared, people who had been watching from not far away instantly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, I never thought Sister Hong Ying had such a side to her."

"We've known each other for over ten years, and we've never seen Sister Hong Ying so gentle, hahahaha."

"Shut up, are you all tired of living?!"

The girl called Sister Hong Ying, her face red, scolded them.

The surrounding people immediately stopped laughing loudly.

Actually, everyone could understand her sudden change in demeanor.

They had all grown up together in the same compound since childhood.

They all knew that she was someone who excelled in almost everything except academics.

Because of this, she greatly admired and respected those who were good at studying and smart.

They were laughing at her mainly because of her fiery temper.

Everyone had practically grown up being beaten up by the girl since childhood.

They couldn't beat her when they were young.

After changing professions, she awakened as the rare profession, Pugilist.

They couldn't beat her even more.

Now, it was rare to see her in such a feminine light.

Naturally, they couldn't help themselves.

"You still dare to laugh? If you had any brains, you wouldn't have let this BOSS escape the encirclement."

"This time, we ran into an Necromancer like Lin Xuan who put points into constitution."

"Plus, he just happened to have enough Skeleton Soldierss around him, so nothing went wrong."

"What if it's someone else next time?"

The fiery girl immediately adjusted her mindset and scolded everyone.

The people behind her didn't retort.

They had all grown up together since childhood.

There was a tacit understanding between them.

They hadn't expected an accident during their first collaborative monster hunt.

Fortunately, no major problems occurred.

The few people discussed the details of their monster encirclement just now.

Once everything was done, they began to sort out the materials and items dropped by the BOSS.

One of them suddenly asked, "Do you still remember how much health the BOSS had left before it escaped?"

"I remember it was over nine hundred, less than a thousand, why?"

"That's not right. Nine hundred health."

"Lin Xuan only had ten Skeleton Soldierss next to him just now, and they killed the BOSS in two or three seconds. Is that right?"

Yes, is that right?

The group was bewildered.

The damage from a Skeleton Soldiers's strike was generally between 3 to 5 points.

Ten Skeleton Soldierss.

It would take at least half a minute to kill the BOSS!

"Did he upgrade his skills before this?" someone asked.

But they were instantly met with opposition from the others.

A level two Skeleton Soldiers's damage was only around 7 points.

Unless Lin Xuan's skill had already reached level four or even five.

"I know!"

"He might have learned an offensive skill, and upon spotting the BOSS, he instantly cast it."

"Just before the BOSS landed, the skill was released, and then combined with the Skeleton Soldierss' damage, he killed the BOSS."

As soon as this was said, everyone basically agreed with this explanation.

The speed of skill casting could be improved through repeated training.

Before this, everyone had just heard Wang Gang from their team say that a classmate of theirs had seen Lin Xuan repeatedly summoning Skeleton Soldierss on the rooftop of his residential building last night.

This clearly showed that he was working hard to improve his skill proficiency to reduce casting time.

"That's right, that's exactly it. I remember that classmate also said that he indeed saw a Mi Su Express delivery person go to Lin Xuan's house for delivery last night."

"Now it seems that must have been an offensive skill book Lin Xuan bought."

After hearing Wang Gang's words, many people gasped.

If that was truly the case, then Lin Xuan was indeed worthy of being called the top student by middle schoolers, the one who swept through the Thirteenth Middle School of Chengnan!

"Yes, he's too diligent," the fiery girl sighed, looking in the direction Lin Xuan had left.

"He's very likely continuously waving his staff and casting spells in the Secret Realm to train his skill proficiency."

Continuously casting spells!

The surrounding people shuddered.

Constantly casting spells to train proficiency can reduce the casting time of one's skills.

But… In the Secret Realm, mages must maintain their mana bar.

This is the first rule of survival for magic-users!

Is he not afraid of death?!

At the same time, under a dense tree, Lin Xuan sat cross-legged on the grass, leisurely checking his panel.

Further ahead was the monster zone for levels five to ten.

He was waiting here, not because he was timid.

His Summon Undead skill had already been upgraded to level two.

He could now summon four Skeleton Soldierss at a time, and the cooldown time had been reduced to nine minutes.

Furthermore, thanks to the magic robe he just obtained, he could now summon once every eight minutes, saving a lot of time compared to before.

Swish—

The staff glowed, and there were already twenty Skeleton Soldierss around him.

This formation was almost enough to sweep through the Newbie Trial Secret Realm.

However, Lin Xuan thought about what had just happened and felt a bit conflicted.

"The skill cooldown time is still too long."

"I also lack attack and defense methods."

"Should I learn a movement skill or an attack skill next?"

"No matter how thick your health bar is, you're still afraid of being controlled."

"Learning a movement skill can avoid sudden situations like being attacked by the BOSS just now."

"But if I learn an area-of-effect attack skill, it seems faster to clear monsters with the Skeleton Soldierss."

"Forget it, I'll go kill the other two Newbie Trial Secret Realm BOSSes first."

"After all, the Secret Realm rewards skill books that are compatible with the profession, so I'll get those first."