75: Whoever is weak is the pirate!

"So this is the middle-tier rank..."

Shen Pan silently estimated as he felt his strength surge instantly.

Due to [Dragon Body] and the additional reinforcements that come with a normal promotion to the Fourth Rank,

his physical attributes in his normal state had already surpassed a Sixth Rank Peak Martial Artist!

After activating [Heavenly God], he should be able to stabilize at the level of a fresh Seventh Rank.

Most importantly, he had completed the first metamorphosis of his Professional System.

He had obtained a second skill that could be upgraded using skill crystals!

The Level 40 Mythical Grade skill of [Myriad Law Heavenly God]: [Sublimation].

Unlike [Fusion], which had a fixed upper limit,

it could even target talents and Bloodline abilities outside the Professional System,

unconditionally raising their quality by one major tier!

Therefore, Shen Pan decisively took the three skill points given for his Fourth Rank promotion

and poured them all into this skill.

If he managed to gather all twelve Bloodline abilities of the Desolate God Realm in the future

and then used Sublimation to raise them all to Mythical quality... like he said before, the true lineage of the Desolate God Realm was on Blue Star!

"Classmate Shen Pan, you're already Fourth Rank?"

"Did you awaken a super powerful skill?"

Seeing this, Jiang Ruolai immediately dropped the fodder she had crushed to death with her bare hands and jogged over.

“???”

Ruan Qingshu, who had been silently shielding and healing her best friend, suddenly had her forehead covered in black lines.

She felt like she really couldn't keep this best friend anymore.

To actually leave her, a weak, pitiful, and helpless healer, in a place full of monsters!?

Just because healing herself wouldn't reduce the healing effect,

Ruolai felt bold enough to leave her alone, right?

Thinking of this, Ruan Qingshu looked gloomily at the monsters that seemed to be hesitating.

They didn't dare to reach their claws toward her.

Eh?

Why aren't these monsters attacking? Weren't they fighting Ruolai very fiercely just now?

Ruan Qingshu tentatively waved her hand.

The dark-attribute monsters were so scared they didn't dare to move.

They lay on the ground whimpering "awoo~" incessantly, and some even turned tail and ran!

Ruan Qingshu: "..."

Clearly it was a good thing, but for some reason,

Ruan Qingshu felt as if a sword had been driven through her heart.

Was she really that scary? She was clearly even cuter than Jiang Ruolai!

Shen Pan, who had just adjusted the dungeon experience distribution back for his two teammates,

looked at the excited and curious Jiang Ruolai and nodded, confirming her statement.

"I broke through. As expected of a mutated dungeon, that werewolf gave a lot of experience."

"As for the new skill... none of my skills are anything less than powerful."

[Replication], [Fusion], [Sublimation].

Each one was a heavyweight on its own.

Not to mention, these three skills could interact with each other, allowing him to step on his own right foot with his left to fly!

"Must be nice..."

Jiang Ruolai felt like she had worn out the word 'envy'.

The System said that after Shen Pan reached the Fourth Rank, he could defeat that Sixth Rank Peak Vampire Count.

According to the combat power calculations of mutated dungeon bosses, wouldn't Shen Pan's Peak combat power be comparable to the Seventh Rank?

"You lazy dog System, look at him!

Hurry up and roll ten Mythical Grade talents for your dearest host!"

Jiang Ruolai cursed inwardly, frustrated that her System wasn't living up to its potential.

She was the one with the cheat, yet whether it was leveling speed or combat power,

she was being casually surpassed by Shen Pan and her best friend.

Was this reasonable?

“Rumble!!!”

A massive sound came from the distance; trees collapsed, and boulders were smashed to pieces.

Another expert was rushing this way!

Jiang Ruolai, knowing the situation, immediately pulled her bewildered best friend to start running again.

As she ran, she didn't forget to look back and warn:

"Classmate Shen Pan, be careful! This enemy is definitely stronger than the werewolf!"

Shen Pan, who also knew exactly who was coming, had a strange expression on his face.

"Only reacting now?"

Several minutes had already passed!

Originally, he had prepared himself for the possibility that after insta-killing the werewolf,

before he could adapt to his surging power and before his metamorphosis was complete,

the mastermind hidden in the shadows who had been watching them the whole time would jump out to ambush him!

