59: Clear monsters while practicing your skills

Once the notice was given, over 800 members of Forbidden City quickly assembled in the first-floor lobby.

However, upon hearing that the Guild Leader would not be joining them today, All the women showed signs of apprehension.

After all, the threat posed by the Gold-Devouring Rat swarm yesterday was still fresh in their minds.

Fortunately, Huang Chen had mentioned that the monsters roaming the streets generally had higher levels, and large-scale gatherings were rare unless they attacked their lair.

The Gold-Devouring Rats yesterday were a rare type of wild monster that lived in groups and possessed a small degree of intelligence.

If they encountered a large swarm of monsters again, they could have their captains notify him, and he would quickly provide support.

Huang Chen also instructed them to use only Basic Moves for leveling today.

Most people in Star Abyss gave up Basic Moves after level 10, as the attacks were slow and the damage was low.

However, what people didn't know was that once the Proficiency of Basic Moves surpassed Level 20, it provided a significant boost to subsequent skills of the same grade.

More importantly, skill Proficiency in Star Abyss did not stop at Level 20.

Once Level 20 was maxed out, through personal comprehension, there were five further stages (Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Pinnacle of Perfection, Reaching the Peak, and Returning to Simplicity), and breakthroughs in each stage brought substantial growth in bone structure.

Huaxia managed to establish a firm footing in the previous life precisely because of this.

Furthermore, the higher the level, the harder it was to improve low-level skills.

Now that they had the advantage of foresight, they naturally had to ensure the Core Members raised their cultivation stages.

After making the arrangements, Huang Chen transmitted himself alone to the entrance of the Small Tavern beside the Sports Center.

Of course, he wouldn't go grinding with the women; wouldn't it be better to use that time to capture a few more buildings?

Moreover, his Movement Skill, Palm Technique, and Spear Technique Proficiency were all around Level 17.

It was the perfect time to find some Small Instances to practice Proficiency... The Sports Center was right next to the teleportation altar, and the appearance of the 800 Forbidden City members at the stadium entrance caused a commotion among the people inside the altar.

"Who are these women? I saw them fighting those Big Rats yesterday, they were so strong."

"They might be a force from some Novice Village, but honestly, their levels are so high. I see hundreds of Level 30s among them."

"It's more than just high levels. Look at their equipment; it's all Level 30 Set Equipment. I've only ever seen this set on the boss of our Novice Village."

"Why don't we go over and beg them to take us along? The monsters outside are too strong; one bite drains half my health bar."

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted:

"Hey! Look at those leading the group: Xie Chunyan, Bai Zhaoning, Li Ruo... These are the top figures on our Huaxia Individual Scoreboard!"

The shout immediately caused an even greater commotion.

"Hello, Boss Xie!" Someone immediately squeezed to the front and yelled, "Can you take us with you?!"

"Boss Xie, can you spare some food? I haven't eaten all day because I'm broke..."

"Boss Xie, how can we join you..."

...Xie Chunyan ignored the people in the altar.

Following the plan, she immediately broke the group into smaller units, centered around the Sports Center, with the various Small Captains leading the teams to clear monsters.

This action caused some people to start cursing loudly.

Grinding monsters using only Basic Skills was extremely painful, and even support-type Water Element users had to go up and hack with swords.

The damage was ridiculously low, only dealing dozens of HP per strike, and sometimes it took over twenty people several rounds of swinging to kill a single monster.

After all, their Basic Move Proficiency was only a few levels; how much damage could they possibly deal relying on that meager basic strength?

Although there were many complaints, everyone persisted.

After all, Xie Chunyan had issued the order, and disobedience meant being immediately kicked out of the team.

With the Forbidden City members clearing monsters, the area around the altar became much safer, and many people slowly walked out of the altar and ran up to talk to the Forbidden City teams.

But they received no response.

Later, they simply trailed behind the teams.

The fact that the Forbidden City teams were all using Basic Moves also aroused everyone's curiosity.

