142: Chapter 142 The First Day: Everything is Ready, But the Final Touch is Needed! (Part 1)

The first wave of monsters was almost entirely wiped out by Zhang Jian alone.

A full 200 Rank 35 monsters allowed everyone to gain varying amounts of experience points.

Except for Ye Xun, who had not joined the team.

Even the highest-ranked Instructor Wang Weidong, though he was Rank 36, faced a 20% experience reduction when facing monsters one Rank lower.

However, he still gained quite a bit of experience and had something to show for it.

In a good mood, Instructor Wang Weidong spoke wistfully to Ming Li.

"At this rate, outside of the seven-day city defense, the two of us still have a chance to level up once or twice."

He currently needed a full 7.98 million experience points to level up.

Even if they received full experience for monsters of the same Rank, they would need to kill 2,650 of them.

Putting it that way was already a rather optimistic estimate.

And after the second wave arrived.

The monsters' Rank had surprisingly become Rank 36.

Fortunately, the attribute increase was not significant; Health increased by 20,000, Attack increased by 2,000, and Defense only increased by 500.

Everyone followed their previous coordination and repeated the process.

The third wave, Rank 37.

The fourth wave, Rank 38.

Although for Wang Dong and the others, the monsters' Defense and Health had increased, their offensive efficiency had somewhat decreased.

But for Zhang Jian, there was little change.

Wang Fei and the others also began to feel relaxed.

"It seems this city defense class-change quest isn't that difficult after all."

Until the sky gradually darkened, and the fifth wave of monsters arrived.

Everyone heard a reminder in their minds.

"Attention! The final wave of the monster siege for today is arriving, and there will be Leader-Rank monsters among them."

Everyone's expressions tightened.

The big guys are here!

Among the dark mass of monsters, two huge cyan figures were particularly eye-catching.

[Agile Raging Wind Wolf]

Rank: Rank 39

Health: 520,000

Damage: 14,000

Defense Value: 8,300

Skills: Gale, Bite

[Bloodthirsty Raging Wind Wolf]

Rank: Rank 39

Health: 520,000

Damage: 16,000

Defense Value: 7,500

Skills: Bloodthirst, Training

The attributes of the two Leader monsters were almost identical.

Just as everyone saw their attributes and prepared to enter combat mode.

The Leader with a rotating hurricane pattern floating above its head dashed out suddenly, like a gust of wind.

In just the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of the group.

-12,800!

Instructor Wang Weidong raised his shield, but was immediately sent reeling, seeing stars.

However, his total Health was as high as 180,000 points, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Instead, he said in a deep voice.

"I can take it, don't be afraid!"

Just as he finished speaking.

The other Leader with blood-red eyes arrived immediately after.

-25,550!

-76,500! (Critical Hit)

The huge sharp claws swung out instantly; Instructor Wang Weidong's body shook violently, and two damage numbers floated above his head.

His Health instantly dropped by more than half, and the color drained from his face.

Ming Li's eyes were anxious; she waved her hands, and the giant hammer flew out of her grasp.

-36,218!

As the damage numbers floated up, a green light drilled into Instructor Wang Weidong's body, making his complexion look a bit better.

+3,621!

This was exactly the effect of the mythical level BUFF [United Protection] that the Reception Envoy had bestowed upon them.

When Ming Li dealt damage, she could restore 10% of the corresponding damage as Health for Instructor Wang Weidong.

But this small amount of Health was just a drop in the bucket compared to what had just been lost.

Seeing that the two of them couldn't hold on, Wang Fei shouted in time.

"Old Wang, you and your wife step back!"

Instructor Wang Weidong hesitated.

If he retreated, could Zhang Jian hold out?

While he was conflicted, Zhang Jian's hands were already emitting endless Sword Qi.

Swish, swish, swish!

The [Agile Raging Wind Wolf] was killed in one hit by a sword stroke!

While Instructor Wang Weidong was stunned.

Zhang Jian had already moved past him, using his own body to block another sharp claw aimed at Ming Li.

Amidst the sweeping Sword Qi, the [Bloodthirsty Raging Wind Wolf] also collapsed instantly.

