Ali's fighting style

"A Li, clear the path ahead."

Lin Yuan issued the attack command.

Slaughter was the nature of the Darkkin Clan.

Beneath A Li's mask, his blood-colored eyes had long been impatient.

Turning the first corner, four Kobolds appeared within Lin Yuan's line of sight.

【Kobold Scavenger】

【Level: LV1】

【HP: 200】

【Attack: 5】

【Defense: 0】

Trash!

This word simultaneously sprouted in both Lin Yuan's and A Li's minds.

Sun Xu, standing nearby, was quite nervous. "Four monsters, that's not easy to handle."

Before the words even faded, A Li had already walked in front of the Kobold Scavengers.

"Brother Lin, is your Summoned Beast always this brave?" Sun Xu called out, immediately activating his talent effect to possess A Li.

"Holy crap!"

Sun Xu almost cracked his voice.

He realized he couldn't quite understand A Li's HP bar.

Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands...

One thousand HP.

This is simply unscientific.

Whose Summoned Beast has one thousand HP at level 1?

After the shock, Sun Xu was ecstatic.

This is a sure win, right? With such a tanky Summoned Beast, plus himself as a healer, even if the Summoned Beast's damage was low, he reckoned they could grind the final BOSS to death.

Just as this thought emerged, A Li suddenly threw away the shield in his hand.

With one sword strike,

-200

A single normal attack took out one Kobold.

Four attacks, and the four Kobolds perished on the spot.

As for A Li, the Kobolds' attacks didn't even break his defense; he remained at full health.

【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) * 4, EXP gained +20】

One monster gave 5 EXP, and leveling up to level 2 required 500 EXP.

They just needed to take out 96 more to level up.

The four Kobold Scavengers didn't drop anything, so Lin Yuan continued forward.

A Li said nothing, picked up his shield, and silently followed behind Lin Yuan.

"Holy crap!"

"Brother Lin, your Summoned Beast is ridiculously OP."

"HP over a thousand, attack power of two hundred, is this even a BOSS?"

"This novice Dungeon is in the bag."

Sun Xu was overjoyed, the corners of his mouth unable to stop curling upward.

"That goes without saying." Lin Yuan walked at the very front with his hands in his pockets. "My goal isn't as simple as just clearing the level."

"Brother Lin, could it be that you want to break the clear record?!"

Sun Xu was excited again.

"The clear record for the Golden Tooth Ruins is three hours and twenty-five minutes. At our speed, it might actually be possible."

"Drop the 'might'. It's a sure thing."

Continuing forward for another dozen meters, a large wave of Kobolds appeared within Lin Yuan's line of sight.

Besides ten Kobold Scavengers, there was also 1 Kobold holding a pickaxe.

【Kobold Miner】

【Level: LV2】

【HP: 500】

【Attack: 15】

【Defense: 0】

【Skill (Flee): Will flee when HP is below 20%】

A level 2 monster; its HP and attack had both increased significantly,

but it was still trash.

A Li walked over quickly, threw his shield on the ground,

and took out one Kobold with each sword strike.

When only the Kobold Miner was left, A Li activated the skill Cleave.

【Cleave】 (D-rank)

Skill Description: Consumes 20 Mana to launch a single cleave at the target, dealing 120% attack damage (Cooldown: 5 seconds).

-2400

With one sword strike, the Kobold Miner perished on the spot.

!!!!!

Sun Xu was stunned.

What did I just see? 2400 damage. If that hit him, he could die ten times over.

Lin Yuan revealed a satisfied smile.

An SSS-rank talent was indeed no joke; a tenfold increase

dealt 2400 damage directly.

Not only that, after using the skill once, the proficiency of Cleave increased significantly, going from LV1 to LV5, and the damage increased from 120% to 125%.

He believed that using it a few more times would bring the proficiency to the max level of LV10.

The brilliance of the Martial Arts Heavenly King talent wasn't just in the increased damage to skills;

the fact that skills could continuously evolve was the core of this talent.

【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) * 10, EXP gained +50】

【Killed Kobold Miner (LV2) * 1, EXP gained +20】

The Kobold Scavengers didn't drop a single coin after dying, but the Kobold Miner dropped the pickaxe it was holding.

【Rusty Pickaxe】

【Grade: Whiteboard】

【Required Level: LV1】

【Stats: Attack +5, Mining Speed +1】

【Durability: 20】

Looking at these stats, even a dog would shake its head.

Equipment also had grades, divided into ten levels from lowest to highest:

Whiteboard, Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Epic, Legendary, Mythical.

Whiteboard was the most common, with rock-bottom stats and no special traits.

Still, it was a piece of equipment, so he couldn't just throw it away.

This thing was useless for combat Professionals, but it was somewhat useful for lifestyle profession Miners.

Keep it to sell for money.

Putting away the pickaxe, Lin Yuan continued forward.

The Golden Tooth Ruins were very large, and the monsters were very scattered. After searching for half an hour, Lin Yuan had only encountered fifty-something Kobold Scavengers.

The efficiency was too low.

Lin Yuan was somewhat dissatisfied.

It took an average of 1 second to kill a monster, but half an hour to find them.

"This won't do. Need to think of a good way to lure monsters."

Pondering for a while, Lin Yuan saw another Kobold Miner.

Seeing the Miner's skill, Lin Yuan's eyes lit up. "Got it."

"A Li, do you see that Kobold Miner? Don't use any skills. Just get its HP below 20%."

A Li strictly executed Lin Yuan's order, delivering a normal attack.

-400 (Critical Hit)

"A Li, stop!" Lin Yuan hurriedly shouted.

A Li's normal attack stunned the Kobold Miner,

and its HP instantly dropped to 20%, triggering the Flee skill.

The Kobold Miner shrieked, turned tail, and ran away, screaming for help.

During its escape, the Kobold Miner attracted the aggro of several waves of monsters.

Over fifty Kobold Scavengers charged toward Lin Yuan.

It was a massive swarm, kicking up quite a bit of dust.

If it were any other party of Professionals, they would have been scared out of their wits by now.

But Lin Yuan felt there weren't enough.

"This isn't enough to kill. If others found out, they'd think I couldn't afford to kill them."

"A Li, take them out."

The shield was thrown on the ground. A Li held his one-handed sword and began to slaughter in all directions.

-2400

-200

-200

Normal attacks were mixed with skills, one sword strike for each.

As he fought, a flash of light passed over A Li's hand.

The second effect of Martial Arts Heavenly King was triggered.

【Cleave (D-rank) successfully upgraded to Sweeping Slash (C-rank)】

【Sweeping Slash】 (C-rank)

Skill Description: Consumes 50 Mana to release a slash that deals 150% attack damage to five enemies (Cooldown: 5 seconds).

-3000

-3000

With Sweeping Slash, A Li's efficiency in killing monsters increased significantly.

In less than 1 minute, all the Kobold Scavengers were killed.

【Killed Kobold Scavenger (LV1) * 56, EXP gained +280】

【Killed Kobold Miner (LV2) * 1, EXP gained +20】

【Level increased to 2】