36: Chapter 36 Powerful [Sword Qi Gale]! Preparations Before Entering the Dungeon

Zhang Jian's so-called preparations were mainly focused on his skills.

Because when it came to equipment, there were limits.

Don't be fooled by the weapon's exaggerated attributes; that was due to the bonus from the entries.

In reality, it was already much higher than the limit for this stage.

However, regarding the rest of the equipment, it was very difficult to be like the weapon.

Even if he gathered a full set of excellence-grade equipment around Rank 5 like Ye Wenjie,

it would certainly be a significant improvement over the sparse rare-grade gear he currently had on him.

But placed in an Abandoned Furnace dungeon, facing monsters of Rank 10 or even Rank 20+, it simply wouldn't be enough.

It could even be said to be dispensable.

As for making equipment that could grow like the weapon,

that was even harder.

This type of recipe was determined by the Rank of the crafter who dropped it.

In other words, one could only use the corresponding recipe if it dropped at Rank 5 and one was at that Rank.

The one that dropped previously was a stroke of extreme luck, and it only achieved its quality by utilizing the dungeon's extra rewards.

It was impossible to get another drop in such a short time.

As for buying one, that was even more impossible.

After all, other trainee Professionals didn't possess Zhang Jian's ability to clear Rank 10 or even Rank 15 dungeons at Rank 5.

Most were still struggling in trial dungeons, fighting hard to clear the nightmare difficulty.

So, looking around,

there were simply no low-Rank growth-type equipment recipes on the market.

After Zhang Jian understood this, he gave up on this aspect.

He prepared to start improving and making a Breakthrough through his skills.

At the beginning,

Zhang Jian had thought about finding a legendary-grade skill.

He fantasized that, under the conversion of his entries, it would be upgraded to an even stronger effect.

It should be stronger than the few excellence-grade ones he was currently using.

But just after looking into it, he gave up.

The price of a skill of this quality was often millions of huaxia coins.

Moreover, in Jin City, he couldn't buy one even if he wanted to spend the money.

Even if he went to other larger cities or auction houses, wanting to buy one suitable for himself was quite difficult.

After paying off his loans, he was almost penniless.

After Wang Dong and the others sold the house, they had no savings left, and even brought Wang Dejin to live at Zhang Jian's house first.

Although Wang Dejin knew his son had purchased the job transfer certificate on credit from Zhang Jian and had always wanted to raise money as soon as possible to transfer the remaining money to Zhang Jian,

there was no way to do it in the short term.

And,

even if there was a legendary-grade skill, if it wasn't leveled up, the effect would not be as good as a maxed-out excellence-grade skill.

And to increase the Rank, it often required hundreds of thousands of experience points, which was hard to obtain quickly.

Finally, Zhang Jian decided to start with his existing skills.

The Ranks of [Whirlwind Sword Slash] and [Sword Qi Slash] had already been raised to the maximum.

The number of monsters required to kill was huge, and it was difficult to have a Breakthrough for a while.

The quality required multiple legendary-grade skills, which he simply had no money to buy.

Only [Sword Qi Absorption] was still rare-grade, and it had significant room for improvement.

Now Wang Dong had been completely conquered by his strength, always following him, just waiting for his instructions.

Not long after Zhang Jian proposed this idea,

Wang Dong found a way to buy two excellence-grade defensive skill books.

After Zhang Jian absorbed them, [Sword Qi Absorption] successfully upgraded to the excellence level.

[Sword Qi Gale] (excellence) (+3)

During combat, it automatically comes with a Sword Qi shield effect of 450% of health, and you gain 20% damage reduction while the shield lasts. When the shield is broken, you gain a 2-second invincibility effect.

(To increase the number of entries, you still need: use this entry to block 356 / 1000 attacks)

(To increase the quality of the entries, you still need: 3 legendary-grade defensive skill books)

The skill with the changed entry not only increased the defensive effect from damage absorption to a real shield of Sword Qi type, which could block real damage,

but the strength of the shield was also greatly improved.

Not only was the attached health percentage increased by half, but there was also an additional damage reduction effect.

Even,

there was a triggerable invincibility body protection.

Although it was only for a short 2 seconds, it was equivalent to adding a layer of powerful insurance.

However,

Zhang Jian was still a bit worried about clearing the dungeon.

He needed to become stronger!

He took Wang Fei out of the city again and came to the wilderness.

After searching around the gray wolf area he wandered last time,

he found an area where monsters from Rank 12 to Rank 18 appeared.

He settled down here and trained for a few hours.

However,

monsters in the wilderness were not like dungeons; they were still too scattered overall.