Another one-hit kill!

Instructor Wang Weidong and Ming Li were both dumbfounded.

The Leader monsters that the two of them, a Rank 35 and a Rank 36 Professional, struggled to deal with.

You just killed them one by one with a single sword strike?

Not to mention Rank 9, even top-tier Rank 39 Professionals wouldn't be this exaggerated, right?

Could this crushing performance mean that Zhang Jian is a hidden expert who has undergone the Second Job Change?

Both of them were in a daze.

"You gained 4,352 (+1,740) experience points."

It wasn't until the System notification floated by that Instructor Wang Weidong realized that this sci-fi scene just now was a real harvest.

He had only taken two hits, yet he received experience equivalent to killing several monsters of the same Rank.

Such a harvest made him feel a bit embarrassed.

When he remembered and prepared to go with Ming Li to lure the remaining monsters.

He noticed that not far away.

The three-person team of Wang Fei, Wei Donglai, and Yan Han was already wandering around like ghosts.

In a short while, 200 Rank 39 ordinary Raging Wind Wolves were gathered together and turned into corpses under the Thunder Cloud Sword Qi.

The first day of the siege battle ended successfully!

There were no casualties in the eight-person team; even Ye Xun, who had the highest Rank, didn't make a move.

This made an incredible thought emerge in their hearts.

"Could it be that we will just rely on Zhang Jian to muddle through these seven days and successfully change our class?"

After cleaning up the battlefield and returning to the city.

That invisible restraint disappeared, and the East Gate completely returned to its usual liveliness.

The few people in the market were counting their various gains.

Instructor Wang Weidong and Ming Li claimed that this was much faster than their usual routine of searching for monsters in the wild and killing them one by one.

Wang Fei held a small notebook, recording the performance of today's battle and checking for gaps.

Planning what advance preparations were needed for tomorrow's siege.

Zhang Jian quietly arrived in front of the [Protect the Abandoned Factory].

Although he had killed all the monsters almost single-handedly today and appeared extremely relaxed.

But the monsters' Rank would gradually increase, and it would only get harder from here on out.

According to the quest hints, the highest monster Rank could reach 1.5 times the team's average Rank.

Based on everyone's current Rank, they would eventually encounter Rank 42 monsters.

Ordinary monsters would probably be fine, but excellence-grade and legendary rank BOSSes would not be so easy to deal with.

If there were also epic-grade BOSSes, the difficulty would be even greater than the two Hell-grade Dungeons they were currently challenging.

With their current strength, something might go wrong at any time.

Moreover, the sudden attack outside the city had sounded an alarm for him.

Although he could kill monsters 10 or more Ranks higher than himself instantly, looking infinitely glorious.

But when encountering a real threat from the outside world, he was just a low-Rank ordinary Professional.

If the opponent had an even stronger attack next time, his so-called life-saving measures would just be a joke.

A strong sense of crisis had already emerged in his heart.

It was time to use today's few single-player Dungeon opportunities.

With his previous experience, challenging them again was no longer difficult; instead, he was even more proficient.

In less than two hours, he had used up all four opportunities.

The result was good luck; he obtained an Awakening scroll.

Although he couldn't transform it into an epic-grade item like the first time.

But by using the effect of [Myriad Phenomena Engraving], he had copied an extra one.

He gave the two scrolls to Yan Han and Wei Donglai to use, respectively.

Wei Donglai had average luck and only Awakened an excellence-grade talent, increasing mana recovery speed by 20%.

Which made him a bit annoyed.

Yan Han, on the other hand, had a massive stroke of luck and obtained a legendary rank talent.

[Attribute Boost]: Every time you level up, the attribute points gained increase by 20%.

For his legendary rank profession, it was equivalent to increasing from 10 points to 12 points, which was a decent boost.

Most importantly, as the Rank increases, the accumulated amount will become more and more significant.

It could be considered a very practical talent.

Coupled with the improvement from the second Heavenly Dao reward for the group earlier.

Zhang Jian felt.

It was time to push through a Hell-grade Dungeon!