145: Chapter 145 The second day, a second crisis looms!

Entering the [Wild Grassland] again, Zhang Jian felt even more at ease in his heart.

Especially after deploying the [Mechanical Power Shield] on the grassland once more.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

After charging out first, Zhang Jian discovered something.

The Rangers that could originally pose a threat to him were now completely unable to break his defense.

It wasn't until he changed direction and encountered the Wolf Riders that he found the same to be true.

He directly unequipped the [Mechanical Power Shield] and found that he was still completely unscathed.

With that, he was completely relieved.

His body transformed into a vigorous dragon, and he unleashed his full power in the [Dungeon].

By the time Wang Fei and the others breathlessly lured the remaining monsters from all sides to the altar, they discovered that the catapults around them had already been mostly cleared by Zhang Jian.

Once the monsters they lured were in position, Zhang Jian used a single area-of-effect skill to easily kill all the monsters in an instant.

Facing the BOSS, Zhang Jian used just one [Sword Qi Slash], and with the support of critical hit affixes, he directly forced it into its second form.

The once tricky [Companion Ghost Beast] also became incredibly easy.

It took less than a minute to clear it.

One sword strike.

Two sword strikes.

Three sword strikes.

"Bang!"

Just after they clashed, the BOSS's health dropped to the bottom, and it unwillingly triggered an explosion.

-50,000!

The damage this time was even more terrifying.

But Zhang Jian's current health was nearly 200,000.

Even without activating [Star Vault Covenant] to share the damage with his other teammates, he could easily withstand it.

The BOSS barely posed any threat to Zhang Jian before it fell to the ground with hatred.

Among the death drops were [Shadow Absorption] and another brand-new defensive epic-grade skill.

After picking up all the miscellaneous items, the signal for clearing the [Dungeon] sounded.

"You have killed the level 25 epic-grade BOSS [Soul-Eater Beast], and you have completed the [Wild Grassland] on Hell difficulty."

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"You can obtain an SSS+++ rating after exiting, and you can choose..."

"Your team has reached the limit-level completion condition for this [Dungeon], and all drops from this [Dungeon] are permanently increased by 100%."

"The limit has been broken again. The Professional Rank cap has been increased by 1 level. Current total: 2 levels."

"You have obtained a Heavenly Dao-grade attribute: Critical Hit Rate +1%, Evasion Rate +1%. Current cumulative bonus: Critical Hit Rate +3%, Evasion Rate +3%."

The second limit-level completion!

The four of them were high-spirited.

Although it wasn't their first time, seeing their own attributes increase and the various light effects intensify still gave them a sense of achievement.

Zhang Jian selected two epic-grade skills and a legendary rank stamina recovery potion recipe as his additional choices.

With this, he already had a full ten epic-grade skills in his backpack.

Even the passive types numbered three.

Walking out of the [Dungeon], they were almost surrounded by the excited crowd.

The rainbow in the sky deepened by several shades, and the Heavenly Dao blessing buff doubled again.

In the eyes of these Professionals, Zhang Jian and his group were practically no different from gods.

Their eyes were fanatical, and they were about to reach out and touch the bodies of the four.

Zhang Jian had never seen such a scene and was immediately chilled to the bone.

He took the others and used their full speed to quickly escape.

Returning to the market, they all had lingering fears.

In the [Dungeon], being chased by various monsters enhanced by Hells Power wasn't this scary.

Wang Fei even admitted that his own movement speed was still too slow to deal with various dangers.

They had fought continuously for a day; while they hadn't felt it earlier while basking in the joy of clearing the [Dungeon], they now felt a deep exhaustion.

Unable to worry about anything else, they each went to rest.

They soon entered sweet dreams, but the outside world was turned completely upside down.

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The second Breakthrough of the Rank cap caused the Heavenly Dao blessing that had just dissipated to reappear.

The entire Water Blue Planet was plunged into a carnival.

Professionals who were already leveling up in the wild or in [Dungeon]s discovered that the experience they gained had increased, and the drops were also significantly better than before.

They were all thanking the person who brought all this about.

Although they didn't know which country or which powerful individuals could continuously achieve such miracles, it did not hinder their most pious worship and gratitude.

As for the powerful individuals who had only digested a small part previously, they fell directly into a deep sleep under the second Heavenly Dao transformation.

However, once they woke up, their strength caps would usher in a brand-new era.

Although it was only an increase of two levels in the cap, leveling up after level 99 was not like before, where each level only granted 5 to 10 free attribute points.

Instead, it would provide a certain percentage increase to their total five-dimensional attributes.

Although they didn't know the specific magnitude of this increase, they had a vague feeling in their hearts that it would definitely not be simple.

Some Venerable-level powerhouses above level 95 also felt their long-dormant blood boiling again.