Even though Zhang Jian's attack power and monster-clearing speed were extremely fast, it was still a bit strenuous for Wang Fei to lure monsters.

The two of them worked until eight o'clock in the evening.

Zhang Jian killed several hundred monsters around Rank 15 before accumulating more than 300,000 experience points.

Seeing that he was only 100,000 experience points away from raising his level to the max, he couldn't continue.

They had to ensure enough time was left to clear the Abandoned Furnace dungeon and achieve results.

Although Zhang Jian felt it was a pity, he stopped the action in time.

Fortunately, during this time,

in order to improve the number of entries, Zhang Jian deliberately endured attacks from many monsters.

He raised the entry Rank to level 4.

The basic effect of the shield was raised to 600%.

After the damage reduction became 30%, the invincibility effect was also increased by 1 second accordingly.

And after consuming 300,000 experience points to raise the skill to level 4, he possessed a shield effect as high as 1020%.

With his current 550 points of health, this was a real shield of 5610 points.

Zhang Jian felt that,

even if he had to face the final BOSS in the dungeon, he already had a certain ability to protect himself.

The two of them then returned from the wilderness and walked towards the dungeon.

Interestingly,

when they passed the city gate,

they met the guards who had bet on them.

It was just that this time, their record of staying in the wilderness for more than six hours surprised everyone.

Seeing them return safely, several people joked that Zhang Jian caused them to lose the bet and asked Zhang Jian to compensate.

The winner this time was the middle-aged man who had encouraged them before.

Looking at Zhang Jian and Wang Fei's calm Aura, he also sincerely praised them.

"With two young brothers being so composed, you will surely achieve good results in tomorrow's Professionals unified examination."

"Wishing you success in advance!"

Zhang Jian and the other thanked him for his kindness and rushed towards the dungeon without stopping.

Just as they arrived near the black market, Zhang Jian stopped abruptly.

He felt a strange atmosphere, as if he had a spine-chilling feeling.

Wang Fei didn't think much of it, and just as he was about to take a step, he jumped up as if he had been startled.

"There... there's a ghost!"

Wang Fei was so scared that his face turned pale, and Zhang Jian's expression was solemn.

It wasn't a ghost; someone was trying to deal with him!

In a mass of blood-colored mist, a middle-aged man with a slicked-back hairstyle and gold-rimmed glasses walked out slowly.

A badge on the collar of his suit flashed with a cold light, releasing an Aura that kept strangers at a distance.

"Let me introduce myself."

"I am Li Zhihai, the Minister of the Loan Department of the Professionals Association."

The other party's voice drilled into their ears like a poisonous snake.

The hairs on Zhang Jian's neck stood up.

Wang Fei was even colder all over, shivering with cold.

The corners of Li Zhihai's mouth raised in an arc.

"It seems my Aura was too strong and startled the two young students."

"Snap!"

Li Zhihai snapped his fingers elegantly.

"Student Zhang Jian, how about we make a deal?"

"I will pay 5 million to buy that mysterious scabbard in your hand."

"And I will revoke the Professionals Association's additional audit on you, allowing you to successfully register."

"Finally, I can also give you a special admission recommendation quota for Feiyun University."

"How about it?"

Zhang Jian clenched the mysterious scabbard tightly with both hands, making a crackling sound.

He stared fiercely at the other party.

It was this person who wanted to seize his mysterious scabbard!

Time and time again, setting traps for him, oppressing him!

He looked at Li Zhihai's appearance, wanting to remember him firmly.

The greedy look in the other party's eyes made him vigilant in his heart.

Is it possible that his father's disappearance also had something to do with him?

This mysterious scabbard was not only his family's opportunity but also attracted a vicious wolf like Li Zhihai.

He didn't know if his father was still alive, but he must never surrender to the enemy!

A flame suddenly burst into Zhang Jian's heart, and he glared at the other party.

"What if I don't want to?"

Li Zhihai put away his smile, and a cold light flashed in his eyes behind the lenses.

A powerful mental fluctuation radiated to the surroundings.

Micro Sword Qi rose from the mysterious scabbard in Zhang Jian's hand, cooperating with the [Sword Qi Gale] he activated, blocking outside his body.

After Wang Fei was shrouded in this Aura, his body stiffened.

After rolling his eyes,

he fainted directly.

Li Zhihai raised his eyebrows slightly.

"A little guy under Rank 10, actually able to block my mental attack."

"This mysterious scabbard really has a problem!"

His heart became even more heated.

It was just that for Zhang Jian's answer just now, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

"If you refuse..."

Li Zhihai raised his hand slightly, and the blood mist behind him suddenly condensed into several floating light screens.

Scenes appeared on them.