As it turned out, the boss he had been wary and nervous about for so long was just this?

Could it be... the other party didn't have total control over the dungeon, so they weren't watching them at every moment?

In that case...

Activate [Heavenly God]!

[Sublimation — Dragon Body!]

[Sublimation — Myriad Spirits Return to Origin!]

He also casually applied a Legendary Rank Sacred Radiance Shield, which he had secretly learned from Ruan Qingshu.

Shen Pan was ready to counter whatever was thrown at him.

Before the person even arrived, a voice that sounded somewhat charming and seductive drifted over.

"I didn't expect your Imperial Capital Academy to be hiding such a card, managing to put together a Legendary Rank team!"

"Just as well, I've never tasted a top-tier Prodigy before!"

“Swish!”

As if blinking into existence, a red figure appeared in the air above the area.

A pair of small wings on Avril's back flapped slowly.

Her eyes were as crimson as blood, and the fangs she revealed while speaking

bluntly displayed her identity.

"Ew~ human, you smell so bad!"

Avril spoke to Shen Pan very rudely.

Relying on the unique senses of the Vampire race, she could clearly perceive three humans and her blood slaves present.

Among them, two girls with very fragrant scents were quickly moving away.

No mistake, those were the finest ingredients!

And then... this brat who was tainted with the stench of winged lizards and golden bird-men

was staring back at her without a trace of fear!

Usually, Avril would just swat such spoiled food to death.

Especially the golden bird-men; they were the sworn enemies of the Vampire race!

So, she did just that now.

Considering his status as a top-tier Prodigy, she didn't hold back.

She used a Legendary Rank Spell from her Bloodline!

"Die, eyesore of a bug — Night Piercing!"

Avril reached out and tore at the night sky.

“Rip!”

It was as if she had torn off a corner of the night, transforming it into a pitch-black spear radiating waves of destruction.

Shen Pan, who had been mocked, saw his face darken completely.

“Whoosh—”

The moment the pitch-black spear was thrown,

[Myriad Law Heavenly God] had already completed the recording.

[Legendary Rank Spell: Night Piercing Replication successful, learned!]

[Replication (Lv5)] began to take effect!

The damage of a replicated one-time attack method was 160% of the original!

This was Shen Pan's core mechanic — [A drop of kindness shall be returned with a surging spring!]

"Super Double!!!"

A dark spear, also radiating an aura of destruction, manifested out of thin air in front of Shen Pan.

To Avril's disbelief,

the knockoff pitch-black spear shattered her original one in an instant!

“Ah!!!”

Because she hadn't expected such a bizarre maneuver at all,

Avril failed to dodge in time, and nearly half of her body was blown apart.

The wound was entwined with an aura of destruction, constantly annihilating and eroding her normal flesh!

Even for a Vampire Count with extreme regenerative abilities,

Avril could only transform into a swarm of bats, letting the contaminated bats die before reforming into a human.

This was her way of refreshing the damage her body had sustained.

"This is impossible! How can a pure human like you possess the power of a God?"

Avril, her face a few shades paler, looked at the human brat with shock and suspicion.

The god of the dark night was the ancestor of the Vampire race!

And the Spells and abilities of the Night series were Spells that all Vampire nobles were born with!

Seeing that the bug ignored her and even gave her a thumbs-down,

Avril, feeling insulted, flew into a rage.

She decided to pull out the trump card she had hidden for a hundred years to let this brat know

what it meant to be born of a noble race!

"Hmph! You think that by relying on an item that can reflect attacks,

you can stall a great Vampire Count?"

"Naive!"

It was as if ink was being splashed in all directions, obscuring the entire sky.

Layers of pitch-black curtains rose up, pressing down toward Shen Pan.

[Legendary Rank Spell: Night Canopy Replication successful, learned!]

Having unleashed her ultimate move in one breath, Avril revealed a bloodthirsty look.

In this constructed home field, she, who possessed a trace of divine blood, would be empowered,

while her enemy would be weakened!

Even if the opponent had a Legendary Mythical Rank Profession, there was absolutely no possibility of resistance!

Unless it was those detestable bird-men, then within the same rank,

Night Canopy was invincible!

“Hahaha!”

“Human, I want you to—in the most despairing—”

Shen Pan's calm, monotonous voice reached her ears.

"[Sublimation] — Night Canopy."