There were already higher goals waiting for them ahead.

Level 99 was far from the end.

Those who walked ahead of them would not have an advantage over them forever.

They, too, began to take action!

Various previously unexplored Secret Realms were now being visited by Professionals one after another.

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Ming Kong had just finished his plan when he was stunned by the newly emerged news.

Another Hell difficulty completion?

Breaking the Rank cap twice in one day.

This progress turned the unease in his heart into worry, and even a trace of fear.

The speed of Zhang Jian's progress was unprecedented, even on the planet he came from.

He had overturned his own deductions once again.

At this rate, let alone thirty years until their main force arrived, it was possible that in three years, he could reach the ultimate Rank and produce an eighth-order powerhouse.

By then, when their main force arrived, they might not be coming to absorb and refine Water Blue Planet, but rather to become food for the powerhouses of Water Blue Planet!

This was something he absolutely did not want to see.

He absolutely could not tolerate such a thing happening.

He must stop Zhang Jian's growth at all costs.

But limited by the rules of the Heavenly Dao, he and his clansmen here could not directly launch attacks in their true forms.

Otherwise, they would be instantly killed by the Will of the Heavenly Dao, just like the two clansmen who previously possessed Li Zhihai and Wang Hongming.

However, the intensity of his previous plan needed to be increased.

After consulting with Luo Dong, Ming Kong took out a blood-red sphere.

[Heart of Bewitchment], a mythical level mental prop.

Using a team of possessed clansmen, he had it sent into Ta City overnight.

They found a pawn controlled by their race: the third-in-command of the Ta City Security Bureau.

He quietly brought this item to visit the highest Security Officer of Ta City in the dead of night.

After activating [Heart of Bewitchment], he made the Security Officer, who was only level 42 at the Second Job Change, fall into the other party's verbal temptation.

He took out the Jade Seal representing his identity, pricked his finger, and released his own essence blood.

He actively contacted the Will of the Heavenly Dao with his Mental Energy, and as the head of the city, representing all Professionals in the city, joined the [Sharing Weal and Woe] team trial activity.

The original 8-person team immediately became 50,000 people.

After doing all this, he quietly withdrew.

Early the next morning, Ming Kong used all his strength, brought all the possessed clansmen, and traveled on a huge blood-colored warship.

Consuming a treasure that surpassed the mythical level that he had brought with him, he descended outside Ta City to apply pressure.

He declared that he would join the 50,000-person city defense trial mission and attack Ta City at all costs.

Professionals leaving Ta City would not be pursued, but those who stayed in the city would definitely be in constant crisis.

The panicked Professionals fled in fear.

Originally, some people trusted Zhang Jian, who had brought miracles.

They felt that with the strength he had displayed, he might be able to successfully overcome this crisis and lead them to complete their Second Job Change smoothly.

But after the highest Security Officer publicly sacrificed himself, stating that he was unintentionally bewitched by an evil person and dragged all the Professionals of Ta City into this vortex, and that the strength of Ming Kong and the others was far beyond his imagination, he also didn't have the confidence to conclude that Zhang Jian could resist, so he advised everyone to consider carefully.

With this, the Professionals who were still hesitating made up their minds and began to leave using various means of transportation.

Until the people sent by the Reception Envoy and Professor Hai Dawei arrived one after another, and the fathers of Yan Han and Wei Donglai also heard that their sons had achieved an unprecedented feat and came to congratulate them excitedly.

As Professionals of the Second Job Change and even the Third Job Change continued to appear, Ming Kong felt that something was wrong and stopped the suppression.

The remaining people were instantly locked in.

The Will of the Heavenly Dao naturally activated, listing them all in the large-scale team job change trial task that had been upgraded to the mythical level.

After Ming Kong completely released the full power of the prop, the trial task completely turned Ta City and the surrounding wild areas into a separate, isolated space.

From this moment on, no one could leave Ta City in any way, and no one could enter Ta City in any way.

Even remote trading and communication could not take effect.

It was just that the monsters everyone in the city was about to face were an attack frenzy corresponding to the number of 50,000 people.

Yet, the number of people remaining in the city, including Zhang Jian's group of eight from the original mission, was only a mere fifty.

Moreover, Professionals above level 40 could not participate in the battle and could only stay in Ta City, unable to give direct help to others.

This meant that 30 Professionals who hadn't even reached the Second Job Change had to face the test of a mythical level city defense mission against monsters more than a thousand times their number.

If they could complete it, everyone would be happy, and all Professionals below the Second Job Change level 40 would complete the ultimate transformation of their profession.

If they failed, everyone would die in Ta City; no items or skills could make them survive, and they would disappear completely!

Looking at the huge transparent light shield in the sky and the tremors coming from afar, Zhang Jian took a deep breath.

A life-and-death crisis was imminent!