The bolder ones even organized themselves and joined the ranks of monster clearers... Huang Chen pushed open the door of the Small Tavern and walked straight inside.

[You have arrived at the Wraith Tavern]

Wraiths?

They have no physical body, can stack infinitely in one location, generally deal Magic Damage, and are immune to Physical Damage.

Huang Chen smiled faintly.

In Huaxia terms, Wraiths are "Ah Piao" (floating ghosts).

They were monsters that players both loved and hated in the previous life.

They loved that the monsters could stack, allowing one skill to hit a large area.

They hated that if the monsters attacked simultaneously, they could instantly kill you.

At this moment, due to Huang Chen's arrival, the Wraiths inside the tavern roared angrily, and various Ice Cones and Water Dragons flew toward Huang Chen.

[Wraith Lv 35 (Water Element users) Grade: Common]

Huang Chen watched the floating Wraiths and thought: If Bai Zhaoning and the others came, they would probably be scared out of their wits.

In the previous life, he had no skills and was completely helpless against these things.

But in this life... "Sky Full of Flower Rain!"

The moment Huang Chen struck, he dodged the skills like a Swimming Dragon.

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It only took one move to poison the Wraiths to death.

Meanwhile, his Movement Skill Proficiency slowly increased through continuous dodging.

Although he was occasionally hit by some skills, losing a few hundred HP was completely insignificant to him.

The tavern only had two floors, each no more than 500 square meters.

In no time, the first floor was cleared.

Huang walked up the stairs.

The second floor consisted of Guest Rooms. Every time Huang Chen passed a room, he kicked open the door and threw in a Sky Full of Flower Rain.

Soon, the door to the last room in the corridor opened.

A fat Ah Piao appeared before him, followed by four female Ah Piaos.

[Bar Princess: Wraith Lv 40 (Water Element users) Grade: Elite] x 4

[Bar Boss: Wraith Lv 40 (Water Element users) Grade: Black Iron Boss]

This fat boss was nearly 1.9 meters tall and exuded a chilling, sinister aura.

As the boss appeared, the doors to the rooms along the corridor flew open, and countless Wraiths rushed out.

Huang Chen wasted no words, instantly killing a swath of them with a Sky Full of Flower Rain.

At the same time, numerous skills exploded on him.

There was nothing he could do; the corridor was too narrow, leaving little room to dodge.

The boss and the four Elite Monsters attacked simultaneously when Huang Chen made his move.

Five streams of Cold Energy shot out from their hands, heading straight for Huang Chen.

With no room to dodge, Huang Chen chose to tank the hits.

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[You have been subjected to Severe Cold Invasion, Slow +40%, lasting 5 seconds]

Feeling the boss's damage, Huang Chen cracked a smile.

The difference between Black Iron Grade and Gold Grade was truly immense.

"Sky Full of Flower Rain" x 5

After five moves, all the Ah Piaos in the corridor vanished, leaving behind only Silver Coins and some Black Iron Equipment.

At the same time, the Tavern Deed was acquired.

Huang Chen shook his head. A boss of this level posed absolutely no difficulty for him now.

However, his main task today was to raise the Proficiency of his Basic Moves.

He glanced at his Experience Bar; he was about to hit Level 35.

He needed to quickly max out the Proficiency of those three Basic Moves to Level 20.

Huang Chen was looking forward to seeing if reaching Level 20 would instantly propel him to the Returning to Simplicity stage.

If so, that would save him a lot of time!

In his previous life, it took him a full six years to achieve this milestone.

With a thought, Huang Chen returned to the Sports Center.

His Backpack was too small; he had to put his items in the Warehouse before moving on to conquer the other buildings.

He needed to quickly go to the Main City to upgrade his Backpack, and he also had to instruct his subordinates to learn the Life Skills.

After all, Life Skills would be necessary for all aspects of future equipment upgrades and so on.

After storing his equipment, Huang Chen continued to teleport to his next destination... Meanwhile.

The people in Huaxia Main City were plunged into Dire Circumstances.